Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Dongjiang covered her face and let out a long sigh.

If it were anywhere else, Dongjiang would praise the place for its well-established order, having evolved from a no-man's-land into an orderly gang society. But here, it's hell!

It's not that demons in hell don't need to live, but that's only if they do their jobs well!

Sinners, especially those who have never atoneed for their sins, do not deserve, nor should they have, a harmonious and peaceful life!

Thinking of this, Tsurugi's gaze turned much colder.

He seemed to have finally understood what he should do.

"Hey Emily, you're all right!!!"

Just then, a green-skinned, plant-like sinner-demon rushed out of the alleyway beside them and threw himself into Emily's arms, crying with certainty in his voice.

"I thought you'd died at the hands of those damned angels!!!"

"I'm fine, Honey, I'm fine."

With a satisfied, false smile on her face, the sinner Emily reached for her friend and partner and whispered...

"My Lord has given me great redemption, transforming me from a hopeless, hungry wolf into a pure lamb..."

"Emily?" Mi'er looked at the strange Emily in disbelief, then noticed Tsurugi beside her.

Wait, is this a living person?

This is the Pentagram City, so why is there a living human here?

Tsurugi looked at her, a strange smile on his face, and whispered...

"Look, another wolf covered in black, but it doesn't matter, let me clothe you in a pure sheepskin."

"Come, Honey, touch the Soul Stone and let our bodies be purified."

Suddenly, with that unsettling smile, Emily grabbed Mia's hand and pressed it against the crystal stone on her chest.

"No, no, no!!!" Millie instinctively felt uneasy, screaming and struggling as she looked at Emily's morbid smile.

But the next moment, her palm was pierced! As blood gushed out, Mi'er's eyes widened instantly.

"……Mother?"

She saw her mother, the one she had abandoned, who died alone in the house, and whose body she eventually sold to fund her drug habit.

“My dearest honey, my lovely little sparrow…”

Just like when she was a child, her mother gently stroked her cheek, and Mi'er, tears streaming down her face, murmured that she wanted to hug her mother.

"I now want you... to atone for your sins."

Mi'er opened her eyes, and the warmth she had just felt was instantly replaced by terror! What she saw in front of her was not her mother at all, but a twisted, maggot-infested, disgusting white corpse!

Mia screamed and tried to break free, but the hand that was touching her cheek was fused to her face and could not be separated!

"Let me go! Let me go! No!!!"

"Let you go? No, you made the decision. You've done a terrible job with your life, and ending up here is your consequence. I warned you, little sparrow."

The corpse with her mother's face grinned and spoke in a voice that drove her mad.

"Everything has a price, and you must now bear those prices until you have completed your atonement..."

The next moment, Mi'er felt countless maggots surge into her body through her mother's hands. She screamed, screaming endlessly amidst the countless maggots gnawing at her body, a dense, agonizing pain and itching!

"Spare me, let me go, please let me go!!!"

"No." Tsugumi looked at yet another sinner beginning to repent, and released her hand with satisfaction.

Punishing sinners always brings him pleasure.

Mi'er stood up, her face bearing an incredibly peaceful smile; anyone who saw her would think she was such a happy and serene person.

But only Tsurugi knew, only she knew, that there was no longer a soul in this demonic body.

Under the influence of the 'contract,' that fragile sinner's soul had penetrated deep into the soul stone on her chest, where it lost the powerful shell of the sinner demon and faced the pain of its sins with only its own soul.

She will be at that stone

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The village chief will continue to atone for his sins for a long time, until the day when the atonement is complete.

Dongjiang laughed gleefully, his long robe trailing behind him as he walked past the street corner, leading his two apostles into another chaotic neighborhood.

The plan has been decided; the first step is for him to become the ruler of this pentagram city.

Moreover, he wants to master a field that no one has ever mastered before... faith and religion!

He firmly believed that this would be very promising; after all, even in the deepest, darkest hell, demons have unrealistic dreams and hopes.

"Let the hungry wolf don human skin and mingle among sinners, sowing the seeds of hatred across this land that is destined to suffer!"

"I will 'redeem' this land!!!"

Trinity Kill Kill Kill: 512. [Hell Inn] Hellish Anecdotes and the Hellish Cathedral

"Once upon a time, there was a glittering city guarded by a golden gate, known as 'Heaven'. Heaven was ruled by pure and holy beings of light, who were angels who believed in goodness and protected everyone from evil."

"Lucifer was one of them; he was a dreamer who had fantastic ideas about everything in the world."

"But the elders of Heaven saw him as a troublemaker because they believed his way of thinking posed a danger to their world order."

"So he could only watch as the angels expanded the universe in their own way."

"The Lord created the world, and then used the dust of the world to create Adam and Lilith. They were equal and were the progenitors of mankind."

"Nevertheless, Adam wanted to take power, and Lilith refused to obey his wishes and fled Eden. Her strong independence attracted Lucifer to her side."

"These two rebellious dreamers fell deeply in love, and they wished to share the magic of free will with mankind, so they gave Adam's new wife Eve a fruit of knowledge."

"Eve accepted it gladly, but this gift also carried a curse, because this act of disobedience gave evil a way to invade the world. What followed was the invasion of darkness and evil."

"The order that Heaven has worked so hard to maintain has been broken. In order to punish Lucifer and his lover for their recklessness, Heaven cast them into the dark abyss created by Lucifer. From then on, he can only see the cruel and evil side of mankind and can no longer see their good side."

"Out of shame, Lucifer lost the will to dream, but Lilith thrived, using her voice and songs to empower demons. As the population of Hell increased, her power also grew."

"Heaven felt threatened by this, so every year they send an army to Hell to carry out a mass extermination. This ensures that Hell and its sinners will never be able to resist them."

After finishing reading, Tsurugi closed the storybook in front of him, paused for a moment, and commented.

“I must take this unofficial history back to Asmodeus and the others.”

He no longer wanted to complain.

What do you mean by Lucifer creating Hell? Do you call it creation if someone steps on your head, smashes you on the ground, and creates a crater?

What do you mean Lilith and Lucifer got together? Does Lucifer even have that kind of interest?

Well, Tsugumi had never actually met Lilith, but he had heard of this mysterious Queen of Hell.

She was shrouded in mystery. Dongjiang had never seen her before, only heard Asmodeus say that she was with Beelzebub.

The core protagonist of this story is Lilith, and it exudes a certain... female independence vibe.

Although Lilith was indeed given the status of 'the embodiment of female independence and primal power' in later literary works, becoming a female archetype symbolizing rebellion, awakening, and self-will, in the Bible she was indeed among those who were not worthy of sitting at the table—and strictly speaking, Lilith and Lucifer are both purely derivative works!

Of course, existence is existence, but Lucifer and Lilith getting together and having a child is still a bit too wild!

Even if you changed Lucifer to Samael, it would still be in line with Isaac's original work, wouldn't it?! Does Lucifer still have that kind of interest?

As for the part about the devil tempting Eve to eat the fruit, that is consistent with the original story. However, what is inconsistent with the original story is that Adam in this world does not seem to have eaten the fruit.

This is quite interesting. Is it actually an innocent Adam?

Are the prisons in this world really that tough? Adam was innocent twice and wasn't beaten to a pulp!

Wow—this is incredibly strong! Could it be that the reason Michael didn't want to come is because he couldn't cross the threshold of this world?

What does it mean that dark and evil forces are invading the world? Does it mean that people have started committing crimes? Or is something from outside our worldview getting involved?

There are many questions I want to understand, but—

Now, however, what lies before Tsurugi is something even more interesting to him.

“Lucifer and Lilith’s daughter, Shirley Morningstar.” Tsugumi looked at the book of hellish fairy tales in her hands, her expression as if she were looking at a rare animal.

"Well, no matter what, just seeing someone like this is enough to make the trip worthwhile for me."

"Hey, Jacob, do you know this princess of hell?" Tsugumi asked curiously, looking at the sinner kneeling before the long table not far away, wiping the church floor.

“My lord, she is a delusional, self-righteous, foolish, and naive young lady,” Jacob stood up and said respectfully but woodenly.

"This is a consensus among almost all the demons in Pentagram City."

"I heard she opened an inn to help you escape your sins and ascend to heaven?" Tsurugi asked with interest.

Have you tried it?

“I went there, and found nothing,” Jacob said calmly.

"To many, it was just a free shelter, but it was also terrifying. No one could sleep there for more than a few nights because terrifying things would roam around every night..."

"As for redemption, Shirley Morningstar only knows how to persuade us to do good, but never tells us how to truly leave hell."

"So in our eyes, she's nothing more than a despicable bitch who acts arrogantly because she's a princess."

"Ha, that sounds like a perfect fit for a naive and innocent female protagonist." Tsurugi put away the invitation in her hand, a playful expression on her face.

—But Tsurugi believed that Lao Lu's daughter must be extremely cunning!

Pretending to be naive and innocent? You've got some tricks up your sleeve!

"Send her an invitation. I'm going to meet this person who, like me, hopes to 'save' you."

Having said that, he stood up, abandoning all his playful mockery and cruelty, and continued to put on that compassionate saintly demeanor.

"Now, let me go to my lambs and explain to them my way of salvation..."

He walked barefoot out of the church doors, more than a month after he arrived at the Ring of Pride.

Whenever he looked back at his church, he felt an almost absurd sense of satisfaction. He had long known what his creation would look like, but when he actually saw it standing on this land soaked in sulfur and sin, the intense sense of incongruity still made him want to laugh.