Welcome back everyone. This is Big Red here I will admit that Shin Megami Tensei V is a fun game. So fun that it almost made me forget to update the story while I could. Will apologize, but at least this helped so much in terms of what new research I can apply for any reoccurring demon that may make an appearance in this fiction. But back to the matter at hand, Bayo's group finally discovered the very human they needed to defeat YHVH, but not without some sacrifices like Lucifer losing most of his power to keep Hell from collapsing. Soon you'll see that the new alliance with their demon allies isn't what they seem plus an old enemy from the past whom appeared much earlier in the story returns. Now sit back and enjoy this exciting chapter.

Hades is still pushing back against the Demi-Fiend's strong hand that dared stop him from crushing his escaping prey. He is trying hard not to drop his carefree demeanor as he could tell from this dingle encounter that he could be strong as the Great Sacred Treasure or even beyond the very weapon Pit used to kill him before. It is rare for a God like Hades to actually feel pressured by a strong human, or so he thought by Demi-Fiend's appearance alone. He had a bad feeling about this boy due to his behavior in the meeting initially. Passing him off as just a moody boy was a judgement call Hades would soon regret.

"Just who are you? This power isn't something I could even feel from Pit. You can't really be human when I could harvest the souls from one much easier than this," he said nervously while still pushing his large purple hand against him.

"What part of Demi-Fiend don't you understand. You gods are all the same, or more so the demons too. All bark and not bite. I started off fairly weak, even after Lucifer gave me new life as a demon in the Vortex Realm. But as far as I've battled, survived, and even recruited powerful demons by my side, I became something that even God should fear. I am the one who will put beings like you in their place. Lucifer may didn't pursue you like your two dead friends, but I will have fun making sure the rest of you Law enforcers suffer," he exclaims in an almost psychotic excited tone.

Hades is extremely alarmed at the fact someone is not only slowing him down but letting Ashley's group get away from his wrath. He eventually remembered that he had some tricks up his sleeve that could make it so he could kill them before they leave. Several barnacle like growths would sprout from different parts of his body in places where Demi-Fiend couldn't see. He's a living weapon as proven with his final battle with Pit, with countless weapons and turrets that function as a self defense method and perfect way to kill thousands of humans for his daily dose of souls. He keeps his eye on the runaway escapees so he can gun them down with the right amount of powerful blasts if he can.

"Law? I am all about Chaos. And ruling a world where I can have all the souls at my disposal and make the Underworld a perfect paradise for an infinitely growing army is the kind of world I'd want. Say, you want a world like that? Join me and we could rule together. Normally I don't like the living thinking they can live in our land of the dead. But you would be a good fit. I could even give you everything you want. Power, money, souls, women, and even your own city. How about a deal so we can put this little spat behind us, Demmie," Hades proposed with a smile.

Being a certified trickster, Hades is all about making false promises if it means lowering the guards of his enemies and causing all the mayhem he wishes. Meanwhile, the other Hades finally recovered angrier than ever at the punch Jeanne gave him. If it's not his rage over Kratos killing him previously, it's for the thought of anyone making a mockery of the God of the Underworld in any way. Breathing heavily under his helmet and growling, he instantly entered his Blades of Hades into the ground through purple portals. This is a tactic he once used to allow his blades to travel through dimensions and pop out of any place if desired. In this case, he is using his blades to try attacking Jeanne and the others before they thought about running away.

"You all can't escape death. Your souls will be good as mine!" he roared with much ferocity.

Ash didn't like the sound of that since he could tell their enemies will be using ranged means to halt their escape. He would be the first to notice a purple glowing portal appear right before them as a signal of Hades' blades com ing for them.

"Shit, we have to get out of the way of these portals. He's trying to skewer us!" he shouts.

Ashley maneuvers her broom and Jeanne serves her bike to dodge the first blade's eruption at the right time. The dead rabbit would be right as more purple portals appeared before them to signal the onslaught of Hades Blades aiming to reap their soul.

"Shoot, we all have to keep dodging to make it out alive," the red witch said.

All three of them would turn and swerve to dodge each massive underworld blade as their rose from these various portals quickly. Red did his best to help fly his mistress safely despite his low energy from the previous fight in broom form. Some of the blades even extend longer and aimed from behind to try cutting their foes. Ash fires back with his cannons to fend off these blades while Jeanne did the same with her prized magic guns. Ashley tried to use the little strength she had to fire magic lightning from her hands to return the favor for her courageous shapeshifting imp. While still struggling with Demi-Fiend, Hades finally fired the beams from his bodily turrets at the runaway heroes despite his enemy not answering his proposal.

"Oops, looks like your friends will be dying faster than I could say, "Made you look!" How's that for not taking up a sweet deal from someone who sees you as a better asset for us than those goodie goodies?" he replied in a mix of sarcasm and plain mean spirited insult.

Demi-Fiend's response to this would be using his free hand to cast Maragion to scald Hades' massive purple hand with a powerful fire spell. The god pulls his hand back and blows it in self defense due to really feeling the heat of this strong attack.

"Ouchies, you know you aren't fair. Which is why I will cheat back!" he said before attempting to smash the human with his clawed foot.

Demi-Fiend casts Rimdora to blow back the imposing foot with the strongest wind spell from his hands, almost making Hades lose his own footing. Jeanne and the others would soon notice the fast beams flying in their direction despite enough trouble dodging the ambush of Hades Blades attacking them.

"We have a few more things to dodge. This isn't going to end well," she said.

"Not until we kick things into overdrive," Ash said with a determined glare.

The three of them would split up to dodge the many blasts that finally met the ground and evaded the popping blades at the same time as they are still miles away from their destination. Suddenly, they would notice several colorful blobs appear to get chopped by the blades or even block Hades beams from hitting them directly. Jeanne wondered what this could mean until she saw Satan flying beside her with a nonchalant smile.

"Did someone one call for the Final Puyo Puyo?" he said with his arms crossed.

"Satan! Thank Hell you came to make things easier for us," the bony rabbit prince shouts.

Ashley did a rare smile knowing that he and her demon ally are closer to escaping this place alive. Meanwhile Zeus's soul devouring brother is less than pleased that his attacks are proven too slow for the runaways that are getting too far from him. He yanks his blades back out of the portals below them with a guttering growl of rare filling his flaming helmet.

"Damn it, damn all of you. I will snatch the souls out of you fools myself!" he shouts before hurling one of his blades to reach beyond his spot to attempt killing them faster.

One of the blades flew right past the scuffling Demi-Fiend and Hades that were busy with each other. The purple soul eating trickster smirks knowing that his fellow Underworld God is doing a good job at hitting them with all they had.

"Good work, Hades #2. Use all the pent up rage from the same angry pale mortal that killed you to kill them. Once you take their souls, save some for me since I am feeling a bit famished," he said while dodging Demi-Fiend's punches.

"Instead of complimenting your gloomy cousin, focus on fighting me!" the human said before kicking at Hades for the god to block his attack.

The three heroes would be driving with Satan serving as protection for them as the massive Hades Blade is extending at them from sixty feet away. The green haired dark prince saw this and began conjuring another Puyo spell to help them.

"Hang on to your butts, because we have a soul snatching blade at twelve o' clock!" he called.

Jeanne and Ash speeds up their vehicles as fast as they could as Red tries pushing his flying speed to take Ashley to safety behind the others. The massive blade would be very close to snatching any nearby prey's soul despite Satan standing in its way.

"Take this! Instead of souls, you can snatch these Puyo!" he shouts as a massive wall of multicolored blobs apple before him.

The blade finally clashed with the wall of Puyo, pushing against them to try seeking souls and rip through it. Satan uses as much of his magic as possible to try holding it back.

"Fool! You will never be seen as one of the Legion after what you've done. In fact, your soul will make up for ever trying to stand against us!" the vengeful god of the dead beamed before hurling a second blade to help push with more force.

This secondary blade flies past the fighting Hades and Demi-Fiend that were using their stronger attacks this time. Hades ramming his massive drill against the smaller target's own Deadly Fury, a massive energy blade created with parts of his own soul. Demi-Fiend is aware that he can't abuse too much of his personal skills as they could kill him, but had to use all he had if it means stalling Hades from going after his own allies.

"What's this? Your strongest moves are slowly killing you? It is a shame that your soul will only be more scarce and less tasty, but if it means not fighting you any longer, please go ahead and waste your life on beings that you should care less about. Why do you care so much for a few irrelevant witches, pathetic bunny prince, and treacherous lord of evil when you just met them?" he said in a taunting manner.

Demi-Fiend still pushes his energy blade as hard as possible against the massive drill his larger opponent pushed against him further.

"Because I am the natural enemy of God and will stop him from making a world where there is no autonomy and everyone kisses his ass for the rest of their lives. Ironic how someone with an army of demons wants this kind of world and is more than willing to be YHVH's pawn. They came to me to stop him and I have enough reasons to consider joining their side. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" he cried with all his might.

He soon knocks away the large drill and sliced at the chest of Hades furiously. The deepness of the blade also resulted in an explosion that bisects the purple god's body immediately to the latter's shock.

"Oh poo, now I will have to regenerate. You have no idea how much energy it takes even though I'm immortal," Hades complains.

It wasn't until Medusa appears directly behind Demi-Fiend without warning and swipes her reptilian claw on his back. This caused him to scream as his blood flew skyward from the force of the attack.

"Damn it…"

Medusa then strikes him towards the ground with her snake staff to send him towards the ground. She is angrier than ever, with her face now fully transformed into her monster state with a terrifying single red eye and massive fanged mouth that puts her own snake-hair fangs to shame.

"You had humiliated me for the last time and almost killed my own colleague. I ought to turn you to stone and crush you. But I feel it is much better to make you suffer slowly and painfully to make you regret existing," the gorgon-esque Underworld goddess beamed.

She raised a massive black clawed foot from under her flowing dress to attempt stomping the fallen Demi-Fiend while he's weak. Demi-Fiend looks up just to see the massive foot slowly drop towards him from above. He quickly casts Rakukaja on himself to soften the blow, still being crushed underfoot the vengeful goddess's wrath. Medusa hisses in satisfaction that she feels him being crushed in a way that he's feeling enough pain. But knowing that it would take more to kill him, she raises it once more to prepare stomping again. As she's still rapidly stomping her weakened foe, Hades would start exerting his strength to regenerate the other part of him that no longer wats to walk. This would include his right arm, legs, lower body, masculine frame, right chest, and the rest of his cape. Unlike the last time, his regeneration is a near-perfect replica instead of a reddish failed replication thanks to his training after his revival. The first thing he did would be flexing his arm and shuffling his legs to see if they can work fine enough. Medusa laughs sadistically after each stomp with a wide evil smile to match her same piercing stare now that she's getting enough delight from the pain inflicted on her victim.

"What's the matter? Feeling lower than that pathetic angel who defeated me? Take your punishment and absorb all that delicious pain. You are no slayer of gods but a mere child. A worm who didn't fully develop after years of being inactive. Get up! You are nothing like the countless Centurions I've slaughtered and turned to stone. This is only a warm up for my plans of finally severing the wings of Pit and ripping out Palutena's heart once I see her again. If they thought I was going to be their friend since my failed attempt at revenge on my true master, then think again!" she screams in between each fast stomp.

On the other end of the battle, the second blade finally collides with Satan's Puyo wall and pushed hard enough to force him to use more of his magic. He definitely promised that everyone would leave Hell alive and did everything he can to hold the two Hades Blades back from trying to break his defenses.

"This is nothing. I eat inferior Puyo players for breakfast. You will have to try harder than that to defeat the glorious Satan!" the arrogant dark prince called.

However, he would realize that he is growing weaker and losing to the stronger forces of the Underworld God's own tenacity to reap souls by the seconds. In fact, some of the Puyos themselves would begin panicking that they will be soon destroyed by force thanks to the god's superior strength regardless of any chains happening. Sweat rolled down the face of the green haired adversary that does everything he can to not give up protecting his allies at all costs. Jeanne and the others could almost see that they were finally getting closer to Bayonetta and Lucifer's location with the Hell Hall's wreckage finally appearing in their distant view. Ash is already looking around to make sure no more obstacles are even attempting to attack his allies. Even Jeanne scans what is in her side views to double check as did Ashley with her small hands.

"Miss Ashley, I can't fly any longer. I'm getting tired and need rest," Red said in his broom form.

"Relax Red, we are almost out of here. Just you wait, you will rest as long as you want after you risked everything to keep me safe," the young witch said.

Suddenly, a flash of black lightning almost struct a spot between them, causing the heroes to split up briefly. Ash already gotten his cannons and guns ready for whoever was responsible for this.

"I know you are following us. Show yourself so I can kick your ass!" the undead prince called.

Soon more flashes of black lightning would be appearing all around them as they continue evading them as fast as they could. Jeanne knows she is unable to use Witch Time as long as she's riding a vehicle and not fighting on foot, driving at full speed with all she's got.

"Hang on everyone, just get ready to attack whenever is trying to shock us to death," she said.

"This is certainly the work of a dark lord. But the real question is who," Ashley replied.

Soon, the dark lord that Luminary once fought is already flying his way behind them at full speed. Mordegon chuckles knowing too well that the ball is in court as long as they are too busy running instead of choosing to fight back in their current state.

"You fools can run, but you all can't hide. I am only going easy on all of you with my Zammle spell since one shock is all I need to slow you all down to have a swift death by my hands," the demonic sorcerer said.

"Damn, of course we have a crazy wizard on our tail," the white haired witch uttered.

Ash instantly fires his guns at Mordegon, who would flick the bullets away flawlessly with his staff and begin casting his infamous spell once more.

"Speed up everyone, he's going to send that black lightning upon us again!" the skeletal rabbit said.

He already started gathering enough dark magic within his hands to prepare the dreaded move once more on his fleeing targets. Jeanne already steps on It to drive even faster than usual if it means trying to outpace the deadly lightning that's about to come. Ashley is already in a tight spot herself trying to motivate Red to fly as fast as he can despite her loyal imp slowly losing his will to fight or fly any further than he already had. Mordegon laughs at the desperation his frightened targets are showing before he makes his fellow allies proud by fatally shocking the escaping heroes. It wasn't until a familiar green demon makes his grand entrance by ramming his thick head against the wizard to send him flying.

"Hell Thrust!" Mara shouts.

This eventually sent the wizard rolling away a great distance after the attack due to the strength behind this famous pierce skill. Ash chuckles as he would never thought a phallus of all things would save his hide at all, Jeanne smiling that she finally can make it to Bayonetta safely.

"Thanks, dick. We can make it from here," the undead prince called to his savior.

Mara finally raised his head to get a better look at the damage he done to his faraway opponent. Mordegon is already kneeling from his attempts to stand, coughing up copious amounts of blood even since any pierce move can penetrate the enemy's defenses and make the damage twice as painful with critical hits. He gasps as he never been hurt this much by a stronger opponent when he is letting his own prey get away.

"Damn, you. Away with you, you are getting in the way of our plans. I do not care how much stronger you are compared to me. We can crush you all in bigger numbers," the wizard shouts.

The Dark Lord, Demon Lord Arzodius, and Dark Emperor appears behind him as a form of back up in case something were to get in the way of his kill. The bird-like demon being snarls while emitting a special magical dust all around Mara. This is something he often use to change the status effects of any opponent, in this case lowering Mara's impressive defense to make him more frail for less superior foes to damage.

"You imbeciles, trying to shrink my girth physique are you? I don't care since I still have the strength to make you all climax to death!" he beams.

The infamous demon king from Monster Manor finally engaged Mara by rapidly punching him with powerful skeletal fists to bruise him. With lower defenses means that Mara is in a state that the pain is actually a problem to his body. He yells in pain as he's very sensitive when struck on his neck or even his lower body. Having bony fists also means that the blades on his golden chariot would hardly be enough to harm Arzodius's spectral limbs. Even the fists were starting to bruise his beloved golden ride the more he punched him.

"Damn it, get off of me you insect! No one dares beat me into submission like I'm limp!" Mara beams.

Girimehkala jumps in the way of the demon king's assault, reflecting the power of his fists back at the him in full force. The elephant demon's special ability is that nothing physical without any pierce can harm him and these attacks are reflected back at them with twice the damage. The spectral demon king backs off with his body in enough pain from the applied force that was reflected at him.

"I'll defend you, Master Mara. My sword of plague should be enough to give them the worst disease," Girimehkala cried.

Mara gasps as he tries to recover from the severe damage done to his beloved curved body and dented golden chariot.

"Looks like someone needs to put you to sleep," the Dark Lord said while chatting a dark spell within his hands.

Girimehkala raises his sword to charge one of his deadlier attacks to counter this move.

"Over my rotund body, Blight!" he shouts before launching a sheet of poison smog from his blade.

"Nightmare!" Dark Lord called upon launching his dream spell at him.

The two spells finally combined into a billow of dream magic and poison smog that piles up into the air as a result. This would give Girimehkala a chance to take his master and run with him while both sides were fully distracted.

"Thank you, my steed. You saved me from those fools that made my magnificent figure weaker than before. Just what are they?" the sore green demon said.

The Dark Emperor however didn't like being slowed down and lets out a powerful roar to blow away the walls of purple clouds that blocked his view. Little do they now is that their enemies were now outrunning them by a large margin and it is outside of his range to use another magic dust attack. Arzodius however wouldn't let this be the end of their conflict, instantly summoning a large black portal before his skeletal hands. This is the Dark Destruction, a highly powerful demon spell that he often use as a way to finish off any intruders in Monster Manor. With his eyes set on obliterating the runaway demons, he will not let his status of being a demon king be all for nothing. Then the massive hellish beam of purple energy fires from the portal at a fast speed to aim for Mara and Girimehkala in the distance. The elephant demon had no time to turn back but knew he had to run as fast as he could it if it means defending himself and his own master from this deadly attack.

"Let me be of assistance. The Fiends and I can hold down the fort while all of you escape," a seductive feminine voice said.

A massive red multi headed beast would jump right in the way of the attack, Mother Harlot on top to command her loyal servant to defend a fellow demon.

"Now my lovely beast, use your Beast Roar to destroy that insolent attack," the skeletal faced harlot said.

"As you wish, mistress. These fools shall plunge into a deeper part of hell from our attack," one of the beast's heads replied.

The other heads would soon comply by inhaling enough air for their next devastating attack. The Dark Emperor snarls that more unneeded demons had to get involved in their pursuit. Soon, a massive roar is emit from the many headed beast that destroys even Arzodius's devastating attack with enough powerful almighty energy with devastating results. Girimehkala sighs knowing well he and his master lived for another day as he feels the forces blowing against his fatty back. Mara however would be surprised that the Fiends for once save a live instead of wanting to end lives like they used to. Soon, the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse would arrive just in time to help assist their fellow Fiend at all costs. Atop their unique deadly horses, they all rode the air to seek the desired targets that they want to attack. Pale Rider unleashed a powerful Pandemic Bomb upon the already weakened Mordegon to put him out of commission with one of the deadlier illnesses in one attack.

"Damn…I am feeling so cold and weak. This is the true power of the Horsemen," he said as he aggressively coughs up blood.

"And this is only one of my milder abilities. Take your time to think about your actions as you suffer a terrible illness with few known cures," the pale reaper said in a foreboding tone.

Red Rider unleashed a series of powerful smoke attacks upon the Dark Lord, the Purple Smoke. This specific plague would make him feel more panicked and even afraid as a result of this deadly reaper's power. His will to fight is even dead when his hands are too shaky and hesitant to even cast a spell to retaliate against the red horse riding reaper.

"I don't want to die. I don't want to die. Please don't take my soul. I promise to leave everyone here alone if you just spare me…" he cried with mortal dread.

"If you want to be spared, I suggest you leave this place. Your allies crossed a fine line by weakening our lord Lucifer. The next time we meet, we will not hold back on killing all that oppose him," the red reaper replied.

The Black Rider succeeds in reaping The Dark Emperor with Soul Divide, which severely weakened the powerful demon into a much weaker state in one swipe. The beast is breathing heavily from the attack, wishing to cast his special magic dust to weaken his opponent just to realize something is different. His infamous ability can't work anymore, thanks to the Mute status that comes with Soul Divide on any victim.

"Your days of harming demonkind are over. Enjoy not being able to weaken anyone and stay on the weakest side. Consider yourself lucky that I won't kill you," the Black Rider replied before doing an evil chuckle.

The White Rider then chooses his most "merciful move" on Arzodius when he reached his skeletal hand for his flying multi eyed horse. He begins raising his famed scythe and start instantly draining parts of the demon king's soul inside of it. Overtime, he would grow weaker and even slowly lose his strength he have to even reach his floating limbs for the flying target. Even he begins to feel too low magic levels to use Mirror Magic or Dark Destruction anymore.

"So you figured it out? Consider yourself lucky I won't kill you with God's Bow. I figured making you powerless and useless to your treacherous allies is fitting enough judgement," the white reaper as while his steed blinks his multiple eyes.

Mother Harlot chuckles at the great job her fellow Fiends had done, continuing to sip her fine red wine from her golden goblet. Satan however is already losing most of his magic trying to hold back the Blades of Hades overpowering his own Puyo shield. His arms were growing more and more tired to even hold everything together as he looks back to see if everyone managed to get away. All he could see are the Fiends making shortwork of four villains that could had attacked Jeanne's group, sighing in relief that his work here was done.

"Well, this is it. Only time will tell if I will live having my soul taken. Arle, consider yourself lucky that you will never hear from me again. Ulala, my dear, you deserve someone much better than me. This is truly the end of the Dark Prince Satan," he said mournfully.

The blades were already tearing through the Puyo slowly and slowly as the other rows of them were beginning to fail staying stable. The remaining Puyos panicked as they could sense they'll be popped by force eventually from the deadly attack. Heavy hoof steps would be heard walking in the direction of demon Puyo sorcerer from a nearby distance. The beast is somewhat familiar to Satan but in a way he isn't familiar with at the same time. The nostrils of this creature are actually part of a blue secondary skull-like face that snorts out of the nasal bone instead. He is a threatening beast that was one of the earlier threats to Flynn's group in another universe.

"Minotaur….is that you? What are you doing so far away from Rulue?" the struggling Satan asks.

"Stand aside, let me fend off this fool with my Labyrs Strike," the hulking bull-headed beast said.

Satan is completely unsure on what the beast means, but still felt little need to stop using his magic at the risk of having a third party hurt. The Minotaur eventually grabs the winged sorcerer by force and hurls him away with all his might without any second thoughts.

"Why did you do that? Your soul is about to be ripped!" Satan screams as he flies further and further away from the scene.

The Puyos would soon all pop abruptly at once now that there's no magic holding them any further, leaving the deadly Hades Blades to fly towards the towering man-beast himself. The bull demon without question soon turns around and strikes with tremendous force using his fists as he roars. This attack soon sends the blades flying backwards at high speeds immediately. Minotaur smirks with his skeletal secondary face knowing well that his work here was done. The scene returns to Medusa and Hades laughing over the bloodied and weak body of Demi-Fiend that lies below their titanic figures. It appears Hades joined in on the fun of beating his semi-human prey up while feeling left out on Medusa's onslaught. Demi-Fiend is still down after not being given a chance of fighting back, laughing up enough blood from his mouth.

"D…damn you…fighting dirty instead of being…fair," he uttered under his breath.

Soon, a large hand would begin lifting him into the air in his pitiful state for a familiar sadistic smile to meet him.

"Awwww, why the long face? You know this is what happens when you mess with the Underworld Army. Not even I needed an Orne to really finish you off. You are a bigger Pitty than Pitty Pat himself. It is quite the shame that I couldn't do this to him first," the underworld god teased as he held Demi-Fiend's battered body.

"And you are the so called Slayer of God? Then why didn't you get back up and fight seriously? Oh right, I clipped your very wings and chance at victory. It really is fun to torture someone this pathetic than crushing their petrified bodies," Medusa said while sporting her same one-eyed monstrous face.

Demi-Fiend couldn't answer their question as he tries his best to withstand the amount of pain he's in. But one thing he did notice would be the two massive Hades Blades flying back in their direction. He had little time to think of a way to escape but had a plan if it means escaping their very hands. First thing he would notice is that Medusa's toga is showing an awful amount of skin, something he barely noticed during their few encounters. The amount of bare skin around her pale side breast further gave him the idea he needs on distracting them. He chuckles loudly in self amusement to try saving face, which would confuse both Underworld Gods on his sudden change of behavior.

"What is very funny? The fact that your insignificant soul will be nourishing our bodies shouldn't be a joke to you!" the gorgon goddess beamed.

"If I were you, I would watch the fact that your own dress is undone. You wouldn't want anyone looking at your exposed bosom, wouldn't you?" Demi-Fiend said.

Medusa soon changes her face back to normal in shock and began looking at her own gown to double check what he said. Hades would have a double take just to see if his smaller prey was really telling the truth.

"Are you sure that you aren't making anything up, you little speck? I know Medusa dear wouldn't ever think about exposing herself as much as the pre-era Syrenes," the suspicious god said.

Demi-Fiend quickly casts Zan while he wasn't looking to the strap that's on Medusa's shoulder, tearing the very purple fabric in an instant. Medusa would eventually look down to see the loose fabric finally falling down to reveal her exposed chest in plain view. Hades caught glimpse of this, turning red in bashful shock and sheer shock that Demi-Fiend was right after all. The gorgon goddess quickly covers herself in sheer anger while her snake hairs hissed violently in clear self defense.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Mind your own leering eyes, you dreadful freak!" she snarled.

Before he could defend himself, he caught glimpse of the flying blades that were heading his way with even more shock. "That fool is about to accidentally take our own souls!" he said.

Medusa would turn just to see what he were talking about, losing her former composure. The blades finally met the two Underworld goddess abruptly to begin pulling at the masses of souls within their bodies by force. Demi-Fiend finally came loose from Hades' own fingers while chuckling to himself in amusement.

"I hate to break it to you all, but I have somewhere to go. Traport!" He called.

He soon disappeared from their sites as their souls were still being yanked by the two massive blades of the Zeus's belligerent brother. Hades and Medusa yells loudly as they could feel their forms getting weaker and lose their shape because of what their own careless ally is doing.

"You fool, you let the human get away. Unhand us or we will be nothing but clouds of the souls we've devoured!" the latter shouts.

"Unless you want us to regret our alliance with your buddies from the Sony side of things, take your blades out of us and leave our beloved souls be!" Hades demanded.

This sight from the distance left the torture loving underworld god disappointed that this is happening and wondering how his own blades he threw gotten in this position.

"My deepest apologies. But if I will remove these blades you will have to use your own strength to pull your souls back. The Chains of Hades work this way as the perfect execution tool. Simply removing them myself will only accelerate your deaths," he explains.

Deep down, he is eternally pissed about how his prey escaped his blades and almost jeopardized the good will he had with his Legion of Subspace allies. Hades had little trouble pulling back with all his might as he is the superior one to his subordinate and pawn Medusa, who is still having trouble along with the embarrassment of her toga being loosed by Demi-Fiend earlier.

"When I get my souls back in place, I'll send my own head after them to make sure they pay. He'll terribly regret this," she said as her face begins scaling up in preparation.

"I will see it when I believe it, you disappointing me again is expected. Never forget who brought you back from the dead despite your initial disobedience that helped Pitty Pat defeat me. Consider this your last chance of redeeming yourself or I will rip every single soul from your body by force," Hades said in a mix of playfulness and scorn.

Jeanne's gang were almost about to make it to everyone else within the wreckage of the Hell Hall in sweet victory. They could tell that they were close just by seeing Queen Sheba's head in plain view. Jeanne knowingly smiles now that she can prove her black wearing ally that she was going to make it back in one piece without her.

"There we are boys and girl, we are almost there. I hope your little demon friend can hang on despite his fatigue, Ashley," she said.

The little witch could tell by the flying broom's heavy breathing that Red pushed more than his usual limit and needs time to truly rest. She let out a mournful sigh, feeling it could be her fault that she made the decision to fight alone and didn't think about the consequences of Red's power being used too much. Ash however would still have his cannons and guns ready as he had a feeling that they may have more enemies along the way. He also wonders if Satan would make it here back in time while he's too busy holding back the Hades Blades that would had killed them. Then everyone would feel themselves being abruptly flung into the air by force. Jeanne nearly falls off of her bike, Ashley and Red finally operated from the force, and Ash barely hangs on to the middle of his Death Wheel from the shock. He looks down below to notice that the ground they used to be on was slightly elevated as if an earthquake had hit them.

"Guys, I think we have ourselves some company. I doubt earthquakes were ever possible in Hell, I could tell," he said in caution.

Ashley could know exactly who the cause of this is, knowing this is the work of a fellow Assist.

"Devil. He's just toying with us while we have the upper hand. The best we can do is get back on our vehicles and ignore him," the little witch said.

It wouldn't be until hordes of pink cyclopean demons and two legged blue demons with single horns would be raining from the sky at the heroes. Ash would be the first to start firing away with his bullets while he can in frustration.

"Go ahead, send us all the small fry while you can. Because you are too cowardly to fight us yourself!" he shouts while pulling both triggers.

Ashley used what little magic she could to shoot lightning from her hands at the few demonic minions that came her way. Red is already struggling to shake off the few demons that were pulling at his straws or even bucking him like he is a free flying broom ride.

"Mistress Ashley, help!" he called.

Jeanne did a few After Burner Kicks and Stilletos to the few demon minions that tried to dogpile her while her motorcycle continue to plummet faster toward the ground.

"They are too numerous, whoever is doing this sure loves to annoy," she complained.

One thing Ashley noticed is that the pink demons would be reduced to floating fried eggs that would fly away in fright. These were Medamen, fried egg demons created by Devil that while immortal can become a living edible egg when fried by high temperature attacks. The blue demons were Co-Devils, they are considered the closest minions of Devil being his personal favorites for their similarities to him. Ash would have the idea of using his flamethrower cannons on the demons just to see the strange end result of the median in their hardboiled glory. Their fried egg eyes would soon float away while they could with few being snatched by Ashley to devour easily.

"This is getting very weird. And I thought the happy flower demons in that disgusting part of Hell were bad," the unamused dead rabbit said.

Jeanne fires enough bullets in the eyes of these demons to kill them, but noticed something strange. Some of them were willingly coming back to life within minutes due to their immortality.

"Damn it, I never met a demon that simply can't die permanently when killed," she said in surprise.

"Impressed with my minions of Hell? Welcome to your doom, as I have special plans to keep you all from leaving," a familiar voice said.

A strange blue, demon faced bat fluttered its way in front of the heroes' strange struggle, eventually shifting into the familiar form that he is known for.

"I knew it was you once I felt the ground suddenly change. Still annoying as ever," Ashley said in scorn.

Red became his normal form to eat as many fried egg eyes as he could to regain his own strength. Jeanne shoots at the blue Devil before him, which he deflects using his pointing powers quickly and with ease. Jeanne is unsure of how he did that, but continues to use a Wicked Weave to try punching him. He points his fingers into the air to cause Madama Styx's fist to abruptly punch downwards and away from him easily.

"You really are the annoying demon bastard, aren't you?" she replies in disgust.

Ashley casts a lightning bolt from her hands that would be deflected rot the left when Devil points right.

"How annoying indeed. If Red were at full power, I can use my wand again," she said with frustration.

Ash blew a stream of fire at Devil with his flamethrowers, testing to see if he can hold his point for a long while. The fat blue Devil furiously points upwards to move the flames downwards as long as he could with little signs of tiring Noticing how he can only point to control certain things at a time gave the other heroes a good idea. Ashley soon hopped across a few Medamen and Co-Devils to get a closer position to attack his exposed head from above. Ash's persistent self would continue trying to tire him out with his flames with zero knowledge of Ashley's own plan.

"Give up, I can make anything move the opposite way as long as I point. I can never get tired thanks to Nick giving me the wish I've wanted," he boasts.

Ashley charges enough lightning magic in the palms of her hands to prepare her next spell while he's distracted. Jeanne saw what she is planning on doing and pretends to not care as the demon minions still went for her. Ash kept his eye on Ashley just to wonder what is it she's planning on doing at all despite wanting to burn his annoying target. The little witch soon fires her lightning magic directly at Devil's head to continuously shock him before the flames resumed their normal position to start burning him. This caused all of his demon minions to stop attacking the heroes and start tending to their master if it means saving him. The Co-Devils all huddled around the flames of the flamethrower to act as living shields for him, many Medamen would soon be flying off as fried egg eyes due to the intensity of the heat. Jeanne had just the idea for these pests and their annoying leader now that they were all in one spot. She instantly activates her Umbran Climax, a powerful state in which the full upper body of her contracted demon Madama Styx appears in her brutal glory to deal the pain for her. The white moth-esque female demon crackles her knuckles knowing she can get revenge for her own hand being redirected. Ash gives a thumbs up as he still keeps Devil and his minions busy with intense flames.

"Ready to send these boys flying?" Jeanne asks her loyal demoness.

Madama Styx nods and gets ready to deal the pain on all of them.

"That hurt so much! You fools will pay for that. My minions are the perfect defense since they are not only expendable but unkillable by any normal means," the charred but overconfident demon brags.

But one swing from her would send half of his immortal minions flying across the red horizon immediately. Madama Styx swung another arm to smack away the rest of his minions swiftly. Jeanne smirks now that their leader is the only one standing and alone. Devil prepares to point once more, before being shocked again by Ashley from above to immobilize him once more.

"Now Red, fly me away! This will be a rough one," she ordered.

Red instantly flies below her as a broom before carrying her to a safer spot to give the moth demon queen enough room for this last punch. Electrified and confused, poor devil wouldn't see the incoming massive fist that would eventually meet him. The punch finally connects and sends the blue Devil flying towards Queen Sheba, who was waiting for him to come her way.

"How about you return to your fellow rogues in the ends of Hell? Disappear!" She said before punching him the same way she did Jubileus's soul in the past.

Devil flies back in the direction of Jeanne's group and zooms past them while screaming in pain from two strong demon punches.

"Curse you, fools! I'll be back to make sure your luck don't point any higher than it is!" he yell for once last time as he disappears.

During his flight course, he would notice Satan fly past him at a similar speed due to Minotaur tossing him this far. Satan is already screaming with tears from his eyes in fright that he may just crash into something. Meanwhile, Jeanne and Ash would realize that they were finally falling back towards the elevated ground that Devil caused since they can't fly unlike Ashley. Madama Styx eventually disappears back into her portals since the Umbran Climax had already ran out from the time limit and not enough magic left in Jeanne's arsenal.

"Great, now we are about to fall to our own deaths. I doubt there is enough room on Red's tiny broom body to carry us away," the red witch called.

"Noooooo, you think? We are absolutely # $+ed at this rate. Good bye cruel Hell, and we failed in making it out of here alive," the dead rabbit complains.

It wasn't until they could see a familiar green haired ally flying in their direction from behind in an unexpected fashion.

"Look out everyone, I am going to collide into you faster than a falling Puyo stack!" He screamed. Jeanne and Ash dropped their jaws at the sight as Ashley is left wondering what she could do to stop them all.

"Red, you think you have enough energy for me to cast a floating spell?" the little witch asks.

"Yes, I'm actually feeling a little better thanks to those delicious demon egg eyes that I've devoured," the talking broom said.

Before either side could think, all of them would be clutched by a pair of massive red hands that appeared out of nowhere. It would soon be revealed that this is the work of the other Devil, who is now in his titanic form that Cuphead faced in their final showdown near the deepest parts of Hell. Satan, Jeanne, Ashley, Red in his broom form, and Ash all struggled to try escaping the grip of these massive hands. It didn't help that the added motorcycle and Death Wheel is crushing everyone with additional unneeded force and weight. The sharp blades hardly bothered Devil as this is his strongest form and only his face is the softest part of this titanic body.

"Hahahahahaha, looks like we have a couple of escapees thinking they can make a fool of us. Don't think you can skedaddle out of this one, chumps. We are only getting started with this Hell of a party," he said in his massively haunting demonic voice.

Everyone would soon notice clouds of cigar smoke flying in their faces since he is clearly smoking to reduce the stress he had this day. Many of them would be coughing and close to suffocating from the thick billows of charred tobacco that clouded their eyes. Ashley's taking it the worst due to her young age and already being exhausted from her last fight with his group.

"Next time…please don't smoke in my face," she said while coughing.

"How about you let us go, you satanic gamble-happy bastard? We have no time to sit here and swallow your deadly lung cancer clouds," Ash shouts.

"My bones, they will break at this rate. And I am already on a low amount of magic to keep on going. Cereza and Queen Sheba are just there too," Jeanne says as she struggled in her tight spot.

"Easy for you to say. That dumb Minotaur threw me away while I was holding those soul taking blades, only for me to be in the clutches of this chain smoking devil. What a day," Satan said while muffled from Jeanne's bosom.

Jeanne did not know how to feel about his position near here, but are thankful as Bayonetta's larger bosom would likely suffocate him faster. Red is in too tight of a space to shift back to his usual form and fears he could snap in half while stuck in broom form. The Devil shapes his pupils into images of the four heroes finally dying in his grab as Red is broken by his own hands.

"Good, struggle if you'd like. Your chances of escaping are as much as your souls not being enslaved on my contract. Like my main right-hand King Dice would say, I don't ever play nice and no one should ever mess with me!" he said with his large wicked, cigar-chomping grin.

Queen Sheba appears directly behind him and pokes his back with a single dark finger. He turns around in annoyance just to be be greeted by her ominous face and a fist bulled back to strike him.

"How about I mess with your face?" she said before finally striking him in his jaw.

The punch is strong enough to shatter some of his sharp teeth, cause his eyes to become large black X's, spit out his beloved cigar, and cause him to lose the grip on his hands. Jeanne, Ashley, Red, Ash, and Satan soon fleeted quickly toward the ground. It wasn't until Demi-Fiend appears in between them just in time with his speed.

"Everyone, I want you all to huddle together, we will Traport one last time to where Lucifer and Bayonetta are before we all escape Hell together," he orders.

Jeanne without hesitation grabs her bike with one hand and Satan with the other before squeezing them tightly. Ashley jumps back on Red's broom form and flew closer to the witch while she could. Ash already gets inside of his Death Wheel and used his strength to pull it closer to the gang without the blades accidentally slicing them.

"Good, because I had just about enough of this place already. Let's get the hell out of here," the rabbit prince complains.

The Devil looks below angrier than ever before he could reach his hand down to snatch them.

"Don't forget that I am your opponent," Queen Sheba said before stomping hard on his barefoot.

The Devil's eyes soon swollen to massive proportions as he tries his best to hold in his scream or poisonous tears from feeling that pain. Queen Sheba then punches him in the stomach in an attempt to make him surrender and finally scream. His yell echoes throughout all of Hell as loudly as possible, even to his own defeated and recovering allies that were much further away from his location. Dark Lord was already using healing spells on himself and his allies after the Fiends were holding them off. The blue Devil is narrowly escaping an angry Minotaur that just wanted to beat the daylights out of him for bumping into him. Hades successfully helped stitch Medusa's toga back together, still thinking about a way to get revenge on them. Loki and Firebrand already helped Astaroth back to his feet, with the latter being angrier than before about his defeat.

"We need to all hurry and stop them before they leave. If we all fail, then we will have to face Eggman's wrath," he said.

The other Hades angrily stomps at the thought that his prey were on their way to finally escaping their inevitable deaths, or having their souls as a part of Tartarus's collection at all.

"This is not going as planned. We need to use our heads to stop them all before it's too late!" he roared.

Demi-Fiend and the gang finally dropped near Bayonetta and Lucifer all in a pile of jumbled fallen fighters.

"Nice landing, now could you at least think about the fact you would had awakened this little one during his sleep," the black witch sarcastically.

"Cereza, try being chased by a bunch of demonic villains that want your soul. But at least you knew what happened to mines the last time," Jeanne barked.

She looked up to see The Devil and Queen Sheba brawling it out while they can as an angry Yoko Teriyaki is stomping her way to join the fight.

"Keep your hands off of our ally, demon. This idol has enough hands to throw down on that unfashionably hairy face of yours," she beamed before swinging at Sheba.

The nimble demon queen managed to blocked her hand just in time while Devil made this opportunity to attempt clawing at her. She instantly kicks him in his stomach to stagger him and put an end to his dirty trick.

"Listen up, I will use Traesto to get us all out of here, but since I haven't really came to any place other than Japan, one of you will have to be the ones to take me to your ship. Is that alright with you?" Demi-Fiend asks.

"That is fine with me, darling. But I will warn you that the land of the sun isn't the same as you knew. Spoiler alert, the Legion turned it into a lawless land full of chaos and crazed criminals. You will have to start your soul searching there for the people that deserve it," Bayonetta said as she cradles the sleeping Lucifer.

"I don't mind taking a rest after all the craziness. We can still contact the others while we are there and see where they're heading before Bayonetta give us a short cut," Ash said.

Lucifuge walked his way to where the clumsy pile of heroes were with his gavel in hand and his usual stern look.

"It's been decided on who will come with to help our master reach his full glory once more. Everyone else will stay and fend off these traitors while they can. We are ready when you are, Demi-Fiend," he said.

Among these demons that agreed to come with would be Astaroth, Loki, Mara, Girimehkala, Beelzebub, Surt, Belial, Mithras, Chi You, Abaddon, and Tzitzimitl. The remaining Tyrants would be to busy having their eyes on the incoming intruders that would be Firebrand, the Demon World's Astaroth and Lucifer, Hel, Calypso, the towering Hades, and Medusa's decapitated true form's head to surround the heroes. King Frost would politely gesture the young Jack Frost to return to Demi-Fiend while he handles everything here.

"Stand back, ho. I will make sure-hee these foes don't get to the living world and kick some Law butt!" the king of Frosts said.

Jack hesitates to leave, as the safety of his king truly concerns him over his own mission. Mephitso casts Fear Darkness on Hel to slow her down with a massive darkness blast before jumping her with his sword ready for a beat down. Shemyaza casts True Ziodyne on the flaming Lucifer to shock him temporarily, then evade the larger demon's quick laser and hellfire attacks directed art him. Morax takes the powerful swooping attack of Firebrand, soon knocking him away at full force with a powerful Counter. The belligerent red gargoyle was far from finished with the bison demon, which he fires a massive stream of hellfire at him in return. Balor dodged a few of Astaroth's eye lasers and fireballs from his secondary mouth with excellent grace. Then the evil eye king would leap into the air to execute his Megaton Press to slam onto the demon king with his tremendous force and weight. Horkos unleashed a Critical Wave upon Calypso in an attempt to one-shot him, unknowingly awakening the more aggressive side of the Twisted Metal host who eventually towers above him at a larger size.

"What's wrong little porker, afraid that I would turn you into yellow barbecue bacon?" the gigantic host said before laughing in a deeper voice.

Medusa flies around the skies with Azazel in a heated battle of ranged attacks, giant gorgon head firing her deadly eye beams with the red Tyrant's own Grand Tack shots.

"Impressive, I will be the one to to show you why I am a great commander for Lord Lucifer," the pure cloaked demon said.

"The Underworld Army shall not prevail. I will wipe that smile off your face, even if it kills me!" Medusa snarls.

This left Hades focusing his attention on the very group that was planning to make their great escape. His white eyes stared down the cautious group as he knew too well that some of the Tyrants were willing to attack first if he gotten any closer. Bayonetta glares him down as she held Lucifer tighter than before if it means protecting him.

"How sweet, the whole gang is here to be crushed by me. Oh you shouldn't have. Especially you, half demon trump card that's not going to defeat our key to a better universe. I'll make sure that none of you all get out unscathed if it pleases Ganon Cannon and Robotnik," he said in sadistic glee.

Ash cocks his guns beside a white haired Ashley that's already using her full powered wand. Jeanne made sure to suck the right lollipops if it meant replenishing her magic for her allies. Jack Frost gets into position to defend Demi-Fiend the best way he can if it means staying to fight. It wouldn't be until a large purple demon appears, slashing at Hades' chest with a powerful swing. Hades hardly feels any pain, but this one is different since it is from a Tyrant on the same level as everyone else. Demi-Fiend couldn't recognize this particular demon, but some of the other Tyrants like Lucifuge and Mara knew damn well who it is.

"Look who decided to change back to his days of being one of us, Arioch," the green phallic demon said.

"I would tussle with you like old times, but leave this to me. Lucifer's human lapdog needs to take everyone out of here and give our master the souls he need to be whole again," the yonic demon replied.

"No, I will make sure they pay before they think about escaping. With Lucifer weak and no longer a threat, you all are just pests who are in the way of our goals," Hades shouts before charging his drilling inside of Arioch's secondary mouth.

The mouth's various teeth clutch on the drill to stop its spinning as Artioh's readies his sword once more for attacking. Gommorah would soon jump Hades at full force, to knock him sideways as Scolopendra coils around his entire neck to fully restraint him.

"You insignificant demon pests, get the hell off of me…" he said before spinning in the form of a massive tornado.

The purple twister fully sucks the three demons within its vortex to fully damage them and attempting sucking inside the escapees.

"Now, we need to get out of here instead of wasting any more time. Enough of the good byes, we need to go now!" Bayonetta shouts while holding Lucifer tighter to her.

Jack once again looks at King Frost one last time with the saddest face, knowing it is hard to say goodbye to his only king. Ashley hangs on tighter to her trustworthy broom just as Ash did to his beloved Death Wheel that he's never without. Demi-Fiend takes a deep breathe to gather the right amount of magic needed for their great escape.

"Traesto!" he shouts at the top of his lungs.

A massive flash of light engulfs the entire area where the heroes and Lucifer's subjects used to be, alerting the presence of the Legion's demonic allies. It even disrupt the spinning of Hades to the point that he returns to his familiar form and mad that everyone managed to get away.

"Damn, those infernal little eavesdroppers escaped our grasps. We need to find out where they went and get them for ruining our only chance of crushing those pests!" he shouts.

"Mabufudyne!" King Frost shouts.

The Underworld god is soon hit with a massive blizzard spell that almost frozen his large body. Being a demon capable of freezing the planet, this Frost is more than a match for him.

"Do not forget-hee, that you still have to deal with all of us, ho!" the determined snowman king said.

"That twister of yours fired me up. Let me return the favor by making sure your head falls to the very hellish earth we are standing on," Arioch said with his sword ready to fight again.

Queen Sheba finally slams The Devil onto Yoko Teriyaki with all her might, both defeated after an intense fight with the Inferno demon queen for some time. Seeing both knocked out would only remind the Underworld God that he had bigger problems to deal with than chasing after the heroes that scared his very clutches. He growls at the thought that this time in Hell would drag longer than usual, taking a deep breathe as he activates every single weapon all over his body in self defense.

Have your little victories for now. After we crush these pests or retreat back to base, we will find you. Your souls will soon be fresh well deserved treats for my infinite belly.

Back in the city of Kamurocho, it would be seen as a massive shell of its former self. Constant wars between various Yakuza families left the once vibrant town in a wanton of bloodshed and property damage. Several civilians are left on hiding or at worst brutalized by these gangs with the Tokyo prison in shambles thanks to Seishiro's handiwork. It's not only that, but some gang members and even police were hosts to the Shadow Beasts that prowled the area with the most Subspace. The absence of the key Tojo Clan members would only leave little room for anyone that can undo the damage done to this city. Even the former stage of the Maneki District is now redesigned as a station for various gangs to discuss their plans on what to do with this town along with other Japanese cities if things go well. Among these people is Yuri Tanaka of the Tanaka Clan, still pissed over his defeat at the hands of Knuckles' group a month ago. He no longer seen the color red the same way again, almost becoming borderline furious if he sees an ounce of it. Him and his cronies were gathering in numbers from their success at the Payback Wars in reclaiming Kamurocho with the few clans lacking their key members of leaders in Kamurocho.

"Alright men, what's next on the menu is further expansion. Our complete take over of this town is close to a success. All I know is that some old police chief released almost everyone in prison, but we kicked their asses since their cowardly leaders left town. There's still the pain in the ass police to deal with. They act almost like monsters, you would need a group to tackle one cop. But no matter, we can crush them just like we crushed all the other gangs. No Kiryu and no Majima. Especially the former since him and that red porcupine freak humiliated me. My precious gem shards. Gone. All I know is that everyone wants those gems so badly. Even this Legion of Subspace terrorist group that acts like they want to rule this world. But no matter, we are all here for a reason. To think of ways we can topple them over and rule everything. As Tanaka, I'm not letting anyone outdo me. Nor am I afraid. We may had retreated from some glowing civilians that were revolting a few days ago, but we weakened their ass after they lost their morale. And beat the gangs they weakened just to take names. Our next course of action would be to take care of them meddlesome cops. Luckily I've managed to persuade some into joining our cause," the vengeful Yakuza boss said.

Among these new recruits in his family are former Syndicate members, Judgement 6 spies, Neo Zeed ninja, ex Chi Yu Men associates, and a variety of Yakuza from other clans. Many of these were people found weakened by the revolt or already defeated by Tanaka's gang before hand. His core members all sat near him, still hoping one day they could get revenge against Kiryu and his allies once more.

"So uh boss, when do you think we can go after those punks? The last I heard them is that they wanted to find some girl from this spot. But we never heard from them again after those Legion nutjobs dropped a massive bomb that created whatever the hell that is several blocks away," Sasuke said.

As the gang could see, the same mysterious gathering of subspace would be seen clearly from behind the tallest of buildings as a grim reminder of how much control the Legion has if this area compared to others. No one ever came any close to it or dared to explore with countless Legion goons patrolling and defending that area from civilians and even yakuza. One could hear rumors that anyone who was lucky enough to enter that subspace would never come out of it. The second goon from Kiryu's encounter, Kisuke, shudders at the thought of ever wanting to go there at all.

"I say we will find a way to track them down eventually. Perhaps we can ask some of our former enemies that joined us here what they currently know. After all, we told them to crush all communication devices they have if it means not making our bigger enemy The Legion know that we are coming for them soon. You there, lady in the pink. What do you think Kiryu is up to?" Tanaka asks a female Syndicate thug.

The female thug chews on an empty lollipop stick with legs crossed in a way that she cares less about the subject at hand. Her hair is bright pink with a few pink star tattoos on her cheeks to match her colorful personality. Her immediate response is to begin tugging at the zipper of her jumpsuit to reveal more of her sweating cleavage. Some core members of the Tanaka Clan would either mind their business or struggle to not look at the display she's teasing. Soon, she spits the stick directly at the forehead of a clan member as if she were flicking a projectile. The man cries in pain with a bloody mess that needed more than tissues to wipe away.

"The last orders I've received from my former superior is that we needed to guard things here with the Yakuza to keep citizens in check. From what I could gather, they were last seen on some strange magical island. It once originated from a book called Amazing island, a story about a tribe called the Maboo that constantly clashed with a dark race called Evilings. Now finding the location of this island isn't something you can do since it is not from our world. Now what the Legion did spill the beans on is that they were behind the storm that destroyed almost everything around the planet including here. The magic most likely been the reason to send this book flying and the island outside of it. Now what I could suggest is that we need to find this book around here and that could be the key to us finding Kiryu. Just a hunch," Jasmine the Pink said.

A young ninja that descended from the Fuma Clan would add to the subject being someone great with espionage and information.

"I am a former Neo Zeed ninja under the name of Yaiba Fuma. Perhaps my ability to scan the ninpo of others would come in handy for the moment. Zeed last informed me that my colleagues inserted their ninpo into the summoning that caused this storm. The sooner I follow the path, the quicker we can be at finding either this island or even the book it originated from. That way we can find clues on where the Tojo Clan's trump card and his powerful new allies are. I've heard countless times that they are formidable if they were the reason our leader was killed previously by them. A powerful sorcerer under the name of Death Adder is the reason for him living and giving my former allies orders to this day," the ninja said.

Tanaka smiles with a smirk of satisfaction knowing that he made the right choice on recruiting the best assets for his growing Yakuza Clan with their eyes on revenge. Kisuke and Sasuke are both just as happy knowing they are no longer required to do most of the leg work around here.

"Liu Long here, I can say this was the case for my former boss Lan Di. He was also revived by the same demonic giant from Yuria. But that is far from what I would know. They also recruited a once dead man from the Land of Dragons, Craymen. He was a notable member of that Empire known for his Black Order army that not even Lord Genos could take on. Speaking of him, Genos was among the many people revived by this magic storm and he's in the middle of rebuilding his entire empire and fleet to plan an all out attack on the Legion in due time. Sounds like something of interest if you need firepower," the Chinese criminal suggests.

"Fantastic, you all are impressing me more and more. And here I thought we would be stuck with the same endless cycle of raging war with clans over territory here. If I will ever achieve my goals of being more powerful than the Legion or getting those special gems, then the Tojo Clan would finally lose their spot as the most influential Yakuza. I already know that the Mad Dog is out looking for Kiryu. My first thought was to track him down, but it's best to build our numbers and get better weapons if we will take down either of our enemies. Our days of being unprepared and overconfident are over, we will surely grow as strong as we need to to achieve our goals," the sinister clan lead said with both hands together.

Fuma could sense something that's being carried at a fast rate several blocks away. The ninja had no doubt that this is something indeed infused with the same ninpo is former allies done for the summoning ritual. He instantly stood up to his feet with eyes trailing the exact position of where this magic could be. A female blonde spy with striking similarities to Sarah Bryant would be among the people amazed at how quickly he is catching on the position of what they were looking for. Kisuke and Sasuke were wondering what gotten the ninja man all alert, readying their weapons in case they had spies listening to them. Tanaka chuckles as he wants to really see what his newest member can do.

"Hey, why don't you go after the source of your natural ninja radar's tingling? Chances are we have a big prize that should be brought back to us," he ordered.

"Yes, Master Tanaka. That is my high priority objective. Chaaaaaaaaaaa!" he replies before leaping away from the stage swiftly.

Agent Goldenrod is impressed with the ninja's swiftness, feeling it could be slightly familiar. Kisuke and Sasuke both had their jaws dropped at his surprising speed knowing what a healthy member of Neo Zeed's organization can do. Yaiba leaps across the various ruined buildings of the desolate city to seek the source of what could be what his very team is looking for. His red eyes scanned each and every spot to seek just what his own ninpo chakra can sense. One thing that caught his eye would be a strange group that appears to be hiding under a ruined store. Many of these people were like nothing he ever seen before like a tall black wearing woman wearing glasses, a pale young adult with tattoos all over and a strange spike protruding from the nape of his neck, a similar tall red wearing woman with short hair, a skeletal rabbit with a red cape, and a cheerful snowman with a blue hat.

Strange. I can tell these aren't Legion members since our allies told us specifically what kind of beings or people worked for them. Are they with Kiryu? Who are these people? Perhaps this could be of interest to Master Tanaka after I fulfill my first mission beforehand. They are worth paying attention to just in case they may know of our enemy's whereabouts.

His curiosity wonders if they were any possible threat to be eliminated, but then he remembered that his first order is to find the source of the magic in the city over anything else. The Fuma ninja continues his search from above to worry about these strange citizens at a later time. That group he described would be none other than Bayonetta and her group that's gathered around in one area. One could notice that the group of Tyrant demons that left Hell with them and the depowered Lucifer is nowhere to be found. Ash is wondering just what could be taking their powerful allies so long just to change into suitable forms. Jeanne nonchalantly sucked her sixth lollipop to regain all the strength she had risking everything in their last encounter. She envied how Bayonetta had the easier job of protecting a demon child than saving Ashley from near death.

Speaking of Ashley, she is a few feet away healing Red with the little magic she had left to repay him for flying her to safety. The imp is in slightly bad shape with a few bruises on his head, some chipped teeth, bent tail, broken arms, and some minor tears still pouring from the pain.

"Mistress Ashley, thank you for being so kind to me. I thought we would had kicked the bucket back there. You are the best master a demon servant like myself would ever have," he thankfully cried.

"Just hold still. I will use everything I can to get you in good shape again. We may need to fly again since we have no ship and can't tell if Bayonetta can take us back the easy way. I'm just glad we both did our best. We ought to get a promotion for doing this dangerous mission," the witch said in a mix of scorn and gladness.

She still felt very disappointed herself of thinking she would had made her group proud by taking on the traitors alone, mostly the guilt that Red was the one who risked his magic and own body for everything that happened to them. Bayonetta could sense her feelings easily when the two had been distant from everyone after their escape.

"Little one, need any help? I could share some spare lollipops if you need to more magic or just a pick me up. You are never alone. What you've did there was pretty brave of you. We'll kick their sorry arses the next time we meet them," she called.

"Never dwell on your pass. You could be better off worse. Like me. Given up my humanity, survived the Conception, forced to fight my own friends who became hostile demons, and forever someone that even normal humans would consider a threat to their lives. Consider yourself lucky," Demi-Fiend said.

"Consider the following. You at least look close enough to a human and wouldn't draw attention to yourself. Unlike our other demon friends that are no shows to the party," Jeanne said.

The pale demi-human would turn his back to the witch, tapping the hard back spike sticking between his back and hair upon his pale neck.

"You call this close to human? This is a Magatama. It's what grows on humans once they are chosen by Lucifer to become demons. A parasite enters their body, changing them from the inside out. If I were to have a physician examine me, you'd bet they would have a cross ready to pray to their god," he replied.

"Oh come on, some bloody person will mistaken the spike for hair or an accessory. You are in a better position than your other demon friends that would scare the living hell out of any human outside their domain. Cheer up," she said with a sarcastic shrug.

"That reminds me, why isn't Frosty McGee here transforming into a disguise? Not like he's incapable of doing it," Ash grumbled.

"That would be true, hee! Only truly powerful demons can change their form. Lord Lucifer being a perfect example, hee," Jack Frost exclaims.

The skeletal rabbit lets out a sigh and wonders how this plan will work at all with time being too short. Bayonetta continues to scope out their hiding place in case of any potential ease droppers that need to be be taught a lesson. She even made sure to check twice when her special eyes allows her to see any hidden presence of angelic or demonic forces lurking around. Demi-Fiend takes the time to bask in the fact he's in the living world, one that isn't fully destroyed, for the first time in a while. Something about it made him feel glad that he could be in his former home at all, even if it's in the current bad shape it's in. The first thing he thought of is being in his final year of high school before the world was destroyed and being fed a parasite by a disguised Lucifer for so long. He couldn't feel anything comparable to his former lost emotions and tries his best to reminisce about his once peaceful life.

"You thinking about something, Cheshire Junior?" the curious witch asks.

He looks at her slowly after the nostalgic pondering he had previously succumbed to. He wasn't sure what to say as he's not someone to open up to anything regarding the personal parts of his own past. She awaits his answer with slight interest now that she sees them both as close allies for this mission. Demi-Fiend is still quite hesitant to say much about anything, quickly thinking of a way to change the subject.

"What was it about your father back there? You did cry earlier about him. I thought he was your enemy that threatens your life?" he said quickly.

Bayonetta had the feeling he would reopen a subject she didn't want to speak much about either. She felt a tightness in her head just thinking about his final words to her before the day he went back to the past as the Balder she originally last knew and killed. It was true that she initially saw him as a creepy talkative lunatic that sacrificed her as a puzzle piece to reviving the creator Jubileus. But soon knew after meeting his last time traveling self that he was always driven to madness by the death of his wife at the hands of the own god misleading him to kill off his own spawn. The fact that god is still inhabiting his body and further twisting him into the man he no longer was only remind her that somehow she needs to free Balder from his control.

"If you want. I will tell you more about it. But promise me that you will tell a secret about yourself too. Can't make this talk more one sided than it is," Bayonetta replied in a mix of emotions.

Demi-Fiend is pretty mixed about this proposition the witch proposed to him given how complicated his past human origins were and how little he ever wants to express his true feelings. Opening up about these issues to anyone, even his own demon allies who aren't Lucifer, is something he never wanted to do knowingly given his reclusive nature. Demi-Fiend is aware of how Bayonetta risked everything with her allies to help Lucifer and get him to safety in his current weakened state, a feat he is very thankful for.

"Yes, I swear on my very existence that you have my word. Ally," he said in gratitude.

"Splendid. So I will start things off since our demon friends still need more time to figure out their human disguises. You are already aware of my clan and how my mother was once engaged with my father from a rival one thanks to Queen Sheba's explanation back in our infiltration mission. We Umbran Witches and Lumen Sages were always long time enemies. My parents were the exception for loving each other very much, even wanting to end our long time feud. But as you know, that bastard god Loptr had to kill Mummy. Which fueled the war between our clans once they figured the death was Daddy's fault when it wasn't. That was when the likes of Jeanne and I were entangled in this ongoing witch hunt that lead to both sides dropping like flies. The both of us survived as the last of the Umbran Witches and Balder driven by revenge and possessed by Loptr as the sole Lumen Sage left alive. That was until I killed him, but only because he already sacrificed himself as the Right Eye of the revived creator that Jeanne and I had to send to the Sun with Sheba's lovely punch. It gets even more complicated when Balder from the past was hunting me down with a younger version of that same bloody god to try erasing me while also preventing Jeanne from ever getting her soul saved. There was this little one named Loki who happens to be the lost good half of Loptr, together they were originally one being called Aesir. A god almost as strong as Jubileus in the past and the true reason why Balder is who he is. The Legion had already revived Balder, while at the same time Loptr too who is bound to his body unless we find a way to separate the two. At the same time, it was a sacrifice that Balder chose to do because Loptr's body was destroyed but his soul remains and can't be destroyed. He was powerful enough with a body and there's no telling how bad things could get if we do free him from Daddy's body," the witch explains in dire detail.

Demi-Fiend takes what he can to fully soak in the details now that he could focus on it unlike their first encounter in the Hell Hall. Things were now becoming clear to him on why an enemy like Balder is actually someone misled and controlled by a god that puts any of YHVH's lawful higher angels to shame. His last encounter with the infamous being gave him the confidence that defeating this god would be no different and actually an easy task for him.

"You have my word, I can crush this Loptr being when the time comes. No matter how physical or non-physical, no demon nor angel or even god can handle my power. You seem to have the power to only destroy the physical than the soul. I can destroy both, so you have no worries about me saving your father without killing him. That way his many years of self sacrifice and being some deity's puppet can finally come to an end. I believe in a truly free world where no one is bound to extreme laws of any higher being. My promise is something you will hold onto your black heart," he replies.

"Which is strange when I was able to destroy Jubileus' soul by sending it to the sun with Sheba's help. Although it was a reincarnation that's much weaker than her original form unlike Aesir who was already at full strength regardless. Nonetheless, I appreciate your offer to help free Balder from that shitty god. Now the spotlight is on you, Cheshire Jr. Tell me what is bothering you," Bayonetta said with a smile.

Demi-Fiend knew that a promise was a promise as he's a demonic human of his word, taking a breathe with his head low. Jack and Ash knowingly raised their heads for the story of a lifetime, Ashley still focusing on healing Red than really caring. Demi-Fiend double checks the surroundings to make sure there is no one to eavesdrop as this is something he is best discussing only to people he trusts and not any spying enemies. Demonic eyes making sure to see through every single wreckages or even broken building just to find out who may be around for this. One of the first newly transformed demons would appear out of the darkness in a familiar but less suspicious form that won't alarm any humans. The demon boy lowers his guard since this is no enemy and his allies are doing exactly as they were told. Lucifuge looks almost like himself, but many of his demonic features like his purple hand scales and massive horns were absent. He still has the same white beard he is known for and almost looks elderly like a human judge and his outfit now looks more like what an average judge would wear to lower any suspicions. He clears his throat, hoping that he isn't interrupting anything that were going on.

"We are almost ready. Some of us have decided our forms, while others like Mara and his elephant cohort are too busy debating on what forms to take. I've done my part and hope everyone else will soon follow suite," the disguised judge said.

"You look rather fetching, if not like someone who needs a nice young lady to protect him. Hopefully you will not need any assistance," Bayonetta replied.

"Never fear, we make our forms as convincing as possible. But can have the ability to use our demon powers or strength whenever we need to. That is the key to truly blending in with those unfamiliar with a truly strong demon," Lucifuge said while stroking his beard.

"Worry not, they aren't like Lucifer who lost most of his power in a fight that almost costed his life. Which reminds me, we ought to start hunting for souls soon if we ever want him to be strong again. The Legion bastards will pay with their own the next time we encounter them," Demi-Fiend said in a cold but subtle rage.

Next, a dark haired main with a slick black hairstyle would appear with a sinister grin. As someone who loves his tricks, he is happy to assume this nostalgic form once more.

"God of Mischief reporting for duty and at your service. I promise I will behave myself as much as I can. But give me a signal if you found some foolish sinner for me to harvest for Lucifer's nourishment," Loki announced.

Bayonetta is almost impressed at how convincing his disguise is, mostly for being drastically different from his true blonde purple-skinned form. Next up would be a portly man in a suit that stands next to him. This would be the Lord of the Flies in his usual disguised form, but one more modernized and less blue to actually look like a convincing human being.

"After enough adjustments to this body, I can say there's little chance for any mortal to fear me. But those who will be food for our lord will be very afraid of a quick death," Beelzebub said.

Soon a blonde well built man with long locks and ice blue eyes would walk beside him. Almost artistically beautiful as he is deadly, it is the sun god Mithras in a more fitting human form that closely resembles his true form without the roman helmet.

"As long as I gain new followers to worship me, I will take pride in becoming a more lower state. Anyone who don't see me as worth the worship is beneath the dirt," the disguised Roman god said.

Beelzebub rolls his dark eyes at his fellow Tyrant enjoying this a bit too much than taking the mission serious. Soon, a taller dark skinned bald man would be standing behind Beelzebub and Mithras. His sudden appearance would startle both of them slightly as he needed to remember that he's no longer a giant anymore.

"You foolish jotunn! Please give us some personal space. Don't forget that we can't just creep up on us like that!" the rotund man shouts.

Surt only reacts by a low growl as a fire giant that doesn't like to be bossed around by anyone who deems smaller than him.

"Tall, dark, and handsome. Great job, Mr. Surt," Bayonetta said with a seductive smile.

Demi-Fiend shakes his head at the infighting his Tyrant allies were making already. A blonde man wearing a phantom mask would step beside him, dressed in green similar to his former serpentine parts and walking with a cane made of the finest snake skin. One could tell this is Astaroth's new disguised form, which his hair is a solid brown similar to a form he once taken in the past.

"Now there, how about we all realize that we are allies instead of fighting? Because anything more and we would be exposed to these mortals. Never forget we are here to gather souls and save our Lord. Isn't that right, Surt and Beelzebub?" the sharply dressed man said.

"And another thing, we would have to assume mortal names too if we will fool these lower beings. That is part of our plan, is that not?" an Asian voice said.

This would belong to a fully transformed Chi You, who is now a finely dressed, bearded man with frightening eyes that matched his ferocity no matter his form. He is just now getting used to the idea of not having extra limbs as he walked in a slow careful manner.

"Ha, look who's struggling to walk. Eh, Chi You? We need to hurry because I am starving," a loud voice said.

This belonged to a rather large gluttonous man with a thin face similar to one of his older forms and odd looking eyes to match his endless hunger. He just gotten done munching on some old food that he found from a nearby trash can. Realizing this caused his fellow Tyrants to be grossed out but unsurprised that Abaddon's usual gluttony taking shape. But the worst part is that this is not even him at his hungriest, who would devour on the hearts and flesh of human victims when really famished.

"How cute, you are always like a big ball of hunger as always. I'm quite getting used to this whole human business. I may not look terrifying, but I'm loving how beautiful this face is," a vain female voice said.

It would be a newly transformed Tzitzimitl with wild white hair similar to her original hand hairs, now with a beautiful make up covered face, long orange dress, and black painted nails. She is busy gazing into a stray mirror she found, now powdering her face to make sure it stays perfect. The sight of the star eclipse goddess being this vain over beauty caused a few chuckles between Loki and Astaroth. Bayonetta smiles coyly with her hands on her hips as if she's found herself a new best friend. Demi-Fiend is slightly annoyed but impressed that the Tyrants were getting used to their new human-like disguises with few complaints. He do hope the others back in Hell survive their encounter with their enemies if it means no one being tracked down. Then that leaves Mara and Girimehkala, who were still nowhere to be seen at all as Lucifuge previously said. Demi-Fiend also wondered just were was Lucifer since his protection should be all of their priority.

"Where is he? I thought all of you were watching him?" the demon boy said.

"He was last in the same spot all of us were. I've made sure of it," Lucifuge said before checking his judge cloak.

The other Tyrants looked all over the area and where they've last changed to try finding the missing demon child. Bayonetta would help by looking around with her magic eyes to try picking up his presence if possible. Ash lets out a sigh and begin looking for his Hell Wheel top start rolling if he possibly traveled far from everyone.

"Now what happened? Red and I were almost done healing," Ashely wondered.

"Hee, you mean Master Lucifer is gone? How did this happen, ho?" Jack Frost panicked with both hands on his head.

"Instead of standing around, we should get to looking for him. He shouldn't be too hard to spot in this see of criminals and hosts to the subspace," Jeanne said before getting ready to leave her spot.

Surt and Abaddon were already lifting the wreckage with their strength to look all over for him, as nimble Tyrants like Loki and Tzitzimitl flew around the ruined subway to find him. Beelzebub punched away at the pills of rumble to desperately look for his master at all costs despite getting used to this new form.

"That isn't all, Belial also seems to be gone. He was always the most hot headed of the group. That stubborn red fool," Chi You said before punching the ground.

Demi-Fiend sighs before he started going on a move to search for the missing demons.

"Follow me, I have an idea where those three and our master may be. Just follow my league. And don't reveal your true forms no matter the costs," he ordered.

Bayonetta then realized something important that the Tyrants needed to get accustomed to their new identities.

"How about we all decide on names before we can continue the search. Once you find one, keep it. And never reveal your identities to anyone no matter what. Got that, loves?" she said.

Abaddon was tempting to not crush the trash can in his hands since he had no time to waste.

"Fine, I shall name myself Beel Zabul. Now let me fly ahead of you all to find our master," Beelzebub said before sprouting a pair of fly wings.

He instantly flew faster than everyone to follow Demi-Fiend while everyone else is undecided.

"Call me Abe Adon. And get out of my way or else you'll be next on my menu," the large man said after devouring more garbage from the same battered can.

"If it's a name you want, I will settle on Sir Urt. Anything else and it wouldn't suit my current status," the dark tall man said after tossing some wreckage.

Chi You flips into the air to slice this wreck with ease thanks to having at least one of his famed weapons.

"Yu Chi, that is all I will go for this new identity," the Chinese warrior said.

"Mitt Ras, that is a name anyone would worship without knowing my true identity," the beautiful Roman man said.

"Low Key, nothing more. It can be a simple enough name any mortal youth wouldn't be suspicious of," Loki said with a smirk.

"Titzi Mittel, beautiful and starry like a true beauty," the silver haired woman said with a smile.

"Aster Roth, what else is there to say? But we all have bigger focuses to follow. To the city!" Astaroth said theatrically before running off.

Bayonetta already jumps for her bike a few feet away as everyone already stampeded their way after Beel and Demi-Fiend.

Jeanne already taken off in her bike as did Ash start rolling his hellish buzzsaw vehicle to depart from their location. Jack skates across the ground thanks to his ice powers of it meant catching up with everyone else.

"Hee ho, let's go!" he said in urgency.

Ashley already seen Red transform into her famed broom and jumps atop him as the latter begins flying her off of the ground.

"I may not be at full strength, but I'll take you to the ends of the earth if I have to," the magic broom said.

Ashley nods with a smile before focusing her attention on the eerie streets before her to find the missing demons. A brutal scene of several beaten thugs would be seen cowering at the few beings standing before them. They were frightened and too bruised to have the will to fight back against these two deadly men. One guy clutched nervously at the bruises on his broken rib cage as he tries his best not to show too much fear. The other is gurgling in the mouth with foam from the intensity of his nerves' grievous harm. Before them would be the bodies of a few Yakuza who were lifeless as if their very life had been stripped away. This would be proven the case as Lucifer is seen scarfing up the few souls he were given by his two adult guardians that took him on night out. He swallowed every ounce of white essence as if he were starved and lacking nutrition for hours. One of the men that beaten and killed some of these thugs would be chuckling like a madman at the deed he's doing for his master. This would be a man with slick dark hair, ivory hoop earrings, a stark nose, dark frightening eyes, and almost pale skin. Unlike his lankier demon form, he is more built as if he would be a professional fighter and enjoying this new physique too much.

"Your first mistake was picking on our young master. Paying with your lives to feed him is the only way to undo the damage. You all are living proof of how we view you pathetic humans. Act like you can pick on the weak, but run with your tails between your legs like the insects you are once you're up against something you can't defeat. My name is Bel Lial. And this is the last name you will hear once you cease to exist. Hell is too good for worms like you," the crazed man said after cracking his bloodied knuckles.

The conflict would happen due to these thugs thinking Lucifer was some week child worth picking on due to looking like a rich kid worth some money to steal from. Soon these men would highly regret ever unknowingly becoming the enemies of two Tyrants that just happen to t be taking a recognizable but unfamiliar forms to them. Another man would be the object of many desires as is turned on by the violence before him, befitting of the notorious demon of death that tempted the Buddha once. He is a mostly tall man with a slender beautiful figure, golden eyes to match his rich status, mostly dressed in a small golden speedo that barely contains his raging manhood, long blonde locks to match his first original form, and a haunting wicked laugh befitting of his usual cruel behavior towards lesser beings like humans. The man licks his lips seductively at how submissive and pathetic his prey are after the beating he and his accomplice had given them earlier.

"Delicious, your screams made me rise beyond that of a tower. It feels good to be the bringer of pain and pleasure once more. Not that our young master don't need his daily nourishment. But even this girth needs to be satiated. Gwahahahahaha!" the newly transformed Mara said.

As a side effect of Mara's own abilities, his body changes drastically based on his overall erotic levels within his body. His muscles begins tightening up as if he's at full defense already. This tightness is reflected by a series of veins beginning to bulge all over his body and explains why he can't be fully harmed by those weaker than him. Belial rolls his eyes at the sight of Mara's prized tool growing exponentially bigger, seemingly quite annoyed at how he's his usual over sexualized self again. One of the thugs is already backing away on his hands backwards because of that sheer fear of another incoming attack. He's seemingly in tears and have lost all will to fight these two disguised monsters anymore if it means living.

"Pl….please, we don't mean any more trouble. Just spare us. I know you are some kind of freaks if you somehow taken the souls out of our brothers. I promise not to cause anymore trouble. Let me live, goddamn it," the man whined as he broke down in tears.

The other man cared little about backing down, charging angrily with his fists ready to beat down the semi-nude demon before him.

"Wh…what? Yoshi, don't do it. These monsters are not even human. You're going to lose your life!" the cowardly man begged his belligerent partner.

"Cut the pussy shit, I am not going down with a whimper. You need to be a real man and fight to the bitter end. To hell to these bastards thinking they can take Japan away from us, same goes for those Legion bastards!" his partner shouts before landing a punch on Mara's body.

He punches with all he could with enough impact to crunch his own bones. What he did not expect is that he fully broken his entire hand into a wrangling mess of bloody stumps and visible bones. He lets out the loudest scream possible after the end result and took a glimpse at how badly he crippled his only means of fighting. Mara would only look down on his screaming target in a taunting manner and chuckled at his foolish attempt of even harming a Tyrant at his weakest. He knowingly use two fingers to take some of the blood and splattered on his body and willingly licks it in an almost sexual manner. Young Lucifer still sits in his same spot in hopes of more fresh souls to satisfy his endless hunger from his last trip. Belial once more cracks his knuckles in hopes that he needs to put the fool in his lace for daring to lay a hand on his ally. Mara would only place a hand on his back to signal that it is his turn to have more fun with these pathetic humans. The cowardly thug would only cry at how his ally not only crippled himself but is in severe risk of being killed by these demonic visitors.

"Yo…oshi. Please run while you can…" he said tearfully.

The man still squirms around in agony at his own broken bleeding hand with no way to escape and being too full of pride to save his own live. Mara slowly struts close and close in an almost intimidating matter at his prey to contrast his almost outlandish deviant appearance. His body still bulges tightly to signify his muscle strength still being at max capabilities with all the blood overflow. He slowly breathes heavily like a mixture between a beast hunting for its prey and a man that is at the intense heat of sexual attraction.

"Get the hell away from me, you okama bastard! You broke my hand, what more do you want? My girlfriend will not forgive me if some other freak thinks about forcing themselves on me. Keep that johnson away from my ass. I swear I'll bite your entire dick off if you dare lay your hands on me," the man aggressively yells at his pursuing predator.

Mara's only response would be licking his lips once more as he always liked fresh meat that thinks they can ever fight his mass off. Even Belial is slightly disturbed at Mara's behavior as if he's definitely expecting him to do something he would normally see in demon sabbaths. Lucifer would do a slight smile as he watched as if he is very proud of his fellow Tyrants doing as they were always meant to do on the weak that dared opposed them.

"Stop, let him go! He already said that he given up and we all promise to never bother with that kid again. We'll do anything! I beg of you!" the cowardly man cried.

"Too little, too late. Because this stud had to ram against my hard girth, he will have to pay the price in full. Ma Ra is the name and pleasure is my game. You two turned me on so much that I will have to reward you all with a climax of death. This raging hard on will never die," the demon of lust said in a mix of joy and arousal.

"Hurry up and kill them already. My body is still weak and I need all the souls to reach my former powerful glory again. Stop playing around, Mara!" the blonde boy shouts.

Mara ignores the impatient young master's words, gripping the wounded man by his neck and slowly raising him into the air in delight.

"You heard what Master Lucifer said, just kill them and fetch their souls to his stomach. We are here for as reason and it is not to satisfy your libido while you chose such an outlandish appearance like that!" Belial shouts.

It was at that point Mara felt slightly offended at his allies statement and turned to him.

"How about you go back to playing with your "daughter" Alice? I'm sure that obnoxious little girl is waiting for you back at home. Just go back if you don't want to have any fun," he said.

Belial would soon grow angry and tries hard resisting the urge to attack his own ally over his sharp tongue. Lucifer is less than amused at Mara acting this cocky towards demons who are clearly on his side.

"That's enough, Mara. We've wasted enough time and I am tired of being in this embarrassing form. Give me the souls and I promise to give you the best entourage for the next sabbath when this is all over," the boy proposed calmly.

The broken handed man within Mara's grip is still slowly losing his air as he chokes slowly towards the light at the end of the tunnel. The cowardly man could do nothing but cry knowing his own ally is close to dying and he could do little about it. A gigantic black fist would appear from a portal and punch Mara hard enough to drop his prey.

"Da…damn it, I was so close to having my first edge," he said.

The man with the broken hand is free from his grasp and would violently roll towards the other end of the alley from the force. The lying man on the ground screams at the straight sight that occurred before his eyes as if there's another monster on its way. Lucifer would be slightly unamused that a certain witch had to ruin his chance of being fed. He would be right as Bayonetta managed to drop down in time before anything worse had happened to these surrendering thugs that wanted to at least escape with their lives.

"Looks like I am unfashionably late as always. Thankfully the handsome green willy didn't get a chance to stick his head where it doesn't belong yet," the annoyed witch said before adjusting her glasses.

Lucifer is visibly frowning at what she did to ruin his chance of eating, a very rare sight from even Demi-Fiend himself. Belial is slightly afraid that something bad will happen when the young master is this upset. The man was using this opportunity to slowly crawl away
with both hands while he could, still growing weaker from the intense bloodless from his left hand. The cowardly man would try helping his partner up while he could despite his injuries with this only chance he had at running away.

"Come on Yoshi, we can get the hell out of here while we can. Our boss will not like this one bit. We will have to tell him to call off the turf war when the Tanaka Clan is getting too powerful here already," he said.

The conversation drew Bayonetta's interest as she did have wonders about what is really going on with Japan after the magic storm ruined everything. Before she could react, Mara already thrusts his hand into her stomach with enough force to almost pierce her own heart. The constant bloody red rose petals that shedded from her body are proof of how severe the attack is. He is already pissed that anyone dared disrespect him or stop him when he was having enough fun with weak prey.

"You whore, I will skewer you until your body is more than deflowered for ever breaking my erect stature! Forget the alliance, I will kill you for even daring to make a fool of the rock hard might of Mara!" the blonde man angrily shouts.

"You have my permission, make sure her soul is mine since I am still hungry," Lucifer said coldly.

Bayonetta then retaliates with a Stiletto Kick to kn oak Mara into the air with ease before following up with a series of aggressive Wicked Weave punches. Mara took blow after blow with his formerly spotless body getting more and more bruised from these powerful demonic strikes. Lucifer snarls at Bayonetta's quick comeback, looking at Belial who's still standing shocked.

"Don't just stand there, assist Mara and kill that witch. If I am not fed soon, I will only grow too weak once more. She deserves to pay the ultimate price for risking my dwindling life," he shouts.

The muscular man nods and leapt into the air to follow his master's desires.

"I am sorry to do this, but this is what Master Lucifer wants," Bel said in regret.

Her instantly breaks Bayonetta's back with a hard blow from his hand, causing her to grunt in pain. Mara in a last ditch effort strikes her in her throat with a swift kick. She instantly coughs more rose petals from her mouth, a feat not many would ever make her do in a battle.

These two are not playing around. All because they want to go on a bloody soul harvesting spree on the weak for the little one. I'll just have to hold back from going all out when Japan is still not its best.

Bayonetta soon uses her Bat Within to flock away from their next attacks as a swarm of bats to fly to a whole other location. Lucifer is less than pleased at her trying to escape his two bodyguards as his hunger makes him more irritable than ever.

"How about you two fools stop playing around. Just kill her and give her soul to me!" he called.

Belial would be the first to pull out his famed pitchfork and keep his eyes on the bat swarm that flies away from him. Mara instead opts to breath out a cloud of pink gasses from his mouth that would chase Bayonetta. This is his infamous Fog of Temptation that inflicts a Charm status on any hapless victim to let themselves be lost in their uncontrollable sexual desires. The witch retired to her full bodied form only to see this gas heading for her from behind.

"Oh fu…."

She is then hit by the infamous pink fog and slowly started to fall for its effects. Her body is starting to become hotter as if she's burning up inside, her face is internally blushing as if it's full of dirtier thoughts than usual, hearts begin fluttering around her overall body, and she breathes slowly and heavier all thanks to Mara's ultimate temptation.

"Good, give in to all of your darkest desires. Because I'll soon penetrate that defenseless body of yours until you climax to death. Get ready!" Mara shouts.

Bayonetta soon lands on her feet in this confused daze of uneasiness and growing desires for whomever wants to be the object of her affections, losing all will to continue fighting or even escaping her fate. Belial pushed Mara out of the way and lunged for her since he wanted to be the one to kill her first.

"Thanks for slowing her down, but this witch is my kill. Just stand back for once, hard head," the hot blooded man said.

"Damn you, but I am the one that charmed her. So I've marked her like how I brand my object of desires!" the long haired man beamed.

Bayonetta wobbles around like she is a baby deer learning his first steps and even carelessly held her guns in ways they could shoot the wrong way. Being this weak in the legs and succumbed by lust is something no one would expect out of the usual flirtatious seductive witch.

"Where am I? I feel like I could use something more than a lollipop having this much heat. Can this cat get herself a good pounding?" she said in her erotic daze.

The first thing she would see is a crazed Belial preparing to pierce her with his pitchfork to end her life. The first thing she is drawn to is his exposed muscular chest. She licks her lips suggestively at the sight and Belial grew slightly concerned as if this only awakened her bloodlust for battle.

Focus Bell, you can't be scared of a mere witch that summon lower demons. You are a Tyrant, you should make her crimson red from death.

Bayonetta instead lunges at him with a hug that fully restrains him from doing a single attack and slammed both of them onto the ground. Mara and Lucifer are left speechless at how easily he failed to kill her even in a Charmed state. Belial is looking stunned as Bayonetta is exploring his body and stroking his rock hard human pecs like a woman going on her first date. He is too stunned and confused to even think about pushing his aggressive infatuated foe off of him.

What the hell is wrong with her now? It's as if being charmed only made her more aggressive than before instead of weaker. If I have the strength, I will beat in that big headed Mara so badly for this.

"You are quite the lovely snack. Such delicious pectorals. Feeling smoother than anything I've ever felt. Cheshire, you are quite the package with a body like this. I could just eat you up for stealing my heart," she said lovingly with hearts under her glasses.

Belial is too clouded with confusion and shock to even think about stopping the witch from going any further with his attack as she slowly unbuttons the disguised Tyrant's shirt. Lucifer is visibly shaking in anger as if everyone is wasting his time or not even taking his immense hunger into consideration. Mara doesn't want to ever see an angry Lucifer no matter what form he takes.

"Not to worry, master. I will right my wrongs and skewer her with my hard strong-arm. Just you wait," he said before charging at the two.

The blonde child-like demon is angrily clutching his small hands with enough rage, wishing he had his full strength so he would had did things his way instead of depending on incompetent allies. Belial is already freaking out at his former prey now rubbing her slender sensual body all over his completely topless body in a ritual of courtship knowing how strong the cloud of lust is in her mind.

"Mara you absolute dumbass, I can't wait to stab through that shaft neck of yours when this is over!" he shouts.

"Just shut up, you red blowhard. Just let me be the one to penetrate her neck instead," Mara shouts.

Bayonetta would soon lose interest in her current target, now gazing at the delicious snack that was Mara. Her eyes wandered to places that tickled her fancy, including the well placed object of desires on the disguised god of lust's body. Belial would notice this and started to fear for Mara's well being now that she intends to go for his ally next. The suggestive licking of her lips would already allow the blonde demon to know what to really expect next. It wouldn't be until her familiar ally appeared just behind her with his hand out before her face to cast a spell.

"Me Patra!" Demi-Fiend shouts to eliminate every trace of lust in her system.

The next thing he would do is toss a Smoke Bomb to blind both Tyrants before they thought about doing a single thing to her. Belial and Mara coughs aggressively from inhaling the thick grey smoke formed by their ally's sticky weapon.

"You imbeciles….. I am in need of nourishment and you dare let her get away! Never forget who you truly serve, I can destroy you if I had most of my power again," young Lucifer threatened.

"Save it for later, never forget our own allies are off limits for food. Follow us if you want to really eat. I've caught wind of some spies that deserve to be devoured," the tattooed half demon comments.

Bayonetta is still pretty hazy on what exactly happened to her, but was snatched away by the demon boy to make way for the southeastern part of Kamurocho. Demi-Fiend had a bad feeling that what the Tyrants and Bayonetta did drew too much unwanted attention by unwanted enemies that taking them out was their next best move. Both soon disappeared from their sights completely as the smoke begins to finally clear up. Belial is still left in shock at the fact that he was almost ravaged by a witch because of Mara's mistake, while Mara is left sighing knowing well he was spared the same humiliation. Lucifer leaves in a huff with his tiny body, having littler patience for more failures at the hands of his fellow Tyrants. His usual cold emotionless look is filled with nothing but unabridged rage as both fists are fully clenched. His starvation and impatience fully clouded his inability to cooperate as he looks for the whereabouts of his missing right-hand and witch prey.

You better be right because I need my strength again. Being in this weaker non-intimidating form is embarrassing as it is. Promises are meant to be fulfilled and not teased. Tempting fate with the ruler of Hell and Chaos itself is the last mistake anyone, friend or foe, should ever make.

Belial quickly stumbles to his feet and began fixing his shirt before following the demonic child that leaves him behind. Mara soon follows behind them while not noticing his own behind is almost baring like an innocent Narcissist. The demon of temptation has no concept of modest or shame whatsoever which shows in the ridiculously oversexualized form he chose to take compared to his hard disgusting true form. The other Tyrants were already having their hands full during the search to find their missing brethren, picking away at the unruly thugs that dare to stand in their way for crossing their territory. Ash, Jeanne, and Ashley were in the lead to scope out just where they need to go after slowing down their human pests with magic.

"These guys are like gnats, is there any end to this? The Legion and that storm of theirs just had ruined the morale of the Japanese police if they can't control their own city," the undead rabbit complained.

"This is what happens when the Legion has full control of the world. The fact that we did little to stop them is proof that we should take them on sooner or later. But at least we have our secret weapon to deal with the Legion's trump card if we fail to stop them from summoning YHVH. The Dark One is just a puppet to distract us and we still have to find a way to stop it when it controls the darkness and sub space throughout the galaxy," the red witch said.

"Don't forget, Tabuu is on our side. He was the one who arguably inspired these insipid fools, so he will take care of the Dark One for us. Just that he needs time to heal after over exhausting his power against our master. Hopefully Master Hand can get involved when we have our hands full trying to undo the damage to the world," the little witch said.

Tzitzimitl smacked aside a thug in her way in a huff, sending him flying at a pile of rubble. Abaddon seemingly tries to resist his hunger for blood that he instead tackles any man to slow him down to not tease his hunger. Mithras slashed a few thugs viciously with his dagger while keeping his beloved suit from being stained with blood. Beelzebub cracked enough skulls with his crushing strength, proving to be the most experienced of his fellow demonic kin.

"These humans are nothing more than flies attracted to a pile of dung. The fact that they are willing to take over each other when there's nothing keeping them in line shows how hopeless it is," the Lord of the Flies said.

"This is the world Lucifer wants. No rules and only the strong survives. But also for our demon kin to run wild. We are only doing this because those Legion fools not only backstabbed us, but think they can take what's theirs when they are mere ants and not even close to a demon or god," Surt grumbled.

"Indeed. Humans think once they get a taste of power that they can dare rise above the very beings with the most power in the universe. It's pathetically sad, if not pitiful. Yet Odin is the one keeping me in check for messing with the Norwegian fools that stood in my army's way," Loki said solemnly.

"I personally wanted zero part in any of this. But what these feeble beings need is a bit of divine or demonic intervention to remind them who are the real top dogs of this multiverse. I've fought worse wars than any of the best "warriors" this planet has to over," Chi You said.

"Indeed. As a judge of Hell, it's almost saddening to see humanity reduced to this state outside of my domain. Even if it means more sinners to keep as our personal food and punching bags," Lucifuge said.

"Precisely. The Medieval Times weren't this savage. But humanity reached a new low, as if it's close to how Lucifer would want it. But these scum, they deserve the worst to them, even if we have to hold back to please this new alliance," Astaroth said after choking a thug.

"We need to hurry up and catch up with the others. Demi-Feind and Bayonetta may had already found everyone else," Jeanne called.

"Correct, contracted witch. We'll make sure find Young Master Lucifer and return him to his former glory. It's a shame that if he had his full power back, he would had wiped out the Legion in one blow while we still could. But no matter, we'll follow your plan and reunite with these heroes who seem to know where the Legion fools are hiding," Beelzebub said.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuugggggh!"

A loud scream pierces throughout the entire city that startled the many thugs from fighting any future. It even caused the demon alliance to stop in their tracks before progressing any further. Jeanne made sure to use her Witch Eyes to look far ahead for any traces of life that could had made that sound. Ashley's own broom is shivering at the suddenness of the scream, just being Red easily intimidated by anything he seems scary.

"Can you hold still? Now isn't a time for you to be soaking your imp bib in tears. That sounds familiar," Ashley said.

"Only one demon has that voice. It must be Girimehkala. We must be close to Mara, Belial, and Lord Lucifer at this point," Tzitzimitl wondered.

"But no one can ever give that powerful elephant demon any pain unless they use the power of electricity or can pierce his physical defenses," Beelzebub says.

"No way in hell a mere human would had did this much damage to Mara's elephant of burden. There's only few I know who can do that and they had long transcended from being called human," Surt replied.

"You mean there are others than Demi-Fiend that we don't know about?" Jeanne asks.

"That's right. Some that rule over other universes how they see fit. Some who had even killed YHVH before other than Demi-Fiend. A god like him can transcend time and space and he's hard to kill permanently. His deaths usually be temporary unless he revives himself or his own followers make a sacrifice to bring him back. But even his followers have long died, which is why the Legion is planning on doing it in their stead unknowingly," Astaroth said.

"Should we seek these other humans? I feel we need more than enough help to kick that God's ass back to Purgatory where he belongs," Ash said.

"Demi-Fiend would rather not make himself feel inadequate or overshadowed, and he is strong enough when Lucifer at least acknowledges his own power. Something these other godslayers have yet to achieve. Besides, we need to assist Girimehkala while we can," Chi You bellowed.

"Very well, I'll go on ahead since Bayonetta needs my assistance. Catch up if you can," Jeanne said before shifting into her Panther Within Form.

The white big cat gracefully sprints with her powerful four legs to move faster than her normal speed as the trail of white blooming foliage follows. Ash grants the gear within his Death Wheel to spin fast than before as Ashley orders Red to fly faster than usual in his broom form. Her famed white hair and red eyes would appear as a warning that she's not ready to fail again like her encounter with the Legion in Hell. The other demons followed them in their disguised forms regardless since they don't want to break the promise of revealing their true forms in the public eye. It seems they are not alone as Sasuke

Fuma as following them the entire time just keep up with their actions. His eyes in particular on Jeanne since he did learn they did clash with the Legion at all, if not in a real him and his allies will be unable to reach through normal means. Interesting, so these guys are powerful

If they fought the Legion but still ran if they are that much of a powerful force. And these "humans" are nothing more than demons in disguise. So we have more powerful competition to possibly worry about. I must report this to Tanaka soon, but after I find that book first.

He nonetheless still chooses to leap away as he feels they are unaware of where the Amazing Island book is. A large man is seen on his knees as if he taken the worst possible beating with blood pouring from his mouth. A demonic chuckling would be heard from above him with a silhouette of large bull horns covering his view.

"Damn, I would fight you in my real form. But I've promised my new allies not to show the real me to these humans. You really are the stubborn one if you expect these humans to back you up and turn on us, Moloch," the wounded disguised Girimehkala said.

He is right as what towers above him is a massive bull-like creature with a statue-like upper body and lower body and tail akin to a reptile. His scarred eyes and fangs shows that he has no time to listen to a lower demon like Girimehkala, even if he is connected to a fellow Tyrant like Mara. His only responds would be kicking him with his stony leg, sending him flying against a pile of rubble to almost kill him. The thugs that surrounded him would be cheering on their demonic overlord as they surround him with bloody hands. It seem they already murdered and sacrificed enough victims if it mean earning his protection if it meant taking over most of Kamurocho and soon all of Japan in due time. These sacrifices were enough to make him pretty powerful enough to where he could be trouble for his own Tyrant peers if they chose to fight him.

"Enough talk. Transformed or not, you are weak. I can always pierce that defense you are proud of and spill your blood. Who knows how much stronger I could get if a demon is sacrificed. While all the fools are too busy with their irrelevant meeting in Hell, I'm taking action to slowly rule the world while I can. Not even the Legion dung can stop me once I gather enough followers worldwide through rituals and sacrifices. Grovel beneath the dirt if you don't want to join my cause, pachyderm," the bull headed statue demon snarls.

The human form of Girimehkala barely scraps from the pile of scrap that almost buried him from the collision, covered in enough blood to show that he's holding back from showing his true prowess. The thugs cheers on their bull headed demon leader to finish off the ant that dare stood in his way of getting stronger. Snorting, he charged once more on all fours to rampage into all the rubble ahead of him and knocking the large man into the air. Moloch lashed his stone tail once more to knock Girimehkala back to the hard ground once more. He gags for air from the impact, feeling his old spine starting to finally give in.

Forgive me, Lord Mara. Perhaps I've finally realized that my days of fighting are over. Sorry.

He's eventually smacked against another ruined building with another lash of the bull false God's hard tail. Moloch lets put a loud almost inhuman bull roar to celebrate his clear victory over the weaker Vile demon that was holding back the whole time. All the bloodiest obese man could hear are the sounds of cheering for his inevitable demise as his own vision is getting blurry. Even if he was in his true demon form, he had doubts his condition or vision would be any better.

"This is only the beginning of what I'll do to those that stand in my way. I would care less if Lucifer has a say on the matter since I'm through taking orders from a coward that uses his title to threaten his fellow Tyrants. He's old news and our enemy God will never show his face here again. Today, Japan will be the rise of a new era where I will become the true god these people need. And soon, the whole world. Those Legion of Subspace ants will have no choice but to bow down to me or they'll grovel beneath my megaton body like this pathetic plague pachyderm that chooses not to fight like a true demon. Speaking of which, it's time to send you straight to Hell the way you should," the crazed demon god said.

He begins charging powerful hellish flames within his fanged mouth with enough intensity to feel hot as Hell itself. The ground started to slightly melt from this intense heat he's generating and some of his followers started to sweat as if it's a sunny day instead of a cloudy night. The downed Girimehkala had no choice but to face his fate due to his injuries and still sticking with the promise he made to Bayonetta no matter what.

"Send that fat bastard to hell, King Moloch. Show him that only the weak deserve to burn for their defiance!" one of his followers called.

"That tubby will be toasting real good to death. In fact, I want a taste of human flesh when this is over," another follower said.

"Hurry up and kill him anyways! Prove to us that you are the only god worth following in tough times like these," a female follower ordered.

Just as Moloch is finally ready to unleash his next attack, a young voice would be the one to stop him.

"That's enough Moloch. There's nothing more pathetic than hurting your own. I've always had a feeling you never deserved the title of Tyrant," Lucifer said.

The bull beast stops his attack slowly and so did the environment around him still sill from enough exposure to his intense heat. He recognized this voice too well since he knows all forms his master takes inside and outside of Hell. His suspicions were correct as he would see a small blonde child with the coldest expression standing behind him. The bull demon isn't surprised that his master shows little fear in his appearance while also wondering why he didn't choose his more recognizable or mature forms.

"Heh, of course the Morning Star would be here to lecture me about what I'm doing. To say I don't deserve the title is ironic coming from someone who would waste their time with diplomatic means instead of wiping out those Legion fools himself. This is why I'm happy to break from your rules and take what's mine from these feeble humans. Step aside unless you want to feel the heath of the bull's wrath. I know you've lost your power, because I know how high your demonic pressure usually is," Moloch threatened.

"It doesn't matter, I am still the king of the demons whether I have my power or not. You are to obey me now or you'll regret it. If I eat enough souls in this city, I should at least be strong enough to deal significant damage to your defenses. Never get too full of yourself. I own you and every other demon under my command," Lucifer said with more anger in his tone.

Moloch couldn't help but to chuckle knowing well that a much weaker Lucifer in his child form is in no way powerful enough to boss him around compared to his full power. He looked down on him as if he were just another human worth bullying than someone who considers him a boss. Lucifer is not amused at this, wising there's a way to quickly get his strength back if even his own rebellious demons belittle him for his current state than actively being obedient to his word.

"What do you think you'll achieve talking to me in your current state, huh? This is only a reminder that I could just kill you right now and be the new ruler of Hell. But I would rather have my eyes on ruling this pitiful world first, then focus my efforts on Hell. Unless I could just stomp you right here to shut you down. That way whatever demons left following you will have no choice but to see me as their new leader for killing their old one. Hehehe, how poetic for the famed Prince of Hell to be nothing more than a mere ant like the countless humans worth conquering on the surface world. Talk big and you'll realize that it will be the death of you," the bull demon continued.

"I know who I am and will never forget it. If anyone should know their place, it is you. Thinking you are to good for the important Hell Meetings, trying to take over the world without our input, threatening your own superior despite his current circumstances, and now harming a fellow demon for getting in your way. You disgust me quite a lot. Perhaps you are nothing more than a foolish bovine full of himself than a true demon after all," Lucifer said sharply.

It was at this point the statuesque bull demon had just about enough of Lucifer's mouth, growling quietly in rage and looking down. His sudden lifting of his marble stone foot would only show Lucifer that he's successfully gotten under his skin. He still stood in his same spot without any fear of the death he may face as Moloch's growling grew louder than before

"How about you shut up and go to Hell!" he shouts while lowering his foot.

Suddenly, a familiar large green demon would finally arrive in time to deal of a Hell Thrust to Moloch's chest before he could stomp the blonde boy to death. The demon of temptation is angry, to the point plant of bulging veins were visible from the huge he surprised just hearing his steed's cries for hell. Atop him would be Bayonetta who chose to ride him on the way here. Moloch coughs up some blood from the intensity of the hit and staggers backwards after Mara stops his charge. The witch soon follows up with a barrage of Wicked Weave punches to pummel the defenseless demon with all the strength she had. He tries to block each punch only to realize that she is too fast for him.

Damn it, this witch can keep up with me? Only those who can transcend time itself can keep up with a demon. Is she a Messiah like that Demonica soldier or the Nahobino?

Bayonetta then deals a Stilleto kick rot his chest and follows with a Wicked Weave stomp to further cement him into the ground. This stomp is powerful enough to cause gusts that blows down all of Moloch's followers and knock over the surrounding rubble around them. Belial already arrives with his pitchfork ready to fight. Lucifer is fine with both of them showing their true forms since there's no point in hiding when a rogue demon is proudly showing his existence to humans despite the state of the world. This is also because choosing to stick to these disguises puts you in a much weaker state than your true demonic forms.

"You all have my permission to teach this traitor a lesson. Because those that oppose me are no longer considered one of us. Also, grab any souls you can to feed me," he shouts.

Belial would be the first use a powerful Mamudobarion together powerful billows of darkness around the blind followers of Moloch. Usually a spell like this can instill anything if they are susceptible to darkness, which was unfortunately the case for these followers as they were soon reduced to ashes from the powerful dark magic. Their souls soon flowed from what used to be their bodies, leaving the red Tyrant to fly and grab as many as he can.

"Master Lucifer, eat as many as you can. Hopefully you can regain some of your strength again," Belial shouts.

"Good thinking, because I want my power back if it means putting rebellious demons like that bovine fool in his place," he said which anticipating his food.

The few supporters that still lived were quite far from Beliel's range to be affected by the spell and too wounded to stand up from Bayonetta's impact. Mara heartbrokenly stares at his fallen ally who just decides to revert to his demon form after enough encouragement. Girimehkala lets out a sorrowful trumpet as he's in too much bad shape to keep on moving for his age. The green demon knew that he was breaking a promise, but knew that he is better off fighting at full strength in his true form against another Tyrant regardless of circumstances.

"I'm…sorry master for letting myself reach this point. Can…you ever forgive…"

"Sssshhsshhhh, it's alright. You've did your best. Just stay here while the other Tyrants arrive, one of them could summon a Decarabia or two to heal you. Let me be the one to break more than the virginity of this bull demon of shit," Mara said.

The elephant demon does what he can to relax despite losing a good amount of blood from his wounds as his master rolls away to focus more on his current object of hatred. Bayonetta is too busy standing atop the fallen demon just to see if he's ready to fight back instead of resting.

"Come on, I thought they staying was mess with the bull, you get the horns? Or are you ready for me to give you that well deserved branding," she said.

She then felt something sharp stab right through her chest without warning. Now it to Mara was clear just how Girimehkala was in the condition he was in. Demi-Fiend arrived in time to see the grisly scene of rose petals flying around the wounded Bayonetta after the attack. His eyes were widened with horror like the times he seen what became of his former friends in the Vortex World.

"No," he said in shock.

Moloch laughs quietly despite his body being in enough pressure other than the tail he used to pierce his prey.

"Only the cocky ones leave themselves open to an attack like my Brave Sword. See you in hell, witch," the bull demon said before chuckling to himself.

Now how was that? Yeah, Lucifer is so hungry for souls that he is willing to order his own Tyrants to attack those close to him for getting in his way. Talk about being a grumpy demon king. Tanaka is back, but now plotting to take on the Legion now that he recruited some former minions of certain members from the yakuza wars in a ruined Japan. True to the SMT fashion we have our first hostile demon in form of Moloch who wan ted to rebel his peers and take over the world in its current state. Stakes are also high now that some human witnesses finally know demons are on Earth thanks to Mara exposing himself. The next chapter will be ready whenever, I'll try to update when I can now that I'm fully adjusting to this new job I have for the past few months. Hope to see you all soon.