Purgatory

**Purgatory** or more synonymously known as the *Demon Overlord* (魔神王, Majin-Ō) was created by the primordial deity Chaos as the first Devil. He is the progenitor of the devil race, creating them and the Demon Realm and ruling them as the first and only Devil Overlord.

After the events of The Great War, He was seal in Limbo where he spent over a billion year attempting to break out of his prison, losing his reign over the Devils in the process. After his release, Purgatory set his sight to reconquer his world and currently controls over 50% of the Demon World, ruling as the **Demon Emperor**.

## Abilities & Powers

### Overview

As the ruler of the Demon Clan and the most powerful Demon, the Demon King holds terrifyingly massive amounts of power, with just possessing a fraction of his power made the Ten Commandments among the strongest demons in existence. According to Meliodas when saying on how to lift the curse on him and Elizabeth which can only be done by someone as equally powerful as the Demon King or more, the Supreme Deity is the only being whose level of power is equivalent to the Demon King's. His prodigious son also said that even his full power augmented by the power that Zeldris borrowed from their father cannot rival his true power nor can he reach the Demon King's level of power by training for the time close to three days with true rivals, so only by absorbing all Ten Commandments can he be equal to the King's immense power.

While he rarely fights, the Demon King possesses unparalleled might in battle even after having delivered half of his power, with Meliodas himself said that he was utterly powerless before his father and was killed effortlessly by him in the Holy War. He was also capable of single-handedly stopping the rebellion of the Vampire Clan, defeating and leaving them at the mercy of his executioner Zeldris. He utterly defeated Wild in all of their countless altercations and effortlessly outmatched Meliodas's emotions, Ban and Wild at once for 60 years without sustaining a scratch. Even after managing to form a counter for the King, in the end, the Demon King was too powerful and only with Wild sacrificing himself was Meliodas and Ban able to escape.

**Longevity:** Unlike other regular Demons who can only live for 1000 years, the Demon King seems to have an indefinite lifespan as he has lived in Purgatory for over a billion years without showing any changes to his status despite how Purgatory's time is vastly faster than on Earth.

**Immense Durability:** The Demon King's physical resilience and durability are immense, being completely unfazed by Wild's **Guruguru Wild** attack. His resilience and durability likely contributed to his ability to easily survive inside Purgatory despite its extreme environment.

**Immense Strength:** The Demon King also has monstrously massive levels of physical strength, effortlessly flicked Wild away with a great force that tore apart the ground into it using a single finger when the latter charged at him quickly and later effortlessly stopped his attempts to drill him with only two fingers before effortlessly throwing him away.

**Master Swordsman:** Despite his large size, the Demon King has been seen to hold considerable levels of great agility and speed. Combined with his vast levels of skill and experience, the King can effortlessly wield his giant broadsword with a single hand with extreme finesse, able to deliver devastatingly fast and strong slashes that can effortlessly cut through landscapes. This even easily pressured the extremely fast Ban and Meliodas into the defensive and cut off Ban's arm while the latter himself was barely able to dodge the attack. Later on, when he engaged Meliodas in a one-on-one swordfight, the Demon King easily had the upper hand and quickly defeated him.

**High Intellect:** The Demon King is shown to be considerably calculating and intelligent, quickly realizing that giving just a single demon half of his power would mean threatening his rule and chose to divide his power into ten pieces so he can still rule the vast, chaotic Demon realm without allowing the challenge. He eventually chooses to use a creature from Purgatory to keep watch over Meliodas after realizing that creatures from the living world are far too weak and less long-lived. From realizing that Meliodas too does not remember anything related to Estarossa, the Demon King realized that all the memories held by the demons on Estarossa were forged and quickly deduced that it must be the demon Gowther due to the nature of the former's powers.

## Trivia

* It was due to Purgatory unrivaled power during his prime that the Demon Realm was never invaded throughout its history by the other races, out of fear of his immense strength despite sacrificing half to create his dominion.
* He is one of longest living being alive.
* He is the only Devil to rule all the Demon Realm and hold the title of Overlord officially.

## Reference

https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Demon\_King