2 Hell Unleashed

...Hell?! Is that what all this is?

Damian stared at the message for more than a minute and thought about all that was currently happening.

There was no way to deny that it was the doing of the anonymous user. Everything couldn't just be some kind of coincidence and Damian knew that.

– @damianCross: Why are you doing this? This isn't what I wished for.

Damian waited but didn't receive any reply. He refreshed the page and it showed that the anonymous user had already logged out.

The anonymous user had always been online whenever Damian chatted with him and never even logged out once in between their chats. So why then?

Damian didn't think twice. He ran out of his apartment and dropped his phone by mistake but didn't bother to pick it up. Staying in a tall building wouldn't be safe if airplanes could come crashing down at any moment.

When he got to the elevator it was already crowded and people pushed over each other just to get on the elevator.

He decided to use the stairs, and since he is just on the fourth floor of the building he didn't hesitate.

He got to the first floor in no time. The whole place was rowdy and the guards were blocking people from leaving the building.

There were only three guards and their hands were already full.

Slowly the people on the floor were getting filled up to the extent there was no space to walk freely.

Damian squeezed through and eventually exited the building.

There was even more commotion outside.

Cars were burning, people were screaming and running, those hideous-horned winged creatures were flying around.

"Everybody! Please calm down! We're taking measures to ensure everyone's safety."

The brown-skinned and a bit burly officer that had a low-cut and goatee, one out of the two policemen that were stationed in front of the building called out, making the crowd calm down a bit.

"Now that I have gotten your attention, I'm Officer Mark Jordan and I will like to disclose the fact that we cannot contact the headquarters because of a communication problem as of the moment." The crowd became rowdy once again and fear could be seen on the face of the people.

"Please calm down. Everything will be resolved shortly. My colleague here is working on it. This is probably an attack for the declaration of war from an enemy country that is probably more advanced in technology than us."

Damian already knew the officer was talking absolute nonsense.

...But this isn't an attack. This is a world-ending phenomenon!

Damian was in the midst of the people but tried to get out to find a way to go underground, so he set his destination to the nearest subway station.

[Kieck! Kieck! Kieck! Humans are so dumb]

Everyone turned to look at where the grating voice was coming from.

A floating small black ball with one eye and red featherless wings. Its sharp-looking teeth were shown as its eerie smile gave everyone the creeps.

"What the heck is that hideous-looking thing?! A new type of toy?"

Someone among the crowd shouted. Then others followed suit.

"Are you the cause of what is happening?"

"It's a DEMON!"

"Is this some kind of prank?"

"Give us answers!"

"Are you from the enemy country?"

They all threw their tantrums and asked stupid questions. They couldn't accept the fact that beings that aren't humans existed. Maybe they knew it deep down, but they couldn't bring themselves to believe it because it's their worst nightmare.

Amidst the commotion, the ball-looking creature didn't speak and grew grill by the minute.

[The next human that speaks will die]

Everyone immediately fell silent. Not a single sound could be heard. Only one thing can cause such fear in humans and that is the fear of the unknown.

[What you are experiencing right now is neither a prank nor an attack from an enemy country. This is... the demon apocalypse, Hell On Earth]

No one dared to speak. A few gasps could be heard here and there but no single person… spoke.

Humanity had finally realized they were to come to an end by something unknown. There was no way to fight back at something they don't even know.

Damian just had a grin on his face because he already expected it. He hoped it wasn't true, that maybe his eyes were only deceiving him.

The people turned to look at the police officer but they all slowly turned away. They knew how powerless he and his government was.

[No one is coming to your aide. I made sure of that. So each of you will have to survive on your own]

Despair was what was written on the face of every individual. They all realized why the police headquarters the officer spoke about weren't able to be communicated.

[This apocalypse is like I said: Hell On Earth. And it will go through 12 phases]

A giant holographic screen appeared close to the ball creature.

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[Phase 1: Choose A Side]

Description : Kill an individual or destroy things to earn rings and a side

Objective : Kill at least 1 or more humans

Duration : 24 hours

Reward : 10 rings per human

Failure : Elimination

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[This is the first phase. 'Rings' are now your new currency and what ensures your survival. The higher your amount of rings the higher your rank. And the higher your rank the more important you are and the more power you gain]

"There's no way we're gonna kill each other!"

"Yea, we can't kill each other! It's against the law!"

The people protested but they just ended up annoying the ball creature the more.

Damian on the other hand immediately decided not to kill anyone. He accepted death since it's better than living in a world he holds no attachment to.

[I have to go and I won't explain further. If you like, let the duration for the phase end. Other individuals only get what I'm saying as a system message but I came by myself… just to meet someone special]

The ball creature looked at where Damian stood but the specific person it was looking at couldn't be known because of the other people close to him.

[If you want to stop the Hell-On-Earth process there are two ways to do so. You either kill the king of hell, which is most likely impossible, or…]

The one-eyed ball-looking creature quickly glanced at Damian, who noticed, before continuing.

[You kill the person that caused this apocalypse]