Solomon, Beast

"You are fools who refuse to accept that you have already been destroyed, yet still delude yourselves into overturning that fact."

"Pathetic."

"Utterly pathetic."

The figure continued speaking. Standing there, no one could make out his face.

"Chaldea. Fujimaru Ritsuka."

"And those things lurking in the depths, corrupted by human history."

"Pathetic."

"You are the filthiest stain upon this planet—the vile remnants left behind by human history. Fools who dare defy me here."

At last, the figure revealed himself.

He stood there like a god, looking down upon all lesser creatures.

His skin was somewhat dark, the ends of his long white hair resembling Demon God Pillars. He wore magnificent, noble attire, and his pair of golden eyes fixed upon Fujimaru Ritsuka. Behind him loomed masses of black and red magical energy, radiating an utterly terrifying presence.

The very space around him trembled because of his existence, shaking so violently that one could not help but want to fall to the ground and bow.

Most striking of all were the ten rings upon his hands.

Fujimaru Ritsuka rose to his feet and glared angrily at the man standing in midair.

"You—you're the so-called [King] Lev spoke of?"

He demanded.

"Hm? Fearless ape, is that not obvious?" A faint smile actually appeared on the man's face. "Ugly. How utterly ugly!"

"However."

"I rather appreciate this ignorant ugliness of yours. Put on more of a circus for me, Fujimaru Ritsuka."

He reached both hands out to his sides as though trying to seize something, his smile wild and brimming with the arrogance of one who held all things in his grasp.

"I am your ultimate goal—the king who commands the seventy-two Demon Gods and destroys humanity!"

"My true name is [Solomon]. I stand at the pinnacle of Heroic Spirits, bearing the qualifications