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| | | caption = Black Legion Inner Shadow<Br /> Rank 2 <Br />"Empire" | | | caption = Black Legion Inner Shadow<Br /> Rank 2 <Br />"Empire" |
| − | | name = Loyce Hal | + | | name = "The Penultimate"<br /> Loyce Hal |
| | | player = Darwin | | | player = Darwin |
| | | class = Ultimate Divine Demon Lord | | | class = Ultimate Divine Demon Lord |
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| | | identity = Loyce Hal | | | identity = Loyce Hal |
| | | species = Ultimate Primordial Demon | | | species = Ultimate Primordial Demon |
| − | | age = 80000+ | + | | age = Unknown, potentially in the millions |
| | | height = 185 cm | | | height = 185 cm |
| | | weight = 160 lb | | | weight = 160 lb |
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| − | '''Great Demon Lord Loyce Hal''', codenamed '''Empire''', is the penultimate strongest primordial demon in existence, as well as an SS+ Rated Inner Shadow to the '''Black Legion'''. Possessing tremendous magical power capable of bending not only reality but entire narratives, Loyce managed to conquer an uncountable number of magical realms, reaching the thousands, and rule each one as their respective Demon Lord. His followers are both extremely powerful and numerous. If a realm does not interest Loyce and showed hostility, it is said that the entire universe is destroyed instantly and mercilessly by the Demon Lord, traces of the world seemingly never having existed in the first place, before moving on to the next. | + | '''Great Demon Lord Loyce Hal''', codenamed '''Empire''', is the legendary Demon King, easily standing as one of the strongest Demon Lords in the history of Darwin's Great Akuma Universe, and potentially the multiverse of all time. Considered by many as the most powerful SS+ Rated Inner Shadow of the infamous '''Black Legion Organization''', Hal tremendous reputation is succeeded by his feats. His followers are extremely powerful and numerous, due to conquering thousands upon thousands of universes, and creating countless more realities. |
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| − | Loyce is an overwhelmingly powerful being, even amongst the Inner Shadows, to the point where his very presence strikes fear and intimidation from many. He is currently the second strongest Inner Shadow, and the third strongest member of the entire Black Legion, his power surpassed only by SSS Rated Inner Shadow '''Hakah Mah''' and the SSS Rated leader of the organization, '''Lord Ginga'''. Due to the fact that the only people able to surpass his power are SSS Rated, Loyce is even stronger than SS+ Rated '''Jun Gasket''', making him the strongest SS+ Rated Inner Shadow in the Black Legion.
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| − | According to the '''Voice of the Worlds''', a reality warping entity who was defeated by the Demon Lord, Loyce is considered the highest tier form of sentience to take mortal physical form in any universe. As the only being to ever evolve to the state of Ultimate Primordial Demon, with the Primordial Demon species being the apex species, Loyce is considered the pinnacle of all monsters in his realms, with an extremely select few beings capable of matching or surpassing his power such as elite Dogma Holders, '''The Great Akuma''', as well as her direct offspring '''Mahyako''' and '''Avalon'''. He is the Ultimate Divine Demon Lord of the universes '''Isphixis''', '''Raehafil''', and '''Johal''', ruling each realm as its strongest, most powerful being to ever exist. Because of this, Loyce has also amassed numerous Demon Lords who have sworn loyalty to him due to the overwhelming gap in power. These Demon Lords have acted as his Outer Shadows on several occasions, and their armies, directly assimilated under his loyalty.
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| − | Loyce was also the superior of the First Hinokami Holder '''Aelienne the Firebird''', before her betrayal to the Black Legion.
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| − | ==UNTIL Case Report==
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| − | '''BY ORDER OF SECRETARY-MARSHALL WILHELM CARL ECKHARDT'''
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| − | The following Case File concerns an '''Existential Cosmic Threat Class''' capable of '''Extreme Multiversal Destruction'''.
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| − | '''Access to this file without appropriate Cosmic Confidentiality Clearance is strictly forbidden. Under no circumstances, must the contents of this file ever be leaked beyond this level of confidentiality, to avoid mass panic to the galactic scale.'''
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| − | ===Subject Briefing===
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| − | '''Identification Code''': ECTC_VMD 2694<br />
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| − | '''Primus Assigned Alias''': EMPIRE<Br />
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| − | '''Threat Class''': Extremely Cosmic, Multiversal<br />
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| − | '''Risk Level''': Extreme <br />
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| − | '''Hostility''': Not Hostile but classified unstable.
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| − | ===Statement on Containment and Control===
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| − | As of current, there has been no method to effectively contain or control 2694 other than to keep the subject non hostile. Subject has been capable of predicting events and appears to transcend the human conception of time, leading to the advantage of foresight. Any form of containment has been deemed impossible, due to 2694's ability to either alter the reality around himself, or to forcefully destroy the containment.
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| − | {| role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
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| − | | <strong>Portion of Recorded Transcript between Chief Surhoff, Agent Luni and 2694</strong>
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| − | | <Begin Log>
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| − | ''Surhoff: If, for argument's sake, we were to decide that your actions may lead to a threat to our people, what would you do in response to any containment attempts?''
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| − | ''2694: What an entertaining question. Perhaps this time I shall choose to do nothing.''
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| − | ''Surhoff: This time? What do you mean by do nothing?''
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| − | ''2694: I will do nothing. Because I know from here onwards, your people will become aware that there is absolutely nothing you could do to contain me.''
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| − | ''Surhoff: How so?''
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| − | ''2694: Suppose one tried to enclose a creature in a cage. But the room is too dark to see. Too muffled to hear. Too rancid to smell. How certain will they know they have enclosed the creature?''
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| − | ''Surhoff: I suppose... it would be impossible.''
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| − | ''2694: And why is that, Chief Surhoff?''
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| − | ''Surhoff: We wouldn't be able to know. Because our senses would be disabled.''
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| − | ''2694: Yes. Because your senses have been taken out of the question. Now extend this scenario to the containment of me. I can take away your senses, yes. But I can do so much more. I can completely eliminate the concept of needing to smell, to see, to hear, to feel... the very concept that a human must require stimulus to experience the world around them, I can will that out of existence. I can even will the cage to not even exist in the first place. I can will that the need to contain me was never there.''
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| − | ''Luni: Surhoff, we need to take the precaution that 2694's claims may not be true. It could all be a psychological disorder.''
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| − | ''2694: You don't believe me, Agent Luni?''
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| − | ''Luni: How did you-''
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| − | (Clattering)
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| − | ''2694: Belief. Trust. Your doubts play into the narrative that you don't see me as what I claim to be, and I tell you the truth, there are many here who feel the same way. I know it, because I have seen it. They doubt me, then they fear that doubt, and have attempted to contain me. I have killed your people many times. In many different ways. Through will. Through force. Through magic and through manipulation. The paths all converge to one, unless the belief is changed. And I can do that.''
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| − | ''Luni: What are you talking about? To see? Are you saying you can predict the future now?''
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| − | ''2694: How do you know we haven't already had this conversation? In the blink of an eye, I could have destroyed this entire universe, along with the people in it, and reversed the whole thing like it never even happened. Within that split second of indecision, Luni, how certain are you that I haven't already killed you but revived you immediately?''
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| − | Absolutely under no circumstances, must any contact with Subject 2694 be made due to his unpredictable nature. If in an emergency situation, contact with 2694 is required, it must be done on his accord.
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| − | ===Powers and Abilities===
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| − | Subject 2694 is an extremely dangerous reality warping entity capable of reality and narrative manipulation to a vast level.
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| − | In terms of power, the being known as Loyce Hal has demonstrated manipulation of reality to an extremely high level of mastery. Hal refers to his ability as '''Divine Comedy Reality Warping''', claiming that his ability to "play with the fabric of reality is so refined, that it is almost comical". According to Dossier Section 6.4A, written by Dr. Stroganoff, Ph.D, Stroganoff writes "even amongst reality warping entities, 2694 is on a class of his own. Exhibiting the ability to completely overwhelm fellow reality warping users and even seemingly take the place of an apex in the hierarchy, this entity is amongst the upper echelon of the upper echelon."
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| − | It is currently unknown what the limit of Hal's powers are, as the scope of his abilities are too gargantuan to theoretically quantify with current analytical techniques.
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| − | '''Violation of the First Law - Destruction and Creation''': Hal has demonstrated the ability to not only create, but to ''destroy all forms of matter, energy, space, and by extension, time itself'', simply by willing it. In terms of destruction, the said object is simply removed from existence completely. Depending on the severity, Hal can destroy the object to the point where all forms of recollection that the object ever existed in the first place is also destroyed. This also implies that Hal is capable of ''destroying the very concept'' of an object itself. Conversely, the creation of an object, as well as time, has also been exhibited by 2694. Examples include the '''Rigel Incident''', in which the supergiant star Rigel of the Orion Constellation was ''erased from existence for a span of five hours'', only to be recreated seemingly instantly. Hal has also demonstrated the ability to create time, a term he denotes as '''Chronogenesis''', seemingly creating time and space in a region such that in the point of view of those within this space, would witness time flow relative to themselves while the outside world is frozen.
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| − | '''Neutralization of Logic and Reason "Divine Comedy"''': Hal's reality bending abilities are capable of not only destruction of matter, space, and time, but also the very fabric of reason. According to numerous case studies, researchers have bore witness to 2694 defying the laws of physics, including gravity negation, force neutralization and physical property manipulation. Examples of Hal using this concept collapsing ability include moving at unfathomable speeds, travelling from planet to planet in a fraction of a second, and surpassing the speed of light without manipulating space and time. Hal's power to completely eliminate logic and reasoning has also taken the form of insurmountable physical strength. Case Report 56E writes "Subject 2694 has demonstrated strength far surpassing any other being studied thus far... the entity known as Loyce Hal was shown to be capable of sinking and altering plate tectonics with just the movements of a finger. The being is capable of strength far exceeding reason."
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| − | * '''The Staircase of Endless Spirals''': Upon being asked to demonstrate his logic neutralization ability, Hal transported a group of UNTIL officers into a strange dimension that consisted of what they testified as a "series of stairs leading to impossible trajectories, twists and convolutions that were geometrically impossible". The realm consisted of numerous geometric contradictions that had caused the officers to be overwhelmed with a sense of "mind breaking mania".
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| − | * '''Schrodinger's Eclipse''': During Interview 7E, UNTIL Task Force 67WE449 transported Hal to the location of '''Kigatilik''' to test his Divine Comedy power. Hal approached the Demon King and reportedly overwhelmed him "instantly". Upon being asked to elaborate, the Task Force explained that it was as if the god was experiencing "excruciating burning and freezing at the same time, temperature extremes that logically would not be possible to happen at the same time."
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| − | * '''Absolute Word''': The extent of this ability is currently unknown. However, based on what we have observed thus far, Hal has demonstrated the ability to manifest whatever he says into reality. Physical consequences that would otherwise cascade from any changes to reality around Hal are otherwise negated or neglected, meaning the power's scope can not only manifest the uttered word, but could also warp the surroundings such that the world would be affected in a way Hal desires. Hal demonstrated this ability by commanding the moon '''Io''' to be erased from existence without causing gravitational anomalies, and to the disbelief of numerous astronomers who observed the moon and its gravitational fields, the moon was disintegrated instantly.
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| − | '''Absolute Chronokinesis''': Overwhelming evidence suggests that Subject 2694's perception of time far surpasses any entity encountered thus far by UNTIL. Being passively capable of not just perception of the future, but also to ''travel to different points in the timestream'', Hal has been able to predict and alter events that would have taken place, as well as events that have already happened. By doing so, Hal made the claim that "[he had] already destroyed [our] world a hundred times over, as mankind had deemed [him] too much of a threat, while taking [his] claims as a farce, only to have it restored as if nothing happened in the first place". On one occasion, the vigilante '''Nighthawk''' engaged 2694 in a duel, and was incapable of gaining any advantage despite 2694 only relying on physical hand to hand combat. Testimony from Nighthawk claims "his movements and his speed was clearly held back, I knew that much, but even with the extreme handicap, it was as if Loyce was able to predict my movements before I could even execute them. Even feints and psychological elements could not get through to him."
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| − | '''Ultimate Primordial Demon Physiology''': In accordance to ancient texts regarding primal creatures provided by Bethany "Witchcraft" Duquesne, the Primordial Demon race was a species that existed even before the appearance of the progenitors of humankind, making them one of the oldest creatures to walk the realm. Extraordinarily powerful variants of demons, the Primordials were said to be both cunning and strong, fighting with both wit and absolute power combined making them the apex species.
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| − | Witchcraft has provided the following information in a confidential document. An excerpt from this document has been pulled detailing the characteristics of the species.
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| − | | <strong>Duquesne's Document on the Primordial Demon</strong>
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| − | * '''Tremendous Strength, Speed, Endurance, Stamina, and Reflexes'''
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| − | * '''Overwhelming Aura'''
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| − | * '''Unfathomable Combat Instinct'''
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| − | * '''Multiversal Awareness'''
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| − | * '''Foresight'''
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| − | * '''Advanced Intellect'''
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| − | ** Genius Level Analytical Skills
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| − | ** Prodigy Level Learning Capability
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| − | ** Mind and Thought Process Acceleration
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| − | * '''Absolute Magic Power and Mastery'''
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| − | ** Fire Magic
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| − | ** Earth Magic
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| − | ** Fate Magic
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| − | ** Time/Spatial Magic <-- AFFINITY
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| − | ** Haki
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| − | ** Creation Magic
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| − | ** Endowment
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| − | ** Resurrection
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| − | * '''Abnormal Invulnerability'''
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| − | ** Physical Attack Nullification
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| − | ** Magic Nullification
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| − | ** Reality Anchor/Nullification
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| − | * '''Magic Siphoning/Absorption/Redirection'''
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| − | * '''Overwhelming Telekinesis/Telepathy'''
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| − | * '''Transformation/Mimicry'''
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| − | * '''Power Suppression'''
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| − | * '''Intangibility'''
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| − | * '''Infinite Regeneration'''
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| − | '''Suppression System''': An interesting discussion with 2694 has revealed that in spite of his tremendous power, the subject has actually found difficulty in suppressing it fully. In multiple occasions, fragments of 2694's monstrous aura have been detected by beings with heightened sensory abilities.
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| − | One such event was recorded and captured by Vibora Bay Superhero '''Doctor Ka''', in which the superhero witnessed 2694's inherent power outside of his Reality Warping abilities.
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| − | | ''When I encountered this being, it was as if everything I had prepared for, the apocalypse itself, everything I had feared, the battle between heaven and hell, was all meaningless. Because before me, this... no. Monster doesn't even cut it. This '''absolute power''', it felt like all my fears, all of mankind's fears, pooled together into one man. And that man was this creature who called himself "Loyce Hal". You had asked me, Eckhardt, if it was possible to defeat Hal in the scenario where his reality warping powers were disabled. But this isn't like the time with Dasc. Because when I made the decision to peer into his magical signature, it was the worst mistake I could ever make.''
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| − | ''Every being has an energy aura. An aura that is comprised of a person's mana, their life force, their strength, their superpowers, even any divine or demonic blessing. The strongest hero I know who has the largest aura was Archmage Robert Caliburn, who's aura was that of a large amethyst the size of an adult cedar tree. As an Archmage, his aura was tremendous, which was expected, as it was what we needed to contain Therakiel. But with Loyce...''
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| − | ''It was as if I was peering upon a never-ending erupting volcano, endless white trails of colossal, frightening, absolute, power, emerging from his body like the heads of a hydra. And sprouting from his back, was what appeared to be eight long appendages, almost like roots to four pairs of angelic wings. The aura was so explosive, so commanding, so overwhelming. I felt my body ripping apart just from watching at a distance, the sheer pressure of his magical signature causing my skull to crush from the inside. And do you know what the scariest thing is? Even Loyce knew, because once he saw the horror on my face, he smiled with a smile that was so malicious. He told me that my power of vision would blind me. And he was right.''
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| − | ''Watching as Loyce tried to keep his monstrous power in check, even he couldn't find a way to suppress it all from the eyes of those who could see despite using every form of Reality Warping he could try. And so his solution? Make himself weaker. This terrifying aura that I was witnessing... wasn't even remotely close to what this Primordial Demon was truly capable of. He was holding back the entire time.''
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| − | To simplify the forms 2694 has taken in an act to try to suppress his power as an Ultimate Primordial, we of the UNTIL Organization have denoted a '''Tier System''' to describe his stages. With Tier 1 being the highest level of suppression 2694 has attempted.
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| − | '''Tier 1''': This was the form Hal has taken most commonly, the highest level of suppression he claims that keeps his aura from passively destroying everything around himself. This form is his most humanoid appearance.
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| − | '''Tier 2''': This form has never been witnessed in person, as the sheer magnitude of the pressure 2694's aura emits would lead to destruction on a global scale. Instead, to witness it, several of our agents, their imaging drones were sent to a different region of space where Hal demonstrated a fraction of what he truly was. Images of 2694's second form were taken on a remote planet, seconds before it and the drone's destruction. During the case study, Loyce claimed that such a form was necessary to "show lesser Demon Lords who were ignorant enough to disregard his humanoid appearance the essence of a real Demon King". This transformation was reportedly capable of passively absorbing the very life force of everything around it, and all forms of energy, entering the dark regions of its "hood". Within seconds of being in this "True Demon Lord Form", the planet began showing signs of death, massive chasms and disintegration of material filled the entire surface, and before any further images of Hal's second form were taken, the planet was already destroyed.
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| − | '''Tier 3''': To demonstrate Tier 3, 2694 subjected several UNTIL candidates to a vision in which the eyewitnesses were transported to an even farther region of the universe, where the passive effects of Tier 3 would not cause any direct damage to Earth's reality. However, Hal was only able to maintain Tier 3 for approximately two minutes before the passive reality warping effects of his form began causing numerous anomalies to appear throughout the fabric of reality. Tier 3's form has been described by the witnesses to take the form of a supermassive nebula, with an "eye" at the centre. Ring like structures surrounded the nebula, to which the witnessed described them to resemble "ring shaped black holes, distorting light and reality all around them, even the reality of 2694's body as well." This suggests that in this form, Hal is capable of passively altering reality around himself to the level, if not greater than that, of a supermassive black hole.
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