Burning Soul

“Is he alright Rene?

He seems a bit off?” Lumine wasn’t expecting Diablo to be sleeping considering what was happening upon the Mortal Plane.

“Don’t even get me started, he would have turned the hell upside down if he knew what’s going on up there!

I made him sleep so we could work in peace.” Rene rubbed his forehead.

Rene, a minion and Lumine were standing next to Diablo’s bed looking at him with a stressed look,

“If he woke up and came to know what is going on, I’m sure someone’s gonna die!” As Rene said so, a wave of chill ran through them.

“Oh Rene, I did the inspection on the Crack.” Lumine then scratched her head thinking, “It’s just I don’t understand how it’s related to the seals?

I mean the crack is placed at an entirely different place, not even close to the seal! And without breaking the Seal, how are they planning the invasion!”

They had a puzzled look and stood in silence.

“I was also puzzled, Defallages isn’t a high demon, he’s just a level over the minions. How can he defeat other demon lords this easy and even gain access to the mortal plane?” Rene stood in a thinking pose.

“He wasn’t alone!” Lumine broke the silence that followed,

“Yeah, He wasn’t! There were humans working on the outside! I don’t know for sure who they belong to but I’m damn sure they were assisting in keeping the crack open, but..”

“But what?” As Lumine took a pause Rene couldn’t stop himself,

“Only Demonoids can go through the crack and nothing big! That is indeed a relief but after sending an entire army, how can he obliterate entire Hell planes!

I’m puzzled! He isn’t that strong to act alone against other Demon-Lords!”

Lumine was correct, in the Nine-Hells the hierarchy was absolute. The stronger you are the higher your plane level is. With that being said the Demon-Lord he defeated was surely stronger than him, defeating him would be a bit difficult.

“He is shrouded in mystery, no one knows how he defeated the other Demon-Lord as no one lived to tell the tale, he completely obliterated the entire plane.

This is the first time I heard such a thing! Stange things are happening around us!” Rene spoke in a curious tone.

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“Isn’t that something we need to deal with after we figure why they didn’t go after the seal if that was their goal, I mean they could just force through it if they tried, but instead they are conquering the hell!” The voice startled everyone as it came from behind them,

It was Diablo who talked while scratching his head, “Besides I feel like I missed something!”

“No, no!

You didn’t miss anything Master!” Rene instantly jumped to his back and massaged his shoulder, “Bring some Demon tea now” He ordered one of the minions right away,

“Master I bring the report!

You’d be interested in listening to this.” Lumine got on her knee and bowed before him.

Diablo looked at her and let her at ease, for him the report on the crack was something he was looking forward to a while now.

“So, how is the situation?” Diablo sat with a serious look,

“As I said, not everyone can step out of the crack and it is assisted by Humans from the Mortal realm.

The thing that confuses me is how he conquered an entire plane! And moreover, the method they use to keep the crack open seems awfully suspicious!” Lumine clearly remembered the scene.

“What method they used?” Diablo asked in a curious tone,

“There were Light Actuators on both sides, emitting rays of light that created the crack while the humans guarded them!” Lumine explained what she saw.

“Them?” Rene was confused as well,

“Yeah, there were 4 of them!”

“That explains how they managed to attack with such a number!

So, what happened with the Mortals on the other side? I mean the side which was attacked?

Are the Demonoids still there or have they retreated?” Diablo asked knowing the attack was not a fluke or distraction, it was a planned gamble in order to make Mortals aware of the presence of the Demon race.

The thing was, why to give them this much time and not just go with the surprise element!

“They are still roaming on the surface but they are restrained. The four dragons that went to the surface were slain by the Plane Guardian Giffin.

Also, the Demonoids have not made any move yet, they look like preparing, but I couldn’t step outside as it was heavily guarded!”

As Lumine said do Diablo looked at her with a glare, “Could you not defeat them?”

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As he said Lumine pounced on him, before Rene or Minion could even react, she was at his back with her sword on his neck, “You think I’ve lost my edge?”

“Yeah, but just a bit!” Diablo turned back to look at her with a smirk as he had a small knife blocking her sword. Even in that fraction of a second, he managed to block her attack, “You certainly are a Demon Lord for a reason!”

She relaxed her stance and stood in his front on her knees again, “I was impulsive there, but I could surely take them all out!

Would you rather want me to expose our motive?”

Diablo scratched his head as he stood up, “Nah, I’d rather wait for him to attack us!”

He stood up and started walking away from his chamber, “Where are you going?” Rene asked him about his action.

“We need to do something about the seal, the hell is not the only thing that the seal protects.

There are beings sealed here which no one can handle, and I’m afraid one of them is already making some waves!

You remember him, don’t you?” Diablo looked at Rene with a questioned look,

“You are not serious, those beings are all sealed in the Realm of Death! The lowest of the Nine hells, they were sealed with…” Rene took a pause and Diablo knew right away why “Sealed with Soul bound spell!”

An awful calm followed his words, the being he talked about was the first Arch Demon, the Primal one!

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“And they’re a bitch down there I’d personally want to kill one day!

Lumine, your next task is to keep an eye on Defallages and gather as much information as you can, we’ll deal with that fat meat.

Rene, send someone on the ground and spy on the humans who are aiding Defallages, find out their motive.”

“But where are you going?” Rene asked him again, “Umm…..” He turned back and replied with a smirk, “I just remembered I had someone capture someone for me!

It’s time for some fun, Hahaha!” His reply confused everyone! They all looked at him with a poker face, “Should we tell him about that incident?” Was on everyone’s face.

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