Disgaea Jewel of the gods Chapter 52: The item gods

Prinny Laharl swam out of the lava and walked to Valvatorez and Fenrich. His body was crispened, and his pain was unimagniable. "Here it is dood." He threw two burnt pieces of wood. "That was all I could find dood. I couldn't find the sardines, or the rest of the crate."

"Well obviously." Fenrich said.

"WHAT!?" Laharl remembered what he had to do as a Prinny. "Ugh. DOOD."

"Prinny, do you honestly think it would survive being in lava? Or are you just that stupid?" Fenrich asked.

"THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU MAKE ME DO THIS DOOD?!"

"You fool!" Valvatorez yelled. "Remember when I told you that the work you'd be doing would cause unimaginable pain? This was to see how strong your endurance, and resolve were."

"So you're testing me dood?" Laharl asked.

"That along with helping you atone for your sins. Your actions of moving the statue, and swimming through the lava to try and get the crate of sardines should make up for what would take an average prinny 40 years in the amount of work it would take to be accepted by the red moon." Fenrich said.

"You would have died if it weren't for your willpower. Now answer me this. What drove you to accomplish such a difficult and dangerous act?" Valvatorez asked.

"It's because I want to help out Etna and Flonne...no. I want to help everybody dood. I need to get to the underworld as soon as possible to at least try and take out Seedle. The universe is in danger, and I need to do whatever I can to save it dood."

"WRONG!" Valvatorez kicked Laharl to the statue of Death King Hugo.

"WHAT THE HELL DOOD?!" Laharl demanded.

"You still have much to learn. Remember what I told you was in the crate? It was sardines! That's what drove you. With the motivation and power of sardines, you can accomplish almost anything!"

"Dood, are you just deciding what motivates me?" Laharl asked.

"Now, come with me! I will spend the remainder of the day teaching you about the power of sardines, and how seriously it must be taken!"

Laharl sighed. "All right dood. I'll learn about sardine power." Valvatorez and Fenrich led Laharl to the Prinny training room.


The group was teleported back to Holt by Pram. "We sure are coming here a lot." Sapphire said.

"Well with Evil Academy mostly destroyed, and the kid's netherworld blown up, this is one of the only planets we can stay at, the others would be Earth, or Ivoire." Mao replied. "And we wouldn't have enough time to find a place to stay at in any of those planets."

Adell spun his arms for a little while. He was still amazed how Trenia mannaged to reattach them after Seedle sliced them off as if nothing ever happened. "So what do we do next?"

"Well we have two options. Go to the underworld to take out Seedle, or we wait for Baal to come up and kill him." Mao said.

"We can't take out Seedle for as long as he has Laharl's soul as a captive." Flonne replied.

"So what if the brat's soul is in danger?" Mao asked. "Let's forget about him, and focus on killing Seedle."

'Funny how you didn't say this BEFORE those guys took Seedle back.' Dark Mao said in Mao's head.

'Just shut up.' Mao responded in his head.

'You regret not protesting back at Snow Melody don't you? That's why you're only bringing it up now. If you're that worried about going soft, let me take over.' Dark Mao continued.

'SHUT UP!' Mao tuned Dark Mao out again.

"Mao, we can't just let his soul be erased." Raspberyl protested.

"Sure we can. It's not like he can do much good now that he's dead." Mao said.

Adell grabbed Mao by the collar of his jacket. "He gave up his life to save us! Are you just going to ignore what he did?"

Mao grabbed Adell's hands, and put them off of his jacket. "That was then, this is now. Why waste time just for one person? You think one life would be worth letting Seedle remain unchecked? Keep allowing him to destroy souls? Besides, it's not like he was worth much with his levels down." Mao responded.

"My, my. You're a poor comrade aren't you?" Mid-boss teleported in front of the group.

"You again?" Rozalin asked.

"What are you doing here Mid-boss?" Etna asked.

"Mademoiselle, I prefer that you call me the Dark Adonis." Mid-boss replied. "And that goes for the author too!"

"Why are you here?" Sapphire asked.

"I happened to overhear what you were talking about." Mid-boss answered.

"Didn't you try to fight Ash and I before?" Marona asked.

"Aha! It seems like I left a lasting impression in the mind of young girls after all. I trust that the phantom double I gave you has been helping you out a lot, right?"

"We never used it." Ash answered.

"A-are you sure? Try remembering far back." Mid-boss said.

"We're sure we never used it. We never really wanted it anway." Marona replied.

"Well I'm sure that it will help you a lot if you remember to use it from now on."

"We remembered it. We intentionally avoided it though." Ash replied.

Mid-boss fell to the ground, barely supporting himself with his arms, and hanging his head in shame and depression. "But...mon eyes. Mon hair. Mon style. Does that mean nothing to you?"

"Did you come for a reason or not?" Etna asked.

Mid-boss stood back up. "Well I figured I might as well help you decide. Axel saying that Seedle had Laharl's soul captive...that was a lie."

"WHAT?!" Most of the group yelled.

"It was a high stakes bluff that you fell for. They haven't found it yet. It was incredibly risky, but it seems that it worked out for them. Had Trenia still been conscious, she would have known this as well."

"Damn. We lost a chance to take out Seedle." Kurtis said.

"We'll need to go to the underworld right away then!" Gordon yelled.

"We should rest, and go after Seedle tomorrow though." Ash said.

"Are you kidding me?! We should go right now." Asagi replied.

"We're all injured from when we fought Seedle zam." Yukimaru pointed out. "If we push ourselves too hard, and all get wiped out, what would happen then?"

"A chef must know when to grill the steak, or to simply pass the condiments. Right now, we must do the latter." Mr. Champloo stated.

"What does that even mean?" Taro asked.

"It's best not to try and understand it." Almaz told him.

"I think we should rest for now. At our condition, we wouldn't be able to fight at all." Master BigSter said.

Most of the group didn't want to, but they eventually agreed. "Now, I must be off." Mid-Boss said to the group. "Don't worry about how you'll fare without me, I know you can do well. One must rely on themselves, not on others. No matter how powerful, beautiful, stylish..."

"Hurry up and leave already!" Salvatore demanded.

Mid-boss looked shocked and hurt, before quickly changing his expression to his usual self. "Well, I'll be on my leave now. Don't fret, I'll see you again. Au revoir!" Mid-boss teleported away.

"About time he left." Sapphire said. The group all went inside Adell's house. Mao was about to follow, but Raspberyl put her hand on his shoulder. "What is it Beryl?"

"Mao, were you serious about just letting Seedle destroy Laharl's soul?"

"Of course I was. He's worthless now, and it's only one person." Mao replied.

"That's not true. Think about what he's done for us."

"He screwed up. He had an opportunity to let Zetta handle Baal, but he blew it, and his vassal nearly died because of it. If he didn't let his pride get in the way, he wouldn't have to give most of his life energy to her. Why should we worry about a dead dumbass like him?" Mao asked.

"Mao, even though you're the number one honor student, you aren't heartless. I know you're worried about Laharl."

"I'm the dean of Evil Academy remember? I don't care about anybody except myself."

"What about your dad?" Raspberyl asked. Mao had no response. He immediately went inside to avoid any further conversation. "I know Mao doesn't really mean what he said. But what's got him so worked up?" Raspberyl followed the rest of the group into Adell's house.


Zetta was in an area with floating pieces of land, and a burning sea of lava in a random netherworld. "Goddamnit, where the hell is Baal's soul? I lost track of how many planets I've been to looking for him." He jumped to the top of a cliff to get a better view. "These are entire planets I'm looking through. Damn, maybe it wasn't a good idea to decide to quit asking Pram for help. She's the one with the sacred tome right now."

Zetta heard footsteps, and turned around. He used his sword to block a sword slash. "What are you here for?" He asked. He looked at his attacker. It was in the shape of a majin, but it was shadowy, and see through. "What the hell are you?"

The attacker attempted to slash Zetta, but Zetta jumped out of the way. 'I am an item god. The soul of this sword, and most powerful resident of the item world inside it.' It was using telepathy to communicate with. Zetta noticed that it had the Yoshitsuna sword. Second to only the Baal sword for most powerful sword in the universe.

"An item god? I heard how tough you guys were. But there's no way in hell you're going to beat me!" Zetta threw his sword up into the air, and it multiplied into 4. He then hurled them all at the item god.

The sword item god jumped into the air, and cut each of the giant swords into pieces.

"What the...!" Zetta was too shocked to react to the item god's blade rush. "You're pretty strong. But I'm still the most badass overlord in the entire cosmos! Badass Overdrive!" Zetta rushed to the item god. "I'll show you the true strength of an overlord!" Zetta delivered several powerful punches at sonic speed to the item god. He then hammered the item god down, before everything in it's view shattered into pieces, was sucked into a black hole, and exploded.

The sword wielding item god struggled to stand up. 'You're incredibly powerful. It's easy to see why lord Baal wants to take over your body.'

"So I was right. Baal's here after all."

'Not quite.' Another telepathic voice said. Zetta took several arrows into his body, and fell to the ground. The overlord noticed 6 more shadowy see through figures in the shape of majins appear next to the sword wielding item god.

"Damn. More item gods?" Zetta stood up. "What do you mean 'not quite'!?"

'Lord Baal hasn't yet reincarnated.' The bow wielding item god replied. 'He told us that if he died, we should find you so he could use your body. That's why we didn't go with him to Evil Academy, Earth, or Krichevskoy's netherworld. We were looking for you, and waiting for you to be alone, and vulnerable to us.'

An item god who used a staff fully healed the sword item god, who was injured against Zetta. 'You're outnumbered Zetta. You have no chance of victory.'

"You think I'll give up my body so easily?" Zetta charged at all of them. "Get ready you bastards! Dimensional Sla-!"

One of the item gods, who used fists appeared in front of Zetta before he could deliver the attack. The fist using item god moved it's index finger at high speeds and had it make contact with Zetta. Zetta felt a force similar to that of an incredibly powerful bullet, and a similar wound was made as well.

"Ghaa!" Zetta coughed up blood. "Zetta Bea-!" Zetta was about to fire eye lasers, before the gun, and bow wielding item gods shot at him repeatedly from a distance. The bullets made huge explosions on contact, and the arrows were flying over 10 per second.

The axe wielding item god threw his axe through the cliff, causing it to collapse. Zetta jumped into the air to avoid it, but the spear, fist, and axe wielding item god all jumped in the air along with him. The axe item god chopped into Zetta's body, before the spear wielding item god delivered several stabs that were nearly unreadable. The fist item god hammered Zetta all the way into a river of lava.

"GYAAAAA!" Zetta climbed his way out of the lava, breathing heavilly. His entire body was charred, and half of his face was melted off. "Shit, I'm in trouble here."

All 7 item gods landed in front of Zetta. The staff wielding item god had several giant bubble surround Zetta. They all froze, and impaled Zetta. The fist item god punched and kicked Zetta repeatedly, with a flaming explosing occuring after each impact.

Zetta rushed to the item gods. "Get ready!" He drew out his sword, and targeted the staff item god. The sword item god blocked Zetta's sword strike. "Zetta Beam!" Zetta fired out eyelasers that blasted all of item gods back.

The fist item god moved so fast that he was practically invisible. He appeared behind Zetta, and punched Zetta with both fists. A devastating shockwave came from it, heavilly damaging Zetta's internal organs.

Zetta coughed up blood. "I WON'T LOSE!" Zetta slashed the air, sending out a sharp compressed airblade to damage the fist item god. "Dimensional Slash!" He filled his sword with mana, and a long green energy slash greatly wounded the 7 item gods.

The gun item god shot the ground below Zetta, causing a huge explosion knocking Zetta upward. The axe item gods chopped through Zetta, and threw him down to the ground. The staff item god then froze Zetta, before using Omega Fire on him.

"I'm not finished yet!" Zetta stabbed the staff item god, grabbed him, and used his body as a weapon against the other 6 item gods. 'You must be getting desperate.' The bow item god fired an arrow into Zetta's leg, so he couldn't move as well.

'It's over Zetta.' The sword item god slashed Zetta repeatedly, at high speeds. Due to Zetta's wounded leg, he couldn't move well enough to dodge, or counter in time. The staff item god fired a giant laser from the sky at him.

'They're tough.' Zetta said in his head. 'They're so fast and skilled, and they have almost as much power as me.' Zetta began to glow with energy. "All right! This is my last resort! Die!" Zetta jumped all the way up into space, before he shot eyelasers down at the planet. He aimed at the planets core, and blew it up killing all resident there.

"Damn, that was tough." Zetta noticed the smoke, and chunks from him blowing up the random netherworld were clearing away. A green barrier formed by the staff item god protected the item gods from death. 'I take it that was your final attempt?'

The sword item god slashed through Zetta, before throwing him to the fist item god. It threw Zetta counltess amounts of miles upward, before it filled it's fist with energy and then punched Zetta. A make-shift supernova occurred from the punch. Zetta survived it, but was in no condition to fight.

Zetta panted heavilly. "I...I can't beat them all at once. I hate to run from a fight, but I have no choice." Zetta teleported himself away.

'He knows when he has to run.' The sword item god said. 'He's injured, so if we can find him again, he's done for. Let's sepreate to find him.' The other item gods nodded, and all 7 of them split up to find Zetta.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Item gods are revealed to be working for Baal, and are trying to get Zetta's body. How will this play out?