First of all.
As an orphaned Demon, Dimogegen was undoubtedly a pitiful fellow.
The moment he was born, before he had even opened his eyes, his own mother—the Chaos Queen—had deemed him defective and abandoned him on the spot.
He struggled to survive alone in the Saltwater Swamp, filled with foul-smelling sludge.
Every other day, he would be beaten by various Demonic Beasts, repeatedly finding himself in mortal peril.
Then.
Already living a miserable life, he had the terrible misfortune of running into Orsaga.
At Orsaga's hands, he experienced every suffering known to the mortal world, along with sufferings no mortal world could possibly contain.
And he was forced to take on a series of dangerous missions.
Including, but not limited to, being a Demon who infiltrated the Heavenly Creature Allied Army to lead troops into battle, commanding the enemy to beat up his own kind...
Basically.
His life had already brought him countless brushes with death!
To weary his heart and mind, starve his flesh, empty his body, and thwart all he did.
Even such words could not begin to describe the hardships he had endured...
All one could say was:
His experiences were enough to bring tears to one's eyes!
And owing to his own talent and fate.
Even after suffering such tribulations,
his mind remained exceptionally resilient, while his life force was astonishingly tenacious—he was like an immortal cockroach!
His strength, too, had grown sufficiently through countless trials...
He had truly skipped past both the novice and minor-achievement stages, reaching great achievement while keeping his name hidden!
At this moment.
Not only was he no longer the short, scrawny creature he had once been, but he had grown to over six meters tall, with a robust frame as imposing as a giant elephant.
A distinct smell of