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You're quick to spot Garlic's familiar figure, flying just over a boiling lake of blood that has a multitude of indefinable cloud-shaped souls trapped within it. He seems to be enjoying himself quite thoroughly as he grins maliciously while holding the form of your long-dead enemy Ei Scream by an ankle, dangling the frosty demon over the threateningly hot sanguineous springs.
"I can do this all day, you pathetic little weakling. You thought the ogres were bad? I'm the one you should really be afraid of in here. For them, it's just a job...but I'm doing this purely for the pleasure." His sinister tone rings out. Somehow, you don't feel too bad for Ei, even watching him wave his hands around with a look of pure panic on his face.
"Not again, please! You don't understand, it's so much worse for me than it is for the others! I-" He pleads, before getting his head dunked into the pool for a few seconds. When it's lifted back out, his eyes are swirling and his head looks roasted. It quickly starts to heal up, though, proving the resilience you talked about with Olibu. "ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! I'LL TELL YOU!" He screams.
Two ogres stand just a little bit away from where you and Grand Kai appeared, apparently watching the proceedings and doing nothing to interfere with it.
"He's really good at this." One of the ogres says to the other.
"Yeah, we should have contracted out souls like this way sooner! Our torture efficiency is up by 500% thanks to this guy alone!" The other ogre agrees with his co-worker.
"He still gives me the creeps though." The first one admits, getting the second one to nod along.
"Hey, Garlic! Are you bullying people down here?" You call out, raising a hand up to wave to your old master. His head turns to look towards you with confusion, then recognition, and then a spark of anger. He drops Ei's body into the pool entirely, and floats on over towards the two of you.
"If it isn't my beloved student. Why are you bothering me down here in hell? Are you here to ruin things for me yet again? And why did you bring some old geezer?" He asks, completely without manners after his time down here, it seems.
"Hey." Grand Kai speaks up, raising a hand up to Garlic, who watches curiously. Grand Kai then flicks his middle finger against Garlic's forehead, apparently imparting such tremendous force into the flick that it causes Garlic's form to shoot off far past the blood lake and embed into the nearby mountains, shaking this area of hell when he impacts. You find yourself sweating as you glance over to Grand Kai, not having realized just how powerful he was. "I don't like being called that." The old geezer says.
"Uh...I'll make sure not to call you that, boss." You offer, getting another smile in return. "Boss is much better. Kai Kai." He says, teleporting the two of you over to where Garlic landed. You see him groaning, body twisted in a way that would surely be impossible for the living, before he removes himself and starts to heal.
