Dark Rhapsody

As he analyzed the data the Gluttony Demon Lord had given him, Mo Yan discovered that Demon Lord-type Digimon data bore considerable similarities to the dark Digimon data he had collected.

The data of ordinary dark Digimon inevitably contained a great deal of data concerning negative emotions.

This negative emotional data was the fundamental cause of dark Digimon's madness, bloodlust, and chaos.

Of course, this was also why the forces of good constantly hunted down dark Digimon, and why ordinary Digimon disliked them.

After all, you never knew when these dark Digimon would "go mad."

What distinguished Demon Lord-type Digimon from ordinary dark Digimon was that they had already freed themselves from the influence of these emotions.

No-or rather, Demon Lord-type Digimon had mastered these emotions.

From this negative emotional data, Demon Lord-type Digimon selected one emotion to serve as their dominant data, thereby obtaining the authority to control that type of negative emotional data and becoming Demon Lord-type Digimon in the truest sense.

The Seven Great Demon Lords of the Dark Area had extracted emotional data known in the human world as the seven deadly sins from this negative emotional data.

By continually collecting the emotional data of the seven deadly sins, they became its masters.

Afterward, they elevated it into the authority of the great sins, becoming the seven Demon Lord-type Digimon who reigned at the pinnacle of demon and dark Digimon.

Finally, the Digimon of the Dark Area came to honor them as the Seven Great Demon Lords.

They were:

The sin of pride-Lucemon: Fallen Form (the Lucifer of the Digital World, a Demon Lord-type Digimon reputed to be the strongest Demon Lord).

The sin of envy-Leviamon (a gigantic Demon Lord who dwelled eternally in the depths of the Network Ocean and must never emerge).

The sin of wrath-Daemon (said to have fallen from Holy Angemon, perpetually active on the front lines against the Realm of the Gods, and hailed as the finest villain and a pawn of a Digimon).

The sin of sloth-Belphemon (a Demon Lord-type Digimon who awakened only once every thousand years, but had actually been forced to seal himself away).

The sin of greed-Barbamon (a Demon Lord with the appearance of an old man, born from the incorporation of mythological data concerning Barbatos; cruel and cunning, he loved collecting all manner of treasures).

The sin of gluttony-Beelzemon (a Demon Lord who enjoyed hunting for the data of the strong, with a cold disposition and immense pride).

The sin of lust-Lilithmon (a Demon Lord-type Digimon rumored to have fallen from a being of the same race as Ophanimon, known as the "Dark Goddess").

Mo Yan had learned all of this from the angels' records.

Now, the data provided by the Gluttony Demon Lord had brought that information back to mind, and Mo Yan compared the two.

Through the angels' records and Witchelny's research data, Mo Yan also examined this Digimon data from another perspective, gaining a deeper understanding.

Glancing at Impmon and Guilmon, who lay exhausted on the ground, Mo Yan continued his research.

Now, the DigiCore of my Angel Form has completed its first transformation and condensed a Holy Ring.

If I don't want light and darkness to fall out of balance...

Then I have to use the Dark Digicore as a foundation to create a dark Digimon form.

But the potential and strength of most dark Digimon are nowhere near those of an angel with a Holy Ring.

In that case, I can't take the conventional dark Digimon route. I can only move toward these Demon Lord-type Digimon.

But I can't compete with the Seven Great Demon Lords for authority over the seven deadly sins, either.

If I did, even Qinglongmon and the others stepping in couldn't stop the Seven Great Demon Lords from being determined to kill me.

After all, the Seven Great Demon Lords have maintained their foothold in the Dark Area and resisted the Realm of the Gods' attempts to wipe them out by standing together and relying on the power of the authority of the great sins.

Otherwise, the angels would have purified all seven of them long ago.

But if that's the case, what should I do?

The data in his hands continued pouring into the Dark Digicore as Mo Yan's thinking hit a wall.

Watching the data on the Dark Digicore continuously swell and contract, Mo Yan unconsciously began kneading it.

As Mo Yan kneaded it, he shaped one Digimon after another, then reduced them back into various kinds of data.

After this had continued for an unknown length of time, Mo Yan suddenly remembered that his original Angel Form had not been an existing Digimon either.

Instead, it was a Digimon form refined and shaped from his own fanciful idea.

If I think of it that way, couldn't I just do another DIY project and shape a Demon Lord-type Digimon according to my own ideas?

His hands paused in the act of turning the DigiCore. Mo Yan had found a solution.

But how am I supposed to solve the authority problem?

Very soon, however, Mo Yan encountered another difficulty.

The reason Demon Lord-type Digimon were called Demon Lord-type Digimon...

Most importantly, they possessed authority over a particular emotion, which represented their standing much as the Holy Rings condensed by angels did.

Authority was the most crucial component of Demon Lord-type Digimon-and indeed, of all Digimon.

Without the corresponding authority, a Digimon was merely ordinary in the Digital World.

Only by possessing the corresponding authority could one stand above countless Digimon, gaining a uniquely exalted status and unrivaled power.

If I leave the authority of the great sins alone...

Perhaps I could try encroaching on "Apocalymon" or "Millenniummon"?

Or those Demon Lord- and Demon God-type Digimon who are constantly being hunted?

After pondering for a moment, Mo Yan slowly worked through these ideas in his mind.

Wait. If I want to achieve twelve into one in the future, I'll have to leave myself some room.

In that case, it can't be light and darkness opposing each other. It should be holy and demonic power united.

Suddenly, Mo Yan remembered the two Angel-type Digimon who united light and darkness: Mastemon and Lucemon: Fallen Form.

In that case, I should choose the purest darkness, the darkness most capable of encompassing everything.

Only that kind of darkness can accommodate light and merge with it.

But then it'll be difficult for me to develop the corresponding authority and complete my evolution into a Demon Lord-type Digimon.

Considering the vast breadth of dark data, Mo Yan could not immediately find a way to condense the corresponding authority.

Among the records Mo Yan knew of, there were no true dark Digimon.

Even those Digimon known as the King of Darkness, the Darkness Overlord, or even the Darkness Demon God possessed only a tiny fraction of the authority of darkness.

Their primary source of power was still the authority to control a particular kind of negative emotional data.

The seven deadly sins of the Seven Great Demon Lords.

Apocalymon's resentment.

Millenniummon's chaos.

Megidramon's desire for destruction.

The warped yearnings of Fallen Digimon.

The frenzied desires of Demon-type Digimon.

In reality, not a single Digimon could master darkness and become a true Darkness Overlord.

All they could control was the madness hidden beneath the darkness, which was also the root of their insanity.

The most fundamental darkness, meanwhile, had become the boundless Dark Area, the dwelling place of countless dark Digimon.

Just then, an immensely powerful surge of data shot into the sky, interrupting Mo Yan's thoughts.