Reed sat inside his dream as his friend or the other Count visited " Oh are reading the books I gave you ? " " Yeah there is so much history I am learning from " " Of course you would be learning a lot from it after all I'm the one who wrote it "
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" I know but this is really amazing how some of our history isn't true ? " " Of course , they aren't human beings who like to tell lies for their benefit but in the end it is just a means to an end it's nothing very important "
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" Are there other life out there ? " " Yeah but I stopped visiting they have nothing special there not like this world who has something that attracted like you " an appendage stretches to mess with Reed's hair a little .
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" But isn't it time for you to cut your hair I heard winter ended so it would be in your interest to have it cut " " I could just tie it " " You could huh then I'll grab a book for you to read " " But this book is already good enough " " Come on you know your dreaming time is vastly different than others "
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" Yeah I know but I think I like having one book first " Reed said as he continued reading excited for it " " Alright I'll take care of however is outside " " There's people outside the house ? " " Of course , they want to kill you I'll give you a book about all the recorded assasinations "
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Count disappeared as they went to mess with the assassin's mind and then Reed sighed continuing his reading as Count returned eating some kind of body that looked like Reed " Ehh what why are you eating that ? "
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" It's what they envisioned I got rid of it to get them away of course I made sure to implant some memories inside them " " That's just like magic " " Oh yeah there is magic but recently they seem to be reducing it's probably got to do with getting magic from other worlds "
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Reed felt an interest as he told Count " I'm gonna buy as many magical artifacts as it doesn't matter if they are cursed and all " " How reckless " " But you will protect me right ? "
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Count smiled " Sure little Reed I'll help you however don't dabble with the magic arts after all there were a lot of things like selling your soul to the devil "
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" I won't I'm just gonna learn anyways plus with the money and influence required to find these I'm sure I can get some witchcraft I heard some innocent women were accused of witchcraft when they couldn't even read "
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" You could just have me eat up their suspicions " " Yeah but you eat the branches not the root of the problem maybe I can buy them under the pretense of interest and to remove the suspicion of innocent women having done witchcraft "
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Reed excitedly said as the dream changed " Don't forget to read the books you said you wanted " " I know knowledge is power " " Your knowledge of assassins would help you prepare and maybe find some bodyguards to take care of them " " But I have you "
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Count smiled as they recalled what Reed had said " That's true but I take care of the branch not the root of the problem " " Ahh you used my words against me " Reed said upon realization of what Count had said " That means I helped you the same way you helped me "
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" Oh that makes sense then should I look into educating the illiterate after I collect witchcraft materials ? " " Sure but you may as well expand your influence first if the people start being suspicious of you they might revolt "
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Reed agreed " If they live a good life they might be fine with having business with the devil " " Oh the little angel Reed Count is calling himself a devil " " Hey you would have been called a devil too you know " " I would wouldn't I "
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Count laughed as Reed thought about education " Say how do you know a lot about the world ? " " Same way I know about you " " Ehh memories ? Does the world have a will ? " " No it doesn't but the world can forget it's past think of it as a much higher plane than this plane and I have access to it "
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" Ahh really ? " " Yes but it's not very interesting to me after all unlike the world people with self have emotions which bring different kinds of taste " Count takes out an apple and hands it to Reed " Here try it "
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Reed ate the apple as he felt knowledge flow into his head " Ahh this is like that forbidden druit from the Garden of Eden " " Yeah I know I took that as inspiration for my new book " " Book ? " " Yes after all I can just eat a memory and have it in what you humans call the mind "
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" Then I could've just eaten this " " You could but " Count takes the apple away " You see this fruit must be eaten whole for it unlike reading a book which is linear and slow eating this apple is like reading several pages at once moreover knowledge isn't circular it is more linear so if you didn't eat this apple correctly you might have read the beginning of a story and the end at the same time "
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" Ehh so it isn't entirely efficient " " Only if you have a small mouth I can eat a lot of memories and have the entire knowledge of it " " Wahh ! That's so unfair " " It is but it didn't used to be like this I had to start low at some point so keep reading little human " Count patted Reed's head as the dream ended .
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Karma opens his eyes recalling the dream in perfect memory ' An old memory huh This dream was when Reed had his first assassination attempt as well as understanding more about the world of dreams "
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Karma opened the curtains as the sun shone on his face " Yawn what a good sleep I had " He recalled the promise keepers wanting to stay at the dream to eat as many acknowledgments as they could and went down to hear the doorbell .
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He looked at James who had no rest at the door who came but forgot why " What happened ? " " You said I didn't have to fight I ended up fighting all night until I was able to get my point through . "
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" You mean in bed " " In a physical life and death fight !! " James yelled " Oh this is why you are single " James felt irritated " Anyways I'm here to tell you that they said you are welcome I'm gonna clock out I need sleep "
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James said as Karma summoned a portal and he walked through . He wasn't sure how but he fell on his bed and slept ' So the witches are fine with me now oh well time to go then ' he left a note saying he'd be back in an hour as he went through a portal .
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He walks through the portal appearing inside a forest as he looks around ' I'd think I was in an elf forest but ' he looks at the trees ' Are witches also druids ? Or is this a new age witchcraft ? But then again the magic they showed in the games was all more on nature rather than summoning demons '
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He walks along the forest hoping there isn't some whimsical magic meant to make him get lost as he follows the location according to his phone and looks at the hut in front of him .
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He walks in as he sees a cat and turns to see an old witch who as one may expect is wearing a young but deceased yet living-looking body " So you found out " " It took a while to get Lilith to spill the secret I just had to find a way to tell you "
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" We had a hectic night because of that " " You make it sound like you had a different kind of fight with your wording did you cast a spell on the guy you fought "
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" No but do forgive me for my words " the witch laughed " My name is Hecati we already know each other " " Hecati so I want to have copies of your new witchcraft "
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" Of course , you can have it but we would like to receive the originals " " Hmm sure I can lend you that " " Of course , they are originals unlike the copies we gave you it will be enough to have access to it " ' I'll have to remove the sins from it maybe put it in the crown of thorns '
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An idea pops out of his head as he smiles and hears some books fall on stacks " We already prepared these after anticipating your arrival we hope it's not too much " " Then I'll have to make sure the works are safe for you to read before I lend them to you "
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Karma retrieved the copies into his storage box " You use demon magic ? " " Yep got it for a favor " " Interesting a favor with a demon maybe we can use contracts for each other " " Oh we could then the context shall be Karma Count will allow access of the original copies to the witch court while the Witch Court will give copies of their new witchcraft to Karma Count "
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" Hmm , I don't see a loss for us I will sign as the Witch court's representative " A contract was drawn as the ink spilled on paper writing the conditions and Karma took a pen and so did Hecati as they signed each of their signature on the paper .
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" I'll leave the original copies to your care but how about a separate deal " " What would that be ? " " You continue your employment with my company " " I see it has been a while since we had signed it , was it ten years ago ? " " Yes "
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Karma returns as he took the crown of thorns and took away the sins that were absorbed by the original copies of stained works ' Now they're useful although it is going to be hard to convince them these are the originals '
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Karma recalls the clause of the unspecified access to the original works ' If I say it's a copy I still complete the clause of letting them have access to the original works ' Karma smiled knowing it is technically the original but is viewed as a copy and decided to have copies made first packing them and sending Hacati through her email about taking a while .
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He takes the book and starts reading it as he just had to have a dream about it ' Normally the Akasha would help a lot but the dream is poking at my ego '
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He reads the new witchcraft which started with how it was made .
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"The Count has been interested in magic for a long time despite saying he wishes to collect works to stop innocent women from being accused of witchcraft . But even so despite some being innocent others actually had witchcraft"
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"We took advantage of this and created a new form of witchcraft by discovering the Fae or the children of a great being . Such a being was unknown but their offsprings were powerful we consulted with them to protect witches and gained a new form of immortality continuing our craft"
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"We adapted new runes to work on these new magic" ' Ugh another language may as well just understand the gist of it ' "We learned more about the being behind these children of magic , They were unknown even more mysterious than the god above that we know of"
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"They don't seem to be native to this world and neither do these children of magic seem to be like offsprings of god's creation even more , We can't ascertain whether this god? was someone close to the heavens or to hell"
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"They seem to be more powerful than Lucifer when we observed the combined strength of all these Fae" ' Combined strength now this is interesting if they suspected the magic community to be extensively powerful wouldn't that ... '
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Karma was hit with a revelation " So that's what that verse meant when it said that " Karma sighed " Looks like this revelation is spreading even further than heaven and hell it's going as far as beyond this planet "
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Karma looks at the crown of thorns thinking about his plan " Looks like I need to get the ring first " Karma sends the books of new witchcraft to be Risana to turn them into ebooks .
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Karma opens a portal at a mansion as he looks up at the name "Lucifer" ' Maybe I should make an appointment but then again '
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Karma hit the doorbell planning to give the devil a test of his first night as a twenty year old " The Count himself I heard your deal with Lilith but you came here quick " " Yeah can we speak in person "
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Lucifer summons a portal as Karma walks through to see Lucifer in a much human form except with several appendages doing work " What do you want ? " " A trade if I may I'm sure you have heard or dealt with that giant piece "
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Lucifer looks at Karma " I know you are somewhat connected to it " ' Looks like Lilith didn't tell him even better ' " Good then I have a proposal " Karma showed the crown of thorns " Why do you have that ? "
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" Family inheritance I would like to give you this in exchange for the Solomon's ring " " No " Lucifer interrupted " Let me finish ... I will trade the crown of thorns the son of god wore to carry the sins of all of humanity at that time for Solomon's ring but I am not allowed to use it on demons how do you say is it a good deal for the devil "
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Lucifer looks at Karma " Why would I want to carry the crown ? " " Salvation of all demons born of sin , I know very well why you called the demons that came from the giant piece natural demons because you don't want to admit you were a demon for blasphemy against the lord "
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Lucifer's hands froze " Careful human you are dealing with the devil " " And I know the clause of to not kill which is spread even more heavily in hell , but I'm just putting up the offer to get the crown of thorns and have an unspecified someone carry the sins so that all demons have an escape route shouldn't be too hard and it is something you would like too "
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Lucifer's eyes narrowed at Karma as he smiled " After all only angels have fallen from grace who is to say a demon can't have salvation and I'm offering a deal . A biblical Relic that the son of god used to redeem humans of their sins , don't you want this ? Samael ? "
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" Why would I even give you Solomon's ring for it " " I know you traded it for the scales of Famine another useless Item for everyone for the ring to prevent humans from using it but what is the point of that if you can't even use it " Lucifer recalls Lilith's warning about the ring that he wasn't even intending to test out or let other's test and risk his status as the king of hell .
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" What makes you think I want Salvation " " Well hell is the only place for demons Also this reminds me don't you have a spare chair ? " Lucifer summons a chair as Karma takes a seat " As I was saying what would you do if Hell isn't suitable for your demons anymore where else would you go ? "
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" Are you saying something will happen to hell ? " " Who knows but you know just in case something bad actually happens what would you do ? " Lucifer doesn't have an answer as Karma smirked .
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" You don't know right ? You have no contingencies for the case when Hell is terribly destroyed or when demons are in trouble plus isn't this crown just the perfect thing for you just find a sacrifice to carry it for you and all your demons are now without sins you can start over and what's more you can leave hell to a new king ... if they can withstand the sins that is "
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Karma puts on the crown as it turns into a Tattoo " Looks like you got your hands on that kind of magic " ' It's the same one Cain used right ? ' " That's right take a look at how much I can use " thorns sprout out as Lucifer blocks it .
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" That's assault " " Is it though I had to demonstrate for you and I doubt you would ruin your reputation because you wanted to sue me for assault " Karma retrieves the sins and takes off the crown .
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" So you saw how dense it made the sins ? And how dark it was ? Try to compare it with how painful it must've been during the crucifixion " " I saw and I saw how much sins is in it " " Oh it's not mine in the first place don't look at me like a criminal who sent bombs to kill millions of innocent or a sadistic serial killer who had children in their basement "
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Karma held the black crown of thorns " These are yours actually the demons in your hell " he stood up and put it in front of Lucifer as he looked at it " One of your cute little children wanted some help in their business they were so adorable it's like they are no longer demons of sin "
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Lucifer slammed the table as he spread his miasma all over the room while Karma used his merits " I'll have you know COUNT We demons haven't gone soft " Karma smiled " That's what I expect and want " Karma puts on the crown of thorns back .
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" Then keep your crown and I'll keep the ring " Lucifer retrieves his miasma as Karma sighed " Well I'll leave the offer up after all I know the value of the crown itself to you and how it will raise " Karma smiled as he leaves through a portal again .
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' What a disappointment oh well I'll have other ways to get the ring in time that don't involve anything illegal ' he recalled the barrier and decides to visit Lebo ... he knocks on the door as Lebo goes and appears to see Karma who is currently shorter than him .
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" AHH BOSS ? " Lebo quickly shrunk as if some king told him he was too tall and had to lower himself " I came to visit I got Lilith's authority in exchange for a favor " Lebo couldn't tell why Karma sounds more like a demon than a human .
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" ahhh Boss you have so many sins " " Oh no it's just this really " Karma reveals the tattoo of the crown " It's how I'm containing all the sins from your ores "
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" The crown of thorns ? " Lebo was surprised " Yes It held the sins of humanity during the son of god's crucifixion it wasn't black enough back then because of how little sins were but after absorbing the sins Lilith extracted from your ores it turned black"
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" It can do that ? " " What are the sins of demons but the sins of humanity themselves " Lebo doesn't know what to respond as Karma continues " Putting that aside where is the rest of the ores you just mined I'm sure you have a lot that you mined "
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" Oh of course I did with the amount of profit you bought I was able to get more laborforce do you want to see how much " " Sure it doesn't have to be a lot " Karma follows Lebo to the storage as he looked at the ores .
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" Alright I'll trade these off with more weapons ... now that I think about it do you know who buys them ? " " Uh the underworld demons " " Underworld demons ? " " Well they are composed of several sinners who like doing what they did and some demons too "
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" Oh do they abuse their immortality there ? " " Yeah a lot just like to fight and do whatever they like even though some serial killers were able to be redeemed they were only redeemed when they learned you go somewhere when you die and some angels fell because they learned the people they took revenge are alive "
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Karma thinks about what Lucifer had said " I see well then I'll have the weapons ready by night again but do you wanna go visit Heaven and look into the ores affected by merit " Lebo was frightened by the idea of being burned by light .
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" I-i don't think I should " " Oh don't worry I have the crown of thorns I can use it to remove the sins from you " " We-well even so is it gonna be hard ? " " Hmm who knows Maybe I'll ask Mihr about it later but for now tell me more about the underground hell "
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Lebo felt hesitant " Well they are a lower level of hell " " Interesting and it's like a battlefield down there ? " " Yeah in addition to drugs and a lot of sin committing parts of that level I don't think I can survive which is why I stay at the highest levels of hell . "
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" So is it more crowded with natural demons ? " " Yep after all the deeper you go the more natural demons are around " ' That's interesting ' Karma looked at his hands as the tattoo of thorns stretched to his hands and made a smile .
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Isir clicks through several problems as they hear of Rochester's arrest ' Hmm boss talked to James about meeting someone was it supposed to be Cain I should check on that maybe Boss changed his mind '
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Isir checks on the villa to see Sebastian teaching the children recalling talking to Sebastian before personally and then changing their way of speaking to avoid information exposed ' So many memories to protect '
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Watching all the children have joy Isir recalls their memories of it too but is bored to see it again ' Maybe I should suggest a program now that we don't have to worry about dying and that talk Boss had with James yesterday about the human spirit '
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Isir puts the suggestion only to find Karma out of reception guessing he might either be in hell and try to use their new servers " Hello Boss ? " " Oh what is it ? " " Well I was just gonna suggest a plan now that we know what happens to us after death "
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" A plan you say tell me more " Isir informs about him with his recent involvement " Is that so then we'll have to investigate more on what happens to the soul after death maybe your plan might just be escape by death rather than a boost of strength "
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" Yes we could use more understanding of that maybe I can leave this to Cain " " You did plan to send Cain to watch Godfather from dying " " Yep He already caught Rochester and I was seeing if you want to go after him "
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" Maybe not there is a bigger fish we need to catch " " That is ? " Karma smiled walking down to the stairways down to a lower level of hell " The real hell of demons where all sinners are thrown for their sins they commited in life "
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" Ehh I thought that chubby imp was the average " " Oh no turns out not every demon is like that well according to Lucifer himself " " You had a talk with the devil himself ? Not surprising " " Really accounted for everything huh Isir "
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" Of course Boss it's how I got to this position " " yep you are one of the most intelligent minds I've seen " " You sound like you were looking at my brain " " relax I wasn't also do you think you can do another purge or something ? "
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" Like the ones in our underworld ? " " Sure but it has to be different you sent a lot of people to their arrest but we are in the prison they put themselves on "
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" Meaning it will be different this is bound to be difficult so what should we do about it then ? " " Well I think you can relax on this one with the crown of thorns I can take away all of their source of power " " okay Boss I'll tell you more about the plan later for now I will make copies and try to understand the books you sent to Risana to be compiled "
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Karma smiled hearing this as he looked at the new and real hell " shall we check up on the amount of sins Lucifer will have to carry then ? "
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