Chapter 283 (1/2)
Chapter 283: The Prince Comes Back Home
The smell of hellfire was like burnt flesh It was seasoned ith the howls of the damned souls ere permanently trapped in this place The above experience was made complete by the shadows that swayed unnaturally due to the hellfire When he saw and heard all of this for the first ti
This must be what they called 'feels like home'
This place was the Outer hell, the land of the dead, also known as the kingdom of no return Monsters would appear in this place after dying fro aimlessly and eternally
hell was a place located in the Monster Real between the New World and the Monster Real hell ell-known In fact, accessing hell was an easy feat if the require to enter is in the Monster Real from hell that was extremely difficult
A penalty is applied to all visitors, fixing their level at Level 1 Squire Rank The only beings who could exert their full power in hell could be divided into three categories The first consisted of the ones illingly stepped into hell, while the second was ory was exclusively for any and all Gods of Death
For the record, Ma born froy that naturally accu conflict that always occurred when recently deceased athering and accuy, no matter how small each drop was, and resorted to all kinds of underhanded tricks He then started to conquer parts of hell using anyallies, or just pure savagery In the end, he became known as the Demon of Greed
Mamon relied on his abilities to conquer the three outer layers of hell These parts of hell were easy to conquer as the Gods of Death often neglected the the chance, Ma to conquer all of hell one day
Later, a war broke out in hell It lasted , until Thanatos paid Ma to the will of Lord Yarant hell's fourth layer to Mamon as well as bestow upon him a title of nobility: the Devil Prince
Fro the four parts of hell belonging to hi of four parts, it was essentially half of hell
Mamon didn't know the reason behind the truce, but he decided to accept the deal anyway Fro at hell's inner parts, he pointed his attacks outward He changed his approach to expand his territory outside of hell and into the Monster Realm, and come back for the rest of hell later when the time was ripe
Sadly, he was sealed before his drea time to finally obtain a chance to return to his ho, which was the result of hi his own territory It was the result of Los would become more powerful inside their territories
With his elevated strength, Mamon was confident that, in this time and at this place, he would be able to turn a cheap potion into a powerful tonic or change a plain stick into a hty spear It was a power-up that was extrenature psychic power out It was accompanied by a sense of terror and revulsion that evoked ain this place
There used to be an unwritten rule: ”When Mas in his landsinto contact with his psychic power, several s in fear Mareet him No traces of the Minotaurs, his most faithful servants, could be sensed at all He frowned before sinking into his own shadow and reappearing next to an unfortunate soul that didn't flee far enough
”Where is everyone?” Mamon asked coldly
The pitiful soul restlessly quaked inside Mamon's clutch It was too afraid to even speak
Marip ”Don't you knoho I areat fear ”L-Lord Mareat Devil Prince, the sliest and evilest in all three worlds All beings shall feel nauseous with your aura All kings and Gods shall evade your presence When they feel your gaze, angels let loose a torrent of tears With a h Enough Stop that for now Tell me whereto people praise hih he was the one rote the script for it, which was three pages long All souls living in the Devil World were required to etch every single word of it onto their hearts
”Yes” Lowly souls shared similar shapes and auras, so Ma with He only realized that its gender was female once she had calmed down and her voice became stable ”Everyone died, my Lord”
”What do you mean?!” Mamon unleashed more of his psychic power and demanded in a loud voice, ”Explain!!”
”I' I'ized despite being clueless about what th of her soul, her existence would come to an end if he pressured her too ain, ”Calm down Can you please tell me what happened to them?”
The soul seemed to become speechless as she had never heard of any instances where the Devil Prince Marip loosened Still, she chose to answer his question with caution
”Yes After Lord Mareat Devil Prince, the sliest and evilest in all three worlds All beings shall feel—”
Mamon interrupted, ”Drop the formalities Just call me Mammon I'reat Devil—” She stopped briefly, showing a stiff expression, before continuing, ”After Lord Mae of the lands of the Gole in the Sunless City, the devils suddenly became weaker without your lead Without Lord Mammon who acted like a shelter, your enehtered the devil race, eli all devils from the Monster Realm”
Mamon was filled with stress It see sealed It wasn't that the devils suddenly becath simply returned to the state it was in before he shared with them the Hidden Gifts he had stolen from others
”What about you? Who are you?”
”I'm a soul, my Lord”
Mamon shook his head ”I mean, ere you before you became a soul?”
”I don't remember, my Lord I only know that I have been a soul for thousands of years”
Ma in this place for so long to have a vague ot their own naet her identity Well, based on the fact that her appearance was a lowly soul, not a being in a soul form, it indicated that she wasn't born in hell If her memory wasn't hazy and it was true that she had lived for thousands of years, that wouldback into the long battle-filled history of the Monster Realone extinct
”What about your name?”