American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 166 The King of Greed
As soon as the commercial ended, the audience couldn't wait to switch back to the "Night Owl" special program "The Devil's Late Night Show".

There were two chairs in the center of the stage, one of which had something like a torture chair that could hold a person. Lily was now sitting on this chair with her hands and feet all fixed, and Dr. Joan was sitting opposite her.

As for host Jack Derr and professional counterfeiter McConaughey, they sat in the shadows in the distance.

A light came down from above the stage, and the whole audience focused on Lily and Dr. Joan.

Dr. June looked at Lily hesitantly.

"Lily, you can refuse this ritual if you don't want to."

Dr. June might have said this to herself, but Lily did look nonchalant.

"I'm fine, Dr. June."

Hearing this, Dr. Qiong sighed.

"Okay, now close your eyes and get some sleep."

Lily closed her eyes obediently, and then Dr. June began to hypnotize Lily.

It can be seen that Dr. Joan not only has some theoretical knowledge, but she is also quite professional in hypnosis.

Lily fell asleep quickly, her head drooping naturally.

Dr. June probed cautiously.

"Lily, are you asleep?"

When Lily heard Dr. Joan's voice, her body twisted strangely. When she raised her head, everyone found that her face was covered with hideous blood-red cracks.

"Hehehe, what do you say?"

Dr. Joan was shocked because she had presided over the summoning ceremony in the laboratory before to summon the Mr. Squirm in Lily's body, but she had never encountered such a situation.

In fact, Mr. Creep is a demon that is relatively easy to get along with, so Dr. Joan can bring Lily out to appear on TV.

If it really was a dangerous demon that killed everyone it saw, Lily would definitely not be able to get out.

Lily let out a series of sinister laughs, her voice was hoarse and dry, like the sound of metal rubbing against each other, making people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

"Lily, that's enough!"

Dr. Joan sensed something was wrong and hoped that Lily could use her own will to expel the demon. However, she didn't know that the demon possessing Lily was not an ordinary demon.

"Shut up, woman!"

Lily was laughing happily when she was interrupted by Dr. Joan. She glared at her, and Dr. Joan flew backwards and hit the wall.

This scene made all the audience watching the show open their eyes wide.

Lily turned her head to look at Jack Dell in the dark.

"Jack Derr, you did a great job!"

Jack suddenly crawled on the ground very humbly, and McConaughey looked at Jack in shock.

"Master, I only hope you can fulfill my wish!"

"I will never be stingy in rewarding those who are capable, Jack! But there is still one step left. Where is the sacrifice?"

Jack was about to answer when McConaughey suddenly stood up and interrupted their conversation.

"Aha! I see! You guys wanted to scare me this way, right? I should have seen it earlier! Whose idea was this? I have to say, your acting was really convincing!"

McConaughey walked up to Lily and wanted to expose her, which undoubtedly angered the demon in Lily's body.

"Get away, you stupid pig!"

With his eyes wide open, McConaughey seemed to be grabbed by the neck by an invisible hand and lifted up, floating in the air.

Even an extreme materialist like McConaughey couldn't explain it now, and he couldn't continue speaking.

Lily glared at him again, and McConaughey immediately turned into a raging fire of revenge, his whole body lit up in orange-red flames, burning fiercely in mid-air.

"Hehehehe..."

This scene stunned all the viewers in front of the TV. Their reason told them that something was wrong, but they did not turn off the TV. Instead, they continued to watch this bizarre scene.

After laughing for a while, Lily continued to look at Jack.

"Jack Del, where is the sacrifice I want? This little girl can't bear my true body!"

"Master, everyone in this building is under my control. They are the sacrifices, as are all the viewers watching this show on TV!"

Lily smiled with satisfaction.

"Very interesting idea, then I'll start eating!"

As she spoke, Lily tilted her head back and started, her mouth suddenly split open to the side of her ears, turning into a bloody mouth.

Lily took a deep breath, and the audience and staff fell to the ground with their mouths wide open, as if something had been sucked away by Lily.

At the same time, all the people in the TV station building who were controlled by Jack Del fell to the ground with their mouths open at the same time.

Lily smashed it and opened her bloody mouth.

"Ah! A delicious soul! But it seems to be missing a little bit, so I'll just have to make do with it!"

As she spoke, Lily suddenly grabbed her chest and tore it open with force. Her body was torn in half like a rag doll, and a strange creature emerged from her body.

The creature was five meters tall and almost touched the ceiling of the studio.

He has two vulture heads, four blood-red eyes, a pair of golden wings spread out from behind him, and his whole body is shining with gold and jewels.

After stretching his body, the guy walked in front of the camera lens and introduced himself to all the viewers in front of the TV.

"Human, I am Mammon, the Lord of Greed. Become my slave!"

At this point, it is too late for the audience in front of the TV to change channels or turn off the TV. Mammon has already cast a spell and used the TV signal as a medium to absorb the souls of those who are watching the show.

This method of absorbing souls will undoubtedly be slower, but the number is large!
There are at least millions of people watching "The Devil's Late Night Show" now. If Mammon successfully absorbs the souls of these millions of people, he will definitely be able to use this power to bring his true body to the world.

At that time, it would be difficult to stop Mammon.

“God said: Let there be light!”

A holy light suddenly descended from the ceiling. Mammon reacted very quickly and immediately conjured up a huge piece of gold to block the holy light and protect himself from the harm of the holy light.

However, the magic that Mammon had just released was also interrupted.

"Uriel?"

Mammon turned his head to look at the nun in white who suddenly appeared in the studio, and recognized her true identity at a glance.

Iris's face was cold. Mammon's appearance meant that she had failed to fulfill her responsibilities, which made her very angry.

"Mammon, you shouldn't be here! Go back to your greedy hell!"

Mammon's two bird heads simultaneously extended their long tongues and let out a sharp, rough laugh.

"Uriel, I spent so much time planning to come to this world. Why do you want to drive me away with just one sentence? Look at this materialistic world where everyone is selling everything for money. I really like this world."

Iris took a deep breath. After coming to the human world, she had witnessed the fall of too many people, so she had nothing to say about Mammon's words.

However, due to her responsibilities, Iris would never allow Mammon to stay in the human world. "Mammon, since you refuse to leave, I will personally send you back to hell!"

As she spoke, six pairs of wings shining with holy light unfolded from behind Iris, and she fully released her angelic power.

Then, Iris in her angel form began to attack.

“And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them serve as signs and to mark seasons, days, and years.”

A ball of light appeared in front of Elise, and the holy light illuminated the surroundings, immediately causing severe damage to Mammon.

"Damn Holy Light!"

Mammon cursed and made a shield out of gold to block the holy light, but he was too big and there were always places he couldn't protect.

So Mammon was forced to fight back.

A golden spike appeared under Iris, trying to pierce her body, but Iris seemed to have anticipated this situation and moved her body at the right time, causing Mammon's attack to fail.

"Damn precognitive abilities!"

This was not the first time Mammon had fought with Uriel, and he knew that the other party had the ability to predict the future for a short period of time.

This ability makes Uriel naturally invincible. You can only keep consuming energy from her until she runs out of energy and can no longer predict.

"Mammon, you know you are no match for me, why are you still so stubborn?!"

"I will never leave willingly!"

As expected, he is the king of greed. The word "unwilling" expresses the psychological state of a gambler.

How many gamblers are unwilling to give up and want to make back their money, so they become obsessed with gambling, getting deeper and deeper into the trap, and finally unable to extricate themselves, and their families are ruined.

Well, Mammon's eyes are originally red, so he is always in a state of excitement.

"You like predictions, right? Then I'll bet on the probability with you!"

As he spoke, a golden dice appeared in front of Mammon, and Iris frowned.

As the King of Greed and the number one gambler in hell, his special ability is that he can control probability to a certain extent.

Now Mammon is ready to use random attacks against Iris, not giving the other party a chance to predict.

Uriel's Eye of Prescience actually sees the most probable future among multiple futures. When the probabilities of the future become balanced, her Eye of Prescience will lose its effect. Mammon's method just hits her weak spot.

“And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.”

In an instant, a large amount of sea water appeared around Iris, and Mammon had just thrown the dice.

Suddenly, a large number of golden spikes grew out of the walls and ceiling of the studio, aiming directly at Iris.

Fortunately, there was a barrier created by sea water. Iris shuttled through the golden spikes and was finally not pierced into a sieve.

But just dodging is not a solution after all, not to mention that Mammon has already picked up the golden dice and is ready to throw it again.

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and beasts of the earth, each according to his kind."

A large group of strange insects suddenly appeared beside Iris. They climbed onto the golden spikes and began to gnaw on them, devouring them like sugarcane.

"It's no use, Uriel! No one can stop me!"

The second time the dice landed, a hurricane filled with golden sand began to blow through the studio, sweeping away all the seawater and gold-eating bugs around Iris.

Iris spread her six pairs of light wings and barely resisted the force of the hurricane, but she could not defend against the golden sand mixed in the hurricane.

All of these golden sands contained Mammon's magic power, and were extremely destructive. Iris's body was soon covered with blood holes.

Although Uriel is an angel, her human form, Iris, is a mortal body, and if she is hurt, her combat effectiveness will be affected.

There was no other way, Iris could only speak and use words to protect herself.

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass: herb yielding seed, and fruit trees yielding fruit in which is its seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.”

A giant flower suddenly grew from the studio floor, enveloping Elise.

This flower is very tough and remains standing no matter how the golden wind ravages it.

Then, the power of holy light appeared in the flower.

"Uriel, do you think you can escape my attack like this?"

Mammon rolled the golden dice a third time, and the cables in the studio suddenly came alive, wrapping themselves around the flowers.

Iris realized that something was wrong, but it was too late to escape. After all, her speed was not as fast as that of electricity.

"what--"

In an instant, lightning flashed everywhere, and Iris's hair stood up due to the electric shock.

Mammon was very proud.

"Hahaha! Uriel, you have come to this day!"

At this point, a hint of despair could not help but appear in Iris's eyes.

At this time, Iris vaguely saw a figure sneaking into the studio.

Could it be him?

Iris acted decisively to buy time for the newcomers and attract Mammon's attention.

"Mammon, you will never defeat me. Justice will prevail!"

Mammon looked at Elise ferociously.

"What I hate most is you guys always talking about justice, glory, holy light and the like!"

"So this is why you were banished to hell by God!"

It turns out that Mammon was once an angel in heaven, and his rank was probably below the four great archangels.

Because they were too greedy and did not even obey God's commands, they were expelled to hell.

At the beginning, Mammon was just a high-level fallen angel, and his name appeared among the 72 demons of Solomon. At that time, his name was Amon.

However, some opportunities allowed Mammon to successfully seize the chance of promotion, and he jumped up to become the incarnation of the original sin of greed, thus becoming one of the seven devils of hell on par with his old boss Belial.

It can be seen that Belial is indeed lazy. She is the earliest incarnation of original sin. As a result, everyone under her has stood up, but she has not taken any further steps and is still lying there.

From this perspective, Beelzebub, Asmodeus and Mammon among the seven demon kings of hell are all Solomon's 72 demons, almost accounting for half of the seven demon kings of hell.

The other demon kings, such as Leviathan, the King of Jealousy, are as ancient as Beryl and are native to Hell.

Lucifer is the right wing of God and the vice-lord of Heaven. He was obviously sent by God to hell to control the situation. Samael, the unhappy one, is also a fallen angel but he hates God very much.

"Shut up, Uriel! Do you want to piss me off so you can die quickly? Don't worry! I'll torture you slowly!"

Mammon obviously hated his former colleague very much. When he was about to make another investment, he suddenly noticed someone approaching.

"Who? Ah—"

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(End of this chapter)