| “ | My deadly sins cause people to betray even god, so having them betray themselves could not be simpler. For one thing, the violence and fear you wield are nothing but tools to produce but one of the emotions that lead people to betray god. You are essentially showing off your brand-new chess set without even understanding the rules, so do you really think you could outdo a master chess player such as myself? | „ |
| ~ Tselika to Saiki Kazu |
Summary
Tselika is an incredibly powerful and legendary archdemon who is easily on par with the demons making up the seven deadly sins, such as Beelzebub or Satan, and with other beings like Rahu or Mara. Because of that, Tselika is on an entirely different level than normal Youkai and spirits. She's stated to possibly surpass the Three Great Youkai and even a low- or mid-ranked god in a polytheistic religion.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Likely at least 8-C, possibly higher
Name: Tselika Wien Alpha Chelydia Lumidrier, Empress of the Empty Throne
Origin: The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Archdemon
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Mind Manipulation, Illusion Creation, Enhanced Senses (Can sense soul's wavelengths and their desires/emotions), Spatial Manipulation and Portal Creation (Can rip space to open a portal to Hell), Flight, Soul Manipulation, Incorporeality, Possession, Aura (Passively exudes invisible miasma with harmful effects on the human body), Immortality (Type 1), Self-Sustenance (Type 1 & 2), Resistance (Immunity to conventional weapons and damage inflicted by the normal laws of physics, some resistance to interference from history and destiny)
Attack Potency: Likely at least Building level (Strongest character to make an appearance in the series, so she should be significantly physically superior to other strong characters like the Scarlet Peach User, the Aoandon and Perfect Mode Hafuri, casually overpowered Hishigami Mai), possibly higher (It's unclear how strong Tselika actually is due to her powers not being AP based plus not facing any challenge in her appearances in the story and the fact that characters compared to her were stated to be defeated by Hyou in an alternate timeline, so it's unclear if she physically scales to supernatural powers such as Hishigami Shitsu's)
Speed: At least Supersonic (Much faster than other characters, blitzed Mai)
Lifting Strength: Superhuman
Striking Strength: Building level
Durability: Likely at least Building level (Strongest character to make an appearance in the series, even with a guaranteed free strike Mai didn't even try attacking her as she couldn't harm her; even a weakened hybrid of a Youkai and a family god can tank all the curses from Houjou Touji), immune to conventional weapons and damage inflicted by the normal laws of physics
Stamina: High
Range: Standard melee range, at least hundreds of meters with mind powers
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: High, Tselika is an immortal archdemon expert at manipulating others through various means
Weaknesses: Arrogant, she will occasionally be compelled to instill fear in the enemy instead of automatically killing them
Feats/Statements
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“You were tricked into thinking another demon’s name was mine. That is what happened. The real question is whether a witch who thought a Succubus would be a nice, safe option will be able to control a great demon that just barely did not rank on the level of a demon that symbolizes one of the seven deadly sins.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 02 - Henrietta mentions Tselika is a demon that just barely not ranked to those who symbolize the seven deadly sins |
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And then a rumbling noise drowned out even that cry. I doubted it was just due to my hazy mind that I did not know what was happening. I focused my entire mind on averting my gaze from something I must not see. I could instinctually tell this was something I was not meant to see. I was so weak I did not want anyone or anything to view me as an enemy, so the great intimidating atmosphere that ruled the entire area for a short while almost seemed a blessing. Something had failed. And as a result, something had happened to the witch. Finally, I suddenly realized I was lying face up on the midsummer mountain road. The fog was gone. The witch who had produced the fog was also gone. Everything was back to normal. Everything except for an old Japanese camellia tree growing unnaturally above the asphalt. [...] While leaning up against the Japanese camellia tree, the Succubus smiled and said, “She is not dead. Demons wish to make human souls their personal possessions, so we make sure not to destroy those souls. Of course, she will probably be begging for her life after spending 5 minutes in the same place as that monster.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 02 - After Henrietta and Yukari trick Marguerite into binding a contract with Tselika, Marguerite's soul is dragged to hell |
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With a sudden explosive sound, a nearby wall was destroyed by a tremendous force and an eight-legged crab-like weapon rushed in. The silver monster acted as a shield for Jinnai Shinobu. [...] “Hm. So did you seal the Succubus’s power in that piece of junk to create an unmanned weapon that uses supernatural and paranormal powers?” Mai casually clapped twice. “If so, that had the opposite effect. I specialize in that sort of thing, so I’m oh-so-thankful you felt the need to bring this into my territory. Now, it’s about time I finished with you.” “She isn’t what it uses. The Succubus is only the primer.” “?” “Do you remember the Australian witch that showed up that one time? And do you remember how she was defeated using the Succubus’s name and a certain postcard?” “You don’t mean…” “The names of two different demons were used to trick that witch. One was the Succubus’s and the other belonged to a much more powerful demon that almost ranks in as one of the Seven Deadly Sins.” “You don’t mean…!!” “Tselika Wien Alpha Chelydia Lumidrier, empress of the empty throne not part of the seven seats. Reveal your majesty in accordance with your master’s will.” The world was compressed. The mere manifestation was all it took to break one of the main parts of Hishigami Mai’s utterly modified body. A sound more disturbing than the breaking of every bone in her body rang out again and again with more regularity than the ticking of a clock. New life now resided in the silver crab-like weapon. [...] But he did not bother looking at what remained of Hishigami Mai. With the Succubus clinging to his back and the unmanned weapon containing one of the strongest demons to his side, he gently shook his mug and spoke. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 04 - In an alternate timeline Shinobu succesfully becomes Tselika's master, binding her to a robot that could easily killed Mai Hishigami. Just being summoned was enough to severely injure Mai |
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“Tselika Wien Alpha Chelydia Lumidrier. Appear in the form we desire to grant what we desire to the extent we desire. …Appear, Tsuerika Nyorai. It is time to begin your work.” [...] For one, the woman’s clothing was different. This material kept all living creatures away with the hardness of rough gray concrete and yet it somewhat resembled reptilian scales. And that material was wrapped tightly around the beautiful woman’s seductive outline as if eating into her. It mercilessly showed off her cleavage, navel, and thighs, but that almost looked like a way of increasing the number of ports from which to eject her blasphemously ominous power. And she was the same as the Succubus, which meant… “That might be her body, but it isn’t her soul. Damn her! Did she borrow Marguerite’s body to appear in this world!?” A moment later, two twisted horns burst from Margeurite’s forehead and flowed backwards. Bat-like wings came from her back and a long, thick tail came from near her butt. She became the stereotypical image of a demon seen in Western religious art and video games. [...] She was a legendary-class archdemon. She had overwhelming power but she had not quite ranked among the seven deadly sins. She was easily on par with ridiculously well-known beings like Satan or Beelzebub. She was from an entirely different dimension than Youkai or spirits. That monster might even surpass a low- or mid-ranked god in a polytheistic religion. Or perhaps she could call herself a demon lord. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 06 - Saiki Kazu summons Tselika using Marguerite's soulless body as a vessel |
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The woman had transformed into a stereotypical demon and she roared into the heavens. That was all that happened, but it was enough for Jinnai Shinobu’s entire world to be dyed crimson. “…Ah…gwah…!!!???” “Master!!” The Succubus was right next to him, but her voice sounded hopelessly distant. Just as the world burned and the color red seemed to swallow up the entire village, Shinobu was hit by a sharp headache like a thin wire connecting his temples was being pulled taut. Only afterwards did he realize it was not the world that had been dyed. Tselika was not interfering with the laws of physics. (Is it my eyes that are messed up!? Is the evening sunlight overpowering everything else I can see like a video camera with the brightness set wrong!?) The images people saw were not actually produced by the eyes. The information received by the eyeballs was processed in the brain to create the three-dimensional images. In that case, what was the source of the red Tselika was creating? Using Marguerite’s borrowed…no, stolen body, Tselika turned her head to look at Shinobu. She had noticed him, observed him, locked onto him. The previous headache vanished. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika spreads an invisible "miasma" that has negative effects on nearby humans. She can control it to not harm those she chooses |
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He simply stared at and spoke to the attacker. “What do you think you’re doing, Venom Clairvoyant?” She was another of Hyakki Yakou’s Top 5. [...] She was essentially shooting the Illness Magic User in the back as he worked to eliminate the Aoandon’s group, but what meaning did that action hold? He focused on his armband. He had thought he would ever again be allowed to bear that symbol of Hyakki Yakou and he could not allow any action that would disgrace that family emblem. Meanwhile, the Venom Clairvoyant asked the same question of him with some tension woven into her calm aura. “I believe you are the one that needs to explain what you are doing.” “?” Even with her eyes covered, the young shrine maiden accurately pointed a handgun at the Illness Magic User’s right hand. When he looked to that hand, he realized what she meant. A skull was decaying in his hand, but based on the body, clothing, and equipment attached to it via a neck, this had been one of Hyakki Yakou’s combat members, not part of the Aoandon’s group. (What!?) He had not been shown any kind of illusion, but at some point his aim had shifted. He was left speechless, so the Venom Clairvoyant slowly re-aimed her two handguns. “I have called out to you several times already, but you apparently do not intend to listen. And all of those you returned to the soil were those who had chased after you because they looked up to you.” “…” “I can no longer trust you. Are you actually part of the Aoandon’s group? Or are you being subconsciously controlled? Either way, you must be defeated.” “In that case,” cut in the Illness Magic User. “What do you have to say about the people scattered at your feet?” “Eh?” She froze in place as if she had only just noticed. Splattered blood and fallen corpses covered the ground around her, but not even one of them belonged to the Aoandon’s group. They were all fellow Hyakki Yakou members. “It would seem I wasn’t the only one being deceived,” said the Illness Magic User in a bitter voice. If the same thing was occurring across the entire battlefield, it would truly be a scene of pandemonium. No matter how powerful Hyakki Yakou was – no, because of how powerful Hyakki Yakou was – no one would be able to stop this tragedy. Something had severed the bonds between people. Something had erased the distinction between enemy and ally. And with that in mind, one primary issue came to mind. “I can’t trust you anymore.” “I can no longer trust you.” [...] A hellish scene of mutual destruction filled the harvested rice paddies around me. This was true bloodshed and all distinctions between enemy and ally had been lost. One side seemed to be Hyakki Yakou. The other side was less recognizable, but I could see the Aoandon a ways away. “You damn lantern! You’re ripping off my one-eyed look!!” “How dare you!? And Hiro-sama only needs one Obake by his side!!” The Lantern and Umbrella began a scuffle that sounded like two paper fans being beaten together. Seeing that change come over those two friendly Youkai was what clued me in to what was happening here. Tselika had roared, my vision had been dyed red, and something had directly set to work in my brain and heart. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika can cause even close allies or family to fight and kill each other, sometimes without even realizing what they're doing |
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“Tselika is known as an archdemon that didn’t quite get a spot as one of the seven deadly sins, but that isn’t because she was lacking in power.” The Aoandon placed her index finger on her lips as if she were revealing a special secret. She showed no concern for Hafuri or the mourning clothes dyed with a family emblem. “For one thing, there was no real reason to have exactly seven deadly sins. Some important person decided it should be seven, so the number and contents were reorganized. Any concept with the threat of harming the god they place their faith in was a candidate for being a deadly sin.” “…” “Yes! That’s right, that’s right! Tselika is far too powerful and controls far too many negative concepts to fit into that seven-sin framework!! Suspicion, hatred, crazed love, lies, and really anything else you might want. She controls everything that corrupts otherwise upstanding people! She has free control over all of those things that cause one to betray god!!” No matter how powerful and solid an organization Hyakki Yakou was, its loyalty was still directed toward a person. Tselika had the power to make people reject god, so the bonds of that group were no guarantee. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Aoandon explains that the only reason Tselika didn't get a spot on the seven deadly sins is because she's too powerful and affects too many negative concepts to fit on that framework |
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“Do you think using your archdemon to sever Hyakki Yakou’s bonds is enough to defeat us?” “Heh heh. There’s no need to act tough, young lady. Tsuerika Nyorai’s rank would be the same as Rahu or Mara, so she’s a legit demon lord. If Tamamo or Daji would be enough to give you trouble, you don’t stand a chance against this enemy.” But… “That is not what I was talking about.” “?” “What is that in your right hand?” The Aoandon looked down at her hand. It was stabbed into the center of someone’s chest. The person was the young woman behind the Ubasute Apartments that the Aoandon had picked up because she seemed interesting. Her name was Yamame and she had a large scar on her mouth, but she was dead now that her heart had been utterly crushed. The Aoandon had done that, but when had she done so? “It may be true that this Tselika you summoned is powerful. Her power might easily exceed that of Shuten Douji or the Kurama Tengu.” The blue female oni remained motionless as Hafuri gave her cool-headed explanation. “But can you really control her? If not, we will not be the only ones to fall in the face of this disaster.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Even the Aoandon is affected by Tselika |
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With a man in a dark suit by her side, the bewitching archdemon narrowed her serpentine eyes and used the witch’s slender fingertip to slowly beckon me over. “I said you have my thanks, did I not? Do not worry, Shinobu. Come closer. I truly feel like rewarding you.” That was all she said, but my body ignored my will and began walking forward like I was being pulled by countless fishing hooks stabbed into my brain. With each step closer, the red in my vision grew deeper. There was no pain. In fact, my senses were vanishing, which was much more frightening. [...] Even the faintest breath from this close was enough to nearly smash my thoughts to pieces. I felt like I had been thrown into an ocean of aphrodisiac, so I desperately tried to escape that feminine smell and warmth to free myself from that depravity. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika controls Shinobu's body to force him to come closer. We also see that proximity to Tselika worsens the effects of her miasma |
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The next thing I knew, Tselika had her hands on my cheeks. Instead of pressing her palms against me, she smoothly brought her fingertips in close like just those fingers were being sucked into the sides of my face. At the same time, I could tell my knees were growing weak and about to give out. But not from fear. “Hmm, there is no need to be so stiff. Here, I will show you a sign of my affection.” In the middle of that pandemonium of mutual destruction, Tselika almost jokingly wrapped her hands around my neck and gently embraced me. She was borrowing Marguerite’s body, so this stuck my face between her ample breasts. More than the warmth and softness, it was the sweet aroma that soaked deep into my brain. Something burst deep inside my nose. At first, I thought I had a runny nose or something, but I was wrong. I wiped at my nose and found a red liquid on the back of my hand. “…You’re…kidding.” I thought getting a bloody nose from porn only happened on TV. If it’s actually happening, doesn’t that mean some kind of circuit in my head broke!? Is my body being invaded by something that bad!? Just from this sweet aroma that smells like an extreme concentration of sugar, condensed milk, and honey!? “Oh, dear. Oh, dear. It’s been so long I forgot how to control myself. Please forgive me. Hm, I thought thanking you with my body would be the demonic thing to do, but it would seem that would be a little too toxic for you. Now, what should I do instead?” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Physical interaction with Tselika causes internal bleeding due to the miasma |
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Before Saiki Kazu could react, Tselika breathed a sweet breath from between her seductive lips. That was all she did. “To be honest, you are an eyesore. Perhaps I should reheat that cooled mind of yours.” A great sound rang out. It was the sound of Saiki Kazu using every last ounce of strength in his left hand to restrain his right hand which attempted to point two fingers at his temple like a gun. “My deadly sins cause people to betray even god, so having them betray themselves could not be simpler. For one thing, the violence and fear you wield are nothing but tools to produce but one of the emotions that lead people to betray god. You are essentially showing off your brand-new chess set without even understanding the rules, so do you really think you could outdo a master chess player such as myself?” “Tsuerika!!” “Oh? Are you sure you should focus on me? You are but one piece of entertainment here.” As if to supply an additional blow against the shouting man in a dark suit, a flamethrower-like attack blasted in from a completely different direction. All cooperation was gone, a complete free-for-all had broken out, and it had descended into a chaotic hell, but all of that chaos seemed to obey Tselika’s will. Just like iron sand following a line of magnetism. Pursued by this new attacker, Saiki Kazu was forced to leave us and run off into the battlefield. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika almost makes Saiki Kazu kill himself, and then causes one of the fighters in the area to attack him |
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I had run across plenty of monsters in the past, but a greater quantity or quality of the paranormal had been enough to wash them away. Just like Hyakki Yakou would do. However, Tselika was fundamentally different. Even if she was faced one million or one billion people, she could drive them all mad and lead them to destruction. Superior numbers meant nothing to this archdemon. She had to be defeated in an individual battle. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Shinobu realizes Tselika cannot be defeated with a large group |
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“Good, good. There is nothing to be afraid of. Now I have you. Hm, you try to act tough, but you have the soul of baby. Lovely, lovely.” [...] But was there any individual who could even hope to defeat this kind of monster? “Good, good. Shinobu, your soul is giving off a wavelength of desire. I can sense your desire to outdo me and – if possible – harm me.” [...] “Good. I can feel it in your wavelength of desire. You were angry seeing your hometown overrun by such overwhelming and unreasonable violence, were you not? You wanted these crass outsiders to leave, did you not? But you had no way of making it happen. Not to worry, though. I will supply you with one. Think of this reward as just one drop in the bucket of infinite thanks I owe you.” Looking only at the result, this may have been in line with what I had wanted. I had indeed wanted to drive these strangers from Noukotsu Village. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika has some ability to sense souls, comparing Shinobu's soul to a baby's and then sensing when Shinobu starts to think about how to defeat her and his anger to the people fighting on his village |
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From the overwhelming distance of only a few centimeters, she snapped her fingers with the look of someone revealing the present they had hidden behind their back. Immediately, pitch black scenery appeared to the side. And I don’t mean that figuratively. I could only imagine space itself had been torn open. From inside, I heard a disturbing sound that resembled a quiet whistling or a chilly wind blowing through a gap in some rocks. “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhahhhh…” Or so I thought at first. But before long, I realized it was a voice, not a mere sound. [...] “Can you hear it, Shinobu? Thanks to this, my nights have been far from boring. And it was all thanks to you providing me with the witch named Marguerite Steinhols, so make sure you enjoy it too.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika opens a portal to hell to show off Marguerite's tortured state to Shinobu |
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Meanwhile, Tselika narrowed her serpentine eyes from close range while using Marguerite’s seductive body. The concrete-like gray scales that did not bother actually covering her skin wriggled so freely I started to suspect they were her true form. And she spoke. “…Oh?” A moment later, a tremendous roar rang deep in my head. My senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch were all blown away. The overwhelming explosion of my senses made me think my brain had been kneaded like clay. This time, the entire world was so filled with crimson that I couldn’t even see Tselika’s face a few centimeters away. There was no pain. But something was so cloyingly sweet that it shot past all my limits and made me sense death. A cold sweat poured down my face as I seriously wondered when my rampaging heart was going to burst. “Bfwah!? Fwah!! Gwah! Oeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?” “I would recommend not angering me too much, Shinobu.” I felt like a bundle of pathways had been severed in my head. The world around me was buried, but Tselika’s voice alone remained oddly clear. This was not an issue with my ears or eardrums. She might have been messing with my brain directly. “The master is rewarding her loyal servant. Refusing that reward is no different from disgracing and shaming that master’s reputation. Well, it is true times have changed, so you would not have had a chance to learn such etiquette. With that in mind, I will be kind and forgive you just this once. Do you understand what that means, Shinobu?” “Pant, pant…!! Kwah!?” With Tselika’s exasperated comment, the world finally returned. I could not breathe properly and my mouth opened and closed with only groans escaping, but Tselika thoroughly wiped off my face with her fingers and palms. “Oh, how pitiful. I know you must be brimming with joy, but you don’t have to let it pour from your eyes and ears as well as your nose and mouth. Hee hee. Stay still and I will clean you up.” It sounded like a joke, but Tselika’s hands were already stained red. It was my own blood and it was flowing from my mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. I could still smell the sweet aroma that was reminiscent of a melted mixture of sugar, condensed milk, and honey, but how much of that lethal concoction had I been exposed to? |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - The effects of Tselika's miasma worsen when she gets mad, as seen when Shinobu rejects her offer to wipe out both sides battling on his village |
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They were the Supernatural Trainer and the Passionate Predator. They bore the same family emblem on their tiepin and spread fan. They were both one of Hyakki Yakou’s Top 5, but they were currently split into individuals who were devouring each other. [...] Elsewhere, the other group was also devouring itself. The ten year old girl named Ranzono Sachi and the Oomukade were not up against their enemies in Hyakki Yakou. It was the Byouki User, another member of the Aoandon’s group. She was a girl wearing a yellow mini-China dress, a blue cat-ears coat, and bandages on her face and leg. The character-adorned bandages and the knee sock on just one leg seemed more creepy than cute. “Ah ha! Ah ha ha!! Heyyy, you came here to show off all your friends, didn’t you? You wanted to make fun of me for being all alone, didn’t you? Hee hee. That’s fine. That just means I have to make this a night to remember. How about I have all your limbs rot off so you have to crawl around like a worm!?” “It would seem there is no convincing her. Sachi, stay back! Her Byouki is nowhere near as lethal as my venom!!” The Oomukade was nervous, but he thought he was looking in the same direction as Ranzono Sachi. But he was wrong. He was completely wrong. Her eyes moved in a disturbingly jerky way as they silently viewed the Oomukade. Coloration, optical illusions, and makeup had been used to transform the girl’s face beyond recognition, but the violence below the surface could not be hidden. She looked like a beast watching its prey. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - More of Tselika's power causing a breakdown of trust |
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A large gloomy man wearing the special black combat outfit of a SWAT member stood alongside the Oomukade. “You seem to have remained saner than the rest here. To be honest, it makes me wonder why you would have joined the Aoandon.” [...] Second, the seemingly composed Illness Magic User asked a certain question. “Which way am I facing right now?” “What?” “I am not confident I can remain on anyone’s side for long. Even if I infect my own brain with Illness Magic to keep myself fighting semi-automatically.” With the clear sound of bells, a young blindfolded shrine maiden arrived from a different direction. The man faced those two formidable foes, the Byouki User and the Venom Clairvoyant, and he made a blunt statement. “I do not know when I will betray someone, so if you want to survive, do not trust me. Think of it as using me.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Illness Magic User is not certain he can fully control himself even when infecting his body with his magic |
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The battle had spread beyond the surface. Six strategic stealth bombers and an airborne warning and control aircraft that should not have existed in Japan flew in the sky above Noukotsu Village. A formation of defense fighters flew with them to protect them. A commotion had broken out among them, as if someone had poked the hornet’s nest. Supposedly allied military aircraft and even the humans inside the same aircraft began fighting one another. The ugly conflict was gradually accelerating. Finally, the catastrophe crossed a certain line. One of the bombers seemed to lose its balance and then flew in a straight line toward the surface. No, it had lost control and was falling. The pilots were fighting each other and had completely forgotten something as basic as righting their own aircraft, so it had essentially become a giant bomb in and of itself. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika's power affects even Hyakki Yakou's air force |
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Tselika looked puzzled, but she did not seem to have noticed Mai’s presence. At first I thought she was hidden by my body, but that couldn’t possibly be. Mai did not hesitate to stand up and walk right past me. And yet… “It’s…nothing. I just have a killer headache.” “I see. It’s interesting that seduction can be too powerful.” Nothing was hiding Mai, so it seemed Tselika simply couldn’t see her. It went beyond merely hiding one’s presence. What did one have to do to reach this level? Mai may have been afraid of my eyes giving away the location of what Tselika could not see for herself. Having so thoroughly erased her presence, Mai boldly but silently walked right up next to Tselika. She circled around the archdemon as if admiring a sculpture. If she could do that, she could launch whatever surprise attack she liked. That woman was a true monster. I finally started seeing some hope, but then the Succubus wrote on my back with her fingertip. “We have no trump card.” “…” You’re kidding, right? She could freely approach within a centimeter of the enemy. She could freely attack her from any angle. She could stab through her eyeball, split her head open, or pierce her heart. She had whatever opportunity she wanted. But was even Mai helpless in this situation? Could that monster not harm Tselika? |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Even when free to attack Tselika by surprise thanks to her stealth technique Mai gives up on attacking her |
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“Shinobu, you are hiding something from me, are you not?” ————— Is it over already? Is the hope I saw vanishing, can we not hide Mai’s presence, and is it all falling apart!? “I can tell from your soul’s wavelength that you have latched onto some kind of hope. But what exactly is it? What made you start thinking you have a chance of defeating me? Heh heh. Good, Shinobu. Just how much are you going to let me enjoy this? Keh heh heh.” [...] Mai had circled behind me and her finger raced across my back: “We don’t have time.” Then she added a few more words. …!? I suppose if you look at it like that… “Oh, your soul just leapt again. Just what is stimulating your desire?” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika senses Shinobu has gotten some hope when Mai arrived |
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That awful sweetness assaulted me again and my brain felt like it was being kneaded like clay. [...] My vision…no, all five of my sense had gone red. My inner ear didn’t seem to be working, so I had no sense of front, back, left, right, up, or down. Supposedly, if someone was blindfolded, given ear plugs, placed on a soft bed, had their arms and legs covered in metal tubes, and otherwise had all stimulation dropped to a minimum, their sense of self would not last long. This red world was precisely that. Nothing even had to happen. Simply by being there, I felt like I would suffer Gestaltzerfall. ——Hey, Shinobu. A voice came from an unknown direction. My senses had been thoroughly worn down, so it permeated my body like a drop of water found after wandering through the desert. ——Answer me truthfully and surrender to me, and I will reward you. I will provide you with whatever reward you wish. Now, how about it? “Reward me?” I didn’t want anything like that. But if I did not cling to those words, the stimulation would vanish and I would be unable to maintain my sanity. The words escaped my lips as a purely defensive reaction. ——Yes. If you only build up a resistance, I will let you do with my body as you wish. My superiority will of course be maintained, but I will still give you access to my body whenever you want. A thrilling proposal, is it not? The very premise of the idea is insane. You’re worse than a drug. You aren’t something I can endure with enough effort or practice. I can’t do it on a fundamental biological level. ——Hm. Then how about I use my power to let you seduce other girls? Surely there are some members of the opposite sex who are out of reach to you no matter how close they might seem. The scenery grew distorted. The red coloration was swept away and I was at school for some reason. I stood alone in the empty classroom and someone called out to me from behind. “Sorry I’m so late when I was the one that called you here. But I’m glad you waited.” “…Madoka?” My problem classmate pressed her index fingers together in front of her chest, blushed, and fidgeted. “Um, uh, you probably had a pretty good guess what this was about when I sent that email calling you here, but this kind of thing is best said face to face, right? Ahh! I’m just too nervous!! But wait! I can’t give up before I’ve even begun! I haven’t even gotten serious yet!!” By this point, I could tell what this scene was. And if I surrendered to Tselika and borrowed her power, it could become reality. However… “Madoka, what’s that?” “Eh? What’s what?” “That around your neck.” “What? Don’t tell me there’s something there? And during one of the most important scenes of my life too. Ah ha ha. It would happen now, wouldn’t it?” She hadn’t noticed the thick and villainous collar around her neck. A chain was attached to it and that chain stretched out so far into the distance that I could not tell who was holding the other end. But Madoka could not see it and happiness filled her face. Was this the true form of the glory I would gain with Tselika’s power? [...] “I can’t do this!! How can I accept anything in such a twisted way!?” ——Why can’t you? I’m giving you exactly what you want. The stage changed. I moved from the classroom to the schoolyard. Nagisa stood before me and she too wore a thick collar with a never-ending chain attached to it. Akechi was supposedly her current boyfriend, but he too had a collar and chain. He had a beaming smile on his face, he grabbed Nagisa’s shoulders from behind, and he pushed her toward me. “Nagisa was saying she likes you more. And I think she’s right. So we broke up. You can have her, so be happy together, okay?” [...] Was this what I wanted? Did I want a girl I had broken up with long ago to be returned to me like a forgotten textbook? ——Can you honestly say you have no regrets at all? Part of you wants to get back together with her, right? With my power, that is entirely possible. And her violent side can of course be contained. The stage changed again. I was now at my thatch roof home. [...] ——And there is no need to limit yourself to girls. There are as many types of desire as there are people. Would you like to achieve success as a businessman? Would you like to win a gold medal in the Olympics? Would you like to make a discovery great enough to be a household name worldwide? How about being the world’s strongest? Or becoming a singer whose songs drive the world into a frenzy? [...] As each temptation was shown to me, I could feel the gears of my heart coming to a stop. These were sweet, delightful, and convenient dreams, but they still bared their ferocious fangs. And those fangs pierced my heart. ——Do you want a comfortable family life? Do you want a thrilling life? Do you want to be someone who knows all the secrets and mysteries no one else does? Do you want to be someone everyone praises? Do you want to be a dictator who can get away with anything? I can make any or all of them come true as long as you announce your surrender to me. [...] ——Oh, I know. How about I create a world of true sufficiency? With my power, I can overwrite this puny human world with a new set of values to create a golden planet where everything is fulfilled. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Wehn interrogating Shinobu Tselika shows him visions of what she claims she can give him |
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Thanks to my betrayal, Tselika’s arm was lifting Hishigami Mai by the throat. “Ah…khah…ghhh!!!???” “I do have uses for female bodies, but…hm. You have an artificial smell to you. I was thinking I could use you as a spare for when Marguerite’s body is destroyed, but that would not work.” After a dull sound like a swinging bat, Hishigami Mai was thrown casually to the side. She continued flying away from us while bouncing several times like a flat stone skipping on a river. Only after throwing her did Tselika click her tongue as if remembering something. “Tch. It might have been fun to remove her soul and make her a ‘roommate’ for lonely Marguerite. But it would be too much effort to go get her now. My type of violence is automatically regulated to guarantee I strike fear in the target, but that does have its downsides on occasion.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Easily defeats Mai and considers ripping out her souls. She also mentions that her violence is automatically regulated to strike fear, which is why she didn't insta kill her |
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Even that Hishigami woman had been dealt with so easily. Tselika had not seen her as a threat or been particularly interested in her. It was hopeless after all. Tselika was not a specialist in sneak attacks. It wasn’t that this was the only thing she could do. Her plentiful deck contained temptation, corruption, supremacy, hostility, fear, and violence. If she chose the violence card on a whim, I would have been turned to mincemeat in an instant. |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Shinobu realizes that just because Tselika was manipulating people it doesn't mean she doesn't have other powers or that she is weak physicallu |
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“…I would like to hear Marguerite’s screams again.” “Ha ha!! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!! Your tastes are rapidly improving, Shinobu! I can tell from your soul’s wavelength that this is no act. You truly want to see Marguerite again. After all those emulated desires, do you need something like that to actually feel something again?” She laughed and snapped her fingers. A portion of the scenery distorted, ripped apart, and revealed pitch-black darkness. Inside that seemingly endless expanse, I heard an unsettling “sound” that reminded me of a weak whistling or wind passing through a gap between stones. [...] I unsteadily stood up and walked toward that dark hole to better hear that voice. “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhahhhh…” I reached the fissure and placed my hand on it as if to peer inside, but it was too dark to see anything. [...] “I dropped a single note inside,” I told the dumbfounded archdemon. “I told her I would pull her soul out of there if she helped me. This was her one and only chance, so I knew she would jump at the opportunity whether she was my on my side or not. To put it another way, the key to it all was to have you open the door to her cell once more. Since my soul’s wavelength or whatever gives away if I’m hiding something, it was a race against time until you found out!” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Opens a portal to hell again when Shinobu asks to hear Marguerite again, mentioning she knows he's being honest because she can sense his soul. Since Shinobu could lean on the fissure and drop a message to Marguerite through it, we know it's a physical portal and not just a viewing screen |
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“Heh heh. Are you interested in my captive? There is a unique way to torment a soul that lacks a physical vessel, but I will teach you all about that in due time.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 07 - Tselika mentions that she can teach Shinobu how to torture a soul without a vessel |
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Since they would likely know the most about this, he held a strategy meeting with the micro bikini Succubus and Marguerite the Witch. “Wait, this doesn’t make any sense!! That archdemon is getting married? She secretly cries on her own at night? Impossible! It’s like something from a school play! I guarantee you she’s tricking that boy so she can devour his soul with a grin of feigned innocence on her face!!” “She has all the cards that lead someone to betray god: hostility, oppression, scorn, joy, violence, suspicion…and even kindness, justice, love, courage, and passion. She’s an archdemon that’s grown too large to fit in just one deadly sin, scarily enough.” “Stop!! I won’t let you say bad things about Tseli Nee-chan!!” Getting someone to defy an archangel or god like that while their soul grew corrupted was a favorite trick of an archdemon, but… [...] “Let me tell you one thing first. The Succubus and Marguerite are probably right in their suspicions. Tselika isn’t the type to be sobbing over a marriage. She might just be enjoying herself as she manipulates your sense of justice, but it’s also possible she’ll devour your soul.” |
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| ~ The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village 09 - Henrietta/Marguerite mentions that Tselika also knows how to manipulate people through positive emotions |
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Immortality: All supernatural beings have an immortal body, since they don't have a concept of lifespan.
Invulnerability: Supernatural beings are immune to conventional weapons and physical damage that follows the normal laws of physics. They are also immune to natural poisons and to things like radiation. They won't die even if nuclear missiles were to pour down like rain. Additionally, supernatural beings have some resistance to interference from history and destiny.
Mind Manipulation: Tselika is known as an archdemon that didn’t quite get a spot as one of the seven deadly sins, but that wasn’t because she was lacking in power. Tselika is far too powerful and controls far too many negative concepts to fit into that seven-sin framework set up by simple humans. Temptation, corruption, supremacy, hostility, suspicion, hatred, crazed love, lies, fear, violence, etc; she controls everything that corrupts people and has free reign over all of the things that cause people to betray others and god, being capable of easily manipulating both brains and hearts for her amusement.
- Bond Destruction: Through the use of her powers Tselika can cause people to betray each other, leading to entire armies trying to kill each other as all bonds are severed and the distinction between ally and enemy is erased. Loyalty, friendship, family; all of them are easily broken by Tselika. Fighters will kill each other without even realizing what they're doing until a third party points it out to them. Because of this ability, even if Tselika is facing one million or one billion people, she can drive them all mad and lead them to destruction. Superior numbers mean nothing to her, she's an enemy that has to be defeated in single combat. Tselika can freely pick who's affected by her ability and who's spared. She initially spared her summoner Saiki Kazu, and she stopped her powers from affecting Shinobu and Henrietta.
- Body Manipulation: Tselika can forcibly take control of other people's bodies by "making them betray themselves", as shown when she forced Shinobu to get closer to her or when she almost made Saiki Kazu kill himself with his own power by controlling one of his hands.
- Miasma: Tselika's body passively emits a powerful invisible miasma in the shape of an unbearable sweet aroma. This miasma has a toxic effect on humans. When she used her powers near Shinobu he was assaulted by a splitting headache and everything visible seem to be covered by the color red, as his brain was being affected by the miasma. Tselika can consciously lower her miasma output, as seen when she decided to not harm Shinobu, but if she exerts her powers or if one gets too close to her it can be incredibly dangerous, as shown when Shinobu's physical senses were numbed and blown away when he made her angry, or when he suffered internal bleeding when she embraced him. Tselika also mentioned that if she tried to "pay Shinobu back" with her body for granting her Marguerite's soul, his brain would end up fried.
- Illusion Creation: While trying to tempt/seduce Shinobu, Tselika showed him multiple illusions of her offers.
Spatial Manipulation: Tselika's summoning has been described as "compressing" the world, and she can freely open black screen-like portals to Hell with a snap of her fingers that were thought by Shinobu to be space itself being ripped open.
Soul Manipulation: Like all other demons, Tselika can manipulate human souls if they enter a contract with her. She's capable of ripping a human's soul and send it to Hell. She's also capable of tormenting souls that don't have physical vessels.
Possession: Demons don't actually have physical bodies (save rare exceptions as Succubi). Because of that, Tselika needs a vessel to interact with physical matter when she's summoned to the human world, such as Perfect Shinobu's robot or Marguerite Steinhols' corpse.
Note: Since the extent of Tselika's capabilities without a vessel is uncertain (Having appeared just once and only ripping Marguerite's soul before returning to Hell with it), the stats listed on the page are the ones for when she used Marguerite's body as a vessel. Additionally, she should not be confused with the succubus of the same name from another of Kamachi's works.
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Inconclusive Matches:
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