At last, only Heartland remained on the map.
Lucifer gathered together all his Elite minions.
"We stand at the very precipice of victory! The Lords of the Lands lie dead and broken, Keeper Nemesis has been eradicated, and the Princes now serve me and me alone! All that remains now is the mighty King Reginald himself! Today he falls, and Harmonia falls into darkness! Who's with me?"
The Elites all raised their hands in response.
Lucifer observed King Reginald and his minions standing in his castle.
"Your evil quest has brought you far, for now the doorway to the outside world awaits. But mark, the King's defense will be relentless. Make your way into his keep to crush him on his home ground." The Mentor advised.
Lucifer built a Lair and Hatchery to the east of his Portal, and to the south of them, a Treasury.
Next he built a Training Room to the west of the Portal, attracting Salamanders.
He built a pair of Prisons to the side of the Portal.
Soon the first of Reginald's men came- a Dwarf, two Thieves, a Guard, and an Elf.
The Salamanders began taking them out and imprisoning them.
Lucifer explored through the tunnel they had made and found a Mana Vault, which he claimed.
From the west came the next gang of Heroes- a group of four Thieves, who were quickly taken out by the Salamanders.
He next built a Graveyard to the north of the Dungeon.
He then built a Torture Chamber west of the Training Room.
He then had the Thieves he captured tortured until they revealed information about Heartland.
A much stronger group of heroes- a Guards, a Wizard, two Knights, two Elves, and a Dwarf burst in next.
The Salamanders, assisted by some newly arrived Mistresses, took them out.
Soon more heroes attacked the Dungeon and were fought off.
Lucifer then found one of the Hero Gates that the heroes were coming from and attacked it.
It was promptly destroyed.
"Well done, you've sacked the staging post, and thus blocked this way for heroes to traverse." The Mentor noted.
Lucifer then found a second Hero Gate and had his minions destroy it, too.
He then built a Workshop to attract Trolls.
A third Hero Gate was located and shut down.
Lucifer then found and claimed another Portal.
He then built a smaller, miniature dungeon for his converted Knights.
Next he claimed a third Portal to the North.
As he began exploring up the creek in the realm, he found and recruited a Firefly.
He then built a Casino and a Temple for his creatures.
Lucifer finally found and shut down the remaining Hero Gate.
He then found a Gem Seam and began exploiting it.
At last Lucifer found the entrance to Reginald's castle.
"Alright, everyone! It's go time! Grubb! Almaric! Bzzt! Knud! Zenobia! Bane!Dominque! Furnace! Gervaise! Bloz! Kessler! Kaleb! Zachariah! Attack!" Lucifer shouted out, his avatar taking form and summoning his Elites.
Reginald saw them and his army marched forth.
"Curse me forever! Evil forces, you will not pass forth into the Upper Realm!" Reginald cried out.
The army began clashing in a bitter struggle.
"Lucifer, why do you wish to conquer the surface realm? Haven't you done enough there?" Reginald shouted.
"It's in evil's nature to rule, Reginald. Not someone who murdered their own father! Plus, I treat my creatures well. You don't!" Lucifer replied.
With that, Lucifer launched a barrage of fireballs at the King's army, destroying them.
Soon the army had been overwhelmed and slain, and the creatures quickly overwhelmed and defeated Reginald.
"You may have beaten me- but my final line of guardians will see you perish yet!" The King said as he died.
Soon the gateway to the upper world opened- but guarding it were two animated knights of stone.
"The Stone Knights are the last defenders of the Gateway. There's no force within this realm to beat them. Are we doomed? Or is there another way?" The Mentor uttered.
"There is another way. You know what they say- if something's invincible, just send something more invincible at it!" Lucifer shouted.
With that, he slammed the Horny Talisman down, summoning Horny.
Horny easily slaughtered the Stone Knights and claimed the final Portal Gem.
"At last! Harmonia is mine! Up there, there is so much room, where people laugh and flowers bloom! And now it seems up there is doomed, and so I am going now!" Lucifer shouted.
With that, the creatures stormed the surface world, slaughtering all who opposed them.
No force on earth could hope to defeat Lucifer with his army fully unleashed, and thus Harmonia fell into eternal darkness.
Lucifer celebrated his victory in his new castle, which he now called Reginald's End, and renamed Heartland as Hope's Demise.
His creatures endlessly celebrated by dancing to "Disco Inferno". Evil had won. The heroes had been defeated. Lucifer reigned supreme!