Morningstar Of Sin

Seeing he will be getting up again I wave my hand opening a hole in the floor and letting him infinitely fall. With his power, this won't hold him but it will give me enough time. I want to use this opportunity to promote someone to the new First Seat of the Lords.

With a snap, a 7-foot tall man with unholy pale skin appears in front of me. He is wearing beautifully designed purple robes and a helmet-crown that emanates power.

He looks at me confused but still bows his head low. I enjoy his pride not allowing him to kneel. "Hades, I have summoned you to fight for a promotion. Mephisto has betrayed me and Beezlebub has been stripped of his title. If you kill Mephisto you will claim the title of First Lord."

He looks up at me shocked but I can see the glee in his eyes. "My King. If I am to fight for First Lord may I wield Moira?"

I smile "Indeed you may take back full ownership as well." I hold out a hand an a curved two-pronged spear appears in a roll of shadows.

I toss it to him and he snags it out of the air hitting the b.u.t.t against the ground in a clang. He takes a deep breath as black shadows roll off his body. He looks at the bident with emotion as he lowers his head again.

"I accept this challenge my King, allow me to fight him." He looks up from his bow with driven eyes.

I wave my hand again and Mephisto lands 20 feet away from Hades perfectly unharmed on his feet. The octopus head wiggling around its three tentacles in a disgusting manner.

Hades turns and meets Mephisto's gaze obviously a bit disgusted. He keeps eye contact as he steps closer to the throne and grabs the great machete in the ground tossing it to him. It lands about 10 feet away from Mephisto who is still staring at Hades.

Mephisto holds out his tentacle towards the machete and it stretches thin to retrieve it. After a brief second of silence, they rush each other cracking the ground beneath them. Mephisto brings the machete straight down just like he did to me. Just like I did, Hades dodges right and swings Moira at his c.h.e.s.t piercing him.

Mephisto lets out a bubbling screech as his other arm swings at Hades who just jumps back with a smile. He turns his body into a whirl as he swings at Hades again. This time Hades is surrounded by shadows that burst out towards the rushing Mephisto.

Moira does as it is famed for and shatters the legendary machete as if it were porcelain. Hades keeps the momentum into a spin cleaving off his other arm. Mephisto roars in anger and pain lashing his tentacle at Hades. Hades is covered in a shroud of shadows as he takes the hit full on launching across the room in a ball.

Hades lands on his feet skidding across the floor unharmed. We both watch in disgust as another tentacle grows from the other lost arm. It was expected but still disgusting.

Seeing that Mephisto would probably regenerate anything he cut he pulled a lesson from Hercules. He waves his hand over Moira and she is bathed in green flames that seem to glow with the light of death. Greek fire, I smile since it is my third favorite flame after Hellfire and Eternal Frost of course.

Mephisto doesn't seem to be thinking anymore as he just rushes Hades with reckless abandon both arms stretched wide. Hade's shadows raise and block the first tentacle and Moira meets the other. Mephisto screeches again as he falls back with a flaming left arm which he quickly tears off and starts regrowing it.

Seeing the arm regrowing Hades rushes at the squid head with a horizontal slash. Hades stands up watching the two halves of Mephisto separate and set ablaze.

I stand up and slowly walk to his corpse grasping his soul before it goes into the natural cycle. I stare at the red wisp in my palm with a bored gaze as I put a hand on each half of Mephisto's corpse.

I look at Hades "Congratulations on the promotion. Bring this corpse to Hephaestus, have him forge a weapon from his bones. A new Old God's weapon is always welcome."

He nods his head as shadows swallow the corpse. He bows to me "Is there anything else my King?"

"Yes, Thanatos will rule Mephisto's hell in his place temporarily. Chiron will rule your hell temporarily and you will Rule the First Hell. I will give you a list of candidates to rule your hell so you can choose the successor. Until then, you may leave." I wave him off as I stride back up to my throne.

I snap my fingers again and a man with a dog head and a mostly human body appears. He wears only a cloth over his legs and a large gold Egyptian necklace. Upon seeing me he kneels and lowers his head a bit.

"I serve the King." His voice rumbles as he speaks.

I toss the wisp of Mephisto's soul to him which he catches and stares at confused. "Anubis... put him with that cuckold in the reincarnation punishment. He will be given 25 lifetimes before given a chance to repent. He will be kept in the cycle until the end of time or until he repents."

He visibly flinches when I call Set a cuckold but I don't care. "Anything else my king?"

"Just be aware that Hades is now the First Lord. Be sure to let the others know as well." I wave my arm "You may leave now."

He lowers his head once again and vanishes. I let out a grunt as it's finally over and I can go back home and rail Jessica until the next task pulls me away.