A bit late again. I had some stuff going on, but I still managed to do it somehow.
Chapter 9
"Failure of a Revolution"
"That one was pretty interesting. Lots of Devils died that day. And it felt really good." Lucifugus was visibly enjoying this memory
Incredibly
"What happened?" Pen though seemed confused and in some way concerned
"Revolution." Lucifugus stated in the most mocking tone imaginable, it almost felt like he was holding himself back from laughing "The last song Gimodelo's band released before Gimodelo disappeared had some "Anti-establishment" undertones to it. And ironically on the same day he disappeared so as you may guess they got some incredibly stupid ideas in their heads that I was to blame for it. I and the Creep were on their concerts so they got the idea that we assassinated him or something."
"Would you do it my Lord?" Pen asked, he seemed to know his master well enough to have doubts
"Maybe... possibly I would. But I liked their songs. Besides Creep would surely kill me if I did that..." A short pause, Lucifugus for a second imagined all the painful ways he would be killed... It wasn't pretty "One thing I learned very well is to never piss off the quiet ones... Ugh. Although silencing them would get us more trouble than good. Make other Devils feel as if we are afraid of them, but it would be good way to weed out the possible rebellious Devils. Thankfully this rebellion mostly happened on the 1st level and no one gives a crap about that dumbster. It was an idea of some ambitious Middle Devil from there who was sick of being a plaything of some High one from other level or something. So he inspired some other Devils to join him. And thus started a very fun time..."
In the past from perspective of revolutionaries
"TODAY IS THE DAY OF RECKONING! THE DAY WHERE OUR HISTORY WILL TAKE A TURN! WE SHALL SHOW THE HIGH ONES OF THIS LEVEL WHAT WE CAN REALLY DO!" The Middle spoke to his comrades in arms
The Middle was of pretty short stature. He was well built, but his height often made it hard to take him seriously for other Devils, especially with his horns being quite long, almost 1/3rd of his size. Even now when he was standing on top of a big rock there were still some Devils that were taller than him. But his voice was that of a hundred Devils. Even though he was short, his voice was capable of reaching every Devil there. And there were quite a few of them, easily over 200 hundred of them. Lows and Middles alike.
Plan was in preparation for quite some time now. Everything was clear. They will do something as of right now unheard of on their level. Part of their team shall kill a High Devil today. Ever since Gimodelo was killed by that terrible monster, Lucifugus, a Devil among Devils, the worst of them all, the despicable one. Worthy of no respect, deserving only the worst all of the underworld offers. This is the day where they shall make the first step towards overthrowing him.
"Go forth! And give our answer to this betrayal!" He screamed out. Causing other Devils there to cheer up. They were ready for the most glorious of moments.
There were very little High ones on 1st level. 3 or 4 that they knew of and neither of them had any real interest in one another. If one of them died they most likely wouldn't even notice. One of them had a petty fight with another one right now, petty, but VERY exhausting. A Devil with Lava magic. He was capable of using and creating Lava around him. Horrific magic, almost on par with Lord Naamah's, but lacked the capability of burning through every facet of creation.
"Little piece of shit... next time I see him I'll tear off his stupid horns and gauge his eyes with them..." The Lava Devil swore to himself
Then they appeared all around him. Jumped from the little holes and stone domes. He was surrounded by bunch of Middles and Lows. Strangely enough some of them seemed to have Devils on their backs too.
"WEAKENING DOME!" One of them that has Weakening magic cast a dome around the Devil, High Devil just looked confused. Then started to smirk.
"Pfft, Middles seem to not know their place again." To him this was quite laughable "Lava magic."
Then the Lava started to shoot out of the ground... until a streak of cold hit it and stopped it.
"What!?" This was unexpected turn of events
A Middle Devil appeared from behind of him, High one quickly looked behind and put his guard up and Middle one hit him HARD with a fist made of Diamond, a big Middle with 2 Low Devils and one Middle on his back. All of them were using their magic to reinforce Diamond Middle. Diamond and Blizzard magic. Under normal circumstances they wouldn't work against the sheer might of a High Devil, but with weakening dome and reinforcement from other Devils their attributes were capable of countering him. The force of the hit made High one feel actual pain and was knocked back a few meters.
"WHAT?!" He exclaimed again in utter confusion and rage as he felt actual blood dripping from his head
"It's a revolution and we shall be the first one to have his head cut off!" The Middle exclaimed as he pointed at hurt High. His voice was confident and full of pride.
"MY HEAD!?" High one couldn't believe the insolence of this Middle scum "Do you seriously think that-"
Slice
And then from behind the real Diamond Devil with his troupe cuts off the head of High Devil with a Diamond sword. One of them, the Middle one is capable of copying up to 4 Devils while being reinforced by 2 other ones for 3 minutes. No time could be wasted. And one of the Low Devils on his back had camouflage magic while another one had Blizzard Magic. Their plan was simple, but visibly effective.
Create copy of the strike troupe - Distract High Devil by weakening him - countering his magic - copy of Strike troupe attacks him - Real Strike Troupe cuts his head off.
Quick and efficient. Then the Blizzard Devil freezes his body. Diamond Devil then takes out his heart and cuts it to little pieces. Making sure that he is dead. It's over.
"We... did it?" Diamond Devil was in disbelief, but it seems like... they did. They did!
"Ha...HAHAHAHA!"
They laughed. They cheered. There was finally hope for them. A High one killed by them. It was a miracle in a world of misery, they struggled and prevailed. Finally.
After a while the Revolution was going in full swing. More and more Middles and Lows joined their cause. And with that they got more and more ways to kill their High Overlords. They were sure that with enough preparation they could even take out Naamah and Lilith themselves. And once they do the control over the 1st level will go to them. This will possibly inspire the other levels to rebel. Finally the oppression will be over. Few still didn't join, but they definitely will once they defeat the final ones or they shall just die as well. And so it happened. 2 more High Devils bit the ground. Gone with the wind. Until...
Back to the Present.
"I don't exactly know what was going on with them, but one day I went there to spread my laws, but most unusual welcome committee awaited me." Lucifugus said, but then his hand clenched into a fist "I MAY have lost my temper a bit..."
In the past from Revolution side
"We killed 3 of them. We showed this world what we can really do. And it's just the start. Soon other levels will hear of our glorious revolution. Soon we shall get rid of the rotten establishment, we will all become equal. Even Lucifero himself will bow before us or he shall meet his demise if he dares to defy us!" The thought of it was visibly making the Short Leader Middle drool "The common people shall rule and there is nothing to stop us. No more with being treated like animals, no more being played with, the age of respect and prosperity is upon us! No more Lows, no more Middles. We shall be Devils and only that..."
"LUCIFUGUS APPEARED!" One of the Devils said as he quickly run into the cave they had their base in
"...What?" For the first time though, their short leader was visibly shaken
"Lucifugus is here!" Messanger screamed out "He came back!"
"Oh... umm." He had no words
"Shall we fight him?" A Diamond Devil who was some time ago promoted to a General asked their "fearless" leader
"Yea, shall we?" Another Middle asked, he was the one that was using Weakening Dome the most "We were able to kill few ones already and lose 1 at most!"
"Umm, you see we..."
"What? Are we too weak? Didn't we prove ourselves?" Diamond Devil asked Napoleon Complex Devil
"No I mean..."
"WHAT IS IT THEN!? ARE WE NOT MAKING A CHANGE!?" Another one from the crowd asked
"Yes, we do, but.."
"Let's go kill him!" Low one spoke who lost in one fight half of his head and yet somehow was able to form basic sentences
"YEAHH!" Everyone screamed and so the leader was for now left alone...
"(Shit if they actually manage to do it I'll be torn to pieces if I don't join... dammit, I just wanted to have an easy life here... finally some respect, peace, quiet and those idiots kissing my feet... SHIT!)" A fraud leader was quite pissed now, but he had no choice and so he came after his idiotic army.
And so they all ran to the place where Lucifugus appeared... Big mistake.
From Lucifugus's POV
He came to this level alongside Creep. This time they were in their normal, big size in this world. Their papers were also huge. Their idea for that is making those 2 Morons from this level actually read them for once. And to make sure they wont try anything funny with him
"It's very quiet today here. Maybe Naamah and Lilith are sleeping. I'll just sneak up on them, throw those papers at them and run." Lucifugus said to Creep "Like Underworld I want to deal with them. WHY IS NO ONE HE-"
"Ummm..."
Then he saw them. Bunch of Middles and Lows at his feet... Unusual... Maybe they will throw those papers at them for him. Creep didn't seem to mind, he just looked at them with no interest. Then one of them spoke. Rather small, clearly scared one...
"W..we..aare.h..h.. he...here to... beat you!" He was visibly afraid, Devils behind him a little less "Lord Lucifugus, your reign over our lives ENDS TOD...tod...TODAY!"
Lucifugus didn't know what to think until he noticed a weird dome around him made by a Middle who sneaked up behind him and Creep... surprisingly large... made him feel like he was drunk a little. Maybe he should hire one of the Middles like him, recently alcohol just doesn't work on him anymo-
"T...TO ARMS BROTHERS AND SISTERS!" Short Devil exclaimed and pointed at Lucifugus
And then they combined all the power they had and the blast of their combined energy, hopes and dreams was launched at him...
*POP*
It hit him. Grazed part of his face and left a small burn, unpleasant feeling...
...
A moment of silence passed
...
It was awkward
...
And scary
"...Can we call for sur-"
Then Lucifugus took a gigantic rectangle shaped stone from a portal Creep created and smashed it onto the the company of disappointment.
"...No" Lucifugus said at the rock
Then he grabbed the weakening one from behind him and squished him so hard his brain popped out. Then he smashed him on the ground and stomp on him with his foot. Then he noticed few Middles watching from afar.
"You with them?!" Lucifugus asked and pointed at the rock
They shook their heads. There 4 weird ones among them. Giant potato looking one, female tentacle one, small weird one and fat one... Rather odd bunch..
*whimper*
He heard a whimper from under the rock. He quickly grabbed another one that Creep nicely gave to him after putting down his papers and smashed it on the previous rock. Then he looked at the Middle bunch in the distance that watched him with clear fear in their eyes.
"WHAT!?" Lucifugus screamed at them
Go be disappointing somewhere else!
Then the small one spoke out of the crowd.
"Uh, ah, My lord seems very angry, but just so you know I have a GREAT offer for you..." He said with pretty sneaky smile "You see I'm very good at-"
*whimper that sounds like "sawwy"*
Lucifugus pulled out his hammer and nails. He took one paper and wrote something on it with near Low Devil. Then he placed it on the rock along with one of the nails.
"Umm, I'm capable of-"
*SMASH*
"Of telling the-"
*SMASH*
"future and-"
*SMASH*
"And... I can tell it to you for-"
*SMASH* *SMASH* *SMASH*
"Free..."
Small guy quickly braced himself for another smash, but Lucifugus finally stopped. He was amazed that neither of the 2 rocks broke. Seems like even minerals are sturdier on lower levels. On the rock the message was "NO MORE REVOLUTIONS! AND NO HITTING ME IN THE FACE BY FILTHY LOWER DEVILS!"
"Yeah, sure, sounds fun." Lucifugus exclaimed at the Floating Middle
"Really?!" Seems like he couldn't believe it actually worked
"No." Yeah, that sounds about right "But I'll try to make it worth something. Tomorrow. We meet here, you take me where you tell me that and then we part ways. You better not try to waste my time!"
"Oh, I definitely wouldn't dare to anger you my-"
*very silent whimper comes from under al those rocks and Lucifugus's entire silhouette goes red*
Lucifugus then jumps with all his might and soul on the rock
From Naamah and Lilith POV
*BOOM*
They see just a mushroom cloud in the distance
"I wonder what pissed him off today.." Naamah said with very bored tone
"Maybe it's his frustration over rejecting us Naamah..." Lilith said with also incredibly bored tone
"Maybe... should we go there and help him relieve it?" He asked his dear sister
"No..." Her voice became cold and full of venom "Let him suffer for dumping us..."
"Agreed Lilith..." Naamah said as he pulled up another Devil
And so they murderfucked another poor Low until he cried.
Lucifugus POV
He looks down and sees that his new law and rocks are destroyed, but one thing is nice there, sight of mangled unmoving corpses among the rubble, but just to be sure he quickly grabs another rock that Creep again is nice enough to give to him and smashes it on top of those corpses. And then carves something on it with smaller rock.
"Here lies incompetent rebellion. Don't try at home kids or I will eat you!"
"*sigh* I have to re-write that law some day..." Lucifugus exclaimed, he seemed much less pissed now "My emotions got over me. And you!"
Small Middle got scared.
"Tomorrow. Better not waste my time!" Lucifugus threatened him
Present
"Filthy Low ones?" Pen repeated his Lords words
"What?" Lucifugus didn't understand
What now?
"That was uncalled for my Lord." Pen explained, he sounded pretty hurt
"Wait I... listen I just don't like things hitting me and-"
Why are you explaining yourself?
"That's a VERY rude thing to say my lord!" Pen talked back
"LISTEN! It's not what I think now-"
"HMPH!"
And so Pen tried to turn away. But he only crossed his hands as he dangled from Lucifugus's body by his horns.
Is it REALLY now what you think now?
"Ugh..." Lucifugus seemed defeated at this point "Do you at least want to hear about that fortune teller?"
"YES!"
And so Pen forgot about it and got ready for another story
"(I definitely hope so... I need to talk to someone)" Lucifugus thought to himself before another set of memories emerged
TBC in Chapter 10 "Fortune teller"
Well now I'll have a week break. Sorry again for a bit late chapter. Personal issues caused by my overall retardation. But i very much hope you enjoy this story. And to all people reading it for the first time, I hope you enjoy it as well and you will favorite it, follow it or at least leave a review. And I DEARLY hope you enjoyed it.