Lucifer looked at Kai with a gaze full of certainty, as if he had just provided the definitive answer to everything Kai wanted to know. Yet, there was one crucial thing left unsaid in Lucifer's words—the truth, far darker than Kai could ever imagine.
"If you truly wish to overthrow Hell and ascend to the next cosmological tier, you must face Tsukumojuku," Lucifer said, his voice laced with deceit, wrapped in a false wisdom. He knew it was nothing but a lie, a trick to mislead Kai, a shortcut to halt his ever-growing ambition.
Kai, determined, tried to delve deeper, but Lucifer continued, "However, you will never reach that point, even if you manage to defeat him. Tsukumojuku is the creator of everything, even Hell itself."
But the reality was far different. Lucifer knew that Kai's journey would never lead him to Tsukumojuku—even if Kai tried with all his might, no path would bring him there. What Lucifer didn't reveal was the truth that Tsukumojuku, the creator, existed beyond the reach of any being, even beyond Lucifer's own power.
Lucifer, who held deep reverence for Tsukumojuku, had to end Kai's journey. As a creature who obeyed the will of the Creator, Lucifer knew his task was to remove anyone who could disrupt the order that had been established. While no one could defeat Tsukumojuku, Kai posed a threat to the Creator's power, and that alone was enough to make Lucifer act.
However, in his confusion, Kai did not realize that what Lucifer truly desired was for Kai not to reach that goal. As Andreas' chosen rival, Kai could not be underestimated.
With a calm patience, Lucifer lifted his foot and kicked Kai out of Hell. Not to kill him, but to remove the threat from this world. The force of the kick was so strong that Kai's body was flung far away, as if he were no more than a leaf carried by the wind.
Kai was hurled into the darkness, his consciousness fading. Everything around him became black, as if the universe had swallowed him whole. He fell into nothingness, lost beyond time and space.
Yet, when he awoke, a strange sensation enveloped him. A power, indescribable and far greater than anything he had ever experienced, flowed within him. When his eyes opened, Kai found himself in a place completely different from before.
No longer Hell, no longer The Dark Multiverse. There were no signs of life as he had known it. A void he couldn't comprehend, yet it felt oddly familiar. Something greater, more expansive, and more powerful.
"Is this... the cosmology after The Dark Multiverse?" Kai murmured quietly, unable to believe what he was seeing.
But one thing was certain: his journey had not ended. There was a greater force waiting for him ahead, and now Kai knew that he had stepped into a world he could never have imagined—a place where his real adventure was just beginning.