Crewman Horndog screws his way through the Schwartzwelt
by Cyberchao X

Disclaimer: The Shin Megami Tensei series is property of Atlus.

CCX: Yeah, I realized afterwards that I had messed up, and Shiva is male. Oops.

Chapter 15: Marketing in the New World

Through sales of any material forma that exceeded 16 in number (16 because he'd found that 8 was generally sufficient to create anything), Horndog made a total of over 2 million Macca, primarily from Grus and Horologium's main Enemy Searchers. Even the toughest demons he had were less than half a million, with only Geist going over the edge. He used Ourobouros's Source to fuse a Garuda to Shiva, summoning Metatron himself. Megidolaon and Judgement Light from the natural…Jihad from Shiva, Life Surge from Garuda…and Mana Surge and Maziodyne from the source. The tinkering added over 151K to Metatron's cost… Cost, if done properly, can be beautiful. By selling off a lot of excess forma (but not too much, because you never know when you'll need something in bulk), he had money to handle almost demon-summoing problem he could be given, Even Alilat, by far the most expensive demon, could only take maybe a quarter of the new reserves. Horndog resummoned Shiva afterwards…it was glorious. Of course, Eridanus would be the testing place, as he still needed to sort it out, and the group found a Red Rider. Metatron was replacing Mara in the party. Would it be able to push one of trio for a permanent spot?

Of course it would; the enemy had no known weaknesses, so combos were not an issue. He also managed to use Shiva to pass along both Jihad and Victory Cry to a Tyrant Abbadon, at which point it was just too tempting. He recruited the two necessary angels and created Mastema.

Later, Alilat leveled up, but also changed its Fire Boost skill into a useless Gun Boost. In attempting to turn it into something useful using Mitama/Sources, he ended up with a fusion accident. He registered the zealot and then fused it with a Power that had asked aboard to create a Vile Pales. Mabufudyne/Vigilant/Dekaja/Retaliate/Mana Surge was the natural quintet; he decided to use Yuki Jyorou's source to boost the Ice ability. He then discovered that a high-level Fairy combined with Shiva would create Vishnu. Vishnu and Shiva together, it would be a Hindu dream, wouldn't it? Although the "Demonee-ho" thing was almost too adorable to fuse.

Later he got the remaining fiends, Trumpeter and White Rider, but in the end, the team of choice was Shiva, Metatron, and Mastema—all of them at least strong against most elements, and in Shiva's case, everything except ice was either drained or reflected; Mastema also had multiple reflections. After using the machine in Antlia a few times, he had the team where he wanted it. The battle was long and somewhat dull to describe, because it mostly consisted of the three demons using Jihad while Horndog either used Moan Bullet or refueled the party using Chakra Pots and Great Chakras. Occasionally Disaster Cycle would afflict the party with ailments, and Mastema would use Salvation, or a Big Bang would prompt a Mediarahan from Shiva. But seriously, this wasn't a terribly interesting battle to write about.

"What power… this son of man has gained."

"So it wasn't a god, after all? …Oh, you meant me."

"He has even defeated a part of God… But I thank you. Now I can…Holy spirit of our creator! Return to me!" The "crewman" became pure light and melded with Demiurge.

"Randy… This is… our last chance. Turn off your Demonica's search function… Please! It will make this demon unstable… Then I can seal him away. Turn your Demonica's search function off…!" Randy wasn't entirely sure this was right.

"I…I have regained the power of a creator. Randy… Thou fought well. Thine actions helped me to reclaim my power. 'Twill not be long before I again assume my true form, full of light. But 'tis a pity. Thou art tainted by chaos. Thine existence hath not the holy light, and I must destroy thee."

"Wait, what? I let you stick around!"

"Should've listened to that voice," Lilim said.

"Why are you still here? This could get really dangerous really fast. Run away, now!"

"Randy… I am not without compassion. I shall let thee go this time…"

"…Okay, never mind."

"Come on, Randy, you know I wouldn't let you risk your life without me."

The voice came again. "Oh, no… The seal has been broken… This is a catastrophe…"

"…Eh, not my problem."

CCX: Maybe this epilogue was a waste of time.