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The One Who Tamed Mereoleona: Chapter 11

Spade Kingdom Royal Capital

–Zenon Zogratis–

'That was close' Zenon thought to himself as the portal closed behind him, the heat of those flames still singing his skin as he thought of the overwhelming feeling he got from that man, even more so than Dante when he was using 80% of Lucifero's powers.

He might have escaped after using over 60% of Beelzebub's powers, his current limit, but that was only because his powers were best suited for it. He wasn't sure if even his siblings who could access the majority of the powers of their Devil Partners could stand up to that man, not as they were now.

He landed silently in the Throne Room, where Dante sat on the Throne, being fawned over by three beautiful women, all of whom were trembling in fear. His arrival did not go unnoticed as Dante looked up at him but before Dante could speak, he stiffened as he felt something go wrong with his spell.

The heat.

It was still present, even in the Throne room. Turning around, he saw the portal spell was still active, the gate not yet vanquished. He reached out with his magic and tried to forcefully shut it but it didn't even budge. Horns sprouted from his head as he used all the powers he had access to, and tried to collapse the portal forcefully. After what felt like fighting Beelzebub himself, he closed the -portal forcefully, creating a rift in the space in front of him which was healing itself temporarily.

'That was bad. Who was that man, Zenon?' Belzebub demanded through their connection.

He heard cries of women behind him as the heavy impact of Dante standing up and activating his Devil Powers was felt by him. "What is happening, Zenon?"

Before he could speak or explain anything, his eyes widened as he hastily threw himself to the side, a white lance piercing his hand, instantly incinerating the devil flesh before it cut through his arm entirely, tearing toward the Throne. 

'Cut off your arm!' He heard his Devil partner shout hastily through their link and he didn't hesitate as he cut off everything from the left part of his body, starting from the shoulder blades.

Even then, he had to hastily raise his hands to create a spatial barrier around himself to stop the onslaught of the white fires that even now continued to burn through his magic. He turned around, as Devil tentacles reached out of his body to regenerate the lost part, looking at the sea of white fires that were spreading rapidly throughout the throne room.

[ Gravity Magic : Singularity ]

He heard the deep dark, dual voices overlapping with each other as the flames began getting sucked into his brother's Black Hole. 

'He won't be able to do it alone. Destabilise the space around the singularity even more, only then will the flames get sucked in.' 

He did as Beelzebub told him, even as the strain of using over 60% of his powers became more and more evident as he felt his mind slip. Despite being the most talented in Devil Arts, he knew that any mistake, any mishap, any slip in his composure could spell disaster so he cut off the link to Devil Mana as soon as he could feel his hold on the Magic slipping, not wanting to become someone who would rampage around the castle.

Fortunately, that worked because the flames were steadily but surely getting sucked into that black hole, even as Dante's arms burned and regenerated due to the white fire lashing out at him. Growling, Dante's Devil Form buckled as he finally crushed the Gravity Singularity after all the flames were sucked in.

He collapsed on both his knees as he took in the scene in front of him, disregarding the slight sting he felt from his body touching the very hot, partially melted floor of the Throne Room. 

Fortunately, the Throne Room, a symbol of wealth and prosperity for the Spade Kingdom had been built over generations using the best mana enhanced materials possible, imported straight from Heart Kingdom so the Throne Room survived and even somewhat contained the white fire.

He looked at the heavy impact as Dante jumped in front of him, his entire body charred before his Body Magic and Devil Mana worked in tandem to restore his body back to what it was before that mage nearly killed both of them.

"WHAT…WAS…*Huff* THAT?" Dante asked him pointedly, huffing and panting as the toll of sealing that single spell proved to be too much for him. 

'Yes, what was that?' A dark silhouette manifested behind Dante as Lucifero manifested himself in this realm. 

At the same time, another dark silhouette emerged from behind him as well, smaller than Lucifero but no less than suffocating.

When Bulzebub spoke, it was one grim warning, 'That was a spell from a Clover Kingdom Mage. We might have a problem on our hands.'

"What?" Dante snapped at Belzebub, "How could that be possible? No one in that Kingdom is supposed to be this powerful. Even their Wizard King is only strong because of his Time Attribute. They don't have anyone else of note."

"It is true, brother." he tried to maintain his emotionless facade but that was proving harder and harder as time went by, as his mind processed how close he had come to death, true death, before fulfilling his dream of making Spade Kingdom the strongest. "He had a Clover Kingdom Grimoire. It was half torn but it was unmistakably a Clover." Dante growled as his body finally regenerated fully, still smoking from the sheer heat.

"Those flames, I have never felt flames that powerful from a human before. Dante, investigate this. DO NOT fight him. As you are now, even all three of you combined would face defeat, if that spell was any indication." Lucifero commented before his presence receded. Seeing this, Belzebub also left.

He sighed, and as soon as he relaxed, he blacked out, his body and spirit spent as the fire had a spiritual attack component to it as well.

"How did this happen?" Dante mumbled as he looked around the Throne room, which was now completely bare, every extra piece of decoration, furniture, and the history of this place gone, burned by a freak spell, leaving behind only partially melted white marble and stone.

_____xx____

"What the fuck happened here? I was only away for a day." Vanica commented and Zenon had to resist the urge to snap at her, his latest brush with true death still weighing heavily on his mind. Not the death but the fact that he could have died without accomplishing his dream disturbed him greatly.

"Vanica! Shut up! You were not there, you whore!" Dante shouted at her as all three of them gathered in another corner of the Castle because that entire wing had to be condemned because of the Fire Damage.

He took a deep breath and began explaining the circumstances that led to him finding that man in one of the Grand Magical Fire Zones.

A few years ago, one of the Generals who had a contract with A Mid level Devil, was patrolling the Grand Magical Zone with civilians in tow just in case their magic was needed. That man then extended a Lone mage in the middle of the Zone, travelling seemingly by himself.

The General, seeing easy prey, decided to add the mage to the Mana battery collection they carried around with them, just in case.

"The result was…not pretty. The only reason we were even able to get any information was because the Devil Hosts were paired with Twin Devils. They were husband and wife bonded to Twin Devils whose main job was to scout long distances."

"Yeah, get on with it. I know about that one. We went to investigate and found that even the Devil's heart had been burned down without the mage even using any spell. So, it was he who did this? How did you even track him down?" Dante asked him.

"I got information from our spies in the Clover Kingdom that there had been a large-scale movement in one of the Royal Families and they were meeting with a man who matched the description I had of him," he informed his siblings and through them, their Supreme Devil Partners.

"But why did you go in alone? That was not very smart of you, younger brother," Dante smirked at him and he had to resist the urge to point out that said mage immolated almost his entire body before the spell was snuffed out. Hardly a laughing matter this was.

'He was cloaked the entire time. We had to enter Devil Union mode just to stop his flames from burning through our spatial barrier. This is a serious matter. If he came here, he would just kill all of you and destroy any hopes of opening the Gates in this era.' Belzebub came out and told Dante.

'The Land of the Blessed' Lucifero said as he manifested as well. 'The Clover Kingdom is the land of the blessed and a guardian will always emerge from it to defend that pesky holy land. Dante, accelerate the mass Devil Union plan. We might need to destabilise Clover before attempting anything.

"Are you sure, what if the Wizard King finds out about us before we are ready?" He voiced his own concerns. After all, if it was just the Wizard King, they might have been fearless since the man was but a single mage, tasked with both defending his country and slaying his enemies.

He couldn't be everywhere at once. No, they were now rightfully worried about that Fire Mage. He could single handedly destroy their plans completely.

'I don't think it is a wise choice, Lucifero. Doing anything that might draw their attention would be a bad idea. According to what I saw, the man doesn't know who Zenon is, just that he has a Spade Kingdom Grimoire. Even then, he didn't see the Devil Mana or his Devil form, so we should be safe, for now. Even so, we should look into reactivating those two Ancient Demons we have in the basement.' Beelzebub words shocked all three Zogratis siblings.

The twin Ancient Demons, sealed underneath the Royal Castle by the Royal Family magic, were so strong that their mere presence corrupted Spade Kingdom as a whole, creating a land most suitable for Devils to live in.

Those Demons were always meant to be used as a last resort, but if that man were to come here, Zenon was of the opinion that they might be the only way the Devils could continue their plan without living under the threat of immolation at any time.

'Fine. Still, we must prepare and understand the enemy. I still don't understand how a human has access to those flames. Task all our spies to get more information on that man.'

With that, the Devil's manifestations dispelled and the siblings dispersed as well. Though, by common consensus, they had all decided to remain in the Castle for the foreseeable future, just in case they were attacked.

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