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*Crash*

"Who dares?!" Lucifer turned and saw the Jade Emperor standing there with a smile after pushing him out of the way.

"Oh... sorry sir," Lucifer said sweating. there was no way for him to take this guy down... 'Nah, screw that.' This kind of thing had been going on for an entire week and he was sick of it.

Lucifer jumped at the Jade Emperor wielding the broom and stabbed forward only for the broom to be destroyed before he even got close and he slammed back against the wall.

"Hm, a good attempt for a slave... I won't punish you since you've been keeping the halls so clean, but don't act up again little angel" The Jade Emperor then walked away leaving Lucifer lying on the ground with clenched fists.

"Get back to work!" A fellow slave, the head slave if you will, yelled throwing a new broom and hitting Lucifer's head.

Lucifer gritted his teeth and looked at the man, he'd been training very hard in this one week and had gotten a higher level of strength. the only problem was he had no techniques to use against these guys, but a random guy wouldn't be telling him what to do.

*Snap*

Lucifer snapped the broom and stabbed the slave in the back of the neck, killing the humanoid pig-looking thing.

"Shit... didn't expect that to kill him..." Lucifer slid the body away and hid it inside the kitchen before walking put and continuing his chores as if nothing happened. No one would be able to prove it was him, and it was some slave anyway, no one should care about that.

"One more day..." Lucifer thought looking at the fading cure mark on his arm. Ever since going into that chamber, he had been getting increasingly good luck.

...

1 day after Lucifer had first arrived he was cleaning and went inside a locked chamber to clean it and saw several things he didn't expect.

Weapons for one, he recognized them as the weapons Mujin park used when he became the supreme God Maitreya towards the end, something Lucifer would never be able to see now... but at least he could live it.

"These..." Lucifer looked around at the empty halls and smiled. Maybe he was greedy, but when looking at these items he wanted them all for himself, they'd boost his power white a bit, and even get rid of this shitty curse that was holding him captive in this fake heaven of the gods.

Lucifer looked toward a small dagger-type thing and got closer not noticing that someone was watching him.

"The mandala..." Tathagata appeared next to him with his hand sideways at his chest and said. Lucifer jumped back and looked at him with a surprised expression.

"Um... I'm sorry lord Tathagata I-"

"Take it..." Tathagata said surprising the already reaching forward Lucifer. Lucifer didn't need to be told twice as he grabbed the glowing object and widened his eyes as it started glowing and disappeared.

"It chose you... even though it's bound to me... interesting... Lucifer... would you by any chance want to get out of slavery?" Tathagata said looking at him seriously...

(Going to be 1st person as default from now on)

"Last day..." I said finished with my chores, after one week of slavery Tathagata had promised I'd be released, of course, there was the price of joining the gods of heaven as a minor god here in first heaven... It didn't seem like a bad deal.

I accepted quite quickly... but I had ulterior motives as if I'd stay with these crazy bastards, the first chance I got I'd leave first heaven and start training for real.

The Mandala, which had chosen me as its owner even though it was in Tathagata possession, lived in my world unless I called on it. This wasn't difficult at all, just a simple mental command and it came out.

I now had a good weapon to help me get stronger, with this plus my cheat and ability that I'd been born with, I would be a force to be reckoned with in no time at all.

As I walked down the corridors I started to get ready to hatch my plan. It shouldn't take over a few days for me to get out of here, and then I'll go to a different place to train my powers that get unsealed today...

As I walked into the throne room where Tathagata and The Jade Emperor were standing waiting for me. I immediately took note of my not-so-loving brother and smirked at his expression. I could guess he wasn't too happy that I'd be getting out of his stupid curse soon, not that I needed these people to break it when the Mandala was already in the process of doing it itself.

"Hello... Let's not make this longer than it has to be" I said looking Michael in the eyes as he gritted his teeth and swiped his hand over the curse mark. Smiling, I flexed my arm and looked around the room as everything I had was fully unlocked.

I wasn't an angel, I was a fallen angel, THE fallen angel. This was given when I turned into the holder of the seven sins, and with it came many benefits that I didn't know about before.

My vision was enhanced, along with my instincts, something I could tell when looking at Tathagata that he was definitely planning something. It actually didn't surprise me, there was no way this lunatic as was shown in the webtoon would ever let me get away. He probably just felt like playing a game while he was bored or something like that.

I kept my expression unreadable... at least I hoped and nodded at the two great beings in front of me. With that out of the way I left the throne room to get ready for tonight's festivities, I'd need to escape sooner than I thought, and this was the only way for it to happen.

...

Later as I was sipping Mead, given by the sage Mimir who was brought to the party with Odin, one of the small time god's in his pantheon.

"So how's it feel to be free!" Uriel said floating upside down drinking from a mug as she looked me in the eyes. I just shrugged and watched Tathagata, he wasn't drinking, not a good sign if I was going to escape this shit hole... Then there was Michael.

His swords were floating around him and he didn't even try and hide the glare at me, probably knowing what I was planning. Squinting my eyes, I took another sip of Mead and dropped my mug, starting my escape plan...