Chapter 121 - A Fanatic

The second Planar Core Stone Box would be used for the Incinerate Anthem, so the other two Sacred Gears would be lost. While I wanted to obtain Vritra's Sacred Gears, as they would be pretty useful, but alas there was nothing that could be done.

At least, they won't be used in a war. Time for the Sacred Gears to re-appear wasn't short. Usually for the Sacred Gear to re-appear among the human populace took several decades at the fastest and usually the gap between the death of one user and the appearance of another was was century and more.

Especially Telos Karma, while it won't have any effect on me due to me being Fateless One, and nothing could affect my fate as it didn't exist in the first place.

Still, its usage in the war would be devastating. And that was only low-ranking equipment affecting Fate.

We were now searching for the abbey where the Church's top exorcist Robert de'Salle was hiding or whatever he was doing there. I only hope that all devils are prepared for the war, as this could easily lead to war erupting prematurely.

We are going to kill one Cardinal and one Exorcist with the rank of Paladin. Both of them were top-ranking people of the Church and greatly valued by Heaven.

What was now frustrating, that even one day later, we couldn't find that fucking abbey. It was probably protected by countless barriers and wards, making it very hard to find even for skilled magicians.

"What shall we do? The abbey is located in this mountain range, the location is right, but we cannot find it due to barriers."

Complained Rizevim, as I already was fed up with his whining. He just complained about this for several hours already, and it was annoying me like hell. Maybe he was doing it for that reason. He just wanted to annoy me.

Who knows, what is going in his mentally ill head.

"Simple, we will disrupt the flow of magic in an entire mountain range, forcing the barriers to reveal themselves."

I said.

This was simple, at least simple magical theory for me, and incomprehensible for others. If you are able to disrupt the flow of the magical particles in a certain area, you will cause some kind of reaction from all objects that had magical particles in them.

This method was usually used by Arcanists to search for any residual tracks of magic. In the Draconic Deus maybe only three or four people knew of this method, as theoretical magical knowledge was pretty low here.

Rizevim didn't properly understand what I was saying, so he just shrugged his shoulders, closed his eyes, and went to have his day-sleep.

I, on the other hand, took out a small ball-shaped arcanotech device and tapped it several times.

After one minute, I already could see some reaction from surroundings, and one huge around ten kilometers away.

"Get up you lazy ass. I have found them."

I said to Rizevim who was enjoying his sleep.

'Enjoy it... in future, your head will roll.'

I thought in my head, as I flew behind Rizevim as we finally arrived at the abbey. Breaking through the barriers was easy, as the flow of magicule particles was chaotic, causing the barrier's weak points to be even more vulnerable.

Soon we have entered the abbey.

The abbey, while wasn't exactly a huge place, still looked majestic in its gothic architecture and overall design. I used several detection spells and only one lifeform was detected.

"I know why have you come you, vile filthy creatures."

Said voice belonging to the middle-aged man clothed in a priest gown, with armor on his shoulders, arms, and legs, wearing the silver cross. He had brown hair and blue eyes, and several scars across his face.

He was one of the top-ranked exorcists with Rank of Paladin in the Church, Robert de'Salle. He looked at us with scrutinizing gaze before saying.

"Heathens, you will be smitten by the Almighty, and to think you can get a Sacred Gear? Foolishness."

Screamed Robert de'Salle as I noticed something was off. Suddenly he coughed up blood and collapsed on the ground.

Dead.

"Dead... fucking fanatic kills himself so we can't get his Sacred Gear."

I shouted in anger as I kicked his corpse several times in anger. While true I don't have another Planar Core Stone Box, but I had some spells that could extract Vritra's soul from the Sacred Gears. That would be a great catch.

Robert de'Salle probably knew he cannot win against two Satan-Class Lucifers, so he decided to kill himself, so at least we won't obtain his Sacred Gears. One must be admitted, and that the guy had courage. Or maybe he was so brainwashed by faith that he would kill even his entire family if it was a divine revelation.

Probably the second one.

"Fascinating, really. I never understood this kind of people... but still it is done. Vritra's Sacred Gear would need a century to appear and it won't affect tides of the upcoming war."

Said Rizevim as I nodded.

"Burn it down."

I said as I walked out from the abbey.

Two targets were done. Now only Telos Karma and Incinerate Anthem were remaining. Sadly the strongest Longinus-tier Sacred Gears such as True Longinus, Zenith Tempest, Annihilation Maker, or Dimensional Lost were already in heaven and would be transferred to Angels or Yahweh would create Divine Champions out of their users.

Divine Champion was mortal that was granted a Divine Power and his fundamental being was transformed into some kind of quasi-divine being.

Usually, gods under the Mighty Stage God won't be creating Divine Champions only extremely strong Greater Gods or those very rich would do something like that, as it required an enormous amount of Divine Power and Divine Crystals to create even one Divine Champion.

If Yahweh created Divine Champions out of users of Zenith Tempest and True Longinus, then things would get pretty messy. They would be geniue powerhouses on the same level as Satan-Class.

Chapter 122 - Turf of Heaven and Church

In Draconic Deus, usually, when creating a Divine Champion it was done from the effort of several Gods, but not many Pantheons bothered creating Divine Champions. For the first, not many had a reason to do so.

It was worth, only if a person who you wish to turn into Divine Champion had some unique irreplaceable ability, and you wanna keep him alive and even strengthen him. In Draconic Deus were many methods to attain immortality and in the Astral Boundary even more.

Unfortunately for their users, the disadvantage was that they often had severe backslash. One of the most common ways was to use Elixir of Life to prolong your life to indefinite. The disadvantage of that was that, if the Elixir of Life was subpar then while you won't age, your body will wither and you will be walking draug.

While other means existed, they were all flawed in their fundamental basics. Then there were various magical rituals to prolong your life, but I didn't delve deep into them. Devils were naturally long-lived species, and the higher Class you were, the more you could live. As the Demonic Energy will prolong your life.

I am Dual Satan-Class, so my natural lifespan as it is right now would be in hundreds of thousands of years. Even the average Low-Class Devil could live for several millennials if they are lucky and not killed by anything.

This was our racial superiority. Though it wasn't anything special, Dragons could live even longer, Fallen and Angels had the same Lifespan as Devils. It was rather a superiority towards humans, dwarves, elves, and other similar species. Though Elves were a bit special, in several regards, there is highly depended on the concrete sub-species of an elf.

"Where now?"

I asked Rizevim, as we watched the town burning and people screaming.

"Paris. Cardinal Trajan is there for several days before he will move once again to Italy."

Said Rizevim.

"Paris? Are you mad you fucking donkey?! It would be swarming there with Angels, walking there is suicide."

I screamed at this idiot.

Paris was a big city, and Church had a firm grasp there. God knows how many Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels were there, not mentioning Eight-Winged Ultimate-Class ones and hordes of magical formation and wards across the entire city.

It was basically the home turf of the Heaven and Church, even I didn't dare to treat it lightly. If something went wrong, we can easily be imprisoned by magical formation, and subsequently, drown by the flocks of Angels. Even if I am strong, I don't think I can defeat ten Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels under suppression.

Not mentioning even Archangels can appear.

"Mad? Absolutely!"

Said Rizevim with glee in his eyes as he flew high in the sky.

"Our only possibility is to sneak up into the city and assassinate Cardinal Trajan by extracting his Sacred Gear, but even that would be hard. Paris has countless protective spells, barriers, wards, and formations around it, from which almost all are of Divine Origin, created by him. How the fuck do you want to sneak up there?"

I asked him in anger.

Rizevim's plan was a shitty one... suicidal one could say.

Earth, especially the Europe where Church was deeply rooted was a playground for Heaven. They were here for centuries, created their own bastions and fortresses, magical areas, protected places, and many others, that would be hard to destroy even for me.

It could be seen on that abbey where Exorcist Paladin Robert de'Salle was. Even fucking remote abbey somewhere in mountains had enough magical protection to stop and block average Intermediate God.

I was able to find it only thanks to my extensive knowledge of magic.

"I am not entering Paris. I suggest something else."

I said as Rizevim looked at me with a boring look.

"We will spread magical plague in surrounding villages. If enough humans die, Church would be forced to move and sent someone to purify it. Additionally, its appearance won't be too suspicious due to war, they would think somebody brought it up from England or from rotten corpses all around the battlefields in France."

I stated.

There is no way I would do something as risky as entering a place that was controlled by Church for several centuries. I knew that Heaven had teleportation arrays in every large Cathedral so they could transport even entire Legions of Angels to Earth in times of need. So it would be possible for them to trap us there and swarm us.

I don't wanna end killed or something else...

So I would release a plague in villages around Paris. If at least several thousand humans die within the next three days, it should be so serious that Cardinall Trajan would be forced to leave Paris, so he could purify the Plague and make some miracles in the name of his God.

That would leave him vulnerable to possible ambush.

"Ts... not fun."

Pouted Rizevim.

"This is not about fun, this is about completing the mission."

I said as we flew to the villages near Paris.

After we arrived at the place, Rizevim got away, who knows where and I started working on my magical plague. Creating plague, wasn't that hard with biological knowledge of the Solar Federation, as Bio-Weapons were often used without care during wars there.

I then used my magic to boost up the plague, so it would spread at least x15 times faster and would kill its victims within ten days, and after five days they would be in a near-death state. After several hours of genetic engineering and magical spice, I was able to create a new variable of plague.

I then divided the vial into several smaller ones, as the thingy I created was extremely potent and strong. Next one hour I have spent poisoning water sources for several nearby villages, to spread this plague as soon as possible to the highest number of people.

After It was done, I have found myself a nice spot to relax and wait for the results of my work.

Hopefully fish will catch the bait.

Chapter 123 - Fate Algorithm

After several days, it finally paid off and now the terrifying plague has caused the death of several thousand people and infected even more. It went so far that the Church was forced to send Cardinal Damian Trajan with several Priests and Exorcists to get rid of the plague before it will reach Paris.

They were pretty lucky, that Paris wasn't now the city of rotting corpses.

Rizevim has already returned, after several days he was playing or whatever he was doing. Probably raping some human woman that had caught his eye and torturing them. Not that I cared what he was he was doing to human peasants, but it is degrading that someone of his stature would lower himself to torture, human peasants.

If he wanted to terrorize someone at least he should have gone having fun with Greeks or Shinto, to at least weaken them.

"Rizevim be battle-ready, soon our delegation will arrive. And stop already meddling with humans."

I said.

"Ts... Devils should be like really, really evil. It is more fun like that."

He said while I shook my head.

"I still think it is underneath me."

We then spoke no more, as we waiting for the people of the Church to arrive.

Cardinal Damian Trajan was the host of the Incinerate Anthem, a Longinus I needed for my future endeavors.

As we were waiting in ambush, suddenly a caravan was moving forward. There were tens of people coming this way, all of them wearing a priest gown, yet none of them was a priest. Each one was an Exorcits, albeit weaker ones.

In the luxurious-looking chariot, was our target Cardinal Damian Trajan. He was younger compared to the Robert de'Salle, around thirty years old, his position of Cardinal must come thanks to the Incinerate Anthem and its mastery over it.

"Long-distance attacks, aim at the Exorcits first."

I said, while conjured several Dark Light Spear as I shot them at the Exorcists and horses that were pulling the carriage, while Rizevim was casting some thunder spells, that were tearing exorcists apart.

After one barrage of attacks, only body parts, blood and gore remained at the place, while the carriage was mainly intact. I then conjured Dark Light Chains, that enveloped the entire carriage, as they crushed it and brought up the figure of the Cardinal Trajan.

"Rizevim guard the perimeter. We have ten minutes, or five until Angels arrive."

All high-ranking members of the Church, the high clergy, Bishops, Arch-Bishops, and Cardinals had devices that could instantly alert Heaven in case they are attacked. If a Cardinal is attacked, Heaven would send three or four Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels and an entire contingent of Eight-Winged Ultimate-Class ones.

For Yahweh with his power and Divine Crystals, it was extremely easy to create new strong Angels in a short time.

For example, if a Mighty God's Divine Kingdom can support 50 Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels, then even if ten are killed in battle, Mighty God if has enough resources can cultivate another 10 just within a month. While Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angeln was weaker in terms of combat prowess compared to devil Satan-Class, but they had a numerical advantage.

If ten Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels come, then the situation would be fucked up.

Rizevim went to guard the place, as I pushed Cardinal Damian Trajan onto the ground and bound him with Dark Light Chains.

I quickly started chanting the spell, I did with the boy that was the host of the Canis Lykaon and pressed my hand Cardinal Damian Trajan's chest and started extracting the Sacred Gear, Longinus Incinerate Anthem.

This one was a bit problematic, as Cardinal Damian Trajan's will was slowing down the process. That kid barely knew what was happening, so he wasn't giving much mental resistance, but Cardinal Damian Trajan was and it was annoying as hell.

"Damm you fanatics, even in a face of death..."

I muttered, seeing the face of Cardinal Damian Trajan that even in a face of certain death, upon extracting his Sacred Gear in a crudest and torturous way, wasn't losing his faith.

One minute passed, two minutes passed, three minutes passed and soon the Sacred Gear, Longinus Incinerate Anthem was successfully extracted as I put it into the Planar Core Stone Box. As I was going to burn the body, another ball-shaped light appeared out of his body.

"That is... Telos Karma."

I watched as the Longinus Telos Karma appeared from the body of dead Cardinal Damian Trajan and started ascending high to the sky.

I grabbed it with my hand, and then something weird happened. When I touched the Telos Karma, it shattered down, and some kind of energy entered my body, as it shot me backward, smashing me to the ground creating an enormous crater.

I laid down there, absolutely unable to move, only to hear Rizevim, running here.

"Damm, what happened."

He asked as he looked around, fortunately, he didn't have the intention to kill him, if not, this would be a perfect opportunity. Or more probable was that he had the intention to kill me, but not in this way, as from his point of view it would be too boring.

I coughed some blood, as I cannot move even an inch of my body.

Rizevim came closer and cast some basic healing spells as he lifts me up and placed me across his shoulder.

How humiliating.

As he was teleporting us back to the Underworld to get me treated I heard Architect's voice in my head.

[Unknown energy entering the Host's body.]

[Memories are entering the brain.]

[Memories have been recognized as Warlock Secret Method of Astral Boundary.]

[Unknown Energy is getting into violent reaction up with the energy of Fateless One.]

As he said that, I started coughed even more blood, as I felt two different energies in my body clashing violently.

One came from the Telos Karma after it was destroyed and another from my constitution as Fateless One.

[The Warlock Secret Method has been identified from memories. Designation: Fate Algorithm.]

As Architect's last words sounded, everything went black.

Chapter 124 - Nothing is Impossible

Somewhere in the Astral Boundary

"So the Fate Algorithm has finally appeared? We shall see."

Said a voice.

After several minutes after the voice quieted down.

"Impossible! Absolutely Impossible! That could happen only when..."

It shouted in disbelief after it slowly quieted down.

"Fateless One has obtained Fate Algorithm... all of us are doomed."

Said the voice once again after several minutes of utter silence.

Underworld, Sitri Territory, Hospital

I slowly opened my eyes, as my head hurt to see that I was in a hospital. The room was luxurious and very spacious, probably well deserved V.I.P. treatment.

Sitri Clan was one of the 72 Pillars, with the rank of Prince. They were famous for their Clan Trait Water Manipulation, while there was a rare mutation, some clansmen may be born with Ice Manipulation, but they were very rare.

This made Sitri Clan one of the best healers and doctors in the entire Underworld. The Sitri Clan is also known to be one of the few territories which have advanced medical facilities as well.

I turned around to see Venelana and Grayfia sleeping soundly in armchairs next to my bed.

'They look cute when they are not arguing...'

I thought.

'Architect, what happened?'

I asked my MTC A.I. as I started remembering what happened.

[Rizevim brought you back to the Underworld directly to the Sitri Hospital so you can be treated. They didn't know what happened to you, just it looked exactly like energy deviation.]

Answered elderly voice belonging to Architect.

I touched Telos Karma and it broke down. Then something entered my body from remnants of the Telos Karma and got into a violent clash with my Fateless One energy.

[I have done several analyses and equations during your one-day sleep. Telos Karma was built with Fate Algorithm as a base, but apparently, Yahweh cannot use Fate Algorithm, or at least all Six Volumes, so he used them to build equipment that would use Fate Algorithm automatically, with albeit lesser effect.]

Explained Architect as I understood everything.

I then started going through the Fate Algorithm Volumes.

Now, this was a dilemma.

I as I Fateless One cannot use anything that should be able to see or influence Fate. But the Fate Algorithm was an exception, for one simple reason.

It was created by Fateless One.

The restrictions for Fateless One to use Fate Algorithm are extremely severe. Not only it required an enormous amount of energy to use, and a huge mental processing capacity, but even the results were very vague.

If Fateless One used the Fate Algorithm on himself, he cannot see his own Fate, due to him being Fateless One. The only thing he could see is infinite amount of possibilities that could happen to any other person in his situation.

With my current energy reserves, I won't be able to use it even once. Additionally, after using it, it won't be usable for some time, depending on the number of calculated fates. That was of course If I use it on myself directly.

If I used it on any other person, that is not tied with me and is not reeking the Aura of Fateless One, then it is possible.

I operated the Fate Algorithm and tried to use it on Venelana, only to see nothing. Not any kind of Fate.

I used it on one of the soldiers guarding my room and saw that the man will probably die in the upcoming war.

Another thing I had a restriction in using Fate Algorithm, was that, due to being Fateless One, my calculations were not precise.

There was only a percentage.

If someone else, who wasn't Fateless One used Fate Algorithm he would be able to see absolute Fate. I have not even considered teaching Fate Algorithm to somebody as it was too dangerous.

In the Universe and many others, existed beings of unimaginable power and Fate Algorithm would move even strongest of the Great Old Ones and maybe even Throne.

That would be a pure disaster.

"Zeo you are awake."

Shouted Venelana as she threw herself on me as she hugged me tightly. Grayfia was also instantly woken up by her shout. I hugged her back as I smiled slightly.

"You don't need to be worried already, silly girl... I am okey."

I said as I gently caressed her hair, while Grayfia looked at us in envy, but her personality doesn't allow her to act so emotionally like Vena.

"Of course I am and I will. It is natural to be worried for somebody you love."

Said Vena as she buried her head in my chest, as I felt indescribable warmth in my heart. I saw Grayfia nodding her head, as I pulled her to embrace, as I held both of them close.

"You will be staying home, no adventures and no fights, we will watch over you. And you will rest."

Said Vena with unshakable resolve in her voice, as Grayfia nodded her head in agreement.

'And now instead of fighting each other, they are acting like best friends... mystery.'

I thought as I enjoyed this moment.

Chapter 125 - 5 Years Later

Five Years have passed in a flash from the incident with Telos Karma.

After I and Rizevim killed all those Sacred Gear users, caused the destruction of one Longinus, and additionally, I took two of them home, tensions between Three Biblical Factions were becoming even worse. Heaven retaliated by sending several Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels to kill all devils operating on Earth.

Fortunately, most of the killed devils on Earth were loyalists of the Four Great Satans, and clansmen of the Beelzebub, Asmodeus, and Leviathan Clan. Just a little information leaks from my side and bribing the right people, I could easily get several of my future enemies killed.

After that, skirmishes were more often, and now even Satan-Class entities clashed here and there. War was near, probably it will erupt in the following year, as everything was going to fuck. Grigori, Devils, and Heaven, were already only a step away from unleashing slaughter and destruction on each other.

During these past five years, I have spent most of my time preparing for the Great War. Everybody could see, that after the death of the Church's Sacred Gear Users, most eyes from Heaven turned to Devils.

When I thought about it, Lucifer probably just wanted to provoke war. Killing Sacred Gear users was just a bonus. It was a good move from his die, as he achieved two things with one move.

After these five years, my strength didn't increase much, but my Clan Trait Devour has reached Master-ranked mastery, which was a nice surprise. I have also started learning a new branch of Magic, called Mysticism.

Mysticism was focused on rituals and various abstract and obscure usages of magic. It required extreme comprehension and understanding of magic, to properly master Mysticism. Usually, it was practiced only by very strong Arcanists in the Astral Boundary.

More changes have happened in my territory.

Both of my Fianceés, Venelana, and Grayfia have taken up their roles in the management of my assets. Grayfia was basically the general manager of my territory, as she had a talent for administration work. Thanks to her management and administration skills, the entire territory was working like a perfect machine.

While Venelana was managing all my business ventures, increasing my profits of Soul Coins. She had talent in the business and was a good businesswoman. I completely entrusted her with all companies I had across the Underworld, as I didn't have time for managing it.

Both of them were also at the Pinnacle of the Ultimate-Class, and soon would be reaching Satan-Class, maybe in less than one year. My faction grew with each passing day. The political situation in the Underworld was pretty interesting.

There existed basically several sub-factions of Devil. Satan Clans, then 72 Pillars and Extra Devil Clans. Most of the time, 72 Pillars had rather a negative relationship between them, due to members of the Satan-Clans would often look down on those of 72 Pillars.

Thanks to my unique heritage, I gathered a lot of political support among the 72 Pillars and Extra Devil Clans, which would be essential to my later plans.

On the other side, Hela has been training my army. She could reach Greater God Stage any moment given, as she almost completely digested the Divine Spark obtained from Ereshkigal.

It had stabilized at the stable number of fifty million, which was one of the largest armies in the Underworld. Most importantly, all of my soldiers were peak Middle-Class already.

I have spent an enormous amount of money, to bring all soldiers to that level. 150 High-Grade Divine Crystals were used in rituals to help strengthen my army, as I wanted to have the strongest and best army in the Underworld.

Commanding Officers in the army were already High-Class, and there were thousands of them, under the leadership of 25 Ultimate-Class Generals of my Legions.

I have already tasked all Generals to keep eye on promising soldiers with strong loyalty that would become part of my personal guard when I became the Emperor.

"Zeoticus, a word has come from the Yestera that the all resources on the plane have been mined up already."

Said the melodious voice, as it woke up me from the meditation.

I opened my eyes and saw Grayfia standing before me, in the more revealing outfit as she looked at me.

"Then it is time to mine Planar Core."

I muttered.

What undergone even more exponential growth was my mechanical legion and arcanotech in the Underworld as whole.

I personally had an army of 25 million Drones, 10 million Hydralisks, 10,000 Anti-Matter Magicule Canon Batteries, and a complete voidfleet, consisting of x100 Lunar-Class Cruisers, x25 Avenger-Class Grand Cruisers, x5 Destroyer-Class Battlecruiser and soon to be finished one Emperor-Class Battleship.

Arcanotechnology could be divided into Nine Levels. For example Arache-type Arcane Mechanical Automatons, Arachne Drones were Low-End Level 1 Arcanotech, they had combat prowess of peak Low-Class. While Arachne Hydralisks were High-End Level 1 Arcanotech and had combat prowess of peak High-Class, which was especially terrifying.

On the other side, Lunar-Class Cruiser Voidship was Level 2 Arcanotech that had firepower comparable to the average Ultimate-Class. Avenger-Class Grand Cruiser was Level 3 Arcanotech, which had firepower comparable to something I call Legendary-Class. Between Ultimate-Class and Satan-Class, the rank existed in the Astral Boundary, but not in the Dimensional Gap, as the Laws differed slightly. Destroyer-Class Battle Cruiser was Level 4 Arcanotech that had firepower around the average Satan-Class. And finally, Emperor-Class Battleship had firepower around Super-Devil Class.

I have decided to develop more Voidfleet than the Arcane Mechanical Automatons. For first, resources were limited in the Dimensional Gap, and Mechs, won't let me travel through the Dimensional Gap safely.

"Okey... we shall depart for the Yestera then. Is everything ready there?"

I asked while I stood up from my desk.

"Yes, General Amyke has already retreated with all soldiers and Mechanical Legions are back in the Gremory Territories. Mechanicum is managing the last works and relocations of the Arcanotech Factories and production lines."

Said Grayfia with her usual stoic expression.

Chapter 126 - Mining Planar Core

Mechanicum was one of the specially designed forces I had in my Military. With the expansion of the Arcanotech, a new occupation has been created in the Underworld. It was called mech controller, they were mentally strong devils, skilled in the art of Arcanotech that were controlling Mechs.

As I cannot have Architect to control all Mechanical Legions at the same time, this was my solution. Currently, there existed only lower-ranked members of the Mechanicum, Commanders that could control 10,000 Mechs, Manipulators that could control up to 100,000 Mechs, and Controllers that could control up to 1 million Mechs.

If I had to give myself a rank, then even without Architect's help, I could control my entire Hydralisks Legions, which numbered 10 million, that would correspond to the Administrator Rank.

Many nobles ordered Drones from me and paid tons of Soul Coins to get their hands on the newest inventions of the Arcanotech. These days, Drones completely replaced slaves as the main force working in hazardous areas.

Drones were more effective, useful, versatile, and low-cost on maintaining. They could work indefinitely, as long as there was magical power to charge them up.

Many devils were staring studying basic Arcanotech books I have published, with just some household Arcanotech gadgets. The technology level of Devils was pretty messed up right now.

Only part of the people that enjoyed a certain level of luxury and technology were Nobles or Military Officers. The rest of the common devils lived similar to humans during the middle ages.

If the population is on your side it is easy to become ruler, as everyone would love you. So I threw some bits and scraps to the commoners, so their lifestyle would improve. I sold Arcanotech household gadgets through the entire Underworld, for rather cheap prices and make billions of Soul Coins each month from the sales.

"Then we shall go for the Yestera Plane immediately. When all the work there is finished, we will start mining the Planar Core."

I said to Grayfia as we went to teleportation formation.

After we arrived at the Yestera Plane I was pretty surprised by the change of the environment. Long gone were the clear blue sky and vibrant green forests and plains. Now the only thing that was here, was hordes of waste, black sky from the trash from Arcanotech Factories, and pollution everywhere.

Not like that it mattered, as soon enough entire Plane would be destroyed.

I went to the central point of the plane, which was located on the main Continent of the Yestera Plane, as the path of the Planar Core was located there.

It took us two hours flying to get there, and finally, we have arrived.

In front of us, was an enormous Arcanotech device, that was around fifty meters tall and its only purpose was to extract the Planar Core from the Plane.

Planar Core was a crystal that was a condensation of an enormous amount of energy. Not only that, it could be refilled and it was the best battery one could wish for. It would be a crucial part for the construction of the Adjudicator-Class Juggernaut, a collocal voidship that was Level 6 Arcanotech, with firepower comparable to lower ends of the Apocalypse-Class.

Of course, that would be in the far future, as right now I have no near abilities to build something astronomical like that. Adjudicator-Class Juggernaut was a colossal, smaller Space Fortress that could blow up huge objects in space, even smaller planets. To construct something like that a lot of precious resources were needed and especially alloys, that were not available to me right now.

"How is the evacuation process General Amyke?"

I asked General Amyke who arrived around ten minutes after me as he bowed slightly.

"It is almost done, only a few minor factories need to be relocated but the Drones are working hard and fast, so it won't be a problem. How long after the extraction of the Planar Core we have until the Plane is destroyed?"

Aksed me General Amyke.

"Hour, two hours, half an hour... I don't know, as it varies. Sometimes the plane will implode even instantly, but I hope this is not the process. Instant implosion is the case with low-grade planes, Yestera is Grade 5 Plane already, so it should hold for some time before it gets destroyed. Its Planar Core would be a great treasure."

I explained, as soon enough enormous Arcanotech device lit up, and a beam of pure energy started being released from the Arcanotech device, called Planar Drill.

Planar Drill was drilling through the crust of the Yestera Plane with such ease, it even amazed me. After ten minutes, it was done at 30%. It was a very fast process, fortunately.

In Solar Federation, we used a similar device to mine Planetary Core for its energy. It was usually done from high orbit, so when the planet started to explode, the mining ship would have enough time to escape the range of explosion.

I have talked a bit with Grayfia about our upcoming wedding during waiting for the Planar Drill to finish.

Yes, wedding.

I would be marrying Venelana and Grayfia next month. We wanted to have our wedding before the Great War starts, as during it, there won't be a time for anything like this and after the War, if we survive in a good health, everyone would be focused on the rebuilding of what was lost.

I ask them for their hand, around a year ago.

Both of them said yes.

And after that, we had our first steamy hot threesome. It was fun, as Vena was more open and Grayfia was still a bit shy to do it in front of someone, especially when that someone was her rival.

After ten minutes the process of the Planar Mining was complete and the Planar Drill shut down the beam of energy.

Then suddenly several hundreds of magic circles have appeared through the entire length of the drilled path and started crushing down on the Planar Core, severing its connection with the Plane and subsequently shrinking it down.

Chapter 127 - Taking care of pets

After the Planar Core was shrunk down, to a size that could be comfortably stored, it brought it up, and it ended in my hand.

The Planar Core looked like a diamond, just like it had all colors of the rainbow. It was truly a beautiful jewel, and Grayfia was absolutely captivated by it. Unfortunately, it wasn't jewelry but an essential part of the reactor that would be part of the Adjudicator-Class Juggernaut Voidship's Engine.

"We need to go and get out of here."

I said to Grayfia and General Amyke while I left the Planar Drill here. It was one-time use Arcanotech Device, due to the inability to construct a permanent one. The reason was, I have lacked one crucial material that cannot be found in the Dimensional Gap.

Afterward, we have all returned to Castle Fuerig, as the Yestera Plane was destroyed after the Planar Core was extracted by me.

Grayfia then went to Venelana as they were making wedding preparations together, and often quarreling about minor things such as decorations, wedding dresses, list of hosts, and many others, things that weren't that interesting for me, but where everything for them.

I rather went to check up on my two familiars, Dou Dou and Isla.

Isla was a female Wampus Cat I have contracted and she has already reached the General Level.

When she smelled me, she immediately rushed me and started locking me with her tongue that was like a knife. Additionally, her claws were clinging to me, so I cannot escape.

She was really cuddly little creature, though she was not little, but big as an adult lion. I pet her head and scratched her behind her ears, she liked that most. Even though she now looked like a harmless little kitty, that enjoyed being scratched behind the ears, she was an extremely dangerous Monarch Level magical beat.

'Architect scan, her.'

I said, as I continued petting Isla, who started purring soundly, which I enjoyed. It is filled with a nice feeling of peace and warmth.

[Name: Isla

Race: Wampus Cat

Level: General

Magical Power: 290

Strength: 300

Agility: 300

Vitality: 245

Abilities: Illusion Magic, Mental Magic]

"Soon to reach Monarch Level, just one evolution short."

I said.

Wampus Cat at the Monarch Level is a very terrible existence, as it could bewitch and control even Satan-Class powerhouses easily, if they are not mentally strong, or don't have some mind protection magic.

Wampus Cats were best with the usage of Illusion and Mental Magic, like mind-controlling and mind-reading. They were really terrifying opponents, that usually stayed hidden in the dark, and hunted from the shadows.

And if Isla is the one who is strong, then Dou Dou, the Phantom Devouring Thorny Flower is absolutely terrifying.

After three years of constant digest Satan-Class entities, like Monarch Level Monsters, Ten-Winged Cadre-Class Angels, and Fallen Angels, she finally evolved from the Devouring Thorny Flower to the Phantom Devouring Thorny Flower.

[Name: Dou Dou

Race: Phantom Devouring Thorny Flower

Level: Monarch

Magical Power: 625

Strength: 450

Agility: 350

Vitality: 794

Abilities: Take Root, Corpse Feeding, Poison Spit, Advanced Elemental Magic, Thorny Flower Vines, Spore, Thorny Flower Army, Plant Magic]

It had gained two new skills, Thorny Flower Army and Plant Magic.

The second was self-explanatory, as it could use Plant Magic, but the Thorny Flower Army was more interesting.

It could germinate and summon an army of Thorny Flowers, that is existing in a pocket dimension. Right now each one of the Thorny Flowers is at the pinnacle of the Commander Level and several of them are at the General Level.

Also, the Basic Elemental Magic has evolved to the Advanced Elemental Magic.

In short, the Phantom Devouring Thorny Flower is the nightmarish opponent. Not only that she is strong, but she can also drown her enemies in thousands upon thousands of Commander Level Thorny Flowers and tens of General Level Thorny Flowers.

What was more astounding, this army would evolve alongside her. The best thing was, all those Flowers needed fertilizer, and I could finally get rid of millions of corpses I have accumulated during the Yestera Conquest that were stored in various dimensional storage objects.

Dou Dou acted as the guardian of my home, the Castle Fuerig.

She was the best subject for that, as she was strong, not even the current three Satans would get rid of her in a short time, maybe people like Zekram could due to their highly destructive abilities. She also had an entire army on her back to call if needed.

And thanks to her nature as a plant, she had roots around the entire Castle Fuerig and nothing cannot escape her watchful eyes. Also, her intelligence evolved, and while she cannot speak, she was no less intelligent than any other devil.

Many monsters gain basic intelligence upon evolving to the General Level monster / magical beasts, and this intelligence would only increase with each additional evolution.

With her guarding the Castle Fuerig, then I didn't need to fear it would be attacked or fall. Additionally, to not shame my magical and Arcanotech genius, this place was even better magically protected than the capital of the Devils, Lucifaad.

I had countless Arcanotech Towers here, with tens of magical formations, wards, and barriers. It was basically a turtle shell, that even Genbu would be proud of.

"Have your army finished digesting all the fertilizer, Dou Dou?"

I asked the Phantom Devouring Thorny Flower Dou Dou, as she lifted one of her leaves up, and started making nod-like movements, that signified agreement.

"Don't worry. During the Great War, you can clean up battlefields and you will have as many corpses as you want."

Dou Dou would be even well suited for cleaning the battlefield, as she could get rid of all corpses that would be here and there. Of course, I would at first take their armor and weapons, Drones would do that, and then Dou Dou could release her underlings to eat the corpses.

Chapter 128 - Wedding (1)

Several Days Later

Right now, the entire Castle Fuerig was looking very different, from its average day. Now it was full of flowers, decorations, and colors as soon would be wedding held here between Lord Zeoticus Gremory von Lucifer, alas me and Venelana Bael and Grayfia Lucifuge.

In the end, fortunately, we have decided on a private wedding, where only a few selected are invited. Among them, the most notable personas were Original Lucifer, Lord Gerstahl Lucifuge, Great King Zekram Bael, or newly crowned Heavenly Dragon Crom Cruach.

The other three Satans and their clansmen weren't invited, and of course, they would take it as an insult. I just don't want to deal with them, and additionally, it wouldn't look to have wedding photos full of dead people... there were mostly killed by me.

I just cannot wait when this entire ceremony would be over... Vena and Grayfia forced me to learn dance, and I was forced to sacrifice my studies of new mysticism grimoire I have bought from the Beelzebub Clan, so I can learn dance.

Of course, I didn't dare to raise my dissatisfaction. One or two angry glares from Venelana and Grayfia were enough to shut me down. I saw that how important it was for them, so I just went with the flow.

In truth, it was nice. Grayfia and Venelana were splendid women, and I swore to myself that I would forever protect their smiles. Both of them were not only powerful but also kind, warm, and loving.

They helped me to manage my territory and keep things in order. Often would Grayfia come to me, with meals when I am closed in my lab for a long time. And then Vena would drag me out, on the fresh air.

Also, this wasn't only a simple wedding, but also a show of power and gathering of the most influential people in the Underworld. Additionally, even envoys from other friendly factions would be participating.

Pale Blood, Werewolves Tribes, Crom Cruach, Dragon King Tiamat, and several others.

I was just told when and where I should go to prepare myself wedding, and it was enough. I left this entire thing in the capable hands of Fia and Vena.

On the day of the Wedding, Castle Fuerig, Gremory Territory

Today was a special day.

Entire Castle Fuerig was full of important nobles across the Underworld that had at least some relationship with House Gremory. Everything was beautifully decorated and polished to look as best as it could be.

Tens of people were now waiting in my garden, which turned into the Wedding place.

Wedding Ritual for devils was pretty unique and often only rich or powerful or nobles had a formal wedding. Ordinary commoners didn't bother with this, as it was too of a hassle.

I was waiting there, and with me was Original Lucifer who acted as the Ritual Master. Wedding Ritual among the devil, not a marriage, but it was ritual, was like this.

Basically, the groom and bride, would draw a drop of a Heart Blood, and exchange them and drink them while they would swear a magical oath for eternity. This created a strong magical bond between the two parties.

For this ritual to be completed you need an Overseer to navigate it, and the person needs to be at least Satan-Class. That was the reason why only Nobility or powerful people used this way to get married. For nobility, it was an absolute requirement to undergo Wedding Devil Ritual.

Even some poorer Houses would have a problem inviting a Satan-Class devil to be a Ritual Master, while commoners have no chance at that. Also, in the Underworld, there weren't many Satan-Class devils.

I observed all guests that were attending.

All Heads of the Six Houses of Lucifer were here, under the leadership of their Leader Lord Gerstahl Lucifuge, who was not currently present as he would be bringing Fia to the Altar. I am meeting with them for the first time, and I needed to make the best impression I could, as the Six Houses of Lucifer were loyal to Lucifer only, and it was no secret that the relationship between them and Rizevim wasn't the best one, due to his views on the ruling.

After them, there were Heads of all 72 Pillars and Extra Devil Houses. Most notable was Mephisto Pheles with his extravagant looks, he was really unique in terms of appearance.

Crom Cruach was sitting in the first rows, close to me, as he came with his new mate Tiamat, who kept him asking if there are treasures in the huge castle and if she found them, then if it would be possible to keep them.

Crom Cruach had a bored and tired look, but on the contrary, Tiamat looked happy and energic as she looked over. Dragons didn't have anything similar to this, they just took their mates and that was all.

The only thing close to this was a duel, and the loser would become the mate of the winner, but that lacked romance in Tiamat's words. Women were similar no matter the species they were. Hela was sitting next to Tiamat, and they would often whisper to each other's ear and giggle ominously.

'Probably planning how to loot Asgard's Treasury.'

I thought in my head. Still... that could be a good idea, I will support them if they present this idea to me.

Great King Zekram Bael wasn't here as he was the same as the Lord Gerstahl Lucifuge, and would be escorting his grandaughter to the altar.

Then there were Blood Lords of the Old Yharnam, I have never met them, but I heard about them. Lord Valerian Tepes and Marcus Corvinus were present here, to represent Yharnam.

Then three Chiefs of the three biggest Werewolf Tribes were also present.

Suddenly music started playing and everyone stood up, as brides were going in, Fia being escorted by her father, Lord Gerstahl Lucifuge, and Vena being escorted by her grandfather, Great King Zekream Bael.

When I saw Vena and Fia I was charmed by their beauty in their wedding dresses.

Chapter 129 - Wedding (2)

Fia was wearing a beautiful gothic-like wedding dress. It looked like an elven design, the corset dress is made of pale silver/lavender silk dupioni, dusty lavender soft tulle, and decorated with silver baroque style details and amethyst stones. The corset has 34 flat and spiral steel bones. The back of the corset has metal eyelets and adjustable satin cord lacing. It had a flowing tulle skirt has a side invisible zipper closure and a dusty lavener tulle fabric cape.

She was really breathtaking.

Next to her Venelana, was wearing a beautiful crimson dress, made of burgundy taffeta and decorated with beautiful beaded embroidery appliques and trims, the bodice is lined with black soft cotton blend material. It had 12 spiral and flat metal bones. The skirt is bordered with a hand-pleated ruffle and decorated with black beaded trims and beaded applique at the back.

They came to me, as I stopped starting.

"Beautiful, both of you."

I said as both of them smiled at my compliment.

"Lord Lucifuge, Lord Bael."

I greeted.

"Now that everyone is here, we can finally start with the Wedding Ritual."

Said Lucifer, as Lord Lucifuge and Lord Zekram stood behind Grayfia and Venelana respectively

"Bring the dagger."

Said Lucifer, as his assistant

The assistant quickly brought up a ritual dagger and presented it to Original Lucifer.

"Zeoticus Gremory von Lucifer present two drops of the Heart Blood."

Said Lucifer as he inserted his Demonic Power into the Dagger and it shone with crimson light.

I took the dagger from his and cut my hand, and draw out two drops of the Heart Blood. I put them on the altar.

"Venelana Bael present one drop of the Heart Blood."

Said Lucifer, as Venelana did the same thing, and cut her hand and brought up one drop of the Heart Blood.

"Grayfia Lucifuge present one drop of the Heart Blood."

Said Lucifer, as Grayfia did the same thing, and cut her hand and brought up one drop of the Heart Blood.

Then after all of us have drawn up the Heart Blood, Lucifer started chanting the bonding spell and all four drops of the Heart Blood shined brightly. Soon the Grayfia's drop of blood connected with one of mine, and Venelana's drop of blood connected with my second drop of blood.

"Zeoticus Gremory von Lucifer drink the Heart Blood Drops of Venelana Bael and Grayfia Lucifuge."

Said he, as I did exactly as he instructed. I went to the altar, and took Heart Blood Drops of Venelana and Grayfia and drank it down.

Afterward, the ceremony continued, with Lucifer calling Vena and Fia.

"Venelana Bael and Grayfia Lucifuge drink the Heart Blood Drop of Zeoticus Gremory von Lucifer."

He said, as Vena and Fia did the same thing as me, and drank down the Heart Blood Drop of mine.

"Then let your blood and souls be connected with each other for eternity."

Said Lucifer as I now felt the connection between me, Vena, and Fia form. I could now tell where they were located and they could do the same, we could feel each other on a more intimate level.

"And now the Ritual has ended I have another announcement for everyone to heart at this joyous occasion."

Exclaimed Original Lucifer as the entire place quickly quieted down.

"After several outstanding achievements my grandson has achieved, be it creation of the entirely new Magic System for the Devils, spreading Arcanotechnology or reaching higher ends of the Satan-Class, I have decided to award the House Gremory with the hereditary title of Great King."

He said with such grandiose, that everyone just stared in shock, I have literary jumped two ranks, and now was one of the highest-ranking nobles in the Underworld, besides the Zekram Bael, who was also a Great King.

Everybody was silent and even I was not expecting this. I knew that this wasn't as simple as increasing my noble rank, but probably he wanted me and Rizevim to have a standoff for the seat of Lucifer.

It wasn't any secret that Lucifer was always disappointed that his son wasn't showing any kind of interest in ruling and dominating the world. So there are then several possibilities behind Lucifer's behavior.

Either he wants to force Rizevim to do something, by increasing my own social standing that would be threatening his own, as practically Great King was a higher rank than the Crown Prince that was Rizevim. The second possibility was that Lucifer already considered Rizevim a lost cause, so he decided to groom me into ruling material. The third possibility, eh was doing it just to create an enmity between me and Rizevim, so he could enjoy the aftermath.

Who knows what was going in his head.

Not that I cared about what my relationship with Rizevim would be. He will end up dead as soon as I have a chance, but that bastard is slippery, I doubt he will remain in the Underworld after the end of the Great War.

We have sparred several times, and even though he was older and more experienced than me, he was never able to win against me. I could feel his resentment of my person even here and now.

Even if we are both Super Devils nothing would change, and I would still have the upper hand, not to mention I am well-liked among the nobility as among commoners.

Common Devils loved me as my Arcanotech household inventions eased their life and saved them much money. Nobles loved me, as I was able to increase their powers by selling them Arcane Mechanical Automatons.

I was popular.

Something Rizevim was not.

And even though Six Houses of Lucifer swore allegiance to the Lucifer's Blood, only one could rule and guess who that one would be.

After Lucifer finished his speech he was right now giving, that I was not listening as it was boring, mainly about the superiority of devils and dominating the world, typical crap, he teleported out and went to do his business.

'If you knew that Dimensional Gap would be breached by our Orden, I wonder what would you do.'

I thought as I watched him teleport out.

Chapter 130 - Wedding (3)

"Now my lovely wives, if you excuse me I must go and play some games with others here... this opportunity is heaven-sent."

I whispered to Vena and Fia, as they both nodded in understanding, albeit a bit sad, but there was nothing I could do.

As I said before, this wasn't only my wedding, this was a gathering of power, that would probably not be repeated for a very long time. I need to get some allies on my side and mingle with Six Houses of Lucifer, minus House Lucifuge.

Soon enough after searching among the guests I finally found the one I wanted to meet the most.

Lord Zaorama Nebiros, Head of the House Nebiros.

House Nebiros was one of the Six Houses of Lucifer, that specialized in various research such as biology, demonic power, and magic. They were the ones who invented a lot of new spells for the Tier Magic System. They also had a Branch Family among the 72 Pillars, called House Naberius, that alone talked about their power.

Lord Zaorama Nebiros was a geniue Satan-Class magician, very skilled, but not as much as Lord Pheles, but he had more firepower and might, as Lord Mephisto Pheels only recently entered into the Satan-Class.

He was a well-built man with black hair matching colored eyes, wearing elegant aristocratic attire.

"Young Lord Lucifer, what a pleasure to meet someone powerful and talented as yourself, while being so young."

Greeted me Lord Zaorama Nebiros with a cheerful voice. Indeed, while I was young, I was an extremely powerful Satan-Class devil, a genius on his own who invented an entirely new magical system and build bases for the Arcanotech. While the Arcanotech was mainly Architect's achievement, a lot of inventions of the Solar Federation that were being converted to the Arcanotech Mode, were my invention in my past life in the Immaterius Universe.

"I am humbled Lord Zaorama. I had also heard about your great achievements in the research of Demonic Energy, Clan Traits, and your recent fascinating research into the flora of the Underworld and usage of rare plants in Alchemy that could strengthen Demonic Energy Reserves."

I said as we shook hands.

Zaorama Nebiros was one of the best experts on devil physiology.

"Lord Zaorama I have heard that you can be considered as one of the foremost experts on the devil physiology, right? I have a little project that would need the help of someone like you, of course in absolute confidentiality."

I said while seeing the glee in his eyes.

"Of course, House Nebiros is always to service to a Lucifer."

He gave a bow, as a sign of allegiance.

I needed to recruit House Nebiros to work on the Trans-Devil Gene-Seed Project. It needs to be adjusted greatly so it would be compatible with most subjects, as the current state was terrible.

Trans-Devil Gene-Seed Project was heavily custom-styled currently, and that wasn't good. With Zaorama's knowledge and genius, he would be able to adjust the Trans-Devil Gene-Seed Project so it could be used on the wider populace. That one was necessary for the creation of the Custodes and the evolution of devils as a whole.

Of course, I won't include him from the start, but I will observe and test him if he is worthy to join my little inner circle of most trusted servants and subordinates.

"Good, I will visit you at your laboratory at the later day, have a pleasant night Lord Zaorama."

I said to him, as I went to talk with the next person who was already looking at me with a grin.

"Great King, Great King... it has a nice ring to, don't you think so, old man?"

I said to Great King Zekram, as I called him old man, we were essentially family and it was no secret that he favored Venelana too much, and despised her brother who would be future Lord Bael.

Poor kid was scared like shit when he saw me or Zekram.

"Indeed it has, but I am sure, you won't stay with that, right?"

He asked with a grin, not awaiting any kind of answer.

"I will leave that for your imagination. How do you enjoy the reception? See you over there? Crom Cruach is getting really, really annoyed by Tiamat who is trying to sneak out and search for treasures."

I said while pointing at the two bickering couple of dragons. They were a perfect match for each other as both of them were nuts. One was a battle-maniac obsessed with fighting, while the other was obsessed with treasures and gold.

"One would have thought, man would become more tamed after being in some kind of romantic relationships, but those two dragons are showing the exact opposite. She even proposed to me, If I helped her to find treasure, I could get 10% of it."

Zekram was pretty amused saying that, while I was nervous. If Crom Cruach didn't control her, she would rob my treasury clean and getting it back from the greedy dragon as she would be a pain in the ass.

"Hopefully my treasures would be left where I have put them. Lately, a lot of unrest is in the air, especially with the unfortunate death of several clansmen of three Satan Houses."

I faked my sadness.

"Indeed, we can only hope no more mysterious murders will appear, or the devils would lose many good and competent nobles."

Exclaimed Zekram with sarcasm, as I read between lines.

'Hmm... so the conflict between Baels and the other three have also escalated, so I wasn't the only one who started cleaning our backyard.'

I thought in my head.

It was no secret in the Underworld, that Zekram Bael was long vying for the position of Satan. While he was loyal to Lucifer, the same thing cannot be said about other tree Houses, especially about their incompetent descendants.

If some were mysteriously killed there were only a few people with a strong motive.

And most of them were in this room right now.