‎The vast land turned pitch black, no light and the demons couldn’t see through the darkness at all. Demons weren’t like any living beings, who required light or reflection to see, but this darkness was different. They couldn’t see, all they sensed was the sound being produced around them.

‎The demons used their power to create fire to get rid of the darkness, but that was when they saw the horror of a cosmic being, the shadow of God’s throne. Bodies scattered on the ground, shredded into pieces as they floated in the sea of demonic blood, dark as tar and thick as pus. They didn’t know what had happened until they looked up and saw black feathers falling from the sky.

‎The black feathers that shredded everything they touched without any warning or making any sound. It was petrifying that the demons began to scream and scatter from the horror. However, no matter how far they flew or ran, darkness followed them and they couldn’t run from the feathers that appeared out of nowhere around them.

‎The numbers of demons decreased rapidly, and amidst the chaos, there was only one being who stayed still. Satan with her cold and impassive expression watched the demons get obliterated by her power.

‎"You should be here..." Satan muttered to herself as she looked around. "Or perhaps..." She paused and looked over her shoulder at the pit.

‎The ground trembled heavily and cracks appeared around the pit as if the ground was being split into many. Satan flew away from the ground and watched the corpses sink into the cracks, along with the sea of blood. She knew that demons couldn’t be killed, she could only send them back to where they belong. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

‎"You’re out of your mind..." Satan stared down at the cracks that grew bigger and further into the distance.

‎Satan knew what Videl was trying to do, and it was to open the gate to Hell and connect both worlds directly. She wondered how far Videl could push his authority and the boundary he had with God, but seeing it with her own eyes, she knew that Videl wasn’t planning to let things out of his reach and control.

‎The demons who were struggling to survive from Satan’s power, they flew into the cracks and the pit to find safety. The crowded land suddenly became quiet and empty, leaving only Satan, the only being that existed there. She floated in the sky, looking down at the pit that grew bigger without trying to stop it. Her reason was simple, she needed a greater force to exist, not as a challenge, but to fight the angels in the future.

‎Satan’s expectations were crushed when she felt a dangerous power that suddenly got released from the pit. Her brows raised, her wings spread as if she was preparing for the worst. She was surprised, or perhaps she felt disturbed by what was coming.

‎A hand came out of the pit, a hand that could trample a small fortress. A hand with a visible cuff and chain, a being that wasn’t supposed to be free. The demons that were hiding inside the cracks and the pit got spat out, their bodies were crushed, crumpled, and lifeless. The being that tried to crawl out of the pit, its presence was enough to make nature react by forming dark clouds above the pit as a storm brewed above the clouds.

Satan spread her right arm to the side as black feathers covered her whole arm to her fingertips and beyond. The moment the feathers dispersed, they revealed a thin shiny blade that was as thin as a piece of paper. She flew down and pierced the hand with the blade, her expression showing a hint of anger. The hand slowly melted into tar, and finally it let go of the ground and immediately went back into the pit.

"How was that?" A familiar voice could be heard behind Satan.

"Is that your plan?" Satan asked back, her gaze cold and sharp when she looked over her shoulder at a man wearing a black suit, black trousers, black leather loafers, and a black collared unbuttoned shirt that revealed his collar bones and the muscles of his torso. "You’re planning to release the Sealed One? You’re going too far, Iblis..." She turned around and stared at Videl’s glowing red eyes.

"Too far? What are you talking about? You saw it yourself that it could come out and He didn’t try to stop it," Videl answered with a huge grin on his face, knowing what kind of a being Satan was, more than any other being. "You had your fun, taking thousands of lives and even turned them into your little lambs," he smirked and walked toward Satan. "Aren’t you being too selfish for doing whatever you wanted while I hadn’t done much, incomparable to what you have done?" He arched his brows.

"Is that how you want to do this?" Satan asked, her eyes almost like a slit, finding Videl’s provocation and mockery of the boundaries that higher beings shouldn’t breach. "If you brought that thing into this world, you’d become an immediate threat to the angels. Use your intellect or you’ll end up fighting us and them at the same time," she warned.

Videl laughed as he covered his forehead with his right hand, something that Satan couldn’t help but notice. Once he stopped laughing, he scoffed and shook his head, his gaze fixated on Satan’s face.

"Oh, don’t you worry about that. I was just showing you a glimpse of the future," Videl smiled coldly. "Of course, I’m not that crazy to release that thing now," his smile turned mischievous, almost playful. "However, I don’t think you’ll have an issue with that one," he tilted his head to the side and pointed at the pit.

A surge of energy crawled on Satan’s legs up to her back, and when she turned around, she saw two massive wings with its tempered scales. A dragon that looked similar to the one she saw not too long ago, the dragon that Rasmus and the others fought and defeated. She was searching for that dragon but she couldn’t find it, and now it was flying in the sky with its shiny and jet-black scales that reflected the moonlight.

"I know you were looking for this, for our brethren, didn’t you? I bet Lucifer would be so disappointed that the only dragon that could contain his existence is now in my possession," Videl grinned widely and finally his horns pierced through his skull and skin on his forehead. "What a magnificent creature, don’t you think?" He giggled.

Satan reacted with a soft chuckle, and that surprised Videl. She crossed her arms and couldn’t hide the smile that appeared on her face. She let out a sigh, a sigh that could only be interpreted as showing pity toward another.

"Oh, Iblis, you have no idea what you just did..." Satan stared into Videl’s eyes and then glanced toward something behind Videl.

Videl noticed the glance and that was when he noticed a faint presence in the distance. He slowly turned around and that was when he saw a woman with white long straight hair with glowing bright blue eyes, wearing a fur robe and a cold expression. It was Sanya, the one who was said to be the oldest Orthias, the one who led countless wars against Satan and her force and managed to send Satan away from the North.

"You just made yourself an enemy of an Orthias. How unfortunate," Satan chuckled mockingly.