INFERNO: LILITH

𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖜𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖚𝖓𝖌 𝖄𝖚𝖌𝖙𝖔

Trigger Warning: The story's content does not mean to disrespect any religion. It was all based on the writer's imagination and did not mean to make readers feel sympathy towards evil. Moreover, the content does not reflect the writer's perspective about sensitive topics in real life. Reader discretion is advised.

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒫𝓁𝒶𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸-𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘴

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In the deepest depths of the Ninth circle of hell, within an isolated cell, there resides a man bound in chains, drowned in an unending cycle of the sins he has committed. These sins, ranging from the envy that led him to murder his own brother to the betrayal of his own soul, haunt him incessantly.

"Eden has long been tainted! You planted the seed of jealousy, and now darkness is starting to root in your heart, Cain!" Abel's voice, filled with a mix of sorrow and accusation, kept ringing in his ears.

He had seen this countless times. His hands are a canvas of blood, a testament to the repetition of his actions. Abel's last words are a constant reminder of his past and a vision of a woman he wasn't able to forget. A woman who would rather take her own life than be with him.

This is his hell. Even on his death, he could not escape it. His body and soul had to embrace this eternal punishment.

"I once had everything, but now, I have nothing but only a sinful soul." He groveled, his voice a hoarse whisper, as the fires of hell started engulfing his physical body, burning him over and over again. His skin blistered and cracked, his screams lost in the roar of the flames.

His laughter echoed. The agony he experienced was nothing compared to the relentless flood of memories that tormented him with each cycle of his personal hell.

"Brotherhood over rivalry? I never wanted that! I just wanted to be seen and valued! I just wanted to stand as your equal, Abel!" He remembers the fury in his eyes when he said those words. He was desperate to be never seen as Abel's shadow, to be acknowledged for his own worth and not just in comparison to his brother.

"Wow! What are the odds of seeing the first sinner in hell crying in blood?" Belial snorted as he entered Cain's loop. "Cain, are you playing bloody Mary?" He continued to mock.

Inside Cain's hell loop, he was on top of the mountain hill where he killed his brother with his own hands. No matter how many times he tried to stop himself from killing Abel, he couldn't control himself. Kusang gumagalaw ang kamay niya. Umiyak man siya ng dugo sa pagsisisi ay hindi niya pa rin kaya baguhin ang nakaraan.

"Urgh. . ." Belial let out a disgusted expression when Cain crushed Abel's head using a stone. Abel's bloody and disfigured face was nothing. What disgusted him was the look on Cain's face.

"Oh, look at that," Belial rolls his eyes before looking down at him.

"Isn't it too late to start a regret party now? Hell, I don't really understand why men of all different creatures went crazy for a woman!" He snorted before sitting on a giant rock to watch a full view of Cain kneeling in front of Abel's disfigured corpse.

"What do you want?" Matalas na tanong ni Cain. Napangiwi naman si Belial.

"You must be delusional thinking I wanted to be here." He countered sarcastically before crossing his legs. "I came to ask a few questions." Saglit munang napasulyap si Cain sa bangkay ng kapatid niya bago tumayo.

"What makes you think I will answer those questions?" Nagkunwaring nag-iisip ang binata sa naging tanong nito.

"Because I'm the Demon of Destruction, and I can show you the image that made you lose all threads of humanity within you. The person that caused your destruction." An image flashed in his mind upon hearing Belial's proud remark.