After beating Cao Cao, Alex heard about Sirzechs and Azazel going to confront Hades, but didn't actually fight him. He knew it was going to be like that anyways, and was actually happy as it meant that he would get to destroy Hades himself, after he set his other plans in motion. First he wanted to focus on something else. After returning home they had another "feast" to celebrate Alex's return, and were also joined by Kuroka when Vali team was done in Hades palace. The next day they all slept in, but around noon he woke Rias, Kuroka, and Ravel and dragged them out of bed.
"What is it?" Ravel asked as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She and Koneko didn't actually participate again, but they were still present. At that moment the four of them were enveloped in mist, and the other three immediately became alert. Kuroka said,
"Georg again?! They already recovered!" But when the mist disappeared they were in a forested area with no signs of civilization to be seen. Alex smirked at the three and said,
"Nope not Georg, but me." They looked confused for a second before Kuroka and Rias connected it, and started brightening up. Kuroka then said,
"You got a new power?!" Alex nodded, and turned to the still confused Ravel.
"Don't worry, there's a lot I haven't told you about myself sadly, but I hope that since I can tell you now you'll forgive me." He had already confirmed that the so called restrictions on discussing the other worlds didn't apply here, and started explaining everything about his background. Ravel looked enlightened when he caught her up to speed and didn't hold the secrecy against him, but did look a little bitter that he didn't add her to his peerage. He then started explaining about Asora for all of their benefit.
"First about this power, you could say it's similar to dimension lost, but instead of creating temporary spaces this is all permanent. It's called Asora, in the world it came from it's a special attack used by a dragon that specializes in illusions called Shen, the invincible. It would show their victim either a vision that brings them joy, or one that brings them horror. However the dragon was beaten by a human and formed a contract with them, which ended with them becoming the humans slave, though willingly.
"After that happened the ability evolved and became a separate world tied to the human, and increased with his power. When they established that the world could sustain them they started migrating beings into it, and created their own country. That is why I got it, so that we can migrate those that wish to here, and those like Rias's peerage can follow us to other worlds since it'll be tied to me. But I can't just leave them in a deserted forest, so I came up with another idea."
He then explained his plan to the three of them, and if their wicked grins were something to go by, they all agreed to it. At that time some branches rustled, and a small girl dressed in gothic clothes appeared and declared,
"I, have arrived!" Alex didn't react, but Rias, Kuroka, and Ravel all jumped at Ophis's sudden appearance. He smiled and walked forward, before rustling her hair and said,
"Sorry if you were lonely while you were here. But we're back at the dorms so it should be safe for you to come out now. By the way how was it here?" One of the reasons Alex brought them here was also to retrieve Ophis, and ask her opinion on the place. She closed her eyes contently and said,
"It's quiet here, peaceful, but also lonely." Alex nodded and said,
"If everything goes right there'll be several people moving here in the near future, I'd like it if you came with us." She nodded her head in agreement, but didn't say anything.
They then discussed a few other things, and Alex confirmed, and taught them the way to enter and exit Asora so that he wasn't the one who would need to bring them every time. He had confirmed that while he can teach others to come and go as they pleased, they wouldn't be able to while he was in worlds that they didn't originate in, except his peerage. This meant that while Rias and Kuroka would be able to enter and leave as they please when he goes to the next world, Ravel would only be able to do so in the dxd world, and would need one of them to let her out in another world.
Once they returned to the dorms Rias and Ravel started working on what Alex wanted to start his plans, while Kuroka went to rejoin Vali team after promising to start teaching Koneko senjutsu and youjutsu. Alex on the other hand was getting in touch with those he needed to talk to, and set a meeting with them the next day.
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"Thank you for agreeing to meet with me on such short notice, I hope you understand the request for this meeting to be top secret will become apparent soon." Alex said as he smiled at those seated in front of him. There was Sirzechs and Serafall from the Devils, Michael and Gabriel from the Angels, Azazel and Barakiel from the fallen angels, and finally Yasaka and Wukong from the eastern and western youkai factions. On Alex's side was Rias and Ravel, who was passing out the document she made the day before.
Alex sat and observed their reactions as they read what he wanted to do. There were several different reactions to his intentions, but for the most part they seemed to agree before they finally started the discussion.
"While I do like the idea of creating a country of mixed races to help promote cooperation, how do you plan to do this mass migration plan? First of all where do you plan to migrate everyone to?" Azazel asked when he was done reading. This was Alex's idea, migrating several hundreds or thousands of people from each faction and move them to Asora. They'll focus on the non combat roles, while Alex will create several combat groups from ones he wanted to recruit. He didn't mention the exact location of where he wanted to move the people to, and started explaining his story,
"While I was in the dimensional gap with great red we came across a new dimension like heaven, the underworld, and the human world, not settled by any people. I learned the way to get there before leaving, and can teach a select few how to do so. But the exact secrets aren't something to share carelessly, and I want to avoid evil intentions as much as possible, which is why I requested representatives from each faction that'll live there."
This was the best way to go about it that he thought of. He'll choose representatives that'll be in charge of their respective faction, and once in Asora he'll explain the whole story while the others will simply know the bare minimum. He knew it was a long shot to get them to believe him, but,
"I say we place our trust in him, if it wasn't for Alex then who knows what would've happened this last time." The one who spoke up was Michael of the Angels, who Alex didn't expect. Surprisingly pretty much every other person agreed as well. However Michael asked,
"Though I do want to know about this, 'Angels might not fall', what do you mean by that?" His words were sharp, as this was a current issue in heaven. Alex had learned through Lauren that since gods system didn't exist in Asora then Angels wouldn't fall, he included that in the information as a theory so that the Angels would be more willing to accept. He then explained this to them, but made it seem as speculation. Then Michael responded with,
"I see, if this is true then it needs to be tested. If I recall my ace-"
" I'll do it." Everyone looked in surprise at the speaker, Gabriel. They all knew Michael was about to suggest testing this with Irina, but for some reason Gabriel volunteered. She then clarified,
"I don't want to start using our people, especially the new additions as test subjects. If we risk this and someone falls it makes it seem as if we view our reincarnated Angels as disposable. The biggest impact would be if someone in a higher position tests it, and if it's true then I'll also become the representative once it's confirmed."
Michael wasn't sure how to respond, he didn't want to risk one of the seraph, but understood her point. But he also wanted to make sure she knew what she'll be getting herself into, especially since he notice Alex's eyes getting sharper when she volunteered.
"You realize that it probably means doing naughty things with Alex right?" He wasn't going to suggest something else, Alex discovered Asora, he would most likely be the one to test it, and doing lustful activities was better than turning evil. She hesitated for a moment and nodded, and said,
"If it helps our people live better lives then it's a small sacrifice. Though if you don't mind I would like some time to prepare myself." She said the last part to Alex, and he nodded in agreement. He actually was wanting to somehow make Gabriel his woman, but wasn't sure how to succeed. Though he felt bad about seemingly forcing her into it, she volunteered so he didn't refuse her, the least he could do is let her prepare herself mentally.
After that they continued discussing some things, the rest of the representatives were Serafall who immediately volunteered when Alex mentioned the possibility of Sona being there in the future, Barakiel since he knew his daughter would most likely follow Alex, and finally Yasaka who explained that she was already loosening her connection to Kyoto's Leylines after the last incident and would be able to leave the area permanently in the near future.
They agreed to meet in three days for Alex to escort there and inspect the area personally. This gave them time to set the groundwork for the immigrants and Alex would be able to deal with Hades before then.