A Final Artifact and Replacement.

After all the teams he had gathered accomplished their goals, Romonus had little to do. With Katarea, Shalba, Cruserey, Rizevim, and Lilith in his custody, he had all the ingredients he wanted besides Alphecca Tyrant. In the raid to the Vatican, Sirzechs, Armaros, Penemune, and Baraqiel collected not just the Shroud of Turin, they even collected a shard of the original Holy Grail which in the Light Novel was given to Valerie by Vasco. 

In the depths of the Vatican, they managed to find what they believed to be preserved blood of Christ. Every Tome of Magic, every Holy Sword, and every artifact had been looted in the fighting thanks to Shiva.

Speaking of Vasco, Ancestor Chen nearly killed and raised him as a Corpse Puppet. Only with the interruption of Dulio Gesualdo and Shiva did he survive. Dulio possessing the Zenith Tempestus considered the 2nd strongest Longinus had planned to slay every invader, but Shiva stopped him from killing anyone in the battle. 

With all of the fighting done all of the Legions that had been gathered for the fighting were sent back since they were no longer required. A lot of those soldiers either from Devil Clans or Dullahan Cans were greatly disappointed. 

They had desired to fight with their lives on the line, but in reality, the powerhouses that led them finished the fighting for them. The most disappointed were the Legions of House Bael who barely got to let lose after their Demon King finished things with his might. 

It was the sad reality that numbers would never match up to a power house. Regardless, once the Legions were released Romonus and the war leaders all gathered together at his house. 

Romonus looked around the giant yard of his house where everyone he had called upon stood. Once everyone was gathered he placed a hand over his Demonic Heart before he gave a bow. 

"First, I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for accepting my call to arms. I know none of you had to risk yourselves this way, but I guarantee that I will return your help manyfold once I achieve my goal." 

Sirzechs now looked much better since he had been locked in battle with Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. If he went all out he could kill all three, but he was still trying to keep deaths to a minimum. 

"Romonus, you are my brother. While I have always talked about peace, you and Shiva made it clear that your ascension is of critical importance. We all understand that perfectly." 

Ancestor Chen who was standing nearby dusted off his robe with a proud smile showing his needle-like teeth. 

"It was no bother to me, I managed to gather quite a few corpses of Angels and Exorcists. If you wish to repay me for this, you have done that. I would not mind a powerful corpse of those future foes though?" 

With a smirk, Romonus nodded. 

"If I don't raise them myself that is." 

Seated nearby Falbium was almost falling asleep. 

"No need to thank us. Now, if you will excuse me, I am leaving." 

The Satan teleported away most likely to find a quiet place to sleep. Ajuka who was nearby patted Latia on the shoulder with a small smile. 

"Then I shall also make my leave. Take care, my dear niece." 

With a smile, Latia hugged her uncle. 

"Of course." 

With that out of the way, Ajuka teleported away leaving Serafall and Sirzechs here. With two of the Four Satans leaving several others began to make their leave. Arjac, the giant werewolf stood up before walking over to Romonus. 

Romonus was going to shake his hand, but Arjac lunged out and wrapped him in a giant hug. 

"Thank you, my friend, for giving my warriors the chance to cut loose. I wish you all the best." 

Romonus patted Arjac on his fluffy shoulders before the werewolf released him and with a nod teleported away in a flash of moonlight. When he left Romonus smiled because most Werewolves he had met were loyal to a fault. 

Arjac truly treated Romonus like he was one of his own which in a way, he was not wrong. It was Arjac's venom that Romonus had used to acquire the Werewolf bloodline. With him gone, it left just direct family and friends since Arawan didn't even bother to leave the realm of Hades. 

Romonus smiled to himself as he turned to everyone else. 

"I think I have said enough thank you for one day. Now then, anything else to add." 

Grayfia shook her head. 

"No. I truly believe there is nothing more to add unless you are going to be throwing a party." 

Venelana chuckled. 

"That ain't happening, Romonus at this point would rather prepare for his big day." 

Sirzechs smiled awkwardly. Whenever he saw his Mother, Sister, and Brother in the same room he could only think of the things they did together. He shuddered a little as he decided to make his leave.

"I will leave you to plan all of that. Rias, Mother, this has been quite fun if I am to be honest. Though, I hope it does not happen again. Peace suits me much better in truth." 

Rias and Venelana walked over to him and gave him a large hug. While he was distracted, Romonus walked over and hugged all of them in his large arms. 

"Well, this isn't a family hug without me is it?" 

Sirzechs frowned as he looked up at his little brother. 

"You are just bragging you are tall."

With a smirk, Romonus released them. 

"That obvious? Well, you are fun-sized for Grayfia at least." 

Rolling her eyes Grayfia grabbed Sirzechs and pulled him back to his Peerage. 

"Goodbye, brother." 

With a smile, Romonus nodded. 

"Right." 

Once all of Sirzechs' Peerage gathered together MacGregor turned over to him. 

"Boy, when you become a god and all that don't forget who taught you." 

"Oh you mean Grandmaster Dormuteth, Souji and Surtr? I will remember."

MacGregor tipped his hat. 

"Goodbye Romonus." 

Souji merely bowed once to him while Surtr straight-up sent him a thumbs up. They would get more chances to speak later so Sirzechs teleported them all away. With him gone, other than Azazel, Avivoton, Caoimhe, Viviana, Armaros, Baraqiel and Penemune those involved in the attack were just his lovers and apprentices. 

Azazel who didn't even get to do anything with Viviana and Itsuki fighting together to beat Rizevim to death he could just watch.

"Well, I have seen enough war for a millennia. Thanks anyway for inviting us to this."

Romonus pointed at Viviana. 

"It was for her. She wanted to get her revenge and I needed to get his corpse one way or another. Two birds one stone, but I do have to say this. Thank you Azazel, you are a true friend." 

"I try to be. Armaros, Penemune, Baraqiel, let us go." 

Baraqiel glanced at his daughter who smiled happily at him. That smile said many things, but mostly it was that she was ok. 

"Alright then." 

Before they left Azazel patted Viviana on the head. 

"See you around, kid. 

A little weirded out Viviana turned to him. 

"What do you mean?" 

Azazel rolled his eyes before speaking to her telepathically. 

'Go talk to the big guy, I know you like him.' 

Without so much as a blush, she huffed. 

'Fine, not because you told me.' 

'Sure, tsundere' 

Before she could spin around and punch him he teleported himself and his friends away. When they were gone, Romonus walked over to his couch as he sat down. He stretched out as he had everything he needed other than Alphecca Tyrant.

However, he had already tracked it down and he just needed to get it. Before then, he began to organize all of the things he would be using. For one, he still had the Soul Stone from all the dead in Hades' Domain. 

Nearly 15 Billion Souls for him to use, the copse of Hades, Lillith, the bodies of the Four Satan Descendents, the True Longinus, Incinerate Anthem, Shroud of Turin, a shard of the Grail, and The Alphecca Tyrant when he got it. 

He also might as well use the bloodstone that he collected from the Principle Clan members he slaughtered. After he saw that he had everything he could need he stood up with a grim determination. 

"I have almost everything I could need. I just have one last thing to get and I will be ready." 

Latia walked over to him and grabbed his hand. 

"The Alphecca Tyrant right?" 

He nodded. 

"Yes, once I have that I will be ready to begin my ritual. I will be able to design one fairly quickly, but what matters most is that I gather everything that I could need. Which I have?" 

Venelana hummed. 

"How do you plan to do this?" 

Romonus squinted his eyes as he looked up. He surged Demonic Mana and Soul Energy into his eyes as he looked directly at the sun. The sun in question had no magic in it, but it had a lot of energy. 

When he looked at the moon, he saw that there were very weak, but operational Ley Lines. He began to tap at his arm as he would use the Moon as a focus point to draw in the raw energy of the sun to amplify the power of his ritual. 

Which he would write in Enuncia to fully ignite his divinity. 

"I think I got an idea." 

He walked away in silence as he closed his eyes using the speed of his brain to begin to develop a proper ritual. When he managed to visualize it, he smiled to himself as he turned to Latia and Venelana. 

"Ever wondered what going to the Moon would be like?" 

Latia hummed as she thought of what he planned to do. 

"Let me guess, you will use the Moon as an amplifier for your ritual?"

"Ding, Ding, Ding. Yes, up there very few will be able to interfere, and even if they do what can they possibly do?" 

Rias was now curious. 

"I get how rituals work, but how do you plan to do it?" 

"Simple, I have gathered most of the Holy Artifacts with the most important being the True Longinus. The Will of God inside is a shard of him containing great power. When I use the ritual, I will use that as the core along with the other artifacts for me to gain that power along with the bloodlines of the Satans and Lilith along with a few other items I have gathered. 

When this is complete, I will be taking the divinity of God, and Omnicience for myself along with my own. What that is, I am not sure, but I will figure it out. Now then, Kharn, Grimaldus, come." 

With his words, his two pets ran over to him before crawling up his legs to get to his shoulders. Once they were perched on, he teleported away without waiting for anything else. When he was gone, Viviana sighed to herself before sitting down. 

"Does he do that often?" 

Vespera shook her head. 

"No, he would have taken one of us with him because he likes to spend time with us. However, when it comes to his ascension, he takes that very seriously. He has made that his goal since he was a child and he is not going to let that get messed up." 

Serafall nodded. 

"Yeah, he is serious most of the time especially when it comes to his power. With Shiva confirming what he was saying, it makes sense why he was so serious about getting stronger. He should be back s-" 

Before she even got done speaking Romonus teleported back. 

"Got it." 

Miria looked him up and down. 

"You kill her?" 

"No. I just used Enuncia to separate it from her soul without issue." 

Itsuki sighed to herself. 

"Can't be removed without destroying the soul, remember that?"

Romonus grinned. 

"That was when I was weak." 

Itsuki sat next to Viviana on the couch. 

"You even dangled me in the air threatening me. You were mean." 

Venelana frowned. 

"Romonus, you said you didn't kidnap her?" 

Romonus chuckled upon hearing that. 

"I didn't. I said all the truth when I talked to her. Regardless, with the Alphecca Tyrant in my control, I have everything I could need."

Though in the back of his mind, he was thinking of something. 

'The Twelve Malebranche, the real Satanic Sacred Gears. So powerful even the Original Satans feared them. Once I become a Demon God, those 12 Living Weapons should become mine. They must.' 

He was in particular intrusted in Malacoda the leader who the original Lucifer said must never be awakened. He was for sure going to need a replacement since the True Longinus was going to be destroyed after the ritual. 

A Satanic Arms sounded just like what he was looking for to replace the spear. Now, to prepare for his ascension.

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(Next chapter is the ascension ritual, almost 4,000 words.)