"Well, it also comes with its downsides; the ability to always know that those you truly trust can also lie to you is a very heartbreaking cycle of endless agonizing experiences to live through."
Imros could feel the level of pain in his brother's tone; but being the immature one of the two of them, with only questions but no solutions, he was at a loss about what to do to comfort his brother.
Thus, he did the only thing he could, and simply moved closer and patted him on the shoulder, trying his possible best to sympathize with him.
Meanwhile, within a different plane of existence and universe and solar system and planet stood another palace which was blood-red in color with several golden touches here and there.
Even from space, one could feel a deep sense of agony coming from the planet within which the blood-red palace was located.
This was the abode of the goddess of torture; Belen, and within her chambers were several music boxes currently playing the agonizing shrieks and voices of several beings who seemed to be experiencing a life worse than death.
A lady in red and gold flowing gown lay on the chamber bed.
She was currently receiving a broadcast of the decree from the true spirits from one of her many slaves.
Currently, the slave who was relaying the decree was clad in a bright red flame that seared his skin, grilled his muscles, and even evaporated his blood; he was like a being who was enduring the torture of being used as an endless cycle of burnt offering to an elder god.
Belen who was hearing the relayed decree was busy savoring the burnt aroma wafting off the slave who seemed to regenerate back to full health once he was burnt to his bones.
There was also a slave who had many metal needles jutting out of all the sensitive spots on her body and hovering just above her was an orb of violent lightning bolts that released one or two lightning snakes every other second, causing the little girl to release several brief but erotic shrieks that sent a jolt of pleasure down Belen's spine.
Upon hearing the decree, Belen suddenly jolted in delight as she shrieked like a spoilt princess who had just been given a savory treat.
"Oh my, they sure know what makes me tick. It's been long since I last heard a god shriek in agony." Belen said with a wide grin.
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Within another plane of existence [fill in the gap] was a palace that belonged to a certain goddess, which had a massive pool of water that could easily sustain a city for a week.
Atop this massive pool of water, one could barely see a dense pink sweet-smelling fog that hovered over the entire pool.
The sheer level of the innumerable grunts and moans that were reverberating across this entire palace was enough to give all the teenage boys in existence a boner or open the lower fountain of all the teenage girls across creation.
In the middle of this pool was a floating king-sized bed, and atop it was the goddess who owned the solar system and Onir; the god of conquest who was busy conquering the sensuous otherworldly beauty in front of him.
They were both having a go at themselves; sweating buckets and panting like they were sharing the last air available in the universe.
"I must conquer you today, you tireless monster!" Onir declared as he continued to bulldoze the lady with tyrannical strokes whilst grunting like a mad bull.
He was about to use his divinity to recover his stamina for the umpteenth time when a voice suddenly reverberated across the area.
"Onir; god of conquest, report to the goddess of oracles to accept your mission at once!" The voice spoke in a commanding and demanding tone, leaving no room for any arguments or negotiations.
"Looks like you have lost, again."
The goddess of lust gazed at Onir who had an unwilling expression on his face, but no matter how unwilling he was, he wouldn't dare go against the person who just spoke, even though he doesn't fear death.
With a resigned sigh, a fist-sized orb of divine energy left his body and floated towards the goddess of lust who licked her lips lusciously before swallowing the orb whole.
Her body glowed for a while as she released some boner-spurring moan that dazed Onir for a bit;
"Onir dear, next time we must raise the stakes." She said whilst Onir simply snorted before vanishing from the spot.
"So rude… Not even a goodbye kiss." The lady sighed in frustration as she watched Onir leave.
She had been sought out a lot by other elder gods who wanted to take a little out of her immeasurable divine energy.
At first many of them came with force, and she taught all of them an unforgettable lesson, but that didn't stop them from coming.
Being the goddess of lust, she preferred to spend her entire day, every day, trying to satiate her insatiable sexual desires rather than fighting, hence, she decided to approach the situation in a way that not only satisfies her but also gifts her much-coveted divine energy.
So, she suggested a bet that she would give a tenth of her divine energy to anyone who could tire her out in bed; many came, and all were conquered except a selected few like Onir who got her to the brink of losing her bet many times.
In just a few moments her insatiable sexual hunger returned with a vengeance as she waved her hands, causing at least more than thirty different demi-humans with shlongs of different sizes and forms to rush to her call.
"Now where were we?" She asked in a luscious tone that made the troop of simps around her ogle her sensuous body like starved wolves who had found a stray, big, fat sheep.
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Within another plane of existence was a forest, and within this forest was a group of twin girls and a lady who looked and dressed like an amazon.
On the lap of the lady in the middle was what seemed to be a golden egg which was at least, the size of a truck's tire.
"The egg of that celestial marten was the toughest hunt I've seen your majesty embark on." One of the other twin ladies said in clear excitement and an utterly reverent tone.
"Fufufu, who does she think she is? Though I must admit, her ability was rather troublesome." Beira said with an amused chuckle.
"Our goddess is so powerful; nothing can escape you once you set your sights on it!" The third lady added with infatuation.
"Now who do we give this to?" Beira muttered.
"How about Onir? Jade and Jada have heard her majesty call out his name in your sleep more than once."
"Jada!" Beira cried out as she playfully berated one of the twins with a glaring blush.
"There's no way I'm giving it to that lecherous pervert that likes chasing anything feminine." Beira proclaimed as the twin simply covered their lips and giggled.
They had heard their goddess make this proclaim more times than their ages combined, but in the end, she still always act like the prodigal princess, returning to Onir's abode and embrace.
They understood their goddess a lot; she and Onir had a lot more in common than they thought; they both hunted, but the latter goes a step further to utterly subdue his target, and Beira wanted to be subdued and dominated by him, just like the other goddesses who loved to frequent Onir's palace with the 'presents and the presenter.'.
Beira didn't realize that she had been lost in thoughts about Onir when two unrestrained giggles snapped her out of her thoughts.
Realizing what had just happened, Beira blushed so hard it would put the color 'red' to shame, then she looked to the twins and snapped her whip before speaking in a mischievous tone with a wicked gaze.
"You two sure like to tease others a lot, unh?"
~ Pa! ~
She snapped her whip once again as the twin escaped into the forest in laughter.
"You little imps; tonight, I will hunt you both down!" Beira declared in playful anger as she headed towards the forest in blinks that seemed to cover several hundred kilometers in the time it takes to bat one's eyelid.
She appeared in front of Jada in a few seconds, and just as she was about to grab her, a booming voice spread across the forest.
"Beira; the goddess of the hunt, report to the goddess of oracles to accept your mission at once!"
Beira looked to the sky the moment the voice trailed off, and that split second was enough for the twin to flee away from her and put some distance between her and themselves.
But just at the moment when the twins began to think they were safe, Beira's snort abruptly floated over from behind.