You Do Not Kill Asmodeus. Now...

By TheValkyrie13

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In the world so greedy and so corrupt and where the weak dies and the strong lives to take what is there's, h... More

Asmodeus Character Information:
Prologue: We Bring Hell To These Abandoned World
Chapter 1: A Demon Lord's Awakening & Displacement
Author's Note: Explanation - The Evil Virtue of Asmodeus
Chapter 2: A Demon Lord Is In a WHAT?
Chapter 3: Asmodeus, the Demon Emperor of Tartarus
Chapter 4: Asmodeus, the Noble Demon
Chapter 5: The Ice General vs The Demon Emperor
šŸ‹Chapter 6: Esdeath's Fall to Demonic Temptation
Chapter 7: The Number of Death - 13
Chapter 8: Death to the Capital
Chapter 9: Death of Night Raid
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Chapter 10: The Mission of Death
Chapter 11: Demon Emperor and Death Incarnate
Chapter 12: Let Death Bring Eternal Damnation
Chapter 13: A Tour in the Rotten Empire
Chapter 14: The Equalizer of Death
Chapter 15: The Executioner's Horrifying Meeting With Death Itself
Chapter 16: A Slave of Death's Awakening
Chapter 17: Kali's Induction and the Meaning of Death
Chapter 18: Kali's Training and Meeting the Blindness of Justice
Chapter 19: Seryu's Journey of Self Reflection... IN HELL!
Chapter 20: Seryu's Acceptance of Revengeance
šŸ‹Chapter 21: The Humiliation of Redemption
Chapter 22: The Vengeance in Possession & Symbiosis
Chapter 23: The Eyes of the God-Machine
šŸŒ¶ Chapter 24: The Rescue from the Bloody Aristocratic Humiliation
Chapter 25: The Massacre of the Bloody Aristocrats
šŸ‹Omake 1: Akame's Horrifying Humiliation & Pleasure with a Demon
Chapter 26: No Control for the Strongest
Chapter 27: The Wild Hunter Has Become the Weak Hunted
Omake 2: Meet the True Demon
šŸ‹Chapter 28: The Deal & the New Relationship
Omake 3: The Invasion of Judgemental Apocalypse
Chapter 29: What Lovely Show of Strength
šŸ‹Chapter 30: A Spear's Strong Attraction
Chapter 31: The General from Hell
šŸ‹Chapter 32: Leone's Kidnapping and Torture
šŸ‹Chapter 33: Leone's Acceptance and Threesome
Chapter 34: Replacement in Command and Training with Death
Chapter 35: Asmodeus' Reminiscent of his Past in YGGDRASIL
Zariel Character Information:
Dispater Character Information:
Dispater (The Iron City of Dis) Character Information:
Mammon Character Information:
Belial and Fierna Character Information:
Levistus Character Information:
Baalzebul Character Information:
Mephistopheles Character Information:
Chapter 36: The Yellow King's Inquisitive Pursuit
Chapter 37: The Hellish Horrors of War
Chapter 38: The Fallen Children Against the Five Bands
Omake 4: Zank and the Murder Room
Chapter 39: The Dark Haunter Strikes Again
šŸ‹Chapter 40: A Lion's Share of the Fun
Chapter 41: The Demon Emperor's Champion
Chapter 42: The Champion of Hell vs Death Itself
Chapter 43: The Jaegers and the Seven Virtuous Champions
Chapter 44: The Sharing of Demonic Love
Chapter 45: A Hell Champion's Infiltration
Chapter 46: The Necessity of the Virtuous Champions
Chapter 47: The Lord of Dust's Inclusion
Chapter 48: The Supreme Lord's Next Plan
Chapter 49: The Hell Champion's Return
Chapter 50: The Awakening and the Preparation
Chapter 51: Dr. Stylish's Undignified Demise
Chapter 52: Death vs Extinction
Chapter 53: The God of Storm is Approaching
Omake 5: The Fatality of the Three Beasts
Omake 6: The Cost of An Alliance

Glasya Character Information:

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By TheValkyrie13

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Name: Glasya

Title: The Sixth Lord of the Nine Hells. The Boss of the Malbolge Crime Syndicate. The Supreme Lord's Lover. The Princess of Blood and Lust.

Race: Succubus

Class: Knight

Character Information:
The so-called Sixth Lord of the Nine Hells and a girlfriend and lover of Asmodeus, the leader and Supreme Lord of the Nine Hells, Glasya is just as much of an avid gamer, an anime fan and were the only light to see each other on a planet that is basically rife with absolute corruption everywhere they go up until YGGDRASIL's server had shut down.

Only instead of waking up in the real world, she is instead waking up in that anime world called Akame ga Kill! where she, alongside the many NPCs she has created during her time in YGGDRASIL, had found themselves in the deepest bowels of the Imperial Capital.

And now, taking this very opportunity by storm, Glasya will see to it that she shall become something of a diabolical criminal mastermind in the Empire and one where evil rises and she will become the apex of all criminals alike, becoming something between a mafia, a triad and a yakuza, all rolled into one with being a demon lord from Hell.

And she will make sure that no one, not even the fool like the Prime Minister, the child Emperor, the Revolutionary or Night Raid, can stop her ambition of conquest.

For what is there to describe wanting to rule and be feared than something else.

Personality:
A promiscuous, flirtatious, expectantly perverted and lustful as it is obvious from her race as a Succubus, she is also a ruthless, cruel, wicked, sinister and pragmatic woman as it is expected from her occupation as a crime lord who is sadistic, diabolical and devious to the core.

And yet, she also has an incredibly noble and honourable side that showcase that while she maybe some literally demonic crime boss, she does showcase a kind and compassionate trait thought she actually does has a hard time showing it in the most normal way possible.

A rather eccentric, charismatic, unnervingly cheerful, kind of creepy for her lack of personal space and the infatuation of which makes her rather overly enthusiastic about, Glasya is a woman who maintained an always friendly relation and genuinely benevolent trait that makes her beloved by all.

And yet, while she comes across as childish with a hyperactive side, she is also insane with a cold blooded murderous side who can be unimaginably ruthless enough to make sure none shall know to mess with someone like Glasya around and everyone who makes trouble of her turf, she will make sure that she will make an example out of them, regardless of who they are.

However, behind her cheerful demeanor and psychotic behaviour, Glasya is actually miserable on the inside and while she may gain success by being a crime boss and being beloved and all, she dearly missed his boyfriend, Asmodeus and for her, she would give nothing more than to have her around, no matter how much of a sacrifice she is willing to actually make.

And overall, she is a traumatized young woman beneath that cheer and psycho act and there are likewise some moments that show off her more vulnerable side: such as abuse.

Powers and Abilities:
Already a formidable player in YGGDRASIL, so to is she formidable even in the world of Akame ga Kill! And becoming her own Avatar as a Succubus Knight, Glasya is as powerful as it is expected from a supernatural being like her to be.

Highly skilled in both combat and her charming skill, Glasya is all around her criminal syndicate's most powerful combatant, being an all around highly skilled swordsman that knows how to slice anyone and anything with perfect skill and is shown to incredibly superhuman, being strong enough to rip anyone apart with just her bare hands alone, fast on her feet to look like she had just teleported from below to the top alongside the amazing speed and agility to travel around anywhere with ease and is both durable with hardened bones, high immunity to poison and disease, is very slow of age and finally, a massively powerful healing factor.

Of course, nothing can be contest to being very charismatic and with her words, she is shown to be more than capable of leading anyone with just a few and seemingly charming and persuasive words at her will and her greatest asset is her manipulation where she can basically convince anyone to become a part that will help her.

This comes from her natural skill as a Succubus and if the fact that she has a massive sex drive is kind of her thing, than the fact that she can be persuasive with only a long string of oddly reasonable words that were made specifically to get her what she wants is what gives Glasya the influence she deserves.

Overall, Glasya is a supernatural charismatic woman who's honeyed words can border on mind control and her presence in the battlefield is notable for raising morale to her allies by way of a few speeches that makes her genuinely influential in diplomacy, charisma and persuasiveness.

And for Glasya, a crime boss in the Empire, one that is far more influential and far more effective to become a threat to its government is not something anyone had known for and where the Prime Minister Honest had steep the Empire to be as corrupt as ever for whatever reason except that it'll be something stupid, a criminal syndicate that can defy his rule that can treat the nobles and authority figures like crap through either bribery, blackmail or threats is just something Honest himself didn't think things through, thought then again, as if a pig who only know how to eat and be fat and ugly, would know anything about.

And that is all Glasya matters to it all in the long run.

Weapons and Equipment:
For someone like Glasya, a veteran player of YGGDRASIL, she has her own set of weaponry at her disposal and of course, she has them all to help her in her adventure of the Akame ga Kill! world.

The main arsenal includes:

• The Armour of the Blood God of Sacrifices:
The main armour worn by Glasya, appearing as a blood red form fitting armour, the Armour of the Blood God of Sacrifices is actually the true reason behind Glasya's near immortal healing factor and while she herself has a healing factor, it is more precautionary at best, mainly being a useful minor buff of self survivability and that's it.

With the armour worn, Glasya has become something of a near immortal monster that can survive through anything that could have killed a normal human like a stab through the heart or being speared by thousands of metal objects and yet, Glasya can survive through anything no problem as long as blood had just washed over her, granting her the ability to regenerate her health so long as she is soaked in blood.

Doesn't mean that it isn't dirty business, actually.

• The Blade of the First Vampire:
The main weapon of Glasya, appearing as a red sword in hand, the Blade of the First Vampire is at its name implies as a weapon who once wielded by the very first vampire ever to be born and is all that can be expected from a weapon wielded by vampires as it granted Glasya the ability to not only be immensely powerful with her swordsmanship but also the fact that it can fire either a beam of red hot blood from its blade, fire a projectile of blood as a basic attack or plunge the blade onto anyone and heat it up to a boiling point that they would become nothing but an explosion of viscera in order.

And this is the reason why every rampage she makes are always soaked in blood and viscera right over.

Relationship:
As stated before, Glasya is maybe a crime boss but her startling level of benevolence and rather charismatic personality has made her a beloved woman amongst the criminal underbelly of the Empire and is so influential that it eclipse even the likes of the government and the royalty, especially Prime Minister Honest as well as the Child Emperor himself in swaying the public to her very side.

All the while, she is still a crime boss and is as ruthless, cruel, sadistic, vicious and spiteful who is willing to make an example out of people who dares to incur her wrath in anyway possible.

To the general population, Glasya is a wanted woman with a bounty that can give anyone a lifetime of fame and good life but none has the chance to do anything about it due to her influence and connections everywhere and how utterly and ridiculously powerful she is.

She is obviously the bane of the Empire and a criminal that deserves to be behind bars yet due to the fact that Glasya has her people on high places and the people in charge being all but incompetent, Glasya gets away with practically anything.

As for Night Raid and the Revolutionary Army, they barely had no information in regards to Glasya aside from the fact that she is a crime boss and is feared in the criminal underworld.

Yet, while a crime boss, she is left alone because she is actually to make a dent against the Empire thought whether they could trust her is all up to how what she is doing is reckless and dangerous as a whole.

Regardless, they are not going to actually realized that Glasya is a Succubus Knight who was once a video game player of the DMMORPG called YGGDRASIL with an array of magic, monsters and all the horrors alike at her disposal.

And she likes to keep in suspense.

The Malbolge Crime Syndicate:

The criminal syndicate that Glasya lead that ruled the criminal underworld of the Capital of the Empire, feared by all as a dangerous criminal organisation that are ruthless, strong and powerful to the core yet beloved for both because of they actually give a damn at protecting the downtrodden and helping them at their level and of course, Glasya being a very charismatic woman with a charm to her.

Highly connected, massively influential and nearly untouchable to the law of the Empire, the Malbolge Syndicate hides the fact that behind a mundane crime group of... well... thugs wearing high quality outfits for some reason, are supernatural in magic, monsters and supernatural happenings and are all something of a massive cult following who sees the Glasya as some messiah for them to spread their influence to and has the advantage of Glasya having a large sum of the resources from start to finish.

Consisting of either NPCs created by Glasya or people that joined the Malbolge Crime Syndicate, it's members and units include:

Alastor, the Serpent of the Crime Syndicate:

The second-in-command of Glasya and the highest ranking magistrate-like authority figure of the Malborge Crime Syndicate, Alastor is a pompous, condescending yet nonetheless loyal demon with a serpent companion he named Seethe, as his main way to see around the area that were all owned by Glasya and the Malborge to inform her of the happening.

A powerful demon that is second to Glasya in immense power, Alastor is a powerful sorcerer who had once displayed his powers by summoning a portal that ensnare anyone to pull them into the void where they get killed outright and have been known to warp the very fabric of reality itself that his powers may seem to be absolutely limitless.

Lucy, the Blade of Glasya:

A Fallen Angel that served as the right hand honoured body guard of Glasya, Lucy is a very serious and dutiful body guard who takes her duty seriously as her purpose desires and is so dedicated that she barely wants to eat, sleep, play or do anything to take a break, practically living in the work without stopping, much to Glasya's chagrin who just wants to share the fun with her.

An incredibly powerful swordswoman and a very dangerous bodyguard as well, Lucy is more than capable of hurting anyone that dare to harm Glasya despite how she can nonetheless defend herself and her powers revolves around her ability to throw demonic energy from her sword and had once making a sword swing motion where the area around Glasya will be enveloped in sword slashes after sword slashes that the whole of reality itself will be broken to kingdom come by her powers alone, causing untold destruction if she doesn't hold back.

Vox and Villian, the Violence Twins of Malbolge:

A duo of brother and sister consisting of the male Vox and the female Villian, the Violence Twins are kind of all as their name implies as incredibly violent, cruel and sadistic siblings who had gone out of their way to create a show where they loved to torture others for the sick amusement of it.

This wouldn't have been a very heinous thing to do were it not for how seemingly uncreative they are and the only reason they get the idea is that they once get into one out of curiousity and finding it out, sneering at how 'weaklings' get to enjoy the fun and get the idea of doing it themselves, thanking those who made the show in the first place by being the main course of it all.

Both Vox and Villian have taken 'strong lives and weak dies' and 'might makes right' mentality to a less hypocritical approach as they sneer at those who doesn't do merit or actually do anything that is hard work and are condescending against those who has the arrogance yet when their ego crumbles, they fall apart like a pathetic heaps of it all.

Their job is to kidnap what are basically bullies, criminals, corrupt nobles and corrupt authority figures and make them go to heinous acts of torture and humiliation where they show their suffering to the audience and commit all the gruesome acts upon them that are borderline utterly diabolical.

All the while, the Violence Twins are actually great dancers and singers who would love to have the audience love them as much as the two love each other, so much so when they are not being a violent duo who exact their own brand of justice against the people who they brand as 'weaklings' that are complacent, stupid and arrogantly weak, their interactions between each other are actually pretty wholesome and when one is harmed, another is greatly distressed about that.

And of course, as they are violently passionate, so are their skills in battle as Vox is a capable swordsman who is extremely fast and strong while Villian is an immensely powerful sorceress who assist Vox through an array of her own magic.

Vox has the mannerisms of a polite gentlemen and treat everything with all the formality possible while Villian is an unrestrained, incredibly spoiled girl who is all too eager to use her spells to have fun with her 'toys'.

Lustful, violently passionate and finally, very dangerous, the Violence Twins takes their titular namesake like so and they will show it all in the name of Glasya and the Malbolge Crime Syndicate.

Har, the Harlequin of Seeking Glory:

A member of the Harlequins, the Malbolge Crime Syndicate's main generals of their fighting force, Har is a woman of immeasurable strength and passion who wields around a massive.... whatever weapon that is, being either a warhammer or a battle axe that she can use to crush her enemies to paste with all the glory she seeks possible.

Leaa, the Harlequin of Rewarding Loyalty:

Another member of the Harlequins, Leaa is a considerably caring and nurturing woman who carries around her battle axe as she love to spoil her allies to an almost smothering degree while also, of course, using her ginormous strength to get the job done.

Quinn, the Harlequin of Humorous Indulgence:

The final member of the Harlequins, Quinn is a woman who loved to motivate her allies in battle with just a swing of her magic fan and is shown to be incredibly inspiring that when a battle starts to lose, her presence will boost their morale as well as using her spear to cleave through basically anything with ease.

Deus, the Court Mage of Space and Time:

The Malbolge Crime Syndicate's most powerful magic user who can manipulate the very fabric of space and time to his wish, Deus doesn't exactly give himself anything to be humble or even show humility by being one of the most arrogant man alive with a massive superiority complex and an ego that doesn't detract how he is genuinely a genius magic user with his own independence, ambition and wishful thinking as far as his alliance with Glasya and Malbolge goes by his screwed form of morality.

The fact that Deus is actually the only member of the Malbolge Crime Syndicate that isn't an NPC but rather, a native in the Akame ga Kill! world showcase that to Glasya, there is more to the world than just being all edgy and stuff.

• The Malbolge Surgeons:

The main researchers and scientists of the Malbolge Crime Syndicate, the Surgeons are all men dressed in white outfits and a white doll-like mask that served mainly as the Crime Syndicate's main goal in the Empire: The distribution and substitution of a drug called Ragtag which grants people powers which will be explained below.

Other then their rather questionable methods aside, the Surgeons are both capable healers, doctors and finally, fighters and considering their intrinsic knowledge of the human body, the Surgeons wield giant scissors that makes them a force to be reckoned with in battle.

• The Malbolge Enforcers:

The main thugs, gangsters and army of the Malbolge Crime Syndicate although they don't look like it, the Enforcers are all as their name implies as the main fighting force of the Crime Syndicate, doing as their name implies in enforcing the law and order of the ones that were now owned by the Malbolge and they are very good at it.

While it blurred the lines on which is once an NPC or a recruit, all Enforcers, while not special, are all incredibly strong and are more than capable of fighting anyone from the get-go, clad head to toe in armour that grants them protection while light as a feather and wielding weapons that, while kind of looked like junks that had been strapped and cobbled up together, are more than capable of hurting anyone in their own right with both the strength and the skill to match.

• The Malbolge Overseers:

Large humanoids clad in heavy coats and their face hidden beneath a breathing mask, the Overseers are basically as their very name implies as large bulky men who are slow, heavy and yet, strong and durable and were once noted for their immeasurable strength to basically demolish a wall with just a punch alone.

Unaware of the majority who thinks of them as large and burly man, the Overseers are all a race called, an Oni, which are something along the lines of Giants of Eastern mythology and not only are they immensely strong but are also intelligent and capable of magic at their back and call, having once used their magic to teleport around the area with ease, teleporting then men with them and finally, just blast their enemies with a beam of magic from their hands.

• The Malbolge Purifiers:

Highly dangerous devils that served as the Malbolge Crime Syndicate's exterminators who used their flame magic to burn anything until nothing is left but ash, the Purifiers appeared as men wearing red suits and red mask and are notable for their extreme power of the flames at their fingertips, teleporting around the area in rapid succession and throwing a volatile lob of fire balls at their enemies until they were burned as well.

And they are very dangerous to get close to and even when getting past them, they are more than capable of taking a beating while summoning a ring of fire around them that burns anyone at close proximity. Other than that, however, they are extremely specialized at fire and nothing else and this pyromaniac do nothing else but burning anything and that is it so if someone is immune to their flames, however, they are actually pushovers.

• The Malbolge Custodians:

Appearing as armoured men with a form fitting and a rather chthonic-looking design of their armours, the Custodians are all Glasya's honourable, virtuous and chivalrous bodyguards who all boast immense strength and defense with their armour and weapons and despite being covered head-to-toe in armour, are all very fast enough that they once charged at their foes in lightning speed that it turned anyone to mush.

• The Malbolge Killers:

The assassins of the Malbolge Crime Syndicate, wearing black suits, their faces hidden beneath their insect-like helmets and are armed with dual katana, the Killers are all as their name implies as emotionless, cold blooded, murderous and brutally efficient assassins who are not only very agile and skillful in the swordsmanship they have but are capable of being invisible, killing their enemies when they least expect it while also move with all the graceful and confusing expertise possible to them all.

• The Malbolge Vigilantes:

Remember the drug called Ragtag?

Ragtag is a drug, appearing as a rather glowing, colourful and ever changing that were given by the Surgeons to the many downtrodden in the Empire and with everyone being rather miserable with their lot by being abused from corrupt nobles and authority figures, they would happily take Ragtag if it means it would numb the pain at all.

And that is where the Vigilantes come in. Formerly the lowlifes who had all lost everything and become nothing more than poor people in the Empire, now the Vigilantes are all that terrorized the Empire, causing mayhem and discord in anyway they see fit through the powers they now possess.

Their powers are all varied with some gaining powers over flame or other elemental effects, morph their bodies into weapons, gaining psychic abilities or other forms of powers and abilities at their disposal, their purpose is as it showed.

Every Vigilantes are all once people who had been abused and bullied by those in power are now become a target for the Vigilantes' real power and they will happily used them to exact their revenge against the Empire for what they had to suffer from.

However, as any of those who had knowledge drug should know, the effects are very catastrophic due to the human body cannot take what can be described as a magical drug such as increased aggression, a fractured sanity and body mutation which leads to what they become below.

• The Malbolge Mutant Spawns:

Former Vigilantes who had lost control of their powers, the Mutant Spawns are all former humans who had taken Ragtag and have become the horribly mutated creatures whose body have been warped on a catastrophic scale.

And all of them are as dangerous as a Danger Beast and so much more due to how they are in the confines of the Capital and are all animalistic monsters that will prowl around the city and wreak havoc however they could, being absolutely powerful as while they are varied, all of them are big, aggressive and powers that are uncontrollable and volatile for no human man can handle it.

• The Malbolge Demon Prince:

However, while the effects of the Vigilantes being turned into a Mutant Spawn are a horrific fate worse than death, those who had the will to resist the effects may also ascend to become something more powerful.

The Demon Prince are all former mortals who had ascended from their flesh and have endured the trials to become powerful supernatural beings of untold magnitude like no other.

While appearance varied between Vigilantes just like how Ragtag gives each a different variety of powers, all that had withstood the effects and become all the more stronger for it will have their mortal flesh be thrown off and become a Demon Prince, a literal demon in the flesh, once mortal, now turned into a very powerful demon that is likened to that of a powerful demigod.

And all of them are all that you can expect from a Vigilante that are already dangerous with their powers alone, now given all the cranked up powers and physical advantage that makes really, really dangerous even to Teigu users.

The Malbolge Hell Denizens:

Far more powerful and more dangerous than even the Demon Prince, the Hell Denizens are as their name implies as those who had came from Hell itself and are practically true demons in the world of Akame ga Kill!

Other than that, all of them are as prideful, headstrong, bloodthirsty and dangerous as it is can be expected from the denizens of literal Hell and has both the powers that can annihilate entire armies and certain other demonic qualities to boot.

• The Malbolge Hellhounds:

The Malbolge Crime Syndicate's literal guard dogs, being giant, humanoid, lupine, animalistic and demonic creatures where they are dangerous mainly for not only their impeccable strength and savagery but also their keen smell and tracking capabilities where they hunt down their prey and gorge upon them with inhumane relish and while they might showed themselves to be absolutely bestial, they are actually capable of cunning where they are capable of some form of martial arts and also know that they shouldn't be fooled by something ridiculous but are kind of offset for their immense aggression and insatiable appetite.

• The Malbolge Bone Beasts:

Another creature at the Malbolge Crime Syndicate's employ, while they have Hellhounds that served as literal guard dogs and are perfectly if not for their aggression and appetite, the Bone Beasts are undead creatures with little mind in their skeletal state, serving mainly as an out-of-control, gravity controlling monster who appears as floating skeletons of an animal that they only know their single minded intention to kill anything in the path they sent to and that's it.

• The Malbolge Hell Elementals:

The most powerful and destructive of the Malbolge Crime Syndicate's bestial creatures, the Hell Elementals are as their name implies as sentient elements from the very Hell itself, being a very powerful and corruptive creatures who will taint the surrounding area if they haven't destroyed it with the elements itself.
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