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Gehenna. A place where the rebels, who defied against the will of god, resided and ruled. There existed lands that were deserted and filled with the dust of bones from the corpses of powerful forgotten demons that turned into the dust of the desert in the time span of thousands of years, seemingly abandoned normal town filled with lonesome spirits that were secluded and forsaken, holes and spaces filled with ravaging rivers and floods of hot burning and bubbling lava, turbulent seas of crimson blood and the scarlet liquid that fall from the never-ending crimson clouds that come from the west and humid jungles with gigantic trees and man-eating plants that stretch into the far distance.
And that wasn't all. In every center of those dangerous and life-threatening territory was a massive castle that was visible for all of the demons that lived in the certain area. The royal castle of the ruling king of the territory, so they call it. Based on the territory and on what they specialize in, they call each of their formidable kings different names. For example, King Iblis has been known to be the best fire bender of Gehenna and has been ruling the "The lands of the eternal flame", hence his most well-known name, King of Fire.
Gehenna has existed for a very long time, basically after Satan, their supreme High King, was banished from heaven. Even after billions of years, Satan was still the High King of Gehenna. No one could match him except for God himself. Of course he birthed heirs. Heirs that stand undefeated amongst the others of the same age. Geniuses. Well, naturally because they were connected to the High King by blood!
Eight of them to be exact. Each of the proud heirs of Gehenna rule a territory in which they specialize in. All of them were biologically connected to Satan, but none of them inherited his most powerful and unstoppable weapon.
The blue flames.
He was the only one to wield and control his flames that can burn anything and everything. The flames that made demons respect and fear their mighty ruler. The High King resides in the royal castle in the capital city of Gehenna, where demons with any and all shape, sizes and abilities can find themselves at home, Pandæmonium. Or what others may call, "The capital of the Fallen".
The demons were used to the eight kings of the territories and their powerful High King at the top that they didn't think they would get a new one so soon.
The ninth king of Gehenna.
When word spread out many demons couldn't believe it at first. A new king? Exciting!
The last time a new king was born a new territory formed in the edges of their world, resulting the demons to take more control of some of the areas in Assiah and new demons were born with it. Well, that was a few thousand years ago where the humans weren't so advanced in their technology, resulting in the advantage that demons had back in the day. But now they really need back up.
Because of that of course they would get curious as to whom the High King would set the crown on this time and what new demons and their powers would be like.
Almost all of the demons received the invitation to the crowning ceremony of the ninth king and went to the capital. The demons that were residing in Assiah also returned to celebrate and see this rare occasion of a crowning.
The capital was livelier than ever. With demons shaped like birds flying high above the ground and demons who walk by foot covered the entire Pandæmonium. Naturally the royal family had to be there too.
At the massive balcony of the royal castle of the High King they stood proudly, everyone of them. The kings of the territories, the queens who birthed them, high class nobles who serve the High King and the High King only and many more important figures of Gehenna who made history. The only ones who weren't on ceremony were the High King and the ninth king. The two most important characters of the ceremony themselves!
"Ne Papa, where is Sir High King?"
"I can't see them either!"
It was time. The lowly commoners who were far from the royal castle and couldn't go there themselves wondered where they were, since they weren't with the other kings and queens. They were only watching from their communication devices inspired from Assiah to see this live broadcast.
"You got to be kidding me! Is this stupid thing broken? I thought this was live!"
"Honey, I think the shop keeper scammed us..."
"That's right! I don't believe they were ever this late! Trust me, I've been living in Gehenna a few thousand years already! A few hours has already passed! There has never been a crowning ceremony this late without an announcement!"
"Papa, when can I watch?"
"Later."
It was very obvious that this ceremony was very important. Many "online" viewers cursed at their screens, some of them even breaking it in the process. The ones possessing such a device known as the television has decreased by a lot in the matter of an hour.
Give us back our money! We want our money back! This is bull!
This has naturally increased the hate that they have for the humans.
"Pathetic! If I knew the humans would be so stupid to actually make devices that are supposed to go live not live, I would have barged in that insanely large crowd in the first place!"
They didn't know that it really was live...
This has caused a huge uproar in the entire capital.
The kings of the territories looked at each other with an understanding gaze. A few of them shook their heads. That was until one of them tapped the Queen's shoulder, giving her a nod.
The current wife of the High King sighed and stepped off the podium, her aura slowly scaring the others that were standing beside her a few moments ago into slowly backing away form her. Time to get these two idiots that were fooling around.