Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgqLYWhRD3k (More suited for the end)
We met up with Naoya and I had him
explain where we needed to be and what we would have to do. I didn’t feel like
indulging his ego and thankfully he decided not to mess around with his
explanation. I learned that I was the reincarnation of Abel, and he Cain. The
reason Naoya said I was here because God loved and chose me. I knew the gist of
the old story, Cain kills his brother Abel, and became a bit wary of Naoya
because of the frequency he would call be brother growing up and even during
the lockdown. He assured me that while a reincarnation of Cain, he had no
intention of repeating the mistakes the Cain of old made. I decide to put my
trust in him and plan the next day’s events.
The first order of business upon
waking, was to defeat Jezebel, the Bel residing inside of Amane. I didn’t want
to engage in any unnecessary battles with the Shomonkai, so I had Karen and
Psychic retrieve her. Naoya was impressed with the allies I had gained, and
mused that this would be easier than he had ever anticipated. Karen and Psychic
came back with Amane, having to defeat Remiel before making their escape. I
explained what we were planning to Amane, and asked for her cooperation to free
humanity from any further ordeals sent by God or demons. I used the fact that
she didn’t want numerous people to die from the lockdown and she reluctantly
agreed since we had the power to just kill her and defeat Jezebel that way. Remiel
was too weak to even put up a fight while restraining Jezebel and had no choice
but to let us do what we wanted. We knocked Amane unconscious to have an easier
time accessing her soul. Naoya used the COMPs to send four of our minds into
Amane’s soul. Myself, Naoya, Alice and Atsuro.
Being inside a soul was similar to
being inside a person’s mind, but still vastly different. We ended up in a
garden, with an unconscious Amane being its only inhabitant. Before we could
approach her Jezebel appeared and claimed that she’d never lose control of
Amane’s soul. She let us know that any damage done to her would affect Amane,
effectively making her a hostage within her own soul. Naoya told us to attack
Jezebel anyway, the pain would allow Amane to regain her senses and open
Jezebel for the finishing blow. Alice used her pactio artefact to keep Amane
healed as we assaulted Jezebel. Kaido kept all the weaker demons she summoned
away as Naoya and I dealt with Jezebel. Once Amane was able to regain control
of her soul and break the bond between her and Jezebel the Bel was desperate to
not be defeated. She summoned fake Amanes to try and take her soul over again.
Alice kept Amane safe as I dealt the finishing blow to the demonic rose that
was Jezebel.
Leaving Amane’s soul, the angel
Remiel had also left her and had appeared before the group. He wanted to know
what we planned on doing and I made it clear that if he didn’t run back to God I’m
make him wish he was in the demon realm instead. He said I’d regret this decision
and left. Naoya informed us that the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokyo were our next
targets since they were supporting a barrier that made it impossible to summon
Babel, the server to the demon summoning program, to Earth. Bishomon was the
first King on our list to defeat. We went to the temple where he resided and I
attempted to negotiate with him and possibly come up with a deal. He could
sense my resolve, as well as the power the group possessed and agreed to talk
things out first. I explained my plan to become King of Bel and remove the
threat of both God and demons from the future of humanity. As one of the
protectors of Japan and one responsible for maintain the wall between the human
and demon worlds he was torn. In the end, he agreed to lift the barrier only if
the other two remaining Devas agreed as well. If not, then we would have to
fight to get the outcome we desired.
Agreeing to those terms, Bishomon
contacted the other two Devas and we were able to meet with them and negotiate
some terms. It took a little over an hour, but somehow, our side managed to
plead our case strongly enough to convince Koumokuten and Zouchou to believe in
us. The three remaining Devas lifted the wall between the two worlds and even
became demons we could summon via our COMPs as a final sign of trust.
The time had come to assault the
Shomonkai headquarters, but there was another obstacle in our path, Belzaboul.
More commonly known as the “Lord of the Flies” and Beelzebub, he vowed to strike
us down in the name of Belberith. His army of flies were very annoying, but
with everyone that was on our side, the overall power difference made up for
his legions of flies. Another Bel was defeated, leaving only Belberith once we
were ready. Before we could continue our assault on the Shomonkai the angels
Sariel and Anael barred our path. Upset that the government had chosen to wait
and see what happens in our endeavors, they took it upon themselves to stop us.
Naoya gave in to his anger a bit during the fight, but it mattered little in
the end. The two fled when they realized they couldn’t win. It was our victory,
and nothing seemed able to stand in our way.
That is however, until he
showed up. The Morning Star, the Lord of Chaos, the Almighty Darkness, Lucifer
himself. When he appeared and challenged us even I was shaking a bit. He emanated
with a power mortals can’t even dream of and needless to say, not even Naoya
had any sarcastic remarks about the situation. He was here, and the only thing
we could do is defeat him in combat, or die. I took a look at everyone, a look
of uncertainty I hadn’t seen on their faces before. I took a deep breath, and
put on an air of false confidence as I gave everyone their orders.
Lucifer hadn’t come alone, and over
half of the group had to be in charge of dealing with his subordinates. Alice,
Karen, Leo, and I were the ones who’d be up against Lucifer. Flyer took command
of the other group and kept everyone fighting optimally. It made me proud
knowing I had been right to choose her to act in my stead. That feeling alone
wasn’t enough to assuage my worries however, as the battle was not going to be
easy. At first, Lucifer tested our magical defenses with a barrage of elemental
spells of the highest caliber in this world. It was all I could do to shield
everyone from his assault, the power of those attacks not lost on me even
though I canceled them out. Alice wasted no time in casting some of her most
powerful spells from the start, barraging Lucifer with high level ice magic she
learned from Evangeline. Karen and Leo proceeded to tag team him in close
quarters combat. Karen taking point as she’s more durable. Combining the
various martial arts she knew and shrugging off blows like she was Jack Rankan,
Karen held nothing back as she took the lead in the melee assault on Lucifer.
Leo provided close range support in the forms of fire attacks, and some
techniques he and Karen had practiced for times like this.
I couldn’t let myself be outdone by
my companions of course, so I took aspects of both methods of attack. By
infusing my body with magic and combining it with my conduit powers, I
continually chanted the incantations to spells in my mind while striking
Lucifer with my magically enhanced body. Releasing the spells at almost point
blank range to ensure that they hit. We seemed to be doing something to him,
pushing him back and damaging him. But then he started laughing out of amusement
and with a swipe of his wings pushed us all back. He was surprised we could do
so much to him so fast and rewarded us with unleashing more of his power.
Lucifer cast Megidoladyne. It wasn’t
just directed at the four of us attacking him, but at everyone. Black Frost and
Amane nearly died from the attack and most of the others were injured by it
pretty badly too. Even with my magic cancel, I still took some form of damage
from it, although it was significantly less that what the others had to deal
with. Alice already knew what she had to do, and became the healer we needed.
With her artifact, she was able to bring everyone back to top fighting
condition. Unfortunately for us, Lucifer wasn’t just starting to use the
strongest spell, but also had increased his resistance to physical attacks.
Karen could no longer harm him efficiently. This was a huge problem for us, and
required a quick change of strategy to maintain our offensive. Alice couldn’t
return to attacking with magic because Lucifer could use Megidoladyne again at
any point, and magic was not the group’s strong suit as a whole.
In the end, I had to call Yuzu,
Amane and Midori to direct their magical attacks at Lucifer. Karen took their
places battling Lucifers minions, of which there were now more, and Leo
continued to attack with fire. I kept Lucifer’s attention on myself and used
even more magic to augment my body so I could hurt him. It took a lot longer to
get him to play his final card, and Megidoladyne nearly wiped us out on a
couple of occasions. But we were somehow still standing when he brought forth
all the power he was willing to use. Megidoladyne. If I had thought he was
abusing the spell before, I would have been wishing he went back to the
frequency he was using previously. He continually cast the spell at seemingly
every opportunity, stretching the limits of Alice’s healing magic and wearing
us down immensely. For the first time, even with all of my powers available to
me, I thought I might die.
It was a closer battle that I
expected, and if I hadn’t thought to combine everyone’s magic together and
strike at the same time Lucifer would have very well killed us all. In the end
he wasn’t going all out, and made me realize how powerless I still am. Without
my friends I would have been just another person that failed to meet his
expectations. As a reward for defeating him we gained the right to summon an
aspect of himself as an ally, and my authority as the King of Bel would be
boosted after I defeat Belberith and take the throne. Everyone was exhausted after
the battle, and I wasn’t sure we were in a condition to fight Belberith. Lucifer,
having planned for this, stopped the flow of time for us to recover. It was
strange. Time was passing, yet not. When we were back at full strength Lucifer
left and the flow of time returned.
It was finally time to face the
last Bel, Belberith. After going through the ordeal that was Lucifer, nothing
else that could be thrown at us could stand a chance. We climbed the building
the Shomonkai were using for their headquarters and reached the top. Once we
got there, Amane’s father announced his resolve to their cause and sacrificed
himself to summon Belberith. At first Belberith was extremely arrogant, and
believed we stood no chance since he was strengthened by the prayers of the
Shomonkai. But all it took was bringing the aspect of Lucifer out to show
Belberith he was outmatched in every way. We took him down with more confidence
than anything else we had faced. All that was left was to summon Babel.
Once we were prepared I looked
inside of myself and found the power that would allow me to summon Babel to the
world. It came down and rested inside the building, summoning demons and
declaring that I had to defeat it to claim the power that I now had the right
to. Getting to, and defeating it was no problem. What made things a little more
complicated was that we had to defeat all of the Bels again before facing Babel’s
true form. The only one that could have given us trouble was Beldr with his
immortality still posing the same problem, but I still had the devil’s fuge.
Taking the Bels out was the beginning of the end for my ascension to the throne
of Bel. Babel was strong, but it was defeated like the Bels in the end and I
was finally the King of Bel. I felt the power, the innate authority over demons
I had, and under Naoya’s prompting, called the demons in Tokyo to me. They
ceased their attacking of humans and gathered around the building. An army
awaiting for their king to lead them into battle. The battle was won, and the
war against God would commence soon, or so I thought.
We had taken the rest of the last
day of the lockdown to celebrate and relax. Naoya was worried that God would
attempt to use my human weakness to remove me from the picture and he was
right. The next day, the lockdown was still in place for some reason. That
reason being the angels’ pressure on the government. Mettatron himself, the one
closest to God announced that the lockdown would be lifted if I was killed.
Swarms of people were out for blood, and Naoya said I was at another
crossroads. To kill, or not to kill. I became the Overlord of Bel for humanity’s
sake, I wasn’t about to start killing those I wished to save. It took a
majority of the day, and we even had to retreat at times when the masses didn’t
want to attempt to listen to us, but in the end, we got the people on our side.
All that was left was fighting Mettatron.
Mettatron was around the same size
as Lucifer, and closest to him in power than any of the other foes we faced.
The battle was hard, but in the end we bested him. Unfortunately he wasn’t in
the mood to play fair and was about to smite everyone in the lockdown regardless
of out victory. Then, it finally happened. I fully awoke to the power of Bel. I
summoned Beldr and Belial to quickly wipe out the remaining angels Mettatron
had summoned to aid him. This is what prompted his retreat back to heaven. He
had an army to build, after all, I was challenging God. By proving myself there,
humanity would no longer be swept up in the war between angels and demons.
Having awakened, it was time to go build my own army and descend into the demon
world. I said my goodbyes to everyone, some more casual than others. With
affairs settled in the human world, Black Frost, Leo and Alice were able to
accompany me, the former being a native demon and the latter two having forms
close enough that it would pose no problem.
Peaceful days may have ended, but not
even God could stop me from surviving. You’ll be seeing me in the next jump. I have
a war to win.
You
who are a son of man,
yet became
king of Pandemonium…
You
desire to crush underfoot
the old
order and begin the new,
forsaking
His command passed down
since
the dawn of time.
You
have chosen to revolt against the Lord,
you and
I are now enemies.
If
you truly wish to protect man,
bear your
burden and fight to the end…
Until
the day when fate chooses the one
that shall
survive.
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