Angelic Demon (Darker Series #1)

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-WARNING-

The following scenes are very disturbing for some readers. Please be open-minded and read at your own risk.

Chapter 36

Seven

Dark place. Numerous bones. Tortured souls. Laughing demons.

It took me a day to finally arrived at the devil's gate where demons entered down to the underworld.

There's a lot of fire pit scattered everywhere and the metal gate created a squeaking sound before I entered. The gate keeper handed me a cloak so that I could be identified as a demon. Some hunters might mistook me as a soul if I won't wear this.

I walked down the stairs made of stones and I heard endless cryings from the unfortunate souls underneath. They are shouting at the top of their lungs, trying to escape from being tortured.

I was at the middle of walking when a soul tried to grab me in my feet. He keeps on shouting for help but the demon behind him is laughing while it keeps on hitting him by a large metal hammer behind his back.

In my left side are mortals who commited sin through rape, robbery and murder. They are chained by their hands and the demons are slaughtering them using a large axe. Their blood are flowing endlessly in their body which became food to the demons.

These unfortunate souls are the one who didn't repented while still living as a mortal. Their souls will fall down here in the pit of agony where they will be tormented. Some are being tied upside-down, some sinners who tell lies are being fed by lava stones, and the ones who sinned from rape are being used by numerous demons.

You'll hear deafening sounds of cries and pains.

This is hell. This is the underworld.

When I arrived at the far end of the stairs, a dead river welcomed me. This is the river where bones from the mortal world are located. And beneath the river is a boat made of bones driven by a demon named SkinWalker. He is responsible for the travel into the main entrance.

"It's been a long time," SkinWalker addressed me.

He's still wearing his black cloak and I am still clueless of his entire face. I cannot see him because of his dark clothe. He's like a silhouette from a dim light.

"You came fast, Walker," I said and went inside his boat.

"Been doing this since forever, picking and sending demons is my profession."

I smirked because of his words and I immediately took a seat at the center. SkinWalker is standing in front of the boat and he's holding a long paddle made of bones

He started paddling and the boat went off the dead river. The only thing that I could hear are the splashes of water.

We will pass through seven bridges before we can finally arrived at the main entrance. The bridges are being labled based on their sins.

The first bridge is Lust, mortals who sinned from strong passion or longing, especially for sexual desires are there. They are being punished through rape or cutting their genitals using a sword.

The second bridge is for Gluttony, sin of excessive or continuous eating or drinking. They are being punished through being eaten by living leeches all over their body.

The third one is Greed, sin of excessive pursuit of material goods. The souls there are being punished through extreme batting of large chains with thorns in their back.