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"So you want me to support your daughter to become the new family head?" I can reincarnate her as a knight and she can use the wrath king armor. Those two alone will make her overpowered, but with black potions boosting her as well she will be a monster with enough time to prepare.
"Yes, you can visit us at the new lands that we will acquire. Just come within the next few weeks, I know you are going to be busy with the wedding." He slides the nail that is the armors condensed from and I integrate it into the system.
[ Congratulations on acquiring the Artifact of Wrath! ]
[ Royal Bloodline unlocked - Samael ]
[ Trait unlocked - Samael - Venom of God ]
[ Artifact available - Wrath king armor ]
I cough when the knowledge of the new trait transfers to my head, what kind of one-trick-pony trait is this?!
In DxD Samael took the role of Satan and was the snake that tempted Adam and Eve, he was cursed by God and the origin of gods hatred for snakes and dragons. The substance the trait gives me is extremally fatal for dragons and snakes, down to their very souls.
"You alright?" I get an odd look for my behavior and I stand up and take a step back.
"Yea, I will swing by your new place when I get free time. Catherine's people are already setting it up so just talk to them, they are outside the room." I quickly walk out and teleport to Olympus.
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A clear liquid floats over my hand and I feel an ominous feeling coming from it, this could prove to be very useful. Only in a very selective situation mind you, but very useful nonetheless, man do I wish the chick inside the silver case called Python was actually a snake. I would fill a pool up with this stuff and just drop her soul box off into it with the fallen angel sword pierced through it so she can't escape.
It would take a very long time to kill her but I honestly believe it would, to bad she isn't a snake.
I run through a list of potential opponents to use it on and only can think about the island of snake girls, but they will be useful so no need to kill them all. A ton of dragons to use it on though, like the one that has a huge treasury that I want to loot in the dead sea.
I equip the god-eating mask and the wrath king armor, with this not even a false god can screw with my soul. they can still kill me with a strong punch or strong magic but add on the Leviathan shield and I can resist some pretty top-tier opponents in a short exchange. Assuming they don't go all out and just shred me to pieces while I can't respond in time.
Either way, it's a useful addition, I can't complain about something that came with such an overpowered artifact. The bloodline also didn't change anything noticeable, my demonic energy grew once again. I am actually really glad the bloodline didn't make me blind now that I think about it since Samael was known as the blind god.
Equipping all the artifacts I currently have I look at myself in a mirror and feel a bit of confidence rise up, is now the time to try and snatch the case from Python? The case is a fragment of an item that could kill true gods, it's tempting.
After pacing around a few times I decide to put it off until I reach kingdom, if I confront Python at kingdom it will be easier to convince her I am Morningstar if I have to. The artifacts are an almost irrefutable proof but being in the beginnings of the true powerhouses will also help my case.
I am going to head back now and discuss tomorrow with Catherine, after tomorrow I am going to put the plan in motion to take the fallen angel empire. Obsidian being a coward saved his hide for now, but ultimately it won't change the end result.
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"Here, it's a space seed to get to the human world. A human was killed in a battle and it was recovered with a secret technique." A green pearl-like item floats over to me and I grab it and integrate it into myself. Next time my schedule is clear I can head over and get some scouting done in the human world.
"Thanks, what're tomorrow's plans looking like?" She stands up and leads me to her balcony.
"Just a simple public event, swearing our vows and such. Why, are you getting nervous?" She sits on a chair and pulls her knees up to her chest and rests her chin on them. I pull a seat close to her and sit in it.
"Nah, just double checking. I got this as well so I want to go play with it sometime soon." I equip the wrath armor and she puts her hand on it and feels it up.
"Glad you got what you wanted from them, what did he want in return other than the land and protection?" She stops stroking the armor and wraps her arms around her knees.
"Wanted me to support his daughter to take over the family so he can't retire peacefully and also wants her to be the one to bind to the armor." Catherine replies with a nod and we both look out at the scenery. "So I take it you are the nervous one?" She snorts but doesn't deny which surprises me a bit.
"I go in public for speeches and stuff all the time, but this is different you know? It's like I am going as myself and not the empress, it would be different if it was a strictly political marriage. But it's obviously not, with all the stuff changing because of you. I wouldn't let a political husband have any real input in my decisions and free time." I think about it carefully to not stick my shoe in my mouth, it's rare for her to open up.
"I see, I think you will be fine either way. Catherine the empress is cool and all but I prefer Catherine off duty." She deadpans and I fear the taste of the shoe, but she then smiles and leans her head over onto my shoulder. Mission passed successfully.
"Yeah, whatever." The glow from the two moons reflecting off the large pool in the garden makes it look like there are four moons.
"Want to watch a movie?" After the Gremlins finished the TVs we used to stream to all the different city's main city squares, I had them work with the central AI's support. Friday can connect to my mind, hence why I can mentally command stuff around Olympus like it's a part of my body. I had her figure out if she can record memories if I think about them and she used the gremlin's help to outfit the normal recording crystals of the demon world into a new project.
I wonder if the FBI will track me down for pirating movies into a fantasy world?
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"Why are they all about humans?" Athena asks, Catherine decided to have everyone for a movie night instead of just us because she will be ' keeping me ' after the wedding for an undetermined amount of time. She is befriending everyone a lot more than I was expecting from her.
"I can't lie, humans just make better cinema. You should see the crap devils put out." I remember Isseis's little show for kids and shake my head, where were the devil's good cinemas? Serafall's magic girl show was probably super hot to watch at least.
"What's that one about?" Kia points out Cyberpunk Edgerunners and I just scroll past it, I only uploaded it because it was something I had recently seen and easily remembered it. "Hey don't ignore me!" A pillow hits my face.
"It's depressing is what it is." Everyone gets an interested look, these poor fools.
"Let's watch it!" Alice shouts.
"Yea it looks good from the pictures." Athena gives her verdict and I can only pity them, good thing I used the time dilation so we can watch it all in one night. There might be real tears shedding at the wedding tomorrow as a consequence of this.
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Watching Rebecca getting Adam smashed causes popcorn to fly and a certain flat chest that was holding out for her ' partner in crime ' to have a happy ending to scream.
"I told you it's depressing." I say as I notice the aftermath and the thousand-yard stare a few are giving the screen.
"Fuck you, Nova." Tara speaks up surprising me that she is here as I didn't even notice.
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As I get dressed for the ceremony more and more thoughts go through my mind, Technology. Why don't I make magic implants to strengthen people so the war against Abyss goes well?
I can add the implants to the game when it comes out and people try them out in the virtual world and then buy the real thing. This is a huge undertaking that is brought about by a random movie night. But an even bigger plan formulates, a moon base.
My artificial kingdom has a bubble-like environmental dome around it that keeps its own healthy and filtered air inside. I could teleport the thing to the moon and have a safe place from everyone, and worst comes to worst. I just blow the demon world to smithereens when Abyss invades and live like the Inhumans in a moon base.
That would have to be a last-ditch effort type thing because Catherine could Geld me if I had that as my main plan and just forsake the common folk. But it's definitely a backup plan that I will be ready to use at a moment's notice. I need to start stockpiling resources up there if I can. That and find a way to charge the systems with solar power and make everything renewable and self-sufficient.
I pull my tie tight and look at myself in the mirror, I look pretty good with my hair, not a jumbled mess. My outfit is a standard black and white tuxedo and black dress shoes, simple and efficient. The plus side is that it's new to the demon world and not a cheap cop-out.
A knock on the door lets me know that everyone is seated and ready so I teleport onto the stage in my place.
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Catherine stands across from me after a lengthy speech from the man who is swearing us to our vows. The old man is holding his hands Infront of his chest and slightly shaking in place from the pressure that is being placed on him by thousands of eyes.
They could have picked someone better for this job in my opinion, but he is apparently an important figure or something and so Catherine obliged his request. We are holding hands Infront of our chests, a veil is covering her face as normal. But today everyone will see her without it for a moment before I claim her lips as mine Infront of all of them. I don't know why but it's a giddy feeling being able to visibly see the envy radiating off the entire crowd.
Though the Envy that is radiating from the front row is a little sickening as I take a quick glimpse and see ' sweet ' smiles on the girl's faces. I am going to have a hard time topping this wedding like they individually want. Well, Kia said she wanted something over the top, Athena wants a smaller ceremony.
"Nova?" I hear Catherine speak up as I was tuning out the man for the most part. She was quick to pick up on it and alerted me right before he asked for me to swear my vow. If not I would have been standing there like a dumbass while everyone waited on me to say I do.
"I do." Honestly, I am pretty disappointed with the bland marriage vows, I wanted something more fantasy vibe.
"I do." Catherine says when it is her turn, with slow movements she takes off her veil, and a gasp echoes in the crowd. Everyone here and watching the broadcast now know just how beautiful she really is. No one knew before or at least not many, yet she was always referred to as the most beautiful in the demon world because of her bloodline. But seeing it for the first time most people are struck dumb on the spot.
I place a hand on the back of her head and give her a quick kiss before going for a deeper one. The wrath and envy are practically a tsunami and I soak it all up.