Flauros was in a terrible mood right now.
As a devil, even a high-tier devil, he had to learn to obey orders from above. So when he received the mission to spread plague near the Wind Spear Hills, Flauros felt terrible all over. This operation was a plan by the higher-ups in Baator, aimed at weakening the strength of the Material Plane, preferably keeping the clerics of the gods' churches running off their feet. The mission locations were assigned from above, and Flauros figured he must not have handed in enough souls during this period, which was why his superior had sent him to a place like the Wind Spear Hills.
This place was not terrifying.
What was terrifying, however, was the deity who ruled over it!
The God of Shadows, Soren!
This was a famous God Eater within the Multiverse who had first taken down the God of Hunt, Malar, and then killed the Lord of Shadows. This being's name had long since spread throughout Baator, so how could Flauros not know of his existence? Therefore, upon learning that the mission location was right within the spread of this majesty's faith, Flauros felt quite depressed. Yet the rules of Baator dictated that some missions could not be escaped, so after thinking for a long time, Flauros decided to avoid the rest of the Wind Spear Hills, muddle through in some random corner, kill a few mortals to gather souls, and fool the superiors in Hell.
However!
To Flauros's utter astonishment, Soren had noticed even such a small trick and caught him on the spot.
As a lofty deity, Soren was a bit different from other gods.
That was, other gods had already existed for quite some time, had long since grown indifferent to the life and death of mortals,