Of all the pain Gabe had experienced in his life this was the Pique moment of excruciating agony he would never forget. first his right Arm was ripped off. The bone shredded out of the shoulder socket in the blink of an eye and thrown across the room spraying blood everywhere without the Titan Archdevil even lifting a finger, just using his aura. Gabe let out a scream of Anguish as he fell to his knees in the bloody puddle that was pooling from his arm. Channelers could survive brutal wounds that would kill a normal human, and even massive amounts of blood loss couldn't stop them from functioning off the Spirit energy they had inside them. But the Shock of pain coming from Every nerve ending in his arm being ripped off was too much for a mind to handle and still be able to defend itself. Gabe acted only on instinct when he summoned every single one of his Soul-Beasts at the same time in front of him and called out a teleport scroll at the same time. This time a beam of energy to fast to see shot through all of his Beasts in a zigzag pattern and then blasted into the hand holding the scroll. Gabe let out another scream as his hand burned away in the beam, searing the left over stub pure black. He looked up in pain and numbness at the Demon on the throne who smiled back at him. "Finally! You are trying your best. And I'm impressed, I've never seen that move before. Which one of those was your real soul-beast?" Gabe spat, not something he would usually do as it was just to antagonize the beast but he was in so much pain with his arm gone and his other hand seared off that he wasn't thinking straight. He remembered his time being mauled be beasts in the dark Purl, and discovered that the pain in there was not nearly as great as the real thing. His entire arm being pulled off by the bone just could not be described. Still after the initial shock he kept his mind about him. Looking for a way out that he was now certain wouldn’t come. The laugh of the Devil echoed deeply through the Room. "Fine, have it as you please. I don’t need to know any of your sad little secrets. No matter what you can do, or what you can pull from thin air it makes no difference. Today is your last Day." Gabe flinched just before His Feet were grabbed by some unknown force knocking him to the ground with a whap! Against the solid floor. Then his legs were pulled off one joint at a time. Starting with his toes which were crushed and then ripped away, then his ankles torn slowly like cloth. Gabe was banging his head against the marble floor in Agonized screams with each one, his voice cracking and tears streaming down his face. He’d lost all control in this situation. Everything had gone down hill so fast. As his knees made a funny snapping sound, the Demon looked at Gabes eyes with pleasure. “You’re a strong one aren’t you. Your still awake and still sane. Most humans don’t last past the first few limbs. Losing their sanity and falling in to metal torment…” he didn’t sound impressed, just playful. “that must make you think your better than your fellow humans. Like you were worth a little more or could have lived a little longer than the others of your kind. I can assure you that is not the case.” he pulled Gabe’s last arm off from the shoulder just like the other one, leaving Gabe a mangled torso with no limbs to speak of and almost no blood. Gabe would already be dead if he hadn’t used a life saving technique where he sealed off his Arteries and veins with Spirit energy. He had learned this from an old book in Sisfar’s library just in case he ever needed it. And Right now, without it he would have no blood to speak of at all. “I will show you just how weak you are.” the cruel Demon king spouted. He lifted his hand and a black ugly cloud rose out of it. The cloud was about the size of a melon, and gave off an aura of confusion and insanity. With a flick of his fingers the giant devil sent the could directly into Gabes head. With no way to protect himself Gabe’s mind suddenly lost all semblance of thought. All his ideas were gone, the pain taking up every part of his mind. His fear was gone also leaving just torment. Somehow he felt even worse now than he had a moment ago. A rising headache splitting his brain and leaving him in a place of nothing but mindless torture. The laughing of those around him, the sight of a Blue skinned Demon chewing on his arm and eating his severed flesh, all of these thing filled him with dread. Against his own will he began to go crazy. No longer fully understanding the world around him. Trying to hide in his own mind like a child he found himself confused and wondering why he also wasn’t enjoying this since everyone else seamed to be. He felt like laughing but just coughed instead. He had a horrible scratch on his nose and couldn’t stop thinking it was the wort thing in the world.

The Titan Archdevil was deeply enjoying himself, and even smiled as he watched the man smother in his own blood slowly losing his mind. Gabe squirmed and tried to get up on his stubbed knees without his arms. But it wasn’t long before he felt his entire lower half grabbed by a terrible force. "Stop!! Stop!!!" Gabe screeched his throat tightened and knitted as he tried to hold back the emotions of losing his pieces of his body. He regretted coming to this awful land, he regretted taking one too many risks. Now he was going to die at the hands of the monster. Colin would die to, and it was all his stupid fault. He knew it was dangerous to come here, especially without Malner with him. Even though he was now partially insane, some part of him was able to stave off the invading confusion. Just like his time in the Black Purl, as long as there was some tiny amount of light he could not be driven entirely mad, he would hold on to whatever he had to keep his balance. The laughing in the room was all he could hear now though even Gabe’s soul beasts were silent leaving him in this pain alone. "Stop?!" The Titan Archdevil asked with a raised eyebrow clearly amused and entertained. "Why? This is the most fun I've had all week. Since the last fool my Slaves captured. There is no reason to stop." Gabe felt one of his inner organs pop inside him kike a spoiled fruit an be completely destroyed. in the depths of his mind he recognized two things, one he was truly a fool for coming here. And two Nothing in his entire life compared to this torture, not his father's shunning, Not his time in that awful Pearl in Sisfar's Treasure Store, Not even stubbing his toe in the morning repeatedly. This was a new level of Ache that he never wanted to feel again. For a single moment his heart Filled with paralyzing fear and he couldn't move, couldn't breath as another organ was thrown away. The limits of his life saving technique reached, as blood loss and organ failure were sending him into death throws. Then he snarled at himself, he'd swore he would never be so afraid again after Sisfar used it to control him. He swore it!!! This pain... this horror filled awful pain would be no exception. Even though his body was wrecked, even though he felt like he had nothing to live for and no way out, he would not allow the Fear to set in like it once had and Stop him or control him. Pain, shame, torture, and even death were nothing to him when compared with Being controlled. He could not be controlled by his fear again, he would sooner corrupt his own soul, or sell his Heavenly rune.

If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.

"Stop!!! Stop!! I'll do anything!!" Gabe shouted. "I'll lick your boots!!!" He screamed. He flinched and spasmed a little to try and swallow the suffering his entire body felt. Putting his face to the floor and Sucking up a mouthful of his own Blood by mistake. "Will you!?! Oh how disappointing that is, you humans are truly pathetic." The Titan Archdevil said with a scoffing tone. All the demons watching, most of which were Avatar realm laughed and cackled. "Come, show me the truth of how low your kind really is. Lick my boots and know that you will still not be given a quick death. Lick them and know just how low you are in this world." The Archdevil grinned wanting to see this sorry man crawl in his own blood simply because he was ordered too. Gabe used his stub knees and stomach to inch across the marble as fast as he could, his strength waning from his blood loss so he pulled on all the Spirit energy he could muster. He was bleeding from every corner of his body and drug a trail of crimson behind him, scooting forward as laughter and curses were all that he heard. He hurried to go do this dead like it was his only dream in life and all the monster were getting a wonderful show from it. He clinched his teeth so tightly his jaw hurt but not nearly enough to drown out the other pain he was feeling. By now even the Archdevil was laughing at his sad impression of a bloody inch worm. Finally he made it to the Devil's giant feet, they were actually more like hooves then boots or feet. He put his head up to the hard hove and to the laughter of hundreds of Demons and devils opened his mouth and began to lick the Archdevil's feet just to survive a little bit longer. The Titan Archdevil roared in laughter for a full two minutes, as Gabe licked like he enjoyed it. Moving his tongue very difficult directions his neck straining backwards as he laid on his belly. Blood gushed from his mouth and he closed his eyes using his soul sense only to see what he was doing. He drew in the blood a very powerful rune, a rune he prayed his tongue would not mess up. And hopped this stupid selfish monster would give him time to finish.

The laughing of the Archdevil stopped, he felt something. And as he looked down saw a glowing rune on his Foot. The Man had stopped licking and was now Grinning with a bloody mouth and Spitting up Red everywhere in coughing fits. The Archdevil thought he would start with the man's teeth next for trying pathetically to draw a useless rune, and trick him. what tiny meaningless Rune could make such a tiny brat smile like that. The useless man must have finally given in fully to the Madness. The Archdevil focused his powers to pull all of Gabe's teeth out in one yank but couldn't. He struggled with it for just a moment before he felt his body freeze unable to move even a tiny bit, fear struck his heart. What kind of rune could stop him, he was all powerful. Too strong for any rune to Outdo him, even the most powerful ones on Primeway written by Deity Realm channelers would fail against him. he fought against it but as hard as he tried he couldn't move or speak. He heard a single raspy whisper from the man below his feet. "Got ya bastard." Before his vision went white and he was sucked down into the man’s soul.

Gabe watched with Spiteful amusement as the Giant demon was sucked down into his chest in a white light, when a Channeler's mark was removed from his body by losing his arm or hand where it was drawn, it reappeared on his chest over his heart so that he would have to die before it would disappear again. The laughing and Cursing in the room turned to silence. Gabe looked around with nothing but absolute hate for all of these Cursed Beasts. He had to act quickly though or they would kill him. Right now they were all in shock, thinking it impossible that Gabe had just Bonded with the Archdevil. Gabe summoned the Giant demon and watched as the Archdevil looked around and then at him with a snarl. The Beast aimed a kick at him but the foot passed straight threw him, Soul-Beasts couldn't hurt their masters. The Archdevil cursed as Gabe took control of him with an iron grip on his soul, then had the beast pick up the lost sundial and dropped teleport scroll near him. The monster had been huge and over fifty feet tall only moments ago but was now only Fifteen feet long as he Was reduced to Gabe’s power realm while outside his soul room. The demons and devils in the room only watched, they didn't act at all or even speak. Gabe woundered why, they should be trying to kill him by now. He was in to much pain to wounder hard on the subject though. And would not stop trying to escape until one of them forced him to or killed him. He made the Archdevil open the portal right next to him and then used all his strength to crawl through it quickly. He remained unhindered as he shut the portal behind him. Somehow escaping this nightmare… but Not out of the woods yet.

They stood on the Cliff before Sisfar's Treasure store, and Gabe felt the blood rush away from his head as he laid on the cold stone. He fought back the unconsciousness that tried to overcome him and used his soul sense to lead the demon through the cliff wall, none of his other Soul beasts could be summoned after they had all been brutally killed just minutes ago. So this new evil one was all he could use. He took full control and guided the devil through the golden chamber and into the Treasure Store. Finally standing in front of Malner who hadn’t noticed his entry because the Archdevil gave off the same signature Gabe would have and he wasn’t on alert for his master. Gabe forced the Archdevil beast to slap the Malner across the face just before he slipped into the blackness. His last blurry sight through the eyes of his new Soul beast was Malner's Wide eyes coming out of meditation.