Talk:Daemon/Daemon Lord/@comment-36209226-20200416133619/@comment-10330822-20200416135204

Wasn't Beretta a Greater Demon though, not an Arch Demon?

My view of that was that he was jealous because Beretta was under the service of Rimuru, who he specifically wanted to serve. I don't think he actually cares about beings being stronger than him. Rimuru though is special because of his connection to the Anti-Magic Mask which has marks of "Infinity" due to Chloe and Rimuru's time cycle that it goes through.

I also don't think there is some kind of random slot machine for demon summon. You get a demon based on the "sacrifice" given. If Diablo was indeed the stronger one, it would make sense that perhaps the nation that summoned Guy wasn't strong enough to summon Diablo, so they got Guy. Guy had since made the most of the summon and used the souls of the two nations to become much stronger. Meanwhile, Beretta was summoned because Rimuru didn't offer enough sacrifice for Diablo, Beretta's superior, to be summoned.

Their bodies are made from the flesh of the sacrifice, so you are right, a demon like Guy had more chances to fight because it was summoned millenia ago while Diablo sat in their dimension unable to manifest without proper sacrifice.

Then again, it is specifically pointed out that Diablo "could have been" stronger if he wished, and rather, without proper challenge, he ceased to try and get stronger because fights were too boring, and Guy ended up surpassing in part because of this.