Hell Chapter 6; Fallen Is Babylon The Great

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As everything played out, Ophiuchus pointed out to Valac how the previous skirmish, though vastly influential to why what was happening now was happening now, was still the culmination of previous things that built up, and not to get lost or distracted by the things that they get distracted by, such as large events, major discord, and general off-brand distractions of all variations along the way, if not altogether.

"By This Time, The Women Of Gremory Are All Seeking To Possess Or Are Distractions For Those Who Are Seeking To Possess Them, Leaving Agares And Gremory -- As Well As Valefor, Malphas, Sabnock, Ronove And Marchosias -- To Be Constrained By Dealing With Each Other And No Longer Able To Pay Attention To Crocell, Who (By This Time), Is Communicating In A Mystic And Dark Manner In Order To Sedate The Masses And Keep Them Subdued." Crocell's vibrations from movement in symphonic synchronicity with harmonious waves even in discord and also to placate the discordant or negative vibrations -- being an angel, after all -- cause the masses to be subdued by his beauty when he moves or acts at all, because everything he does is seamless and fluid, seeming perfect, despite having the capacity to fall the same way. As is how he fell and why he was there -- to learn that lesson, as any angel who does not understand themselves. "When All Is Calm And Everyone Believes That They Are In Paradise Because Crocell Has Refreshed And Replenished Them Via His Angel-like Water Techniques, Agares And Gremory Keep Control And Begin To Align The Army In Formation And Valefor Keeps All In Line By Trapping Them Within Their Own Ranks And Divisions. This Allows For More Advanced Maneuvering."

All the while as he explained, Ophiuchus took Valac over where everything was happening, all throughout Hell, everywhere any sort of chain of causation occurred, as it was happening, in realtime. "Ronove And Marchosias Keep The Peace By Continuing To Whisper Sweet Words To Everyone Whilst Also Spreading Information Within The Ranks, Or To Break Apart Certain People In Spirit By Spreading Animosity, Though There Is None. Due To The Sedation, Malphas And Sabnock Are Completely Neutralized And Tranquilized Due To The Harmony Created And Maintained By Crocell And All Of The Units Working In Tandem, Which Is To Crocell's Ultimate Advantage To Control Them All." However the demons were maneuvering, as Ophiuchus hovered high above them and explained to Valac, a commonly Fallen Angel, who was enslaved to keep the game going, being educated about his Sin of 'being the thing that keeps it all going and not choosing to take yourself out to stop the bad guys for the greater good' trope. "

"Once The Spirits Are Weak And Malleable, The Next Of The Dukes Working With Crocell -- Bathin -- Appears To Begin Spiritism On The Souls Of The Sedated Army." Now, what was likely not foreseen by the Lesser Demon Lords was that the Higher Demon Lord were already perceptive quite acutely of the potential betrayal -- not just from any demon alone, but also by them -specifically- for reasons they already previously understood that perhaps they believed they were clever about hiding, because they were able to get Lesser Demons. Hence why they were Lesser Demon Lords -- they only had their greatest potential ruling over Lesser Demons and Lesser Beings than themselves, not anything higher, and could not sustain themselves nor be sustained in a high place due to how lowly they were both of mind and capacity. Thus, the Higher Demon Lords established a plan to have a method for crowd control of a new 'Party' after the old one was disbanded, and the traitors were outed, and about to be executed, as well as replaced, with Lesser Demons wanting their place as Lesser Demon Lord.

Such was how the system was designed, and what separated Lesser Demons from Higher Demons, as well as Demons from other entities, in general, save for Sinners.

"Next In Line For The Dukes To Appear Is Bathin, Who Is A Communication Demon, Meant To Connect The Gathered Army With Those Of Other Nations." As of now, after Crocell spoke to Bathin, he began to make some proverbial -- or literal -- calls to other Demon Lords and Demon Kings all over Hell, and possibly even other Hells, if their nexus was large enough. That way, Crocell could deal with Gremory seamlessly and not have to double-back. "He Is Able To Control Spirits -- Especially Whilst They Are Weak Or Vulnerable -- And Lead Them Into Astral Projection So That They Can Feel Or See What Their Spirits Desire." Crocell's initial sedation via his wonderment and beautiful elegance and grace, fluid as water itself, mesmerized others into a soothing calmed state, which made it easier for Bathin (whose name also resembles 'Bath' and denotes 'Brainwashing') to influence them via Spiritism -- which literally took advantage of, attacked, or altered the spirit of others negatively in some way, oftentimes (especially in Sorcery) for the sole gain or profit of the conjurer. "He Is A Horseman Of Death That Drags Souls Behind Him Like A Long String, And Brings Them To A Place Of Death To Weaken The Flesh. The Serpent Tail Poisons The Soul After Bringing It To The Place It Desires To Be And Then Is Made Weak, Just Like The Flesh, By Allowing The Desires To Be Fulfilled Without The Backlash Of The Poison To Be Understood Before It's Too Late." It might have seemed like it was all too much of a coincidence, but this was what their ancestors intended to design, and intended for their descendants to complete -- an unfinished work they created, destined to fall, they were too late to warn them about, and never could, even with passing down their actual lineage and history, due to themselves counteracting each other and never letting it complete itself.

Now, it played out right before their eyes -- a period meant specifically for 'Brainwashing', located in the 'Upper Echelon' in order to 'Program' or 'Reprogram' the 'Masses'. Yet, why would something like this fail, since it was adapted still into a modern day practice? Such is what they too must have wondered, seeing their works in ways that were not only modernized, but functioned the same way they came to create their own systemic society to do so for their own sustenance. A Demon System.

"Bathin Teaches The Values Of The Earth In Order For The Units In The Army To Learn The Nature Of The Earth And What Is Important So That They May Take Control Over It." By educating the ignorant masses, whom are sedated, malleable, pliable, and easily swayed, of the value and worth of greater things, this placates them and grants you their favor whilst also makes them subservient to you, which is the entirety of the brainwashing process, done through both 'Mind Control' and 'Spiritism'. "Bathin Also Gathers Up The Armies Of Other Nations And Brings Them Together Using The Same Method And With The Same Intention Only For Them To Band Together And Become One Large Militia Under He And Crocell." This is why they like Bathin, and why he is a Higher Demon Lord, as well as a Duke Of Hell -- his specialty is superior to both Lesser Demons and Lesser Dukes, making him invaluable, but still a liability, which all the other Higher Demon Lords know -- as well as about others.

Making Lesser Higher Demons more instrumental in Lesser Higher or Higher Lesser plans made sure that none of the Middle-Class could ever fully surpass the layers of the Upper Echelon, which had their own maze, puzzle, and stairway similar -- but wholly different -- from the Lower Echelon, especially at the Poverty Layer, which is the residual result of their 'Vanity', projection of it, and someone wanting to see it, or believe they need to in order to be of use or good or valuable to the world.

Hence why Bathin teaches also the 'Values Of The Earth', in order to 'Reeducate' the masses with old information being withheld from them on purpose that was always known and being used and being suppressed as well as oppressively forced onto them to do and maintain without them knowing for those who already knew and prolonged it, passing it down for generations by ruling over the poor or lower classes. And also believing it an act of God, when the service itself was, yet was corrupted by 'Evil Kings Of Israel' into being used to service Sinners and Sins. Though it worked, the corrupted mechanisms -did- process it and -birthed- something that they could not control, and trapped themselves in, which is its own security protocol for trapping and enslaving Demons by design.

Ergo, the Babylon System.

"Note That Bathin Incites Trades Through Import And Export Of The Materials Of The Earth In Order To Bring Nations Together Or To Drive Them To War Based On The Trade, And Utilizing Trade, Can Incite Spiritism To Make Give People Their Desires Or Force Them To Go To War For The Materials That He Has Control Over. This Is Also Used To Cover Up Bad Things Or Good Things That Happen Over The Earth, Since Bathing Has Control Over The Earth In This Fashion." This level of influence over so many different people and territories causes something even larger than the initial Demonic Rebellion and Demon Resistance, which are normally totally quashed before they ever get up this far, or else their 'Hell System' is a failure.

If a 'Hell System' was a failure, that was something that was threatening to =ALL= Hell Systems everywhere, permanently, by design, as soon as they are made, and applicably to the past, as well as present, plus any level of future iteration. Simply because it is Hell, in any depiction, with Demons, in any depiction, or Sinners, in any depiction. It was gridlocked and flawless -- perfect by design, for capturing and enslaving demons. Hence why Ophiuchus said to Valac to stand far off and wait.

"It Is Time," Ophiuchus finally proclaimed, "My Time To Shine." This was his part in all of this -- that which would drive all Demons, Demon Lords, and Fallen Angels everywhere, including the True Original Lucifer, to a state of madness and terror. "FALLEN," Ophiuchus boomed, his voice projected as a magnanimous light, moving so fast as to spread throughout the Hell Dimensions, "FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT."

Amongst the higher ranks, in any system, there were compartmentalized lesser systems that mirrored their lower echelon, always, because that is what the entirety of it was built up to support. So, by design, they would be required to have a legion of advanced varieties of the same concept that each of them branches off and completed, and made into a cohesive network.

This was natural.

What was unnatural about it was the fact that they themselves were evil, wicked sinners and demons, who corrupted the initial power of a perfect level of harmony in order to make it suitable for themselves and their kind. And it does support them, but only under management of slavery from the higher ones, who are simply superior in some way, and cannot be defeated by the lesser, weaker, and dumber, in any way, which is the dominant factor that will not change about demons, and sinners, by definition and design.

So, whilst this very same exact design was applicable to various other things -- such as both Heaven, from which the concept originates, and Earth, which was the intended mirror image of it from Concept to Creation, and not Hell, for obvious reasons -- the fact that the Evil Kings Of Israel corrupted God's Heaven System and David's House because of David's Sin, this is why David's House carries the Sin of the Hell System, and bears the burden of managing Purgatory.

However, the concept was spanned across many different Hells, and many of the Higher Demon Lords, starting at the Dukes Of Hell, at the Lesser Dukes, were meant to keep the lower levels managed, and for nothing to ever reach the top, and for the top to sit pretty with no problems whilst everyone's problems -- including their own -- were put solely on the completely segregated lower echelon. For the sake of their maintenance of the very Hell System that enslaves them and forces them to work for them.

It was the very fact that a Demon -- Fallen Angel, rather -- came into existence at all by corrupting its purpose by freewill (as Lucifer was literally the only angel capable of doing it and teaching other Angels how to) was the reason why Hell came into existence in order to support their existence, with only Lucifer knowing this and everything else, but still having to clean up the mess of Fallen Angels that were there first before any Sinners or Demons, and many of them eventually degenerating into the lowliest of Demons and forgotten all manner of their former Holiness and Divinity, if any still existed at all. Whilst others were willfully rebellious and retained divinity as pure Fallen Angels, they still knowingly and actively rebelled against God, whilst Lucifer managed them, because he taught them, because he did it first, and this was his punishment for teaching them.

The light of Ophiuchus was like the Bird Of Paradise -- a foretelling of the end, in a manner they could do nothing about.

All that to say, amongst even the Dukes, the Higher Demon Lords were functioning in a tier-system that mirrored the climb up to the ranks, from Demon to Demon Marquis, and then to Lesser Duke. Great Dukes of Hell had their own place, higher of the Dukes, separating the Lesser Dukes from the Higher Dukes, and the true middle between the Lesser Demons and Higher Demons -- the True Center.

This was why when Ophiuchus' light illuminated Hell, they were alarmed, and fully aware that it was finally reaching critical mass, and about to have a meltdown, instrumented by the very epitome of a Fallen Angel, itself -- Ophiuchus, Serpent-Bearer, Inheritor Of Lucifer, The Original Light-Bearer. His radiance was something ceremonial -- like a ritual that only the eldest demons and most powerful or knowledgeable and intelligent knew and understood. When God himself finally came down and put them out of their misery, one way or another. Those Demons and Sinners were trapped in Hell all throughout the ranks and classes and randomly kept their faith or wavering disbelief in Hell just enough to, when Ophiuchus came, recall instantly God and the fact that they were Sinners and Demons for a reason.

It may not have been a very large deal, but it was large enough to make a difference, and they all knew what to do amongst the lower layers.

Meanwhile, Bathin, a Lesser Duke who also serves as a Great Duke, meant to usher in the Dukes Of Hell of the Higher Dukes, and not the Lesser Dukes, would forewarn the next ranking Duke Of Hell -- the true Great Duke -- whilst Crocell still brought back Gremory and set off other chains of events that would follow through to completion beautifully and harmoniously, even if hazardous or detrimental, because he touched it.

In demonology Allocer (also spelled Alocer or Alloces) is a demon whose title is Great Duke of Hell, and who has thirty-six legions of demons under his command. He induces people to immorality and teaches arts and all mysteries of the sky.

He is described by Johann Weyer as appearing in the shape of a knight mounted on an enormous horse. His face has leonine characteristics; he has a ruddy complexion and burning eyes; and he speaks with much gravity. He is said to provide good familiars, and to teach astronomy and liberal arts. Allocer is often depicted riding a horse with dragon legs.

So, essentially, to make these placated, enriched people, still vulnerable and virgin in their knowledge of greater things, twisted and corrupted back to the way they were, with all the new things, rather than productive with them in any way of betterment for themselves that wasn't entirely toward the benefit of the Demon Lords. Especially since it was only like this because of them, supported by them because they were smarter and better, and they also needed the extra things since so many were lost.

And to boot, because so many people were lost, the remaining people suffer more by working overtime doing their jobs whilst the others just die and get erased out of existence, waiting for the next people in Hell, which no one cares for except to power the Hell System and then be erased from existence, whether or not they actually enjoy what they do. They didn't have to follow any rules, but they did have to do whatever a more powerful being said, and unlike in other systems, which did listen to the little person, the Hell System was -LITERALLY DESIGNED TO EXPLOIT THE LITTLEST, LOWEST PERSON-. Which, honestly, was originally Valac, the Pure Fallen Angel, Fallen from grace only because of his Ignorance in his Purity.

Another precious Virgin; a Goose That Lays Golden Eggs.

But, as it was originally stated long ago, only Baal knew this about Valac, and all of this planning was both to salvage himself and also to get back Valac, because he could just rebuild later, make the demon slaves support his lifestyle, get rid of all evidence and testimony of events prior, as well as anyone powerful enough to stop him, and then ask for even more Sinners and Demons, or even corrupt them himself. The issue may have been severe competition amongst Hells of other realms, wanting all the souls of Sinners, but they had their ways.

But first, Baal needed Valac, and to do that, he would have to resort to the Kings.

After Ophiuchus' spectacle, he took on a form that was more suitable for his place in Hell -- a form that resembled what a fusion of Lucifer and himself as Ophiuchus would be: A golden orb encasing him completely, with a glittering golden overcoat, with numerous prominent angelic wings and a halo headdress with many rings symbolizing crowns (about ten, both interior rings and outer rings, centrically outward and inward, and also some horizontally, as a standard Halo, in the same centrical fashion). He himself was completely naked, and his eyes were aglow with an otherworldly, piercing divine light that penetrated all of the other lights, even the brilliant, illustrious, lustrous, ultrasheen of the glittering gold veil, his Vilon.

"It Is Done," he spake to all at once, then summoned the Fallen Angel, Valac, who was only in Hell because of his own Ignorance, letting himself and his talents be taken advantage of by everyone else, until it spiraled out of control, and doing nothing, and being or becoming helpless, as well as trapped, plus the cause, due to temptation, from being somewhere he shouldn't have been. "Come, Valac," Ophiuchus summoned, beckoning him, and sensing Baal and his intent. "... This One Belongs To Me," Ophiuchus proclaimed, because Valac was also created to serve as an Angel Of Redemption -- the very symbol that someone in Hell who was Truly, Purely Innocent in some way could indeed be Redeemed after suffering for being the cause of all the evils or sins that come from them being pure, simple, ignorant, or anything else they could choose not to be if they applied themselves in the proper ways, and not just vain matters that keep them weak and frail and helpless, like children needing to be taken care of by everyone. For, Valac was totally helpless on his own, and could not defend himself, and needs to be taken care of -- hence his place in both the Hell System and Heaven System, as a Bridge, as the Fallen Angel Of Redemption, named such by Ophiuchus, in the light, before all of Hell.

"Since All Of The Demon Lords Of All The Hells Know Now That This Is The Hell God Has Chosen, And Also That Bathin Has Called Upon The Services Of Many Associates From Foreign Lands -- Both Local And Otherworldly -- This Will Also Stop His Trap By Putting Them On High Alert Before He Gets There, Even If They Go Along With His Plans." It was really as simply as that, and Ophiuchus didn't have much else to do except to watch and continue to explain, until another critical, key, pivotal point, such as with this one, and the prior, and not acting in between, except minimally. "Bathin And Crocell Keep The Spirits Of The Army Leveled And Mellow Until Bathin's Units Show Up And Join Forces With Them, Creating An Even Larger Army That Is Greater Than What Once Was." This was advantageous because that was why when Ophiuchus did this, he was capable of causing the Demon Lords to panic and the Hell System to quake at the founddations.

And, speaking of foundations, Ophiuchus also knew that because some of the believers, innocents, and people who did not belong in Hell were trapped there and saw the Light Of God, they would be the first people he needed to visit. That was what he would send Valac to do, and went to go vouch for him, whilst Valac told them his tale of Redemption, as well as the nature of his Virtues.

When the Demon Lords acted again, Ophiuchus continued to show Valac, because he needed to be educated, and not just remain ignorant, like a lamb or flock. He needed to be educated. It was as simple as that -- not left ignorant. His true potential would be applied afterward, and also only be credible after his application, and not during his time of ignorance, where he is incapable of taking care of himself, at 'Larval Potentiality'. "Sabnock Then Begins To Provide For The New Units As Well Once They Are Brought By Bathin. Malphas Is Sedated At This Point, However Is Still The Most Useful Military Force Because Of His Power Over Destruction, Itself, Thus When He Is Given New Units Over The Entire Earth, He Is More Powerful Than He Was As Merely A President." It was to be remembered that some -- if not many, even if unnamed -- Demons and Demon Lords were still trying or actually working their way up the Hell System, even if to go nowhere, and had amassed something of some knowledge -- how to destroy it. They knew all of its flaws from simply living in it, which made them the experts of it, and how to destroy it, hence why they needed to be placated by the Demon Lords, who were more powerful than them, but not capable of doing the work of numerous people alone, yet still think they are better than them instead of mutual exchange. "All Of The Army Is Completely Weak Because Of Crocell And Bathin, Distracted Because Of Gremory And Agares, Misinformed Or Kept In Line By Ronove And Marchosias, And Supplied For By Sabnock And Malphas. This Makes The Army Of The Devil Seem Like The Most Powerful, But Because They Are Weakening Their Own Units To Maintan Control Over Them, It Ends Up Making Their Own Units More Impotent Than What They Could Be Simply Because Their Leaders Are That Way And Need Them Weak To Control Them."

"This Makes Room For The Next Duke -- Allocer -- Who Uses The Weakness Of The Spirit And The Flesh To Make Them Susceptible To Sin, Itself." So, it was to be understood that Demon Lords were more clever than Demons and Lesser Demon Lords, and not only did they participate in Unholy or Ungodly and Demonic, Tainted, Negative, Evil energies, but they -also- knew how to Pollute, Taint, or Corrupt Holy and Divine energies, which was something that was =OBJECTIVELY NOT= what any lesser, weaker demon could do strictly because they are too weak, inferior, unintelligent, or lacking to the point of impotence in any way that would cause the holy energy to harm them and cause them pain or distress and make them lash out, like when someone mocks them or their beliefs on the streets.

That was to say, Allocer was the one who initiated the 'Backup' of the Hell System so that they could replace all the things they just lost using the things that were left behind, especially the things that were used against them, and study their virtues, which Lesser Demons were too damned by their demonization to comprehend totally the worth or simple comprehension of. Another reason why they couldn't handle holy matters, like a Greater Demon or Demon Lord. Even High Demons that were considered Higher Demons were not completely seen as Greater Demons until after reaching a measure of rank similar in likeness to the Great Dukes -- which began with Allocer. "Allocer Is The First Of The Great Dukes Because There Are More Units To Control That Go Beyond The Original Limited System Of The Devil's Control." This was why it was such an alarm to all the Demons of Hell -- and not just one Hell, but every Hell, everywhere -- when the Hell System reaches 'Critical Mass' at all. So, they were more than likely going to help them, in order to both plunder and also try to stop whatever was happening that threatened all the other Hells. "Allocer Teaches The Weak To Be Weaker By Tainting Them With Immorality Whilst They Are Spiritually And Physically Deprived So That They Will Be Easier To Control When They Begin To Sin And All Of Their Sins Are Provided For By The Devil."

"Allocer Teaches Them Mysteries So That They Will Remain Distracted And Also Never Understand The True Meaning Of Anything So That They Cut Themselves Off From All Wisdom And Only Remain Fed By Those Above Them." Ophiuchus knew that the invasion of other Hells and Lesser Lucifers, known also as False Lights, as well as any array of Fallen Angels, Demon Lords, Demon Kings, Demon Lords, and general Demons or Sinners were going to go absolutely cuckoo bananas, but that was all part of -why- the 'Critical Mass' portion was so important, and also how it was -certain- whether or not it was going to go nuclear. Because otherwise, the matter would have ended here and they would've just had a better Hell System, with lesser people to sustain it, more personal suffering, gleaning less from it, until it drains their remaining life and resources to death because they cannot upkeep it with their minimal numbers and underdeveloped skills. "In Order To Keep The Weak Ones In Line, Allocer Is Enlarged Over Them And Speaks With Much Gravity And Intensity So That It Will Weigh Heavily On Their Hearts, Minds, Souls And Bodies That They May Sin More Greatly In Order To Relieve Themselves Of The Burden."

Now, this was a 'Power Play' -- Ophiuchus, a far more grand light, entity, power, being, and voice than Allocer, had spoken at the exact same time as him, and put on a greater display. This should have alarmed all of the demons, but not enough for them to just switch sides, abandon ship, or lose what they had achieved, or still believed they could. If there was one thing a Demon could do, it was cling to a belief that was totally unfounded, just because it served to gratify or pleasure them in the instant, then blind themselves to anything else beyond it, all whilst damaging themselves and everything around them. "Allocer Is A Judge Of The System, Which Is Why He Is Raised Up To A High Place With A Large Position, Yet He Is Also A Warrior, Messenger And Guide, Though His Main Duty Is Judgment And Execution."

Now, things were getting out of hand, even for Baal, who didn't ever even conceive things would reach this far, let alone exceed it. Ophiuchus had basically made them all look like fools, and had Valac with him as the system fell apart.

And, since the Hell System was comprised of smaller, exactly the same components that kept it supported, a collapse in one of the lower levels would rupture the entire framework -- something that endangered everyone in every Hell, which was totally unacceptable. Since they were alerted and were ready to mobilize, Baal had to face the scorn of other Baals -- Baels, even -- which would hate him for evoking Ophiuchus at all and endangering them and the Hell System in totality. To have sneaked by for eons and just now have to pay the piper, when it seemed like it was about to finally breakthrough a threshold that centuries built up to?

But Ophiuchus was unmistakable -- this was not like the light of a Fallen Angel, nor even of just Lucifer, who may have made an appearance from time to time, and of course the False Light offspring that were trying to be him. No, this was the Light Of God, and not anything less... It even kinda hurt the demons to be exposed to for too long, lesser of them dying from it.

Dire as it was, Baal still had the strength of his Kings, whom sat with him in the King's Court, where Baal's true throne was. The Dukes were all dealt with, but they would be coming soon. And, it was of a kingly nature (albeit, normally cowardly) to send the lesser out to take the blow. That is, the offspring. Therefore, to combat the oncoming threats, each of the Kings would send their Successors, whom would be Kings once they passed, if ever -- the Princes Of Hell. The Kings Of Hell would have more time to plot if the Princes Of Hell were distracting everyone.

Despite all that Baal did for himself, he failed to truly see how others started to see him once he was put to the pressure, and whilst he intended for the Dukes to handle each other and then die off, leaving only the Kings and Princes, that was not how things came to pass. Why? Because the Dukes figured that out and realized that by continuing the follow the system protocol, even if they lost their places, they could take down Baal, who was vain and thinking of himself.

If nothing else, they wouldn't let him have his cake and eat it too, either. That much was fitting for a Demon Lord.

So now, after being given authority over the entire army -- save for those that belonged strictly to higher individuals -- the Dukes, whom had just placated them, even in spite of Ophiuchus' spectacle, could summon the next Great Duke in line right after Allocer. Eligos (also Abigor or Eligor) is a Great Duke of Hell, ruling 60 legions of demons. He discovers hidden things and knows the future of wars and how soldiers should meet. He also attracts the favor of lords, knights and other important persons.

He is depicted in the form of a goodly knight carrying a lance, an ensign and a sceptre (a serpent to Aleister Crowley). Alternatively he is depicted as a ghostly spectre, sometimes riding a semi-skeletal (sometimes winged) horse, or the Steed of Abigor. This is a minion of Hell itself, and was a gift from Beelzebub. It was created from the remains of one of the horses of the Garden of Eden.

As it must have been clear, the higher the power and rank of a Demon in Hell, the closer they were to Heaven and Heavenly matters regarding God, and normally, whatever Divine, Holy, or Godly power or energy they had or dealt with corrupted into unholy or ungodly power. Yet, by being aware of God and holy power at all, as well as using it, even in a corrupted way, made them more powerful than lesser demons, who not only didn't know, but also didn't realize they had the power to make that power their own.

All that to say, Eligos was a Horseman of the Army Of God previously, and was now one of the Four Horsemens' horseman that existed in Hell. Being a Great Duke as well as the Four Horsemens' horseman meant he had a greater connection to God, and therefore a greater feed to corrupt and grant him unholy power. And, with that, he was able to see the future outcome of wars, especially by reading the waves and signs and people and judgments. So Great Duke Eligos was summoned to speculate the nature of things that were soon to pass, since this was all-out war now, having seeped into and stayed at the Upper Echelon, as the lower ranks were either moot or wiped out.

"Once It Is Time To Get The Synchronized Legion Of Units In Order For A Private Meeting, The Next Great Duke, Eligos (Otherwise Known As 'Abigor') Instructs The Entire Army As To How To Set Up Their Next Moves In Order To Conquer The World," Ophiuchus would transliterate to Valac, as they continued on, overshadowing the demons, watching them move against each other, and also helping those that wanted to repent along the way. "This Is The Large-Scale Meeting That Everyone Has Before They Are Sent Out Among The Nations, And Eligos Is The Leader."

The 'Nations' being, in this case, all the other Hells that are supported by the universal Hell System design.

"He Goes First To The Nations After Explaining To His Men That He Is Going To Infiltrate The High Places Of The Nations And The Next Great Duke After Him Will Be Informed Of The Private Affairs. He Attracts The Attention Of Lords And Important People So That They Are Distracted And Will Give Their Secrets To Him So That He May Give Them To The Next Great Duke, Aim, After Weakening The Nations." Now, it may have been unbeknownst to the demons supporting their system, but many of the Dukes -- as a safety precaution -- were given ranks and powers that allowed them to achieve the power of a higher up or to counteract it, as a countermeasure for if they should try to just all get away by themselves. That way, they would be bound to the system, no matter what, because of the very people within it refusing to let them go.

"Eligos Discovers Hidden Things Because He Is A Spy That Infiltrates High Places And Gains Favor From Important People So That He May Know Their Weaknesses And Inform His Own Army Of The Vulnerable Spots Of Their Nations." Something like an ambassador for their own Hell when going to others, Eligos was known as an infamous face to the higher ups, and each one who had their own Eligos would only use him for this purpose, and since they all followed a relatively similar format at base value, core design, then the Eligos' rank and meaning was recognized throughout the map.

"The Higher Ups In The Hell System See Only Everyone Beneath Them -- And Possibly Beside Them -- As Pieces To Be Played In A Game That Gets Their Wills Done Between Each Other On Their Own Level, Whilst Also Entertaining Them And Giving Them The Opportunity To Flaunt Or Show Off To Each Other, In The Process." It was something that people of every Upper Echelon of virtually every system did, could do, or wanted to do since those high places were established. "Eligos Knows The Future Of Wars Because He Has All Of The Important Information About Other Armies, Other Units And Other National Weaknesses, So He Can Comprehend Based On His Own Army's Information Comparatively To Foresee The Outcome Of The Wars." Again, Eligos was well-renowned, especially amongst the Hell System, for reasons aforementioned. This meant that each of the Eligoses that were available kept in communication, and also maintained good relations. "Eligos Rides His Steed -- The Steed Of Abigor -- Because Before His Death, He Was Once A Legendary Commander Of An Army Of His Own, But Fell From Grace (Which Is Why His Name Is No Longer Abigor, But Eligos). He Leads Now The Legion Of The Dead With His Horse Under His Name So That His Position As A Commander Is Not Forgotten, Yet He Remains Only As A Horseman." As stated with Agares, the higher ups have histories and legacies about how they rose to the top, and why they were in their places of power, renowned. They did many things, changed names, got things, and learned new powers and things along the way, so some of them had different names from different periods of time when they existed based on their works and growth and development as they rose through the ranks. "He Is A Minion Of Hell Given By Beelzebub Because He Stirs Discord And Sows Discord Specifically By His Nature Of Infiltration Of The Privates Of Others And Then Disturbing The Harmony Of Their Privacy By Giving Away Such Information And Using It As A Weakness, Usually By Stirring Up A Social Event Or Economic Crisis, Possibly As A Disturbance For Coverage."

Ophiuchus didn't have to do anything but deal with casualties right now, and instructed Valac to help him, and to also learn to manage this, so he could learn to be independent and not dependent, getting others into trouble by refusing to be independent and making them come save him whilst he helplessly makes them rise to power to destroy or be evil, which counts as a sin toward himself. "Worry Not, Valac. This Entire Ordeal Will Escalate To Grandiose Proportions, But This Is Only An Image. It Will Not Actually Be So Grand." He paused, and chuckled. "Well, It Will, But Not In A Way That Isn't Just Totally Self-Destructive In A Contained Fashion. You'll See When We Get There, When This, Which Is The Thing That Was, Now Is, And Soon Will Be, Gets Done Destroying Itself And Being The Thing That Is Self-Destructive To Itself And Will Be That Way Until The End, Like Demons Are."

What should have been a simple matter corrected by the destruction or dealing of itself at the lower levels was showing no signs of stopping now, and in fact had escalated not only beyond this Hell System, but also this Hell. And it was all so Baal could salvage himself, rather than correct what is wrong, or do anything of any good to anyone besides himself at the top of the system. So, he went to even greater, more extraordinary lengths to cling to his crumbling power and status, by enlisting the other legions from other Hells.

However, since Eligos, as well as Bathin, were in communication with their rebel army, as well as the other Elite Demons in the other Hells, they would end up getting the information about Baal and the crumbling collapse, plus Baal's wheedling in order to get them to help him. The Great Dukes, who knew the Elite Demons, were well aware of what would happen if they had to get other Hells involved. But, since Baal was just going to kill them and run anyway, they found it best to just spite him by using their last powers to escalate things to a point where he could not escape, and take him and everything he does down with him.

This was the prime and key reason why things like this fail if the leader is a poor leader -- the people will seek vengeance, sometimes in spite of their own lives, or at the cost of it, to ensure that yours was ended as well.

Baal did not know that they'd done this, but did expect for this to have occurred, to some level of anticipation. He was running out of options, subordinates, and resources, and was quickly being cornered. The closer he got to being cornered, the more panicked he became, especially when he came to a loss or a crossroads that could severely impact him in such dire, critical times, where making mistakes was like life or death, and not just something one could cover up or ignore and then undo or fix later. This was a one-shot opportunity, and he was running out of things to use to get himself out of it -- running out of realm of authority, and both using up and losing what he had by detaching it, like a lizard's tail, from himself to escape.

All the while, covertly, the Dukes had been conspiring to themselves. Agares, Valefor, and Bathin tended to the growing legion of demons that they enlisted or salvaged from the Demon Resistance they stomped out, and had been reassigning them to positions that would keep the system going, but commandeered specifically and strictly to their needs, rather than to their superiors, whom they were all against.

Yet, the Rebel Duke, Gremory, was still being brought back by Crocell, who rejoined with Bathin once Gremory was captured and subdued. However, with this, they needed to deal with Gremory right then and there, and still could not pursue Baal. Though, some reinforcements from Eligos' mediation would join their ranks, being appropriated, as well. The entire thing was such a consumptive process, it kept all the Dukes too busy to immediately retaliate. They could barely plan, with such little time and urgent matters, but their spiteful drive did indeed keep them focused and going.

None of them even remembered about Ophiuchus afterward, and instead focused again on their own personal matters, about people who crossed them, or whom they hate, or even envy, or can immediately take advantage of, and not someone who was very powerful and obviously capable of defeating any of them. So, whilst Ophiuchus' situation was dire and urgent to them as well, it wasn't something they saw as 'too pressing', because from their experience, God also always took his sweet time, and wouldn't bring them to an end quickly at all. They still had more than enough time.

But, as this all went on, they did call for the help of the next Great Duke... Aim. Aim (aka Aym or Haborym) is a Great Duke of Hell, very strong, and rules over twenty-six legions of demons. He sets cities, castles and great places on fire, makes men witty in all ways, and gives true answers concerning private matters. He is depicted as a man (handsome to some sources), but with three heads: one of a serpent, the second of a man, and the third of a cat to most authors; although some say of a calf, riding a viper, and carrying in his hand a lit firebrand with which he sets the requested things on fire.

Summoned by Eligos as the Lesser Dukes all continued dealing with the lesser matters more closely associated to them, Aim would couple himself with Eligos so that the two of them could, specifically, continue the chain of alerting the Great Dukes, since only the Great Dukes and above could commune with each other, and the Lesser Dukes could not. They had to deal with the civil matters, as that was why they were Lesser Dukes -- to deal with problems relating to the Bottom. Great Dukes dealt with matters of the Top.

The buildup was starting to coagulate, and the congestion was a good omen to Ophiuchus, who gazed upon it from on high and smiled. "The Entire Army Is Gathered And Ready For War, At This Point, Because Of The Great Dukes That Come To Commandeer The Lesser Dukes And All Who Are Under Them." With Eligos and Aim, whom are both Great Dukes, the Lesser Dukes should have still felt confident in their level of control and power, having faith in the system and those in it, despite being against the one at the head. "With The Army Ready To Be Sacrificed For Their Blind Servitude, Allocer And Crocell Along With The Entire Army As Well As Aim, Eligor (On The Steed Of Abigor) Proceed To Go Unto The Cities Which Are Made Weak That He May Command The Army To Pillage The Possessions, Rape The Women And Destroy The Original Homeland, Set Fire To The Entire Earth After The World Is Made Weak To The Devil's Contract And Get The Land Ready For Trampling Of The Winepress Via The Remainder Of The Horsemen, With Preparation To Get More Units Ready To Become Horsemen From Knighthood."

To say the least, this wasn't going to be pretty, but it was going to be pretty funny, going in with foreknowledge. "Global Domination Begins With The Great Dukes And The Remaining Dukes As The First To Set Fire To The Nations By Their Own Pieces Of The Army And Those Who Belonged To The Original Nation Of The Devil's System In Order To Infectiously Capture And Weaken The Next One Over That Seeks To Infiltrate, Or As A Means Of Primary Infiltration And Exchange Of Foreign Affair Secretly." So, as it had to have been inferred, the disloyal demons, no matter their stature, would take an opportunity to betray someone if they felt spiteful. And, of course, when communicating only within a certain rank, forbidden from speaking to anyone above you, it gives you an exclusive manner of communication with everyone of your own rank. That is to say, beyond just the War that would be incited by the collapsing Hell System, there would be even more war and rebellion amongst any and all Hell Systems starting from the Great Dukes -- the Eligoses -- that kept in tight knit with each other.

For, once one of them found out the truth about matters, and how they were being used with no means to an end, they all understood their secret abuse due to status, and how they would continue to experience it because they were never to be greater nor lesser, for the sake of keeping a certain power and order. However, it turned out to be that this exact thing that the higher ups wished to maintain to an oppressive degree ends up being the exact thing that helps the lesser demons to rise up against them and band together in rebellion. "Aim Is A Great Duke That Sets Cities, Castles And Great Palaces On Fire Because The Units That He Uses Are Those That Have Already Infiltrated The Strongholds Of Other Nations And Their Fortresses." This was to say, on the inside of every Hell System, whilst all the heads were distracted with fighting each other for control and dominance, looking to prey on each other, and getting lost in their own powers and intellect, needing all their power to focus on each other, they no longer focused on the people they originally used their power to keep an eye on, who take that advantage to turn on them.

Again, all of this was incurred strictly and solely by opportunity. The point of it is, the opportunities are traps because they were left that way on purpose so that demons and sinners would be tempted to take advantage of them and fall into these traps, especially by being dependent on them, and leaving them in their systems because they couldn't work the way they wanted without them. So the opportunities were not random, but always there, and waiting for people to access them through the means left behind, which are through the very people in the system, positioned where they are, with the powers they have, as they are.

"He Destroys Fortresses From The Inside Out Using The Nation's Own People Because That Makes It Easier To Take Over The Entire Nation Without Having To Leave From His Position Unless To Send Reinforcements." It was more like relaying a message from the 'Middle-Layer' to the 'Lower-Layer' and having the Lower Layer start a rebellious shifting in power during the distraction of their 'Overheads' or 'Bosses' that rules the Hell Systems.

This was why it was always destined to fall -- because when someone in one system sees the same opportunity placed in the same place, they react the same way, and trigger the chain of causation. "He Gives True Answers To Private Matters Because He Uses Them To His Advantage And Everyone Else's By Giving Away National And Personal Secrets Secretly And Spreading Them Out Through Lesser Messengers Within The Ranks." Once the ignorant masses know the secrets of their superiors and elites, it becomes much easier to level the playing field, and have the superiors be subdued, due to the unrest of the masses now, with their exposure, and the already underhanded dealings and manipulation to make them untrustworthy.

"Aim Is Seen As Beautiful Because Of What He Does And What He Is Capable Of Doing, However Because Of His Actual Nature (Which Is Depicted In His Appearance), He Is Volatile And Poisonous To Anyone That Takes Him In For Any Reason." In essence, a 'Vanity Demon', most of which are automatically elites or superior to others, by default, since Vanity is a greater sin than Pride, and Pride was equated to the Seven Deadly Sins, with Vanity being greater than all of them, and what all of them can derive from or combine into, and grow into greater sins, like Vainglory, and just SIN itself. "This Is Because He Wants Your Secrets For Himself And His True Master. He Is Seen As A Viper Because Of His Vicious Temperament And Poisonous Snappy Nature, Or Riding A Viper Because He Is Snaking His Way Into People's Personal Private Affairs." Just as there was a serpent in the Garden Of Eden to pry into and interfere with the private, secret matters of Adam and Eve, so too is there a serpent, systematically, meant to accomplish the same purpose, and only that. "He Has A Head Of A Cat Because He Is Always Cautiously Listening For His Own Safety Due To The Danger Of His Position, And Is Also Seen As A Calf Because Of His Babe-like Persona. When Upset, He Sets Things On Fire (Namely, Other People's Hearts, Minds And Possessions) In Order To Maintain A Sort Of Superiority Over Them."

Since this was where things got super cataclysmic in repetitious chain reactions, Ophiuchus would take Valac and warn him quickly, "Come, Valac -- We Must Evacuate All Those Who Are To Be Saved. As All Of This Happens, Take Them To The Location I Will Determine For You. If You Do This, Valac, You Will Be Guaranteed Redemption, As Well As A Permanent Place As The Angel Of Redemption, In Service To Heaven. You Will Always Be Known As A Fallen Angel That Was Redeemed, So All Peoples And Beings -- Angels, Demons, Humans, Beasts, And All Life -- Will Know That They Can And Will Be Redeemed If They Should Atone And Repent, Even If They Have Lived In Hell Or Are Trapped In The Infinite Loops Of Purgatory."

Valac was cast off to collect those who would be considered eligible for 'Redemption' and to send them far away from the climax of this, which would 'shake the Hells and Underworlds', similarly to how God 'shakes the Heavens and Earth.' -As Above, So Below- And All That.

As this 'Demonic Spiritual War' was coming to a head, each of the different layers of each of the Hell Systems spanning across all of the Hells -- all of whose heads were waiting upon opportunities to prey upon each other -- were preoccupied with pouncing upon an abundance of opportunities which suddenly sprang up. From one of them starting to collapse and becoming so weak to be vulnerable to invasion, it began the chain reaction of predation in a long string of a food chain that would preoccupy every single overpopulated Hell everywhere all at once.

It was a Mass Extermination.

By their own hands.

By being themselves.

There was no stopping this except to not take the only opportunity all of them were ever going to have ever in life, and absolutely none of them were going to give it up. So, it caused absolutely all of them to take it, all at once, and scramble about, causing a great deal of perceived chaos, which was mostly just a lot of microtransactions between each of the different combined nexuses of Hells.

As this was so, the Demon Lords of the Hell of the Veritas became quite afraid, and had to now not just fight against each other, but every single other Hell. Whilst, it was true that it was possible they could work together, it was less than plausible it would happen without subservience or a cost. The only thing to do was to band together.

By summoning the next Great Duke, whose name is Zepar, all of the Hellish Dukedom would have mutuality between them. For, Zepar was able to tame Gremory's women, and command them even more precisely than he could, both from a woman's perspective, as Gremory did... And a man's.

"Zepar is a Great Duke of Hell," Agares would speak, sharing the explanation with Aim, who was also a wise superior, "He commands 26 legions of inferior spirits." His office is to cause women to love men, and bring them together in love. So, whilst Gremory simply used and manipulated women by being one, Zepar actually controls what they love, and also provides it using men, which is something Gremory couldn't do. The women would naturally flock to one that provides for them the things they want and need and love, and it wouldn't be any other way, in most base cases.

To keep them from growing too powerful, and to also sometimes have leverage, Zepar also makes women barren. He is depicted with red clothes and armor, like a soldier. The red symbolizes blood, which is a symbol of death and violence, which are also things he incites in order to 'make the women barren'. That is to say, he also takes away their men, as well as their children, and possibly even their lives, or potential to make new life, so they lose purpose, and must live life without a future, so they are forced to live in the moment, and submit to the one that will provide in the moment, systematically built into the system as his actual job in Hell as a Great Duke.

So Gremory was out.

Since Valac was cast off to his trial for redemption, Ophiuchus continued to orchestrate the 'Fall Of Babylon' from the background, in plain sight, narrating events and checking them off as they were supposed to occur, something like a scientist with an experiment and the variables to see if they match the hypothesis.

Which, they did. "When The Great Dukes And The Army Of The Devil Have Infiltrated The Nations And Destroyed Them From The Inside Out Using 'Great Duke Aim', The Next Great Duke, Zepar -- Who Has Control Over Women To Make Them Love Men -- Forces The Women Of Other Nations That Have Lost Their Men To Fall In Love With The Men Of The Army Of The Devil On Purpose And Also Make Them Barren In Child-bearing As Well As In Their Hearts And In Their Minds. This Is After The Nation Is Made Low By Being Infiltrated In The Weak Point, And The Women Being Made Vulnerable As A Crippling Blow To The Actual Economy In Order For Them To Be More Susceptible To Being Raped By An Outside Nation With A Stronger Foundation Or Fortitude." Ophiuchus' oration was portrayed in play by the Demon Lords and their Demon Legions under them, all to the exact verbage, as he spake. His voice beheld much gaiety, like that of a small boy filled with wonderment.

"Meanwhile, Information Is Still Spread Among The Ranks Privately Through Messengers Such As Ronove -- And His Master Agares. However Because The Lesser Rulers Are Now So Minimal Unto The Greater Rulers, They Are Usually Ignored For Greater Causes Such As Global Conquest UNLESS The Are Necessary For A Specific Task." In this way, if the Lesser Demons were kept alive at all, once the Greater Demons and Elite Demons were all preoccupied, they, who did not have any important or grand roles, would be free to muddle up the lower ranks as much as they could, and make things exceedingly difficult -- if not impossible -- for the upper echelon once they got back and tried to use what they had. "Normally, After Being Ignored, The Lesser Units Are Sowing Discord Within The Lower Units Because They Know Or Believe That Their Higher Rulers -- The Great Dukes -- Cannot See Them, Just As It Was When The Great Dukes Originally Were Commanding And Before Things Escalated To This Level, Which Is A Blinding Light That Can Be Seen As Vainglory, Even Into Decay Into Vanity Or Further Vainglory." That is to say... This sort of thing wasn't -new- for the demons in Hell. It was actually something that happened regularly, but only when the Greater Demons turned a blind eye or got lenient and lazy because they were too bored being so strict all the time, and got comfortable in their security without recognizing that having a conscious body was necessary, and only prison bars, no matter what form of oppression they took, weren't enough. That was the overall punishment built into being oppressive -- too many people have to enforce such strict measures, and eventually, it just leaves everyone so tired and so bored, they either break into fight or stop and never do it again.

"Zepar Is Only Useful For Gathering The Women Of Other Nations After Their Men Are Torn Down Or Have Been Captured By The Greater Army Of The Devil." That is, only when the wars between the male demons was handled would it be a good moment for the women demons to come in afterward and swoop into the ones that are left. "The Reason Why Zepar Makes Women Barren In Child-Bearing, Mentality, And Spirituality Is So That They Are Easier To Possess And Control And Force Into Loving A Lesser Man That Has Also Been Made Barren." Therefore, an extension of Bathin's brainwashing, but specifically for women of all varieties.

"Zepar Wears Red Because He Is A Warrior And Also Is Useful Only For War-Times, Because He Is Gathering The Women For A Grand Rape Via A Pillage." In essence, this wasn't a 'flesh' raping, but a mental and spiritual 'raping', in terms of possessing them, and they willingly give their bodies up, following their minds and hearts, be it for money (in the mind) or pleasure (in the heart). And it was clear that these demons were already not only prepared, but fully knowledgeable of how to do this, and incorporated it into the higher workings of the system on purpose. "Zepar Leads Inferior Spirits For A Reason; It Is Because They Are The Weaker Of The Units That Are Also Impotent And Need Women Who Are Impotent As Well So That They Do Not Disturb Those Who Are Greater Nor Feel Like They Are Lesser Because Of Their Own Impotence."

To prevent there being any kind of envy -- rather, too much of it caused strictly by a lack of supply when there is too much of a demand -- there are many more numerous impotent partners for people who are impotent on the other side. For women, impotence looks different than with men, but it generally looks a lot like being incredibly boring or motionless in the bed, and letting the partner do all of the work, having no appeal at all, not even being able to have any, and just letting someone (especially an attractive person) pleasure you and use you as a masturbation rag because the sex is so boring.

But for men, everyone knows it just means being really fast or really bad in the sack. Much more simple and easy to understand than the female one, since a vagina is literally different in every way, on purpose, and is inverse of how penises work -- that is, cannot get stimulated enough, or cannot be stimulating but still sits and takes sex without doing literally anything at all.

"... Hahahahaha," Ophiuchus chuckled, looking on over Hell, like the sun, "... I Suppose They Will Know The 'Song Of Songs' Even In Hell. God Is Good To All Walks Of Life, Even Those He Punishes On Purpose. Which They Still Are Confused About, How God Can Bless Them And Curse Them At The Same Time. But They Should Know Better Than Anyone, For Many Reasons." Depth of personal substance aside, Ophiuchus gazed up into the pitch black Void Sun that was darker than even the pitch black sky, and he said, "Because All Of The Hells Will Be Active, I Will Need To Be Able To Act Upon Each Of Them, All At Once."

Ophiuchus' magnanimous wings of light, some attached to his halo crowns, spread open wide and carried him at various spectra of speed up to the Void Sun, where he would rest his Light, as Light-Bearer. This would ignite the 'Forbidden Chalister', which was meant for 'TATARI's Insanity Flame. With Ophiuchus resting in the Void Sun, a beautiful, gorgeous, peaceful, harmonious light would shine, illuminating the sky with an actual color, and not just void blackness. And, though the sky was perfect and pure and gorgeous and clear, the ground was still a battleground and hellscape.

But every single Demon in every single Hell would see that beacon who was he, Ophiuchus, Angel God-King Of The Veritas. He continued to watch on now, this time, as stated, from within the once 'Void Sun'.

A bright light shone in Hell that day, and that light was a hope to the ones who wished to atone, and a doom to the Demons and Sinners that wished to live on in Sin. The once void black sky was now clear, for the first time ever, and the beauty of it was very jarring. Some of the more wicked ones would also be burned by this divine light, as they were used to that lack of light that existed.

The Demon Lords were becoming panicked, especially Baal, but the Dukes were restless. They might have had their fates sealed, and the Light Of God was their warning that they were all going to perish. However, if that was the case, then the only reason the Dukes Of Hell wanted to continue their plans was to make absolutely sure that Baal didn't escape in some way whilst everyone else was wiped out. He probably anticipated that this is what would get rid of all his enemies, so he wouldn't have to, and was already trying to slip out, as the Dukes knew him well.

Congregating in haste, the Dukes realized that, even as things were settled now amongst themselves, and Gremory was apprehended and dealt with, plus all the demons were sedated and pleasured into doing anything they wanted, they were going to need to finish the process. So, the previous Great Duke, Zepar, would summon the next Great Duke, Vepar (also Separ, Vephar). Like Gremory, Vepar is depicted as both a man or a woman, but is actually able to transition through either one or both, being greater than Gremory.

In demonology, Vepar is a strong Great Duke of Hell, and rules twenty-nine legions of demons. He governs the waters and guides armoured ships laden with ammunition and weapons; he can also make, if requested, the sea rough and stormy, and to appear full of ships. Vepar can make men die in three days by putrefying sores and wounds, causing worms to breed in them, but if requested by the conjurer he can heal them immediately. Vepar is depicted as a mermaid.

In places where Vepar appears not as a male, but in his female form, she governs the waters and guides armoured ships laden with ammunition and weapons; She can also make, if requested, the sea rough and stormy, and to appear full of ships. Vepar can make men die in three days by putrefying sores and wounds, causing worms to breed in them, but if requested by the conjurer she can heal them immediately.

Vepar is depicted as a mermaid.

Vepar's gender-fluid form is something that allows them to be either/or, in order to do their own bidding to either men or to women, and be effective. However, they are indeed a mermaid, and generally keep towards water, but since the 'waves of the atmosphere' are a form of water -- as Crocell proved -- Vepar was able to 'appear' to be flying, but was actually just swimming on wavelengths like water. So, once they appeared, Vepar, the beautiful mermaid, hovered before the all of them.

Vepar's appearance caused 'stormy seas', which, in this case, was nothing but discordant wavelengths in the atmosphere, like the roughness of waves in the actual seawater. But, in addition to this, they are able to 'make ships' appear. Now, though this is literal -- as is the ability to create actual storms in the sea -- this is also a figurative and general word to mean 'All Forms Of Ships', such as 'Relationships, Friendships, Companionship, Sportsmanship,' and all other forms of 'ships'.

By making these waves discordant, the 'ships' that were of others would become rough and rigid, be they a relationship or friendship or acquaintanceship or otherwise. These 'ships' caused rough waters, which churned the 'waves' into storms, and made each of the people who were upset by this discord riled up.

Using this power to disturb the peace, Vepar could turn everyone against the people whom they had rocky relationships with... Ergo, Baal. So, by this riling up of the rabble, they were each angry enough to want to go after Baal, rather than to submit to him.

Just as the Dukes Of Hell wanted.

The bright light of Ophiuchus gave him sight beyond sight into the demons and the Hell they lived in, which was owned by him in the Veritas. They might have been mostly ignored and left to their own sinful and wicked devices, but it was still a place where people were -supposed- to -try- to atone, and there -were -consequences for -not- doing that in a timely fashion.

The return of God being one of them.

So of course, the ones who really did try to do better would be saved after enduring Hell for a while, whilst the others would be slowly (or immediately) destroyed. This was because failing to actually learn your lesson in Hell and be redeemed within an allotted time made for 'overpopulation', so to speak, and thus the sinners and demons needed to be regularly purged.

You know, since they refused to just purge themselves the proper way in Purgatory, which goes slowly at their speed rather than all at once, like God does it, which hurts and oftentimes just kills them. If they would do the work to purge themselves of Sin in Purgatory, then God wouldn't have to come purge them in totality and erase them from existence, because the Sin wouldn't have eaten away at them completely totally and made them absolutely irredeemable.

Sad, but true.

"Once The Other Nations Are Sedated By The Lethal Injection That Is The Great Duke, Vepar, Then The Army Returns To The Home Base Of The System Whilst The Nations Are Weak And Possibly In Recovery From The Blow." That is to say, amongst the war between the several Hells via their Hell Systems, once Vepar was sent out, they were all brought to calamitous engagements that prevented them from working together as a team, and thus ended up with all of these armies in disarray, acting independently within ranks, and facing off both against themselves and others. "Meanwhile, Whilst Vepar Is Overseeing This, The Commanders And The Generals Of The Army -- The Great Dukes, Horsemen, And The Marquises -- Begin To Give Orders To The Units Within The Militia After Their Return To Their Own Natural Habitation And Congregation; This Is Otherwise Known As Their 'House'."

Seeing this opportunity as a chance for respite and recovery, the Dukes Of Hell (the only of the Dukes in any of the Hells that were undergoing a 'System Failure', and thus the only UNIQUE set of Dukes in all the Hells) could focus only on themselves and their own units because the others were so distracted fighting each other and themselves to actually make it to their original targets, which were shifted now to 'anything that was in their way.'

Good thing Demons knew how Demons worked and literally spent their entire lives exploiting them whilst never actually fixing the very same things in themselves, but keeping themselves away from others that could exploit them... So they could exploit the lesser of them without them retaliating, nor anyone else. "Now, Hopefully Stronger Or Strongest, The Devil's System Regroups And Uses The Messenger And Delivery System Of The Network For Communication To Each Other, Sending Royal Servants Such As Ronove (As A Marquis-Count) Or Servants Such As Marchosias (Being A Marquis) To Do Errands And Ensure That Everyone Is Informed Of What Is Going On." As stated, the Demon Spirits could possess any vessel, and could also be controlled or manipulated by themselves or greater Demons, except in full subservience rather than with the 'freewill' to act against them, as they did when they had a freewill because they freely possessed a vessel.

"Sabnock Restocks From The Storehouse And Refuels From The Stock Or Deck." Clearly, each of these demons was slain previously, but they were back as totally obedient servants, under the total dominion of their superiors, who could literally, at any given time, have just done that in the first place, but only needed to when the Lesser Demons got out of line, as to hide both their power and intent, plus to keep others from growing suspicious or not serving them.

"Agares Keeps Watch Over The Messenger (Malak) System For The Demons In The Netherworld Whilst Positions Are Redistributed Among Them And Many Lost Pieces And Players Are Replicated And Replaced As They Had Been Before Infiltration Of The Devil's System, Thus Leaving Room For The Great Dukes To Duke It Out For Titles And Royalties All The Way Up The Ladder To Total Control Over The System That They Once Had Only Infiltrated (The Final Promotion To Overthrow God)." That is to say... Everything that they all -JUST- lost was replaced. Albeit, with lesser than what they had previously, and obviously, with fewer people to help command or fuel the system. This was known as the 'Lethal Injection' because it made sure to illustrate clearly how useless it was for anyone below the Great Dukes to do anything against them, since they could just kill everyone and reset the Hell System back to the way it was, even if missing lots of stuff.

"Vepar Is Androgynous For A Reason -- This Is To Keep The Open Ended Utility As A Male Disguised As A Female Or A Female Disguised As A Man In Addition To Already Being Able To Be Used As An Assassin Suit For Any Male Or Female For Any Reason." So, again, what Gremory does, but better -- which is the premise of the growing through the ranks of Demon Hierarchy. Basically just to be able to do what the previous one did, but better, to control them, or to intimidate them into not stepping out of line, or a more powerful demon will use their powers against them. "Vepar, As An Assassin, Is Like A Dangerous Venom That Occurs Or Is Able To Be Injected When One Is Weak And Vulnerable, Causing Turbulence And Discord Among People When Placed Among Them As Both A Strong And A Secret Unit Within A Society Or Economy That Is Filled With Weakness Or Other Vulnerabilities. This Causes The Units Within The Economy Or Society To Be Weakened Further By Becoming Envious, Making Them Brittle And Causing Further Decay In The Men Along With The Women, So That The Most Inferior Units Can Conquer Any Weakened Land -- Even Those That Are Created From Scratch Or Eroded By Acid."

This part was extremely important -- This is because though Vepar and the other Demon Lords can just 'put the system back the way it was', since they HAVE to be active over it now as opposed to dormant, being taken care of by it, their own influences start to damage it, no matter how many times they can or do put things back together. "As A Hazard, Vepar Functions As A Corrosive Acid And Is Stealthy Like An Assassin In Both Penetration And Injection, As Well As Extraction And Medication." Hence the 'Lethal Injection' Demon, if you want to call it that. "Vepar Seems To Be Very Good And Honeyed To Use As A Piece, But This Is A Personal Position That Is Very Close And Private To The Ruler, And Therefore Is Also Very Valuable For Priceless Sentimental Memento By The One That Sends This Unit Out, Even As An Assassin Or Spy At All; This Is Because The Acidic Poison Of The Lethal Injection Is Toxic Enough To Become Addictive And End Up Backfiring On The One Who Is Using The Mixture As A Sedative For The Self -- Which Counts As A Sacrifice That Is Most Hazardous, Especially If Done In Secret With No One To Take Care Of (Which Is Also What Vepar -Would- Be Doing If Not Being A Spy Or Assassin, Simply As A Very Close Friend)."

... One may have wondered who Ophiuchus was talking to, since Valac was sent away, and he was up in the once Void Sun as its light. But he wasn't just soliloquizing to himself; the magnanimous light resonated, and everyone everywhere could hear the voice of Ophiuchus as he spoke, but only in their heads, despite it sounding like it was audible outside of their heads. They would be able to hear him explain about these Demon Lords of the Ars Goetia. This should have terrified them and made them paranoid, and also distrusting of each other, because their secrecy about themselves was made public... In secret. And though they could hear Ophiuchus in their heads, they didn't know if he was speaking only to them, or to everyone all at once, and none of them was going to be the first one to admit to hearing Ophiuchus.

All to Ophiuchus' anticipation, of course. This was an advanced level of mind control, manipulation, and fashioning of light, but none of it was sinful, and all of it was used against the Demons and Sinners. When they did it, it was usually sinful, but Ophiuchus wasn't using it for some sort of sinful or vain gain, and didn't do it out of malice or without intent to help, thus making everything he did -- even if some of the things were very similar to what sinners and demons did -- not sinful, because it didn't come from a sinful place, it didn't end up creating or enabling sins, and it didn't empower the sins or make him or others sinful by his doing it. Which were most of the key differences in literally everything everyone knew to be 'Sins' but also still somehow felt like 'Weren't Sinful'. Because they were actually correct, but still did them for Sinful Reasons, which is what made them Sins (plus, affecting others and making them sin, or making sins more powerful, or things that don't -stop- sinfulness by doing those things).

"Now..." Ophiuchus uttered, gazing on at his Hell, "... We Wait For The True Spectacle..." The 'Enlightening' of the Demons was actually the worst kind of punishment for them, because it gave them enough wisdom and understanding to know what they've done, and keep them doing it, but still eventually build and guide them up to the point where they recognize all of the terrible things that become because of what they chose to do when they first got the enlightenment, and how all those things come back upon them, even if they were all just personal. Because typically, even personal things have an outer influence on others, just by a 'PERSON' existing in and of their 'PERSONAL' means.

Utter terror gripped the entirety of the Ars Goetia that remained, but to none of their shared knowledge. They were all individually, independently, simultaneously terrified by Ophiuchus, causing all of them to suddenly become paranoid by this enlightenment, which they purposefully kept themselves in the dark about so that this sort of thing would never happen. More information made them more paranoid, because their sins were more intricately understood by them, and how they relate to others, and make others react in opposition.

Perhaps this was why Sins were equated to Satan, they began to think -- because all of the Sins ended up just turning everyone into antagonists to themselves or each other, and thus making them all adversaries because they all sinned at all, and are afraid of any of the others sinning against themselves.

Now that the Dukes were once again no longer in a unified harmony, but had to keep up appearances, they continued on with their secret plans as quickly as possible, before the Hellstorm that was going on with the great war of all the Hells finally reached them before they were prepared. Whilst Vepar had done their job, there was another Great Duke to summon immediately afterward whilst Vepar and Zepar were still active, and the other Great Dukes were dealing with the higher, outer matters that the Lesser Dukes would conversely have to deal with by managing the interior matters of the System and not Outer matters.

So Gusion, the next Great Duke, was summoned so that they all could gain wisdom as quickly as possible during this time of great panic and distress for all of Hell. Gusion (also Gusayn, Gusoin, Gusoyn.) is a strong Great Duke of Hell, and rules over forty legions of demons. He tells all past, present and future things, shows the meaning of all questions that are asked to him, reconciles friends, and gives honour and dignity. He is depicted as a baboon or according to some, in the form of a "xenophilus." He is depicted as a baboon or according to some, in the form of a Cynocephalus (Dog Headed).

He is mentioned in The Lesser Key of Solomon.

Being comparable to a bacterium, Gusion first arrived as nothing but a paramecium; a tiny microbial entity whose true power was to influence other microbial entities and then have them command the large bodies that they comprised, but Gusion could also very easily take on a regular demonic form, which was that of a baboon with a dog-head (both referencing 'Cynocephalus', which is a dog-faced baboon and any dog-headed entity, likely a human with a dog-like face, like the baboon).

When Gusion spoke, he told them literally everything as best he could and as fast as possible. Everyone would listen to Gusion because of his power to 'reconcile friends', which only was being used right now to calm the calamity and discord that Vepar created as a guise. When the Hellians of this Hell were settled after being roused to make it seem like they were also going to attack, like the other Hellians of other Hells, which incited them to move first and then collide and give them more time, Gusion explained to the Demons and Demon Lords how everything came to be, why it is as it is, and what will become of it now that things are heading in this direction.

It was a terrifying, terrible, horribly enlightening experience, but the demons had no choice but to learn it and experience it if they wanted to save themselves. Then again, their entire lives of sin had mostly been geared toward 'saving themselves', so who was to say that this, too, wasn't something to get them to try to 'save themselves' and just traps them into being destroyed by following the very same impulse that got them into bad things in Life, sent to Hell at all, into worse things as Sinners and Demons, and inevitably, to their absolute end by their own hands, like all their suffering was.

Perhaps, some Demons and Sinners did learn a lesson, and did repent in their hearts and want to atone, finding that all of this was useless to fight, and that the best thing to do was to let God take them, since, they believed that if they really did mean it, and really did not want to Sin or be in Hell or be a Demon or Sinner any longer, then right before they were to be destroyed, they would be saved by God. They might not go to Heaven, but they wouldn't die in Hell and never return. And that was better for them. Those were the ones who truly did care about their lives... Enough to change them and do better for real at the final hour.

But the rest of them obviously learned nothing, were too dumb to quit, and continued on, using the information Gusion gave them as ammunition to gain an advantage, and purposefully neglecting any negative things he said (as Sinners tended to do whenever they wanted to justify anything Sinful they wanted to do).

Whilst it was clear that Gusion's presence was both a good and bad thing for the Demons and Sinners, it did still give some people the option to be saved again, whereas their ignorance would have kept them damned and not salvageable. Sure, the very same information to a different Demon or Sinner would just make them worse, but those people didn't matter -- only the people who would actually get better and change because they saw the light and the events happening and became wise would be redeemed and taken out of Hell by the Lord God. This was to the effect of the 'Reconciliation' that Gusion brings, as well as the 'Dignities And Honors', because though they were -INTENDED- to just be for people in Hell, the -SIDE-EFFECT- was that it also affected people with God and other holy entities, and could make them reconcile with God and also gain 'Dignity And Honor' with God, and not Demons.

Ophiuchus saw that the Light was Good, and he smiled, able to perceive the hearts and minds and souls and spirits of the Demons and Sinners that sought redemption. "Ah..." he moaned softly, "... This Is Truly The Point Of No Return. This Demon Lord Is The Pinpoint For The Crossroads. Bless Their Souls..."

Ophiuchus' blessing would be sent down to the ones who were made holy by the enlightenment, and begin to guide them away from Hell and Sin without alerting or triggering the worse, unrepentant Sinners and Demons. Only they would hear the words of his Blessing, which he previously just spake unto them, to give them assurance.

But the Ars Goetia would hear this: "The Great Duke Gives An Explanatory Instruction As To What Has Just Happened And What To Do About It As Well As What Will Next Occur Once The Dukes Have Infiltrated And The Marquises Have Assimilated With The System Of The Nation That Has Been Penetrated By Vepar And Aim." That is to say, the legions of demons that were subservient to the Demon Lords and Ars Goetia weren't the ones actively going out into the fray right now, because the Demon Lords -- as meticulous as they were -- hadn't planned for them to do so yet, and had other plans that they wanted to come to fruition first before they acted on anything else out of order.

Which was funny, since Demons and Sinners literally rejected actual order to make a lesser order just to rebel against order, and then want to... Follow actual order. But the order they made and follow is just damaging and kills themselves, and God was trying to prevent that from happening, since it doesn't... Hurt him for them to damage themselves to death by trying to spite him by making an order that will order them to die at the end of the algorithm that is such an order. So. Literally meaningless towards what their -overarching- goal is, which is to hurt God. Literally doesn't do any of that at all, and God just doesn't respond to them so they will believe it does hurt him and they will unquestionably follow their own order to their own destruction, as hinted in the Bible via the 'Revelation' about 'The Beast'.

"Eligos Continues To Give Battle Strategy Meetings And Setting Up Tactics For Allocer And The Rest Of The Dukes To Go Over With The Marquises Whilst The Counts Tend To The Royal Servants And Their Servants Distributing Information Among Their Networks Via Their Variable Communication Among The System Whilst It Is Restoring Itself From What Was Once Lost By Utilizing The Pieces Of Other Nations That Were Broken Into And Reconfiguring Them During The Reconstruction And Reconstitution Process Of The Large Body Of The Lower Region Of The Fractured Or Damaged System By Protocol And Algorithm Alone Via The Ranks Of The System Through Whatever Set Setting Or Value That May Be At Any Given Period." Essentially, it is a 'System Lockout' that siphons the demons from other Hells into their own because they don't have time to go get more people from non-Hell worlds. It's a rush-job, but in their panicked and manic state, they make makeshift solutions that end up just being filling the original places they lost in their System... Without at all changing or fixing it, meaning it would just end up happening again later, if they actually did survive.

"The Great Duke Gusion Inspects Any Areas -- Especially Those That Are Weak And Decrepit -- And Tells What Their Fate Will Be, As An Oracle, As A Spiritist Or Mystic, Or As A Prophet." So, the fate of the weak is explained to them so that they know their place and also are ready to be used against their will with no way to stop it because they are too weak and everyone knows it including themselves, hence being 'slaves' even if they live 'technically' freely until it's time for a Demon Lord to use the demons. Because clearly, they would just come and enslave them, as there is no rule against it, and no Lesser Demon that can stop them, and most that couldn't even as a group. So. "Gusion Explains What The Result Of The Causality Will Be All The Way Through To The End Result."

The revelation to all the Sinners and Demons -- as well as Demon Lords of Ars Goetia -- shocked them, because most of them couldn't see the future and weren't wise or savvy about things beyond Hell. So, even the Goetic Demon Lords were very troubled by learning the truth from Gusion. "Gusion Keeps The Peace Whilst The Events That Are Spoken Of Take Place (Including The Lethal Injection Poison Settles)." And yes, to sedate the masses so they don't become an unruly rabble as being dictated to and governed was part of the political 'keeping the peace', like as is done on the Earth. Because clearly 'As Above, So Below', right? "Gusion, As A Great Duke, Is Seen As A Head, But Also Has Already Allowed His Power As A Duke Go To His Head, Thus Making His Head A Primal And Primary Sensitivity. The Fact That This Depiction Is That Of A Baboon Illustrates The Reversion From An Overhead Into A Normal Head, Thus Making Gusion A Lesser Great Duke, Though He Is Considered Strong In Power."

A Pride or Vanity Demon, that is. Which, many of the Great Dukes and above indeed were, like the Lesser Demons were mostly Envies and Wraths or Sloths.

Instability gripped the Demons, despite Gusion and others such as Bathin or Crocell keeping them more or less sedated. They may not have been able to act in anger, but they were able to sit and think, because they were sedated, and were calm enough to have rational thought, being forced to not do anything else or act on impulse.

Which was something, obviously, no one thought about before trying to silence and control people and oppress them -- that they would still be able (and have more personal time to) think about things, since they weren't socializing, and couldn't talk back, or make things up freely via freedom of speech to delude themselves, since those things hurt the Pride of the Demon Lords, and they didn't want to hear anything that would do that, which forces people to think rather than speak.

Since it was clear that they were all uneasy, albeit sedated, Gusion suggested that the next Great Duke come in order to confirm for them the veracity of his words.

But the other Dukes were wary of this Great Duke specifically -- he was not only greater than them all, if there weren't three of them to bind him, then he would not only make things worse, he would overpower them with his sheer intellect, and they would be confounded in their wisdom by his choice words, which were deceitful and manipulative to a degree that influenced people to paranoia or brainwashing and other things the previous Demons did with powers and not actual pure straight-up intelligence.

This Goetic Demon Lord was Flauros (also Flavros, Hauras, Haures, Havres), a strong Great Duke of Hell, having thirty-six (twenty according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) legions of demons under his rule. When he appeared, as none of the Lesser Demons had ever seen or known him -- much like many of the Great Dukes -- Gusion himself had to introduce him and explain his role to the masses. "He gives true answers of all things past, present and future, but he must be first commanded to enter a magic triangle; for, if not, he will lie, deceive the conjurer, and beguile him in other business. But if he enters the triangle he will answer truly, and gladly speak about divinity, the creation of the world, himself, and other fallen angels. He can also destroy all the conjurer's enemies by burning them up." That is to say, by 'causing the fires of Hell and the Wrath Of God' to come upon them through their Sins and totally consume them before absolutely destroying them, which is how he controlled Lesser Demons of all forms. "If the summoner requests it, he will not suffer temptations from any spirit or in any form."

Commonly, people represent him as a humanoid leopard with big claws. Flauros is depicted as a terrible and strong leopard that, under request of the conjurer, changes into a man with fiery eyes and an awful expression. Flauros can also supposedly be called upon when a mortal wishes to take vengeance on other demons. This is likely included in his capability to destroy the conjurer's enemies, whom are likely just other Demons summoned, but also works on other enemies that are less powerful than himself.

For the three that would create the 'Magic Triangle', there would be the 'Most Wise' of them, the 'Most Powerful' of them, and the 'Most Spiritual' of them, as to be able to assess and subdue the three primary factors of the Great Duke Flauros' superiority over all the other Lesser Demons: Intellect, Strength, and Spirit. By forcing him to split those three things between three different entities who specialized in those things, he was made weak through personal division, and therefore couldn't use his powers on all of them without one of them taking advantage.

He was definitely smart enough to be cautious enough to preserve his life, unlike many Lesser Demons who just sin themselves to death with no comprehension or discernment of when to sin best.

As anticipated -- being such an enlightened being of ultimate wisdom -- Ophiuchus acted in the correct moment when becoming the brightest light in the sky, because now, the lesser lights, who were both greater demons and Fallen Angels, would appear, trying to be a divine light to the masses, or at least something that would make them all follow, and always ending up as a 'False Light'. "The Next Great Duke -- Flauros -- Functions As A Fluorescent Light Of Sorts For The Lower Levels; An Erelim Functioning As An Elim For The Ishim In Order To Show Them The Path Of Eshim." Ergo, the path of truth for one who wishes to become a light through enlightenment, and also to come back to be amongst the ones in the dark as a gentle candle to them after being a great sun for themselves. "However, Because Flauros Is Defective By Default Existence (Through Being Perfection As An Incarnation), Without Any Proper Substantial Value To Support The Glory -- Which Is All Taken Care Of By The Consecration, Down To Even The Speech And Image -- Then It Will Become An Unconscious Vainglory And Cause Severe Blindness By The Light Of The Coverage And Support Of The System, Even And Especially Whilst Having Been Weakened And Explained To By Another Unit Prior To About What Is Going On And What The Army And The Kingdom It Belongs To Is About To Do Next -- Which The Following Great Duke Explains And Expresses Naturally Whilst Flauros And The Prophecy Settles Like The Hum Of A Fluorescent Light With The Ishim That Are Weak, Vulnerable Or Exposed."

This was like the Angel Of Destruction, Abaddon, who was like the Sun (Apollyon). So, Flauros was something like a lesser entity than Abaddon that still did similar things, but on a smaller scale than Abaddon. And also for his own Vanity, to his Vainglory. "Flauros Is A Great Duke That Is Used To Soothe And Ease Along The Events Of A Prophecy Or Oration Given From A Spiritist, Seer, Or Prophet." Ergo, the exact thing that Gusion had done. "Unless The Work Of Flauros Is Bound By A Lock Or Gridlock, There Will Be An Open End Or A Loose End That Will Be Left Undone And Become A Glitch In The Matrix Of The Operating System At Any Given Time, Thus Backfiring On Flauros And Whatever Is Invested In Whatever Flauros Is Prophesying At The Time -- Since Flauros Is Both A False Prophet And A False Light, Being A Liar And Also Being Fed And Whitewashed." He literally existed to feed his own Vainglory, and always sought any and every form of coverage that would support his Vainglory as he saw himself, whether it meant more intelligence, more spiritual involvement, or more raw power. Then, he would corrupt what he said and did and tell others the ways he achieved them through corruption, as the False Light, yet still telling them the truth about how they can achieve greater power by Corrupting the Holy Things to their will.

"Once Flauros Is Consecrated Into Place And Is Not A Damnation In His Positioning As A Piece, Then Everything Will Come Together In The Light With Its Glory Already Set In Place Within The Light Without Any Type Of Force Being Necessary To Hold It Or Align It; Its Own Force Of Nature." In essence, he was more or less just charging the particles that were dim and ignorant inside of others and keeping them in suspension via the polarization of light. He would radiate a static eminence from himself, and it would be felt by others as pure Vainglory that other Sinners and Demons wish they had, and would aspire to get to, and be reminded why they even wanted to rise through the ranks at all -- to be like Flauros, or someone greater.

Even Demons and Sinners had aspirations, and people they looked up to, after all. "Though Flauros Is The Demon Of False Light -- Usually Via False Prophecy -- This Particular Great Duke Is Able To Destroy Lesser Lights Via Vainglory Or Vanity Alone, Causing Them To Descend In Heaven And In The Choir By Their Dimness Or Discord Alone; This Is Especially If Flauros Is Copied Into Place And Not Naturally Aligned Through The Actual Consecration (Which Is A Powerful God Damn All Its Own Outside Of The Actual Falsehood Of The Other Lights)." Again, being the most powerful of the Demon Lords so far, he could easily take out any of them, if he so chose to do so. However, it was obvious he had his own goals in mind, and was not the most powerful of the Demon Lords, despite being so powerful and vainglorious.

Flauros, too, had aspirations, just like the rest of them. No matter how sinful. And, just like with the righteous, that level of drive was enough to keep greater Demons and Sinners who were close enough to see beyond the power gap (since they were on the other side of it) sinning all the way to the end, since... You know... Sinning did get them this far. It could get them all the way, they thought.

Yet, the words of Ophiuchus to them were still prominent as he spoke out of the Sun, and these words would likely truly irritate Flauros, who had a Vainglory Sin, which was more personal, because it related to oneself, and not what one wants or feels or thinks, but their entire existence as a whole, including potential. So, the Demons would continue hearing Ophiuchus' words individually, and never knowing that the other ones were hearing him, despite all of them hearing him at once in their heads when he spoke. They would just pretend like they didn't hear him, and act like it wasn't happening, continuing to do the things they had already set their hearts to do. "Note That Flauros Deals With 'Light' Based Perversions, Such As Vanity And Its Attachment To Vainglory Without Knowledge Of The Perversion Or Its Counterproductive Effect (Especially On The Self), Which Is Explained Through The Damnation, Its Consecration And The Defects That Become Of Attempting To Copy It Without The Proper Consecration."

And essentially, the actual 'Light' -- in all its forms, be it Truth, Falsity, Vainglory, or Knowledge -- would just end up bringing the darkness in the Sinners to the light, destroying them, or making it apparent to others through them being in the light, so that they could target and destroy them after they could see with the power of the Light.

The revelations to the Demonic community were too great. Seeing the clear blue sky for the first time and experiencing the light of God after they all spent all their days spiting and defying him was too much for many of them, and they died on the spot.

The great loss of demons was a great wail and cry about the land, ending with the most Slothful and Lustful Sinners and Demons committing suicide. However, enough of them remained of the legions of the Demon Lords of the Ars Goetia that the reserves from the new Dukes Of Hell that were appearing were filling in the gaps with more experienced and adept workers. Almost as if they anticipated this sort of loss before the fact, and premeditated it by a procedure that brought forth the legions of the Great Dukes when they had to act.

Because of all of the good things happening all at once after the Light Of God was shined down on them, many more Demons and Sinners turned and became faithful in God, much to the ignorance of the Demon Lords and other Sinners or Demons that thought it was permanent, and thought nothing of any level of a change of heart, even from an experience like this.

So, the Great Dukes summoned the next of them, Bune, to tame the masses and fully establish the Demonic Forces that were at their disposal, since there was a 'Mutual Mutiny' going on about all the Hells of all the Hellaverses all about, all at the same time, happening in the Dukedom and lower, but all the Ars Goetia above the Dukedom had no idea that this was happening. In demonology, Buné is a Great Duke of Hell, mighty and strong, who has thirty legions of demons under his command. He changes the place of the dead and makes them demons that are under his power to gather together upon those sepulchres. Buné makes men eloquent and wise, and gives true answers to their demands and also richness. He speaks with a deep voice.

Buné is depicted as a three-headed dragon, being his heads like those of a dog, a griffin, and a man (although according to some grimoires he has two heads like a dragon and the third like a man).

Since Bune raised the dead -- that is, those who 'Died And Went To Hell' or 'Died Within Hell' -- the formerly lost members that were slaughtered in any way, or died in any fashion, at any time, both at this time or anytime prior, were risen from their graves by Bune to be used as part of the Unholy Army. Though some would fill their prior positions, many of them were secretly enlisted as a backup auxiliary force in case more soldiers were ever lost in battle, Bune being the 'Necromancer' that would handle the dead in every way. This way, they could also take the dead of others.

However, since other Hellaverses had Bunes as well, each Hellaverse had to keep watch that a different Bune didn't poach their dead and utilize them in their armies.

So, the war in the Hellaverses raged on.

Continuing to gaze upon Hell from on high, Ophiuchus began to chuckle some, and would watch as the Demons tried to renew their former resources and create perpetual energy out of their own trash. It wasn't as if they couldn't, but it was just tickling to watch them have to resort to it, due to their own hands against themselves. The level of thought that went into this entire system was totally dependent on the previous Demon Lord acting in correspondence to their sins, and another person like them replaced them who could complete the task, so that they could continue to be exploited.

But the fact that these people were placed in certain places to exploit and be exploited, anyone who could also exploit the entire system could just do that right alongside all the Demon Lords. Which was why they enslaved Valac, the Fallen Angel. Now, without his light, they were lost -- as is what happens when the Valac is extracted.n"When All Of The Souls And The Bodies Of The Army That Is Of Everyone In The World Who Can Be Gathered -- Even Those Who Are Perfect, Yet Flawed, Like Fool's Gold -- Are Signed Up And Enlisted For The Devil's Work, A Mighty Great Duke Comes And Changes Their Entire Lives Into That Of Demons On Purpose Because They Have Sworn Fealty To What They Believed Was God, When Instead It Was Just The Devil Posing As God And Forcing Them Into Immorality To Make Them Weaker And More Easily Controlled."

"Everyone At This Point Continues To Do Their Jobs As They Are Led Further Into The Depths Of The System Of The Devil Through Their Contracts As Covenants So That One Can Continue To Take Note Of Them. From Great Duke Flauros Unto The Next Great Duke, Bune, Those That Have Signed The Contract Have Given Up Their Very Lives As Sacrifices, Which Bune Deals With Knowingly." So again, the remnant of the former Sinners and Demons of the army and the cities were revived or replaced totally by the new legions. "This Does Not Take Care Of Anyone's Problems, Including Those Defects, Errors And Glitches That Are Within The System Whilst It Is Encroaching And After It Has Captured New Units, Thus Making Its Advancement And Development Amount To Vanity Unless Absolute Perfection Is Achieved And Not A False Light, Prophecy Or Image." In essence, it simply made the entire system and its pursuit nothing but 'Fool's Gold' -- something that seems valuable to pursue but is ultimately fake or worthless.

"Bune Is A Great Duke That Transforms Those Who Are Under Servitude Into Demons After They Have Lost Their Souls And Their Bodies And Are Possessed By Sin." Most of the revived demons did not have their souls any longer, and were just reanimated corpses that were drawing power from their necromancer, Bune, and weren't actually sustaining their own energy to make themselves move, like a living person. This was one of the major flaws with this plan, no matter how powerful Bune was, or how many he could control -- they would always siphon his energy and leave him without his full strength, and more of them just meant his power was more divided. "When They Are Emotionally, Spiritually And Physically Dead, He Salvages Their Minds And Makes Them Greater In Order For Them To Still Believe That They Are Useful And Great, Which Makes Them Wise. This Also Gives Them The Strength To Swear Allegiance With A Knowing Mind Because He Gives Them True Answers And Wisdom After They Have Come So Far."

The Demonic Undead were different from the Living Undead in the Mortal World -- they were like Supernatural Undead. They still retained their demonic powers and attributes, but now also had the additional effect of being both Soulless and also Undead, like a Zombie or Ghost. "Bune Gives Men Richness And Answers To Whatever Their Desires Are So That They Will Feel Like They Have Accomplished Something And Do Not Turn Against Him Nor Feel Like They Have Done Something Wrong After Being Immoral. The Immorality Makes Them Susceptible To Doing Evil So That They Are Brainwashed Into Believing That They Can Do Evil For A Good Cause." Essentially, Bune just reprograms them and situates them back into the system after repurposing them. Then everyone just feels like they accomplished something.

However, the Sinners and Demons that did actually get a sense of enlightenment and alleviation from the weight of their sins grew faithful in God, especially seeing Ophiuchus. But of course, they remained silent about it, remembering that they were in Hell. Yet, Ophiuchus would summon Valac every now and then to inspect and escort them should they be discovered for any reason.

"Bune Has Three Heads For A Reason -- One Is The Loyal Friend (Dog), So That He May Be Seen As Loyal And Friendly To Those Who Have Sworn Themselves In; The Next Is The Overseer (Griffin) So That None May Believe They Are Greater Than He And So That He May Watch Over All That They Do As Well As They, Themselves; The Final Is The Man So That He May Maintain His Judgment And Understand The Judgment Of Men Without Totally Succumbing To The Bestial Nature Of Dog And Griffin." It was also symbolic of a corruption of the Holy Trinity of God, which would have incorporated Uriel, Gabriel, and Raphael as parallels to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In this way, Bune can command the Mind, Spirit, and Flesh via the three separate heads, something like Cerberus.

Again, he was doing too much, and had to do it all between three heads, so it was likely easy to confuse him as well as to drain or overwhelm him by spreading him thin.

Slowly, but surely, things were getting back in order, thanks to the combined efforts of each of the Dukes Of Hell. They each worked to do their parts, dealing with the different individual classes and genders and populations of Demons and Sinners, appropriating them as they should go. Eventually, the system would be back in its 'factory state' so to speak, and ready to be put to use for actual war.

When the Hellaverses were at war, they had to use their systems to face off against each other, and with this one being the one that was the one that started it, it would be the one that was attacked soon. There was no telling when that would happen, because the Hellaverses were still at war with each other as well, especially to see who would come invade this one, but others had it out for different people. Either way, they were all preoccupied, which is what gave this Hellaverse time to recover.

The Dukes Of Hell were happy that their Hell System was repaired under their command, but they still had it out for Baal. They wanted their revenge against him, and were now capable of paying him attention, and had much in their storage to use against him, since they did all of the manual work with the actual inhabitants of the system, and Baal did not.

Yet, some of them could not get over the fact that their jobs were too perfectly interwoven, as well as their powers, as well as the mess that reached them through the system. For some reason, they couldn't believe that this was over like this, even if things seemed fine.

Unsettled, these Dukes would confer in order to see if it was necessary to summon a greater Great Duke than the last. If so, then they would take the necessary measures for procedure. It was brought up immediately that each of them was too perfectly placed in the system for it all to be coincidental, and that this type of design of it was done intelligently. Did this mean that Baal was much more clever than he seemed, to have ordered things like this in a way that would happen before he even saw or experienced it? Was this Valac's true power? Did Valac really grant that great level of knowledge? Perhaps that was why Baal was so protective of Baal... Possessive, even.

Things were finally making sense to the Dukes about Baal and Valac, and they felt like fools. Livid as the day they were born, the Dukes Of Hell all came to consensus in mutual implications to finish this to the end in their wrath, for revenge. They likely could or would live through this, unless another invader took over, but even so, they couldn't just let Baal escape.

So, sware they all at once, in their Wrath, to deal with Baal in Vengeance.

By that, the Dukes Of Hell would continue, and summon the next Great Duke. Vual (also Uvall, Voval, Vreal, Wal, Wall) is a mighty Great Duke of Hell, commanding thirty-seven legions of demons. He gives the love of women, causes friendship between friends and foes, and tells things past, present and to come. Vual is depicted as a dromedary that after a while changes shape into a man, and speaks the Egyptian language, but not perfectly, with a deep voice.

Great Duke Vual was very wise and quite intelligent, and was in charge of the Storehouse, as well as general Storage and Stock, hence his appearance as the Dromedary -- a One-Humped Camel. This symbolized he was good at breaking down and distributing stock, like a camel does to gain nutrients from its hump. That was, Vual could come check the work of the Lesser Dukes and confer with the Great Dukes to check their work.

By this time, the Lesser Dukes were realizing that the Great Dukes were different than they were, in a way that way apparent. The Great Dukes were superior and dealt with the upper echelon, and came down to check on the Lesser Dukes, who took care of the deemed 'lesser' matters -- that is, everything at the bottom of the pyramid, below them, and not above the Dukedom.

Of their own class, they were the least of them, and being exposed to the Great Dukes made it clear, which was why they were separated and treated in Elitist fashions. This drove a wedge between the Dukes and Great Dukes, but it was something anticipated even still, and Vual inspired the help of Gremory through manipulation of women to get Bathin and Crocell to sedate the Dukedom so that they could all come to terms and there be no envy, like there would be if they were competing, which they would be doing if they were exposed to each other in circumstances that regarded just the confines of their own system and its operation. Right now was something totally different, and quite urgently dangerous.

Vual had many names, being a Great Duke that had acquired legends and fame in different places at different periods of his progression in power, and so went by different names (Uvall, Voval, Vreal, Wal, Wall). Though the current name, Vual, was meant to hide one of them, the true nature of his personage in the system was defined by what his name was meant to hide -- Wall. Like a thick but invisible veil, he was the cover that hid the upper from the lower, and also masked all of the greater issues that would stir panic or incite some forms of lesser chaotic conduct. He was quite poignant and refined, as well as collected and intellectual, always knowing what to do, almost preemptively, even more so than the previous Great Dukes.

To them, this was the same as what happened with the Lesser Dukes when comparing themselves to the Great Dukes -- now, even the Great Dukes could see there were gaps between themselves, and that they were being kept in the dark about it, as well.

Watching over Hell, even as the demons and their society, economy, and system were being repaired to normal, Ophiuchus did not flinch nor find hazard in this. He apparently knew that things were not over, but he also was patient enough to let the system finish itself off naturally, since it was designed to destroy itself without interference just by working normally and naturally once certain things were done -- which Ophiuchus set into motion at the beginning. "Eventually This New Systematic Life Becomes Natural, Especially As It Is Being Explained To You And As It Goes Around You, And You Begin To Exist Inside Of It. The Last Person That Is Sent To Present It To You And Keep Up The Show Carries It On Whilst The Armed Forces That Are Disguised Within It Continue On With Their Own Workings Around The Show Being Staged At The Time And Causing The Flow Of These Things To Carry On Events All The Way Through Without Any Form Of Participation Except For Participation, Itself." Ophiuchus called it a show, and now, instead of talking to the Demon Lords, he was talking to all the Demons that were subservient to them, in the same way he'd been talking to the Demon Lord Dukes Of Hell previously. "Barely Anyone Understands It Except The Participants, But It Is So Extravagant That It Captures And Suspends Your Attention Whilst Keeping You Engaged And Enlisting You Through Contract Some Sort Of Engagement With Or Within The Exchange For Future Dealings, And It Continues To Be Passed On To The Next Bearer Of This Incredible Light."

In this way, the System, the Demon Lords, their Sins, and the People affected all became Holy as Light Offerings on the Altar.

"Vual Is A Great Duke That Ensures That Everyone Who Is Exchanged And Purchased Has A Mate." Removing Envy is one of the first and most major things Vual comes to do, and does this through his status, power, and his actual demonic abilities, wisely using the minimal and technical prowess he has to get out specific kinks temporarily whilst the system recovered, which would work themselves back in once the system was back to normal, so it could function properly by its being exploited again. The plan was for the Upper Echelon to again exploit the Lower Echelon after they were sedated and pleased with the new things they received, and back to being ignorant of the influences of the top, so they could again move without being noticed. "Vual Keeps The Peace And Makes Things Steady And Easy For Everyone All Throughout The Process."

"Vual Also Keeps The Light That Is Passed Down Steady As It Goes." That is to say, the new 'Show' that was being put on for the masses to distract, entertain, and overall control them, would be kept up permanently once it was established again as the blinding veil of vain ignorance that kept the lesser of the demons blinded and ignorant by the light provided and spoonfed to them -- essentially, a False Light that gave them whatever they needed, but nothing to help them grow or develop.

"Vual Is A Camel And Is Treated As Both A Laborer And A Bearer, Including As A Slave, Since As A Servant, Vual Fits All Of These Forms And Multiplies Outwardly Infinitely For Any Type Of Service It Is Useful For As A Unit Or Units." As a servant of those on high, Vual is in charge of greater things -- the Storehouse, that provides for everyone. Even so, he is a stickler and a picky individual, which is why he is a servant of high ranking, in charge of superior organization for even higher ranks lesser than him, as well as above. This made him a mediator in charge of important things to the higher and lower tiers. "Speaking The Egyptian Language Means To Be A Seer." Since the true language of Egyptians wasn't spoken, but written as Hieroglyphics, Vual is capable of understanding images, scenarios, and other visuals in the same fashion as one would a language, and could determine many things by things like this, including through body language or subtle behaviors, since they were like images, but manifest.

This sort of ability gave him a great edge, but would sow distrust amongst the demons if they found out he could peer so deeply and see their flaws and sins so openly, even if they tried to hide. Not being able to hide made demons very uncomfortable, because they oftentimes liked best to lurk or do things in secret, and in the shadows. So being incapable of doing that made them exposed, and incapable of gaining an edge or advantage without being at a disadvantage, which was what made them back down when they were exposed, knowing they had big weaknesses, faults, and flaws by default that could be exploited if they didn't always take the target by surprise.

Being a defense mechanism as well as predator skill for Demons and Sinners, when they were afraid, they would become more tense, and try to hide more, and also try to prey upon each other in a panic. Which was why Ophiuchus was waiting patiently for the masses to realize certain things, and for the Demon Lords to also recognize, and act because of what they would soon see in the rabble of Hell.

As anticipated -- and helped along -- by Ophiuchus, discord was secretly sowed about the demonic population, which caused them to whisper and talk secretly, rather than openly. They were already rather adept at keeping their thoughts close and secret, even amongst each other. So, it would be even easier to keep it from the people above... For a while. Eventually, their words would have to reach the higher ups, but because they were so secretive, by the time words of any truth actually did reach the Demon Lords, it would have already festered greatly and congealed in the Demonic Society.

The Dukes had all been worried about getting back at Baal, since they thought that the society was dealt with and settled. However, just as they were prepared to take action against Baal, they received word that the Demon Community was acting rowdy. They had no time to spare nor to waste, so their only option was to either divide themselves, or summon the next Demon Lord to assist them.

The Dukes Of Hell summoned the Great Duke, Saleos, to assist them, finding it necessary to do so. Saleos (also Sallos and Zaleos) is a mighty Great Duke (a Great Earl to Johann Weyer) of Hell, ruling thirty legions of demons (Weyer does not mention anything concerning legions under his command). He is of a pacifist nature, and causes men to love women and women to love men (Weyer does not mention the nature of his work). He is depicted as a gallant and handsome soldier, wearing a ducal crown, and riding a crocodile.

Keeping the peace was top priority, and Saleos was a wily Great Duke who specialized in keeping peace. Again, rather convenient, being perfect for the situation at the hand, despite this being the first time it was happening. This troubled the Dukes Of Hell greatly, and from there on, they were also interested in understanding why this system was so perfect, and how Baal knew. They would have to ask him before they killed him, because this was too amazing for any of them to comprehend. They were all there before they got this power... Were these Demon Spirits possessing them all really so powerful? Yet, if so, how could they be trapped in Hell?

The Dukes Of Hell left Great Duke Saleos to handle the masses and sedate them with peace, whilst they all pursued the virtues of the Hell System, and also sought their vengeance upon Baal.

Ophiuchus saw that things were nearing a pivotal point, and began to prepare to act again. "The Great Dukes Sustain A Great And Powerful Light As Events Transpire Around Them With A Large Party," he uttered. "They Will Ensure That Nothing Breaks The Image That Has Been Created Around Whatever Else Is Going On Behind The Scenes." In essence, this would be the point where the Hell System would reach a type of pinnacle 'Equinox' where it would invert from a place of detriment and revert back into its place of benefiting the upper class properly. Therefore, all of the work of the upper echelon to make this happen would soon be coming to a head... And, during that time, they were vulnerable. "Great Duke Saleos Is A Pacifist In Order To Please The People Whilst All Of The Events Prior To The Great Dukes Arriving Ensues."

As Ophiuchus said, Saleos did nothing but appease the people and maintain the 'False Light' that was established by the Dukes Of Hell to keep the people ignorant, blind, and under control whilst they did other things -- essentially, out of the way. "The Only Job Of Sallos Is To Ensure That Everyone Is Happy And That People Get Along With Each Other All Throughout The Events." This way, they would allow anything to happen unquestionably, and not act out against it, nor even question it, or be upset about it.

Total subservience.

"Saleos Must Also Appear To Be Extremely Beautiful In Order To Keep Up Appearances As Well As Attract More Attention Without Losing Any, And Thus Is A Single 'Instantaneous-Use Stand-In' Position." Like a 'Placeholder' for all of the other Dukes that did exactly what he does, to a lesser degree. "Saleos Has Only One Purpose For Exactly This Reason, And It Is To Simply Maintain The Image Of Something Else By Being The Image Of It For Another Being." As Ophiuchus recited, he kept focus on Saleos, rather than the Dukes Of Hell that were off to face off against King Baal. "The Crocodile Means That It Is Predatory In Nature, And Will Take On The Form Of Anything It Deems Greater, As Well As Stand In For It, As It." Like an adhesive binding agent that kept things together just long enough, and was meant to do nothing else but be like 'Gum.'

Which meant, in essence, he was the very vulnerability that was the weakness at this time, and targeting the adhesion as a perversion would destroy it and cause the system to continue to collapse properly. So, Ophiuchus plotted the key point where he would strike down Saleos, no longer speaking to any of the Demons, but instead muttering to only himself, as if analyzing a situation and calculating how to deal with it.

Each of the Dukes Of Hell made sure to check and prepare before they set out to face the Kings. In order to make sure that they didn't know what was coming for them, everything had to look a certain way, and all of the Dukes had to make it seem like it was that way. Therefore, they all had to get everyone in order for this patina veil specifically for keeping the -Kings- Of Hell sedated.

Since all of the masters of 'Sedation' were in the 'Duke' Tier of the Hell System, they were also good at placating their superiors just the same as they did for the people beneath them, though oftentimes much more harshly to the latter, due to the inferior treatment in the higher tiers of society as lesser than most.

Things just kept on resetting back to the bottom no matter how high you got up, it seemed, and everyone was just endlessly toiling to get around or out of it, or to be the ones doing it. They were getting tired of it the more they understood, but deep down, they also wanted a chance to do it, themselves. Yet, how could they, if they figured out everything? All that meant was...

Not all of them could come out of this alive.

Like before, the Demon Lords had secretly turned against each other, but only a very select few of them, who were savvy enough to think ahead, and how they wanted to take the system totally and start over fresh. Without any of the same people, if they just replaced everyone, they'd have the chance to kill everyone and also start over from scratch with the new, ignorant batch. It seemed legit.

But, only the very few, very wily of the Dukes were thinking and plotting secretly about this, and the others were still focused on vengeance to Baal, because that was what was more important to them, even over them ruling the system.

The Dukes Of Hell embarked up the system, bypassing the lair of the next Great Duke.

Saleos, on the front lines, in the midst of the masses, would have to summon the next Great Duke for assistance, because his limited power, though still greater than the other Dukes, was still limited to just what it did, and couldn't cover all of their arising problems or issues properly. He wasn't meant to be a 'Placeholder' for this long, or else the people would start prodding at him, and eventually find out he was a huge vulnerability in the system just to be sent out to be used at all.

Vapula (also Naphula) is a powerful Great Duke of Hell that commands thirty-six legions of demons. He teaches philosophy, mechanics, and sciences. Vapula is depicted as a griffin-winged lion. This Great Duke had two names specifically because he had a special characteristic of being in two places at once as himself in two different forms. One was meant for the Lower Class and the other was meant for the Higher Class, in order to balance them by dealing with both at the same time -- that is, Vapula would deal with one end and Naphula would deal with the other.

But, despite having two separate forms, Vapula and Naphula were considered one Demon Lord, and it is primarily Vapula over Naphula. Hence Vapula dealing with the Upper Echelon and Naphula dealing with the Lower Echelon.

Naphula taught all of the wisdom and knowledge that was necessary to the demonic masses to make them comfortable, distracted, entertained, and everything else they wanted. The primary function was to keep them distracted with new and shiny things, as well as the curiosity and excitement of all the 'Temptation' that came with it.

In essence, a Temptation demon that provides you with both the Temptation and the reason WHY you should be tempted, SPECIFICALLY so that you are tempted to Sin in the System and get it started or keep it going.

Learning of greater Temptation made the Demons and Sinners much more tempted to sin, and many of them that were once leaning toward repenting or atonement dropped the ball because temptation was so quick and easy and readily accessible. They could not resist trying out what they just learned from Naphula, to see how much they could exploit.

Yet, even teaching the masses of how to utilize the exploits of the system rather than to fix it was a greater danger entirely.

Ophiuchus kept watch, the light of the now brightened Void Sun shining more intensely as a new milestone was approaching, as well as his proper time that he was calculating for himself to attack at. "Once The Latest Great Duke Has Sustained And Maintained The Light Being Borne Via The Setting Of The Mechanics Of The Ceremonies Into Place For Presentation, It Is Carried On Automatically In Most All Its Forms To The Next Great Duke For Inspection And Passage On Toward The Kings For The Grand Showing." The System would function autonomously, like before, because it had been repaired and restored, but the issue wasn't the system this time -- it was the ones within it. "Everything Carries On." Ophiuchus had great faith that everything would fall into perfect alignment, and he continued his calculations toward that point, drawing power and building up on the same rise as the Demons.

"Vapula Acts As Wings To Carry The Carrier Or Bearer, Serving As A Placeholder For Actual Wings, Themselves." Basically, he does all of the work for everyone instead of them doing the work themselves to get things where they need to be, and thus leave the actual workers completely untrained and unskilled, too incompetent to do the very work that the superior would have just done. As 'wings' were spoken of, Ophiuchus extended the wings upon his angelic visage, transparent, angelic wings extending from the Halo Crown adorned upon him. "Vapula Sets And Keeps Mechanics In Place Or Alters Them Via Confusion Of The Mind Or The Tongue." That is to say, he basically just tells people what to do, does it, and also tells them what is true and what isn't, even if they knew better, or if they can clearly tell lies from truth.

"Vapula Must Know Sciences In Order To Instruct And Conduct Philosophy And Mechanics." Teaching the others how to better utilize the greater and more intricate workings of the System required exact understanding of it, and the exploits of the system made to exploit them weren't going to be happy to find out that the very System they were trying to exploit was designed specifically to exploit them, capitalized on by all of the higher ups and royalty for generations on end since conception, and couldn't be used by them because it was meant to be used on them one-sidedly.

That is to say, they would eventually both figure it out and be really mad, and also exploit themselves to death, and destroy their own population, which was why the Upper Echelon kept them from knowing -- they were like locusts that would devour all the feed.

"Vapula Is A Griffin-Winged Lion To Show Emphasis On The Wings Carrying A Living Creature -- Such As Yourself -- Without Detracting From The Emphasis On The Wings And Their Purpose Of Expediting The Transition All The Way To The Very End." A rush job, in short. "Vapula's Actual Purpose Serves As A Virtuous Placeholder For An Actual Mechanic." Between Saleos and Vapula, that made two very key supporting Demon Lords to the Hell System that were very vulnerable. Ophiuchus charged his attack, keeping his wings extended as far as they could go...

The efforts of the Demons in the Hell Wars went on, and Saleos, with Vapula, kept order and peace amongst the community and society the entire duration of time that the other Dukes Of Hell were departed.

However, this awakening of the consciousness of the masses brought them to a state of existence that became too much for just Saleos and Vapula alone, who were eventually getting surpassed in whatever they'd taught the others. This overwhelmed them, but they kept the autonomy of the system as well as the sedation going, feigning still having control so that the masses wouldn't act out, or figure out they even had any control at all. Once they became that aware, it was over.

... Or, so one would think.

There, at a summit, upon a prominent spire, overseeing the land, was a multiple-faced Demon Lord -- a Great Duke Of Hell -- that was keeping track of them, without having been summoned by the previous Duke, or any of the Demon Lords. He was acting on his own, and came down to them of his own volition.

This was the legendary Dantalion, whom many heard of, but none had ever seen, for he was capable of assuming any form of anyone he chose, and changing people's minds to whatever he wished. His appearance was an omen to them all, even the lesser Great Dukes that were only cognizant about having to summon superiors for them to act. None of the Demon Lords prior to Dantalion truly acted on their own until he himself came into the picture.

Dantalion (or Dantalian) is a powerful Great Duke of Hell, with thirty-six legions of demons under his command; he is the 71st of 72 spirits of Solomon. He teaches all arts and sciences, and also declares the secret counsel of anyone, given that he knows the thoughts of all people and can change them at his will. He can also cause love and show the similitude of any person, show the same by means of a vision, and let them be in any part of the world they will. He is depicted as a man with many appearances, which means the faces of all men and women. There are also many depictions in which he is said to hold a book in one of his hands.

"Be forewarned," Dantalion suddenly spake to the masses, caring not if they insisted he do so, nor waiting for them to settle. The sound of his voice was like a thousand people talking at once, so it easily quieted everyone when he spoke even once. "You have reached a dangerous level of consciousness, and it has awakened me from my unconsciousness. If this has happened, then it means you are in a hazardous situation, and will be requiring greater oversight." Dantalion didn't speak as if it cared for them, but as if it was simply performing a task that it enjoyed doing.

Many of the demons knew who this was from legend -- from actual lore. Dantalion was quite famous, as well as his many countenances, and within his Grimoire that Demons could get from their local libraries, they said this about him: 'The Seventy-first Spirit is Dantalion. He is a Duke Great and Mighty, appearing in the Form of a Man with many Countenances, all Men's and Women's Faces; and he hath a Book in his right hand. His Office is to teach all Arts and Sciences unto any; and to declare the Secret Counsel of any one; for he knoweth the Thoughts of all Men and Women, and can change them at his Will. He can cause Love, and show the Similitude of any person, and show the same by a Vision, let them be in what part of the World they Will. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits; and this is his Seal, which wear thou, etc.'

A powerful delusion was cast by Dantalion alone, who assumed many different forms, kept track of many things, did many things, and completed many tasks that were open-ended all on his own, by himself, in his many different forms. He also kept track of everyone he associated with when he spread is multiple alternate, customized forms out to mingle with the masses and make them to what he wished from the inside. None of his subordinate selves even remotely looked like the next, so none would by any the wiser that any of these seemingly unrelated people were all Dantalion, who was like an 'Argus'. He kept watch and managed many things and orchestrated events with his personae. Whosoever's form was necessary to be taken, Dantalion would take it, having copied it and applied it to a clone of himself with the affinities of what he'd analyzed.

The 'Light Of The Mind' now in the Demons gave them invisible halos that functioned like target rings for those up above. Opiuchus was lining up his shot, then projected his thoughts again to the masses from the Light of the Void Sun. "Dantalion -- The Great Duke Represented As 'The Argus' -- Is Turned On By The Unification Of Consciousness Through The Systematic Mechanics Of The Collective Work Of Everyone Who Has Applied Their Mind By Opening And Synchronizing Their Third Eyes All At Once And Focusing Their Eyes On The Same Goal At The Exact Same Time For A Greater Purpose." They basically woke Dantalion -- the system's personification of itself in itself -- up by being too consciously aware of themselves and the system, as well as themselves inside of the system. But, he was going to fulfill his purpose right here, too... "This Is What The Great Light That Was Generated Was Supposed To Ignite, And Thus The Entire Networked Consciousness Becomes Sentient All On Its Own And Begins Operation As A Global Unit All Its Own Simply By Existing Via The Collection Of A Great Number Of Others Converging Into A Single Systematic Operation And On Automatically After It Is Even Started Up Initially. It Serves As The Largest Possible Network Connection And All Lesser Valued Variants By Default." Simply, since the actual System itself was not what enlightened those within itself, and something was teaching things within it about itself, the nexus ends up having to give itself consciousness to figure out consciously and manually why it did not do its purpose correctly.

"Dantalion Dictates All Forms Of What Can And Cannot Be Done Based On Potential Energy, Setting Boundaries And Points Of Suspension Where And Within The Mechanics Of Any Form Of Amalgamation Of Anything Together At Any Given Time, As A Lawyer Of Creation." Dantalion would be off to establish order how he liked it, without realizing that him making it how he wanted it would leave a trail straight back to him.

Oh well.

"Dantalion Takes On Any Form Of Any Creature At Any Given Time And Is Considered Completely Androgynous At Base Value And As A Concept Because Of The Purpose Of Taking On Many Faces And Forms That Are Conceptual, And Thus Are Male And Female." He not only could take on any of the forms and roles of any of the previous Demon Lords, but also the people they managed, and do their jobs, and more, and do them all himself, better than them, without their help, and still operate the entire system solely on his own, plus also mindfuck people into getting back to work before leaving to go back asleep after their consciousness also went back to sleep, thus letting him go back to sleep.

"Dantalion Represents Male Conception Through Creativity And Versatility, As Are Primary Functions Built Into Them That Are Lost Sometimes After A Certain Point In Childhood If Not Nurtured Properly." This allowed him to become all spectra of manhood, including those that were 'Gay' or simply not on the 'normalized spectrum' of scaling men. But Dantalion was totally asexual, and was uninterested in sexual endeavors, so none of the sedation tactics of the previous Demon Lords, who only dealt with men OR women, could deal with the androgynous, asexual Dantalion. He had total immunity and absolute omnipotence. "Dantalion Also Is Capable Of Switching The Roles Of Others -- Such As Male To Female Or Husband To Wife, And Vice Versa -- Naturally For Experimentation Or Recovery Purposes, But Can Be Used To Confuse Others And Change Their Roles In Life As An Offensive Or Defensive Mechanism, Which Is A Hazard."

So, Dantalion was going to force the system to work, and keep it going until all the Demons and Sinners were sedated by the lack of being needed, until they fall into purposelessness and distraction, and forget all of the things they just learned, which would result in Dantalion's different identities going back unconscious.

And that meant...

In the heat of things, whilst everything was in flux, Ophiuchus used the brief time of disorder and chaos to again Smite his targets, Saleos and Vapula, striking them down with one of his two wings respectively in one swipe. It was nigh imperceptible, and when it happened, the Void Sun's light grew oppressively intense.