Book 9: Chapter 513: The Dark City: Fernandes City East District and The Gorgeous Food Display in the Ogres Lair
Book 9: Chapter 513: The Dark City: Fernandes City East District and The Gorgeous Food Display in the Ogres Lair
In the lost parallel world, the ruling area was at the center of the dark realm. Situated at the eastern district of Fernandes City, the Dark Capital, was the territory of the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn, who was also one of the Four Kings of Diablo. This place was considered the liveliest part of all the territory belonging to the Four Kings of Diablo.
The layout of the huge city of the Four Kings of Diablo was modeled after the print of a metropolis; as such, the Fernandes City was divided into four main districts, which were the east, the north, the west, and the south while maintaining the central area as a public space. The daily life of the demons that lived here was also different depending on which territory they lived in.
Placed in the northern region of the city was the “Dark District” that was ruled by the Dark King Gregory. The demons that resided here were that of the mutated hybrid demons. Opposite it, at the south, lay the “White District,” where the bones and skeleton demons gathered to live under the ruling of the Skeleton King Albert.
Elsewhere in the Eastern region was the “Red District,” where the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn ruled over his citizens that were made up of terrifying demons such as ogres. Situated in the Western region, on the other hand, was the “Grey District.” Under the ruling fist of Evil Spirit King Roscam, the evil spirited demons would call this place their home. Aside from these four districts, there also existed the “Colourless District” in the middle of the four main districts, which was ruled by none of the kings. Hence, this area remained the most chaotic region of the city.
Those monsters that did not receive the acceptance of the Kings of Diablo would be chased out to this middle region where they would survive in between the cracks of the four major districts. This particular place was said to be the creation of a taboo experiment that was carried out by the previous Dimensional Creators. Bella wasn’t ecstatic to inherit this place. Since there was no one to govern this place, the current four Kings of Diablo, who had not met with the Dimensional Creators for a long time, had begun to make a move.
The Dark King Gregory wanted to rebel and invade out of that dimension. Even with experimental subject No.1, he was regretful at how it turned out. Before his ambition could be realized, he was unfortunately trampled by the Sacred Demon God Samantha (Bella) as if it were God’s will.
The district that was ruled by the Two-Headed Ogre King, the “Red District,” was undoubtedly intense. Compared to the other three districts, the smell of blood in this district was so strong that it could be mistaken as a slaughterhouse instead. Unless there was any special occasion, the demons in this dark capital did not step foot out of their own district and the “Colorless District” at the center of the city.
Disguised as a dark art vendor of a hybrid demon descend, Bella pushed her small cart filled with carvings of the dark art towards the Eastern “Red district” where the ogres resided. According to the information that she had received from the leader of the hybrid demon, most of the hostages and the people who had disappeared from the Gabriel Empire had been transported to the ‘Red District.’
Not long ago, Bella had figured that by simply wearing an eyepatch that covered her eyes, she could conceal her identity as a Demon God. As long as the color of her pupils was hidden, it would be hard to identify her as a Demon God.
Bella felt that she had previously overestimated the intellect of the demons because most of the lower to mid-range demons were ignorant. The only way that they could distinguish a Demon God was by the heterochromatic pupils that the Demon Gods had. As for the demons that had no sight, they could only rely on their instinct to avoid any beings that were much stronger than themselves. Even the skeleton soldiers couldn’t tell apart the Demon Gods from the rest of the demons. All they could do was to evaluate Bella’s danger rate based on instinct.
In such a case, it was better to be able to see than to be blind. The “Red District” at which Bella was heading towards only housed ogres. It was utterly common for them to assess a Demon God based on the color of their pupils. Hence, Bella’s disguise was considerably successful because she was not stopped by any ogres, nor was her identity revealed after entering the district.
Aside from the black eyepatch, Bella also put on a black cloak covering most of her body. Only her face that was covered by her hair was visible. This was a very common way for a hybrid demon to dress when they were out doing errands to not frighten their customers. They used these cloaks to hide their scary features, and most of the time, only their face was exposed, but there would also be extreme cases where only their eyes, nose, or ears were the only parts that could be seen.
The Ogre Warriors that guarded the entrance of the “Red District” allowed Bella to enter without much hassle. With an average height of around two and a half meters, the Ogre Warriors obviously had no inkling of the artworks. No one approached Bella as she pushed the cart that was filled with dark arts, and hence, she didn’t sell any of it.
There were no other demons that resided in the “Red District” aside from ogres. The average height of an ogre was around two and a half meters, but some were also around one and a half meters tall. As for occupation, they were split into either an Ogre Warrior or an Ogre Mage. Basically, an Ogre Warrior’s chosen weapons were between an enhanced mace of a giant ax, but sometimes, they would also wield a sledgehammer. The Ogre Mages would normally carry a long bone staff that could cast spells or be used as a weapon if they ever engaged in close combat.
Even though the Ogre Mages held the title professionally, in reality, it was nothing more than a title for namesake. More often than not, these buffed men would use physical force as a means to attack rather than spell casting. Aside from their handheld weapons, the ogres did not wear a helmet or any other type of armor simply because of the way that they chose to fight. The heavy armor would only be a hindrance as the weight would only bog them down, slowing their combat effectiveness. As such, the armor had long been ruthlessly abandoned.
Besides the different occupations, the number of heads on an ogre was also used to distinguish its identity and status in the community. Between an average single-headed ogre and a double-headed ogre, the latter was given a much higher status. If one were to compare them to the Human Race, the double-headed ogre would have the status equivalent to that of a noble.
Even though the ogres were also known as man-eating demons, they did not merely eat humans. Technically, they were a race of omnivorous demons who would eat any meat placed in front of them. In fact, they would even devour their own companions. As long as it could be eaten, they would not hesitate to feast on it. It just so happened that when the Human Race was trying to determine the attributes for documentation purposes, these demons were seen biting into the remains of their victims, which at that point in time happened to be of the Human Race. Thus, they were labeled as man-eating demons.
Ogres did not seem to fancy constructing tall buildings. In fact, the structures to which they considered as a building were merely tents. In Bella’s opinion, the “Red District” was simply a slaughterhouse for the ogres. The prey that was hunted and captured by them would be sent here to be slaughtered before they were feast on. Most of their prey consisted of the Human Race. Not only were they from the Gabriel Empire, but there were also humans from other regions that were brought here.
However, the Human Race was not their main diet because they did not have enough meat to satisfy an ogre. Due to the human’s distinctively smaller size, a five-meter-high ogre would need to consume a few adult humans to fill its stomach. It would have definitely been better to hunt other larger demons for consumption. Since ogres were instinctively predators, they mostly hunt for their desire to torture rather than to eat. It was a similar concept to when a cat would toy with a mouse before eating it.
As such, the ogres’ hunting habits were similar to that of a cat. Various slaughter tools were scattered along both sides of the road in “Red District.” These tools were not only used to kill humans, but they were also used to slaughter other large animals. Regardless if they were men, women, young or old, all the captured Human Race was placed in large iron cages.
The imprisoned human here was not those from the imperial palace and instead were captured from other areas. These people still had their clothes on them. Bella walked past them, ignoring the captives. For now, Bella was prioritizing her acquaintances while the rest of them would just have to wait.
Maybe the ogres were very confident in their own capabilities; the ogres in the “Red District” tend to turn a blind eye towards the hybrid demon vendors that were bustling in their territory without properly checking on them. This habit of theirs made it easy for Bella to sneak into the palace where the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn, one of the Four Kings of Diablo, was at. It wasn’t hard to locate the palace where the Demon King resided in the “Red District” since it was the only tall building among the rest of the tents.
Even the Ogre Warrior that was guarding the entrance did not stop Bella. She successfully entered the heart of the “Red District” while pushing her small cart that was stocked with dark arts and leisurely got into the palace of the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn.
During her stay at New Moon Island, Bella had visited an ogre palace that was there, and she remembered the layout of the palace relatively well. Based on her knowledge, the ogres did not like complicated palace structures as the decorations were kept at a minimum. Even though they might come from different regions, the ogres generally followed a similar style when it came to decorating their palaces. They probably imitated the style from the previous generation and were too lazy to change it.
The ones that Bella was searching for were placed here in this palace. The area where the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn would receive his visitor as well as display his trophies was a spacious hall. This was where the beauties that were captured from the harem of the Imperial City, the Stardust Palace, were kept.
The maids and female guards who managed to impress Bella at the Stardust Palace were all imprisoned here. Before the infection broke out, the place where the harem was kept was considered safe due to its location that was placed deeper in the palace and the fact that there were very few visitors that were allowed in there. Furthermore, before the infection reached them, the Dark King Gregory had complete control over the infection.
Being the experimental subject No.1 and one of the Four Kings of Diablo, the Dark King Gregory could easily defeat an ordinary human master.
Even before they were captured, these groups of beautiful maidens were lounging around seductively in their naked form. After they were caught, they had saved the ogre of the hassle of stripping them; after removing whatever accessories that remained on them, they could be sent directly to the next cleaning process.
The hands of the beautiful maidens were folded together and locked onto the grooves of a frame above their heads. They were hung in the air in a shameful posture. With their hands above their head, their legs were forced to spread open, but their thighs and calves were folded and pressed together while being bound by black leather straps. From afar, they seemed to make out the Chinese character for ‘human.’ This posture would ensure that their feet could never touch the ground as they hung helplessly in mid-air.
Each and every beautiful maiden here looked as if they had been washed as the water pipes that were previously used to hose them down are lying idly on the floor of the spacious exhibition hall. With water slowly gliding and dripping off their snow-white bodies, they looked particularly sensual in this dimly lit setting.
A black cloth was wrapped around the eyes of these beauties and because they couldn’t see the way the ogre would be processing them, all they could do was wait helplessly in their position as their bodies that were as fair as a snow-white jade trembled violently in fear. A special iron ring was inserted into their mouth so that it would always remain open.
Even without the iron ring in their mouth, the beautiful maidens would still have to open their mouth since wooden clips were placed on their noses, pinching them. The only choice for them to not suffocate was to breathe through their mouth. Either a black or red dye was used to number the maidens for easy management, and they had placed it on the elastic snow-white buttocks of every maiden.
As the captive, they had been stripped of their name as their only identification was by the numbers given, just like a female prisoner. In this palace where the Two-Headed Ogre King resided, the large hall was filled with the beautiful maidens that were captured from the palace. They were put out to be displayed like trophies. Incidentally, no men were found between the trophies. Evidently, the Two-Headed Ogre King had retained the refined taste of a gentleman as he knew how to appreciate the beauty of a maiden by having them out on display.
Along with the maids and female bodyguards, some beautiful female assassins were captured among them. Like the maidens who had incarcerated them, these female assassins were also put out for display as a war prize. It was easier to manage them because they did not need to be disciplined as they had previously undergone a long period of torture while they were in the Stardust Palace.
The female assassins were brought together in an iron cage while still retaining most of the restrained items on their bodies. All the abusive methods that were previously used in the palace were most likely going to be used here as well. The only difference was that they were currently dripping wet because the ogres had just hose them down. Aside from that, their noses were also being pinched by wooden clips forcing them to breathe through their mouth.
Contrary to the maidens, the numbers on these beautiful assassins were written directly over the soft flesh of their bosom. The beautiful assassins could not deny their bitter fate. At first, they were placed in the Stardust Palace, the harem area of the imperial city, with the objective to assassinate the Emperor, but their mission failed, leading them to be captured and punished in the palace.
From there, piling up to their unfortunate fate, they were then captured by the ogres and brought over to their territory. Previously when they surrendered themselves in the palace, the most they had to do was submit themselves as part of the harem but over here in the ogre territory, they won’t know when and how they would be killed. The ogres were well known to have the tendencies to torture and kill their victims as they did not even bother to hide their brutal acts.
The female assassins suffered harsher management at the hands of the ogre as compared to their previous conditions in the hands of the maidens in the palace. Currently, the female assassins were also being displayed out like trophies. The ogres sprayed them with double the amount of water than when they hose down the maidens of the palace, and they untied the “Metal Chastity Pants” that the female assassins had on. Compared to the bashful expression of the maidens, the ogres preferred to see the beautiful girl’s uncontrollable expression as they experienced incontinence. In fact, the iron cages were already covered with strange water stains. Most of them couldn’t withstand the profound changes, but all they could do was to submit to the mercy of the ogres.
On the other hand, the members of the Darkness Church were being kept in a place further in the exhibition hall of the palace. Bella had to walk for some time before finding the beautiful maiden of the Darkness Church, whose temperament was far different from the maiden on the outside. These beautiful maidens from the Darkness Church held a very distinguishable character, similar to that of the nuns of the Radiant Church.
In the deeper part of the exhibition hall, the members of the Darkness Church who participated in the rebellion at the Gabriels City of Gabriel Empire were held here. They were mainly the members of the faction from the Goddess of Darkness Church. The Darkness Church Demon King faction that teamed up with Bella did not participate in the rebellion.
The Darkness Church believed in the Goddess of Darkness and had originally cooperated with Prince Cruz but did not expect him to secretly collaborate with a certain Demon King. Unfortunately, the said Demon King happened to be the Dark King Gregory, who also happened to be the experimental subject No.1. As such, the Darkness Church was lost as all their hard work on Gabriel Empire was made futile as it now belonged to someone else.
The original plan of the Darkness Church was to secretly let the Dark Pope’s heir, Lisnell to impersonate Empress Deborah the Fifth, the Empress of Gabriel Empire, who would take control of a large number of concubines in the palace, but all of it ended when the Dark King Gregory captured them.
After receiving the powerful energy from experimental subject No.1, Prince Cruz, who was probably possessed by the Dark King Gregory, mercilessly betrayed the Darkness Church that had been supporting him all along. Since they were nuns who deeply believed in only the Goddess of Darkness, the Darkness Church members refused to change their belief in the Demon King, and as such, they could not come to an agreement.
The chosen ones belonging to the Goddess of Darkness Church members who had sneaked into the harem of Emperor Alfred the Third were also among the chosen beautiful girls who had been captured to this place. They were treated no differently than the beautiful maidens in the front area as they were also stripped of all their clothes.
Regardless of their ranks, whether they were the Dark Priestess, the Dark Warrior, the Dark Knight, the Dark Nun, or of any other ranks, these female chosen ones of the Goddess of the Darkness Church were all stripped naked. Aside from the black cross that embellished their chest, there was nothing that they could hide their private secret behind. Previously, these chosen ones from the Darkness Church, who were led by a Demonic Swordsman, were defeated by the demon army that was summoned by Kriss.
In that confrontation, their clothes were ripped till nearly naked, and the demons that were summoned by Kriss nearly took away all of their power. This time around, they were betrayed by Prince Cruz and his forces, resulting in a heavy loss on their part. Aside from the fact that the dark attributes could not damage a similar force, their loss was mainly caused by the fact that they had yet to fully restore their power after the war with Bella and Kriss, who personally led their army to annihilate the Darkness Church’s forces.
The bodies of these beautiful maidens from the Goddess of Darkness Church were painted with various beautiful patterns similar to a tattoo. The only difference was that these beautiful patterns were painted directly onto their skin and could be washed off using special liquids. Their slender figure with these patterns painted on their snow-white skin gave off a very alluring vibe of foreign beauty, akin to a precious work of art. When reflected in the flickering blue flame, it shone with a luster that seduced a person’s deepest desire.
These beautiful maidens of the Darkness Church had their hands and feet bound on an X-shaped wooden frame behind them while their neck and waist were tied by black belts, forcing them to retain the X shape. Since the shelf was fixed to a pillar that was a short distance from the floor, they were literally semi-hanging in the air.
In addition to that, the most malicious thing was that a wheel similar to that of a car steering wheel was installed behind the X frame. This made the whole shelves to be able to fully turn in a clockwise direction. The maidens that were bound to the shelves were frequently turned from top to bottom in a clockwise manner. Bella had seen these particular spinning torturing prop in Noesha’s torture chamber, and the particular equipment is called a “Cross Windmill.”
The maidens that were tied to the “Cross Windmill” were constantly in a state of dizziness and confusion. They were unable to concentrate at all. The ogre had hosed them down with water, so the beautiful maidens of the Darkness Church were also wet all over. To prevent them from meditating, the speed of the wheel of the magicians was turned much faster than those who were of military background.
From time to time, the “Cross Windmill” would stop for a period of time, making the beautiful maiden who was bound to the shelf stand upside down through that period. During this time, clear water would be gushed out from the top of the plumbing system that was placed on the pillar. The water would shower these beautiful maidens from their feet and drip all the way down their body. This particularly shameful washing method made the maidens from the Darkness Church extremely overwhelmed.
To prevent them from choking to death when the clean water flushed over them, they wore a special protective mask that covered their nose and mouth. Bella realized that the pair of jade bunnies on their chest was obviously fuller as if they were fed with some special potion. The two red cherries on the tip of their bosom were covered with a pair of transparent lids.
Looking at the pair of heavy fruit on their chest, Bella quickly realized that they were fed with some special potion. If it weren’t for the special transparent lid, some white milk-like liquid might be oozing out of their chest. Their faces were flushed red, but Bella could not hear the noise they were making due to the special masks that restrained their mouths. Yet, judging by their blurry eye, it was clear that they were in an intoxicated state of mind. Due to the constant cleaning, Bella couldn’t find any liquid stain in between their snow-white thighs.
It looks like the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn also had a very high drive. Luckily, the size of the ogre was too vastly different from theirs. Otherwise, these beautiful maidens would not be able to keep their virginity. On the other hand, the ogres were more keen to feast as compared to mating. Even though the scene in front of them was seductive to the eyes of a human but in the eyes of the ogre, this was no different from an ordinary decorated fruit platter.
Bella finally found Lisnell, the heir of Dark Pope’s heir from the Darkness Church, as well as all the other important girls that Bella was looking for. However, she noticed the Two-Headed Ogre King Dorn, who was leisurely walking around the place holding the Darkness Church captive.
“Hey, you. Hybrid demon, come here.”