Now in Lala's laboratory, only Kaito, Lala, Mashiro and Ysh were present.
"Here it is" said Lala, placing her hands on her hips and puffing out her chest proudly.
"This?" Kaito asked, the only thing he saw in front of him was a rather large stone.
"That's right, all the components are inside, I made it based on a story from Earth so it matches the last element we need"
"You don't mean the sword in the stone, right? The last element is a sword?"
"Don't worry about not understanding it, I'm here to explain it.
As you know, the original device was a console, and it had a charge percentage that was consumed and impossible to recharge, making its use quite limited.
That means it requires a certain amount of energy. Now, if it needed energy for a small area around me, imagine how much it needs for the entire territory.
Don't even bother imagining it, a lot, the answer is a lot, a whole lot.
That's why the last element I need is some kind of object capable of gathering large amounts of energy at an astonishing regeneration speed, without ever running out, breaking, or overloading"
"I understand up to that point" said Kaito. "But why a... wait, you don't mean that sword, right?"
"That's right!" Lala nodded.
"No, Ascalon is a weapon capable of gathering the energy of the entire universe to attack, a tool of mass destruction, not a simple engine"
"But you never use it" Lala protested with a pout "And anyway, the amount of time it would take to gather enough energy to make an attack stronger than what you can do with your own hands isn't worth it"
"Yeah, but..." Kaito thought for a moment before letting out a helpless sigh. "Fine"
He approached the artifact, which had a rectangular slot in the center.
He took out Ascalon from his inventory and embedded it into it, now resembling the mythical sword in the stone.
"Good, it looks great, we should place it in the center of the territory so everyone can admire it" Lala smiled satisfied. "Perfect, it's already absorbing energy naturally, little Ysh, can you transform it?"
"I-I can" said Ysh coming out of her hiding place. "This... the closer I am to the energy the faster it will be, so I'll go inside the sword, this is not because I don't like socializing or I'm scared"
With that, Ysh quickly flew and entered the blade of the sword, which glowed silver for a second before returning to its normal state.
At least to the naked eye, anyone with mana detection could see how the sword absorbed energy from the surroundings in massive amounts continuously.
"Good, then I'll leave" said Kaito.
"Mashiro, protect the territory with the others, but don't push yourself, remember you used all your mana yesterday and haven't recovered much.
Lala, stay behind, you're not strong and you don't have any lives left after this one. Make sure to tell the others that I've already left and that they should follow the orders I gave before, defend yourselves as much as you can, but above all, make sure to kill as many as you can" said Kaito before disconnecting immediately.
In an instant he appeared in the middle of the living room of his house, in front of two girls.
"Brother, you're back, I heard most Lords spent more than a year this time, how did it go?"
"Sora, long time no see, I spent eight years" said Kaito greeting his sister warmly, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, but at the same time answering superficially and quickly, clearly in a hurry.
"E-eight years, what happened?"
"Sorry, but I don't have time to talk right now, see you later, it was a pleasure seeing you too, Mikan" said Kaito before leaving without saying anything else.
Sora stared at the place where he had disappeared.
"Looks like your brother is in a hurry" said Mikan beside her.
"Yeah, my brother wasn't just in a hurry, he was angry, very angry" said Sora.
"Angry? But he didn't seem like it"
"Who do you think I am? I've known my brother since he was born and I know how he acts when he's angry, it's like he acts normally, but everything feels fake, as if he's imitating the usual Kaito so he doesn't worry others" said Sora.
"Then, should we do something?" Mikan asked hesitantly.
'Do something... is Lucifer angry? And with something in the real world?' Sora thought helplessly.
"For now, let's turn on the news"
"The news? I've been your friend for ten years and I've never seen you interested in the news" Mikan joked.
"Well, I have a feeling something interesting will happen today"
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At the same time, in the center of the city, in the guild building.
Inside Viktor Asano's office, the guild director sent directly by the government, besides him, there were two other people standing in front of the desk.
A woman with a cold and dominant face, red hair and a gaze that, along with her slight smile, showed she was enjoying the situation.
Beside her, a burly man, the kind that looks fat at first glance but is actually muscle, similar to a security guard, with brown eyes and short hair. His entire appearance screamed normality, however, anyone who knew him would know he is not someone to mess with, his physical strength may be low, but he is capable of creating curses that can kill you even after he himself has died.
Viktor, in front of both, received a communication in his earpiece and spoke in a deep voice.
"An unidentified flying object has been detected heading toward the Shinomiya residence, it seems our target took the bait"
"At what speed is it moving?" asked Mark, the curse expert.
"Around two thousand kilometers per hour" Viktor replied.
"That's insane, if that's his speed here, in Gaia it must be between twenty and thirty thousand kilometers per hour, luckily we managed to lure him to Earth where he is weaker"
"I thought you liked excitement, weren't you going to hunt him?" Makima asked with a mocking smile.
"I've never let prey escape. From the moment he enters my line of sight, he's dead" said Mark as he stood up. "Let's go, it's time to end this so-called King of Hell"
Makima raised an eyebrow, thinking internally that he was too confident, but Mark didn't matter enough for her to warn him so she simply followed him in silence.
Viktor watched them leave and sighed.
"Those two, I hope they can set aside their differences and cooperate properly. Alright, let's move on our side as well"
As soon as he finished speaking, the office was empty, Makima and Mark had left, and Viktor had already entered Gaia.
There he appeared in front of an army of more than twenty thousand people, organized into multiple squads.
As soon as he appeared, some of his most trusted subordinates greeted him.
"Viktor, you're late, I almost thought you were going to miss all the fun"
Viktor ignored him while lighting a cigarette and starting to smoke, after a few drags he looked at the group and replied.
"Isn't this an exaggeration against a kid who has barely had powers for a month?"
"That's exactly why he's so dangerous" said his companion appearing beside him, a thin man with glasses. "He's only had them for a month and he's already at this level, and after each world his growth is exponential, not proportional"
"There is always a first place in everything" said Viktor unimpressed, he himself had been a genius who at fifteen came into contact with the supernatural world on his own and reached his current position without help.
After that, Viktor despised the Lords who advanced guided by the Gaia system.
But above all, he despised the Lords who rely on obtained abilities, not considering them real strength.
"There is always a first place, but the first place shouldn't be able to crush the rest of the ranking by itself" said his companion before laughing and patting him on the shoulder. "Alright, stop your old man complaints, after today there won't be a Lucifer in this world anymore"
"Is everything ready?"
"Everything is ready, even if Lucifer could return in time, his territory would still be destroyed"
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Meanwhile, in the real world, Kaito had swapped the Speedforce ability for the Demon King's body.
In the real world, at this moment, he could only use one ability along with ten percent of his stats, or two abilities with five percent.
Kaito had chosen the second option, valuing his abilities more than his normal stats.
One of his abilities was Original Demon of Speed, but as for the other.
Normally, he would use Speedforce to avoid the side effects of his speed, however, at this moment, that didn't matter, with the Demon King's body most of those effects didn't affect him, only the surroundings.
Choosing to swap them not only for his defenses but for all the benefits it brings.
He had considered using Reflection to split himself, leaving one copy in Gaia and another in the real world, but knowing they had plans against him, coming limited to a single type of attack was asking them to exploit his weakness.
Finally, Kaito arrived at the Shinomiya territory, a huge mansion surrounded by guards, too many to be normal, they were clearly waiting for someone.
Seeing this, Kaito could have entered directly using his speed, avoiding everyone, but he chose not to.
He landed in front of the mansion with force, forming a crater in the ground.
Then, without saying a word, he struck the door that separated him from the interior, shattering it into several pieces and revealing a huge courtyard full of armed people.
The sudden noise caught the attention of all the guards, who saw him and began to act without hesitation.
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