"Dammed hell... my head hurts."
I opened my eyes as I cursed everything around as my head hurt more than being kicked by Golden Horden Abyssal King Fiend.
When I looked around, I realized that I wasn't in my room, but in an unfamiliar environment, but I quickly recognized it as Pope's Bedroom... which meant.
"Fuck."
I cursed when I saw naked Bibi Dong sleeping next to me, covered by a blanket.
'Not that my wives would be doing any drama from this, as she is indeed suitable to become my wife, but what happened was due to... either it was an accident or she wanted to seduce me for some other purpose, probably to secure even more support. Though it didn't matter right now... I will deal with it later.'
I thought in my head as I teleported out of the room and appeared far away, near the Universal Gate, where Diablo and Ajuka were already waiting for me.
Right now, I didn't want to deal with this, as I already could predict some embarrassing moments; thus, I have decided to act like a proper coward and just leave. In the end, the situation will resolve itself after the real motive of Bibi Dong's action comes to light.
"Your Imperial Majesty."
Both of them bowed as Custodians present knelt as they greeted me.
"Activate the Universal Gate."
I commanded as several Custodians exceptionally skilled in magic started activating the Universal Gate, as heavy Arcanotech Armored Vehicles lined up here in tens, all loaded full with countless precious resources, be it Astral Stones, precious ores and metals, herbs, and many others that were all collected by my forces and Spirit Hall for me during this period of three years.
Soon enough, the Universal Gate was activated, and I entered, leaving the Shao Universe, though I think that I would return here in the upcoming time soon.
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Astral Boundary, Dimensional Gap, Underworld, Baator
When I entered the Underworld from the Universal Gate, I felt two things that happened. The first was that my Demonic Energy Reserves started expanding madly, as those 300 Years that passed here all returned to me at once.
The second was that my True Name was going to be given to me by the Underworld's World Will.
Soon enough, I felt the Will of the Underworld descend upon me as my entire body froze.
Already a very familiar feeling.
'Sythis'
'Sythis'
'Sythis'
Said now familiar creepy voice in my head belonging to the Will of the Underworld, exactly three times as always.
'Sythis - Mental Protection Passive Ability, that makes the mind shield impenetrable by anyone who isn't at least one realm higher than bearer and skilled in mental magic at Forbidden Level.'
That was my true name for the Legendary-Class and now even stronger power was being released by the Underworld's World Will as it was going to grant me my true name for the Apocalypse-Class.
'Archeron'
'Archeron'
'Archeron'
Said now familiar creepy voice in my head belonging to the Will of the Underworld once again, exactly three times as always.
'Archeron - Full Counter, while in the Underworld bearer of this True Name could reflect all magical attacks back at caster with doubles destructive power.'
Now, this was overpowered. While it once again was usable only in the Underworld, it was still OP ability if I could lure my attackers to the Underworld.
What I have noticed is that the majority of abilities of my True Names were effective only when I was physically present in the Underworld.
My theory was that, as my True Names are personally granted by the World Will of the Underworld, they are very strong compared to the Devils who awaken or obtain their True Names on their own, but their strength is directly connected to the strength of the Underworld as a whole.
Even though the Underworld was currently Grade 3 Plane, and based on my observation, it could be even higher, energy density and conditions are worse than in Grade 5 planes and are comparable to only Grade 6.
Reason for that?
Connection with Earth and subsequently with countless Dimensional Pantheon Worlds that are siphoning energy from the Underworld for their own Dimensions.
My solution?
Severe that connection and make Underworld its own Plane without connection to others. That would cause recovery of the Plane to the Grade 3 within a few decades, but also cause that traveling between Underworld and Earth would become extremely hard, and the entire Underworld will change to a proper Grade 3 Plane, including the suppression.
In Douluo Mortal Realm or even in the Astral Boundary, destructive power, for example of Super Devil which was in the Dimensional Gap around Large Continental to Asteroid Level would be lessened greatly. And only High-Class and above would be able to teleport in such Plane and many others.
[Demonic Energy Reserves increased by 57 Units.]
While the increase of 57 Units for 300 may seem minimal, in truth, it was an astronomical increase, really benefitting my superior Level 9 Soul Aptitude.
'Analysis.'
[Name: Zeoticus Gremory-Lucifer
True Name: Dizmason (Devil Talent), Sythis (Mental Protection), Savant (Prideguard), Isaiah (Nirvana), Archeron (Full Counter)
Race: Trans-Devil-Fiend (Pure-Blood)
Bloodline: Gremory, Lucifer, Golden-Horned Fiend
Age: 341
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Class: Apocalypse-Class
Lifeform Level: 2 - Tier 1
Soul Aptitude: Level 9 - Superior
Laws: Devour (100%), Darklight (38%), Slaughter (14%), Lightning (8%)
Demonic Energy: 302
Strength: 145
Agility: 131
Vitality: 120]
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Underworld, Baator, Anor Londo Capital, Imperial Palace - Sanctus Imperialis
"It is good to be home."
I said as I entered the Sancus Imperialis, where Custodians already welcomed me under the leadership of Tribunes Belial and Phenex.
"Father, welcome home."
Greeted me Sirzechs, whom I have noticed has got a lot stronger during past centuries, already reaching late stages of the Super Devil, really talented even if he didn't train a lot as he was basically managing my little Empire.
"You have gotten stronger... good."
I said as I nodded my head, and we entered the Sanctus Imperialis.
"Where is everyone?"
I asked my eldest son.
"Mother is in the garden, while Aunt Hela has reached Mighty Stage God a not long time ago and is currently training with her Divine Domains. Aunt Grayfia is attending to her duties as always. Hilda is currently stationed in Ishagard, and Sigmar has been given the order to pacify some advanced space-faring civilization in nearby Galaxy in Earth Plane as they have developed some interesting gene adjusting technology to produce a lot; of Mid-Class Genetic Warriors."
Summarized Sirzechs as I was surprised that Earth Plane had some civilization that was this powerful that it required the attention of Legion.
"We have started looking for resources in other galaxies in the Earth Plane?"
I asked.
Last time it was decided that Baator would stop space exploration, as we have plundered all Milky Way Galaxy and our gains weren't that good, as a proportion of precious ores was small from it.
"Yeh... Earth Plane has only several Galaxies, so Lord Admiral Orlock proposed it would be a waste to not at least explore them, and thus we started exploring them around a century ago. During that time, in some galaxy that was a bit far from the Milky Way, we found many precious resources, especially planets abundant with magical ores that would allow us exponentially increase our Fleets. Unfortunately, we have clashed with another powerful civilization that was exploring and is currently competing with us, called Evies, some mechanical life forms that have plenty of Mighty Stage Gods. If not for Aunt Hela, we would lose a lot, but she killed several of their high-ranking Mighty Stage Gods and even robbed their Divinities, so they are now more careful. Their technology is not as advanced as ours, so we have long reverse-engineered it and added it to our arsenal."
At the same time, I was surprised and not still within my expectations.
"Have you met their leader? Melvazoa? Or leader of their enemies Spirit Gods Resetoras?"
I asked as Sirzechs wasn't a bit surprised that I was already aware of them.
"We have not met them. Only some of their servants. Aunt Hela killed three Mighty Stage God Evies, namely Bebev Su, Gvardora, and Durmado, and their bodies are currently being researched by Architect so he could build himself a perfect Living Mechanical Body. Elder Azrael has successfully converted his path and reached Apocalypse-Class and slain some goddess called Chimune Chipaoti that serves Resetoras. They attempted to contact us and trick us into fighting Evies with them, but they just wanted to use Baator and our Empire for their squabble."
So Azrael finally broke through and even escaped his fate. This would significantly enhance the power of the Baator in the future.
To Architect, I didn't have a main consciousness with me, when I went to the Shao Universe, but rather a copy of it.
Fortunately, neither Spirit Gods nor Evies could move their full power, as it would then leave them vulnerable against each other, so that was exposed by our powerhouses and dealt them severe damages.
When Spirit Gods noticed that Hela had the power to kill three of Evie's Mighty Stage Gods, it meant that they deemed her a threat and, together with her entire Baator. But they wanted to use my wife to fight Evies so she could kill as many of them possible and be killed by Evies then, or Spirit Gods would kill them. Fortunately, Azrael broke through and killed those bastards from Spirit Gods.
In terms of combat prowess, Hela was far superior to Great Red and many average beings on the same level, as she was Innate God and had Innate Divinity over Death, War, and Slaughter.
"Good, very good. Now your time as Acting Emperor has ended, and you can return to your duty as Tribune of the Adeptus Custodes."
Sirzechs bowed with a gleam as he was happy that he could spend his days leisurely without a deal with administrative duties and doing paperwork. It was like a heavenly sound to hear this from me.
"Also, call a meeting with all Lord Generals and Hela after she returns; we need to reform the military."
As he departed, I went to find Venelana as Hela was training and Grayfia was working.
I planned to implement major military changes, mainly cutting down the size of the army. Current Imperialis Militarum had 1 billion soldiers; I planned to cut it down to 100 million and in the next thousand years to 10 million.
The reason was simple.
It was better to focus on quality than quantity.
Unfortunately, till now, the state of Baator didn't really allow something like this.
When I ascended to the throne, the majority of Devils were either soldiers or in military-related occupations. Counted in, that all Nobles had private armies, numbering several million smallest, and when it all got together, overall, there were around 1 billion active soldiers in the Baator.
This was also a problem, as something like demilitarization of soldiers cannot be done in bulk, as it would create a great internal instability.
Thus, while Imperialis Militarum functioned in the form of Ten Armies, each numbering 100 million soldiers, only 10% of them were really cultivated to achieve High-Class. After the first demilitarization that would be carried out this year, I planned to carry out next after the next two hundred years and stabilize Imperialis Militarum at 10 Million, with each soldier being at least Grand-Class, which would be up to elite standards of the Astral Boundary mightiest factions.
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