Chapter 5: Civil War (Devil's Version)

Phenex Clan Hospital-

10 Minutes ATGB(After The Great Battle) -

Lilith looked at the Phenex clan nurse tending to Lucifer's wounds and sighed, exhausted from such an emotionally and physically draining day. Her wounds, purely magical, needed only rest to repair and she knew she'd be at her full strength in 3 days tops...Lucifer on the other hand wasn't so lucky.

"So tell me nurse, what is wrong with his body?" Lilith asked the nurse, confused on why the Phenex Tears, which could heal any wound barring holy magic or light, wasn't working on Lucifer.

"Well his condition isn't purely physical.." The nurse responded evenly, not showing an ounce on fear in front of her queen. "Whatever God did in there was more than physical, it just appeared on his physical body as a manifestation of the damage taken. My guess would be God wasn't actually beating his body but his core." The nurse finished, calibrating a lime green magical circle which enveloped Lucifer's body. "My treatment plan is to seal him in a Demonic Healing Pod, until his core repairs itself for him to wake up." The nurse waved her hand and a flash sparked to life, dropping 2 pieces of paper. The Phenex nurse picked up the paper and held it to the pod and handed one to Lilith. "This will let you know when he wakes up, is there anything else I can do for you my queen?" The nurse questioned Lilith, eager to help her queen in anyway she could.

"No that'll be all for now, make sure later this room is sealed and only allowed entry to me, or those with direct Lucifer lineage. " Lilith commanded the nurse while preparing a teleportation circle to the War Room.

"It will be done my queen."

"Good."

Lucifer Estate - War Room -

The Lucifer Estate served as the headquarters of the Devil Government, led by Lucifer The King, it served as an administrative building held by those with political power (clan heads, notable devils, nobles, etc;). The War room was a room specifically designed to accommodate the heads of houses when war with other factions broke out. It was NOT designed for internal conflict. A huge blood red table sat in the obsidian walls of the War Room, each seat holding a place for a clan head to weigh their 2 cents on whatever conflict the Devils were involved in.

"I say we hit them when they're weak, really strike them where it hurts!"

"No! We don't know the condition of Lord Lucifer we must wait for his command!

"I say we head east and kill those fallen now! They think we don't know where they are now would be perfect for a sneak attack!

"No you're an Idiot, The Fallen had the least amount of casualties who knows where their numbers are now!"

When Lilith teleported to the War Room she expected devils with dignity and class discussing the next move for the Devil race. What she didn't expect was a bunch of 800 year old beings screaming and yelling at each other behaving like children. Lilith scowled and opened a raised hand to the air, immediately a large bang rang through the air.

"Silence!" Lilith shouted, the entirety of the War Room became quiet, each head recognizing the danger dripping off her command. Lilith walked forward until she was at her dedicated seat as Queen, and sat down; Locking eyes with every head at the table. "Status Report." She said evenly, her voice tight with annoyance at how the supposed "noble" devils were acting. At her request, the acting head of war communications, Lord Sekra Sitri (father of Sona and Serafall Sitri) spoke up.

"After running through the list of deceased with Lord Phenex and Multiple recounts at the Phenex Clan hospital I can confirm that out of the 800,000 devils who participated in The Great Battle, 513,000 were killed and 67,000 were injured beyond what we can repair currently and 26 Head of Houses were slain ma'am." Lord Sitri finished quietly, his voice soft but laced with pain as he talked about his fallen brethren. This was not good at all, The devil race was only made up of 1.7 million people, with a good half of them perishing in battle, The Devil race were truly facing extinction. Lilith pursed her lips and looked around the table. Because of the corrupt nature of Devils and their magic, it was extremely hard for Female Devils to get pregnant, with half their people gone the heads needed to make a decision on what they should do.

"Mi'lady may I suggest a course of action?" Zekram Bael was the head of the Bael Clan, home to the infamous Power of Destruction, it was through them that the Devils became known as one of the more powerful factions of the world

"And what would you suggest, Zekram?" Lilith asked with a slightly seductive smile on her face, watching as Zekram fought to keep the blush on his cheeks from spreading, Lilith always thought it was funny to see him lust over her.

"I propose we attack heaven while they're still recuperating and recovering. With Him (regular devils can't say God) and Lord Lucifer out of commission the power scales are tipped in our favor. With the power of our Satans they can combat the Seraphs and actually finish them this time. With the Seraphs gone we can take over Heaven and expand the power of the Devil Race!" Zekram finished, his voice was smooth with an undertone of deliriousness. Zekram wanted to essentially kick Heaven while they were down and take over to spread the Devil's influence, his influence. In his head, Lucifer and God being incapacitated was nothing but an opportunity to expand the Bael's fame and power. After all, who would the devils worship? The King who got them killed in Heaven? Or The King who conquered it?

"My lord! I urge you to not listen to the ramblings of a war monger! We cannot initiate an attack on heaven right now we are too weak! Heaven had the most forces by far and while I have no doubt our Satans could slay the Seraphs, we simply don't have the numbers to initiate an assault on that level yet." Lord Agares counter argued, enraged that someone would even bring up battle not even 24 hours after half their race was wiped out. Zekram stood up and sneered at Lord Agares, everyone at the table silently listening to the 2 Heads trade words.

"This is the chance now! Heaven had the most casualties we should use this to our favor now!"

"No, Lord Bael, the underworld needs to heal first! why send our sons to death when we can help them prosper!"

"Enough!" Lilith had heard enough of the ideological spat between the two lords and figured it was time to actually get work done. "We will hold a vote! Whoever want's to wipe out Heaven while they're weak say "aye"" The Satans, who were healthy enough to at least attend this meeting all said "aye" in agreement. Zekram of Bael house said "aye" and soon after a perfect half of the table said "aye". Looking to those who didn't like, Zeoticus of the Gremory Family and Sekra of the Sitri Family she quirked her eyebrow and folded her arms, signaling her disapproval. "Zeoticus, Sekra, why are you not in agreement?" and while they weren't the only ones in disagreement they were the most vocal. Zeoticus and Sekra shared a nod then Zeoticus rasied his head and spoke to Lilith,

"I have a son right now, who by his magical readings will be stronger than me come his 50th birthday.." murmurs broke out amongst the table. While Zeoticus wasn't on the same power as the Satans, he was a very strong high class devil worthy of praise. Him saying himself, his son was gonna be stronger than him at 752 years old was jarring to say the least. "..And I'd like him to see him grow up in an Underworld where we are in harmony and dare I say it, peace." The War room exploded in chaos with the Heads shouting up, dow, and across the obsidian walls.

"I said silence!" Lilith shouted, her power exploding around her and sending those within a close proximity to her deeper within their chair "I will not repeat myself." Everyone got the message, either behave with class or die. Lilith looked at Zeoticus, his long maroon hair dangled messily from the sweat and grime of battle, but the wry grin on his handsome face would make it seem as though nothing could bother him. "Peace you say?" Lilith leaned forward and rested her hands on her face, her bosom being raised was visible to those around her "And would you die for that so called "Peace"? Gremory boy." Looking around the War Table Lilith had a plan that would keep the devil's busy while she focused on the healing of Lucifer, she couldn't lead the entire devil race while also trying to heal Lucifer himself to the point where he could take his mantle back she would run herself ragged doing so. Her new plan though, that could work. Zeoticus looked into Lilith's eyes and stood up, his 6'2 form towering over her sitting 5'3 body.

"Yes ma'am." After fighting in The Great Battle and taking the lives of so many beforehand, Zeoticus was tired of war, exhausted from battle. Seeing his Father and Mother die fighting The Fallen and the Angels, his outlook on life has changed. Lilith beamed up at him, her megawatt smile lighting up the deep purple and black tones of the War Room.

"Good then, you might have to. Here's the deal Devil's, Lucifer's core is somewhat shredded and It's gonna take me awhile to heal that up, Now I could just tell you all shut the fuck up and wait on Lucifer but you guys are the future of our race, you can't always depend on Lucifer. So with that said, you Devil's will wage war with each other until one side trumps over the other..." The room was flabbergasted at the proposal. War with each other? How would that solve their problems? "..I see you all are confused on the order given.." Lilith raised her hand, forming a small black magic circle and the seat of every Head of house who voted for the siege of Heaven was teleported to the Bael Family House. Raising the same hand she teleported them with she spoke into her hand, "You will have 1 month before your war starts, I suggest you prepare."

"My lord, What would Lucifer say to this.. this game you have decided to play!" Lord Phenex, who was one of the Devil's to vote no asked Lilith, his tone confused by the proceedings of this meeting. In response, Lilith took the magical circle in her hand and threw it at Lord Phenex, beheading him. Waiting until, his head regrew she leaned back and smiled again, her hands glowing with the power of darkness at her call.

"He would laugh, and say "May the strongest devils win."."

100 Years ATGB -

Gremory Estate - Great Hall

"Still no contact with your cousins from Bael, Venelana?" Zeoticus asked his wife, looking at her forlorn gaze as she reached across the table for more of the chicken on the table.

"No. Ever since Zekram pulled back the Bael's he's hasn't been receiving any messages or contacts." Venelana was devastated at the fate of her birth family, even though she's been married to Zeoticus for 200 hundred year.

Ever since that fated meeting between Lilith and the Clan Heads, the underworld has been in nothing but pain and strife. In the last 100 years, out of the original 72 Pillars families, only 36 remain with even more scattered and in hiding the "Anti- Satan" war effort was mostly led by 4 powerful devils, giving them hope for a better tomorrow.

"Well Honey, you know Sirzechs is working on a new Power of Destruction attack, something he said could finally finish this war." Zeoticus reported to his wife, eager bring some sort of light in the cold darkness of the underworld.

"He fights too much, you work him too hard." Venelana sobbed quietly into her hands, finally releasing 100 years of tension at the breakfast table of the empty Gremory estate.

Because of the war, and who Venelana was married too, she had been cut off by the Bael family entirely, ceasing all contact with her by the time Lilith ended her magical circle. Zeoticus put down his utensils and made his way around the table to give his wife a fierce hug. Wiping her auburn bangs out of her beautiful face, he looked her in the eyes.

"I know this century has been tough on you, seeing Sirzechs put his life on the line and the Baels cutting contact I can't imagine how you feel right now." Zeoticus said, his voice soft and warm to soothe her aching heart. "But, we're gonna get through it, have faith in Sirzechs him and his friends will bring the peace we imagined." He finished, wiping Venelana's tears with the sleeve of his shirt.

"I hope so Zeoticus, I really do."

104 Years ATGB -

Valley of The Damned -

"So you finally figured it out huh." Serafall Sitri said, staring at the glowing red Power of Destruction monster that was her friend Sirzechs.

The war had been going on for 104 years with no sign of stopping anytime soon. With the pillar families now cut down to 32, the Anti - Satan faction now had the secondary objective to stop the war before any more of the families went extinct.

"It took a while but It's finally complete." Sirzechs said proudly, holding out his arms to admire the power he possessed. "With this !.." he held out his hands and the entire valley around them expanded, disintegrated to form smooth rock. No magic circle, nothing to identify he was using magic, just pure destruction. "...We will win this war."

Serafall didn't say anything immediately, instead choosing to cock her head back and let out a laugh, a laugh of pure joy at physically seeing the end of the war in her sights.

"Well I hope so, Sirzechs I really do."

An: Chapter is short compared to others because im really trying to get to Xerias but i like kinda have to rewrite the history so its taking longer than expected. Next chapter soon but i wanna change some stuff so it'll probably be a week or so. Love ya'll and review, follow and, favorite!

-complex