Demonic Power

* Demonic Sword

**Demonic Power**, also called by names such as **Infernal Energy**, is the energy of darkness that runs in the veins of demonic creatures and the basis for their powers.

## Summary

Demonic power is the primordial power of darkness created by Ayin as the infernal counterpart and antithesis of **Angelic Power**, the celestial power of light that was stripped off the demons by Michael after they were banished into the Underworld.

All demonic power originated from Apatheia, Ayin's personal domain and the Primal Source of all emotions, desires, actions, and changes. As a result, demonic power is directly tied to its user's emotions and desires, and the more intense they become, the more effective their demonic power will be.

For the demons, due to all of whom were personally blessed by Lucifer, they are able to open up a direct connection with Apatheia to derive their power from the original source, while their creations, being the numerous demonic creatures, derive their demonic power through Symbolic Magic by indulging themselves in desires and sins.

## Appearance

As oppose to angelic power's golden flames, demonic power takes the form of vile sludge-like liquid.

## Characteristics

Demonic power is a power possessed by all demonic creatures, from the demons to the cardinal devils and devils, to the common daemon, to demonic hybrids like half-devils or warlocks, which allows them to create and control different supernatural phenomena for different forms of combat.

In order to use demonic power, one must first acquire the power of imagination, the power to create, and good sense; however, the main prerequisite for all this is, is that it requires a certain amount of demonic power. In addition, one's emotions and desires are important when it comes to manipulating demonic power, and the more intense an emotion or desire it, the more powerful one's demonic power will transform, thus making it one of the most powerful supernatural energies out there.

For the most parts, the amount of demonic power one possesses is directly tied to their heritage, as pureblood devils and daemon often, but not always, have a significantly greater amount of demonic power than the average reincarnated devils and/or transformed daemon. As a result, it is rare for most pureblood devils to train in using their demonic power. Most notably, the descendants of the Seven Deadly Sins are born with demonic power far superior than the rest of the pureblood devils, with the Lucifer Clan being the strongest ones in terms of demonic power. As a result, it's rare for pureblood devils to train in using their demonic power.

Though it is natural for demonic power to manifest in all demonic creatures from birth, there are rare cases when pureblood devils are born unable to use their demonic power or possess an extremely low amount of demonic power, often as the results of constant incest and inbreeding. Due to the pride of the upper echelon of the Netherworld, High-class devils look down on them, including their own family members, and would often have exiled or, until it was banned by the current Four Great Satans, had them killed off while they were young.

Many pureblood devil houses possess their own unique hereditary powers which no other devils outside their respective house are able to use. Due to political, and some rare romantic, marriages between the nobility, children born from the union of fellow pureblood devils can manifest the powers of one of their parents, though in some rare cases, their powers may mutate and combine into a new power.

There are rare occasions where devils outside of the Satanic clans possess demonic power that equal or surpass many members from said clans, even rivalling that of the cardinal devils. For example, the current Four Great Satans are all considered irregular devils whose power reaches and surpassing most gods of other mythological factions, while the Rating Game champion, Diehauser Belial, is a fellow Super Devil who possesses power rivalling that of the chieftain gods.

## Other Usages

Demonic power is considered to be the roots of the magecraft system created by Merlin, who created it after spending centuries researching and experimenting with his own demonic power alongside his own research about the divine power of the pagan gods he kidnapped. As a result, most magicians tend to make a pact with devils to siphon some of their partner's demonic power to use in spells and rituals.

It is also the base for demonic weapons, especially demonic swords which is the weakness for the majority of celestial creatures, saved for the angels and the fallen angels. Even if it isn't a demonic weapon, demonic power can also empower a weapon to increase its effectiveness and powers, and by using fragments of it in the creating process, but not enough to turn it into a demonic weapon, the weapon will become significantly more lethal than most ordinary weapons.

Similar to angelic power, it is later revealed that their demonic parent's demonic power is what keeps a cambion's human and demonic halves intact, but if it is removed, their cells will attack each other causing the body to slowly shut down and kill the cambion. However, unlike Nephilim and the miracle children, this weakness can be solved from early on if certain rituals are performed on the young cambion, one of which required them to be baptised by an angel, then they would mostly be safe for the rest of their life.

### Demonic Magic

**Demonic Magic** (悪魔の魔法, *Akuma no Mahō*), also called **Infernal Magic** or **Hellish Magic**, is the special form of innate magic that only demonic creatures or those who have demonic power such as witches and demon-contractors can possess. It requires the power of using the power of imagination, the power to create and good sense, as well as a talent to "read the flows".

## Trivia

* To those sensitive to magic, demonic power smells like "noxious gas invading one's body, rich wine that makes the tongue flowered upon touch, and the metallic taste of blood from a stab in the back".