Cosmic Meeting

DRANEEVE

I had left Asher Blackwood to ponder upon my words. I had bigger things to take care of at this moment in time.

I went through the portal from the alley immediately I had told him what he had to do.

I gathered mana to protect my body as I arrived at my destination, Hell.

I walked through the realm of everlasting flames, endless screams of numerous souls disturbed my ears but I moved forward.

I arrived at what seemed like a door and knocked. The door immediately opened and I walked through it.

Nine seats were present but only seven of them were occupied. I took my place and noticed that the most important person was absent.

"You humans are becoming more insolent by the day." The voice of Xoraxys echoed within the room.

"Says the arrogant demon king," another voice chipped in.

"Why isn't he here?" Another asked.

"He'll be here later, he said he had something important to take care of." Someone else answered.

I raised my hand and then spoke up. "I know most of you know each other but for the purpose of this meeting, I believe it is good courtesy if we introduced ourselves once again."

"I'm Nathar, Lord of the 1st hell." The one who looked the youngest between the other seven.

"Xoraxys, demon king. Supreme ruler of the demon world."

"We know that, that's not something you need to say out loud." Nathar said to Xoraxys.

"I am Dagor, Lord of the 2nd hell."

"I am Zanathos, Lord of the 3rd hell."

"I'm Naleth, Lord of the 4th hell." He said jovially which made me cringe inwardly.

"Tsk," everyone turned to the one who made the sound. "I am Xorlothez, Lord of the 5th hell."

"Your anger is well noted, he still hasn't arrived." Another said and then added. "I'm Orion, Lord of the 6th hell."

"I am Draneeve. The Leader of the Voration." I said as I introduced myself.

"Now that we know ourselves, shouldn't we start the meeting?" I added.

"The last one isn't here. And you know how he gets when he's not involved." Xorlothez said with emphasis.

"But his absence is an insult to us." Nathar retorted.

"Accord some respect Nathar! His benevolence is the reason we still exist." Orion warned.

"I see that I am the object of discourse for this meeting." A voice said, it's presence made the air feel heavy and suffocating.

"S-S-Samiel?!" Nathar stuttered upon seeing the man in front of them.

The ruler of the highest point of existence in the entirety of hell. The Lord of the seventh hell, Samiel.

He took his seat next to me, his presence entirely suffocating.

"What is the agenda?" He asked.

"The destruction of Fragment 882." I replied. Somewhere else it would be called a universe but in such a place as hell, it is called a fragment.

"And why should another fragment be destroyed?" Samiel's voice exuded anger and a tint of confusion.

"I agree with that question," Orion added, "numerous fragments were destroyed in the clash between that human and your general, weren't they Xoraxys?"

All eyes turned and were fixed upon Xoraxys who cleared his throat.

"It was collateral damage." He replied. "Voriath didn't expect any of that to happen."

"We watched the fight in real time," Dagor retorted, "Voriath was relished that some of the fragments were destroyed."

"He might have just been trying to agitate the human." Zanathos defended.

"All of that doesn't matter now." Naleth said.

All eyes turned towards him. He was sitting directly across Samiel and the gaze of the Lord Of The Seventh Hell didn't phase him in any way.

"Fragment 882 should be our main point of focus." He added. "Destroying it shouldn't be hard for any one of us aside the human sitting with us."

I smiled. "Even a high ranking devil such as yourself couldn't sense my actual power and sees me as one who can't destroy a fragment?"

"What do you mean by that?" Naleth's voice echoed.

I let out my aura. Space seemed to shake and distort, the others were unfazed as it was nothing new to them.

The only thing that was new to them was that a human had that much power.

Naleth snorted, unamused, tapping his fingers on the table.

"Hahahaha!" Samiel laughed, his voice echoed throughout the entire room. "Interesting, so there's more than two huh?"

"Two?" His words stunned me, who was the other person asides me and the Blackwood child.

"You, the boy and King Aaron Jardel." Samiel revealed.

Xoraxys' aura erupted at the mention of the Jardel name.

"Calm yourself child." Orion said with a calm look on his face. "It shouldn't be surprising to you, unless you don't keep tabs on the human world."

He referred to Xoraxys as child? I knew I was the weakest here and judging by their presence, Xoraxys was next then Nathar, Dagor, Zanathos, Naleth, Xorlothez, Orion and then Samiel.

That was reason Samiel was feared by the other Lords of hell.

"Since it has been established that every one of us present here is able to destroy a fragment," Samiel started. "How should we proceed?"

The room went silent, everyone stared at the space in front of them.

"We should leave it to the human and the demon." Xorlothez suggested.

"That is a commendable idea brother." Naleth said with glee.

"I would never stoop so low as to work with a human." Xoraxys bellowed.

"But here you are at a meeting that a human is a part of." Samiel replied.

"Fine, if the esteemed Samiel wants me to work with a human I will." Xoraxys said, the sarcasm in his voice evident.

I didn't want him to anger any of the Devil Lords present.

As weak as Nathar was compared to the other Lords of hell, he wouldn't have any trouble wiping Xoraxys and myself from every point of existence.

"I'll let that slide today." Samiel replied. "And since there's nothing else to discuss, the meeting is over."

He got up and immediately vanished.

The room calmed down, his presence was suffocating.

I turned to Xoraxys who furrowed his brows whilst looking at me, I gave him a sarcastic smile.

He opened a portal and the both of us walked through.