100 Vile Snake

Near the dream formation, Dante was levitating around him was a massive spell circle. It seemed to be written in blood and had demonic faces floating around. Around him were his disciples and even a few experts!

To his left was Tiberius the grand knight of Kirin, and to his right was Grand mage Remmie of Kirin. Both were utmost experts of Kirin but that wasn't there most important identity. They were also the most important elements in giving birth to the devil!

"Dante, where is this Devilish eye?" Remmie asked as he handled the spell circle's energy in tandem with Dante. They had been working together to help with Asmodeus' descent.

Remmie had heard it earlier from Dante when he visited. There was some dark hand hiding behind the scenes. This evil eye seemed to hold immense power yet never appeared in his true form.

"I am unsure, but the library restrictions are destroyed....." Dante said with desolation, the eye had not only severely injured Dante. It even went as far as destroying that ancient restriction and trapping all the grand knights.

Remmie couldn't help but shiver, he felt for some reason an evil intent on him. He started feeling it years ago, he knew he had made a serious mistake.

Except he could never figure out what it was, he had been living on the edge for quite a while. Recently he felt that it may have to do with that evil eye. So much to his own hesitations, he decided to get involved in these matters.

"Then how will our plan work?" Remmie asked further unsure about his fate.

"As long as we can get Asmodeus to come down, then force all sides to fight to the death. We can come in steal the demonic essence and other energies for ascension." Dante said with a devious smile, he hadn't wanted to do so.

But with his life in the balance, he had to make a risk. Even if that means robbing a divine being's essence and becoming an enemy of the state.

"Don't forget your end of the deal. We've already sacrificed so many lives" Tiberius said as he looked at Dante with a cold look in his eye. He had been forced to help in the gathering of special humans.

People who were especially blessed with Providence, they would harvest that energy and use it for the restriction. But doing so left some residual vengeful intent that would linger on them.

"Don't worry, with Asmodeus' essence, you can remove that vengeful intent." Dante teased as he looked back into Tiberius' eyes without any fear.

Even though Dante's strength fell below the level of a grand mage, he still had the prestige of one. Even a near legendary knight wouldn't necessarily bully a grand mage without provocation.

"You...." Tiberius said as he calmed himself, his ancestors had taken a deal with the demons.

They accepted help when the fought against Rain, his ancestor was responsible for riling up the nobles into attacking Rain. Although they received some benefits, accepting the demon's help wasn't without a price.

"Remmie, where did you get this shadow power?" Dante asked as he focused on some of the lingering energy around the restriction. He felt a unique power signature on some of the energy, but there was no vengeful intent.

"It was an experiment from long ago, just some samples I had left over. I thought it would work out but it ultimately failed. Your angle with your disciple was probably better." Remmie said succinctly, he had long since collaborated with Dante in his experiments.

"That was only an idea that I gained from your insights. It ultimately helped Brian stabilize and rapidly level up. Sadly, such a method was too forceful; I should have built up a clone using the essence. Rather than transplant it in later and hope for the best....." Dante said humbly.

Remmie nodded in response but didn't say any further. Even among close peers, they still had things they didn't reveal. Dante refocused on the restriction, then he remembered something important.

"Shu, Chen, go protect Young Master Shen." Dante said as he looked at the two hiding out a short distance from the dream formation. Although he wasn't a fan of Shen, he had helped him in his plan.

Even if Dante did indeed get the essence of Asmodeus, he wouldn't necessarily be able to beat Shen's father or Aringer. With the value that Shen's father held for his son, Dante would suffer if he were to die.

The two elders walked out from the darkness and quietly nodded. With their strength of mid-stage true knights, they would be kings among the mortal rabble.

"Process it now!" Dante intoned as he looked at the morning star with intense desire.

The sky seemed to distort as if it was a reflection on water, then huge gusts of wind burst out. The world seemed to be shrouded in darkness and winds.

"Lord of Darkness, Vile snake of demonic flames, I call for you: Asmodeus!" Dante yelled out as the winds converged together, and then the wind corroded and became black and dark.

"Tear the void, open the realm of purgatory!" Remmie declared as he forced all his power into the spell circle.

"Hiss!" From the sky seemed to be the hissing of a primordial serpent. The demonic hissing uttered in the hearts of all who heard it. It was a tongue of vile lies, and great evil as the world seemed to cry out in agony.

The sky seemed to shatter as the fluctuations in the sky came to a stop. The sky split open and what was left was a gigantic empty space, a space of infinite void and then two blood red eyes flashed. The tongue of a serpent hissed once again, as a gigantic serpent head flashed from the sky.

"Lord Asmodeus has descended to the mortal realm!" Dante yelled out in salutations as he bowed towards the massive serpent head that was exiting the dimensional gate.

"Hehehehe, I am here now you may now rejoice mortals!" The demonic serpent hissed out in a demonic script and only few could understand it...

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The king was sitting on the edge of his seat, then he saw the gigantic serpent and he burst off flying.

"Byron, I leave matters here to you." The king yelled out as he flew off into the sky, around him appeared a duality of fire and water. The two powers flew apart becoming two enormous dragons, that were filled with earth-shattering power.

The king flew towards the giant serpent with the two dragons following right behind him. When he was in front of the serpent, its head had fully escaped the portal. Soon after the rest of its body was completely free, but the portal was still in the sky.

Along the serpent burned black flames of purgatory and curses. Strangely something else burned on the demon, it was a violent power. It seemed to corrode at the devil snake's features making it even more terrifying.

"Divine Demon, I ask you to be merciful to my kingdom." The king said as the two dragons swirled around him in an intimidating light.

"A blessed child of the gods, they even allow you to speak foreign tongues." Asmodeus intoned with a hiss, his vile blood red eyes piercing into the king.

"But mercy heh, what reason compels me to not destroy your kingdom." Asmodeus snickered as he serpent form coiled around in the sky.

"We are blessed by both mother Juphine, and her holiness Edite." The king said as he released two holy Sigils. One of an immaculate white dove, as it fully spread its wings. The other was a blossoming blue lotus, filled with immense pressure.

"Have you not realized the truth?" The serpent sneered as the Sigils quickly disappeared, they faded away without any influence on the serpent's part.

"What have you done?" The king said in utter horror as the symbols disappeared.

"I have done nothing, your kingdom has sinned." Asmodeus sneered as the king's power quickly destabilized. He dual cultivated in fire and water due to the blessing from the gods. With the powers no longer in equilibrium, it quickly turned bad as his body tore apart from the inside.

"What have we done wrong?" The king said as his eyes turned a manic blood red.

"You have infringed on the domain of the gods, for that crime that is death!" Asmodeus roared as he opened his mouth and launched a gigantic ball of demonic black flames.

The king countered his body bleeding from pain by sending the water dragon at it. The Dragon burst out in a rage as it released a gushing stream of water. The water quickly evaporated as it touched the water, then the fireball hit the water dragon. The dragon was quickly disintegrated by the sheer burning power of the flames.

"I don't care about your insinuations, I will guard my kingdom with my life!" The king screamed out as his body started to crack, he was not only fighting his conflicting powers. He was going as far as overdrawing them destroying his vitality even further.

"Foolish mortal, what can such puny might change?" Asmodeus bellowed as the demonic flames burned hotter on his body.