Will of chaos-Chapter 1769: Cap 1767: No turning back

"Now, let's go!" (Davoth)

With the warning, Davoth looked in a direction where someone was with their arms crossed, her face was a little embarrassed, Niryna was being hugged by Callidora who seemed to be whispering something in her ear.

"I'm going to start opening the gate." (Niryna)

The reason Davoth didn't do anything in a hurry, giving everyone time to rest, heal and prepare, was mainly because he had a shortcut prepared for this invasion, Hell.

Traveling through the void between universes was strange in many ways, the concept of distance was distorted leaving only time as the only constant, speed was irrelevant in this aspect, even direction was not something completely immutable.

Davoth explained all these things to us, I, as well as many Gods, already knew about this, but there was always someone who didn't understand these concepts, so he presented his plan that was prepared a long time ago, to use Hell as a path, thus creating space through which we could travel these distances in moments since Callidora is connected between several universes, including the universe of the Ascendants.

"< Infernal Summoning: Gates of Hell >" (Niryna)

Niryna emanates an Aura full of a frightening presence, her eyes are taken by the blood red color and her power emanates from her body as if she were burning the space from where hands of bones emerge as if trying to escape.

Soon a gate over 600 meters high and 400 meters wide appears while Niryna's power burns the space taking over this entire area. The gate that emerged from these flames is made of black metallic bones full of marks on its surface. There was no doorknob and the hinges were hands of bones with flesh still attached in some parts. The skulls that looked like macabre decoration moved their jaws emitting horrible whispers and moans. Blood spread under the gate carrying a stench that not even I could stand.

"Callidora, we won't have any surprises this time, will we?" (me)

"Of course not, the payment for this favor will be something within your means, right... Davoth...?" (Callidora)

We all looked at Davoth, remembering that he never explained how he convinced Callidora to allow passage for so many Deities.

"Open the gates."

(Davoth)

"Before that, I must warn you that I have changed where the gate areas are, these two gates are now in neighboring areas, so just travel to the other side, my dear daughter will take you... of course, if everyone can make it~~." (Callidora)

"What do you mean by that?" (me)

"Callidora, isn't that what we agreed on?" (Davoth)

"As I promised before, I will do nothing but give you passage, but I didn't say I would protect you on your journey." (Callidora)

"The area behind this gate is the Forest of Lamentations, a place I usually use to torment people with the worst memories in their minds." (Callidora)

"Your destination is in the area where the Demons train, you won't be able to pass through there without spilling blood."

(Callidora)

"Sorry, this area is not what it seems, that whole place is about temptation, don't blindly believe their words." (Niryna)

"You offend me like that, I'm not lying, all these Gods are bloodthirsty, their temptations are bathed in more blood than any of them would like to admit." (Callidora)

"The travel time should be 1 day or so." (Niryna)

Callidora is playing another one of her little games as usual, I'll have to keep an eye out for when she shows up there again.

"< Open >" (Niryna)

The gates slowly opened outwards, each movement seemed to break the space around them as if surrounded by ice, what emerged from the gate was a whirlwind full of laments and ghostly faces.

No one said anything as Niryna was the first to pass through the gates, Davoth and his mother following before we all started walking.

As soon as I passed through the gate I came across a normal forest, a green sky with a white sun, there was no one else around me, but I knew from my connections with several of them that they were indeed by my side.

"Don't worry, you are still together and followed the same path, but your senses are no longer under your control in this place." (Callidora)

"So we have to go through this forest alone?" (me)

"Exactly, I'm glad most of you understood without me having to explain, normally there is no way out of this place, after all its purpose is to torment whoever I send here."

(Callidora)

"But you and the others can go in that direction and you'll reach the end of this area in a few hours." (Callidora)

Callidora appeared in front of me once again in a new appearance, this time it was a repulsive appearance of a child covered in horrible wounds, a child I've seen in the past.

I know she's trying to get to me, but that doesn't change the fact that she's actually managed to touch a wound in my mind that I didn't even remember was still there, it was like old memories were surfacing in my mind again, memories I thought I'd forgotten.

"You really are despicable."

(me)

"Please, no compliments, that will embarrass me and I might end up changing into something more... revealing~~..." (Callidora)

"..." (me)

She really knows how to get under my skin, as someone who grew up in an orphanage taking care of children younger than me, the worst thing for me has always been when children were in danger or in horrible situations, unfortunately since I was young I was exposed to some of these situations since children who suffered abuse or were beaten were sent to our orphanage.

The girl covered in open wounds that Callidora turned into was the first case I saw, also the most brutal, when I met her I saw the bruises, I saw the scars and especially I saw her lifeless eyes, she didn't stay long in the orphanage since she was adopted by an old neighbor, the same one who reported her mother to the police from what I heard.

She was marked in me by her horrible state and by the fact that I was never able to help her, I never saw her in a better state or heard from her again and that only made this memory worse.

I didn't say anything to Callidora again and just walked in the direction she pointed, she was smiling when she changed into the appearance of a boy with a half-crushed body before starting to walk beside me speaking in a childish tone.

"You know, you are the weakest one in your group, your Heralds, children and wives are almost immune to this place, your worst memories not even being able to affect their minds or emotions."

(Callidora)

"They're so annoying... unlike you~~..." (Callidora)

"Your weak point is so obvious... your bad memories are all about the same topic... you'll be able to endure it~~..." (Callidora)

The whole time I was traveling, it was like I was walking through a maze, I never looked back, I never deviated even an inch from the direction, I kept going straight as torment took over my surroundings like whispers of words that hurt me deeply, shadows of those who scared me the most in the past were seen among the trees and sometimes people appeared along the way, most of them were the backs of my previous life, that is until now.

I look at the last person I met, not exactly a person, but rather a Fairy, a Fairy who had the personality of a Demon.

Her body was in pieces, she was half destroyed and with five shadows around her, it was a horrible sight.

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"That... that was the expression I wanted to see..." (Callidora)

Callidora appears behind the Fairy who was not saying anything, Callidora's appearance was that of a Mermaid, the Fairy in question was Layla and I know well the moment in which she was trying to bring back my memory, the moment in which I lost control of myself out of pure rage when I thought Layla had died.

"Callidora, don't test my patience too much...!"

(me)

"Such incredible anger, such simplistic negative emotions, you're such a naive boy..." (Callidora)

Suddenly a black mist emerges from within me making my bad emotions disappear before gathering in Callidora's hands, it's so the world around me opens up and I realize I'm on the edge of the forest, everyone else was around me, their expressions different, some were calm like my Mother while some had chilling expressions like Adella.

Among those who were most affected, Davoth's mother looked devastated kneeling on the ground crying while Davoth hugged her calmly.

"Confused?" (Yaffe)

"Yes, what did she catch?" (me)

"All of you are Gods or of similar Level, your strong emotions are worth more than thousands of tormented Souls, what do you think all of this was...?"

(Yaffe)

"..." (me)

"It was a small snack, she was using you to create food, negative emotions are all that keep Callidora going, the source of her power is also her own amusement." (Niryna)

"Niryna...?" (me)

Niryna approaches me, her expression even more embarrassed than before, I take a step closer to her hugging her affectionately.

"What a beautiful scene, a Father hugging his daughter." (Callidora)

Everyone tensed up when Callidora appeared in front of everyone wearing a suit and with two large horns on her head, her apprentice looking like that of a businesswoman.

"From here on there is no turning back, just like before, you will cross alone, so good luck giving in to your greatest temptations." (Callidora)