Higanbana in the Red Moon

Disclaimer: I do not own any Disgaea game. They belong to Nippon Ichi. I only own the concept of who The One is in Disgaea, which his name is Prism. I also own any witch/sorcerer that works under Prism such as Raven, Alfred, Pop, K.K., Terror and Starlight. Chester, Eir, Yama and the other Witch Hunters are also mine.

Summary: While the good ending is achieved as long as everyone sticks with their morals, it doesn't stop The One from glancing at parallel universes in which the situation of the characters take a dark turn for the worse leading to what calls "bad endings"…some that even The One himself caused by his own flaws.

Pairing: Implication of canon or heavily implied pairings (Laharl/Flonne, Adell/Rozalin, Mao/Rasberyl, Almaz/Sapphire, Valvatorez/Fenrich and Valvatorez/Artina)

Rated: M (for mature)

Genre: Tragedy, Angst, Hurt/Comfort and Drama

Warning: Character death, extreme violence, dark themes, implications of rape, and OOC if the characters Grimified for the sake of going insane

These aren't happy endings for those who are interested to know. This is heavily inspired by Queen's Blade's: Vanquished Queens short novels where each Queen's Blade character is shown to have one or two bad endings that might be canon or could have happened in canon if they lost at any point in the Queen's Blade tournament. The Disgaea versions are either expanding on bad endings or what if scenarios that could screw the character over and might be OOC as a result. They're in order based on series but Disgaea and D2 are put in the same category. Enjoy…

Chapter 7: Being of Solitude


Adell: Being of Solitude

Some heroes just go too far when it comes to achieving their end means. But when your protagonist is really a demon born with a birth defect, it shouldn't be a surprise when all else fails, murder everyone in sight.

Adell tried to hide his love for battle (and his secret obsession with gore). Rozalin would often call him out on it. Plus it showed in battle when he would get so into the fight because of how powerful the opponent was that he would harm or even knock out one of his allies by accident. He would always apologize afterward but one wondered if he did that intentionally because he wanted to see how much he could get away with.

The one time that it might not have been an accident was when Adell was angry with Axel and wanted to get his siblings back. That was the only time he probably harmed Rozalin but his focus was more on his little brother and sister (who were completely unharmed by the Dark Hero. If Adell wasn't so angry, he would realize that Axel was a complete doofus who was incapable of harming children).

Why was this little incident in battle so important? Adell would pay dearly for that action with his carelessness in battle (and not because of his genuine evilness). When the group had to deal with constant felonies that were usually brought on by other party members, Adell didn't mind taking it because the Prinnies insisted that it was like wearing a medal of honor…and Adell had a lot of pride in these felonies. He refused to admit this as well simply because he insisted he was taking them in the place of his friends. These felonies especially the ones that complain about him being too powerful was a boost to his ego. In order to defeat Overlord Zenon, he need to be strong, but being told by the Netherworld that you are strong pleased him greatly.

With the combined felonies and the ally kills in battle, the final battle ended up backfiring on him completely. Overlord Zenon didn't trust Adell at all given she saw what he did. He might not have been bad as everyone else in her past life, but his bloodlust was still something to be paranoid over. Once she took over Rozalin's body, she at least wanted to test the redhead and see if he was capable of changing her. He did the exact opposite by accident and Zenon knew this. At this point though, she didn't care though.

"Rozalin…I…what've I done…?! I promised to protect her!"

Even his voice had regret…but…if he truly regretted his actions, then he would not mind being Zenon's new vassal. Rozalin's body was considered useless to her now. It was always weak and fragile but Adell…had proven himself to be of some use. While he despaired, Zenon used this opportunity to take her soul out of the vampire's body and force it into Adell. With so many sins on his belt that should have been used against him allowed the takeover to be easy. Adell was struggling to break free from this new surge of power but his conscious was already fading. But Adell shouldn't threat. Adell was a one of a kind being in a dark twisted sense. She took interest in him because he was completely honest person but had bloodthirsty tendencies. She would allow him to maintain some consciousness as she continued her reign of terror.

The rest is history once Overlord Zenon possessed Adell. No one had the power to stand up to the terrifying new form Adell gained by being possessed by her. It started out with the murder and eating Adell's siblings (which he was forced to watch. Zenon actually liked hearing Adell's screams…it made her heart flutter) then turning on everyone else who were still in the area. The young succubus Etna seemed to be the smartest of the bunch as she was the only one who turned tail and ran after seeing Hanako being eaten and refused to die here when Adell had completely lost it. Yukimaru and Tink though however were not thinking clearly when the siblings were killed and soon met the same fate. Zenon did not hesitate to squish Tink into the ground like he was an ant and while Yukimaru attempted to fight and bring Adell back to his senses, Zenon simply broke her sword and with Adell's strength punched a hole through her chest. She died instantly with the force that Zenon almost pitied the girl for being so weak. If Adell had hole through his chest, he would still be walking. Yukimaru's body was thrown to the ground. Turning around and taking Rozalin's dead corpse though, Zenon intended to show all of those Overlords outside why they should never mess with her.

Outside, Axel was just snickering with how he fooled everyone and didn't have to lift a finger though. When Adell came out of the room where Axel was waiting, he waved to him.

"Adell, what took you so long? I was just about…huh?!"

Axel froze seeing Rozalin's limping body in Adell's arms. Something was wrong with his rival.

"A-Adell?"

This one was the idiot that caused that one accident not to while ago. Oh, he was going to meet a cruel death. Zenon pointed toward Axel and attempted to zap him but dumb luck would have it and Axel ended up falling over from the rumbling that were caused by the other Overlords.

"W-W-What? I didn't know you could do that Adell…hey…why are you attacking me?!"

It was just a fluke but it wouldn't happen again…although…the Overlords fighting below were a problem but the malchidael were a bigger issue shooting down the towers.

"I am a being of solitude…" Zenon mumbled as he rose in the air. "Dark Liberation."

Axel who was usually unlucky was very lucky this time when that attack hit everything in the room. With the blast of light coming from above and crashed onto the demons, no one should have survived. Most demons were either obliterated on sight or their corpses remained only pitch black. Zenon looked up and noticed that the Dark Hero survived despite the fact the pillar that was near Axel ended up falling down on him preventing him from getting up and running.

"Gah…direct…or…"

Axel didn't think Adell would attack him and kill everyone in the room…even the director. This wasn't Adell though looking at him. His skin…color, the fact he had wings…was this…no…

"…You are a nuisance." Zenon grumbled not liking how this idiot escaped death twice already. This time though he wouldn't survive…she would even rip his head off to make sure of it.

"Adell…what…is…"

Zenon intended to finish the blow…but didn't expect her hand to stop. Why was Adell fighting back now?

"…This is no longer your body…" Zenon replied darkly but to Axel it looked like the redhead was talking to himself. "All who oppose me shall perish."

Axel tried his best to move from the pillar but he cursed to himself at how weak he was. His leg must have been twisted from the blast or something because it wasn't going to move. The Dark Hero's eyes widened in horror seeing a finger being pointed his way.

"Die."

The God of all Overlords smirked when huge blast of light ignited from her fingers causing the entire area to be covered in a reddish light. There was no way he would survive that attack at close range.

Of course, someone was going to interfere though. Who was strong enough to block this magic from this close? Without warning, someone came down from the sky attempting to shoot her from above. Zenon quickly jumped out of the way seeing a figure with green hair and gold eyes in a human military uniform. Was a human opposing her?

"Antimony…"

There was another person opposing her. It was a youthful looking teen with white hair and green eyes. He carried a staff with him that was apparently used to shield the attack. She saw Axel in his arms alive but unconscious and bleeding.

"Yeah, yeah. Just stall until you can take this idiot with you. Prism won't allow death to come to this fool unless he can't prevent it."

"You dare oppose me?" Zenon questioned as she prepared to launch another attack. "All who oppose me shall die!"

"Well it's a good thing I'm a sorcerer then." The person known as Antimony said with a smirk. "The name is Terror by the way and having me as your opponent is bad luck. Starlight, go now!"

"Y-Yes!"

Zenon attempted to kill them all with another Dark Liberation. Terror was quick though and deliberately aimed his bullets at Rozalin's dead body. Adell who still resided in his own body reacted before the Overlord could put his body over hers in order to shield her. Starlight chanted a quick spell that took him back to the Golden Land where not even the powerful Zenon could reach.

"It's just you and me demon scum." Terror said with a smirk seeing the dissatisfied look on her face. "Let's see how long you last."


Prism was waiting impatiently for his two sorcerer buddies to return. He was pacing around the room in sheer panic thinking the worst. His butler Alfred a young man in his twenties with purple hair and purple eyes and wore a monocle in one eye was trying his best to appease his master. Prism's right hand woman Raven though calmly flipped through a page in a book and sighed.

"You're worrying too much. It's Terror you sent down to reduce the damage." She said coldly.

"It's not him I'm worried about! My apprentice might die down there or fail!"

"You probably think Starlight is worthless. I do not blame you."

The little boy pouted as he stopped his pacing. He couldn't help it. This was the worse case scenario with the revival of a powerful adversary. No one could stand against Overlord Zenon so her reincarnating was a miracle in itself but for her to come back and start over…either the witches had to step in and risk their Golden Land being ripped apart once she started torturing them for information on the Holy Realm or let everything in the universe die because she just had to take a body that had so much potential.

Luckily Starlight managed to teleport to the center of the room just when Prism was about to flip out. The white haired sorcerer was out of breath when he shouldn't be but he might have been trying to keep Axel alive while he was traveling to the Golden Land. He couldn't just teleport back like the other witches given his experience.

"Finally!" Prism shouted as he turned to Alfred. "Alfred, do whatever it takes to make sure he doesn't die!"

"Yes Master." Alfred said with a smile as he reassured Starlight that everything would be okay while taking Axel into his arms. Axel was shivering in them as he mumbled something in his sleep.

"Adell…don't…go…"

Prism frowned as Alfred returned to his room. Raven grumbled as she closed her book. "You really shouldn't be choosing favorites in this universe. The archangel is bad enough. Why do you care about this loser?"

"You would never understand Raven. He's my favorite toy to make suffer but I refuse to have him die when he can be more entertaining when he's alive."

"Whatever you say…huh?!"

Starlight was still using his magic to teleport Terror back since it was done…suffice to say that Terror should have switched to his split personality if he wanted to come back in one piece.

The sorcerer was literally ripped to shreds Mortal Kombat style with only his head making it out without any scratches. But his arms and legs? Torn apart from his body. His heart? Damaged to where it wasn't pumping much blood. His insides? Taken out so they're not even in his body. Starlight screamed at the sight facing him before he fainted on the spot. Prism and Raven who were use to this type of dismemberment whenever it concerned any witch/sorcerer at first were surprised before they both regained their composure.

"Terror, what happened?" Prism asked calmly.

"The Overlord kicked my ass…" Terror grumbled as he rolled his head. "I ran out of bullets. Should have packed more."

"How do you run out of bullets?" Raven questioned as she began using her magic to attempt to make the military sorcerer look more presentable. "You are a sorcerer that was given unlimited bullets and firearms. How do you screw that up?"

"I…forgot…"

"Perhaps you should let your split personality handle things next time." Raven growled as she forced the arms back on the body.

"Hee-hee, that tickles."

Raven glanced at Prism and continued to frown. "What do we do? If Terror is taken down this easily, we might be in trouble."

"…I will handle this myself." Prism stated surprising both of them.

"You personally are going to stop that guy?" Terror asked. "Won't you be killed brutally like I was?"

"Overlord Zenon may be the God of all Overlords, but I am The One. I am the creator of the universe. This thing is a threat now and must be erased out of existence one way or another to restore peace. That bitch is destroying everything in the Netherworld as we speak. I refuse for Celestia to be involved…and I won't let archangel Michael fight only to see him killed."

"So its personal." Raven remarked.

"Yes, and she tried to kill my toy. That is punishable by nobody remembering her once I am…no…when we are done with her."

"We?"

"I changed my mind Raven. It will be you and me to stop Overlord Zenon. You're out of shape anyway."

"…Joy…"

"Get your things, we're going to leave very soon."

"What about me! I can't move my arms or legs…or anything!" Terror whined.

"You can stay here until Starlight wakes up. He'll fix you up."

"But he's such a pussy! He'll faint again when he sees this."

"This is why he's not qualified to be one of us…" Raven growled. "…But let me get my bow and we'll head out."

"Thank you."


Dealing with a sorcerer has never been so tiresome. She may just reawakened again but that was the first thing she did not want to deal with. Back when she was reining true terror on demons, the witches/sorcerers did not interfere. It was almost like they were cowards staying far away from her so they wouldn't destroy her. Now, they were going on the offensive and while she managed to rip Terror to shreds, he was not dead. He just laughed as a head when he lost and then was teleported away with no way of her being able to track him down.

With no way to vent her anger, she did the next logical thing on her mind: Kill the one demon that escaped when she took control of Adell…finding Etna and destroying her Netherworld along with her. If Etna was smart to turn tail and flee then she might even get an army up to stop her. If she got in contact with any more beings from the Golden Land, then she might not be able to survive this time around.

The castle that Etna escaped to was already tightly guarded with other demons now that she returned. The former vassal of Overlord Laharl (the one that Zenon trounced when she first woke up and he too ran off like a smart little kid) was on her knees at this point terrified at what she just witnessed. The conversation that transpired between her and Laharl was rather short. Given Etna's state of mind (and how Etna never showed fear especially in front of Laharl) it was obvious the situation was dire.

"They're all dead…and she's coming for us…"

Laharl refused to show any sign of panic in front of his vassal. He was still angry with her but recalling what happened with Rozalin and how breaking her seal caused this power to surge. He was hungry so he couldn't fight at full force…even now he's still hungry and licking his wounds. Only now did he decide to call Sicily back from Celestia to feed him since he refused to show that he was famished to his kid sister. A small meal was all he was going to get before this battle that might kill them all.

Laharl didn't say anything when the others came into the throne room. By others that included, Flonne, Sicily and Xenolith who after being pardoned by Celestia and the Netherworld for his crime was just going to be stuck as an un-Prinny due to the strange circumstance concerning his "not so death" by the Netherworld itself (and despite that title he would not wear the hat if Etna wasn't around and even then it was a hassle to put a penguin hat on). The Krichevskoy Group, Barbara and Lanzarote would be summoned later but this meaning concerned the most trustworthy of his vassals.

"Big brother?"

"…Flonne, Sicily, tell the others that we're going to battle. Make sure they prepare the defense and know I will not tolerate failure. Understood."

The fact that Laharl was unusually serious showed the desperation of the situation. Flonne and Sicily did not hesitate to leave. The young demon forced Xenolith to stay behind as Laharl got out off his thrown.

"…I need to prepare for battle as well. Xenolith, do me a favor and comfort your sister for me."

"!…Yes…my prince…"

Xenolith was the only vassal that was not use to addressing Laharl as such. He wanted to use his name more freely but Laharl being the brat he was wouldn't let him. Maybe this would be a good time to learn the honorifics if they survived.

As the bluenette left his throne room to prepare for battle, the older demon was left with the young succubus. He stood behind her unable to find the words to convey his feelings of the current situation.

"Etna…"

"Go away Xenolith…" Etna suddenly hissed. Her voice was still trembling but there she tried to regain her prideful tone. "Don't listen to the prince…just get far away from here and don't come back. Overlord Zenon…she'll kill all of us…but you're not tied to this castle like we are. You can leave and not look back…so just go away…"

At first Xenolith didn't say anything, but his expression darkened not liking the words his little sister was ordering him to do.

"So you are suggesting that even though I am in debt to you and Overlord Laharl, I should pack up my things and leave you all for dead? Why…would I do that now?"

"You were always a coward Xenolith!" Etna suddenly shouted as she suddenly stood up to glare at him. Her brother noticed the tears threatening to fall down her face. "Ever since you left me to the king, you have run away from your duties! Nothing is going to stop you from leaving now! Just go!"

A smack could be heard echoing in the room. Etna should have expected some sort of retaliation from her older brother but he usually reframed himself from laying a finger on her. She was expecting a shouting match now for treating him horribly but instead was met by a rather awkward embrace.

"…I'm not leaving you again." He whispered in her ear. "After so many years of separation and given this chance to be with you…I refuse your request."

"Xeno…lith…"

"…If what you say is true that this Overlord intends to end your life, I will use my sword and protect you. Because…I decided that if I can't protect you…I don't deserve to live."

"Big…brother…"

She was still shaking but Etna slowly returned the embrace. She honestly feared for her brother more than herself now though. When she ran after Hanako and Taro were devoured, the only thing she could think of was seeing her brother again and refusing to die here because she wasn't at full strength anymore. Once she arrived at the castle though, it hit her that maybe just maybe that Overlord would chase her down. Zenon's power could be felt from anywhere now once she made it to their particular Netherworld and would not leave until everyone was killed. She put everyone she cared for in danger all because she foolishly lost her strength to some stupid summoning spell.

"I don't want you to die…" She finally spat out. "Not because of me…"

"Etna…either we both fight together and live or we die trying." Xenolith smirked when he said that. It was rare that Xenolith ever felt so cocky and he knew more than anyone that arrogance will get you killed. "I'm not going to die here. No even if I don't have the artifact I will protect you."

"Dammit! Stupid brother! Stupid big brother!" Etna cursed as she ended up resting her head against her older brother's chest. She wanted to cry right now but there was no time for that, and sadly Laharl would not let them forget that.

"Hey! I need you two right now! Stop your sibling love and get out here!"

Laharl probably should have considered that maybe just maybe they would not make it out alive and he should consult Sicily before this big battle. It would be nice if Flonne got help from the Seraph but there really was no time to call him. Yes Flonne sent a messenger Prinny but it would not make it there on time. Regardless, Laharl was going to go down as one of the most badass of all Overlords of all time who fought with Overlord Zenon to the death and did not die so easily.


Alfred just shook his head as he finished patching the Dark Hero up. His master was a unique creator to let one demon live during that horrible attack. At first Alfred thought that maybe Prism was just cruel to be kind to let Axel live through that attack, but once he healed the Dark Hero, he noticed something about the blonde demon. He could feel potential when using his sorcerer magic. Perhaps Prism intended…

"Guhh…"

The Dark Hero was slowly waking up from his slumber. As Alfred placed the wet towel on Axel's forehead, he went right back to his library to pick up more books using his magic to sort through them.

"Where…am I?"

"Welcome to the Golden Land." Alfred said with his back turned. "We haven't had visitors in a while so make yourself at home…wait. I wasn't supposed to say that."

As the Dark Hero was coming to and noticed that what he was resting on was not a bed but a lab table. Not to mention the room had a strange smell. One might think it smelled like pumpkins but on the other hand it smelled like a dead animal. Looking to where the voice was coming from, Axel saw past the person and saw a black cauldron that was boiling green ooze. Immediately he sat up and nearly yelped. With that reaction though, he felt a headache coming on.

"You should not be moving that much. You almost died in the Netherworld."

"Wouldn't be the first time…" The Dark Hero snarked, "where…am I?"

"You are in the Golden Land." Alfred repeated. "From what we witnessed, Overlord Zenon has awaken again after so long and has taken the body of Sir Adell. Now she wrecks havoc in the Netherworld again to ease her paranoia. Besides you, the Beauty Queen Etna survived as well and fled to her Netherworld but Overlord Zenon is giving chase there."

"Wait what!" Axel was trying to remember what happened. He was giving Adell's group some time to fight the fake Zenon. He pretty much waited for them to finish so he could take the credit but was met with Adell who looked much darker and bulkier than he normally was and tried to kill him with three attacks. He lost conscious after a finger was pointed his direction. He should have been dead if he could move from under the pillar.

Speaking of pillar, Axel glanced down at his leg and saw that it was wrapped up in a cast. As he made an effort to move said leg, he flinched at the pain.

"I advise you to make yourself at home." The butler repeated. "You are now the guest of honor to the Creator of the Universe Master Prism."

Axel only heard the word "prison" from Alfred and gasped. "Hey! Why am I a prisoner?"

"…Master Prism…"

"And what happened to Adell? What happened to Rozalin and Taro? What happened to all of them?"

Alfred sighed as he adjusted his monocle. "From what we observed, during the final battle with that faker, Lady Rozalin unleashed the seal that awakened Overlord Zenon who killed her fake. Overlord Zenon then proceeded to turn her attacks on her allies. Trying to snap her out of her murderous phase, Sir Adell accidentally kill Lady Rozalin."

"W-What? That's absurd! Adell would never-"

"Let me finish." Alfred cut in his patience wearing thin. "Overlord Zenon used this opportunity to move her soul from Lady Rozalin's dead body to Sir Adell's soul that was full of conflict and despair. Sir Adell lost the battle of control and Overlord Zenon now uses his body to kill everyone he holds dear. The names you asked for: Sir Taro, Lady Hanako, that frog Tink and Lady Yukimaru all perished in that room they went in."

"N-No!"

Alfred's tone toward Tink was worse than anyone else he named. Perhaps it was because despite being a sorcerer who liked to experiment in his lab, he did not appreciate frogs especially rude, obnoxious ones.

"It is true. You are lucky to have survived. Master Prism ordered Sir Starlight and Sir Antimony to save you and stall for time while Beauty Queen Etna fled to her Netherworld. I will repeat, Overlord Zenon is making Beauty Queen Etna her target because she cannot kill you as long as you are in the Golden Land. Overlord Zenon's goal is to kill all witnesses, but with more battles leads to more witnesses and more demons to kill to satisfy her lust. With her sharing a body with a blood thirsty man like Sir Adell, this can only lead to the end of the Netherworld as we know it."

Axel didn't need to hear anymore. This was a nightmare and in a nightmare you can force yourself to wake up or fight it. As he moved his leg to the side of the lab table, he continued to flinch with the pain in his leg and in his head.

"Gah…"

"What are you doing? You must rest."

"Screw that! With what you said my rival could kill my family! I rather die than have them be killed like the director and all of those Overlords!"

"Then what do you expect to do? You are in no condition to fight and if you try to talk to Overlord Zenon, she will cut you down and finish the job."

"He has to be in there…I know it…" Axel mumbled. "Why would he carry Rozalin's body if he wasn't inside…I can…talk to him…"

Alfred glared at the Dark Hero before sighing in defeat. He had the qualities that Prism would like to have in a witch/sorcerer. This might be why Prism wants him in the Golden Land in the first place.

"If you intend to go, I will be your bodyguard. I will not let you die under Master's orders…and I will slaughter the Overlord Zenon if your plan does not work."

Axel was confused. Who was this butler? Could he do that when no one else could? He still had a lot of questions to ask about the location and who he was and who this Prism was. Alfred on the other hand was outright irritated that everyone else that could possibly be Axel's bodyguard was doing something else. In fact, Prism sent half of the witches/sorcerers away to look after his little sister Cone. He sent the Marionette Witch Pop, the Witch of the Dead Samarium, the Sorcerer of the Night K.K., and even their pet from the Golden Land Chao to follow her to another portion of the Golden Land to practice honing her skills. That just left him left besides Starlight who was unconscious and Terror who was out of commission. Prism REALLY needed to hire more witches/sorcerers for this place.

I am going to regret this…I apologize Master if I do not come out alive…


The battle really was one-sided against Overlord Zenon. Even though Adell was clutching Rozalin's dead body, that handicap did nothing for the weaker demons. She constantly spammed Dark Liberation and easily destroyed the castle that was standing so strong. Most of the demons that were loyal to Laharl attempted to attack first to give out an opening but that plan was smashed to bits with a snap of her fingers. There was no challenge for her. It wouldn't be long until she actually went inside the castle (the portions that weren't destroyed by her blast) to look for any survivors.

Laharl didn't go out originally along with his main party mainly because he wanted to wait it out. He hated this strategy because it made him feel weak and he did feel weak. He was shaking with how powerful she was especially in Adell's body. What he fought was just her waking up. This is Overlord Zenon in a couple of hours and only getting stronger.

The Krichevskoy Group didn't last long at all. Grosso and Rainier were casting ice and star spells at the Overlord but she brushed them off like it was nothing. Garungun charged her shouting his usual speech about how he has yet to summon the Majin that will destroy Zenon. Once Garungun was in her range, she held her hand out and grabbed at the golem's arm. She did not waste a second as she ripped his arm out of his socket causing him to scream.

"My left hand!" He screamed as Zenon whirled around and kicked the golem. With the impact, it was enough to leave a hole in his skull. The golem came crashing to the ground.

"GARUNGUN!" Rainier called out.

"Dammit! Barbara, I order you to kill Overlord Zenon!"

"If that is what you wish."

Barbara was in position with the archers. Zenon's first attack only hit all the front liners but the magic users and archers in the back were unharmed but shaken at the power. Once Barbara jumped down, the archers who were ordered by Lanzarote fired their arrows down. The magic users cast their strongest terra spells on Overlord Zenon as Barbara intended to jab her with her spear.

"I am a being of solitude." Zenon mumbled as she called upon Dark Liberation again to hit the archers and magic users in the background. Lanzarote looked up in horror seeing the light but didn't have time to move when the light hit her and everyone around her obliterating everyone to pieces.

"LANZA!" Sicily screamed as she attempted to rush to her but Flonne held her back. "LET ME GO! WE HAVE TO HELP NOW!"

Flonne was praying now…praying that the Seraph could come down sooner and help them fend her off at the very least.

Everything was just a disaster on the battleground with only a couple of magic users left to fight. Rainier and Grosso were combining their efforts to support Barbara but what they were doing was in vain. Zenon eventually caught Barbara's spear and tore the pointy part off of the spear. Barbara was quick to back up though unlike Yukimaru when Zenon attempted to punch a hole through her chest.

"You are not my target." Zenon mumbled. "You will get out of my sight."

Barbara didn't know what she was supposed to do now without a weapon. Her foolish obedient attitude made her face Grosso. "My weapon is broken! What do I do now?"

"Fool! Get out of there or get someone's weapon off the ground!"

Zenon had no mercy for anyone who had to take orders from someone else. She hated weak demons. Grabbing Barbara by behind, she picked her up off the ground and hoisted her off the ground.

"N…N…"

She couldn't even finish her sentence. Zenon smirked as she continued squeezing at Barbara's neck until a snapping sound was heard causing the body to limp immediately. Zenon chuckled as she threw her dead body with the rest of the corpses.

"And now the rest." Zenon mumbled as Grosso and Rainier were prepared to rush back to the castle. "Dark Liberation!"

Another bolt of light came down on the two demons and everyone else in the area. After this attack, there was no one standing in her way except the five demons that were hiding up in the castle watching the battle unfold.

As Zenon slowly made her way toward the castle, Etna was prepared to breakdown first. Xenolith was standing before her. After seeing Overlord Zenon's power, he knew what they up against…and even if he still had some power of the Netherworld, it would not be enough…in fact, he was probably the only one here who could even fight Zenon long enough to wear her out. Laharl could then give the finishing blow and everything would be over. Closing his eyes, he intended to step forward.

"No Xenolith!" Etna cried out. "I won't let you go! She's too strong!"

"S-She's right…we should wait for the Seraph…" Flonne mumbled. "Right Laharl."

The bluenette was speechless. In fact it looked like he was ready to shut down. His many vassals were killed before him and Overlord Zenon didn't break a sweat even with the strongest magic and the strongest warriors he had fighting her head on. Maybe he should just take everyone here and run off…but then he would have failed the late king…he would not run away."

"They will not make it on time." Xenolith replied coldly. "It's either do or die."

"We'll die dammit!" Etna shouted. "She's after me! Maybe if I…"

"Etna, if you think that then why don't you run?" Laharl asked. He was surprised that he still had his voice.

"P-Prince."

"I already lost everyone from her. I intend to stay and fight to the death, but if you want to run, go ahead. I'm not stopping you." Laharl glared at the possessed Adell as his body was coming closer. He no longer looked like the hardheaded human that he beat up so easily. "In fact…I'll gladly give up my life if any of you want to run now. The Seraph will protect-"

"Stupid big brother! I'm fighting with you!" Sicily yelled with her book in hand. "I don't care what happens to me now! If I'm going to die, I'm going to die with you!"

Laharl couldn't help but smile at his little sister. They have come a long way now to be like this.

"Prince Laharl," Xenolith began as he sheathed his sword. "I already gave my word to you and my sister. By pardoning my sins, I will serve you until I die. I also swore that I would fight for my little sister even if it kills me."

That was three leaving the most trustworthy companions to decide now…

"Seraph Lamington…please get here before I lose anymore friends…" Flonne mumbled. "Laharl…I will stay."

"…Well Etna?"

Etna just wanted to curse her weakness. She really wanted to run.

"Dammit Prince! I don't have my powers anymore! You could tell when you fought me! Because of that stupid summon ritual I don't even have the powers that Xenolith give back to me! I will only be in your way!"

Laharl was disappointed with Etna's response, but while he saw the power Zenon had, he did not see those closest to Adell be slaughtered in the cruelest manner possible that would cause Etna to BSOD like this.

"…Then stay here and watch us win then if you don't want to run or fight. Everyone else ready?"

The others nodded their head. "Good, then let's go."

Laharl laughed his usual evil laugh as Overlord Zenon got close.

"Here me Overlord Zenon! This is as far as you go as I Overlord Laharl will send you to your grave!"

As the four jumped down from the broken castle to fight to their death, Etna could only back off and break down in tears. The time when her friends, her prince and her brother needed her the most, she was the most useless. She ran off to Veldime to contain her powers to avoid harming them and ended up losing them in the end. Now with this terrible scenario that has occurred, she could do nothing but be a useless character that could do nothing but cheer and scream for her friends…and she was the target. She knew what she needed to do to save them but…she want to die after that experience with her magic.

"Dammit…why am I so…"


By the time Alfred used his magic to teleport to Laharl's castle, it was already too late. The damage was already done. Axel's eyes widened in horror at all the corpses that were laid out in front of him.

"Adell did that…" Axel muttered to himself. "No…Adell…"

"Your friend is gone. I suggest we turn back."

"No…I won't…take me there."

Alfred groused as he used his magic to get a little closer to the battlefield without being detected or hit.

"Oh dear, it seems like they weren't doing well after all."

The good news was that the battle was not one sided with Laharl's group. The downside was that Overlord Zenon had just finished knocking away Sicily, Flonne and Laharl and was dealing with Xenolith who would not go down. He wasn't even an Overlord and he was giving her as many problems as Terror. The plan to constantly aim at Rozalin's dead body was cruel but it proved to be effective when the Adell side of him was attempting to save what was already gone.

Laharl cursed as he felt he was on his last leg. The Dark Liberation was too powerful for him. It was a miracle that Xenolith was still standing and fighting her toe to toe and giving her a difficult time. Xenolith was smart though. If she caught his blade, then she would break it but if he fought with his fists, she would destroy him once she grabbed onto his arms. Adell was the master of fists so hand to hand combat was not acceptable here.

Overlord Zenon was losing her patience and ended up playing dirty as she aimed at the castle where she knew Etna was and attempted to shoot. She was successful in shooting it and what ground Etna was on collapsed. Yes she was fast to not be buried but that did force her on the battlefield.

"Etna!"

A few seconds of distraction was enough for Zenon to punch the older demon hard in the stomach. It was not hard enough to go through his chest like everyone else. She really was losing strength and if the pressure kept going, she might actually die.

"XENOLITH!" Etna cried out as he was sent flying in her direction.

Zenon decided that she would deal with the Overlord and the two fallen angels later. She needed to get rid of someone that gave her a difficult time as well as the one who was willing to backstab her at any given moment.

"Xenolith, you're arm…"

The incubus was holding onto his sword with such a grip that his hand was bleeding profusely. His jacket was open now and where his artifact was not present. Xenolith wished that he still had his artifact on him so he could save everyone here at the cost of his life. Xenolith struggled to stand up but his strength was fading him.

"You who stand in my way…" Zenon began. "Why do you stand in my way?"

"…To protect my sister." Xenolith answered truthfully. "I won't let you lay a finger on her!" His hand was shaking…he had to think fast. "Etna…listen to me…you have to…"

"Wait Zenon!" Etna cried out as she was the one that stood in front of her brother now with her spear. "I'm your only target right! T-Then leave everyone out of this and just finish me off."

"What the hell Etna? I won't let you!"

"Zenon!"

Zenon…did not like this scene one bit. Etna was willing to backstab Rozalin and fled when she couldn't do anything, but now she was standing before her older brother ready to give her life for him as well as her friends. This didn't foster well with past at all. Demons only lived to betray one another at some point in time.

This is the bond of siblings.

Zenon's eyes widened hearing Adell's voice that monitored the scene before him. It was ironic given he didn't have the strength to stop his siblings from being eaten.

Rozalin…please let them go. You suffered enough.

"SILENCE!" Zenon screeched causing Etna and Xenolith to back off. "I TRUSTED YOU ADELL! YOU GAVE ME A RAY OF HOPE THAT TRUST AND LOVE WAS REAL! BUT YOU KILLED ME! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LECTURE ME ABOUT BONDS AND SUFFERING! YOU KNOW NOTHING!"

Alfred's eyes widened in horror seeing that Zenon's temper was at its peak and where the hell was Prism and Raven?! She was going to kill them now!

"ADELL STOP!" Axel screamed. "THIS ISN'T YOU!"

Everyone turned around to see the bandaged Dark Hero with the sorcerer near him.

"You." She growled as she turned her attention toward him now. "You escaped me but you will die here along with that backstabbing demon!"

Zenon didn't have enough energy to use Dark Liberation anymore. Just a few more powerful magical beams and then she were done in this body at least. That was the problem with getting someone who was physically oriented unlike Rozalin's body that had magic potential beyond belief and could possibly spam the attack. However in her state of anger, she fired a magic beam at Axel but by leaving herself open that left her open for Laharl, Etna and Xenolith to rush her and get impaled. Laharl and Xenolith impaled her chest while Etna ended up impaling Rozalin when she fired.

Axel wasn't fast enough to dodge. Alfred ended up standing in front of Axel and attempted to put a shield up. He may have been defense oriented but he wasn't barrier maiden like Starlight so he took the full force of the power and with that power he clutched his chest.

"Close your eyes…you don't…want to see me…burst…"

Axel was actually lucky to close his eyes because with so much power that Alfred tried to contain, he ended up coughing blood before his eyelids started bleeding…and then his nose…and then it started coming from his sleeves before he went pop in front of the Dark Hero. Unfortunately a lot of blood splattered onto the Dark Hero, so when he opened up he ended up screaming at how there was nothing left but bones.

Zenon didn't pay attention to that though. Seeing the blood coming down on her chest, she could only screech causing a shockwave to knock everyone back. Laharl was knocked back into Sicily and Flonne while Etna and Xenolith were separated and sent back. Zenon's eyes were only on the siblings now.

Rozalin calm down…

Not like Adell sounded calm either given Etna did impale Rozalin's dead body to confirm to him that yes she was dead. Zenon's eyes were glowing a dangerous red at the siblings. The impact prevented caused Xenolith to twist his leg causing him to groan…and the injury came from preventing his sister from being harmed.

"Xenolith, we got to move!" She shouted.

"…No…this is the end…"

"Don't say that stupid big brother! You said you wouldn't die!"

"…We're done…after this…she won't be able to attack again…so Etna…you got to…"

To her brother's surprise, Etna ended up embracing her older brother as Zenon was preparing her final attack in a state of panic.

"Etna! Xenolith! Get out of there! That's an order from your Overlord!" Laharl cried out in panic as he attempted to get up and prevent the inevitable.

"…I'm staying with you big brother…" Etna mumbled, as she held onto him tighter. "I don't want to be alone again…you promised you would…"

"But you have so much ahead of you…"

"…I won't be useful to the prince anymore after this…my powers are gone…and if you're gone then…"

Xenolith smiled softly as he held onto his sister. "…You win…"

"!"

"But Etna…there's something I need to tell you…I'm not the type to say this but…"

"DIE!"

Zenon shot her final powerful attack at the siblings. Xenolith felt a single tear fall from his eye.

"I love you…"

"Brother…I…"

Etna would never finish her words because the attack hit them straight on.

"ETNA! XENOLITH!"

It was a miracle that their bodies were still there after the attack but Zenon's final attack was weak so it wouldn't leave black corpses. The two were blasted into the castle neither of them moving but both were holding onto each other's hand in their final moments.

By the time Prism and Raven got their though, a major casualty was lost as the creator of the universe ordered Raven to freeze Zenon in place, which she did. Zenon panicked seeing reinforcements especially more witches/sorcerers like Terror.

"Shit…we were too late…" Prism grumbled as he looked where the siblings were and then looking around him and finally at Axel…who was holding onto a monocle in shock. "Alfred…I told you to stay in the Golden Land…it's going to take forever to bring you back after that…" Closing his eyes he allowed a scythe to appear before him. "Overlord Zenon, you are dead. After everyone you have killed, I am going to erase you out of existence."

Axel looked up seeing the Creator of the Universe…a small boy no older than Laharl's age ready to end this nightmare but…

"STOP!" He cried out. "Don't kill Adell!"

Prism looked toward the Dark Hero and scowled. "I'll think about what to do with that idiot's soul once I deal with this one."

"NO! STOP! PLEASE! NO! ADELL!"

Prism showed no mercy to Overlord Zenon who did not see the creator of the universe aiming to stop her of all times. With one sling he sliced right down the middle. There was no gore that would come out of her body after that though…only golden butterflies where he cut. The butterflies acted like they were taking a piece of Zenon's soul and forcing it out of existence after they disappeared. Axel could only scream for his rival's name with his apparent erasure. Raven closed her eyes disturbed by the bloodshed around her as she turned around. "How could we miss this Netherworld?"

"Sorry, the Netherworld we went to was the one where Zenon first woke up!" Prism spat annoyed at how he made a foolish mistake and now everything was ruined. "Dammit…now I have to erase everyone's memories and forget this ever happened."

Even though Flonne, Sicily and Axel were crying for their friends, Laharl had enough strength to get back up to glare at the people who were trivializing the situation that has befallen his castle.

"I don't know…who the hell you two are…but you're not going to just claim the victory to yourselves and walk away…unscratched!"

The little boy scoffed as he did intend to wash his hands clean of this incident and just erase everyone's memories of the event throughout the galaxy along with planting new memories. No one would see his mistake…but the young Overlord was sure as hell not going to let him and Raven saw this.

"You should probably hear them out in the Golden Land." Raven suggested. "I do not want to be walking around this bloody battlefield. Plus, we need to take Alfred's remains back to the Golden Land so we can revive him."

Prism sighed in defeat. Why was everything so hard when one thing went wrong?


The demons had no choice but to accept the offer to go to the Golden Land. Whatever injuries they sustained were healed instantly upon stepping on the white circle in the middle of Prism's chamber. Starlight set it up in case the creator of the universe or his right hand woman was harmed in any way. Plus Starlight had just finished getting over Antimony's gross appearance to put him back together.

Prism had to make his way back to his chair before Laharl had the chance to sucker punch him and for good reasons.

"Starlight, you're going to need to bring Alfred back to us. I can't get my tea if he's dead."

"W-What? Why was he out? B-But…okay…"

Starlight went over to Axel who was still grasping the monocle and snatched it back even though he should have asked first. There was no time with being polite. A sorcerer died outside the Golden Land and needed to be resurrected.

"You…" Laharl began. "Who the hell are you?"

The bluenette needed to know. Prism effortlessly killed Zenon when his entire castle fell to her. What magic was he using to be so powerful?

"I'm Prism, the Sorcerer of Misfortune and the creator of the universe." He said with a smirk. "And that's my assistant Raven, the Witch of Despair and the ultimate time traveler. If it wasn't obvious we were going to stop Zenon when she got out of control but we took a wrong turn in the galaxy so our assistance was delayed until the end. So sorry."

Starlight was quick to heal Alfred in comparison to Terror (which the crazy sorcerer lamented) and Alfred was just lying on the floor with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Last time I take a full attack like that…"

"Ah, I should introduce you to my other friends." Prism said with a smirk. "That's Starlight, the Sorcerer of Hope…even though he should be named the Sorcerer of Doom with his bad luck."

"S-Stop…don't mention that…" The white haired sorcerer whined as he healed the butler.

"My butler's name is Alfred the Sorcerer of Pestilence and that's Terror the Blood-Stained Sorcerer."

At first Laharl was going to shout he didn't give a fuck about their titles while still trying to absorb the idea that this little brat was the creator of the universe (he was around his age even and that angered him even more) but hearing the word "pestilence" made him and Sicily turn an eye.

"Pestilence?"

"I…work on trying to find cures for many diseases." Alfred grumbled as he got up and walked back to his master's side without giving a glance at Axel who was still in a state of shock over Adell's death. "Unfortunately, my efforts fail and I tend to make incurable diseases that usually require a witch or a sorcerer's sacrifice to make up for it. It was a shame that one of Prism's apprentices left his side and then sacrificed her life for her son."

Wait what?

Laharl glared daggers at Alfred but Sicily on the other hand gasped and was putting the pieces together faster.

"No way…then mother's mentor was…"

"The one and only…but what are the odds that Gwen's children would be standing in front of me right now. I tried to distance myself after that."

"It can't be this kid!" Laharl shouted. "I had enough of your bullshit! If you really are the creator of the universe then you better bring my castle back to the way it was with Etna, Xenolith and the rest of my vassals alive!"

Prism frowned again as he slouched on his chair. "That I cannot do."

"Why not?! You just said you were the creator or were you lying about that."

"Too many dead bodies. And I don't owe anything to you." Prism said as he yawned. "Starlight, can you get me the tea?"

"But I thought Alfred was…"

"Get me the damn tea!"

"Y-Yes!"

Starlight was quick to rush out of the room to Alfred's. The Sorcerer of Misfortune probably made him leave so he wouldn't have to hear Prism being a jerk again.

"I apologize for your losses but I did my job. Zenon won't kill anyone anymore and its not like you can rebuild the castle with the help of Celestia. I just healed your wounds so you can start over again faster."

"You little-"

"But you do owe us." Flonne spoke. Any traces of sorrow were gone as she too was angry with the boy in front of him. If what he claimed was true then he was just turning a blind's eye to the situation at hand. "You said it yourself. You took a wrong turn in the galaxy and showed up later. You could have saved Etna and Xenolith at the very least if you made it on time. You might have even prevented Overlord Zenon from destroying the castle and killing everyone in the first place."

When did this fallen angel become so observant? Prism feared the day if this girl ended up an archangel.

"B-Besides!" Sicily added. "That butler said it himself! He's a plague doctor but he ended up doing something to get big brother sick when he was a kid! He's the reason why I wasn't a demon when I was born!"

"In other words, you two owe us for screwing us up." Laharl finished. He never wanted to admit it but his family life could have been better if he didn't get sick. His mother would still be alive instead of being reincarnated, he would have an adorable sister in a couple of years and his father might still be alive if Laharl wasn't so distant with him. "And I demand my castle and my vassals back!"

Prism furrowed his eyebrows while Alfred adjusted his monocle. This was a hassle.

"…I'm not rebuilding that castle. As a demon you can do it yourself. You're not lazy and there are plenty of Prinnies to work for you." Prism growled. "But if I bring back everyone I will erase everyone's memories. I won't go for anything else."

"Then how about this." A new voice started causing everyone in the room to look around. Flonne gasped as the Seraph appeared behind the group. Was he there the entire time or did he just teleport in the Golden Land just now.

"Gee I wish I didn't leave the Golden Land so open to angels." The little boy complained as he let the Seraph continue. "Speak."

"My suggestion is that Etna and Xenolith will be resurrected with no strings attached. You limit yourself to two people revival for two lives that you owe for your mistakes in the past. By not reviving anyone else though, you will not be erasing any memories of anyone. As for the castle, Celestia will help the Overlord rebuilt it."

This was a good compromise in comparison but…

"But what about Lanza!" Sicily cried out. "She deserves to come back!"

"And what about Barbara, Grosso and the others?" Flonne questioned.

"…You children need to realize who you are dealing with." Lamington said in a stern voice catching them off guard. "He may look to be a child, but you are speaking to the Creator of the Universe. As the creator he could easily reject your demands and go with his original plan if you make one wrong mistake. However, you proved a good point that Prism needs to repay for his and Alfred's sin. Besides, Gwen would be happy to know that her mentor did one kind thing for her. Wouldn't you say so Prism?"

"Ggg…guhh…dammit…" Prism cursed as he slammed his fists into the armchairs. "Fine! I'll give you a bittersweet ending instead of a downer ending! I'll revive them but it will take time! So you better get back to work like nothing happened!"

Laharl was glad Lamington was on his side. What started out as a shouting match and demands ended in a compromise…it was a shame he still wasn't mature enough to do something as basic as this though his genuine anger and sorrow at what happened to his vassals was enough for his mind to be out of whack.

"…And what about Adell and Rozalin?" Axel finally spoke as he wiped the tears from his eyes. "What will you do with them? You won't erase them…will you?"

"That…depends…I do not intend to take back that Zenon's soul needs to be erased so these massacres do not occur again."

"But Adell's soul was merged with Zenon's right! Can't you at least pull his soul away if you can't pull both of them?"

"That takes a lot of time..."

"Its always a lot of time with you though I noticed! You don't want to revive anyone because its too much work and even something like this is too hard! You're supposed to be the most powerful so why are you being so lazy?!"

"Why you little…"

"The tea is done!" Starlight exclaimed bringing that green goo to Prism who was this close to slapping the tea up out of the white haired boy's hand and having it spill on him. "Prism…I don't like that look."

Lamington didn't like it either but that might be because Axel must have pushed his buttons.

"Find then. We will make a deal. I will pull Adell's soul away from Zenon's but it will not be purified. The only way for you to save your friend is to become a sorcerer and live in the Golden Land. And that means giving up the Dark Hero title you treasure so much in the Netherworld.

Wait, so Axel had the choice to be one of the strongest beings in the universe if he sacrifices his family and fame to save one fallen friend? What about his family…

"I'm not cruel. You can go see your family and help them out. The Golden Land has endless wealth. I mean it IS the Golden Land after all."

"Prism you're a bitch." Terror said with a laugh causing Prism to take the teacup and throwing it in his face causing the class to shatter and the shards to get stuck to his face. "Oww."

"That's my only offer! Give or take or say good-bye to your friend forever!"

Well Axel was stuck unlike Laharl's group (and they felt sorry for the idiot). He never had the chance to repay Adell for all he has done. If he gave up now, he would never forgive himself…and the Director would probably tell Axel to help out as long as he does what he loves.

"Fine…I'll do it."

"Good, then let's get the arrangements going for everyone."


Prism remained true to his words. With his powerful magic he did restore Etna and Xenolith back to life. He still marked them both as dying in a book that Raven kept (in case she had to time travel for something stupid). They didn't expect for that to happen and it was probably a good thing they didn't know what Laharl ended up doing for them (Etna would never let Laharl hear the end of it if she found out he shouted and begged for her to come back and that he cried for them both). Even if no one else could come back, Laharl would simply have to start over.

Celestia assisted Laharl's group in restoring the castle to its former glory. It would take time but with removing the corpses and giving most of them proper graves and hiring more vassal to work under Laharl the process would be even longer and the bluenette was still being lazy at many points that Sicily had to nag him to get to work.

Prism had to work too. Taking the souls to the Golden Land before they were obtained and forced into Prinnies benefitted him because with more golden butterflies, the process to remove Zenon out of existence and extracting Adell's soul was quicker. This applied to everyone in Adell's Netherworld…

Which brings up Axel who went down to Veldime to report the tragic news about their family falling apart. Prism really didn't want to know how badly they reacted but at the same time, Prism didn't feel like reviving anyone else but the three people he promised (one for each person).

Once Axel was done with making amends in the Netherworld, Prism wasted no time in granting Axel the title of Dark Hero Sorcerer (yes Axel still managed to keep that title even when promoting) officially making him part of their group. As a new sorcerer Axel was allowed to make his own room with his own magic received (what magic he had Prism would not say. He would have to figure it out himself). Axel was generally annoyed that he put at the bottom rank with Starlight therefore being treated like a slave. If this was Prism's plan for sparing him, it was a crappy one given how clumsy the Dark Hero Sorcerer was.

At the end of the day though, what was important was what Axel could do for Adell. His soul was finally extracted and put into a card that Prism called Furniture. The only way to purify Adell's soul now was to put him through a game that with a theme concerning revenge before reason and making sure he not only wins the game but also realize his purpose. In this game Adell had to make sure that the main character had to see the light and go down the path of revenge…

Axel's plan to save Adell was noble but at the end of the day, Axel's kindness spelt out cruelty to Adell when he was forced into a fictional game board about redemption. Adell was alive and given a second chance…but what Prism did not tell Axel was that he brought Adell back with all of his memories of his crimes as well as witnessing the death of everyone close to him. Adell would be trying to save his soul, but what would be the point if he failed to save the people close to him?

With these thoughts in mind, Adell did not proceed to save his soul as fast as Axel wanted. Yes Axel was near immortal now, so he can wait forever now. At the same time there was that lingering feeling that Axel may indeed give up on the redhead if he made no progress within a certain amount of years. Adell was fine with no progress because there was no one at the end of the dark tunnel waiting for him. Prism not erasing everyone's memory resulted in Adell's entire persona being tarnished by Overlord Zenon and even if she's erased from existence, people will only conclude that Adell was the powerful Overlord. No one would want him back except Axel, but until Adell learns to appreciate Axel as the only person he has left in this second chance of life, he will continue to feel sorry for himself that he never saved Rozalin from her loneliness and deserves to feel that same isolation in this game board that never ends.


"Prism you're a bitch."

Prism scowled at his cat for repeating the statement Terror told him in Adell's chapter. After reading this chapter he felt rather bitter and ended up taking the book and bonking the cat boy over the head with it.

"Yeowwch!" He pretended to be hurt as he jumped away from his master and curled into a ball. "Why do you have to be so mean?"

"Why do you have to rub it in about how this alternate universe of me was such a lazy jerk?" He sighed. "I mean I know the situation was dire and I did all in my power to make sure it never got to this point in time but…"

"Reviving three people is a pain to you? You do it all the time especially if you want to kill them repeatedly."

The One frowned as he stared at the book cover. Reviving people from the dead was not an easy task. Mass genocide for the creator was easier than bringing back one person from the dead. It wasn't in his job to do something that was outside his field and with how the previous creators made the rules so the power wouldn't be abused in a manner that was demonstrated in this chapter it was a wonder that this version of Prism was very cynical about the idea of resurrection.

There were many things that were needed to revive someone from the dead. Yes it required a lot of motivation and focus but when the time came Prism would be those things. He would need the body (and if it was ripped into a million pieces, that made his job difficult), a soul (the job would be difficult if it was merged with another soul like shown in the Adell chapter) and willpower from the person who died. These three things were just the basics and there are other things that could be used like magic from the Golden Land but without these three things it would be a hassle. In the chapter when Laharl's entire castle was destroyed, reviving all of those soldiers would have been a death sentence for The One by proxy of managing every person. One mistake meant that their bodies would end up becoming a zombie. There are already zombie demons but those are a different type of zombie that can function under normal circumstances. The zombie Prism had in mind was Samarium. It only took one mistake for Samarium to be unable to function outside of the Golden Land. Prism never wanted to go through that again or make anyone else suffer because of his mistake so he ended up limiting how many people he would revive.

Prism's alternate way of reviving someone revolved Raven and her time traveling. If one were to time travel to a couple of minutes in the past or better yet go so far back into their childhood to give them the courage to act differently in the situation, then one could easily avoid the crisis and Prism wouldn't have to lift a finger. The Prism in the book made it obvious that he had Raven keep track of records, but it would have been easier to time travel and prevent the events from happening in the first place. This showed The One that his AU self was indeed lazy if he wasn't even going to jump back a couple of minutes and prevent the fall of the castle or the death's of the people he would need to revive. This is even shown where he would rather erase Zenon out of existence instead of thinking of a way to extract Adell's soul. Now the AU Prism is clearly younger as the events here happened way before the events that have occurred currently with the vampire and his gang.

"But I'm more surprised at how you made that Dark Hero loser a winner."

The blonde wasn't really surprised at that though. The Raven in the book commented about how despite being the creator of the universe, he had favorites. Favorites could easily abuse their status to take advantage of him but Prism was careful with who exactly was his favorite. Prism only has four favorites outside of the Golden Land (as everyone that served under him WAS a favorite). Unfortunately, one of his favorites was killed in the 2000 year old war. His three favorites were the archangel Michael that was spoken up, Laharl and Sicily's mother Gwen who he took under his wing at one point before she left his side to go study in the Netherworld and met King Krichevskoy there. Finally there was the Dark Hero Axel.

Prism laughed at the idea that Axel was "born under the unlucky star". That was quite the opposite. Bad things happen to Axel because of Prism's title. He isn't called the Sorcerer of Misfortune for nothing. Prism repays kindness with trials and misfortune to befall on the person. If they overcome that though, they prove to Prism that they are indeed his favorite. All three of them have one thing in common: their kindness. Prism loves beings that have a kind soul and even if Axel was a cowardly demon, as long as that's not his real persona, his kindness applies. Only when the time is right is when the misfortune that Axel has will reverse and become a goldmine. In this chapter, the goldmine was becoming a sorcerer and working under him.

The One treated everyone under him very well especially since anyone who worked under him was people Prism could trust (except Terror for obvious reasons). Axel would have been treated normally and even if he waited forever for Adell's soul to purify, he wouldn't be lonely anymore. He would be just like them…and then he could probably get revenge on all the people who hurt or made fun of him…

"Its not really a surprise. I just have things planned for him. If he's dead then things become boring."

"He's a favorite though…" Chester grumbled. "But if that loser is your favorite, I would hate to see who was your hate list."

"The alien race." Prism said simply. "I won't repeat myself that they will all become extinct as long as I'm the Creator…eventually."

"Prism…you know that if you make the aliens extinct you won't be able to eat them anymore."

"Oh…you're right…dammit…well I'll have to harvest them like Alfred and Pop do all the time."

That wasn't a pretty picture but when you have one of them turning aliens into dolls while still alive to play with and the other experimenting on them to "make a cure" then you got a good way of harvesting aliens until later use.

"Anyways, I'm going to mark this chapter too for a later read."

"It's going to be under crossover section. Make sure Raven doesn't catch you in her room."

"If she does I'll just say, "You're part of the problem!"…"

Chester chuckled seeing Prism was getting ready to read the next chapter. How long will it be until Prism in these chapters decides to be a total dick to the point that he'll start crying and put the book away? Only time will tell.


Me: TBC with 13859 words.

Li: And Etna died again…

Me: But she did come to life so I guess that nullifies the claim. And don't give me that look. There was no incest in this chapter because Xenolith loves his baby sister so get your mind out of the gutter! Anyway notes…

If you haven't noticed, this is based on the bad ending in which Adell kills Rozalin by accident. You know…the "NICE BOAT" ending equivalent to School Days. However since it only stopped at eating Taro and Hanako, I had to extend everyone else' death. Of course, my headcanon was that Zenon would just go off and kill everyone that she had ever met in order to wipe out her existence…even though by that logic someone else would have witnessed her killing sprees and basically wipe out many so many demons. Zenon is paranoid though hence why she can't even trust her comrades. Of course if Zenon were to go around killing everyone, that wouldn't look good for Prism so he had to step in.

Speaking of stepped in; I pretty much said that because the Witches/Sorcerers tend to take the witch demon class under their wing for magic practice (but if Prism really likes them he grants them immortality and a higher class of power like Prism and his friends are in). Laharl's mom Gwen at least according to game canon was training as a witch but then met the King and went with him. Prism is still butthurt about that obviously, which is probably why he didn't do much when Alfred accidentally got Laharl sick. Of course if any timeline something bad were to happen, Laharl and Sicily can use this to get one impossible deal from Prism because Prism was responsible for his actions and allowed it to happen.

As shown in the Flonne and Sicily chapter, Prism has an obvious bias to who he would be siding with. He chooses angels over demons and children over adults. The Golden Land is easy access to for all angels but nearly impossible for demons.

I find it odd how in the Disgaea interview that the developers don't put Zenon high on the list as most powerful character in the franchise. Because Zenon has been alive for so long enough for the Golden Land to fear her, the battle with Zenon is very much one-sided. (Again as pointed out Axel only survived Zenon's wrath because Prism put Axel as his favorite AKA the one he likes to see suffer only to be even happier when Axel works to his happy ending). However Zenon cannot just destroy planets and sections of the Netherworld because as pointed out, she only woke up. Prism sent Terror to deal with her but Terror lost for whatever reason (for me though, Terror lost because he has a split personality. One is more talkative when fighting and the other one is just blood thirsty and doesn't really talk at all and focuses more on the brutal murder regardless of friend or foe then just taunting the person). Laharl is not at full strength because he has yet to eaten and given that D2 takes place before Disgaea 2, I had Laharl order Sicily to leave the castle even if she's the best cook because Laharl's pride was hurt by losing Etna. As for Xenolith, I would think he wouldn't know how to cook as he was always on the run and his profile says he loves Netherworld fruit (implying he just gets them from the forest). No one stands a chance against Zenon except Xenolith. My justification for that is that he still has some of the Netherworld power within him. Etna clearly states that fighting the Netherworld itself is not a good idea and how they would lose. They only won because Xenolith refused to harm Etna so he went easy on her (plus he was weakened the first time so the second battle is a weakened Xenolith and his artifact). With this knowledge and Xenolith probably being an intelligent fighter (along with fighting to protect his sister), Xenolith can easily stand his ground against her until help comes (because that was the goal for Laharl's group. To stall for help because maybe the Seraph would be able to help or something.) Pretty much Laharl had to swallow his pride and realize that maybe he wouldn't be alive this time while Etna has the unfortunate fate of being the target because of Zenon's paranoia and putting her brother and friends in danger.

So Adell is in the game known as Valkyrie Profile: Covenant Plume. For those who don't know, Covenant Plume takes place in the human world when the Gods are having their issues in Asgard. Basically one of the Goddess' Hel is bored and decides to grant Wyfred the incredible power of the plume after feeling and seeing his hatred toward the valkyries for ruining his family specifically Lenneth. She promises Wyfred that if he sacrifices his allies for revenge, he can indeed defeat the powerful valkyrie…and when he uses it for the first time he ends up using it on his childhood friend Ancel. From here on, the player decides on three paths. Path A is the good ending where Wy doesn't sacrifice anyone after the prologue. Path B is the normal ending if you got tempted and used it at least once. Path C is when you obviously abuse the power of the plume and use it twice in the prologue and then keep using it from there. Your friend does not count as a sacrifice. So you got Wyfred who is a wounded hero with a broken family and Adell who had just lost Rozalin due to his blood thirsty tendencies, his siblings who were devoured and he had no way of stopping it and his friends were also slaughtered in front of his eyes. He can never go back to his adopted parents because Axel had already told them that Adell is dead (along with everyone else) and the universe thinks Adell was Zenon and brand him as a terrible demon that killed without mercy. Only Axel is left and has faith in him but Adell doesn't have faith in himself. So the question is: "How does Adell expect to win the game if he cannot even help the people around him?" And Adell…doesn't really. Adell has his own issues and joining Wyfred means he gets to kill more monsters…the problem though is Adell's goal is to lead Wyfred down the A path. Most of the time though Wyfred goes down the C path resulting in him going to hell. Adell cannot go to hell or be sacrificed by the plume because Axel is protecting him from those horrible scenarios (getting murdered though however just restarts to the prologue). When Adell starts atoning, Wyfred will constantly go down the B path but only when Adell can atone and let his past go can he also help Wyfred get the A path. This could…take a long time…like maybe over hundred years (which is even longer in the game board universe). The fastest time to complete a game board is hundred years set by Prism FYI.

So the chapter took longer to come out because of school and just trying to get motivated to write the notes down (and it's not needed either. It's just a long barrage of text at the end of the day). Reviews are appreciated. Ja ne! (Rozalin's chapter is going to be a while though in comparison because of the idea for her).