Chapter 3 - Valefor Territory War - Part 1

The Old Satan Faction was indirectly formed when a group of Devils decided to continue the Great War in order to fulfill the Original Satans's ambition of world domination, while another group of Devils was against it, resulting in a Civil War among Devils, with the victor being the new Government of the Devil side of the Underworld, while the losers where forced to go into hiding and the original Four Great Satans became known as the Old Satans.

Even after being defeated by the new Devil government, the Old Satan Faction remained active and continued to cause trouble on the Devil side. Nothing serious, just harassment on the borders or some occasional terrorist attacks.

The Old Satan Faction was the only group of Devils who resisted using the Evil Pieces, as they believe them to be a disgrace to Devils because they reincarnate Humans and other races into Devils. They were also against the Devils' current political system of peace and pacifism and sought to change it by overthrowing the current Satans as their ultimate goal was to destroy the current world by creating and spreading chaos and recreating it into a world under the dictatorial rule of the descendants of the original Satans.

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Bael Castle, garden

"Darling do you think that we would be a clash with Old Satan Faction? I mean didn't they have territories deeper in the Underworld?"

Asked Esdeath out of curiosity as she looked at Zarathul, who was sitting there and sipping his green tea. In truth, Zarathul didn't care too much about Old Satan Faction as he knew about their exact strength and that they were weak as an ant. During the Civil War, Old Satan Faction only had one Super-Devil and that was his uncle Rizevim, who didn't fight for some reason. While the rest of the descendants of original Satans are mainly on the Ultimate-Class, so for leaders of the faction, they are pitifully weak.

"Not that I care. Their leadership is weak and they are following those descendants only because of pride and sticking to old traditions. If we encountered members of Old Satan Faction, try to not kill them, but instead capture them. All of them are Pure-Blooded devils nevertheless. When their leaders are killed, they would surrender on their own, without anyone on the Satan-Class level at least, they are doomed and even now, if Sirzechs Lucifer, Ajuka Beelzebub or father took action they would be annihilated without any resistance."

Commented Zarathul about Old Satan Faction and their abilities. Their overall abilities were really pathetic despite being direct descendants of the Four Original Satans. Their Clan traits were extremely powerful, yet they were too weak. Their only luck was that they had a rather big number of people.

"Those descendants albeit being weak, are very cunning and sly. They knew that we won't annihilate them as they have a huge number of Pure-Blooded Devils on their side, but they are aware that they are weak in front of Satan-Class Devils and Super-Devil Powerhouses, so they are just hiding like rats in severs."

Said Zarathul coldly as he looked Esdeath, who was currently hugging his arm. When they were alone, Esdeaht was really clingy and liked to cuddle with him, it made her comfortable. Zarathul also liked Esdeath being clingy, as it filled his heart with a very warm feeling of love.

Said Esdeath as they both stood up and went to the place, where the army was gathering. One could see thousands and thousands of devils, all clothed in finest armors made by their best blacksmith and enchanted with the best magic as they were standing in formations, awaiting the arrival of their general.

"Welcome General Esdeath, welcome Lord-General Zarathul."

Shouted thousands voiced at the same time, when they entered the encampment of the Bael Clan devil legions. While Esdeath was General of the Bael Clan legions, Zarathul was Lord-General of whole army belonging to the Bael Clan and all it's Vassals, at least to the time when Esdeath would be ready to take over. His father gave this position to him, to gain experiences in leading soldiers on the field, and with the help of his beloved fianceé, he was able to learn quickly. Zarathul and Esdeath both wawed as a form of greeting and then another devil came to them, it was man, in his middle ages, with a sharp look of solider and leader.

"Commander Veran, good to see you again. With greetings and formalities finished, please lead to to the place where are those things from Ajuka."

Said Zarathul impatiently as he wanted to see what had Ajuka sent him. He was the genius inventor of the whole Devil Race, and now after soon-coming Conjunction of Spheres, he was focusing on researching things for military usage. They were some already completed things and now he got his hands of the whole bunch of completed products with one proto-type in the final phase of testing.

"Yes, yes."

Said Veran, as they went to the place. Veran was Pure-Blood Devil of House Bael, from one of its branches. He was a war veteran who survived through the Great War between Three Factions and also Civil War between Old Satan Faction and Anti-Satan Faction. In terms of strength, he was 2nd-Tier Ultimate-Class Devil.

What was waiting for them was huge Magical Battleship. It consists of a central hull at whose sides are located two larger, elongated part jutting frontwards. It seems to be kept flying by several large magical glyphs floating near it, with a pair of them being located behind it, at the ends of the protruding sections, something which makes them highly reminiscent of propulsors, and an even more massive one sitting under it. The hull's shape is that of a real boat, possessing an arched, pointed lower part, ending on the front in a dark section which houses the guild's symbol, with an open zone right above it, where the main hall seems to be located. Such hall is topped by a dark, arched roof reminiscent of a capsized hull, on whose back part sits yet again another, similarly-shaped tower, sprouting from the main hull and going up several meters, which ends in a massive observation deck protruding frontwards, complete with large windows. At the tower's sides, on the dark roof, is a pair of large, sword-shaped ornaments jutting upwards; a similar pair of crossed swords is also present on the airship's protruding sections, with one of them adorning each outer side. The two attached sections of the ship possess frontal, protruding dark parts reminiscent of rostrums, each adorned by a light motif, somewhat similar to a stylized monstrous head. Both the hull and the two adjacent sections bear linear blank parts, where a multitude of square windows is lined up one after the other, these being highly reminiscent of hatches.

"Fascinating, truly fascinating. Ajuka is truly genius to construct something like this!"

"What is the name of this wonderful creation? And how is it's power, I can see that huge cannon even from here, it's strength should be around Ultimate-Class if I am not wrong?"

Asked Zarathul after quickly scanning the Magical Battleship. Strength of the main cannon was always highest, and if the strength of the main cannon was around Ultimate-Class then the strength of side cannon should be around High-Class, which is pretty good, for something that was just now researched and created.

"Name is Grimoire Heart Battleship. The main cannon is the Jupiter-Class with power equivalent to the Ultimate-Class, while the power of side cannon varies. Bigger ones have power equivalent to the High-Class while those smaller ones to the Middle-Class. The whole Battleship is protected by Magical Defense Barrier, self-repairing which should be able to withstand the power of Satan-Class Powerhouse for a significant amount of time."

Zarathul nodded his head in excitement and his eyes were shining like little kid who got a new toy to play with.

"What about the rest?"

Asked Zarathul about next thing that he got from the Technological Department. First thing was the Magical Battleship which was a big project and second thing, was apparently something smaller, yet destructive.

"Yes, they are Mana Battery Cannons, they are the whole bunch of fifty of them, each of power same as 1st-Tier High-Class devil. The only problem is with ammunitions and the same problem is with that Battleship as it uses Mana Crystals that are too scarce through the world, so we are on the tight spot. Maybe if the Conjunction of Spheres happens, we would be able to obtain some source of the Mana Crystals."

Mana Battery Cannon looked like more futuristic human cannon with beautiful futuristic design. It had various magical runes through the entire place. In regard to the Mana Crystal was a huge amount of mana that crystalized and took the form of crystal. It was often used as an energy source to various things or used by magicians as a method to increase magical capacity or in crafting things. Unfortunately, they were pretty rare and most of the natural sources were located in Dimensional Words of various Pantheons. Even though the Underworld was several times bigger than Earth, it only had five of places where Mana Crystals were and most of them were very deep in the Underworld or controlled by other stronger forces than devils. One of them was close to devil race but was controlled by Hades, thus belonging to the Olympus.

"Very good. Very good, prepare all things, we are leaving in one hour for the Valefor territory to start extermination war against our enemies."

"What happened Darling, that you are so happy?"

Asked Easdeath out of curiosity as she looked at Zarathul being now very happy and even showing it on the outside, compared to his usual stoic expression, something very good must have happened.

"Yes, something very good had happened. My peerage is going to be expanded once more. That stubborn old man finally used the flyer I gave him, that means, he must be in problems so serious he decided to accept my proposition."

Said Zarathul as a magic circle appeared beneath him. It was not a magic circle of Bael Clan that appeared and teleported him away, instead it was a magical circle in dual colors, silver and black, with Geass-Sword sigil in the center of the magical circle. This was of more importance than checking the equipment, and checking the equipment could b also done by Esdeath. He needed to go to find his new future servant.

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After he teleported away, he appeared in the Human World, on Earth in some god -a knows-forgotten country in the middle of nothing. As Zarathul looked around, he found bloodstains from someone blood, thus he decided to follow them until he found the entrance to some cave. Zarathul took out Gáe Bolg, in order to be prepared if the situation turned out to combat and entered the cave.

It didn't take a long time to find his target. He was a tall, standing at approximately 6'3", thin man wearing black dress pants, a white dress shirt with a purple tie, and a purple vest. He also wore gloves of white colors and had his long hair in a tightly bound ponytail. His eyes are red, and he wore a monocle which rests on his nose bridge. Compared to his usual neat and elegant appearance, his clothes were not torn in many places and he was bleeding as he was stabbed with some weapon.

"So you have finally decided to call me, Walter? I told you if you would constantly hunt vampires in their own territory, they would send someone too strong for you to handle."

Commented Zarathul after he saw the state the man whose call he answered.

Walter C. Dornez, Vampire Hunter who hunted vampires for his whole life and possessor of the Mid-Tier Longinus, Monofilament Vires. Newly evolved Longinus that appeared only several decades ago. The human race had very severe limitations, able to reach only High-Class in terms of strength by their hard work and talent. Only those with in-human ancestry would be able to breach this limit, but not too much of course. Only a few humans who were born as an ordinary human were able to overcome limits of the race and reach the pinnacle of the human potential where their strength was around Satan-Class. Zarathul knew only two of them, Vasco Strada and Ikuse Tobio.

"So what do you say, Walter? My offer is still on the table, you would become Devil and with my resources than even making you equivalent to the Pillar Devils in term of Devil Blood is not impossible and you would obtaining eternal life and immense power is not that impossible."

Walter looked at Zarathul and at the silver chess piece that he was fondling in his hands. He just weakly nodded his head and started the ritual and specific magical circle appeared beneath Walter. It was a magical circle in dual colors, silver and black, with Geass-Sword sigil in the center of the magical circle.

"In my name as Zarathul Bael-Lucifer, Crown Prince of Underworld of Houses Bael and Lucifer, I hereby reincarnate you to be my [Knight]."

Said Zarathul as his personal magic circle enveloped Walter and Evil Piece melted to his body and reincarnated him as Devil. Personal magic circles were usually used only by top powerhouses, for example, Sirzechs Lucifer or Ajuka Beelzebub both used the personal magic circle, which represented themselves. Zarathul also had his own magic circle as he designed it personally to represent Bael-Lucifer line, a fusion of two noblest and powerful bloodlines in the Underworld and among the devil race.

"So how are you feeling as newly Reincarnated Devil?"

Asked Zarathul as he reincarnated Walter as his new [Knight]. Before the reincarnation, Walter was already pretty strong for human as he reached the limit of their race, High-Class, though he didn't manage to reach the racial pinnacle of Ultimate-Class, even reaching High-Class was considered almost impossible for humans. For example, reason, why human exorcists were able to fight and sometimes even kill devils far above their level, was the usage of Holy Weapons.

"Pretty good, I only need to rest, I am tired too much."

After that Zarathul took Walter and sent him through the teleportation circle to Bael Castle, to recuperate as he walked out of the cave, to greet unwanted guests. He needed to properly take care of them and show them his courtesy...

"Pretty weak, had the vampire factions declined to such extent already? With a bunch of barely High-Classes pursing Vampire Hunter with combat prowess of Ultimate-Class? Oya, they are few of you, but you are weak even for Ultimate-Class, barely 2nd-Tier. Time to clear it up."

Murmured Zarathul as he enveloped his whole person in Power of Destruction, and his energy level was still increasing to the point, some of the vampires were already trying to escape but to no wait. Zarathul sends few waves of pure Power of Destruction at vampires, annihilating them to nothingness. Not even those Ultimate-Class one survived, as they were just Ultimate-Class of 3rd-Tier in magical powers and this attack was too sudden, exterminating them like nothing.

"Truly disgrace to once glorious race. To think, during the reign of strongest Blood Lords, they were even stronger than most Pantheons, they truly declined too much. If this was the state we could also end, truly fortunate we have made preparations to change and adapt, instead, become like this."

Said Zarathul as he looked at demolished surroundings. Now everything here was destroyed with his Power of Destruction and not even stone on stone remained. Vampires were once very strong race, but after the death of their sole Blood Lord, they started isolating themselves from the outside world and were declining even faster than devils. Compared to them, devils at least were making progress in their society.

After making a mess here, Zarathul teleported himself away, before someone stronger arrived. Still, he didn't forget to take out a few empty crystals to absorb the Negative Energy, which was created after he slaughtered those twenty or so vampires, and now he had few full Negative Energy Crystals.

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After Zarathul arrived at the Bael Castle, he found Esdeath already waiting for him there. Together with her, there was also, Commander Veran and few other soldiers as they were doing the inspection of Mana Battery Cannons.

"Darling who is the person you recruited?"

Asked Esdeath curiously about the person, who caught the eye of her future husband, as he had very high standards.

Answered Zarathul as he knew how Walter became like that. He was ambushed by several Ultimate-Class vampires, as he was constantly hunting vampires in their own territory so they sent rather large subjugation squad to kill him. Zarathul managed to kill a few of them when he exited the cave, where they were. With the loss of on from subjugation squads, they would probably hide even more than now. After all, they lost two Ultimate-Class Vampires, though they were only 3rd-Tier and pitifully weak, in the eyes of Vamopries, they were top powerhouses. Such was the price for losing their Blood Lord.

In past Vampires had also the powerhouse on level of Super-Devil Class, but he was killed and Vampires who made many enemies, were attacked from all sides, suffering very heavy casualties and being on brink of extinction. What happened to them, was a great motivation for devils, especially those old ones. It filled them of fear if they lost their own Super-Devils their race could be also extinguished.

After that, they left and boarded the Magical Battleship Grimoire Heart as they flew toward the Valefor Territory with Devil Legions either boarding the Magical Battleship or flying beside it in combat formations. Even though Grimoire Hear was very huge, it could house at max only several thousand of devils, not whole army consisting of 20,000 soldiers.

The whole journey to the Valefor territory would take at least a few days and unfortunately for them, they could not teleport there, as there is a huge possibility of ambush.

Zarathul was currently sitting in the observatory room, looking at the beautiful view of the Underworld as he sat on the throne. As he was sitting on the throne, Esdeath was cuddling to him as she tried to sleep in his embrace and Zarathul cherished this moment greatly.

"Zarathul, I have been searching for you for last hour already."

Suddenly doors opened and a newcomer came to spoil his wonderful time with his beloved. The main reason for their leisure time was rather funny. Thanks to Kuroka organizing military affairs, to which she didn't have any experiences and was pretty bad at it as she tried to organize nekomata/nekoshou squad, Esdeath was enjoying her time alone with Zarathul.

"And I didn't want to be founded, Sairaorg. Sigh, if you are already here, come and join me. I can see that you have something on your heart."

Sighed Zarathul as he looked at young Bael as he gestured him to sit down. After Sairaorg sat down and joined Zarathul, Esdeath in her sleep twitched in anger, but Zarathul c.a.r.e.s.sed her smooth blue hair as she continued to sleep. Even though she was General of Bael Clan Army, she could afford this leisure as all soldiers were trained by her personally, and they could function even without her constant presence.

"Why is all of this happening?"

Asked Sairaorg suspiciously as he looked at Zarathul's relaxed expression over his face. He just continued to c.a.r.e.s.s Esdeath's hair as he enjoyed time with his lover.

"I don't quite understand what you mean if you forgive me."

Answered Zarathul indifferently, as he didn't even pay attention to Sairaorg and his suspicion or whatever.

"You understand very good. Far better than any of us. All of those changes in Underworld that happened, Reincarnation Laws and many other things that would be impossible to even think of before the Civil War. Even though the situation is not ideal, its far batter compared to before the Civil War. When you don't pay attention to things and details you won't find something in it, but when you look closer at the state of things, you would start noticing. Impossible is no longer a word."

Said Sairaorf as Zarathul just raised an eyebrow at this and looked at him with a curious gaze.

"The Great King Faction and Elder Council working together with Four Great Satans Faction, could be considered as impossible several decades ago. Something is coming to Zarathul, something big enough to even force many of the most arrogant and stubborn devils to change. At least some of them though."

Remarked as he finished speaking.

"You are pretty observant, aren't you? The only thing that I am allowed to tell you is simple. Be prepared and increase your strength as much as possible, dark times are coming for us. For now, focus on the war now. We would be reaching the Valefor Territory very soon."

Said Zarathul as he returned his attention to the view before him. Sairaorg after a short time of awkward silence left the room, and soon one servant of the Bael Clan came to him as Zarathul called.

"How is the negotiation going?"

Asked Zarathul as he continued watching the view of Underworld and Esdeath hugging his arm.

"He agreed to the initial proposition to be reincarnated as Devil and serve as General of future Imperial Army. He also said his conditions, they are not very light."

Answered servant to Zarathul, to which he just narrowed his eyes. He knew that person who they were persuading was very important to their plans. In the future nation of Devils, they would need superior generals like Esdeath to lead to a charge, but she alone was not enough. Thus they needed to search.

"Say them, his ability to command are far even higher than Esdeath's and his personal strength is even more terrifying."

Said Zarathul with resolute voice. He already discussed this with his father and Elder Council and it was decided that they must succeed at all costs.

"The first condition he wants a large amount of Negative Energy Crystals, enough to rise bloodline level to the standard of 72 Pillars and he wants to have absolute control over his army, without the intervention of other nobles and politicians. Also, he made it clear he won't take any initiative to attack Celestial Court or any parts of dimensional worlds belonging to the Chinese Pantheon."

Said envoy in charge of negotiations, as he looked at Zarathul and waited for an answer. Even though for someone these condition s might be too much, but Zarathul thought not much about them.

"Agree to it. In our race, most of the good generals were killed through the two wars and the new generation needs to be groomed. Tell Bai Qi, that he would be appointed as Grand Marshall of Armies in the future, but also give him the test. Tell him to choose some territory in the Underworld that belonged to former pillars and conquer it as proof of abilities, if not those old men in council would not agree so easily and would have bad comments."

Bai Qi, also known as Gongsun Qi was a military general of the Qin state in the Warring States period of China. Born in Mei, Bai Qi served as the commander of the Qin army for more than 30 years, being responsible for the deaths of over one million, earning him the nickname Ren Tu (human butcher). He never suffered defeat in battle not even once. He was a special person, as he was aware of supernatural and learned Senjutsu, Youjtsu, and Touki.

His personal strength was more terrifying. After his 'death' he ascended as Immortal and became something like a free general as he created his own army in the supernatural world and fought in various dimensional worlds against monsters in various regions of China, protecting the nation in shadows. Zarfathul admired such person very much and wanted to recruit him as future Marshall.

In terms of superpowers in the supernatural world, China would rank as first, despite Jade Emperor being slightly weaker than Shiva, but compared to them, Celestial Court was united, while Shiva was in military conflict with Indra for whole centuries. Celestial Court had the biggest amount of soldiers, weakest being at the Pinnacle Middle-Class, which made devil race look like some amateurs.

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Several days later, Valefor Territory

After several days of travel, they finally arrived at their target, Valefor Territory, Zarathul was already prepared to battle, as he held his weapon Gáe Bolg close to him. Majestic army with 20,000 devils of Bael Legions arrived at their destination with Magical Battleship Grimoire Heart at their lead.

"Lord Zarathul, General Esdeath several kilometers ahead of us, we spotted small town, with population over 5,000. Based on energy signatures, they should be all stray devils. Awaiting further orders."

Reported sergeant in charge of the scouting in the Battleship Grimoire Heart, as they still not landed. All devils were now flying side by side with Magical Battleship in a defensive formation to protect it from sneak attacks.

"Proceed as usual. Surround the city and I will go to ask for their surrendering. Many of Stray Devils were created by abus.e.m.e.nt of their former master, though they were still some like criminals and others."

Answered Zarathul, as they proceeded as he ordered. Soon their army surrounded the city and Zarathul unleashed his eight devil wings. Compared to other devils, which had pitch-black wings, his own had some silver lines in them. He flew high above the city and looked at it before starting speaking, amplifying his voice with magic.

"For all Stray Devils attention. Surrender now, and your case would be judged by Reincarnation Laws and Common Devil Protection Laws, I give this an oath in my name as Zarathul Bael-Lucifer."

Said Zarathul with dominating voice as he then retreated back to the Magical Battleship Grimoire Heart. He was aware that most of those stray devils, there escaped very long ago from the Underworld, and many of them didn't even know about something like Reincarnation Laws. As he was aware that most of the strays were created because of abus.e.m.e.nt of their master he knew, that more than half of them would surrender. Only heavy criminals or true stray devils would remain. IOn last century, there weren't many stray devils. Besides those who really committed the offense, they were practically none.

After stray devils heard that, it happened as Zarathul predicted. The fame of the name Lucifer and Bael, especially combination of two, was a really prestigious event among the stray devils and with his oath, around 3,500 of them exited the city and went voluntary surrender. Only around 1,500, they remained in the City and Zarathul already gave them enough face. Mainly because of two reasons. They were still devils, strays or not and their cases would be investigated under Reincarnation Law. There aren't any second chances.

"Accommodate all of them and put them under guard, they are still classified as stray devils. Also, start a siege of the town. Start bombarding with side cannons of Grimoire Heart, don't use Jupiter Cannon, that would be too much. Land troops on the ground and also take out Mana Battery Cannons and let them also start bombarding."

Said Zarathul as soon Magical Battleship Grimoire Heart landed down together with devils legions and surrounded town swiftly. After that, they took out the Mana Battery Cannons from the Grimoire Heart and created a siege line, and started bombarding. Every time Mana Battery Cannon shot, part of the town would be blasted to the Abyss.

Mana Battery Cannons were new technology created by the Technology Department and they were actually testing those cannons in the real combat. Before this, they weren't tested in actual combat, only in testing fields, now was their debut.

Esdeath beside him also watched bombardment with great interest. The amount of destruction caused by Mana Battery Cannons was very huge, as every cannon had power output equivalent to the High-Class in terms of strength. Soon enough, the bombardment stopped and everything was filled with just deathly silence.

"Send in troops. If someone decided surrender take them to prison. We cannot be lax with those who decided to stay in that town to fight."

Said Zarathul causally as he continued watching the situation under him, from the commanding room of the Grimoire Heart. Soon enough, the whole town was swarmed by devil troops who either killed those who resisted or captured those who surrendered. Those who survived that bombarding were either severely injured or didn't even resist, thus the entire town was swiftly taken down.

After that Zarathul gave order to camp and rest for one day before continuing in the conquest. Giving some time to soldiers for them to rest is a very important thing. After dealing with all matters regarding stray devils, Zarathul was found once again by another guest.

This time it was Kuroka who was coming to see him for the first time from the start of this operation. Even though this was a military operation she was participating, she was still clothed in her kimono, not changing her outfit even in times like these.

"Nyaa, so comfy, nyaa."

Murmured Kuroka as she hugged Zarathul from behind in a special way, as he clearly felt her b.r.e.a.s.t on his back. Clear seduction.

"How are your duties doing Kuroka? I must remind you, this is a very important opportunity not just for you, but also for you people as a whole. Times of war, always give birth to the greatest heroes."

Said Zarathul as he looked at Kuroka who had a mischievous expression on her face, and her intentions were very clear. She was horny, even situation like this didn't forbid her to be in heat. Still, Zarathul just smiled, as he takes this as rather a nice opportunity to relieve some steam. If Esdeath found about it, she would scold him and probably even beat him as she didn't like doing something like this during military operations. As expected from true soldier and general.

"Yada, let's do some cute devil kittens, nya. I wanna make them...nya."

Said Kuroka as she started kissing Zarathul, trying to seduce him and have her way with him. He seeing her like this, decided just go with the flow and started undressing her after he enveloped the whole room in the bounded field.

"As you wish my beloved..."

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Another day, soon in the morning, the whole army went to continue their conquest of the Valefor Territory. During the next three days, only enemies their found were some smaller groups of either composed from fallen angels or some monsters.

At the fourth day, they finally entered the region which was clearly territory of monsters, as the state her was even worse compared to others. Entire Valefor Territory could be said to be dived into two parts. One of them solely belonged to the rogue fallen angels due to their large numbers and also some creatures of other mythologies, while another part belonged to monsters like goblins and kobolds.

The land which belonged to goblins was before the region of fallen angels and other creatures from various pantheons built their bases. So in order to reach them, they needed to annihilate these ones first. Only after that, they could fight with rogue fallen angels and creatures of various mythologies.

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- About Peerage, only one change was made and it was the final one. Rest remains as I have told.

- Zarathul's Pawn... I don't wanna spoil you, but I can assure you, that it is someone very strong and interesting.

- Harem, already finalized and set in stone. Esdeath, Kuroka, Grayfia, Rossweisse, Serafall, Irene, Yasaka, ?. There will be no more people as having too big harem is not good for developing relationsh.i.p.s between characters.

Someone on the fanfiction.net asked me about Issei, so:

About Issei, perverted or non-perverted I still hate that character. Especially after he defeated Sairaorg in the rating game he became my most hated fictional character across all anime, manga, xianxia, xuanhuan, Korean web novels, and all creation. Still, he will be in the story and will have Boosted Gear, but I will make it real.

What I especially hate about him, is that he became so op with plot armor alone. Basically Boosted Gear alas Plot Armor made him too OP out of thin air, which is totally unrealistic. The basic property of the Boosted Gear is boosting power individual already have. Doubling it every ten seconds to the level of Ddraig himself or slightly lower as whole power could be unleashed under Juggernaut Drive.

My point is that perverted idiot, even after reincarnating as the devil had almost zero amount of demonic energy and couldn't even awaken his Sacred Gear. In this fic, he would be many times weaker as there won't be any plot armor hanging over his head. I will still make him join Rias's peerage he would be exactly like in cannon, alas many times weaker as his character in anime/light novel was too strong for almost non-existed talent and no training as he was just focused on b.o.o.b.s...

I am a person who heavily dwells on logic, so for me giving power out of thin air like this is totally unacceptable.