[Sysca Holy City]
Unfortunately the pope joined in the frontlines together with the other crusaders the moment they were called into by the kingdom's causing him to join the war, the news about Sysca Holy City downfall would reach his ears a few days from now
With the Pope gone, the Holy City was like a defenseless city as it was easily destroyed by Kaido causing destruction everywhere
At this moment however Anna arrived together with Rebecca, Melfina, Ingrid, and some of the troops inside the now ruined Sysca Holy City
Upon seeing such destruction, all of them gaped in shocked, including the people who saw everything through the projection crystal
Bodies were burning, people were panicking, building were razed, children's were crying, screams were piercing, a perfect pandemonium has been recreated unto the surface of the world and all of it were done only by a single person who grew so strong and merciless to anyone who plotted against him
Among those rubbles Ingrid could clearly see Kaido laughing hysterically on a mountain of corpses as if he just freshly killed them a moment ago
Upon seeing their outfits Ingrid clearly recognized some of them as crusaders, normal soldiers, even civilians were in the mix
From a far point one could see some royal Knight's struggling just to get up on their two feet as they held up they're sword
On the sidenote Kelvin the 5th ranking of the Royal Knight's, had its corpse burning on the background which showed that him with a duty has protected the other knights from the explosion this sacrificing his life for them
Due to that only Nicholas, Mulberry, and Alcreus were left standing as they pointed there weapons towards kaido who was slowly walked on top of this ruins
"Death, betrayal, scheming people, two faced, and murder... I've seen and have done it all, lives are lost everytime so how can your pathetic lives of yours be so much that can affect your country?"
At this moment Kaido was mocking the power of the church as he slowly moved his way into the burning ruins
"You... Don't you dare! The church would never let you get away with this, the whole world will resent you, you will never be accepted as one of us" shouted Nicholas in frustration
"I've already left my humanity a year ago and do you know what it feels?" Asked Kaido
"....."
"It felt great! Hahahaha!" He laughed
At this time black clouds hovered beside Kaido as it started shooting out various black lightning towards his opponent's
Of course Nicholas started putting up a fight as Mulberry and Alcreus passed through him to try finish off Kaido in one fell swoop
As Nicholas dealt with the lightning, Alcreus immediately charged up as he swing his sword overhead of Kaido and brought it down in full force
"Heaven strike!"
At the same time Mulberry tried to restrain his movements by using a some kind of spell
"Holy chain!"
In an instant a huge force suddenly exploded as Alcreus hit the psychic barrier of Kaido in his attack causing him to receive the full recoil of it
"Kuh!"
On that note mulberry came in from the side as she enhanced her weapon repeatedly
"Sword strengthening!"
"Muscle enhancement!"
"Critical enhanced!"
"Iron plate!"
"Sword strike!"
Swinging her weapon she intended to Pierce through Kaido's barrier even if it was sturdy using her own magic
Seeing this Kaido simply cloaked himself with black lightning causing him to use lightning clad (black)
With this he easily destroyed the chains while also repelling Mulberry's attacks
With this transformation even Alcreus the most oldest of them all felt like everything was hopeless the moment Kaido clad himself with his own power which was strengthified by his lightning clad
At this moment Nicholas didn't waste any more time as he stepped up his game and used his aura to reanimate some kind of phantom to attack Kaido using it's presence attack
"Gods avatar"
At that moment the huge sword crashed unto the ground causing everything to tremble to it's force that even shocked Ingrid
Ok the contrary if they were the one who fought such force they didn't even know if they could win when the opponent could use such an attack
Swept up by the smoke almost causing zero visibility all three Royal Knight's begun to heighten their instincts in preparation for Kaido's attack
At this statement Alcreus seemed to notice a hidden presence behind him, so with heightened reaction he turned around adruptly and used his right hand to block the attack, but on the contrary Kaido was expecting such move, so without hesitation he cuts off Alcreus right hand using his sharpened lightning clad hand like a hot knife that can cut through everything
"Kah!"
Seeing his arm flying away, Alcreus held his scream as he swung his sword towards the other direction on his left when he noticed a slight change of movement, but for some reason he missed his target as Kaido swiftly moved below his waist level by instantly crouching as he sliced up his legs and it's joints causing Alcreus to finally scream as he fell down on his knee
As if that wasn't enough Kaido picked up his sword and covered it with his black Lightning as he spins behind him and struck him through his chest
With that Alcreus fell as he saw his life flash before his eyes
From the side mulberry saw Alcreus being killed by Kaido, and just as she was about to tell his name, Kaido suddenly appeared infront of her as he arched his back and electrified it's right arm to strike at her vital point
Sensing his intentions mulberry held up her guard as she lifted her sword and made contact with Kaido's strike, but upon contact her sword was immediately shattered as Kaido pierced her heart causing Mulberry to turn into shock before losing her life
Ignorant of his comrades death Nicholas then charged forward as he suddenly saw a figure rushing up to him
Without mercy he cut the person in half only to notice that it was the dead corpse of Mulberry was thrown at him causing him to witness him cutting his ally apart
Due to that Nicholas was shaken up for a moment, enough time for Kaido to slip pass through his guard and cuts his joints causing him to stiffen up before falling to the ground
For the first time Nicholas felt sorrow from the point that all of his comrades were killed
When the smoke cleared he could also see Alcreus lifeless body which a sword was pierced on his heart
"No..." With that Nicholas will was destroyed as tears swelled up in his eyes
For him his comrades in such positions were like a family to him someone who was left alone by his own family unwanted
Only the church was the one who held it's hand out to help him causing him to meet with his current comrades
But now he saw his comrades who he called his family die one by one infront of him, and only one person was the one who did it all
"You coward! I'll kill you! You hear me? I'll kill you! No matter what it takes, even in death I will kill..."
But before he could finish his words Kaido planted his sword unto his head this killing Nicholas without allowing him to show his full strength and a reason why he's called the strongest Royal Knight
For Kaido allowing such person to become powerful in a fight was like the most idiotic thing a villain could do since it would lead to his defeat
So unlike typical villains who let it's prey become the predator due to some unknown power, he would instantly eliminate such possibility by killing it before it can grow
With that he turned towards Ingrid's way and walked up towards the shocked group without any sign of fatigue at all, as if killing thousands of life was nothing much like an everyday job
When Kaido got close he smiled evilly at Ingrid and proudly said
"Happy? I fought them in your stead and razed their city to the ground... I believe I deserve more than a thank you?"
At that moment due to the atmosphere Ingrid slapped Kaido on his face causing the latter to be stunned for a moment as he saw Ingrid's tearing up before him
Realizing what she did Ingrid immediately said
"Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to... But do you really have to solve the problem like this?"
At that moment due to some unforeseen event Kaido unexpectedly grabbed Ingrid by the neck as he glared at her
"The world isn't kind! Remember that! It's kill or be killed! Either you die or they die... You should be grateful that I've killed them all for you including any form of chain reaction such as cycle of revenge born from people left behind"
As he said that he slowly let go of her thus releasing the tension on its surroundings
And as if his body remembered something, he unintentionally placed his hands on top of her head and patted her
With this action Ingrid somehow remembered the days when Kaido did this awhile back when they were spending their time either in Ingra kingdom or the Empire's capital
For a moment she seemed to have felt the old Kaido comforting her causing her to tear up even more
Realizing what he did Kaido pulled back his hand and said
"Let's go back!"
With those words Anna immediately followed his instructions as she formed a teleportation circle and left the scene
******
~next day~
After the event that happened yesterday everyone that saw everything that happened were shocked by how much crueler Kaido has become which was the result of his past self and present self merging into one
With his help he was then let go by Pablo, as Kaido made a decision to finish everything by killing the Demon king and forcing the Goddess to accept and return him back to his world
With the Demon king killed he would be able to force the person responsible for the war to appear, all he need to do by then was kill it
When everything is over he would go back to his world and exact his revenge on the organization and the government who forsake his kind
At that time he planned on cutting ties to everything that he made connections in this world thus completely erasing his presence
But after a night of rest he somehow received a flashback of his past when he was playing around with his old companions and doing his all to achieve his goal by analyzing the situation clearly, and everything that happened before his madness in pursuit of greater power
In one night for some reason Kaido felt restless as he somehow slightly remembered his dream
And through it statements such as old companions was proven to be true rather than false
Now with him going back to the demon world and waiting for someone to appear, Kaido them looked before the crowd I front of him and saw Ingrid as she held at the necklace that he gave her during their parting
Due to last night's dream he remembered that it was doing that Ingrid received such necklace, at the same time he recognized the faces of the other people around them but couldn't seemed to remember other else other than their faces and name
"Kaido... I'm sorry!... I- I mean..." Stuttered Ingrid as she remembered that Kaido doesn't want people who he didn't know to call him in a familiar way
But before she could finish her words Kaido suddenly said something to her which surprised everyone
"It's alright! You can use such familiarity, after all... You guys seemed to be telling the truth right? Ingrid?" Smiled Kaido
Seeing his smile Ingrid seemed to have remembered the old Kaido right before her departure thus causing waves of emotion to arose
But his smile immediately vanished as his stoic face returned, but this didn't matter at all as everyone was so shocked by him slightly remembering them as they immediately swarmed up to him in excitement
Of course since he wasn't in the Demon Continent a god seemed to have finally seen him and helped him to remember his past through fragments of his lost memory, bit of course Kaido wouldn't know that
As some like Okou, and Luke shook his hands, the girls however like Melfina, Rebecca, Zia, Lily, Lilith, and Anna immediately swarmed up to him and embraced him as they shared their sentiment of joy
Soon after he also was held by the other people that he knew
Soon after a small footsteps came near him and hugged him causing him to be shocked by is as he saw Sui tearing up while embracing him
"Papa! I finally saw you!"
When Kaido heard this, for some reason he couldn't help but smile
Lastly Ingrid came up and hugged him as she cried on his shoulders
"Kaido! You never know how long..."
But to comfort her Kaido patted her head and her back before releasing her
Since Kaido remembered them, and he realized the next thing that would happen, his expression became as serious as possible
At the same time a magic circle suddenly formed behind him as it lit up which even amazed Anna due to it's rare signs in it's magic circle
Soon a Loli in white hair and red eyes walked out of the pillar of light as she placed her hand on her waist and looked towards Kaido
"Hey! Your ride has come!"
Upon hearing her voice Kaido suddenly called out as he walked away
"Aileene"
"Took you long enough for a vacation right Kaido?"
Hearing their familiar conversation everyone who he was acquaintaned with finally recognized the girl as Kaido's new companion
"We've got a lot of work to do so come!" Said Aileene as she entered the magic circle
At this scene Ingrid unintentionally held out her hand but she soon pulled it back as she doesn't want to obstruct Kaido's goal
Seeing what she did for some reason Kaido smiled for her consideration thus making him leave a few words before he disappears
While entering the magic he turned and said to his old companions
"Ingrid! This is a warning from me, this battle will be on a different scale, many will die, I advice you not to come if you value your life"
With those words Kaido was instantly engulfed by the light of the magic circle any trace of his presence finally disappeared
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[Demon continent/Rebel camp]
Coming back to this site after a few days Seralyn immediately welcomed him followed by her knight and some officials as they stood on the sides and seemed to be welcoming Kaido's arrival as he walked out of the pillar of light
Infront of him he could see Argos and Fengris smiling at him as they welcomed his return
With the red sky, grim and deserted place, Kaido could really feel the atmosphere of war that will break out in a few days from now
"You seemed to have enjoyed yourself" said Argos
"Pretty much" replied Kaido
"I knew it" snarled Fengris
Soon after he asked
"Is everything prepared?" Asked Kaido as he turned his back on them
In this question Argos then said
"Everything is ready"
Hearing that Kaido smiled
"Then let's get the party started"