Lay Grandsley

Lay Glanzudlii (レイ・グランズドリィ, Rei Guranzudori) is a member of the Generation of Chaos, commonly known as "The Demon Sword Saint" and a transfer student at Demon King Academy.

Appearance
Lay is a young man with shoulder-length white hair and blue eyes.

Personality
Lay is the transfer student with a dignified personality, even though he is called "The Demon Sword Saint". He can use almost anything he calls a sword.

History
Lay Glanzudlii was born into a renowned family of magic users, the Yesla family, but he wasn't able to inherit their magic and cast out. This occurred because inheriting magic is a type of source magic, and there was already a stronger source magic influencing Lay's source; Reincarnation .

When Lay was 5-years old and all his family expected for him to die, a half-demon-half-spirit woman named Sheila took him to her home and started taking care of him, becoming his adoptive mother. This incurred the rage of the Yesla family, so the two moved far away where they couldn't reach them.

After Sheila enrolled him in the biggest sword dojo of their city, he quit 3 days after because he beat his master.

He started participating in different competitions, but he hardly lost. Due to this, he received the name of "The Demon Sword Saint" and was recommended to the Demon King Academy. During this time, his adoptive mother began to suffer from spirit disease and was admitted at the Lognorth Magic Clinic. While visiting her one day, Lay told her about Anos, the first person who was able to make him feel defeated.

Abilities

 * Immense Magic Power: According to Anos, Lay has an immense amount of magical power due to the fact that he was able to perceive Anos' magic power and remain unafraid in spite of it. However, it was mentioned by Lay that he is bad at spells despite his immense magic so he never has a chance to use it.
 * Immense Physical Strength: Lay has an incredible amount of physical strength compared to other demons. Though it is stated that his physical strength is inferior to that of Anos.
 * Immense Speed: Lay's movements are so fast that Anos stated that he could barely track his movements with his magic eyes. He was able to slash at Anos' cheek with such speed that it couldn't be seen by looking.
 * Master Swordsmanship: Lay's swordsmanship skills is what made him recognized as a prodigy of the highest order. He can skillfully wield any sword, even holy swords which can't normally be touched by demons. He has demonstrated the ability to pick up multiple demon swords despite them only being able to be wielded if they accept their owner. Later, he demonstrated the ability to lend his Initio demon sword to Misa and make her the wielder by subjugating the sword and connecting via .
 * Enhanced Precision: In his fight against Ydol, Lay controlled his power, angle and aim to a hairsbreadth in order to hit the exact same spot in Ydol's magic sword, destroying it. Ray also demonstrated the ability to deflect Ydol's sword strikes just by using the pressure of his sword strikes.
 * Growth & Skill Absorption: According to Anos, Lay's swordsmanship skill grows rapidly during battle, as he was to rapidly improve his technique during their clash, such as neutralizing the shockwaves of Anos's blows and adapt mid-battle. He also showed the ability to assimilate the sword techniques of other swordsmen while fighting against them.

Weapons and Equipment
See: Equipment Initio: A demon sword that can cut through magic formations. It was later destroyed during his duel with Anos.

Unique Sword : A demon sword that can change shape as one wishes, but it can't cut anything if one doesn't concentrate one's mind on it.  is the demon sword that Shin preferred using 2,000 years ago.

Trivia

 * When introduced, Lay mentioned that he was bad with magic and that's why he mastered the sword.