2 Chapter 2

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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖑

I stand in the corner of the alley and realize that I'm still in my original form. I take a moment to meticulously look at this body.

Mc: "Hmm, I'm really curious how this body will work. I get excited just thinking about what it will be able to do"

At the moment my priority is to find a place with enough equipment for my goals in hell. But first I should go back to my old form. Just thinking about it my whole body begins to change, I feel as if my whole body were a moldable mass and like my whole body, my bones, muscles and joints are modified, but I don't feel any pain.

In a millionth of a second my entire body changed drastically, going back to how it was before the whole event in my mind. I calmly walk the streets looking at all the demons around. There seems to be a great diversity in terms of physiques, managing to find humanoid sharks, beings with candles on their heads, others more similar to goats, succubi or incubi and many other forms.

I really need to gather more information about hell, the scale of power, the hierarchy and how it is divided. Haaa, so much to do, but so much knowledge to gain, I'm excited~ Ok, I must first find some way to get information about this world, some way to find the demon of conquest.

I walk calmly through the streets of hell, looking at all the places there are. I find very interesting and entertaining things, like a merchant that sold human meat, another stall that had clothes made from human skins, and all kinds of places.

I keep walking until I get bored and decide to start looking for information about hell. I start to accelerate and look for a demon that seems weak, I find a small demon that was walking calmly down the street and I grab it so fast that it doesn't react. I quickly head into an alley, thrown into a corner and the demon cringes to the ground groaning in pain. I look up at him with my red eyes curved into a crescent moon by my permanent, huge smile that shows off my huge, sharp teeth, with my canines sticking out.

POV 3rd person

Mc: "Hello little one, how are you?"

Weak demon: "Ag wh-what the fuck is wrong with you son of a bitch?"

Mc: "Oh nothing, it's just that I just recently arrived at this place so I was wondering if you would be so kind as to give me information about hell"

Weak Demon: "Fuck you son of a bitch, why the fuck would I say anything to the guy who grabbed me and threw me in an alley, why the hell would I say anything to any demon?"

Mc: "Awww, adorable, you still don't seem to understand what kind of situation you're in, don't worry, I'll help you make it clear"

The being raises its hand and with a downward motion the demon's slender leg flies off and streams of red blood gush from the demon's body. Leaving the being bathed in blood.

Weak demon: "Ahhhhhhhh! SON OF A BITCH!!!"

The demon wallows on the ground, holding the stump that was left for his leg from which blood did not stop coming out and screaming in despair.

The being looks at the demon with a face full of happiness and excitement as it licks the blood from its hand.

Mc: "Oh, but that's fun, now start telling me everything you know about hell if you don't want to lose your other four limbs"

Hearing this, the demon makes a remarkable effort not to continue screaming because of the pain he felt and tries to calm down, failing miserably in the latter.

Weak demon: "O-ok, w-what do you want to know exactly?"

Mc: "Everything you know"

The being says curtly, making his impatience noticeable, having to repeat what he had been saying to the stupid demon all along.

Mc: "Now why don't you start talking~?"

Weak Demon: "Y-yes"

POV mc

I snap my fingers and the wound stops bleeding.

Weak demon: "Thank you, thank you very much, I'll tell you everything I know"

Mc: "I'm sure you will"

I try to use my skills to get inside the mind of the little demon and make it become a machine that answers all my questions honestly.

Mc: "Now tell me how hell is divided"

Weak demon: "Hell is divided into rings. Now we are in the ring of pride, in pentagram city. The other rings are the ring of anger, gluttony, greed, lust, laziness and envy"

Mmmm, interesting it seems that hell is much more extensive than I thought, it will be fun to find out what these places have to offer.

Mc: "Do they have any particularity?"

Weak demon: "Yes, this ring has the peculiarity that this is where all those who have passed in life go. In the case of anger, it is inhabited by imps and hellhounds. In gluttony, hellhounds are found to a greater extent. In in greed are demonic clowns. In lust there are succubi and incubi. Laziness is inhabited in greater part by cangoats. In envy are hellines"

Mc: "How are the hierarchies?"

Weak Demon: "Imps like me are discriminated against because of our inability to use any kind of magic, we only serve as disposable labor or cannon fodder. Then come the hellhounds with great physical superiority and a slight ability to resist spells…"

Mc: "Wait, what kind of magic exists here?"

Weak demon: "There are original demons that have the ability to use magic naturally, having in their bodies the necessary demonic energy circuits to use magic. In the case of sinners, they may have some magic-like ability depending on how they have been in life, but mostly these abilities are inferior to the magic of the original demons. In addition, for the young original demons, grimoires were created with which they only have to recite the spell written on it to activate the magic, using it until that it is no longer necessary"

Ok, I can already guess where the succubi and other demons fall on the scale.

Mc: "Okay, now tell me, how are these rings governed?"

I say as I crouch down in front of the badly injured demon and grab it by the chin.

Weak Demon: "Each ring has a ruler, the ring of pride being Lucifer. The one of anger is Amun. The one of gluttony, Beelzebub. The one of greed, Mammon. The one of lust, Asmodeus. The one of sloth , Belfegor. And the one of envy, the Leviathan".

Mmmm, everything seems to have quite a few similarities with the texts of the bible, does this mean that Jesus really existed? What does heaven exist? ȶɦǟȶ ɢօɖ ɛӼɨֆȶ?

Mc: "Do you have any information about heaven?"

Weak Demon: "A mere imp like me has no way of knowing anything about heaven beyond that angels are slightly stronger than demons and that there has been a hatred between angels and demons since the beginning of time."

So for the moment I am blind as to what is going on in heaven? After gathering more information I should try to access it through my abilities, although I must find out if these are exceptional or common among demons.

Mc: "What kind of abilities and physical characteristics do sinners usually get when they go to hell?"

Weak demon: "Their abilities, as well as appearance, often have to do with what they did in life, what they were like and how they died".

This can help me figure out what I am and exactly what the limits of my abilities are.

Mc: "I have heard of a demon known as the demon of conquest, what do you know of him?"

Weak Demon: "I only know that he came to hell millennia ago, even without having outstanding physical strength he was able to slowly conquer many areas in the ring of pride, making a name for himself and being known throughout hell, he has held that position for hundreds of years."

Mc: "Do you have any idea where I can find him?"

Weak Demon: "I only know that he controls many of the mafia families that are all over the pride ring."

Mc: "Can you give me the location of these?"

Weak Demon: "Yes, some of them."

Mc: "That's enough. Anything else I should know about hell?"

Weak Demon: "Only that for a few years now a powerful noble family has risen up in hell, they call themselves Ars Goetia, they are a kind of owls and their power rivals that of the demons of the deadly sins. They now partly administer all the rings. Rumour has it that they have created many writings that record all the details and secrets of hell."

Wtf?! How the fuck did they manage to have so many books and could they record everything in hell?! It's the first time in a long time that something manages to surprise me like this, if so many in this family can read and write then they must be really influential. Even with my status in life I could barely learn to read and write after many circumstances. It seems I have found a good source of information. It is time to start.

Mc: "Thanks for all the information, you've done your job".

I crouch down in front of the imp and caress his smile with a grin. Suddenly the dead body of the little demon falls, at least I will give it a quick death as a thank you for the information.