The next morning, the seven Angels met up in a private room inside of Belphegor's mansion, but something was off about them, they all looked exhausted which was unusual for Angels. For the entire night, they have all been plagued with nightmares that they couldn't remember and their minds felt heavy.
"I see you guys didn't get much sleep last night either." Luciel said and yawned exhaustedly
"No, do you think it's because of the weird energy from that portal? Or from that creature, Mephistopheles?" Sheila asked
"Mephistopheles is way too weak to do anything to us. It was probably the energy from that portal, it should clear up soon." Lucifer said
"I don't like it." Belphegor mumbled to himself
"Let's go back and talk to that creature, we need as much information as we can about this underworld before we send your followers there." Azazel said and they agreed, as he opened a portal to Earth.
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The seven of them walked through the cave and soon entered Mephistopheles' chambers. There, they saw Mephistopheles sitting in a chair reading a book, but as soon as he saw them he stopped and gave them a small bow.
"Good morning, oh radiant ones." He greeted
'It seems the [Evil Speech] is starting to take effect.' He thought sinisterly. The [Evil Speech] traits allows Mephistopheles to subtly induce or heighten emotions such as rage or pride and make individuals act out. It works by slowly weakening your mental defences and then it starts heightening your negative emotions, a truly sinister trait.
'I should increase the amount of demonic energy I use in the skill since they use a different source of energy.' He thought
"We are here because we want to know more about the creatures present in your realm, as well as their abilities. We also want to know more about the geography of your realm." Lucifer said rudely
"As you wish my lord. My realm has three main species, demonic beasts, demons and monsters. Demonic beasts are similar to the animals you have here, only they have access to demonic energy which gives them abilities similar to demons and limited intelligence. Demons are creatures born from chaos and there are multiple different types of demons within the underworld with different abilities. According to my limited information, the strongest demons there would be the Colossal Sea Serpent, Leviathan and the Messenger of Chaos. Leviathan has control over water and lives in the oceans of the underworld and the Messenger of Chaos, well, not much is known about him, only that he is immensely powerful and a creature not to be trifled with. As for monsters, well, these creatures are demons that have been altered by the Messenger of Chaos, making them deranged but immensely powerful." Mephistopheles explained
'And have a short life expectancy, those monsters die way too quickly.' Mephistopheles thought idly, the others looked at each other for a moment before looking back at Mephistopheles.
"How many different species of demon and monsters are there?" Luciel asked
"Sorry my lord, but even I have no idea. Chaos seems to create new species all the time and the Messenger of Chaos creates new monsters all the time as well, no one has any idea how many different species there are. But if I had to guess, I'd say there are atleast twenty different species of Demons and a few dozen different types of monsters." Mephistopheles replied and they looked at him in shock. In heaven, there were only teo species, Angels and holy beasts that's it, so it was no surprise that they were shocked that there were over twenty different species in the underworld.
"Wait a minute, what's chaos, you mentioned it twice as being the creator of demons?" Sheila asked
"Yes, chaos is the source of demonic energy, the creator of the underworld and the creator of demons. It is a source of energy and some say that it has a consciousness." Mephistopheles said
"Have you ever seen this chaos yourself?" Sheila asked and Mephistopheles looked at her confused
"Chaos is what creates the demonic energy in my realm and does not have a physical form." Mephistopheles said
'Atleast not yet.' He thought
"Can you draw us a map of the realm?" Lucifer asked
"I can try my Lord, but I warn you, the underworld is a big place and drawing a very detailed map is going to be challenging." Mephistopheles said
"Just draw one as best you can, we'll have Asmodious make one after exploring the realm herself." Lucifer said.