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章 23: Chronicle XXIII: Revelations

The inside of the castle was dark. Several beams of light filtered through the archaic glass that formed the windows, providing a gloomy and gaunt touch to the castle. The entrance doors, decorated with a fine, little layer of dust, swung open with a long, loud squeak.

The visitor illuminated the walls of the construction with the flames of his hands, meticulously observing every corner and detail.

The hall of the hellish castle was very similar to a mansion. Faded and torn red banners hung on the walls, breaking up the palette of black and gray that filled the entrance. In the middle of it all was a fountain, with the curious feature that it was made of skulls and bones, filled with pinkish water that reminded Daniel of the famous Red Sea that lay between Africa and Asia.

He observed two stairs that occupied both left and right, separating to end up leading a single path. After going up, he noticed that the corridor was longer than he thought, and was decorated with a carpet of elegant quality and design, unlike the floor below which was made of cold marble, or whatever material it was made of. .

He visualized a door made of wood far down the hall. To his least surprise, it was ajar, so as soon as he arrived he knocked it down with a kick sending it flying; landing on the back of a black silhouette.

- 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭.

The boy did not say anything before the statement. His eyes remained fixed on the back of the demon, who turned and advanced until he was at a considerable distance from the teenager.

For a few seconds, they didn't say anything. No comment, no movement, nothing at all. Both kept their gaze fixed on each other, until Dante's eyes turned completely black, only his blood-red irises stood out, without transforming into his alter ego.

Astaroth raised a hand, not to provoke a fight, but as a gesture of peace.

- 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

Dante stayed silent, prepared for a sneaky surprise attack that could come at any moment.

- 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬... 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.

- 𝘽𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙? - repeated the teenager with a deep and demonic voice.

-𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞? 𝐍𝐨, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬... 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲...

Astaroth's evil chuckle echoed throughout the room.

- 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲!- he added, laughing harder.

The cursed teen looked at the ground momentarily in shock. Aaron Crane wasn't innocent, obviously, but he wasn't a heartless and chaotic individual like the rest of the demons were. Still, the fact that he killed someone who wasn't aware of what he was doing left a bad taste in the boy's mouth.

- 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤...

A sensation of death caught Dante off guard, chilling the air and creating an almost imperceptible black aura around the Emperor.

-𝐈´𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭. 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 - Daniel looked clearly confused at this-. 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞... 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.

- 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩...? - stammered the boy trying to assimilate such sudden information.

- 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞 - Astaroth continued -𝐍𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!

- 𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮?! - Daniel roared, furious- 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣?!- he added, as flames erupted from his head transforming into the Ghost Rider.

Astaroth said nothing, watching the Ghost Rider with a calm temper and a winning smile graced his face, as if he was waiting for the sudden burst of fury.

- 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 - he said calmly - 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬.

-𝙈𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩? -he exclaimed, and his flames flared to crimson - 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣! 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝, 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙨𝙚!

Again, Astaroth kept quiet at the Ghost Rider's statement.

- 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 "𝐣𝐨𝐛" 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝: 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡; 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫... 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧... - observed the Emperor- 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 "𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡", "𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲", "𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐡. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬. 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐲, 𝐈 𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰.

At this point, the Spirit of Vengeance had summoned its chains ready to attack.

- 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬. 𝐍𝐨... 𝐈'𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬...- the mention of all those names made the Ghost Rider stand still in bewilderment- 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Suddenly the Rider´s body stopped moving. His red irises disappeared, and his flames returned to his normal orange color. His arms fell without force to his sides. He wrapped his chains around his torso and stood up straight, staring at the demon.

- 𝐀𝐡, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫...

"𝓐𝔃𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼."

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[𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲]

[𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻]

The home of the angels. Winged spirits and guardians of humanity. Those who watch over the truth, good and justice. They appear in the books as divine beings, sent by God, the Almighty, to avoid the evil path and advise towards the path of light.

An important detail about history is that it can be told in many ways. Some true, others false, however only one of those stories will prevail in the pages of time and becomes what we consider history. Facts can be modified, some details can be eliminated as if they never existed, and there are always characters, places or actions that do not appear.

The story of Heaven is an example of this. The first, to be exact. The home of God is populated with lies, hypocrisy, falsehood. Infected by arrogance and self-centeredness.

When a life span comes to an end, it is sent to Heaven if it is deemed good, or useful for its purposes. What is its main purpose, you ask? That is a mystery to this day. Perhaps one day it will be discovered.

However, keeping an eye on humanity, eradicating those who pose a threat to them, deceiving their followers, corrupting the minds of sinners before they are sent to Hell were some daily routines worth mentioning.

A teenage girl with golden hair walked the paths of the House of the Lord. Ever since the angels "rescued" her from her burning home and separated her from the corpses of her family, she underwent a complete change.

Her optimism and joy were gone. They were replaced with seriousness and sadness, accompanied by a strong desire for revenge. The death of her parents was always on her mind, and not a day went by that she did not stop repeating to herself her own personal mission:

Kill the Ghost Rider, the most dangerous demon in Hell. Killer of innocents and protector of the guilty. Right hand of Mephisto, King of Hell, and the one who killed his parents on a whim. It should be noted that this cursed demon was her childhood "friend".

A liar, a dirty hellish demon who had his hands full of blood. He had to be stopped, and he would be. After all, she maintains only one philosophy, the same one her saviors instilled in her:

"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭, 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵".

Right now, she was heading to her daily training with her mentor. An Archangel respected by the angels, feared by the demons and invincible in their eyes. Only one could defeat him, but never kill him. He prevails with his immortality, and rises from the ashes as a Phoenix, ever determined to protect Heaven.

-𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡.

A deep voice interrupted her thoughts. Raising her head, she observed that she had arrived at the training ground, and the one who called her was none other than her teacher. An angel dressed in armor, who saw her with his hands on the handle of her sword, which was stuck in the ground.

- 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲... - he commented.

- My apologies, Master Zadkiel - answered the girl -. I was thinking and time flew by.

The angel didn't say anything, he just continued on his way, indicating with a gesture of his hand that the girl should follow him. Which Elizabeth did without delay.

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[𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹]

[𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲:]

- 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞... 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞.

-𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.

Astaroth snorted.

- 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭... 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬!

-𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆 -he countered-. 𝑰𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒅...

- 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲? - The emperor commented indignantly- 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐳𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲! - he exclaimed- 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲!

Every word that came out of his mouth, the emperor increased the gravity and height of his voice.

- 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲?! 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥! 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭...

- 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉! 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕?! 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐?! 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆?!

- 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐈𝐌! - he yelled, - 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫! 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞! 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝?

Azrathos kept quiet.

- 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞! 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭?! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦! 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞? - he continued, using metaphors- 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬, 𝐀𝐳𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬. 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝... 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

After Astaroth's sudden outburst, both entities remained silent. One for being unable to respond and choosing his words carefully, and the other for realizing something that he didn't take into account until now.

- 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 -he snapped dryly.

The one called Azrathos was taken by surprise, just looking at his brother with the same expression.

- 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐀𝐳𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬?! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐣𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫! - the furious emperor roared - 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭!

Despite the outburst, Azrathos only caught the last sentence as important.

-𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕? - questioned the other, confused.

In response, Astaroth went from fury to confusion, and from confusion to realization in a few seconds, choosing to ignore the question.

-𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 -he answered finally, turning his back on his brother as he walked away from him.

- 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆, 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉! - exclaimed the other.

- 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞? - questioned the emperor, stopping and looking at him over his shoulder - 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

Raising his hand bathed in red magic, Astaroth snapped his fingers, and to Azrathos' surprise, an active magic circle formed at his feet.

- 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫.

With a roar of fury from Azrathos, the glow from the portal embraced the throne room for a few seconds, revealing that the Spirit of Vengeance was no longer there when it faded.

Astaroth made an indecipherable grimace, and left the room seconds later. He walked through the halls of the castle, until he came to a pillar with spiral stairs which he descended.

At the bottom of the stairs was the pit where thousands of lost souls rested. As he barely entered that breech, he heard the pleas, screams and other sounds coming from it. Extending his arms, he closed his eyes and concentrated his power on absorbing them.

The wandering souls instantly fulfilled his wish, sinking into his body, which grew stronger as more souls were devoured. This action took quite a long time.

When there were none left, the emperor heaved a sigh of pleasure, gloating at the new power he now possessed. He gave an evil smile, and headed towards the balconies of his castle. Again, he raised his arms, but this time summoning his lackeys.

Within a few minutes, in front of him was an extremely huge army of demons that had responded to his call. Keeping his smile and lowering his arms, he gave a single but absolute command:

- 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧!


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Azrathos enters in the show!

Then, if Azrathos was the one inside Daniel...

Who is Zarathos? Who is Azrathos?

Guess we´ll find out when Dante do.

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And if you have any doubts or questions about this story, you can leave it in the comments.

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