Unit Scenario: Semi-Devil Form Demiurge

Unit Scenario: Semi-Devil Form Demiurge is a character scenario released in Mass for the Dead, featuring the character Demiurge.

Episode 1: Throne of Death
Albedo thanks Demiurge for giving her an update on the situation of the 7th Floor and dealing with the Chaos Beasts that appeared at the Throne Room. Demiurge acknowledges her stating that there hasn't been that many issues on security for the dungeon and seems to proceeding accordingly unlike his own research on the Cracks which Demiurge confesses to the Overseer Guardian to be going at a slow pace. Albedo sympathetic to her fellow Floor Guardian tries to tell him not to feel discouraged about that progress as Momonga would not want him to be overwhelmed.

Having finished his report, Demiurge decides to return to the 7th Floor as he still has some duties to attend to but promises to return early and prepare for the next cycle of Chaos Beasts. Demiurge's eyes lingers at the ruined throne, remembering the Throne of Death he previously created for Momonga. Albedo asks if there is anything wrong though Demiurge states that he was just feeling a bit nostalgic of the time when he was concerned that the Throne Room was destroyed by the Crack. Albedo recalls that Demiurge tried to replace it with his very own creation but the throne had been stored elsewhere since it was presented to Momonga who wished not to sit on it until all of Nazarick's problems are solved. The desire to complete his duties motivates Demiurge to strive towards the day when Momonga will sit on his creation and reaffirm his loyalty. However, not before long, another concern suddenly popped up in Demiurge's mind.

Episode 2: Demiurge's Concerns
Albedo hearing his silence once again asks her comrade what is wrong with him. Demiurge replies that he just had a concern over the Throne of Death. While Demiurge is proud to have created the best throne for Momonga and it is a work of conscience that puts everything he has into it, it is still just the best the former has managed to create so far in the present.

Albedo listens on as Demiurge continues on saying that Nazarick is now in an emergency therefore, there was no time to spare and there was a limit to the production work for the throne. The current Throne of Death is just a prototype made in a hurry without ample preparations needed. While it may be enough for now, when all the problems are solved for Nazarick, the throne should be in a better state than it already is right now at this moment. He questions if his throne is actually good enough for Momonga and how it might soon become meaningless in his heart and soul. Albedo understanding his feelings well admits that everything in the making for their master must look perfect after all as the throne, is regarded to be an important symbol of the dignity of the person who sits upon it. She asks what Demiurge plans to do which the Floor Guardian states that he will recreate the Throne of Death again.

Albedo is shocked at the statement but quietly listens further as Demiurge announces that he wants to overcome himself and aim for even greater heights than previously made by him. To that end, he will need to renew everything from design to materials and complete the true Throne of Death. He asks to be given some more time to make a suitable throne that is worthy enough for their master to sit on. Albedo knowing it to be useless in trying to stop Demiurge from doing so gave up and gives him her permission while looking forward to seeing his masterpiece. Demiurge begins to make plans to recreate the blueprints. To properly match and lived up to Momonga's image, as the undead who controls "death", he needs to maintain the deathly theme as it is, by using various negative emotions related to the concept of death such as "despair" and "fear". Demiurge asks though how he can make it turn out even more powerful? Suggestions are brought out by adding more human bones used as the material and make the decoration even more luxurious. The addition of rawhide peeled from humans is also explored and even the pelts of magical beasts.

The demon finishes up his blueprint for the perfect throne and wants to begin creating it right away. At the same time, he had to consider on where to get the bones from for the throne. He killed and tortured humans for the bones last time so its no trick to repeat the same thing again. Demiurge vows to give the most suffering and acquiring the finest human bones but feels that he cannot reach the answer by himself so the former believes he needs to incorporate the opinions of others besides his own.

Episode 3: Three Demon Generals Meeting
Demiurge decides to borrow the wisdom of those who report directly to him: Evil Lord Wrath, Evil Lord Greed, and Evil Lord Envy. The Evil Lords are happy to assist their master and so Demiurge asks if they are aware of the Throne of Death. The trio admits they do and then Demiurge gets to the point of their conversation in that he wants to recreate it. To do so would require him to capture humans for the best bone by giving despair and fear. Though he would like to ask what kind of method would be effective in other words, how to make humans suffer before trying to kill them off. Wrath gives his opinion that humans are an arrogant race, stupid creatures that do not understand their own weaknesses well. Thus, humans mistakenly think that they are strong until proven otherwise. The best humans are those types, specifically, well-known adventurers and royalty. All it would take is to show off the overwhelming power difference and then kill them once the humans know how weak and powerless they are in the face of someone who is way above their level. With that sort of mentality, the people who misunderstand themselves as being strong than anyone else, will have a taste of greater despair and fear deep in their hearts which they believe would provide the finest bones.

Demiurge considers the idea and thinks its not entirely a bad thing in and of itself, deliberating that it is worth a chance to take if there is an opportunity, but unfortunately he will reject it at this time as the strategy is a bit problematic. Demiurge explains that the protagonist is now an adventurer in the New World who collects information by interacting with humans. In such a situation where they are considering the idea of killing off well-known adventurers and royalty, it is still regarded as a very high risk nonetheless. In the unlikely event that they are caught, the true identity of the protagonist might be exposed and damage Nazarick as a whole. The Floor Guardian asks for more opinions and Envy suggests that rather than take the risk of killing well known humans, villagers and orphans might suffice as they will not be missed compared to them. She highlights that while the orphans and villagers are lowly in some aspects, they still happened to have the appeal of innocence and pure hearts. Envy thought that it might be a good idea to have demons be sent on a mission to capture their respective families and friends and kill them one by one in front of them so that their pure hearts would be corrupted by despair and fear. The idea has some merits to Demiurge, though he feels that it may not be enough to get the right amounts of fear and despair needed, plus it's no fun to always just kill a person, let alone when there are other ideas besides doing a killing spree.

Greed offers his own idea, and advises that they should lock the captives in the same room together and tell them that the only way to be released is to kill their precious comrades. He capitalizes on the idea that they use the humans to kill each other and fall into the despair and fear of being betrayed suddenly by a trusted companion out of the blue. It would be the best spice that afflicts humans in giving demons like them the best human bones. Sadly, Demiurge is already doing something similar much to Greed's shock and he asks the demons on other methods if they can think of any than the ones suggested and turned down.

Episode 4: Demiurge's Challenge
The meeting with the three Evil Lords concludes with their argument never coming to a conclusion. The Evil Lords apologize for the fact that they were unable to give Demiurge any useful insight, though Demiurge is not disappointed as while they did not give him an idea to satisfy him, it did give him some reference of what to do next. He blames himself for his poor insight much to the shock of the Evil Lords who try to dissuade that though from his mind as his intelligence exceeds their own with the sole exception being Momonga. Demiurge sees that the project he has been committing is for a non-standard person like his master. At this moment, Demiurge opens his eyes and sees that he has accidentally overlooked a simple thing when he was brainstorming the idea for the throne. Humbly, he thanks the Evil Lords for their time as talking with them has given him an epiphany that he can use to create the Throne of Death.

Demiurge returns to his workshop, and begins his work by picking up his blueprint and shredding it, musing to himself that he misunderstood. The blueprint he made for the throne won't do him or his master any good as no matter how luxurious the throne is, in front of Momonga's majesty, everything will look hazy. A throne that matches that person, couldn't exist in this world from the beginning and asks himself what he should do to improve on it.

Episode 5: Supreme Throne
A few days have passed since then and Momonga in the Round Table Room with Albedo is asked by the latter to spare a moment to view something. Demiurge then explains it concerns the Throne of Death and that he recreated as he felt the old one was inadequate. Privately Momonga feels that the throne was disgusting as the demon used human bones and skins, and remembers having to struggle to find the words for such a horrifying design. While he is touched by the gift being required to sit on such an edifice is a bit too much for the Overlord and thus made excuses.

Now hearing that a new one has been created Momonga cannot help but worry. Demiurge then unveils the new throne and it leaves Momonga stunned as there are a lost of twisted parts here and there and a lot of detailed engraved faces in the agony. As he expected the design is terrifying but the materials to his surprise is wood. Demiurge states that this Throne of Supreme is the most suitable for the Supreme One. The demon at first, tried to put everything in the first throne because he believed that the best throne needed them in order to be complete. But he came to a realization that no matter how luxurious the throne is, before Momonga it becomes a shadow. This throne displays his artistic quality with the goal of art going beyond the real thing in that only by pursuing beauty will it transcend reality as true art. He displayed the image of the despair and fear of death as much as he could in the woodwork. Aiming for something that balances with Momonga, the Undead King who controls death. Albedo applauds the effort as the throne is something that is comparable to the Throne of Kings, which cannot be reproduced by their hands, but matches it in the expression of art. The wood itself was easy to process used from the material of the "Supreme Tree".

Momonga declares that the throne is amazing as it surpasses the previous Throne of Death, though of course this is just to sugar coat Demiurge's work as his own understanding of art is simply insufficient. In retrospect such things can only be appreciated by the likes of Ulbert Alain Odle and Tabula Smaragdina. When asked for his opinion on the throne, Momonga who thinks it to be gruesome, does find it to be very artistic with the sculptures carved into it and more tolerable compared to the previous throne. Still he gives the 7th Floor Guardian his praise declaring it to be his best work yet. However he refuses to sit on it when asked by Demiurge, He maintains he intends to keep his promise to sit upon his throne once Nazraick has been fully restored. In the meantime the throne is an irreplaceable object that will wait for him until the day comes.

Trivia

 * This is the second story unit of Demiurge in Mass for the Dead.