SCHING!!!

Thirty year old Jet Brandr slashed the neck of the last demon. Now, there are no more that stood between him and the peak of Araf Mountain.

“Welcome back Jet. Son of Brandr. Bloodline of Fire.” A man with the beautiful set of antlers on her head welcome Jet. Although his lips are smiling, his tone is monotonous. Flat. As if what is being said has been repeated over and over again.

And knowing where he is and who the antler man is, Jet imagined that that might be true.

Jet was never a religious person. But even he was not expecting that the realm of Hell was nothing like what those priests and nuns are preaching before.

Hell, as it turns out, was quite a nice seaside valley. The demons raise their own foods and live in a civilized manner. Apart from their goat legs and coiling ram horns, there's no difference than us humans.

The only exception is this mountain. Karma Mountain. A huge mountain where all the deceased souls congregate to fight their way to the top. The worst sin you committed, the stronger the demon that you have to fight.

Once you defeat the demon, the Devil Lightbringer shall allow you to pass through the gate of Heaven. Where Heaven shall process your soul. Prepping it ready for reincarnation.

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It is said that the old soul that is you will shed and stayed in Heaven. Leaving the blank soul to enter the cycle of Karma.

And now, Jet is kneeling in front of the Devil. The God of Hell Realm. The All Powerful Lightbringer.

“You are now free of your karma, young Brandr. You are now permitted to ascend to Heaven.”

Lightbringer saw the reluctance on Jet's face, and wave of confusion appeared on his forehead. “Why? Don't you want to enter reincarnation?”

“Urm…it's just that…what would happen to my own world?”

Lightbringer scoffed. “Heh? After you serve your world on a silver platter to the Death God, it's amusing to see you suddenly care?”

“Hey, I do care alright?! I even fight with that damn snake Apep. Even letting his poisonous chaos blood kill me. Doesn't that show that I care?!”

“Pft! You just wanted to erase the responsibility of destroying your own world. Silly selfish human.”

Jet offered no reply to Lightbringer's chuckles of mockery. Indeed it is as he said. Eventhough he defeated the demons and washed away his sins, Jet is still plagued with guilt over his part in Apep's master scheme.

“Is there…is there any way I could undo what I did?”

The mockery in Lightbringer's face gone in an instant. Even the friendly business smile did not make a comeback. The antler man was totally serious right now.

“There is. But the price is huge.”

“I will do it. Whatever is the price.”

“Even if it's to offer your soul? To destroy it in the process, never again to enter the cycle of karma?”

Jet was startled. He hesitated a bit. But found the strength to solidify his resolve. “I sacrificed my world for power. It is only right for my soul to be used to save the world.” He said with bright smile.

Even the smile on Lightbringer's face became genuinely friendly. He knew that right now, Jet's soulis totally free of guilt. A shame he chose to sacrifice it.

“Since you have decided, I shall comply. Your soul shall be used to summon the branches of time. The Kronos Vine!”

And while the pain of his soul disintegrating was beyond words, this thirty year old man was still smiling as brightly as ever.