"That's right. You've failed completely."
The Demon Kings nodded, their eyes full of mockery as they looked at Lucifer. They had lost too, but Lucifer had suffered a far worse defeat.
In this scheme, they had only been supporting players. Lucifer had been the lead.
"I haven't lost yet."
Wearing his usual elegant smile, Lucifer said, "The Mechanical Demon King is indeed terrifying. Even with all the measures we prepared, he still defeated us.
"But he isn't invincible. If you're willing to help me, I have a way to turn the situation around."
"How?"
The Nightmare Demon King asked. He knew they were finally getting to the meat of it. The earlier plans had merely gone with the flow. What came next was Lucifer's real plan.
"There are two reasons we can't break the Mechanical Demon King's Space Lockdown."
Lucifer said, "First, we're in Hell and can't transmit too much magic power to Asgard. Second, our power is scattered.
"If we concentrate our power, we can break the Mechanical Demon King's Space Lockdown and enter Asgard for real.
"With more than a dozen Demon Kings joining forces, plus The Serpent, Gorr, and Surtur, there's no reason we should lose to the Mechanical Demon King."
The Nightmare Demon King asked again, "Concentrate our power? How?"
"I obtained a Super Divine Artifact from a powerful being."
Lucifer took out a black inverted cross as tall as a person and said, "It can channel your magic power into me. My strength will then increase dramatically, even approaching Single Universe Level.
"With that kind of power, I can definitely break the Mechanical Demon King's lockdown."
"Channel our magic power into you?"
The Demon Kings frowned. Looking suspicious, the Nightmare Demon King asked, "Lucifer, are you plotting against us?"
The other Demon Kings were equally