Chapter 2

Vortex of fire

The steps of the bare feet echoed softly on the stone walls of a seemingly endless tunnel. The walls, warmed by what appeared to be an inner fire, glowed orange and red, illuminating the darkness and giving off warmth at the same time. However, this warmth was anything but inviting, it was much more stuffy and stole the air to breathe for those who did not know it in the first few seconds after entering.
This is what happened to Lilith, who hung coughing and panting over the man's shoulder.
He raised an eyebrow briefly and looked at the woman's white legs, placed them gently in front of him and put his hands on his hips. Lilith looked up at him, put her hand over her mouth and finally turned around, gasping for air, crouched on the floor and gasped, but the oxygen required was a long time coming.
Still confused, the man looked at the little woman, looked around perplexed and also a little offended.Nobody had ever dared to cancel his pose like that.
So that the woman could show her fear, she had to breathe ...
He grabbed her by the hips again, threw her over his shoulder again and hurried with his load through the tunnel, past endless curious eyes that glowed from every slightly darker corner.
Through the tunnel they came into a huge round cave, several small caves gaped on all sides, stalagmites and stalactites protruded from the ceiling and from the floor, large holes, similar to ravines, denounced in the rock and let a fire crackle inside them ...
In a panic, Lilith saw more shadowy figures, but the air continued to escape her, she had no time to worry, it was even more stuffy here than in the tunnel ...
Her kidnapper carried her into one of the side caves, which only had a single rock inside, and several holes that adorned the floor.
She was set down on the rock.The one who had carried her all the way now crouched in front of her, smiled and ran a finger over her rosy lips.
"At least you're pretty ..."
Lilith didn't know this word, but at the moment even the inquisitive woman didn't care what it meant, the sulphurous smell bothered her if she could only get a breath ...
The last thing she realized was the man leaning over, holding her head, and pressing his lips to hers. At first she wanted to push the stranger away, but soon she noticed that he was blowing air into her lungs.
She closed her eyes and eagerly inhaled the oxygen, now she got used to the air that prevailed inside this cave. When the man noticed that she was breathing properly again, he took his lips from her mouth and looked at her carefully.
"Can you breathe?"
She stared at him for several moments, then slowly nodded.
"Yes my Lord."
He acknowledged her nod and got up, then looked at the entrance to the cave, where shadow creatures were gathering again.A growling sound escaped him angrily. With clenched fists he walked up to them and shouted at them furiously, again he pulled out a staff. Immediately the demons flowed in all directions and he was able to return to her.
Lilith looked at him respectfully and nervously stroked her hair, seemed unable to get a word out.
The man sighed and crouched in front of her again, did she want to keep quiet the whole time?
But the next moment she proved otherwise and stared defiantly at him.
"I am grateful to you for saving me, but I still refuse to comply with a man's pathological fantasies, even if these strange leaves cover up your manhood, it is easy to see what gender you are and I would rather receive death than a bastard who may violently attack me! "
Amazed that she could speak correctly after all, he got up and stood in front of her with his hands on his hips, but surprisingly she imitated him.Furious, he pulled the woman to himself and looked threateningly into her eyes, pulled his own close together and stared down at her.
"I did not claim to want to assault you! And now shut up your loose mouth, you cheeky piece!"
"I naughty piece also have a name, wretched man!"
"Then tell him! So that I know who to strangle!"
"Tell me yours so I know who to hate!"
He let go of her and briefly inhaled imperiously, then parried tightly and leaned forward briefly.
"My name is Samuel, I am the ruler of fire and in this region the demons are subject to me."
He rose again with dignity and looked at her waiting.
She put her hands on her hips and stared at him, then bowed slowly.
"My name is Lilith, until a few days ago I was Adam's wife."
Now it was Samuel who looked puzzled.
"Lilith? The one who called out her name from the Garden of Eden?"
"Yes, I am. Well ... Adam is God's first human creation, I gave him the name.""Wait, that's not right! Adam is not God's first creation."
Confused and also a little angry, she looked at Samuel.
"But of course it is God's first creation!"
"No! Look at me! Don't I look human?"
Not knowing what he was getting at, she paused briefly.
"Well, yes you do .. But what does that have to do with Adam?"
"Very easily…."
Samuel closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath, then looked up again and stared at Lilith.
"Even God is not infallible. By and large, he is not even able to exist. He is weak and stupid, he believes that his creation will be his image. Hey! What are you doing there?"
In a rage, the woman had grabbed the baton and aimed it at the man's throat, shifting her weight onto her back foot and seemed ready to stab.
"Silence! God is the creator of the earth! You demons also live on his work of art! Nobody gives you the right to spread such nonsense about him!"He stared briefly at the tip of the stick, which bored into his skin and caused his blood to draw a thin trail over his neck, then to Lilith, who had obvious problems seeing him bleeding but tried desperately to maintain her halfway threatening posture .
Samuel sighed, took the staff and turned it skillfully, in the next moment Lilith was in his arms and now stared up at him fearfully. With gentle force he took the weapon from her, put his object to be killed back against the wall and sat the woman on the rock, he crouched next to her.
Briefly he took another deep breath, but then pressed her neck onto the hard stone and sat down on her stomach to ensure her no escape.
"Now listen, woman! God needs a whole 7 days to equip a planet with the bare minimum! Light and darkness are no big deal, anyone with such supernatural ability can do that. I can also darken the sun, I just have to destroy it!If God is so powerful, how could it happen that demons step over the still young world? That there is an opponent of the Creator? Lucifer, the ruler of all demons, was the first angel God created. But when he was supposed to serve the people, he rebelled against his Creator, he was followed by almost a third of the angelic hierarchy. Michael went into battle, Lucifer lost, as God cowardly joined Michael instead of foiling the battle. Accordingly, God stirs up hatred, it is his fault that a war broke out in the first place. And his own creation, the angel Lucifer, now became the lord of the underworld. "
A grin fell on Samuel's lips, but immediately his features darkened.
"Now tell me how it can be that we have so many rulers when only one belongs to power?"
"Many rulers in what sense?"
"God is above all people, he is the one and only Lord, but why does he not allow his power to be shared?Just like here? Our ruler is Lucifer, that may be true, but he allows a division of power. He is followed by Belial, the Vietzekönig, then the 4 rulers the Gubernator Satan, Beelzebub, Astaroth and Pluto, after them the 7 Grand Dukes Aziell, Mephistopheles, Marbuel, Ariel, Aniguel, Anifel and Barfaee, after them the Grand Councilors, the Reichssecretarius and the House ghosts. What is the problem? I can tell you that! God is afraid of being overthrown! He knows that he does not have the strength to defend himself against a resistance, that is also the reason why he banished me from the Garden of Eden, I did not meet his wishes and made friends with the snake, which was inspired by the spirit of the great Lucifer is touched. "
Slowly his anger subsided and he let go of it again, then examined the dried blood that had come up to his chest.
Lilith sat up again and rubbed her neck, staring fixedly at Samuel.
"Are you a creation of God?""Yes…"
He wasn't paying much attention to her at the moment, he was nibbling at the crust of blood and slowly scraping it off.
"Did God cast you out?"
"Seems so…"
"Because of Lucifer? So the snake?"
"Looks like it ..."
"Is that why you have red eyes?"
"Yes I ... what?"
"Also because of the snake ..."
"Snakes have yellow aigen ..."
"I see…"
There was a little silence, only the scratching of Samuel's slightly short fingernails on his skin could be heard. Over time, Lilith could not see this inability, moved closer and helped him to get the blood away, but earned suspicious looks at first. Over time, the young man relaxed again and looked at the woman who slipped away from him again.
"And now? Where do you want to go now? Since you can't stay in the Garden of Eden ... return a lot more ..."
Despondent she shrugged her shoulders, sighed and looked at the perforated floor. She definitely didn't want to go back, but where else should she go?Live alone on the vast plains?
How was she supposed to be doing?
Nobody could help her with difficult tasks, nobody could warm her at night. Inevitably, a single, crystal-clear tear ran down her cheek and dripped onto the stone, evaporating, leaving nothing but grief.
Samuel stared at her overwhelmed, what was she asking of him? About that ...
He put a hand to his forehead and sighed, almost crossing the mark, but thought about it. He hadn't had anything to do with a real woman, at least not with one who wasn't just created as a puppet to satisfy the lust and desire of men.
No, she had feelings and it seemed