Isaac

"… Wait. Heaven? Hell? Don’t tell me there are angels and demons around too?"

Isaac looked around as if he heard a joke, but the response from everyone else was serious. Isaac could only laugh into the silence and gulp down the rest of his wine. Of course you couldn’t exclude heaven and hell in a fantasy setting like this.

"The war against Heaven and Hell had been ongoing since ages past. It is told there was a bridge which connected our world to Heaven and Hell before the 7 Days of Calamity."

"It is told?"

"Because I’ve never seen it. It was similar to a Gate except once opened, it would remain so until it was forcefully closed – hence why it was called a bridge. Many wars were fought in an attempt to close this bridge. We know that for certain, since it is a testimony from the oldest living individual whose birth predated the 7 Days of Calamity."

There was only one being

"… A dragon?"

"We call it the Old One."

"A dragon huh… I do want to see it one day."

Isaac imagined many different dragons in his mind, for dragons were a staple in a fantasy world. Mazelan, on the other hand, shook his head with sincerity.

"… I wouldn’t recommend it. They are a race with a difficult personality, to say the least. Anyhow, even this bridge that connected Heaven and Hell crumbled in the face of 7 Days of Calamity. But they persevere with their invasion using the gate as their alternate route."

"So you’re fighting against not just the Expeditionary Force but Heaven and Hell too."

"Correct."

"But do demons go on magical rampages, and do angels have wings?"

"You’re asking if they look like demons and angels?"

"Yes."

"We don’t know. We’ve never seen their true forms. All we know is that both are sons of bitches."

Isaac seemed curious as to why Mazelan was so hostile to them.

"Let me explain it to you."

Mazelan first lined two salt shakers next to each other. He then placed a knife and a fork on either side of the salt shaker on the right.

"Now, the salt shaker on the right is the world we are in currently. The shaker on the left is your previous world."

Mazelan then sprinkled some pepper, linking the fork, knife, and salt shaker on the right together in a line.

"This pepper is the gate which connects our worlds. This is why we call our world Middle World."

"Then the knife is hell and fork is heaven."

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