In the Dragna empire, there are countless prisons and facilities built to keep lawbreakers under control. However, there was one place that was different from the rest. This place was made specially to house those deemed as a threat to the empire’s existence and order. This place was called the Demon’s Nest.

The Demon’s Nest wasn’t exactly located in the Dragna Empire. It was located inside a separate dimension. This dimension could be accessed by anyone that had a special key, otherwise it was impossible for even an ordinary Higher Being to forcibly enter it.

It was created by the Dragna Clan’s male progenitor, Augustus Dragna. He was a human who climbed to godhood and was even strong enough to contest against the strongest of Higher Beings like Zeus. So to forcibly enter the prison you must be stronger than him, which only a few could declare they were with confidence.

The prison itself looked like any normal prison except for the lack of fences and walls. There were guards, who were extremely intimidating. The prisoners spent most of their time locked in their cells with their cellmates or doing some productive activities. Only those who were different were those who were in solitary confinement.

Solitary confinement were for those who were considered too dangerous to mingle with other prisoners. They were all charismatic and could easily influence other prisons to act recklessly. They could also kill their cellmates or do other heinous acts to them. It was better that they were by themselves.

*Drip!*

In one of these dark cells, someone was hang by his limbs with shackles and chains around their limbs and ankles. They had spikes stabbed into their arms and legs to keep them nailed to the wall. There was a muzzle over their mouth, and a helmet that blocked off their earring and sight. On their chest were several markings carved into their skin. Theses markings looked like ancient runes.

*Drip!*

Blood dropped from their wounds and hit the puddle of blood under them. This person was Miko. Currently, his five senses were cut off, his magic and Vita sealed off, and his limbs were pierced at their joints to prevent him from using his strength. Of course, he was unconscious as well.

“What’s the point of healing me if they’re just gonna do this to me?”

Miko said. He was currently inside the monochromic world inside his soul, and was sitting on a tombstone.

“They sure went all out.”

Yamiko appeared next to him and said.

“Well, I heard this was mandatory for everyone in here that’s in solitary confinement. They’re not giving them the slightest chance to escape and interact with anybody. They deem us as walking calamities after all.”

“I wonder how long you’ll be kept here?”

“Probably for a few months. I’m sure there’ll be people who want me to rot here forever, but my family will continue to push for my release. There’s also the fact that I’m Tia’s proxy. They can’t just lock me up, but they really need to consider a lot of things before giving me a trial.”

“You seem so calm about this. I intended to make you anxious, but it’s like you don’t really care.”

Yamiko frowned.

“I care, after all it’s my life we’re talking about. I just can predict how everything will go. That’s why I’m looking at the more distant future. What needs to be done after I’m free, and what steps I need to take. I’m considering all this.”

Miko replied.

“I’ve already started making preparations, but I want to do something big. Fitting of someone who inherited the Crime God’s will.”

Miko smiled.

“I want to play the most beautiful but violent requiem for him.”

“Is it me, or did you become more sinister?”

Yamiko seemed pleased.

“Actually, I think I’ve just matured a bit.”

Miko looked at Yamiko.

“That’s why I don’t need you any longer.”

He said.

“You’re the personification of my doubts and the thoughts that I didn’t want to face. While he’s the personification of the monstrous part of myself that I feared. I decided to face everything and stop running away, as such you’re no longer needed.”

“How cold. I’ve always been here when you were troubled, and now you want to throw us away?”

“Yes.”

“I see. Then as you wish.”

Yamiko faded into a mist and entered Miko’s body. The tomb that the beast was locked away in also disappeared and entered Miko. His eyes shone a black light, before becoming calm again.

“You’ve learnt to accept more parts of yourself.”

At that moment, a snake slithered out of the ground and stood in front of Miko. It was Samael, who was now almost 4ft tall.

“That’s a sign of maturity. I’m proud, son.”

“I only have one father. Saying I have two is an insult to my mother.”

“I was merely joking.”

Samael laughed.

“I know.”

Miko also smiled.

“Why is the great Satan here today?”

“Why? Did you forget that I’ve still yet to explain everything to you. Now that you’ve dealt with your business, and seem to have all the free time in the world isn’t now the perfect time?”

“Hmm…..well, I am free so why not.”

Miko didn’t get too excited about learning about the beginning of the world. It was as if he was going to hear a story told by a friend.

“You look uninterested, but whatever. Hmm…..let’s start with the universe and the Supreme Being. But first, do you know of the world known as earth?”

“Yeah. It’s the world that mirrors ours, right? Apparently, all Higher Beings originated from there.”

Samael nodded.

“Apparently, the two universes were originally one vast universe, that came into existence simultaneously as the Supreme Being did. It was however a universe devoid of life. The Supreme Being was its sole inhabitant. However, over a span of time, that he himself couldn’t calculate, life started pop up one by one.”

Miko listened with a interested face. This information was surely as important as it was shocking.

“Eventually the universe was filled with life. It was at this time that the Supreme Being realized that it was lonely back then. He started to interact with the lifeforms, the Primordial beings. He realized soon afterwards that they were far inferior to himself, but he still enjoyed their company. He spent countless years watching over the life forms watching them evolve into intelligent beings.”

Miko tried to imagine the period back then. When the universe was still in its infancy stage, yet to blossom.

“When the life forms gained intelligence they began to worship the Supreme Being as their god, without considering what he thought about it. He just accepted their worship and kept watching over them. However, as time passed he realized that some of these lifeforms began to create their ideal beings and worship those Beings as their gods. Eventually, he found himself forgotten and no longer needed by that half of these lifeforms.”

“So Humans forgot their true god and erected new idols that fit their beliefs better. Sounds legit.”

Said Miko.

“Yeah. The Supreme Being wasn’t angry at them though. Instead, he decided to compromise with those lifeforms in his own way.”

“Wait. Did he…?”

Samael nodded.

“That’s right. He divided the universe in two and placed them in separate dimensions, thus creating two universes. One with his believers and the other with those who no longer needed him.”

“Damn. He literally cut them off. That’s petty.”

“He’s a petty guy.”

Samael added.

“Even though there were now two universes, since they were originally one they remained linked. However, the laws they were governed under were vastly different. That is why one has magic while one didn’t. Also the laws of time and space are different as well.”

“You mean time flows differently?”

Samael nodded.

“But that isn’t important. Let me continue.”

He said.

“Anyway, the Supreme Being governed this world Mundus, while the other one Earth was left to those life forms. However, he realized that the worlds heavily influenced each other despite being separated. The idols those life forms created started to appear in this world in the flesh.”

“What? Are you saying that the ancient gods weren’t created by the Supreme Being, but just manifested here out of nowhere?”

Samael nodded.

“The Supreme Being didn’t understand it himself, but it seemed that those lifeforms had the ability to bring their idols to life with their faith. The only thing was that those idols could only manifested in this world where magic and other strange powers existed.”

“Well, that put a rest to the discussion of whether gods created us or we created the gods.”

Miko muttered.

“I wouldn’t say so. While it was human faith that caused those gods to manifest, once manifested those gods created humans as well.”

“And you just reignited the argument.”

Miko said with a sigh.

“Anyway, gods began manifesting in this world one by one. Not only them, but demons, and other creatures of myth.”

“I have a question. According to what you said, every Higher being here were created by the faith of humanity from Earth. But gods and religions tend to be forgotten in the passage of time for countless reasons. What happens to those beings who are forgotten in the next world, since faith brought them into existence and there’s no longer any faith towards them?”

“Oh, that’s simple.”

Samael smiled.

“I erased them.”

“?!”

Miko’s eyes widen when he heard that.

“Y-You erased them? Why?”

“To keep the balance. Forgotten gods are not needed in this world, and no longer exist anywhere. Hence I erase them to perverse the balance.”

Miko became silent when he heard that. He had forgotten that Samael’s name meant the venom of god for a reason. He persevered the order by doing things a benevolent being couldn’t. If they were good, then there must be evil.

“Although, there’s something wrong about the reasoning in your question. It’s not that all gods were forgotten in the passage of time, some were forgotten because they no longer exist in this world.”

“What?”

“I told you, didn’t I? The worlds still heavily influenced each other. In other words, if a god is erased here, they would be erased in the other world over time.”

“So there were gods that you erased before they were forgotten, and as a result they were erased from existence in both worlds?”

“That’s right. There were some brats who overstepped their boundaries and were punished. I also tried to slaughter every Higher being to reset the world once before. As a result, many of them were erased. But, it’s not like we always knew that erasing someone here would erase them in the other world. We found out by accident.”

Samael explained.

“To test something out, the Supreme Being created life for the first time. He created the world’s first Phoenix. The Supreme Being then observed Earth and as he expected, the creature known as the Phoenix appeared and blended into their culture. This proved that the minds of the lifeforms of Earth were linked to this world. Whatever happened here would influence their minds in numerous ways. While their minds were able to manifest beings in this world.”

“Damn, then in a way this is an imaginary world linked to the subconscious of the human race.”

“If you want to look at it that way.”

Samael explained.

“Now, here’s a question. How did I came to be? Was I also manifested by the faith of the people of Earth or was I created by the Supreme Being himself?”

“Neither. You said that you were an irregular, that means you came to naturally exist in the world.”

Miko replied.

“In the first place, I doubt humans could even imagine something like death. You had to come in exist naturally like the Supreme Being.”

“Correct! If I had hands I would applaud you.”

Samael joked.

“I came into the world naturally, however unlike the Supreme Being, me and my brother were considered the source of evil in both worlds. A benevolent being like the supreme being couldn’t create us. But that doesn’t mean that the Supreme Being didn’t influence our existence in anyway though. He also believes that my twin brother and I are the manifestations of wickedness that he lacked.”

“Huh? You have a twin brother?”

“Yeah. Didn’t I mention it before?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Well, earlier when I said I erased the forgotten gods, I didn’t really erase all of them. Some were devoured by my brother, Devoro.”

“Devoro?”

Samael nodded.

“Allow me to explain. I came into existence naturally like the Supreme Being, however unlike the Supreme Being I wasn’t born alone.”

“You were born with a twin brother.”

Samael nodded.

“I told you that the Supreme Being believed that Devoro and I were born to make up for the maliciousness he lacked. Yet, I was described as both good and evil, so I alone couldn’t carry out my duties. I needed a companion.”

“That’s where Devoro came in.”

Samael nodded.

“The two of us who were born from the same entity, I who was pure darkness, corruption, and death, and Devoro who was Pure savagery, destruction, and mayhem; together we form the Ultimate Evil.”

“Then Devoro’s is as strong as you and the Supreme Being?”

“That’s right. He’s a true monster. Do you know the Beast of Revelations? The 666 monster from earth? That was inspired by Devoro.”

“Well, fuck.”

Miko could only cursed when he heard that.

“And he was also an Irregular?”

“Yeah. We were the first Irregulars because we went against the laws of the universe back then. The Supreme Being isn’t considered one, since he and the universe were born simultaneously. My Irregular Title is True Death, while Devoro’s is True Monster. Our Irregularities are Infinite Death and Infinite Destruction respectively. I believe what kind of abilities they are, are self-explanatory.”

“I see. But one question.”

“What is it?”

Miko took a breath a said-

“Why should I believe anything you told me?”

Samael smiled when he heard that.

“What, you don’t trust me? Is that why you weren’t interested in what I had to say?”

“Why would I? You’re the greatest con man in history. I’ll be a fool to take everything you say at face value. It’s very possible that you’ve been lying to me in a bid to manipulate me.”

Samael burst out laugh.

“That’s great. You’re correct. You can’t trust me. After all, I’m the one who damned this world for all eternity. There’s a chance I might be looking to take something from you as well.”

“I see. But I thank you, Samael. Not for the info dump, but thanks to you I realize that I’m just a speck in this vast universe.”

“And you’re thankful for knowing that?”

“Of course.”

Miko showed a savage grin.

“Because this speck will soon devour this universe and become its ruler. Whether it’s the Supreme Being, your brother, or you, I’ll surpass you all one way or the other.”

Miko clenched his fists and said.

Samael eyes widened in response to that. He soon burst out laughing.

“Very well, Young Satan (Adversary)! I acknowledge your challenge! Let’s see if you can reach our level, but keep in mind that you have an eternity to go.”

Miko showed a bright and innocent smile.

“I wouldn’t want it any other way.”