Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 35: Judgment of Hell

Garmr sat beside Regal's corpse which was getting colder and colder. He did not disappear because he was a spirit, not a being directly connected to Regal.

But on the other side... Regal finally woke up. He did not wake up where he killed himself, but in a place full of screams and heat that pierced every part of his body. Regal was currently hanging with two chains that bound him to the pillars on his right and left sides, the chain was so tight and hot that Regal could not move a single finger properly. His feet are tied to the same chain.

Regal then heard the sound of steps approaching him from behind, a large figure with a hideous face came with a knife in his hand and greeted him. "Good morning... Did you enjoy your last sleep?" Regal then asked the demon. "Where am I...?"

"It's nice to ask, man. You've killed yourself, so you're going to hell on the 7th floor." That demonic smile could really make anyone who looked at him become frightened. But not for Regal who did not put any expression on his face.

"I want to see Adrian..." When Regal said that, the Devil immediately laughed very loudly. "Oh do you think just because you have a connection you can get out of this hell Adrian's son? Well, too bad, you have to follow the rules and stay like everyone else." Regal then asked the Devil. "For how long...?"

The demon started to put a smile on his face. "Haha~ For good...!" The devil laughed while thrusting a knife into Regal's stomach, The devil continued to shake his knife until Regal's entrails came out and splattered on the ground.

When Regal was in pain, he tried to use his Aura to break away, but somehow he couldn't do it.

"Haha! You fool...! Do you think you can use magic in the underworld? No. gabe... No one can use the magic of the underworld, magic here is different from the above, all the magic energy you get above it is positively charged magic, be it dark magic or even forbidden magic,they still use positive magic.

But down here... The magic is negatively charged, no one in hell can use their positive magic, not even a genius like you..."

The demon then left his knife in Regal's stomach and took another knife from behind his body and stabbed it in Regal's heart. The knife sliced each time Regal's heart beat, and the pain of his torment made Regal's heart beat extremely fast. The demon laughed even more when he saw Regal in pain.

Until finally Regal died once again, the Devil then went away for a moment, and when he returned Regal had regained consciousness with the body fully recovered. Despite his full recovery, the blades on his chest and stomach were still stuck, the flesh growing around the blade and making him sick. But the Devil just laughed.

"It's hell, son... You won't be able to die! So, how about we play a little game..." Regal then looked at the various torture devices the Devil was carrying, but he felt no fear at all. Regal just stared at the tool with a blank look.

And finally the torture began...

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Stabbed from the stomach with a hot spear, combed the boiling lava, until the other torture Regal received. He had been in hell for 3 years, neither aging nor dying, only tormented for a long time...

He could not use magic to protect himself, and let the Devils torture him. Regal could not escape either because they strengthened his chains when Regal once tried to escape. Currently Regal is tied to a piercing hook and prevents Regal from moving because his cubit and his hoarder are locked by the hook.

Despite yelling at the pain she received, she never showed a face for help or a face of fear. He just accepted everything without the slightest regret.

"Yes my... You're always showing the same face every day, I'd love to see that Warrior face you got is broken, but for now you should be grateful that you have a guest."

When Regal thought that there would be other Devils tormenting him, Regal instead saw a beautiful figure in a black dress in front of him. Regal who already knew who it was finally greeted him.

"For a long time no see Lilith..."

Although he had never met her, Regal had seen the figure of the woman at her birthday party, she was Lilith. The commander and ruler of the 2nd floor of Hell, he is the one who is currently gathering troops for a coup against Adrian Teloch.

"Geez, what a pity the handsome boy I saw at his birthday party has fallen so far." Regal interrupted Lilith and replied. "Tell me what you want Lilith..."

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"My betrayal?" Regal looked at Lilith who was smiling at him at this moment.

"I don't want to overthrow him, I want to make him suffer from Regal. And you as the lead actor will make this drama a success." Regal looked at Lilith like he wanted to immediately kill the Succubus with both hands, but he was unable to move at all at this moment.

"Why are you so against Adrian? Did he do something so bad that it made you angry?!" Regal's shout made Lilith start to raise her hands up and answer. "Do you really not know? He's been hiding it from you all along. The reason why he was accommodating the boy was simply out of pity? It's bullshit..."

Hearing that Regal immediately shouted. "Don't make such nonsense! Succubus talk like you can't be trusted!" Lilith then smiled, she then poked her thumbs in both of Regal's eyes, Regal's shout echoing throughout hell yet no one cared about her.

"Is it like that? You're too glorifying Regal. To the extent that you yourself forgot about the past events you experienced, then I'll help you remember them." Lilith infused magic energy into Regal and made him see the illusion.

Regal is currently in a dark forest, he then sees a wounded woman holding her baby while running somewhere. She put the baby in front of a temple and cried before leaving the baby alone.

"You know this, right? This is the past you've been through. But this is only a small part of the truth..." Regal then moved into a burning house, and there he could see a man kneeling before his broken sword.

Regal could only see the silhouette of the man, but when he could see the man's face, Regal realized that the man was similar to him.

"Initially you had a very good family, a loving mother, and a good, well-established father. But all that changed when one night an attack happened on your house, an attack that should never have happened..."

There was another man who emerged from behind the flames, Regal really could not see his face, but he came over to the already helpless man again.

"That's your father, Gerald. He was the first Devil to swear allegiance to Adrian. But in the end he died..."

In one swing, the Gerald where Regal's father died in place with his head severed from his body. "Do you understand now Regal? The reason why I hate Adrian is because he doesn't want to help anyone...

That god really doesn't care around you know? He can't save your father, neither can your mother. He let your mother's corpse rot in the woods while your father fought to the death and her body burned in the house that was supposed to be your place to grow up.

He's always late and makes unreasonable decisions. Like what he did to you, he waited for you to suffer first and recruited you, made you his dog... I know Gods shouldn't interfere in human affairs, but is it worth it for your family who have given everything to be betrayed by their Gods?"

The bound Regal finally couldn't look Lilith in the eye. Is this all just a lie? Are all the struggles he's been doing that are just fakes?

"No... I know it's all lies..." Regal who had already sprouted his eyes now looked at Lilith with his gaze. Lilith then put on an annoyed face and finally she walked away from there.

"We'll wait another 200 years. I think that's enough to ruin you." As Lilith walked away, she then heard a voice from behind her, a broken chain-like voice heard and as she turned around, she realized from the young man's gaze.

"You Devils are constantly blabbering, so you are not aware of something... That I am also a Devil..."

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