Though there was someone who did not follow that convention.
Without warning he phased through the rocks and saw Rin face to face.
"Hey you.."
Rin was shocked and instinctively drew his military dagger hidden within his sleeve but it too passed right through. With his left hand he took out a charm and a stream of high pressured water blasted through. Rin intended for the water to create some distance but it once again just passed through.
"Why can't I seem to complet-" Once again an interruption occured. The four star onmyoujis were attacking him left right and center but like usual it did nothing and merely passed through his body.
"LET ME TALK DAMMIT!" The frustrated man this time didn't phase through but was able to flick two of the four star onmyoujis away.
They were knocked back but the damage done wasn't much so they were on their feet before long.
The frustrated man turned his frown upside down within a blink of an eye and looked at Rin like he saw an interesting object.
"Hey do you want to come over to our side?"
"What?...."
Everyone that heard was shocked at the proposal, it was something no one expected.
Though there was a secret only known to the higher ups of the army that wasn't common knowledge.
There were a few times that the devotees openly invited members of the army and though none of them had anything in common, the result was always the same they would end up joining…
Till this day no one knew why.
They would of course deny the invitation at first but eventually they would end up joining.
It could be days, perhaps months and there were ones that took years. But they would eventually join.
No one knew the reason why.
Were the blackmailed?
Offered the moon and more?
No one knew, after all the devotees only offered this to six people.
And the worst part? All six became incredibly strong members of the devotees. So strong in fact they were at least as strong as a five star onmyouji.
They cannot allow a seventh to appear.
Vernon was about to make his move when suddenly his instinct kicked in.
His charms dropped rapidly from his sleeves and surrounded him from all directions. A moment later a loud explosion bombarded the area around Vernon.
It was loud and chaotic and debris flew everywhere.
When the smoke cleared the pale white barrier was still covering Vernon and Vernon himself had a very ugly expression.
"What is the meaning of this! Vergil!"
"Ah? How'd you manage to survive old coot? My cute shikigami definitely wouldn't have been detected by the likes of you."
"Can I take that as a sign of your betrayal Vergil?"
Vernon was emitting an immense bloodlust while looking at the young Vergil.
"Hmph! The army was the one who betrayed me first. You of all people should know the reason."
"Among all the times you're doing this now!? I fought for you! I took your side and this is how you repay me?"
"Isn't that why I wanted to give you a quick death? The old fogies and the five star generals won't be as fortunate. You just had to make things difficult."
Vernon had enough, he didn't want to hear anymore. The young man in front of him was no longer the man he used to know.