Kcalb had looked everywhere, the castle, the gardens, the village, the graveyard and even the forests, but there was no sign of his mischievous god.
He stopped on top of his favorite viewing spot at night, A cliff that gave a clear and picturesque view of the moon. The devil was tired, but he was still determined to find the god. Looking at the moon with hopeful eyes, he made a small wish.
"Please...let me find Etihw..." He whispered lightly. He was regretting everything he didn't do. "Maybe if I didn't leave her she would be here, safe and protected and-"
"Kcalb. "
The devil snapped out of his regretful thoughts and turned to see who called his name, hoping it was the one he wanted to see.
"Oh... Reficul..." He said with a minimal hint of disappointment.
"Kcalb, Etihw has gotten herself into a whole mess that needs you. "
The devil's eyes widened
"Ho-"
"No time to explain. Follow me. "
The demon opened a portal that showed a bright fiery hallway with a gloomy world at the end.
Kcalb gave no question. At this point, he was desperate to know how Etihw was doing. The duo jumped in with no hesitation and began to sprint to the end.
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"Hnggh..."
The god woke up with a fuzzy head. Everything she looked at was blurry. She tried to move her hands to rub her eyes, but felt them to be somewhat stuck. She blinked a few times to clear her vision. Once she could finally see clearly, she slowly looked around.
"No!"
Etihw was on the roof of the world's castle. The cold castle stone supported her knees as her hands were straddled up towards the sky. There was nothing supporting the black chains that held her, they were only floating in thin air. Around her hands she felt coldness and slime, but when she tried to break loose it was as tough as steel. Still, she kept fidgeting to try and escape. The black chains tightened the more she tried to free herself.
"Try as you will god, but you'll only hurt yourself the more you try. "
Etihw looked up to see the person she was expecting. She gave them a dark expression.
"Ivlis. "
"Glad you remember, Etihw. " He smirked at the god. Oh how Etihw wanted to tear that smile right of his foolish face.
"Let me go Ivlis! "
"And why should I? I'm making the most of this moment." He chuckled. He went up to Etihw and held her chin up lightly. She looked at him furiously.
"Come on little god, lighten up will you? Hehehe. "
He stepped back, excitedly awaiting to see the reaction of the god.
Trying to be sneaky, Etihw tried to direct one of her diamonds towards the devil. It aimed flimsily. Ivlis dodged it with little effort.
"Well you're no fun. "
"Tch! Now what? Going to attack me? Kcalb will come and defeat you again. This time, you won't have any powers defending you!"
"That's where you're wrong Etihw. " He went up to her and held her chin up again, this time forcefully. "You see that passing demon trapped me in the dungeon with a seal I knew too well, so it was easy to decipher and reverse the seal. After which I began exploring the world. At first the monsters here were hostile towards me, but soon I was able to control them and this whole world."
He let go of the god's chin but still faced her closely.
"It took months to master this world's power, but soon enough I did it, and now it's as if the whole world runs through me. "
His smile faded to a dark expression. "But it isn't enough to escape this dreadful place, and so I began to devise a plan, but it just needed one little event to occur, and when you came in I knew exactly why. "
