In the book this is in a text message format. Reddit won’t hold the text boxes so here it is in just regular text.
Introduction
A text correspondence between Legions, a devil who oversees legions of demons, and some of the demons he oversees. These demons are charged with interfering in humanity’s current life and eternal fate. The topic of discussion is the human subjects each demon sponsors, focusing on methods to bring about their immediate torment and eternal damnation.
Legions began as a mere demon. Through hard work, perseverance, and success in corrupting humanity, he was promoted to devil and now commands legions of demons. In this correspondence, we witness how he teaches his underlings some tried-and-true techniques used for generations, as well as new methods that can be learned from other demons.
Every human has both a good side and a bad side. By examining the bad side, we can see which entity might be the author of these unpleasant ordeals that we all experience. Likewise, we may also recognize the entity that governs our good side, guiding us to do what is right and helping us navigate and overcome the bad things that often come our way.
CHAPTER 1 Young Guns
Legions: I’ve gathered you all to this group text to learn new soul accumulation techniques from each other, as well as revisit some of our tried and true methods. Let’s start by reviewing a few of our cases.
Legions: Takat, tell us about your subject.
Takat: My subject is a young man in his early twenties—at that age where ideals are as good as any plans for the future, and he thinks he knows everything. He’s easily swayed. So far, I’ve kept him out of God’s camp. Any thought he has about a superior being is quickly dismissed when we introduce the idea that a being created the universe in six days, died for his sins, and was raised from the dead—that just can’t be real, right? Then, all it takes is a pretty girl passing by, and any thought of changing his ways becomes nothing more than a fleeting memory in his young, impressionable mind. Now, his focus shifts entirely to the girl he just saw.
Even in those moments when he believes the Enemy is real, he convinces himself that as long as he doesn’t perform the rituals prescribed in their book, he doesn’t have to obey the rules in it. He believes that, at the end of life, he’ll either slip into nothingness or be allowed passage to the Enemy’s quarters. He thinks our abode is reserved only for those who perform their rituals but disobey their rules, or for the vilest humans in society. The idea that he might spend eternity with us? He can’t even fathom it.
Legions: Very good, Takat. One of our best weapons is ensuring he believes that God is not real. As long as he holds this belief, he remains ours. Additionally, if he thinks we’re not real either, he’ll never truly grasp the concept of anything being real.
The notion that our quarters are reserved only for members of the Enemy’s camp who don’t obey the rules outlined in their book is completely false. We have countless souls currently spending eternity with us who have thought the same thing.
Lexoya: My subject is a young lady who is a strong member of the Enemy’s camp. She still lives at home with her family, who are all atheists. They are the type that become very angry whenever someone tries to talk to them about the Enemy—almost violently angry. One day, she came across an old man who had been a member of the Enemy’s camp for decades. She explained to him about her family and her worry regarding their eternity. She feared she couldn’t talk to them about this without them becoming angry, and she asked what she should do. The man made an odd suggestion. He told her that as a member of the Enemy’s camp, she lives by something called the fruits of the Spirit. He showed her these qualities, including things like peace, joy, love, kindness, and a few other things.
It appeared that he was living by these traits himself; there was something different about him. He told her that if she lived according to these attributes, in time, her family would notice and ask what had gotten into her. At that time, she could tell them about the Enemy and how He could do this for them too. Is this true? How do I combat this?
Legions: You will need to attack her at her core. Bring out the worst in her. Help her to get irritated with her family, the things that they do, and the things that they say about the Enemy. Notify her family’s sponsors to have their subjects, her family, to be extremely critical of the Enemy and His followers. They need to pick up their attacks greatly to try and make her angry or upset with them, without them aiming these insults directly at her. Remember, they don’t know about her joining the enemy’s camp. It is pertinent that you make her joy seem so far away. Do your best to make her angry and especially angry with her family.
The technique of living by the fruits of the Spirit to gain the attention and possible adoration of others does work. I have seen this happen before. There are nine fruits of the Spirit: love, peace, happiness, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Those who genuinely exhibit these qualities seem to possess an overwhelming joy that can only come from the Spirit. It appears enticing to those who are not members of His camp, almost as if they desire some of it for themselves. She can draw some, if not all, members of her family into His camp using this technique. This is why it is so important that we distress her to the point of aggravation and defiance. The souls of all her family members remaining with us will depend on how well you handle this situation. You need to “break” her. If you can disrupt her self-control, the other traits will be easier to conquer.
Nartac: I would like to add that when my subject was young, like Takat and Lexoya, I kept putting the thought in his mind, “You are young. You have plenty of time to enjoy life first.” Consequently, he is still ours and is now middle-aged.
Legions: Nartac, tell us more about your case
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