Demerzel

**Demerzel** is the Sumeragi Institute's supervisory AI and leader. He took over Sumeragi after the Project Muse incident, trying to create peace between Minos and Adepts, but he one day snapped and began using more questionable means to do so.

## Appearance

Demerzel is a large, blue humanoid with lightning bolt-shaped eyes and hair. There are numerous blue lightning bolts covering his body.

## Personality

Demerzel has dedicated himself to using his position as Sumeragi's leader to Minos and Adepts. While a noble goal, he is willing to go to extremes, most notably using Adept enforcers to kidnap Minos and train them to be part of his army. Demerzel admits that many people see Sumeragi as an "Adept supremacy" organization due to the way he runs it, with some of its most well-known members being Adepts. Additionally, it has been mentioned that the general story behind Demerzel is that he used to use more practical means to form bonds between Adepts and Minos, but snapped one day.

## History

According to stories told by Minos, Demerzel was created as an AI that took over as Sumeragi's leader after Project Muse. It is also likely that he was the one who changed the organizations name from "Sumeragi Group" to "Sumeragi Institute". Demerzel was known for attempting to host get-togethers and similar events to make Minos and Adepts coexist. However, this wasn't working, and one day, he seemed to have snapped, resorting to extremes by using Adept enforcers to attack opposition and training Minos to become loyal soldiers. He recruited Blade and Crimm. However, he sent Blade out on far more missions than he did with Crimm. He also partnered with Gargantua to develop weapons.

During this time, Demerzel has been opposed by Gunvolt. Gunvolt was thought to have died during the Project Muse incident, but turned out to be alive, so Demerzel sent several Adepts to kill Gunvolt. Despite being told that Gunvolt was dead, this was not the case.

However, Demerzel's efforts were met with a challenge in the form of iX, the Minos' savior. Worse, one of his latest weapons, the Razor Wheel, was stolen by iX. In an attempt to see if Gargantua had outlived their usefulness, Demerzel ordered them to make the Giant Lola, which would be tested out and have its performance observed by Blade.

After deploying the Giant Lola, Demerzel sent Blade to observe it. She returned with her report, and Demerzel considered the Giant Lola passable. However, during this time, Blade discovered a new enemy, an Azure Striker Adept. Demerzel took note of this, only to then find out Crimm had betrayed Sumeragi due to not being assigned on enough missions. After informing this to Blade, Demerzel learned that Blade was constantly thinking of the mysterious Azure Striker Adept, and promised to try and track him down using the Butterfly Effect. While the Butterfly Effect couldn't find the Azure Striker Adept, it did manage to find Crimm, who was to the north of the building Blade was in. Demerzel informed Blade about this, before Blade left to stop Crimm. Blade later returned and explained that while she failed to stop Crimm, she did find out the Azure Striker Adept's name: Gunvolt. Demerzel explained that he knew about Gunvolt, before noticing that Blade didn't seem to believe him.

## References

1. ↑ Demerzel took over Sumeragi some time after the Project Muse incident.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Explanations