Southern District – Part 1

As soon as it opens, he takes Derick's and the demon's arm, and they enter the portal, as soon as they leave it, they are in another place, it looks like a military area, there are large buildings, not very different from what Luan read in the books, because it is in hell, this still surprises them, where did all this material come from, that they were built, they don't just look like they were found walking through hell, they seem to have been transported from another place, yes this is possible through spells, and in the opening of portals, Luan is impressed, and thinks about transporting a house to his Portal, it would be interesting for the demons to have a house too, why not, they blend in with the other demons present, some wear long robes, others masks, so they can easily blend in with the others, the demon asks them to follow him to a port, there is a village apparently, families there, just like the two saw on the mission, when they were in a village near the then Mission Palace, there are different districts in hell, each one is specific to something, there is the famous valley of souls, yes it really exists, and many souls are sent there. 

They walk for a few minutes and arrive at a village, Luan does a partial memory blocking spell on the demon, and only the owner of the spell can break it, the demon seems a little confused, but he meets a relative again, he says something to his relative and looks towards Luan and Derick they wear their usual gowns and masks all the time, so they can blend in with the crowd, the demon looks at them and doesn't seem to recognize them, he just thinks they're different and heads for his house, the two go on their way and so as not to attract too much attention, Luan changes the coordinate on his watch, he pauses the time on his watch, touches Derick's hand so that he can move in the stopped time, but Luan looks to the side of the alley and notices that someone is running and running away and right behind him he notices that there are guards running after her, It's a female demon, she's wearing medieval style clothes, and the guards are wearing masks and armor, time is paused so Luan tries to analyze the situation, he remains silent for a moment, turns to Derick and speaks: 

 "Would it be a good idea to help her, or continue on our way home, Derick?" 

Derick can move as soon as Luan touches his arm, he sighs, because he knows that Luan always interferes when he sees a fight going on, and he comes to the defense of the one he thinks is the victim, he tries to argue: 

 "Luan, we need to go back, you shouldn't meddle, we're in a District and we don't know how things work around here...." 

Derick then notices a silence, he turns to the side and notices that Luan is no longer at his side, he is already close to the female demon almost touching her arm, to bring her back to her paused time, he sighs angrily and says: 

 "Pfft, damn it Luan, what are you doing there? You must be trying to kill us, don't even think about touching her!" 

Luan stops for a second, and looks at Derick, he's right to a certain extent, he doesn't know exactly what's going on, but his instinct tells him that he needs to intervene somehow, he notices a necklace around the female demon's neck, it's not common for demons to wear accessories like that, he looks at her medieval style clothes, there's a whole medieval aspect to the whole environment, he notices a dagger in her belt and it seems to be trying to hide it, could she have stolen it? he scratches his head in doubt, and decides to touch her arm, but takes a few steps back, quickly moving away from her, this makes her move, she looks very scared, but notices that the guards are still, time is stopped, she notices two people wearing masks, she looks scared now, she takes her dagger from her belt and points it at Luan and Derick, and gets into an attack position. 

Derick closes his eyes and sighs deeply in annoyance and thinks to himself: 

("As if he'd listen to me....Pfft...) 

While Luan is standing there thinking about what to say, but remembers that she probably won't understand his language, he still tries to say something by waving his hand and trying to remember what he read in the books, something that means a sign of Peace: 

 "Hello, we're trying to help you, you probably won't understand me, but we've come in Peace, what was the sign again...Hmn" 

Luan has barely finished speaking, when the female demon throws her dagger in his direction, he quickly moves his head to dodge, but the dagger ends up bumping into his mask, he is still trying to get used to the weight of the mask, making him a little slower than usual, he sighs: 

 "Oops... I guess that's not the sign of peace." 

.....continued