While she stands at the pinnacle of power, the Empress's reign is one of constant consumption. Her rapid regeneration and hive-mind maintenance demand a staggering amount of energy. She is a ruler who must constantly be "on," a living engine of demonic authority that cannot afford a moment of weakness.
What makes the Atrocious Empress truly "atrocious" to her enemies is her terrifying physical capability. According to archives on the High School DxD Fanon Wiki , her strength is legendary: atrocious empress
One winter, after she had executed a juggler for juggling (the act implied joy, which fell under the laughter tax’s umbrella of “unseemly levity”), Seraphine sat alone in her bone-white palace and realized she had won. There was no rebellion. No whispered plots. Her people moved like cattle through her laws, eyes down, mouths shut, hearts shriveled to raisins. While she stands at the pinnacle of power,