After a long and tiresome conversation, Viktor, who just couldn't take any more of the Divine Tutor voice, just asked it to take the appareance of a book, with all info about his powers detailed on it.

Reading it was much easier than listening to the emotionless, annoying voice of the Tutor, so Viktor was able to get much more informations.

[Name: Nemesis

Job: God of Hell

Equipment and treasure: None

Divinity Points: 1000

Powers: Master of Corruption, Absolute Rule of Hell, Avatar Body, Divine Magical Senses, Divine Aura (Hell), Divine Magic Power, Divine Creation, Elemental Affinity (Fire, Ice). ]

[Why is there written “Nemesis” as name? My name is Viktor!] (Viktor)

[Answer: Nemesis is the name you have been given by the Highest One. As such, it takes the place of your old mortal name.] (DT)

[Oh for the love of go... no wait, not for his love. He's a jerk. If I say my name is Viktor then my name is Viktor!] (Viktor)

[Statement incorrect. The Highest One has the highest authority. If he says your name is Nemesis, then you shall be known as such.] (DT)

[What if I order you to change how it's written? You have to help me right?] (Viktor)

[ERROR: The request cannot be granted, as it goes against the directives of the Highest One.] (DT)

[Some help you are. I hope you get a virus or something!] (Viktor)

He decided to let it go, and to continue reading. There was a brief description of his powers.

[Master of Corruption (Unique Power)

This divine power allows the user to sense and control the corruption within a soul. This allows the user to read the negative thoughts, memories and emotions of the corrupted soul. The corruption within a soul can also be used to manipulate and control said soul. A controlled soul will experience whatever the Master desires, be it pain, pleasure or any physical sensation. The corrupted souls also has to obey any command given by the Master, as long as he concentrate on it.

The degree of the control the Master have on a specific soul depend on the corruption of it.

When a soul is purified, its corruption becomes Divinity Points for the Master.

Using this ability does not consume Divinity Points.]

[Hey Tutor, what are these “Divinity Points”?] (Viktor)

[Answer: Divinity Points are way to measure the reserve of power granted to the new Gods of Domir to establish their rule. They have various applications, from the creation of Devas and other divine constructs, to enhancing the physical and magical power of a god. Also, they are required for the Gods to mantain their physical form: should they drop to zero, the god would lose his avatar body and be reduced to a spirit.] (DT)

[Ominous. So even the gods of this world are not completely invincible... anyway, what is this “avatar body”? And why are Master of Corruption and Absolute Rule of Hell written in bold?] (Viktor)

[Multiple Questions detected. The answers will be in chronological order. Answer number one: the Avatar Body is a power all the gods have. Your body is simply a shell created by your power in order to contain your spirit, and should it be destroyed you could simply spend Divinity Points to create a new one. As you have seen, you can also modify it and change his shapes in order to suit your desires, although large modifications would require Divinity Points.] (DT)

[Answer number two: the powers “Master of Corruption” and “Absolute Rule of Hell” are Unique Powers, as they have been given only to the God of Hell in order for him/you to fulfill his/your duties.] (TD)

[Wait a second, you said that changing my shape requires Divinity Points... do you mean that losing my wings before drained my Divinity Points!?!] (Viktor)

[Answer: no. Small modifications do not require Divinity Points. Only large modifications, like greatly changing size or shape, would require them.] (DT)

That was a tremendous relief. Viktor almost thought he had spent those precious points on something useless... well, he had to be careful from now on. He looked at another one of his powers.

[Absolute Rule of Hell (Unique Power)

This divine power allows the user to completely control the dimension known as Hell. The Ruler can shape Hell however he wants, making clouds, walls, fire or anything he wants by concentrating and wishing for it. However, he can't create sentient beings this way, and nothing created by this power can leave Hell.

Using this power does not require Divinity Points]

[Uhm... this is an interesting power. So I can create anything I want while I'm in here?] (Viktor)

[Answer: the limitations of that power is that you cannot make any sentient being, and you cannot bring anything outside of hell. Otherwise, you can create anything you want.] (DT)

Viktor thoguht for a while, looking at the desert all around him. Surely making something to break up the monotony of the landscape wouldn't hurt.

He concentrated, like when he did in order to change his own body, and tried to create something.

[What should I make? A house? A bath? No, let's start simple... let's just make a small tree.] (Viktor)

And immediately, as he finished the thought, a tree grew up in front of him, getting bigger and bigger in a matter of seconds. It was exactly as he had imagined, a four meters tall tree with a vivid green foliage that made quite a nice shadow under it.

[Wow! This is nice! Let's try something else... something to eat! I'll make a cream puff! They're my favourite!] (Viktor)

He concentrated again, and a plate of chocolate cream puffs appeared in his hand with a puff of smoke.

[This is wonderful! At least now I can eat whatever I want! Hell is turning out to be better than I thought!] (Viktor)

And he bit down the first pastry, trying to savor it to the extreme.

So bitter!

He immediately spat out in disgust and started coughing, while the other cream puffs fell on the groun.

[Cough! Bleah! It taste like ashes and sulfur! Why does it taste so bad!?!] (Viktor)

[Answer: whatever object created in Hell is, ultimately, made of the essence of Hell itself. So it's natural that it keeps some characteristic of the matter it's made from. In the case of food, the taste.] (DT)

Viktor made a disgusted face. Then he looked at the tree.

Looking better, he could see that it wasn't exactly as he imagined: long torns sprouted from his branches, and the knots in the wood had the shape of screaming, anguished faces.

[Goddammit! So anything I made is hellish!?! What am I supposed to eat!?! Or are you gonna tell me that I don't need to eat either?] (Viktor)

[Multiple questions detected. The answers will be in chronological order. Answer number one: anything you create with the “Absolute Rule of Hell” will be made out of Hell itself, so it will be, like you said, “hellish”.] (DT)

[Answer number two and three: yes, the new Gods of Domir don't need sustenance to survive or function.] (DT)

[Great. This place keeps reminding why it's called Hell. Anything that seems good about it turns out to be terrible.] (Viktor)

Viktor was more than peeved about this development. He thought he could at least have something to eat, but evidently even this was denied to him.

He decided he had to take a shower and a nap, just to shrug off some of the irritation he had. Hopefully, by using his Rule of Hell power he would get an house he could live in.

He focused for a long time, trying to get any detail of the home he wanted right into his mind, and when he was ready he concentrated his will into making that house appear.

The results this time were more flashy than he expected.

From the rocks of the desert, something huge emerged, as the earth shook. Slowly but steadily, a two story house raised itself from the ground.

It look habitable, but still there were some differences from what he imagined: he thought of a simple house with a white, wooden porch and light colored bricks. This house was made entirely of dark, smoke stained stones, with iron bars at the windows and chains and spikes protrunding from the walls.

[Eh. Close enough.] (Viktor)

At this point, Viktor didn't really care anymore. He just wanted some respite.

So he entered the house.

The interior was as spooky as the exterior: instead of electric lights, torches were attached to the stone walls, and everything was dark and smoky. The decorations were mostly torture instruments, and the few paintings depicted mostly scenes from the Divine Comedy (which wasn't totally of bad taste though).

Everything felt like a torture dungeons from the medieval inquisition.

Shacking his head in disgust, Viktor went for the room he inteded to be the bathroom.

Luckily, the bathroom was marginally better than the rest: there was a huge stone pool on one side of the room, and the other was occupied by the toilets, the sink and the bidet. A big dark wood door opened into a closet equipped with black towels and crimson bathrobes, and also contained skull shaped soaps.

Viktor opened the tap of the big pool, and immediately steaming hot water started pouring.

By the sulfuric smell, it was clear that it was a hot spring rather than normal water... but, at least for now, was a good thing, as Viktor only wanted to relax rather than clean himself.

When the pool was full, he immersed himself completely in it. The water was still scalding hot and didn't show any sign it would cool down, but strangely enough not only that didn't hurt him, but it made him feel better.

He opened his wings into the pool, letting himself floating lazily in it, thinking that it was a great idea to make a pool big enough to keep his wings in it.

He stayed in the hot water for a very long time. He couldn't exactly tell how long, because the light in the sky never changed, but when he got up he felt much more relaxed.

[Okay then. Time for a nap.] (Viktor)

Without bothering putting his pants on (he was alone in Hell after all, without counting the Tutor) he walked to his bedroom.

It was a very simple room, with only a very big, blood red bed in it. He just dived in it, face down cause the wings on his back didn't allowed him to sleep face up, and in about 10 minutes he was snoring loudly.