Chapter 280: The King of Hueco Mundo
Chapter 280: The King of Hueco Mundo
Therefore, the so-called inspection of the Kidō barrier was actually led by Ise Nanao, while Senju Makoto merely asked questions about Kidō throughout the process.
Ise Nanao responded as if she had no emotional fluctuations, seemingly reluctant, but in reality, she answered every question from Senju Makoto in great detail.
She even revealed the subtle "backdoors" in the Kidō barrier protecting the entire camp, and how to easily pass through them without brute force.
Senju Makoto's character was undoubtedly pure and good, so he naturally wouldn't secretly use those backdoors and betray Ise Nanao's trust.
However, just in case, Senju Makoto recorded everything Ise Nanao said without missing a single word.
...
At the same time.
Hueco Mundo, Las Noches.
Although it was called Las Noches and regarded as the residence of the ruler of Hueco Mundo, it couldn't really be called a palace. Instead, it was a rough and simple structure without a ceiling.
On the throne in the very center of Las Noches, a skeleton wearing a crown-like headdress and a long coat sat, seemingly exuding an invisible aura of a king.
Below the skeleton, Hollows with powerful Adjuchas spiritual pressure and various shapes were scattered in front of him.
Then, an Adjuchas similar to a tiger standing upright, covered in bone armor, knelt before the skeleton and respectfully reported.
"Your Majesty, the Soul Society seems to have sent another expeditionary force to Hueco Mundo. Some of the Hollows in a certain area that originally belonged to Las Noches have completely disappeared."
"Soul Society? Expeditionary force?"
Barragan Louisenbairn, who was addressed as "Your Majesty," seemed to reveal a hint of anger in his eyeless sockets, and his massive and heavy spiritual pressure seemed to rise slightly.
"Those little rats are so annoying. I haven't gone to the Soul Society to massacre them, yet they come to Hueco Mundo to cause trouble regularly..."
After a pause, Barragan Louisenbairn seemed to think of something and waved his skeletal hand.
"Now is not the time to deal with those little rats. It's more important to get rid of that bug that dares to provoke Las Noches."
The Hollows who had submitted to Barragan Louisenbairn responded unevenly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"As long as Your Majesty gives the order, I will follow you to attack!"
"Your Majesty's axe must be thirsty by now. Hahaha, my tail also wants to join the fight and taste some fresh blood..."
"Long live Lord Barragan!"
...
Barragan Louisenbairn didn't care about the noisy and chaotic situation of his subordinates.
Even if Adjuchas had developed self-awareness, they still had various deficiencies in their hearts, and mutual killing was the eternal theme among Adjuchas.
Barragan Louisenbairn, as a Vast Lord-level Hollow, naturally had no expectation that these Adjuchas would follow orders.
Then, Barragan Louisenbairn raised his hand, stopping the slightly chaotic voices.
"That bug is indeed disgusting, but we need more power to kill him..."
After a pause, Barragan Louisenbairn's empty skeletal eye sockets seemed to scan the area below and then spoke.
"What about those guys who went to deliver a message to Tier Harribel? Have they returned?"
The Adjuchas looked at each other, and then the Adjuchas standing at the front replied with a stiff upper lip.
"Yo... Your Majesty, they... haven't returned yet. They might have been killed."
"Bang!"
The next moment, Barragan Louisenbairn suddenly stood up, slamming his hand on the armrest of the throne, and picked up his decaying axe.
"Am I, the lord of Las Noches, the king of Hueco Mundo, so weak that my reputation has fallen to this level? Not only that detestable bug, but even Tier Harribel, a woman who has just become a Vast Lord, dares to ignore me and even kill the messengers of Las Noches?"
Then, under the terrified eyes of the Adjuchas, Barragan Louisenbairn walked down from the throne step by step, and a black mist filled with decay gradually spread from his body.
Instantly, the Adjuchas closest to Barragan Louisenbairn's pupils shrank, and their terrified hearts were almost completely revealed through their trembling bodies.
However, even so, those Adjuchas-level Hollows, who were ostensibly comparable to captain-level Shinigami of the Gotei 13, didn't dare to move, fearing that they would attract the wrath of Barragan Louisenbairn, who was regarded as the "King of Hueco Mundo."
The next moment, as Barragan Louisenbairn walked past two Adjuchas, a wisp of black mist emanating from Barragan Louisenbairn touched the Adjuchas.
Aging...
Rapid aging, almost too fast for the naked eye to catch, occurred on the two Adjuchas.
Under the terrified gaze of the Adjuchas, death followed closely...
The spiritual bodies of the two Adjuchas, aged to their limit, quickly annihilated, as if they had aged and completely disappeared from the river of time, leaving no trace.
If it weren't for the kneeling marks left by the two Adjuchas on the ground, it would seem as if they had never appeared.
Barragan Louisenbairn never looked back, continuing to walk forward step by step, and his mysterious and terrifying skeletal figure, shrouded in black mist, made the Adjuchas present even more awed and terrified.
Then, Barragan Louisenbairn's authoritative voice echoed in Las Noches.
"Since Tier Harribel is unwilling to submit to me, then I will devour Tier Harribel first, and then kill that detestable bug..."
"Let the entire Hueco Mundo understand that only the name Barragan Louisenbairn is the eternal king of Hueco Mundo, a king that no Hollow can disobey!"
Then, under Barragan Louisenbairn's command, almost all the Hollows in Las Noches poured out, following Barragan Louisenbairn to besiege another Vast Lord-level Hollow, Tier Harribel.
...
Just moments after Barragan Louisenbairn led a large group of Adjuchas out of Las Noches, Tōsen Kaname, blindfolded, walked through one side of Las Noches, muttering.
"Strange... why haven't I reached Las Noches yet? I can't sense the spiritual pressure of those Hollows along the way..."
(End of this chapter)