I, the Lord of the Fifth Throne, am the source of all things!

From this day forward, the reincarnation of souls will no longer be governed by the natural order of heaven and earth, but will be under the control of Duanmu Lian.

At that time, he will leave behind an avatar to guard the underworld, constantly reaping its vital energy.

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After the underworld is integrated into the world of Akame ga Kill!, the souls of both humans and beasts will be guided to the underworld after death.

Such a vast underworld naturally needs someone to manage it.

So Duanmu Lian set her sights on Tokisaki Kurumi, the capitalist's precious darling.

"Duanmu-jun!!! I've already created 56,921 clones to work, and you're asking for another 20,000!? You heartless capitalist, sob sob sob~~~~."

Inside the palace, in the room where Tokisaki Kurumi was resting, came the sound of a girl on the verge of collapse and on the verge of tears.

At this moment, Tokisaki Kurumi was rolling around on the soft bed, her exquisite body dressed in a black gauze nightgown.

The dress, in such a color, accentuated her pearly white and smooth skin, making her look exceptionally alluring.

The girl's charming appearance and temperament exuded a bewitching allure that could corrupt and tempt people, much like a succubus.

However, Duanmu Lian's eyes remained calm and unwavering as she looked directly at Tokisaki Kurumi, who was throwing a tantrum on the bed, and said softly:

"You also have a 'share' in the Underworld. The myths weaving it together include the existence of Theris, the Goddess of Time, which will increase your base of faith, so you must contribute."

On Earth, various mythologies contain stories of gods interfering with the underworld, or even being the rulers of the underworld themselves.

Duanmu Lian was the one who did all the work in weaving the mythology.

Now that we have the convenient space of the Underworld Plane, we should make good use of it.

After hearing Duanmu Lian's description, Tokisaki Kurumi stopped rolling around on the bed, rested her chin on her hands, and looked at Duanmu Lian with a curious tone:

"Then in what capacity will the God of Time reside in the Underworld? My divine duty is Time, and my divine authority is also Time. Surely I can't be the one to control the Underworld?"

Saying this means that Kurumi Tokisaki has agreed.

Since it's something that benefits me, I'm naturally quite willing to do it.

Even if there were no benefits, Tokisaki Kurumi was still willing to help Duanmu Lian.

I've just been so tired lately. I only complained a little before, just like a working person complaining about going to and from get off work.

"My avatar will be in charge of the main affairs of the Underworld. You will be my assistant. As for your identity in mythology and your relationship with my avatar, that's up to you. Siblings, brothers and sisters, husband and wife, mother and son, father and daughter, etc. are all fine..."

It's just a myth for the people of this world to see anyway.

The main purpose is to encourage people to devote their faith more devoutly, based on their fear of death.

In response, Kurumi Tokisaki chose the identity of "Queen of the Underworld".

Although this mythical identity made her a little shy, it was better and more normal than her other identities.

Siblings, siblings, mother and son—this kind of role-playing is just too embarrassing.

The Underworld is currently in its early stages of construction and is short-handed, so Kurumi Tokisaki needs to work hard and do all sorts of tiring tasks.

During this time, Duanmu Lian will use her [soul technology] to create some little ghosts and ghost messengers who can work in the underworld, so that Tokisaki Kurumi won't have to work so hard.

There is no shortage of souls in the underworld, but finding those who can work requires Duanmu Lian to carefully select them.

.........

A year later, the development of the empire, the handling of the religious affairs, and the normal operation of the underworld were all on track.

Duanmu Lian and the others finally felt relieved.

During this period, Kurumi Tokisaki was experiencing both pain and pleasure.

The pain is that I'm so busy I have to divide myself into countless smaller parts to handle all the big and small tasks, but the joy is that my own strength is indeed growing rapidly.

Her spiritual power was constantly transforming into divine power, and Kurumi could feel her strength increasing dozens of times.

Although it was tiring, it was all worth it.

"But Duanmu-jun, what should we do about the negative mental energy required by the Demon King?"

Inside the palace, watching Duanmu Lian skillfully handling state affairs and reviewing a large number of documents on the table, Tokisaki Kurumi felt an urge to complete her Demon King powers.

Because of the special nature of elven power, in addition to the positive energy required by angels, she also needs negative energy.

Having experienced being a "nightmare," Tokisaki Kurumi felt she was very skilled at instilling fear in others.

"In this world, you can just focus on collecting faith. In the eyes of the world, you are a righteous god, not an evil god or a demon. You can use negative spiritual energy to find other suitable worlds."

Duanmu Lian, who was processing documents, reached out and took the black tea that Liu Zi handed her, took a sip, and then spoke to Tokisaki Kurumi without looking up.

He knew that Tokisaki Kurumi had tasted the sweetness of her increased power and was already impatient.

However, in this world, we must never allow Kurumi Tokisaki to spread fear.

Since people's impression of the God of Time has been established, he cannot do anything that would damage his image or persona.

That would negatively impact the collection of faith, which would be a huge loss.

"Little Kuang Kuang, you have already mastered the power of the Demon King, and your strength has improved by leaps and bounds recently. Be a little content."

At another table, Nia Honjou, who was doing her drawing, glanced at Kurumi Tokisaki and muttered something with a hint of envy.

In this world, when everyone is busy together, their relationships naturally improve a lot.

However, this otaku girl was still a little envious of Tokisaki Kurumi, who was making a big splash in this world.

"Hmph, I'm eager to get rid of Takamiya Mio as soon as possible. And Nia, after being tortured like that by DEM, don't you want to get revenge on them?"

Knowing that there was no time to rush things, Tokisaki Kurumi could only hold back, but sensing the sourness in Honjou Nia's words, she gave a faint smile.

Nia Honjo pursed her lips and continued drawing, ignoring the topic.

She truly hated and loathed DEM, and she did indeed harbor thoughts of revenge against them.

But she wasn't in a hurry. She knew she would definitely have a chance to get revenge on them later. After all, Nia knew that Duanmu Lian would go to the world where she and Tokisaki Kurumi lived.

"Phew... Everything is on track now, time to move on to the next step of the plan."

After processing all the documents and official papers, Duanmu Lian sensed the presence of the gourd-shaped incarnation working in the underworld.

After confirming that everything was on track and there was no need to worry about it anymore, Duanmu Lian, who didn't even want to rest, was ready to continue working on important matters.

Upon hearing Duanmu Lian's next plan, everyone in the room understood what he was going to do.

"Those dangerous species...?"

Kurumi Tokisaki murmured softly.

The benefits that humanity brings to them in this world are all created by Duanmu Lian and others through their own abilities.

However, Duanmu Lian hasn't touched much of the existing interests in this world yet.

In the course of the empire's development over the past few years, a special metal ore called "Orichalcum" has been discovered, and Duanmu Lian has already sent people to collect and mine it.

Moreover, there are various rare and dangerous materials.

As for those extremely dangerous Special Dangerous Species and Super Dangerous Species, in order not to deplete the Empire's manpower, Duanmu Lian usually dispatched Tokisaki Kurumi to capture them.

The Dangerous Species that satisfied him the most was the dragon-shaped Dangerous Species named Tyrande.

These dragons lived in extremely harsh environments, and their traces can be found in permafrost and deserts.

This dangerous species possesses the ability to adapt and evolve.

As the name suggests, this ability allows Tyrande's body to adapt to various environments and evolve corresponding abilities.

Tyrande, who lived in the volcanic region, became known as the Flame Tyrande.

Living in the snow, Tyrande became known as the Frozen Tyrande.

The environment in which one develops determines the abilities and immunity that can evolve.

In the original Akame ga Kill!, Tyrande's powerful adaptability and vitality allowed her to survive even after being made into a Teigu, and she continued to evolve.

It can even adapt to and become immune to the frozen space-time of Mahapadma.

This ability reminded Duanmu Lian of a special mutant ability in the X-gene bank within the spatial realm.

That is Darwin's ability: the body can automatically mutate to adapt to the external environment, exhibiting a characteristic known as survival of the fittest.

It just so happens that Duanmu Lian obtained the Blacklight Virus in the previous world, and with a lot of experimental resources and materials, he can combine it with the dangerous species in this world to create some interesting gadgets.

However, not all dangerous species have been captured by Duanmu Lian and her group.

"An ice dragon that relentlessly unleashes frigid currents in the far north, a blue dragon soaring and dancing above the clouds of the East Sea, an extradimensional monster hidden in another dimension..."

Nia Honjo opened the Book of Omniscience and listed some of the most powerful and dangerous species in the world.

These dangerous species are all powerful enough to easily destroy human civilization.

For example, a single hair of the East Blue Dragon was made into the Imperial Arms Thousand Transformations: Cross Tail.

Moreover, the opponent's strongest hair was even able to withstand spatial ruptures and spatial cutting.

Even a single hair can withstand spatial cutting and spatial rupture, which shows how powerful the East Sea Cloud Dragon is.

In the Monster Hunter universe, the East Sea Dragon would definitely be considered a "forbidden" level monster.

Then there's Esdeath's Imperial Arm from the original story, which can be made into Demon Manifestation: Essence of the Demon by obtaining a small amount of ice dragon blood.

If Esdeath can freeze time, then the power of the Ice Dragon, as the master of the bloodline, could turn the entire planet into an ice age.

There's also Dimensional Array Shangri-La, the material for this spatial ability Imperial Arm comes from dangerous species in another dimension.

To be honest, Duanmu Lian really couldn't figure out how the original founding emperor obtained materials from dangerous species existing in another dimension.

“Duanmu-jun, I’ve tested the ice dragon in the far north. That guy freezes spacetime as easily as an instinct or breathing. If he gets angry, the climate of the entire planet will be severely affected.”

Kurumi Tokisaki mentioned the ice dragon in the far north, whose power left a deep impression on her.

To be honest, if Kurumi were to fight with all her might, she could kill her opponent, but she wouldn't be able to capture her alive.

During this time, Tokisaki Kurumi had collected quite a few Dangerous Species for Duanmu Lian, and she knew that he valued powerful Dangerous Species with special abilities, so she did not take it upon herself to kill the Ice Dragon.

"It's not surprising that they have such strength, after all, they are already the top life forms on this planet."

Duanmu Lian chuckled lightly, not too surprised by the power of these dangerous species.

He sensed their powerful presence when he was born into this world.

However, now that he has some free time, it's time to put these Pokémon into their Poké Balls.