ã€ŠAnodyne In The Afterlifeã€‹


 A New Everything

    The room was dark, as if it was cloaked in an immense shadow drawn from the underworld, like a liminal place between the darkest pits of heaven and the lightest pits of hell. After all, he wanted to be neutral, right in the middle of the spectrum of good and evil, like the Yin and Yang, somewhere in limbo, limbo felt like a paradise.

    He wore his blanket. It was cozy; although it was of normal coziness, it felt heavenly, that''s for sure. As he was lying, he was wondering about the untold, unguaranteed future yet to come. He thought to himself, what to do? Should he have read the Mahabharata or the tale of Hercules? After a lot of thinking, he couldn''t decide; both felt right. Slowly the thoughts fell, and he slept.

    When he opened his eyes, the darkness had turned into a twilight. As he glanced around, he saw, his own body lay still on the bed. He screamed as loud as he could, but no one could hear a ghost, could they?

    He thought, "I died? In my sleep..." The man''s vision starts shattering, like a mirror breaking after falling from great heights. He saw himself in a mirror for a second; he noticed himself, a distorted reflection, unrecognizable, or was it just recognizable, just not from his vision? Who knows.

    He sees a new, unfamiliar place. "I never heard of a place like this... Maybe all the mythologies were wrong?" Said the Man. A voice echoed. It said, ''Zen Kaneshiro, twenty years of age. Let us review your life.'' In an instant, memories were shown before him.

    Memories of were every type, specifically the memories which were helpful making his personality, Some of them were of his childhood, where he helped a bullied kid into standing up for himself, Some of them were where he felt envious, some were when he fought his own bully, some of them were where he waited for something patiently

    Some of them were him binge watching or playing games, some of them were of him working really hard, Some were of when he was watching porn on adult websites.

    Memories after memories were shown, the end result: Neutral.

    Zen is kicked out; he wonders, "Huh? Neutrality: No way I achieved my goal. This place must not be heaven but not hell. Happily, then, he continues while shouting,

    "I''M A NOBODY! Anyways, I didn''t even want the afterlife; I hoped there was nothing after death. Anyways, this city is weird. The atmosphere feels gluttonous; the large buildings look so cramped up; the land must have been consumed a lot by these buildings, that''s for sure! There are also unhealthy amounts of restaurants. This nowhere is definitely a different place..." While his eyes were closed

    He opens his eyes and realizes that he had been looking at a person. The man appeared to be a bit fat, but not so much; he was just a bit overweight, not the amount to worry about. He looked energetic and had white hair, had a hoodie, and some trousers.

    He is briefly interrupted by the man. In a confused tone, he says, "Huh? What are you talking about? It''s Gluttony Country Food City! It''s not ''nowhere,''"

    Zen says. "W-Who are you? "To the man, the man says in an energetic and calming tone,Devlin, just Devlin. And you are? ", Zen says his name. Zen Kaneshiro says that he just died. They said he is neutral, and he has nowhere to live.

    Devlin, in an assuring voice, says, "Aw, no place in a place where a home is guaranteed. How about you live with me?! ", Zen thanks him and walks with him.

    Zen asks, "So what is this...Place? ?"Devlin replies, "This is the Country of Gluttony. This is where sinners who committed gluttony come. This is the capital city, Food. I''m here because I ate unhealthy food all the time." Zen says, "So this must be in the layer of Limbo? ", Devlin nods his head while saying, Bingo!

    And then he goes on to say,

    "There are multiple places, 14 nations: Gluttony, for people whose consumption was too much.

    Pride for those who thought themselves as superior.

    Wrath for the people who fought and were violent.

    Envy for those who weren''t satisfied with their own accomplishments and wanted what others had.

    Greed for selfish people who never gave anything.

    Lust for horny people.

    Sloth for people who were lazy.

    Temperance for those who had self-control.

    Humility for humble people.

    Patience for patient people.

    Kindness for kind people.

    Charity for those who gave things to others.

    Chastity for those who were loyal.

    And diligence for those who were hard workers.

    Then there comes the Chamber of Fate, the Heavens and the Hell, the Princes and God united. In this nation, this very city, Mr. Beelzebub rules. The prince of Gluttony."

    A few days have passed, and Zen and Devlin have become roomies and best of friends. They are weebs who like anime. Their opinions also match.

    One day Devlin asks, "You want a job? " "Sure," Zen says.

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    They go outside; Zen complains about the hot weather, and Devlin nods his head and agrees. Zen and Devlin navigate their way to the job board. It has the information of which good jobs are available. Zen says, So what is the best job according to you?. Devlin says, "Probably anywhere you operate under Mr. Beelzebub directly... like Hunters or Envoy.

    Zen asks their purpose; Devlin says, "The Hunters go deeper through hell to hunt down Demons. After all, only 72 are here in Limbo."

    Zen says, "Out of millions? ", Devlin quietly nods his head. Zen then asks the purpose of Envoy¡¯s; Devlin replies, "They explore Limbo''s various cities for a specific task, Like recently here, the 1st rank of Diligence came here to catch people who aren''t doing their punishments."

    They see the job board; they see a job available for "Envoy" Devlin says, "Envoy, those pay two thousand karma each mission. It''s a money cheat! You should take this one," Zen agrees and applies for a job as the Envoy.

    One day later, his phone started buzzing. He had received a message; it was from an unknown number. It said, "We are looking forward to your application. Your interview will be held on the 26th." Zen thinks, "That''s 2 days..."

    Zen shouts, "Devlin! My interview is in 2 days!", Devlin replies "Let''s get you a suit!"

    They both go outside to the bustling city of Food, where Zen jokingly asks, "How did you even die? ", Devlin says, "I was a sailor. A deadly storm took our boat down. I drowned, so the sea is the thing that took me," Zen says "Welp, I died in my sleep." Devlin, confused, asks, "How in your sleep? ", Zen says that he doesn''t know either

    They exchanged some dialogues, conversation continued as they arrived at the factory outlet.

    The air felt gluttonous, Too gluttonous for Zen and Devlin Zen says "I need a suit for an interview", The employee asks for measurements, Zen says he doesn''t know, The employee takes the measurements and takes out a suit

    Zen tried a blue suit, it fit his vibe, the fabric was warm and cozy, a red suit, it felt bold and commanding, the fabric was extremely nice, but the suit didn''t look so good on Zen, a vine suit, it was elegant and formal, a black suit, a classic and dark green suit representing a nature loving man although he didn''t really liked going outside

    Zen tries all, but has his eyes, heart and brain for the first one, The blue suit which fits his vibe, it was his favourite I''d buy this one! Devlin. Devlin smirked, The vine one suited you more better whatever you want though

    They purchased the suit, On their way they saw a statue, The statue was destroyed and had moss all over it, it felt ancient Zen froze, his breath catching in his throat. The air around the statue felt oppressive

    A wave of nausea hit him, the sinister aura seeping into his very core, his legs buckled as his mind screamed, ''What is this... thing?'' Devlin worried asks what happened, Zen says "Who was that man?", Devlin says "Concord, He was a spirit sent by God himself for a mission only he could do, unite heaven and hell, One by one, Concord managed to unite heaven and hell, He made the princes of hell be more peaceful, Although he united 72 demons, Those 72 were extremely strong or valueable, Concord created two beings Sin, the personification of Sins and Virtue, who was the personification of Virtues, Concord had gone corrupt, he tried to defeat god but failed, he was sent to reincarnation"

    Zen vomits more and more, as if just seen the things he shouldn''t have, Zen finally faints, Devlin had to carry him till the apartment They return to the Apartment, Zen wakes up, He tells that he felt some weird aura around the statue, a evil and corrupted aura, To Devlin the words felt no true but he believed anyways and then suggests Zen to take a nap After waking up, Zen says "Can''t wait to get a job!", Devlin replies "Are you sure? It can get tiring, and you are also not well, I believe". The money is worth it, said Zen.

    Two days have passed by; Zen goes to the building of Beelzebub. Zen sees a man. He was fat, double-chinned, had four small horns, had long-styled hair with a bad hairline, had a small hair clip looking like a fly, and was wearing a jet-black suit. Behind him was a wall made up of a cage containing all sorts of flies. Beelzebub says, "So, you must be Zen? ".

    "I thought you looked like an insect...", he gets the reply "Well, I do, I change my appearance to better fit in , every prince did it except Lucifer" Should you maybe try to hide that a bit more like you know, you know look like your average stereotypical demon, no cap replied Zen.

    Beelzebub replies that anything after that makes him extremely weak Zen quietly hands over the documents Beelzebub says "Hmm, A Mythologist, You must know about Heaven and Hell, I could tell when you said I looked like an insect, No one really did say that ever to me in like the past 5 decades.

    You are new here as well so you have no work experience, You are physically strong, you are mentally strong also but emotionally very weak.

    Moving on, you are an average height for a Japanese person. You were born on October 10th, 2004, making you twenty years and seven months old.

    You come from a violent neighborhood; you never smoked or consumed alcohol. You haven''t committed any major crimes, but you always have pirated movies and games.

    Beelzebub, checking everything, says, I have checked everything on the documents. Well, you are neutral. That''s an issue, though I would talk to the authorities regarding that, as the criteria says citizens of other nations can''t apply to another nation, but you are nation less, being a citizen of nowhere. So will it be applied to you? Anyway, you are dismissed.

    Beelzebub eats the documents. Zen, confused, says, "Uhhh..." Beelzebub, the Prince of Gluttony, just got a bit hungry, said Beelzebub, smiling.

    Zen exits. Devlin says, "How''d it go? "Zen says, "Welp, I''m neutral, so my answer is delayed..." Devlin says, "Aww, you¡ªwe still have two jobless¡ª"

    Zen, confused, asks, "Two... jobless? "GOD DAMMIT, IT SLIPPED THROUGH MY MOUTH!" Says Devlin, Zen says how Devlin gets his money, "Loans" said Devlin Zen, conceded, taping Devlin''s shoulder, says "Go apply, man, How much do you owe?" Devlin replies with "Around a million...", Zen confused says he can buy a mansion for that much, maybe a tenth but Devlin gets the point.

    Devlin applies, gets in his own suit, a dull green, and starts the interview Devlin says "Im Devlin, I''m here for an interview Mr.Beelzebub!, I''m 21 physically, 22.75 chronological, DOB, September 19, 2003!, I was a sailor after I graduated! I want this job to pay my 1 million karma debt!"

    Beelzebub checks the documents and says "Hmm, A sailor, You must know about a lot of exploring and driving in the seas, You are a citizen of here, You are a bit overweight but still healthy even tho you somehow ate unhealthy food all the time, that''s pretty rare and have to be lucky, Crazy how Devlin is your name, who even names there child that?

    You are pretty tall for an average person, You are physically, mentally and emotionally capable,

    You are extremely caring, you have no work experience here but worked as a sailor for 3 years, you like gaming, watching shows, fiction, art, music and taking care of your pet when you were alive-"

    Beelzebub is interrupted, Devlin asks him what happened to his pet, Beelzebub replies "Devlin, your pet, Nyan is currently in under the care of your mother", Devlin asks what happened to everyone, His reply "Your Mom and Dad have fallen depressed and there days are going tearfully, Your cat misses you and so does your grandma, your grandpa is currently in a coma, You are declared dead, the chase is still unknown the case is still going on"

    Devlin starts crying, Too heavily.

    Beelzebub: "You will see everyone one day, Your pet will be sent to you after it dies, your father will be in Kindness Country, Your mother will be in Charity City."

    Devlin goes out tearfully.

    Zen, concerned: "You alright?¡±

    Devlin: "Everyone''s life is a mess after I died, I wished I never died in that stormy night", Devlin hugs Zen, crying in his shoulder. Zen says congrats and they have a pizza party to cheer up Devlin.

    At night, Beelzebub temporarily transforms himself to have his fly wings, Beelzebub then goes on his way to Pride Country to have a meeting Beelzebub while flying reaches up to a level where portals exist, He takes one of the portals and reaches Pride Country''s King City

    He flies down, walks for a bit while opening maps on his phone.

    Beelzebub: ¡°I can''t never remember the location can I, after an hour of walking¡±

    Beelzebub reaches a castle, A gray gothic castle, The castle of Lucifer.

    Guard number one: "Who are you?"

    Beelzebub changes into his original biblically accurate self, guard two opens the door, he changes back to his other self and enters the building Beelzebub checks the phone.

    He checks Lucifer message saying In the ground floor, take the stairs near Valak''s room, Then after reach towards the First room, then go towards Lilith''s room, near it there is a stairway, then go to third floor straight, where you will meet Paimon''s room, then go back to the second floor and reach your room, Instead of your room, you''d see the entrance towards the hallway of the meeting room.

    Beelzebub says that he first has to go towards Valak, as he goes near the room, Valak was standing outside, He was a child, Beelzebub greets Valak saying they haven''t meet in ages, Beelzebub pets Valak''s dragons both head and goes near the stairway.

    Beelzebub then reaches the first floor, And goes near Lilith''s room, he could only see a bit of it, from inside it had a lot of feminist posters.

    Beelzebub continues towards the third floor and goes near the stairway near Paimon''s room, he ignores it and goes to the second floor towards his own room, from inside was a hall Beelzebub enters the meeting room and sees Lucifer waiting for him.

    Lucifer had vine hair with gray eyes, he looked fabulous, wore a shirt, outside that, a jacket and after that a cloak he always wore, the cloak was all torn up but Lucifer would still wear it as if it was as fresh as new.

    Lucifer: "So what is the issue?",

    Beelzebub: ¡°There is a neutral¡±

    Lucifer: ¡°what''s the problem¡±

    Beelzebub: "He applied for an Envoy, He qualifies, just that he is neutral, that''s a problem"

    Lucifer: ¡°Maybe just don''t give him the job? Problem solved! Beelzebub.¡±

    Beelzebub: "The rule says, ''If someone belongs to a country, they can only apply for jobs in the country, not any other,'' but the person is nation less; would that really apply to him?"

    Lucifer: ¡°In that case..., then goes on to snap his fingers, and his phone gets summoned.¡±

    He types a message so all the other princes of hell can see it.

    Lucifer: ¡°Let''s get this issue sorted out, shall we? Said Lucifer in the most evil tone he possibly could.¡±

    Lucifer s

    tands up, looks through the building, and takes off his cloak and hangs it.

    Lucifer: ¡°We could have an exorcism and make him die until he begs for mercy and chooses a side!¡±

 Meetings

    "You''ve got to be kidding me...Lucifer," said Beelzebub. Lucifer in laughter says, "Beelzebub, that wasn''t a joke; I''d exorcise him myself!". Beelzebub, with an angered and disappointed look, says, "Are you trying to make us go back to hell?! That''s illegal!".

    Lucifer''s menacing look says, "I might as well be, aren''t I, Lucifer?" Beelzebub, holding Lucifer''s collar, says, "You¡­are...fucked...up...LUCIFER!" Lucifer, with an evil concerned look, says, "I thought you were one of, if not my closest friends..." Lucifer is sighing and then continues, "People who oppose shall be perished, not going to lie..." Beelzebub angrily says, "You little piece of pride..." Beelzebub then punches Lucifer with all his might.

    "Ohh, this is entertaining; I might just sit and watch." Beelzebub looks back and says, "Belphegor... Never listen to this fucking piece of pride..."

    Belphegor appeared to be a bit short, roughly 5''2. He had a skinny fat physique; his clothes were not really worn properly and were wrinkled; he had long hair, which wasn''t styled, and had two small black horns.

    Belphegor takes a seat and says, "Sure, whatever you say, buddy.". Lucifer kicks Beelzebub''s stomach as Beelzebub is not looking at Lucifer. This gets Beelzebub off guard.

    Beelzebub is knocked off; he is lying on the floor, looking at the sky, hoping that someone comes. Lucifer disappointedly says, "Huh, not you, Belphegor..." Lucifer summons his trident and tries to attack Belphegor.

    The trident is picked midway. Lucifer, shocked, sees that it was Beelzebub''s hand. Beelzebub, heavily breathing, says, "Just... don''t...". Lucifer attacks with a trident. Beelzebub kicks the trident. The trident hits the wall.

    Beelzebub summons his arrows, kicks Lucifer, knocking him to the ground, and then points the arrow directly at Lucifer''s mouth.

    Beelzebub shoots the arrow. But Lucifer manages to catch it. Lucifer stands up in a fighting pose, while Beelzebub also gets in a fighting position. Lucifer attacks first, punching the chin of Beelzebub. Beelzebub then kicks the legs of Lucifer.

    Lucifer falls, and then the door of the meeting is opened again. Now a short-haired person walks in who hasn''t buttoned his shirt, has jaguar pants, and has the Taurus constellation tattooed on his neck on one side and the Capricornus constellation tattooed on the other side.

    Belphegor says, "Hey Asmodeus! Have a seat! They are fighting!" Asmodeus replies, "First I was the 69th here, and now there is a sexy fight. Hell yeah!"

    Asmodeus sits.

    Asmodeus then says "What even is the matter eh?", Belphegor says "A neutral guy, Beelzebub wants him to give the job so he came here, But Lucifer straight up wants the guy to have people to exorcist him"

    Asmodeus says "Well, It''s fun now, I hope no one ruins the fun", Asmodeus''s mood is quickly disappointed as Lucifer and Beelzebub are now just standing. Asmodeus says, "Fight???," Beelzebub sits next to him and adjusts his tie and sighs, "Demons these days...".

    A dead silence comes. Then the door is opened again. There walks in a man. He had smooth, glowing skin with a light blue scale pattern till about half of his neck and said, "Why are Lucifer and Beelzebub exhausted?"

    Asmodeus leaned back in his chair, looking behind, and said, "These two had a fight!". Leviathan, Envious says, "Wha...You saw that! I''m envious of you!".

    Asmodeus says, "Well, I also missed it, so yeah..." Leviathan sits. "What is it?" Says Leviathan.

    Beelzebub, taking out his phone, Shows a mail and says "This person just interviewed today, They are neutral, which means they are from nowhere where making the law that people from other nations can''t interview in another nation"

    Leviathan, in a jealous tone says "That has to be too rare! I envy you!", Beelzebub says "Just give your opinion goddam it"

    Lucifer says "Let''s wait fo-", Beelzebub says "Shut up you piece of shit"

    Beelzebub stops, then resuming "Where the hell are Satan and Mammon?" Belphegor says "How would we know?", Beelzebub says "Yeah..." 10 minutes pass by, Lucifer and Beelzebub are staring at each other angrily, Asmodeus is watching porn without shame, Belphegor is sleeping and Leviathan is playing games on his phone.

    The door opens. A well-dressed man comes in. He had business attire with a suitcase, his shoes polished, wearing gold accessories, and his face given wolf vibes.

    Lucifer says, "Where the hell have you been, huh? Greed Country is close to Pride!"

    Mammon says, "I was busy deciding which of my hundred million karma suits to wear! They are 200 in total, Gotta look fabulous!"

    Mammon sits between Asmodeus and Lucifer. Beelzebub says, "Only Satan remains." Mammon, laughing, says, "He has entered the mansion; that bastard went to the wrong side!"

    Asmodeus also starts laughing, saying, "What? Hasn''t that guy been here the most?! What a bastard!" Leviathan says, "The Prince of Wrath making us wait is crazy!" Asmodeus says, "I know, right¡ª"

    A door comes swinging at Asmodeus. Asmodeus mad says, "What the hell, man!" Satan says, "What the hell are you talking about me, eh?"

    Satan had ripped shirt and pants and had spiky bands on his hands, legs, and neck. He was a 9-foot-tall giant and was extremely jacked with scars all over.

    Mammon says, "How was the prank?". Asmodeus says, "What the hell to you too, man!". Mammon says, "Anyways, why do you call us, Lucifer?"

    Lucifer says, "Beelzebub will answer that.". To that Mammon replies, "Eh? You were the one who called us!" Beelzebub says, "It''s because of Gluttony Country. A person named Zen, Zen Kaneshiro, is a neutral, and he just applied as an envoy and checked out every category, but since he is not a person from Gluttony, the law says that a person of a nation can''t apply to another nation."

    Mammon says, "That''s an issue...Any ideas, anyone?". Lucifer proudly says, "We can exo-.". Beelzebub says, "NO! WE ARE NOT!". Leviathan, scared, says, "From Prince of Gluttony to Prince of Wrath?". Beelzebub says, "Maybe I am!"

    Satan, grabbing Beelzebub''s collar, offended, says, "You? You are not!". Beelzebub says, "I''m not actually going to!". Satan lets go of Beelzebub.

    Leviathan, envious, says, "Why doesn''t anything happen to me? I don''t want to be observing. Satan punches Leviathan, saying, "Happy? "Leviathan says, "More like it! "

    Belphegor wakes up saying, "Neutrality reminded me of the rebellion...I hate that; I support Lucifer."

    Beelzebub says, "Not you too...Why? "Belphegor says, "I was neutral during the rebellion and got damnation. Doesn''t it make sense for Zen to get damnation and be sent to hell by exorcism? " Lucifer says, "That''s my man! "Beelzebub, concerned, says, "Not you too... Belphegor...Is anyone on my side?"

    Belphegor says, "Duh...don''t you know what happened in that rebellion? I just didn''t pick a side and got damnation for life. It wasn''t my fault; I didn''t want to pick a side! If I get damnation, so does that neutral bastard! "

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    Mammon replies "Well, you got helped by God, God sent Concord after thinking that it was wrong for him to send you to damnation, You are the reason why we are respected"

    Leviathan says "If we sent him to damnation, We lose that respect and send back to damnation and so does all this billions of people. This would turn the economy upside down! I am against Lucifer on this one,"

    Beelzebub says. "Now we are talking! " Mammon says, "Me too; I don''t want to be sent to damnation! "

    Beelzebub excitedly says, "I am winning! What about you, Asmodeus?! "Asmodeus replies, "If he is hot or sexy. Then sure." Beelzebub opens his phone and shows Asmodeus the picture, but before Asmodeus could see properly, a trident destroys the screen of the phone. It was none other than Lucifer.

    Beelzebub angrily says, "What the hell is wrong with you, huh? " Lucifer says, "He looks very bad, Asmodeus, too bad to be shown!" Beelzebub says, "He doesn''t look bad, Asmodeus. Trust me, please, and also it has important stuff in it, Lucifer!"

    Lucifer says, "Do I look like I care? No!"

    Belphegor says, "Man, look, I''m at your side, but wtf?? You can''t just sabotage him like that; only he knows what Zen even looks like!"

    Lucifer replies in a commanding tone, "I decide what happens and what doesn''t. I am morally the correct one here, aren''t I? "

    Beelzebub, angrily says, "You are lost in your ego, aren''t you? Maybe I should have just given him a job without involving you!"

    Lucifer says, "You would be sent back to hell, that''s for sure! "Beelzebub replies, "Maybe I will! But still better than dragging my friends and co-workers back to hell! On top of that also sabotaging the half the population and putting them to misery and making the world hate me so I can be satisfied!"

    The argument goes on and on for 30 minutes straight. Belphegor and Satan are chanting "fight, fight, and the others are annoyed.

    Asmodeus, pissed off, says, "I have gotten bored! I''m going, bye! "Asmodeus leaves. Leviathan also leaves alongside Mammon. Beelzebub says, "See what you did, Lucifer! I am also leaving and going to inform Michael; he would help for sure with others, unlike you, Lucifer!"

    Lucifer is pissed off and says, "He is more wrong, Beelzebub!" Beelzebub says, "He wouldn''t cause half the world to get damnation because he doesn''t want to give a guy he is not even related to a job like a crybaby!"

    Lucifer, more pissed off, says, "Cry baby? You are the one crying. Get out of my sight! "Beelzebub says, "Maybe I should leave a crybaby! "

    Beelzebub leaves. Satan says, "You both disappointed me! Y''all were fighting like crybabies? I expected war" And leaves.

    Beelzebub arrives at his castle and goes to his room and thinks, "My phone is broken...That piece of shit. Thank God I had saved data on a pen drive; I just have to find it."

    Beelzebub starts looking and receives a knock; Beelzebub opens it. A maid walks in holding a phone, the same brand and colour as Beelzebub''s.

    Beelzebub, confused, says, "Phone? "To it the maid replies, "It came from a parcel dropped from the sky; it said, ''From God. I don''t know why, but it is given to you."

    Beelzebub says, "Thank you, Lord. My phone got broken. It is my new one." Beelzebub opened it; the wallpaper and everything were the same. Beelzebub said, "You can go." The maid left.

    Beelzebub thought, "I think I''d get the search team to find that pen drive...I should tell Michael now." Beelzebub messaged Michael, saying, "Hello Michael, there is a neutral guy in Gluttony who applied as an envoy. Since he is nationless, would he get the job or not? "

    Michael quickly replies, "Have you discussed this with all the princes? "Beelzebub replies, "Yes, I did. We weren''t able to agree", Michael says "Hmm, This sounds like a debating topic, We will make a meeting at your place."

    Beelzebub agrees and messages all his employees saying "Decorate the castle, especially the meeting hall, guests will come."

    The next day comes.

    First comes Michael, He had halo, was blonde and was wearing a suit with a pair of wings.

    Then came Mammon.

    Then came Azrael, He was tall, also wore a suit and had a bunch of wings covering his back.

    Then comes another angel, Uriel, He had wings like any other angel, He was reading some sort of book and wore a yellow suit.

    Then came Leviathan.

    Then came Satan.

    Then came Gabriel, A glowing skin with brown hair, he was busy in a call.

    Then came Lucifer.

    Then came Belphegor alongside Asmodeus.

    Then came Raphael, He was an Albino, Looked slim but muscular body.

    Then came Cassiel, had worn a suit, had a halo and wings and had a big beard.

    Then came ramiel with enormous wings, he had scales with claws.

    Azrael starts off , "So Kaneshiro is a neutral man", Beelzebub confirms. Michael gives a suggestion "We should help him pick a side", Lucifer says "That''s what I''m saying!"

    Beelzebub says, "I doubt he would pick a side." Gabriel says, "Let him be. Neutrality is purity, after all." Belphegor stands up and says, "Yes! It''s pure!"An awkward silence emerges; Belphegor is embarrassed and sits down."

    Lucifer says, "He is going to chase problems then!". Satan says, "In that case, it''s Wrath. It goes to me!"

    Michael says, "You are right, Satan." Everyone agrees but Lucifer.

    Lucifer says "Michael you are always wrong!", Michael says "Well...I did support god in the rebellion...So I ain''t always wrong, Lucifer!", Everyone aggress Lucifer replies "Huh?? That means you are wrong! I was the one right!", Everyone disagrees.

    Michael says "Well, You see, You are filled with pride, inrespect your views, but I must say one thing, you are becoming wrath!" Everyone agrees Lucifer says "Maybe, I''m!" Everyone disagrees Michael says "Well, I don''t think that''s allowed..." Everyone agrees.

    Lucifer says "doesn''t matter! I''ll kick your ass first you son of a-" everyone disagrees Michael says "Oh my! Your language!" Everyone agrees Lucifer says "Are all you gonna support him?!"

    Michael says "And why fight me, So many years ago, in the rebellion, you remember what happened, you see Lucifer, You are my friend, A person I respect with my heart, you are close to me, why tarnish that?" Everyone agrees.

    Lucifer says "Friends? You are my archnemesis!"

    Michael shocked says, "Archnemesis? I didn''t know you hated me like that!"Beelzebub says, "I thought you considered me the archnemesis! "Michael shocked says, "Aren''t you too close friends, if not best of friends? What happened?"

    Beelzebub replies, "Lucifer wanted Kaneshiro to be an exorcist and sent to hell! He said he doesn''t care if we end up in hell with half of the world population and ruin Limbo''s economy!"

    Michael shocked exclaims, "Oh my, Lucifer, I will let you go on this one, but if you think of that again for another innocent soul, I might have to step in! "

    Lucifer replies, "He has no place in here! "Michael says, "That doesn''t mean you''ll put him in endless suffering! "

    Beelzebub says, "Leave that. Does anyone have any ideas?"

    "So, I have an idea. What if Zen works but represents no nation and gets paid by the international money? "said Gabriel. Everyone agreed except Lucifer.

    Gabriel then said, "So I tell God to pay Zen with the international karma? "Beelzebub says, "Yeah! Lucifer isn''t going to agree". Everyone agrees" .

    Gabriel flies towards the sky, reaching Heaven in an instant while everyone leaves. Beelzebub thinks, "Wow! That was short..."

    God asks, "What do you want, Gabriel?" Gabriel replies, "There is a neutral in Limbo.".

    God is shocked and says, "Huh, that''s rare. What about it?". Gabriel says, "Lord, we have decided to give him a job as an envoy. We will pay him with international money.

    Please tell the system to pay him." God says, "Accepted."

    Zen receives a message from a numberless person. Zen is confused and asks Devlin about it. Devlin says, "It''s God''s Number! What does it say?"

    Zen says, "It''s saying ''Hello Kaneshiro Zen! You have been selected as an Envoy. You are ranked one, rank one of the neutrals. You will start from Monday with Devlin and see the facility of an unhealthy district that runs the punishments. See how many escaped and report them to the police. Also catch all the first levels."

    Devlin says, "Awesome! We are paired up!" Monday arrives.

    Zen is wearing a blue jacket with a scarf and camera. Devlin is wearing a hoodie, a black one.

    Devlin says "Man you gotta love the color blue! You came with a blue jacket, wore a blue suit and now another jacket which is blue, what''s next?"

    Zen says "How about a Low Taper Fade with blue hair." Devlin "Don''t add anything else-" Zen disturbs saying "And I started streaming Castlenite in twitch with the name Ni-"

    Devlin interrupts saying "That''s it! Let''s just go!" Zen says "Anyways, Whats Level''s?"

    Devlin says "It determines the amount of punishment one gets, It ranges to 1 to 10, 1 is 6 hours a week, 2 is 9 hours a week, 3 is 12 hours a week, 4 is 18 hours a week, 5 is a whole day, 6 is 2 days, 7 is 3 days, 8 is 4 days, 9 is five days and 10 is eternity!"

    Zen asks "What if you defeat that sin, then?" Devlin says "Well...It depends on life before death, so you are not free, tho you might get promoted to a level down, like me, although it''s rare" Zen says "What''s yours?", Devlin replies "Level 1, They show me some fast food, inject me so I feel it''s like oxygen, Mine comes every Thursday"

    Zen says "So starting as a level 2?", Devlin says "Yes, Mine was 12 at the night of Thursday to the noon of Thursday, Now it''s 6 in the morning to noon!"

    Zen asks if there is anything else he should know. Devlin replies, "The punishment item is also dependent on the level. For level one, it''s the thing you can somewhat resist, like they showed me cupcakes when I was level 2, they showed me donuts; if I had reached level 10, then they would have shown me a Margherita pizza."

    Zen says, "Ohhh, I feel bad for level 10. Imagine you can''t have the thing you loved the most; now it becomes an oxygen-level thing, but you can''t have it for eternity!"

    Devlin says, "Around ten thousand people come here; out of those, barely 10 get level 10. On average, a person gets level 5, like our neighbor next door." Zen says, "Ohh...We should go out!"

    They reach the facility and enter it.

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    A security guard pops up.

    Gaurd: "What''s your level?"

    Devlin: "We are here for a mission.".

    The guard asks for the message, Zen shows it.

    Guard, thinking: "They are given a mission by God. They must be a saint! And that guy is ranked 1! He is the strongest of the land! Must I get an autograph?"

    The guard takes out his register

    Gaurd: "Will you mind giving an autograph?"

    Zen is confused but gives the autograph and goes.

    Devlin: "Man, you are famous all of a sudden. Is it because of neutrality?"

    Zen: "Well, I really don''t know!" Anyways, we should go!"

    Zen: "Hey, Devlin! For Level 1, do all of them last from midnight to 6 in the morning?".

    Devlin: "Well, they have 4 batches: midnight to 6 in the morning, 6 to noon, noon to 6 in the evening, and from 6 to midnight, and it goes on!"

    Zen: "Oh, that''s why they have so much rush hour every 5 and 11 for no reason!".

    Devlin nods his head: "Anyways, what even happened to that guy, huh?".

    Zen: "Yeah, his face was like" Zen makes a shocked face.

    Devlin: "Do that again! Do that again!"

    Zen does that face again, more exaggerated. Devlin laughs even harder and can''t stop.

    Zen: "Then that guy was like, Oh my god! Rank 1????? Like, bro, it''s only going to be 14 of them, not 15! They are celebrities".

    Devlin, while laughing:  "I know, right! Like, bro, seriously, do your research!".

    Zen: "Yeah, man!".

    They go silent.  Zen: "Man, I feel bad for that guy. Like, imagine rank 1 talking about it!".

    Devlin replies, "Yeah, I guess..."

    They reach floor 1.

    Devlin:  "Get your camera ready!".

    Zen says, "And you get your list ready!"

    Devlin: "Okay, we have 300 cages to check on this floor!"

    They check the first cage.

    It was filled; they checked the second was too, and so was the 3 to 10, but at the eleventh.

    Devlin: "It''s empty! Zen!".

    Zen clicks a picture and continues.

    Zen: "Man, that many on the first floor! 10 out of 3 thousand!"

    Devlin: "I know, right! When I go, there are barely 30 to skip as a whole in all the levels in the entire city! I doubt if a cage has been empty."

    They continued, The 12th was filled, but the 13th had one missing.

    Zen clicked a picture and then went onward.

    From 14 all the way through 76, everyone was there.  Devlin: "I hope not everyone else has skipped!".

    Zen: "Yeah, it would take forever to reach the second level for that to be the case!".

    Devlin: "I know, right!".

    Zen: "All you say is, I know, right? Don''t you have anything else to say?".

    Devlin: "No".

    Zen: "Oh my god...".

    Devlin: "I know, right!".

    Zen:  "Drop it. Let''s check 77!".

    They went towards the cage, but at 77, two were missing.

    Zen: "Talk about being promoted to the next level!".

    Devlin: "I know ri-.".

    Zen: "No, you don''t know right!".

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    Devlin: "Fine..."

    They march onwards.

    At 97, I was missing.

    At 159, 7 were missing.

    160-279 was clear, then at 280, 1 was missing.

    Devlin: "Bruh, the day we get a job, and everyone is skipping!".

    Zen: "The world has to hate us!".

    Devlin: "The world?! Is that a JoJo''s reference"?

    Zens: "Hell yeah!"

    They complete through the first floor

    Devlin: "Well I hope-",

    Devlin is interrupted by Zen

    Zen: "I don''t hope it''s gonna go any better!".

    Devlin: "Sure...".

    They see the first cage.

    Zen: "Well it''s, filled"

    Devlin: "Don''t keep your hopes high"

    Zen: "Yeah..."

    They saw the second cage, It was filled and so was till the 17th. But for the 18th.

    Zen: "Well here comes another"

    Zen clicks the image

    Devlin: "What''s even the matter eh?"

    Zen: "Let''s check on Google..."

    Zen opens his phone and types

    "What will happen today".

    Google shows many results but most of them were astronomical or simply not happening in Gluttony.

    Devlin: "Huh...That''s weird, Nothing today."

    Zen: "Anyways, Thank God there are how many people who are getting punished are there on the top, we don''t have to check!"

    Devlin: "Yeah, What might be happening?"

    Zen: "They must be scared!"

    Devlin: "Well... It doesn''t harm you, nor does it give you trauma!"

    Zen: " Wells truly weird, it has to be rare!"

    Devlin: "Well... It''s not about being scared, This facility might not be treating others right!"

    Zen and Devlin move on.

    They are shocked at 200-202

    Zen: "Huh? 200 is empty!"

    Devlin: "What is happening?"

    Zen: "What goes on in this place?"

    Devlin: "I''d switch to this place and try to figure out what happens!"

    Zen: "What?? Cage 201 is empty as well!"

    Zen clicks the picture.

    Devlin: "I must check..."

    Zen: "What if they do physical torture..."

    Devlin: "The punishment of Wrath is physical..."

    Zen: "So they are doing the Wrath''s punishment?"

    Devlin: "Maybe something even worse..."

    Zen: "How? Why?"

    Devlin: "They might be getting tortured..."

    Zen: "We need to find them!"

    Devlin: "We must..."

    Zen: "Save them, But How?"

    Devlin: "First, We interrogate the escapee if we find them!"

    Zen: "Then?"

    Devlin: "Then we tell Mr. Beelzebub"

    Zen: "So he sends us to investigate?"

    Devlin: "Yes..."

    Zen: "Hmm...We must save them!"

    They go to Level 3

    Zen: "Huh? No Gaurds at Level 3!"

    Devlin: "Huh?"

    Zen: "Let''s try to see what''s happening inside!"

    They try to see what is happening, To their surprise, 10 people were hanged in a cross upside down and were force fed.

    Zen clicks the picture.

    Devlin and Zen look at each other, Their eyes showed dread, They were traumatized by what they saw.

    Devlin: "We are going to Level 2!"

    Zen: "We have to check..."

    They go back.

    They go far away from Guards.

    Zen and Devlin peek in, The People were having the same fate.

    Zen clicks a picture

    Devlin: "Yup that proves it...They have no mercy."

    Zen: "I need to puke..."

    Zen rushes to the restroom and pukes.

    Zen: "How the hell are they going through it!?"

    Devlin:  " Fuck... I also have to puke... "

    Zen goes besides, Devlin pukes as well.

    Devlin: "We have to investigate more..."

    Zen: "Let''s get this over with..."

    They go to Level 3.

    Zen: "Still Empty?"

    Devlin: "Why would the guards not be in cases like that?"

    Zen: "Maybe they''re planning something?"

    Devlin: "What could they be planning?"

    Zen: "Remember that security guard?"

    Devlin: "Which one?"

    Zen: "The one who took that autograph?"

    Devlin: "What about it?"

    Zen: "We will need that guy"

    Devlin agrees and they reach the first level.

    Guard: "You guys done?"

    Zen: "We have a question"

    Guard: "What question"

    Zen: "Have you noticed any weird things around here?"

    Guard: "No, Why?"

    Zen: "Look at this"

    Zen shows the guard the images.

    Guard: "Wha-"

    Zen: "We need you, We are gonna investigate other levels, Make our conclusion, You must have the list of everyone right?"

    Guard: "Yes"  Zen: "We need that after concluding, this will have the locations and faces"

    Guard: "Yes"  Zen: "We will take a dozen to Beelzebub, They tell everything, I show them the pictures and then see what happens"

    Guard: "Well if you say so..."

    The guard goes with them.

    Guard: "So, What do you want me to do?"

    Zen opens his messages and shows it to the guard.

    Zen: "I asked good to send you a message saying to check inside the cages, I believe you must have gotten the message"

    Gaurd: "Let me check..."

    The guard checks, Zen was right, God had sent him a message.

    Zen: "Well, you make them see the message, tell them that you won''t snitch and lie to god"

    Devlin: "Man you are a genius!"

    Zen: "Thank you, Anyways, you are gonna hide your phone''s camera, It will be recording, You are gonna record them"

    Guard: "Then do it to other levels, Have the evidence"

    Zen: "Yes, You will work inside out"

    The Guard enters.

    Punisher: Huh? What are you doing here? John."

    The guard shows him the message.

    Punisher: "Oh-"

    Guard: "Hey, Look I''m at your side, I won''t snitch anything, Trust me!"

    Guard: "Anyways, What is this?"

    Punisher: "Well, You see, We are torturing them, you can see the camera"

    The guard shows the camera

    Guard: "Why record?"

    Punisher: "So our boss can see and pay us"

    Guard: "So this has been an operation?"

    Punisher: "Boss bought the facility and does secret torture"

    Guard: "Where is the boss from?"

    Punisher: "I cant te-"

    The punisher is shot.

    Guard: "Thank you for being so stupid..."

    Gaurd frees the ten people

    Person 1: "Thank you sir!"

    Guard: "Hey you all, Outside are two men, One in Blue, One in Black, Be near them!"

    They all go.

    Person 1: "Mister!"

    Zen: "I have a question..."

    Devlin: "Can you explain what they were doing to you?"

    Person 2: "It''s been 2 years..."

    Zen: "What happened in that time?"

    Person 2: "2 years ago, A man named Liang Cheng bought this facility for over 2 billion karma! The previous owner sold him to it"

    Person 3: "Then that person replaced the entire employee snuck men from the dark web!"

    Zen: "Even that guy?"

    Person 8: "Sort of, He was working for them but the thing was He was just noting names!"

    The guard comes outside

    Zen: "Hey you..."

    Guard: "I was hearing you, Liang Cheng is a man from Pride, He is over 500 years old, He was one of the earliest souls who started from  here

    Devlin: "Tell more!"

    Guard: "He is an entrepreneur, Mainly he sells real estate worth millions... this is his biggest investment..."

    The guard stops and resumes

    Guard: "That''s the website, 89.drksedflngchng.com, Its name is nothing but everything else in here is a cipher..."

    Devlin: "I will go to the house and hide all of them, Zen sends everyone you see here!

    Zen: "Got it!"

    Guard: "Take that punisher''s gun, Zen"

    Zen: "They have a gun?"

    Person 10: "They were threatening us!"

    Devlin: "Hey dude! Come here!"

    Person 10 leaves

    Zen: "What happens if you get shot?"

    Guard: "The person will respawn at the chamber and is sent back, their memories are erased of Limbo and it becomes their first experience..."

    Zen: "Oh-"

    Guard: "But the thing is, some can afford to have their memories not erased, it costs 2 million karma for each person..."

    Zen: "Liang bought there as well?"

    Guard: "There aren''t many working here, Only 50 people work here including me...That means Liang had planned all of this..."

    Zen: "You mean?"

    Guard: "Liang already thought of this...He might already have his attacks ready..."

    Zen: "Should we just go and shoot every guard, free every poor soul while recording it?"

    Guard: "The thing is that...Since there are 50 employees, The thing is that, we can only find 60 cages...I doubt if it has a pattern"

    Zen: "What happens in those without an actual guard?"

    Guard: "That''s the thing, I don''t know..."

    They go to the next cage.  The guard enters  Punisher: "What are you doing here...Eugene?"

    The guard shoots him.

    Guard: "Zen! I think I found a way to find out who is an actual guard!"

    Zen: "Whoever doesn''t know your name?"

    Guard: "That''s the thing, I know the names, There''s no Eugene working in this place...If they say a name that doesn''t work here, statically it''s saying a robots name!"

    Zen: "Damn...You are smart! Let''s free them!"

    They free everyone.

    Zen: "Go to this address! You''d be saved!"

    They go to the home of Zen and Devlin.

    They go to more and more levels.

    Guard: "Here goes the 50th!".

    Zen: "Phew...Wait, What about Level 10?"

    Guard: "Level 10, anywhere are controlled by bots!"

    Zen: "No, Not that!"

    Guard: "Right...We''d need the access card for that!"

    Zen: "How would we get it?"

    Guard: "The overseers have it all the time, They have magic which doesn''t allow them to be killed, meaning they can''t go to The Chamber, They are truly immortal, They can only faint..."

    Zen: "So, We wait?"

    Guard: "Precisely!"  20 mins pass, A short old man with a scientist coat comes

    Overseer: "Huh? It''s your break-"

    The Overseer is attacked by the Guard.

    The guard snaps The overseers neck and Zen takes the access card

    Guard: "He should wake up any minute..."

    The light goes red, emergency light.

    The guard looks back, to his surprise, they got caught by the CCTV.

    Zen: "Oh no..."

    Guard: "It''s over for us..."

 A Dark Truth II

    The guard looks back; to his surprise, they got caught by the CCTV.

    Zen: "Oh no..."

    Guard: "It''s over for us..."

    The door opens, walks in soldiers.

    Soldier I: Hand up!

    Zen and the guard put their hands up. The soldiers put handcuffs on them, but when they were being moved, the guard kicked a soldier in such a way the soldier tripped and fell. Then the guard quickly takes the keys with his mouth, shifts them to his hand, and easily opens his handcuffs in an instant.

    Zen: "You are fast!"

    Guard: "I worked at the army back in the Cold War..."

    The guard shoots everyone and frees Zen.

    Zen: "Thanks!"

    Guard: "No problem, let''s focus on running."

    More soldiers come, Zen and the guard start running, and the soldiers start chasing them with all arms while the guard is shooting them...

    Guard: "Here comes the last restock. After that, we are doomed..."

    Zen: "This can''t be..."

    Guard and Zen come across a stairway; Guard holds Zen.

    Guard: "This is going to hurt..."

    Zen: "Are you going to jump?"

    Guard jumps while holding Zen.

    Guard: "Ouch! Are you safe?"

    Zen: "Yeah...Thanks for holding me..."

    Guard: "Here''s my office! It has the key to close the facility!"

    The guard takes the keys, goes outside with Zen, and locks the facility.

    Zen: "What if they have the key as well?"

    Guard: "Only I contain keys; there are no other keys; they are trapped."

    Zen: "Let''s go to my house..."

    Guard: "Okay..."

    They arrive.

    Devlin: "How did it go?"

    Zen: "We fucked up...We got caught at the very end..."

    Guard: "We were not able to get any images of level 10..."

    Zen: "Anything about you?"

    Devlin: "I tried calling Mr. Beelzebub."

    Zen: "What about it?"

    Devlin: "He was busy in a call..."

    Zen: "Ohh...So we have to wait?"

    Devlin: "We need a bigger place as well to fit them..."

    Zen: "Yeah...Our neighbors are disturbed, aren''t they?"

    Devlin: "The apartment is..."

    Zen: "Should I try to call Mr. Beelzebub?"

    Devlin: "Go for it if you want."

    Zen calls Beelzebub; he replies.

    Beelzebub: "Hello?"

    Zen: "Hello, Mr. Beelzebub, It''s Kaneshiro!"

    Beelzebub: "What do you want?"

    Zen: "We just did a mission; we have found terrifying things..."

    Beelzebub: "Like what?"

    Zen: "First things first, the facility isn''t legit... They are torturing people by hanging them upside down on a cross and force-feeding them..."

    Beelzebub: "I''m free...Have an appointment with me..."

    Zen: "Thank you."

    Beelzebub cuts the call.

    Zen: "We have an appointment. Let''s go. Take a dozen people here."

    Zen, The Guard, and Devlin go alongside 12 other people.

    They reach the building of Beelzebub.

    Beelzebub: "I want evidence..."

    Zen shows a picture of a hanged man.

    Beelzebub: "You weren''t lying..."

    Zen: "Then there''s a video of this guy and another person..."

    Beelzebub: "Show"

    Zen shows the conversation.

    Beelzebub: "Huh? Who is the owner?"

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    Guard: "Liang Cheng, the Chinese entrepreneur!"

    Beelzebub: "Cheng?"

    Zen: "Yes..."

    Beelzebub: "A facility costs over 2 billion karma. One day he made a mysterious investment; it was all over the news... So that was his investment."

    Zen: "No one made theories."

    Beelzebub: "The thing is..."

    Beelzebub stands up and takes a newspaper.

    Beelzebub shows it.

    Beelzebub: "Look here it says he made multiple investments."

    Zen: "Why will he hide it?"

    Beelzebub: "Well, Whenever a facility is brought, Many people like inspectors and record keepers come, Nothing like that must have happened and it was done secretly..."

    Beelzebub stops and continues

    Beelzebub: "Many people come to see, many other facility owners, Cheng didn''t want that, is my answer and he simply wanted the operation done as quickly as possible."

    Devlin: "Why would he want to have done that!"

    Beelzebub: "I don''t know...I have a new mission for you...Disguise yourself, Liang would have sent you apparently"

    Zen: "They know our faces..."

    Beelzebub: "Hmm...You will wear a mask and a wig, to hide it better, One of you will search for level 10, one of you will search the other level cages while one of you searches for everything else like the offices and security rooms"

    Devlin: "Can you really send these people to get tortured?!"

    Person 1: "Yeah...Please don''t send us there..."

    Beelzebub: "No, I have millions of robots, you will be here while those androids are disguised as you"

    Person 2: "Thank you for fighting for our sake, Mr. Beelzebub, And you three!"

    Zen: "No need to thank us!"

    Beelzebub: "They record a lot, That means you must record! This makes this easier...and for the escaped, They stay at the castle of mine, tho it will be crowded you know"

    Beelzebub stops and continues.

    Beelzebub: "This is your new mission, Let''s call this... Project F, This starts tomorrow at 8:00 A.M sharp, You are dismissed"

    Everyone leaves.

    Beelzebub: "Let''s call Lucifer"

    Beelzebub dials Lucifer number.

    Lucifer: "What the hell is it now?"

    Beelzebub: "Liang Cheng is doing illegal buisness in here..."

    Lucifer: "Eh? Elaborate"

    Beelzebub: "You see...He bought a facility and does illegal things like torturing and uploads it on the dark web..."

    Lucifer: "Okay now I''m interested, tell me more!"

    Beelzebub: "The website is 89.drksedflngchng.com"

    Lucifer searches the website

    Lucifer: "You are right..."

    Beelzebub: "Zen, That kid found out about this facility, He clicked some pictures.

    Lucifer: "Well well well, Id come at your place, be there!"

    Lucifer cuts the call

    Lucifer: "Time to see these, I won''t be scared, thats for sure!"

    Lucifer opens one of the videos

    The video showed a hanged man upside on a cross, he was fed by someone in pure black, his face was blurred, The man was being feed what seemed to be worms, These worms were alive.

    Lucifer: "The Fuck"

    The man finished the worms, then came a centipede, it was alive and big, The centipede bites the tongue of the poor hanged man.

    Lucifer: "Now what?"

    The video is over, Then another video comes, now came another man, the same room, the same punisher, the person was different, now fatter, It took some time and then the punisher had a tray of mites.

    Lucifer: "They feed them insect?"

    Lucifer sees some more, he concludeds

    Lucifer: "Hmm...Level one are feed insects, Level two have some organs added, level three to seven have live animals added, Level eight are being given shit, level nine are given demons...And level ten are forced to eat their own parts which regenerate...There mouth is controlled"

    Lucifer now thinking,

    Lucifer: "Well, I will get the demons to join, We will attack Liang..."

    The scene changes to Devlin, Zen and the guard

    Guard: "We will have to wait till tomorrow..."

    Zen: "We should get the people who didn''t came..."

    Devlin: "Well...You do have a point"

    Guard: "We don''t know where they are..."

    Devlin: "Oh"

    Zen: "Well, Nevermind then, but why?"

    Gaurd: "It''s just that, It me"

    Devlin: "Huh?"

    Guard: "If they see me, they won''t trust me, All these people saw me save them!"

    Zen: "Hmm...Both me and Devlin can go!"

    Guard: "The thing is that, Nevermind..."

    Zen: "Tell us"

    Gaurd: "They might think of this as a trap."

    Zen: "Why?"

    Guard: "You are clueless aren''t you?"

    Zen: "Yeah! I need context!"

    Guard: "Calm down...Have you ever been bullied?"

    Zen: "Well I did have bullies and was raised in an aggressive neighbourhood."

    Gaurd: "If some strangers knocked on your door and said they have taken care of your bullies and know they are invited you to there house, will you come?"

    Zen: "No..."

    Guard: "That''s what I''m saying, They might not come, They might think this is a trap!"

    Devlin: "Unless they are hopeless..."

    Guard: "Well...In that case..."

    Guard pauses.

    Guard: "We can try."

    The guards, Zen and Devlin go outside.

    Zen: "You know their places right?

    Guard: "It''s on my phone, Let me check"

    Zen: "Sure"

    The guard checks

    Zen: "You have them marked?"

    Guard: "There''s a tick for everyone I let in, Okay, First is Thomas...150 are missing..."

    Zen: "Well it''s gonna take some time"

    Gaurd: "Let''s not waste any time!"

    After walking for a bit, They reach Thomas''s house. The guard  rings the bell.

    Thomas: "Huh? Please don''t take me!"

    Guard: "I''m not...I left that job once for all kinda."

    Thomas: "You have proof?"

    Guard: "Well...I don''t for now-"

    The guard receives a message, He opens it and it says that the guard is fired.

    Guard: "Well...Heres my proof!"

    Thomas: "What do you even want eh?"

    Zen: "We are destroying that facility once for all!"

    Thomas: "How?"

    Zen: "It''s my mission!"

    Thomas: "Huh? That mission is small...What''s your rank?"

    Zen: "Rank 1"

    Thomas: "Huh?"

    Zen: "I''m the 15th rank one, representing the neutral! By that I mean only me!"

    Thomas: "You are one hell of a man, eh?"

    Zen: "Go to this castle..."

    Thomas: "Isn''t that..."

    Zen: "It''s an important mission afterall"

    Thomas: Well, You are one heck of a man! What''s your name?"

    Zen: "Zen, Zen Kaneshiro"

    Thomas: "Well let me get my keys..."

    Thomas goes inside and gets his keys, The guard, Zen and Devlin go away to another house.

    Guard: "Now, Amun...He also is close"

    Zen: "Let''s go"

    They reach Amun''s house. Devlin rigs the doorbell, Then comes an Egyptian guy.

    Amun: "Please don''t take me mister..."

    Guard: "I got fired"

    Devlin: "We are ending that facility for good."

    Amun: "How do I know you aren''t lying?"

    Devlin: "Show him the message"

    Zen: "I have a message as well now. I just received it."

    Guard: "Here look..."

    The guard shows the message, The message showed that he was fired.

    Amun: "Huh...I thought they wouldn''t fire anyone with that much information..."

    Zen: "Here my"

    The message was by God, The new message said,

    God: "Your new mission is to disguise yourself in the facility owned by Liang Cheng"

    Amun: "G-God...Who are you?"

    Zen: "Zen Kaneshiro, rank 1 of the neutrals"

    Amun starts crying, crying a lot.

    Devlin: "Y-you fine?!"

    Amun: "Thank...Thank you everyone...Thank you for fighting for our sake..."

    Devlin: "You don''t have to cry for that!"

    Amun: "S-sorry..."

    Amun wipes his tears, but the tears won''t stop coming.

    Devlin: "It''s okay..."

    Amun hugs Devlin.

    Amun: "Thank you...It''s been 50 years since I started being punished here..."

    Devlin: "5-50? Level?"

    Amun: "9..."

    Devlin: "Don''t worry everything will be fine!"

    Amun: "Once again, thank you"

    Amun stops hugging Devlin.

    Amun goes inside.

    Gaurd: "Make sure you go towards the Beelzebub Castle!"

    Amun: "Got it!"

    Devlin, Zen and the guard leaves.

    Guard: "Let''s now go to Delphine..."

    They reach Delphine''s house.

    Delphine: "Who is this?"

    Zen: "We are going to end your facility!"

    Guard: "Yep!"

    Delphine: "Do you have proof?"

    Zen shows the message and so does the guard.

    Delphine: "You are legit I believe...Id go"

    She leaves.

    Zen: "Uh... Excuse me! You forgot to lock your house."

    Delphine locks it and goes.

    Devlin: "That was fast."

    Zen: "We still have like what?"

    Guard: "3 out of 150, we are 30th done, It''s gonna take some time"

    Devlin: "What if we just say to say it to others who live in the same building?"

    Guard: "Yeah...We could do that! Anyways...Now comes Raj"

    They go towards Raj''s house.

    Raj: "Uh....Don''t take me!"

    Guard: "I''m fired"

    Raj: "Huh?"

    Guard: "Well...I kinda know you..."

    Raj: "Do what?"

    Guard: "Kinda leaked the truth to the government... Killing like 50 other guards...Kinda causing a war...kinda causes a company to go down...Kinda make 50 million people lose their jobs...Kinda ruining the economy..."

    Raj: "Y-you are predicting are you?"

    Gaurd: "Yeah, Just go to Beelzebub Castle"

    Raj: "Okay, Who are these"

    Guard: "The guys who ended up starting this operation..."

    Zen: "Zen, Zen Kaneshiro of the neutrals, Making me an automatic rank 1 even tho my first mission isn''t even done..."

    Devlin: "Devlin, Just Devlin, I ain''t no neutral and this is my first mission!"

    Raj: "That''s one crazy mission..."

    Zen: "Yeah..."

    Raj: "Wherever the winds take me scenario?"

    Devlin: "Yeah...It is I guess"

    Raj: "Anyways...Bye!"

    Gaurd: "Bye!"

    They go.

    Zen: "Low key just a chill guy"

    Devlin: "Real"

    Guard: "I''d skip all the ones in this apartment now, which takes down around 5 people

    Zen: "So who is next?"

    Gaurd: "Some guy named Aaron"

    They reach Aaron''s house.

    Aaron: "Eh? Isn''t this time supposed to be working time?"

    Guard: "Finally someone who noticed eh?"

    Aaron: "I''m also kinda confused you know"

    Gaurd: "Well I got fired because I kinda betrayed the facility''s trust"

    Aaron: "You leaked it?"

    Guard: "Yeah...I kinda released everyone"

    Aaron: "Now way!"

    Gaurd: "Yeah...So reach the Beelzebub Castle"

    Aaron: "Wait you are involving Mr. Beelzebub?"

    Gaurd: "Well yeah, just go there."

    Aaron: "Telling everyone one by one will be tiring, I know hacking, want me to hack the group of the facility and announce that?"

    Gaurd: "The workers are also in it"

    Aaron: "I will kick them out"

    Guard: "Well thanks!"

    Aaron: "Come in"

    They come inside.

    Aaron: "So this is my room, have a seat"

    They seat. Aaron opens his laptop and starts hacking.

    Guard: "So since have you been hacking?"

    Aaron: "Like since I was 16"

    Guard: "How old are you?"

    Aaron: "I died at 22 so it''s around 28 now, what about you?"

    Gaurd: "Well I did die in the cold war, October 17th, 1991 at the age of 25 making me 60"

    Aaron: "Wait, you were a soldier?"

    Gaurd: "Yeah..."

    Aaron: "How did you die?

    Guard: "It got shot, I still don''t know who it was but I forgive them"

    Aaron: "What about you two?"

    Devlin: "Well I was a sailor who died in 2024, it was the storm that took me"

    Aaron: "And you"

    Zen: "Uhh..."

    Devlin: "He died in his sleep like a few days ago, he doesn''t know what was the cause"

    Guard: "Oh..."

    Aaron: "Crazy how they don''t tell the cause of death!"

    Zen: "What about you?"

    Aaron: "Well I got hit by a truck"

    Devlin: "Isn''t that just Isekai?"

    Aaron: "Well I do like that genre...I think it''s evident from my poster, well anyways done... What ya want me to do?"

    Zen: "First remove all the staff, add Beelzebub. The number is 987********"

    Aaron: "Alrighty"

    Aaron removes the staff and adds Beelzebub.

    Zen: "Now announce to come there, I''d call Beelzebub."

    Zen calls Beelzebub.

    Beelzebub: "Hello? What is it now?"

    Zen: "Can you see if you got added to a group?"

    Beelzebub checks.

    Beelzebub: "Yeah..."

    Zen: "A message will come, you have to confirm that it''s legit"

    Aaron (messaging): "Everyone to go to Beelzebub Castle"

    Beelzebub (messaging): "This message is legit, everyone will come there immediately"

    Aaron: "Thank you, you may leave and so will I"

    Beelzebub: "Zen, Devlin and John, you all will also come to my Castle."

    Zen: "Alright"

    Zen cuts the call.

    Zen: "We also have to go there"

    Guard: "Okay"

    They leave.

 Masquerade

    Zen: "Let me call a taxi."

    A cab pulls up and stops as they wait.

    Zen: "Beelzebub Castle, please."

    Driver: "I don''t really think a person is allowed there."

    Zen: "Special permission, we are invited."

    Driver: "Hop in."

    Zen: "Thanks."

    They take a seat as the driver puts the address.

    Driver: "Yall will reach in around 30 minutes."

    Devlin: "Isn''t it an hour away?"

    Driver: "I was a racer, my friend!"

    Devlin: "No way!"

    Driver: "Yes, So it''s my habit to drive fast."

    Guard: "Don''t you get pulled over?"

    Driver: "I have a permit."

    Devlin: "Accelerate!"

    Driver: "Sure!"

    The driver reaches a speed of 200 mph.

    Devlin: "Woah!"

    The guard looks at Zen and asks,

    Gaurd: "He must love cars."

    Zen: "Yeah, He is a fan."

    Driver: "So, why were you invited?"

    Zen: "Oh, It''s for a mission, We are Envoy."

    Driver: "Meeting Beelzebub in person requires high ranks, no?

    Zen: "Not anymore, Doesn''t matter, I''m a rank 1 in a way, Just the thing is I''m the only one of the kind to do so."

    Driver: "Aren''t they celebrities?"

    Zen: "I belong to no kind actually...belong to neutrals, I am the only one to be a neutral."

    Driver: "Cool, how many missions have you done?"

    Zen: "Halfway through the first one."

    Driver: "It''s just your first? And what about you two?"

    Devlin: "First as well."

    Guard: "I''m not an Envoy, I just tagged along."

    After some time they reach the Beelzebub Castle.

    Driver: "That will be 2000 karma!"

    Gaurd: "I got this."

    The guard pays and the cab leaves.

    They enter and are greeted by maids.

    Maid: "Please follow us to reach your rooms."

    Devlin: "Please be space."

    Zen opens his phone and shows a message to Devlin.

    Zen: "We are not going to share rooms."

    Devlin: "Alright."

    They follow the maids. At the first floor.

    Maid: "Mr. John, This is your room."

    The guard enters his room as everyone leaves.

    Guard: "Something''s off..."

    He sits in a bed looking towards the left and sees a painting, Painting of a ghost.

    Guard: "Maybe this painting is making me feel weird, I will move it."

    The guard reaches the painting as a hand emerges from the painting and grabs the head of the guard.

    Gaurd: "AHHHHHHHHH!"

    The guard grabs the hand, desperately trying to remove it but his tries didn''t work, he is sucked up, it was just his head and he sees a meeting council, they couldn''t see him as if he was a ghost even though, in reality everyone is a ghost.

    At first he didn''t recognise anyone, but he saw the same overseer he took down, with him were others and the man Liang Cheng, There was no doubt, The guard was seeing the pride country.

    Overseer 1: "What to do with that guard?"

    Overseer 2: "That guard shot all other guards!"

    Liang Cheng: "Yall couldn''t keep anything safe! You all are fired!"

    Overseer 1: "B-but"

    Liang Cheng: "Get out of my sight fools! The demon I contracted with allows me to time loop! I have looped 17 times, No success!"

    Everyone leaves except Liang.

    Liang: "Laqueus,  A demon of hell has allowed me to time loop, This time, That piece of brat John won''t keep on telling me..."

    Liang stops.

    Liang: "No one has Fate, Everyone''s actions are controlled and governed by free, some are chosen to be gone to damnation, The same I''ll decide for you...I hate that

    The guard is pulled back, Now in front of him was a demon, he looked like an stereotypical demon.

    ???: "John Hernandez~"

    Guard: "W-Who are you?"

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    ???: "That ghost, Laqueus~"

    Guard: "La-Laqueus, W-what do you want?"

    Laqueus: "I want you to put Liang to damnation~"

    Guard: "Then why did you come to even contract with him?"

    Laqueus: "It was 400 years ago, he was a hunter, He wanted to betray everyone he offered me his soul, The deal was~"

    He pauses and resumes.

    Laqueus: "He will ultimately be stripped from his pride,  He would be sent to hell afterall, He had become the new king of hell~"

    Guard: "K-king of hell?"

    Laqueus: "He is the new king of hell, once he is sent to damnation, he will be stripped of that~"

    Gaurd: "You want me to put him to damnation?"

    Laqueus: "Yes, precisely~"

    Guard: "But how?"

    Laqueus: "Make a contract."

    Guard: "Now?"

    Laqueus: "In front of Liang~"

    Guard: "Come with me."

    Laqueus: "Dearly~"

    Gaurd: "Stop that tone."

    Laqueus: "I cant~"

    Guard sighs.

    Guard (looking at a maid): "Hey! Excuse me! Can you call Zen and Devlin here? It''s urgent!"

    The maid leaves.

    Guard: "Keep hiding in that picture."

    Zen and Devlin arrive.

    Gaurd: "I want you to know something...alongside Beelzebub."

    Zen: "Huh?"

    Guard: "Liang can time loop."

    Zen: "Huh? Say that again."

    Guard: "I said...Liang can time loop."

    Zen: "But how?"

    Guard: "Show yourself!"

    Laqueus: "Hello~"

    Zen: "A demon?"

    Laqueus: "The sort of current ruler of hell! Laqueus~"

    Zen: "Sort of?"

    Laqueus: "Liang Cheng is the current ruler of hell~, and has been for the past 400 years~"

    Zen: "So how did he even get that power?"

    Laqueus: "He made a contract with me!~"

    Zen: "So why does he have the power to loop time?"

    Laqueus: "I gave him this power~"

    Zen: "Why?"

    Laqueus: "I can''t tell~"

    Gaurd: "Now let''s go to Beelzebub."

    They reach Beelzebub''s office.

    Beelzebub: "Laqueus?"

    Laqueus: "Yes~"

    Beelzebub: "What are you doing here?"

    Laqueus: "To complete the fate of Liang!~"

    Beelzebub: "Fate?"

    Laqueus: "Liang''s fate is to be put in damnation!~"

    Beelzebub: "How come you know his fate?"

    Laqueus: "Because I was the one who set it up for him~"

    Beelzebub: "Why?"

    Laqueus: "That''s what I can''t tell~"

    Beelzebub: "What can you tell?"

    Laqueus: "Liang can loop time~"

    Guard: "Yes, Liang has already looped 50 times."

    Beelzebub: "Then how will we be able to not cause it for the 51st time."

    Laqueus: "I have thought of that~"

    Beelzebub: "How?"

    Laqueus: "He always loops while he is almost defeated, that''s the time I snatch it from him~"

    Beelzebub: "You''ll give false hope, Laqueus?"

    Laqueus: "Now you get it~"

    Beelzebub: "Hmm...Id inform Lucifer, You all stay here."

    Beelzebub calls Lucifer.

    Lucifer: "What is it now punk?

    Beelzebub: "Liang has a contract with Laqueus."

    Lucifer: "What contract?"

    Beelzebub: "Liang can loop time and is also the king of hell."

    Lucifer: "Anyways, I did some research and here''s what I found; Level one are feed insects, Level two have some organs added, level three to seven have live animals added, Level eight are being given shit, level nine are given demons...And level ten are forced to eat their own parts which regenerate...Their mouth is controlled"

    Beelzebub: "Interesting..."

    Lucifer: "I will get all the demons in my castle."

    Beelzebub: "Also get high ranks..."

    Lucifer: "No shit sherlocks!"

    Lucifer cuts the phone.

    Beelzebub: "You are dismissed."

    Everyone leaves.

    The next day arrives. At 6 in the morning everyone arrived.

    Zen: "Okay, We need masks."

    Devlin: "We have to wait for the stylist to come."

    Some time passes, The stylist arrives.

    Stylist: "First, The white haired guy will come."

    Devlin: "Alrighty!"

    Devlin sits.

    Devlin: "What are you planning to do?"

    Stylist: "First, you will pick the hair color."

    Devlin: "Blonde."

    Stylist: "Now eye color."

    Devlin: "Yellow."

    Stylist: "Okay, Being the mask."

    The stylist receives the mask and puts it off, Then he dyes the hair and sets the hair back and puts contacts.

    Zen: "Woah! You look unrecognizable!"

    Beelzebub: "Take this clothes."

    The clothes were pure black with a white secondary color.

    Stylist: "Now the blue one."

    Zen: "That will be me."

    Stylist: "What will be your h-"

    Zen: "Black hair blue eyes."

    Stylist: "Pass me the mask."

    The stylist receives and puts the mask on Zen. Then the stylist dyes the hair and styles it then puts contacts at Zens Eyes. Zen takes his clothes.

    Zen: "Alright...Now it''s time for clothes."

    Zen takes the clothes and leaves.

    Stylist: "Now you."

    Guard: "Yes."

    The guard sits.

    Stylist: "What will you like?"

    Guard: "Purple hair maybe...alongside yellow eyes."

    The stylist puts on the mask, dyes the hair and puts the contacts.

    The guard goes and changes.

    Everyone leaves.

    The guard, Zen and Devlin enter a cab.

    Devlin: "Let''s decide names."

    Gaurds: "How about by numbers?"

    Devlin: "I''m number 1."

    Guard: "So what''s mine?"

    Devlin: "2, 3 is Zen..."

    Zen: "Sounds good to me."

    Devlin: "Whom ya talking to?"

    Zen: "Just writting our plans."

    Devlin: "Alright"

    Zen: "Just the plans"

    They enter the facility.

    Person 1: "Who are you?"

    Zen: "We are sent by Mr. Liang Cheng."

    Person 2: "Okay, then you must know the contractor."

    Gaurd: "Laqueus."

    Person 1: "Come in."

    Zen: "I have been said to check level 10."

    Devlin: "I will check the other levels."

    Guard: "I will check the other rooms."

    The split up

    Devlin: "Let''s enter."

    Punisher: "Good morning good sir."

    Devlin (thinking): "Hm...Weren''t they informed by Liang?"

    Devlin: "Good morning, Continue."

    Punisher: "Yes sir!"

    Devlin (thinking): "He doesn''t suspect anything..."

    While the punisher was punishing, Devlin says.

    Devlin: "I heard some events happen yesterday."

    Punisher: "Yes sir, Two Envoy''s found out the truth."

    Devlin: "What did you do about it?"

    Punisher: "We weren''t able to do no shit."

    Devlin: "What was the security doing?"

    Punisher: "The security failed, they all were killed by John Hernandez."

    Devlin: "To see if you are legit or not, I''d ask some questions."

    Punisher: "Of course, Good sir."

    Devlin: "Okay, id start off with the basics. Why did Liang start this operation."

    Punisher: "He is the king of hell, There''s no king without no punishment."

    Devlin: "Alright...Why did he become the king of hell."

    Punisher: "He hated humanity to its fullest, they were people who believed in a creator, the all good and powerful...But in reality it was evil, after a 100 years in here he finally thought, he was above all making him corrupted and taking over hell in the 1600''s, He couldn''t do anything, so he would buy a property, at first was pride, then come lust then come sloth and now is gluttony, next will be wrath."

    Devlin: "Last question, How does Liang loop time?"

    Punisher: "Well, it''s his will, if he pleases then he can go back."

    Devlin: "Alright, you are legit, I''d go."

    Devlin: "Time to go to level 2, Now I''d get more context.

    Devlin: "Hey, Tell me more about the mission that caused Liang to become the glorious king."

    Punisher: "Delighted to answer! Mr. Liang was a hunter and hated the ways of here and thought that humans should be punished for eternity, even if they committed a virtue more than the sin, the sin should count."

    Devlin: "So why does he take over the facility every 100 years?"

    Punisher: "To stay in the shadow."

    Devlin: "Why did he contract with Laqueus and why was he given the power to loop time?"

    Punisher: "Laqueus gave him that power for an event, the second Rebellion."

    Devlin: "I''d go out."

    Devlin exists.

    Devlin: "Now let''s go to 3."

    Devlin reaches level 3 and enters a room

    Devlin: "Tell me about the rebellion."

    Punisher: "Well...It''s gonna happen at pride country tomorrow."

    Devlin: "Hmm...Why tomorrow?"

    Punisher: "Their secret is leaked by Zen Kaneshiro, Devlin, John Hernandez, Beelzebub and Lucifer."

    Devlin: "How many times did he loop by now?"

    Punisher: "I don''t know..."

    Devlin: "I may go."

    Punisher: "I was very delighted to meet you."

    Devlin heads out.

    Devlin does some more research and finds that he can''t go above level 7.

    Devlin concludes everything, meanwhile the guard''s mission went:-

    Guard: "I''ll check the security first..."

    The guard goes to the security room.

    Guard: "I''m here for a check up."

    Security: "Alright."

    Guard: "How come you didn''t ring the bell till they reached the end of level 9?"

    Security: "We were told to do that."

    Gaurd: "By whom?"

    Security: "Mr. Liang."

    Guard: "Okay show me cameras now."

    Security: "Yes sir!"

    Gaurd (thinking): "This is my chance to find the rooms necessary"

    Guard checks.

    Guard (thinking): "Room seven is where I have to go?"

    The guard leaves and straight up goes to room 7, while on his way, he is interrupted.

    Devlin: "Hey....Number 3!"

    Guard: "Yes number 1?"

    Devlin: "Come here!"

    The guard comes there.

    Devlin: "I just finished my research...We aren''t allowed at level 8 onwards for no reason...but the thing is, Zen was allowed in level 10."

    Gaurd: "Huh?"

    Devlin: "Yeah...Where ya heading?"

    Guard: "Room 7, the meeting room."

    Devlin: "Alright...Best of luck."

    Guard: "Thanks"

    The guard reaches room 7.

    Overseer 1: "You are John, aren''t you?"

    Guard: "No..."

    Overseer 1: "We are at your side. Somehow, we could see your head next to Laqueus."

    Gaurd: "Huh?"

    Overseer 1: "Only Liang couldn''t."

    Guard: "You all got fired, right?"

    Overseer 1: "Yes...Can you summon Laqueus?"

    Guard: "Laqueus!"

    Laqueus: "Hello Overseer~"

    Overseer 1: "Tell Beelzebub and Lucifer that we are at your side!"

    Laqueus: "Alrighty~"

    Laqueus teleports to Beelzebub.

    Beelzebub: "Now what?"

    Laqueus: "All the overseers are at your side~"

    Beelzebub: "How come?"

    Laqueus: "Humiliation~"

    The scene changes to Guard.

    Guard: "So...How many people are with Liang?"

    Overseer: "A lot, Thousands of demons. But Laqueus isn''t."

    Overseer 2: "12,700, No more no less."

    Overseer 3: "Whom do we have?"

    Guard: "Two princes, hundreds of hunters and Envoy''s including Rex Tasca D''Almerita, Zen Kaneshiro and so on, alongside that he will have the army and the king of hell, Laqueus"

    Overseer 4: "Our chances of winning are high..."

    Guard: "Extremely high, now Laqueus will not have Liang loop time"

    Overseer 4: "Laqueus took that ability?"

    Guard: "Yes."

    Laqueus: "I''m back~"

    Overseer 4: "Is it true that you took the ability to time loop from Liang?"

    Laqueus: "Yes I did~"

    Gaurd: "We aren''t allowed to go to level 8 onwards but Zen Kaneshiro was allowed to do that."

    Overseer 5: "Maybe Liang wants him there?"

    Guard: "Liang"

    Overseer 5: "Liang looped 50 times...He should know that!"

    Guard: "You have a point"

    The guard concludes everything.

    The scene changes to Zen.

    Zen: "Level 10 arrives.

    Security: "We have re-"

    Zen shoots them.

    Zen (looking at his gun): "Good thing I took this thing with me.

    Zen goes outside the lift.

    Zen: "Liang has commanded one thing! He ordered you all to get shot!"

    Security: "Proof?"

    Zen had changed Beelzebub in contact with the name of "Mr. Liang Cheng"

    Security: "He ain''t lying..."

    Everyone sits on their knees with their hands back.

    Zen shoots everyone one by one, He arrives at the last one.

    Zen: "Thank you for being such a fool"

    Last one: "No...."

    Zen shoots him.

    Zen: "Forgive me Mr. Beelzebub...But I''m right..."

    Zen frees everyone and meets the guard and Devlin.

    Zen: "Low level 9..."

    Zen kills everyone in there.

    Zen: "8..."

    Zen kills everyone in there.

    Zen: "7"

    Zen kills everyone in there.

    Zen: "6"

    Zen kills everyone in there.

    Zen: "5"

    He kills everyone.

    Zen: "4"

    He kills everyone.

    Zen: "3"

    He kills everyone

    Zen: "2"

    He kills everyone.

    Zen: "1"

    He kills everyone.

    He finds the guard and Devlin on the ground floor, To his surprise he saw overseers

    Zen: "Overseers?"

    Guard: "Yes they are at our side"

    Zen: "Sweet!"

    Devlin: "Anyways, Liang wanted to re build the old hell, the hell of his image and he creates facility every 100 years, Pride, Lust, Sloth next would had been Wrath."

    Zen: "Oh..."

    Guard: "Anyways so you managed to free them? Zen."

    Zen: "Yes"

    Devlin: "How?"

    Zen, showing his gun: "This, I killed them."

    Guard: "The fu-"

    Zen: "How else could I do that...These people are dumbasses, I even killed the other guards just in case!"

    Devlin: "This wasn''t the plan!"

    Zen: "The thing is...I managed to contact Lucifer."

    Devlin: "Elaborate..."

    Zen: "Well...You see, what I was doing is discussing this new plan for Lucifer, I wasn''t writing our plans!"

    Devlin: "What does Lucifer have to do with this?"

    Zen: "He has his army near the chamber...They are spawn killing them."

 Declaration of War

    They fled, Devlin''s trust was damaged, and so was the guards and they wondered what Beelzebub would think.

    Guard: "Why Zen?"

    Zen: "It worked out!"

    Devlin: "It''s so over for you and us!"

    Guard: "He is right, Zen"

    Zen: "Sowwy..."

    Devlin: "This cute accent won''t work my guy!"

    Zen: "Sorry...I really didn''t give this a second chance..."

    Devlin: "Yeah! Don''t ever make plans without letting us know!"

    Guard: "Yeah"

    Zen: "The first parts over now! Let''s cheer up!"

    Devlin: "Not so fast!"

    Guard: "You can''t change the topic!"

    The guard''s stomach growls.

    Guard: "Yeah let''s have some McDonald''s afterwards."

    Devlin: "Not you too?!"

    Zen: "Just eat!"

    Devlin: "Says the one who wears scarves in summer!"

    Zen: "They are cozy! And why don''t you wanna eat huh? This is gluttony!"

    Devlin: "I''m level 1!"

    Zen: "Not level 0!"

    Devlin: "Level 0? Seriously?"

    Zen: "Yeah fatass!"

    Devlin: "I''m not a fatass!"

    The guard and Zen look at each other and start laughing.

    Zen: "You? Not fatass?"

    Guard: "There''s a limit of delusion my guy!"

    Devlin: "Not you too!"

    They go to McDonald''s and order their food.

    Guard: "So what do you think of the mission at pride went?"

    Zen: "Good I guess they sent a high rank Envoy''s."

    Devlin: "Good I believe, Even if it didn''t we will have more information."

    Guard: "That memory recovery thing was given to them like they gave it to us."

    Zen: "Well anyways...Everyone''s hotels about to be filled..."

    Guard: "Yeah...Half of the hotels are fully booked."

    Devlin: "Where did you get that information?"

    Guard: "You weren''t informed?"

    Devlin: "Huh?"

    Zen: "Yeah...Look at this."

    Zen shows a message saying, "Everyone is sent to hotels and the castle is free."

    Devlin: "I think I didn''t check it."

    Devlin checks.

    Devlin: "I didn''t get it."

    Zen: "Your internet connection is connected right?"

    Devlin: "Yeah..."

    Zen: "I don''t know....Let''s leave it."

    Devlin: "You John?"

    Guard: "I also don''t know...What do you expect from a 60 year old guy?"

    Devlin: "I still don''t believe you are 60...That''s like the thrice of our age."

    Guard: "Anyways let''s talk about our last lives."

    Devlin: "You start."

    Guard: "I shot like 20 soldiers in my life"

    Zen: "Well my killings come from the afterlife."

    Devlin: "I don''t have any killings, I don''t have any body count"

    Zen: "I never asked...Did you ever have a girlfriend?"

    Devlin: "No."

    Guard: "I was married, My wife might still be alive."

    Zen: "Well, I had a massive crush on a girl...She died, I never found out the reason...Wait wait wait wait! I''m now dead!"

    Guard: "You should try to find her!"

    Zen: "If they asked for a reward I know what I''m asking!"

    Devlin: "Well I''m asking for my debt to be paid off."

    Zen: "I think the amount of money we''re gonna get for this is way more than a million karma!"

    Devlin: "Hope so."

    Guard: "I guess they put 100 million karma excluding the salary, Including the salary it might be a lot!"

    Zen: "Alrighty let''s go!"

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    Devlin: "Yeah...I really wanna get this make-up removed..."

    Zen: "Yeah, But I''m definitely gonna keep this hair!"

    Devlin: "Sure"

    They go to the castle by a cab.

    Beelzebub: "Anything new?"

    Zen: "Uhhhhhhh"

    Beelzebub: "Lucifer already told me the plan."

    Zen: "He did?"

    Beelzebub: "I''d say one thing, don''t do that again."

    Devlin: "First things first, Gluttony isn''t the only place, They started with pride, then lust then sloth and now gluttony."

    Beelzebub: "Oh..."

    Devlin: "It happens every 100 years!"

    Beelzebub: "So, In a hundred years, will a new country be targeted?"

    Devlin: "They said Wrath."

    Beelzebub: "And you John?"

    Gaurd: "All the overseers are at our side"

    Beelzebub: "Okay, You are dismissed."

    Devlin: "Here take the recording."

    Guard: "Same here"

    Beelzebub calls every prince.

    Lucifer: "The fuck now idiot?"

    Beelzebub: "The illegal operations are going at your places, Pride, Lust and Sloth are also the places where they have been going!"

    Asmodeus: "Those torture thingy Lucifer was yapping bout?"

    Beelzebub: "Yeah"

    Belphegor: "So at our places as well?"

    Beelzebub: "Yes!"

    Lucifer: "Okay, but what''s your proof?"

    Beelzebub: "I have an recording."

    Lucifer: "Show it."

    Beelzebub shows it.

    Satan: "So that bastard was gonna make me a target eh?"

    Asmodeus: "There''s already one in here?!"

    Belphegor: "Yeah!"

    Mammon: "It has nothing to do with me, Bye!"

    Mammon leaves the call.

    Belphegor: "Okay now where the fuck is the facility?! There are millions!"

    Beelzebub: "That''s an issue..."

    Belphegor: "I don''t even have an Envoy or hunters system! No one has applied."

    Lucifer: "Yeah idiot you rule Sloth, Sloth is the non willing of doing work."

    Belphegor: "That''s what I''m saying!"

    Asmodeus: "I feel pity, Id send mine."

    Belphegor: "Thanks man!"

    As Beelzebub''s was about to say something, The door opens and 10 men in white come inside.

    Beelzebub: "Overseer''s?"

    Overseer 1: "Yes"

    Beelzebub: "Great timing, I wanted to ask something."

    Overseer 1: "Please ask."

    Beelzebub: "Where exactly are other facilities?"

    Overseer 1: "Starting from Pride, It''s in the capital''s northern edge just beside the main building of the Liang Corporation."

    Overseer 2: "Lust one is in the city of material, near a most populated and popular town named Lusterown."

    Asmodeus: "I have been there a lot."

    Overseer 1: "And the sloth one is near an 10 story apartment of the town of Skipping work."

    Belphegor: "It gotta be in the map app."

    Beelzebub: "And now tell me why are you here?"

    Overseer 1: "The reason we are here is because we have left the facility."

    Beelzebub: "John told me."

    Overseer 1: "So can we leave?"

    Beelzebub?: "You are dismissed."

    All the overseers leave.

    Beelzebub: "We know the locations now..."

    Lucifer: "So just get the Envoy''s?"

    Beelzebub: "Duh"

    Everyone leaves the call.

    Lucifer: "Let''s call some of them."

    Lucifer calls first person.

    Lucifer: "Rex I have a mission for you."

    Rex: "What is it?"

    Lucifer: "I want you to investigate the facility next to Liang."

    Rex: "Alright."

    Lucifer: "You will go with Henry, Louis, Jabari and Johan."

    Rex: "Is it like a big big mission??"

    Lucifer: "Probably the biggest so far, matter of fact it involves 4 nations so the biggest you can say."

    Rex: "The fuck is happening."

    Lucifer: "Liang has 4 facilities which he hid from the public eye."

    Rex: "Wh-"

    Lucifer: "And he tortures people in there."

    Rex: "For facilities mean like tens of thousands of souls!"

    Lucifer: "Yeah"

    Rex: "I''ll let them know."

    Rex cuts the call.

    Asmodeus: "Let me drop a message."

    Asmodeus sends a message saying "You have a mission, there''s a facility near Lusterown. People to go there are rank 1-5"

    Asmodeus: "Done!"

    Rex starts call.

    Henry: "The fuck is it?"

    Louis: "Better not waste my precious time!"

    Rex: "I hope the shit regarding tens of thousands of souls ain''t waste of time. Trust me we will be paid like a million!"

    Henry: "Eh?"

    Rex: "We will go to the facility next to Liang Corporation, do investigation, apparently torture is happening."

    Jabari: "The money is worth it."

    Johan: "Yeah."

    Everyone cuts the call.

    The next day arrives.

    Lucifer: "Pretend to be people send by Liang, okay? Yall will be wearing this white featureless mask."

    Rex: "Got it."

    Lucifer: "Your mission is pretty small, You will check a few rooms and just observe and tell the fuck they do as the website as the only shows Gluttony."

    Rex: "Alright"

    Rex, Henry, Louis, Jabari and Johan go to the said facility.

    Security: "Code?"

    Rex: "Uh....?"

    Security: "Yes, You are legit, you may go."

    Rex (thinking): "No way."

    Henry: "Let''s enter."

    Rex: "The first level..."

    They enter, They see a long hallway, they saw people working like slaves to men in black.

    Rex (whispering to Henry): "We are just mocked, The fuck is this"

    Henry (whispering to Rex): "Yeah man..."

    Rex: "We saw it, next floor."

    Henry: "We are suppose to wait."

    Rex (thinking): "This fake voice thingy is kinda hard to do..."

    Punished guy: "H-here is your t-tea sir..."

    The man in black sips the tea, from his expression Rex could tell that the man loved the tea but the man spit it out.

    Man in black: "What the fuck is this!"

    The man in black smashes the tea cup.

    Man in black: "This shit is ass! I have never gotten anything good! This is the worst, The worse! What kind of chef are you?! The tea is ass, so ass! It''s the biggest piece of dogshit!"

    The man in black then goes on to punch the poor guy. He keeps on punching him and goes on and on ranting about how much he hated the drink and how it ruined the day. The poor guy was then given profanities so bad it could drive a person into committing suicide if they were alive.

    Rex: "We should go..."

    They go outside.

    Jabari: "What was that?"

    Johan: "I don''t have any words for this level of mockery."

    Rex: "Yeah..."

    Henry: "Should we get the websites?"

    Rex: "But by whom?"

    Louis: "That security guard?"

    Rex: "Go ask him, Louis."

    Louis: "Hey guard, pass this test."

    Security guard: "What question, sir?"

    Louis: "It''s an easy one."

    Security: "Please ask"

    Louis: "The website''s name."

    Security: "67.drksdflngchng.xxxx"

    Louis: "You are good to go."

    Rex: "Remember that, go outside to the car and write it somewhere."

    Louis: "Alright."

    Louis goes outside.

    Louis: "I feel like someone''s watching me..."

    Louis went to his car with that feeling, the next thing he knew, his car was missing, A note was put there saying, "Declaration of War.", He rushes inside and takes everyone outside, everyone''s shocked and worried and go to there cars but the same not was there, below it was a signature, a chinese one.

    They call Lucifer.

    Lucifer: "What is it?"

    Rex: "We found a note and our cars are missing ."

    Lucifer: "Note?"

    Rex: "It says ''declaration of war'' and is signed in chinese, it looks like Liang left it."

    Lucifer: "What..."

    Rex: "What should we do?"

    Lucifer: "Wait hold up, I just received a message from Asmodeus, It says the same thing happened with the Envoy''s of Lust and the ones sent to Sloth!"

    Rex: "How did they know that?"

    Lucifer: "Liang can loop time apparently, maybe this happened too?"

    Rex: "Liang can lo-"

    As Rex was saying, he is attacked by a sword, he sees the man himself, Liang Cheng.

    Liang: "I''ll end you this time!"

    Lucifer: "Liang? We are sending help!"

    Rex: "Please!"

    Lucifer: "Id be coming soon."

    Lucifer cuts the call and calls all the Hunters and the army as Liang could have summoned demons.

    Lucifer: "Let''s go!"

    After 20 minutes Lucifer arrives, he sees a few demons, More Envoy''s and hunters have arrived.

    Lucifer: "Ahh! My old empire!"

    Liang: "Which I conquered Lucifer!"

    Lucifer: "You were given!"

    Lucifer takes his trident and attacks but Liang had his sword ready and blocked it.

    Lucifer: "Skilled eh?"

    Liang: "Yeah-"

    As Liang was saying, He gets a cut by a sword. He looked towards the person, Louis.

    Lucifer: "Louis!"

    Liang: "How the fuck dead you get a sword?!"

    Louis: "By him."

    A person wakes in.

    ???: "I''m the rank 1 of pride! Edward!"

    Liang: "Edward?"

    Edward: "You should look at this!"

    Liang: "Huh-"

    Liang gets attacked by Rex, Rex had punched him to hard Liang teeth got thrown outside

    Liang: "Four against one. You think that makes you strong?"

    Rex: "It means you¡¯re outnumbered."

    Liang chuckled.

    Liang: "No. It means you¡¯ll fall together."

    Without warning, he moved. Edward barely reacted in time, blocking, but the impact sent him far back and Edward crashed into a wall. Lucifer tries to attack him but fails.

    Lucifer: "Damn it!"

    Louis swung from behind, but Liang twisted, his sword carving a slash across his shoulder. Edwards blood dropping through his sleeve.

    Louis: "He¡¯s too fast¡ª!"

    As Edward was saying he is attacked again and faints, Liang was in front of Rex.

    Liang: "Your turn."

    Liang makes a swift blow which Rex barely blocked, but Liang¡¯s next strike shattered his guard, Rex is punched in the stomach so hardly that he starts blood coughing violently. But luckily Liang is distracted by Edward who had woken up and was joined by Lucifer. Rex takes this opportunity and runs away.

    Liang: "That fast!?"

    Edward: "I''m the number two hunter after Jack the ripper!

    Rex calls Beelzebub.

    Rex: "Come quickly and send others¡­or we¡¯re doomed."

    Beelzebub: "Got it."

    Beelzebub cuts the call, then Beelzebub goes on and sends Helicopter to all the Envoy''s, Hunters, Army personnel, Zen, Devlin and the guard, He also calls Asmodeus and Belphegor.

    Asmodeus: "Already?"

    Beelzebub: "Yes"

    Zen: "So it''s happening!"

    Guard: "Liang attacked already?"

    Devlin: "Let''s pray to the Lord!"

    Guard: "Yes..."

    Zen: "Heaven is independent of time that means that we prayed 50 times."

    Devlin: "Make it 51st"

    Zen: "I guess"

    Devlin, Guard, Zen: "Oh Lord! Let us win!"

    They do more prayers, when their prayers are finished, they have reached the layer of portals that Beelzebub used to travel.

    Devlin: "What is this?"

    Guard: "They call it the layers of portals, it makes travel easier."

    Devlin: "Oh."

    Guard: "Now close your ears, they are loud when you travel through them."

    Everyone closes their ears.

    Guard: "We have travelled, open your ears."

    Zen: "So this is what pride country looks like?"

    Devlin: "Yes, Zen."

    Zen: "So many mirrors!"

    Devlin: "Vanity"

    Guard: "Everyone has their own statue too."

    Zen: "Oh so like the country embodies the sin like how gluttony got a bunch of restaurants?"

    Devlin: "Yeah"

    Zen: "So will Lust have strip clubs and Sloth have no offices?"

    Gaurd: "Yeah, We are about to land!"

    Zen: "Yeah!"

    They land and go outside.

    Rex: "Are yall sent by Beelzebub?"

    Zen: "Yuh uh"

    Rex: "Sweet! Call Beelzebub!"

    Zen: "Why?"

    Devlin: "Yeah you are the rank 1 of pride you should have his number!"

    Zen: "He is the rank one?"

    Devlin: "Yeah Zen!"

    Rex: "Zen? Are you the neutral one who is pretty much the reason why this multi nation thingy is happening????"

    Zen: "Yeah..."

    Rex: "Oh damn, Anyways Beelzebub ain''t picking my phone."

    Zen: "Want me to call?"

    Rex: "Yes!"

    Zen calls Beelzebub.

    Beelzebub: "Arrived?"

    Rex: "I need to talk to you!"

    Beelzebub: "What is it?"

    Rex: "Tell the helicopters to be fast!"

    Beelzebub: "Alright, And how are Zen, Devlin and John so early?"

    Guard: "We used the portals!"

    Beelzebub: "Portals? Only allowed people by God are allowed in that area."

    Zen: "God let us I guess."

    Rex: "Come with me!"

    Guard: "Laqueus!"

    Laqueus: "Hello~"

    Gaurd: "Go invisible!"

    Laqueus: "Alright~"

    Laqueus becomes evil

    Rex: "You have a demon?"

    Gaurd: "Yeah, He just tagged along."

    Rex: "But aren''t demons at Liang''s side?"

    Gaurd: "Not until you are the king of hell."

    Rex: "King of hell?"

    Guard: "Yeah..."

    Rex: "Damn yall are interesting!"

    Guard: "I guess..."

    Devlin: "Eh"

    Rex: "You are interesting too man..."

    Devlin: "How so?"

    Rex: "Uhhhhhhh"

    Devlin: "See!"

    Rex: "Sorry mate...what is your name?"

    Devlin: "Devlin, Just Devlin"

    Rex: "Rex D''Almerita."

    Zen: "Rex means king right? Whoever named you must want you to be a king!"

    Rex: "I changed my name, It was Tyrannosaurus Rex D''Almerita"

    Zen (laughing): "Tyrannosaurus Rex D''Almerita?!"

    Rex: "My dad named me and my siblings after dinosaurs okay?

    Zen: "Ohhh....How the fuck you have pride?"

    Rex: "When I changed my name to Rex I felt like a king and developed a superiority complex."

    Rex starts coughing blood.

    Rex: "Fuck..."

    Guard: "Laqueus"

    Laqueus: "Healing~"

    Laqueus heals and goes invisible and they start going, all of the sudden Rex is attacked, in front of them stood Liang.

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    Rex: "Liang?"

    Liang without a word slashes towards Rex, Rex barely dodges it but Liang changes his attack to a kick and kicks Rex''s spines. Rex gets up painfully.

    Rex (thinking): "How can somebody be this fast and strong? This is inhuman."

    Rex attacks with a punch but Liang easily dodges with ease.

    Liang: "Rex D''Almerita, I was able to fight with Lucifer with ease, Why do you think you can fight me?"

    Rex: "It''s my responsibility!"

    Rex punches again and this time as well Liang dodges it with ease. Rex and Laing keep on fighting, Exchanging words in between

    Liang: "Responsibility? To what? Fight?"

    Rex (punching): "Yes!"

    Liang (dodging): "Envoys are meant to complete tasks assigned!"

    Rex : "Fighting you is my task!"

    Liang (kicking): "You assigned it yourself."

    Rex gets fit.

    Rex (while getting up): "It''s for the great good of Limbo..."

    Liang: "Envoys can''t assign themselves tasks, D''Almerita!"

    Rex (punching): "Yes, I can!"

    Rex finally manages to punch Liang.

    Rex: "I did it!"

    Liang: "Now you have offended me!"

    Liang kicks Rex which causes Rex to fall to the ground. Since Rex had fallen down Liang started ruthlessly kicking him.

    Rex: "Zen...Devlin...John...Leave!"

    The guard gets pushed.

    Guard: "Huh?"

    Laqueus (telepathically): "It''s me~"

    Guard (thinking): "He can use telepathy?"

    Laqueus (telepathically): "And read minds~"

    Guard (thinking): "What else can you do?"

    Laqueus (telepathically): "A lot~"

    Guard (thinking): "Where should I go, Laqueus?"

    Laqueus (telepathically): "Hide in debris and wait~"

    While the guard ran away. Zen and Devlin didn''t.

    Rex: "What are you doing? Run you two..."

    Devlin and Zen: "We refuse!"

    Rex: "Yall are cooked..."

    Liang: "Good boys! Waiting to be demolished!"

    Devlin looks at Zen in a scared way but Zen assures him.

    Rex holds Liang''s feet trying to stop him and successfully gets up.

    Liang (trying to remove his feet): "You just irritate me more and more D''Almerita..."

    Rex lets go of Liang''s feet and tries to punch, as  Liang is distracted, Rex punches him again successfully.

    Liang (pissed): "Just who do you think you are?"

    Rex: "Rex D''Almerita....The highest ranked Envoy of pride and the sins...Rex the White King."

    Liang: "Give up, Kid."

    Rex: "Never"

    Liang (punching a lot): "You are going against the strongest hunter to ever exist, You have only punched me twice which was nothing."

    Rex: "And I''ll do it a third time..."

    Liang: "Hmm...You are consumed by pride!"

    Rex (punching): "How is it pride if I''m helping Limbo."

    Liang (dodging): "You are irritating..."

    Rex (punching): "Not a torturer"

    Liang (dodging then punching): "You have nothing"

    Rex (punched and launched towards a wall): "I have and myself!"

    Rex hits a wall and gets up.

    Rex: "It hurts...But I can walk this off...No id run."

    Rex starts running and punches Liang.

    Liang: "Just who do you think you are?"

    Rex (kicking): "I have said this and I''ll say it a million times...Rex the White King."

    Liang (dodging): "Give up, or else I''d torn you apart until you are utterly unrecognizable and destroyed."

    Rex (punching): "You haven''t done it, It shows you won''t."

    Liang (blocking): "Ill stop this nonsense of dodging now...Take this!"

    Liang punches Rex''s stomach causing him to fall.

    Rex: "Augh.."

    Liang''s body slams him and starts brutally punching the hell out of him.

    Liang (punching): "People like you will be incinirated  in my world!"

    Rex: "That wouldn''t happen..."

    Liang (punching): "That will...I will retry a fucking billion times to achieve it."

    Rex: "Huh?"

    Liang (punching): "I will conquer this realm of Limbo...I have already done the others..."

    Rex: "King...Of hell?"

    Liang (punching): "Soon to be god."

    Rex gets up and punches Liang.

    Rex: "You are no god..."

    Liang: "You little-"

    Rex (looking at his hand): "I''m getting better!"

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    Liang: "Pride..."

    Rex: "Call this pride as much as you want...But this is for the betterment of humanity, Liang Cheng."

    Liang: "Your existence screams erasure...Id erase you from my world."

    Rex: "The past will leave a mark unerasable."

    Liang: "God can do anything, When I become god I will be able to do anything I want...Anything."

    Rex: "Enough..."

    Liang: "Don''t ''enough'' me!"

    Liang takes out his sword while Rex gets in a fighting position.

    Liang attacks but Rex dodges.

    Liang (attacking): "That''s it! I''d even remove you from my memory!"

    Rex (dodging): "Go try if you want."

    Liang (thinking): "How can a person be this fast? This fight is utterly unrecognizable from the previous loops..."

    Rex: "Your expression speaks dread, Cheng?"

    Liang: "That''s it...I''ll end him in a blow..."

    Liang: "Take this!"

    Liang attacks with all his might, nearly hitting Rex but someone pushes Rex and nearly dodges the attack themselves.

    Rex: "D-Devlin?!"

    Devlin: "I got this!"

    Liang: "Don''t interrupt your seniors!"

    Devlin: "Rex, Was it alright?"

    Rex: "Fine by me..."

    Devlin: "See no senior was interrupted!"

    Liang: "Augh! You little-"

    Devlin: "Let''s fight"

    Liang: ¡°You? Fight me? Don¡¯t make me laugh! Move aside before I make you utterly unrecognizable.¡±

    Devlin: ¡°I¡¯m not moving...I don¡¯t care how strong you are, I¡¯m not letting you win.¡±

    Liang¡¯s without warning punched a fist into Devlin¡¯s stomach.

    Devlin: ¡°Ghh¡ª!¡±

    Liang: ¡°That¡¯s all you¡¯ve got? I¡¯ve crushed ants that put up a better fight.¡±

    Devlin tries to punch.

    The punch touched barely. Liang didn¡¯t even flinch.

    Then, suddenly, Devlin¡¯s body changed. A strange warmth spread through his chest. His vision sharpened.

    Liang (narrowing his eyes): ¡°¡­What the hell?¡±

    Devlin flexed his fingers.

    And it felt powerful.

    Devlin: "Lord lent me help, a guardian angel."

    Liang: "Huh?"

    Devlin: "Thanks Zen..."

    Rex (looking at Zen): "Huh?"

    Zen was holding his phone, he definitely messaged God that was for sure.

    Liang: "Huh?"

    Rex: "Assume man!"

    Liang (thinking): "Nothing is like the past 50 loops...The fuck is happening?!"

    Devlin attacks Liang which Liang nearly couldn''t dodge

    Devlin: "Thank you guardian spirit..."

    Liang: "Augh...You have that bastard''s number?!"

    Devlin: "I''d say one thing, you talk too much"

    Devlin punches but fails.

    Liang: "Hah!"

    Liang swings his sword.

    Devlin (dodging): "This guardian angel defense mechanism is good not gonna lie..."

    Liang (Swinging in sword): "In my world no one gets the authority of guardian angels."

    Devlin (dodging): "Thanks Zen!"

    Zen: "No need to thank me, Devlin."

    Liang (Swinging his sword): "Take this!"

    Devlin dodges and manages to loosen the grip of Liang''s hand which causes Liang to let off his sword and Devlin takes.

    Devlin: "I wouldn''t have done that."

    Devlin swings his sword at Liang but it doesn''t hurt Liang.

    Liang: "You shouldn''t have done it idiot."

    Devlin: "Huh?"

    Liang: "My sword can''t hurt me, you just let go of my weight."

    Liang snatches the sword

    Liang: "Thank you for being a fool."

    Liang (thinking): "I need to sense the aura of the guardian angel of his."

    Liang closes his eyes.

    Liang (thinking): "I sense 3...1 Prideful, 1 gluttonous and 1 holy...The holy one has to be the guardian angel but the thing is that the Zen guy has no aura!"

    Liang attacks the one with the holy aura and hurts the guardian angel.

    Liang: "I did it..."

    Devlin: "How did you?"

    Liang: "A technique I learned 500 years ago, it senses aura."

    Devlin: "Sense others Aura?"

    Liang: "I feel them...The 6th sense is what I call it."

    Devlin attacks with a punch but is blocked by the flat side of Liang''s sword''s Blade.

    Devlin: "Ouch!"

    Liang: "You are fighting the legendary hunter of the past, the ruler of hell and the one who will soon rule the world, what do you think will happen?"

    Devlin: "Will breaks the impossible."

    Liang: "Free will? Did he teach you that?"

    Devlin: "No one"

    Liang: "Did you teach it to anyone?"

    Devlin: "No."

    Liang: "Augh"

    Devlin: "Tf ya pissed for eh?"

    Liang (thinking): "How is everything changing?! Id erase this bastard!"

    Devlin punches.

    Liang (dodging, in a disgusted tone): "No..."

    Devlin: "Youre gonna die."

    Liang: "No, I''m gonna kill you."

    Devlin: "God, If you can fea-"

    Liang the side of the neck of Devlin.

    Zen: "Devlin."

    Devlin: "It''s alright Zen."

    Liang slices again.

    Devlin: "Chill..."

    Liang: "I''ll never let the people who believe in god infront of my own eyes!"

    Liang cuts the side of Devlin.

    Devlin: "Ahh!"

    Liang causes another cut.

    Devlin: "Ahhh!"

    Liang (slashing): "Die!"

    Devlin: "Ahhhh!"

    Devlin gets up and punches Liang, he punches him again.

    Liang: "There are an infinite number of things I utterly despise about you bastards."

    Devlin: "Like what?"

    Liang: "Yall don''t do anything more than your fist, your determination makes my soul despise your soul, you don''t anything but be a dreamer who can''t do anything but dream like a idiot, the near fabric of your existence is enough to make someone blood boil and make them loose there temper, you guys are utterly unrecognizable."

    Devlin: "That''s far far away from infinite..."

    Liang: "You are wasting my precious and heavenly time..."

    Liang kicks Devlin and Devlin and hits a wall and faints.

    Liang goes to Rex and also kicks him chasing him to faint.

    Liang: "Yall barely last a few minutes..."

    Zen: "No you didn''t!"

    Liang: "Let''s see what you got this time..."

    Liang attacks Liang with is swords but couldn''t hit.

    Zen: "What you stop?"

    Liang: "Huh? This aura was so holy...as if it was sent by God...This in unpenetrable..."

    Liang tries again and fails.

    Liang: "The fuck?!"

    Zen: "I feel dizzy...I can''t handle this holiness..."

    Liang: "I know what I will do!"

    Liang swings his sword, It doesn''t hurt Zen.

    Zen: "It feels incinerating..."

    Liang: "A double edged sword..."

    Zen: "The fuck you even planning...This aura is... invincible."

    Liang: "I know what I''m supposed to do."

    Zen: "Huh?"

    Zen throws a punch at Liang which Liang willingly takes.

    Zen: "Take this"

    Zen kicks Liang.

    Zen kicks Liang again and again.

    Liang: "Keep on doing Liang!"

    Zen: "You''re acting weird..."

    Liang smirks.

    Zen (thinking): "The burning feeling is more now...Unbearable to say the least...I must walk it off..."

    Liang: "Unbearable? Eh?"

    Zen: "You are reading my expression?"

    Liang: "In a sense, how about you punch me?"

    Zen: "Who am I listening to your orders?"

    Liang: "Yeah..."

    Zen: "Augh..."

    Zen (thinking): "This pain is killing me..."

    Liang: "Pain is beautiful!"

    Zen: "No...Never!"

    Zen punches Liang.

    Liang: "Good boy!"

    Zen kicks Liang.

    Liang: "Hell yeah! Pain!"

    Zen: "The fuck happened to you?"

    Liang: "It struck me is the hint."

    Zen: "Huh?"

    Liang (thinking): "Good thing this idiot ain''t finding my plan..."

    Zen (thinking): "This holiness is burning me...I can''t handle it, it''s too good for me..."

    Liang (thinking): "This guy took me 2 hours in previous loops, I might take less time this time."

    Liang: "What happened? Hit me!"

    Zen: "Huh?"

    Zen hits Liang.

    Zen (thinking): "Is he trying to make me not punch him by saying to hit him? Maybe thinking I''d suspect something?"

    Liang: "What are you thinking?!"

    Zen: "Are trying to make me not hit you thinking that you have something planned

    Zen takes a deep breath

    Zen (punching): "Cause that wouldn''t be happening)

    The temperature increases, Liang could feel a secondary aura, an unholy one.

    Zen: "AHHHHHHHHH! It hurts, It burns!"

    Liang: "I feel pity for you..."

    Liang (now pissed): "Just hit me!"

    Zen (punching): "Take this!"

    Zen (continuously punching): "And this, this, this..."

    After punching some more timed

    Zen: "Let''s change to kicks"

    Zen (kinking): "Take this!"

    Zen (continuously kicking): "And this! this, this, this!"

    After kicking some more times he calms down.

    Liang: "That''s more like!"

    Zen feels something hotter.

    Zen: "Augh!"

    Zen (thinking): "I need to find a cold place..."

    Zen starts running.

    Liang: "You are not going anywhere!"

    Zen (running):  "Cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place, cold place..."

    Liang: "Hold up!"

    Zen (running): "This pain..."

    Liang catches Zen.

    Zen (trying to let go of Liang''s hand): "Let go of me!"

    Zen (thinking): "I see a small fountain...People are there fighting demons"

    Zen squishes his eyes.

    Zen (thinking): "Mr. Lucifer?"

    Liang: "Hit me!"

    Zen (thinking): "I have a plan! I''d go there and let them handle it!"

    Zen tries to let go of Liang.

    Zen: "Leave me! Leave me! Leave me!"

    Liang (thinking): "When will this idiot get tired and faint?!"

    Zen after trying for some time finally gets off from Liang.

    Zen (thinking): "I''m free!"

    Zen starts running.

    Zen: "Am I an idiot? I could have run while he was holding me! I wasted so much time! Thank god time ain''t that precious in the afterlife! But wait...Saving up time would have been beneficial too...Eh what happened just happened...it''s just a past afterall, I should focus on the future..."

    Zen reaches the fountain and takes a heavy breath.

    Zen (heavily breathing): "I''m here..."

    Zen jumps in the fountain.

    Zen: "I''m fine now, I feel aura has been removed...Tho I might be wrong tho"

    Liang: "Here I come you cunt!"

    Zen tries to go outside but Liang catches up.

    Liang (thinking): "His filthy aura is gone for good! Let''s drown him!"

    Liang holds Zen''s neck and starts drawing.

    Zen (thinking): "Im done messed"

    Liang: "Here take it!"

    Zen (thinking): "I''m sorry everyone for ending up like this...Someone...Someone...Please help me! Please...Please...Mr. Beelzebub...Mr. Lucifer...Hunters...Envoy...Help...Help..."

    Liang: "Take this fish!"

    Liang fits Zen''s face to the hard concrete floor.

    Zen: "Auahh!"

    Zen (thinking): "I''m so done...My head hurts...Help...Help...This is hell...Hell, Hell this is! Why isn''t anyone noticing? Are they ignoring?! They better not be! Help...Help, I need help... Help... Help...Help... Help! I need help fuckers!"

    ???: "Stop right here!"

    Liang looks at the person, he had some hair and looked fabulous, extremely fabulous after all, It was Lucifer.

    Liang: "Lucifer?"

    Lucifer: "Liang! We will end your shenanegans!"

    Zen: "Thanks Mr. Lucifer."

    Zen faints.

    Lucifer takes out his Lucifer.

    Liang unsheeves his sword.

    Lucifer: "I''ll warn you, I have already slayed your 10,000 demons, 10  have been slayed by others."

    Liang: "I could take down a billion!"

    Lucifer: "Shall we begin?"

    Liang swings his sword.

    Lucifer: "Huh? I think id go biblically accurate!"

    Liang (thinking): "This didn''t happen in the previous loops!"

    Lucifer changes into his biblically accurate form.

    Liang: "You just gained wings and horns"

    Lucifer: "That how I looked back in hell, previous look was in Heaven."

    Liang (trying to distract): "Funny, isn¡¯t it? The so-called Devil is fighting to the right."

    Lucifer (leveling his trident): "Redemption is earned, Liang. You still have a chance."

    Liang (lunging forward): "I don¡¯t need saving!"

    Their weapons clashed, Lucifer twisted his trident, knocking Liang off balance. Liang rolled away, slashing at Lucifer¡¯s wing, but Lucifer being dodged mid-air.

    Lucifer (thrusting his trident): "Your darkness blinds you!"

    Liang: "And your light makes you weak!"

    Liang (slashing downward): "Die, fallen one!"

    Lucifer (blocking): "Not today!"

    With a mighty swing, Lucifer sent Liang flying. Liang crashed into the ground but smirked, wiping blood from his lip.

    Liang (standing up): "This is getting fun."

    Lucifer tightened his grip. This battle was far from over.

    Lucifer: "This battle is far from over, I think I''d go all on."

    Liang: "The former king of hell has nothing in front of the current one, Lucifer."

    Liang slashes his sword.

    Lucifer jumps forwards, way too high to say the least as he could see the entire city, Lucifer breaths and throws his trident.

    Lucifer (while the trident was going down): "The former king could go hand in hand with the heavens, you are struggling in just Limbo with an army of millions!"

    Liang (thinking): "Now this fight is going like the previous loops!"

    Liang slashes Lucifer tridents.

    Lucifer lands and takes his trident.

    Lucifer: "As good as new."

    Lucifer slashes his trident at Liang which hits Liang.

    Liang: "Augh!"

    Lucifer: "You can still redeem yourself, Liang."

    Liang (swinging his sword): "Not for me!"

    Lucifer''s wings get cut.

    Lucifer: "Tis but a scratch"

    Lucifer regenrates the portion of his wings.

    Liang slashes his sword towards Lucifer but Lucifer blocks it.

    Lucifer (thinking): "Should I use my power?"

    Liang (thinking): "If he uses his power I''m cooked... Especially Hellfire or Darkness summoning..."

    Lucifer uses his ability of Read Mind.

    Lucifer (thinking): "These two are good?"

    Lucifer uses hellfire.

    Liang gets hot and his right hand his burned but luckily for him, he could use his left land as well.

    Liang: "Fuck!"

    Lucifer: "Shadow!"

    Liang shadow becomes 3 dimensional and starts choking him causing him to lose his grip and drop his sword the second his sword drops it is picked up by Liang''s shadow, Liang''s shadow goes towards Lucifer and kneels

    Liang''s shadow: "Take this master!"

    Lucifer picks up Liang''s weapon.

    Liang: "Shadow!"

    Lucifer: "Fuck.."

    Lucifer shadow now takes over and manages to take the sword by force and gives it to Liang.

    Liang: "Corrupt!"

    Lucifer: "Corruption doesn''t happen to shadows or the princes, but it can happen to you."

    Lucifer: "Corrupt!"

    Liang''s soul gets corrupted, Liang tries to take over but cant but sadly for Lucifer...It just made Liang more evil, someone who would go any far, in a desperate event Lucifer tries to slash his trident at Liang trying to stop the catastrophic event he had just accidentally caused by mistake.

    Liang (dodging): "My kingdom!"

    The ground cracks open, at first came a few winged creatures.

    Lucifer: "Exorcismus!"

    The winged creatures are exorcist.

    Liang (pissed): "My kingdom!"

    From the newly opened crack now a few hundred demons came.

    Lucifer: "Exorcismus!"

    Those creatures like the previous batch are exorcist and put back to hell.

    Liang (even more pissed than before): "My kingdom!"

    Now a few thousand came.

    Lucifer: "Exorcismus!"

    They are put back to hell.

    Liang (more pissed): "Augh! My Kingdom!"

    Around 80,000 demons come.

    Lucifer: "Exorcismus!"

    All the 80,000 demons are gone.

    Liang (with the top of his lungs) "My Kingdom!!!!!"

    The previously opened crack is expanded by 10 times, a million demons.

    Lucifer: "Fuck! My Exorcismus won''t work now there are a million!"

    Lucifer is surrounded by demons, Liang takes this responsibility to carve a hole around Lucifer''s heart.

 Demons From the Broken Ground

    Liang pulls off his sword

    Lucifer (smirking): "You forgot one thing..."

    Liang: "Huh?"

    Lucifer (regenerating): "I can never truly die..."

    Liang: "I knew that...You can faint though."

    Lucifer: "Next to impossible."

    Lucifer slashes Liang with his trident but Liang jumps in time.

    Liang (thinking): "I''d find a hiding spot..."

    Liang lands and hides in rubble, he was not spotted by anyone especially Beelzebub who was fighting the demons Liang had summoned.

    Beelzebub (slashing a demon): "Ahh!"

    Beelzebub (slashing another demon): "There are too many...aren''t there Asmodeus?"

    Asmodeus (slashing a demon): "Yeah...I don''t even recognise them man!"

    Beelzebub (slashing a demon): "Same...Anyways you think we would be able to defeat them?"

    Asmodeus (dodging an attack): "We need Lucifer, only he can use Exorcismus."

    Asmodeus looks back, a demon was standing, The demon had long hair, with a head of a dolphin, he only wore a demonic ripped pants and was shirtless and had a lot of muscle

    Asmodeus (blushing and smirking): "Sexy eh?''

    ???: "Yeah, the previous prince of Lust...I''m the new one, Libido."

    Asmodeus: "That''s just the Latin for lust, how original."

    Asmodeus slashes with his sword.

    Libido dodges

    ???: "Hey, Beelzebub! I''m hungry let''s fight!"

    The figure was fat, looked like it didn''t have proper hygiene and had a head of pig.

    Beelzebub: "Both of you paired up?"

    ???: "Yeah!"

    Beelzebub: "Who are you?"

    ???: "Edax! The new prince of gluttony!"

    Beelzebub: "There''s no new princes!"

    Edax: "You''d be mistaken!"

    Edax takes a rock and eats it, gaining energy, he converts the energy into a small but powerful beam, hitting the cheek of Beelzebub, it doesn''t penetrate through Beelzebub''s skin.

    Beelzebub: "Huh? I wouldn''t have done a beam with a rock."

    Beelzebub eats his nails, it hurted a bit but Beelzebub could walk it off, His nail regenerates, Since he had eaten he could turn the energy into anything he wanted, He chose to change it into wind energy and shoots it at Edax.

    Edax gets hit.

    Edax (pissed): "You can just do that?!"

    Meanwhile on the other side of the battlefield, Asmodeus and Libido were fighting.

    Asmodeus: "Your moves are sure sexy as fuck, Libido."

    Libido: "Yours too¡ª"

    Asmodeus hits Libido with all his might launching Libido extremely far where his body appeared to be as small as the smallest stars from the night sky, something barely visible, Asmodeus takes a long jump, Now Libido appeared to be the size of your average star from the night sky, Asmodeus starts running and comes close to Libido, while trying to attack, Libido uses his ability.

    Asmodeus stops.

    Asmodeus (thinking): "I must not hit him...This sense of love I feel...It''s romantic!"

    Libido: "That''s my power! I call it The Lovers Love!"

    Asmodeus: "I have this one too! I call it The Unspoken Rizz!"

    Libido (confused): "What the fuck is Rizz?"

    Asmodeus: "Charisma."

    Asmodeus hits Libido with a punch and manages to hit.

    Libido summons his weapon, The Cupid Arrows.

    Libido: "The extension of my ''The Lover''s Love''!"

    Asmodeus: "You have arrows?  Where the fuck is the bow?"

    Libido (closing his eyes): "...Wait"

    Libido summons his bow, it was an ordinary looking bow with a golden secondary color kind of like his arrows which were made up of gold where the blade was sharp and the other end had a human heart.

    Libido opens his eyes.

    Asmodeus: "Id talk to the hunters why they didn''t tell us about the new princes of hell."

    Libido: "We are a secret organisation! It is so far away or will take a thousand years to reach!"

    Asmodeus summons his whip, it was roughly 5 meters and had spikes, the spikes were touching the hand of Asmodeus but it seemed like they didn''t affect Asmodeus.

    Asmodeus: "Well...In that case I''d end this ''organisation''.

    Asmodeus activates his ''Unspoken Rizz''.

    Libido also tries to open it, but can''t.

    Libido: "Huh!"

    Asmodeus: "You are using your power but my ''Unspoken Rizz'' makes it almost negligible, your is affecting me but mine affects hundreds at a time! Be ready to be cooked!"

    Asmodeus swings his whip cutting the middle and index finger.

    Libido : "How the hell am I going to shoot the arrows now!"

    Asmodeus: "Just through them I guess..."

    Libido: "Indeed!"

    Libido through a dozen arrows at great speeds which hits Asmodeus.

    Asmodeus swings his whip and hits the left side of Libido

    Libido: "Ah!"

    Asmodeus swings his whip again hitting the other side of Libido

    Libido (falling): "Ahh!"

    Asmodeus whips the back of Libido and then swings it again cutting the dolphin fin of Libido.

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    Libido (thinking): "I need to open a crack!"

    Libido: "Aperta!"

    A crack opens dragging Libido into it and closes before Asmodeus could get inside

    Asmodeus: "That wasn''t hot!"

    Asmodeus (looking at the sky): "I wonder how the fight of Beelzebub is going..."

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    Beelzebub: "You should learn about these things, Whatever your name was Mr. Pig."

    Edax: "Edax...Edax! And I know that''s stuff!"

    Beelzebub eats his nails.

    Beelzebub (thinking): "Solar energy? Maybe thermal?"

    Beelzebub uses Thermal energy, converting the ground into ice deep 2 meters into the ground.

    Edax: "What ya gonna do?"

    Beelzebub: "I still have energy...Thermal!"

    The ice melts, Water is nowhere.

    Edax: "Water...I have never seen this."

    Edax starts drowning by a great force.

    Edax: "Ahh! The fuck is this?!"

    Beelzebub: "Gravitational..."

    The gravitational force increases.

    Beelzebub eats his finger, It was painful but the act of eating was way more pleasurable.

    Beelzebub (jumping to a building): "Tidal!"

    A cyclone happens, The poor Edax is caught up in all of this but Beelzebub was in a roof where he was safe.

    Beelzebub: "I hope you stay in hygiene with this one! I learned it easily!"

    Edax (thinking): "I need something to eat...something..."

    Beelzebub (chuckling): "How are you not seeing this?"

    Edax (thinking): "What?"

    Beelzebub: "Let me give you a hint."

    Beelzebub goes down, He drinks the water.

    Edax: "It...happens when I eat not drink!"

    Beelzebub: "Look down."

    Edax (thinking): "There''s ground right?"

    Beelzebub (sighing): "He is so dumb..."

    Edax eats some rocks which was extremely hard to eat under the circumstances.

    Edax: "Solar energy!"

    Edax evaporates the water.

    Edax eats a rock.

    Edax: "Gravitation energy"

    The gravity Edax was experiencing was over, it was back to normal.

    Beelzebub: "Seismic!"

    The ground shakes, something like an earthquake.

    Edax: "Well...I''m quite good against earthquakes!"

    Edax eats a ton of rocks

    Edax: "Muscular!"

    Edax''s already obese body becomes way larger.

    Beelzebub: "Going physical?"

    Beelzebub eats one of his nails.

    Beelzebub: "Radiant!"

    Beelzebub sees the x-ray of Edax trying to find his weak spots.

    Beelzebub: "Around the ribs..."

    Beelzebub eats his hand and regenerates it

    Beelzebub: "Mechanical"

    Edax punches Beelzebub.

    Beelzebub was physics so strong it doesn''t affect him.

    Beelzebub: "I''m roughly like twice your power."

    Beelzebub kicks Edax.

    Edax is sent flying.

    Edax manages to hold a beach stop on his flight.

    Edax takes a tree and launches it at Beelzebub.

    Beelzebub jumps in time and lands.

    Beelzebub throws the tree back at Edax, mid flight he launches himself at the tree.

    Edax sees the tree and tries to punch it, While he didn''t manage to split the tree the force was able to make Beelzebub lose his balance and fall.

    Beelzebub: "Power of the arthropods."

    Thousands of flies come and start attacking Edax.

    Edax (trying to get rid of flies): "Go away! Go away!"

    Beelzebub: "Bee''s!"

    Thousands of bees come and start stinging Edax.

    Edax: "Ouch! Stop stinging me...I feel weaker...I digested the rocks didn''t I?"

    Edax tries to eat the bees but they sting his tongue.

    Beelzebub: "Spiders."

    A bunch of spiders come and start biting him.

    Beelzebub: "Centipedes"

    Bunch of centipedes start attacking and biting

    Beelzebub: "Scorpions"

    A bunch of scorpions start stinging him.

    Beelzebub: "Wasp"

    A bunch of wasps start stinging him.

    The pain Edax was feeling was torturous, so torturous that Beelzebub feels pity and let''s go of the arthropods.

    Edax: "Finally!"

    Beelzebub: "Hellfire!"

    A bunch of hellfire comes.

    Edax: "Hellfire!"

    More hellfire comes.

    Beelzebub: "Thermal!"

    The hellfire surrounding Beelzebub increases.

    Beelzebub shoots the hellfire.

    Edax consumes it

    Beelzebub: "Edax, you think you can consume my flames?"

    Edax: "Yes!"

    Edax lunges, inhaling the fire around him. Beelzebub snarls, igniting the ground beneath Edax¡¯s feet, forcing him to leap.

    Beelzebub: "Choke on it!"

    Beelzebub shoots more hellfire

    Edax (dodging, laughing): "Delicious! But not enough!"

    He bites into Beelzebub¡¯s flames, growing stronger.

    Beelzebub (eyes narrowing): "Then let¡¯s see if you can stomach this!"

    A towering inferno erupts behind him, roaring like a demon.

    Edax isn''t able to eat it, even worse, He gets hit by it

    Edax is covered with burn marks, he is feeling miserable

    Edax (thinking): "Whatever I do! He does better, I''m going and the next time I''ll consume him."

    Edax opens a crack and escapes.

    Beelzebub: "Welp that was easy, Hunters will take like an hour to fight these..."

    Beelzebub (sighing): "Stupid me, They don''t have powers."

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    Devlin''s eyes open.

    Devlin: "How much time has it been?"

    Devlin looks around.

    Devlin: "Rex hasn''t woken up..."

    Devlin (trying to wake up Rex): "Hey! You there? Answer me!"

    After trying for some time, Devlin gives up.

    Devlin: "He ain''t waking anytime soon..."

    Devlin looks around trying to spot Zen.

    Devlin: "Where the hell did Zen go?"

    Devlin stands up and goes ahead.

    Devlin (while walking): "No one''s there."

    After walking for sometime he sees hunters and demons fighting.

    Devlin (shocked): "The fuck happened!"

    A demon attacks Devlin.

    Devlin barely dodges it.

    The demon starts chasing me.

    Devlin: "I just woke up!"

    The demon gets faster.

    Devlin finds a small hole.

    Devlin enters finding a lot of people, it looked like they were hiding from the chaos that was happening. Then the wall broke, there was a figure that emerged, The demon that was chasing Devlin, Devlin and everyone looked at him. Kids start crying, Devlin looks at them.

    Devlin (thinking): "I must do something..."

    Devlin looks at the demon.

    Devlin (getting ready to fight): "You and me, now!"

    Devlin punches him, It doesn''t affect the demon

    Devlin (punching again): "Why so silent?"

    Demon (looking at Devlin): "Die."

    The demon kicks Devlin.

    Devlin is sent flying to a wall, He hits him and sees a bat.

    Devlin (smiling): "Bat!"

    Devlin picks up the bat.

    Devlin stands up.

    Devlin: "Tch! My back!"

    Devlin hits the demon on the neck. The demon moves a bit but manages to balance. The demon punches Devlin and hits him. Devlin is caught off guard and hits the wall hardly, luckily for him he doesn''t faint does not lose balance and goes towards the demon and hits the demon with the bat on the neck and hits him again on the opposite side. The second Devlin stops the demon attacks him causing Devlin to bleed extremely hard.

    Devlin: "No wonder why being a hunter is so hard..."

    The demon looks at Devlin.

    Demon (thinking): "This person is not a hunter? He is way better than any other..."

    Devlin: "Thank god my time as a sailor increased my physical ability by a mile!"

    After hearing the word "Sailor" the demon remembers something.

    ???: "I''ll let you go..."

    Demon: "What!"

    ???: "One of my fellow sailors was a Satanist, He would feel bad for what I did...Maybe I should leave this job"

    The demon remembered, There was a sailor that saved his life, he had bowed to leave any sailor as one of them saved is life.

    The demon goes away.

    Devlin: "Huh?"

    ??? 1: "Thank you for saving us mister!"

    ??? 2: "Yeah!"

    The people inside start thanking him.

    Devlin looks at them, smiles and goes.

    Devlin (thinking): "Maybe I''d find these people some debris. Actually how will it guarantee their safety? It''s more risky..." Devlin sighs continuing, "What can I do?"

    Devlin looks at everyone.

    Devlin: "What else can I do?"

    Devlin is interrupted by someone, the person says, "Watch out! There''s a demon!"

    Devlin looks back, now standing a giant in all Orange from his eyes to lips to skin to clothes and so on, The demon didn''t have any hair whatsoever. Devlin hits the demon with his bat on the forehead but the Demon just stands there, not flinched and didn''t move an inch.

    The demon standing there punches Devlin, This punch which Devlin feels was way greater than of the previous demon, It felt one of the greatest pain he ever felt, but only one it came to physical as Devlin was mentally ready and hits the Demon in the stomach with his bat, The demons stomach moved a little but it was enough for Devlin to keep on fighting it.

    Devlin (swinging his bat): "Take this!"

    The demon stops the bat and snatches it and throws it aside in the public, Devlin makes an escape to take his bat but the Demon follows him.

    Devlin: "Moved now? Now stay right here!"

    Devlin hits the demon with a bat, but it was the same result as before, no effect. Devlin keeps on trying and trying swinging his bat like a beast as if he was the beast not the Demon.

    Devlin (thinking and swinging): "Thank god every demon is busy."

    Devlin swings his bat really hard, the hardest he currently did, lucky for the Demon got affected.

    Devlin: "I did it!"

    Devlin swings his bat again and again, he kept on hitting and hitting.

    It has been some time, roughly 20 minutes. Devlin was exhausted barely keeping up, he could faint again in under five minutes yet the only thing he was able to was to move it which felt like a miracle.

    Devlin: "Someone..."

    The demon is beheaded, Devlin is shocked. The person who had beheaded the demon was wearing a coat and had a lot of knifes, he also wore top hat. There was no doubt, It was the infamous Jack the ripper, The current strongest hunter and the second strongest to ever exist.

    Devlin: "Are you Jack the Ripper?!"

    Jack: "Yeah kid."

    The demon comes which is instantly sliced with knives, Devlin was a sailor yet his reaction time couldn''t detect the speed Jack killed the other Demon, it seemed as if Jack''s hand just teleported.

    Devlin: "How fast are you man?"

    Jack (slicing a demon): "Insanely fast."

    Devlin: "Yeah! I was a sailor, so my reaction time is still extremely fast yet it looked like it was teleported!"

    Jack (slicing a demon): "Oh...What is your name?"

    Devlin: "Devlin, just Devlin from Gluttony, A newbie Envoy."

    Jack: "Alright, Devlin. I''m Jack from Wrath, and I''m a hunter."

    Devlin (pointing at the crowd): "Will you mind helping me protect them?"

    Jack (slicing a demon): "Welp, this place has way more demons comparatively, so sure. How about you try to hide them?"

    Devlin: "On it."

    Devlin starts collecting debris and placing them at the position of the missing walls area while Jack the Ripper was ripping demons.

    Devlin (thinking): "Can''t believe this is the actual Jack the ripper! Eh, anyways where did Zen go? What about Liang? I hope Zen is alright and something like a fountain didn''t take him down!"

    Jack was ripping the hell out of demons, he was far but in sight and had roughly killed 25 or 26 demons with ease, while slashing what appeared to be the 27th demon which was near debris, they debris showed a chinese man roughly 6 feet, had long hair, beard and looked like he was making a master plan of dominating the entire world. It was the man himself, Liang Cheng.