The Devil's Evolution Catalog

Chapter 272: Genesis and the Apocalypse (1)

At times, it really felt like I was on some kind of operating table in a lab powerless and laid bare.Truly, had it not been for the fact that this statue couldnt read my mind, I would have honestly thought that it understood more about me than I did.

In order to shift the initiative to my side, I decided to change the topic slightly: You mentioned that the Fallen Angels are your descendents, then who might you be?

Youre asking who I am?

Thats right, may I have the honor of knowing your name?

Hmm, why does it feel like he isnt all that willing to speakwell, since he answered, Ill just keep asking then, lest he uses his X-ray eyes on me again.

I have two names. Once, long ago, I was known as Lucifer. Later, I was called Satan, which of the two you think fits me more?

Lucifer

Whawhat the heck, whats a legend-class divinity doing in front of me? This doesnt make sense! No sense at all! But thenarent I in Purgatoryand didnt I transmigrate after dyingthats not very logical either

Whats Lucifer doing in a different world anyway? Isnt he supposed to be like the first angel created by Jehovah or something? Something about having six sevenths of Jehovahs divinity and all the shiny effects to go with it. Sacred Six Wings, Right Wing of the Lord, Second-in-Command of the Heavenly Kingdom, the greatest angel created by the Lord, blah blah blah. But all thats supposed to be from Earththis is a different world so what is Lucifer doing here?

I know this is a world of magic and fantasy, I know its normal to have devils and angels, but for some random guy to pop up in front of me and claim to be Luciferimpossible! This isthis has to be one of those famous names, right? It has to be!

Just as I was lost amongst all the shocking revelations, the arrogant voice of that statue boomed once more: I think so too, my original name is still the best after all. Satan and what not, that just doesnt have the same ring.

Satan, the Hebrew word for enemy. Who wouldve thought that even in a different world, this name would actually stick

At this point, I really didnt know how to react anymore. Forcefully suppressing the excitement in my heart, I tried probing him once more: May I know whats your relationship with Jehovah?

Jehovah? Whos that?

Surprisingly, Lucifer actually didnt know who Jehovah wasthat didnt make senseimpossible.

At this point, my brain was basically farting. Following this line of questioning however, I asked: Then may I know the name of the Creator? Isnt it Jehovah?

Hahaha, what a funny little fellow, exactly who taught you this version of history? His name is obviously Yahweh. And who is Jehovah anyway?

Man, he even saw through thatIm sorry for learning history from the school security guardstill, for the Creator of this world to be Yahwehhold on, that name sounds kinda familiarwhere did I hear it before

Jeebus, I remember now, isnt that a different name for Jehovah

Man this is New Testament vs Old Testament stuff all over againI get that you guys like to fight, but why did you have to bring Lucifer over here too?!

(TL: Ill be honest here, I cannot be f**ked to translate this authors nonsense sometimes, its not even funnyall he did was spend three paragraphs describing stuff about Judaism, Christianity for no rhyme or reason at all.)

Dont tell me this world has some kind of connection to Earth? Is that why I transmigrated here after dying? Ahh, this is all so complicated. Should I tell Lucifer Im a transmigrator? Will I get dissected if I do that

If you dont mind me asking, Almighty Lucifer, do you know of Earth?

Earth? Whats that? Never heard of it.

so he doesnt know of its existence. That means me coming over here had nothing to do with him at all.

In order not to have him stuck on this subject any further, I hurriedly changed the topic: Almighty Lucifer, you mentioned that youve waited for me for 80 000 years, I hope you will forgive my stupidity but I cant seem to understand what you mean by that.

Hmmm, that huh. Its a long story so grab a chair.

Just like that, he embarked on a long tale by first setting the stage for it: This is the Kingdom of Sable Radiance, you know that right?

Thats right, I heard that 80 000 years ago, this place was destroyed and that the person who did was so strong, it boggles the mindI heard the entire devil population disappeared in one night

Mhm, thats about right. He nonchalantly declared as such. His next words however, shocked me and almost made my soul jump out of its shell. To some extent, I had already guessed the answer he was about to give but guessing and knowing were two entirely different matters.

Thats right, I did it.

A simple yet chilling admission. Even now, I still wasnt able to fathom how huge Sable Radiance actually was. All I knew was that all the lands weve travelled through so far were all Sable Radiance territories,,,as for how large that wasaccording to my rough estimations, I had crossed a Chinas worth of kilometers. As for how huge the entire Sable Radiancecould it actually have been as large as Earth? That would mean that there used to be several billion devils living here

Given that, the fact that this so-called Lucifer actually made the entire population of the Earth disappear in one nightexactly how much power did that actually takethe sheer scale of that exceeded whatever meagre imagination I had

Hmph, all that talk about S*iyans, they are all weak sauce compared to Lucifer. Yes, they can blow up the Earth, but can they make the entire population disappear in one night?

Now however, wasnt the time to dispute the veracity of his claims. To begin with, the proof was staring me right in the face so I had no choice but to believe his words.

Then is it alright if I ask why did you do it? Its fine if you dont want to answerits perfectly alright

Its simple really. As the statue said that, his voice was perfectly even, with no emotional disturbance whatsoever. I needed their bones to create a bone prison.

is it called the Prison of the Dead?

Yeah, that should be what its called. Didnt you just break out of there yourself? You should be more familiar with the name than me.

I know youre a busy god and all but at least remember what you did in the past

Dont give me that look, its been 80 000 years. Its only natural that I dont remember.

80 000 years huhI guess thats true. If it was me, I would be nothing but dust now. By the way, are you really Lucifer? If youre so strong, why are you a statue now? Did something happen?

Not really, to be honest, Im not actually Lucifer, Im just a clone. From the very beginning, Lucifer never intended to do all this himself so he created me to seal off this place and move all the devils into the closest Half-Plane that borders the Blood Sea. After all, their bones had already been reserved as the main building material for the bone prison.

The closest Half-Plane that borders the Blood Seawhats a Half-Plane? Alsoisnt the Blood Sea where I was bornalso

Didnt he say that he was just a clonefor a clone to do all thatthats just frightening. I cant even imagine how strong his true self isso its actually true that he has six sevenths of the Creators divinity then?! If not, how can a mere clone possess the power to wipe out a kingdomafter all, a Devil King is on the level of a demigod and for someone that powerful, they would at least have to be as destructive as a nuclear bomb, rightto wipe out such a monster in one nightwithout even allowing the other party to see his face

I still remember those Christian priests telling me when I was young that Lucifer possessed two thirds of the Lords divinityI also heard that he possessed six sevenths of the Lords divinity tooso which is truegiven that they would definitely try to play down his power after his fall from grace in order to lessen his influence on mortalsalso given what I learnt from this statuethe latter is probably more likely. I wouldnt put it past them to try and reduce his influence by spreading such lies. After all, there were plenty of ways to wage a war.

In other words, Lucifers power is infinitely close to that of the Creators.