Chapter 033: Summoning

But when Wang Bo contacted Lady Gremory through the contract, she said, "Mephisto? Who's that? I don't know him."

Wang Bo: ...

He had almost forgotten that although Mephisto was powerful, not every hell had a Mephisto.

In many hells, this demon simply did not exist.

His fame was far less than that of Lucifer and Satan.

This might be related to what the artifact had said—"Only myths and legends can influence the multiverse"—but this matter was clearly beyond Wang Bo's reach for now.

Speaking of which, he didn't even know which hell this Lady Gremory was from.

After all, in the multiverse, there were countless hells.

Just the hells Wang Bo knew of were numerous.

For example, the hell in the world of "Beelzebub," the hell in "High School DxD," the hell in "Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan," the hell in the Marvel universe, the hell in the DC universe...

In short, there were countless hells, and it was normal for some worlds not to have a demon named Mephisto.

So Wang Bo introduced Mephisto's origins to Lady Gremory, who immediately became interested. "You think his life level is above mine?"

"Yes."

"A demon god stronger than me?" Lady Gremory said. "Summon me."

"What?"

"I'm telling you to summon me. Draw the magic circle and summon me now. I want to go to your world and clash with this demon god. I want to know just how powerful this Mephisto is."

Wang Bo was taken aback. According to the records in the Key of Solomon, Lady Gremory wasn't a battle maniac, was she?

What was this eagerness to fight Mephisto all about?

But Wang Bo didn't refuse.

If a demon god was willing to help share the pressure, Wang Bo would be more than happy; why would he refuse?

So he nodded and said to Qin Liangyu, "I'm going to find a helper now. Do you want to come along?"

"Of course." Qin Liangyu agreed without hesitation.

Wang Bo grabbed her hand, and in the blink of an eye, they left the mansion and arrived once again at the Sahara Desert.

Last time, Wang Bo had drawn the magic to communicate with hell here.

But the problem was that the magic circle had long been destroyed by wind and sand. Wang Bo used dragon blood replicated by the Copy Mirror to draw the demon-summoning magic circle again.

He was going to summon Gremory.

As the mana boiled, the magic circle began to emit a scarlet glow, illuminating the sky. Wang Bo's surging mana poured into the magic circle once again, connecting to the hell where Lady Gremory resided.

As before, Wang Bo's mana was drained completely, and his powerful, vigorous life force was converted into mana, continuing to pour into the magic circle.

But to Wang Bo's surprise, this time the mana consumed was much greater than before.

Wang Bo had once wished upon the magic lamp for immortality, and his life force was terrifyingly abundant. If last time he had consumed hundreds of years of life force to summon Lady Gremory, this time he paid a full thousand years of life force to complete the summoning.

Lady Gremory descended once again. She stepped gracefully out of the magic circle, her entire body exuding a terrifying wave of mana, seemingly even more powerful than when Wang Bo had last seen her.

Wang Bo was stunned. "Lady Gremory, you seem different."

Lady Gremory knew what he meant and smiled slightly. "Given your strength, you are not enough to summon me from hell to the mortal world. So last time, what descended was not my true body, but my projection."

"So this time, it's your true body?" Wang Bo asked, since this time he had died several times to summon her.

"No." Lady Gremory shook her head. "You are not yet qualified to summon my true body. This is still a projection, but much stronger than last time, about one percent of my original power."

Wang Bo: ...

Before this, although Wang Bo had tried to overestimate the power of demon gods, reality told him he was still too young.

The strength of a demon god was absolutely beyond his imagination now.

It was like how he could now deliver a force of a thousand tons, but the Silver Age Superman could extinguish the sun with a sneeze—they were not on the same level. If he hadn't read the comics, Wang Bo wouldn't have known that Superman could be that powerful.

"Where is this Mephisto you mentioned?"

"Chang'an," Wang Bo replied.

"Which direction is Chang'an?" Lady Gremory asked.

"That way." Wang Bo pointed in a direction.

Lady Gremory nodded and vanished in an instant, clearly eager.

Wang Bo only had time to shout, "Don't harm the innocent!!!"

He knew Lady Gremory could hear him.

Qin Liangyu stood aside in silence, and only after Lady Gremory left did she whisper, "That demon is so strong!"

Wang Bo said, "In your Nasuverse world, she would be a Demon God Pillar, even stronger than the Demon God Pillars in your world. What do you think?"

At least Wang Bo didn't think the Demon God Pillars of the Nasuverse could match this Lady Gremory; even Goetia probably couldn't.

Qin Liangyu said, "Should we go to Chang'an?"

She was worried about Chang'an's safety. If two demons fought, the entire city might be reduced to dust.

This was not an exaggeration but a fact.

Wang Bo shook his head. "No, we return to the mansion and wait for news from Lady Gremory."

In short, Wang Bo was scared and didn't want to get involved in the battle between two demon gods. That would be a disaster.

Even the mere shockwaves of their fight could kill them. After all, as an ordinary person, Wang Bo had some self-awareness.

Wang Bo understood Qin Liangyu's concern, but he didn't think Lady Gremory would destroy Chang'an, since he had reminded her.

Moreover, his cooperation with Lady Gremory was in its honeymoon phase. If Lady Gremory didn't even give him that much face, she could forget about being summoned by him next time.

So in Wang Bo's view, Chang'an was absolutely safe.

He explained his thoughts and convinced the worried Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu didn't insist and returned with Wang Bo to the newly purchased mansion.

But what Wang Bo didn't expect was that Lady Gremory, once gone, never returned.

One day passed, two days passed, three days passed.

Lady Gremory still hadn't returned.

If not for the contract telling Wang Bo that Lady Gremory was still in the mortal world, he would have almost thought she had been killed by Mephisto.