The space around the Baron of Happy Thoughts contracts and shrinks, stretching her perception of reality. A feeling of suction swallows her brain, momentarily making her black out. An unknown amount of time later, Abby’s eyes open. She finds herself in a brightly lit area, with spots dancing in her vision. ADAM stands beside her,…
Inside the unique space nestled within the Milky Way, that special existence known as Hell, countless demons and monsters reside in its interior, calling it their home. Hell refers to the supermassive, ever-expanding three-dimensional Labyrinth shaped vaguely like a cube. With a relative size tens of times greater than that of Earth, the Labyrinth offers…
On the southern side of the Fortress of Retribution, in an undeveloped area where only military personnel patrol, a half-dozen soldiers in exosuits stomp along in unison. Before them walks an old man with two ruined arms, but even with his limbs unable to be used, they still hang behind his back, handcuffed and useless….
At the ‘Horned Maître,’ located inside the Fortress of Retribution, a stone’s throw from the Lazarus Tower. Jason Hiro sits inside a private booth at the largest restaurant on Tarus II. Owned by his family’s chef, Yamir, this place is mostly managed by Yamir’s extended bloodline, those minotaurs who have immigrated from Hell in the…
On the western side of the Fortress of Retribution’s plateau, a brand new hospital, reconstructed from the ground-up after the attack by Yama during Stormbringer, glimmers like a breath of fresh air. While it was once a fairly simple and utilitarian square brick structure in the past, now it is a heavily reinforced crystalline building…
"I am Beelzebub. The sinner who hurt this world." After speaking these words, the former Duke of Inferno falls silent and gazes at Kiari meaningfully, waiting for her reaction. However, aside from a brief pause, the Duke of Locusts doesn’t give Beelzebub’s reply much more than a slightly awkward glance. "Ah… hahaha. Oh, geez. This…
In the basement of a cabin, tucked away near the northern edge of the Fortress of Retribution. The former Duke of Inferno, Beelzebub, now a pale-skinned, dead-eyed human, lays face-up on a large but simple bed. His arms rest above his head, chained to the bedpost in the same position they’ve been for several weeks….
After Hope leaves the room, the remaining members of humanity’s leadership fall silent for a short period before continuing with their previous discussion. For his part, Jason wonders what Hope is up to, but he also has so much on his mind that he can’t pay Hope’s actions too much thought. "We’re going to start…
Inside the newly erected operational coordination structure known as Elysium, located just half a mile north of the Lazarus Tower on Tarus II. More than a dozen of humanity’s leaders and allies sit at a long, wide table. Among them are mostly humans, several monsters, and only a couple of demons. Notably, not a single…
Two weeks pass. In this time, Jason and the Seven Hells begin working together to rebuild Tarus II, relocate the refugees from the Hell of Isolation, and place the human refugees Jason personally teleported to Tarus II elsewhere on the planet. During this time, all manner of events occur. Hope returns from the Core with…
