For the next two days after defeating Hades Alex spent his time exploring Asora to better familiarize himself with the terrain. But the supernatural world was abuzz with news about Hades disappearance, as the grim reapers gave no word on what actually happened. Even though Azazel gave him accusatory looks Alex didn't say anything, as removing a god on his own authority was a serious problem. Like this he was a now waiting for the invited people to arrive at the dorms before showing them Asora for the first time. Rias and Ravel were waiting with him, and while they were waiting Alex asked,
"So when will the vampires be here?" He was referring to the request Rias sent them to meet regarding Gaspers powers. She shook her head and said,
"There's apparently some kind of power struggle going on there, so it'll take about two weeks before they arrive." Alex nodded and was thankful he had some down time before going to Romania. He then looked at Ravel, when he returned from Hades palace he felt that there was something different with her, but she insisted on it being a surprise. He was thinking about what Ravel could be surprising him with, when there was finally a knock at the door. Rias went to open it and let the guests in.
"Greeting Maou leviathan, seraph Gabriel, lady Yasaka, and Barakiel, it seems you do know how to knock." The first three smiled at her greetings, but Barakiel frowned at the jibe, not that he felt it was undeserved. They all turned to Alex and Barakiel said,
"Well we're all here, are we going?" Alex shook his head and replied,
"There's a couple more people I'm waiting for, it should only be a few minutes." They were curious about who else he would invite considering his wish for secrecy, until the door was knocked on again. Rias let them in and everyone was surprised before going on alert against the newcomers. The first was Sairaorg Bael, but he wasn't the one they reacted to, that was the Vali squad that walked in behind him.
"What's the meaning of this red dragon?" Barakiel asked him as he glared at them with hostility. Alex sighed, he expected something like this so he didn't let it get to him. The Vali team was essentially the enemy of every major faction at the moment, including the Khaos brigade, so it was understandable that they would be alert against them. He simply said,
"I'll explain everything once we arrive, so calm down until then." They didn't seem to be willing to understand, but Alex didn't give them time to as they were all engulfed by mist a second later. Similar to Kuroka and Rias, they first thought of Georg and went even more alert until the area they ended up in was a forested area. Alex then stepped forward and said,
"Welcome to Asora." The ones gathered looked around with wonder, while Sairaorg and the Vali squad looked at Alex with confusion as he didn't explain what he called them for. Alex then started explaining to the whole group.
"I will explain in a moment, but before I do you all need to swear to secrecy, as the information I'm about to tell you can't be leaked outside us." Vali looked annoyed and said,
"Why should I swear anything to you?" Alex shook his head and explained,
"It's not to me, just that you won't talk to others about what I'm about to tell you without permission." They all looked conflicted for a moment before eventually giving in and swearing. Once that was done Alex then started,
"This is Asora as I already said, it is a world tied to my soul and will travel with me when I go to different worlds in the near future." As they heard Alex's words they didn't react at first, until the reality of what he said sank in and he was bombarded with questions. He smiled as he answered their questions, including about why they couldn't talk about this to anyone. Then Barakiel asked,
"What about your immigration plan? Where does that fit in?" Alex nodded and continued explaining,
"I plan to take those who wish to follow me with me to the other worlds in the future. However the problem is that I can't just throw them in here and leave them until I need them, so I decided to attempt to immigrate those of the factions who would like to live here and form my own country. The problem with this is that there needs to be high levels of secrecy, and anyone who comes will have to be willing to completely leave behind their old lives." Most of those gathered looked conflicted, but Barakiel was turning red and asked,
"Wait so are you planning on turning those that follow you into your soldiers?!" They all looked sharp at his words but Alex shook his head.
"I want mostly non combatants to follow me. The fighting forces is the reason I invited Sairaorg and Vali here, as I figured they would like to fight other people from different worlds." At his words Vali's eyes became sharp, and he started releasing an aura in anticipation, but Sairaorg looked concerned.
"I don't think I can go, I have my commitments here." Alex nodded in understanding, but then said,
"Are those commitments to the people that turned their backs on you after I beat you?" At his words Sairaorg looked uncomfortable. What Alex said was true, after being beaten by him he was thrown away by all of his supporters as they didn't want to waste resources with a loser, and he was also starting to lose his position as heir of his family. Alex then spoke up,
"Not only could I use your fighting potential, I believe you'll want to follow me by your own will when I tell you this next part. The worlds I plan to visit have completely different methods of healing compared to this world, including potentially diseases." When he heard Alex's words Sairaorg eyes became sharp as he understood his implications. Alex was saying that by going there was a chance of curing his mother of her disease that left her comatose. He was conflicted in his choice, before finally giving up and saying with a small smile,
"You win, I'll go. I guess I better start training myself again so that I can stand against people from other worlds." Alex smiled and turned to Vali who immediately said,
"I have things to do here, but once that's done I'll also go. However I don't want to be under your control." Alex nodded his head and replied,
"Asora only exists because of me so I can't have people being too independent, but as long as you don't do anything too outrageous and are willing to assist with some fights when I ask then I have no problem." Vali smiled at their understanding, and started to look forward to the different fighting styles he'll see in the future, as his team behind him also started to get excited. He didn't know it, but Alex planned to settle things between them before leaving so that it was indisputable who was stronger. Then he turned his attention to the other four,
"As for the rest of the immigrants, as I said before I mostly want non combatants. At most a few thousand people who can research new magic and technology from other worlds, who can farm and industrialize. Basically I want to turn this place into a real functioning country, one that'll welcome new residents from worlds we go to in order to increase our strength, and is free from the discrimination of the past as the residents won't belong to one race." As Alex spoke they all started getting eager looks in their eyes even though they were anxious about doing this a moment before.
They all saw the results of sharing technology between the three factions, what would happen with a world where technology from many of the worlds out there was combined? The four of them started discussing between themselves to determine what they wanted to do. After a while they then said,
"We would like to explore this area for a while if you don't mind. Once we can tell if this place can truly sustain us then we'll agree to what you said." Alex consented to what they asked, as they were unable to contact or leave Asora before he taught them the way to enter and exit. They all then started leaving in order to explore, with Rias and Ravel leading them around, while Sairaorg and the Vali group also took off and started to explore. Alex was just going to relax, until he noticed that there was still someone present.
"Is there something else Gabriel?" The beautiful angel looked at Alex and said with a bit of nervousness,
"While they are doing that, I would like to confirm if your claims that Angels can't fall in this world are accurate."