(A week ago)

Rasmus, Aris, and Javi stared at Videl, who drew a circle on the ground. The circle had an unknown language inside it, and it looked nothing like what Rasmus knew from Neva or back from Earth. They silently watched him draw a complete circle, and then he released black mist from his fingertips into the circle. The circle sucked the demonic energy, and slowly the circle and the language began to glow a dark red color, breathing like lungs.

“What are you doing?” Rasmus asked as he tilted his head and stared at the circle.

“What else? I’m making a portal,” Videl answered as he took a few steps away from the circle. “Thanks to that fight against the Prime Lord, I managed to increase my rank to a Demon King. Now I can go back and forth to hell as I please,” he explained as he crossed his arms, the ground around the circle began to crack open and crumble.

Videl looked at the dark mist around his body, the immense demonic energy that he had absorbed from the Prime Lord had resonated within his body and soul. He had to suffer for two months straight to endure the power that was beyond his existence, however, as he was the Devil in his core, he withstood the suffering and made the power his. He reclaimed more than half of his power, but it was nowhere near to when he was the Devil, the Sovereign of Hell.

“And what are you planning to do?” Rasmus stared at Videl in the eyes with a cold gaze.

“What else? You helped me regain my power, and now it’s time for me to give you what you want, a soul to possess the body of the dead Saint,” Videl smiled mischievously at Rasmus.

Rasmus kept staring at Videl with a serious and cold expression, not blinking for a whole minute. He didn’t know what Videl was planning to do, and he remembered how mischievous Videl was back then when he still had his power as the Devil. He knew that Videl was being cooperative lately because Videl needed him, so Videl could regain his power by devouring souls and demons.

“Don’t do anything funny, Videl. I’m being serious,” Rasmus said coldly.

“Hey, we are on the same side,” Videl grinned.

Rasmus knew that Videl was the embodiment of the deadly sins, but for those who knew him that much, they believed he was that shallow. However, Rasmus knew that was just an act. The devil in front of him was beyond human understanding since the Devil had lived longer than anything and had seen countless living beings rise and fall.

“Who are you going to bring to this world?” Rasmus asked as he crossed his arms. “You’re the Devil, but your power is anywhere near your former self. You’re just a Demon King, two ranks lower than the Prime Lords and the Fallen Watchers. You’re not the Sovereign anymore, so who’s befitting to possess the Saint’s body?” He added with his brows furrowed.

“Oh, she’s no demon, something more wicked if I must say…” Videl smiled widely. “A woman who fell from her grace, fell because God wills it, and because God wanted her to fall,” he pointed out as he watched the ground inside the circle crumble and turn into a tunnel with a glowing bright red from underground as if a fierce flame was underneath it.

“Who?” Rasmus asked and narrowed his eyes.

“You’ll see,” Videl chuckled mischievously as he walked toward the tunnel. “Just wait, I’ll be back with something you’ll love to see,” he turned around to look at Rasmus and the others.

Videl bowed his head down as he leaned back, making himself fall into the tunnel. As soon as he fell into the tunnel, the ground began to shake and closed the tunnel tightly.

(Back to present)

Lilith listened to the whole story about Videl’s circumstances, including Rasmus and what was happening down in Neva. She didn’t show any expression, only a dead stare toward Videl as if she was sick of listening to his story.

“You’re not interested?” Videl asked as he tilted his head and stared right into Lilith’s eyes that were barely open.

“I don’t want to fall for you this time. I can’t find the truth at all, the lies…” Lilith muttered as she kept her eyes staring at the glowing dark red eyes of the Devil in front of her.

Videl raised his brows, but then he began to chuckle as he crossed his arms and stared at the red sky of hell that could melt any soul because of the heat it produced. He slowly put a big mischievous smile on his face as he glanced at Lilith.

“Oh, I wasn’t lying back then, Lilith. I only encouraged you to be equal with Adam,” Videl said with that evil smirk on his face.

“You were the reason I got bansihed from heaven!” Lilith shouted as she glared at Videl. “You tricked me! And you followed God’s order to put me here, in this dead tree, torturing me for eternity!” She tried to break free from the chains, but the more she resisted, the more of her skin melted and stretched until it regenerated instantly and painfully.

Videl’s smile slowly faded away as he approached Lilith and stood right in front of her, staring down at her. He didn’t say a word as Lilith tried so hard to reach his face so she could rip it apart, but the chains were the only thing that prevented her from doing so. The pain was unbearable, but she could ignore it because of the deep hatred toward the Devil in front of her.

“Am I an angel? Am I a fallen one? Are we even different, Lilith?” Videl asked as he rested his hands on his waist. “I’m God’s creation with the sole purpose of fitting into the design that God’s created, Hell. I torment countless souls, others look at me as if I’m a disgrace. I was made from fire, while they were made from light. Why am I the one who’s being the disgrace where God was the one who made me? Why is it that I’m the corrupted one when God put me in a place where the most corrupted souls stay in eternity?” He asked as he placed his hand under Lilith’s chin.

“The answer? Because God is God! We are nothing but his creation! Reasons? None! So suck it up and accept what you have done because you can’t blame anyone for anything that happened to you!” Videl grabbed Lilith’s cheeks with one hand, tried to crush her jaw as he glared down at Lilith. It was the first time he showed wrath toward any being.

Lilith was petrified, the pain that she felt from the punishment was nothing compared to the terrifying glare of the Devil. Tears glimmered in her eyes, but instantly vaporized before she could shed them.

“I’m giving you a chance, as someone who has been here the longest…” Videl muttered as he loosened up his grip from Lilith’s face. “I can free you from this place, and cooperate, that’s all I’m asking of you, Lilith. No lies because I’m betting my own existence on this. You can fuck me over, but your place will still be here in hell. No matter what you do, God has condemn you in this eternal torment,” he whispered, his face right in front of Lilith’s face.

Lilith gritted her teeth and didn’t hesitate to headbutt Videl right on his nose. She screamed in pain as her skull just got crushed, her brain felt like being stabbed by the shattered skull. Videl on the other hand, was surprised by her action, and he wasn’t affected by her futile surprise attack.

“What was that?” Videl furrowed his brows.

“Shut up…” Lilith groaned as she looked down, enduring the pain from the regeneration.

Videl sighed as he grabbed Lilith’s hair, pulling her head back so she looked up at his face.

“Fine, you can be free, do whatever you want. All you have to do is come with me, up there to Neva. I’m not asking you to listen to me, but I want you to cooperate with Rasmus. Don’t you dare turn your back against him,” Videl said in a cold tone and cold gaze at Lilith.

Lilith pursed her lips and then spat on Videl’s face, to see his reaction. However, she was surprised that Videl was unbothered by her provocation. She knew the Devil really well that his pride was more important than anything, not even God could mock his pride, however, at that moment she realized how desperate he was.

“Are you done?” Videl asked as the spat vaporized.

“Yes, I’m done,” Lilith answered as she nodded. “Bring me to this man. I want to see him in person. Even if he showed a little superiority toward me, bring me back to hell and I would love to see you lose the bet!” She grinned furiously.

“Deal,” Videl smirked as he grabbed the chains that bound Lilith’s whole body.

Videl pulled the chains and broke them off while Lilith screamed in pain because her limbs got torn and ripped apart in the process. Once Lilith regenerated her body, she slowly got up, trembling because of her weak body. She glared at Videl coldly as she gently massaged her arms.

“Shall we?” Videl smiled as he pointed at the path.

“Just get me out of here…” Lilith coldly responded.

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