Super Science
Ch 96: Research Log; Heaven and Hell (Top Secret)
This is Doctor Izuku Midoriya coming to report and shed light on a discovery that was made quite recently within our facility. This topic is top secret and will be kept under lock and key, only to be known and accessed by few people. With the permission of Professor Egon, I have been given sole authority to look into this topic and many questions regarding it.
To briefly summarize what this is about, a few weeks ago, a few colleagues of ours, who shall remain nameless, managed to create a device that can break the barrier of space-time, allowing for interdimensional portals to be opened. The first and only successful connection just so happened to open a direct gateway to hell itself. And I don't mean that symbolically, metaphorically, poetically, or any other kind of way. I literally mean actual hell itself! One of its more…friendly denizens managed to escape, and he sits here with me now. I shall now turn over to our newest resident, Dante. Um, Dante…you can stop playing with the mic; you'll break it.
What, huh, oh, sorry. This is the first time I've seen something like this. It's so fascinating!
That's great to hear, but let's stay focused. I have many questions, and I have another question after you.
Right, sorry! Hi, my name is Dante and I-!
You don't have to speak so loud or so close to the mic, Dante. Just back up, relax, and talk usually. It'll pick up your voice.
I'm Dante, and I currently live and work for N.I.P. and I'm a Cambion.
What exactly is a Cambion, and how are they made?
Well, when a human, usually a female, wants power, wealth, or something else. She'll invoke the powers of hell to summon a demon to make a deal. Then they'll…copulate, and nine months later, a Cambion is born…sometimes.
What do you mean by sometimes?
Well, it's all a matter of chance. Sometimes, the human will die from the copulation. Sometimes, the baby will die before it's born. Sometimes, it'll be born with mental or physical defects, which is the whole reason humans have those. Only ten percent of the time, a Cambion is born and then exchanged for whatever the person wants. Then, they are taken to hell and raised until they are old enough to work, where they do so until their demise. We work in many different fields across hell, and because of the work and the fact it's hell, the mortality rate is very high.
Um…moving on. Do all Cambion have supernatural powers inherited from their demonic parentage?
It depends on what kind of demon you're related to, but yes, we are all born with supernatural abilities. Shared abilities include supernatural strength, speed, endurance, stamina, reaction time, and healing. Then, of course, there is flight, minor shapeshifting, and natural defenses like fangs, horns, claws, hooves, wing spurs, and sharp tails. I personally can control and breathe fire.
Do you know how many are left?
Last I heard, it was only a few dozen, but that's sugarcoating it. After humans no longer believed in hell and couldn't correctly open gateways, my kind has been on the steady decline for a while. It got to the point that all Calbion had to stay with their infernal parent and work directly under them.
So when that other demon tried to come through…that was your dad!?
In a sense, yes.
I remember you telling me about how your "dad" was a first-generation demon. What exactly does that mean?
Well, that's quite a can of worms to open. But you know how a third of the angelic army was evicted from heaven and became demons?
Uh-huh.
Like most spurned people, they wanted revenge but couldn't due to their numbers. Sure, demons were much more unrestrained from their metaphorical leash to God, but they didn't have full use of their once mighty power. So the only thing left to do was increase their numbers.
And that's how humans and demons started to…cavort with one another?
At first, but like I said, the chance of that success was slim. So, they instead started to breed amongst one another.
Hold on. You said that angels and demons alike were spiritual beings, meaning they have no physical form. Therefore, there is no way to reproduce. So, how did they do the deed?
While that's true, many, if not all, demons can shapeshift. So, they took forms that were more equivalent to something with a physical body and then made babies. At first, they had great success, but then things started to slow down after a few generations of this.
In what way?
Well, when a spiritual being reproduces, it takes on a more physical form and, by extension, the same traits. So, each generation after that becomes more and more of a physical being rather than a spiritual being until it's little more than a hyper-powerful mortal creature. They eventually stopped counting the generations after the tenth. They also become so much weaker with each generation that some of the weakest can be bested with mortal weapons.
And…what generation are you again?
I am a second generation, so I'm at the highest I can be. But I'm still lower than the tenth-generation demons due to my half-human origins.
Okay, next question: what do you know of hell specifically? Does Satan truly rule over it?
Yes, to an extent. There are nine rings of hell, each stacked on top of the last, and each one is more horrible than the last: Limbo, Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Envy, Sloth, and Treachery. Each one is ruled over by a prince, with the exception of Limbo, Pride, and Treachery. The first has no ruler, and the other two are ruled by Lucifer himself.
Lucifer rules two rings of hell?
Yes.
He's a prince?
Yes.
And it's king?
Yes.
This is a lot to take in at once, but how does he rule two rings?
Well, Lucifer's true form remains imprisoned in Treachery, while his aspect rules pride, standing above all else, so to speak.
Can you tell me who or what rules over the other rings of hell?
Well, Lucifer or Satan, whichever you want to call him, rules over Pride and Treachery. Asmodas rules Lust. Gluttony has Beelzebub. Mammon has Greed. Baphmot rules Wrath. Envy has Leviathan. And finally, Sloth is ruled or looked over by Balphgor.
Next question: Many human works throughout history have included stipulations regarding heaven, hell, and the first man. There were many stipulations regarding the first woman.
Oh! I know what this is about! You think Lilith was the first woman but rejected Adam and yada yada, right?
Yes.
Lilith was just another demon who tricked some humans into thinking she was the first woman. After that, she garnered the attention and affection of Lucifer, becoming his bride and then proceeding to have thousands of demonic children.
Wow, so Eve really was the first woman?
First and original.
If you can, could you describe the rings of hell?
Limbo is the least worst part of hell. It's a never-ending network of caves where souls wander around eternally and seek out God. It's usually reserved for those who lived good lives but lacked any relationship with God. So, pagans and atheists get out there. But sometimes, they can try to build a relationship, allowing them to go to purgatory.
Purgatory?
The place between heaven and earth. It's where people who believe in God but have sinned in life have yet to be forgiven. Then there's Pride, one of the depictions of hell I'm sure you're familiar with. But in truth, it's more like a torturous waiting room.
Waiting room?
Yes, the souls of those deserving hell are meant to sit and wait their turn to be judged by Lucifer himself and thrown into whatever ring they most deserve. Lust is a never-ending whirlwind that souls are whisked around in an uncomfortable orgasm that never ends. In Glutton, souls are eaten by demons only to reform from whatever is left. Greed is where souls are melted in pots of gold, and any who claw out are pushed back in. Wrath is the more iconic description of hell, brimstone fire, eternal torment, and all that. That's where I'm from.
Interesting.
Envy is an endless sea of drowning and being swallowed by giant fish demons. Sloth is a place where souls are forced to run away from demons as they chase them through an endless flat plain, though the demons are slow and lazy.
That doesn't sound too bad.
Have you ever had one of those dreams where no matter how fast you run, you never get anywhere? Well, that's what those souls experience alongside eternal exhaustion. Then there's Treachery, a frozen wasteland where souls eternally shiver and freeze solid.
Wow.
But like I said before, hell changes to best torture a soul.
What about animals, children, and babies?
They're all pure, so they go straight up the stairs.
Speaking of such, what do you know about heaven?
Very little. I've heard stories from other demons in hell back when they were angels.
Demons were Angels!?
Of course. God would never create something evil. When Lucifer and his army rebelled against heaven, they were cast out from the holy land and became the demons of today.
I remember you mentioning something about Nephilim the last time we spoke. Can you tell me more about them?
They're kind like me, except they're half-angel instead of half-demon.
So, humans and angles…?
Yes, for a time until it was outlawed precisely because of them.
I don't quite understand.
Okay, well, unlike a human-demon relationship, a human-angel relationship will always produce a nephilim 100% of the time. And that's where the problems arise.
Explain.
Angels are far stronger than demons; that's just a fact. And humans are given total freedom to pursue or do whatever they want and are forgiven for their transgressions instead of being punished on the spot. So, provide near-unlimited power to a being with the sinful and wicked mindset of a human with total freedom, and what do you get?
Shit.
Shit is right. When the Nephilim started popping up, they caused more irreparable damage than any demon or even Lucifer did. Being on earth, they had full range to do what they wanted with very few consequences and all the power to make it so, which is actually where all other religions come into play.
What do you mean?
Any human who didn't know about Nephilim, all of them, saw them as gods. Greek, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Aztec, Native American, Chinese, Japanese, you name it. All their gods were just zealous Nephilim taking up the names given to them by the local populace. Doing what they want, getting what they want, and generally just making a mess. It's also where the many stories of demigods and modern interpretations of angels and cherubs come from since the Nephilim committed every atrocity under the sun, including hedonism.
That's why so many gods throughout so many religions are seen as…
Assholes?
So the many series of the gods are just…
Romanticized garbage forced by the Nephilim themselves? Yep. It got so bad that the big G man himself gave instructions to his angels to go and slaughter them. That kicked off the 1,000-year half-blood war.
So the Angels killed the Nephilim. Even the parents?!
No, they were imprisoned within heaven for causing that mess. But while the Nephilim were nearly as powerful as the angels, they didn't have the years of battle prowess and numbers of the angels of heaven. It took a while…a long while—but the last of the Nephilim were slain. Their influence on humanity was already rooted deep. But many of those old religions died out one way or another. Now, it's seen as more of a novelty in today's time.
That's…a lot to take in. And you're sure none of them left?
Not a single one. Nephilim had many angelic powers but couldn't do everything angels could, such as interdimensional travel.
And the Nephilim…they had souls, right?
Yep, and not surprisingly, they all came to hell, where each and every one of them resided in Treachery.
Wow. I was not as prepared for this as I thought.
I don't think anyone is.
Say, you think I'll get into heaven. Right?
I can't say. That's God's decision. But you have…potential. I guess…I hope.
Well, that'll end our day of questioning. Thanks for agreeing to do this again, Dante. This is Doctor Izuku Midoriya signing off for now and saying…I think I should change my religion.
Hello everyone! Yes, yes, I know it's been an ungodly long time since I've posted, and Im sorry. But like I explained I was trying g my hand at writing my own book. And I can safely say that I am finished! Yay! The full story is posted up on Webnovel under the title of I Love My Life As A Baker In Another World, so check it out. The last few chapters will be posted on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I plan to get the book published with some connections I have, so I'll post on here and my other stories if and when it is, so fingers crossed. Also, I have one other announcement. Since I've been writing my book, I paid for the full services of Grammarly to make sure every chapter was up to snuff. Anyhow what this means is Im going to take on the realistic and herculean task of going back through all my old chapters and give them a polishing. And yes, I do mean ALL of my chapters in ALL of my stories, so wish me luck and my sanity as I do that. Also, I do have a few chapters for Super Science already made in my spare time, so those will go up throughout the week till there aren't anymore. After which, I'll alternate between polishing my stories and book and writing new chapters for my stories.
So thank you all for waiting and reading, and have a Plus Ultra day!
