Chapter 170 - Heavenly Conquest – 1 (1/2)

Heavenly Conquest – 1

[Baal (Fate)]

[Satan]

[Magic – 48,019]

[Wrath, Predation, Greed, Jealousy]

I let out a sigh while looking at the unassuming status window. The name Satan had taken the spot where my race and level should be, and my skills such as Domination, Reaper, and Magic had disappeared. Of course, the levels vanished at well. My magic also grew seven times over, which was a staggering amount. It made sense, of course. All of it. For someone who only grew stronger by killing creatures that were more powerful than me, I needed none of that. All I needed was to continue to evolve as I devoured the strong, and I had no intention of stopping with the moon.

“Wow, it looks like it worked.” The sky underground was already changing, perhaps because I had reclaimed the title of the demon king. The remnant of Heaven that gathered to become that black moon was now gone.

‘With this, that will be swept away by the Great Fusion and disappear in vain.’ What I had done was something similar to what Lucifer aimed for, although the comparison annoyed me. It was just a natural outcome of reaching the level of a king and taking control of the world. It was possible because the title the demons bestowed wasn’t a light one, but rather it was one that the world itself recognized. It was an odd, mystical feeling as the tower and the entire world of the underground resonated with me. I could feel all areas that resided down here, now bowing to my control. I could feel the places that were still hiding from me, evening finding the villages of the dwarves that were still underground.

The uncontrolled flow of mana filling the underground cleared up, and all areas that were sealed off until now were incorporated into my realm. I glanced down over my realm, even more, complete than it had been before the Great Fusion.

[You will regret it.]

I heard a faint voice, that of a young woman’s. It was much different than the man’s voice that the black moon spoke in, but I knew instinctively it was connected to Heaven.

“You guys will be the one to regret it.” I replied sarcastically. The underground’s connection to Heaven was shattering, so I wouldn’t be able to hear them anymore. With no small amount of gratitude for that fact, I slowly descended to the ground. The Tower of Destiny stood dignified above all else as I descended. For the first time, I grasped how far up I had truly gone.

“It’s a miracle I was on time.” With a bitter smile, I reached the castle’s spire roughly around the second floor of the tower where all the demons were gathered, including Lilith and the exhausted figure of Mireina.

“Wow…” Gazing up at me, Mireina let out a small gasp. I was openly in the form of a devil, and I reached up to touch the horns on my forehead. All gathered around me were filled with tension and excitement as they waited for me to speak.

“Although everyone already knows…” Mireina’s shield was no longer being maintained. I wasn’t sure if it was because the magic was released naturally after they reached their limits, or if it was canceled because they could sense it was no longer needed, but I supposed that didn’t matter. What did it prove that it wasn’t being maintained anymore?

“Rejoice. The underground is now completely free from the effects of the Great Fusion.” There was silence for a truly short moment before the demons cheered loudly. I raised my hands awkwardly above my head in front of them all.

“…We did it!”

“We did it!”

“Satan!”

“The underground is returning back to its original shape! It’s all under Fate’s control now!”

“I can’t feel Heaven anymore!”

“The black moon is gone!” The cheers of the demons contained their hopes held over the years, born from their desperate battle against Heaven’s machinations.

“Ooh, Fate did well!”

[…It was so beautiful.]

“Katsuragi, shut up. Captain succeeded in defending the underground. Don’t you understand that much since we were together from the beginning?”

[Lee Chan-yu, you’re quick to understand.”

“From the beginning…have we really been together that long?”

[Not you.]

“No, not that…” My eyes caught my sister as she muttered calmly. The demons were smiling wide enough to split, but in her face, I could feel the years I knew nothing about—the traces of a long time that I couldn’t hide from her. I would have to explain someday, but now wasn’t the time. We still had work to do, and I had no intention of confusing her further. Before I could think about it any longer, a woman I couldn’t ignore grabbed onto me.

“Fate.”

“You can call me Satan now.”

“I hate that name because it has no feeling.” Lilith cut down my proud words as she held onto me. She was covered in a sheen of sweet-smelling sweat, having worked quite hard supporting Mireina’s shield.