Under a sky blazing with the color of blood, deep within Hell, the air roared with distant screams and winds carrying the scent of death.
Lucifer sat in the throne hall, before a gigantic map made of black flame, representing the realms of the races:
Humans, Giants, Elves and the Dark Elves, Dwarves, Birds, Vampires, Ghouls, Orcs, Yetis, Insects, Werewolves, Sea Creatures, Beasts, Centaurs, Minotaurs, and other monsters and beings.
With his ember-covered finger, he drew a circle on a region of the map, and it ignited violently.
Lucifer:
"The first will be the giants... their bodies will serve us, and their rage will burn cities before our armies even arrive."
Kobra approached slowly, his voice dripping with malice:
"My Lord, the giants love no one, but they worship strength... If we offer them our blood, they will submit."
A faint laugh followed from Sitri:
"And if they refuse?"
Black turned toward him — no features on his face, only a faint echo from the void:
"Then we will control their time… they will live the same second over and over until they choke within it."
The hall fell silent for a moment before Lucifer broke it with a wide smile:
"Exactly as I want."
Lucifer raised his hand, and ten gates of fire erupted from the ground, each leading to a different world.
Then he spoke with a voice that shook the walls:
"Each of you has a mission. I do not want a war… but a silent unification. Whoever resists… will find no time left to resist."
He pointed to Kobra and Black:
"You two will lead the first wave. Kobra — to the land of the Centaurs. Black — to the kingdom of the Yetis.
And you, Ashura… stay here. I have a different task for you."
Ashura froze for a moment, the fire in his eyes dimming slightly:
"You wish to deny me battle?"
Lucifer smiled mysteriously:
"Not deny… I'll let you fight, you fool. I want you to go to the Kingdom of the Dark Elves — the hardest mission of all. Make them kneel and obey."
Ashura's expression wavered for a moment, but he bowed respectfully without objection.
Lucifer:
"Lilith — you will go with Sitri to the sea. Make the sea creatures join us, whether mermaids or Krakens, I don't care — do what must be done."
Lilith and Sitri:
"Yes, my Lord!"
Lucifer:
"Baphomet — to the land of the Vampires. Astaroth — to the land of the Giants."
Baphomet and Astaroth:
"Yes!"
Erathos:
"My Lord, what is our task — mine, Morfis's, and Oceloth's?"
Lucifer:
"Your mission will be difficult… but not yet!"
Oceloth remained indifferent, Morfis muttered in fear, while Erathos accepted the order obediently.
After the others departed through their gates, Lucifer stood before the throne.
He lifted his gaze toward the red sky and whispered:
"It has begun… the world will return to its first image, when all creatures knelt before the fire."
From the depths of the hall, another voice echoed — one with no clear source, as if it came from within his own mind:
"Beware of Black… he serves no one."
Lucifer smiled coldly and replied without turning around:
"That's why I kept Kobra beside him. Poison doesn't just kill… it observes."
Then he sat back on his throne, fingers intertwined, watching through a swirl of flames as the other realms prepared to receive his new emissaries.
At that moment, with Lucifer's final words, the Infernal Gates began to move.
No longer mere circles of fire, they turned into eyes opened within the hearts of the worlds, exhaling black smoke like the very breath of Hell.
In the land of the Centaurs, the ancient forests trembled, and the guards heard creaking sounds from the heavens before the sky split open, revealing a massive fiery gate.
From it emerged Kobra, surrounded by poisonous mist that melted the ground beneath his feet.
One of the centaurs whispered in fear as he saw the glowing venom spreading across Kobra's body:
"Who… is that???"
Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of the Yetis, among the towering icy mountains, time itself stopped.
Falling snow froze in the air, the winds fell silent, and even the cold lost its meaning.
From within the frost emerged Black, his violet body slicing through the void with soundless steps.
Everyone who saw him felt their hearts halt for a moment… as if time refused to continue in his presence.
In the dark southern seas, gates opened underwater, illuminating the ocean depths with a crimson light — like blood in the water.
From there emerged Lilith, and beside her Sitri, laughing as he stirred the sea with a flick of his fingers.
Mermaids and oceanic creatures watched from afar, stunned by what they saw, unaware that this day would be the last of their freedom.
Far to the east, amidst graves and fog, the land of Vampires awakened to an explosion of shadows.
From the gate stepped Baphomet, smiling coldly.
Every dead being in that land… opened its eyes.
And in the land of the Giants, Astaroth stepped out from a fiery gate, indifferent and unbothered.
Elsewhere, where darkness never ends, Ashura opened his eyes within the Kingdom of the Dark Elves — the capital of deceit and forbidden magic.
He knew that his mission would not merely be war… but to break the will of darkness itself.
Under all those blazing skies, Lucifer's voice thundered in the minds of all his generals — a sacred command from the depths of Hell:
> "Begin. Let the darkness reign…"
And thus… the Infernal Gates spread across the realms,
and with them began the Age of Blood and Fire —
the Infernal Alliance, destined to reshape existence itself.