115 Chapter 9: I'm surprised I finished writing this

AN: I'm a bit tipsy, I've been writing this while we're having fun. I've started writing this chap since earlier this morning and I didn't thought I'd actually finish this, I'm impressed with my self. good job me!

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The next day....no, perhaps it couldn't be called the next day. Since Alex has still so much things to do, he decided to accelerate the time of the demon world through the use of Tree of Nihility.

So even though for the outside world, only a day has passed, it was actually more than 3 months in the Demon World. Of course, Alex doesn't like being spied to, so he also cast a worldwide bounded field that would make it look like everything is normal.

Naraka, the Capital City of Demon World built after the Demon King introduced the 72 Demon Household. Its a city as big as the Greenland island of Earth and surrounded by an "O" shaped wall that would put the walls of a certain anime to shame.

The city was surrounded by mountains and forests, while the wall itself was reinforced by Space Magic that would send back all the attack done to it, and then Regeneration Magic so if the wall was even as much as scratched, it would regenerate back in no time.

The city was also covered by an invisible Forcefield that would just bounce back every attack, physical, magical or spiritual.

The City was also separated in three areas by a titanic wall. The outer area, where those who are a member of the Demon King's Army and their family lived.

The inner area, where rich demons and greater nobles resides. Satan actually already implemented the concept of currency and trading and stuff like that so Alex no longer have to do it.

Greater Nobles are, well they are the half of the 72 Demon Pillars who have the highest battle power, the highest contribution, the greatest wealth, and have at least a General Level Demon.

Of course, they also have their own territory to manage.

The other half are called Lesser Nobles.

Then next is the Core area, where the the members of the Trinity Seven and members of the Royal Council and their family lives. Others who have connections to the Royal Family can also live here.

Of course, since Alex have yet to find some capable people for the Trinity Seven, only a few of them were living here.

They are, the Fallen Angels, a group of Angels who fell after following Lucifer, they are now called Sitri.

The Iron Scorpion, the tribe of Ashiya which was now called Bael. The Hellhounds, the tribe of Cerberus which is now called Agares.

Pahalo Denino, the tribe of Camio which is now called Vassago. Ashen Horns, the tribe of demon general Adremelech and the first member of 7 Longinus, Seilah, which is now called Valefor.

Yes, Alex already begun recruiting people for the Trinity Seven. The first is the 7 Longinus, people who wielded "Cursed Gears" capable of killing even Ascendeds and even Sephira if they fully mastered it!

Each of those seven gears are made from the souls of the fallen Ascended Youkais. Alex even slowed down the time inside his workshop in his castle just to make those.

One of them is a Golden Axe he gave to Seilah, also known as the Battle Axe of the Golden Bull or Bolla D'oro. Its an axe capable of producing and generating "quakes" that if mastered is even enough to shatter space!

Of course! It isn't even its final form! Don't forget that like its counterpart from a certain anime, the "Cursed Gears" also has Balance Breaker! Juggernaut Drive and Breakdown the Beast!

Actually no, the "quakes" produced is just super strong vibration produced through gravity magic, as for the "shattering space" and whatnot, that was just visual effects added to make it look cool.

Though if really mastered then it might be possible. As for the soul inside the gear, its just something like a "battery" to allow the user of the gear to use the ability of the gear.

As for the 7 Demon Guardians, there are Ophis, Camio, and Cerberus. They have already "ascended" as well, causing Lucifer and Ashiya to despair, since just like before, Cerberus is stronger than them.

The shocking thing is that, after Cerberus ascended, the other Hellhounds gained a power ups too. They are now more than a match for First Generation Angels.

So yeah, Alex has more than 300 loyal guards stationed in his castle, all of whom have the strength that would make even the Heavens tremble in fear.

Even they don't have that much force.

Aside from those. The Nihility Coliseum where Demons just fight out their conflicts, disagreements, grudges and the like is also located in the inner area.

Not only that, Alex also built 6 dungeons in the city. Three in the outer area, two in the inner area, and one in the core area.

Of course, there are monsters and treasures in those dungeons. The dungeon monsters in the outer area are a little weaker, with the boss being only as strong as a first generation angel.

The dungeons in the inner area are stronger. With the dungeon boss being as strong as an Ascended being.

As for the dungeon in the core area, even Ascended beings like his generals need to be careful. And the boss being Ophis herself.

She prefers silence so she stayed there. Though she also send an Avatar to play with Alice from time to time.

And for some reason, the difficulty of the dungeon suddenly rose as several large reptilian monster started appearing.

As for the dungeon monsters, they are just normal animals that was mutated by Alex through Metamorphosis Magic. The Dungeons also has its own Hogyoku that gives it endless magic. And, using spirit magic, Alex is able to transfer the magic coming from a killed beast to the one who killed it, therefore making them stronger.

After the beast is killed, it will turn to ashes and disappear, and just like the others, the ashes are just visual effects, it isn't necessary at all!

Anyway, the beast's body will then be transported to a separate room where it will be "fixed" by regeneration magic, and then revived through the use of Spirit magic.

Alex made a pseudo-heaven where the souls of the dead dungeon monsters will go to after they died. But the soul itself won't stay there for that long, since it will erase their memories before getting sent back to their body.

Therefore creating a fully functional dungeon with a reviving monsters that also strengthen whoever kills it. Of course, the monsters also drops magic stones, since its just a byproduct of the process of turning an ordinary animals into beasts.

The magic stone itself is very useful since it could be used to power "artificts" and many other things.

So the "guild" which Alex has created, bought those stones, and in the process also creating the job of "Demon Adventurers" as well.

Of course, Alex also spreads some Magic Beasts all over the demon world as well, some stronger and some weaker.

Anyway, enough about the capital city for now. Because aside from it, there are also other cities, which were easily made due to this ridiculous thing called magic.

Seriously, if you're in a supernatural world, the time may as well rewind and it will be explained by a single word called "magic" and none will bother questioning it.

There are Four Major Cities aside from the Capital; City of Folter in the North, City Leiche in the South, City of Leere in the East, and City of Holle in the West.

Each of those cities are as large and wide as Honshu island of Japan, each having one Dungeons which is only at the level of the dungeons in the outer area of the Capital City.

The cities were also ruled by 9 Greater Nobles in each city.

Aside from those, there are dozens of smaller cities and hundreds of towns, and thousands of villages. Each controlled by the Lesser Nobles and Greater Nobles.

Aside from the 72 Demon Nobles, there are also several Demon Aristocrats, each having their own territories as well.

Those...were the some of the things that happened and changed in this three months.

After Alex was done reforming the Demon World, he set the time back to normal. And are now preparing to leave to Earth tomorrow.

Demon World is good and all, but Earth is definitely a place where he can relax....maybe.

After all, there is really nothing much to do in the Demon World now.

Currently, Alex was standing at the top of his castle, overlooking the great capital city down below. This is what he has always dreamed of, where demons will have functioning society and not just war every single day.

He finally achieved such dream!

Its night, the blue moon was hung up in the sky, but the streets was still bustling of activities.

"Its beautiful isn't it?" Alex spoke. "This has always been my dream. Now I have achieved it."

He looked over his shoulders and smiled, as Emi in her angel form, was wearing a golden trimmed white dress with her hair tied to a braid.

"Well, never in the life of me, have I ever thought of the Demon World as beautiful..." She smiled and slowly walked beside him, "...But yeah, it is indeed very beautiful."

Alex smiled and nodded, before looking down at the bustling city. Emi looked up to him, biting her lip as if she wanted to say something, but could not.

"Alex..." She began, lowering her head, "You know...I..I lo—"

"I know." Alex cut her off, as the former hero raised her head and looked at him in surprise.

"Y-You knew?"

Alex just smiled and and grabbed her chin with his thumb and index finger and raised her head a little, "I'm not as dense as Ashiya...I also feel the same way...but Emi....Don't you hate me?"

Emi remained silent for a few moments before speaking, "I do...I hate the way you are raising Alice, giving her dangerous things like that. I hate it that you waited for me to make the first move even though you feel the same....I hate you...but mostly, I hate the way I don't hate you, not even a little bit, not even close, not even at all."

Emi smiled as her hands cupped his cheeks, staring at the man in front of her lovingly, and Alex was sure that his heart has never beat so fast.

Emi is beautiful, of that Alex is sure, she doesn't have beauty that would make men go crazy over her, nor does she have a body that men would crave for. But for Alex, she is the most beautiful.

She's the epitome of beauty and perfection, the personification of everything he had ever looked for as his significant other.

"I may be a hero who save people, and I may be the Demon General, and the Uncrowned Queen of Demons...but..." She paused, staring at him with a sweet smile, "..But I'm still a girl, standing in front of a boy, wishing for him to love her..."

Alex was about to open his mouth, but Emi put a finger to his lips as Alex was forced fo swallow his words.

Smiling, the hero asked the demon king, "So...Alexander Gremory, Demon King Satan...If I, if I gave you the possession of my heart...will you entrust me with yours?"

It took a a full minute before those words registered to his mind. Alex stared at Emi, her gaze full of mixtures of emotions. Love and passion, telling him just how serious she is. Relief, for finally saying those words that has been stuck in her heart for a long time, and fear, fear that the person whom she has feelings for, will reject her.

He cupped her cheeks as he smiled at her lovingly, Emi's breathing hitched, waiting for the answer of the person she loves.

"Emi," he whispered in her ears, causing the former hero to shiver, "...you don't need to ask...my heart is, and always will be, yours."

Her eyes snapped wide open as she stared at the smiling face of the man she loves. Stunned. She couldn't believe it. She bit her lips to stop herself from grinning from ear to ear.

Tears started to fall from her eyes due to happiness. She was happy, so happy that she felt like flying around the world and just scream her happiness and spread it to the world.

But..

But not yet! She haven't heard it yet. The words she longed to hear from his mouth, the words she wanted to hear from the bottom of his heart. She wanted to him to say it, she wanted to hear it!

"Say it."

Alex blinks, not understanding what she meant.

Emi grabbed his hands tightly, as she looked at him longingly, "Say it. Three words. Eight letters. Say it. Say it and I'll be yours."

Alex blinks for a while before smiling, "Emilia Justina...I love you."

The moment those words came out of his mouth, Emi immediately smiled and leaped to his arms, startling Alex, but he held her nonetheless.

Without even a pause, her hands made its way to his neck as she stared at him and he did the same.

He leaned closer as did she, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with his. He closed his eyes against the memory of other girls he had been with and touched his lips to hers.

At that moment, they have never felt more complete.