AN: And here's today's NSFW chapter, which is long overdue in my opinion.

As always, thank you all for reading thus far. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to voice them.

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The Ageless sat back upon the throne, with his digits touching one another as he watched with grim amusement at his audience's reaction to such news. Suffice to say, they were not pleased, as nearly a tenth were actually yelling at his person for creating such laws. Whereas his son, Nox, had tightened himself into a ball to hide from such loud and angered beings.

"How could you threaten a populace with that law, Ageless?" called out an auburn haired Elf in green coloured leathers, "Don't you know the ramifications of such actions?"

"Yeah," chimed in a blue-scaled Lamia, "That's, like, really wrong of you to do that. Don't you, like, want people to stay in your reincar-thingy?"

Many more were of the same opinion as they, whilst he simply sighed mentally and stroked the back fur of his son slowly, doing his best to calm his person. This would continue for a time, which he stayed silent until, at long last, they were all quieted from their outbursts. To which he replied with, "Are you all done?"

The reaction to such a query caused more outbursts, but this, too, quieted down enough for him to continue with, "You may think my person, my past self, a monster compared to the I of today, and you would be correct. Each of you know the consequences of those who are tossed into the Abyss. Where it'll tear the body apart, the essences eaten, the mind shattered. However, that law is still in effect to this day."

Gasps of horror and outrage soon filled the space they occupied, and rightly so. For the Abyss, once it has hold of someone or something, it does not let it go unless a few circumstances are achieved. One such way is to conquer that being, planet, or what have you so completely that it can only follow you out of its imprisonment. Whereas another way is to deal with the greater power that has claimed over that which you so desire to take from the area.

"Why?" called out a Bright Elf, of whom desired to know the reason for such a law to still be in place, "Why keep it if you are the God King?"

"Why?" he asks in a mocking tone, "There are many whose crimes are so upsetting to the delicate balance of this Pantheon, that such a law needs to exist in order to combat such disruption. One of which is the Huntress, who dared to kill my Gahn." The name, once spoken aloud, caused the Kitsune's eyes to flare with a baleful crimson, which coated everyone before his person. Even going so far as to change the glow of the fire between them to the colour of burning, bright blood.

"Thus, once she is captured, along with all others who continue to follow her person, will they be tossed into the Abyss for their crimes against my person, my world." This revelation caused the audience to murmur amongst their persons, whilst the Elf with auburn hair tried to hide its glower towards the God upon the throne. Unfortunately for it, he caught the expression which was mentally transferred to Brutus who simply nodded.

This was then continued with, "All followers of the Huntress have been stripped of their rights and citizenship of Terra for participating in the destruction of Gahn and his forest." Of which caused another uproar from the audience, whilst his son mewed with fright. This action raised his voice further until it boomed over the cacophony of anger, hatred, and outrage, "She has been found guilty of destroying part of my Terra for foolish reasons. What is more, she allowed Humans upon my world."

In so saying, a dozen Human bodies, each crucified upon metal crosses slowly flowed out of the darkness for the viewing of everyone within the space. Of course, many amongst their number believed they were merely illusions. That is, until their God King removed the closest female from her cross with just his will, and allowed many to touch her flesh. This action caused the Human to awaken from the magicks that held her docile and in a stupor, for she screamed greatly in their faces whilst fighting the invisible bonds.

"Let me go," she wailed, "I didn't do anything. Why are you keeping us against our will?"

"Why indeed," growled the Ageless, of whom she found glaring at her person with widened eyes full of malice and an insatiable desire to kill. Of which was granted to his person, as the energies which bound the female slowly peeled away the skin atop her head. This, of course, led her to scream in pain and anguish, as the skin was slowly flayed off her skull along with her hair. Which revealed a blood soaked skull as even the muscle tissue came away with the skin.

Afterwards, lines slowly appeared around the sides of the bone, which were deep enough to cause the fluid surrounding the brain to spill out as the top was removed. Thus, revealing the pinkish-grey and wrinkled matter which was the brain to the who of the audience. Once more, the screams of the Human female grew louder, as the eyes of the individual were slowly scooped out by the invisible energies of the God, until there was some resistance from the chords anchoring it to the back of the sockets.

However, instead of outright removing them, the left eye was stretched towards the roof of the skull, where it witnessed its brain. Whilst the right was directed towards its chest. Whereupon the clothing was removed to reveal a large pair of mounds with hardened tips. From here, a pair of red hot, iron clamps appeared in front of her person, and were attached to the whole of the chest. This caused steam and smoke to arise from the area, even more so when the clamps tightened, digging into the flesh until the left mound was severed from the body.

This caused the female's voice to rise higher than before, as it watched from the vantage point of the right eye. For the left breast had been severed in such a way that it revealed not only torn and seared flesh, but a small window into the chest cavity of her body. Though, there was no blood due to the hot metal of said clamps, that which was within the mound upon her chest still bled out upon the floor. Whereas the right was still firmly gripped, but only half of it was attached to her body.

"Ah," blinked the Kitsune, who turned away from the Human to look upon the audience he had been telling his tales to for the longest time, "Forgive my person. I had forgotten there was an audience in my presence."

What had brought him out of his tortuous revelry was not from someone within the audience, of whom had several fall upon the ground in feint, but of Nox. Who pawed at his father and stared with large, accusing eyes. For he desired to hear more of the tales the other had, and not sit through another lesson about the anatomy the victims that were within the dungeon proper.

Yes. Even at this young an age, the hybrid was introduced to the Darkness of his father's life and all that it entailed. For the Ageless held the desire to nurture the path his offspring would take, and not allow the world to decide which direction it will flow. Which caused his mother, Sarah, to snatch him away at every chance she could in order to try and give him some semblance of a childhood before the influence of her husband could fully imprint upon their child's mind.

"Papa bad," mewed Nox, who continued his accusing glare towards his father. Of whom then waddled over to the other, who had drifted towards the Human captive near the fire, and lightly smacked his hind paws. This action was to admonish and punish the other for starting a torture session after promising lots and lots of stories.

"Sorry Nox," the God King replied, bending down to lift his son, who continued to strike against his person.

"Bad. Bad. Bad," barked the other, whose anger quickly turned to joy, as he was tickled by his father's right paw for a few short heartbeats, "Nyo!"

Within moments after the tickling session, the pair had calmed down enough which allowed others to do the same, whilst the body of the tortured Human, though crying from the session, slowly receded into the darkness. This allowed many to breathe better, as a torture session caused others to feel a variety of emotions. Such as disgust and horror, which are prevalent, or intrigue and excitement, which is rare. For those of whom feel the latter, they are usually whisked away to begin their lessons on anatomy of various creatures. Afterwards comes the more practical lessons of torture, and the like. Many of which has become controversial, as the idea of such a thing disgusts many of whom desired to stay "safe" within their homes, towns, and cities.

However, those of whom have the desire to start "adventuring" need to succeed in their studies of such methods so as to survive against the mindless hordes of a variety of creatures. This is simply so that they may come away from each encounter safely, as many of the primary lessons are to point out the weaknesses of the creatures' bodies. Thus, allowing their persons to end each encounter swiftly and with less harm to themselves.

"Ah, let us take a short rest," called out the Ageless, of whom clapped his paws together once, which caused the space, which was full of darkness, to brighten. This was so, as a long table full of a wide variety of foods and drinks appeared behind the audience before him. One which was centred within a small portion of a lit dining room of tanned marble. Whose walls had been painted with a bright red colour, which contained many a portrait of a far away land never before seen upon their world.

The ceiling above, though painted with the same colour as the walls, held three large crystalline chandeliers over the table. Within such items was a small orb of white light, which brightened the whole of the area it was within, but never seemed to touch the darkness which surrounded the firelight. This was simply to denote the fact that both spaces were attached, but not one and the same.

"Go," he commanded the lot of them, "Eat. Drink. Do all these things first, then we shall continue with the story at hand."