Chapter 38: Infernal Karmic Fire (Chapter 37 Revised)

"Don't worry, messenger, you've just gone through eighteen levels of hell under my guidance. ”

In the underworld, with the sudden sound of Hades, Kareta only felt that the speed of her body's decline slowed down a lot.

"Eighteen floors...... Hell?" she repeated to herself, confused.

"That's right, the eighteen places that punish sinful souls, such as the Tongue Pulling Hell, the Scissors Hell, the Iron Tree Hell, the Steamer Hell, the Fried Hell, the Copper Pillar Hell, the Iceberg Hell, the Stone Pit Hell, and the Blood Pool Hell, have been the eighteen layers of hell that I rule over since ancient times!"

At this point, Karete's upside-down body no longer fell downward.

Floating lightly in the universe, my heart is finally at peace. Although she couldn't see where Hades's true body was hidden, hearing his voice, she suddenly felt a lot more steady, and all the fear and disgusting feelings just now were swept away.

"Immortal, where are we going next?"

"The Nineteenth Layer of Hell!"

As soon as Hades's words fell, Karete's whole body fell sharply.

Her heart sank as if weightless, and she closed her eyes in fright, listening to the whirring wind brushing past her ears.

Holding her breath and leaning less, she couldn't bear it any longer, and opened her mouth wide and let out a long cry again:

"Ahh

......

"Are you alright, Messenger of Karete?"

In his ears, Hades's voice was as calm as ever, and every question was echoed through layers, as if infinite penetrating power broke through the darkness and depravity of the underworld in an instant, and rescued Kareta from all despair and fear.

Tentatively opened his eyes a little bit, and at this moment, his eyes were completely dyed red by the world in front of him.

The sky and rivers are red, and the undulations of the mountains in the distance are red.

There seemed to be no land under your feet, only an endless, brilliant sea of red flowers. Compared to the sky, the river, and even the rest of this world, these countless strange flowers seemed to be more bright red, and the dazzling color was like blood, and it was so enchanting that it would dripping at any moment.

The world in front of me is also hot, like a burning fire, crazy, blazing but cruel.

"Here...... Beautiful......"

Carette whispered through thin air, fully conscious.

Looking down, she realized that she was standing quietly in the sea of fiery flowers, her two naked feet submerged by the half-tall and dense flowers.

The headwind blows the fragrance of flowers that can not be drunk. The rich aroma and the burning dryness of the air are mixed with each other, and it is like a very magical smell.

Kareta stared at the blood-colored flower at her feet in confusion, crouched down slightly, picked one and pinched it in her hand.

On the long and slender flower stems, the corolla shaped like a curved dragon claw is as bright as the remnant sun stained with blood, and the red is eye-catching and bleak.

"It's really beautiful, but it's also lonely......"

Hades, the king of Hades, appeared in the sea of flowers a few steps away from Carret, and when he saw that she was fascinated by the red flower in her hand, he explained unhurriedly:

"This is the flower of the other side, a flower that blooms only in the realm of the dead. It also has another name, Manju Sahua...... Messenger, I'm sure you've heard of its origins. ”

"Manju...... Sawa ......"

Kareta muttered, her eyes darkening, and she closed her eyes sadly.

As the ambassador of the goddess of love, who controls the emotions and love of men and women in the world, how could she not know the allusion of the flower on the other side?

Looking at the dazzling blood red in her palm, she seemed to have seen the figures of the pair of lovers who were holding hands and fighting for love - Manzhu and Shahua.

The beautiful but sad color of fire is telling Kareta about the burning love of a man and a woman, as devout and passionate as fire, desperate and happy!

Carreta held the flower up, carefully lest she break its delicate stems. She rubbed one cheek against its petals, looking extremely loving.

has never had a chance to meet "death", so she has never seen the true face of the flower on the other side. Now when she saw the fiery red, she felt that she had seen true beauty.

The flowers that bloom in the realm of the undead are so beautiful and evil that they are so beautiful and so evil that they are contaminated with the breath of death...... And its name, whether it's "The Flower of the Other Side"

or "Manzhu Shahua", it is like a poignant poem, which is unforgettable-

When she opened her eyes to ask Hades in the sea of flowers in front of her, Kareta looked farther away, not looking at him at all.

"The flowers bloom on the other side, and there is no return...... I guess this is the nineteenth hell you're going to bring me to......"

"Yes, the nineteenth layer of space beyond the eighteenth layer of hell, the polar region called 'Infernal' by the Hades, this is the place where you and I are about to sign the soul contract. ”

Hades replied slowly, his voice slightly slow, refusing to show a trace of emotion easily.

"Hades, you should believe in fate too, right?"

Kareta asked, her expression still calm, but her voice was bleak and desolate.

Hades didn't answer again, looking at her, his still posture and indifferent expression unchanged.

Kareta lowered her head to look back at the flower in her hand, and a sad smile bloomed on her face, which was a little pale against the red of the wild:

"Flowers on the other side, bloom on the other side, only see flowers, not leaves...... This fate of having leaves but no flowers, flowers and no leaves is like a portrayal of my love with Demos. Light and darkness restrain each other, love each other but kill each other......"

Kareta spoke slowly, as if she were talking to Hades, as if she were talking to herself. Eventually, she choked up and couldn't continue.

A line of tears slid down abruptly, folding out a whole body of red light under the boundless crimson reflection, like specks of blood and tears hanging on the cheeks.

After the eyebrows moved, the whole child's face turned back to wax, and the expression was so stiff that it could no longer move.

"Messenger, the future of the two worlds of man and god, and the survival of all living beings are now tied to you, I hope you can understand this......"

Hades stared at Carette and finished speaking, his expression becoming heavier.

The scorching wind whipped up a burst of floral scent from Beyond, brazenly burrowing into Hades' nostrils.

Smelling the scent of seductive flowers, Hades finally couldn't help but want to remember, to regain the fragments of memories that he had deliberately thrown into the abyss of oblivion.

The world in the fragments is always full of blood and violence, and it is as heroic as the sea of flowers in front of you. In memory, cannibalism and sibling betrayal, that is, only for the supreme kingship, for the throne of the gods of all, the endless tragedy among the Titans!

Too much misfortune taught Hades how to hide himself and his thoughts, so he left Olympus alone and hid in the underworld.

All day long, when I open my eyes and close my eyes, I see only the souls of the dead. Every living being, whether good or evil, can not escape death, simple and just. After death, the body will turn into a spirit, no matter the good deeds and sins, the underworld will give corresponding karmic retribution.

Because I have carried it, I will understand that compared to the Elysium that is gorgeous on the outside but difficult to defend against on the inside, although the country of the dead soul is corrupt, it is a world that is extremely clean and comfortable.

It's not that I'm hard-hearted, but I want to kill the girl in front of me. She is not a suspicious and fickle god, and she has to repeatedly mention the key to the soul contract and seal between her words, putting pressure on her weak. He just doesn't like to express himself and doesn't want to expose his heart.

He knew that once the heart closed by the pain was opened, it was likely to be hurt again, and that the nerves, which had been numbed by the pain, would first feel more hurt and pain once they regained consciousness.

Kareta sat among the flowers and smiled, beautiful and sad:

"Please don't worry, Hades, this is the case, and I will not change my decision. Even if we tried, our fate could not be changed! Demos and I, like Manju and Sahua, could not walk hand in hand......"

Hades sighed lightly, quietly released the stuffiness in his chest, and a trace of sorrow gradually gathered on his indifferent childish face.

"As the King of Hades, I must tell you that the Infernal Land is a place that transcends the eighteen layers of hell and breaks off from the earthly world. Those who enter this place are not punished by the eighteen hells, and they are not in the five elements and do not enter the six realms. You make a soul contract with me with the primordial spirit of the Titan, and the primordial spirit after your body is destroyed will stay here forever, and you will always suffer from the endless karmic fire, but it will not be born, it will not be stopped, it will not be broken, and it will not be destroyed!"

Hades said as he continued to notice the change in Karet's expression.

"No problem, please make a contract with me now!"

Carette listened attentively, and then said solemnly, without the slightest hint of horror or hesitation in her resolute tone.

Wiping away her tears, she rose from the sea of flowers and calmly faced Hades, the king of Hades.

"Okay! Let's get started. ”

Hades nodded heavily, his expression awe-inspiring, and took a few steady steps forward, stopping between five fingers of Karete and Karete. In an instant, a layer of fluorescent green light rose from his body, covering every part of his body tightly, like a mysterious and tight armor.

That layer of green light was like the glow of the ghostly fire that Kareta had seen in the eighteen layers of hell, extremely dazzling, extremely eerie.

Hades raised his hands in the light, his palms parallel to Kareta in front of him:

"Messenger of love and light, today you have made a covenant with me with the spirit of the Titan gods, that after death, your soul will remain in the Nineteen Hells of the Underworld forever, and will be plagued by karmic fire, and will no longer be within the Three Realms, will not enter the Five Elements, and will not be subject to the Six Realms of Reincarnation!"

As the words fell, Hades's palms emitted a powerful force, and he pushed straight towards Karet.

Affected by this force, Kareta leaned back and fell towards the sea of flowers on the other side.

The moment the body just submerged into the sea of flowers, the red flower turned into a raging fire. The scorching tongue of fire seemed to devour everything, wantonly expanding its ferocious minions, firmly trapping Kareta's delicate body, causing her to roll and struggle in the fire, but not easily escape.

In the blink of an eye, the world known as "Infernal" has been reduced to a furnace, and the flames of red are everywhere, and it is impossible to distinguish which ones are the sky, which are the rivers and which are the distant mountains.

Kareta felt her whole body burn, a burning and clear pain, an explosive wrenching pain that tormented her body and soul.

That's what it is...... Infernal Karma?

Kareta could only see a sea of fire in her eyes......

She opened her mouth desperately to scream, and all she inhaled and exhaled was scorching arrogance. She was weeping, and before she could reach her eyes, she was dried by the fire.

Gradually, Kareta felt less pain, and her body was becoming lighter, as if it had become one with the flames......

In the confusion, the figures of two men alternated in her mind, both with gentle smiles......

Heh! Demos ...... Jose ......

Kareta murmured in her heart.

Forgive me, Demos. I really want to go on with you, and accompany you to hold hands like a human husband and wife, and never leave each other. But they have given too much to each other and lost too much, and the final enemy is no more than the cruelty of fate. Love and kill each other, if fate only allows you and me to live alone, I would rather die the one...... It's meβ€”

Jose, I have come for you in this life, but I have gone away with you! I will pay back with my life what I owe you. This time, I will defeat the evil god with my death and restore you to your former goodness......

Hades stood silently in the red-hot flames of the world, and the glowing armor on his body kept him from the burning of karmic fire, leaving him unharmed.

Seeing that Karete's body was gradually engulfed in karmic fire, her hard expression softened. In the flames, Hades's cold green eyes shone with compassion, and the image in his eyes was only the light smile of Kareta in the fire.

Hades felt that the smile that bloomed in the red karmic fire was like a swaying flower, beautiful and sad......