[WP] You make a deal with the devil - you are able to talk anybody into anything, in exchange for your soul. The devil hastily takes your soul, and is about to return to hell - little does he realize you're not done talking to him yet.

"And with that our deal is finished, Mortal." she said as she absorbed the soul fragment. I was now a mere shell of my former being, what I got in return was the power of persuation; something that allowed me to bend the will of any fellow mortal.

"Care to stay a bit longer? Maybe tell me a bit about yourself? I'm quite sure an immortal demigod has plenty of experience to share." She chuckled at this, the figure that struck immense fear into me a few moments ago was now in front of me, laughing.

"As you wish, but be warned: The blessing only works on lesser creatures; Corporeal lifeforms, if you will, as opposed to Ethereal lifeforms such as me." She answered, assuming I was about to try to use her gift against her. "No, no, of course I'd never try something like that, I just wanted to ask... what about him, the big guy up there, the god, what's your relationship with him?"; "It's simple, really, we're two sides of the same coin and we hate each other and that's that. He's arrogant, selfish and controlling, all he cares about is power and if he can't have it? He'd rather destroy the universe and start over." Well, that was not exactly the answer I was expecting.

"So, this god, are you saying he's the bad guy? Why does he have so many followers, then?"; "Isn't it obvious? Propaganda and lies. Say, have you ever been to Heaven? Silly question, I know, but once you are there you no longer have control over yourself, you are assimilated into the hive mind, your actions are dictated by God himself, maybe Hell is not the nicest place but why do you think that is, because I made it that way? Of course not, He is the one who scorched the place, He is the one who tortures the 'sinners', HE is the one who demands payments of souls in return for not outright obliterating the place."

I was surprised, it didn't seem like the devil was lying, either. "Say, if I had to guess, his power stems from the number of followers..." As I inquired she probably saw what was coming. "Yes, if people stopped believing in gods, any gods, his power would decrease steadily,"; "So, all I have to do is make them worship you with my... 'newfound' powers until you're strong enough to take him on?" and as I proposed a plan she outright denied it: "No, NO, do not make them worship me, if anything Humans should think for themselves more and besides, I do not want to end up in the same position as that tyrant. If you really want to help? Break the illusion of God's 'paradise' until he loses all grasp and influence on this plane, only then can mortals be truly free."

Thinking about it for a second, I agreed. "Here, catch this." I heard as she threw a small crystal my way - my soul fragment. "Since you're going to help me you might need this. I enhanced it to increase your lifespan, but there's only so much I can do. Do enjoy your life though, I don't want to pick you up full of regret." And with that she was gone, yet I could still contact her anytime after I re-absorbed my soul, one of her few 'upgrades' to it.

Turns out you learn something new every day.


Note: This was my "first" prompt, I don't really have any writing experience but I thought I'd try anyway. My creation here is most likely laughable, but I guess I'll post it anyway just to see some critique.

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