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The soul projections of several overlords plunged toward the depths of Hell.
First layer, second layer, third layer, fourth layer, fifth layer!
The four overlords stood in the Fifth Layer of Hell. Before them loomed a massive gate.
Beyond it lay the Sixth Layer!
Lilith stood before the enormous gate, silent and deep in thought.
Powerful waves of Sloth filled the air. The Fifth Layer of Hell was much like the others, except that the Sloth here was so dense it nearly drove out every other emotion and will.
The other three overlords frowned despite themselves. Being immersed in a sea of emotion so different from their own left them deeply uncomfortable. That was why, unless something important came up, they avoided the other overlords' layers whenever possible.
Even when they needed to discuss something, they usually gathered in the first layer. Its mix of emotional energies was at least bearable.
"What's wrong? Why isn't Third going in?" Alastair, the most impatient of them, asked with a frown as he watched Lilith continue examining the gate.
"Something in there... isn't right." Lilith did not turn around. She stared gravely at the enormous gate, a note of surprise in her voice.
She tapped the gate lightly with a finger. Her expression changed, and she retreated at once.
She reached out and seized a powerful devil brimming with Sloth, dragging it over.
Bang!
She hurled it against the gate.
But then—
At first, the devil looked bewildered. It gave the overlords a pitiful shriek.
The next instant—
Its face twisted in terror. It opened its mouth wide to scream, but no sound