Chapter 396: Saiyan Rule Number 1
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For several seconds there was only silence within the hall as everyone took in one simple undeniable fact, Alex was back.
Though he had almost no actual political presence or power, Alex himself was almost like a force of nature that disrupted everything in his path, leaving those around him only the choices of going along with him, or getting caught up in his path. Now, the only questions on people's minds regarding his return was 'how powerful had he become', and 'what was he going to do next?'
With no one answering his previous question, Alex's brow twitched in annoyance as he then used Spatial magic to instantly teleport Ajuka to his side, a feat that surprised the Maou until Alex then remarked,
"You look like hell Ajuka...let me fix that real quick." With another snap of his fingers, Ajuka's appearance, which had become gaunt and unhealthy looking from all the stress he was under, was quickly reverted back to the healthy way he looked when Alex saw him last, stunning him even further. Before he could say his thanks though, Alex cut him off by ordering,
"Now, explain to me what has been going on while I was gone." For a moment Ajuka didn't say anything as he looked Alex over in awe, feeling like the man before was a completely different person from the Alex that disappeared more than two years ago. Though he wanted to ask where they'd been and what they were doing, Ajuka decided to focus on the more immediate concern and explained,
"Ever since you disappeared those who were involved with the corruption of the Underworld have been trying to regain their lost authority by any means necessary. Before, they had been nothing but a mild annoyance, but after you disappeared they started taking more radical steps." Ajuka then explained some of the methods that Katerea's supporters used to regain their authority, ranging from things such as simple slander and bribery, to even blackmail and hostage taking.
This was the biggest reason for Ajuka's lack of taking action, as if he did then he risked another civil war and the lives of everyone they had taken hostage, even those of the civilians. Katerea and her supporters cared nothing for 'inferior' beings that were the low and middle class Devils. As such, the only real options Ajuka had were to either go against them anyways regardless of the casualties, or try to wait things out until Alex and the others returned. At least, that had been the case until Zeoticus and Venelana were arrested.
As Alex listened to Ajuka's story, he couldn't help feeling both irritated and responsible for the current situation. He was irritated at Ajuka for allowing things to get this bad, but he also knew it was mostly his own fault for disappearing the way he had when Ajuka's plans were centered on him and the rest of the younger generation Devils.
While there were talking though, Katerea and the Devils that supported her were nervously sweating, as now the very person they never wanted to see again had returned with the most promising youth the underworld had ever seen, excluding Super Devils like Ajuka and Sirzechs of course.
Katerea in particular felt an annoying itch in her guts, where Alex had once stabbed her with the holy sword Ascalon, with the only reason she even survived the holy wound being her powerful bloodline. As the sensation of fear filled her body though, it was quickly replaced with anger as she thought to herself,
'How dare this filthy dragon try to intimidate me!' With all her fear evaporating on the spot due to her arrogance(and stupidity), Katerea then declared,
"How kind of the Dragon Emperor to show himself here, so that we may immediately arrest him for his numerous crimes!" With her voice booming through the hall once more, and many of of guards under the control of the Ultimate class Devils that freed her surrounding him, Alex turned towards her with bored and slightly annoyed expression as he said,
"I don't recall giving a criminal like you permission to speak, so hold your tongue before I remove it." Then, without any other shifts in Alex's expression, every single one of the guards that had surrounded him dropped to the ground unconscious, their mouths foaming while only the whites of their eyes showing.
Though she momentarily paused at the display, Katerea haughtily continued,
"Obviously your information is out of date. My release and pardon were granted by-"
"Maou Beelzebub?" Alex cut her off suddenly, making Katerea look at him in confusion and ask, "What?"
"Maou Beelzebub, did you authorize her release?" Without any hesitation whatsoever, Ajuka answered,
"No, I did not. Her release came about from the rouge faction of High and Ultimate class Devils." Turning back towards Katerea, Alex then said loudly and clearly,
"Katerea Leviathan, your so-called 'release' was not authorized by the highest level of authority in the Underworld, which is Maou Beelzebub. Instead it was perpetrated by a rouge faction of Devils who's authority was stripped from them due to their corruption. As such, your criminality status has only increased since you've now not only attempted to murder the leaders of the three factions while committing other terroristic actions, but now you've unlawfully escaped from your containment."
When he finished speaking Katerea looked as if she had been slapped across the face, while many of the Devils that supported her began to raise an uproar. With a look at the girls behind him though, Kuroka quickly laid out a spell that forcefully silenced all of them, even as their mouths continued to open and close without making any sound.
With the hall quieting down once more, Alex looked at Katerea and said clearly,
"Not only will Katerea be punished for unlawfully escaping prison, but those who helped her escape with similarly face punishment as well as for their actions against their liege, Maou Beelzebub." Though Ajuka looked momentarily concerned due to the threat that Katerea and her supporters posed to general populations, he never got the chance to voice them as Katerea then smirked,
"And how exactly do you plan to impose such a ruling?" Suddenly there was a flash of demonic light as half a dozen of the Ultimate class Devils supporting Katerea teleported around Alex, before they then began to activate some kind of spell.
"This pattern...a sealing array?!" Ajuka uttered in shock before he began to use his own special magic, 'Kankara Formula', to hijack the attempt to seal Alex. Katerea however sneered at him,
"Surprised Ajuka? They've been working on this formula for years since the sealing of Trihexia! We even prepared a few upgrades to the original version!" Though he didn't pay attention to her at first, Ajuka frowned slightly when he noticed that the sealing formula that the Ultimate class Devils were using was constantly and rapidly shifting, as if to prevent his magic specifically from analyzing it.
His specially developed magic, 'Kankara Formula', was a type of magic that allowed him to control any and all phenomenon around him as long as he could analyze it, but the magic circles around them at the moment were more complicated to analyze than he expected, showing just how must Katerea's supporters prepared for this moment. The object of their attack though, Alex, simply smirked as if he found their attempts to seal him humorous while he then said to Ajuka,
"Don't bother, I'm kinda curious what their best effort to deal with me is." Then, before the Maou could look at him in surprise, Alex use Spatial magic to send him back to his original seat while he patiently waited for the Ultimate class Devils to finish their attempt to seal him, his entire entourage similarly seeming amused by their actions.
Seeing this, Katerea couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right. The sealing formation they were using was based off of the one used on the most powerful being in existence aside from Ophis or Great Red, Trihexia, except that several altercations had been made to make it even stronger specifically for Alex. Yet he and those with him, who all should've known enough about the technique to see what it was, were acting as if it was humorous.
Neither she nor Ajuka had any time to worry about why this was the case though, as a second later Alex was enveloped within a bright flash of demonic light, before he suddenly found himself someplace different altogether.
Alex looked around the six foot by six foot cement room he was now in, which was completely bȧrė without even a seam between the floor or walls.
"They didn't do a half bad job on this." He casually remarked as he took in his prepared jail cell, which was a sealed room created within the Dimensional Gap.
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For several seconds there was only silence within the hall as everyone took in one simple undeniable fact, Alex was back.
Though he had almost no actual political presence or power, Alex himself was almost like a force of nature that disrupted everything in his path, leaving those around him only the choices of going along with him, or getting caught up in his path. Now, the only questions on people's minds regarding his return was 'how powerful had he become', and 'what was he going to do next?'
With no one answering his previous question, Alex's brow twitched in annoyance as he then used Spatial magic to instantly teleport Ajuka to his side, a feat that surprised the Maou until Alex then remarked,
"You look like hell Ajuka...let me fix that real quick." With another snap of his fingers, Ajuka's appearance, which had become gaunt and unhealthy looking from all the stress he was under, was quickly reverted back to the healthy way he looked when Alex saw him last, stunning him even further. Before he could say his thanks though, Alex cut him off by ordering,
"Now, explain to me what has been going on while I was gone." For a moment Ajuka didn't say anything as he looked Alex over in awe, feeling like the man before was a completely different person from the Alex that disappeared more than two years ago. Though he wanted to ask where they'd been and what they were doing, Ajuka decided to focus on the more immediate concern and explained,
"Ever since you disappeared those who were involved with the corruption of the Underworld have been trying to regain their lost authority by any means necessary. Before, they had been nothing but a mild annoyance, but after you disappeared they started taking more radical steps." Ajuka then explained some of the methods that Katerea's supporters used to regain their authority, ranging from things such as simple slander and bribery, to even blackmail and hostage taking.
This was the biggest reason for Ajuka's lack of taking action, as if he did then he risked another civil war and the lives of everyone they had taken hostage, even those of the civilians. Katerea and her supporters cared nothing for 'inferior' beings that were the low and middle class Devils. As such, the only real options Ajuka had were to either go against them anyways regardless of the casualties, or try to wait things out until Alex and the others returned. At least, that had been the case until Zeoticus and Venelana were arrested.
As Alex listened to Ajuka's story, he couldn't help feeling both irritated and responsible for the current situation. He was irritated at Ajuka for allowing things to get this bad, but he also knew it was mostly his own fault for disappearing the way he had when Ajuka's plans were centered on him and the rest of the younger generation Devils.
While there were talking though, Katerea and the Devils that supported her were nervously sweating, as now the very person they never wanted to see again had returned with the most promising youth the underworld had ever seen, excluding Super Devils like Ajuka and Sirzechs of course.
Katerea in particular felt an annoying itch in her guts, where Alex had once stabbed her with the holy sword Ascalon, with the only reason she even survived the holy wound being her powerful bloodline. As the sensation of fear filled her body though, it was quickly replaced with anger as she thought to herself,
'How dare this filthy dragon try to intimidate me!' With all her fear evaporating on the spot due to her arrogance(and stupidity), Katerea then declared,
"How kind of the Dragon Emperor to show himself here, so that we may immediately arrest him for his numerous crimes!" With her voice booming through the hall once more, and many of of guards under the control of the Ultimate class Devils that freed her surrounding him, Alex turned towards her with bored and slightly annoyed expression as he said,
"I don't recall giving a criminal like you permission to speak, so hold your tongue before I remove it." Then, without any other shifts in Alex's expression, every single one of the guards that had surrounded him dropped to the ground unconscious, their mouths foaming while only the whites of their eyes showing.
Though she momentarily paused at the display, Katerea haughtily continued,
"Obviously your information is out of date. My release and pardon were granted by-"
"Maou Beelzebub?" Alex cut her off suddenly, making Katerea look at him in confusion and ask, "What?"
"Maou Beelzebub, did you authorize her release?" Without any hesitation whatsoever, Ajuka answered,
"No, I did not. Her release came about from the rouge faction of High and Ultimate class Devils." Turning back towards Katerea, Alex then said loudly and clearly,
"Katerea Leviathan, your so-called 'release' was not authorized by the highest level of authority in the Underworld, which is Maou Beelzebub. Instead it was perpetrated by a rouge faction of Devils who's authority was stripped from them due to their corruption. As such, your criminality status has only increased since you've now not only attempted to murder the leaders of the three factions while committing other terroristic actions, but now you've unlawfully escaped from your containment."
When he finished speaking Katerea looked as if she had been slapped across the face, while many of the Devils that supported her began to raise an uproar. With a look at the girls behind him though, Kuroka quickly laid out a spell that forcefully silenced all of them, even as their mouths continued to open and close without making any sound.
With the hall quieting down once more, Alex looked at Katerea and said clearly,
"Not only will Katerea be punished for unlawfully escaping prison, but those who helped her escape with similarly face punishment as well as for their actions against their liege, Maou Beelzebub." Though Ajuka looked momentarily concerned due to the threat that Katerea and her supporters posed to general populations, he never got the chance to voice them as Katerea then smirked,
"And how exactly do you plan to impose such a ruling?" Suddenly there was a flash of demonic light as half a dozen of the Ultimate class Devils supporting Katerea teleported around Alex, before they then began to activate some kind of spell.
"This pattern...a sealing array?!" Ajuka uttered in shock before he began to use his own special magic, 'Kankara Formula', to hijack the attempt to seal Alex. Katerea however sneered at him,
"Surprised Ajuka? They've been working on this formula for years since the sealing of Trihexia! We even prepared a few upgrades to the original version!" Though he didn't pay attention to her at first, Ajuka frowned slightly when he noticed that the sealing formula that the Ultimate class Devils were using was constantly and rapidly shifting, as if to prevent his magic specifically from analyzing it.
His specially developed magic, 'Kankara Formula', was a type of magic that allowed him to control any and all phenomenon around him as long as he could analyze it, but the magic circles around them at the moment were more complicated to analyze than he expected, showing just how must Katerea's supporters prepared for this moment. The object of their attack though, Alex, simply smirked as if he found their attempts to seal him humorous while he then said to Ajuka,
"Don't bother, I'm kinda curious what their best effort to deal with me is." Then, before the Maou could look at him in surprise, Alex use Spatial magic to send him back to his original seat while he patiently waited for the Ultimate class Devils to finish their attempt to seal him, his entire entourage similarly seeming amused by their actions.
Seeing this, Katerea couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right. The sealing formation they were using was based off of the one used on the most powerful being in existence aside from Ophis or Great Red, Trihexia, except that several altercations had been made to make it even stronger specifically for Alex. Yet he and those with him, who all should've known enough about the technique to see what it was, were acting as if it was humorous.
Neither she nor Ajuka had any time to worry about why this was the case though, as a second later Alex was enveloped within a bright flash of demonic light, before he suddenly found himself someplace different altogether.
Alex looked around the six foot by six foot cement room he was now in, which was completely bȧrė without even a seam between the floor or walls.
"They didn't do a half bad job on this." He casually remarked as he took in his prepared jail cell, which was a sealed room created within the Dimensional Gap.
For several seconds there was only silence within the hall as everyone took in one simple undeniable fact, Alex was back. Though he had almost no actual political presence or power, Alex himself was almost like a force of nature that disrupted everything in his path, leaving those around him only the choices of going along with him, or getting caught up in his path. Now, the only questions on people's minds regarding his return was 'how powerful had he become', and 'what was he going to do next?' With no one answering his previous question, Alex's brow twitched in annoyance as he then used Spatial magic to instantly teleport Ajuka to his side, a feat that surprised the Maou until Alex then remarked, "You look like hell Ajuka...let me fix that real quick." With another snap of his fingers, Ajuka's appearance, which had become gaunt and unhealthy looking from all the stress he was under, was quickly reverted back to the healthy way he looked when Alex saw him last, stunning him even further. Before he could say his thanks though, Alex cut him off by ordering, "Now, explain to me what has been going on while I was gone." For a moment Ajuka didn't say anything as he looked Alex over in awe, feeling like the man before was a completely different person from the Alex that disappeared more than two years ago. Though he wanted to ask where they'd been and what they were doing, Ajuka decided to focus on the more immediate concern and explained, "Ever since you disappeared those who were involved with the corruption of the Underworld have been trying to regain their lost authority by any means necessary. Before, they had been nothing but a mild annoyance, but after you disappeared they started taking more radical steps." Ajuka then explained some of the methods that Katerea's supporters used to regain their authority, ranging from things such as simple slander and bribery, to even blackmail and hostage taking. This was the biggest reason for Ajuka's lack of taking action, as if he did then he risked another civil war and the lives of everyone they had taken hostage, even those of the civilians. Katerea and her supporters cared nothing for 'inferior' beings that were the low and middle class Devils. As such, the only real options Ajuka had were to either go against them anyways regardless of the casualties, or try to wait things out until Alex and the others returned. At least, that had been the case until Zeoticus and Venelana were arrested. As Alex listened to Ajuka's story, he couldn't help feeling both irritated and responsible for the current situation. He was irritated at Ajuka for allowing things to get this bad, but he also knew it was mostly his own fault for disappearing the way he had when Ajuka's plans were centered on him and the rest of the younger generation Devils. While there were talking though, Katerea and the Devils that supported her were nervously sweating, as now the very person they never wanted to see again had returned with the most promising youth the underworld had ever seen, excluding Super Devils like Ajuka and Sirzechs of course. Katerea in particular felt an annoying itch in her guts, where Alex had once stabbed her with the holy sword Ascalon, with the only reason she even survived the holy wound being her powerful bloodline. As the sensation of fear filled her body though, it was quickly replaced with anger as she thought to herself, 'How dare this filthy dragon try to intimidate me!' With all her fear evaporating on the spot due to her arroganceand stupidity, Katerea then declared, "How kind of the Dragon Emperor to show himself here, so that we may immediately arrest him for his numerous crimes!" With her voice booming through the hall once more, and many of of guards under the control of the Ultimate class Devils that freed her surrounding him, Alex turned towards her with bored and slightly annoyed expression as he said, "I don't recall giving a criminal like you permission to speak, so hold your tongue before I remove it." Then, without any other shifts in Alex's expression, every single one of the guards that had surrounded him dropped to the ground unconscious, their mouths foaming while only the whites of their eyes showing. Though she momentarily paused at the display, Katerea haughtily continued, "Obviously your information is out of date. My release and pardon were granted by-" "Maou Beelzebub?" Alex cut her off suddenly, making Katerea look at him in confusion and ask, "What?" "Maou Beelzebub, did you authorize her release?" Without any hesitation whatsoever, Ajuka answered, "No, I did not. Her release came about from the rouge faction of High and Ultimate class Devils." Turning back towards Katerea, Alex then said loudly and clearly, "Katerea Leviathan, your so-called 'release' was not authorized by the highest level of authority in the Underworld, which is Maou Beelzebub. Instead it was perpetrated by a rouge faction of Devils who's authority was stripped from them due to their corruption. As such, your criminality status has only increased since you've now not only attempted to murder the leaders of the three factions while committing other terroristic actions, but now you've unlawfully escaped from your containment." When he finished speaking Katerea looked as if she had been slapped across the face, while many of the Devils that supported her began to raise an uproar. With a look at the girls behind him though, Kuroka quickly laid out a spell that forcefully silenced all of them, even as their mouths continued to open and close without making any sound. With the hall quieting down once more, Alex looked at Katerea and said clearly, "Not only will Katerea be punished for unlawfully escaping prison, but those who helped her escape with similarly face punishment as well as for their actions against their liege, Maou Beelzebub." Though Ajuka looked momentarily concerned due to the threat that Katerea and her supporters posed to general populations, he never got the chance to voice them as Katerea then smirked, "And how exactly do you plan to impose such a ruling?" Suddenly there was a flash of demonic light as half a dozen of the Ultimate class Devils supporting Katerea teleported around Alex, before they then began to activate some kind of spell. "This pattern...a sealing array?!" Ajuka uttered in shock before he began to use his own special magic, 'Kankara Formula', to hijack the attempt to seal Alex. Katerea however sneered at him, "Surprised Ajuka? They've been working on this formula for years since the sealing of Trihexia! We even prepared a few upgrades to the original version!" Though he didn't pay attention to her at first, Ajuka frowned slightly when he noticed that the sealing formula that the Ultimate class Devils were using was constantly and rapidly shifting, as if to prevent his magic specifically from analyzing it. His specially developed magic, 'Kankara Formula', was a type of magic that allowed him to control any and all phenomenon around him as long as he could analyze it, but the magic circles around them at the moment were more complicated to analyze than he expected, showing just how must Katerea's supporters prepared for this moment. The object of their attack though, Alex, simply smirked as if he found their attempts to seal him humorous while he then said to Ajuka, "Don't bother, I'm kinda curious what their best effort to deal with me is." Then, before the Maou could look at him in surprise, Alex use Spatial magic to send him back to his original seat while he patiently waited for the Ultimate class Devils to finish their attempt to seal him, his entire entourage similarly seeming amused by their actions. Seeing this, Katerea couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right. The sealing formation they were using was based off of the one used on the most powerful being in existence aside from Ophis or Great Red, Trihexia, except that several altercations had been made to make it even stronger specifically for Alex. Yet he and those with him, who all should've known enough about the technique to see what it was, were acting as if it was humorous. Neither she nor Ajuka had any time to worry about why this was the case though, as a second later Alex was enveloped within a bright flash of demonic light, before he suddenly found himself someplace different altogether. Alex looked around the six foot by six foot cement room he was now in, which was completely br without even a seam between the floor or walls. "They didn't do a half bad job on this." He casually remarked as he took in his prepared jail cell, which was a sealed room created within the Dimensional Gap.
