Before returning to earth, Seol Jihu called Gabriel.

—User Goh Yeonju.

Gabriel clicked her tongue as soon as she heard what happened.

—To think it would be her out of all people…. You must have dug quite deep into the hornet’s nest for the Shadow Queen to have made a move.

“Thankfully, she sent Kim Hannah back alive.”

—That’s a relief. I highly doubt she escaped by luck…. It’s hard to believe, but the Shadow Queen must have shown her mercy.

Gabriel said the same thing Roselle did.

—It’s probably best that your investigator takes her hands off this matter. The Shadow Queen won’t be so forgiving the second time around.

Gabriel sighed. Seol Jihu spoke after listening quietly.

“Lady Roselle said she felt a trace of energy that was even more powerful than the Parasite Queen’s.”

—...I believe it.

Gabriel smacked her lips.

—Was it during the Glacial Snow Field expedition? They killed an ancient Heaven-rank 8 evil god and obtained his remains.

“H-Heaven-rank 8?”

Seol Jihu jumped in a startle.

—If I remember correctly, Saintess Angelus used Lucifer’s trap against him in a miracle, summoning Hell’s Conflagration to beat him.

“Hell’s Conflagration?”

—It is a fire of destruction that is said to only occur during the moment a planet explodes. For the record, it’s also a god at Heaven-rank 9.

Seol Jihu dropped his jaw. He felt like he was getting dumber the more he asked.

The difference between this person’s rank and the Parasite Queen’s rank was only one or two at best. But the difference between each rank of godhood was so vast that it was impossible to judge by human standards. After all, a Heaven-rank 9 god could have supposedly killed the Parasite Queen with just one thumb.

“That’s kind of hard to believe.”

Seol Jihu shook his head.

“To think a human was able to handle the divinity of a Heaven-rank 8 god….”

—As you can tell from the Parasite’s Army Commanders, accepting a divinity and fully absorbing it are two completely different things. Plus, given...