Baal PoV

I don’t know how long it was. I was stuck in this darkness. Cold, alone. Even though I felt that way I still felt the warmth from the words I heard from Lilian and Lily before coming here. The love and warmth in their voices still echos in my head.

Every so often I see images of them and I run after them before I feel my body being restrained by a great force.

I try to break free, but I don’t have the strength to. Soon the images fade away as I fall deeper into the darkness but start dreaming. I think, while I dream I am fully asleep and when I'm stuck in the darkness I'm stuck in between being awake and asleep.

The dreams though were anything but dreams. Nightmares, I think it was the effect of the spell I used. It was much stronger this time then the last. I think it was because the flames took on a much greater form to catch him.

Still as much as these dreams are nightmares they are only good enough for a small fright at best. Even with the intensity that appears before me it is nothing like the nightmare I saw with my real eyes. Lily and Lilian in his arms about to be killed.

I don’t know how long I’ve been here but after a long time I began hearing voices. Dok’s voice, Cas, Ul, Talie, Calie...Lilian and Lily’s as well.

I try and move but I feel myself restrained again before I hear an old lullaby. The voice was also the same. Mother, both of them, Stephanie and Lia. Both of their voices singing with such clarity and so much feeling of love in their voice that I can’t help go to sleep. It was the first time I had a nice dream. Does that mean it's been a week already. The effects of Nightmare inferno should last only 1 week.

I wonder what caused me to stay asleep for so long? Oh right, I obliterated Lucifer with every last bit of my power, all but my divinity since I have no idea how to make it into power. All my stamina, mana, maybe even converting my own life force, I turned it into power to leave nothing behind.

After my dream starts to fade I see a large light shine over me. I try moving and I can finally move more freely, so I jump into the light.

What I meet is Valeria’s glowing hand over me. Above her is the white ceiling of the marble stone hospital room in my castle.

Valeria: So...You're finally up. Great demon lord.

Baal: ...What...happened?

Valeria: You killed your father, from what the few who saw what was happening said you went on a rage so great that you froze your father in place with your killing intent alone which was focused solely on him. Then you cast a spell that could only be said called a certain death spell and had his soul consumed before you did the most idiotic thing by blasting him with all your power and even converting your life into power.

Baal: Ah...I guess...I was right then...about the life...part then.

Valeria: You guessed it huh. You half woke up dozen of times during the period you were unconscious and nearly went on a rampage trying to reach your wives. I used several restraining spells before both your mothers used sleep magic mixed with a lullaby Steph used to sing to you.

Baal: heh...Anything new happen while I was asleep.

Valeria: Unfortunately. The humans, the ones that want us dead, were able to connect to Aurora. They took over the alliance kingdoms that hate us and are industrializing them and trying to bring modern weaponry to Aurora to fight us.

Baal: Did you do something about it.

Valeria: Of course, we finally had a reason to blast those kingdoms a part. Shame we had to kill the civilians as well, the humans created a type of slave collar that restricts the will of the wearer. If removed they go mad and try to kill themselves and those around them.

Baal: Better to put them out of there misery anyway.

I push myself up but I still feel rather dizzy.

Valeria: Don’t force yourself too much. You are only about a third healed in both health and mana and that is with your castle's core helping with the healing here and my own magic.

Baal: Can you bring me food. Also, the best place for me to heal is on my throne.

She sighs before she walks out before shouting orders to bring food and my family.

After a while an angel with a large tray of food appears followed by my rambuckush kids all looking much bigger even though it’s only a week since I last saw them.

Cas: Daddy you're all right now!

Ul: Wahaa~ We thought we would lose daddy~!

Ul began crying and was picked up by Lilian who cuddled the young girl.

Baal: Daddy is tougher than that.

I said that as the food was laid out before me and I started to chow down. My stomach was aching for food and I happily fed it.

Downing the food, I sat there with a satisfied look before slowly getting up with Lily’s help.

Baal: Can you take me to my throne. I will heal faster there with a direct connection to the core.

Lily: Of course.

She helped shoulder my weight as we walked down the halls and up the stairs. As we passed demons, angels, mortals and monsters, all of them did the same. Bowing towards us.

Lilian: I’m sure you're wondering why, right. Well, you’re no longer a demon prince Baal. Your a true demon lord after taking your father down yourself.

Valeria: Yes it has made taking control of the remaining half of the demon world much easier after we told them you killed Lucifer without even leaving his ashes. As of now the demon world has been nearly completely freed of Lucifer’s miasma and has gained a brilliance just like the mortal and upper world.

Baal: Wow. It changed in such a short amount of time.

We soon reach the Throne room and Lily helps me rest on the throne. It instantly begins glowing brightly like never before as the effects of the dungeon lord being on it takes effect.

I feel my strength return to my body rapidly, and soon I reach 50% of my power before it stops.

It was probably the limit the core could heal me and it would need to gather more mana again before it could do so again, but it was enough. I transform into my demon form with what I have and my health and mana regeneration skyrock regenerating faster then the form can consume it.

As I reach 70% I stop, finally letting my body heal naturally the last 30%.

Baal: Ah~! Feels good to regain some strength.

Valeria: Well with you back, we should deal with the problem at hands.

Baal: What kind of problem?

Lilian: It’s not a real problem per say. The foreigners are easy to control. We destroyed most of the kingdoms and the mortal world is pretty much ours. Those kingdoms are being rebuilt by us as well but with our own people in command. It's the fact of going to the Upper world and freeing it from my father.

???: It would be a stupid move to go there girl.

The voice sounded through the whole room like an echo. We were familiar with the powerful voice.

Baal: What do you mean Thanatos?

Thanatos: The upper world is no more. Thadues has killed the planet as a whole trying to break his way into this world. All that is left is a mindless beast that was once the king of the gods.

Our visions blurred and we see it.

Sitting in the ruins of the palace of the king in the upper world was a beast. With a body of a human but a mask made of bone the same with a left arm armor a man sat there looking lifeless as if he had no purpose.

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Its eyes suddenly lit up a bright red as it looks straight at where we were and it lunged at us.

The vision turned back to normal and we were back in the throne room.

Lilian: ...That...was my...

Valeria: No Lilian. That was.

Thanatos: She is right, he consumed the divinity of all the creatures that had even a drop of it trying to create a rift between the world but it didn't work. When he went mad he also lost his title as a god but began something new. His new title and name is The Beast of Apocalypse, Ragnarok.

There was a deep silence as the reality sank in.

Thanatos: I shall say this once. I will not make a portal to the upper world. He has gained power that nearly rivals Crono himself and I shall not have his sacrifice to protect this world go to waste by a dream of trying to regain a dead world like that one.

Baal: We understand, if possible, is there a way to make it even harder to break through?

Thanatos: There is no need, the time space barrier between the worlds can only be broken by the teleportation spell or my own portal, no matter how much power he wills onto the barrier, it shall never break.

Baal: then that leaves us with one last option. Let's teach the foreigners why they should simply forget us. Where is dok?

Valeria: Hmm, he moved back into the library after he found himself company in Oreana under good management of several dwarves..

Baal: Bring him here.

Valeria nodded and looked back seeing an angel near the door. She points at him and tells him to come. She passes him the orders and he flies off, soon returning with dok hanging onto his back.

Dok: Man... I hate flying with you guys.

Baal: Suck it up. Anyways, tell us, have you and your guild mates found a way to bring us to your world?

Dok: Nope but we did discover something else. It seems the scanners are compatible with the capsules used by normal foreigners. If we connect both together we can send people from Aurora to any existing Virtual World that we created.

Cas: What’s a virtual world?

Dok takes the time to explain everything to us about the worlds.

I was a bit irritated to find out more worlds were created for their entertainment. Difference is that the Great gods of creation or AIs of these Worlds are heavily monitored and were told to make a world where the people inside were simple puppets instead of people.

There was two worlds. One was similar to ours but our race was unique to each person's personality. On the other hand the other game was something like a game of hunters. Hunters used monsters to catch more of them in hopes of becoming the best. This world had no magic so we would be without it.

Baal: We already have the capsules set up. If you want we can send you now.

Valeria: wait what about the threat of the foreigners here.

Baal: Make a kind of magic seal with a crest that will be our symbol and put it on all our citizens. Foreigners we like as well. Those who come after are to be killed on sight.

Lilian: I'm going with you.

Lily: As am I.

Valeria: now we have a new problem.

Baal: Valeria, you, Rook, and Plum will be the rulers of the mortal world. Lia, Kitsu, KumI and the twins will rule over the underworld.

Valeria: ...

She was speechless. It was obvious, I had thought of several things that would happen should this conversation came up.

I was going to take the attention off of Aurora and bring it to that world.

Dok: It will take a while before we set you three up to jump to the new world. Better spend it well.

He nods at the kids who I notice are all teary eyed.

Cas: Are *hic* you leaving? *Hic*

Baal: Tell me how do you see daddy.

Cas: The strongest.

Baal: What do the strong do with that strength?

Cas: Lead and help others?!

He tilted his head while saying that as both a question and answer.

Baal: Yep, daddy has helped everyone here in our world but now another one needs him. Both your mommy and daddy need to go to help them the quickest.

The four kids were near crying and the tears were already falling, but they held it in.

Baal: Remember that little egg I had in my room. It's a special pet mommy and daddy made for all four of you. He will grow up and be a strong guardian for you four. When he hatches give him to Rachet and he will make him the strongest in the world.

They all nodded and all bunched up hugging me before going to their own mothers. I could hear their quiet cries but they would need to hold on for us to return.

After a while Dok returned.

Dok: It's ready, you three are set to be removed from Aurora and will go become foreigners in this new world. Just so you know the world there is very open about talking like they do in their real life so instead of foreigner you will hear the word player.

Baal: Ok we are ready.

I give each of my children a kiss on the head and wait for it to happen.

Soon I saw particles of my body break apart like when the foreigners in Dok's group arrives and leaves. It climbed from my hands up until I only saw black.

Cas PoV

It's been a week since daddy and our mommies left. We were really sad and we all slept in their room crying. Grandma Val and Lia cuddled with us but it was still a bit different from mom and dad.

The next day after they left the egg dad talked about hatched. What came out was a small black dragon with very shiny scales and small back wings. Though we were sad, we still were happy it hatched so soon.

Like daddy said we took it to uncle Rachet and he took it to train.

He came back with a large dragon about 3 meters long and already one of the strongest around. He was already stronger than most of the guards and he could transform into a human already.

He turns into a boy that looks almost grown up with long shoulder length hair and white skin.

We started to train together after he came back because we were all at the same strength.

At the end of the week all five of us were in daddy's throne room when that weird guy that helped daddy go save more people ran in.

Dok: Oh kids!!! Do you know where Valeria is.

Calie: Gwandma?...

Cas: No. Do you sense her, Zero?

Zero was the name of the dragon we got.

Zero: The Light Goddess?... She is behind you.

Dok Blinked and looked back but saw no one. The next moment Valeria turned the corner into the room and saw us.

Dok: Thank goodness, I finally found you!

Valeria: What's going on?

Dok: It's Baal and the girls! They fell into a trap!

To be continued

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Thx to everyone who has read The Demon and The Angel up to now. This is the final chapter of this book. Me and my co-writers have already begun on Book two which will be named "The Legend of the Four Guardians".

I hope you will all continue reading all my stories and wish me luck. I will be making a new forum page for the next book since its a new story even though its the continuation so you might need to wait a day or two after i post it for it to truly come out. Anyway thanks to all those who helped me with ideas for D&A and i will see you all in book 2.

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