Chapter 18

I cried. Watching a dagger plunge into your heart isn’t the most pleasant sight. In this world, there was only one friend… "You must die here." It hurts… My heart aches, snot runs, my head throbs. It was just a fleeting moment of despair.

You were sacrificed during the ritual.

Your soul has been sent to Hell.

No respawn point available. If you die in Hell, your soul will be transferred to the Domain Lord’s Soul Crystal and used as an energy source.

World Order Structure Shift: Level 5.

Demonification: 0.01%

Your soul is bound to this world. Your flesh is adapting to the World Order’s structure.

5th-Order Limiter active.

Damage taken: 500 HP (Ignored: 421 HP)

121/200 HP

Tears streamed from my eyes, dripping onto the ashes. Rage, fury, horror, fear. I’m scared. The betrayal hurts—my whole body aches.

Damage taken: 500 HP (Ignored: 421 HP)

42/200 HP

Minor Heal! Minor Heal! Minor Heal!

Vitality +1

Damage taken: 500 HP (Ignored: 421 HP)

84/200 HP

Weird… My vitality is increasing, but I’ve already hit my natural limit. If I don’t keep healing constantly, I’ll die in three seconds. And where am I?

Damage taken: 500 HP (Ignored: 421 HP)

52/200 HP

Thoughts of growing vitality distracted me from my anguish. Minor Heal! Minor Heal! I was in the Ashen Fields—lakes and rivers of lava stretched around me, with patches of plants and even trees. Mini-map!

Current Location: 1st Circle of Hell. Limbo.

The Ashen Fields.

"Well, that’s one hell of a book I picked up…" I wanted to both cry and laugh. There are no humans here… There will be no humans. Exactly what I wanted—ha-ha-ha-ha… It was laughter through tears.

Forced teleportation to personal virtual space.

Initiator: Eliza Donovan.

Commencing in: 10…9…8…7…3…2…1 second.