Return of the Machina.

That was the only possible way to break Catastrope's link, which was made by one of the Three Ancient G.o.ds.

Of course, there was a way to recover the broken link. Actually, two. One was to use the [Eye of Geshtalt]. When using the Setting stored within the [Eye of Geshtalt], the link could be recovered right away. But it had not been long since he went up to . There was no way for Jaehwan to get his hands on the [Eye of Geshtalt] so quickly. Then, that only left the second choice.

The second way to recover the broken link was to just wait. The way Machina destroyed the link was not permanent, and the destroyed link would be restored given enough time. The only problem was whether Jaehwan could survive until the link recovered.

'Maybe I should've taught him various things before sending him up there.'

It was too late now. Who would have thought that Jaehwan would face the enemy using Daeus' Machina?

'…He'll take care of it,' Catastrophe thought as he remembered Jaehwan's lonely unique world. Yes, he was going to find the answer. Catastrophe could feel it.

'Huh?'

That's when he felt something. The summoning circle began to s.h.i.+ne. It was the signal that dead Generals were being summoned.

Prey.

He thought it was a good opportunity to kill time. He could enjoy killing these Generals, the link would soon return to normal, and then he'd find out what was going on.

But then, Catastrophe became tense. There were more than just one or two of them. And they were all more powerful than average.

'What are they?'

Catastrophe quickly gathered all the Dead Men within the Palace. It probably was no help considering the power of the ones being summoned, but it was better than none.

It was not like Catastrophe to become nervous at a few Generals. If it was before he was sealed away, he could have killed at least ten or twenty of them easily.

It was different now. Maybe three or four… that was his limit. They were that powerful.

'Wait, these ones…'

Catastrophe felt his guess was right as their world power became apparent. There were only a few who could have this much world power. Soon, the light turned off and a total of eleven figures appeared.

The world power of the eleven pressured the Dead Man Palace. The Dead Men panted in fear.

These were Lords, each with the power to finish individually. Even if Jaehwan came back, there was no way for him to face these Generals. Even if one of them escaped the Dead Man Palace, was done for. Their voices then came from the darkness.

"Oh, so the Palace of Reincarnation really did disappear."

"Yeah, now I realize why no one returned."

"Haha, it's been so long since I last came here by dying."

"I thought everyone would just feign death. You all succeeded in killing yourselves."

After a while, someone's voice quieted everyone down.

"Let's cut out the noise. The master of this place awaits us."

Then they appeared through the darkness. The one at the center had the most powerful world power. Catastrophe knew who he was. He was one of the Lords who sealed Catastrophe along with Big Brother, and he was the ruler of the 9th region of the .

"Long time no see, Catastrophe."

The Lord of Darkness, Gerome, was standing along with ten other Lords...

'I guess I might not be able to keep the promise with him.'

Catastrophe smiled within the darkness.