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Chapter 30 - The Seed of the Great War

After sitting upon the throne, Virat looks toward Shukra, who is standing on his left side, and speaks in a calm voice, "Why are these chairs empty? Who are they for, and where are they now?" Tears well up in Shukra's eyes; bowing his head, he speaks in a heavy voice, "These belong to the five great generals of the Underworld, who united the entire realm of hell by shedding blood."

1000 Years Ago...

The red moon and the land of the Underworld had turned red with blood. Fire and devils were everywhere—with red hair and a single black horn on their heads, their black eyes containing a cross (+) symbol—they were shedding each other's blood like water in the hundreds. A devil mother, whose stomach and soul were pierced through by a 'soul sword' shining with black and red light; the color of the soil became an even deeper red with her blood. Sitting near her was a five-month-old infant with a very small black and red horn on its head, drenched in its mother's blood, writhing in hunger and crying loudly, yet it did not even know that its mother would never wake up again. Devils were shedding each other's blood, the sound of children crying was everywhere, and black and red fire was burning everything in all directions.

On the other side was the vast royal palace of the Underworld, where everything was quiet, with a gentle, cool breeze blowing. Sitting on the throne was the King of Hell (the ruler of the Underworld who is called the King of Hell), whose entire body was red like lava, with thick black hair, two long red and black horns, and entirely black eyes.

His height was nine feet, and he kept laughing loudly. In front of him were souls bound by soul chains, screaming in pain and crying.

In front of him, the five great generals stood with their fists clenched tight, tears falling from their eyes to the ground. The general of the Dragon army, Indra—height six feet, two horns of black and red on his head, red eyes with a Dragon symbol inside them. Indra comes from the 'Demon Dragon Clan' whose children can also control lava dragons with their eyes. This clan is the most powerful clan after the King of Hell. He was taking long breaths in anger, his head bowed, with tears in his eyes that were falling to the ground every few moments. He thought to himself, "I am sorry, but I am not powerful enough to face the King of Hell; somewhere, I too am responsible for these atrocities being committed against you; I trusted him blindly."

Standing near Indra with his head bowed was Mayur, the general of the 'Magical Beast' army, whose height is 6.5 feet, his entire body is black, red eyes with a star symbol made in black, red hair on his head, and black horns curved slightly inward from the top. Mayur stood with his head bowed, tears continuously falling to the ground from his eyes. Clenching his fists tight, Mayur thought to himself, "Why... when everything was going right, then why all this... I cannot watch all this, I am not a lifeless corpse lying here to rot, I will die but I will bring that same peace and happiness back to the Underworld." He looked toward Indra, and as soon as Indra moved his hand forward to stop him, Mayur suddenly vanished from there.

Right there was Ritu, the general of the 'Mystic Web' army—height 6.6 feet, fair-skinned with red spots all over her body, and red eyes containing a black spider-web symbol. There were tears in Ritu's eyes and a fake smile on her face.

Ritu stood holding the soul chain and, looking towards where Mayur was standing, thought to herself, "Idiot Mayur, what is going on in your mind? Don't even think of doing anything... Indra, why didn't you stop him?" Near Ritu was Yam, the general of the 'Undead' army, whose height is seven feet, his entire body like lava stone with red light glowing in the cracks, eyes completely white with many small black and red dots inside them. Yam had his head bowed, tears in his eyes as he thought to himself, "We five generals were chosen so that the Underworld could run in peace, but we cannot even fulfill our duty. Those whom we were supposed to protect are dying because of our weakness."

Standing behind Yam was Anu, who controls time and looks like a small child. Anu comes from the 'Infinity' clan, a clan of devils who can control time. In the Infinity clan, when their power awakens, their age stops right there. And Anu had awakened this power at just nine years of age, making her the most powerful warrior of the Infinity clan.

However, their power only works on those less powerful than themselves. Anu stood with her head bowed, tears in her eyes as she thought to herself, "What is the use of my time control power when I cannot use it to make everything the way it was before?" On the other side, seeing the people being killed and watching them suffer, the King of Hell was laughing loudly.

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