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 the Demon King Academy. He is the reincarnation of the Hero Kanon, who assumed the identity of the fictional Demon King Avos Dilhevia with the intention of dying in order to appease humanity's hatred towards demons.

Appearance
Lay is a young man with shoulder-length white hair and blue eyes. Lay wears a long-coat version of the Demon King Academy uniform, as his uniform consists of black and red tones like most uniforms for pureblood students. His attire consists of his uniform (which has a black belt surrounding it, as well as his badge on his left shoulder), black pants and shoes.

Personality
Lay is a mellow, friendly and easy going person. Despite being a powerful pureblood demon prodigy known as the "The Demon Sword Saint", he is shown to lack the arrogance shown by other royals as he is very kind and friendly to everyone, including hybrid demons. He is shown to be disinterested in the royalist doctrine, but at the same time, he is shown to be unwilling to join the Unitary, despite sympathizing with their goals and being friendly with several members, as he is shown to consider such things troublesome and merely wants to enjoy living peacefully. Misa states that Ray might be the ideal person for the vision of the unificationists, as he looks at people as individuals and doesn't discriminate against anyone.

Lay has a strong love for swordplay, as ever since he was a child, he was fascinated by swordsmanship. However, after his mother enrolled him in a sword dojo, he quit in 3 days after beating his master. Since then, he continued to continuously win every fight he had, with him growing progressively more bored with battles, as he couldn't go all out and fight a strong and worthy opponent. This changed when he met Anos, who defeated him, as he grew excited for the first time about fighting an opponent.

As the reincarnation of the Hero Kanon, he still carries the desire to bring a permanent end to the Great War between humans and demons, as he was willing to sacrifice himself to put an end to the hatred between the two races and protect the peace that Anos created, as well as Anos from being targeted by humans for revenge.

History
Lay Glanzudlii was born into a renowned family of magic users, the Yesta 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. After that, 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. Lay was able to continuously supply the Fan Union with his magic to create a giant golem through the use of , which he was able maintain indefinitely until the Fan Union was defeated.
 * 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, as he and Anos moved so fast that people couldn't see their match. Lay was able to slash the necks of two Elder Demon Emperors before they even noticed him.
 * Master Source Magic User: Due to being Kanon's reincarnation, he maintains his great mastery of source magic, such as his unique ability of possessing seven sources. He was able to completely inherit all his former powers in a body that doesn't even share a single drop of his old blood. Lay was even able to separate six of his seven sources and fuse them with the Seven Elder Demon Emperors. His mastery of source magic allowed him to completely hide his true identity from Anos and his magic eyes.
 * Resurrection: After his remaining sources returned to him, he regained the ability to resurrect. Due to having seven sources, he can resurrect himself and/or the other 6 sources as long as one remains.
 * Master Swordsman: 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. Lay demonstrated the ability to dual wield both a Holy Sword and a Demon Sword at the same time and strengthen them by combining their auras.
 * 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. Lay also demonstrated the ability to deflect Ydol's sword strikes just by using the pressure of his own 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' blows and adapt mid-battle. He also showed the ability to assimilate the sword techniques of other swordsmen while fighting against them.

Magic
See Holy Magic


 * Hero Troops : Troop magic which combines the power of ones subordinates and transfers it to the leader to strengthen them.
 * Sanctuary : Great magic that can unite people's hearts and transform their hopes and wishes into magic power.
 * Love Sanctuary : Unlike its normal counterpart ,  does not just draw power from the wishes and hopes of others, but love as well. The more the supplier (romantically) loves the user, the more the power is amplified. Said to be one of the hostile magic of the Gods, as love magic "disrupts the order of the gods".
 * Love World : An evolved version of , which further increases the power of the user to a much greater degree then , as the user creates a localized space for them and their lover, which can accomplish feats such as allowing the user to move slow but fast at the same time. As a form of love magic, it is highly effective against the gods as it can distort the laws of the universe, disrupt the order of the gods and blind their divine eyes.
 * Ablaze Light Mortar Sanctuary : The holy magic power collected in  is turned into shells and shoot at once, this is the strongest light attribute magic of the heroes.
 * Holy Love Sword Explosion : Unleashes a holy light explosion from the sword empowered by , inflicting great damage towards a target.
 * Love World's Response Explosive Volley of Light, Flowers and Fire : A reflective spell in which the spellcasters take the enemy's blow on themselves, which in return instantly increases the power of  and releases it back towards the attacker. The strength of the reflection is increased by the strength of the attack, as "the stronger the obstacle, the stronger the love flares up."
 * Great Holy Flame of Domination <Cyphio>: The holy flames split into eight to attack the target.
 * Great Destruction Sanctuary <Viguol>: The magic that breaks the opponent's foothold, stops it, and attacks with rubble and earth and sand.
 * Dragon Binding Barrier <De Jerias>: Converts the magic power generated by <Asc> into a sound barrier that can restrain dragons. The barrier increases in strength in response to the strength of the dragon, albeit to a limit as certain dragons such as mutant dragons are resistant to its effects.

Weapons and Equipment
See: Equipment


 * Initio: A demon sword that can cut through magic formations. While Initio is stated to be a good demon sword, it was stated that it wasn't very powerful by itself, as while it can slash through magic formations, it doesn't mean it can negate all magic, with it being dependent on the user's ability with the sword as it will become a mediocre sword in the hands of a average user. In Lay's hands, it becomes a fearsome demon sword that can defeat both offensive and defensive magic due to Lay's sword skill. Lay demonstrated the ability to lend Initio to Misa and make her the wielder by subjugating the sword and connecting them via <Gyze>. It was later destroyed during his duel with Anos.


 * Unique Sword <Sigshesta>: 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. <Sigshesta> is the demon sword that Shin preferred using 2,000 years ago. Lay obtained it after the Magic Sword Tournament, as Anos had bestowed it upon him due to his Initio being broken. Lay was able to master it during the inter-academy exchange. Sigshesta demonstrates the ability to transform according to the user wishes, as it demonstrated the ability to use holy magic power, or gravity to suck in attacks.
 * First Secret <Piercing Feelings Flash>: Unleashes a sword slash that slashes the target without slashing it, as the one struck by it receives colossal damage without feeling pain and without being injured.
 * Second Secret <All-Bisection>: This secret creates a blade that specializes in cutting a specific object.


 * Spirit God Human Sword <Evansmana>: Among the 88 holy swords, it is the one that reigns at the top. It is a legendary sword created to destroy Demon King Anos. Even the destined destiny can be cut off.
 * First Secret <Heavenly Severing Blades>: White light gathers on Evansmana before being released as a beam of light that turns into countless sword strikes, severing the fate of the target.
 * Second Secret <Space Severing Thorn>: Envelops both the user and Evansmana in holy light before unleashing a powerful stab.
 * Fifth Secret <Tide Turning Rainbow Blades>: Converts any attack that was blocked by Evansmana into magic power and then leaves behind rainbow blades to attack the opponent. The stronger the attack, the more magic power it obtains and the stronger the rainbow blade becomes.

Trivia

 * When introduced, Lay mentioned that he was bad with magic and that's why he mastered the sword.
 * It was later revealed that Lay could use magic quite well, but was pretending to be bad with magic so he could hide his holy power, which would give out his real identity.
 * Lay is stated to be a good liar, as he was able to deceive Anos about his true identity for a long time until the latter notice him knowing about the Azeshion seashell necklaces, which he shouldn't have been able to do if he didn't remember his past, thus giving Anos a hint to his real identity.
 * Initially, Lay found it difficult to use Secrets of the Sword despite mastering the method to use it, due to the fact that he has seven sources, which made completely eliminating magic difficult as he would start using them in battle after his sources got reduced to one. He would later learn to use them even when he had multiple sources inside of him.