The Fake Devil
It's been three days since he was found and welcomed by the Mamon heir after believing his unlikely story or at least considering it. It turns out this kind of thing happens every few centuries. Devils trapped in weird places. Some in statis, some in tombs and crypts. I even heard of that one of the devil nobles was slapped decades in time by an angry chinese time god.
That one sent shivers down my spine. Imagine being sent away from your time because of the wrath of a god. Really puts into perspective just how capable these gods can be.
The Chinese pantheon is weird in this universe too from what I can discern. Most of their original gods joined the Hindu pantheon like Sun Wukong but they remain one of the strongest because of their method of gaining power.
Cultivation.
Not much is known about it excepting the novels and mangas made of it but it's an imitation of what it really is. What is known is that the chinese found a way to build up your strength slowly in stages until you become a god or fail trying. There are thousands of mortal gods amongst them. None at the level of Odin but their sheer number will undoubtedly be able to take him down.
Doubt I will be able to get the secret cultivation method as it is guarded jealously amongst the chinese. They do not allow any outsiders and keep all supernaturals out of their country forcefully if need be.
Apparently their gods took possession of a huge dimension and that is where their powerhouses and apprentices stay. Only coming out to get materials and new students.
"Lord Zahad. Satan Leviathan has arrived and is waiting for you alongside my father Lord Mamon in his solar." said the young devil, Alistair Mamon who is well unsurprisingly pleasant towards me. Everyone knows not to fuck with those stronger than you especially in this society that strength matters a lot. Devil soceity is feudal in nature but strength allows you a lot of leeway within its structure. Just becoming high class is a big deal as most devils are low class and because of society's structure can barely rise to mid class. Only the talented non nobles make it to high class and will be integrated into the upper class structure easily.
It didn't take much time before we arrived in Lord Ranziel Mamon's solar where we beheld him and… is that a magical girl???
Is this one of the leaders of the devils?! What the hell she looks so unassuming for someone of her power and station. When I used my magic senses to inspect her and gauge her power all I felt was a cold ocean of power barely being kept under control.
I knew then if she wanted to kill all of us here it wouldn't even take her five minutes. Even with all my power and abilities I am not even strong enough to make her try. Sure I can escape but honestly I will have to lose something to escape to serve as a distraction.
I need to be on my best behaviour.
"I heard I was to meet the Satan Leviathan… so why am I meeting with a fucking Sitri. I know the War on the Heavens is over but there is no reason why a Sitri should be impersonating House Leviathan." I said without an ounce of fear. I needed to really sell this performance and knowledge that Satan Leviathan is a Sitri isn't what I should know especially since in all the time I have been in this manor I never read anything about the new regime or current affair. Sure the knowledge is known to most thanks to human magicians that gave everyone a run down of the supernatural world but "Zahad" had no such thing. All he knows is the war is over and we are in a cease fire.
"Hmmm… you really are Ultimate Class. A new one at that… I know you feel powerful but let me assure you that is not the case now." she said with a very cold and calculating glint in her eyes.
I might be fucked right now. I managed to recompose myself and sit down before bowing my head slightly in apology to her.
"I am sorry for my behaviour. Strength must always be respected even before noble birth. This is a lesson I had forgotten in my anxious wait,Satan Leviathan."
She just stared at him subtly before sighing,
"Okay, so we know you have a clan trait but how did that come about."
(Ps: This upcoming lore drop is canon to this AU. This is my interpretation of mythology and how it would be in this universe. This knowledge he has is from his various offscreen conversations with VOTW which he uses to build up on his origin.)
"As you probably know, Lady Lilith is the one who births us devils en mass. She mixes her essence and Lord Lucifer and randomises the solution to form devils as she does not have the strength to birth devils with clan traits continuously or even often." I started my explanation I noticed Serafall leaned in a bit signifying this was knowledge she was not knowledgeable about but Lord Mamon was not surprised. Interesting older devils know this information but failed to explain it to the younger ones.
"I was a mistake."
She narrowed her eyes abit and waved her hand signifying for me to continue.
"As you know Lady Lilith was the first woman. The first wife of Lord Adam the immortal. The histories mix up who ate the fruit of knowledge first but it was her. According to her it instantly elevated her from Low Class strength to Satan Class. Completely changing her physiology allowing her to adapt many phenomena and traits to herself and have her main trait… Dharma Adaptation. She can adapt to most phenomena taking in better traits to improve herself and gaining resistance to harmful ones."
"After the Lord cast her out of Eden she wandered the earth adapting and understanding the vast amount of knowledge she was granted by the fruit. It allowed her access to any and all forms of magic, it contained a big amount of knowledge on all subjects known by the Lord at the time. With it she became a powerhouse even was worshipped as a god in the lands now known as Colombia."
"So the Morningstar sought her out after his banishment from heaven. They came to an alliance and married on another to solidify it. On the truth is she was the stronger one in the relationship as Lord Lucifer was only Ultimate class at the time. She developed the ritual that transformed them to devils by studying the remains of the primordial demons that were killed by The Lord then used the magic of the underworld to turn both of them into creatures of the night. They were the first devils and I once overheard her say that this world rewards progenitors immensely."
"She was instantly elevated to the level of Heavenly Dragons while Lord Lucifer was only slightly below her in the levels of power but was still an immense force as he was a High Devil."
"High Devil?" she asked with a raised eyebrow while looking at Lord Mamon to explain. He sighed and complied,
"It's what you kids these days call,Super Devils."
She looked in shock of that. Her expression turned from sceptical to hurt as she continued to question Mamon.
"I thought Sirzech was stronger than the original Lucifer. Lord Bael said so himself."
"And you believed him? You really believed that old swindler. Of course he would say so. Zekram has always been a prideful devil so he jumped at the chance to spread the propaganda that someone of the Bael lineage was stronger than Lord Lucifer as it elevates himself and his lineage too. Makes the power of destruction seem omnipotent after all "it's more powerful than the original Satan". You young ones believed but those of us that were there when Lord Lucifer destroyed the eight continent in one blow know Sirzechs Gregory is strong maybe even stronger than the other Satans but he is not powerful or even as charismatic or intelligent as The Morningstar. We let the lie continue as it was useful propaganda but make no mistake… no one outside the devils truly believe it after all they remember him just as well."
Well damn. There was an eight continent in this world and not seven. And Lucifer destroyed it… when I think I understand the levels of power in this verse something like this pops up and humbled me.
Hmmm… wait wasn't Gilgamesh on par or stronger than Lucifer. Lol Gilgamesh upscale.
"Hmmm it seems I have some things to discuss with my friends later. Anyway continue." she said as she focused back upon me.
"Lady Lilith doesn't create clan traits out of nowhere. She has all these abilities by virtue of her knowledge and basically gifts part of her powers to her children and some of them inherit them. These are the origins of clan traits. I was born a mutated devil. I was stronger,smarter than I should be when I was conceived. She took an interest in me for a while before dismissing it. Later in my twentieth year I was meditating when I felt it. My energy converged in itself almost killing me in the process. I still don't know why but after I woke I could feel, control amd interact with the concept of space."
"An ability Lady Lilith surprisingly didn't have. I went to her to report the new development and she was overjoyed as she decided to study me so she could develop this clan trait herself."
"Did she succeed?" Serafall asked shaking abit as she is coming to realise how much the first devils outclass them as even Ajuka can't copy clan traits. Sure he can imitate them but it's not really the same. Clan traits are deeper. Like minor divine domains. Hearing that Lilith could study and copy them would be to unbelievable.
"Yes but it took her until the middle of the Great War to succeed so roughly about a hundred years."
"Because I was always in Lady Lilith's mansion in Lucifaad I never truly interacted with my peers. Just her,some maids and once in a while even the Morningstar."
"Then I was sent to war and got ambushed on the way there. I survived and now I am here. Thousands of years later."
She sunk a bit deeper into her chair as she contemplated everything she just heard while Lord Mamon just looked bored amd wanted to get this over with.
"A lot has changed since the war,Zahad. As you are technically an original devil we would ennoble you and grant you the title of Baron and an Ultimate class devil rank. For now please stay with Lord Mamon. By tomorrow you would be introduced to devil soceity and given your due." she said.
"You will be expected to marry a pure blood devil so your clan trait can be passed. This is non negotiable. We can't lose you."
"And just so you know stay away from Sona-tan. Only I can give her the yuri yuri love she deserves if I hear about you flirting with her. Magical girl Levi-tan will freeze you to death."
The fuck was that. One moment she was behaving unlike a satan and like a happy go lucky magical girl and the next she was threatening my life. These devil bitches be crazy.
"I understand,Satan Leviathan."
"Good. Prepare for tomorrow. I will be a long day for you. Before you go,what do you want to be your clan name. Since you are the first, you decide."
A name… of my own. A name to define my legacy… A devilish name to boot. Yes that one will do.
"Ryomen. Clan Ryomen. From today call me Ryomen Zahad."
"Edgy. I like it." she said while smiling widely at me. Yep I definitely won't want to stick it in her. No matter how sexy she is. Bitches really be crazy.