Chapter 5: An excruciating pain.

"You know... you picked the wrong day to act cool, today is one of those days when a demon comes, I don't know why but they always appear near me... and when that demon comes, all of you will die, I won't even have to get my hands dirty."

"Wait, are you saying that one of those monsters is coming here?"

"Exactly"

"Damn, take everything and run-"

Just a moment, that was all it took for me to realize what was happening, the demon that had just appeared... and dangerous.

"Hello my dear listeners, for this chapter I preferred to read you a small initial part before starting, from here on things will become more frenetic for our protagonist, for the first time he will be afraid, a fear so big that he will barely be able to speak. But enough talking, lately I haven't been very well, so I'd rather continue reading... until I can."

'Boy, get out of here right now!'

'What are you talking about, Lucy? What's wrong with you?'

'Boy... what's coming is not just a demon, I already told you about him and the self-proclaimed red king... aka Satan.'

'What? And you think I should run away, abandoning Emily and Giada? You're out of your mind if you think I'd do something like that!'

'Boy... sometimes to move forward you have to leave something behind, you have to be ready to lose everything... that's the only way you'll fight to save everyone. Now listen to me and run.'

'... shit, I understand what you're saying, but I promised those two that I wouldn't abandon them, and I'll keep my promise even if it costs me my life.'

'Boy, that's the problem... you're not the one in danger, but all of them. When he gets here he'll kill all of them including the two girls... and you'll have no choice but to watch. To avoid that you have to run away, it would be too much for you to see.'

'b-but I...'

'...Your choice, boy.'

Here he was, he arrived with a great roar, as if he was made on purpose to announce his arrival, he slowly descended from the sky with his wings, he was... strange, very different from how I imagined him, he was about 190 centimeters tall, black hair and eyes as red as blood, even though he was a demon Satan he was good looking he was almost identical to a human being, just one look was enough to understand the abyss that was between them.

'It's your last chance, if you run away now maybe he won't notice you.'

'...No, I won't run away, I'm ready to face everything that will come against me. I will face it head on, and even if I lose... at least I will have no regrets.'

'I see, then prepare for the worst, Satan is known as the torturer, he probably won't kill you, but he will leave such a big scar on your mind that you might end up committing suicide... I really hope you are ready for what is to come.'

Yeah... I hoped I had a chance, but it lasted so little that I didn't even notice, in just an instant, Satan had killed everyone except the two girls... but there was something underneath, because he approached them and then turned to me, starting to smile.

[CHAINS OF PURGATORY]

I found myself completely blocked, golden chains coming out of the ground blocked my arms and legs, they also tightened on my stomach and throat, I could barely breathe, let alone talk...

"Hmm you are a strange human you know... boy? I gave you all the time to run while I was coming here, but you preferred to stay still and wait for me to arrive, I wonder why. I hope you didn't think you could beat me, after all even with the power of lucifer you are only a grade 7 while I am a grade 1, there is no comparison, I'm right, right...?"

The one in front of me, the current king of the demons Satan, his appearance was very similar to that of a human, he had white hair and red eyes that symbolized the power of the demons, apart from the horns that sprouted from his head he was almost completely human, he was even shorter than me, he was at most 180 cm. But his aura was gigantic, at that moment I was terrified to say the least.

"So boy, you seem to be very smart so I will speak to you directly, try to play some pranks and I will tear both girls' heads off, understand?"

I could only nod since the chain around my neck did not allow me to speak.

"I see that I understand quickly, I blocked you with a level 5 demonic magic which is more than enough to block you... but this way things are a bit boring, you are much weaker than I thought. How about we play a game? I will give one of those two girls the chance to save herself obviously you cannot intervene even if you wanted to so you just stay on your knees there on the ground and watch."

'Shit the situation is only getting worse, I'm sorry boy but we can't do anything but watch.'

"Alright girls listen to me carefully, now you two will fight with your bare hands, whoever of you two kills the other first will survive."

I couldn't believe what I had just heard, but besides that... he kept smiling while saying all this, in his eyes we were just 'fun' nothing more.

'Lucifer, what is this aura I feel around him? It's scary.'

'I don't know if you can understand it but in short that 'aura' you feel is a manifestation of his power... if you survive I'll teach you how to use it.'

'That 'if' doesn't comfort me much.'

A few moments later Emily stood up and approached Giada... the next moment she was already strangling her and I couldn't do anything but stay silent and watch, in that moment so many things went through my head but the only thing I could do... was start crying, for what I was seeing. I was desperate inside, I couldn't do anything but watch a girl I had saved being killed... I couldn't do anything at all. A few minutes later it was over, the screaming and sobbing stopped but I was afraid to look up until that noise, it was like a bone had just snapped and I looked up in surprise at the noise.

"Well it looks like everything went as I thought boy I'm going to remove the chain from your throat so you can talk, I just want to see how you react to this."

She threw something at me, I didn't realize what it was until it hit the ground and stopped in front of me.

"t-this is..."

"you know kid you're such a hoot, you started crying again just because I ripped off your dead friend's head and threw it in front of you."

I couldn't think of anything, my body wouldn't stop shaking, my mind couldn't think, I could only watch and cry.

"But I'm still not satisfied, I'll take your friend with me and turn her into a full-fledged demon so she can fight for me but… Kid, you're of no use to me anymore. Should I just kill you? But you have great potential so I'll give you a chance."

He released the power of the chains and a small black hole appeared in the palm of his hand.

"Kid, become my subordinate and I'll give you power that you can never even imagine."

'Kid, do what I say…'

I stood up and walked over to him and raised my right hand and wrapped my hand around the small black hole he had created, then I removed my hand and took a step back.

"Satan… I refuse your request, as I will become strong enough to beat you to a pulp.

"You're interesting, but I don't like your answer, so I'll kill someone so I can teach you a lesson."

A child unfortunately was passing by and was pierced by black thorns coming out of the ground, after that vision I could not help but vomit because of the disgusting sight I had just seen.

"Mark my words boy, I will return here in two years and you better have a real answer, and the question will be: Do you want to join me or die? Remember you are two years old."

Satan opened a portal and left, I was lying on the ground in a fetal position helpless in the rain, I was weak and could not do anything I took the head and the jade body, then I took the body of that child, because the least I could do was give him a decent burial.