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Chapter 3 – Evil Pieces & First Moves
4 years later (Valerian, Valiana – Age 14, Sairaorg- age 16)
We now see a teenage boy with dazzling silver-white hair and an aura that could only be described as pure elegance and royalty, and yet it had a wisp of ferocity under it, waiting to be unleashed. This was true even when he was sleeping. As the rays of light peeked through the curtains of his room at the Bael Lord's castle, his eyes fluttered open, revealing a set of magnificent, bright ice blue eyes that had specks of silver in them, that resembled a rotating star of sorts. These looked like they could see every bit of information in the world and when they looked at someone, they could gaze into the very depths of their soul. Just as he was about to get up and start for the day, a feminine hand grabbed his wrists quite roughly, trying to pull him back.
"Valerian… baby, 10 more minutes please?" asked a melodious voice from the bed, which belonged to a naked, voluptuous (for her age at least) girl with a similar shade of hair as him and a set of lovely light blue eyes.
This was Valiana Lucifer, the current heiress of the Lucifer Clan and fiancée of our protagonist. How did that happen? Well, it is quite a story.
The 2 of them had been close from the very day they had met. Both had to mature quickly since the circumstances demanded it and only the two of them could ever hope to understand the life, they had led up to the point they had found people who would care about them. For Valerian, it was the Bael grandfather-grandson duo, whereas for Vali it was Albion, her partner and Azazel, her foster father who had grown on her, despite his perverseness. After Azazel had taken her to the Grigori for fostering, the two of them had remained in touch despite the distance. They updated each other on their progress when it came to training and controlling their powers, and always checked upon the other one. Even if it was just to enquire as to how their day went. Needless to say, they had both started to have feelings for each other after spending quite a lot of time getting to know about the other one in three years. But what sealed the deal was a beautiful love story in itself.
But that is a tale for another time.
"You can sleep later Vali, we can't afford to be late today, or are you forgetting where we have to be today?" Valerian spoke up, his voice full of mirth.
The silver haired princess was up in an instant. They could not afford to miss this day; it is what they had been working towards for years now. Today was the day they were finally getting their evil pieces. Sairaorg and his fiancé, Kuisha Abbadon had already received theirs last year, and Kuisha surprised everyone by accepting the role as Queen of her future husband's peerage. She said she might use her evil pieces in the near future, if she felt like it. Going ahead with her example, Vali decided she would do the same thing as well. Maybe this would give her the boost in her demonic power that she so desperately needs in order to bring out the full potential of her sacred gear.
These past few years have been extremely fruitful for the trio of young devils under the tutelage of a Cadre like Azazel and the strongest first gen devil to ever exist in the form of Zekram Bael. The two of them together brought out the best in all of them and through the extensive use of rituals and other unorthodox techniques, the trio was already at Ultimate-Class level in overall strength, despite having reserves that were clearly over the rank. Even Sairaorg, who had only average demonic power for a high-class devil, now boasted reserves that were easily present in the lower echelons of the Ultimate-Class rank. One sacrificial ritual was performed, and voila, Sairaorg now had much more demonic power. This however, had put great strain on his body and even after a year he could only train and fight for an hour and a half at most, before his body started to ache. He once pushed himself for another hour and was left paralyzed and in great pain for about 12 days. The lecture he had to listen to from both his fiancé and grandfather was… entertaining to say the least. At least for the silver haired couple who enjoyed the show from the couch in his room. Valerian had offered the same deal to Kuisha but the blonde denied it saying she did not need the power boost now. Plus, the only reason her fiancé could even go on and train for an hour and a half was because his physical strength outclassed everyone they knew. The same could not be said about her.
Vali had managed to hone her skill in her clan ability and was much more proficient in it. She could now create much more complex structures than just spears, something that is extremely difficult for high-ranking angels and fallen angels as well. Under Albion, she had started to practice dragon slayer magic, an art long thought lost, that only people wielding draconic sacred gears or those with dragon blood in them could practice and reach their full potential in. Albion had imparted the knowledge of White Dragon Slaying Magic to her, giving her an ace against her fated rival and allowing her to get out of situations where her balance breaker would not be that useful to her. She could probably match a lot of the higher ups including the peerage members of the Satans. Whether she would win or not remains to be seen.
Sairaorg has advanced a lot with his lightning and wind magic. He also succeeded in integrating those two in his martial arts and create his own style that relied heavily on hitting hard at ridiculously high speeds. The main target would usually be the person's joints or major bones to render them immobile and then advancing forward with either killing them or capturing them. It was truly fierce and gave Vali a lot of trouble even after she had divided away his power. Also, through sheer luck, when he was going through the Vapula estate, his mother's family which he was going to be the heir of, he came across a huge, regal looking golden lion with a purple jewel on its forehead. He was enamored by the sight of the legendary beast. He of course understood what or who it was. It was Nemean Lion, far different from the ones he had seen. Though he could easily say there was something different about it. Coming form a family of Lion Tamer's, it was child's play to him to sense a beast's emotions and intentions. He was surprised when he felt large amounts of sorrow coming from the huge king of the jungles. He didn't know what came over him but he went up ahead and patted the large cat on its forehead and tried to comfort it.
After a few minutes, he felt the beast lick his hands. He smiled at that and was about to leave when the beast spoke up and informed him who it was. It was Regulus Nemea! A legendary sacred gear, part of the 13 Longinus line originally created by the Biblical God that takes the form of a large battle axe (A.N- Imagine Escanor's Axe, Rhitta). So, naturally he was shocked how the legendary lion managed to free itself. His questions were answered when the beast spoke up about its past, informing him of the tragedy of its last possessor. A young boy, no older than 6 years of age, mercilessly killed by a group of devils only for his sacred gear, something he didn't even know about. In his grief, he overloaded the sacred gear with his power and was able to materialize itself outside the gear. After that, it brutally massacred the attackers and has been going around the underworld, hiding from people and finding shelter in abandoned estates and caves.
Sairaorg felt both sympathy for the large lion, along with pity on being a part of the species who did this to a child. He resolved to take this to his grandfather and take care of the problem. He also offered Regulus a chance to come with him, something the big beast was skeptical about but when the Bael told him he could leave any time and even swore on his honor as a devil, he agreed but still kept his guard up.
That was two years ago and now the two are best friends and Regulus is Sairaorg's new sacred gear. How Regulus did it, is something only he would know and he wished to keep it that way. They respected that.
Our protagonist on the other hand, was in a league of his own compared to his fellow young devils. His ice magic had soared to new heights. If his opponent dared to strike him with their bare hand or body, and if his palms connected to their naked flesh, he could potentially infect their body with his ice magic, causing it to freeze their nerve impulses and nervous system, rendering them immobile for a good while. This worked fabulously against stronger opponents as it gave him a window of at least 2-3 seconds against them before their demonic energy reversed the effect of his magic and granted them the ability to move again. It could be used as a means to either kill them for good or escape safely if the situation called for it. His control over his reserves had increased even more an he could easily qualify as an Upper Ultimate-Class Devil. Through plundering both Azazel and Zekram's Library, he came across the solution for his problem of overconsumption of demonic energy for certain spells like the Absolute Cancel.
He came across a special type of energy called Curse Energy, energy used by Jujutsu Sorcerers, a group of humans that used to handle extermination of stray devils in medieval Japan and South Asia. They were pretty tough too, but one day when a stray devil by the name of Ryomen Sukuna came knocking on their doorstep, a being who specialized in utilizing curse energy, they were fucked. Over 99% of them were wiped out and their art was lost to time. Sukuna was taken care of by the Youkai Faction when he walked into their area, but the damage had already been done. How these two managed to get their hands on books on curse arts, he did not know.
While reading up on that he came across a clan who had a similar power to his 'pseudo sacred-gear', called the Gojo clan. Overconsumption and wastage of energy was a pain in their ass too. However, they had a counter to their problem. A mutation in their genes, the Six-Eyes. Only one person every 3 generations were born with this power. It negated their problem completely as it reduced wastage of energy to almost zero, however as a side effect, their eyesight was enhanced tremendously and if not hidden behind extremely dark glasses or a blindfold, it could lead to their deaths from sensory overlord and overstimulation of the brain, if they did not constantly heal their brains using reversed curse techniques and relaxed. He knew this was probably the only solution he could find. So, he did something he is not proud of.
He along with Zekram, went to modern day Tokyo and found the compound of the Gojo Clan, a now normal family that own sweet shops across Japan and stole the eyes of the last person to have these eyes, a guy named Satoru Gojo, who lived about 120 years ago. The body was fairly well preserved due to the excess curse energy still swirling inside of his body. He extracted the eyes and promised to never desecrate someone's grave unless absolutely necessary.
Later, he managed to create a ritual that took over 6 months to create and managed to devise a way to absorb the power of the Six-Eyes and changing them to suit his needs, a way for them to adapt to demonic energy. When he performed the ritual, his eyes felt like they were being stabbed with needles and knives and basically every sharp object known to devilkind. He was blind for 2 days after that. After the entire ordeal was over and he could open his eyes normally, he discovered even though he had a bandage wrapped around his eyes, he could see everything there was in a radius of 3 kms. Now he understood why they needed to shield their eyes constantly.
So far, he was able to find out a lot of things about his new ocular powers. The Six Eyes provides the user with vast perception and immense brain processing power. The Six Eyes processes the user's energy incredibly efficiently. So much so that the amount of energy lost when the user activates a technique is infinitesimally close to zero, however with demonic energy, over 2-4% of the energy is still lost. But a person with huge reserves would be almost unbeatable as they would never run out of energy. The mental prowess of the Six Eyes can turn one moment in reality into well over a minute's worth of time within the user's brain. This works well in tandem with the users enhanced sight, allowing them to analyze and calculate the positions of everything within view instantly. A person who possesses the Six Eyes can see things for several kilometers away, easily able to distinctly tell apart different figures within their vast range. However even with the use of constant healing techniques, the Six Eyes will tire out its user a bit more easily unless the eyes are covered. The Six-Eyes allow the user's eyes to function like a high-resolution camera even blindfolded. So, in the long term, the user has to cover their eyes with a blindfold, dark sunglasses, or bandage wrap among other things to reduce its drawbacks. (A.N- I don't completely understand the Six eyes but I hope this explanation is satisfactory. Its form official site.)
He was now effectively the only person with nearly limitless reserves in the devil faction.
He was waiting for the time his status would be revealed just so he could relish the face his former family would make. His parents have all but forgotten about him. He had walked on his mother asking a maid about him and how he was, but it didn't matter to him. Too late now bitch. The maid even had the gall to say 'the young master is fine and in good health', even though he hadn't even set foot in the house in 3 days.
A year ago, Zekram had arrived in front of him, Sairaorg and Vali and explained the recent situation of the underworld. The lower rank devils and reincarnated ones were being treated more and more unfairly each day by some of the more prominent clans, sowing the seeds of a future uprising and rebellion. This would be a huge problem as the chaos could give the more troubled individuals form other factions the perfect opportunity to strike. They could not let this happen. Zekram had been using his influence to monitor and control the houses that he had influence over but it proved to be a tough task as the wealthier ones like the Phenex, Glasya-Labolas and Astaroth, where he had extremely low influence could be problems. Already rumors about the sons and heir/successors of both the Astaroth and Phenex Clans were all over the Underworld. The heir to the Glasya-Labolas, Visenya, was a capable one and was keeping her family in line but her more troublesome cousins and other rowdy clan members were making it a lot difficult for her to do her job properly.
The only way to get more support for their cause in stopping a future rebellion would be to rally more lords and ladies and make them see the importance and consequences of their actions and events and how it would affect their future and the devil kind as a whole. This is where those three came in. If they were able to claim the headships of their respective houses it could tip the scales in their favor. For Vali, it was easy as she was the last loyal Lucifer and Rizevim did not have time to plunder the resources of the ancestral castle of house Lucifer, before he was forced to fled away along with the other OSF members. Thus, all she had to do was go to the castle and wear the signet ring that verified her headship over the house and she would be the new heiress to the house, she could claim lordship at age 16. Zekram had already promised to take care of legal matters and her existence would be hidden for now, until it is time for the big reveal. But her emergence will cause waves in the supernatural world. That is why they finalized the contract between Valerian and her, so that no sniveling and bootlicker lords get any ideas. Plus, her rank was naturally above the rest of the houses of the underworld.
For Sairaorg, he would have the full backing of his grandfather, as well as the Abaddon Clan. His betrothal was already made public before so they didn't have to worry about any other House seeking to gain favor. This would also bring the Abaddon Clan back into the fold. Generally extra demon houses were not very well respected as they were only seen as vassals and subordinates, nothing more. The Six Houses of Lucifer were the only ones with standing above the 72 pillars as they were vassals sworn to THE Lucifer House. The Vapula were a very well-respected clan and with Zekram's backing, he shouldn't have any problems claiming headship.
Valerian's situation made things difficult. If he tries to claim headship of the Lucifuge house, he was bound to face even more opposition than Vali, even with Zekram in his corner. Reason: his father was a Satan, his mother an Ultimate-Class Devil, his godmother, another Satan and the Gremory would actively oppose him after his actual abilities and potential was revealed. Plus, he didn't get along or gave a fuck about any of them. That is why they planned to get their evil pieces first and build up a strong peerage, before they challenged the authority of the Satans. The reason for this was simple, every problem in the underworld was solved through rating games. He would mostly have to face a champion of their choosing if worse comes to worse. Which is why they would first build up a peerage. He had already explored the Lucifuge territory. It was bigger than the Gremroy or the Bael one as one, their standing was above those two houses and two, the territory included the estates of all the six houses of Lucifer due to the Lucifuge Clan being the second in command. Plus, they were now out of the vassal ship of the Lucifer Clan due to Rizevim abandoning them after his defeat in the war.
He also wore the signet ring of the family, something that gave him another power which he was keeping a secret for now. Vali lived with him as she was not ready to go and claim headship as she did not feel worthy enough due to her still not being advanced enough with her clan power. He also had 2 new familiars now, named Balerion, a hybrid between a hydra and a dragon and a huge Dire wolf the size of Fenrir named Nymeria. These two were guardians of the estate who were found by his grandfather as babies and as such have been making sure only a Lucifuge would pass through these gates. He found out that Euclid Lucifuge, his uncle who was now a wanted high-profile criminal sometimes still visited them, just to check up on them. A gesture that made them happy. Talks about his mother on the other hand, saddened them, simply because she has never visited them after she married Sirzechs. That made him hate his mother even more for some reason. She has been here this whole time and can't come up here to check on them?
They were elated when they found out that he was going to be the new heir to the house. He was happy that they were so loyal to his house, a trait that was rare. He found a lot of books regarding ice magic in the library, something that only took his magic to new heights.
Right now, however, he was eating breakfast with Vali in the dining room of the Lucifuge Castle with both of his familiars having their food right outside the castle as well. After finishing their food and making out for some time, the two said their byes to the two beasts who guarded the castle and then teleported out of the castle to Zekram's palace where they rendezvoused with Zekram, Sairaorg and Kuisha (she and sairaorg live together), and moved over to Ajuka's Lab.
Ajuka's Lab
The moment they appeared outside with the magic circle, they were greeted to the sight of numerous machines and a plethora of other scientific equipment, along with a tall green haired man wearing olive green colored robes, tinkering with some kind of microscope. As Zekram cleared his throat, the man turned around and quickly got up to come and greet them.
"Good morning Lord Astaroth. I see you have been having a productive day," the oldest devil in the room greeted. He knew the kid from the time of war and even trained him briefly to help him have a better time controlling the immense demonic power he was born with. He did not refer to him as Beelzebub unlike the rest of the supernatural world simply out of respect for the original one. He might have taken up the position of the previous devil king but in his heart, he will never have the name.
The man just smiled and stated, "Good to see you, Lord Bael. I trust you are here to introduce me to the two young devils you wanted me to prepare a set of Evil Pieces for?" the green haired man said with a charming smile on his face.
"Ah yes, come forward both of you," Zekram called out, allowing Valerian and Vali to come forth and face the Satan. Valerian could say he was shocked even without his eyes. Their silver hair was a distinctive feature after all. "Allow me to introduce you to two the heirs of two of the most upstanding and important Pillars of Devil Society, Heir Valerian Lucifuge and Heir Valiana Lucifer, his betrothed. I'll explain their situation to you after the ceremony." And the bomb was dropped. If the man was shocked before he was absolutely flabbergasted now. "I trust this will be between us for now, Ajuka?" the man questioned, his eyes narrowed. Ajuka definitely understood that there was only one correct answer.
Nodding he motioned them to follow him where he stopped in front of a huge screen and started pushing in the buttons on a keyboard in front of him, while the group waited in silence. The silence was eventually broken by Ajuka himself.
"So Sairaorg, I trust the peerage gathering is going well? How many pieces do you have till now?"
"It is going well Lord Beelzebub. As you already know, Lady Kuisha is my Queen. I have also had luck in recruiting another lovely lady to my peerage as my Bishop. You might know her as Lady Coriana Andrealphus, she is the last living descendant of House Andrealphus and is living with House Abaddon. I will start hunting members for my peerage together with Valerian and Vali this year."
"Ah that is good. You are off to a good start I say. But may I ask a question if you don't mind?" he asked looking at Valerian. Valerian nodded at him and he continued saying, "You are Sirzechs and Grayfia's son, right? And why are you wearing a blindfold, if you don't mind answering?"
Everyone barring Valerian stiffened momentarily, knowing it was not a good idea to talk about his birth family in front of him. He wont blow up at the person who talks about them but that doesn't mean it doesn't annoy him. He spoke up saying, "Yes they are my parents unfortunately but its alright. And the reason for my blindfold is a little personal but be rest assured I can see perfectly fine and have no problems with my vision," Valerian spoke up, going back to looking at the screen. Well, that wasn't as bad as the rest of them thought it would be.
Moments later the screen beeped and two sets of Evil Pieces materialized in front of them in two beautifully crafted jet-black boxes.
"These are your Evil Pieces," Ajuka said as he walked over to the beautifully designed black boxes. Picking one up, Ajuka presented the box to Vali before continuing, "Just place your hand on the lid and channel your demonic powers into it, this will help bind the pieces to you."
Giving a small nod Vali walked up to the box and gently placed her hand on the top. Instantly the box began glowing white with streaks of black flaring up occasionally. The temperature of the room began to surge up and Vali could feel all of her demonic power as well as Albion's power being sucked up by the black hole in front of her called the evil pieces. Her power soared up to Ultimate-Class and everyone felt a pressure on their backs, pushing them down. Kuisha being the only one below Ultimate-Class in power felt the oppressive pressure the most. However, it was over soon and she could breathe easy now. Sairaorg was instantly by her side supporting and comforting her. Zekram Looked on impressed and Valerian just smiled at her. He had started showing a lot more emotions ever since she came into his life. Ajuka looked momentarily stunned before his face brightened and he started looking like Christmas had come early for him. Now he really wanted to know their story!
He walked ahead and opened the box to present it to the owner and everyone saw the steam roll out of it the moment Ajuka opened it up. When they glanced at the evil pieces, they all thought they looked exceptionally stunning. The pieces were white and blue in color with streaks of black going through them. The queen, a knight and 2 pawn pieces however were jet black with streaks of white and blue around their surface, signifying themselves as mutation pieces.
"4 Mutated pieces? Amazing! Most people only get either one or no mutation pieces. As expected of a 14-year-old Ultimate Class devil. Congratulations, heiress Lucifer," the Satan exclaimed.
Next, it was Valerian's turn. If the pressure during Vali's turn was high, it would feel breezy compared to what they were feeling now. Kuisha was on her kness in an instant while Vali and Sairaorg struggled to keep themselves from toppling down, however both were being pushed down steadily. The temperature had plummeted down drastically and every single devil in the room felt like they were standing in Cocytus. It was freezing! Even Zekram and Ajuka looked disturbed and were starting to sweat as well.
'This kid… if he is at this level now, I shudder to think where he will be in a decade or so. Just what kind of training did he go through,' Ajuka thought as he looked on at the spectacle in front of him. He of course knew about Valerian's condition at birth and hadn't heard about him much from the members of the Gremory Clan as well, whenever he visited. Heck he had never even met the kid. But he could smell something was going on. Something big. 'I need answers. And I know only one person who can give them to me.'
The pressure was gone soon and allowed everyone to breathe easy. Valerian looked towards his fellow young devils and looked at them apologetically and sheepishly. This snapped Ajuka out of his stupor and he quickly opened up the box. As soon as the cold fog that rolled out had cleared, everyone was granted the 1st view of his evil pieces and they all simultaneously thought, 'Beautiful.' The shock didn't end their however.
8 of the pieces (the King, a bishop, a knight, a rook and 4 pawns) in the container looked as if they were carved out of ice; however, they were black in color with blue streaks, just like his ice magic. The other 8 on the other hand were similar to the rest but glowed lilac as well (A.N- like how Sung Jin Woo's shadow summons glow partly purple and black), signifying them as mutation pieces.
Ajuka looked ready to faint from excitement. This kid was amazing! Ajuka was already eyeing him like an interesting specimen making Valerian feel a little disturbed.
"This is perhaps the most interesting day in my life. Never in my life did I think anyone would get multiple mutated pieces and you got 8! Plus, you are already close to Satan-Class in strength. You make your parents proud kid."
Valerian didn't bother addressing or correcting the man and just walked ahead after shaking hands with the Satan. He gave Zekram, Sairaorg and Kuisha a hug before kissing Vali and just stood there with the group. It wasn't long before they were told to leave by the older devil, while he stayed behind to speak to the Devil King.
After they walked out, Zekram spoke up, "So, I assume you have questions?" he asked as he turned only to sweat drop and groan internally looking at Ajuka who looked like a child in a candy store with stars in his eyes.
He was already dreading his decision as he saw Ajuka write down a number of questions of a page and bring out his journal as well. He knew it was going to be a long day, so he sat down on the nearest chair, waiting for the Satan to start firing questions.
Author's Notes
So yes, he has his Evil Pieces now. Next chapter will show the talk between Ajuka and Zekram, Valerian getting his first pieces and Zekram and Ajuka having a chat with Valerian's birth family.
Appearance: Valerian- Look at the cover and imagine him wearing this: r/manhwa/comments/lwydq6/character_development_of_sung_jin_woo_is_on_god/
Vali- either this: deuzlul/art/Vali-Lucifer-High-School-DxD-commission-770596405.
Or this: octopus-slime/art/Masou-Gakuen-HxH-Stitch-Aine-Chidorigafuchi-01-771313981. Take your pick.
Sairaorg and Kusiha: Canon appearance.
People tell me that the power scaling is shit and yes that is true but don't forget power scaling in the anime is shit as well. Plus, I read a comment about someone mocking me for writing that he has better reserves than Sirzechs but is still weaker. Need I remind you Naruto was still weaker than Jiraiya and Sarutobi even though he had more chakra.
I have said this before and I'll say it again. Don't like it, then don't fuckin read it. See you in the next chapter, whenever I upload it.