"Awaken, awaken! The nine pillars of the Observatory—Glasya-Labolas, Buné, Ronové, Berith, Astaroth, Foras, Asmodeus, Gaap!"
"We nine pillars lament time! We nine pillars pursue events!"
"..."
"Awaken, awaken! The nine pillars of the Control Tower—Paimon, Buer, Gusion, Sytry, Beleth, Leraje, Eligor, Caym!"
"We nine pillars assist the overseer! We nine pillars maintain the terminus!"
"We nine pillars mourn war! We nine pillars revere destruction!"
"We nine pillars construct ethics! We nine pillars devour human order!"
"We nine pillars bless birth! We nine pillars praise union!"
"We nine pillars fill the void! We nine pillars sow discord!"
"..."
"..."
The Seventy-Two Demon Gods of Solomon had fully descended!
The resounding voice echoed throughout the ancient Maurya Empire of India. In this era before the Common Era, even a city of tens of thousands was considered a grand metropolis. Yet the seventy-two Demon God Pillars had descended upon the very heart of ancient Indian cultural heritage, determined to incinerate the entire civilization of ancient India with the flames of human order's destruction!
In the capital of the Maurya Empire, nine Demon God Pillars stood towering between heaven and earth. Countless sacred yet sinister eyes covering their surfaces cast their gaze in all directions, unleashing endless rays of light and flames capable of burning human order to ashes from those horrifying orbs.
"Perish, perish! This is the end of human order!"
"Be born, be born! This is the rebirth of human order!"
"All things must meet their end, and the termination of human order is now!"
"..."
The city walls burned, humanity burned, civilization burned. This was the sorrow of human order, the lament of civilization, the wailing of all human history.
The seventy-two Demon God Pillars of Solomon each had their own roles. Originally born to protect human order, after Roy reversed the "Human Order Correction Formula" into the "Human Order Incineration Protocol," their powers transformed from the "Tree of Life" of Kabbalah into the "Tree of Evil."
Each Demon God Pillar had its own duty, operating independently yet collectively. When the functions of all seventy-two pillars were unified, it would mark the day of human order's extinction—the birth of 'Goetia'!
"Aaaaaahhh...!"
"Help!!! Help!!!"
"What kind of monsters are those?"
"They are heavenly demons, the great enemies of Buddha! They are the devils who bring the world's end!"
"Run away!"
"Flee the city now!!"
"..."
Across every city of the Maurya Empire, people fled in desperate panic, trying to escape the gaze of the Demon God Pillars. Yet under these flames capable of erasing human history, all attempts at escape were futile.
Some virtuous individuals from Brahmanism and Buddhism sat in silent prayer. Others knelt begging for mercy, some screamed in madness, some shouted in condemnation, some took advantage of the chaos to loot, some pushed aside women and children, and some even killed to clear their path of escape. In this apocalyptic moment, all the ugliness of humanity was laid bare.
The emotionless Demon God Pillars now seemed to mock with their countless twisted eyes as the endless flames continued to spread. These were no ordinary fires—they bore no heat. When they engulfed humans, they did not reduce them to ashes but instead made them vanish instantly, transformed into mere thermal energy.
Any structure, artifact, relic, book, or everyday object connected to ancient Indian civilization—anything touched by these flames—would disappear completely, dissipating into ethereal mist that rose skyward to merge with the cosmic light bands.
These flames consumed not physical matter but the entire history of ancient Indian civilization—the very annals of human history itself!
The vast magical energy of the Holy Grail was completely unleashed, evenly distributed among the seventy-two Demon God Pillars. If one were to observe from space at this moment, they would witness eight towering infernos erupting across the ancient Indian civilization of South Asia. These eight flames rapidly expanded, merging together to transform the entire Maurya Empire into a land where human history was being incinerated.
"King Ashoka! As long as you live, the Maurya Empire shall not perish! Please flee with me! Once we escape this land, we will be safe. These terrible flames only seek to consume the Mauryan Dynasty!"
A monk grasped the disoriented Ashoka within the palace. As the most renowned ruler of Indian civilization, Ashoka was pivotal to its survival. So long as he lived, ancient Indian civilization would not truly meet its end.
This monk of great power seemed to have received divine revelation. Recognizing the crux of the matter, he sought to rescue Ashoka from this calamity.
Yet before the monk could employ his arts to escape with Ashoka, a Demon God Pillar suddenly erupted from the palace grounds. As the terrified monk prepared to strike at the pillar, its countless eyes had already fixed their gaze upon the entire palace.
In moments, the magnificent palace was engulfed in flames, becoming mere fuel for the incineration of human history.
With the destruction of this final keystone, India of this era faced annihilation. Yet the incineration of human history was no simple matter. The flames enveloping the Indian kingdom, having consumed the spatial boundaries, now began burning through time itself—scorching backward and forward through every second of Indian history, using the entire timeline as kindling for their merciless destruction.
Each second of incinerated history generated tremendous heat—pure energy that converged into the luminous band in the sky, intensifying its hues into ever more dazzling splendor, like a graceful and alluring beauty.
Had anyone known this radiant band was actually composed of the remnants of burned civilizations and humanity, they would have been horrified. This luminous band served as the cenotaph of all Indian history—the final testament of its existence in this world.
Every second of Indian history was being consumed. The "Human Order Incineration" burned every human who had ever existed in each moment of Indian history. The death toll far exceeded the "countless millions" mentioned by the last king—it was an uncountable number, like the sands of the Ganges!
The heat generated from this destruction was harnessed by the Demon God Pillars, creating new ignition points in an endless cycle.
When the flames reached 2400 BCE, consuming even the dawn of Indian civilization, the seventy-two Demon God Pillars in the Maurya Empire once again raised their voices in unison:
"Smelting Furnace confirms human order incineration complete!"
"Intelligence Room confirms intelligence construction finished!"
"Observatory confirms no traces of Indian historical humans remain!"
"Control Tower confirms successful coordination!"
"Armory confirms no resistance encountered!"
"Life Institute confirms all life signatures extinguished!"
"Exhaust Vent confirms waste materials recycled!"
"Star Gazer confirms human order fully consumed!!"
"..."
"We, the Seventy-Two Pillars, hereby confirm—Human Order Incineration accomplished!"
When the seventy-two Demon God Pillars issued their final declaration, the Demon God Pillars themselves dissipated into starlight, and the endless flames were absorbed by the celestial band of light. This luminous band was connected to the entirety of Indian history, beginning its convergence from 2400 BCE. Carrying the heat of human order from every moment along the river of time, it consumed this heat as energy to begin its return to the future.
If time were likened to a river, one would see this band of light floating upon its surface, converging from the upstream past and flowing toward the downstream future. This luminous band would traverse 2,400 years, delivering the energy of the incinerated human order to the master of the ritual!
Even though traversing time to send the power of the past into the future required consuming vast amounts of heat, the residual energy that remained when this heat—generated by burning human order—arrived in the modern era would still be enough for Roy to obliterate the entire planet with a single strike!
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