Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

"No, does Lance really think that because he's a Grim Reaper, he can't die?"

"Does a Grim Reaper's life not count as a life?"

"The Divine Realm's Valkyrie? Is she someone a mere second-level Reaper like him could meet?"

"Who gave Lance this illusion? Made him think a lowly Hell Second-level Reaper could jump around in front of a Valkyrie?"

"Not to mention this scoundrel Lance is supposed to go ask the Valkyrie for a debt repayment. Afraid if he so much as brings it up, he'd be nailed to the wall by the Valkyrie's spear...."

"No, no, no...."

"His mind was truly muddled by this scoundrel Lance's words. How could the Valkyrie owe money to him, a mere human?"

"He, as a second-level Reaper, doesn't even have a chance to glimpse the divine beauty of the Valkyrie, let alone Lance, who should be even less likely to meet that legendary Valkyrie."

"The Valkyrie owes him money."

"Is he joking with this Grim Reaper?"

"Next time don't make that kind of hellish joke, it almost made me believe it was true."

Grim Reaper Solomon, brandishing his Grim Reaper's Scythe, replied to Lance irritably. It was only because it was Lance; if it were any other Grim Reaper joking like that with him, he'd dock their performance bonus and even their year-end bonus no matter what.

"No joke, the Divine Realm's Valkyrie really does owe me money. I met her last night, and she said she had no money on her, that it was all in the Divine Realm, and that I should go there to collect it.

I'm not yet strong enough to freely enter and exit the Divine Realm. While I was thinking about how to collect this debt, I suddenly thought of you.

You've been to Heaven on vacation before, right? I figured since you've entered Heaven, you could probably use some special pathway to get into the Divine Realm and, as the Hell Grim Reaper, go to the War God's domain and shake things up a bit, find the Valkyrie, and help me collect this debt.

After a thousand years, just the interest alone is a substantial amount. If the Valkyrie has a conscience, she might voluntarily give you two Divine Artifacts to pass on to me.

If she actually pays her debt with two Divine Artifacts, I won't short-change you. I'll give you one of the artifacts, and you can use the Grim Reaper's Scythe's teleportation function to send the other to me."

At the very least, as a friend, even if she doesn't give any Divine Artifacts, Sophia would probably give him some special products from the Divine Realm. When he gets those, he could share some with Solomon and keep the rest for himself.

The special products from the Divine Realm are of divine quality in the Human World.

Plants could be used for medicines, metals for forging weapons.

He wouldn't turn up his nose at any of the miscellaneous special products.

"Let me correct you on one point: Heaven and the Divine Realm are two different places. I can go to Heaven; it doesn't mean I can enter the Divine Realm.

You shouldn't treat me like some Hell bigwig. The Divine Realm... it really isn't a place I, a second-level Reaper, can enter at will. Never mind me, even those humans from the Human World who became Deities through faith... might not be eligible to enter the Divine Realm.

Seriously, can you stop spouting nonsense? It's dangerous to blaspheme Deities. I wish for your early demise, but I don't want to see you die for blasphemy.

The Valkyrie isn't some minor deity you're imagining. Her Divinity is only slightly below the Chief Deity's. As for strength... Well, let's put it this way, a fifth-level Reaper could be crushed by one of her fingers.

To speak to the Valkyrie on equal footing, you'd need to be at least a ninth-level Reaper. Oh, right, a ninth-level Reaper can enter the Divine Realm. To be precise, Reapers at fifth level and above can already enter the Divine Realm.

How about this? Wait until I become a ninth-level Reaper, then you contact me, and I'll go to the Divine Realm to ask the Valkyrie to repay the debt. If you're worried, you can just give up your human identity, come to Hell, and wait until you become a ninth-level... no, a sixth-level Reaper, then you can go to the Divine Realm and ask the Valkyrie yourself.

How's that?"

Death God Solomon didn't dwell on whether Lance truly knew the Valkyrie or not; if he could use this opportunity to coax Lance into Hell, it would be a huge boon for him.

People like Lance didn't have to be dead to become a Hell Grim Reaper; living beings entering Hell could also become Grim Reapers.

If he cultivated as a living being in Hell and became a Deity, a Grim Reaper like him had boundless potential. In the future, he might have the chance to meet the Netherworld King or even be officially acknowledged by the King, receiving a unique title among Deities.

Such a Deity could freely come and go from the Divine Realm and even own a divine mansion there.

For Hell to have such a Deity, if Lance was willing to come to Hell early and cultivate his Divinity, ignite the Divine Fire, and become a Deity, his future achievements would certainly not be less than Solomon's.

Thinking this way, it seemed he hadn't really been tricking Lance.

It was Lance who was tricking him.

"A sixth-level Reaper can enter the Divine Realm?"

"Right."

"When can you become a sixth-level Reaper? Within half a month? Or within a month... can you become a sixth-level Reaper?"

"???"

What? Does he think leveling up as a Grim Reaper is like training skills?

Can you break through several Realms in one night?

Promotion as a Grim Reaper requires assessment, including performance, ability, and combat strength.

Falling short in any area means no promotion.

How long did it take for him to be promoted from a first-level Reaper to a second-level?

Thousands of years.

To advance from second-level to third-level Reaper, a minimum of a thousand years is needed, and for advancing to sixth-level...

Ha...

Better wait until he becomes a fifth-level Reaper first.

So many Reapers are stuck at fifth-level.

Fifth-level is a significant barrier.

"You're way overestimating me."

"Can't do it?"

Solomon rolled his eyes; if he could, he'd have promoted to fifth-level Reaper already.