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—Baal.
To devils, that surname was not something that could be casually overlooked.
It belonged to the foremost of the Seventy-Two Pillar pure-blooded devils, a family crowned with the title of Great King. Aside from the Four Great Satans, it held the highest status among devils. Even in the era when the old Four Great Satans still existed, the Great King Baal had been a renowned figure among devils, practically their representative.
It was said that under the current system, where the Four Great Satans were exceptionally powerful individuals selected from among devils who abandoned their original surnames to become Satans, the Great King Baal family possessed even greater influence in political affairs than the Four Great Satans.
After all, the Great King Baal family had already stood at the pinnacle of devilkind before the old Four Great Satans died. After their deaths, it had risen to the very peak of the Underworld.
No matter how formidable the current Four Great Satans led by Sirzechs were, they were still merely the new generation.
At least, that was how the Great King Baal family saw it.
However, Sirzechs and Rias also had some connection to the Great King Baal family.
It was mainly a matter of bloodline.
Sirzechs and Rias's mother was a member of the Great King Baal family.
Thus, Sirzechs and Rias had inherited half of the Great King Baal family's bloodline.
And those who inherited the Great King Baal bloodline had a chance of awakening the power unique to that family.
That was the Power of Destruction.
Both Sirzechs and