Lucifer thought to himself as he and Lucifuge moved on to the next room, the one of the Cardinal Kings. Which of his many personas should he use this time? Vulgar everyman that's relatable to the lower classes? Dangerous authoritative figure that should be feared? Charismatic liar who makes seductive promises? He decided to just use whatever comes to mind.

They came into the Cardinal Kings' room. They were each sitting in a large throne, each one a different color.

Lucifer turned towards a demon resembling a dark-skinned woman with one hundred and five horse's heads. It had an elephant, a giant red crowned and winged serpent, and several jester-like demons with musical instruments standing near it. It was sitting in a red throne.

"Speak your name and purpose."

"I am Oriens, king of the East and salamanders. I tell of all past, present, and future events, I give any treasure of Earth, I teach all Earthly sciences, and I have innumerable demons serving me. I give the gifts of prophecy, flight, powerful familiars both demon and human, and necromancy. My name as an angel was Uriens and my children that you see before you have similar powers. I have the powers of Martian flame."

"Ah, yes, Samael's brother. How can I forget?" He looked at the dark-skinned, effeminate Paimon, who was nearby, accompanied by his camel, a horned black panther, and his three main servants - the trumpeting bishops Sperion, Bebal, and Abalam. He was sitting in a yellow throne.

"You, speak."

"My lord, I am Paimon, king of the West and sylphs. I rule two hundred legions, made from former angels and Powers. I was a Cherub and I am opposed by the angel Haziel." He spoke in a clear voice. However, another voice from under his robes, this one from a face on his chest, spoke up. This one was hoarse, with a tinkling sound accompanying it. "I teach science and answer questions. I know all arts and secrets of the Earth, waters, and winds. I reveal treasures and know of all the affairs of the world. I make men powerful in politics and give wise familiars. I control fish and can summon thieves. I know the past and future, reveal truths, give visions, reanimate the dead for four years, fly, thrive underwater, and can summon anything. I have the powers of Mercurian winds."

"Thank you, brother of Azazel." His attention turned to another demon, this one in a blue throne. He was a black man with a clear face and sharp nostrils. He breathed fire and had a crown of precious stones. He had tusks and on the right side of his torso were two shining, hissing serpents. Near him were two demons playing pipe organs - their names were Rodabell and Radabelbes. There was also a dragon and a giant black bear near them.

"No need to tell me your orders, Lucifer, I already know. I am Egyn, king of the North and undines. I teach physics, singing, law, necromancy, and knowledge of various memorabilia. I know of the diverse parts of the world, of the past, present, and future, of secrets and hidden things, of geology and geography, all properties of earth and water, of the Abyss, and of wine. I give power and connections in politics and I also make cults with holy books. I have twelve thousand legions and I make men win all kinds of games. I have the powers of Lunar waters."

The final demon was Amaymon on his black throne. He was surrounded by dancing musical demons, his lion, and a giant crow.

"I am Amaymon, king of the South and gnomes. I give truth, familiars, power, and money. Deus has allowed me to create holy books, much like Egyn. He claimed it was to test the faith of the mortals, but I believe he was simply bored. "

"Lucifuge, did you get all that?"

"Yes, brother."

"Good. Now, on to the next room. I apologize if you're getting bored, Lucifuge, but this is important work."

"Nobody ever said being on top was easy."

The two walked out and went down the hall into the next room. It contained the Sub-Cardinal Kings.

The first, Beleth, formerly Byleth of the Powers, was a master of shapeshifting. To an inexperienced summoner, he appeared as a beautiful woman in an ornate black dress with blue and red accents. To a more experienced one, he appeared as a pale man with red eyes and a buzzcut, wearing a black leather jacket and black skinny jeans. To a greatly experienced one, he appeared as his current monstrous form. When angered, he appeared as a flaming Grim Reaper. But when in the company of true friends, he showed his true form - a little girl with piercing round eyes and dark blonde curled hair. Of course, gender means nothing to most demons, as they have no genitals, and only use pronouns for the sake of convenience. The form of a young girl might be due to him being another experiment - Deus used the spiritual DNA of the rather androgynous god Dionysus to create him. Another orchestra of demons was near him, as was his horse.

"I am Beleth. I command eighty-five legions. I corrupted Ham, son of Noah, and wrote the first book about math with him. I give knowledge of math and the love of all persons. I bring deception and destruction to my enemies, I give powers of alchemy, shapeshifting, clairvoyance, and astral projection, and I heal self-doubt, paranoia, and insecurity."

The second was a young Middle Eastern man with a chicken's right leg and a crutch made from human leg bones.

"I am Asmodeus the Younger. I induce feelings of lust and create gambling addictions."

The third was Gaap, formerly Coap of the Powers. He and Beleth hated each other due to an incident where Beleth forced Gaap to write Ham's math book, as he didn't feel like doing it himself.

"I am Gaap. I incite love, heal women, bring beauty and infertility, make men invisible, teach philosophy and liberal arts, steal familiars, induce idiocy, and can teleport men. I bring gold and silver anywhere and rule sixty-six legions. I am opposed by the angel Ieuiah. I create hatred and I know past, present, and future. I aid in astral projection and the teachings of Qlipoth and esotericism, along with consecrating things belonging to my master, Amaymon. I induce charisma, can strengthen and weaken magic, give talents of music and writing, and I invented vaping. I am lord of the drowning spirits and necromancers."

The final demon was a man in black spiked armor.

"I am Ziminiar, lord of the Goetic demons. I bring death to all who carelessly summon me."

"That's not much," said Lucifer, "but as long as you do your administrative duties, I don't mind."

Lucifer sighed as he and Lucifuge left the room. "How many more do we have left? This is ridiculously tiresome."

"Hmm..." Lucifuge flipped through the papers on his clipboard. "We have the Cardinal Princes, then the Adversaries, then the Greatest Princes, then the Ministers, then the Goetics and similar nobles, then the miscellaneous demons, then there's the conference with the gods, and then there's the regular checkup of the Vault."

"Ugh. This is going to be a hell of a day."