It’s funny how fast time flies by, it had already been 2 months since the girls started cutting jewelry. Lucifer’s fingers were perfectly healed but he was still completely broke. He made just under $400,000 from the martial arts dojo and black smithing. He had made so much money so was it possible that he broke right now?

Well first the girls talked him in to going to school as well, so he had no choice but to pay for his first year’s tuition along with theirs. That was $120,000 gone right there. Then there was the heavy cost of all those gems they broke or cut the wrong way, it added up to an overwhelming $160,000. $10,000 they blew on items they claimed were necessities such as perfume, clothes and make up. Make up was incredible expensive!

How do normal people afford such items? The remaining $110,000 he spent on titanium and diamond tips. The titanium only cost $10,000 but the diamond tips were $10,000 apiece. These were all discount prices too, because he purchased them directly from the boss.

There were only 3 days until school started, only recently had the girls been able to perfectly cut gems and make jewelry so it was no longer a money sink and instead, it started to make them money. By now Lucifer had grown 12 cm and stood at 5ft tall, still a complete midget before Giant Joe but he was impressed by his own growth. Maybe he would be a 3 meter giant one day too?

But he didn’t hold too many hopes, growth spurts don’t last long. He had about another good year or two before he stopped growing completely.

The girls would continue cutting gems in the weekend. Joe would send the gems directly to them because they were the only gem cutters capable of cutting high tier gems. But Lucifer was giving up his job completely. There’s no way he could come back every weekend just to smith.

For the last two months they didn’t live in the run down home they once did. They were now in a beautiful house without holes in the roof and it even had running water, which made it just that much more impressive.

Deep into the night when the girls were sleeping, Lucif equipped the guard’s armor and his diamond tipped claws. Tonight was the night to put his abilities and new set of claws to the test. He prowled the streets looking for guards to murder. As he walked the streets he heard someone behind him, “Oi you there, that’s the wrong way. The meeting is this way!”

He turned around and saw 40-50 armed guards all walking passed. He got a huge freight when he saw them approaching. ‘Calm down, they don’t know I’m not a guard. I just have to act the part.’

He joined in the ranks and listened to their conversation, “Yeah, I can’t believe Randy got promoted. He even got a liquefier, such a lucky bastard.”

“Tell me about, even Sarah got a promotion. But everyone knows she bruised her knees getting that position and I bet it wasn’t the only position she was in either.”

“Heh, I heard Randy did the same.”

“No way, really? Big old macho Randy? I didn’t know he rolled that way.”

“Haha, he doesn’t. But anything for a promotion right? Gobble, gobble.”

Lucifer’s fury was pumping through his heart but when he heard their conversation he couldn’t help but chuckle. ‘Damn these guys, if I didn’t want to kill them so badly we could probably have been friends.’

He followed them into a big building where over 25,000 guards were gathered. ‘Shit, this is looking bad.’

They were chatting and hanging out, waiting for whatever was going to happen to actually begin. That’s when he remembered that he was wearing his claws but as he looked around he noticed that he wasn’t the only one wearing a modified suit. Some held long sabers and weapons too, it was quite the scene.

“Ladies and gentleman, soldiers of the UCA, please give a warm welcoming applause to your commander and chief. President of the United Colonies Punishment Squuuuuad. The bringer of deeeeeath and ruler of hell himseeeeelf, Raaaaaven the almighty!”

“Woooh…”, “Yeah!”, “OOHOOO”, the crowd went wild and cheers sprung into the air as a man flew down from the sky. He was using some kind of advanced technology but unlike the others he wasn’t wearing a battle suit just a normal suit and tie. Lucif broke out into a cold sweat, the aura this man radiated was many times stronger than anything he had come across before. Even more fearsome than Giant Joe, Buck, Lexicon and Akylas. What kind of pressure was this exactly?

“How is he flying?”, “Ah, that’s the new SS88 Anti-Gravity shoes. First of their kind, you know they tried 88 different designs before they finally got them to work? And his suit he’s wearing is coated in a force field. It’s simply amazing, one day I hope to be that powerful and majestic.”

“Yeah right, in your dreams buddy.”

The conversations started again before Raven grabbed the mic and started talking. “Quiet down, quiet down everyone.”

A wave of silence spread across the hall, “Alright, good. The reason we have gathered you all here tonight is to choose 2500 super soldiers. Now you were all invited here because you were recommended by your superiors. Do you know why they recommended you?”

They shook their heads in response, none of them knew why but a few had made some good guesses.

”They chose you because you are the best of the best, the greatest warriors and champions in your regiment. Right now we have over 25,000 of the best warriors in the Galaxy here in one room. Some of you have flown millions of miles just to be here. Faced space sickness as you traveled through wormholes spanning the cosmos. All for what I wonder? Let me tell you!” His voice boomed out like thunder as it echoed around the stadium.

“It’s all for one purpose, but you won’t find out why until there are only 2500 of you remaining. You may begin.”

The crowd was silent for a second before they realized what he meant by those words. No one knew who struck first, all you could hear was the sound of someone dying as they fell to the ground in a pool of their own blood.

Indeed, the first person to take decisive action was Lucifer himself but no one saw him strike. But the commander had eyes like a hawk and saw it clearly. He saw Lucifer strike and kill the person right next to him. “Hah, good. This one is sharp and decisive, a perfect killer. ID: SATAN. Well that’s easy to remember, let’s see if he can survive until the end.”

Sounds of fighting and battle sounded out almost immediately as the 25,000 elite warriors ran into battle. Most of them formed teams with their friends as they took positions and started attacking others.

“You, ID: SATAN killed our brethren. Boys, surround him. Alpha 5C attack maneuver. ID: HU0L12 take the charge.”

Lucifer’s blood boiled, this was it. This was exactly what he was looking for to let off some steam. He was wary at first, because he was scared of being discovered but who would have guessed that the heavens themselves were helping him get his revenge?