Chapter 128: Down

For Derrick, hell was once his home, but now it’s just a place of absolute loneliness. Everywhere he looked, he saw only the dark, barren landscape, dotted with sharp, jagged rocks and rivers of molten lava. The air was thick with the acrid stench of sulfur and smoke, and there was a constant low rumble in the background, like the growling of some massive, hungry beast. He sat for what felt like hours, maybe days, without encountering another living soul, and the silence was deafening. It was as if the very air around him was suffocating him, reminding him of the isolation he felt, cut off from the world and the woman he loved. He was so spoiled with the feeling of happiness and life that what’s usually normal for him and his existence became torturous to him.

He sat on his throne in the fiery underworld, his thoughts consumed by Lyra. Derrick sighed as he looked around the desolate landscape of the underworld, missing his beloved Lyra more than ever. He wished he could be with her, h