The Road From Death by Tobias Wade

Author:Tobias Wade [Wade, Tobias]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Haunted House Publishing
Published: 2019-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

“The known universe is divided into three distinct worlds,” Professor Salice said in the first demonology class the next day. “The living world, also known as the corporal world, the spirit world, and the netherworld.”

This room was much less interesting than the others had been, with nothing but plain white tiles, rigid metal desks and chairs, and a dusty chalkboard at the front.

“Pssst,” Jamie leaned over to Noah. “Did you finish the letter to Mandy yet?”

“Yeah,” Noah whispered back. “A fake one anyway. It’s just addressed to a random government building in a different city.”

“The term for a soul passing from the living world to the spirit world is called death, or resurrection in reverse,” Salice droned on, sounding so uninterested in his own words that the students were obviously struggling to do otherwise. “A soul going from the spirit world to the netherworld is a banishment, and one going the other way is called a summoning. There is anecdotal evidence of souls transferring directly between the living and nether worlds, although there has yet to be a controlled experiment to replicate those results.”

“Aren’t you worried that he’ll find out?” Jamie whispered.

Noah shrugged. “It’ll buy me some time at least.”

“I think you should tell The Matriarch,” Jamie said. “She defended you during the weighing ceremony, so I think she’s taken a special liking to you.”

“Tell her what? I don’t have any proof that he’s up to something. I don’t even know what he could possibly want another Chainer for. He’s already got me hosting his summonings.”

“The diagram on page seven details this process,” Professor Salice said, turning the page. “Demonic servants can be useful for all sorts of things because they are comprised of both matter and energy, allowing them to operate equally in all worlds. From protection, to cleaning houses, or even transportation, such as the Daymare… The Mortuary itself was constructed by the demon Morogoth, who planted the great tree from a seed it brought with it from the netherworld. The ceremonies to summon such powerful demons are extremely complicated and require the minds of many dozens of souls to conceive and host them.”

“I’ve got an idea,” Jamie whispered, raising her hand. Noah tried to kick her under the table, but she swung her legs away and stretched her hand even higher. “Excuse me, Professor?” she asked.

Professor Salice looked up from Twelve Signs Your Imp Might Be Plotting To Kill You. The sour look on his face would have been extremely appropriate on the cover. “What is it, Mrs. Poffin? I presume you do not need to use the bathroom.”

“Could a Chainer be used to host more powerful demons than a non-chainer?” she asked. “Even if it’s only one soul, it’s heavier than normal souls because of how many lives it lived, right? We saw that at the weighing ceremony. Does that mean it’s also bigger?”

Noah felt the eyes of the whole classroom fall upon him. He wanted to try and kick Jamie again, but he couldn’t manage it now without being seen.

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