Chapter 234

A very, very kind smile spread on Ajuka's face. With every benefit he listed, the faces of the elders turned more and more ashen. What they saw weren't benefits, but the disappearance of their dominion.

And their faces paled once more when Ajuka mentioned this next.

"Thanks to Aurelia-san's expertise, this feature can not only be implemented on new pieces, but on existing peerages as well-"

"NO! I DON'T ACCEPT THIS! THIS IS NONSENSE!"

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In the Underworld, every clan has its share of outliers. The Phenex were known to be a clan of arrogant and prideful individuals. Because of this innate pride, they shared a similar trait with the Gremorys. It would be beneath their standing if they had to force a person into their peerage.

Unfortunately, there would always be rules to this exception. And this elder was one of them.

"NO! I DON'T ACCEPT THIS! THIS IS NONSENSE!"

His blonde hair sloshed wildly as he stood up. Luzan Phenex could absolutely not accept this. He put hundreds of years into assembling the perfect project, the perfect peerage. If all the peerage members he painstakingly scouted and collected were going to be pulled from underneath him, then he would fight.

"None of us can accept this! This is beyond crossing the line! This is OUTRAGEOUS!"

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Silence…

Many elders shared the same sentiments, but none of them dared to stand up. That entity that sat behind them frightened them to the core. They had no idea where Luzan got his guts, but theirs had shrivelled up.

"Why are you all quiet? Does this not anger you?!"

Luzan turned to glare at his fellow elders, but none of them met his eyes. It was not that they were ashamed, but that they didn't want that monster behind them thinking they were friends with this lunatic.

Fuuush

Gradually, a heavy pressure flooded the room. Every elder felt weakness from shortness of breath, but they didn't dare turn around, not when that person was making a move.

"Luzan Phenex. My words are like fart to you, aren't they."

Contrary to expectation, Luzan didn't back down. He turned to glare back at the blonde with a dark frown.

"I don't fear you, human. You have killed the scum from the Vapula and Bael clan. But you can't kill me."

"..."

Luzan was right. The Phenex was also one of the clans that fought against the previous satans in the Civil War. They were key figures that were also instrumental in the victory and recovery afterwards. If he was indeed killed here, the Phenex would take this as a slight against them and they might even retaliate by joining the Old Satan Faction.

"Why are you silent now, huh? Did you finally realise that some of us are untoucha-krgh!"

Boom!

His words were cut off by the hand that firmly clasped around his throat. Igor had bounded across the room in a burst of speed and pressed Luzan against the wall.

"You forget one thing."

Slowly, tattoos spread across his body.

"I'm not a devil."

GRUUUUU!

The explosion from his power alone shattered the table he was standing on. The wall next to him cracked. Light globes exploded. Elders that were nearby were blown away by the power Igor released.

This time, it wasn't just the room. Every single entity in the Underworld felt this sudden spike in power. Igor kept the power outburst controlled, but the pressure he released could not be hidden.

High-Supreme Class. He was releasing power equivalent to someone of High-Supreme Class. This sort of power eclipsed both Sirzech's and Ajuka's by an unfathomable margin. This was a show of power, a show of strength, a show of his qualifications.

With such power, his previous words rang in everyone's head.

'Your surname, your position, your backing…all of it doesn't matter to me.'

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Not just Luzan, but even the other elders could barely breath in the face of such power. Luzan was especially vulnerable to this. He regretted it. He regretted it with every fibre of his being. He was old. He had seen many things and thought that maybe, maybe Igor was a bluff Sirzechs made.

"W-w-wait!"

Now he came to a realisation. Sirzechs had no control over this person. Igor wasn't a leashed dog like he thought. He was a monster. He was a terrible terrible monster.

"P-p-p-please!"

He feared the hand that was nearing his chest. He might have his clan's regeneration, but he didn't believe he'd survive against someone of this calibre.

"Please, Lord Dimori! I apolog-"

Puchi!

"aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!"

Methodically and mercilessly, Igor hovered his hand over Luzan's chest and abdomen before piercing right between his ribs. The old devil felt the pain of being pierced, but it was what followed after that had him screaming and fighting for his life.

For Igor copied exactly what he did to Eunice onto him.

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Sirzechs, Ajuka, and Serafall did not interfere. To some, it was a display of incompetence. But they trusted Igor to stay within the parameters of their agreement. To some extent, Luzan was right. Elders from the families that helped them could not be killed arbitrarily.

Apart from Eunice whose death could be justified, elders from the Astaroth, Glaysa-Labolas, Sitri, Phenex, Agares, Belial, and Dantalion clans could not be eliminated for the time being. All of them had become corrupt under the coercion of the Great King Faction. All of them were under the thumbs of Zekram Bael.

But they couldn't be touched yet due to how the current Satans have close political and personal ties with each clan. Yet, grievous bodily harm was not excluded.

While what Igor was doing might be too much, the main reason Sirzechs didn't move was because of Igor's power. He didn't know if the blonde did it out of anger or on purpose, but what Igor did replicated the power surge in Kuoh.

He released so much power that even if the Phenex Clan Head were to come here, they would not dare to utter even a peep. At the end of the day, behind all the bureaucracy and politics, devils respected strength. And Igor's strength, strength which far surpassed his or Ajuka's would earn him the respect of the devils.

He and Ajuka might get put out of the limelight. Some may mock or shame them, but Sirzechs felt no palpations. The stronger Igor proved himself to be, the more he could shrug his shoulders and say he had no power to stop him from doing anything.

Was it a cowardly tactic? Maybe. Will it work? Definitely. While he was a car, Igor was a truck. They can't expect him to beat the blonde in a battle of power, right? And with how apathetic Igor was to politics, there could be no bribing him.

[If only he was a devil. I could retire peacefully and let him take charge.]

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"Luzan Phenex. Over two-thousand-years of age. I thought you would be smart enough to listen to me."

Igor was impervious to the man's suffering. He had completely crippled him. His healing? It would no longer work. The demonic power required to trigger the healing was completely scattered.

"I would admire you for your guts if you weren't relying on your clan."

He let the man drop onto his seat.

"You would've earned my respect."

Slowly he hovered towards the front of the stage where he remained in midair. His aura cloak gently billowed. The usage of the Kaioken allowed him full control over his current state compared to when he was in Kuoh.

Through his perception, he could sense their fear. The smidgen of hope that was aroused by the lifeless Luzan was crushed.

[Pathetic.]

Even if he gave these elders a hundred years, none of them would have the mentality to train. No. They would scheme and target him from the shadows.

[Utterly pathetic.]

Those gazes that did not want to meet him would quickly change to ones of fury behind closed doors. These were the type of people Vasco spoke of. These were the types of snakes Indra taught him of.

And it just so happened that the War God taught him how to deal with these types of people- by breaking them.

FUUUUUSH!

He pressed down on each and every one of them with his overwhelming power. Because they were weak and weak-willed, he would not show them respect. Because they were snakes at heart, he would be cruel to them.

Since he had gotten himself involved, he might as well go all the way and have Sirzechs praise him for taming these old coots. He would oppress them just as much as they oppressed their peerages. He would humiliate them just as much as they humiliated others.

These elders, high and mighty to others…

"All of you…"

…were no different from dogs in his eyes.

"Bow!"

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AN

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Igor is doing the most and the Satans are just eating up the benefits. Since Igor was stupid enough to only want a fight from Sirzechs, I trust Aurelia will bleed the devils for everything. They can't make our guy and his family an assassination target and not pay for it.

Still, this mafia-style Igor is freaking me out a bit. He's too unfamiliar to the one we know and is making me hope there's a proper explanation in the coming chapters.