Chapter 430: Dystopian Elven War [6] [A Tour of Hell]
[Unknown Island.]
[Edge of the Pargoina Empire.]
"Urgh, that was nice."
I said, stretching my body a little.
Aimar was along with the unconscious Vanadis, who was in his care.
We had just walked out of the portal, and I could still feel the hatred of the demigod on me.
'Man, he was pissed off to no end.'
[<You kidnapped his grandson, why would he not?>]
'Meh, I don't care.'
"What the hell is this place?"
Aimar mumbled, looking around the jungle we were in.
He dropped the unconscious young man, who lay face-first on the ground.
"You don't remember?" I asked, leading him on the path. "This is where we fucked Ethan."
"…Ahh." As if that refreshed his memories, he nodded. "The Tomb of Moshel."
"Yep." I replied, glancing back at the body he was dragging along. "Let me take care of it."
Two heavy branches moved from either side of my body and grabbed Vanadis.
His body floated and was dragged inside the closed space.
Aimar curiously looked at the two branches that vanished into thin air.
"What are those?" He asked, walking by my side. "They look like branches that elves use."
"Because they are." I replied, feeling an ache in my arms. "It's kind of like Vardent Nexus, the bloodline ability of Segyal Highbloods."
"How are you using it?" He asked, tilting his head in confusion. "Are you an elf?"
"Eww." I grunted, giving him a disgusted look. "Never compare me with those pieces of shit."
"Wow, that's some hate." He replied, smiling. "Aren't you their oh, lord saviour their macho Heir—."
"Shut up." I cut in his words as we reached a densely foggy area. "And what the fuck happened to you?"
Aimar's steps slowed down as he looked at me. "What do you mean?"
I turned towards him, narrowing my eyes. "You feel a little… different."
It's been six months since I saw him, and I must say he has changed a lot.
'He is already Peak Overlord.'
That's quite something, I must say.
Even though he is a year older than me, he is still better than most out there.
Aimar shrugged nonchalantly. "I just accepted my inner gay."
I frowned. "Inner gay?"
"Yeah." He nodded seriously. "I like boys now."
"...."
I opened my mouth to speak but swallowed my saliva instead.
"And, now that I see you…" He said, taking a step closer. "Damn, you really are pleasing to look at."
"Stay away!"
Aimar grinned, stepping closer with his arms wide open like he was about to hug me—or worse.
I stepped back immediately, raising a hand in warning. "Don't test me."
"Oh come on," he chuckled, clearly enjoying this way too much. "Aren't you even a little flattered?"
"I'll skewer you."
"I would love that!"
[<Are you guys sure, you don't have a thing for each other?>]
'What? No!'
[<…Really?>]
'Why do you sound suspicious?'
[<…..>]
"Bruh." Aimar mumbled, looking in front of us. "We are here."
I turned around and saw it….
The gate to hell.
Aimar walked forward and looked down the endless reddish space.
I stretched my body as I looked down as well. "Let's go."
"The fuck?" He grumbled. "Where?"
"Inside the hell."
I replied and before he could do anything, I pushed him inside.
Aimar let out a startled yell as he tumbled down into the red abyss.
"YOU ABSOLUTE PIECE OF—!"
His voice echoed until it faded into the depths.
I grinned to myself. "He'll live."
[<Was that necessary?>]
Inna's voice buzzed inside my head, unimpressed.
'Very. He talks too much.'
[<You enjoy bullying him.>]
'I do not.'
How can she say something like that to an innocent person like me?
I took a few steps back, gave my shoulders a roll, and jumped in after him.
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[Hell's Mouth – Inner Descent.]
Heat smacked my face first, thick and heavy like breathing through lava.
My body spiraled through crimson clouds as gravity pulled me deeper.
Runes glowed across the walls of the descent, ancient symbols twisting like they were alive.
Eventually, the drop slowed, and the air shifted—less burning, more suffocating.
I landed with a quiet thud on cracked, blackened stone.
Aimar lay nearby, groaning. "I hate you."
"Sure buddy." I said, looking around the place.
We were in a wide open-roof hall, pillars rising like burnt trees on either side.
The sky above us was just red clouds swirling endlessly.
I began to walk outside of the place.
"So, that's it?" Aimar asked, looking at me. "Is it this easy to get inside hell?"
"Yeah, anyone can enter with the door wide open." I replied, arriving at an opening. "But only a few can go back."
Aimar was about to say something but his breath was caught at the sight.
Right now, we stood in front of a giant.
Not your normal one but an enormous one that was over two hundred meters tall.
The giant whose body was unfathomably big, with sixty arms and a hundred faces.
Aimar took a sharp step back. "What… in the ever-living fuck is that?"
The giant didn't move, not even a twitch. Its skin was pale and cracked, like dried stone.
Its entire body was completely covered with chains that made him float just above the ground.
"That's Laḫmu." I said, already walking. "One of Tiamat's children."
Aimar stared at the thing for a while before he walked along with me.
"The one that was imprisoned in hell?" He asked, looking at me. "Wait, can it move?"
"No." I replied, my wings unfolded behind me. "It's half dead, it has the body but not the mind."
Aimar looked confused but I didn't explain much. "Let's go."
Flipping my wings once, I floated in the air before I began to move towards Laḫmu.
Aimar floated just behind me as I helped him with mana.
Aimar didn't say much as he looked down. "What are they doing?"
As we moved above the sky, all the red-skinned, weird-looking beings below us knelt down.
Their beings born with the blood of Lilith, live here.
'They have their own working society.'
"They are demons." I replied, rising higher and higher. "They are acknowledging my presence."
"Hm?" He tilted his head in confusion. "How do they know it's you?"
"When I first arrived here, there were sixteen heads that led them." I replied, glancing at him. "I killed them all."
Aimar gave me a serious look. "It's impossible." He said. "Demons don't die, they return back to Lilith and respawn again."
I turned fully towards him. "And how do you know that?"
"I…I just know." He replied, shrugging. "Now, tell me."
Even though suspicious, I didn't press more.
"Because I have a weapon that can."
Naraka.
Sabaoth's weapon was made for it.
Its ability to trap souls within it was something that even demons weren't immune to.
"How strong were they?" Aimar asked softly.
"The strongest was High-Eternal." I replied, my voice soft. "The first layer of hell doesn't have any demigods."
I landed on the head of the giant that was bigger than a mansion.
At the side of the place, there was a small cottage.
The place where I lived for the past few months.
"And how strong are you?" He asked, walking closer. "Are you already Eternal?"
"..."
I didn't reply as I let out a sigh.
With one thought, the status screen flickered in front of my eyes.
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Name: Azariah Noah Aljanah/Inder Sephtis.
[Merging:- 93%]
[Age:- 18]
[Rank: Peak-Overlord (50 layers)]
Kingdom:
(Simple Kingdom) [88%]
(Incomplete)
(Incomplete)
(Incomplete)
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Stats:
[Strength: Mid-Eternal (49%)]
[Sensory: Mid-Eternal (39%)]
[Agility: High-Eternal (08%)]
[Stamina: Mid-Eternal (40%)]
[Toughness: Mid-Eternal (60%)]
[Mental Power: High-Eternal (99%)]
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I let a tired sigh as I removed the screen from my face.
'I really fucked up here.'
"Hello." Aimar waved his hand in front of my face. "I asked you something."
"Yeah, no." I replied, slapping his hand away. "I am an Eternal but not in a traditional sense."
He blinked in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"I am physically strong but I don't have a kingdom." I replied, shaking my head. "I mean, I have three kingdoms but—."
"The fuck are you saying?" He asked, frowning in confusion.
I rubbed my temples, feeling a headache coming. "Look, it's complicated."
Aimar crossed his arms. "So explain it simply."
"I have three kingdoms." I raised three fingers. "One's almost done. The others are incomplete."
Taking a step back, I raised my hand.
"With the help of my kingdoms….."
An enormous energy floated just over our heads. "I can control sun."
I waved my hand, and a dried up leaf stopped in place. "I can control time."
The last, I didn't show. "And I can control… Death."
"Okay…" he nodded slowly. "So, how does that make you not a real Eternal?"
"Because Eternals are defined by their Kingdoms, idiot." I said, walking toward the small cottage.
"Even though I got three, they all are conflicting with each other… if I want to become a legit Eternal, I need to either integrate them all or choose only one."
Aimar groaned. "That's the dumbest flex I've ever heard."
"It's not a flex." I said, glancing to the east side. "It's a problem."
Four months ago, when I first started making my kingdom, I got the inspiration of making all three at once.
It was like a forgotten memory that was telling me what to do.
But…
In the end, I was stuck because of it.
'Stupid Inna didn't even warn me.'
[<I will slap you really hard. I did warn you.>]
'Yeah, should have tried harder.'
Aimar, who was deep in thought, glanced at me. "Why bring me here anyway?"
I didn't reply; instead, I pointed at the far east. "You see that gate?"
Aimar turned to look in the direction. "That's the second gate of hell."
Aimar looked back at me. "And?"
"Beyond that level is Oliver's soul." I replied, looking at it. "But we have a problem."
Aimar remained silent for a while before he replied. "What's the problem."
"Some fucking retard broke the seal of Tiamat's child." I grumbled, rubbing my temples.
"And now that shit is always there to attack me whenever I get close to the gate."
It's a good thing that he can't travel to different floors of hell.
Aimar glanced at me. "How strong is it?"
"Probably on par with a god." I replied, shrugging. "Maybe more."
"...."
Aimar turned completely silent as he heard me.
"Chill out." I replied, patting his back. "I have a way."
He turned to look at me. "A way to walk past him?"
I smiled. "A way to kill the god."
Aimar didn't seem to be sure about what to say.
Though he doesn't seem to doubt me.
I left him there as I walked inside the cottage.
Inside, I took out my phone that I brought with me.
It was a new one with only two contacts—Siersha and Daina.
I received a message from both when I was in Lumina.
'What did she send now.'
I thought, checking Siersha's messages first.
"..."
It was her lewd pictures in a wedding dress with the caption 'For you.'
"Stupid idiot."
Why a wedding dress of all things?
[<...>]
Ignoring her, I checked Diana's message.
"...."
She only sent me one message.
"Come back home."