Chapter 37: The Eighteen Hells (Revised Version)
Kareta felt a chaos in her mind, as if she had no thoughts, no consciousness, and just obeyed the force, unable to struggle or shout as she drifted along.
During the fall, she saw a terrifying picture:
It was full of ugly-looking people, men and women, old men and children. They are tall and short, and their skin is as cold as ashes, but they are all unclothed, and they are described as haggard and sad.
Some strange-looking monsters came up and broke open the mouths of those people without saying a word, clamped their tongues with iron tongs, and then plucked them out alive......
Kareta was so frightened that her eyes went dark, and she almost fainted.
Kareta was so frightened that her eyes went dark, and she almost fainted. In the fog, she caught a glimpse of a figure in the crowd of prisoners, which seemed to be very familiar.
Yusia!
Kareta opened her mouth in dismay, but she couldn't scream out the shock inside.
She remembered that woman, she was Yusia Kamenia, the wealthy daughter of a wealthy lady who was once glamorous and extravagant, but died tragically at her wedding because of the jealousy of the groom's ex-girlfriend!
Why is she here? She's not...... Already dead?
With doubts in her mind, Kareta boldly continued to watch as the demons pressed Eusea to the ground.
Then, one of the moclaws stretched out two large steel clips and pulled Yusia's mouth open, while the other grabbed the steel tongs and smashed them into her mouth, pinching her tongue and stretching it hard. With a groan of pain, the executioner pulled the steel pincers from his claws with force, and Yusia's entire tongue was pulled out of the mouth.
"Ahh
Two terrifying screams overlapped, and the voices were released by the frightened Kareta and the near-fainting Eusea.
"Why...... Why ......"
Kareta muttered to herself with tears, empathizing with the pain of Yusia's tongue pulling, but there was nothing she could do, so she could only watch as the tortured her mouth was a blur of flesh and blood, and her whole body was soft on the ground as if her skeleton was dissolved, and she kept convulsing while sweating all over her body.
Kareta couldn't understand why the underworld under Hades, the king of Hades, had such cruel and harsh punishments. Who are those who have been tortured, and why is Yusia, who has already been murdered by others, here again?
"It's called the hell of tongue pulling. β
Hades's voice rang in Carette's ears, as if she was in touch with her, so she sensed the doubts and uneasiness of her inner world.
"Tongue pulling...... Hell?"
"Yes, the hell of the tongue is set up for those who like to lie and sow discord in their lives. β
"Before you died......? Those people are ......," Carreta listened in horror.
"That's right, they're all necromancy! Those who can enter the gates of my underworld will definitely not be alive, except for the Titans and the Netherworld!"
Hades explained in the affirmative.
"But why did Yusia suffer this punishment?"
"Eusea Kamenia was born into a family of jewelers, and in the competition in the industry, she used dishonorable means to suppress her opponents, her private life was chaotic, she slandered others, and broke up her lovers, which indirectly caused the karma of abortion, and the karma created by that clever tongue can only be repaid by that tongue. β
"At the beginning, she died tragically on the day of her wedding, isn't it enough to pay for the mistakes she made?"
"Of course it's not enough! Those who do not believe in karmic retribution and do not think about cultivating, whether they are alive or dead, will be punished by the corresponding criminal department of the prefecture to compensate for their karmic retribution, and some will endure a life of pain and suffering even if they are reborn to continue to compensate for the sins of their previous lives. You see, the woman's punishment is not over!"
At Hades' prompting, Kareta continued to watch patiently.
At this time, Yusia, who had just lost her tongue, turned over the flesh and blood in her mouth, and then another tongue grew.
Before Kareta could make a surprised expression, the two demons who had just tortured Eusea moved on her again. As a result, the bloody and tragic scene was staged again.
Caret watched thrillingly. It was as if some kind of spell had been cast on Yusia in front of her, and the tongue in her mouth had been plucked out over and over again by the demons, and then it had grown out over and over again......
Every time she was tortured, she would open her mouth and scream with her mouth wide open, and her voice would make people hairy. And that tragic scene of the performance seems to never end, like an endless cycle of life, repeating endlessly......
Carette finally couldn't take it anymore and twisted her head to the side:
"It's cruel......"
"There is no such thing as 'cruel' or 'cruel'!"
Her whispering was easily captured by Hades, who was immediately a little dissatisfied, and retorted to her in an accentuated tone:
"In this world, there is only 'justice' and 'injustice'!"
As soon as Hades' angry words fell, Yusia suddenly twisted her stiff neck and turned her face straight at Karet, who was hanging upside down, and there was no pupil in her bloodshot yellow eyes, which almost caused Kareta to scream again.
Yusia seemed to have discovered Karete, she suddenly came with strength, pushed away the demon who was escorting her, and stood up straight and went straight to Karete, her expression was like crying and laughing, extremely twisted and terrifying.
"Help me...... Help me, please help meβ"
Her hands were drenched in blinding blood, and she rushed towards Karete, and the sound of Yang Yang asking for help came out of her empty mouth like a burst of out-of-tune orchestral music, and she felt goosebumps all over her body.
Seeing that Eusea was getting closer to her, Kareta was so frightened that she almost lost her breath. She wanted to scream, but her throat was blocked by extreme fear, and she couldn't make a sound.
When he was at a loss, the scene in front of him turned, and Yusia and the demons were gone.
In the midst of the smoke, a group of people appeared in front of Karet, surrounded by a group of magicians with iron scissors and a blade-sharp iron tree.
The mocha pulled a few people in front of Kareta's eyes, and with a few "clicks" of the scissors, all ten of their fingers were cut off.
The painful wails were endless, and those who had been punished fell to the ground on the spot, rolling and struggling, like dying maggots, which made people disgusting and frightened.
The demons refused to stop there, and dragged a group of people, despite their pleading and struggle, pressed their bodies and stabbed hard iron hooks directly into their backs, the tips of which pierced through the skin of their chests. A group of blood-drenched bodies mixed with howls were suspended by the demons in chains and hung alive from those strange iron trees.
"Hades...... Hades ...... Where is this?"
Kareta was visibly powerless to resist the bloody scene in front of her, and she asked in a trembling voice.
"Scissors Hell, Iron Tree Hell!"
Hades' voice rang out out of thin air. Sounds calm
As always:
"A person who trafficked in human beings in the world, forced a good person to become a prostitute~, and instigated others to commit adultery with others, was cut off his fingers in the hell of scissors after his death. Those who did not honor their parents and did not get along with their brothers and sisters during their lifetime will be punished in the Iron Tree Hell after death!"
"I ...... I don't want to look any further!" Carete cried out as she closed her eyes in fright.
"Okay! Let's go!"
As soon as the Hades finished speaking, Kareta felt her body hanging upside down in the air and continue to fall downward. A moment later, when she was still again, the strange sounds of whimpering in her ears forced her to open her eyes again.
One by one, the naked people were being carried into a huge metal steamer by the demons, and the green flames under the steamer were burning brightly, and the steamer was constantly steam with white flowers.
"Quick...... Run!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Kareta screamed in terror to warn the naked people.
"Don't be in vain, messenger! they can't hear you. β
Hades' voice rang out.
Sure enough, tragedy continued to unfold amid Karete's hoarse cries.
The monsters placed the men in the steamer and immediately sealed the lid, and in a short time there was a "crackling" sound and hissing sound coming from the sealed metal steamer.
"Stop...... Stop! What is this doing!"
Kareta was shocked, and she couldn't help but think of the scene when she was steaming crabs at home. The naked people in front of her were like crabs suffering in a steamer, and she couldn't vomit when she saw a storm rolling in her stomach.
"Steamer hell is a criminal division set up for people who don't do their jobs on weekdays, like their parents' shortcomings, and spread false rumors. β
Hades finished speaking calmly, and the picture in Karete's eyes then changed:
Countless cauldrons stood on the scarlet flames, and the hot oil in the pots was boiling, and from time to time they bulged round bubbles one after another. Hot oil smoke swept through the air, and the fishy smell almost stunned Karet. She watched as a group of demons lifted some people up and threw them into the cauldron of hot oil, and the oil splashed even more rapidly.
After a sharp sound, the person who was thrown into the oil pan instantly became a flat piece. The demons held a steel fork and plunged into the oil, scooped up the person who was fried into oil flakes, shook it a few times out of thin air, and the oil flakes that came into contact with the cold air slowly expanded, and after a while, he became the person just now, and then the demons moved him into the oil pot again, and so on, and the cycle repeated......
The smoke rose and fell, and countless glow-green flames were dotted with stars, jumping and flying at will. In the midst of the brilliance, the ugliness of the monsters and the sad faces of the inmates were very prominent and distinct.
What the hell is this...... Where!
Carette was drowsy by the horrific sight, and was constantly awakened by the incessant howls of angry scolding in her ears. Knowing that no matter how much she could, she couldn't avoid these horrific pictures, so she had to be bold enough to continue watching:
The high icebergs are filled with naked and frozen people, and in the boulder craters, there are people dying and struggling. They were crushed by stones, their limbs decomposed, their bowels burst, and their blood and filth~ were all over the pit. In the boiling pool of blood, people scrambled to be the first, and people turned on their backs. They squeezed each other's bodies in a vain attempt to climb ashore, but they couldn't......
"Emissary, do you recognize the man pushing the stone in front of you?"
Hades's question caused Carette to look far away, a burly man pushing a large boulder with both hands trying to climb a steep mountain.
"Sijuphus?" Karet recognized him.
Sijuphus was born in the mythical age of the Titans, and was the king of the kingdom of Corinth.
Kamidai, who became arrogant due to his resourcefulness, once kidnapped Danadus, the god of death, Hades' loyal retain, in order to make the world free of death.
Eventually, his foolishness offended the gods, and Hades, in order to punish Sijuphus, sent him to hell after his death, asking him to push a boulder to the top of the mountain. But because the boulder was so heavy and round, that every time he was pushed to the top of the mountain by Sizhuphus, he rolled down the mountain, and all his efforts were lost, so he had to do it again and again, never ending.
"The punishment of the Rolling Stone Hell is the best punishment for Sisyphus, and the ineffective labor will slowly consume Sisyphus's life in hopelessness......"
Hades, the king of Hades, explained leisurely, seemingly quite proud.
"Sijuphus made a mistake in the time of the gods, and now that thousands of years have passed, has he not finished his punishment?"
Carette was stunned.
"The time limit of his sentence was set by the hell judge Minos, and there is still a long way to go before the 160,000-year sentence is completed and he enters the path of reincarnation. β
"Sixteen...... Ten thousand?" Kareta cried out in surprise, then swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
Looking at the scene in front of her in a daze, the smell of blood and rancid smell frantically poured into Karet's nostrils, and the screams and cries in her ears were endless, making her whole body tremble, and the voice held in her throat was like the hot magma that had been accumulated for many days finally pouring out at the moment of the eruption of the volcano, and burst through her throat with the full explosion of fear.
"Ahh
She let out a terrible scream.