Eternal Suffering (2)

"So you can see the future?" Onoma asked, and the demon nodded, it's ears flopping violently.

"I can sees futures, just cants says what is, else I dies. Oh ands my names is Gozzu."

Onoma gave Inari a look that said he didn't approve, but Inari thought otherwise.

"Okay, Gozzu, can you show us where Akuro is?" She asked.

Gozzu tilted its head. "Maybes. It may be too laters."

"Too late?"

"Yeah. Execution todays see?"

Inari felt her heart jump to her throat. "Execution?"

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Akuro struggled desperately against his chains, pulling at them with all of his might, but they refused to give. He then looked around the torture room for anything that he could use. Then his eyes settled on the torches on either side of him.

"What are you thinking?" Mato asked.

'Shut up.'

Akuro leaned against his chains as hard as he could, his hand stretching out towards the torch, but it was useless, he couldn't reach it. Next he tried using his foot, but of course, that didn't work either. He took in a deep breath, letting his body hang limp.

"Ooooh my, that's gonna hurt." Mato said.

Akuro then burst into action, dropping his body completely on one side, pulling his left arm against the chain with all of his force and body weight and as he did he heard his hand *SNAP* as his bones were broken and his skin was peeled off of his hand. He grit his teeth and shook in pain as the wounds healed over, his bones snapping back into place. It worked! His hand was free!

Akuro then reached for the torch, but as he did the door to the chamber swung open at that exact moment, and Lilith came into the room.

Akuro sped his pace, grabbing the torch, but right as he was about to put the burning flames against his body, Lilith appeared in front of him, grabbing it out of his hand and tossing it to the ground.

"We're you really trying to escape?" She asked, placing her hand on Akuro's chin while pinning his other hand down and pressing herself against him, her lips touching his cheek.

"I told you, you're mine." She laughed, backing away from Akuro, then turned to look at the torch on the ground. "Why we're you trying to burn yourself anyways? What would that accomplish?"

Akuro's eyes widened. 'Does she not know?'

"I wouldn't be surprised, not much is known about the God Slayer. I only know how to remove the mark because I fought it's original owner, receiving a curse mark of my own, which I removed." Mato answered.

"Oh well. It's no matter. If you want to burn, your wish will be granted soon." Lilith grabbed a key and approached Akuro, grabbing his hand and unlocking the chains, then she did the same with the chains on his ankles.

"You sure you should be removing my chains?" Akuro asked.

"It's of no concern to me. It's not like you'd be able to do anything without your powers anyways." Lilith laughed. "Come along. Today is the day of your execution."

As Akuro heard Lilith say those words he shivered at the thought of being burned alive in lava, never aloud to die and being forced to feel the pain the entire time. He clenched his fists. He knew he had a chance, no matter how slim, it was it was there.

"It really is too bad we are throwing you away this early, I was just starting to have fun with you." Lilith said, looking back at him as he followed her out of the cell and into a yawning cavern. The chains nailed to his body jangled with his movements and he could still feel the metal in his ears and fingers, though he was used to them being there now.

"I guess it's a punishment for me as well as you." Lilith sighed. "You know, I've seen the rise and fall of four Demon kings, and in all that time I've never seen a demon king as impatient as Lucifer. It's quite annoying. He won't let me have any fun."

Lilith led them down twisting halls of red and along the way Akuro saw many, many more torture chambers, all filled with bloody prisoners with limbs broken, misshapen or removed, some of them had their skin peeled, and some were just unrecognizable. The sight accompanied with the smell of blood and rotting flesh made Akuro want to throw up.

"Honestly the Azazel was my favorite. He liked to have fun." Lilith continued talking as if everything that was happening was completely normal, but then Akuro realized maybe it was normal to her. "Did you know Azazel is the one who made the torture chambers? He loved torture, actually he's where I got all of my skills from. You have him to thank for your new fashion."

Akuro glanced down at his chain wrapped arms. He fiddled with one of the spikes for a moment before giving up on getting it out, his body had healed around the spikes and they were basically a part of him.

Lilith came to a stop at a large set of doors and turned to Akuro. "You are about to meet the demon king, so make sure to show some respect." She said, then the doors swung open.

As Akuro followed Lilith into a dark chamber, he felt an immense pressure begin to suffocate him, forcing him to his knees. He looked up and saw a pair of glowing red eyes glaring back at him.

He was in the presence of Lucifer, the Demon King.