Chapter 463: Gemstones & The King Pieces...

[POV Reo] 

Phew…!! I released a satisfied nod as I finally finished preparing the Gemstones for all of my girls. My Powers made it really easy for me to cut and polish all the Gemstones for each of my girls. I have collected these stones in the Danmachi World for similar purposes but I never got around doing anything with them. 

I decided to use a unique colour to represent each of my girls…

A Black Gemstone for Momo. 

A Deep Purple Gemstone for Nemuri. 

A Silver Gemstone for Rumi. 

A colour-changing Gemstone for Nym *ahem* Dora. (Her Gemstone was the hardest to create as I had to use my Reality Powers to create the Stone. The Stone would change to match her hair colour. Right now, it looked like any other normal diamond). 

A Sky Blue Gemstone for Luna. 

An Orange Gemstone for Fleur. 

A Crimson Gemstone for Natasha. 

A Red Gemstone for Jean. 

An Electric Blue Gemstone for Ororo. 

And Finally an Emerald Gemstone for Hela. 

Hah!! I am extremely satisfied with the Gemstones. I am sure that they would look even more beautiful after I place them in all of my lover's hands. Now, I simply needed to decide on the ring design. I think I will go with the same design for all of my girls. 

Now, what the hell should I use to make the rings? I can't use normal metals… they are kind of overrated with all the precious metals found around in the Omniverse… Maybe I could even ask Ikkagen to create something for me… I wondered as I started to rub my chin. 

Hmm… No, I am not going to ask him. I am going to do everything on my own. The Gemstones turned out to be perfect so I guess the rings are going to turn out to be okay… Though I can't deny that having Creation powers would have been better, then I could have created a completely new metal for the rings. 

Oh… Looks like Zeus finally found out my identity… 

[Lilith, Underworld] 

"Hmm… I think I can probably create something and Azazel is really brilliant. Working with him will be really great" Ajuka Beelzebub gushed out excitedly. Hela simply nodded her head in understanding. 

"Good. Then you will be helping him with the Fallen Angel Repopulation Project" Hela said and Ajuka eagerly nodded his head. They might have been enemies during the Great War but Ajuka decided to look past that. 

He knew that the Three Great Factions were barely holding on and nobody wanted their Race to go extinct due to low fertility. In the Great War, the Devils have lost nearly half of the 72 pillars, that is why Ajuka created the Evil Pieces after a lot of hard work. 

It wasn't a well-kept secret that all three Factions were kind of desperate to raise their numbers and with a leader like Hela, they weren't going to have any problems with recruitment. Previously, the Devil Kings have been kind of careful with the recruitment mindlessly as they didn't want to cause any troubles with the Church. 

But now, the Church wasn't going to pose any threat to them or anyone for that matter. A lot of Exorcists have lost their lives recently… Obviously, a greenish eyed insane warmonger was involved but the Church was on the back foot after a lot of years. After the incident of Cleria Belial, the Church has been continuously gaining power. 

"Lady Hela, I will need to collect all my research on the Evil Pieces before I can start working" Ajuka added and Hela simply waved him off.

"Sure, get whatever you need…" Hela said in a dismissive tone and Ajuka walked out of Hela's office after giving a small bow. 

"My lady, Diehauser Belial is waiting outside your office" Grayfia said in a neutral tone as soon as Ajuka Beelzebub was gone. 

"Hmm… call him in" Hela said and Grayfia sent a Magical message with a snap of her fingers. 

After dealing with the Bael Clan, Hela decided to meet Diehauser Belial. Apparently, this guy was one of those Devils who had high morals. Hela had decided to use the stick and carrot policy to rule the Devils and Fallen Angels so she thought that this guy could become a good enforcer. 

Diehauser Belial had tried to investigate the death of his cousin, Cleria Belial and her peerage but he was blocked at every corner by the old coots of the Devils Council and the Bael Clan. Hela already had a pretty good idea why Cleria Belial and her Peerage were killed off in such a manner. 

Cleria Belial became too curious and found out something she shouldn't have… just like the metaphor. Curiosity kills the cat and in this case, it happened, literally. Cleria Belial found out the existence of the King Piece and the Great King Faction also realized their blunder and decided to kill off Cleria Belial to cover up the secret. 

Grayfia along with Hela had done a lot of research regarding this matter before calling Diehauser Belial and Grayfia was disgusted when she found out the whole story. Since Hela knew that the Bael Clan was involved, it also meant that the Great King Faction was probably involved. 

Tracing back the tracks from there wasn't hard as Hela had access to all the documents, even if the whole thing was done completely off the books, it didn't mean that there weren't any records. Hela had killed all the members of the Devil Council, there were a few Council Members who were also the members of the Great King Faction. 

With Grayfia's help, Hela was able to get her hands on their dirty little secrets. Even though the records regarding the death of Cleria Belial were gone, they still found the records regarding the off-book dealings in the Rating Games… After that, they didn't need to be geniuses to connect the dots. 

Apparently, Hela and Grayfia quickly tallied the names of the ones who were responsible for the off-book dealings in the Rating Games along with the names of the Council Members who had initially proposed to kill off Cleria Belial along with her Peerage. Unsurprisingly, the names matched. 

That is also how the two of them found out about the existence of the King Piece. Grayfia was completely appalled by this whole mess. She could have never imagined that the rankings of the Rating Games were being manipulated by those old bastards for their own sick pleasure. Hela easily guessed why the Great King Faction would use something like this. 

The answer was obviously, Power. After the Great War, the Rating Games were brought into the equation and it was immediately tied with politics and economics. The old bastards must have decided to manipulate these Rating Games from behind the scenes so that they could raise their own reputation and influence while generating more money. 

Obviously, they did this by providing the King Pieces to certain Pure-blooded Devils. Now, Hela had obviously deduced the reason why there were no major changes in the top list of the rankings. It was because the old bastards wanted to make more money by maintaining a game of tug of war in between themselves. 

The King Pieces were created by Ajuka Beelzebub in the early days of the Rating Games but he quickly scrapped the whole Project as he found it to be too dangerous. Some Devils might use the King Piece to cause trouble and they could be also used by Devils with malicious intent against the newly formed Government. 

Ajuka Beelzebub had only created 12 King Pieces and he was the only one who knew the specifics of how to create a King Piece. But somehow, the Great King Faction was able to seize 9 King Pieces from Ajuka Beelzebub. The Devil Kings were obviously afraid of the King Pieces but Hela wasn't, and that is why she didn't question Ajuka Beelzebub about the King Pieces. 

Diehauser Belial finally entered the room. "Lady Hela" Diehauser Belial greeted Hela with a small respectful bow. 

"Have a seat" Hela said and Diehauser Belial took a seat with a blank look on his face, but internally he was pretty nervous. He had seen how dangerous the woman was, so he was being extremely careful not wanting to offend the woman in any manner. 

"Cleria Belial is your cousin, right? I have heard that you have been secretly investigating her cause of death?" Hela questioned. 

Diehauser Belial seemed to frown after hearing Hela's questions as he wasn't expecting these questions at all but he knew that he needed to answer the woman. He had no idea what the woman wanted but he was kind of sure that the woman didn't want to kill him as the woman didn't need a reason to kill someone. 

"Yes, Lady Hela" Diehauser Belial said but he didn't say anything about the interference of the Devil Council and the Bael Clan. 

Hela nodded her head. "I understand. I have found the real reason why Cleria Belial and her Peerage members were killed off" Hela said without wasting any time. 

Diehauser Belial froze in shock. He gulped loudly in nervousness and anticipation. "May I ask why Cleria and her Peerage were killed?" Diehauser Belial asked slowly. 

Hela didn't answer him and simply placed a document in front of the man. Diehausar Belial picked up the paper and started reading. Moments later, Diehauser Belial clenched his fists in anger as his whole body started to shake in anger. Hela simply grinned viciously as she leaned back in her seat. 

Obviously, Hela didn't give him all the information at once. Doing that would have ruined her fun… Hela started to cackle internally as her plan had worked perfectly… 

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