Chapter 154: Onmyo Mage?
"Master?" Mizuki didn't understand why her master presented this offer.
"Ohhh, that's a good idea, old man." Victor suddenly spoke. He had a huge smile on his face and looked like he was planning something.
"Right?" The old man nodded since he thought it would be a waste to leave so much potential in the hands of those hypocrites, "He will be a great Onmyo mage in the future."
"Oyyy! Don't decide things for me!"
"Tsk." Victor clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Victor approached Fred, bent down, and said:
"Think, Fred. Think!"
"... Think what?"
"Mago Onmyo are not restricted by church rules! He can do Snu Snu! If you get strong and have money, you can create a harem! Even Mizuki can be in the harem as the main wife!"
"Oyyy! Why was my name brought up in this weird conversation all of a sudden!?" Mizuki stomped the ground angrily.
"That's right, boy. My student may be clumsy, but she's a good woman. As long as you improve her personality, I'll allow you to marry her!" He spoke as he stroked his beard.
"Master!?" She couldn't believe even her master said that!
"...Victor..." Tears started to fall from Fred's face, "You're a great friend!"
"Of course I am!" Victor displayed a big smile that, for some reason, sent shivers down Fred's spine!
Victor's thinking is simple, if Fred became an Onmyo mage, he would be able to get in touch with Mizuki's exotic techniques, and he was quite interested in those techniques.
He had another reason too! He wanted his friend to stay strong!
Why did he want this!? It's obvious he wants to fight his friend! The more strong people around, the more fun he will have! It's a great plan where he has fun and gets stronger! And consequently, his friend gets stronger too!
In the end, everyone lived happily ever after!
'HAHAHAHAHAHA~. Fred, my friend. I really hope you get strong, I'll be looking forward to that day! The day I will fight you!' As an immortal vampire, all Victor had in this life was time!
"…What is this chaos? Why does everything turn like this when Victor is around?" Edward asked himself while looking tired.
"It's decided, I will become an Onmyo mage so that in the future, I can practice dual cultivation!"
"…Your mindset is a little wrong, but you've got determination, boy! I like it!" The old man displayed a small, amused smile.
"Master! Please teach me the ways!" Fred looked at the old man as if he were looking at an idol.
"Hahahaha, of course, just trust me!" The old man looked like a suspicious man who was recruiting someone into a suspicious cult.
"Yes, master!"
"STOP DECIDING THINGS AS IF I WERE NOT PRESENT!" Mizuki kicked Fred in the face.
"Ughyaa!" Fred yelled strangely as he felt his face being kicked.
Fred flew for a few meters and soon fell to the ground.
"... He died?" Edward asked.
"Of course not." Victor laughed.
"That hurt!" Fred got up from the floor.
"See? If there's anything good about this man, it's his stamina."
"And I don't like men like this pervert! My type of man is more like him!" Mizuki pointed at Victor.
"...?" Victor looked behind him as if he was looking for someone, he looked around and saw that there were no people beside him either, realizing she was talking about him, he showed a small smile:
"Oh? Thank you for liking me. I will be honest. I wasn't expecting this sudden confession, but I, unfortunately, have to say: I'm sorry, I'm married."
"…Ugh, I don't like you, idiot! I'm saying that my type of man is like you! Confident, strong, gentle…-" Mizuki suddenly stopped talking, and her face began to take on small shades of red.
"Hahahaha~." Victor, the old man, and Edward started to laugh a lot.
Victor knew she didn't like him. He was just teasing her since people always get it wrong when they see a friend or friends flirting with each other.
Upon seeing this, they immediately would think that these two individuals liked each other, which was a very silly and childish thought.
People were not so simple, a childhood friend could flirt and play with their childhood friend, but that did not mean that the man liked the woman, or the woman liked the man. They were just playing with each other.
This was something his mother always taught him, 'Unless the woman presents clear evidence that she likes you, you shouldn't take rash actions. Especially if it is a friend, to make that mistake, you will fall in Friendzone and lose a precious friendship ...
'His mother was quite knowledgeable about human relations, as expected of a renowned lawyer.'
"She is surprisingly cute," Edward spoke.
"Oh, you don't know anything, in the past-." The old man looked like he was about to reveal Mizuki's dark secrets.
"Shut the fuck up!" She screamed in embarrassment.
"Naruhodo, Naruhodo. Strong, gentle, and confident. Good to know." Fred seemed to be jotting something down on his cell phone.
Mizuki looked at Fred with an annoyed gaze, "What are you doing, damn you? Why are you mumbling like a pervert?"
Fred, like an experienced soldier, dodged that bullet and said, "I'm writing down what you like so that in the future I can try to win you over." He displayed a gentle smile that caught Mizuki off guard.
"…T-This is impossible. Just give up, you're disgusting." She huffed and turned away.
Whistle, Whistle!
Victor, Edward, and the old man whistled. They were like those friends who threw gasoline on a fire to make the situation even more embarrassing.
"Nice job, Fred. You are going the right way!" Victor laughed.
"Keep it up, Buddy!" Edward supported.He still lacks tact, but he is on the right path." The old man spoke as he placed a fan over his face.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Fred spoke as he looked at the group since he didn't understand why they reacted that way.
"..." Victor, Edward, and the old man just looked at Fred like he was stupid.
"Somehow, he reminds me of you, Victor."
"Oyyyy, I'm not dense like a black hole." Victor strongly denied it!
"..." Edward just looked at Victor with a dry look, his face said: are you serious?
"Anyway, in the end, I thought it was impossible…" Fred put away his cell phone and continued, "I can't change myself to be that man." In the end, he was true to himself and wouldn't change who he was because of a woman.
"...he's honest with himself, huh?" Victor exhibited a small smile, liking that attitude.
"This is a good thing." The old man nodded, as he had the same thoughts as Victor.
"Well, at least he can find someone who likes the same hobbies as he does. There are many girls who like anime all over the world. If he is lucky, he can make a harem with them... Just avoid cosplaying women, you might have a bad experience..."
"... You seem to have bad experiences, buddy," Victor said,
"Believe me, you don't want to know..." Edward didn't say any more.
"Hmm... Maybe you're right." Fred thought it was a good idea, there are a lot of fish in the sea, and if he becomes strong, maybe he will find a woman who has the same hobbies as he does and accept him for who he is.
"Sigh...I thought my disciple would finally get a boyfriend...I need grandchildren." The old man looked rather disappointed.
"It's hard being you, huh?" Victor spoke.
"Yes, it's quite irritating to be in a woman's body, they are so emotionally unstable, but as you get used to it, I want grandchildren too…" Important things must be said twice!
"Don't give up hope. In the future, she might find someone she likes." Victor patted the old man's shoulder.
"..." The old man was a little surprised that Victor could touch him so easily, he's a spirit, did you know? It cannot be touched by an ordinary person!
"... Impossible. Her man standards are very high, and men of this age are all weak."
"..." Victor and Edward couldn't deny those words.
"She is lost," Edward spoke.
"RIP…Forever Alone." Victor was brutal.
"Sigh..." The old man just sighed.
"...." Suddenly everything went silent, a few seconds passed, and the three men showed a big smile:
"HAHAHAHAHAHAH." The three men started to laugh as if they thought something was amusing.
They were obviously having fun at the expense of Mizuki's misfortune.
Crack, Crack, Crack.
Sounds of stones breaking could be heard around.
"..." The three men stopped laughing and looked at Mizuki, who had several veins pulsing in her face, and, although she was smiling gently, her smile was anything but kind.
"You sons of bitches... I hope you're prepared to die."
"Well..." Edward and the old man didn't know what to say.
"I'm out." Edward disappeared and hid behind the water tank.
"Hmm, I need to feed my black fox." The old man's spirit became invisible.
They abandoned Victor! Traitors!
Now he was the target of all of Mizuki's rage!
"Heh~." Victor's smile grew frighteningly, he didn't care about the motives, but if it was a fight Mizuki wanted, a fight was what she would have!
And he wanted to fight too! He wanted a rematch!
"Come! I will deal with all your frustrations!"
The words! His words were very misleading!
"Oh? I hope you can take out all of my frustrations, because right now…I'm really angry."
Woman! Look at your words! You can cause a misunderstanding! Fred wanted to scream this, but he was too scared of Mizuki right now.
"Don't worry, I can dance with you as long as it takes, I'm pretty tough." The magic circles in Victor's hand began to glow crazily.
Rumble, Rumble.
Lightning began to crackle around Victor, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared and then reappeared in front of Mizuki, and with one movement, he brought his hand closer to Mizuki's face.
"...!" Mizuki was startled by the sudden movement, she used her hands to defend herself, but something happened that caught her off guard.
Victor grabbed Mizuki and held her like a princess.
"H-Huh?"
"Close your mouth, or you'll bite your tongue."
"Wait-."
Rumble, Rumble.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
Without giving Mizuki time to respond, he flew skyward like a rocket, and when he reached a considerable height, they heard a sonic boom, and soon the only thing everyone could hear was the sound of lightning in the distance.
Edward appeared next to Fred, "He really is irrational." He remembered that a few minutes ago, Victor didn't want to fight.
'In the end, he just does what he wants, his opinion changes very quickly. He's pretty unpredictable.' Edward felt tired as he tried to think of logical thoughts for Victor's actions.
And in the end, he found that he couldn't. He was pretty irrational, like a selfish king who did what he wanted and expected everyone to follow his will.
Normally, that would be a bad thing, but unlike these selfish kings. Victor had a very high charisma, and that unconsciously attracted people.
"...That was cool, af...I want to do that too."
"...Sometimes I envy its simplicity." Edward chuckled.
"Where did they go?" Fred asked.
"I don't know, but probably in a place where they can fight without worrying about their surroundings." Edward walked towards the stairs.
"Where are you going?"
"Home."
"Oh, I will too," Fred walked along with Edward.
....
Chapter 155: AMEN!!!
Sasha Side.
Maria was following Sasha through the corridors of the mansion where she used to live.
The two women appeared to have been walking for a while.
"Where are we going, Master?" Despite being uncomfortable with the current situation, Maria was a little curious about what Sasha was doing.
"I'm here to collect something I forgot from this mansion," Sasha spoke in a dry, emotionless tone since she wasn't in a good mood.
Sasha's eyes glowed blood red for a few seconds:
'Tsk, this mansion is full of bugs and rats.' Sasha thought.
"...Oh." Maria understood what she was looking for, but she had a doubt, "Are you sure the hunters didn't take the item? After all, I remember we walked all over the mansion."
"Hahaha, if those dogs were so competent, the vampires would have been wiped out long ago," Sasha spoke with disdain.
"…" Maria didn't know what to say when she heard Sasha's words.
The two women walked down a few corridors until suddenly Sasha stopped in front of a gigantic painting that appeared to be damaged.
"Good, the edges of the frame are still intact."
"...?" Maria looked at the frame and saw the image of a woman with long golden hair and blood red eyes. She had a voluptuous body that didn't seem to lose to Scathach, wearing a crimson red dress. She looked like a woman of noble birth, while the entire image Maria was looking at appeared to have been hand-painted by an artist.
"... This is."
"My grandmother." Sasha looked at the painting with a neutral gaze:
"Carmila Fulger... If she were alive, I believe she would be the one to hold the title of Vampire Count and not my mother."
Maria had never heard of this woman, but she thought it made sense, if she was Sasha's grandmother, then she must have been thousands of years old.
"I learned that she was a very kind woman and that she had the noble personality of a knight."
"..." Maria thought the woman was quite similar to Sasha.
"It's funny, right?"
"What...?"
"Is a bloodthirsty vampire considered someone resembling a 'knight'?"
"Well...I feel like it's not weird."
"Oh?"
"Despite our eating habits, we are no different from humans…" Maria was honest, as that was the impression she had gotten from vampires as she lived with them for more than six months.
Vampires needed blood to survive, and consequently, they had to hunt humans for food. That's normal, that's just the law of nature, and it's not like vampires couldn't drink the blood of animals, but the difference is that animal blood made them weaker.
But... Despite being a law of nature, they were sentient beings, and they wouldn't accept that for long.
All the problems started when the vampires started playing with their food, and this revolted the humans, so eventually, the humans 'joined up' in a group that had hatred towards the vampires, and a war broke out.
Normally, vampires would win as usual.
But because of the energy discovered by the hunters, they began to be pressured and had to look for a new habitat, considering Earth was no longer a welcome place for them.
"A predator cannot get along with its prey." Sasha looked back at the painting:
"Eventually, the predator can no longer hold back its instincts and will attack its prey, and, because of that, we can't mix."
"…" Maria was silent, she understood what Sasha was saying, and some part of her believed it was true.
Regardless, whether they were aware or not, at some point, their instinct would speak louder, and the predator would attack the prey...
After all, you couldn't live in peace with a person who seemed to be very tasty meat next to you, right? You'd feel like eating and tasting this 'meat'.
Predators must live among their fellows.
And prey must live among their fellows.
The two can never join in a community. A lion can't join the rabbit community, right? How would a predator at the top of the food chain join its prey? That made no sense.
In the end, that is just the natural order of things.
Because of this, Sasha didn't believe that humans and vampires could get along in the future one day.
In this war that has lasted thousands of years, one side had to be the winner, and the other side had to be the loser!
There was no such thing as Status Quo!
Peace was never an option from the start.
Sasha pointed her hand towards the painting.
Rumble, Rumble.
"Lightning is in our family's bloodline thanks to my grandmother. She was the one who started our family, she is our ancestor..."
Lightning bolted from Sasha's hand and hit the painting.
"Consequently, we as her descendants must pay respect to her."
The lightning struck the frame, and it went through the entire frame.
Maria looked at the edges of the frame and saw several strange letters, "Are those... Runes?"
"There is a story Julia told me when I was little." Sasha continued to stare at the board.
"Originally, Carmila Fulger, my grandmother, was a woman with deep connections to the lightning spirits who were quite close to the Norse gods."
"Spirits...?" Maria looked at Sasha in disbelief, while she had the face of someone who didn't believe what she was hearing.
"Well, that story is probably a legend created by ancient peoples."
"Ancient people used to make legends out of anything." Sasha didn't believe that story either. How could a spirit become a vampire?
They weren't even beings that had a physical body to be able to transform into vampires, so that story didn't make any sense.
When the entire frame was covered by Sasha's power, a door of lightning was opened, and everything inside that door was covered in lightning.
"What is that...?" Maria couldn't believe what she was seeing.
The place didn't seem to have a floor or a ceiling, and it was just an enormous white place that contained lightning flashing back and forth at high speed.
It was a strange place.
"Stay here, you two." Sasha spoke, then she continued, "Only the descendants of Clan Fulger can enter this room, so if you enter and you are not a descendant... Well, you will be electrocuted to ash." Sasha wisely ignored the part that the person who didn't have the power of lightning would fall into the deep void. After all, they don't need to know that.
"...?" Maria didn't understand what she meant by 'two'.
Maria's shadow grew, and soon Kaguya came out of her shadow:
"...How did you know I was here?" She asked with a confused face. She was sure she was silent enough for Sasha not to notice anything.
"It was just a hunch." Sasha exhibited a gentle smile, "I know my husband, I know he is very overprotective."
"..." Kaguya exhibited a small smile, "Indeed."
"…Oh, it's you Kaguya… But why was he worried? Aren't I here?" Maria did not understand Victor's concern.
"…" 'That's exactly what he's worried about', was what Kaguya wanted to say, but she was silent since it wasn't her problem yet.
"…Anyway, I'm leaving…Oh, before I go, I want you guys to capture these rats for me. When you guys finish the job, wait for me here; I'll be back in a few minutes."
"...?" Maria didn't understand the 'rats' that Sasha was talking about, but after thinking for a moment, she opened her mouth in shock; 'How did I not notice?' She wondered, and quickly, she began to loosen the strands from her hands and spread them around the place.
Rumble, Rumble!
Sasha's body began to be covered by the lightning, and in the blink of an eye, she was gone, leaving only a trail of lightning.
The moment Sasha walked through the door, the door closed, and all the two women could see was the painting of Sasha's ancestor, who looked a lot like her.
"As expected, she noticed." Kaguya turned her face and looked down the hallway.
"Show yourself, worms." Kaguya's eyes glowed blood red.
"How rude, calling us worms..."
Several men in combat priest clothes began to appear out of nowhere.
Kaguya looked at the tools the hunters were holding.
"I see…" She said, looking at everything neutrally; 'Are they using such an expensive tool for this rubbish? Is the church burning money?'
Kaguya knew that the Inquisition was one of the richest organizations, considering the church earned a lot of donations from the faithful.
"Hunters are investing a lot in worms like you to buy this type of artifact." She spoke in disdain as she looked around and saw that there were more than 20 hunters. 'What do they want so badly with Lady Sasha to send so many hunters?'
This was something Kaguya couldn't understand since a portion of the hunters seemed to be focusing too much on Sasha: the ambush that took place in this mansion and these hunters now; something didn't smell right. 'My master needs to know this.'
It was pretty obvious that someone was targeting Sasha.
"We are God's chosen ones. Of course, they will support us." The priest spoke with a gentle smile, then he looked at Maria:
"I see... You've become a creature from hell, that's really a shame... But don't worry, we'll save you."
"I don't need your salvation," Maria spoke with disdain since she knew that the salvation the priest offered was her death.
Maria looked at the man who was wearing black pants with a red shirt that showed his chest, he had an antique rifle on his back:
"A mercenary?" Maria didn't understand, 'Was the church hiring mercenaries?'
"Oh, you seem to know us." The man displayed a smile that showed his sharp teeth, his eyes for a moment gleaming gold.
"A werewolf..." Maria was a little worried. She had never fought a werewolf before.
"Don't be worried, he's an Omega and was kicked out of the Pack. He's just a Mongrel." Kaguya wasn't worried about the wolf, but she was worried about that tall man who was standing back there. He felt quite dangerous.
"Hahaha, I hear that a lot." The man didn't look offended.
"..." The man looked at Kaguya as if trying to identify her origins.
'Hmm, they're not both part of my contract, my goal is only with that blonde woman who left.''
"Can you surrender? I don't like killing people who aren't in my contract-." The wolf was going to try to negotiate, but suddenly everyone in the group heard a scream:
"GOD! We've met a demon and a traitor!"
They looked back and saw a taller man at 195 cm tall, wearing priest's clothes, and had spiked blond hair, while his eyes were covered with a black bandanna.
This was the same man that Kaguya had been worried about a few moments ago.
The man pulled out two western swords he had at his waist and walked towards Maria and Kaguya.
"Zandriel, you can kill both women, but the heiress of Clan Fulger must be captured at all costs, don't forget your mission!" The man ordered him, but Zandriel didn't seem to be listening.
'Okay, we have a fool present here, thanks for telling me what I need to know.' Kaguya thought with disdain.
As he smiled, he prayed:
"Oh, God. Almighty, God. I'm in front of our enemies, these demons that were cast out of paradise! As your most faithful tool. Bless me with your power to eliminate each of them!"
The man's body began to be covered with a golden power, as the power covered his two swords.
"AMEN!!!"
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
...Chapter 156: AMEN!!! 2
"As expected of you, Zandriel!" The priest, who appeared to be the leader, praised.
Everything happened very quickly, but everyone present could see correctly what happened. Zandriel attacked the maid who had oriental characteristics. She didn't have time to react and only managed to defend lightly with some kind of shadow power.
Kaguya recoiled a little as she looked down at her stomach that had a deep cut. "Ah, my uniform was damaged..." She looked at the man with her blood red eyes.
A frightening pressure began to leave her body, "How embarrassing." How could a perfect maid be hurt by an insect?
As expected, she still had a lot to improve upon before becoming a perfect maid.
The man pointed his two swords at Kaguya, "Demons must be punished for the crimes they've committed against humanity! As a chosen instrument of God, I stand in front of these abominations! AMEN!"
"Ugh, he talks so loud." Kaguya was disgusted with this man.
The man's two swords seemed to be taking on a new shape thanks to the power he was pouring out of his body.
The man's body was covered in a golden glow. After repositioning himself, he once again leaped towards Kaguya:
"Maria, do your job, take care of the worms." Kaguya's appearance began to darken as if covered by darkness, and soon she disappeared.
"...Very Well." Maria looked at the men.
"...?" The man stopped running and looked around, but before he could react,
A woman stepped out of the shadows of the ceiling and slit his throat, "I was never a warrior. I'm an Assassin."
Cough.
The man coughed blood on the floor and appeared to be choking on his own blood. 'Ahh~, am I going to heaven today?' He thought with a smile on his face.
"Zandriel!" One of the Priests men yelled in concern.
"... This power, it's from that Clan... Why is someone related to Clan Snow here?" The mercenary werewolf spoke and felt something was very wrong.
"I know you, Father." The woman looked at the man who seemed to be commanding them all.
"Oh?" The priest looked at the maid.
"Father Julian, responsible for eliminating several communities of vampires. You're a very devoted hunter who is always willing to accept any mission to exterminate the 'demons'. You are well known."
Maria cracked her neck a little, and then she made gestures with her hands, "I'll be honest, I didn't recognize you, but... When I saw that man, I remembered you."
"Rumors say that Father Julián always walked with his companion who was called Zandriel. Yet, despite having an angel's name, he was as mad as a devil."
"How rude... My friend is not crazy, he is normal."
"Look." He pointed to Zandriel, who had his throat slit.
Suddenly, a golden power appeared on his neck and began to heal his wound at high speed.
"God still hasn't allowed me to enter paradise! I must eliminate sinners!" The man turned his face to Kaguya.
"Tsk, annoying insect." Kaguya entered the shadows again.
"See? He is a rational man."
"..." Maria and the wolf were silent; they wanted to know what the Father considered as a rational man.
"I know you too, Maria." The man suddenly made a high-speed hand movement, and several wires were quickly cut.
"I know your tricks."
"..." Maria flashed a scary smile, "You know my tricks, but what about your subordinates?"
"Fuck." The priest looked back and saw his subordinates with barely visible threads strewn across their bodies.
Maria suddenly made a movement with her hands, "They're all already trapped in my webs."
Julian attacked Maria's wires, but the moment he hit them, a red power countered his holy golden power.
"Tsk."
"Mercenary, do something!" he ordered
"I...-" The mercenary would have done something, but suddenly they heard.
"It's too late."
Maria started walking towards the group, made a slight gesture, and slowly a red power began to cover the threads.
"Father, help us!"
"I can't move!"
"My power doesn't work!"
"Father Julian!"
The hunters' screams filled Maria's heart with sadistic pleasure:
"You called me a creature from hell, correct?" Maria's eyes slowly started to turn blood red as her face took on a paler appearance than usual and seemed to have taken on some black cracks.
"..."
"You weren't wrong. My only thought right now is to eat you all, and you seem to be very appetizing..." A little drool started to fall from Maria's mouth.
"Oops, how rude." She wiped the drool that was falling from her mouth.
"What are you...?"
She smiled and said:
"The maid."
With a flick of her wrist, all the hunters that were trapped in her threads were torn and severed, slumping off in various directions.
Pieces of meat began to fall from the bodies of the ancient hunters.
"...You will pay for this, do you know how difficult it is to find good subordinates?" He looked at Maria with a slightly annoyed look.
"Curious. You don't look very angry."
"Despite being killed by a demon, they will meet God in paradise, they are lucky." Julian smiled as if it were natural.
"…" Maria was wondering if she was like this in the past. She vaguely remembered that she was more focused on herself than the goal of the church. After all, she just wanted to get money to live a good life.
'Tsk, even my memories are getting hazy.' Maria was afraid of that. She was afraid of slowly forgetting who she was, and in the end, just becoming an empty shell.
She looked at the hunters' bodies; 'Maybe more nutritious bodies are better.'
"Let's stop kidding, you have to die before Clan Fulger's heiress returns." Julian cracked his neck a little, appearing as though he were getting ready to fight.
He opened his mouth and spoke in an ephemeral tone as if he were praying:
"As God has blessed us humans with free will, it is a sign that we are his chosen! We must become his tool of judgment!" The man pulled the crucifix from around his neck, and soon a great sword of golden energy was created.
Although his prayer was very questionable.
"A combatant, huh?" Maria made an annoyed face.
"I will judge you, Demon!" The man lunged towards her.
Combatants were hunters who used their energy more obviously. They created weapons of power that could be used easily, and these types of hunters were the most problematic for Maria; after all, they could cut her wires with relative ease...
'That would happen if I fought you in the past, now...' Maria's red threads began to swirl around her as if they were alive; 'My power is stronger.'
It took six months of training, but she managed to figure out a way to use her powers the same way back when she was a hunter.
She gathered several wires in front of her and defended against Julian's attack!
Tink!
The sound of metal clattering was heard all around.
The man backed away and attacked Maria again.
"It's useless. In combat indoors, I'm invincible." Maria made a few gestures with her hand.
Julian quickly defended against Maria's strings that were coming at him at difficult angles, "Tsk, annoying power."
"I've only just started." Maria held both hands up.
"...?" Julian didn't understand what was happening, but when he felt something coming over him, he quickly retreated away once again.
He looked at the jumble of wires that had a distorted shape, appearing like a demon.
"What is that!?"
"Secret." The strands suddenly fell apart and zoomed towards Julian.
Julian attempted to use his sword to defend against Maria's attack like he had done previously. However, this time he couldn't defend completely.
Maria's wires were very flexible, and she could easily change the direction of her attacks anytime she wanted.
"Fuck." Julian yelled angrily as he felt his shoulder being pierced by Maria's wires.
"You have quite the foul mouth for a priest." Maria flashed a disdainful smile.
"Fuck you, Bitch!"
"... Let's teach this evil boy some lessons on proper behavior." She wore a sadistic smile.
She grasped her strands in both hands and began using them like a whips.
"What~." Julian couldn't defend himself, and then his entire body was covered in deep red lines.
Fuushhhhhh! Fusshhhhhhh!
For a few seconds, the wires made a noise as if they were breaking the air as red blood began to ooze from Julian's body.
And seeing this sight, Maria's smile only grew.
"AHHHH!" He cried out in pain, however unlike normal pain, the sensation of having his skin being split open seemed to be much more painful.
"If it goes on like this, it will never end."
"God…-?" He was going to say something, but suddenly his mouth was abruptly covered by Maria's wires.
"I know very well how fighting hunters works."
The priest's face seemed to wear an expression of disdain, and soon his entire body was covered with golden power.
The power seemed to be acting like armor, allowing the man to take the strands from his body and break them all.
"Fool, prayer to God is much more than words." He tapped his chest in the heart area and said, "Faith comes from something deeper, faith comes from the heart, I don't need words."
"... You are a fanatic."
"Wrong! I am a believer!" The man roared.
The man suddenly disappeared and appeared in front of Maria:
"Fuck-." Maria quickly used her wires to defend herself, but the attack she'd been expecting didn't come.
"I know where Carlos is." Julian suddenly spoke in a low voice.
"!!!" Maria opened her eyes wide.
"Keep silent if you want to know this information. If you don't want to know about Carlos' whereabouts, keep fighting."
"…" Maria bit her lip while looking like she was about to make a very important decision.
Internally, she still cared for Carlos. But because of what she had become, she was slowly forgetting her memories of her beloved, and she needed to find him once more.
"…" Maria continued in silence.
"... Nice answer. The man known as Carlos, he is at address XxXxXx."
Maria looked at the man with a suspicious look, "Why did you tell me this?"
"It was a request from the man himself: 'If you find Maria. Please tell her to find me.'"
"I'm just following orders from my superior." Julian suddenly kicked Maria in the stomach.
The woman flew towards the mansion wall.
'Fulfilling orders? Carlos climbed the chain of command? What is happening?' Maria didn't mind her stomach getting kicked since she had a lot going through her head.
"... Well, this is giving my mouth a bad taste, but it's not like it's anything new." The wolf backed away from the conflict and leaned against the mansion wall.
Soon, he closed his eyes and waited. His job was simple, and everything else was just extras, and, if possible, he didn't want to do useless work.
It was just a waste of time, and he was not going to make money doing extra work.
"Tsk, why are you so tough? Are you really a human?"
"Of course! I am a human blessed by God! Now die!"
Hearing Kaguya and Zandriel's voices, the man looked at their conflict.
Zandriel's entire body was covered in wounds, but those wounds were healing at a very high rate.
'I've never heard of a human with such high regeneration power... I feel like I'm fighting a vampire.' Kaguya quickly returned to the shadows.
"Zandriel! Are you still playing around!?" Julian yelled angrily:
"Kill the woman fast!"
"She is very slippery!"
"Stop making excuses!
"Tsk, fine."
Fushhhhhhhh
A massive golden power began to come out of the man's body while he looked into the shadows and said:
"Give me the power of purification, I will take the devil's souls to paradise!"
"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit..." He raised both swords upward, and with a mighty swing, he shouted, "AMEN!!"