27 Solomon

It had been decades since Lucifer had returned to his home continent, and much had changed since then.

He had completely removed his Demon Continent from earth's layer of reality, the continent now inhabited a dimension of completely of Lucifer´s making.

It's climate-controlled by an extensive array of wards that Lucifer had spent years weaving through every square inch of the continent, giving him the closest thing to the three O´s that any wizard had ever achieved.

Lucifer had located the very center of the continent and constructed an obelisk easily towering 10.000 meters above the ground, every inch of its ebony surface etched with Demonic runes that made this obelisk not only a jaw-dropping piece of architecture but also the very core of his domain.

The obelisk lovingly dubbed Solomon by Lucifer, served as the core of every single one of the enchants and wards spread through his domain, constantly maintaining and observing their condition and fuelling them with magic that was constantly flowing to it through the 72 pillars it used to absorb magic from the outside world.

Lucifer had so far only placed down two Pillars of hell, as he was very particular of where to place them as they not only needed to be out of the way of the common folk but also in a place highly saturated in magic, preferably over a leyline or two.

His first Pillar of hell had been placed down rather early at the bottom of the ocean where his continent used to be, it not only absorbed the ambient magic but also filtered the seat water into fresh water and oxygen that Solomon received to distribute and regulate the atmosphere of his domain.

The second Pillar of hell was placed with more care than its predecessor, so Lucifer had decided to travel to a rather secluded town of Norsemen in Norway. It had thoroughly surprised him to see how different these Scandinavian men and women lived compared to their future counterparts.

He had observed their daily struggle for survival as they fought against both extreme weather and harsh food supplies, and as he watched their constant battle for survival he had been struck by a sudden surge of inspiration!

Why not use their desperate way of life as his ticket to becoming their revered savior?

Lucifer had truly outdone himself as he had in a year constructed a large city surrounding his Pillar, the city was christened the holy city of sin, or Syndebyen in the native language of the Norsemen in tribute to who in their eyes replaced their previous gods as they truly shifted their worship over to Lucifer.

Lucifer had further capitalized on the Norsemen's tradition of sacrifice by crafting a magic circle that would convert their sacrifices into Demonic Power that would further fill his bottomless Demonic Core. The array turned into a holy ground for the Norsemen, its grounds being regulated by cultists who would guide the common folk in sacrificing to their Demon Lord in hopes of receiving his favor and blessings.

This had led Lucifer into slightly modifying his Pillars of hell, letting them distribute their domain kilometers away making sure that a small portion of the harvested magic would nurture the soil and cleanse the water in Syndebyen, ensuring a good harvest and disease-free liquid for his worshippers.

He had concluded his business in Syndebyen by establishing a family of magical origin as a noble family under his name, allowing them to take the surname Leviathan to represent and enforce his will upon the city.

He had left the Norwegian fjords with a collection of 1.000 men and women to populate his Capital City Solomon in Hell, and now that thirty years had passed since the migration their population had exploded into fifty thousand due to the safety and comfort of his capital city.

Lucifer had spent those thirty years in seclusion with Shiro as he started plotting where to place his spare 70 pillars to further develop his domain and after his accomplishment in Norway, establish more noble families to exert his influence.

He planned to distribute them globally but he was truly unaware of the magical situations in countries such as India and China, were they hunted like what is happening in Europe?

Are they exalted as people blessed with mystical abilities and therefore enjoy high influence in their sphere?

But the thing that truly made Lucifer itch to travel the world was the potentially massive amounts of foreign magic used by shamans and warlocks all over the world!

Everything from Voodoo to the druidic arts was subjects that truly made Lucifer regret committing to establishing his Demon Continent before starting his true journey.

But it truly was the best plan to establish his own domain and secure it as safely as possible as he continued subjugating and regulating the wildlife of the continent, the tedious task was slowly being handed down to the denizens of Solomon as he had distributed all the common magical tomes in a grand public library, making sure that every single citizen in his capital was learned in anything that tickled their fancy.

And the Magicals in his community?

They were at first directly sent to Hogwarts for their education, but as soon as the amount of fully educated wizards and witches breached 500

Lucifer established his very own Wizarding Academy for exalted Imps!

He still laughed every time he recalled when the Citizens proudly called their magical Imps instead of wizards and witches, his words truly held an enormous weight in their minds and that, unfortunately, included his sarcastic sense of humor is taken as gospel.

The Academy had a steady flow of Imps starting and ending their education from both Solomon and Syndebyen as he unintentionally had begun the process of amassing a truly horrifying force of Magicals that were indoctrinated to worship his every move and word.

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