(WARNING!: this episode probably contains gory contents, viewer discretion is advised.)
" The Towering Worlds : Hell's Chalice. ™"
A Story written by @mohhdude.
(Be warned, there will be references from other series in this book!!)
Alternative Names -
"TTW : HC.™"
"Protocol — Hell's Chalice. ™"
"End of Earth, Beginning of Hell. ™"
Chapter XXI :
" Sora & Reo. "
Act I : The Dungeon Tower of Hell.
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" Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. "
— Epictetus.
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At the first night of Redlocnse, Aria had created ten children, Demi-gods to govern over the forces of nature of the world.
The Eldest of the Ten was Rot.
The Second was Magma.
The Third was Shadows.
The Fourth was The Sun.
The Middle was The Seas.
The Sixth was Land.
The Seventh was Rock.
The Eight was Ice.
The Ninth was Lightning.
The Youngest of the Ten was The Moon.
Aria was very fond of her children before her slumber, Reo mostly spent the most time with Aria. With Sora being a close-second. Reo admired Aria's creations that had illuminated the cosmos in the distance beyond the clouds.
Sora grew jealous of Reo and how he's closer to Aria, one day… Aria left the children for her slumber, telling them about it before leaving.
Sora had met a man with long, beautiful blonde hair. he was an… "Angel" that Aria had created. Sora looked at the Angel, The Angel looked back, smiling at Sora gently. The Angel played the lyre, an Angelic melody soothing Sora's worries.
Sora slowly fell for this angel he had met, Sora listened to everything he said. One night, Sora had spent a beautiful night with the angel. Sora had went against his philosophy of: " Power over Love is Power over All. ", The Angel asks him of one thing after the night.
" Sora, my love… Would you be so committed to us that you'd do anything? ", Sora had laid his head on the angel's stomach, The Angel's wings wrapped around Sora. Patting his back.
" ... My darling… To not listen to you is to sin against Aria… ", The Angel kisses Sora's forehead. " How cute you are… Then could you do one thing for me, my love? "
Sora listens to the request, " … Could you kill your siblings, Sora? ", Sora was shocked from the sudden request. " What…?! ", Sora had said, his arms losing grip around the angel's waist.
" … I said… Would you kill your siblings for me? ", He kept Sora's arms wrapped around his waist, caressing the back of his head. " … I'll give you anything you desire… More lovely nights, power, fame, anything my darling… "
…Sora looked up at the Angel, then looking down while thinking. " … I couldn't… they're my siblings… ", " Sometimes, you have to let go of things to reach higher heights, my dear. "
" … Are you an Angel at all…? ", The angel smirked. Putting his finger on his lips, signaling Sora to stay silent. " Shhh… ", The Angel's face contorts to that of a Demon's.
Sora wanted to dash back, but he couldn't. He was bewitched by his ethereal beauty, the mix of a demon and an angel… He was shocked from his beauty. Sora tried to burn through the Angel by forming magma in his hands, but he couldn't.
" You know you don't want to, Sora… You love me. I love you. Nothing can separate us, my dear. ", Sora's arm fell limp hopelessly while The demon caresses his head. " There there… I'll give you one of my abilities, okay? ", Sora nodded weakly, his eyes were hypnotized with lust for power.
" You will consume your siblings with magma and take their power… now… Do you want to kill your siblings…? ", Sora's eyes flicker from dark blue to purple rapidly. " My love… I do. "
The next day… Sora approached the middle child demi-god, Aegir. Killing him by stabbing him with a sword made of magma from the back. " … I'm sorry, brother. ", Aegir looked back at Sora. " How… could you… ? "
Aegir fell limp, gripping his fist as he felt his mana being consumed at a rapid rate. " You… You made a deal with the demons, didn't you…?! I knew it… YOU FUCKING BASTA- "
Sora stabs his throat, his eyes filled with emptiness. Sora formed magma on his back, as the magma consume Aegir's corpse slowly. " Gluttony. The Third Ring of Infernus… Gluttonous for Power, Fame, and Food. "
Granithor, The Seventh Child, had witnessed the death of his brother, but he couldn't do anything to Sora, so he went to Reo to confess what had happened to Aegir. Granithor, on the edge of telling Reo was stabbed through the back of his stomach with a sword thrown at high velocities.
Granithor fell on his knees, Reo was a good enough distance away from not sensing, witnessing, or hearing Granithor's demise. Granithor tried to reach his arm out.
Sora cackled in a quiet tone, looking at Granithor struggling to reach Reo. " Granithor… How annoying and… loud you were… I will be getting a good night sleep… ", Granithor's eyes were teary as Sora stabbed his sword through Granithor's mouth. Granithor weakly said,
" P-please big brother Sora… I don't want to die… "
Sora's smile faded, looking down at Granithor. Sora gripped his sword and turned it as Magma filled Granithor's insides to the brim, inflating his body until Granithor was leaking magma from every orifice and explode from the magma overflowing. Sora had blood splattered on his body. As Granithor's remains were eaten by the magma, Sora took Granithor's charm that Theás, The Eight Child, made for him.
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Sora looked over at Reo, turning his back as he kept walking. " … I will take you on later, big brother. ", Sora disappeared to an icy location, where his sister Theás resided.
Sora looked up at Theás with a cold stare, " … Little Sister. ", Theás sat on a throne of ice whilst sleeping. " ...What is it, Sora. ", Theás looked at Sora who had blood splattered on his body. Theás gasped at the charm that Sora held and Sora being splattered with blood.
" Sora… Why are you soaked in blood and holding… Granithor's… ", Theás looked at him with nothing but sheer shock filling her face's expression. " You… YOU KILLED GRANITHOR! ", Theás's tears froze as they leak out of her eyes.
Sora had a blank look. " Aegir, as well. ", Theás formed an Ice sword and dashed forwards to clash with Sora, Sora's Gluttony consumes her ice, as Sora grabs her face. Theás screamed out, " SORAAAA!!! ", Sora froze her head, ripping it off from her neck as Theás's headless body sunk into the magma.
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Sora had tears in his eyes, smiling as he put his forehead on Theás's frozen head. " Oh, little sister… How beautiful you are… ", Sora dropped her head, as it shattered with blood splattering the on snow. Sora vanished to a grassy area, where Gaia, The Sixth Child was.
But instead of Gaia, Skiés, The Third Child was there instead. " … Big Brother Sora… ", Skiés said whilst looking up at the clouds. " … You killed them, didn't you? Brother Aegir.. Brother Granithor.. Sister Theás… No? "
" It is how you perceive it. Yes. ", She turned back to face Sora. " … Why..? ", She had tears in her eyes, Sora walked over and wiped her tears away. Hugging her while patting her head. " I have reasons, little sister… But I assure you, everything will be okay. ", Skiés hugged Sora tightly.
" Okay… I trust you… ", Sora grits his teeth, getting a wound in his already dead heart. " … Forgive me, Skiés. ", Sora impales his sister's back with his hand, ripping her beating heart out as she turned pale, She coughed up a significant amount of blood. As the magma consumes her from the inside. " … Sora… "
The Angel appeared behind Sora as he fell to his knees to what he was holding, The Angel looked down at Sora, " Don't be shy… Eat it… " The Angel said with a soft smile. Sora looked at the angel.
And looking back at the slowly beating heart, with Hesitation, Sora consumed the heart he held in his hand. His eyes were teary as Skiés's words echoed in his head and ringed in his ears. The Angel caresses his head, " Good boy. "
Sora stood up; his mouth covered in blood. Vrónti, The Ninth Child, was running at high speeds with lightning leaving his trail. Sora teleports in front of Vrónti's way. " Oh, hey, Sora! " Vrónti was a few hundred steps away from him, " Could ya move out of the way?! ", Sora stood still.
Vrónti tried to run under Sora's raised arm, but it resulted in Sora snatching Vrónti's spine, ripping through his back. Vrónti's body flopped to the ground, shattering his bones from running and then falling. Vrónti coughed up blood as Vrónti's body was all mangled up and mutilated from the throw.
Sora walked over to his mangled body, consuming Vrónti's abilities first before consuming his body. Vrónti was alive as he sunk into the magma, unable to talk.
The Angel teleports to Sora, " Just four more to go, you're making great use of my Gluttony ability, my love… ", Sora nods. Sora teleported behind Gaia, The Sixth Child. Sora looked up at the giant, squatting down to admire a flower blooming. Gaia was focused on the flower blooming.
Sora, with an expressionless face and empty eyes, aims his sword at Gaia's head, forming a beam of magma. His aim shakes, Gaia smiled at the flower blooming. Sora looked at Gaia, trying to convince himself that he must rid of his emotions.
Sora's arm trembled, but alas, he shot through Gaia's right eye with Magma. Gaia fell limp, falling on her stomach. Sora gripped his sword tightly, trying to convince himself that he hates his siblings. A pool of magma forms underneath Gaia's body, consuming her.
Sora teleported to Ílios, The Fourth Child. Sora was met with Ílios holding an axe, " … Ski, Aegir, Gaia, Vron, Granithor, Theas. Three are left. Me, Reo, and Amalthea… Why did you kill our siblings, Sora…?"
Sora looked down, glancing back at Ílios who had rage in her eyes, Ílios teleported in front of Sora. Her eyes were tearing up with veins bulging on her face. Slamming her axe down on Sora, the ground cracked from Sora clashing with it.
" WHY THE FUCK DID YOU KILL THEM?! ", Ílios shouted. Sora remained silent, Ílios advanced forward at high speeds. Forming a ball of flames, " MOTHER CREATED US TO LIVE IN HARMONY! NOT TO KILL EACHOTHER! ", Sora remained silent.
Ílios released a blast of flames to Sora's stomach, sending him flying to a wall. Ílios teleported in front of Sora, dragging his face through the wall and throwing him up in the sky. Slamming him down with her fists clasped.
" YOU KILLED GRANITHOR! YOUR SIBLING WHO DID NOTHING BUT BE LOUD! ", Sora remained silent, Ílios used the back of her axe to send him flying. Reinforcing her fist with fire from the sun.
" YOU KILLED AEGIR! ", Ílios punched him in the stomach, air flew out of his back. " YOU KILLED GAIA! ", Ílios hit a devastating impact to Sora's stomach with a punch. " YOU KILLED SKÍES! ", Ílios landed a hit on Sora, sending him to the air. " YOU KILLED THEÁS! "
Ílios hit Sora's stomach with every ounce of rage she had in her. " YOU KILLED VRÓNTI! ", Ílios landed a devastating blow to Sora's face. Making him fling to the wall of a mountain. " … I will make sure you won't kill Me, Reo, or Amalthea. You filthy traitor… "
Sora looked at Ílios with a cold stare, Ílios gripped her fist tightly with tears travelling down her cheeks. Ílios formed a beam of fire. " Farewell, Sora. ", Sora quickly formed a sword of magma and send a blast of magma to consume her alive.
" SORAAAA!!! ", Ílios shouted with pure rage in her voice, reaching to him to drag him in. But the magma consumed her. Sora held his broken arm, using Gaia's healing magic to heal himself. Sora found himself empty. He felt nothing when he killed Ílios.
" … ", Sora teleported in front of Amalthea, The Youngest. " … Go ahead, kill me. ", Sora remained silent. " …What? You killed eight of our siblings, Big brother Sora. I know the hate you have for Brother Reo, the jealousy that Mother is fonder of him than you. "
Sora gripped his fist. " … You don't know anything, Amalthea. ", Amalthea chuckled. " Oh, but I do. Of course I do, because I have been writing everything I've heard, taste, smell, touch, sense and spoke. " Sora stabbed Amalthea's stomach. " … Enough. ", Amalthea's body was consumed by magma.
Reo was absent, Sora grinned, He laughed hysterically at the actions he committed. Wanting to do something even worse to Reo.
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Reo had noticed his wife was missing for a while, Reo looked around for her, shouting: " Nari? ", He was worried for her, Reo kept walking throughout the villages. Only to find Nari holding a humanoid creature with the head of a bull.
" Ah, Darling! I just conceived the child of a bull! Isn't that amazing? ", Reo looked at his wife in horror. His eyes looked at the bull-human hybrid. Sora was behind Reo, " Surprise… Nice gift, no? ", Reo looked back at Sora, gripping his shirt collar.
" WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY NARI?! ", Sora cackled at Reo's aggressiveness. " I simply made her lust for a bull, my brother… I confirm that it was a long night, indeed. ", Reo was speechless from Sora's words. " A… A BULL?! ", Reo wanted to kill Sora then and there.
" COME ON! KILL ME, REO! ", Reo wanted to rot Sora's face away. " … That's right, you can't. But… You know what to do if something bad happens… " Tears form in Reo's eyes, his tears traveling down his cheeks as he looked at his wife. Gripping his fist.
" Nari… ", Reo grabbed her neck. Rotting it away as her body rots away. Nari tried to reach out to Reo, but nothing was left of her to reach out with. Reo falls to his knees as he sobs quietly, holding Nari's hairpin.
Sora crouched down, patting his back. As Reo grabbed Sora's throat with tears in his eyes. " Sora… What were you even thinking…? ", Sora grinned maniacally. " Simple. I HATE YOU. "
" WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR SIBLINGS, SORA?! ", Sora grinned happily while answering. " I KILLED THEM ALL! ", Sora was sent out of the house. " YOU BASTARD! I WON'T EVER FUCKING FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS, SORAAA!!! "
" YOU TOOK MOTHER'S ATTENTION FROM ME! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FAVORITE, NOT YOU! REOOOO!!! ", Sora was stopped by a force. Reo was stopped too. A Purple light descends, The Light was bright, and you could not see through it.
" … My children, What is this you are doing…? I have created you to live in Harmony while observing your perspective roles… ", The Voice sounded sorrowful.
" MOTHER! PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN REO! ", The Voice was silent, but then answering Sora's call: " I love all of my children, you couldn't see it, Sora. I had given you the task of looking over your siblings. And you went against me. "
Sora had the sheer look of sorrow and terror. " B-But I did it in your name! ", " Killing is not justified whether done for someone or for a reason. ", The Voice manifests an arm made of light.
" Sora, With a heavy heart… I hereby sentence you… To Infernus for tremendous treachery.", Reo looked away from Sora, shutting his eyes. " CURSE YOU, REO! CURSE ALL OF YOU TO HELL! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FAVORITE, I WILL BE BACK! I WILL RETURN, YOU HEAR ME?!"
" REOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! "
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And just like that, Sora was sealed away in the Ninth Layer of Infernus, Treachery. Reo had become the Hero of Putresc and protected it's citizens… But the Bull-Human hybrid was sent to Infernus due to it's violent nature.
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" That is all I had to say, Goodbye. ", Solomon disappears from their minds.
Aurum, Leif, and Victor were all in shock from what was explained to them, Leif got up. " We can't sit around now… We have to get Gudo out. ", Victor nodded. Aurum got up, stretching.
" I'll lead the way, since I've been here before. ", Leif nods. Aurum, Leif, and Victor advanced into the base in front of them, Leif gripped the handle of his sword as he sensed something to put him on edge.
They enter the base…
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Kaori blindfolded Gudo, " Gudo, you always told me that you'd become… A Hero of Justice, Right? ", The Starved Gudo nodded weakly. " But then you'd have to kill the few to save the many, yes? "
Gudo nodded at her mother's words, unable to speak due to not being fed. " Then… You have one choice, Gudo. You join the Paradox. ", Gudo mouthed his words: " Or what. ".
" I kill everyone you love, That Girl Sheri, right? ", Gudo's eyes slightly widen. As he looked down. Gudo nodded. He weakly said: " … I'll.. think… "
— Chapter XXI, Fin.