CLAIMING THE FIRST DEMONLORD IN HELL
"Is this the same Hell inside your soul?" I asked Eirot.
"I've not been to the crust of Hell, but this place is like how I viewed it in my soul realm", she replied to me.
"It is so hot here", Cassandra complained to us.
"An ordinary human would be vaporized in the heat of this world", Meera added about the heat.
"Why don't we get back into the tank and turn up the AC?" Cassandra suggested to us.
We didn't sit inside our Hell Tank but took a ride atop the tank as we explored this hellish realm.
"Eirot needs to assimilate with the magic of this world, if you can't stand the heat you can return to the cabins below", Rinna told Cassandra and Meera.
"Yeah, that is a good idea", Cassandra replied and went down.
"I'll follow here", Meera added and joined Cassandra.
It wasn't easy dealing with the heat and malevolence of the crust of Hell, even for those with Immortal and divine magic.
"I feel perfect here. I can finally take off the damn helmet", Chash told us.
Only Chash was comfortable with the air of Hell, because he was made from far worse heat, he was the Wrath of the Anti-Saints.
The crust of Hell wasn't devoid of life.
There were many different kinds of creatures that exist here. Souls that came to this realm after suffering years of torment transformed themselves, becoming the little demonic lives of this world.
However, on our recent trip, we only met demonic worms and smaller crawlies. We were yet to meet any demons of significance.
"I shall claim all my children, great or lesser. I am the Savior of this world", Eirot told us as she rose into the air before us.
Suddenly, the demonic worms and crawlies for miles and miles away rushed to Eirot, gathering before her sermon. These weaker demons recognized Eirot's claim to this world almost immediately and they joined her cause.
The demon worms and crawlies of this world were soon transformed into essences that gravitated into the Crucifix of Eirot's summoning- The Crucifix of Damnation.
Our travel across Hell was rather uneventful except with Eirots occasional summoning of her faithfuls.
But hidden in the rocky and fiery plains of Hell, there were much greater demonic beings, watching us and figuring out what we were up to in their world.
Our sudden appearance sent ripples of astonishment through the local inhabitants, eventually drawing the keen interest of a potent Demonlord who held sway over this territory.
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"Who are you who intrude into our area?" a Demonlord shouted out to warn us.
This Demonlord appeared before us to our surprise, but he was more shocked by the appearance of our behemoth tanks that were ridden on by many powerful Demonlords. This was an army of demons that this Demonlord hadn't seen in a very long time.
"I am Eirot, the Savior and new ruler of this realm, submit to my rule and you shall live", Eirot said to the Demonlord threateningly.
"I am Gathgool but I have never heard of you", Gathgool replied to Eirot defiantly.
It isn't easy to recruit a demon, let alone a Demonlord even if he was faced with a powerful force from us.
"Then you shall be the first to perish to me in this realm", Eirot said to the Demonlord threateningly.
Gathgool was brave and not intimidated by Eirot.
"We will not submit to anyone in this territory and more so, a human", Gathgool told Eirot defiantly.
Gathgool rose to face Eirot as several loyal Demonlords followed him from behind. Beneath them, hundreds of lesser demons and Hellhounds followed behind them, cheering on their leader as they faced the aggression of intruders.
"The demons don't want to submit to Eirot, I thought she is their Savior?" Ratatouille asked me.
"There is only one language that the demons understand and that is power. We must display an overwhelming force against the demons before they will submit to Eirot", I replied to him.
The rule by force was the language of Hell.
"We will submit to you if you can defeat me in personal combat, if not you would have to destroy all of us", Gathgool said to Eirot.
Gathgool rose up to challenge us. This was the way of Hell.
It was rude not to meet Gathgool's challenge and we met them. This was a challenge to combat, so our larger number didn't give us an advantage.
"Why are you sending humans to fight with us when you have so many Demonlords in your army?" Gathgool asked us.
Gathgool rushed toward us with his clawed fists and Cassandra went to meet him.
"Because we are not ordinary humans", Cassandra replied to Gathgool as she struck him with her cursed Zavalla blade.
Cassandra's blade tore through Gathgool's thick armored body like it was butter, but her blade wasn't long enough to reach vital parts of the enormous demon.
"Your blades are strange and powerful, but they will not reach into my body to hurt me", Gathgool told Cassandra.
"I don't have to kill you to defeat you. The Savior wants you as her subject and it would do her no good if you are dead", Cassandra replied to him when she flashed across his body.
Suddenly, Gathgool's joints and tendons were cut by the cursed Zavalla blade. Gathgool fell to the ground, immobilized by the cuts as his loyal minions watched in helplessness.
The other Demonlords of Gathgool looked on in horror at how effectively the petite human could immobilize their leader.
"Why are the wounds on my body not healing?" Gathgool asked Cassandra as he bled profusely from her carefully aimed slashes that destroyed all the joints on his body which also severed some arteries.
"I will spare your life if you submit to me", Eirot said to Gathgool who knew now what to do to save himself.
"We shall submit to Eirot, Savior and Queen of Hell", Gathgool and his men proclaimed to Eirot.
"That worked out much easier than I thought", Ratatouille whispered to me.