Rex continued to sleep. He could feel something amazing happening. For some odd reason, he could not wake up.
Eventually, the amazing ended. He felt warmth. The only thing he could describe it was someone else wrapping themselves around him.
That too soon ended. He felt relaxed but at the same time lonely. He wanted the warmth that he had felt. He barely could wake himself up.
When he looked around, no one was beside him. He soundly went back to sleep. During the night, he heard a sound. The sound was familiar to him. When he realized it, it was the War Drums playing.
He quickly jumped out of bed. He looked outside the window by shattering the protection barrier.
He saw an army outside of Lilith's mansion. He opened the window and equipped the Soul Art Axe Thunder Axe. He focused on the lightning part of the axe. He found a technique that could land him directly on the battlefield.
"Time to go." Rex equipped some clothing due to a breeze blowing.
A shot of lightning landed on the battlefield.
At Dusk
The Head Maid focused her sight on the horizon. She saw an army coming.
"Hades, Apollo, Zeus Ready the Army." The Head Maid shouted.
The sound of marching was heard. The ground shook a little. It was nothing much.
Behind the Head Maid was an army of fifty thousand trained maids and butlers. Inside and around the outskirts of the mansion were additionally ten thousand untrained maids and butlers.
They would use mainly crossbows and compound looking bows. The garden outside the mansion is where a war looked like it would take place.
Several miles away
"Seems like your army will not stand a chance. Will you forfeit now?" Diablo asked Lilith.
"The plan is not to have any casualties, correct?" Lilith asked.
"There will be a few yes. For the most part, there will not be a lot of death. Mainly until one side knows defeat." Diablo grinned.
"If you lose more than one hundred thousand, it is my win. If I lose more than ten thousand, it is your win. Do we have a deal?" Lilith extended her hand.
"The pleasure is always mine." Diablo grinned wildly.
"We shall see who will win then?" A chair came from behind for Lilith to sit.
"Of course." A chair appeared behind Diablo.
Meanwhile
"This is bad." The Head Maid told Zeus, Apollo, and Hades.
"This is going to be an uphill battle for sure." Zeus smiled.
The lightning tattoo on his back could faintly be seen.
"Do not use it, Zeus. That is for Lilith's command only." The Head Maid glared.
"I am just excited. I know not to use my lightning here." Zeus frowned.
"Making sure you remember." The Head Maid turned her attention back to the upcoming army.
A demon riding a horse like creature came up to the Head Maid.
"By order of Diablo. We shall have a mock battle. The rules are simple if Diablo's forces lose more than one hundred thousand demons. The victor goes to you. If you lose more than ten thousand maids and/or butlers. The victor will be Diablo."
The rider handed an envelope to the Head Maid. She read it for herself.
"We shall not lose this war." The Head Maid declared.
Zeus, Apollo, and Hades all stomped their feet into position and saluted their commander.
"We hear, and we shall tell." The trio said in unison.
They quickly dismissed themselves to alert their forces. It became nighttime when the enemy sounded their War Drums.
Present Time
Rex landed on the battlefield in front of Lilith's army. He was within range to battle himself.
"WHO DARES TO SOUND THE WAR DRUMS IN FRONT OF ME?!" Rex shouted.
The opposing army laughed. They did not know who the man in front of them was.
"We are a part of Diablo's faction. This is a mock battle between the two powers. Stand down Mortal. Otherwise, we will kill you first." A decorated man on another horse like creature answered.
"I AM LILITH'S HUSBAND. HOW BIG IS YOUR ARMY?" Rex shouted.
The opposing army once again laughed because they knew Lilith never wanted a family.
"Our army is around seven hundred and fifty thousand." The rider spoke.
Zeus, Apollo, and Hades knew they were going to use their forbidden powers in this match.
"MY WHAT A PUNY ARMY YOU HAVE!" Rex laughed. "I HAVE FOUGHT ARMIES OVER ONE MILLION AND WON BY MYSELF. LEAVE NOW OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES." Rex yelled.
Zeus, Apollo, Hades, the Head Maid, and her daughter, Lilith, Diablo, and the rider all felt sweat rolling down their faces.
"Yooouuuurrrr jjjjooookkkkiiiinnnnngggg rrriiiiggghhhhttt?" The rider felt his insides melt.
Without further ado, Rex raised the Thunder Axe. Heavenly Thunder started to strike the axe.
"Sound the War Drums!" The Head Maid shouted.
The maids and butlers on the outskirts of the mansion sounded the drums.
When they did, Rex threw the Thunder Axe. When it landed in the middle of the army. Fifty thousand demons died instantly.
Rex immediately equipped his Wooded Spear (it was the Spear blessed my Mira in her travels chapter 9 for reference), and he single handedly threw it.
It achieved supersonic speeds due to Rex unlocking his full strength. When it hit those speeds, one hundred thousand demons on Diablo's side got killed.
Rex did not know he needed to stop. Instead, he continued the slaughter.
Rex yelled, "SOUL ART, HEAVEN AND EARTH CLEAVE". The man in front of Rex simply flicked his finger without using any axes.
The entire army was killed. Several mountain ranges thousands of miles away were turned to dust. Anything in between became a dirt path.
The way the mock battle ended. Even Diablo felt his insides trembling with absolute fear. This was not counting the army behind Rex. Nor the maids and butlers who watched the scene unfold. Or how Lilith felt about her husband's ungodly strength with the Soul Art.
Upon using the Soul Art, Rex had completely used that to end the battle. Due to his Godly Domain, the increase on the attack was too great of a tax on himself. He fainted.
That was not all. He could hear the sound of War Drums playing because his Demonic Qi had reached over 800,000.
"Congratulations due to reaching 800,000 Demonic Qi. Evolution will now see where you stand."
"Congratulations, Evolution into Demon King shall commence."
Rex could not fight back, but the Demonic Qi flooding his body made Lilith disappear from the chair she was sitting in.