Zich

Zich on the Official Novel Cover.

Zich is the main character of the novel The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind, and which follows the regressed Zich Moore, the Demon Lord of Strength, after he had been slain by the Hero Glen Zenard, with parting words for Zich to lead a kind life.

His name is **Zich Serville** in his Second life, 'Serville' meaning 'a new life' in Clowon language. He is Zich Brave in the first timeline and Zich Moore in the second timeline.

## Appearance

Zich was described to be a handsome young man. *"He had handsome features and had the type of face that was especially popular to the ladies, but the confident, borderline arrogant look on his expression seemed like it would crush all the affection he had gained."'*

## Personal Description

Zich is the Demon Lord of Strength which he did whatever he wished as he was powerful enough to back his intentions. After being defeated by Glen Zenard, Zich took the last words of Glen as the request of a winner to the loser, before he died—‘If you are born again, I hope you will be someone who does good!’. At first Zich was confused on how to lead a kind life, until he stumbled upon the previous Saint that was part of the Hero Party, Lubella. He asked her how a kind life is to be done, explaining that his best traits were his ability to destroy things, which Lubella viewed as Zich being good at using his physical strength. The answer which Zich received from Lubella was, "I think a kind act is an act that gives happiness to another person, no matter how small or big it is," which Zich interpreted as helping those who are in need.

With Zich's regression, he tries to do kind acts, but in his own twisted way as he does not plan to change who he is and how he has developed. He went by the philosophy: ‘I am me, and others are others.’ However, that didn’t mean that he acknowledged everyone’s way of life. Zich could nod his head, thinking, ‘It’s understandable why they thought that,’ especially if someone acted with enough power and knowledge backing them and failed. But Zich couldn't understand those who just said plausible things without any power and knowledge behind them. All the “kind acts” he did were things he did because he wanted to, and all the things he did as a Demon Lord were things he had done because he wanted to do it. Zich had a very clear motive behind all his actions. He did things he wanted to do and didn’t do things he didn’t want to do.

Zich has his own sadist personality which now targets those who are evil and do bad acts, spoiling their plans while giving them a false sense of hope which leads them greater despair when Zich pulls the rug under them. Zich has a very sharp tongue that can agitate and drive a person to fury with his words. Zich still keeps the sadist personality, which other people describe as being a scumbag as a badge of honor, while also wishes for those that crosses with him to be filled with grief and despairs, which brings Zich joy.

With the defeat of the Deputy Mayor at the city of Porti, and the act of screwing over the plans of Bellid, Zich found the answer towards how to lead a kind life that suits his taste and his skills perfectly; It’s to go around beating the crap out of bad guys and killing them after. Although Zich vowed to do kind acts, he won’t act upon common motivators such as sentimentality or a sense of justice, but he will screw over anyone who has crossed him or harmed those that he had helped.

Using the knowledge of Glen who might have been in a similar situation of Lyla where he had the memories of the future, Glen was the one who killed off the most Demon People and if he had been cooperating with the mysterious organization, he believed Glen might have been a hero imposter and been the one who had set Zich onto the Demon Lord Path. The knowledge of Glen being an imposter had destabilized the foundation of which Zich had to do kind acts. With his suspicion towards Glen Zenard’s character and motives, Zich’s desire to do ‘kind acts’ have waned. Zich also admitted it; there was a high possibility for him to go back to becoming a Demon Lord.

## Abilities

Zich was born with an innately huge capacity of mana which is comparable to a dragon's. With the experience of being the Demon Lord of Strength, he was quick to adapt his body into unleashing more control over his massive mana capacity.

As the Demon Lord previously, he has experience at wielding swords and has mastered different sword styles dependent on the circumstances needed. It could be was defensive and focused on interception, or his sword style could be rough, aggressive, and focused on cutting down as many enemies as he could. Zich has very keen senses and sharp judgement as he can put himself within situation where he able to assess the information given as well as combining it with memories of events that occured in [Timeline - 2] to make a judgement on the situation. Zich knows his strengths and his limits to his fight capabilities so he has great judgement of keeping things within his control or be able to escape.

While in search for the previous weapon that he had wielded, the Demon Sword, Tornium, the Key That Distorts Destiny teleported Zich to Windur, a tree branch-like sword that had the ability to shape shift and has it's own thoughts. After receiving Windur, Zich had felt that Windur was more compatiable and brought out more of his abilities and mana compared to Tornium, so he had no desire to acquire Tornium anymore.

When Zich inserts mana into Windur, it was able to intensify the mana even further allowing him to create a thick mass of swirling mana from his sword, being able to kill enemies all around in all directions like a storm.

Windur was able to unlock Zich's power temporarily comparable to when he was at his prime during his Demon Lord state, allowing him to wield the strength to attack at an almost mythical level, where even a swipe from a mana clash was able to cut a cliff cleanly cut apart as if it was cake, with Zich being reshaping the entire landscape around him with his attacks.

### Techniques

'Extension of Senses' was a skill where Zich can synchronize his body and sword with mana and move a sword as part of his hands and feet. He first got familiar with his body as this was the first and earliest way to utilize mana alongside the sword.

He knows the ability of 'Energy Drain', which was a skill that allowed users to absorb another person or item’s energy. Zich used this ability to awaken more of his dormant and frozen mana. The more he unlocks his mana, and control over his body to manipulate the mana, the stronger Zich is compared to his prime as the Demon Lord of Strength. For example, what took a strong adventurer some couple of attempts and moves in order to slay a single medium-level monster troll, compared to Zich was able to completely dominate five trolls at the same time, slicing two of them, and exterminating the rest without a sweat.

Zich is able to use 'mana resonance' which the control of mana extends pass his sword into his opponent, blocking or breaking apart the enemy's defense. Against opponents who lacks similar levels of mana control, Zich is capable of manipulating and controlling mana extremely efficiently. Mana Resonance was one of Zich's notorious skills that he used as the Demon Lord of Strength.

'Piercing Spiral Blast', was an penetrating attack that Zich had used while transitioning from being a Demon Person, to having the title Demon Lord. Zich's control of his mana is strong enough to utilize the natural mana in the surrounding, compounding it and blast it out into a piercing attack that can use all the mana in the surrounding to form a whirlwind and blast into the enemy.

‘Scorching Sword,' was a sword technique where Zich infused mana into the sword which heated the sword by causing friction with the mana, but the cost is losing durability of the sword.

‘Flashing Sword.’ was a sword technique that allows mana extending from the tip of his sword swerved according to his intentions. Like its name, it instantly became a shining light.

## Timelines

### Zich Steelwall

Zich Steelwall was born as the eldest son of Count Steelwall, a distinguished family that protected the kingdom and held the strongest military at the borders. Zich's birth mother had died early while the Count Steelwall had re-married to Zich's stepmother, Florel Steelwall, who had given birth to Zich's half-brother, Greig Steelwall, shortly afterwards. Due to his immense amount of mana, it had taken longer for him to awaken it, thus making it seems like he was unable to utilize mana and shunned for it.

Although Zich Steelwall was the eldest son, and nominal legitimate blood heir to the Steelwall, due to the fact that Zich could not unlock his mana and unable to train properly, he was targeted by his stepmother and half-brother. Zich was very timid in front of the Count, had a shy nature and due to the fact that Zich had a weak position in the family, which resulted in his position as the heir of Steelwall being unstable. Whenever Greig made life difficult for him, It was revealed that another reason why Zich was an outcast was due to Zich's birth mother, Sara Steelwall, had being a very controlling, vicious person to get along with compared to the second wife of the Count who was more kind.

### [Timeline - 1] Zich Brave

Zich Brave is Zich in the very first timeline. Zich will become Zich Brave if no one mess with the Timeline. Just like every other Zich, Zich Brave was also kicked out of his house by his family. After being kicked out of his family, Zich Brave said he also hate the whole world. It was thanks to his comrades that he was able to heal.

Zich Brave is known as the Sun Hero because he wields a sword that can shoot a light (Estellade). Zich Brave had been in a party with Aine Lubella, an elf (Leona Pearl in Droud), and an old man magician (Walwiss Dwayne), and a large man that takes the lead in the walks (Til).

### [Timeline - 2] Zich Moore - The Demon Lord of Strength

After being kicked out of his out by his family, Zich left the kingdom off to and start his adventure. on his journey, he faced many trials. The trials was created by Ultel and Glen Zenard. The trials was created to make Zich hate the whole world and make him crave power to destroy the world. which lead to Zich becoming the Demon Lord. Zich decided to use 'Moore' as his surname and he would later be known as zich moore the demon lord of strength

Zich moore as the Demon Lord of Strength use a black sword that known as Tornium. Zich as the demon lord had four retainers, which were all crazy in Zich's standards.

### [Timeline - 3] Zich Serville

The story begins with the ending of [Timeline 2] of which Zich Moore was defeated by Glen Zenard, the Sun Warrior. As Zich Moore's last attempt to screw with Glen, he had a weapon hidden within his finger, The Key that Distorts Destiny. The description given to The Key that Distorts Destiny was that it can change the future of someone whose destiny has changed. At the last moment of which Glen Zenard decapitates, Glen announces to Zich Moore, “If you are born again, I hope that you will be someone who does good!”, which The Key that Distorts Destiny managed to slice into Glen.Within the regressed timeline, Zich regressed back to this point in time where he was still the eldest son of Count of Steelwall, he still has the memory of his previous timeline of being the Demon Lord of Strength, although his body is still of a teenage years and untrained. He provoked Knight Byner and beat up a servant that entered his quarters rudely, which the Countess tried to use as an excuse to punish him. Using the legitimate blood heir and the reputation of the Steelwalls as an excuse, he challenged Knight Byner to a duel as well as set up another date to challenge Grieg, the winner of the two brothers would be the one to succeed as the heir of the Steelwalls. After Zich had defeated Byner in a bloody exchange of injuries, Zich immediately challenged Grieg with the successor of the Steelwall on the line. Left with no choice, Grieg engaged in the battle with Zich but was overwhelmed by Zich's demeanor and mentality, with Grieg surrendering due to the pyschological pressure that Zich was asserting onto Grieg.

After beating Grieg, Zich discarded the Steelwall ring that he was wearing in front of the Count, while he renounced his position as the heir to the Steelwall family. With the victory of the duel, Zich now had authority over Hans' life and death, and which he took Hans out of the Steelwall family as his servant. Although Zich cut ties with the Steelwall family, the memories of his vicious mother had gave him a bad taste, which he thought that in the future he might give assistance if needed.

After everything that happened in this timeline, Zich would later become known as a Strength Hero. He can also be recognized by other people by looking at his sword which resembles a tree branch (Windur). After marrying Lyla, Zich decided to change his name to **Zich Serville** in this life, 'Serville' means 'a new life' in Clowon language.

## Trivia

* Zich Moore's current catchphrase is: "How was your sweet moment of hope?"
* Zich Brave's motto is: "To never lose hope no matter whatever situation."

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 366
2. ↑ Chapter 19
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 32
4. ↑ Chapter 90
5. ↑ Chapter 186
6. ↑ Chapter 208
7. ↑ Chapter 219
8. ↑ Chapter 40
9. ↑ Chapter 72
10. ↑ Chapter 83
11. ↑ Chapter 101
12. ↑ Chapter 544
13. ↑ Chapter 127
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter 149