American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 388 The deceased's emotions were relatively stable.
Lilith, who hasn't appeared in a long time, strolls through a gray world.

This world is very strange; the overall tone is gray, giving it an old and worn feel, as if a BBC underworld filter has been applied.

Every now and then, bewildered figures would suddenly appear around Lilith.

These people wouldn't react at all even if they saw the beautiful Lilith; they were like a bunch of idiots.

As mentioned before, Earth is connected to many different worlds, among which Heaven and Hell are quite famous.

These two worlds have been closely connected with Earth since ancient times, and continue to this day.

But not everyone goes to heaven or hell after they die.

After all, those who can enter heaven are devout and kind believers, while those who go to hell are evil people who have committed crimes.

The world is mostly populated by ordinary believers who fall somewhere in between. They are neither high enough to enter heaven and be responsible to God, nor high enough to go to hell and be punished. Therefore, they need an independent space to live in so as not to disturb the world of the living by staying in the human realm.

This place is called Limbo.

The Book of Spirits may sound like it's related to hell, but the two are actually completely different.

According to Christian tradition, this is the place where those who died without receiving the Gospel of Jesus but without committing any sins reside.

Similar descriptions exist in other myths and legends, where the Spirit Book Prison is referred to as the Underworld, the Gray Realm, or the Kingdom of the Dead.

Although the names are different, they all mean the same thing: the place where the souls of the dead reside.

The bewildered people who suddenly appeared around Lilith earlier were actually the souls of those who had just died.

Those who do not follow the three Abrahamic religions will not be extradited to heaven for judgment, so they will go directly to the Book of Souls.

Because they lack the guidance of angels, these souls will be lost for a period of time.

Fortunately, after tens of thousands of years of development, the Spirit Book Prison has also developed a special force unique to this world, namely the Underworld Police Department.

The Underworld Police Department is similar to a police department on Earth, responsible for maintaining order in the Spirit Book Hell and guiding the recently deceased souls to live normally in the Spirit Book Hell.

Well, the word "life" might seem a bit strange in the Spirit Book Prison, since there are no living people here.

Occasionally, souls from the Underworld may escape to the human world through certain means, and the police of the underworld are responsible for bringing these souls back.

Lilith, guided by some mysterious force, arrived at a place that resembled an underground passage.

At that moment, two uniformed underworld police officers appeared, and Lilith quickly hid herself.

After signing a contract with Elizabeth, Lilith's illusionary abilities were greatly enhanced, and now even Roy's Eye of Truth might not be able to see through her illusions.

Two underworld police officers, one tall and thin, the other short and stout, chatted as they entered the underground passage.

"Nick, have you heard? The Archmage of the Underworld has escaped from prison!"

"What did you say? Real or fake?"

The tall, thin underworld policeman nodded repeatedly.

“It’s absolutely true. When I went to see my boss Proctor this morning, I saw her signing an arrest warrant with the image of the Underworld Archmage on it!”

Upon hearing this, the short, stout underworld policeman's face contorted in shock.

"What the hell! I'm doomed! I feel like my vacation is going to be ruined again this year! Damn it! My wife is definitely going to divorce me if this keeps up!"

The tall, thin underworld policeman looked at his partner strangely.

"Chloe, I've always been curious, why would you, after being dead for so long, want to enter the grave of marriage again? Didn't you suffer enough while you were alive?"

"You don't understand! I've gotten used to married life. If there's no one nagging me, I feel uncomfortable! Wait, I think I smell some living beings in the air. That's strange!"

The short, stout underworld policeman sniffed, as if he had smelled something.

This made Lilith, who was hiding in the corner, a little nervous. She hadn't entered the Spirit Book Hell for thousands of years, so she didn't know much about the current situation there.

Quickly use magic to get rid of the smell on your body.

When Lilith was still active, the Spirit Prison didn't actually have that many people, so its development was naturally slower.

However, over thousands of years, the human population has expanded repeatedly, which has led to a rapid expansion of the souls in the Spirit Book Hell as well.

Today, the number of souls residing in Hell far exceeds the total population of Earth.

However, there's no way around it; although the soul will eventually perish, its lifespan is far longer than that of the living.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, a soul can exist in the Prison of Spirits for several hundred years without any problem. If it is the soul of a wizard or witch, it is not surprising that it can exist for thousands of years.

Therefore, the population of the Spirit Book Prison will only increase, and it is impossible for it to decrease on a large scale.

"Chloe, are you sure you smelled it right? Or is that new soul still carrying some of the aura of the living because it just died?"

The short, stout underworld policeman rubbed his nose, his expression somewhat uncertain.

"Maybe? We can't smell it anymore! Let's go, let's finish our work quickly today, and hopefully we won't run into the Grand Wizard of the Underworld!"

The two underworld police searched the passage for a while and soon found a confused old man.

The old man picked up a mop from somewhere and was now cleaning the passageway on his own initiative.

"Let me see the photo—Kurt Gerrard, a janitor, this must be him!"

The tall, thin underworld policeman pulled out a card and waved it in front of the old man. The man's eyes quickly regained their clarity, and then he looked around in a panic.

"Where is this place? Who are you?"

The short, stout underworld policeman pulled out an identification card.

"We are the police of the underworld, and this is the Hell of Souls. Mr. Kurt Gerald, you died suddenly while on duty, and your soul has now entered the Hell of Souls. Please come with us to the Underworld Police Department to register your identity!"

After the two underworld police officers explained the situation, the deceased accepted reality.

Most of the deceased are in relatively stable emotional states, but occasionally some may be more emotionally agitated due to reasons related to their lives.

In such situations, the underworld police can only use violence to stabilize the deceased's emotions.

Overall, however, the job of the underworld police is relatively easy.

After all, the most dangerous of the dead are usually sent directly to Hell, so the souls that come to the Hell of Spirits can't be too bad.

On the contrary, wizards or people with superpowers often manage to sneak into the Underworld through various means, causing trouble for the police.

When they encounter such stowaways, the Underworld Police Department will issue an arrest warrant, arrest them, and send them back to the human world.

Those who commit particularly egregious acts of illegal immigration will be sent to prison.

Lilith reappeared only after the underworld police had left with the new soul.

"I didn't expect the Spirit Book Prison to have developed to this extent. Interesting!"

If she didn't have other things to do, Lilith really wanted to observe the operation of the Underworld Police Department in the Spirit Book Hell.

"Forget it, let's find that guy first."

Shaking her head, Lilith continued walking in one direction, following her senses.

Not long after, Lilith discovered a hidden warehouse filled with strange and unusual things, including mannequins, various human organs soaked in strange liquids, and even some oddly shaped machines.

However, Lilith's target was not these things; her gaze fell on a few unremarkable wooden boxes on the shelf.

Lilith opened one of the wooden boxes and saw half of a woman's face.

"Dorothy, I never expected you to look so disheveled!"

"You are... Lilith?"

"Yes, it's me!"

(Dorothy, played by Monica Bellucci, from The Wizard)
“Your body…” The woman called Dorothy was clearly also a witch, so she could tell at a glance that Lilith was not human, but a puppet.

"Don't mention it, it's a long story. If you're interested, I can tell you about it later. Do you need my help now?"

"No need! I can manage on my own!"

Dorothy's half-face emerged directly from the wooden box, and she struggled to piece herself back together, trying to control her fragmented body.

Lilith shook her head helplessly.

"Tsk tsk! You're still so competitive! We've been friends for so many years, helping each other out won't hurt!"

Upon hearing this, Dorothy paused for a moment before speaking.

"Alright then, please sew my body back together!"

"This is nothing, please wait a moment!"

The camera cuts back to Roy, who has just finished a fierce battle.

Despite Elise's efforts to restrain her desires, she still succumbed to sensual pleasures under the influence of Roy, the embodiment of desire.

They eventually succeeded in climbing the world's highest peak.

[Ding! You have obtained Elise's Conquest Chest! Open it?]

[Ding! You have obtained the Uriel Conquest Treasure Chest! Open it?]

Just like with Michael, Roy got two Conquest Chests at once.

After the battle, Roy silently looked at Elise on the table, unsure of what to say.

Elise was also exhausted, and if Elizabeth hadn't forced her eyes open, she probably wouldn't have dared to look at Roy.

"Roy, why don't you continue? Is it too late already?"

Roy frowned and looked at Elizabeth. The King of Sloth had just given Elise a simple treatment, stabilizing her condition, but had not completely cured her.

"Didn't you say you'd heal Elise after I defiled her?"

"Ha! You call that little case blasphemy? Roy, the blasphemy I'm talking about is much more serious!"

Elizabeth increased the stakes at the last minute, but Roy didn't have a better solution.

Just as I was hesitating, Elise spoke up.

“Mr. Black, do what you want to do. I can handle it! The filth of the flesh cannot cover up the purity of the soul. As long as I stay true to myself, there will be no problem.”

Elizabeth looked at Elise with a smile.

"Uriel, you seem to be in pretty good spirits! You can even say something like that! Here, have a taste!"

Elizabeth suddenly grabbed Roy, who stepped forward and silenced Iris with a kiss.

Neither Roy nor Elise expected Elizabeth to do this, and as a result, she succeeded.

Elise's eyes widened. Some of the ingredients were clearly beyond her tolerance, but Elizabeth was still pushing.

Elise was completely speechless.

“Ms. Elizabeth, this…”

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

To be honest, being able to do whatever he wanted to an angel with a holy face, even if the physical sensation was a little lacking, Roy would definitely feel extremely satisfied.

However, there were some things Roy was too embarrassed to say.

Elizabeth saw through Roy's thoughts and began to patiently guide him.

"Roy, if it feels good, just do it! Don't worry about anything else!"

Roy knew it was wrong to do this. If you do something just because it feels good, then what's the difference between you and a wild animal?
However, at this moment, Roy couldn't resist his instincts, so he asked Elise to help him clean up.

Elise clearly had something to say, but unfortunately her mouth was gagged and she couldn't say anything, nor could she move her body. She could only let Elizabeth and Roy do as they pleased.

Thus, Elizabeth continued to entice Roy to keep the battle going from day to night, and from night to dawn.

To be honest, Elizabeth, with a beaming smile, looked even more excited than Elise, giving the impression that she was the one who had been fighting Roy all day.

"Ms. Elizabeth, are you satisfied now?"

Elizabeth smiled broadly, as if bathed in a spring breeze.

"Yes, I'm very satisfied!"

"Then can you treat Ms. Elise?"

"Huh? You didn't know? Actually, when you finished fighting Elise for the second time, I had already resolved her physical problems."

Roy glanced sideways, his expression somewhat speechless.

Elizabeth had only used this tactic once before, when Roy was marked by Mammon and the King of Sloth helped him remove the mark.

I didn't expect Elizabeth to do it again today.

"Ms. Elizabeth, why didn't you say so sooner?"

Elizabeth wore a mocking expression.

"I saw that you and Uriel looked like you were enjoying yourselves, so I didn't have the heart to disturb you."

Who exactly is looking so pleased?

Roy stared speechlessly at Elizabeth. The witch was incredibly shameless, completely unconcerned about his gaze.

However, to be fair, Elise's will did seem to be somewhat broken in the latter half of the story.

It is obvious that the human body is different from the body of an angel.

Angels are purely spiritual beings, so their will can determine everything.

But humans are different; humans are easily influenced by the physical body, so driven by the senses, Elise seems to show signs of falling into depravity.

This may be Elizabeth's purpose.

As a female demon lord, is there anything more satisfying than corrupting angels?
However, Elizabeth was not satisfied with this.

"Little Roy, do you still have the ability to continue fighting?"

At a time like this, Roy couldn't possibly say he couldn't do it.

"We'd fight for another day without any problem!"

Elizabeth licked her lips and looked at Roy.

"Then come on!"

"Wait, what about Elise?"

"Just leave it to Elaresa! Elaresa, help the Archangel clean up his body, then come find us!"

"Yes, Mother Elizabeth!"

Elresa looked at Iris, who was covered in plain soy milk, and licked her lips.

"We can't waste so much of this precious stuff!"

(End of this chapter)