The battle raged on as Silas's allies had shown the strength of an army that matched the Overlord of 7th Hell's forces. Cerulean and 151 were standing with their blades. Slashing one another with nothing but the desire to win the match for their Lords.

The battlefield was a mess. Matching blows, trading an arrow for 5 rifle bullets. The chaos began to unfold as magic of all kinds was being cast. The ones that allied with the Avatar of Seasons, had already but slowly increased their power. An ability was granted that had changed both sides dramatically.

'The Memoir of Joshua Gates.' It amplified the combat potential of all units by 75%. Turning the already messy battlefield into an even bigger chaos as Onyx and Lopt traded blows, slashing the ones interrupting their fight. Xander 311 was firing his rifle at a demon archer, emptying the entire magazine near the area. Marking the hits as Blue Python would fire off the long range support fire. The artillery was raining from above, while White Comet AS Users were just fleeting glints of gray across the battlefield. Firing off their weapons while the Crimson Reapers lived up to their name. Staining their armors in scarlet as they roared like the dragons did, enough to push some of the demons back for a brief moment. That moment of respite was a chance for the Sword Wolves and Rifle Wolves to show off what they could do, going for fast slashes and hard hitting rifle shots that would push the demons back.

Silas and Mizerka unleashed their elements throughout the battlefield, with Silas's Vermillion Flames burning the harrowing blizzard. Silas had countered this by adding Hollowed Ground that enveloped the area with other elements. A means to counter this much force that was being exhumed. The ice was being eaten up by the flames or be pushed by the wind. Silas drew out his gunblade, chasing after Mizerka at point blank range. Unleashing heavy shots that pushed Mizerka back for a moment. The winter blizzard was going after Silas like it did previously.

Chasing after Silas like rabid dogs as Silas leaped into the air, where he swapped out the gunblade for Grieving Thorn. Slashing the ice as it came charging after him, rushing straight through as the blade parted the ice. Taking some of the damage but he was going to get as close as he could to the target. Reaching Mizerka as a shoulder charge pushed Mizerka back. Slashing Mizerka's chest as he kicked Mizerka back.

Mizerka used that opportunity to unleash a hundred thousand ice spears at Silas. Something to keep Silas busy for a while. Donovan leapt to keep the spears at bay, whereby Silas bounced off the shield to chase after Mizerka. Cerulean went to stop him, only to be intercepted by 151 with his long sword.

"Do not bother my Lord in battle!" Cerulean clicked his tongue as he faced 151 in a full frontal confrontation. Leaving Silas and Mizerka to their own. Mizerka went after Silas with his fist, then forming a gunblade in the other. Pulling the trigger that sent magic to float in front of Silas. Bursting into an avalanche to push him back. Silas cut through it with the Grieving Thorn. His left hand drawing out the gunblade. The avalanche was not hurting Silas, but the issue was trying to get his gunblade ready in time to shoot at Mizerka. The sheer intensity was like his left arm was being crushed by a force that was cutting his time to aim.

Shaky hands as Mizerka was priming another shot. Imbuing mana into the chambers, Silas managed to get his aim. Firing a shot that pierced through the avalanche. Grazing Mizerka's arm, interrupting the act. The avalanche ceased as Silas went close with the katana. Going for the throat, Mizerka shed his ice copy to take the attack. An act that Silas had expected, countering it with firing his gunblade. Grazing Mizerka's cheek with a shot.

It was worth the effort, but Mizerka responded with an even greater force. Fine particles flying over to Silas. The amount of damage that was increasing but the endurance he had was able to tank most of it. Mizerka's attacks were focused on wide range attacks but his single target spells were intensified.

So what was his weakness? Was it close combat? Or was it something else? Silas coated himself in the myriad of flames. Then he decided to try on something a little different. Petals of flowers began amassing all around Silas, equaling to the snow that Mizerka's blizzard had brought.

"Impressive. You are growing more and more." Silas lifted his mask as he coughed out blood. Seeing his tongue beleeding profusely. His teeth were all shattered as he forced himself to swallow a rose. Blowing his nose to get rid off the finer particles. Blood and mucus fell to the ground.

"Ah. It seems it somehow made it into your body. Normally it would completely obliterate a person without leaving a trace of blood. I didn't expect you to handle that well." Silas could not say a word since his body was slowly recovering. Then lowering his mask back.

"That's a first. I can't believe even pieces of my teeth had fallen." Mizerka readied a double saber, as the pair charged at one another. The clash alone was enough to send shockwaves to their armies. An intensity that Cerulean had to pierce his blade to the ground to hold on. The others had to brace for the impact as a massive explosion occurred.

Lady was using her magic to cast explosions spells that sent demons flying into the air.

"Jun!" Jun ran to Leon who sent him flying into the air with his arms. Jun locked onto the demons with his eyes, preparing his sword art.

'Breaking Dawn' enemies that were locked on by Jun were going to be cut open within seconds. Onyx went after Jun, only to be disrupted by Lopt who would be facing Onyx with his blade. Another tough battle for Onyx as the blade intensified. Jordan went after demon lords with his high speed movement, piercing through as the Gunworks unit went on with their battle.

Mizerka was sent out of the heavy smoke, Silas went to chase after Mizerka with two katanas in hand. The Grieving Thorn and Ashen Phoenix. Pursuing Mizerka with the two as he cut through Mizerka who kept on creating copies of ice. Watching how the copies explode, creating chains of ice to hold Silas in place. Mizerka went close with the double saber, fast swings to try and cut through Silas's coat of Crimson. The attacks were negated as Silas activated the Burst system. Liberating the chains from his body as he swung his blades against Mizerka. Slashing the arms off, Mizerka opened his mouth. A breath of ice that was covering Silas as a whole.

Silas went close to slice the legs, then driving the Grieving Thorn and Ashen Phoenix to Mizerka's chest.

"Brilliant." Mizerka said as he coughed out blood, Silas pulled the blade out.

The Battle has ended.

The Gods have begun granting the participants with their new abilities to increase their potential.

Silas was looking at Mizerka, with Kaglar by his side.

"I vow to serve the 13th Lord of Thorns, the Avatar of Seasons, as the Ancient Demon of White. The Overlord of 7th Hells and his servants will now join the ranks. Does any of my servants have a protest to this vow!?" Mizerka roared as the demon lords, and the other 6 Overlords went over to kneel before him.

"The Auric Knight, Vengria. Reports to the 13th Lord of Thorns. I am one who is filled with Wanderlust but you who have rescued me and fought against the Overlord of 7th Hells. Being angry for my sake. I pledge my allegiance."

Mizerka

Ancient Demon of White.

Class Ancient Demon Level System can't calculate.

Kaglar's younger sibling.

The one who mastered the element of ice.

Primarily a magic combatant, but that does not mean Mizerka will not use swords.

Proficient with a gunblade and a double blade staff.

Personality : Sophisticated plans, always condescending to enemies to get a reaction from them.

Also does a lot of torture and can suggest ways to torture someone.

Ancient Skills

Ancient Demon's Pressence. His pressence will cause any demon to submit before him.

Harrowing Winter The one whose prowess of Winter rivals even Bayran of the Ancients. The control that is fine right down to creation of particles of ice to enter the body of the targets chosen to kill them from within.

Overlord of 7th Hell Being the overlord of 7th hell, Mizerka's servants are by the millions of demon lords who have followed him from time and space and dimensions. He leads them with his sheer might. Gesture Cast 5.0

Any gestures made by Mizerka can be set to cast on enemies.

Winter's Day

In places where ice is prominent, Mizerka has increased power and damage capability by 75%,

Frostbite

Inflicting ice damage on enemies will leave them in a state of weakness as the frostbite will begin to eat through their bodies.

Longing for the Cold.

Mizerka's body radiates the coldness of winter, he is the embodiment of Winter's Violence. Winter's cruelty while Bayran shows Winter's beauty and kindness.

The Embodiment of Ice.

Ice attacks within the presence of Mizerka and Bayran will create a synergy between the two. Creating ice crystals that can provide healing to MP, HP and Will Power. Or Ice that breaks MP,HP and Will Power.

The Leading Overlord.

As the strongest among the 7, Mizerka's word is law. The other 6 Overlords serve Mizerka to their very best.

Vengria.

Auric Rose Knight

Class Auric Rose Knight Level Follows the Lord.

The First Auric Rose Knight who was in the service of the 4th Lord of Thorns.

Originally a wandering adventurer.

His ascension came as a promise to the 4th Lord of Thorns

He still wanders from world to world.

A chance encounter with Mizerka had led to this situation of his capture.

A Rose Knight who was awakened by the Ancient of Harrowing Winds.

Who has given him the chance to serve you.

Personality: Curious. Always enjoying new experiences.

The Wanderer Increases exploration effects. Mining, harvesting, or even looking for items will now be easier. Everything will be marked with symbols. Tranquility Always at peace no matter the situation. His sword techniques are unique in the sense that they do not shift from any sort of emotion. They remain as they are Harrowing Gale When drawing his weapon or when asked by the Lord of Thorns. The wind will stir according to the situation. At combat ready, the wind will begin to go through armor and carve through enemies. Increases your wind ability control Increases wind control The Wind Guides the Blade. Vengria's swordsmanship is much different than most. It is primarily one that matches the philosophy of Tranquility. He does not view the targets as inferior or superior. His focus is on the end goal of defeating or killing the opponent. Wandering Blade Vengria's exclusive swordsmanship that can be matched with any blade wielded with one hand. Slight modification will be made to suit your sword techniques. The Wandering Rose He can move through time and space and dimensions. No restrictions to bring the Auric Rose Knight any where. Not even the Dungeon Master or Spire Masters can stop him. Progenitor Will set requirements for future Roses.

Dungeon Master : Isn't that pretty cheating?

Spire Master : Do you really want to ask that? I'd rather not piss off the Lord of Thorns.

Dungeon Master : Fair point.

Spire Master : I threw everything at him and he just cleared it like it was nothing. He's doing the same to you isn't he?

Dungeon Master : Yep.

Clerk: It is just in the nature of the Lord of Thorns, who is the Avatar of Seasons to be that powerful. He can also make new dungeon types provided you grant him the conditions.

Dungeon master: But isn't calling it a Trade Dungeon weird?

Spire Master : Nonsense. I made Trade Spires because of him. He cleared one beautifully.

Clerk : It is not weird unless your mind is in the gutter.

Dungeon Master sulks at Clerk's remark.

Spire Master is comforting his friend.

Onyx Overlord, Huckebein.

Class Demon Overlord Level 750

Famed as the black bird of ruin.

A bird of ill omen.

Huckebein is renowned in the domain of the 7 Hells as the best swordsman of the lot.

He wields a longsword but can also use other blades.

His defeat at the hands of Mizerka who wielded a gunblade and a double blade staff was known to all.

Does not excel at magic but excels at physical combat at its best.

PErsonality : Literally a person who enjoys buying, trying out and seeing new swords.

Ill Omen Huckebein's presence is a reminder to the enemies of the Lord that they will be having more chaos than before. The Sword of the Onyx Overlord Sword techniques of this particular caliber are not as powerful as Kaglar but the passive will be granted when using the Gates and Thorns Weapon Sets. Passive : Blades are now coated with mana that can be used in conjunction to spells. You may now coat vermillion flames to your blades. Onyx Armor. The armor that is worn by Huckebein is one passed down in his family, along with the name Huckebein. It is an armor that is able to absorb attacks and channel it to his strengths. The 7th Overlord's Blade His primary duty is not to lead, but to wreak havoc and chaos all before their eyes. True form. Unlike other demons that have a true form, Huckebein's human size is his true form and it is limited by a pair of earrings. Anything is a blade. When in situations that aren't favorable or unable to use his usual set of weapons, Kaglar may use whatever material around him to use his techniques with. He once killed a few thousand demon lords with a butter knife. Killing Intent. Huckebein accumulates killing intent and it can be sent out to stun enemies for brief periods. It was rumored that Huckebein's killing intent had subdued a dominion to the point of fear.

Cerulean Overlord, Aldion.

Class Demon Overlord Level 750

The 2nd in Command of the other Overlords.

Should Mizerka wish for something to be done, he will speak to Aldion.

Aldion is a demon overlord who fights on the frontlines, but at the same time.

Though as a leader, Aldion is one who focuses on overwhelming enemies with brute force.

Never through other tactics.

Personality : Straight laced strong warrior.

2nd in Command of the demons. The demons listen to Cerulean not for his leadership, but for his ability to grant them all fine battles and wars that demons are known to crave and enjoy. Novice Commander. Has never changed his strategies, might be able to change as he learns with 151. Scarlet Stained Blue Armor The more blood he spills on his armor, Cerulean increases the fear factor into the enemies. Passive granted : Blood Stains on Avatar of Seasons will also include this effect. Bewitched Sword Cerulean's sword is alive, it constantly feeds on the blood of enemies. If any one other than Cerulean uses it, they fall into a frenzy. It can shift forms between a spear, a saber or a long sword. The Water's Violence. Cerulean's other magic is water, standing on a body of water, Cerulean would be able to use it to his advantage. Using the water to drown enemies or to soak them in it. Amplifies damage with other elements attached. If with ice, instantly freezes enemies. If with lightning, creates chain lightning strikes on all targets.

"Chairman Hargrave, Chairwoman Maya." Mizerka called, where the two turned to Mizerka.

"I'd like to propose a deal. Demonic weapon smithing, demon classes that can be attained by both Venerators and Hunters. We can even create demonic equipment for you."

"But isn't demonic weapons meant to be used by those who are favoured by chaos?" Chairman Hargrave asked where Mizerka shook his head.

"Gods. If you would please."

The Gods are now observing the items....

Clerk : The Gods state that the weapons do not have a sign of chaos imbued into them.

It is merely a weapon made by demons and enhanced with amazing techniques.

They can be blessed to become holy weapons with the right enchanting sequence.

The God of Chaos : Mizerka does not practice any form of sacrifice. His predecessor did, and he... He beat the predecessor down senseless until the predecessor had requested for the Gods to intervene. It was humorous.

The other demons were trying to contain their chuckling. Some of them danced while some of them were speaking something in their mother tongues.

"You don't practice human sacrifice?"

"There was a cult that tried to call me to bring chaos to the world. I killed the corrupted cultists. Then went to the leader of every country to give them tips on how to make their nation better. If they failed at that, then they'd be useless. My predecessor mistakenly allowed me to be summoned by humans if there were a million deaths. I found out about it and I went over to settle things. Beating him senseless, and beating the other overlords naturally led me to becoming the Overlord of 7th Hell. I find human sacrifices to be tedious and disgusting. I would rather have a nice bottle of wine, a cup of tea or fruits."

"Believe it or not, my brother's a vegan." That caught the humans off guard for a moment.

"How is a demon vegan?" Jenny asked, her mind was trying to wrap around the absurdity that was the statement. A vegan demon. How

"They don't eat humans or meat. Don't suck up mana from humans, just eat everything else besides that." Kaglar said as he passed a bottle of wine to Mizerka.

"You need to stop bribing me with alcohol brother, it only worked in the first few milennia." Kaglar shrugged his shoulders.

"The Demon classes that we can provide will be adding the word Demonic to the prefix. If it comes down to it, I am willing to go and straighten this out with the Venerator Unions and Hunter Associations. But we are demon of a certain dimension, so other demons wouldn't follow our beliefs. But do not mistake us for timid either."

"The Overlord of 7th Hells is correct about that, Chairman and Chairwoman. When a demon child was injured because of a demon prince from another dimension. We went to conquer the hell of that dimension. I believe it may appear at any time as a trading spire. And no. We do not live in castles and our sky is not scarlet. Our moon is white, and our skies are blue. We are a society and a civilization." Aldion corrected the others.

"You conquered another hell because a demon child got hurt?" Kaglar turned to Mizerka who was drinking the wine.

"You beat up an Ancient Demon for bullying me. And I despise bullies. I tried to settle it with asking the demon prince to pay for the injury, but they decided to kill me. So I just froze that entire dimension. It took the others 7 years to get that ice to thaw out. Oh this is good wine."

"Wait. So you guys don't fly around on your wings. Kidnap children and eat people?" Hardin popped the question.

"We do that normally just for shits and giggles. We don't eat humans any more since... We found the taste bland. We have demon chefs, demon chauffeurs. So succubi, incubi and other demons are part of us. We also do delivery services. We have demon sport races with cars..." Cerulean said as he kept on mumbling his thoughts out.

"As I've become a Familiar to the Avatar of Seasons, the 13th Lord of Thorns. We will open our borders as a Trade Dungeon. We can also do training. So that your Hunters and Venerators can be used to mental attacks by the many demons and ghosts that you may encounter. We also have demonized monsters that you can practice with. For a fee of course." Mizerka said while Kaglar was just balancing his axe's pole on his nose.

"Then how would we sort this contract out?" Chairwoman Maya was then given a document.

"There's a small tax of 5%. Our currency can be converted into demon coins to spend. An exchange rate of 1 credit to 3 demon coins. We can also sell items here or even hire Familiars. We can also set up a branch office here for Venerators and Hunters to teleport there. Can also buy demon equipment, artifacts and various other items our people need. This sounds too good to be true."

"Like it or not, he's not lying." The One Winged Seraph floated by Silas's side.

"He's the only demon who could make a deal so fair that not even the highest angels like us, the Seraphs would be able to say there's a catch." One Winged Seraph landed by Silas's side with other Seraphs.

"I think some of the Gods asked him to handle some of the contracts between them."

"Yes, they asked me to mediate a few contracts. Earning a win win situation is what I do best."

"Told ya, my brother is smart." Kaglar said as a demon passed him a chunk of roasted meat. It just vanished after a few bites, Kaglar was smiling the entire time while Mizerka let out a sigh.

"My demons. As I am a servant of the Lord of Thorns. You may all head back to our home first. The overlords will stay. Be sure to greet our upcoming guests kindly."The other demons vanished as Mizerka turned to the others.

"Lord, if your world ever needs us there. Just let us know." Leon said as he smoked a cigar.

"Thanks. I hope Assault Works is doing fine. So is Gunworks your best team?"

"Yep. My best of the best. Can't bring the rookies into this. They might die." Leon chuckled as he left with the Venerators back to their world.

"Lord, I will bring them elsewhere. I'm sure you wish to keep resting here don't you?"

"Yeah. Thank you Mizerka." Mizerka snapped his fingers as the Hunters were all brought back to the association's HQ. Leaving Silas alone for a moment, taking off his mask. As a table and chair appeared before his eyes, Silas went over to take a tea break. Seeing Terra coming in with a new batch of tea.

"How's the house?"

"There were a few people who wished to harm you. It seems that Garden's soldiers got a little too eager. Of course I dealt with them. Do you plan to head to another country to aid them off their Rose Knight problem?"

"I was thinking of that but... You seem eager, Terra." Silas remarked as he sipped on his tea, feeling the blood lust from Terra reaching its peak.

"I would be delighted to go in your place Lord. There's no need for many of us to be there all at once. Just by sending a few of us Rose Knights. It will be a good chance for them to see the difference between the Lord of Thorns of this world against the Avatar of Seasons."

"Do you have a plan in mind, Terra?" Silas asked as he put his cup down. Drinking some tea to alleviate the stress of the battle. Refreshing iced tea. What a delight of floral tastes with a bit of lemon for acidity.

"I do, Lord. I will ask the Auric Rose, the White Rose, the Azure Rose, Black Waltz and Azure Resound to accompany me."

"It seems you wish to ask me to take a break after a hectic battle."

"Of course, Lord. I would not wish for your simple life that you longed for be interrupted by their actions." Terra said with a bow. Silas grinned as his outfit reverted.

"Before you go, have the HDF create equipment that can be purchased by the Adventurers. Head to the Hunter's Association to bring the ones you wish to bring for this battle."

"By your will." Terra vanished, leaving Silas alone in this place. The first part of his formation came from Joshua Gate's misery and anguish. Just being here, an odd sense of calm. A bit of sorrow as Joshua had to leave but even so, it was nice to see him. Albeit a brief moment.