Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (remake) [Chapter 17]

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Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (remake)

Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army, also known as "Konjiki no Gash!!: Mamono no Kakumei-gun (金色のガッシュ! !：魔物の革命軍)" and "Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Revolution Army" is a Zatch Bell! / Konjiki no Gash (Bell)!! fan fiction that I created. This fan fiction takes place directly after the manga, more specifically after the one-shot Konjiki no Gash!! Gaiden manga. It takes place a whole year after the Demon Battle of the third millennium (200X A.D.) has started. 27 years later, an evil organization called the Demon Revolution Army is formed. This Revolution Army plans on overthrowing the kind King Zatch (Gash) Bell and put Demon World into chaos. Heroes, including Raiden Bell and Rain Bell, who are the (theoretical) sons of King Zatch (Gash) Bell and Queen Patie (Penny) Bell, as well as Zeon Bell (now a good demon) and his Demon World Military have successfully defeated the Demon Revolution Army but with some costs of good lives. However, Dr. Zulu, the lone survivor of the Demon Revolution Army and former seventh Death General, attempted to conquer the Human World of the present time and Demon World of the past time. However, the heroes managed to stop Dr. Zulu twice, bringing peace back to the past and present. Some time after returning back to the present...

This is a remade version of the original Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army fan fiction. The remake's storyline is similar to the original but written differently with some major changes to the story but still flows along with the original storyline. In this fan fiction remake, I will be using Japanese names and Japanese terms instead of their English counterparts.

Chapter 17: Depths of the Netherworld

NOTE: This chapter is a remade version of Chapter 15-4 "The Calm Before Another Storm" and Chapter 15-5 "The Netherworld" of the original Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army fan fiction series with a battle scene from Chapter 15-7 "Netherworld Army". This was a two-part chapter on DeviantART due to DeviantART's journal character limit of 64.7 kilobytes (66,306 bytes/characters). When converting the chapter from DeviantART to Blogger, all parts were merged.

Scene: Royal Bell Family Palace (27 years later, Timeline A/Universe 000, at noon)

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After six days in the present timeline (Timeline A/Universe 000), the Demon Revolution War is finally over and the past timeline (Timeline B/Universe 001) was protected. The heroes of the present timeline returned back to their own time era to the point Demon World Military Commander Prince Zeon Bell last time traveled when bringing Head Doctor Danny of the Medic Division, which was several hours after the main group traveled into the past. As the Time Gate opened in the present timeline, two Royal Knights of the Knight Division watched the Time Gate opened just as soon as the other one closed when Commander Zeon took Dr. Danny. As the heroic demons of the present timeline exited out of the Time Gate, they were greeted by Knight Captain Sir Black Knight, "Back already?" His Vice Captain, Sir Earth, was surprised, "That was fast. So, how did everything go, Your Royal Highness?" It's common for Royal Knights to have "Sir" as their honorific and the Knight Division's Captain and Vice Captain are treated as Royal Knights. As both Royal Knights bowed down, Commander Zeon replied, "It was a success." Head Doctor Danny wiped his hands together and said, "A job well done. I sure learned something new." Vice Captain Earth asked, "So what's it like the past?"

Demon Prince Raiden Bell interrupted and asked, "Hold on! Where the heck were you guys when my father was in trouble? And my mother?" The Royal Knights reacted by apologizing, "Your Highness! Forgive us." Vice Captain Earth apologized, "I wanted to abandon the mission, but..." Captain Black Knight interrupted, "It's alright. It's my fault. I put our mission over the King's fate as a priority, yet it was our top priority to protect your King. Your Highness, if you wish to punish us, punish me." Commander Zeon interrupted and said, "We already discussed this. No need to repeat yourself. What's done was done, but make sure you protect our new King at all costs." The two Royal Knights bowed down to King Rain Bell and Captain Black Knight said, "Your Majesty," while Vice Captain Earth showed his loyalty, "We'll protect you at all costs, with our life." King Rain felt a bit embarrassed for getting this kind of attention, "Oh, umm... okay." Vice Captain Earth apologized, "We're very sorry for what happened to your father." Commander Zeon said, "No need to repeat yourself for the third time. You may stand up."

After Captain Black Knight and Vice Captain Earth lifted their heads, Commander Zeon looked at a fancy wall clock and said, "Well, look at the time. Captain Kyanchome, you're late." Ninja Captain Kyanchome replied, "But we just got back. How long has it been since we left?" Commander Zeon said, "Took a few hours for these guys to get back. Your infantries are still waiting for you. Pancho, as the new Vice Captain of the Ninja Division, you better get going too." Pancho reacted in surprise, "Already?! Jeez, we just got back." Vice Captain Earth was surprised, "W-wait a second? That child's the new Vice Captain of...? But Your Highness, isn't he underage?" Commander Zeon said, "For all of the efforts this young apprentice did during the Revolution War, I made this an exception. He's fit enough to replace Vice Captain Byonko. Now, get your new ninja gi and head to the training grounds." Captain Kyanchome said to his son, "I'll meet you in the locker room. Get ready for this awesome training session, son." Pancho is curious on how dreadful the training sessions must be and said in fear, "Heh... oh great..." As Pancho followed his father to the barracks around the royal palace, Head Nurse Tio said, "Be careful, you two," while Tioga cheered, "Good luck, big bro!" Raiden cheered with a happy thumbs up, "You're definitely going to need it, buddy!" While following his father, Pancho thought to himself with tears of fear down his eyes, this is too sudden; I'm gonna' die! I don't think their training was meant for kids and I'm only 13. Rest in peace my life...

Commander Zeon then said to his nephews, "By the way, this may also be sudden but earlier this morning, the schools were fixed and schools are currently in session." King Rain and Tioga reacted in surprise, "Really?," Raiden reacted in confusion, "Wait, what?! No way. Last time I checked before we left, it was only half complete." Commander Zeon said, "Many civilians volunteered to get the schools fixed. I won't force you to go today unless if you want to." Tioga said in desperation, "Oh, Rain-kun! We're late, let's go!" As she grabbed his arm, King Rain said, "Well...," while Raiden interrupted, "Wait, we don't need to go, do we?" King Rain said, "Well, I want to see how everyone's doing. You don't need to go." Raiden suddenly got emotionally worried about leaving his younger kingly brother alone, panicking, "Wait, b-by yourself? What if bullies pick on you while I'm away? Oh no, what if they get really jealous of you and want to take your title as King. No, I cannot let you get assassinated!" Commander Zeon said, "Calm down, he has his wand with—" Raiden interrupted and panicked, "Alright, I'm going to school with you and that's final." From a distance, Pancho heard that, sighed in jealousy and thought to himself, I wish I could go back to school. School would be nice, but I made an oath to Byonko-sensei... Now I'll never get the chicks since I can't go back to school... There goes my education too... Head Nurse Tio said to Raiden, "Sheesh, you're just like how your mother used to be. I'll make excuse notes for you three before you head to school."
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Scene: Ninja Division's Barracks and Demon World Schools (noon)

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Before the new Ninja Vice Captain Pancho started his training, he put on his new black ninja gi that all of the upper-ranked shinobi wear in the locker room of the Ninja Division's barracks. His new locker is the one the former Vice Captain Byonko used. While looking himself in a mirror, he was stylizing his red hair dreads and said, "Not bad. But the front dread needs to go. It will bother my training." He used scissors to cut the front part of his red dreads so that it wouldn't bother his eyes and face, "Much better," and stashes it in his locker for now before closing it. At the same time, Captain Kyanchome yelled from outside the locker room, "Hurry up Pancho, or you'll be working double!" Vice Captain Pancho responded loudly, "Coming dad!" and rushed out to train with the Ninja Infantries, and some of them are unfit for the training they receive from the Commander.

Meanwhile, King Rain Bell, Prince Raiden, and Tioga rushed to school. Raiden doesn't really want to head back to school but he doesn't want anything bad happening to King Rain. King Rain does have the King's Wand to protect him by preventing everyone else from casting spells, but he can still be in grave danger from physical assassinations and assaults. He used to get bullied a lot from "tough" kids—in other words, bullies—around his age that they found Rain to be a shy, childish weakling, but Rain has grown much since the revolution war but those "bullies" may not know that. However, Tioga will try to protect him when Raiden's not around, but Raiden does have a different school around the school grounds.

While Raiden was walking through the halls at his middle school, all of the attractive female demons of many species were happy and infatuated seeing Prince Raiden back to school, with all of them yelling and cheering, "Raiden-sama! Welcome back! I/We missed you!" As Raiden was walking pass his fangirls while holding his backpack and ignoring the girls, he mumbled with an annoyed attitude, "Tch! Can't believe most of them survived. So frickin' annoying... And I can't believe we missed lunch. Just our luck." People (including his fans) were also gossiping and spreading rumors of Prince Raiden being a hero of the revolution war. One of his fangirls said, "He's really alive! Our hero!" One of his fangirls around his age randomly appeared in front of him and said, "Raiden-sama, will you sign my shirt?" Another fangirl interfered, pushing the first one away saying with a fearsome look, "Buzz off! He's mine!" then said with an adorable-looking face, "I heard about your heroic actions during the war. Raiden-sama, will be make me your princess?" Prince Raiden was getting irritated and yelled at the girls in immense frustration, "Shut up! Everyone, leave me alone!" After a few seconds of silence while Raiden was walking to his demon history class in frustration, another one of his fangirls said in infatuation, "He's so awesome and strong!" His fanbase increased ever since he was rumored to be one of the demons who defeated the Demon Revolution Army. Before walking into class, Raiden though to himself, wow, my popularity sure skyrocketed. Guess they know about that war. So annoying... I wonder how Rain-sama's doing. Hope he's alright.

After walking into his current classroom, all the demons were happy to see Prince Raiden alive and well. His fire cat friend Nekolas was in the classroom and said, "Raiden-ōji, you really came!" From a desk behind him, their ice rabbit friend Haria said happily, "Hi Raiden-kun!" Prince Raiden said, "I didn't think school was fixed already." Nekolas said, "I heard the Royal Knights came back, at least a few of them. I can't wait to start doing knight training again instead of training with pops. And is it true that Pancho-kun's a Vice Captain now? Please tell me that's just a rumor. There's no way he could join the real ranks." As Raiden took his seat to the left of Nekolas, chuckled and said with a smirk, "Heh! Yup, my uncle allowed him to jump all the way to Ninja Vice Captain, which makes him your superior." Nekolas was really jealous and raged, "WHAT?! That's totally not fair! I helped too! Nyaru! I'll show him! And he's not my superior; I'm a knight and he's only a year younger than us. I can't believe I'm still a knight apprentice—a squire—and he gets to rank up to vice captain. Hmm! That's so not fair and no one believes me that I contributed." Haria said behind him, "Calm down, Neko-kun. Don't make a big deal out of it." Nekolas said, "Oh yeah, we still haven't had our rematch yet. I'm going to challenge you and Pancho-kun after school. I'll show him I'm superior!" Raiden smiled and said, "Bring it on!" Haria said to her boyfriend, "I thought you were going to take me out after school." Nekolas said, "Oh yeah, I forgot. Rematch later today." Raiden said with his fighting spirit built up, "I'll be waiting." His belly suddenly growled and he said, "I can't believe I missed lunch." Haria said, "You can join us after school." Nekolas was a bit upset and said, "Oi, Haria-chan..." Haria said, "We're just getting snacks." Raiden said with a neutral, boring expression, "Sure, why not?" As the school bell rung, the history teacher came into the class and said, "Alright, quiet down everyone. Class is now in session. Everyone, bring out your textbooks to page..." So far, school was going alright since the first day it was rebuilt.
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Scene: Somewhere in the Spirit World among the depths of the Netherworld (anytime)

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Meanwhile... in a world far, far, away from Demon World... Inside infernal pits of chaos, insanity, and death... In a world full of devilish creatures and dead, fiendish demons called the Netherworld (冥界, Meikai)... "Brother, please stop this." A familiar demon said harshly. The younger brother said with frustration in his eyes, "Zega-nī, will you stop patronizing me?!" Apparently, these two are the dead spirits of Zega and Zecross, and they are wondering across a plain of darkness in some kind of hellish realm, and they are both wearing black robes. Zega said, "As your older brother, I care about you. I don't want you to suffer any worse than we received." Zecross said, "I'll take my chances. I'll have my revenge." Zega said, "We lost to them fair and square. Even I accepted my defeated." Zecross yelled in frustration, "Fair?! That fight wasn't fair at all. If the Spirit World Supreme God didn't interfere my fight, we would have won that war and he accuse me of releasing non-resurrected souls. I never did such a thing. Curse that god! He even took away my necromancy powers." Zega quietly said in a harsh tone, "Will you stop it? What if Yama-sama hears you?" Zecross said, "He's all the way up in Spirit World Kingdom. And we're down here in the dreaded Netherworld, constantly being tortured by the devils and archdevils of the Netherworld every day. If this plan works, not only we could take over Demon World, but I'll bring peace to this infernal realm of Spirit World." Devils (悪魔, Akuma) are evil native beings of the Netherworld. They have demonic and devilish features and they sort of resemble Demoruto's and Zeferno's species. Devils aren't actually mamono (demons), but some devils of the Netherworld were metamorphosed from mamono with corrupted evil hearts that survived the tortures and pledged loyalty to the Netherworld King. Devils are jobbed to torture the wicked that have died. Archdevils (大悪魔, Dai Akuma) are titanic, evil gods of the Netherworld.

Zega looked around just in case if a devil was watching and said harshly and quietly, "Will you be quiet. Hades-sama might hear you. This plan of yours is way too risky. With Cerberus guarding the gate to Spirit World Kingdom, it's impossible for us to exit this place and we can't even use our spells here. And I already accepted my defeat, so I have no desire to take revenge on Demon World." King Hades is an archdevil that reigned over the Netherworld for over a million years as the Netherworld King when the Netherworld was first created. Cerberus is King Hades' giant three-headed hellhound pet, an archdevil that guards the gates of the Netherworld to prevent sinful demon souls from escaping the Netherworld unless authorized by a living demon necromancer or by King Yama, the Supreme God of Spirit World who judges dead demon souls for their deeds before sending the soul to a specific realm of the Spirit World based on their actions. Zecross quietly said, "You are too generous, Zega-nī, way too generous. Besides, our comrade should be back anytime to solve that spell-restriction problem." Zega quietly said, "Even so, demon magic wouldn't work on Archdevils or any other Spirit World God." Zecross quietly said, "I'm sure our client is working on that." Zega quietly said, "He just got to the Netherworld. He knows nothing of the horrors the Netherworld holds." Zecross said, "When did you become this näive? He's a genius after all. He may have tried betraying us, but he's our only one-way ticket out if there are enough resources in this dreaded realm. Hopefully, he wasn't caught by a devil, otherwise, this will be troublesome." Zega quietly said, "I wish I could sense his energy but not even our regular magic works here." Zecross softly growls and quietly said in frustration, "Guuunu... Well, he better be back before the next time those devils torment us again. I'd rather not suffer that torment and die for the tenth time and respawn in this wretched world just to go through pain and death over and over again. A lot of demons suffered in this place, and when was the last time someone was released from this prison?" Zega said, "We still have approximately thirty Demon World years or so until we can ascend to at least Spirit World Kingdom." Zecross said, "I'd rather not wait that long. So brother, did you decide to come along?" Zega was thinking about it and said harshly, "Fine..." However, Zega doesn't want to see him or his brother being tortured for all eternity if this escape plan goes wrong, plus he doesn't want to take over Demon World anymore even if they had the chance.

Zecross thought to himself with vengeful eyes, if all goes well, I will be able get out of this dump, and take revenge on Yama-sama for interfering my fight. But that is if that scientist is able to make something. Until then we'll have to wait until Zarpi respawns. That Dr. Zulu better be back before those blasted devils return torture us again. Next to Zecross and Zega were broken spiritual particles of their former eighth Death General Zarpi. Some time ago, a random devil tortured her and killed her in a "hunting game" by using curses (呪), which are black magic of the Spirit World, and it's taking awhile until her soul is restored in the Netherworld. The Netherworld of the Spirit World is a nasty, evil place, but it sure is changing Zega into more of a nice guy, but it's making Zecross more corrupted by the second, but Zecross seems to have an idea on how to escape the Netherworld after learning about this realm within a few days but it's going to take a lot of support since demon spells are restricted outside Demon World and since archdevils are highly resistant to demon magic, though they can still be harmed by curses and other types of Spirit World magic. Zecross made a plan upon learning these things within the few days he's been here (by seeing observations or talking to evil demons that're been here for a long time), but will his plan work?
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Scene: Demon World School Campus (afternoon)

After school ended in the afternoon with the school bell ringing, as students were rushing out of schools around the campus, Prince Raiden, Nekolas, and Haria were walking out together. Raiden was worried about his younger brother, "I wonder how Rain-sama's doing. I better check." Nekolas said, "I don't think anyone would mess with the new King. And Haria, we still have that date, right?" Haria said, "And Raiden-kun said he's coming with us!" Nekolas forgot, "Oh right, I forgot. Ehh..." Raiden's stomach growled and said, "Ehh, I haven't eaten anything since I returned back to this time." Nekolas said, "Oh yeah, you said you went to the past when bringing your tiny parents home. So, what was it like?" Raiden said, "Well, let's just say it was chaotic. That Zulu guy we fought was there and he tried taking over Demon World in the past along with his younger self." Nekolas and Haria were shocked, "Really?" Raiden said, "My younger mom almost died and I end up slicing my own arm since we were poisoned..." He shook his left arm with his right hand and continued saying, "... but I got my arm back after the poison was cured." Nekolas and Haria were surprised but confused on what happened, "Huh?!" Nekolas said, "You cut off your own?" Raiden, "I would have died if I didn't. That fight was intense. He made some new killer machines and those robot guardians came back and fused into this giant... Wow, you should have seen it, but the Royal Knights took care of it." Nekolas said in disappointment, "Darn, I wish I came too but pops called me home." Haria asked, "How's your younger mother doing?" Raiden said, "A lot better. If my uncle didn't return to the future to bring Dr. Danny into the past, my mom would have died and I would be here with only one arm." Haria said, "Oh, I heard about him. He's the Medic Division's leader, right? Tio-sensei told me about him." Raiden said, "Yup, and to be honest, your sensei couldn't do much for me, my mother, and the injured until Dr. Danny came along." Haria said, "Well, I'm sure she tried her best. She has taught me healing magic and I'm starting to learn healing spells with my own abilities."

"What If" Scenario
In the alternate version of Chapter 16, Raiden would mention that when he and his younger mother were poisoned, his mother died from the poison. Nekolas and Haria would feel bad for him but Raiden doesn't want to talk about it any further.

As the group was walking towards Rain's school on the campus grounds, Raiden heard King Rain yelling happily, "Raiden-onīsan," and Rain ran towards him with Tioga next to him. Raiden reacted a bit in worrisome, "Rain-sama! How're you doing little buddy? Those jerks better not have attacked you, did they? Are you alright?" King Rain said, "I-I'm alright. Actually, they've been really nice to me and we became friends." Raiden was surprised but still worried, "Really? Are you sure no one is out for your title?" King Rain said, "I'm okay. You sure worry about me way too much, big brother." Tioga said, "Besides, if anyone messes with the King, they'll have to deal with them! Fu! Hu!" Tio was throwing some cute punches in the air. Raiden said in relief, "Hehe! I'm glad. We are going out to get some snacks. Want to come with us?" Tioga said optimistically, "Okay!," while King Rain said while rubbing his belly, "Uru, I've been hungry all day." Nekolas sighed and said in disappointment, "Ehh, and this was supposed to be a date for me and Haria-chan," while Haria said happily, "The more the merrier."

Scene: Throne Room of Royal Bell Family Palace (afternoon)

After the group got something to eat on their way to the royal palace, Haria and Nekolas called their families that they'll be out for awhile. After heading back into the royal palace, they saw Ninja Captain Kyanchome and the new Ninja Vice Captain in the throne room. Raiden yelled, "Hey Pancho, how's it going buddy?" Tioga shouted happily, "Hi big brother and papa!" Pancho looked very worn out with strained muscles and said, "Raiden-ōji, Nekolas, Tioga-chan, everyone." Nekolas asked impatiently, "Is it true that you became the new vice capt. of your division?" Pancho said, "So word got out, huh? Heh! Oof!" His muscles were strained from his first elite training session. Nekolas called out for battle, "I challenge you and Raiden-ōji to a fight! Show me what you got!" Vice Captain Pancho complained, "What? Not now. I just got done from my first training session." Captain Kyanchome stated, "Declining a challenge, my son?" Vice Captain Pancho said, "We just got done with training." Captain Kyanchome said, "We were late for training. You can finish it with these guys, or should I find a different replacement?" Vice Captain Pancho was very upset hearing that, "What?! No! Just give me five to ten minutes at least." Haria asked, "Kyanchome-san, is Tio-sensei around? I would like to show her new healing tricks I made." Captain Kyanchome answered, "My wife's working at a hospital right now, but I'll ask her when she get's back." Haria said, "Oh, okay." Kyanchome said, "But she may be out earlier," then said to the teenage boys, "Well boys, when you're ready, I'll wait by the sparring grounds."

Scene: Training Grounds outside the Royal Palace (afternoon)

After Prince Raiden and his friends were ready to battle, Haria decided to join in the battle to test her new abilities. This surprised everyone else but Raiden was wanting to challenge her after seeing her skills in the Human World. Knight Apprentice Nekolas decided to make this into a team battle with Nurse Apprentice Haria on his team with the two battling against Demon Prince Raiden Bell and Ninja Vice Captain Pancho. Captain Kyanchome was monitoring the battle as the referee as usual. King Rain Bell and Tioga were cheering among the audience with Princess Koruru Bell joining them in the audience. Military Commander Prince Zeon Bell wasn't present as he was busy with the Knight Division's training session.

Before the battle began, Prince Raiden asked, "Are you sure you want to do this Haria-chan?" Haria answered, "With my new healing powers and the training I got from Neko-kun and his dad, there's no way we can lose. But make sure you go easy on me." Raiden said zealously while punching his left palm, "Heh, heck no! I won't show mercy to you or Nekolas so you better give it your all." Nekolas said with excitement, "Get ready Raiden-oji and Pancho, we're going to take you down. Pancho, your first. I'll de-rank you and I'll become a real knight." Pancho reacted in surprise and confusion, "Ehh?!" While sitting on the ground, Captain Kyanchome stated, "You cannot rank up by defeating a higher classmate." Pancho said with stress, "Jeez! Give me a break. Ninja training was bad enough as it is." Raiden said, "You better not hold out on me, partner," and zealously smacked Pancho in the back with Pancho reacting in slight pain from muscle stress, "Eee! Don't do that!" Tioga cheered, "Careful big bro and go for it!," while Princess Koruru said, "Be careful, everyone." King Rain said, "Don't go too far, Raiden-onīsan." While he doesn't like real fights, he doesn't mind watching these practice fights except when they get too brutal. Captain Kyanchome clapped his hands, incanted the spell with the following command, "Shin Poruku! Spirit Split! Begin!"

Practice Team Battle: Demon Prince Raiden Bell & Ninja Vice Captain Pancho vs. Knight Apprentice Nekolas & Nurse Apprentice Haria (afternoon)

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After creating an illusionary battle arena and separating the competitors' spirits from their bodies into illusionary bodies, Nekolas made the first move by taking out his red quarterstaff, "Gadyū Erudo! Your mine Pancho!" Nekolas engulfs flames on his staff and charges after Vice Captain Pancho. As Pancho was ready to counterattack, Raiden interfered Nekolas attack, "Zasorudo!" creating electrical arm blades to block Nekolas' fire staff, then attempted to swipe Nekolas. Nekolas dodged the attack by backflipping and said, "Getting in my way... Fine, I'll take you out first, My Prince." Pancho was about to release an attack on Nekolas until Raiden interfered and said, "Raiden, you're in the way." Haria said, "Well, I don't want to hurt or provoke Raiden-kun, so umm... Pancho-kun, prepare yourself. Sorry to do this, umm... Gikoru!" Haria summoned and fired shards if ice at Pancho from her hands. Pancho defended with, "Inbishirudo!," creating an invisible shield to block Haria's ice projectiles, then said, "You need to do better than that Haria. No holding—" Haria immediately makes her next move, "Uruku! Giredo!" Haria increased her movement speed and quickly dashed towards Pancho, then froze her right white boot and attempted to jump kick Pancho from behind, with him reacting, "Whoa!" while blocking Haria's kick with his black ninja arm guards, but only to be pushed slightly back.

While Raiden and Nekolas were still battling in melee combat, Raiden said enthusiastically, "Man, I should have fought Haria-chan instead." Nekolas said, "I won't let you beat up my girlfriend. Emurusorudo! Haa!" Nekolas turned his staff into a fire sword and continued fighting Raiden while Raiden still had his Zasorudo active. Raiden said, "You certainly have trained her well. Oh, well, bring it on! Heee-yah!" Raiden lunged his electric arm blades and they continued to sword fight. Haria said while moving around at high speed, "Can your ninja speed catch up with my speed? Hehe! Boruruku!" While moving around at high speed, Haria also created afterimages around Pancho to try to confuse him before attacking. Pancho said, "Impressive... Inbisorudo!" summoning invisible floating swords and trying to slash Haria twice but missed. After the few seconds, Pancho closed his eyes to build up his focus and concentration, thinking to himself, I'll wait 'till she strikes. After finding a target, Pancho hears Haria saying, "Giburuku!" Pancho slashed an ice clone heading his way, thinking it was Haria, "Gotch—What?!" Haria jumped in the air and incanted, "Giredo!" again, attempting to ice kick Pancho again.

Meanwhile, some seconds ago, while Raiden and Nekolas were still sword fighting by using their elemental blade spells, Nekolas changed things up and said, "Take this! Rioru Emurushiruga!," shooting two beams of flames at Raiden from his two fire shield gauntlets. Raiden deactivated his Zasorudo and defended the attack with, "Zaseushiru!" creating a spherical electrical shield. Raiden said, "You almost had me there. Now, show me your claws. Zarōku!" Raiden created yellow electrical claws on his hands and arm and dashed after Nekolas on all-fours. Nekolas put away his staff through the arms of his vest and said, "Bring it! Gadyūrōku!" Both engaged hand-to-hand combat; a battle between fire and lightning claws.

While Haria was ice dive kicking towards Pancho after distracting him with a battle shout, "Hiyah!" Pancho managed to dodge her ice kick with a few rolls on the ground. After Haria missed and landed on the ground and turned around, Pancho got up and slashed her against her torso with an invisible sword. Haria reacted in pain, "Ahh!" Furthermore, Pancho cut part of Haria's strapless shirt and her large, nude breasts were nearly revealed in front of Pancho with Pancho reacting in a wide-eyed expression, "Iyeh?!" When Haria noticed her shirt was falling down, she reacted in embarrassment and yelled, "Pancho, you pervert!" Pancho looked away while blocking his eyes blocked and said, "No, I-I didn't mean—" While Nekolas was fighting Raiden with his fire claws, he yelled at Pancho, "Oi Pancho! What did you do to my woman?" He then said in infatuation, "But Haria-chan does look hot from here!" he then said with a normal serious expression, "But that was not cool man!" Captain Kyanchome pitied his son, "Seriously son? Wow... I mean... Way to go!" He ended up cheering for his son for comedy. As Tioga and King Rain wondered what happened, Princess Koruru made them look away. Haria said in pain while holding the top part of her strapless shirt, "I-it's okay. Ouch. Gijio!" A new healing spell that Haria taught herself. Haria froze her illusionary, cut shirt and her body. She then said, "It's a good thing I learned some new healing spells and hopefully this will stay... Y-UP!" The ice stopped the bleeding and is healing her wound over time, as well as keeping her damaged illusionary strapless shirt on her illusionary body. However, right when she was about to end her sentence, Raiden incanted the spells, "Zasorudo! Za-uruku! Hehaa! Lightning Assassination!" teleporting directly behind Haria with electricity and stabbing her through the fake heart with his left electrical arm blade. Haria's illusionary body disappeared and her spirit went back to her real body. Haria complained, "Raiden-kun, how could you?!" Nekolas yelled at Raiden with anger, "What the heck, man?! That was so not cool what you did to my girl. Emurudoruku! Emurusorudo!" Nekolas summoned an armor of flames and turned his staff into a fire shield, appearing as a fire knight, and charged after Raiden in anger. Raiden said, "It's completely fair. You two shouldn't have dropped your guard! Take this!" Raiden charged after Nekolas and both engaged melee combat again.
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Scene: Somewhere in the Spirit World among the depths of the Netherworld (anytime)

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After some time has passed in the afterlife and Zega and Zecross managed to avoid any further hellish tortures of the Netherworld, their ally has returned with some inventions, "Zehe! This place is really interesting." Zega said, "Back already?," while Zecross said, "About time. Huh?" Their ally appeared invisible but he just uncloaked with a mechanical, magical device (or magitech). He was revealed to be Dr. Zulu but with his old hair style again and his whole body without the bionic eye and other cybernetic enhancements. Dr. Zulu said, "The Netherworld has a lot of amazing resources, quite complicated but interesting. Zehehe! I was able to make a cloaking device to hide our presence, so don't worry, I'm not being followed." Dr. Zulu then reactivated his cloaking device, creating a small, technological invisible aura to hide the presence and existence of his comrades so that devils of the Netherworld can't find them or detect them. Zecross said, "Well, that's interesting. Well, old man, what about our spells?" Dr. Zulu pulled out some magical wristbands and said, "Right here. I was able to recreate my limiter removal wristbands to enable all of our magical abilities outside Demon World and I even tested them to make sure." Zecross said, "Excellent work, doc." Dr. Zulu said with enthusiasm, "I can't wait to take over the Human World again." Zecross said, "I don't care what you do in the Human World but just remember, Demon World is mine when we escape." Zega said, "I can't believe you risked a lot of our comrades' lives for this escape." Zecross put on a dark-purple wristband and said, "We'll bring them back when this plan succeeds, brother. They'll no longer suffer. We'll rule over both Demon World and Spirit World when this plan succeeds. Failure is not an option." As Dr. Zulu gave Zega a gray-colored wristband, Zega put it on and thought to himself, I will stop your childish plan when I have the opportunity. Zecross said to his brother, "By the way Zega-nī, if you think about betraying me, I'll kill you here and leave you into the Netherworld. I may be long gone by the time you'll respawn so don't do anything stupid." Zega closed his eyes and remained silent, but he was thinking, obviously I would be at a disadvantage with his shadow death spell. If I knew what time it is, I could trap him here with my Āgasu Amishirai... Would that spell work properly in the Spirit World? Eh, I have no choice but to go along with his stupid plan and vengeance.

Suddenly, broken spiritual particles next to them began to merge into a being and Zarpi was respawned in the Netherworld, right inside Dr. Zulu's invisible barrier, wearing the black robe of the Netherworld. Her immediate reaction upon being respawned after torture was being scared and yelling in a high-pitched girly voice, "Argh! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! DON'T KILL ME...! Huh?" Zecross said, "Well, it's about's time your back." Zarpi reacted in confusion, "Heh?! What's going on? Zecross-sama, Zega-sama?" Zarpi was nearly outside the cloaked barrier and Dr. Zulu said, "Watch out. You wouldn't want to step out of my invisible force field, or you'll be seen. Zehe... Here, this is for you." Dr. Zulu threw a green limiter removal wristband at her. Zarpi was so confused on what's going on, "Huh? What's this?" Zecross said, "I'm going to need you to bust us out of the Netherworld." Zarpi was surprised and reacted in confusion, "What? You need me? But why? And why should I help? The Demon Revolution Army doesn't exist anymore and I don't want to get into any more trouble." She then cried, "I just want to go home!" Zecross said firmly, "Listen: If my plan succeeds and if I regain my necromancy powers, I'll bring you back to life. Then you can cry your way home in the living world. But we're going to need your powers or someone with hypnotic abilities to take control over the archdevils, the Gods of the Netherworld, and we can use them to escape this world." He realized what he said and asked Dr. Zulu, "Zulu, just for a clear up, this invisible force field of yours blocks sound, doesn't it? I don't want devils or archdevils overhearing this." Dr. Zulu said, "Zehehe! They won't suspect a single thing. No one should be able to see us or hear us inside this cloaked space. It's almost like another dimension." Zarpi asked, "Controlling weak-minded demons is pretty easy, even for an army of them. I might control a few devils, but an archdevil? Aren't Spirit World Gods immune to demon magic or something, from what I heard?" Zecross said, "I spoke to a lot of demons. Offensive demon magic doesn't work on them, but supporting demon magic should have some effect, though they are highly resistant to them. Zulu, do you have something to make her—" Dr. Zulu knew what Zecross was going to ask and took off a magical belt he was wearing on the outside of his black robe and said, "One step ahead of you. This belt should enhance one's demonic powers including spells and other abilities, but it's still a prototype and needs further testing." He then tossed it into Zarpi's hand with Zarpi confused and Dr. Zulu continued explaining, "You should be able to control, even Gods of Spirit World with that equipped, at least I think. Zehehe! Spirit World is such an interesting place, I wonder if I can build my empire here." Zecross said, "I said Demon World and Spirit World are mine when we escape. This is my escape plan after all." Dr. Zulu apologized, "Oops, sorry, my master," then thought to himself with a deceptive smile, Just you wait, Once I rebuild my empire, I'll take you on and become the emperor... no... God of all worlds... The whole universe will be mine! Zehehee-hehee! Throughout the whole conversation, Zega remained silent without a care. The group then traveled across the Netherworld, across horrifying and infernal plains, being completely undetected without any devils noticing them.
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After the practice battle at the Royal Bell Family Palace

Both Haria and Nekolas were defeated in the practice battle with Captain Kyanchome yelling, "And the winner is Raiden-ōji and Vice Captain Pancho. Spirit Merge!" After returning the spirits of Pancho and Raiden back to their real bodies, Nekolas complained, "That's no fair! You can't just sneak up and stab my girlfriend like that. And Pancho, what the heck? You did the same thing to me! I demand a rematch!" What happened with Nekolas is while he was fighting against Raiden, sometime after Nekolas lost his fire armor, Pancho became invisible via Inbisuruku and assassinated Nekolas with a kunai to the back of the heart. Raiden said, "Some training you did. What the heck, you trained your dad for a week and you still seem the same." Nekolas complained, "No! I improved. It's just... you two just became way stronger. Ahh! Darn it, I demand a rematch!" Haria said, "Calm down, already." Raiden said, "Alright, let's have a rematch!" Pancho said, "I'm sitting out. I can't do anymore." Nekolas, "Afraid I will kick your butt this time?" Pancho was exhausted since his training and said, "Maybe. I'm still worn out." Among the crowd, Tioga yelled cheerfully, "Pancho-onīchan is so strong!" Haria said, "I'm sitting out too. I don't want Raiden-kun backstabbing me again." She became infatuated and said, "But I like that ruthlessness of his..." then said in seriousness, "But still, that wasn't nice to do to a girl." Raiden said, "Sorry, but I don't like going easy on people. On second of thought, I should have checked out your moves before finishing you off. Oh, well. Ready to get your butt kicked again Nekolas?" Nekolas responded in a battle tone, "Bring it! No dirty tricks!" Princess Koruru stated, "I want you boys to play fair. I'll bring snacks for everyone." Nekolas said, "I can't wait for snack—a-wait a second? How long has your aunt been here?" Nekolas was worried. Raiden responded, "The whole time. You didn't know Koruru-obasan was watching the fight?!" Nekolas said in fear, "Heh?! And she hasn't gone insane on us? That's first." Raiden said, "She apparently no longer has that berserk mode. It was stolen during the war. Wait, I don't think I told you that yet. Whatever, let's start the fight." Both began their rematch in a one-versus-one match.

Scene: Infernal Plains and Belphebub's Lair of the Netherworld

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As Zecross and his crew were walking through the Infernal Plains of the Netherworld, unseen and undetected by everyone else in this hellish realm, crossing a bridge over a river of lava, they entered a new domain. Zarpi asked in fear, "Wait, t-this is Belphebub's domain, isn't it?" Zecross said, "Among all the archdevils, Belphebub, the Great Demon Lord of Gluttony and Sloth, should be easiest to control. He's considered to be an idiot by many, but extreme powerful and yet, very lazy." As the group was bypassing devil sentries that are patrolling the area undetected, Zarpi cringed and said, "And don't forget about his appetite. Eww! Getting eaten alive was gross and his stomach acid, Eeeek..." Zarpi shivered in fear thinking about it and continued, "... Being burned and corroded in his stomach acid for the next few hours was dreadfully painful. I don't want to experience that again." Zarpi has gone through many tortures along with many sinful demons including the crew's former comrades Zeferno, Zedusa, their armies, and many others that committed horrific crimes without redemption. Zecross said, "That's why if my plan works, I can change the Netherworld for the better, plus I will resurrect you as a reward once I get my necromancy powers back. That blasted Yama-sama. If I still had my powers, I could resurrect all of us and return us back to Demon World." Zega wondered, "I'm pretty sure we would still be in the Spirit World even if you resurrected us; living with real flesh and blood in the Spirit World. You would need to be outside Spirit World to teleport us back to Demon World, but question is, how would you get back to Demon World?" Zecross said, "If I can somehow get a hold of Yama-sama's necromancy, soul manipulation, and dimensional powers, I could open a portal between Spirit World and Demon World." Zega asked, "And any ideas?" Zecross said, "Like I said, we're going to use the archdevils' powers."

As the group came to a large cave, guarded by two fat, red devils wielding black tridents, the group entered the cave undetected by Dr. Zulu's cloaking device. The fat devil on the left side of the lair entrance said to his comrade in an impish voice, "Veh! I'm tired. Wake me up if there's anything interesting." As the devil guard flew away with its demonic wings, the other one ordered, "Hey, we're not suppose to sleep on the job-keke!" His stomach suddenly growled and he said, "Doh, I could use some fresh soul-keke! I wish Belphebub-sama could snore quieter-keke! Blasted. I wish I could go demon hunting with the others-keke but nooooo! We're stuck on guard duty to add prisoners for Belphebub-sama's next meal, or he'll feed on us devils-keke! Kyeh, remembering that one time is quite painful." There is a loud snore coming inside the cave echoing outside. Dr. Zulu told his comrades with an evil smile, "Zehehe! Told ya' my cloaking device makes us completely invisible; completely non-existent. They don't suspect a thing. The Netherworld sure has interesting resources. Zehehe!" Zarpi always found Dr. Zulu to be strange, "You are kind of creepy, ya' know that? But whatever, the sooner we're out of here, the better. At least Belphebub-sama is sound asleep." Zecross said, "From what I heard, he sleeps at least a week after consuming several hundred demon souls before waking up to feast upon more souls. And you said you got eaten three days ago, right? Well, this is the best opportunity. If Dr. Zulu's equipment are working as he said, you should easily be able to control the big lump, especially since he's asleep." Zarpi said, "Well, here goes nothing."

The group entered a giant room with the archdevil Belphebub sleeping on a bed of magma. Belphebub, known as the Great Demon Lord of Gluttony and Sloth (貪食と怠惰の大魔王, Ōkui to Taida no Daimaō), is a gigantic, one-eyed ogre-like archdevil. He is based off of Belphegor, the demon prince of sloth, and Beelzebub, the demon prince of gluttony. Belphebub is wearing ripped shorts and his wrists are shackled with chains made of mithril, which is a type of metal stronger than steel, and he uses them as weapons for his curses, though, there must be other reasons why he had those chain and shackle, to begin with. He also has many devilish flies flying around him since he never cleans himself, thus dubbing himself the "Lord of the Flies," and these devilish insects are like mosquitoes that can suck the soul out of demons, but they don't even notice Zecross and his crew due to Dr. Zulu's cloaking device, otherwise they would be attacking them right now. Being as the Great Demon Lord of Gluttony and Sloth, Belphebub is very lazy but he's usually hungry and he loves eating demon souls, but he often sleeps after he's satisfied with his appetite. Personality wise, Belphebub is very much like Dr. Zulu's Dembot Guardian Yeti. Belphebub is not bright and has been considered to be the dumbest among the Four Great Demon Lords (四大魔王, Shi Daimaō) and among archdevils in general, but very happy and playful when not angered.

While the gigantic archdevil was sleeping in his bed of magma to keep him warm and comfy, snoring loudly, Zarpi attempted to take control over Belphebub's mind with her hypnotic abilities, enhanced with a magical belt equipped to her waste. As Zarpi was making the titanic ogre to stand, one of the devils guarding the room wondered, "Huh? B-B-Belphbub-sama?! Up already?" Zarpi was surprised, "Huh? This is actually working?" Dr. Zulu made a big evil smile and said enthusiastically, "Zehehehe! Aren't my inventions the greatest?!" Zecross said cautiously, "We better take out those devils before they start suspecting." The bedroom devil guard asked the mind-controlled, sleeping Belphebub, "I-is there... Is there I can do for you, My Lord? My Lord, what are you... Keeh?!" Being controlled under Zarpi, Zarpi made Belphebub walk over to the devil guard and grabs the devil with the devil reacting, "Keh! Don't eat me!" Zarpi made Belphebub to crush the devil guard as he screamed in pain. The devil died and turned into spiritual particles, waiting to be revived in a while. All of Belphebub's "meal" prisoners (random demons that his devil guards captured for his next meal) and the devil guards were wondering what's going. The one guard that was still at the entrance wondered, "What's going on in there-keke?" As other devils appeared in the hallway, they wondered why Belphebub was up so early, though they assume he's sleepwalking since Belphebub occasionally does that. Zarpi made Belphebub to attack some devils by punching or whacking them with his mithril chains, as well as destroying some of the prisoner cages with those chains, freeing the sinful demon prisoners. One of them reacted, "W-we're free?!," while another demon prisoner shouted in fear, "Run away!"
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A prison riot occurred and one of Belphebub's devils yelled at them, "Get back here demon food! Fire Curse: Hellfire Spear _{[火呪：業火槍, Kanoroi: Gōka Yari]}!," and shot a beam of demonic flames at several escapees with his red trident while another devil wondered, "I-is Belphebub-sama sleep walking again? This is bad! Guys, we need to restrain him without waking him up." The devil soldier that casted the fire curse said in frustration, "Teh! I worked hard capturing these demons. I'm going to recapture Belphebub-sama's prisoners while you guys restrain him with those chains." The shackles with chains on Belphebub's wrist not only can be used as weapons, but his devil soldiers use them to restrain Belphebub to his bed whenever he sleepwalks, but when Belphebub usually sleepwalks, he usually goes on a feeding frenzy and eats anything in his way. As the other devils were dodging Belphebub's punches, they grabbed Belphebub's chains and tried pulling the giant ogre back to his bedroom. The devilish flying insects surrounding Belphebub has no idea what's going on and casually flies over Belphebub. One of devil soldiers said, "Geek! I wish Belphebub-sama would lose some weight, sometimes." Another one said, "I'm surprise he didn't eat us this time. He usually tries to eat us when he sleepwalks." The previous devil responded, "Something's not right." Zarpi was having a hard time moving Belphebub around and Zecross was getting very worried angrily and said, "What can we do? Hey doc, can we use spells inside your barrier undetected?" Dr. Zulu responded with doubtful look, "Zeh? Umm... I never tested that out, umm... Sorry... But it shouldn't be able to be detected if it's still within the invisible barrier." Zecross said, "I don't want Hades-sama detecting us using demon magic." Dr. Zulu said, "Well, as long as its within my cloaking device, it shouldn't be detected." Zecross said, "Bring it over here!" Dr. Zulu replied, "Y-yes sir!" and followed Zecross, keeping them completely invisible.

As Zecross got close to the devils by jumping on Belphebub with Dr. Zulu's cloaking device's barrier passing through them, Zecross became noticeable to the devils as one of them said, "Huh? Guys, there's still some demons here! Capture them!" As one of the devils that's within the cloaked barrier saw Zecross, he was about to attack Zecross from above, "Fire Curse: Hellfire Spear!," and shot a beam of demon fire from his trident. Zecross teleported out of the way and incanted his shadow death spell, "Shidona Reaper!" Using the dark-purple limiter removal wristband on his right hand, Zecross successfully casted his spell, summoning a shadow reaper to counterattack the attacker, killing the devil soldier instantly. Another devil was surprise, "What the—?!," while another one followed it, "Demon magic?! But how...?! I-impossible!" The previous devil ordered, "Get him!" Zecross used his shadow reaper to kill every other devil within the cloaking device. They all turned into spiritual particles, waiting to be resurrected and respawned in the Netherworld. Zega said, "Brother, we must hurry before reinforcements arrive. Everyone, grab on, we're teleporting out of here!" As Zega touched Belphebub's legs while Belphebub was lying on the ground, Zecross said as he stood on top of Belphebub, putting his hand on Belphebub's fat belly, "Let's meet up at Asmon's Lair! That's our next target. And darn these bugs! Shidokeru!" Zecross was destroying some devilish flies that were about to attack him. Zarpi and Dr. Zulu grabbed onto Zega's shoulders. Zega and Zecross teleported everyone including Belphebub but excluding Belphebub's devilish flies out of Belphebub's domain and continued teleporting repeatedly until they reached Asmon's domain of the Netherworld.
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Scene: Netherworld Palace

After all the ruckus that was made in Belphebub's domain, inside the Netherworld Palace, the King of the Netherworld, known as King Hades, had a strange feeling that something was wrong, "Hmm...?!" He opened his red glowing, evil eyes. King Hades, real name "Pluto", is an angel-like archdevil and is also titanic in size. He is based on Pluto and Hades, Gods of the Underworld in Roman and Greek mythologies respectively. King Hades used to be an archangel (大天使, dai tenshi) a long time ago, the opposite of an archdevil, but he metamorphosed into an archdevil over a million years ago when he became evil, thus he was labeled a Fallen Angel. He was sitting on the giant Netherworld Palace Throne, feeling something strange happening in the Netherworld. Either that or he must have imagined it.

Scene: Asmon's Lair of the Netherworld

After multiple quick bursts of teleportation, due to Zega and Zecross having limited range of teleportation, they and their crew including the hypnotized Belphebub, reached a new area of the Netherworld, which was over 300 kilometers away. As the group looked at a giant cave, Zecross said, "Here we are." Zega said, "Asmon, the Lust and Greed of the Four Great Demon Lords." Zarpi remembered being tortured by that archdevil too and said in disgust, "Not that disgusting pervert! Eew! Eew!" Dr. Zulu laughed at her, "Zehehe! I don't know much of this place but you seem to have gone through heck." Zarpi felt awkward thinking about it and said in disgust, "It was the worst. No, Belphebub-sama's stomach was the worst. Or umm... Well, at least it wasn't as painful as Belphebub's stomach acid but it was still gross. I don't want him touching me again! Nyah!" Zecross ordered, "Enough talk. Zarpi, bring Belphebub-sama. We're using force from here on out. It's only a matter of time until Hades-sama realize." Zarpi made Belphebub stand while he's still sleeping, then Zarpi said, "Well, there's no turning back from here. Hope this goes well."

As Zarpi was making Belphebub walk into Asmon's Lair, exiting the effect radius of Dr. Zulu's cloaking device, two devils that were guarding the lair seen a silhouette of Belphebub for a second, reacting, "Huh?"/"Who's there?!" The devil guard on the right then said, "W-w-wait, is that Belphebub-sama?" The devil guard on the left said as he seen Belphebub's giant single eye closed, "Is he sleepwalking-taka? This is bad. He might eat Asmon-sama's toys again." As the two devil guards were slowly flying towards Belphebub, the one of the right quietly said, "Okay big guy, let's get you back to bed." The one of the left said, "But we have guard duty-taka and it's a long trip!" While the devils dropped their guard, Zarpi made Belphebub crush them to death with Belphebub's bare hands, but they'll revive and respawn in the Netherworld later. Zarpi then made Belphebub to invaded Asmon's Lair.

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Inside Asmon's Lair, "Ohhh yeah! It's sexy time-kyehehehe! Who shall be my play buddy next?" Asmon was looking at his prisoners with a perverted blush on his face. Most sinful demons he held capture are female and he likes to "play" with them. Asmon is the Great Demon Lord of Lust and Greed (色欲と物欲の大魔王, Shikiyoku to Butsuyoku no Daimaō) and he is based on the demon princes Asmodeus of Lust and Mammon of Greed. He appears as a giant red troll with a green hair in a bi-hawk (double mohawk) hairstyle, horns coming out of his mouth and chin. He wears a worn cloth like a caveman and wields a giant stone club as a weapon in his left hand. Personality-wise, possessing the deadly sins of lust and greed, Asmon is a perverted archdevil that loves "playing" with beautiful female demons and devils (though most of the female devils of the Netherworld stay away from him) and that he loves collecting treasures especially gold and other expensive objects, even if it means stealing them—and he is very sly and sneaky—thus dubbing him the Thief King (盗賊王, Tōzokuō). His lair is full of shiny golden objects that he loves bathing in. He don't care about sinful male demons and would smash them on spot with his stone club, especially if they try stealing Asmon's treasures.

While Asmon was choosing a bad lady to play with in his dungeon, "Hmm!," making the girls to fear him, he heard big stomping noises in his lair, "Keh?! Who's there?" As Belphebub was killing nearby devils with them screaming, Asmon came running around the corner and said, "Belphebub? What are you—Get out of my lair! Shoo shoo! How many times do I have to tell you that my playmates are not your food?! Keh?! Are you sleep walking again? Someone 'atta chain you down. Alright pal... keh?!" Suddenly, Zarpi lost control over Belphebub for a second, "Huh?!," and as Belphebub was sleeping, he snored and yelled, "ZZZZZZ! Bahaha-heh?! Hey, leave my food alone! Chain Curse: Capture!" While Belphebub was sleeping, he accidentally casted one of his curses, throwing his mithril chains from his shackles at Asmon, ensnaring Asmon's body with his chains as Asmon dropped his guard. Asmon yelled angrily, trying to order the big sleeping goof, "W-what?! Oh, come on. Wake up you nincompoop and untie me this instant!" When Zarpi got back into control, she said, "Well, that was something. Well, how about this?," and made Belphebub to pull Asmon towards him with his chains, then punched Asmon in the head, knocking Asmon out. As Zecross and Dr. Zulu smiled, Zecross congratulated Zarpi, "Good job. Two down, two to go. Think you can handle manipulating them all?" Zarpi hoped, "Hopefully. Oh boy, this is going to take a lot of concentration," and attempted to hypnotize Asmon while maintaining control over Belphebub. She then released the chains from Asmon, then made Asmon to stand back up and grabbed the stone club he dropped. As the two archdevils were walking out, the prisoners in Asmon's Lair were confused what was going on.
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Zecross then said, "Between Leviasatan-sama and Lucid-sama, I believe our best bet would be Leviasatan." Zarpi reacted in confusion, "Really?! That giant scary dragon? He's very scary and ruthless compared to Lucid-sama, though..." While she was thinking, Zecross said, "We shouldn't underestimate Lucid-sama. As threatening as Leviasatan—the Great Demon Lord of Envy and Wrath _{[ねたみと憤怒の大魔王, Netami to Fundo no Daimaō]}—may be, Lucid-sama—the Great Demon Lord of Pride _{[高慢の大魔王, Kōman no Daimaō]}—was said to be the most powerful archdevil next to Hades-sama on the surface of the Netherworld. He and Hades-sama were both once archangels of Paradise, I heard. We'll need all the power we need to stop those two and Cerberus, who guards the entrance between the Netherworld and Spirit World Kingdom. Then we can make our escape back into Spirit World Kingdom. And with the powers of the archdevils, we could also destroy Yama-sama and take over the Spirit World, but that is, unless if you screw this up, Zarpi." Zarpi said, "I-I'll do my best. I'd rather not be tortured for eternity and there's no turning back." Zecross said to his crew, "All right everyone, to Leviasatan's domain and fast."

Scene: Leviasatan's Lair of the Netherworld (includes a Flashback to a few hours ago)

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With the archdevils Belphebub and Asmon under Zarpi's and her crew's control, Zega and Zecross multiply teleported them diagonally to the right to the infernal domain that Leviasatan, the Great Demon Lord of Envy and Wrath, lurks, which is located many hundred kilometer north of Belphebub's domain. A few hours ago in Spirit World time, ex-fifth Death General Zeferno, a greater demon, tried challenging Leviasatan, the Dragon King of Land and Sea (海と陸の竜王, Umi to Riku no Ryūō), to a death battle. When Zeferno approached the colossal Dragon King after knocking out devils with his fists, he roared, "ROOOOAR!!! Leviasatan, I'll have my revenge! I'll destroy you and become a real devil." The humongous, amphibious dragon's response was, "Geeerr! You again? Show some manners, I'm a frickin' god! Now you made me really angry! Know your place demon scum and burn! Fire-Water Curse: Steam Breath _{[火水呪：蒸気の息, Kasuinoroi: Jōki no Iki]}!" Zeferno yelled, "That's my line. Ehh?! Argh!" Zeferno was completely defenseless due to being unable to cast dark fire magic. His entire giant spiritual body was instantly incinerated by a gigantic breath of hot steam, leaving Zeferno's spiritual particles somewhere random in the Netherworld but his spiritual body was restoring today. Leviasatan utilizes fire and water curses and can combine them into steam. That was the second time Zeferno tried confronting the archdevil Leviasatan. Leviasatan wondered, "Why hasn't Hades-sama banished that moron to a lower plane yet?" Personality-wise, Leviasatan is usually always in a bad mood and sometimes tend to go berserk, especially when he feel jealous about something. Leviasatan is based on the demon princes Leviathan of Envy and Satan of Wrath. Zeferno and his species resemble devils of the Netherworld and are just as strong as devils of the Netherworld, but despite his title as the Devil of the Black Flames (黒炎の悪魔, Kokuen no Akuma), he and his species actually belong to the demon race (mamono race) rather than the devil race (akuma race), thus not being a true devil, but Zeferno believes that if he destroys enough devils or an archdevil in the Netherworld, he could metamorphose into a real devil, as a legend he heard in the Netherworld, but no demons have managed to do that in over hundreds of thousands of years since they couldn't cast demon magic and had to rely on brute strength or other methods.

After Zecross and his crew arrived at Leviasatan's Lair, Zecross said, "We're here. From here on it, this is going to get really dangerous. Looks like no one's guarding the entrance." Zega wondered as he seen Zeferno's spiritual particles starting to assemble a while ago, "Zeferno must have challenged him again." Zecross said, "That barbaric fool is trying to become a real devil, but he's only going to get himself into eternal purgatory if he keeps challenging archdevils head on and dying." Purgatorial layers of the Netherworld are beneath the surface of the Netherworld. It is surprising that Zecross is still on the surface of the Netherworld. The Netherworld has multiple layers with the lower levels being more dangerous and torturous than the upper levels. Zarpi yelled with a panicking wide-eyed expression, "Who is crazy enough to battle against the Dragon King?!" Dr. Zulu chuckled and said, "Zehe! Things look interesting in the afterlife. I wonder what I missed out on." Zarpi then said in worrisome, "Trust me, you don't want to know and umm... Would Belphebub-sama and Asmon-sama be enough?" Zecross said, "As long as you keep them in control." Zarpi said, "Well, I'm starting to lose energy. Controlling an archdevil is really hard and two is nearly impossible." Dr. Zulu grabbed a stone vial of devilish liquid that he modified into a restoration potion and said, "Zehe! Good thing I made this, just in case." Zarpi asked, "What is it?" Dr. Zulu said, "I created a restoration potion but it's the only one I have. It's modified devilish effects should restore your energy and give you a slight boost in magic." As he handed Zarpi his restoration potion, Zarpi smelt it and said, "Eww! Smell's gross. Well... here goes nothing," and drinks it. Her immediate reaction after swallowing it was, "Blah! This is disgusting! Arr! That aftertaste... Huh? Whoa! I can feel so much power surging my body." Dr. Zulu said, "It's working!" Zecross praised Dr. Zulu, "Heh, I see that you're always one-step ahead doc. It's why we made your our seventh Death General," then ordered Zarpi, "Alright, let's tear one angry dragon god." Zarpi responded, "I'm on it," and made Asmon and Belphebub to stand up and walk inside Leviasatan's Lair while the crew hid around the entrance with the cloaking machine.

While Zarpi was moving Belphebub and Asmon, Zega told a story that he and Zecross heard from ancient sinful demons of the Netherworld, "Legends say that when a demon kills enough devils of the Netherworld, the demon can absorb some of their spiritual, devilish energy and metamorphose into a devil. When a demon or a devil somehow kills an archdevil, a god of evil, they can steal the archdevil's spirit and transcend into an archdevil with any appearance, taking over that archdevil's place. Legends we heard from the ancients of the Netherworld say that Leviasatan-sama was a demon that transcended into an archdevil by slaying the previous Great Demon Lord of Envy and Wrath." A flashback to this story would be Leviasatan appearing as a red, anthropomorphic sea dragon-like demon. The amphibious dragon man slays a giant, monstrous archdevil with his powerful dragon claws alone and is shown absorbing the archdevil, transcending into what he is now. While Zarpi was bringing Asmon and Belphebub into Leviasatan's gloomy lair, she said, "No wonder why Zeferno-san was challenging Leviasatan-sama. Zeferno-san would be fit for the title of Envy and Wrath with his scary personality. Wait, what about Asmon and Belphebub? Were they once demons?" Zecross said, "Who knows? Maybe they were or maybe they were devils that transcended into the image they wanted. But Leviasatan-sama sure has an interesting backstory if those legends are true, but none of that matters now. We're not strong enough to kill an archdevil or any deity by ourselves, even with my shadow death forbidden spell. Only physical force or Spirit World magic can kill a god, which is why we're using archdevils against each other." When Zecross used his Shidona Reaper to kill some devils and devilish flies in Belphebub's Lair, Belphebub remain completely unaffected by his shadow death spell, making Zecross' most deadliest spell useless against Spirit World deities like the archdevils of the Netherworld. Zega stated, "Zeferno was our strongest and destructive crew member other than Dr. Zulu's titanic cyborg, and if Zeferno can't do it, this strategy is our only choice of fighting." Dr. Zulu said in disappointment, "Zoh! I miss that big guy. He could take on these archdevils like no problem. Wait, is he here in the Netherworld?" As Dr. Zulu was looking around, Zecross said, "Artificially-created demons like Faudo don't go to the Spirit World. They disappear from existence." Dr. Zulu said in disappointment, "Ah, that sucks. Wait, how would you know?" Zecross stated, "I was once a necromancer, remember? I couldn't absorb Faudo's body nor could I resurrect or reanimate him, otherwise we would have won long time ago." Zecross thought to himself with determination, just you wait Yama-sama... or... Enma-sama—what your people call you—I swear I'll get out the Netherworld, use the archdevils to destroy you, and take your soul for taking mine! I'll become the new Supreme God of Spirit World and rule over both the Kingdom and Netherworld! Demon World will also be in my hands, like it should have been, if it wasn't for you!

As the hypnotized Belphebub and Asmon entered Leviasatan's Lair, the gigantic crocodile-shaped draconic archdevil seen them and yelled angrily in a deep, beastly voice, "Geeerrr! Now, who dares to trespass into my—Oh, it's you two. Why the heck are you two in my domain and what do you want? Get lost!" As Asmon and Belphebub were walking unconsciously towards Leviasatan, Leviasatan yelled angrily, "Hey, answer me, darn it! And get out!" As Zarpi was controlling Asmon and Belphebub, they ignored Leviasatan's order. As Zarpi readied their weapons while marching towards the titanic amphibious dragon, Leviasatan said in a wrathful tone, "A threat? You two dare challenge me? Fine! But don't think I will show mercy even to another Great Demon Lord. Water Curse: Scalding Water Breath _{[水呪：火傷水の息, Suinoroi: Yakedomizu no Iki]}!" As Leviasatan was about to release burning water from his mouth to flood the area, Zarpi said, "I don't think so. Belphebub-sama, Chain Curse: Capture." After Leviasatan shot a stream of blazing water at the ground, Asmon, being light-weighted, got pushed back in hot water by a bit. Belphebub barely moved an inch due to his heavy weight. Through Zarpi's orders, Belphebub incanted the curse, "Chain Curse: Capture!" and used his chains to keep Leviasatan's crocodile-like mouth shut and sealed. Leviasatan got really angry and struggled, "Guuuuuur!!!" Without having Leviasatan to noticed, Zarpi made Asmon to sneak around Leviasatan without him noticing after Asmon got back up. Zarpi then used Asmon's giant stone club and smacked Leviasatan out cold. Having the title of Thief King, Asmon can be very stealthy and sly and is considered to be the fastest archdevil on the Netherworld's surface. When Leviasatan realized, the last thing he thought was, What?! But h... Dr. Zulu cheered, "Zuuhuu!!! That will show that giant beast." Zarpi sighed and said, "Heh, I didn't think it would have been that easy. You sure are something doc." Dr. Zulu said with a smile, "Never underestimate my inventions!" Zecross ordered his team and ran, "We can't celebrate yet. By now, Hades-sama must have been aware of the commotion. Let's get to the final Great Demon Lord and fast." The rest of the crew teleported to the unconscious archdevils and teleported the three to the location of the fourth Great Demon Lord's lair.

Scene: Netherworld Palace

While sitting on his giant throne, Netherworld King Hades knew that something is wrong in the Netherworld, "Something really isn't right. Why are the Four Great Demon Lords fighting? And why are they disappearing left and right? Hmm..." King Hades stood up and smacked his trident-like black scepter on the ground and glared outside the palace with his evil red eyes.
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Scene: Lucid's Lair

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Zega and Zecross teleported their crew all the way to the east until they reached Lucid's domain. Zecross said, "Here we are. We must make haste. We need every archdevil under our control before Hades-sama shows up. Don't screw this up and fight with everything you got but don't get too cocky. Lucid-sama is the strongest member of the Four Great Demon Lords after all." Zarpi said, "Controlling three archdevil is going to be difficult even with that boost, but I'm not giving up here. Asmon-sama, Belphebub-sama, Leviasatan-sama, you know what to do!" As Zarpi ordered her hypnotized demon lords to barge into Lucid's lair, killing nearby devil guards, Lucid already knew what was going on. Lucid, the Great Demon Lord of Pride (高慢の大魔王, Kōman no Daimaō), is a titan-sized angel-like archdevil with green skin, black angel wings, long black hair, black armor, and tiny horns on his forehead. He also served as the right hand man to the Netherworld King Hades and is a longtime friend of King Hades. Lucid is based on the demon prince Lucifer of Pride. He was sitting in a large throne across a giant table with a glass cup in hand with red liquid inside. As he was sitting casually, he said, "Asmon, Belphebub, Leviasatan, what brings you to my lair? Our next meeting isn't until three more months, but I digress. I can see that you are not yourselves." He stood up as the other three Great Demon Lords were approaching him and Lucid said, "Tell me, how was it that the three of the Four Great Demon Lords... were manipulated by mere demons? I know your out there somewhere."

While Lucid doesn't know who they are since the crew were still "non-existent," he can tell that his comrades were under hypnosis and that the manipulator must be nearby. Zecross and his crew were surprised. Zarpi said in fear, "H-he knows?!" Zecross yelled, "Zulu, you said this thing should make us completely invisible." Dr. Zulu responded in confusion, "I-it does. It's still working just as fine. Not even sensory-types should detect us." Zecross said, "Zarpi, show no mercy to Lucid-sama. Attack at full force!" Zarpi said, "I'm getting low on energy but I'll do whatever I can." Zarpi sent the three hypnotized demon lords to attack Lucid inside his lair. Lucid ignored the other archdevils with no emotions and incanted the white Spirit World magic, "Darkness Blessing: Shadow Slide _{[闇恵：滑る影, Yamimegumi: Suberu Kage]}...," and quickly slid and warped passed his fellow archdevils by turning incorporeal via darkness. Blessing (恵, Megumi) is white Spirit World magic, the opposite of curse. It is impossible for a devil or an archdevil to learn blessing, although—being a former archangel—Lucid is still able to use blessings he learnt as an archangel but they are not as effective while using them as an archdevil. Angels specialize in blessings while devils specialize in curses, which are opposite Spirit World magic types, and the two races are very vulnerable against Spirit World magic that opposes them.

The crew were surprised. Zarpi said in fear, "Zee! We're screwed." Zega said in surprise, "An archdevil using blessing?! This is interesting... Though, he is called the Angel of Darkness _{[闇の天使, Yami no Tenshi]} and he was an archangel over a million years ago. We must not underestimate him. We may have to fight him too." As Lucid is looking around, unable to see anyone around him, he said, "Come out wherever your hiding." Zecross and his crew were actually in-front of him though. As Zarpi turned the other archdevils around to attack Lucid, Lucid defended motionlessly, "Darkness Blessing: Shadow Guardian _{[闇恵：影保護者, Yamimegumi: Kage Hogosha]}..." Lucid's shadow appeared from the ground in three-dimensional form to protect him against the hypnotized demon lords. As Lucid opened his right hand by his waste, a dark mist appeared and it summoned a large, black sword in his hand. Lucid calls this his Nightmare Sword (悪夢剣, Akumuken), a giant fancy sword made of corrupted darkness energy. Lucid then said, "I'll hunt you, wherever you are." After deciding a spot to attack, which was right where Zecross and his crew members were at—which made Zarpi and Dr. Zulu scared—Lucid incanted the curse, "Darkness Curse: Nightmare Blade!" and unleashed an energy wave of corrupted darkness from his sword that screamed as it launched. Zega yelled out, "Everyone move!" Zega and Zecross teleported out of the way of the dark aerial blade along with Zarpi and Dr. Zulu. However, Dr. Zulu accidentally dropped his cloaking device and it was destroyed, revealing them. Dr. Zulu said, "No! My cloaking device." Lucid said casually without revealing his anger, "I knew it. So they are being controlled by demons. I would like to say that I'm impressed, but what you are doing is treason, or what it would be if there were laws in the Netherworld. Still, for embarrassing me, Lucid, Great Demon Lord of Pride and Hades-sama right hand man, I'll make sure you four will get permanent purgatory as punishment in the lower realms, but first..."

After the three hypnotized archdevils destroyed Lucid's Shadow Guardian (which is weak due to Lucid being an archdevil), Zarpi made them to attack Lucid with full force. Leviasatan incanted, "Fire Curse: Hellfire Breath _{[火呪：業火の息, Kanoroi: Gōka no Iki]}!" breathing and blowing devilish flames at Lucid from his mouth. Lucid flew above it with his black angel wings. Zarpi then attempted to bind Lucid with Belphebub's chains with Belphebub incanting, "Chain Curse: Capture!" Lucid slashed the chains that were after him. The hypnotized Asmon then suddenly appeared behind Lucid and prepared to attack Lucid with his stone club while saying, "Earth Curse: Gravity Hammer!" Lucid's only reaction at the time was blocking Asmon's stone club with his nightmare sword, "What?!" As soon as Asmon's hammer hit Lucid's nightmare sword, Lucid fell to the ground and was immobilized. Belphebub re-casted, "Chain Curse: Capture!" and chained up the immobile Lucid. Lucid said in frustration, "Impossible! How can a mere demon tame, not just one, but three archdevils?!" Asmon suddenly appeared behind Lucid without him knowing and Zarpi made Asmon knocked Lucid out in the back of the head with Asmon's giant stone club. With Lucid close enough of becoming unconscious, Zarpi attempts to mind control him with hypnosis while having Belphebub undo his chain curse. Zecross congratulated her, "Impressive strategy. Glad we chose you as our eighth Death General." Zarpi said in exhaustion, "But I'm nearly out of energy. Now what?"
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Battle: Four Great Demon Lords (hypnotized) vs. Netherworld King Pluto "Hades"

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Before Zecross answered, gigantic black flames appeared out of nowhere near the group. A titanic being appeared from the black flames and yelled angrily, "What the heck's going on here?!" Zecross said, "Darn it!" while Zega said, "Is that..." Dr. Zulu said in fear, "Who... who is this guy?" Zarpi said in fear, "H-H-Hades-sama...!!!" King Hades looked at four demons with angry red eyes, "You! So you four caused all this trouble." King Hades readies his black scepter at the group. Zecross said optimistically, "Why hello there, Pluto-sama..." King Hades reacted in surprise and anger upon hearing his real name, "P-Pl... You dare use my real name?" Zecross said with optimism, "I'm here to dethrone you..." King Hades was enraged, yelling with a wrathful voice, "Why you little...?! I'll send you to the deepest purgatory of the Netherworld!" Instead of attacking with his black scepter, King Hades engulfed black flames on his muscular right arm and incanted, "Dark Fire Curse: Black Fire Fist! _{[暗火呪：黒火拳, Ankanoroi: Kurohiken]}," and aimed his right burning fist at Zecross. Zecross stood still but was prepared until Zarpi manipulated Lucid and blocked King Hades' infernal fist with his Nightmare Sword. King Hades reacted, "Lucid, what the heck do you think you're doing? Wait..." Zecross said, "Only physical force or Spirit World magic can kill a god." He then realized as he seen Zarpi manipulating him, mind control? Hypnosis? Impossible! Demon magic shouldn't work in Spirit World and how can a mere demon control a god? Zarpi was nearly exhausted but she is doing all she could and sent the Four Great Demon Lords to attack King Hades.

As the other Great Demon Lords charged after King Hades, King Hades backed off, incanting the dark fire curse, "Call of Black Flames _{[黒炎の呼, Kokuen no Ko]}!" slamming his black scepter on the ground, teleporting away from his demon lords with black flames. The Four Great Demon Lords ram into each other, knocking each other over. As King Hades reappeared in black flames, flying in the air with his black angel wings, Zecross yelled at Zarpi, "I told you not to get cocky!" Zarpi apologized, "S-sorry! I can't handle four archdevils at the same time." King Hades said in a strict, evil tone, "I'll make sure you all burn in purgatory. Dark Fire Curse: Black Inferno _{[黒焦熱地獄, Kokushōnetsu Jigoku]}...!" Black flames engulfed on King Hades' black scepter and he was prepared to unleash the black flames on the four demons on the ground to banish them to a lower level of the Netherworld. Zecross was feeling angry and hopeless and Dr. Zulu yelled in a panic, "Zeeee! We're gonna die... again!" King Hades yelled in anger, "You'll face my wrath for eterni... Hnn!" He noticed Zega was missing. Zega was in the air, hovering with his angelic and demonic wings. He incanted, "Shin Shiraikeru!" creating a giant sphere of light and darkness energy and threw it at King Hades. King Hades said, "What?! Such a spell won't work on me! Take this!" As King Hades released the black flames from his scepter, Zega threw his giant sphere of twilight at the flames. Zega's spell blew up but it flashed in a strobe effect of light and darkness upon the spell being destroyed. Everyone in the area were having a hard time seeing with King Hades reacting, "What is this light?!" while covering his face. Zecross said, "Zega-nī..." Zega said to Zarpi, "What are you waiting for? This is our chance." Zarpi said, "Oh right."

The strobe of light and darkness faded away a second later and with King Hades' guard down, Zarpi used Belphebub's chains to choke King Hades with Chain Curse: Capture. Suddenly, Asmon disappeared and reappeared behind King Hades and incanted, "Earth Curse: Gravity Hammer!" bashing King Hades with his giant stone club, causing gravity to quake around King Hades, immobilizing him. Not only that but Zarpi made Asmon turn his stone club into a spiked stone club to deal extra damage to King Hades. After King Hades was stunned to the ground, Zarpi made Lucid incant, "Darkness Curse: Nightmare Aura _{[闇呪：悪夢オーラ, Yaminoroi: Akumu Ōra]}...," giving himself a corrupted dark aura to temporarily increase his power, speed, and defense. With King Hades unable to move, Zarpi made a quick decapitation to King Hades' head with Lucid's nightmare sword. King Hades reacted in defeat before dying, "Kah...! To be defeated... by my old friend... I'll get you demons... for this," before his body disappeared into spiritual particles, waiting to be respawned.
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King Hades' Netherworld crown fell off of his head and landed on the ground. After Zega landed, Zecross touched the giant crown and it automatically shrunk to the size of Zecross' head. Zecross felt really good about it as he chuckled, "Hehehe...," then laughed maniacally, "Myahahahaha! Tahahaha! The Netherworld is mine! Hahahaha!" Zega did not like his younger twin brother's expression, giving a dissatisfying look. Zecross calmed down and said, "Feels great to become a king. I'm going to the Netherworld Palace and claim my new throne. Coming, fellows?" Dr. Zulu touched Zega before they teleported. Zarpi said, "W-wait for me! I need help. The archdevils are breaking my hypnosis." The Four Great Demon Lords are semi-conscious and are attempting to break out of Zarpi's hypnosis. Zarpi is losing control and it can be disastrous to the group if the demon lords regains consciousness. As Zega was thinking of bringing her, there wouldn't be enough time and Zecross yelled, "There's not enough time. I'll resurrect you later," and teleported to the Netherworld Palace. At the same time, before teleporting, Zecross also thought to himself, darn, I don't have enough time to absorb Hades-sama's soul and evolve. As the Four Great Demon Lords were nearly conscious again, Zega apologized, "Forgive me...," and teleported himself and Dr. Zulu to the palace before they were detected by the Four Great Demon Lords. Zarpi said in a panic, "Wait, don't leave me behind...! Ahh!!!"

After Zarpi's hypnosis completely broke, giving the Four Great Demon Lords their consciousness back, Belphebub wondered, "What happened? Where am I? This isn't my bed." As Zarpi was getting the center of attention by the other Great Demon Lords, Lucid yelled fiercely, "You there! What have you done with us?!" Zarpi screamed in fear, "Keeeee!!! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Asmon said with a perverted thought, "Ooh! It's that cute babe! Come here, you!" Leviasatan yelled in a frenzied, wrathful tone, "What do you want with me, little brat?! Fire Curse: Hellfire Breath!" and blew large demonic flames from his dragon mouth at Zarpi. Zarpi reacted in fear, "Zeeeee!!!" and got incinerated, dying again in the Netherworld, waiting to be respawned somewhere random in the Netherworld in a few hours or so. Lucid said to Leviasatan in pity, "Really Leviasatan?! I had questions to ask and you incinerate that demon." Leviasatan apologized for acting without thinking, "Uh, oops!" Asmon was disappointment, "Oh, come on man! I wanted to 'play' with her," while Belphebub said with a goofy voice and a growling stomach, "And I'm hungry. Huh, where are my beelzeflies?" Beelzeflies are the devilish flying insects that usually swarm around Belphebub due to Belphebub's bad body odor. Like Belphebub, the name of the beelzefly devil species is based on the demon prince Beelzebub of Gluttony. Lucid said, "Whatever," and looked away. He noticed a huge amount of spiritual particles in the area and recognized the presence, "Huh? Is this..." At the same time, Leviasatan yelled at Belphebub and Asmon, "And you two, what are your problems?" Asmon and Belphebub wondered, "Huh?!" Leviasatan, "You two ganged up on me and beat me up. I'll never forgive you for—" Lucid yelled at Leviasatan, "Leviasatan, shut up. More importantly..." Asmon felt King Hades' presence and seen his spiritual particles in the air, wondering, "Wait, those particles are the King? The heck happened?" Lucid got angry and said, "Only physical force or Spirit World magic can kill deities. Those demons... They used us to kill King Hades. We were under mind control by those demons, more specifically that girl you incinerated." Leviasatan felt guilty, "Oh, oops!" Lucid then ordered everyone, "To the Netherworld Palace, now!" Belphebub complained due to being lazy, "Ohh, do we have to?" Lucid said, "Belphebub, get going. We need to know what's happening in the Netherworld Palace." Belphebub said in disappointment, "But I'm tired and hungry." Asmon said, "You're always hungry and sleepy. Let's go ya' big, lazy boy!" and pulled Belphebub legs, dragging him across the ground with effort.

Scene: Netherworld Palace

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Zecross has taken over the Throne of the Netherworld as the New King of the Netherworld. To the left of his giant throne was Dr. Zulu, all excited for the escape plan. To the right of his throne was Zega, looking displeased but emotionless with his eyes closed. Dr. Zulu asked, "So Zecross-sama? How long until we return to Demon World?" With the Netherworld Crown equipped to Zecross' head, the new Netherworld King Zecross said, "It won't be long. But even as the new Netherworld King, I don't have the power to defeat Netherworld's Gate Guardian Cerberus, so I'm waiting for some people." Dr. Zulu asked, "Whom would they be, My Lord?" King Zecross replied, "You'll see. It won't be long until they arrive, but hopefully they won't be... hostile." Dr. Zulu asked, "Should I make a mind controlling device just in case?" King Zecross said, "You probably won't have enough time but according to the Devil's Code, I should be safe." Dr. Zulu then asked, "What about Zarpi? Why did we leave her behind?" Zega lied, "My apologies. If we had stayed any longer, we would have died," but the plan he really had in his mind was, sorry Zarpi, but I'm not going to let my brother have his stupid vengeance. Let's hope the Four Great Demon Lords goes against their code. Brother, you don't deserve to be king and I no longer care if I do get tortured for eternity for your actions. Zecross said, "I'll still prioritize her resurrection as a reward for helping. But I wish she could have lasted longer so I could extract Hades-sama's soul and become an archdevil, but oh well..." From Zega's mind, it seem that he still had time teleport to Zarpi and teleport her out, which he wanted to do, but he hates the way his younger twin brother has been acting and is secretly planning trying to get rid of his younger brother for his brother's recent deeds, but Zega can't do anything directly since Zecross can instantly kill his older twin brother anytime. Zega may be stronger than Zecross, but Zecross can kill anyone easily with his Shidona Reaper shadow death spell, except against Spirit World deities like archdevils since they are immune to offensive demon magic. Right now, Zecross would be very vulnerable against the Four Great Demon Lords if they plan disobeying their "Devil's Code." If only if he had enough time to take King Hades' soul, he would have metamorphosed and transcended into a archdevil, like Leviasatan did according to legend.

Some time later, the Four Great Demon Lords of the Netherworld arrived at the Netherworld Palace and found Zecross on the Netherworld King Throne. Zecross said, "Ahh, so they arrived. The Four Great Demon Lords." Dr. Zulu reacted in fear, "I-I knew it. I-is this really a good idea?" Zecross replied quietly to Dr. Zulu, "Quite risky but chances are that they won't harm me." Lucid yelled at King Zecross with serious-looking eyes, "You!" Zecross said, "Or maybe not, but..." Lucid walked up to him intimidatingly and said, "How dare you use us to kill Hades-sama and take his throne." Zecross taunted him, "Is that how you are going to treat your new King? You already broke your code and killed the previous King. You shouldn't humiliate yourself even more." Lucid, the Great Demon Lord of Pride, felt embarrassed, humiliated for the actions he's done under hypnosis, and said, "Why you...?! This taunt could either tempt Lucid to kill Zecross even further or mercy him. Zecross stated, "If you don't want your pride to hurt any further by breaking the Devil's Code, I suggest sparing me and my pals." Asmon and Leviasatan walked up with Asmon yelling, "What a creep. Let's get rid of him and take the crown," and thought to himself in greed, hehe! I wonder how much the Netherworld Crown would be worth! And everything else in the palace. Leviasatan yelled, "I'm going to kill these twerps!" As Leviasatan was approaching the new Netherworld King, Lucid made a decision, putting his left arm to the side, blocking Leviasatan path, "Stop!" Leviasatan wondered, "Lucid-sama?" Lucid stated, "As much as I want to kill this demon too, we must show loyal and respect the Netherworld King, no matter who they may be." Leviasatan complained, "But Lucid-sama...?" Lucid said, "We've already broken the code once. As the Great Demon Lord of Pride, I refuse to break that code again. Three strikes means that we will permanently perish into the Void Beneath Netherworld for eternity and you don't want to break our code again. You've gotten a strike before and this is your second one." A void? Seems like there is yet, another realm of the Spirit World, or is there? Leviasatan realized, "Oh, right. Darn it!" Lucid said, "Me and Hades-sama formed the Devil's Code a long time ago and I refuse to break it. Now, bow to the new King. Same goes for you Asmon and Belphebub." Asmon said, "Y-yes, sir!" and bowed down, thinking in dissatisfaction, so, does that mean I won't get Hades-sama's treasures? Zega thought to himself motionlessly, darn, I was hoping the demon lords would overthrow my idiotic brother. Oh well...
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Zecross said without worries, "I'm glad we came to a stand." Asmon asked, "Umm... may I ask your name and your plans as King?" Zecross replied with a smile, "You can just call me Zecross-sama," then told them about his plans, "Back when me and my friends were alive in Demon World, we planned on revolting Demon World for fun. We would have taken over Demon World and brought it back to how it was many millennium ago. However, the Supreme God stole my powers and soul for no reason." Zega said, "You apparently opened the barrier for multiple souls to escape. Not his fault." Zecross yelled back at his older brother, "Can it, brother! I done no such thing! if it wasn't for the Supreme God, we would have won and our wish would have came true. Right now, my plan is revenge. With the powers of you, the Four Great Demon Lords, we can take over—not only Spirit World—but Demon World as well once I reborn as a god. Are you guys interested? I even risked sparing Hades-sama' soul." Lucid made the first answer but wondered, "Not really interested. But what's in it for us?" King Zecross said, "You can be the commander of our army, Lucid. The rest of Netherworld will be under your control. Would you like to lead an army of devils and demons to fight against another army?" Lucid said, "So in other words, start a war?" King Zecross said, "There are many interesting opponents in Demon World. I imagine you archdevils are bored, having nothing else to the Netherworld besides tormenting sinful demons like us for many generations. I pity you guys. Must be really boring and tiring down here. So do guys you feel up for a new, exciting challenge? A new adventure? A new world to explore?" Lucid chuckled and said, "Heh... Hehehe... For a mere demon, you are more interesting than my old friend Hades-sama, no... Pluto, ever was. Very well, but it better not be disappointing."

Zecross said, "What about you other guys?" Asmon wondered, "I heard Demon World has lots of treasure and hot women. Is that true? Is it?" Zecross said, "Of course. Demon World is vast. There's a lot of secrets hidden in Demon World. More things there than here. There are a lot of beauties the world has to offer too." Asmon thought to himself in delight, kyehehehe! I'm going to be so rich! And hopefully Demon World's women are a lot nicer than the ones here.Belphebub wondered, "What about food? I'm hungry!" King Zecross said, "Millions of fresh souls for you to eat Belphebub. You must be tired eating the same dead souls over and over again." Belphebub said in excitement, "Oh boy! Yum! I wonder how delicious living souls taste." Leviasatan also agreed, "Fine. I'll do it too, but only for personal reasons." Zecross said, "It's agreed then." Lucid said, "What are you going to do about Cerberus, our Gate Guardian. Knowing my friend's pet, I highly doubt Cerberus would let us leave the Netherworld and he's the strongest archdevil next to me and Pluto. I doubt he will show any loyalty to you or us." King Necross said, "We'll have to kill Cerberus if he stands in our way. It is his job to prevent souls from escaping the Netherworld after all. After that, the Supreme God is next. I missed out on taking Hades' soul since I didn't want to risk getting crushed by you guys and it's probably too late, so if you do manage to defeat the Supreme God, I want his soul. He's mine." Lucid closed his eyes and said, "Heh, trying to steal the soul of a soul manipulator, that's something. Very well, My Lord," then wondered, "By the way, My Lord, from what I know, demon magic is restricted outside Demon World. So how..." King Zecross explained, "Seems the Netherworld has all sorts of magical materials...," He then looked at Dr. Zulu and said, "My Royal Scientist here, Dr. Zulu, knows his ways. Treat my comrades with respect too." Dr. Zulu was flattered and said, "R-Royal Scientist? Me? Why you are too kind! Zehe!" then thought to himself while looking away evilly, I appreciate the praise, but it doesn't mean I will give up my world domination. Lucid responded back to his new king, "I see... So, when are we going to start this... adventure?" Zecross said, "Hehe! We'll start away with part one, a riot. Let's bust everyone out of the Netherworld and use them as a distraction to keep the nephalem soldiers busy." Leviasatan and Asmon were shocked with Leviasatan responding quietly, "Wait? What?!" Lucid said, "Alright, we've been loyal so far, dem—My Lord—but you're intentions better be amusing, otherwise I wouldn't hesitate to break the Devil's Code again and bring Hades-sama back to the throne, even if it means being banished to the Void Beneath Netherworld." King Zecross said, "Trust me. You won't be disappointed. Let's begin. If Cerberus won't comply, don't hesitate to kill him either. Let's move out." Zega thought to himself, to see chaos and disorder happening in Demon World. Normally, I would feel joy, but for some reason, this feels so stupid... Was it me that changed and not my younger brother? Whatever, I don't seem to care about my old ambitions anymore, but let's see what happens...

Nephalems (天使魔, tenshima, lit. "angel-demon") are half-angel, half-demon creatures (although they can also be bred from angels and devils). They are native beings of Spirit World Kingdom (霊界の王国, Reikai no Ōkoku), which is above the Netherworld, and they usually appear as demon-like creatures with angel wings that are usually white, gray, or multi-shaded. Spirit World Kingdom is the neutral realm of the Spirit World where all demons with balanced deeds are placed to, when they are indecisive to be placed in any other Spirit World realm. The archnephalem (大天使魔, dai tenshima, lit. "archangel-demon") King Yama, also known as King Enma by his employees and servants, is the King of Spirit World Kingdom and the Supreme God of Supreme World who stole Zecross' soul and powers. Zecross plans on taking revenge on King Yama for interfering the revolution war and taking his soul, then continue the war that he and Zega should have won. Will Zecross and his crew successfully over Spirit World and Demon World when they resurrect, or will this plan fail, keeping Demon World safe and unharmed?
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List of Chapters (remake) on DeviantART

Volume 1: Demon Revolutionary War - The Revolution Begins

Chapter 1: A Sad King under the Rain Clouds
Chapter 2: Prepare for War! A Revolutionary War!
Chapter 3: First Strike!
Chapter 4: Back to the Past!
Chapter 5: Training for War! [Part A / Part B]

Volume 2: Demon Revolutionary War - Climax of Chaos

Chapter 6: The Real Battle Begins! [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 7: Cyber-Colossus and Black Thunder
Chapter 8: Demon Sorcerers and a New King [Part A / Part B]
- Chapter 8b Alternate: Protection from a Brother
Chapter 9: Shinigami of Darkness
Chapter 10: Light and Darkness

Volume 3: The Zulu Empire

Chapter 11: Human World is Under Attack!
Chapter 12: The Dembot Guardians [Part A / Part B / Part C]
Chapter 13: Zulu Imperial Tower [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 14: A Warless Future Begins
Chapter 15: Pre-Revolution Showdown [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 16: Dr. Zulu's Revenge [Part A / Part B]

Chapter 16b Alternate: Tragedy of a Beloved

Volume 4: Revolution from the Dead

Chapter 17: Depths of the Netherworld [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 18: A New God, a New War [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 19: Armageddon is Rising! [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 20: Ragnarök: Archangels vs. Archdevils [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 21: New Dembot Guardians [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 22: Final Battle of the Gods

Volume 5: The Fallen King - Reign of Chaos

Volume 6: The Fallen King - Battle of the Dead

Volume 7: The Fallen King - For the Nether

Chapter 33 (TFK 11): Return from the Nether [Part A / Part B]
Chapter 34 (TFK 12): Wrath of the Nether
Chapter 35 (TFK 13): Spirit World Origins
Chapter 36 (TFK 14): The Truth from Beyond
Chapter 37 (TFK 15): Divine Justice [Part A / Part B]

List of Chapters (original/obsolete) on DeviantART

Volume 1: The Revolution Begins

Volume 2: Climax of Chaos

Volume 3: The Zulu Empire

Volume 4: Pre-Revolution Army [Chapter 15 extension]

Volume 5: Revolution from the Dead [Chapter 15 extension]

Spin-off Chapters [non-canon chapters]

Part A: First written on January 24, 2016 (journal created on January 18, 2016). Finished writing on February 3, 2016. Published at DeviantART on July 19, 2016, which is the 2-year anniversary of the Golden Gash: Demon Revolution Army fan fiction series.
Part B: First written on February 3, 2016. Finished writing on February 22, 2016. Published at DeviantART on July 19, 2016, which is the 2-year anniversary of the Golden Gash: Demon Revolution Army fan fiction series.

List of updates in this chapter (Part A)

Update #1 (July 23, 2016, 2:29 a.m. EDT): Proofreading and fixing grammars with the Grammarly for Chrome add-on.

List of updates in this chapter (Part B)

Update #1 (July 23, 2016, 2:21 a.m. EDT): Proofreading and fixing grammars with the Grammarly for Chrome add-on.

List of characters in this chapter
Ordered from first to last. If a character was mentioned before being seen, I will place that character where he/she was first seen instead of the first time that character was mentioned. I will also list their roles, whether they were a protagonist, supporter, or antagonist of the chapter (or for the entire fan fiction) unless if they were only mentioned (and italicize them). Characters with "†" symbol next to them are deceased/dead or destroyed (multiple "†" indicates that the character died more than one time). I will also make two lists, a list of characters in the present time and a list of character in the past time.
Character roles:

Protagonist: Heroes that will commonly appear in each chapter.
Protagonist/Supporter: Heroes that won't get much attention but will still appear or at least be mentioned in each chapter somehow.
Supporter: Hero/neutral characters that will only appear in a chapter or two.
Antagonist: Evil characters. The entire Demon Revolution Army are the antagonists of my fan fiction.
Mentioned only: Background characters that are only mentioned that don't have any role in my fan fiction.

Present characters

Military Commander / Demon Prince Zeno (Zeon) Bell - Protagonist
Head Doctor Danny - Protagonist/Supporter (as of now)
Knight Captain Black Knight - Protagonist/Supporter (as of now)
Knight Vice Captain Arth (Earth) - Protagonist/Supporter (as of now)
OC: Demon Prince Raiden Bell - Protagonist
† Former King Zatch (Gash) Bell - Protagonist, Mentioned
† Former Demon Queen Penny (Patie) Bell - Protagonist, Mentioned
OC: Demon King Rain Bell - Protagonist
Ninja Captain Kanchomé (Kyanchome) - Protagonist
OC: Ninja Vice Captain Pancho - Protagonist
† Former Ninja Vice Captain Byonko - Protagonist/Supporter, Mentioned
Head Nurse Tia (Tio) - Protagonist
OC: Tioga - Protagonist
OC: Many unnamed Demon World School students and a demon history teacher - Supporters
OC: Knight Apprentice Nekolas - Protagonist/Supporter
OC: Nurse Apprentice Haria - Protagonist/Supporter
OC: Leo the Red Lion - Supporter, Mentioned
† OC: Zega - Antihero (as a spirit in the Netherworld; former antagonist)
† OC: Zecross - Antagonist (as a spirit in the Netherworld)
‡ OC: Yama "Enma", Supreme God of the Spirit World and King of Spirit World Kingdom - Supporter, Mentioned
Demolt (Demoruto) - Mentioned
‡ OC: Cerberus, Gate Guardian of the Netherworld - Supporter, Mentioned
† OC: The Three Dembot Masters (Units ZDB-M01—M03) - Antagonists/Supporters, Mentioned
††† OC: The Four Dembot Guardians (Units ZDB-G01—G04) - Antagonists, Mentioned
Demon Princess Kolulu (Koruru) Bell - Protagonist/Supporter
††† OC: Former Death General #8 Zarpi - Antagonist (as a spirit in the Netherworld)
† OC: Dr. Zulu - Antagonist (as a spirit in the Netherworld)
† OC: Former Death General #6 Zedusa - Antagonist, Mentioned
‡ OC: Countless number of Devils, native beings of the Netherworld - Antagonists/Supporters
‡ OC: Belphebub, Gluttony and Sloth of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
‡/† OC: Pluto "Hades", King of the Netherworld - Supporter
‡ OC: Asmon, Lust and Greed of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
††† OC: Former Death General #5 Zeferno - Antagonist, Flashback
‡ OC: Leviasatan, Envy and Wrath of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
‡/† OC: Behemoth, the original Envy and Wrath of the Four Great Demon Lords - Mentioned
† OC: Former Death General #10 Zetta Faudo - Antagonist, Mentioned
‡ OC: Lucid, Pride of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist

Past characters

Penny (Patie) - Protagonist, Mentioned

Copyright
This fan fiction and original characters: ©NejiHyuga900/TDPNeji
Konjiki no Gash (Bell)!! / Zatch Bell!: ©Makoto Raiku

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