Romonus placed Ruin Maker and Malacoda on his back before crossing his arms and watching Lucifer's ritual. With his new Divine Eyes, he could see the Soul Essence, Life Force, and Demonic Energy draining from Lilith's body.
He could even see how the streams of magic in the ritual worked. As he examined what the Mother Of All Devils looked like in her 'prime' he had to admit she was gorgeous. When he used her corpse in his Ascension Ritual, she was drained of her power.
What he used was a mere husk compared to what she once was. Romonus could probably create Demons from himself and unlike Lilith, he would always regenerate to his peak. The many modifications done to him by Valerie had been magnified by his new Godly status and the hundreds of Enuncia runic tattoos on his body.
He was so powerful now, that his Demon Heart which was beating at a relaxed pace produced enough energy for him to never run out. Nisselred who was standing in front of him turned around ignoring the ritual.
"I do have a question on why you are so focused on strength, Master?"
Even though she spoke out loud, it was obvious that Lucifer and Lilith could not hear her. Romonus smiled as he looked at the ritual that was still gathering power.
"Simple, because I owe it to myself to become as powerful as I can be. The truth of the matter is that at any point, I will be dragged into a battle that I believe I am not ready to face. There exist beings that would rend my mind to just gaze at them and I am a Demon God. Can you imagine what would happen if I faced one of those?"
Nisselred looked up at his face before seeing the seriousness.
"I understand. If that is the case then I shall make it my mission to make sure you succeed."
She placed a hand over her heart before falling to her knees.
"So that your ambition may be realized."
With a smile, Romonus kneeled and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You need not kneel, but I accept your pledge."
He stood up and walked toward Lucifer towering over the silver-haired Fallen Angel. While he had once been an Angel, he was not a Fallen Angel like Azazel. He was something more sinful, the first Devil. Lilith herself was not a Devil as she was closer to a Demon after being banished by God.
It was so curious that Romonus could not help but watch the ritual. From Lilith's body, her vitality continued to drain. It was quite painful because she had not stopped screaming.
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Her beautiful body began to look withered, her flowing silver hair began to look elderly white rather than silver. Her flesh seemed to be sucked out of her until she looked like an old woman falling slack on the wall.
Romonus gazed at her for a second seeing that she was regenerating everything. It was slow, but she should be able to fully recover as long as she was given time.
'So that is why the Lilith in my reality could not regenerate. Creating the Legions of the 72 Pillars took everything out of her. The source of her soul and life were so drained that no amount of healing would fix her.'
Rather than that, Romonus focused on the large ritual circle in front of Lucifer. The mad Devil still holding his tome began to cackle at the realization of his ambition. Swirling in the circle were 72 separate streams of energy that would become the Ancestors of the Devil Clans.
Demonic Energy, Soul Energy, and Life Force, all flying together giving birth to the first 72 Devils. Unfortunately for Lucifer, his ambition would end here today in this reality. Romonus reached behind him and grabbed Malacoda the Malebranche Devil Arm.
'I think it poetic to kill your creator yourself don't you think so?'
Malacoda began to cackle into his mind.
'Yes, I think that sounds poetic in a way. The coward was so terrified of his creations that he sealed us away. I will take joy in snuffing his life.'
Romonus raised the spear above Lucifer who was still none the wiser of his presence. Rather, Romonus focused on the 72 swirling energies that began to take humanoid form. Lucifer kneeled and placed his hand on the ritual circle carved into the ground infusing it with his energy.
This was added to the mix of the forming Devils as using his and Lilith's power he granted them their Clan abilities. To win this war, he had to go all in to show his Father, God that while he was beaten, he was not done.
Not even close to finished, pure Pride and ambition glowed in his eyes. In front of him, one by one began to form the First Generation Devils. Romonus knew who they were by memory, but not what their bloodline abilities were other than a few.
He looked across the naked Devils, men, women, and even devils who looked more like beasts. All of them formed as he listed them off as they formed.
'Bael, Agares, Vassago, Gamigin, Marbas Valefor Amon, Barbatos, Paimon, Buer, Gusion, Sitri, Beleth, Leraje, Eligos, Zepar, Botis, Bathin, Sallos, Purson, Marax, Ipos, Aim, Naberius, Glasya Labolas, Bune, Ronové, Berith, Astaroth, Forneus, Foras, Asmoday, Gäap, Furfur, Marchosias
Stolas, Phenex, Halphas, Malphas, Raim Focalor, Vepar, Sabnock, Shax, Viné, Bifrons, Uvall, Häagenti, Crocell, Furcas, Balam, Alocer, Caim, Murmur, Orobas, Gremory, Ose, Amy, Oriax, Vapula, Zagan, Valac, Andras, Flauros, Andrealphus, Cimerius, Amduscias, Belial,Decarabia, Seere, Dantalion, Andromalius'
When each one finished forming they began to look around their surroundings as they had just been created. They turned to Lucifer who they instinctively felt was important to them. However, before Lucifer could utter a word, Romonus materialized behind him and stabbed Malacoda's spear through his heart.
"GAAAH!"
Romonus raised him off the ground causing the Devils in front of him to panic. They had just been created and would need time to acclimate to life, but he didn't give it to them. He raised a hand to them and with a flex of his will all 72 Devils exploded into a bloody mist.
Their newborn souls, Demonic Power, and blood all surged toward Romonus' open hand. Lilith who watched all this happen froze in terror as in Romonus' palm a swirling orb of bloody mist spun. Romonus flexed his Divine Energy as he purified the mixture in his hands as he would receive new Bloodline abilities.
Of course, most of these were just elemental affinities and would be added to his Domains. Some, he would lose because they were just incompatible with him so rather than gaining 72, he would mostly gain new useful ones.
In a few seconds, in his hand was a large red orb created much like a Cultivator Pill. Though, it looked closer to something Suguru Geto would eat which Romonus sighed about. He brought it up to his mouth and with some mental fortitude he swallowed the orb.
He closed his eyes as he could feel his Divine Energy instantly assault the orb of Clan's abilities. He ignored the dead Lucifer still on his spear and focused internally. He focused on the many bloodline abilities being processed by his body.
Several were taken into his Domains, but others were straight out rejected and purged from his body. A vast majority of these abilities were elemental which he already had, some were more esoteric, and others were about knowledge.
He did not buckle or struggle, but his Domain of Omnipotence came in and allowed him to process through all of the clan's abilities. Over half of them were useless in fighting or they were rejected from his body.
When he finished reviewing them, he knew that he would need to take time to learn about them all individually of the ones that remained in his body. However, this was not the time to do that so he pulled his thoughts back.
He focused on the dead Lucifer at the end of his spear and he decided to save him for later. He wanted to take time to make sure he did not introduce some instability to himself. He had just become a God and he was already taking big risks in an alternative reality.
He pulled the corpse off his spear before spending it to his spatial ring. He rested Malacoda on his shoulder before glancing at Lilith who was healing at a visible rate.
"Lilith."
With squinted eyes, the aged and weakened woman coughed painfully.
"Who are you?"
Romonus walked toward her as he gazed down at her. It was shocking how despite what she just underwent she was already looking closer to 50 than the withered crone she had become. Visibly she began to look better by the second.
"The Demon God. I decided to take the bloodline abilities of the original Devils and indirectly, I did save you. You're welcome by the way."
With a mocking laugh, Lilith fell slack in her chains.
"Are you going to cut me down?"
Romonus thought about it before swinging out with Malacoda cutting her free. She fell onto the floor severely weakened and drained after the ritual she had just undergone. However, she grit her teeth as she forced herself off the ground.
When she got to her feet she glanced up at Romonus.
"What are you going to do to me?"
Romonus thought about it as Lucifer's rebellion had been ended. While Lucifer had lost his rebellion, he, his fellow Satans, and their servents had become the first Devils. Not enough to fight a war which was why Lucifer was creating the Devil Clans.
He focused back on Lilith as he could consume her. However, he did not do that because he didn't see the point. He already used one Lilith to ascend, he didn't need another.
"Nothing, do whatever you want. Leave for all I care, go to the human world, and settle down. Get as far as you can from me, because everywhere I go, only carnage will be left in my wake. This world is going to tremble at the mere mention of my name."
Nisselred began to clap with a happy smile on her face that almost made him embarrassed. Here he was, looking like a proper Demon God, when his maid began to clap at his intimidating speech.
It ruined the atmosphere, but from the look of things Lilith ignored Nisselred. Once she was healed she balled her fists as she looked up at him.
"Please tell me, who are you? The Demon God, but what is your name?"
"I am Romonus Bael. I come from another reality to plunder this reality to make me and my family stronger. I will be staying in this world for a few days before returning to my own to stabilize my condition to prepare for my plans."
Lilith heard him carefully and ignored the fact that he was here only to plunder, not conquer. She long since hated this world after being banished from the garden and taken as a Slave Wife by Lucifer.
What just happened now, being forced to produce Devils from her essence was the last straw. Her hate for this world now could not be satiated.
"If I pledge my loyalty to you, will you end this world?"
When she looked up at him, he could see pure hatred in her eyes. In Romonus' mind, it was a good look.
"Nisselred, what do you think?"
Both women had silver hair, but while Nisselred's looked more like icy silver, Lilith's looked more like platinum. She looked at Lilith who she had seen before. Both looked almost the same.
"She is different from the Lilith I knew. The one I met was so scared of Lucifer that she would never speak up against him. This one seems to still have a fighting spirit, a worthy ally in this world."
Romonus hummed.
"It appears you pass the criteria, that is fine by me."
Romonus turned around and he tore a portal in front of him with a flex of his will. This portal led directly to the tallest pillar of Lucifer's castle. He stepped through the portal and he appeared high in the sky on top of the silver castle.
The castle was supposed to be a mockery of God, showing that despite being banished, Lucifer still lived in luxury and wealth.
As he had claimed "It is better to Rule in Hell than to kneel in Heaven."
He no longer lived because he was dead. Romonus crossed his arms as he looked out into the vast nearly infinite Underworld.
There were many Death Gods who made their 'Underworlds' in the greater Underworld dimension. He was very curious about who had made the Underworld, but those questions could wait for later.
Rather, Romonus raised his arms to the sky as he drew on his Domains. All of them at the same time. After watching Lucifer's ritual, Romonus learned the secret behind it and this was very similar to what the Four Chaos Gods did to create their Daemons.
They would take shards of themselves which they would turn into their Daemons. Romonus was going to do something similar and thanks to all of his advantages, he would recover quickly enough.
He drew on his Infernal Divinity, his Domains of Battle, Destruction, Void, Magic, Omnipotence, and Death all at the same time while infusing it with his Life Force and the energy of his soul. It was a huge drain, but he was creating his own Demonic Legion.
He did not need large numbers, just enough to create a proper legion.
'Ten Greater Demons, each with ten Demon Princes with 1,000 Lesser Demons. That seems that it will be enough.'
When he had his idea, Romonus flexed his will as his essence drained from him, but rather than weaken, he could feel himself healing instantly. As he lost Life Force, it returned even before it was fully drained from him.
'Valerie, even now you are single-handedly going to be the most hated being in existence for making me immortal.'
He clenched his fists as he completed his creations, his Demon Legion.
In front of him, the swirling seas of energy took shape into his Legion. Each of his Greater Daemons took the shape of towering armored figures each being over 50 meters in height. Behind their backs sets of massive Demonic wings flexed as armor-covered bodies flexed with power.
Behind them, their ten Demon Princes looked closer to mixes of Bestial Creatures who radiated a necrotic aura around their masters. Their heights were closer to 20 meters while behind them, 10,000 lesser Demons who appeared to be Knights in Black Enchanted Armor.
Each of these Knights was closer to 5 meters in height meaning Romonus had effectively created ten different attack groups led by a Greater Demon. He could make more, but he did not need to make more.
Each of his Greater Demons was stronger than a Super Devil, while the Demon Princes could fight Super Devils. As for the Lesser Demons, individually they were all Satan Class Level.
This was the level of power he had because of his ascension. Each of his Demons kneeled throughout the capital of Lucifad. They did not speak as they waited for their Demon God to lead them.
Romonus did not plan to stay long, and he would make this a brutal and fast campaign.
"Prepare to fight the world, my Demons."
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