Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army (remake) [Chapter 20]

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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 20: Ragnarök: Archangels vs. Archdevils

NOTE: This chapter is a remade version of Chapter 15-9 "Reunion" and Chapter 15-10 "Ragnarök" of the original Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army fan fiction series (when I first wrote those two chapters, I was wanting to make all of the deity battles together but they wouldn't have fit in a single DeviantART journal).

Recap

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Things are looking really bad for Demon World, as well as Spirit World Kingdom in the afterlife. While some devils were roaming around the Kingdom, a majority of devils and sinister demons from the Netherworld, along with the archdevils, attacked Demon World. Demon World's heroes were sent to battle against the wandering archdevils of the Four Great Demon Lords but not even the heroes could stop the Four Great Demon Lords of the Netherworld. With many of Demon World's greatest heroes in peril, it could be the end of Demon World. Armageddon is rising; it's nearly the end of the world as we know it. However, the archangels from Paradise, a heavenly realm from Spirit World, plan on taking action for the first time in over a million years. Before they took action, the deceased Demon King Gash Bell and his wife requested to return to Demon World...

Scene: Paradise of Spirit World (some time ago when the apocalyptic war just began)

As the Four Great Angelic Saints of Paradise were having a meeting at the Paradise Palace of Spirit World, the Messenger God Mercury brought ex-Demon King Gash Bell and ex-Demon Queen Patie Bell to meet the Paradise King, King Jupiter. Gash Bell requested King Jupiter to return back to Demon World as he might hold some power to save Demon World. As King Gash Bell begged, King Jupiter responded with a temper, "Return you back to Demon World, you say? Haven't you forgotten what you've done? You, your wife, and many others sneaked out of Paradise without authorization, and you plan on escaping again? You're lucky your father took the responsibility of your's and everyone's escape that day. Because of this, he was temporarily banished to Spirit World Kingdom in your place and your mother volunteered to go with him." Patie Bell apologized, "We're terribly sorry, Your Holiness, for breaking the rules. We had to save... our children... and friends." Mars didn't know about this, interrupted and reacting in surprise, "Wait, they escaped? How'd they get past you, Brother Mercury?" Mercury apologized while scratching the back on his curly hair with his left hand, "Sorry, I had to do a lot of tours for our new guests. A lot of people died during those times and even with my speed it's not easy moving back—and—." King Jupiter was not happy being interrupted and yelled greatly, "SILENCE!!!" Mercury and Mars got frightened and apologized, "Our deepest apology, Your Holy Majesty!" King Jupiter said, "Do not interrupt me when I speak. You boys know better than that." They apologized again, "Sorry!" King Jupiter continued, "So, former Demon King, what makes you think I should take this request? How would you benefit us?" Gash Bell said, "Mars-sama has trained me in learning the ways of your realm's powers. There is someone I would like to give this power to, but with your permission, of course. He's been quite the hero in Demon World... our son. Our children are fighting those monsters. They are in danger; the Demon King is in danger to those wicked creatures. The whole world—no—universe is. If we can at least stop them in Demon World, there wouldn't be much problem in the Kingdom and the rest of Spirit World." Patie was a bit worried, "Gash-anata..."

King Jupiter was thinking about this, "Hmm...," while closing his eyes and crossing his arms while holding his Lightning Staff (雷棒, Raibō) in his right hand, which is a Lightning Blessing (雷恵, Raimegumi) King Jupiter uses for show. Mars wondered, "Was that why you wanted to train with me and my angel peacekeepers?" Patie wondered, "I thought you wanted to learn more about this world?" Gash replied to his wife, "I didn't think it would have been much used until this situation." Venus said, "I know these two quite well, especially the woman. We talked quite a lot when they came here. I could watch over them, Holy Father. They won't leave my sight." Mars wondered, "Venus, my dear?" Saturn said, "What are your thoughts, My Holy Son? We don't have much time, so we must hurry. It's a matter of time until Demon World's destroyed and they come back here. They may target Paradise, our beloved holy realm, next after they are through with the Kingdom, though I could revert time if that happens, but only to the point when the new Supreme God rose." King Jupiter decided, "Very well. I shall grant you permission, ex-Demon King and Queen. Venus, you may look after them." Venus said with a small smile, "Will do, Holy Father." Patie and Gash looked very happy. "However..." King Jupiter said, which made Patie and Gash look worried. He continued, "... You'll have to go as spirits. We may be gods but I don't have to power to create a physical body for you two. But you should be able to use your abilities as normal." Too bad Gash and Patie won't be able to resurrect. King Yama had that power but it's already too late, but Gash thanked the Paradise King anyway, "Thank you very much, Our Holy One! Hope we're not too late. Hope he's still alive." King Jupiter said, "Then we must begin haste. My Four Great Angelic Saints, the time has come to reveal ourselves to Demon World for the very first time. No point in keeping Spirit World in secrecy at this point with those wretched archdevils roaming around. I'll stay here for a while and check on the Kingdom, seeing how it's holding up. I'll meet you all later." Mars thanked his father, "Thank you, Our Holy Father." Saturn said, "Using Dimensional Æther, I'll take us to Demon World in no time. Come, young ones. Dimensional Æther: Dimensional Portal!" Besides possessing Time Blessing (for being the God of Time), Saturn is capable of using Æther too, which nephalems specialize in. He created a dimensional portal leading to Demon World from Spirit World's Paradise Palace. The Four Great Angelic Saints, Gash Bell, and Patie Bell entered the portal. Before Mars entered the portal, he asked, "Oh, father... I mean, Holy Father... When you see mother, Juno-sama, tell her I said 'Goodbye'." Juno, the Goddess of Marriage, is currently out. She may be arranging a marriage for a demon couple in Paradise. Venus, the Goddess of Love, arrange marriages too sometimes. King Jupiter slowly nodded his head as Mars left into the portal. As he was leaving into the portal, he just realized, "Oh crud! Saturn-sama, I forgot to assemble my warriors." Deep inside the portal, Saturn said, "Now you tell me? Ehh..." At this point, some of Demon World's heroes are currently fighting the Four Great Demon Lords, but they are at a disadvantage.

As King Jupiter still sat on his giant throne after the Four Great Angelic Saints left Paradise, facepalming his youngest son's stupidity, he had a feeling he was being watched the entire time, "Hmm... I know you're there. Show yourself." Suddenly, a puddle of water appeared behind King Jupiter's throne. The puddle moved upward, forming into an archangel that wields a blue aquatic trident. He was facing away from the Paradise King with a serious look on his blue-bearded face and with his arms crossed, standing directly behind the throne, saying, "It's been a long time, young brother." King Jupiter looked irritated and said, "What are you doing back here, Neptune? You, a fallen archangel, abandoned us ages ago. Abandoned your duty of Gate Guardian when I banished our brother and his friend from my holy realm." Neptune said, "I abandoned this world for the right reason; to keep an eye on our fallen brother. Ever since father gave you the title of Paradise King, which I thought was the right thing to do, I noticed hate and jealousy within our elder brother. I've been keeping an eye on Pluto and Lucid for a long time, guarding the Netherworld Gate for ages as the Chief of the nephalem military and police force." King Jupiter said, "Then what are you doing back here? Weren't you supposed to be guarding the Netherworld Gate?" Neptune said, "I'll take responsibility for their escape. I'm also warden of the Kingdom's Prison too, after all. I sent my nephalem warriors to go ahead of me. By the time I came to the Judgment Palace, our Supreme God, Enma-sama... It was already too late and I lost track of the archdevils. There are still devils causing chaos in the Kingdom." King Jupiter yelled, "Then why are you back here?!" Neptune replied, "Our eldest brother, Pluto. He's back and he brought Cerberus with him in the Kingdom." King Jupiter reacted in surprise, "What?! You didn't mention this before?" Neptune said, "I may need your help to subdue them. Let's not waste any more time. Water Blessing: Water Phase!" Neptune then turned into water and disappeared from Paradise via Water Blessing: Water Phase (水恵：水相, Suimegumi: Suisō). King Jupiter was mad but softly yelled, "Curses! Lightning Blessing: Call of Lightning _{[雷恵：稲妻の呼, Raimegumi: Inazuma no Ko]}!" With a slam of the butt of his Lightning Staff, a white lightning bolt appeared above him in the palace, teleporting King Jupiter out of Paradise down into Spirit World Kingdom.

Seems like Hades and Cerberus have revived and are causing a ruckus in Spirit World Kingdom, now that the Netherworld Gate is widely opened. The nephalems aren't able to stop them themselves and are dying one-by-one. The reason why those two are attacking the Kingdom after respawning is because of everything that has happened. Hades went into a raging panic—berserk—after finding out his Four Great Demon Lords were missing along with most of his warriors and prisoners. The citizens of Spirit World Kingdom are in grave danger too, especially demons since they can't use demon spells. The Nephalem Police Force is currently evacuating the citizens from the Kingdom to the farthest ends while the military is fighting random wicked demons and devils that stayed in Spirit World but the Kingdom is turning to ash by Hades and Cerberus' dark fire curses. Some tall, bulky, and strong demon citizens in Spirit World Kingdom like Gash's father are helping the nephalem military against the roaming demons and devils of the Netherworld with their physical strength but the light build demons like Gash's kind mother were evacuated from the cities.

Scene: Main battlefield between the Demon Capital and Neo Zecross' Fortress (a moment ago to present time)

Back on the main battlefield between Demon World Military and Netherworld Army, Lucid decided to take action, casting his Darkness Curse: Nightmare Blade attack from his Nightmare Sword and killed a lot of demons (even his own including devils that were in the way) and Lucid was actually attacking with minimum power; he could have destroyed Demon World with maximum power if he wanted to. Things are really not looking good for Demon World Military. Neo Zecross, sitting in his throne, said in slight disappointment, "Well, you could have held back a bit. Now there isn't much for a show." Lucid replied, "I actually held back a bit. I guess I underestimated my power against these mere mortals. They are just a bunch of ants." Neo Zecross said, "You even killed some of our comrades, not that it would matter. Soul Æther: Resurrection... I could revive those warriors too to keep the show going but you're right, I'm getting tired too. Might as well finish..." Neo Zecross was about to change his mind due to boredom and destroy everything in the area until a dimensional portal, created by Saturn, appeared above the Demon Capital. Lucid wondered, then realizes a second later, "What is it? Oh, well would you look at that. They decided to finally show themselves." Neo Zecross said with interest, "Heh, I didn't think it would take them this long to get here. A bit too late but this will be interesting. We can start a Ragnarök," and thought to himself, and I can take their souls and grow even stronger.

As the Four Great Angelic Saints were emerging from the dimensional portal, everyone was shocked. They stopped fighting as the Four Great Angelic Saints were descending from the ethereal world. Gash Bell and Patie were there in their ethereal forms, appearing transparent as they got into the living world but no one really notices them as everyone is shocked seeing four angelic titans. Among the archangels, Saturn said, "Here we are." Patie said while descending, "It's so good being here again," while her husband replied, "Yeah..." Mercury said in surprise, "Wow, so this is what Demon World is like in person." Mars looked over to the battlefield and said, "Woo! That is one big fight and they didn't bring me, the God of War to the party. Even that traitor Lucid is with them. Alright, guys, it's showtime! Your target's over there." Saturn was a bit irritated seeing a fallen angel, "Lucid..." Before heading to Demon World, Saturn warped Mars to gather his army of angels, the Peacekeeping Angel Army, to combat against the Netherworld Army. As General Mars sent his heavenly soldiers into battle, Mercury looked around, found Asmon in another town and said, "I found Asmon. I'll hold him off." As Mars replied, "See ya—" Mercury disappeared in a flash with a quicksilver blur trail and Mars said, "Hey! Oh well. Let's go, gramps. Venus, what will you do?" As Venus was thinking, Gash Bell said, "Venus-sama, take us to Siren Beach, northwest from here." Venus looked over there, seeing Leviasatan attacking and said, "Over there? Oh... That's... Leviasatan." Patie said, "Please take us there. Our children may be there." Venus responded, "Alright, I'll protect them." Mars looked over there and saw Leviasatan and said, "Leviasatan? Are you crazy, Venus? That guy's a monster. He'll destroy you!" Venus said, "I have the power of protection. Go with grandfather, Mars-anata. I trust in the power you gave to the nice king." Gash was flattered, "Heh, I'm not King any more but thanks." Mars said, "Be careful, dear. Let's go, gramps." As Mars flew towards the main battlefield, Saturn said, "Oh, that boy. He needs to have more manners. Be careful, deary. Dimensional Portal!" As Saturn created another portal as a shortcut to the beach's forest, Venus responded, "I will, grandfather." As Venus escorted the ethereal Gash and Patie to the Siren Beach through the portal, Saturn created another dimensional portal to get him closer to the battlefield with Mars flying behind him.

With many angels flying towards the main battlefield, Commander Zeon Bell wondered, "What the heck's going on? Angels now?" The military was curious about these strange, holy creatures, whether or not if they are enemies or allies, but they kept their guard up just in case. One of the high-ranked angel warriors shouted, "Get ready everyone. We must defend Demon World's soldiers and hold off those devils and other Netherworld residents." A devil on the ground said, "Now we got angels to deal with? Fine by us, we'll send you angels into the Netherworld too!" As the angels engaged battle with the Netherworld army, attacking with their weapons or using blessings to attack the enemy or protect themselves and Demon World Military, some of the knights and ninjas are wondering, "Who are you?" while Commander Zeon asked, "Are you an ally or foe?" A high-ranked angel soldier said in a friendly, soft voice, "Don't worry, friend. We're your allies in this war. We came above to protect Demon World from the forces of the Netherworld. I'm Captain Lucius, one of General Mars' most trustworthy soldiers of the Peacekeeping Angel Army. I take it your Demon World's military general or something. Nice to meet you." Commander Zeon Bell said, "Should we trust you?" Captain Lucius replied, "We may not be much but we'll protect your people from these devils and the wicked dead as much as we can. Leave those archdevils to the archangels. I'm sorry but now's not the time for explanations but we'll protect your people at all cost, fellow warrior." Commander Zeon said, "Just call me Zeon, Zeon Bell, and I'm the commander of my military. Thanks for the assist, wherever you came from." Captain Lucius was attacking a devil with a blessing, "Light Blessing: Holy Lance _{[光恵：聖槍, Kōmegumi: Seisō]}! Keep it up, guys," shooting a beam of holy light from his white lance with golden trims at the devil, killing it. Though it wouldn't really matter since they'll be resurrected. This light blessing attack is normally weak, but it's highly effective against devils, the undead (but not demons that are fully resurrected), and anything else unholy. He then said to Commander Zeon after recalling that name, "Oh, your Zeon Bell, the Zeon Bell? The ex-Demon King Gash Bell mentioned me about you." Commander Zeon was surprised, "You know my brother? Where is he? Where do you people come from?" Captain Lucius replied, "Well, we are normally not allowed to say as it normally breaks our rules, but since secrecy of our world is already exposed, we might as well. We come from Paradise, a heavenly realm of the Spirit World where all good demons go after they die. I don't know if you heard about it. Kind of doubt you do since it's supposed to be a secret world." Commander Zeon said while attacking some evil demons in melee combat, "I heard about a place like that in a mythology I read. Wasn't sure if it was real. Are my fallen comrades going there?" After attacking another devil, Captain Lucius said, "They would normally go there if they are good-hearted. However, Spirit World is currently in jeopardy. Ever since that new Supreme God came along, he has been banishing everyone to the wicked realm called the Netherworld, regardless of their morality. Crazy, huh? Really horrible, though. I'm sorry." Commander Zeon was still confused and said in disappointment, "Darn that Zecross. How did he become a god? None of this makes sense."

As Saturn and Mars approached Lucid in a furious manner, Lucid said casually to the Time God, "It's been a long time, old man." Mars said quietly but furiously, "Lucid, you traitor..." Saturn said, "Indeed it has, Lucid. You and Pluto gave me so much trouble all of those generations ago. And now you're doing this? Has darkness corrupted you or are you doing this on your own will?" Lucid chuckled and said, "Hehe... What makes you say that? My philosophy hasn't changed. Light and darkness... they don't mean anything. Darkness can be just as holy as light while light can be as chaotic and unholy. It depends on how you use them. I've proven that to you with my Darkness Blessing when I trained our angels when I was still Brigadier of the Peacekeeping Angel Army; using holy darkness to protect or assist another or using it to ensnare the wicked. Even though I turned into an archdevil since my corruption, I still have darkness blessing; we Fallen Angels that turned can utilize both blessing and curses, though because blessings don't favor devils, my blessings became weaker than usual and I have to put more effort with my blessings. And yes, I had a change of heart on my own... well, it's only because you decline me of being part of the Four Great Angelic Saints. Well, sort of, but I don't hold a grudge on that. You banished my best friend." Saturn said, "My son Pluto attempted to assassinate my youngest son Jupiter. His jealousy and hatred... I couldn't believe what my eldest son did. And you assisted in his assassination attempt." Mars yelled, "How dare you do that to father! I don't have as much hatred for you as I do with my uncle, but you shall receive my justice." Mars readied his crimson-bladed spear. Lucid provoked him, "Think you can take me on, General Mars? Against your former Brigadier?" Mars said quietly in anger, "Why you..." Saturn blocked Mars from advancing via his right wrinkled arm. Mars wondered, "Saturn-ojīsan?" Saturn said, "I'll handle this, my child." Mars was curious and worried, "Let you deal with Lucid and Yama-sama's killer alone? No way!" Saturn said, "Someone needs to take care of Belphebub over there. Remember, I was the Paradise King a long time ago. I may not look it but I'm still just as strong." Mars said, "I'll this to you then. Take care of Lucid for me, I'll get that lazy-bum working up." Mars fled from battle, leaving Saturn to Lucid and Neo Zecross.

Battle of the Gods: Saturn of Humility vs. Lucid of Pride (at the main battlefield)

Lucid said, "Challenging me alone, humble old man? Humble and wise and yet, you must really have a death wish. Some adviser you are. Your age taking a toll on you?" Saturn said, "You humiliated me a long time ago, Lucid, but I won't take it for granted. I learned from that humiliation and I'll teach you that. Also, we are immortal beings. Age doesn't mean anything to us deities, and don't forget that I am the God of Time..." Suddenly, a picked blade was slowly growing magically from Saturn's cane, turning it into a scythe. Saturn is ready for battle. He continued his statement with an incantation, "Time Blessing: Youth!" Upon using this blessing, Saturn's body age was reducing gradually. The wrinkles on his face were disappearing and his body muscles slightly increased. He now appeared as a young, strong warrior that resembles his grandson Mars with dark brown hair. Neo Zecross was impressed with this power, "Oh, this should be interesting..." Saturn readied his cane-scythe.

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Lucid taunted him, "Oh please, old man. I'll surpass you, even in your younger form. Darkness Curse: Nightmare Aura!" Lucid gave off negative dark energy around his body, increasing his power, endurance, and agility. As the two charged towards each other with their weapons readied, Lucid also incanted, "Darkness Blessing: Shadow Slide!" quickly bypassing behind Saturn and attempted to backslash him with his Nightmare Sword. At the same time, Saturn incanted, "Earth Blessing: Terra's Armor _{[土恵：テラの鎧, Domegumi: Terra no Yoroi]}!," generating a full armor of minerals including rocks and stones to protect his body from that quick slash. In Roman mythology, Terra (known as Gaia in Greek mythology) is the Goddess of the Earth. Besides Time Blessings, Saturn also specializes in earth-elemental blessings. The back of Saturn's mineral armor had a cut mark but it at least it kept him safe.

As they both distanced their selves and stood still, Saturn said, "Combining both Darkness Blessings and Curses... I must say I'm impressed with your training, but you still have much to learn." Lucid, with his Nightmare Sword over his right shoulder and his Nightmare Aura still active, replied, "I learned all I need to know. Darkness Curse: Nightmare Blade!" As Lucid launched a nightmarish energy projectile at Saturn, Saturn defended with, "Earth Blessing: Temple Wall _{[土恵：寺壁, Domegumi: Terakabe]}!," summoning a giant temple wall as a shield to block the first Nightmare Wave. Lucid was getting irritated and decided to throw a three more Nightmare Blades. The next two destroyed the gigantic earth wall and as a third one was coming towards him, Saturn incanted, "Time Æther: Zone Pause _{[時霊気：区域休止, Jireiki: Kuiki Kyūshi]}!" Saturn stopped the flow of time but in the area directly in front of him, which halted the third Nightmare Blade and flying debris of his Temple Wall. Both the Nightmare Blade and broken debris from the Temple Wall were stuck in mid-air and anything else within that spot has paused too. Saturn can also use Time Æther beside Time Blessing. The differences between Time Blessing (positive/holy time manipulation) and Time Æther (neutral/universal time manipulation) is that the Æther versions are universal and are more advanced than the Blessing versions, which can benefit another like reducing someone's age especially if their old or return to a better time. Likewise, if there were Time Curses (時呪, Jinoroi), Time Curses could cause targets to age to death and/or decay or de-age them to a non-existent point (Æther versions could also do those but Blessing versions cannot). Lucid got annoyed, "Darn you, old man! Darkness Blessing: Shadow Guardian!" Lucid's shadow from the ground magically rose up into the air in his shape. Both Lucid and his Shadow Guardian were charging towards the rock-armored, young Saturn in anger. Somehow, it seems as though Lucid is losing his mind for feeling overwhelmed by the God of Time, though, Saturn really does have the advantage with his time manipulation abilities. As Lucid and his Shadow Guardian were charging towards Saturn recklessly, Saturn said, "When will you ever learn. Time Æther: Time Stop _{[時恵：時間停止, Jimegumi: Jikenteishi]}..."
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As Lucid and his Shadow Guardian came near, Saturn complete stopped the flow of time in the universe. All the battles in Demon World were frozen in space and time with some warriors preparing to attack each other. Saturn also created a fourth dimension, a time-spacial dimension that allows him to move around normally while everything else is paused. As Lucid and his Shadow Guardian were frozen in time, in a threatening pose, Saturn slowly flew towards Lucid while gradually deactivating his Terra's Armor and Youth blessings. As his rock armor was disappearing and as he was turning back into his original old age, he said, "No matter how much you trained Lucid, you cannot defeat me, no matter how strong your pride and determination are. Even your Shadow Guardian has grown weak since you became an archdevil." The Shadow Guardian did appear a bit distorted. For some reason, even though time stopped for almost everything, Neo Zecross was somehow able to move, think, and speak in this realm, as he thought, wait, what's going on? Did time... stopped? He then smirked and was impressed. Saturn flew slowly behind Lucid as Lucid couldn't do anything. As Saturn was preparing to behead Lucid with his cane-scythe, he said, "The moment I stopped time, your fate has been sealed. Goodbye, Lucid. The only ones who have access to this fourth dimension, the realm of time, are I and the Supreme God of... Oh no!" He then realized that Neo Zecross is also within this realm of time, which scared him and caught him off guard. At the same time, as Neo Zecross made an evil face, he incanted, "Darkness Curse: Nightmarish Death Gods _{闇呪：悪夢の死神, Yaminoroi: Akumu no Shinigami]}!" Neo Zecross summoned a bunch of horrifying, wicked black reapers to attack Saturn. This curse is very similar to his Shidona Reaper forbidden spell in that it creates a reaper that can cause instant death, except his curse version is much more powerful as it can also kill deities instantly and Neo Zecross can create as many gods of death if he wants to. Even his powers can work in this time stop dimension. Deciding not to execute Lucid, Saturn tried fighting back against the purgatorial gods of death with his scythe. However, a hidden Nightmare Death God stealthfully assassinated Saturn from behind. The reapers then put Lucid out of his misery, though after his body was disappearing, his spiritual particles froze in mid-air motionless. Normally, these ethereal spiritual particles hover slightly up and down from where the user died and they would sparkle and back in the Spirit World, they would randomly teleport to a new location. His weak Shadow Guardian is still there and will still be there until time resumes.

As Saturn screamed in agony to his death and turned in spiritual particles, waiting to be respawned, Neo Zecross took his soul instead along with Lucid's soul, "Soul Curse: Soul Absorption _{[魂呪：魂の吸収, Konnoroi: Tamashī no Kyūshū]}!," transferring Saturn's and Lucid's soul into his body, powering himself up as he grew slightly larger. Neo Zecross then laughed, "Myahaha! So, that means Supreme Spirit World Gods like myself can invade these time dimensions. Would make sense since the Supreme God would need to know everything that's happening in the universe. The God of Time Saturn was said to be the wisest being, yet, he was a fool. Oh, the irony. Since I already have taken them out and taken their souls, I might as well get rid of the rest once time resumes." As time resumed and everyone continued to fight, the Demon World Military noticed that Saturn and Lucid disappeared instantly but they were clueless. Commander Zeon yelled in confusion? "What? Where did those titans go?" As a devil looked behind, he wondered, "Kyeh? Lucid-sama? Lucid-sama, where are you?!" Angel Captain Lucius wondered, "This must be Saturn-dono's work but... where is Saturn-dono? Saturn-dono?!" The entire war units were confused on where Saturn of Humility and Lucid of Pride disappeared to but they continued battling anyway, though Neo Zecross was starting to get bored anyway, even though he was getting bored before the archangels showed up. Is he planning on killing all archangels and archdevils that are fighting in Demon World and stealing their souls?

Battle of the Gods: Mercury of Chastity & Charity vs. Asmon of Lust & Greed (at Mamonokin Village)

After the Great Demon Lord Asmon of Lust and Greed whacked Ninja Captain Kyanchome and Ninja Vice Captain Pancho across Mamonokin Village on opposite sides with his giant stone club while invisible via Illusion Curse: Cloak of the Thief, Head Nurse Tio watched her families being launch through the villain cried loudly, "Kyanchome, Pancho! Nooo!" After Asmon heard the head nurse's voice and found her, he was infatuated by her good looks and snatched her in his hand with a perverted mind in his head. Even in hopelessness, Tio got angry when he noticed the God of Deception was hitting on her pervertedly and attacked him with her Chājiru Saifodon spell by using the strength of her rage. Even though her spell didn't do much, it caused Asmon to flinch and release Tio, with him saying, "Kyah! Why you little...?!" As Tio fell on the ground next to the was bottomless abyss that Asmon created with his Earth Curse: Fissure, Asmon snatched her in anger, irritated by her actions, "Why is it always the cute and pretty ones that are nasty? Ya' know what, screw you too!"

Ultimately, he decided to get rid of Head Nurse Tio, throwing her into the bottomless pit he created. As she screamed in hopelessness, Asmon was going to look for other girls or treasures in the town. Suddenly he noticed her scream was put into a mute as he thought he saw some kind of blur passing behind him, "Heh?" Asmon then ran to the crack, looked down, but... Tio was no longer there. He also left the valuables he has stolen unguarded when he was distracted. Asmon heard the blur passing behind him again. As he looked behind him, everything he had stolen disappeared immediately, reacting in surprise and confusion, "M-my treasure?! Where'd it go? Kyeh? And that woman, I don't think she fell that far." He then yelled in confusion, "What's going on? Kyeh?!" He just now realized a holy presence around him. The savior, who was holding Nurse Tio in his huge left hand while guarding stolen objects, said, "Are you okay, there?" Nurse Tio was dizzy and confused, "Oh. My head? W-what's going on? Ohh... Huh? How did I...?" Her savior safety placed her on the ground and said, "Relax, you're safe. I won't let this... troll get his way." Nurse Tio asked, "W-who are you?! And... Kyanchome?! Pancho?! Where are you? Uhh... Pancho!" She noticed that the archangel found Pancho barely alive and brought him over quickly. As Head Nurse Tio ran towards her nearly dead son, who has a lot of broken bones, she checked on him and attempted to use her Healing Touch ability, "Oh, Pancho... Oh, thank goodness your alive!" Still, she wondered who was the titanic angel that saved their lives.

Asmon got really mad and yelled in frustration, "Mercury? What the heck are you doing here?! M-my treasure?! Give those back! They're mine! I stole them fair and square!" Asmon was whining and putting up a fit. Mercury said in disgust, "Petty perverted thief. You're the worst, Asmon. How many women did you screw in your life? How many things have you stolen from men? To me, you're the worst scum of the Spirit World." Great Angelic Saint Mercury of Chastity and Charity, personality and title wise, is the exact opposite to Great Demon Lord Asmon of Lust and Greed. Mercury despises thieves and rapists like Asmon. Mercury is actually very kind but he prefers not to get involved with romance or sexual affairs (which his father King Jupiter apparently done), having the trait of chastity. Nurse Tio wondered, "Mercury, huh?" then focused on healing her son's bones, "Don't worry Pancho, I'll fix you up. Where are you, Kyanchome?"

Asmon was offended, "Name calling, are we? You are just a mere Messenger God. I'll kill you for stealing everything I've stolen!" Asmon activated the spike mechanics in his stone club and prepared to attack. As Mercury was wielding his Caduceus—his winged spiral wand—in his left hand, he said, "I am more than just a Messenger God. I'm also the Great Angelic Saint of Chastity and Charity. I trained under Neptune-sama a long time ago. Asmon, I won't let you conduct any more sins. Water Blessing: Neptune's Armor _{[水恵：ネプチューンの鎧, Suimegumi: Nepuchūn no Yoroi]!}! Think you can catch up with my Godspeed?" Mercury summoned a blue-colored aquatic-themed armor around his body with green trims including a bowl-shaped blue helmet with winged shell-like ears. This armor not only adds some protection to the user, but it also creates a water-like aura when the user acts and the armor also powers-up water blessings. The other technique that Mercury refer to is his Speed Blessing: Gosdpeed (速恵：神速, Sokumegumi: Shinsoku), which significantly increases the user's speed beyond the speed of light. He uses this blessing all the time as he has to multitask between guarding the Paradise Gate and touring new guests in Paradise and it doesn't require an incantation or much energy for Mercury to use since Mercury mastered it. Speed blessing in general just increases the user's or another target's speed, velocity, agility, reflex, or dexterity. If there were Speed Curses (速呪, Sokunoroi), those would generally make the user or other targets move slower or confuse their movements (like making them move in the opposite direction they are trying to move). And Speed Æther (速霊気, Sokureiki) could do anything motion-related in general. While Asmon utilizes Illusion Curses, there aren't any Illusion Blessings but Illusion Æther would exist. Illusion Blessings don't exist since the purpose of illusions are to deceive others and illusion curses would usually trick people's minds.

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Asmon makes his first attack, "Take this! Earth Curse: Stalagmite!" As he slammed his spiked stone club on the ground, he summoned dozens of giant rock spikes from the ground in the middle of the town. Obviously, this attack wouldn't work as Mercury can easily dodge the spikes by flying in the air at super speed, though the giant spiky pillars destroyed many buildings in the area. While hovering in mid-air with his angel wings, Mercury said, "Really? You're going to pay for the damage you caused. Water Blessing: Water Blessing: Water Helix _{[水恵：水螺旋, Suimegumi: Suirasen]}!" Mercury shot two jets of water from the spiraling serpent heads of his Caduceus wand down towards Asmon in a spiral formation. Asmon blocks both spiraling holy water jets simultaneously by whacking them perfectly with his stone club. Mercury then quickly flew towards Asmon at high velocity, which created a tailwind that almost caused Nurse Tio's nurse cap to fall as she shrieked in reaction while holding her hat and healing Pancho, "Eee! What was that?" As Mercury was also emitting water energy from his Neptune's Armor, he incanted, "Speed Blessing: Godspeed Vortex _{[速恵：神速渦, Sokumegumi: Shinsoku Uzu]}!" Mercury spun around Asmon at godlike speed at multiple elevations, generating a windy tornado from his speed. With his Neptune's Armor equipped—emitting water energy—he generated a water tornado with his speed and lifted Asmon off the ground with him screaming in surprise, "Kyeeeeh!" Head Nurse Tio was trying her best to heal her son but the wind was so strong that it was trying to pull her, but she was pulled towards a house while holding her unconscious son. Asmon said while floating and spinning inside the water tornado, "What's going on?" However, he is quite smart and is preparing for something, but can he do it in time?

As Asmon reached to the top of the water tornado, Mercury appeared above him, incanting, "Speed Blessing: Quick Justice _{[速恵：迅速正義, Sokumegumi: Jinsoku Seigi]}," rapidly punching Asmon with his fists with his Caduceus in his left fist at super lightning speed, punching Asmon hundreds of times in a second repeatedly. Though something doesn't seem right. Even though Asmon is screaming in pain with bursts, "Kyah-a-a-a-a...," Mercury doesn't feel like he's actually hitting Asmon, as if Asmon was faking it, which he actually is, as he smirked, "Heh!," and incanted, "Illusion Curse: Reflex of the Thief." The Asmon that Mercury was rapidly striking was actually an illusion. Even though he just incanted this curse, he already used it beforehand silently. The illusion disappeared. A half-second later, after Neptune's water-elemental Godspeed Vortex slowed to a stop, more illusions of Asmon were created by the second. Asmon laughs maniacally, "Kyeh heh heh heh...! Heh heh heh...!" as he creates more afterimages as he moves, even creating some on the ground and in mid-air around Mercury's height and the real Asmon, appearing invisible, said as he was confusing Mercury in all directions, "Kyeh heh! Think your Speed Blessing is a match for my Illusion Curse? Can you catch find me with your Godspeed? Nyeh-heeeh-HEH-heeeh-heeeeeh!" Asmon taunts Mercury with a popular funny taunt but Mercury couldn't hear out where he is or see where he actually is, but he kept his guard up. As Asmon appeared to be near Mercury, Mercury incanted, "Water Blessing: Holy Water Blade!," creating a high pressured, triangular water blade on top of his Caduceus, wielding his wand like sword, slashing the afterimages near him and trying block feint attacks created by the afterimages, while incanting, "Quick Justice!," quickly slashing in certain directions at high speed aimlessly, hoping to hit Asmon in case he was nearby, but no luck.

As Asmon kept laughing at Mercury maniacally, Mercury then tried running away, trying to find an advantageous spot, "Can't do it here." Asmon predicted Mercury as Mercury traveled in a direction outside the village at super speed and said, "Gotcha! Earth Curse: Gravity Hammer!" Appearing right in front of Mercury as Mercury was trying to get out of the village to get more coverage, the real Asmon became visible and perfectly smacked the speeding archangel's head with his spiked stone club, damaging Mercury's capped helmet. After Asmon smacked Mercury hard into the ground, Mercury couldn't move. Mercury tried struggling, "Nnnnn!" but he had a hard time moving his body as if ten million pounds of force was repeatedly pressing on him in every direction repeatedly in bursts. Even the ground below him quaked hard. Asmon landed on the ground in front of him while Mercury was struggling to move on the ground, laughed at Mercury with a freaky grin and said to him, "Kyeh heh heh! So predictable, Mercury. Do you really think you could escape me with your Godspeed? I think not! Try it again, I dare you!" A few seconds later as Mercury struggled, trying to get up but dropped back down, Asmon said with a creepy grin, "Ehh?! Kyeh! You can't do it, can you? Kyeh heh heh! Looks like the fastest thing alive can't out-wit my Gravity Hammer curse, and now he's the slowest thing alive. Kyeh kyeh kyeh! Even with your Godspeed, you cannot escape my Gravity Hammer curse; you're completely immobile... well not exactly completely, but it looks like it's the end for you, Messenger God. You fought well, but it's time to end this. I'll pay you back... tenfold... until you're dead! Kyeh heh heh! Gravity Hammer... Gravity Hammer...!" Mercury is in a huge predicament. Asmon's Gravity Hammer earth curse does have a time limit for the gravity quake but Asmon won't let him out that easy as he keeps bashing Mercury with his spiked club hammer, breaking through Mercury's armored water cap, while keeping him immobile with his Gravity Hammer curse that keeps stacking on every hit. Asmon is going to beat Mercury to death. It could be the end of the kind and brave archangel.
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Meanwhile, as Head Nurse Tio was healing Pancho's bones, Pancho started waking up slowly, "Ehh..." Tio reacted in relief, "Pancho!" Pancho wondered, "M-mom?" Head Nurse Tio said in relief, "Thank god you're okay!" Pancho wondered, "What... happened? Wait, father? Where's..." Nurse Tio cried, "I don't know yet." As she was still healing her son, Pancho tried getting up and said, "Wait, I might know where—Ahh!" He felt pain as he tried moving his broken bones that were still healing. Tio said, "Be careful! You shouldn't be standing yet." Pancho said, "I can't believe I got knocked out in a single hit. Wait, who's that guy?" He just noticed Mercury on the ground but he decided to call for his dad instead, "Never mind. Dad?! DAD?!"

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On the other end of the village, Ninja Captain Kyanchome was still out cold with many broken bones and he is bleeding to death. Asmon's giant stone club is actually a lot stronger and massive than it looks as it deals heavy damage, even without the spike mode. He was just in bad condition as Pancho but help has yet to come to him. Though, someone did come to him. A familiar voice spoke to him, "Kyanchome? Kyanchome-senpai, wake up!" As Kyanchome slightly opened his eyes, he saw a whole new empty world as if he was dead or hallucinating, saying quietly while flat on the ground, "Ehh... Where am I? Ohh..." The voice tells him, "Relax, buddy-gero." Kyanchome wondered, "That voice... Byonko-kun? Is that you...? Am I... dead?" Byonko's spirit appeared before him and said, "Not yet. Your time is not ready." Kyanchome said, "I remember... fighting a giant. Pancho-kun... where are... Ahh!" He felt pain in his bones trying to move. Byonko's spirit said, "Don't worry. He's alive too-gero. Help is on the way-gero. You shouldn't have taken that archdevil on your own. The Wicked Gods, they are too strong for you to handle." Kyanchome asked, "What can I do?" Byonko's spirit said, "Let the archangels handle them." Kyanchome wondered, "Archangels?" Byonko's spirit said, "Though, the archangel Mercury-sama, he's not doing well. He needs help. I don't have much time left. I hope you come up with something, buddy. Gotta go before I get caught-gero." Kyanchome wondered, "What do you mean?" Byonko's spirit said, "I'm not supposed to be conversing with the living-gero, but at least I got to talk to you one last time. Later, and good luck!" As Byonko's spirit left Kyanchome's consciousness, Kyanchome tried calling out to him while raising his right arm effortlessly, trying to reach him, "Wait, Byonko... Byonko-kun!"
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Suddenly, Captain Kyanchome became conscious again. His eyes started opening in the real world and he shouted those final words into the real world. Before he regained consciousness, a spiritual light escaped from Kyanchome's body, returning back to Spirit World. Pancho and Tio already found Kyanchome while Kyanchome was speaking to Byonko's spirit in his subconsciousness. Nurse Tio was healing Kyanchome's bones and wounds while Pancho was watching him, saying, "Hang in there dad!" They suddenly Pancho some sort of white glow appearing on Kyanchome's body, leaving Kyanchome and returning back to Spirit World. It was actually invisible so Tio couldn't see it but Pancho was able to see it before the spirit disappeared back into Spirit World. Pancho wondered, "What was that?" Tio was confused, "What was what?" Then all of a sudden, they heard Kyanchome yelling, "... Byonko-kun!" while trying to reach for him, which really scared Pancho and Tio that Tio stopped healing, "Eep!" Pancho and Tio then wondered, "Byonko?" Then Pancho asked, "Are you alright, dad?" while Tio was worried, "Kyanchome..." Kyanchome just now came into realization and said, "What... What's going on...? Pancho-kun? Tio? Oh, my body. Umm... I saw Byonko. At least, I thought I did. Was it all just a dream?" Pancho said, "Well, something came out of your body. Your body was glowing for a second." Tio wondered, "I didn't see anything. Was it invisible?" Kyanchome said, "That was Byonko. It really must have been him. So that wasn't just a dream, was it?"

Pancho looked at the battle between Asmon and Mercury. Mercury was getting really beaten up by Asmon's spiked stone club while Mercury was continuously immobilized under Gravity Hammer. Pancho wondered, "Umm... Mom, Dad, that big angel guy is umm..." Tio was worried about her savior, "Oh no, he's hurt!" Kyanchome said, "Is that this Mercury archangel-guy Byonko-kun told me about? He's huge!" Tio said, "He saved me when I fell into a hole and brought Pancho-kun to me. We need to help him!"

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Asmon kept smacking his spiked stone club at Mercury's face while incanting repeatedly, "Gravity Hammer, Gravity Hammer...!" keeping the speedster Mercury immobilized under his curse. At the same time, Asmon is making a big earth crater beneath Mercury's body that keeps getting bigger every time Asmon whacks his club against Mercury's face. Wng-shelled cap from Mercury's Neptune's Armor was already destroyed and Mercury was bleeding badly with bruises all over his face, "Ahh... Ahh...!" His skull is cracked. Soon, his aquatic armor disappeared into a splash of water, making him unprotected. Asmon laughed and said, "Kyeh heh heh! Taking it like a champ, I see. Stronger than you look Mercury, but this will finish it." He closed his eyes for a second and took a breath, then yelled, "Earth Curse: Gravity Hammer!" Being defenseless, it appears that Mercury's head got crushed to death, yet Asmon kept laughing and beating him. However, it does seem strange that Mercury didn't turn into spiritual particles yet, but Asmon kept beating him beyond death. Is Mercury really dead, or is this something else?

At a distance, Pancho had his arms out for some reason and asked his father, "Did it work?" Kyanchome, now healed, looked really stressed but replied, "I think... I got him." Tio wondered, "Is he... okay?" and ran towards the wounded archangel. It seems like Mercury is alive, but barely. Pancho actually has a largely invisible shield at horizontal position [Inbishirudo and Oru Inbishirudo] blocking Asmon's spiked stone club while hundreds of Kyanchome clones [Dima Buruku], carried the wounded archangel to the left out of Asmon's sight, yet, Asmon kept bashing Pancho's fortified invisible shield until it broke. Asmon then started smacking the air towards the ground repeatedly, yelling, "Why haven't you disappeared already? Die, die, die, die!" Captain Kyanchome said, "My Shin Poruku really worked. It was said that these gods aren't affected by our magic, but this is really difficult keeping him under my illusion." Captain Kyanchome really put Asmon under his illusion, though he is having a really hard time maintaining control so he had to deactivate his Dima Buruku as soon as Mercury got out of way, and that Spirit World deities are a bit resistant to supporting demon magic (while being immune to offensive demon magic), as shown when Zarpi was mind controlling the archdevils in the Netherworld, even with the enhancements Dr. Zulu gave her.

Head Nurse Tio incanted, "Shin Saifojio!" summoning four giant healing swords, hovering over Mercury's face. Their healing aura was healing Mercury's wounds on his face slowly but surely. Normally, it would heal a demon completely instantly, but Spirit World gods' have their resistance to supporting demon magic, even to ones that assist them. Even Tio noticed, why is it slower than usual? Are our magic not that effective on these beings or are they just that powerful? Mercury regained consciousness and said, "Ehh, my head. Heh? It's you, that girl I saved. Thank you, I appreciate the help." Tio was going to think him but said, "Y-You're welc—Well, I wanted to pay you back for saving me. Mercury, is it?" Mercury said, "Charity is the key. How do you know my name? I... don't think I told you my name." Tio said, "Well, my husband said that his dead friend told him that and that... monster called you by that." Mercury realized, "Oh right, Asmon...!" then stood back up and wondered what Asmon was doing, "As—What the heck's he doing?" From a distance, Captain Kyanchome said, "I have him under my illusion. He's hallucinating into fighting you but... I losing control of his mind. Help!" Mercury said, "Right, I'll finish him." He grabbed his Caduceus from the ground with his left hand and incanted, "Water Blessing: Holy Water Blade! Speed Blessing: Quick Justice!" After creating a triangular water blade on top of his Caduceus, wielding his wand like a sword, he quickly dashed through Asmon in less than a second with his Speed Blessing: Godspeed. Before he conjured his blessings, Asmon kept smacking the air, thinking he's hitting Mercury, but he just now realized he is in an illusion, "Why... won't... you die... Wait, is this an illusion? I see what's going on but since when? Forget it, relea—Kyah?!" Too late for Asmon. As Asmon was going to release himself from Kyanchome's strongest illusion spell, Mercury already repeatedly slashed Asmon into tiny pieces with dozens of super-fast slashes with his enhanced dexterity in less than a tenth of a second. Asmon screamed quietly in pain as his body was completely shredded before turning into spiritual particles. Mercury deactivated his Holy Water Blade and felt some pain from using that superpowered dexterity since he wasn't fully healed, "Ahh!" Kyanchome's family was shocked at that performance with Captain Kyanchome reacting in surprise, "Holy crud! That was fast." Tio wondered, "Wait, I blinked, what happened?" Pancho said, "That's some speed the titan has."
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Kyanchome said, "That was awesome, dude." Mercury said, "For a demon, what you did was very surprising. I was surprised you were able to put the God of Deception and Illusions into an illusion for that long. Though, that was a close one. A second later and he would have dispelled your illusion. I appreciate all of your help. I would have been dead shish kabob by now. I panicked when he overwhelmed me with his powers. The perverted thief; I didn't think he was that intimidating." Kyanchome asked, "So, you're an archangel, right? From those mythologies? One of my dead friends visited me when I was unconscious." Mercury sighed and said, "Ehh, this is what happens when I leave the Gate to Paradise unprotected; spirits come and go as they want and as they please. Wasn't the first time it happened. The world me and that 'monster' came from was supposed to be secret to Demon World, but the cat was out of the bag when the archdevils invaded Demon World, so as a reward for your help, I might as well tell you the rest, even though it goes against our rules. I hope I don't get labeled a fallen angel for this but we archangels rule over the land of Paradise, the holy realm of the Spirit World; the afterlife world. I am Mercury, the Gate Guardian of Paradise and the Messenger God, son of Jupiter-sama, the King of Paradise." Kyanchome said, "Wow, that's amazing. I'm Kyanchome, Captain of the Demon World Military's Ninja Division. My son here is Pancho, my newest Vice Captain after my friend and adoptive brother Byonko passed away. And this is my wife Tio, the Head Nurse of our Medic Division. I heard you save her from that giant crack in the ground. Thank you." Mercury said, "No problem. As the Great Angelic Saint of Chastity and Charity, I'm glad to help those in need. Your names, they sound familiar." Kyanchome's family was surprised with Kyachome saying, "Really? Did my friend Byonko told you?" Mercury said, "Oh wait, actually, the previous Demon monarchs told me about you guys. In fact, we've brought those two back to Demon World." Kyanchome's family were shocked, with all of them saying, "Really?!" Kyanchome wondered, "Gash-sama's..." while Tio followed it up, "... And Patie-sama's...," and Pancho followed that up, "Alive?" Mercury explained, "Well, not quite. They're... technically still dead. With the God of Death Yama-sama, our previous Supreme God of Spirit World... dead... we couldn't resurrect them and give them new bodies. But they are here in Demon World as spirits under my wife's care; Venus. They actually managed to get Our Holy Father's permission to come back to Demon World, even though they somehow escaped the Spirit World unauthorized one time. I was surprised that my father let them go this time. Though I don't know what they are planning but Gash had some sort of plan to end this apocalyptic war. Spirit World is also in grave danger besides Demon World. A lot of innocent demons that were killed in Demon World were being banished to the Netherworld, the realm of evil where the devils and archdevils came from, instead of Paradise, where they should be going to. Plus, the Kingdom in Spirit World is under attack."

Mercury then got worried having to give away secrets of the Spirit World to the living, "I'm sorry, I'm talking way too much. I shouldn't be explaining Spirit World to the living. I'm worried if father finds out—I fear he might label me a fallen angel like my uncles." Kyanchome said, "So that's how Gash-sama and Patie-sama appeared in Demon World when Zecross attacked us. I'm sure my ex-King will have some sort of plan to stop this. Huh? What's wrong?" Mercury then felt a tremendous amount of power from the nearby town to the east at Bememolith Town and slightly heard a roar coming from that town. Suddenly, an ominous, powerful wind passed this village with Mercury saying, "W-what is that power?" Mercury felt pressured all of a sudden. Kyanchome's family wondered what that was about, but they don't really feel anything besides a slight wind pressure. Suddenly, one of Neo Zecross' Nightmarish Death Gods appeared beneath the ground near Mercury, preparing to assassinate him. Pancho noticed a reaper of darkness approaching Mercury and tried asking his family, "Umm... Dad...?" Kyanchome yelled out, "Watch out!" Mercury didn't notice it and wondered, "Huh?" Suddenly, the nightmarish reaper sliced the back of Mercury's shin. He yelled in slight pain, "Ahh!" then he felt all of his energy dying away from him. Very quickly, his body turned into spiritual particles. Head Nurse Tio had her hands at her face in worrisome and fear, "Ehh! Oh no!" Suddenly, Neo Zecross appeared before them via teleportation and said, "Hehe! The souls of Asmon and Mercury are mine too. Soul Curse: Soul Absorption!" He absorbed the spiritual particles of Asmon and Mercury into his body. Neo Zecross grew even larger and stronger. Kyanchome's family was shocked and as Neo Zecross saw them, he said, "Heh, it's been a while, you little punks. I remember you." Vice Captain Pancho wondered, "Is that...?" while Captain Kyanchome followed it up, "Zecross?" Neo Zecross said, "The Zecross you know is long gone. I'm Neo Zecross-sama now. Show some respect mortal, or I'll take your soul too. Though, I'm busy so consider yourselves lucky. I have to see what's going on over there. Tata!" He then teleported out of the area and head for Behemolith Town. Kyanchome yelled, "Wait!" then said, "So, he's ruling over Spirit World, I'm guessing? So he's controlling the dead, the one behind this. This is bad. We gotta' tell Zeon-sama!"

Battle of the Gods: Mars of Temperance & Diligence vs. Belphebub of Gluttony & Sloth (at Behemolith Town, late evening)

After Mercury begun battling Asmon at Mamonokin Village and Saturn initiating a battle with Lucid at the main battlefield near Neo Zecross' fortress, the God of War Mars left his angelarmy and Saturn to find the Great Demon Lord of Gluttony and Sloth, Belphebub, who was located at Behemolith Town to the east of Mamonokin Village. At Mamonokin Village, three of the twelve Royal Knights—the Paladins of Demon World—including the Knight Division's Captain: The Black Knight; his Vice Captain: The Golden Knight Sir Earth; and the Blood Paladin Sir Vincelot—one of the surviving Royal Knights—engaged battle with the Lord of the Flies (蠅の王, Hae no Ō) himself; the enormous one-eyed Ogre God (鬼神, Kishin); the cyclops deity Belphebub, in an attempt to save Behemolith Town and its townsfolk, as well as the entire world. Unfortunately, the three paladins were wiped out by the deadly terror of Belphebub's humorous wind curses, thus struck with a deadly poison from Belphebub's gas. However, the strongest medic, Dr. Danny, Head Doctor of the Medic Divisions found them unconscious and used his master-level healing skills to cure the fallen Royal Knights. At the same time, Belphebub, being tired out from all the fighting he's done including the consumption of hundreds of civilians, decided to take a nap around the edge of town. As Belphebub was in a fast sleep, having a nice dream while snoring, another knight approached the sleeping cyclops; a crimson gladiator from the above world.

"There's that chubby! Is he sleeping... in the middle of town, during a war? What a lazy boy! The God of War does not appreciate this. I better teach him a few lessons." The Great Angelic Saint Mars of Temperance and Diligence was talking to himself as he sighted the peacefully-dreaming ogre. Having the virtue of diligence, Mars is a hardworking man and he despises those who slack off. Well, not really, but he keeps those slackers working off. Mars landed on the ground in front of the sleeping ogre as Belphebub snored. Mars yelled at him, "Hey, fatso, it's time to wake up!" As Mars stared at him seriously, Belphebub completely ignored him, continued to sleep. He's already out cold this fast. Mars was getting angry. He could kill Belphebub right now and save some time but unfortunately, due to his personality, including his trait of diligence and the fact that he's the God of War, Mars refuses to get an easy kill. He'd rather have Belphebub fight him to the death than execute Belphebub immediately. Personality-wise, Mars is very much like Raiden Bell and Nekolas. Instead of executing him now, he yelled again, "You ignore me, enemy soldier? Get moving!" Mars poked Belphebub with his crimson-bladed spear. Belphebub woke up that time with a painful but hilarious reaction, "Oww, oww, oww, oww, owie! Who did that?" Mars taunted him, "I did, you fat ogre." Belphebub felt insulted, "Fat? Not only you woke me up, but you called me... fat?! I'll kill you!" Mars was excited for battle, saying, "That's the spirit! Show me what you got."

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In a fit of anger, Belphebub made his first strike, "Chain Curse: Chain Frenzy!" Belphebub's chain shackle went wild and his chains started attacking Mars. Mars blocks some chain whips with his crimson parma (Roman round shield) and was filled with excitement, "Dang! Right off the bat." After Mars found an opening between Belphebub's wild chains, he incanted, "Fire Blessing: Feathers of the Phoenix _{[火恵：鳳凰の羽, Kamegumi: Hōō no Hane]}!" creating a golden aura of sacred flames around his body, which not only gives him some extra protection and burn adjacent targets near the user (especially if they are unholy beings like devils and the undead, though these holy flames won't burn holy beings like angels), but it also gradually heals the user's body over time, as well as repairing their gear, as seen when the aura repaired the tiny cracks in Mars' round shield. Mars guards himself as he charges through Belphebub's chain whips, but as Mars got struck at times, his holy fire aura healed him and repaired his armor. As Mars was getting closer to Belphebub, he was preparing to strike Belphebub by enchanting the crimson blade of his spear with holy fire, "Fire Blessing: Talon of the Phoenix _{[火恵：鳳凰の爪, Kamegumi: Hōō no Tsume]}!" Belphebub spun his right arm for a few revolutions and countered with, "Wind Curse: Force!" creating a high-pressure air blast from his fist as he launched his fist towards Mars. Mars was blown back a bit and flipped out while flying towards Belphebub but Mars regained his posture and said in a thrillful tone, "Woo! That was some wind. Guess I'm at a disadvantage in the air, sort of." Though he didn't get a chance to use his holy fire spear and the flames disappeared.

Suddenly, all of Belphebub's beelzeflies were reviving and respawning around the whole town with a few groups at a time. Belphebub was surprised and happy to see them again, "Buddies, you're back! Bweh heh heh!" Even Neo Zecross is kind enough to revive those devilish insects despite his ultimate plan of stealing every deities' soul for ultimate power. Mars wondered, "Are those... Beelzeflies?" Belphebub incanted, "Wind Curse: Swarm Tornado!" sending his resurrected beelzeflies to create an infernal tornado around Mars. As Mars looked around his surroundings while the beelzeflies were circling around him, getting closer to Mars every second, Mars said, "This is not good. From what I know, these insect devils of the Netherworld can drain demon energy and spiritual energy if they bite you, not to mention their soul as well." As the devilish flies were getting closer to Mars while circling around him, Mars kept his balance inside the tornado and incanted, "Fire Blessing: Phoenix Nova _{[火恵：鳳凰新星, Kamegumi: Hōō Shinsei]}!" creating an explosive wave of holy flames around his body, burning every beelzefly around him in a 100-meter radius into ashes before they came in direct contact. Belphebub was very upset and yelled with tears in his eyes, "Nooooo! Not my buddies again!" Mars said, "Well, that takes care of that unless if they come back again. My turn! Fire Blessing: Wings of the Phoenix! Talon of the Phoenix!" Besides turning his spear into a holy fire spear, he also engulfed his wings in holy fire, which not only burns anything that touches the wings (especially if they are unholy beings), but it also increases the mobility and velocity of the user's flight.

Meanwhile, a moment ago, after Dr. Danny healed the three fallen Royal Knights of the Knight Division, they started waking up, "Ugh..." By now, the poisonous gas in the air disappeared. Dr. Danny said, "Black Knight-sama, Earth-sama, Vincelot-sama..." Even Black Knight's owl partner Fukurō, who just got back from scouting around the battlefields, was worried about his partner, "Black Knight-sama, you're okay!" The owl was roosting on Dr. Danny's right shoulder. As the paladins got up, Vice Captain Earth asked, "Danny? Fukurō?" Sir Vincelot asked, "What's going on?" Captain Black Knight watched the battle between Mars and Belphebub and he asked, "Who the heck is that?" During this time, Mars was defending against Belphebub's Chain Frenzy curse while trying to find openings. Dr. Danny was also confused and guessed, "I'm not sure but he seems like an ally." From what he has seen and heard, Fukurō tried explaining to them, "Actually—," but he got interrupted with Sir Vincelot saying, "Well, he's not one of our Royal Knights, that's for sure.... Wait..." Vice Captain Earth asked, "Vincelot-kyū?" Sir Vincelot asked, "From those mythologies, could it be..." Black Knight continued, "An archangel from the heavens?" Fukurō was irritated for being interrupted but responded nicely since he was able to answer, "Yes. Believe or not, that's exactly what it is, or what it seems to be. Four giant angels descended from the sky and each one of them is fighting those giant... devils..." Captain Black Knight remembered something he read and said, "A prophecy has stated that if a great war occurs in Demon World while the world is facing the End of the World by deities of evil that besiege our magical realm, the Holy Ones of the Light will descend from the heavens to face the devils in combat. The fate of the world rests in the gods' hands. We call this legendary war of the end, Ragnarök, the Twilight of the Gods." Vice Captain Earth asked, "So this is the End of the World? Is Demon World going to be destroyed?" The owl got scared. Captain Black Knight said, "It's very much possible. A single god would have the power to destroy Demon World alone. If there are multiple gods fighting in this world... Well, we must do something or our world is done for." Fukurō cried in fear, "Oh no! Ooh, ooh!" The group followed the Black Knight as the Black Knight dashed towards the battle between Mars and Belphebub.

As Mars approached Belphebub quickly with his Wings of the Phoenix, Belphebub yelled in anger, "I hate you so much for what you've done! Wind-Sound Curse: SCREEEEEEEEAAAAM...!!!!" Belphebub made a loud and long scream of anger from his mouth with Wind-Sound Curse: Scream (風音呪：悲鳴, Fūotonoroi: Himei), which created a powerful blast of wind from his mouth and his rage made it even stronger. Mars ended his blessings and covered his ears with a painful look on his face, "Eeeehh!! My ears!" Meanwhile, a lot of buildings were thrown across the area from the unholy screaming wind. Even the Royal Knights, Dr. Danny, and Fukurō got caught in the screaming wind. The group blocked their ears with their hands. It's really loud to them as the screaming wind passes by, but not as loud as when Mars came into contact with it. Mars' ears are ringing hard, especially since archangels are weak against curses like archdevils are weak against blessings. Vice Captain Earth said while blocking his ears, "What is this—" Black Knight yelled as loud as he can, "Every, get to cover!" The Royal Knights and Dr. Danny held themselves to the ground while laying on the ground but because Fukurō was flying at the time, he got flung backward, nearly unconscious as the sound wave traveled into his ears with him reacting, "Ooooooh!" Unfortunately for the owl friend, this misfortune is going to be his end. Fukurō got impaled by a broken piece of wood from the wreckage of a collapsed house with him reacting in pain for a split second, "Keh—" He was impaled through the back of his neck and became unconscious almost immediately and he's unable to breathe. Black Knight yelled in worrisome, "Fukurō!" Dr. Danny, still blocking his ears, yelled, "I'll get him." Could the master healer Dr. Danny heal the poor owl scout in time or is it already too late?

Anyway, back at the fight, while Mars' ears were impaired by Belphebub's windy sonic curse, Mars said while closing his eyes and blocking his ears with his hands (even with a spear in hand), "Ahh, my head. Now I have one bad headache and I can still hear that scream inside my ears. Sound curses too? Guess this fatso is not as lazy as I thought. Hehe!" The demons on the ground are fine as they haven't come in direct contact with the curse but the curse is very effective against holy beings, amplifying their hearing. As Mars peaked his right eye while chuckling, Belphebub incanted, "Chain Frenzy!" and started attacking Mars wildly with his chains again. Mars tried his best to block the chains with his shield and spear, but with Belphebub's voice still screaming loudly in his ears, nearly destroying Mars' hearing and giving him a massive headache, Mars couldn't keep his guard up. He clearly underestimated his opponent and ended up having his spear disarmed by Belphebub's chains, "No, my spear! Ahh!" His hand got struck by the left chain. Mars' hand bled for a bit but it wasn't that bad but he is having a hard time defending against Belphebub's attack and focused his time on protecting himself with his shield. Belphebub then incanted, "Chain Curse: Capture!" Mars got ensnared by Belphebub's chains. He had no time to react due to Belphebub's Scream curse lowering his guard. Mars said, "Darn it!" He couldn't reach his spear but he is still gripping his shield, which is outside the chains, though he couldn't do much. Belphebub said, "That'll teach you to wake me up and kill my buddies." As Belphebub approached him in anger, Mars tried struggling. Then he said with embarrassment as he chuckled when he realized, "Hehe. Oh, the irony. Seems like the fat one I call lazy is actually more motivated than me. Haha.... Hahaha!" What's also ironic is that, even though Belphebub is the laziest among all Spirit World gods, he has revealed more spiritual spells than anyone else in a single battle so far. Mars then tried to break free and retaliate, "Well, Fire Blessing: Feather of the Phoenix!" For some reason, his holy fire aura blessing wouldn't activate. He then tried, "Uhh... Phoenix Nova!" His explosive holy fire wave blessing didn't activate either. He then came to his senses immediately and said, "My powers? These chains? Darn it. I knew I should have sent him back to the Netherworld when I had the chance. Me and my fighting spirit... Tch! To think that the God of War would lose in a battle against a slacker, or what it seemed to be. Huh? Yaah!!" As Mars was chained up, Belphebub throw his chains around, slammed him around the town, breaking buildings with Mars' body for a bit while with Mars screaming and reacting upon being slammed, "Whoa-oa-oa! Ooof! Whoa! Ooof...!"
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After slamming him a few times, Belphebub approached him with a big angry eye, glaring as Mars. Mars looked up and said in a silly tone, "Hehe... Hey buddy, how's it going?" His armor is pretty scratched up. Belphebub yelled, "You hurt Belphebub's friends. You woke me up from my beautiful sleep. And you hurt my feelings, calling me names. I'll rip that armor off and eat your soul! Raaaagh!!!" As he kept yelling, another voice was gradually heard inside Belphebub's vocal cords, talking in sync with Belphebub's voice. The two voices then incanted a strange curse: "Anti-Chain Curse: Breaking the Seal _{[抗鎖呪：開封, Kōsanoroi: Kaifū]}! RAAAAAGH!!!" Through Belphebub's rage, as he bulks his fat muscles in the air, his mithril chain shackles cracked and broke, though for some reason, Mars is still strapped in his chains and it only grew tighter for a second, "Eeh! What's... what's going on?!" Belphebub started transforming into a more gruesome form. His giant gray eyeball was turning black and his eye glowed red. His teeth grew sharper and he grew extra, sharp fangs while his peachy body was turning dark red. Spikes grew around his one horn, shoulders, his torso, his forearms, his shins, and even on his back, like a hedgehog. As Mars was struggling to get the chains off of him, he said in complete shock, "What the heck is..." It was that moment, Mars knew that he screwed up big time. He should have killed Belphebub when Belphebub was sleeping but nooooo!, the God of War wanted a challenge. The reason why Belphebub was shackled in magical mithril chains in the first place, besides preventing him from sleepwalking at night, was to also seal away his true power and his energy. These magical mithril chains were used to seal a god's spirit energy if they appeared to be a really dangerous threat to all worlds. He may have appeared to be a silly and funny but lazy glutton for a very long time and occasionally very angry when people name-call him, but the reason why Belphebub sleeps and eats a lot (giving him the traits of sloth and gluttony) is to recover his lost energy since his energy drains every second he's shackled, but once these chain shackles breaks, especially when Belphebub's rage reaches to the maximum to cast this anti-curse... Well, let's just say things are not looking good. Even the previous Netherworld King Hades (real name Pluto) feared the power that Belphebub had (and was also interested in it), which could cause a lot of chaos in the Netherworld, which is why Hades and Lucid had him restrained in the first place when Belphebub rose in the Netherworld. Though how Belphebub learned this kind of power and how to unseal it is unknown (perhaps his rage was not the only factor) but now that his true form is revealed, it could be the end of Demon World right here, right now.
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The original Belphebub, finally awaken, made a huge, wrathful roar while bulking at his dark red muscles while looking into the sky, "GWAAAAAARGH!!!!" His deep, beastly voice traveled across Demon World, which alerted other people in nearby towns and even the main battlefield to his presence. Mars almost got himself out of the chains. There were just a few tangles left but he was shocked to see Belphebub's true form, "You got to be frickin' kidding me! That's his true form? Oh, I should have just killed him when I had the chance." The Royal Knights saw Belphebub's transformation and were shocked with Vice Captain Earth saying, "What on earth...?" As Mars almost got out of the chains, the berserking Belphebub was randomly firing chaotic, dark red laser beams from his giant black and red eye in the sky a few times, "Rah! Rah!", then does it again while incanting its spiritual spell name with his monstrous voice, "Destruction Nether: Erasure Ray _{[破壊冥気：消去光線, Hakaimeiki: Shōkyo Kōsen]}! Rah!" He then used it across the town towards Mars. A lot of buildings were instantly obliterated along with a lot of land underneath them as the chaotic laser beam obliterates them. That attack can destroy Demon World if it digs even further. Mars said in a panic, "Oh crap! I dun' goof big time," and rolled away from the infernal laser beam and rolled towards his crimson spear. He got himself free and grabbed his spear. After Mars got his hearing back, he wondered, "Destruction Nether? What the heck? So there was a fourth type of Spirit World magic after all, one that competes with Æther? I thought that was a myth that Saturn-ojīsan made up. The myth about the God of Destruction, that god was Belphebub all along?" It's certainly a big surprise. There were three known types of Spirit World magic: Blessing, Æther, and Curses. But it seems like there was also a rare, fourth type called Nether (冥気, Meiki), the opposite of Æther (霊気, Reiki). This mysterious new type is full of chaotic spirit spells, ones more powerful than curses and is just as powerful as Æther. So, this was the power that King Hades feared and also the power he wanted to obtain but never could. Who is this Belphebub character and how'd he obtained such legendary power?

Mars focused on the battle, trying to fix his mistake, "Me and my pride of being the God of War; I should have killed you from the start if I would have... whatever.... To protect the entire universe and all of its inhabitants, I'm sending you back to the Netherworld immediately. Fire Blessing: Phoenix Arrow _{[火恵：鳳凰矢, Kamegumi: Hōōya]} Mars threw his spear like a javelin. His entire spear was enchanted with sacred flames with fire wings on the stick. Mars' flaming spear flew towards Belphebub at great speed and the spear was aiming towards Belphebub's giant, glowing red eye. Belpebub grabbed the spear with his left hand and broke it like nothing while roaring, "Gyaaargh!" Mars said, "I'm not done yet. A phoenix can be reborn from its ashes." Suddenly, Mars' crimson spear was automatically repaired with the holy flames reactivated on it, stabbing through Belphebub's left hand as he reacted in pain, "Gaaagh!" The flying fire spear looped around and aimed at Belphebub's giant eye again, which should be his weak spot. God of Destruction Belphebub incanted, "Erasure Ray!" shooting another laser beam of destruction from his eye to permanently destroy Mars' spear into nothing. Mars still thought he had hope, "It's not over yet. Huh? My spear? Is it... gone?!" Mars was waiting for his spear to auto-repair again but doesn't exist anymore. Belphebub then incanted, "Death Nether: Death Beam _{[死冥気：死光線, Shimeiki: Shikōsen]}!" shooting a dark purple laser beam from his eye at Mars. Mars wondered, "What?" He didn't react in time as he was distracted from his spear and got hit. Mars was instantly killed and turned into spiritual particles without him realizing. The Royal Knights arrived too late and just now arrived. Captain Black Knight said, "He's gone." Earth wondered, "Did that warrior died?" Sir Vincelot said, "Just what is this creature? He's even more formidable than ever." As God of Destruction Belphebub gave another roar, "GYAAAAH!!!," he was preparing his ultimate attack, "Destruction Nether: Erasure Bomb _{[破壊冥気：消去光線, Hakaimeiki: Shōkyo Bakudan]}!" While emitting nether energy into the sky with his giant black eyeball, the nether energy was shaping into a gigantic dark-red sphere. This attack is equivalent to Zega's Shin Shirairadisu except even more powerful. Once this attack is fully charged and if Belphebub successfully lands it, the entire Demon World will be destroyed immediately, killing everything in this world including the other Spirit World Gods. That was, until someone interfered, "No way am I letting you destroy this world without my permission. Darkness Curse: Nightmarish Death Gods!"
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Seems like the main villain is saving the world. How ironic! Neo Zecross teleported near the area, summoning many Deaths of darkness to kill the God of Destruction, which also canceled out his final attack, thankfully. Vice Captain Earth wondered, "Now what? Hnn... Who's that?" For some odd reason, Sir Vincelot seems to know him from somewhere, this guy, why does he look familiar? He looks like someone I saw recently when I had that battle. Seems like Sir Vincelot saw Zecross before. Probably after the time when the Demon Revolution Army declared war. Neo Zecross didn't notice the other living beings in the back but didn't care but he said to himself, "Heh, so that's why Belphebub was chained up this whole time. That power, I must have that power. Soul Absorption!" Zecross extracted the souls of Belphebub and Mars. He grew even bigger and with Belphebub's unrestricted power absorbed, Zecross felt intense power entering his body, "Haha! This power... Who would have known that big old goof possesses this much power? Well, definitely more than just a goofball and slacker. This power is even greater than Hades-sama or even Yama-sama. That attack, though... It certainly would have destroyed this entire world—or this entire galaxy—for good with all of us on it and I can't let that happen. It's just like my brother's unforgivable-forbidden spell but even greater. I want this world in pandemonium, not in nothingness, otherwise, things would be boring. Speaking of Zega, I wonder what he's up to. Well, I don't really need him anymore. Two more gods left to go until I become almighty powerful." Neo Zecross then teleported out of the area.

Captain Black Knight said, "We need to inform the Commander about that. Where is—" Black Knight was wondering where Dr. Danny was but he was already on his way, though, it doesn't seem like Fukurō is with him. When Black Knight noticed him he said, "Ahh, there he is. Hmm... Where's my scout?" Dr. Danny said, "He was already dead, unfortunately. I'm sorry, I may be a master healer but I can't—" Captain Black Knight said, "It's fine. We'll mourn him later. Right now, we got to report to the Commander." Vice Captain Earth said, "It's a good thing people evacuated as quickly as they could. Their homes... Those poor civilians." Sir Vincelot is still thinking about that black titanic god, I'm sure I saw a guy like him but smaller, somewhere, hmm... Just what was Sir Vincelot doing when he and the other Royal Knights were away? What threats have they encountered during that weekly mission?

[Flashback] Two days ago during Zecross' battle against Demon World Military at midnight, somewhere far but nearby that battle at a village

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Two days ago, Sir Vincelot and his two Royal Knight companions, Sir Barburos and Sir Rosella, were pursuing a rebellion army leader after taking out some of that group's pawns that were in red cloak. These Royal Knights were pretty injured from the group they are fighting against and are mildly low on energy. Sir Barburos is a large, white werebear demon (just like one of Gash's friends, Rein), who wears barbarian-like clothing with a boar dragon head as headgear and wields a giant battle axe. He also has a massive war hammer sheathed behind his back, hung and secured by the tight straps of the back of his brownish-red hide (though it looks like gravity could easily drop his war hammer but it's surprisingly held tightly). He packs a lot of strength and he specializes in body and weapon enhancement spells, thus, making him a heavy hitter in melee combat and he's considered to be the strongest and toughest Royal Knight in strength, giving him the nickname "Beast King (獣王, Jūō)." Sir Rosella, nicknamed the "Rose Witch (バラの魔女, Bara no Majo)," is a female humanoid demon coated in a plant-like armor suit and a red-rose helmet that's also a mask. Her choice of weapon is a vine whip with thorns that may have poison in them. She utilizes in plant-related spells and she, like Sir Vincelot, specializes in capturing and trapping criminals. The group they were chasing after a group who called themselves the Acolytes of the Nether (ネザーのアコライトス, Nezā no Akoraito), a cult that worships the dead, the underworld (another name for the Netherworld), and the Lich King (which could be either ex-Kingdom King Yama since he's the God of Death, the ex-Netherworld King Hades since he's the God of the Underworld, or perhaps... someone else). Each member of this cult can use some form of necromancy or dark arts. When Zega and Zecross of the Demon Revolution Army announced a war, they mentioned that there were other groups that planned on rebelling Demon World and this cult is one of them, so Commander Zeon Bell sent his Royal Knights to check on these potential threats.

While battling several robed cultists in blue and red robes, who summoned an army of skeletal warriors via Baru Barudon (a spell that Zecross has) and has casted several green flaming skull spells as ranged attacks, Sir Barburos incanted, "Gigano Akusu!" His giant battle axe grew three times in size and he slammed his axe into the ground, creating a powerful shock wave in the area to crumble the skeletons while jumping over green-fire skulls firing in his direction. He then ran towards his village. This werebear village is located on top of a mountain they are on and it's under attack. Sir Vincelot asked him firmly, "Hey, where are you going?" Sir Barburos said in seriousness, "What do you think? My village is in danger. I can't let these undead scum rot in my village. Besides, I can't let that guy Rein fight on his own. Tch, coming back to our village even though he was exiled." Rein was a wild werebear demon that was a participant of the latest demon battle in the Human World, though he was befriended by Gash Bell when he was exiled from his village because of his sudden bloodlust but he turned good when Gash Bell befriended him as a child. Sir Vincelot tried ordering his partner, "Barburos-kyō, get back here! We can't put our personal feelings in front of our mission. That's so not cool!" Sir Rosella placed her right gloved hand on Sir Vincelot's right shoulder guard and said, "Just let him do what he wants. We got a Dark Lord to catch." Sir Vincelot said, "Darn these cultists. These Acolytes of the Nether can rot in this so-called underworld for all I care." These Royal Knights already battled them at least a day ago and their battle is continuing.

Suddenly wicked banshees and more skeletal warriors appeared from the ground in front of these two Royal Knights' path. Sir Vincelot said, "We're not going to let this undead legion rule Demon World. Gafaruruku! Ganzu Gafarusen!" Sir Vincelot enlarged the size of his morning star, which generated and threw a bunch of mini spike balls at the summoned enemies. Sir Rosella incanted, "Oru Rozuruga!" summoning and firing several giant man-eating roses from her thorny vine whip as she whipped it towards a group of undead beings, getting rid of them as Sir Vincelot and Sir Rosella passed through them, trying to find the mastermind behind this occult.

An aged man, wearing a dark purple ghastly robe and wielding a wooden stone scepter with a greenish yellow orb, was walking towards a mountain cliff, watching the battling between Zecross and Demon World Military. Zecross has already summoned a legion of reanimated corpses at standby and Raiden Bell and Rain Bell are fighting their parents' reanimated corpses at the moment. This cloaked man, appearing to be an old, dark elf demon with two pillared mustaches, looked down with an evil smirk and said to himself in a deep but calm voice, "Shushu... It's been so long since we last met, Zecross, you traitor. I see that you have the demon monarchs under your control. I'm impressed." He seems to know the co-leader of the Demon Revolution Army very well. What was Zecross' affiliation with the Acolyte of the Nether? The old man thought to himself with an evil look on his horrifying face, I will not allow you or your revolution army win this war. We of the Acolytes of the Nether will take anyone that gets in my way and fill this world with the dead... and my master shall exist again. Now, what would happen if the Supreme God found out that spirits got out of the Spirit World while you are conducting necromancy? Allow me to do that for you, my old friend, you death god wannabe. The mysterious acolyte reached his hand to the sky, creating a crack between the barrier of Spirit World and Demon World, releasing some dead demon spirits into the wild from the sky above Zecross. That explains how Gash Bell and Patie Bell got back to Demon World when they escaped the Gate of Paradise. Other random demon spirits escaped as well. King Yama suspected Zecross rather than this acolyte since it was closer to Zecross. If this mysterious man hasn't interfered, the Demon Revolution Army would have successfully reigned over Demon World... at least for a while until competition caught up.

A moment later, Sir Vincelot and Sir Rosella caught up with this demon necromancer with Sir Vincelot yelling, "There's nowhere left for you to go Gul'ren. Kofaru Chein!" Sir Vincelot threw his morning star like a flail with red spiky crystal around the spiked ball and chains, and wrapped the acolyte Dark Lord Gul'ren in the crystal spike chains tightly, piercing his body. Though, the Dark Lord necromancer didn't react in pain. At the same time, Sir Rosella whipped her thorny vine whip while incanting, "Juron!," splitting the stem of her whip into four thorny stems and aimed at the necromancer's upper body at high speed with spiky tips, piercing the back of his chest (directly at the heart) and head (at the brain), killing him instantly. However, he became a ghost upon death and self-created a new body of himself while chuckling deeply while putting his dark purple robe back on, "Shushushu... Kill me all you want, I'll just keep coming back with my Self-Resurrection." Seems as if they have fault several times. Sir Vincelot returned his morning star back to normal with an irritated expression, "Darn it. How many times can you revive yourself?" Lord Gul'ren said with an evil smirk on his old face, "You Royal Knights are fools. Speaking of a fool..." He looked back at Zecross' battle (Raiden and the new King Rain were about to finish of Gash and Patie's reanimated corpses) and said, "Here is a fool that betrayed my occult, doing what he wants." Sir Vincelot and Sir Rosella looked down and they made a shocking expression as soon as they seen the Gash Bell and Patie Bell's corpses fighting their children, as well as discovering their spirits, as well as seeing Gash's dead parents, the demon monarchs before them. Sir Vincelot wondered, "Is that... His Majesty...?!" Sir Rosella followed it up in surprise, "And Her Majesty...?!" Sir Vincelot also followed it up, "Even the other monarchs... Zeon-sama and our soldiers are fighting then." Vincelot then asked Gul'ren firmly, "What's going on?" Gul'ren responded, "It also surprises me how Zecross collected four monarchs. Quite a feat but I won't allow his revolution army reign over Demon World." At this time, all of Zecross' summoned corpses turned to dust as King Yama is scolding him from above, but only those who are very close to him could hear Yama's voice. Sir Vincelot wondered, "That's the guy who announced war on Demon World. What's going on down there?" Sir Rosella yelled at the acolyte leader, "Explain yourself necromancer, necrolyte, Dark Lord, or whatever you call yourself! What is all this?" Dark Lord Gul'ren chuckled and said, "Shushu... It's punishment, but I'm not allowed to explain what's really going on." Gul'ren, like Zecross and other necromancers, is not allowed to reveal anything about the Spirit World to non-necromancers (not even to his normal red-cloaked acolytes), otherwise Yama would take their souls, but Gul'ren made a little fib in his first sentence so that King Yama wouldn't know he's the one that opened a rift to the Spirit World. Necromancers are very rare, yet Gul'ren has a small group of necromancers in his cult (as well as non-necromancers that can use other dark art magic) and Zecross used to be affiliated with these guys in some way. These are the only necromancers left in Demon World as the Fortune Teller Lady, who was also a necromancer that brought back the second timeline's Gash Bell's parents back to life, died at least twenty years ago from old age. At this point, King Yama has taken Zecross' soul via Soul Æther: Soul Extraction and sent him to the Netherworld via Dimension Æther: Judgment.

Gul'ren then turned his body with a devilish look on his face and said, "Enough with the chat. Thanks for buying me enough time to destroy that village and take everyone's soul." As Sir Vincelot and Sir Rosella turned around, Sir Barburos and Rein's village was destroyed; outnumbered by countless numbers of undead creatures. Everyone in that village, even the toughest Royal Knight, and Gash's friend, had their souls extracted and stolen by Gul'ren elite demon acolytes, known as the necrolytes (ネクロライト, nekuroraito). These elite necrolytes of the Acolytes of the Nether that wear blue robes like the Dark Lord are capable of using real necromancy like Zecross and Gul'ren and can manipulate demons' souls, alive or not. His regular red acolytes, while they can't use actual necromancy and don't know much about the Spirit World, can still other forms of dark arts magic like shooting flaming skulls from their hands and such. Dark Lord Gul'ren too has the power to manipulate souls and could take Sir Vincelot's and Sir Rosella's souls right now if he wanted to but it takes too much time to conjure that kind of power and he wouldn't have time before the Royal Knights retaliate. Sir Rosella reacted to Gul'ren's words, "What?" Sir Vincelot yelled out, "Barburos-kyō?! Barburos-kyō?!" Gul'ren chuckled and said, "Shushu... It's no use. My elite necrolytes have already taken their soul. Now to get rid of you two paladin pests." Sir Rosella wondered, "What now?" Sir Vincelot was frustrated and said, "That was so uncool... Errrrn... Is retreating an option?" He feels like he can't win right now. Sir Rosella said, "We can't leave this cult on the loose." Gul'ren said, "I'm not letting anyone of you out alive and if you don't fight right now, you'll give me enough time to take your souls too."

The battle between these two Royal Knights and the Acolytes of the Nether continued for the next two days. The paladins have retreated a few times, trying to get their energy back and try to call reinforcements, but the group of necromancers continued to hunt them down for the next two days. Sir Vincelot and Sir Rosella successfully defeated Gul'ren and his fellow acolytes but because Gul'ren was nearly was invincible, due to his Self-Resurrection ability (though, his Self-Resurrection ability won't activate if he were to get his by a death-based spell, like Zecross' Shidona Reaper), Sir Vincelot restrained him while Sir Rosella used the rest of her power to seal away Gul'ren with her plant magic, putting Gul'ren into eternal sleep, sealing him inside a black rose ensnared by vines, which pulled him beneath the mountain, sealing him there for all eternity. Sir Vincelot and Sir Rosella were fatally injured during that fight, but Sir Rosella was in worse condition due to her recklessness and sacrificial attack. Sir Vincelot tried carrying her out after they defeated the Acolytes of the Nether, but Sir Rosella bled to death, but not before asking Sir Vincelot to leave her in a patch of flowers off the mountains. Sir Rosella used her remaining power to at least heal Sir Vincelot a bit before she turned herself into a giant, beautiful flower after death. Sir Vincelot mourned to Sir Rosella's flower grave. At this point, all of the living necromancers (besides Gul'ren) became extinct. That was until Zecross took over Spirit World this day. If only if Zecross knew the truth behind that battle, he wouldn't go as far as creating an apocalypse in Demon World and would just at least hunt down the Acolytes of the Nether if they were alive. Zecross didn't even bother resurrecting them and kept them in the Netherworld since he despised them.
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Scene: Behemolith Town (after the battle between Mars and God of Destruction Belphebub, late evening)

Sir Vincelot stood still, thinking about the troubles he had in those days against the Acolytes of the Nether, darn it all. We've been fighting the dead for three days straight now and we're still fighting the dead. While Captain Black Knight and Vice Captain Earth were ahead, Captain Black Knight turned his head and asked, "Vincelot-kyō, something wrong?" Sir Vincelot lied, "Nothing," and regrouped with them. On their way, Vice Captain Earth noticed something bothering the Blood Paladin and said, "You've been lagging behind, Vincelot-kyō. Something must have happened out there. Weren't Barburos-kyō and Rosella-kyō with you? What happened to them?" Sir Vincelot said, "I'll explain when we find the Commander, if he's alive. And wasn't Rajin-kyō with you two?" Captain Black Knight explained, "Our colleague sacrificed himself in a gruesome battle, but he didn't die in vain." Rajin was the Knight Captain before Black Knight when Commander Zeon started his new military system while Black Knight was the Vice Captain. Rajin was Zeon's military trainer when Zeon was a child as Zeon was forced to train with military soldiers in severe training. Sir Vincelot sympathized with them and thought to himself, so I'm not the only one who lost comrades. But what happened to the other six Royal Knights? Perhaps the other six Paladins of Demon World didn't make it, but it is unknown on what conflicts they encountered and if those conflicts are dealt with or are still active. But Fukurō did report that they were dead.

The three Royal Knights reached the main battlefield and found their military commander Zeon Bell. The knights who were fighting alongside General Mars' holy knights against the Netherworld Army, were surprised to see the paladins alive. The Royal Knights reported the battle against Belphebub while Sir Vincelot also reported his battle against that cult of the dead. Commander Zeon said, "I see, so Zecross has changed his game up." Sir Vincelot just now realized, "So that was that Zecross guy I saw. How does a demon become a god?" Commander Zeon said, "I'm not sure. I'm sorry for your loss Vincelot-kyō, but they didn't die in vain. The Demon Revolution Army was hard enough on us and these Acolytes of the Nether you mentioned would have been even more trouble. It's a good thing you guys managed to take them out. So, according to you, Zecross was part of them?" Sir Vincelot said, "That's what the acolyte Dark Lord Gul'ren said, Your Highness." Commander Zeon said, "Alright, go back up our men and those angels." Sir Vincelot said, "Fighting them won't work. We'll have to seal them away like me and Rosella-kyō did with those necromancers." Commander Zeon said, "I'm aware of that but we don't have anyone that could do something like that unless if those angels can do something about it." Sir Vincelot said in frustration, "Darn, if only Rosella-kyō was still here." Sir Rosella's plant powers could put the entire Netherworld Army to sleep, or at least some of them, and seal them away underground with that black rose magic. But there is one person who might be able to seal the Netherworld Army away but that is if he is willing to cooperate and if there's enough time left for him to do so.

Battle of the Gods: Venus of Kindness & Patience vs. Leviasatan of Envy & Wrath (at Siren Beach, late evening)

Back at Siren Beach near the Leviathan Ocean, Nekolas' father Red Lion Leo sacrificed himself to protect his son and died from Leviasatan's Angry Devil's Venom. Raiden Bell transformed into his Level 2 Rai'oh form via Rai'oh Zaruku but even he got poison by the fatal venom, returning to his original form in an unconscious state. Haria tried healing him when her ice healing spell Gijio with its healing rate enhanced with Urujio but the deadly venom was stronger than her healing. Raiden Bell is on the verge of death. He'll be dead soon... or would be dead if it wasn't for an interference from an archangel.

After Tioga shielded her friends from Leviasatan's Hellfirestorm with a circular barrier formation of mirrors via Teo Rifureshirudo, Leviasatan attempted to finish them off with his Fire-Water Curse: Steam Breath, but protection came at the right time with a giant goddess protecting them. The female archangel incanted, "Metal Blessing: Iron Maiden _{[金属恵：鉄乙女, Kinzokumegumi: Tetsuotome]}!" turning her body into an invulnerable metal statue to protect the children from Leviasatan's Steam Breath without the steam curse harming her. After Leviasatan stopped his curse and the archangel returned to her form, Leviasatan said in surprise, "Huh? What are you doing here?" After the children opened their eyes, they notice a lovely giant angel protecting them, wondering who she is. The Goddess of Love Venus, the Great Angelic Saint of Kindness and Patience, said in a firm tone, "I won't allow you to harm these children, Leviasatan!" While Haria was still healing Raiden, she wondered, "Who is she?" Leviasatan said with a chuckle, surprisingly, "Tcheh! You sure took your time Venus but those puny kids will be dead soon enough along with you. That's what you get for being patient. Die! Raaawwrr!!! Water Curse: Infernal Harbor Wave [水呪：地獄の津波, Jigoku no Tsunami]! Fire-Water Curse: Steam Breath!" While in the Leviathan Ocean, Leviasatan summoned a giant boiling tidal wave from behind, which would be used to attack everyone on the beach and breathed hot steam from his mouth at the same time towards Venus. Venus incanted, "Metal Blessing: Great Metal Wall of Peace _{[金恵：平和の大金属壁, Kinmegumi: Heiwa no Daikinzokukabe]}!" summoning a gigantic and long metal wall that blocked the entire beach from Leviasatan's burning tsunami and to protect her from Leviasatan's Steam Breath. Tioga said, "She saved us." The reason why this blessing is called the Great Metal Wall of Peace is because this spiritual spell's purpose is to prevent wars or cease attacks on both sides of a war. This could have been useful to stop the battle between Demon World Military and Netherworld Army, which was something Venus wanted to do, but she had to escort a few spirits, which was actually the best things to do. Where are those spirits any?

The kids were wondering what's going on but they are relieved that they are saved, yet, they are still panicked about Prince Raiden Bell's fatal condition, especially his younger brother Rain Bell. He cried over his body, "Please, don't die. You promised you would always protect me. Please, don't... Not you too..." At this point, with Haria healing Prince Raiden the best she could, Raiden has an estimation of five seconds until he's truly dead (or instantly if Haria releases her spells now). While Venus' Great Metal Wall was blocking Leviasatan's water attacks like a dam, Leviasatan yelled in frustration, "Darn you, Venus, I'll break this barrier and destroy you all!" and started bashing the Great Metal Wall with his black devilish horns. Venus turned around and aimed the palm of her right hand at the children. The demon children were wondering what they were doing with Nekolas saying while holding his dead father, "W-what are you...?" Venus incanted, "Life Blessing: Holy Healing," completely healing the entire group, even Leo's corpse, though he was still dead, but at least Raiden was alive. Haria's ice also disappeared. This holy spell heals anyone from almost anything and restores them to full health, but it can also be used to deal holy damage to unholy beings like devils, archdevils, and the undead instead of healing them.

Tioga wondered, "What did you do?" King Rain wondered, "Raiden-onīsan, is he..." Venus said, "It's fine. He'll be alright." Nekolas wondered, "What about my father?" Venus apologized, "I'm... I'm deeply sorry. His soul was already on the other side. The least I could do is heal his body. Again, I deeply apologize for not showing up too soon." Nekolas cried on his father's healing corpse while holding him, "Father!!!" Haria cried, "I'm glad Raiden-kun is okay. Nekolas-kun, I'm so sorry. I tried so hard." Suddenly, a masculine voice from behind them said, "You did wonderfully. Thank you for supporting my son. Sorry that we're late." A female voice said, "We made it. Thank you so much, Venus-sama." As the kids looked in that direction, they saw the spirits of Gash Bell and Patie Bell in their white Paradise robes. They were shocked. King Rain Bell cried in happiness and confusing, wondering, "M-mom... D-dad...? Is... is that...?" Gash Bell said, "Rain...," while Patie Bell said, "Our boy." Gash continued, "I'm glad you're doing alright." Tioga wondered, "B-but how?" Rain ran towards them crying with a frown and tried hugging his father by jumping towards but only to phase through them, falling on the ground. He then looked at his own fingers and wondered why he couldn't hold his father, "Huh?" Patie said, "Be careful, Rain-chan," while Gash said while putting his ghostly right hand behind his ghostly head, "We don't have our bodies back. We are technically... still dead. We got permission to come back to Demon World for a while. We wish we could hug you too." Rain wondered, "And Raiden-onīsan, is he...?" Patie said to him, "Your big brother is fine. Venus-sama has amazing healing powers. Our little boy has really grown into a fine King." Gash said to his youngest son, "Yeah. Thank you for taking my place and Demon King. I'm sure you'll make a great kind king like us." King Rain responded, crying in happiness, "Uru!"

A moment later, while Leviasatan is still bashing down Venus' Great Metal Wall in sheer anger, Raiden Bell finally woke up with his brother next to him. King Rain said in happiness, "Raiden-onīsan, you're alive!" Raiden wondered, "Hey Rain... Am I dead?" Gash's ghostly head pops into Raiden's view from above and said, "Hi, Raiden!" For a split second, Raiden had no reaction, then immediately reacted in a jumpscare, "Waaaah! A ghost! Dad? Does this mean, I'm dead?!" He then quickly checks everywhere around his body to make sure he's alright. Patie chuckled and said, "Hehe! I didn't think our grown man would be afraid of ghosts." Raiden then backed up, going "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Mom, dad...? Is this real?" Prince Raiden isn't actually afraid of ghosts, but he just got jumpscared by his father and is very confused. Gash said, "It's been a while. And yes, this is real," while Patie said, "Thanks for taking care of your baby brother. You may always be our little troublemaker but you always had a kind heart for him." Raiden, still confused, said, "Ugh... Thanks? But how are you... Wait, what is this? Who's that?" He just now noticed the titanic female angel behind him. Patie explained, "That's Venus-sama, the Goddess of Love and Great Angelic Saint of... Umm... I'm sorry, are we allowed to...?" Patie doesn't want to break any Spirit World laws but since the secret was already out, Venus said, "It's fine. I'm Venus, the Great Angelic Saint of Kindness and Patience from the land of Paradise and I'm that land's main peacekeeper so I'm doing whatever I can to stop this horrible war. So, you little one must be Demon World's newest king and your brother is quite a hero, I heard. I heard so much about you from Gash and Patie Bell in the afterlife." Nekolas, who stopped mourning over his father's dead body, said, "Amazing..." King Rain wondered, "What is the afterlife like?" Patie said, "It's an amazing place, well..." Gash said, "The realm we were put to is an amazing place. We call it Paradise of the Spirit World. Wait, it's okay to reveal the Spirit World at this point, right?" Raiden said, "Well, we already heard about it so why not?" Venus stated, "It was against the Spirit World law to reveal our world to your world but our laws are being changed by that new Supreme God. How horrible." Leviasatan continued bashing through the Great Metal Wall of Peace, actually making some decent cracks into it, and said, "And our new Supreme God is quite impressive for a mere demon that turned into an archdevil. I can't believe I'm saying this but you shall bow to Neo Zecross-sama for giving us this freedom. He's done way better than Hades-sama or Yama-sama has done for us." Raiden said, "Is that... that dragon behind that wall and where did that wall came from? Ehh... I still can't believe that Zecross guy became ruler of the afterlife and what was his problem?"

Leviasatan finally broke through the nearly impenetrable wall, at least part of it with his face shown and said, "Finally I broke through that. I'll burn you all. Steam Breath!" Venus said, "I'll stop him. Gash, you said you had something to do. Metal Blessing: Magical Metal Mirror _{[金恵：魔法の金属鏡, Kinmegumi: Mahō no Kinzoku Kagami]}. Venus summoned a giant metallic mirror shield in the shape of her symbol (♀) to deflect Leviasatan's Steam Breath back at him, slightly modified with holy magic to deal damage to him with him reacting in thought, Gurr? Why is my attack hurting me? Did she convert my steam curse into holy magic? At the same time, Gash said, "Raiden, hold still. I'm giving you my new power." Raiden, already was sat down, said, "Is it another Rai'oh upgrade or something?" Gash placed his ghostly hand behind Raiden's head, transferring the new found power that Mars taught him to Raiden, the power of blessing and he's infusing it with Rai'oh, who's sealed within Raiden's body. Gash said, "Rai'oh is now blessed and he should be a lot stronger. Rai'oh's attacks should be able to hurt Leviasatan or any other archdevil now as they should be strengthened by the power of blessing, white Spirit World magic. Demons with a kind heart can learn it and I know you have one deep inside you. There was something about you that made us put our whole faith in you." Raiden said in excitement, "Ooh! Awesome." Patie said, "You are our hope's future. You and Rain-chan are. And Rain-chan?" King Rain wondered, "Yes?" His mother said, "I heard about your new found power. You have your father's and my powers inside you. You can take advantage and divide or combine our powers. Save this world for us. Use your power to make Demon World a better place." King Rain's confidence grew back and said, "Uru! I will!" For a while this day, he lost his new found courage and confidence that he gained since his visit in the Human World and became cowardly again, but with the support of his parents, his character development was recovered. Patie closed her eyes and said in happiness, "Ehe! I'm proud of you. Proud of you both, and every one of you, who contributed to save this world." Nekolas, who just recovered his own spirit from hearing those words, said, "You got it, Your Majesty." Tioga nodded her head and Haria said with a cheerful expression, "We are doing are best!"

Leviasatan stopped his Steam Breath since he couldn't destroy the mirror shield with it and since the holy alteration of the Steam was hurting him and decided to charge after Venus' metallic mirror shield head on, breaking it with his horns and gave a roar, "Grrrrowwww!!!" Venus was a bit scared, "Ahh!"

[Insert random battle music]
Raiden said, "Alright, my time to shine again! Zakeru! Rai'oh Armor, activate!" Raiden shocked himself with his hand and as the dragon logo on his tanktop glowed, he activated his Rai'oh Armor. With the help of his father, his armor was upgraded a second time to a Level 3 Rai'oh Armor, which gave him everything the Level 2 armor had plus golden knee guards with crimson gems, golden gauntlets with elbow guards that has crimson gems, and two Rai'oh-shaped swords on his back. Plus, his dragon helmet now has three lightning emblems of the Bell family. Raiden looked behind him and said, "Awesome, now I have swords. Cool!" and pulled them out from his back. Venus said, "I'll hold him down. I'll believe in you, young one. Holy Healing!" Normally, her Life Blessing: Holy Healing would instantly heal almost anyone, but rather than healing unholy beings like Leviasatan, it caused him great pain in an instant with him reacting, "Gyaaaaaah!!! What is this sudden pain? How could something that heal, hurt so much?" As he backed himself into the water, Venus said, "Holy magic defies unholy beings such as yourself, Leviasatan." Leviasatan said in pain, "Darn you, Venus! I'll kill you, and then I'll kill you in the Netherworld, over and over and over again!" Raiden said with a fighting spirit, "Think if you can do that, Dragon God?" Leviasatan looked down and said, "How are you still alive?! What kind of brat are you?" Raiden said enthusiastically, "The one that will kick your butt!" He then suddenly teleported above Leviasatan and reappearing above him with electricity, reacting, "Whoa! A teleportation? Nice, I'll call that... Spark Warp. Now, how about this?!" He charged electricity into his draconic Rai'oh Swords (雷王剣, Raiōken), which appeared to be ready to be released and shouted, "Lightning Slicers!," throwing double electrical air blades at Leviasatan from each sword. The blessing-enhancement from Raiden's attack dealt damage to Leviasatan with him reacting him, "Gyaaah!" He looked up and said, "Impossible! How did demon magic hurt me, a god? Wait, is this blessing? How in the world?" Raiden said in excitement while falling down, "Woo! Now I'm doing something to this sea dragon. Nice!"

Leviasatan jumped around and said, "I'll kill you!" He tried aiming his poisonous tail at Raiden and stab him. As Raiden was falling, he shouted, "Spark Warp!" and decided to teleport behind Leviasatan via electricity to avoid his deadly tail. Raiden then targeted at Leviasatan's tail, charged electricity into both of his Rai'oh Swords, and shouted, "Try this! Lightning Cross!" He slashed his swords in an "X" formation and launched two electrical cross blades at once and sliced off Leviasatan's venomous tail with him reacting in pain, "Gyaaaah!!! My tail!" Leviasatan then shouted in frustration, "Why? Why is this happening? How's the Great Leviasatan-sama losing to some mere mortal?!" Everyone on the ground was shocked but Gash had a smile on him. Tioga said, "Amazing!" Haria said, "Wow!" and King Rain cheered for his brother, "You rock, big brother!" Nekolas was a bit jealous, "Oh come on, how much stronger did the prince get from that?" While in mid-air, Raiden said, "Alright, got that annoying tail out of the way. Let's see what else can I do." He looked up into the clouds and thought of something. He shouted, "Spark Warp," to teleport into the clouds. Raiden thought of an ultimate attack and created an incantation, "Bestowing from the heavens, thou send judgment to the wicked. Thunder Dragon God's Electric Justice _{[雷竜神の電正義, Rairyūjin no Denseigi]}!" While raising the Rai'oh Swords in the air, something actually happened. The clouds were charging electricity and dropped a gargantuan golden lightning strike on top of Leviasatan continuously similar to Zeon's Barugirudo Zakeruga but even wider and stronger. With Leviasatan being in salt water, he took extra damage from this holy electrical attack, reacting in severe pain, "Gyaaaaaaaaaagh!!!," then disappeared into spiritual particles upon death.
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Everyone was shocked seeing that, but not literally electrocuted; just deeply surprised. Even Raiden, who was still in the clouds, was surprised he pulled something off like that and he was only improvising, "Woo! Wow! Didn't think that would actually do something. Haha! Alright. Spark Warp!" Raiden then teleported to the ground with Spark Warp and deactivated his Rai'oh Armor. King Rain said in happiness, "You did it, big brother. Hee hee!" He ran up to his big brother hugged him and Raiden held him and said, "Hehe! Yeah!" Nekolas was surprised and was kind of scared, "Holy crap. How'd you do that?" Raiden said, "To be honest, I didn't think I could actually do that. I was just improvising. Jeez dad, that's some power you've given me." Gash said, "I knew there was something about you that reminded me of my strength." Patie said to her strong son, "If I could hug you, dear, I would." Raiden said, "Thanks, mom... dad..." Venus said, "You were right. I'm glad I trusted you with this. I just want this horrible battle to be over and save both worlds. Huh?" She felt some godly auras disappearing. Patie asked, "What's wrong Venus-sama?" Venus was worried and said, "Oh no, Mars and the others. They're... Oh, please no! I hope they're not..." Gash said in seriousness, "Let's go!"

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 May 9, 2016. Finished writing on May 21, 2016. Published at DeviantART on August 5, 2016.
Part B: First written on May 22, 2016. Finished writing on June 1, 2016. Published at DeviantART on August 5, 2016.

List of updates in this chapter (Part B)

Update #1 (April 18, 12:43 a.m. EDT): Changing the Japanese name for Nether (for the Nether spells) from 冥 (Mei, "Dark"/'Nether"/"Under") to 冥気 (Meiki, "Dark Ki/Chi" or "Nether Ki/Chi"). I feel that would make sense it rivals/opposes Æther (霊気, Reiki, "Spirit Ki/Chi" or "Aura").

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.
Antihero: Former evil or neutral that acts like a heroic or supporting character, but may not want to be the hero.
Mentioned only: Background characters that are only mentioned that don't have any role in my fan fiction.

Present characters

‡/† OC: Mercury, Paradise's Great Angelic Saint of Chastity/Charity and Paradise's Gate Guardian - Supporter
† Former Demon King Zatch (Gash) Bell - Protagonist (in spiritual form)
† Former Demon Queen Penny (Patie) Bell - Protagonist (in spiritual form)
‡ OC: Jupiter, King of Paradise - Supporter
† Former Demon King Bell - Supporter (in spiritual form), Mentioned
† Former Demon Queen Bell - Supporter (in spiritual form), Mentioned
‡/† OC: Mars, Paradise's Great Angelic Saint of Temperance/Diligence and Peacekeeping Angel Army's General - Supporter
‡ OC: Venus, Paradise's Great Angelic Saint of Kindness/Patience and Paradise's Peacekeeper - Supporter
‡/† OC: Saturn, Paradise's Great Angelic Saint of Humility and Paradise's Adviser - Supporter
‡ OC: Juno, Queen of Paradise - Mentioned
‡ OC: Neptune, Former Gate Guardian of Paradise and Chief of Nephalem Military - Supporter, Mentioned
‡/† OC: Yama "Enma", Ex-Supreme God of the Spirit World and Ex-King of Spirit World Kingdom - Supporter, Mentioned
‡/† OC: Pluto "Hades", Former King of the Netherworld - Supporter, Resurrected, Mentioned
‡/† OC: Cerberus, Gate Guardian of the Netherworld - Supporter, Resurrected, Mentioned
(†) OC: Countless numbers of Demon World Military Units - Supporters
‡/† OC: Lucid, Pride of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
† OC: Neo Zecross, King of Netherworld/Spirit World Kingdom and Supreme God of Spirit World - Antagonist
(‡)/(†) OC: Countless numbers of devils and revived evil demons - Antagonists/Supporters
Military Commander / Demon Prince Zeno (Zeon) Bell - Protagonist
‡/† OC: Lucius, Captain of the Peacekeeping Angel Army - Supporter
‡/† OC: Asmon, Lust and Greed of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
Ninja Captain Kanchomé (Kyanchome) - Protagonist
OC: Ninja Vice Captain Pancho - Protagonist
Head Nurse Tia (Tio) - Protagonist
† Former Ninja Vice Captain Byonko - Protagonist (in spiritual form)
††† OC: Former Death General #8 Zarpi - Antagonist, Resurrected
† OC: Dr. Zulu, Royal Scientist - Antagonist, Resurrected, Mentioned
‡/† OC: Belphebub (God of Destruction form), Gluttony and Sloth of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
Head Doctor Danny - Protagonist/Supporter
Knight Captain Black Knight - Protagonist/Supporter
Knight Vice Captain Arth (Earth), the Golden Knight - Protagonist/Supporter
OC: Royal Knight Sir Vincelot, the Blood Paladin - Supporter
† Fukorō/Owl, Black Knight's Assistant - Supporter
† OC: Zega - Antihero, Resurrected, Mentioned
† OC: Royal Knight Sir Barburos, the Beast King - Supporter, Flashback
† Rein - Mentioned, Flashback
† OC: Royal Knight Sir Rosella, the Rose Witch - Supporter, Flashback
† OC: Unnamed demon acolytes and necrolytes of the Acolytes of the Nether - Antagonists, Flashback
† OC: Dark Lord Gul'ren, necrolyte leader of the Acolytes of the Nether - Antagonist, Flashback
† OC: Fortune Teller Lady - Mentioned
OC: Knight Apprentice Nekolas - Protagonist/Supporter
† OC: Leo the Red Lion - Supporter
‡/† OC: Leviasatan, Envy and Wrath of the Four Great Demon Lords - Antagonist
OC: Demon Prince Raiden Bell - Protagonist
OC: Rai'oh - Supporter, Mentioned (seen as Raiden's Rai'oh Zaruku)
OC: Nurse Apprentice Haria - Protagonist/Supporter
OC: Tioga - Protagonist

Past characters

(†) OC: Fortune Teller Lady - Mentioned
Demon King Zatch (Gash) Bell - Protagonist, Mentioned
† Former Demon King Bell - Supporter, Mentioned
† Former Demon Queen Bell - Supporter, Mentioned

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

Golden Gash!!: Demon Revolution Army

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018