Chapter 39: Disciple

They were quiet after they left Beelzebub sitting by the Tree of Ignorance. They held him down and forced the fruit into his mouth, his teeth biting into the red skin of the apple. He stopped fighting after the first bite. He ate the rest on his own and he stared unseeingly up at the sky as they walked away.

Nicholas broke the silence by asking Callie, "How many are there like him?"

"There are four Lords of Hell," Callie explained. "As for demons, there are too many to count."

"And these Lords are what exactly?"

"The Lords are Lucifer’s most favored. They have the most power in Hell and it’s six territories."

Matthias questioned, "How big is Hell exactly?"

"About the size of a continent," Callie answered. "We’re at the western territory which was previously under Lilith’s control."