Me the Demon Lords inferior version

[I have never stopped thinking on how I could defeat the Demon Lord. The decision I reached was that I had to produce a warrior with power equal to that of the Demon Lord. And after Aias, the only one with an ability able to counter that of the Demon Lord, creating that warrior was my only choice.]

But didnt you tell me I couldnt win against the Demon Lord? Why are you so certain that Ill lose?

[The abilities that I gave to you are ones that I created by copying the abilities of Demons and Oracle Beasts. They are by no means as strong as the originals. For example God Speed doesnt let you reach Chimeras speed, and Armor of Sin doesnt give you the full Magic Defense that Titan had.]

Is it different for the Demon Lord then?

The Demon Lord possesses almost all of the Demons abilities. And none of those skills are inferior to their original version. For starters it was impossible for you, a human, to be able to wield the full extent of the Oracle Beasts abilities. That is why I only gave you things that I had modified beforehand, so that a human could use them.]

So thats how it was Now I get why it felt like I wasnt using the abilities to their fullest. So its all because of the human bodys limits

Well then, doesnt that mean that well never be able to defeat the Demon Lord?

[Not quite There is a way to defeat him. That is precisely why I brought you here.] saying that Rhazes lifted his hand up. A magic circle was deployed on the ground, and from within it a transparent, flaming bird appeared.

Phoenix!

[Even though Im currently having you tame him I was the one who tamed him first after all.]

Phoenix flew in the air and began circling around Rhazes head.

Could it be that the one who sent him to me was

[It was me. I had to have you learn how to use him. After all this spirit here is going to become our only key in defeating the Demon Lord.]

After Rhazes said that a number of golems brought over something that resembled a big chalice. Following which the Phoenix flew on top of the shoulder of the tallest golem.

The golems left the chalice on the ground and quietly pulled back.

And this is?

[The Divine Flames Chalice. Its one of the magic tools that I made.] saying that Rhazes got close to the chalice, raised his hands and began to pour magic power into it. Even though it wasnt a real body he could still apparently control magic power.

Just now he also deployed a magic circle and even summoned Phoenix To be honest I still cant figure out how he was able to summon a monster that I had tamed, however, it seems like in this dungeon Rhazes can do whatever he pleases

While I was thinking that a white flame began pouring out of the chalice.

Phoenix that had been waiting on the golems shoulder flew up, and dove straight into the flames sea, forming within the chalice.

What in the!?

Specks of white flame scattered in the air and the flames within the chalice began to rage.

From within the surging flames, covered in a white flame, that gave off a holy aura, Phoenix once again appeared. It seemed like he had even gotten bigger compared to before.

This is?

[The way you are now you should be able to control this Oracle Beast.]

I immediately appraised the new Phoenix

Phoenix of The Divine Flame

Spirit Lv 3901

[Unique Skills]

Undying Divine Flame

He looks stronger!

I immediately opened up my tamed monsters list on top of my hand.

[Tame]

Divinity Vishnu SSS

Dragon God Hydra SSS

Rock Titan Titan SSS

Flaming Dragon King Shiva SS

Guardian Lavalier SS

Rakshasa Ravana SS

Beastman Hanumn S

Spirit Phoenix of the Divine Flame S

Fairy Spriggan AAA

Beast Chimera AAA

Metal Titan Gigas A

Dragon Flying Dragon B

Phoenixs rank had gone up from A to S And on top of that, under his Unique Skills, Divine Flame had also been added.

What does it do?

[In order for you to defeat the Demon Lord, you will need a total of 12 summoned monsters. On top of that, each of those monsters must be A rank or higher.]

12 summoned monsters

[You already have 11 of them. The last one For the last one youll need the strongest monster there is.]

Where will I be able to find that monster? Its not like it will just conveniently appeare before me.

[I think I already told you that I brought you here specifically for that.]

Then

[Thats right, its here. The strongest monster, the one that will be necessary to defeat the Demon Lord is right here, in this Dimensional Maze Its located on the floor under this one.]

What kind of monster is it?

[Lets talk about that while we walk. Phoenix come here!] said Rhazes, after which the Phoenix flew from the golems shoulder and began flying behind Rhazes. After walking for a bit we reached the stairs that would lead us to the next floor.

The road was covered in darkness, however, Phoenixs flames illuminated our way.

After reaching the floor, I noticed that the surroundings were covered in a red mist and that our vision was limited. We continued walking, only to stumble upon an open area, similar to the one on the upper floors.

Where is that monster?

[Hmph It looks like things just got tricky.]

What do you mean?

[Originally this dungeon is made into a maze that makes it so that once you enter youre not able to leave. However, I have disabled that function because I knew you were coming today.]

He really does control this Dungeon freely

So, what exactly is the problem?

[Some uninvited guests have showed up.]

I suddenly felt something and immediately turned to look towards the other side of the fog. In the opposite direction from the stairs that we had used to go down, I could feel a presence.

It seems like this red fog is blocking my Detection ability

Due to the fog I couldnt quite make who it was, however, upon getting closer, their figures slowly started taking shape.

It was a pair of people, wearing silver helmets. The color was definitely different, however the helmets they were wearing looked similar to the Black Knights helmet.

They are

[Demons. On top of that theyre Divine Generals.]

As we were looking at them, both of them were also looking towards us. Their appearance didnt look that different from that of humans. One of them was a man that looked similar to the Caucasians, while the other was a tall woman that looked similar to Hispanians.

[Arent they the ones?]

[The young one on the right is the man were looking for. And I think that the one on the left is that Alchemist then ran away, way back.]

[Well get handsomely rewarded if we bring in both of them. Its been a while since Ive let loose.] said the man while taking his posture, with flames beginning to burst forth from him.

[Dont go too far and kill them now. Were ordered to bring them back alive. And the only ones who know how to get out of here are probably them.]

[You dont need to tell me!]

The man took out his sword, from the scabbard that was hanging on his waist, and swung it towards us.

Flames appeared on the tip of the sword, which flames then began unifying with the other flames that were around the mans body, creating an enormous fireball that was headed straight towards us.

Protection!

I put my hands before me, creating a shield of light in an attempt to block the attack. However, the fire balls power was bigger than I had thought and so the shield of light was shattered.

I hurriedly deployed the Barrier Unique Skill which somehow allowed me to block the attack.

[Whoa! They blocked it It looks like theyve got some fight in them.]

[Stop playing around. Hurry up and capture them so that we can go back. We cant let the other Divine Generals get the merits for invading this world.]

[Tsch. I know already, you dont have to remind me Hey! You two over there. Gojo and Rhazes was it? Im the Demon General Hyperion. And this here is Themis. We dont intend to kill you, so just surrender quietly!]

They arent here to kill us

What should we do?

[To be honest theyre kind of a bother so it would be great if they just left but]

Rhazes does have a point Still those two might have some useful information so its a waste to just kill them. Id be great if we were able to capture them alive.

We dont intend to kill you as well. Throw away your weapons and surrender.

[Hahaha, hes out of his mind!] said Hyperion.

[He must not know our power.] continued Themis.

[Dont get cocky just because you managed to defeat the useless bastard Hubris, who couldnt even transform into a Demon! Its time I show you what a real Demon can do]

It seems like theyre saying bad things about Aias

Rhazes seemed to not care on the outside, however, I could feel that he was burning up with rage on the inside.

Ill make them shut up.

[Please]

I began walking towards the two Demons.