No Road to Heaven, Yet You Charge into Hell

Julius's second persona was originally named Lucius Zogratis.

He was the eldest of the Zogratis family in the Spade Kingdom and possessed the greatest potential for demonic possession in the family's history.

Born with two souls in one body, he possessed two magical attributes: Soul Magic and Time Magic.

When he used a ritual to Summon a Demon from the Underworld to possess him, he directly summoned Astaroth, the Time Devil and one of the Three Pillars of Hell.

Unlike other demon summoners, he used his powerful Soul Magic to enslave the Time Devil, turning it completely into his familiar.

After obtaining the Time Devil's power, he saw countless possible futures. Thus, he devised a plan to devour the other highest-ranking demons, become the most powerful Magic Emperor, wipe out humanity as it was, and create a new humanity.

However, in several of those countless futures, he was obstructed by mages from the Clover Kingdom and failed to complete his plan.

To prepare for any eventuality, he released Julius's persona and sent him into the Clover Kingdom, secretly influencing and controlling Julius with Soul Magic.

Everything had originally gone smoothly, until George appeared—a mage who had never appeared in any future he had seen.

This weak human, whose magic power was so low Lucius felt he could kill him with a single glance, had actually seen through the Word Devil's plan. He had even used some bizarre magic to greatly increase Black Bulls' strength.

Though it was unexpected, Lucius was not particularly worried.

After all, he was currently the Magic Emperor of the Clover Kingdom and could take control of the body at any time. His later plans had required the Clover Kingdom to possess sufficient strength in order to proceed smoothly anyway.

More importantly, if George interfered with his