Chapter 954: Soul Overcrowding. 2

Chapter 954: Soul Overcrowding. 2

"Aye, Ma'am." Nyx looked to where the conflict was occurring, and they saw the metal golems attacking Hela's Army of Darkness.

With their Draconic Eyes, everyone present saw what happened when soldiers from both sides died. In the case of Hela's Army of Darkness, tainted black Souls would emerge from the fallen and fly back somewhere.

The same happened with the metal golems, indicating that they were not just lifeless golems.

"Nyx, you can see it, right? Follow the Souls, find out where they're going," Scathach ordered.

"Okay." Nyx's wings opened, and she flew towards the Souls.

Everyone observed that each time one of them 'died,' the Souls from both sides would ascend to the sky. In the case of Hela's tainted Souls, they would return to her staff, and then a new Being would be created, essentially forming an immortal army.

Meanwhile, the same process occurred with the metal golems, with the only difference being the final destination. They didn't return to Asgard; instead, they moved forward, heading to Hela's Helheim... Or at least that's what should have happened. The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

The Souls of the metal golems were being diverted from their path to Victor's Hell.

"... My theory was partly wrong," Aline said as she watched the entire process. If Victor truly had a connection with Hela, the black Souls of Hela's army should have also been sent to Victor's Hell, but that wasn't happening.

'What's really going on then?' Aline couldn't understand, not even her Ruler's knowledge could explain what was happening right in front of her.

"Which theory are you talking about, Aline?" Aphrodite asked.

"Initially, I believed the Nordic Souls were coming to our Hell because our King had healed Hela, and in doing so had formed some sort of connection between them. After all, My King is The Ruler of Hell. But this assumption is completely wrong. Darling wouldn't do such a thing and keep it from us," Aline couldn't imagine Victor making a move that would stress his Wives without making plans to help them; he loved his Wives too much to make such a foolish move.

"Thus, my assumption fell apart when I saw this scene. If I were correct, the tainted Souls from Hela's army should also be coming to our Hell, yet only the Souls of Odin's metal golems are coming here," Aline sighed.

"In Norse Tradition, warriors who weren't granted the Eternal Honor of entering Valhalla and becoming an Einherjar, a warrior of Odin, would become tools for the next Ragnarok. In this case, the tools they became are the metal golems we're seeing right now," Aphrodite began to explain.

"All of these golems are possessed by the Souls of those who were not worthy to enter Valhalla but were competent enough to become automated warriors."

"What a stupid decision," Scathach couldn't help but say upon hearing what Aphrodite said. "Every warrior has the potential to become stronger. Instead of turning them into mindless automatons, they should have trained these warriors and created a squad of powerful Beings."

The girls nodded in agreement. The Gods had enough territory to sustain an entire planet, not to mention that thanks to the Divinity of Nature-related Gods, their Dimension would never run out of life unless something extremely specific, like what occurred in the previous events involving The End Dragon, occurred. Therefore, they had no plausible justification for relegating these Souls to become automated golems.

It would be more efficient to establish a hierarchy where those warriors who couldn't enter Valhalla could prove themselves again in a conflict or war to gain the status of Odin's Chosen Warriors.

In this way, those who didn't make it to Valhalla would have another chance to prove themselves, and knowing the mentality of these warriors, this course of actions would definitely succeed.

After all, despite not being accepted into Valhalla directly, they were worthy enough to reach at least The Gates of Asgard, something an ordinary Soul could not do since ordinary Souls, coming from those who were not warriors, would go straight to Hela's Hell.

"Which brings us to the question, how are you going to deal with the overcrowding problem?" Scathach looked at Helena.

"We have no choice but to request a Rule Change in The Automated System. Instead of including only normal Humans with simple choices, we will also include warriors on that list. This way, the number of Souls that require judgment from a Ruler will significantly decrease," Helena said.

As Rulers of a Hell, Lilith, Persephone, and Aline could request a change in the Rules from The System. Of course, due to their limited Authority, this request was only restricted to the processing of Souls.

They were not like Victor, who had considerable Authority over The System due to being a very unique existence.

"Will this change be permanent, or will you withdraw it later?" Scathach asked.

"We will have to withdraw it in the future, considering that all our future warriors who die will go through our Hell. We need to have this control if we want an immortal army that never dies," Helena said.

"But at the same time, I am tempted to leave it as it is in case a situation like this occurs again in the future."

"... Hmm, why don't you change how the automation process works? For example, can't you create a filter that identifies our warriors from the other Souls?" Violet suggested.

"That's impossible," Helena denied.

"Why?" Violet questioned.

"We don't have enough Authority," Helena explained.

"Even with three Rulers?" Violet raised a curious eyebrow.

"The reason for having three Rulers is to ensure that The System functions correctly, considering this is a very large Hell where the Souls of many future Beings will come. In terms of Authority, all three of us combined all have the same Authority as a normal Ruler."

"... More quantity, but the Authority is the same, huh... I guess the only one who can solve this problem is Victor."

"Considering he is the owner of the entire Dimension, that's likely our only option," Helena said.

"Hmm, anyway, Darling is enjoying his vacation now; let him rest a bit. If the situation gets out of control, we can call him, but for now, let's solve the problems to the best of our abilities," Violet stated.

And they all agreed with this thought. Calling Victor to solve a problem for them was just too embarrassing; it hurt their pride. All of them here were capable women, and they were proud of it. They could very well handle this problem.

Although they shared the same sentiment, Scathach, Violet, and Velnorah had a more pragmatic mindset, especially Velnorah. If the situation got out of control, she would call someone capable who could solve the problem, and in this case, that person was Victor.

"Let's get back to work," Violet ordered. "Helena, stay on the line; we will coordinate our actions."

"Yes, Lady Violet."

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