NOVPUBPov Hernoth (Demonic God of Sin):
Possessing a Mortal body and controlling the distance became very cumbersome after all the power I spent, I looked around and he appeared from a portal just as he spoke.
"You really came, but you’re late." (I)
"I needed to make sure you were alone and still escaping from Goddess Aine." (Belial)
He chose an interesting container, I feel several types of curses, Sin, miasma and Demonic power emanating from it, it also doesn’t seem to have a Soul and from the clothes it must be one of his Priests.
"You know why I brought you here, don’t you?" (Belial)
"To convince me not to kill you." (I)
He snaps his fingers and bones rise from the ground forming two chairs where we sit, the place where we are is in the middle of a Kingdom in ruins, a place created by Demons where our two religions prospered more than a thousand years ago. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
"You can’t blame me for deviating from the plan, you’re risking too much." (Belial)
"A necessary risk if we consider the alternative." (I)
"My plan could have worked, if just one of the targets had been captured, then we could have created a new universe..." (Belial)
"You just want a place where you are the supreme God above all others, so don’t lie, all the Gods and Deities that participated in your plan were below your strength, the only exception was Delilah." (I)
"I won’t deny that there was great ambition, but that was just part of it, I stopped following your plan because it’s useless." (Belial)
"We cannot beat the Creatures of the Abyss, they are an infinite army that never tires and never gives up, we have no chance of winning." (Belial)
"It would be better to try to build a new universe or become Evil Gods in another universe, as long as I live I will always be a God." (Belial)
"Using the Fairy World or the Spirit World was impossible from the start." (I)
These two places are made of pure elemental energy, even if they killed the two great Gods that rule these two places, they would never be able to reach their goal.
"We had a plan, something that would give us Divine Weapons that would be of great importance for what is to come." (I)
"They from beginning to end were not suspicious of the Divine Weapons you handed over." (I)
"That’s because they didn’t know that it was you who created them, no Demonic God trusts you, half of them were deceived by you, some were killed by you and had to be reborn later and there are still those who were stolen by you." (Belial)
"We are not talking about me here and don’t try to change the subject like Mortals do, you almost lost everything and in the process caused the death of many, not to mention the loss of many strong warriors who were Sacrificed in a spectacle where the Death was the only option." (I)
"The Sacrifice was a backup plan and shouldn’t be used like that, besides, don’t try to lecture me about what I did, you were wanting to sacrifice several Demon Gods to create those damn Divine Weapons!" (Belial)
"You don’t understand, those are just idiots, more than half were planning to hide, there were also those who thought of fleeing to another Universe by becoming Evil Gods and there were some fools who thought of how to benefit from the other Gods’ distraction." (I)
"None of them would help in the fight and some would even get in the way, using your powers in Divine Weapons would be much better." (I)
"You should have followed the plan, but in the end you launched attacks on me for months and in the end carried out my plan in a completely crude way." (I)
"I barely had time to talk to Dravos and I didn’t even get to talk to Aine, if it weren’t for Selene’s youngest son, then everything would be lost!" (I)
"You left me no choice." (I)
"What did you... cough cough... how did you... how did you do that...?" (Belial)
"Did you really think I didn’t know where you are? Did you think that because you’re far away you’ll escape from me?" (I)
"Belial, you more than anyone else should know that there is nowhere to hide from me." (I)
Cough Cough
"You bastard... cough cough... damn... when you... cough cough cough...!" (Belial)
"From the beginning." (I)
"You would also... betray me..." (Belial)
"I was hoping I wouldn’t have to use this, even now I was hoping for at least something, be it an attempt at forgiveness or at least some kind of compensation, I wouldn’t forgive you, but at least I wouldn’t do what comes close to experiencing what prepared." (I)
I saw the body dry up leaving only skin and bones that crumbled into dust in the wind, then a rift in space opened leaving a miniature crystal statue in my hands, the Divine Power from it was trying to break the seal.
"Goodbye, Belial." (I)
"With this the plan is over, but what are you going to do now?" (Delilah)
"I have something I can still do." (I)
The original plan to foment a battle between the Demon Gods against the Fairies and Spirits was something to train everyone while accumulating the sin of these Gods into the fake Divine Weapons I created.
I would use this Sin of theirs to steal their power and fuse part of it into the Divine Weapons, even their Deities would be stolen the longer they use the fake Divine Weapons, for such useless Gods and Demigods they would be a good source of extra power for those who really go to fight.
But with this break in plans, this battle lasted a short time, they didn’t use the Fake Divine Weapons long enough and several of them were Sealed or killed.
"Delilah, I need the Orb of the End." (I)
"You are crazy!?" (Delilah)
"Just get it..." (I)
"I’ve already fulfilled my end of the bargain as compensation for helping Belial, you can’t force me into another suicidal plan." (Delilah)
"Don’t try to fool me, I know you’ve been guarding the Orb of the End for centuries, I also just promised I wouldn’t go after you for it, but I can only speak for myself." (I)
The Goddess of Fairies and the God of Spirits will not let her go that easily, running away from 2 great Gods with such comprehensive Authority will be almost impossible even for her, I hoped to use this to force another favorable agreement later on, but to do so in Exchanging the Orb of the End isn’t a bad deal.
"I didn’t think you would use your only opportunity for this, do you really think I didn’t notice your word games?" (Delilah)
"I know you noticed, but either way you have no choice but to accept." (I)
I can see the anger in her eyes, using the container’s face does nothing to hide her true eyes from me.
"The Orb of the End was sealed for a reason, no Demon God could control that amount of Cursed power, I don’t think it should..." (Dalilah)
"Let’s cut the conversation here, I want the End Orb and you will deliver it, we both know that, so don’t waste our time." (I)
"..." (Delilah)
"Where will the meeting point be?" (Delilah)
"Leave it ready, I’ll warn you... also don’t worry about the persecution of the other Gods, I’ll take care of it." (I)
"I won’t forget this, Hernoth." (Delilah)
"I’m glad to hear that, now if you’ll excuse me, this container won’t last much longer." (I)
I looked at my arm and saw the flesh disintegrating beneath the skin, I also felt the bones getting thinner, it won’t last long and so I abandon the body to just focus on my real body.
The statue where Belial and his power are sealed was sucked by the body when it was enveloped in my power, with me returning the statue will come with it.
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When I open my eyes and see the statue, I then feel how much power the curse I used has consumed.
"It will be risky to do something like this, but defending this universe is more important." (I)
Sigh
"I need to prepare a catalyst for the Orb of End, I can’t use Mortal Souls like in the past or he will refuse to participate, so I’ll have to use the treasure I just stole from the other Demon Gods." (I)
"How much time do we have left?" (I)
I may be a bastard, a traitor and a manipulator as everyone says, I am all these things and certainly much more, but I cannot abandon this universe like the Evil Gods do.
Maybe it’s my excessive arrogance or pride talking, but I’d rather perish trying everything I can than retreat or run away.
"Zenos, I hope you reach Divinity soon if everything goes as I think it will." (I)
"..." (I)
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Pov Delilah (Demonic Goddess of Contract):
Hernoth didn’t follow my plans, but it doesn’t matter, I was already prepared if Belial failed, I can’t escape this universe, my Divinity itself represents an eternal contract that binds me here.
If Belial were to succeed and a new universe was formed through the Faerie Worlds or the Spirit World, then it would be a continuation of that universe, a perfect escape door for me, but now that it has failed I can only do as Hernoth said.
"What is this madman going to do with the End Orb, if it gets out of control again it could open another gate to Hell like in the past and in the current state of things I don’t want to deal with that place." (I)
