The sky of Hades was dark and stagnant, as if dilute black ink had been poured, and a damp, raw wind was blowing through the valley.

Between rocky mountains on the barren land, a narrow, gently sloping up way goes on and on,

This is the slope called Yomotsu-hira-saka. It has Connected our world, a Land of the Living, and Hades. And it’s the slope Izanagi ran through to escape from Izanami thousands of years ago.

Standing at the top of the slope, Izanami turned her beautiful eyes toward the thick darkness that was the dimensional wall.

The passage between Hades and a Land of the Living, had not been completely closed.

However, Izanami no longer had the strength to break through the darkness in front of her and reaching a Land of the Living.

She must have been anxious about the fierce battle that was unfolding in a Land of the Living. Her beautiful lips let out a sigh.

Then, behind her, An ugly scream went up.

“That was the cry of the Shikome. Did something happen to her?”

Shikome, a woman with an appearance somewhat reminiscent of a frog, was not beautiful but she was strong and had long been Izanami's faithful subordinate.

The countless lights, might be stars or human souls, dancing in the dark sky stirring inexpressible fears.

Turning her back to the darkness, Izanami began to make her way down the slope, but something slimy caught her foot and she involuntarily stumbled forward.

Then she saw the corpse of the Shikome lying in the shadow of a rock.

Her belly had been slit open, and blood and bodily fluids were pouring out.

“Who could have done such a cruel thing ?”

As she touched the pitiful corpse with anger in her heart, she felt the presence of someone.

Izanami raised her face. Then she caught her breath as she locked eyes with a beautiful young man, whose whole body radiated golden phosphorescence.

Wrapped in a knee-length tunica, his body was well proportioned.

Curly blonde bangs that cast a faint shadow over his face.

And blue eyes that are a mixture of coldness and nobility.

His face was flawlessly beautiful, no master craftsman could have created such a beautiful face.

“You, did this？“

Izanami asked with controlled anger but the young man only crosses his arms and looks Izanami with his icy eyes.

“I am the ruler of this Hades. I never allow you to act as you like.”

Izanami glared at the young man with a stern gaze.

The young man, however, brushed aside the goddess' anger,

“Sorry for you, but from this moment, I am the ruler of Hades.”

The young man said coldly.

“How rude of you！”

Izanami's blown eyes seemed to flash vermillion, and a red light flashed across the young man's chest.

Needles to say, it’s Izanami's hell's line of sight burning everything.

However, the red light couldn’t burn the young man with its heat, but disappeared as if absorbed into the golden light surrounding his body.

"Izanami, is this the extent power of you??"

The young man muttered and stepped toward Izanami

“Back off!!”

As she screamed, aiming at the young man her right arm cut through the air.

A deep crevasse is created on the surface of the ground where the telekinetic force was directly hit. It was a blow with such force.

However, even this impact couldn't cause a single scratch on the young man's beautiful body.

“Who the hell are you?”

Regardless of the frustrated Izanami, the young man released a dignified voice.

“Golem, show yourself.”

Then the giant, who had been hiding behind a rock, appeared quietly, not unlike his huge body and embraced Izanami's body from behind with his log-like arms.

"Don't be a coward.!"

"You call this cowardly? I thought it would be unpleasant to be embraced by the golem from the front, so I looked out for you.”

The young man taunted Izanami as she continued to struggle to escape the giant's arms.

"Who you are! What are you up to?"

"Lucifer. That's my name.”

The young man chuckled and identified himself.

Izanami stared at him in surprise.

The name Lucifer has so much power. In fact, Lucifer is a devil of a much higher rank than Loki or Set. No one even knows if he can be called a devil.

Some consider him to be on a par with God, others hail him as older than God.

Whether it’s true or not, there is no doubt that Lucifer, despite his youthful beauty, existed long before Izanami was born into a Land of Living.

“The universe of Set, which separated the universe of mine from this Hades, has already disappeared. That’s why I could come here.”

“Are you also trying to descend into a Land of the Living using the summoning program of Akemi Nakajima?”

Subconsciously, Izanami's tone was laced with awe.

“Idiot you are. There’s no need for such a man's help. Do you think I don’t know there’s a path leading to a Land of the Livings,"

The blood drained from Izanami's face as Lucifer pointed the darkness beyond the slope.

“But It's a little later to passing through that wall of darkness.

“________"

Izanami remained silent, unsure of what he intended. Lucifer continued his words in a pitying tone.

"I must descend as a god in a Land of the Living. A foolish young man named Nakajima has invited devils to that land. Of course he never know it's to be the preparation for my descent. Look at that, Izanami!"

Lucifer moving his right arm sideways.

The mysterious winds released from his fingers swirled and swirled, and drew the image of a beautiful woman, like a fairy.

“My servant Siren, she manipulates others through with her beautiful songs.

Laughing coldly, Lucifer reverses his arm.

Immediately the woman disappeared and two figures appeared on the aerial screen.

"That's Yumiko and Nakajima___"

Izanami gulped at the sight of Yumiko's pained, bandage-covered face. In the hospital she is  lying on the bed half raised.

Izanami can only guess at the state of a Land of the Living from the movement of the stars.

Lucifer, on the other hand, not only has the power of clairvoyance to see through the other worlds, but also has the power of clairvoyance to show the state of the other world to a third party.

This clearly shows the difference in power between the two.

“Look carefully, Izanami. Your precious youths are already surrounded by my servants."

Lucifer showed her a pale shadows crowed together on the windows of the hospital room.

“They are a swarm of Nightmares that torment people through dreams.”

As he whispered the name of the devils that follows him, Lucifer once again removed his arm.

Suddenly the situation changes, countless eyeballs appeared, writhing on the dingy concrete wall.

"They are Larva, the servants of Set. They are the fools who remained in this world after their master Set died. It would be a simple matter to eliminate them, but for the time being, I will leave them to disturb the world."

As if Lucifer's mutterings had reached them, the swarm of eyeballs plunged into the concrete wall.

The next image was of a fat, mature man. He was Ota, the secretary general of the ruling political party, whose body was being consumed by Apeps released by Set.

"He's possessed by Apeps. If I leave him alone, he will soon die. However I'll save him from the Apeps to make him my loyal male servant."

Lucifer snapped his fingers in mockery, and the clairvoyant image vanished instantly.

“Your precious Nakajima is to be considered a devil, an abomination to the people. I'll descend as a god in a Land of the Living to repel that devil."

Lucifer ran his hand through Izanami's disheveled hair as she lost all will to resist the golem's monstrous power, and then he forcefully pressed his lips to hers.

“When all is said and done, you will be my queen consort."

Lucifer threw a broad smile to humiliated Izanami and raised his right arm high.

Three dots of light descended from far above, transformed into three white doves, and began to fly in a circle around Lucifer.

Although their appearance was pure, but the doves' eyes are tinged with an evil red.
“Familiar spirits! The devils that have descended to a land of the Living are waiting for my order. Go! Manipulate them on my behalf."

The doves with red eyes darted in a straight line toward the darkness pointed by Lucifer.

That day, the residents of Asuka the legendary land where the ancient Japanese emperors established their capital, saw three doves fly from the Mound named Shirasagi-zuka, the meaning egret's grave, and fly to eastward.