Third Person Point of View
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[What's wrong?! Is that all you got?!] shouted Ddraig at Haru.
"Khh!" grunted Haru as she desperately dodged the attack of the Heavenly Dragon.
Both Haru and Yoru were still training with the two Heavenly Dragons. Both Ophis and Irene were taking a break and watched from the distance as they ate some snacks and drank some tea.
"They are getting better," said Ophis as she ate a cookie.
"Hmm. Their technique and powers are getting stronger, but they are still quite stiff with their movements. I believe they will improve with another month of training. After that, we can have Aaron test them to see if they can join on missions for Team [DxD]."
"…Team [DxD], some were sent to Australia because of some attacks, didn't they?" asked Ophis.
"Indeed they did. Apparently, it was from a different group that want to be known, they go by Tactical Baptism, such a strange name. Apparently, they have been harassing certain parts of the human world and even angering the New South Wales Creator God Baiame," explained Irene.
"…Should we help?" asked Ophis, unsure if they should or not.
"Aaron told us to train these two for the time being, and also, Tiamat has been going on some missions for us, so we should be fine for now."
The two looked back over at Albion who was training Yoru. The two mostly remained but Yoru would make a face of discomfort from time to time because she couldn't keep up with the speed of the [Vanishing Dragon].
{Is this your current limit?} asked Albion.
"…No! One more time!" pleaded Yoru as she covered her body with a powerful draconic aura.
{Good, come!}
The two of them clashed once more, exchanging powerful blows, which created small shockwaves around their surroundings. Yoru was still quite slow, but she was slowly adjusting to Albion's strength. However, every time she did, Albion would increase his own power. This forced Yoru to re-adapt to his change in power again.
"Phis!" suddenly a familiar voice called out to the dragon god. The two dragons looked at where the voice was and they saw Kunou, Yasaka and Sharon.
Ophis smiled and walked over to Kunou and they hugged. "Welcome, Kunou, Yasaka, Sharon. Aaron isn't here right now, he's in the Hindu pantheon," explained Ophis.
"Mmm! We were told by Lupusregina-nee that he's over there, but he should be home in a day or two. But I came here to train and play with you!" said Kunou.
"Mmm. I'm helping Yoru and Haru train, but I can help you train too," said the Dragon God of Infinity.
"Yoru and Haru?" asked Kunou confused. Ophis pointed to the field and they saw two new people fighting Ddraig and Albion. She then explained who they were and why they were here.
"Hmm, new dragons, huh? What about the other lady with purple hair?" asked Kunou as she pointed at Medusa who was training with Aífe.
"She is Medusa. After the attack in the Greek realm, she also asked Aaron to train her. She is trained by multiple people. In a month's time they may be sparring with Aaron to see their progress."
Kunou nodded happily and entered her [Fox Dragon God] form and said, "Seeing everyone diligently training is getting me excited! Phis, train with me, please!"
"Mmm. Let's go… Yasaka do you want to join?" asked Ophis.
"I will in a bit. I want to speak with Irene," replied Yasaka. Both Ophis and Kunou left and started to spar in the distance.
"Yasaka, I'm glad you could make it. I take it that you had some free time?" asked Irene as Yasaka arrived beside her.
"I did and I thought I would like to see my husband's face today, but I remembered that he went to the Hindu realm. I wish to move in soon," she said.
"Husband, huh? Many of you like to refer to Aaron as that," said Irene as she looked on at the field.
"Ara? And you haven't? I thought you said you—"
"Yasaka-sama, Irene-sama is what to you call a 'tsundere', so she may have told Aaron-sama something like 'I will only accept you if you conquer the world!' or something like that, ufufu," said Sharon.
Yasaka looked at Sharon and then at Irene who did not deny the allegation. "I see, that is in line with what you might say, Irene."
"W-what? How in the world is that…? Ugh, please do not put words into my mouth!" she complained. However, she then looked to her side and added, "Well… I did say something to him, so he has to fulfill something before I become his lover!"
"Fufu, you still can't deal with being teased back, can you?" asked Yasaka as she poked Irene on the side. "But what goal are you talking about, Irene?" she asked.
"It's nothing… for now I wish to keep it a secret. But he is slowly moving towards it, and I believe once he evolves, he will be able to achieve it easily. To Aaron, it's all about the journey, the people he meets, the places he goes to—not the end goal. He's immortal—unkillable. He will be here forever, so that's why he's taking his time... probably, that's just my own theory."
Yasaka and Sharon stared at Irene, shocked. They didn't expect her to say such a thing about Aaron, but when they thought about it, it made sense.
"Well, it makes sense for you to know that. You and Ophis are usually in his necklace, right? It makes me wonder… who will occupy the third dragon head on his necklace?" asked Yasaka.
"His son or daughter that he will have with me or Ophis in the future. Tiamat, Haru or Yoru do not have a desire to stay there, nor will Velgrynd. However, if Ophis and Aaron's future child resembles the mother at all—then they too would love their own 'silence', to a certain degree."
"Fufu, it's not like Ophis wants silence anymore, well most of the time. She does tend to go back to the necklace from time to time, but apart from that she's mostly here, isn't she? Even you. The two strongest used to be NEETs locked up in Aaron's necklace," teased Yasaka.
"I-I simply enjoy swimming around the Dimensional Gap. But now Aaron's Electa have started construction on a new home there, I can't recklessly fly around," she replied a bit flustered. Irene suddenly stood up and glared at Yasaka. "I won't let this teasing go, vixen."
"Fufu, ara, ara? Then how about we play for a little bit~?" said Yasaka happily as she also entered her [Fox Dragon God] form.
The two quickly clashed in the distance, and shook the entire area.
"Uwaaa, two old hags—"
Bikou started to say, but quickly stopped himself when both Irene and Yasaka directed their auras at him, shutting him up.
"You never learn," said Vali as he shook his head.
"Shut up! Leave me alone…"
…
"It seems the operation has started; did you give them items to bypass the outer god's barrier?" asked Oz.
"We indeed did. Lapis left plenty of those items behind so we won't run out any time soon," replied Promestein. "Also, according to some spies near Grigori in the Underworld, it seems the Middleman has changed Avezza."
Promestein summoned a screen in front of the Seekers of Truth and showed the new body of Avezza, and many were amused by it.
"Apparently, she's acting like she never left that organization. He surely has done something to her memories and brain. If he captures any of us in the future, that may happen to us too," said Promestein.
"She's being mind controlled, or something close to it. I suggest we don't try to take her back. We saw how we failed with Medusa. Avezza is an even bigger asset to us, but she will also be even more heavily protected by the Middleman," added Kecate.
"Agreed, however, there seems to be a new group that emerged. What should we do about them? The leaders have been informed but they said that they are too weak to oppose us, so we can ignore them and let Team [DxD] deal with them," a member asked.
"It's as you say, let the alliance deal with it. We don't need to lift our fingers, they can do it themselves and save us trouble—however, how goes the preparations for the next operation?" asked Promestein.
"You're that confident in this operation succeeding?" asked Oz as she looked at Promestein questioningly.
"We either obtain the Amrita or we don't, regardless we may have alternatives in either the Phantasma's universe or the Fadir Ferdora's universe. The [Inreaos], we were informed by the Evie faction, so we will aim to acquire it if we cannot gain the Amrita," explained Promestein.
"[Inreaos]… I overheard certain members of the Evie faction saying that the Outer God Magnum Innominandum once assisted the ones in that universe. Are you sure it's a wise choice? What if that outer god's ideals align with the Middleman's?" asked Mard Geer.
"It was confirmed by Lapis that only Nyarlathotep, the Middleman and Azathoth are the only ones awake, the rest of them are in deep slumber. Also, if the Phantasm manages to wake Magnum Tenebrosum, then we will also have an outer god as an ally," replied Promestein.
"I see, then how about the progress with the [Inreaos]? Are the Evie close to obtaining it?" asked Kyôka.
"The Evie Gods previously had it in their possession, however, the [Resistance [FxF]] did what they called a 'suicide' charge, with some of their previous members that were gods and powerful beings. In the ensuing battle, they managed to scatter the [Inreaos] to a random location in the multiverse. They believe it's in the universe of the Fadir Fedora, however, there is no conclusive evidence that it's in there, so they have started looking elsewhere," explained Promestein.
"Why did Melvazoa not use his [Reality Manipulation]?" asked a member.
"It's only speculation, but they believe that the blessings of Magnum Innominandum or the interference of Azathoth prevented him from using that ability. However, as I said, it's only speculation, so take what I say with a grain of salt."
Promestein stood up and looked around the table. She then said, "Let us wait for the results, and if they request any reinforcements we will provide them, but do not fret if we do not obtain the Amrita as we will definitely acquire the [Inreaos]."
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[…Zaorama Nebiros, have you completed it yet?] asked Malacoda.
Behind him was the head of the clan of Nebiros of the Extra Demons of the Underworld. He was responsible for unsealing two of the [Malebranche] during the devil's civil war, and he was the one to fully awaken all of them just a few years ago before he started collaborating with the Khaos Order.
"I have completed the first prototype, so I would like to have one of you to test it," replied Zaorama.
[Hmm. Then you can give it to Rubicante. He has wanted to stretch his legs for some time now,] said Malacoda.
"The [Red Face Terror], huh? Fufu, well I can't go against your orders now, can I? Very well, I will adjust it for him and go from there. It should take two days at most," replied Zaorama.
Malacoda did not answer and Zaorama left. Zaorama since he disappeared since the devi civil war had been doing his own research on anything he desired. His first few were of nothing significant, but he also started research on how to create Artificial Transcendentals, as well as how to empower the [Malebranche] and his future Artificial Transcendentals.
While he hadn't accomplished making or forcing beings into the Artificial Transcendental state yet, he had created a way to empower the current [Malebranche] and only them. In theory, and his testing's, he should be able to empower them to rival beings beyond Dragon God-class.
The [Malebranche] have consumed the red vial, and if they take his newly developed drug, they will also be pushed to the levels of the gods of the Phantasma and Evie faction. Such a thought excited Zaorama Nebiros and he couldn't wait to see the results.
He along with Malacoda had made contingency plans if one of the [Malebranche] were to lose a battle before the fated day arrived, so while they wouldn't use clones, they had their own way of escaping with a 100% chance of success.
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Hindu Pantheon
Sewkusta
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Lavinia and Aaron arrived in the city of Sewkusta and once they saw the city, they were relieved to see that it wasn't too damaged. However, there were still some, but the shadow soldiers of Aaron had stopped most of the invaders.
"We should—"
Aaron was stopped as two powerful individuals appeared in front of him and attacked him. He noticed that these two were not from this universe.
"Outer god, I shall take your life," said the gray-haired man.
[Target acquired, by the word of Melvazoa I will exterminate you, organic life form,] said the mecha.
Aaron glanced at Lavinia and also saw that she was also dealing with an attack. It was a white-haired young girl; she had a crazed grin on her face as Lavinia frowned back at her. The Ice Princess had blocked the attack using an Ice Knight using their sword.
"Hey Ice Princess! I didn't think you'd be here and I planned on fighting the Outer God there, but this is great. I can test you on Big Sis Yashina's behalf! I'm Ashtulai by the way!" the white-haired woman shouted.
"Aaron, I'm fighting her!" shouted Lavinia and disappeared with the woman named Ashtulai.
Aaron nodded and pushed the two attackers away. He quickly scanned the entire realm of Bhuloka and saw that his shadow soldiers were protecting it, so he didn't need to help them.
"Boosted Gear. Balance Break!" he shouted.
[Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker!!] shouted Elsha.
Aaron entered his [Boosted Gear] [Queen] form and faced the two invaders. When he used his [Observe] he saw that the gray-haired man was called Cyran and he was one of the Ueboros, and he was ranked 6th out of the 12.
Meanwhile the mecha-thing was from the Evie faction and he was called Unguentum and he was part of the group called [Combat Fanatics].
'A member of the Ueboros and Combat Fanatics, this should be interesting. Cúntóir, can you analyze them for anything while I fight them? How long will it take?' asked Aaron.
Cúntóir: Answer: Your 'anything' is quite vague, but I will presume you mean everything about them, from the moment of their existence and until now, correct? If so, that will take a few minutes, so please hold them off until then.
'I'm fine with that, take your time. I want everything about them.'
Cúntóir: Answer: Affirmative. ETA: 18 minutes.
"Dance with me for a while why don't you?" asked Aaron as he flew towards his two opponents.
[EX Sonic Booster!]
Aaron immediately appeared in front of Cyran who preemptively summoned a barrier in front of him to block any attack from Aaron.
[EX Impact Booster!]
Aaron's right arm was turned into that of his [Rooks] and he sent a punch towards Cyran. To his horror, his barrier shattered, but suddenly a hole appeared in front of him and Aaron's attack was sent to a different spot and caused a large shockwave that shook the area.
Aaron quickly backed away and saw that Unguentum was the one responsible for using the hole technique. 'It looks like Kuisha's [Hole] clan ability. I wonder how it works? Is it the same? Different? I need to test it out. If it's good, I'll steal it and maybe merge it with Kuisha's to make her stronger,' he thought.
Aaron activated his thrusters one more and appeared in front of Unguentum and sent another punch in front of him, as Unguentum was about to use his hole ability, Aaron disappeared again and was now behind him, applying the same technique to his foot, he kicked the back of Unguentum, sending the Evie god to the ground.
However, Aaron had to dodge the attacks that were sent to him by Cyran as blue and black beams flew towards him. He easily dodged, them but noticed that the attacks were also homing onto him, so he applied some draconic aura to his arms and slapped the attacks away.
The blue and black homing beams flew into the sky and exploded. However, after the explosion small stars appeared and created an even larger explosion, and after the explosion a small black orb was created. Those black orbs then flew back towards Cyran and floated beside him.
[They have interesting and problematic abilities, Aaron. What should we do?] asked Elsha.
"Punch it," replied Aaron.
Both Amaris and Elsha sighed at the young man, but thought it was an answer he would give. Though, what Aaron was doing was just delaying them, since he had something to do. But he also felt something and planned on eliminating it along with the rest of the invaders in the next few minutes.
Aaron grinned under his helmet and flew towards Cyran who launched the black balls towards him. He effortlessly dodged them and Cyran frowned. He cocked his arm back and threw it at Cyran who grinned and disappeared. Aaron looked behind him and saw that one of the black balls and Cyran had changed locations.
However, the ball suddenly glowed and exploded! Aaron put his arm out in time and blocked it, but he frowned at Cyran.
'I see, so he can swap places with these and can probably create an infinite amount. It won't hurt to try and see if I can pin point which one he'll swap places with, right?' thought Aaron and then used his right leg and kicked at Cyran.
The attack created a large shockwave of wind that forced his black balls to scatter. Aaron immediately followed it up by attacking Cyran who disappeared again, but luckily for him, he could follow his life force and appeared in front of the ball that Cyran chose to swap places with. Aaron cocked his arm back and punched in front of him again—Cyran had a look of shock on his face, but—
"Tch, you two sure have good compatibility," said Aaron as his attack missed again because of the hole ability of Unguentum. But in reality, Aaron wasn't bothered. Both groups were doing their jobs.
Aaron was delaying them, and these two were also delaying the outer god.
"Well, let's try to be a bit more forceful then…" he muttered and immediately kicked Unguentum on the chin and sent him up into the sky. He followed it up by increasing the gravity around Cyran and forcing him to the ground.
Cyran struggled to move because of the increased gravity. 'W-what the—I've trained in increased gravity before! At least x10,000 gravity, how am I struggling to move…?!' He thought and kept on trying to move.
Unknown to him, Aaron had increased the gravity around his body by at least 50,000. He then turned back to Unguentum who had still yet to recover and instantly powered up an X Blaster.
[EX Blaster Booster!!] shouted Elsha.
A large stream of draconic aura fired towards Unguentum, who tried to use his hole ability to redirect it. At the start, it worked, but—cracks started to form on his hole ability shocking him.
[W-what is this?! How can my technique—Argh!]
Once the attack ended, Unguentum was destroyed, but what was left was a large core. It glowed, and his body parts started to reassemble itself.
[As long as we have our cores, we can regenerate from all types of attacks!] he announced.
"Ah, so you're like Boros? I see…"
[What?]
Aaron's speed was beyond what Unguentum could follow as he appeared right in front of him again and punched him in the face and shouted, "Well, all I need to do is destroy that core, don't I?!"
He didn't need to destroy it yet, because in his vision, he saw a timer ticking down. Cúntóir had added it for him so he didn't need to keep asking her about the time. Currently, the timer was at 15 minutes. So Aaron still had a lot of time—and he would use this well, but also kept track of certain individuals in another realm through his shadow soldiers.
…
"Nyar nya nya nyetora nyaaa!" shouted Kuroka as she covered her fist in touki and killed another shadow of the Phantasma.
Shirone who wasn't too far from Kuroka was blushing at the embarrassing lines her older sister was saying. Both of these Nekoshou sisters were back in the forest that the small tribe were in. They wanted to confront the male Nekoshou as well as find out why he went into hiding.
However, they took their time as they had evacuated the children that were here earlier into the tree house that they teleported into when they first arrived in the realm. They had left a few shadow soldiers that belonged to Aaron to guard them while the rest of them killed the invaders.
The community that Kiyoshi had built had been turned into a small forest as the male Nekoshou had taken hostages. As he threatened to kill the hostages if the shadow soldiers of Aaron tried to set foot into their community.
"Kuroka-sama, Shirone-sama, I have some news to share with you," said a shadow soldier.
"Nya? What is it?" asked Kuroka.
Shirone sent one more powerful punch in a certain direction and killed more Phantasma shadows and joined her sister.
"The Nekoshou called Kiyoshi wishes to speak with both of you. If any of us approach the small village he will slaughter all the villagers. By our own judgement, we decided to ask both of you—"
"We'll go. I wanted to confront him since I saw him earlier," Kuroka responded, cutting the shadow soldier off. The shadow soldier nodded before disappearing. "Let's go, Shirone. Time to confront this weirdo!"
"Mmm."
…
As both of them approached the camp, the gates to the camp opened, and they stepped inside. Once they did the gates also closed. Both sisters were on guard, but knew they were safe, and were also curious because they wanted to know what this male Nekoshou had to say.
'Nee-sama, didn't Prithvi-sama tell us earlier that Kiyoshi was looking for a mate?' asked Shirone telepathically.
'…Now that you say that, she did. Wait don't tell me he—'
"Welcome back you two. I'm glad you could make it," said the voice of Kiyoshi.
The one that appeared in front of them was none other than the male Nekoshou Kiyoshi. Both sisters didn't say anything to them, as they silently stared at him.
After a few seconds of silence, Kuroka asked, "What do you want from us? Actually, no. Before that, if you were a Nekoshou, a male at that since they're quite rare, why were you in hiding? I'm pretty sure I was advertising myself a lot, trying to find any Nekoshou out there."
"Nee-sama…" Shirone looked at her with disappointment.
"T-that was before I met Aaron nya! Don't look at me like that!"
"Heh. I wasn't sure if you were serious or trying to get us both killed. I wasn't strong by any means, so I hid. I'm 99% sure there are more of our species that are in hiding. They just don't want to be found, nothing more, nothing less," explained Kiyoshi.
"The fact that you were just screaming out your existence like that, especially as a stray is just stupid. Even if you're a bit strong—there are many other existences out there that are beyond it," he paused and looked up at the sky. "Have you heard of a Youkai God? Probably not, right? It just means that a youkai managed to gain some divinity and ascend to godhood. Whether that was done legitimately or not is besides the point. Because we, the Monkai Association recently achieved it!"
Kiyoshi then started to laugh maniacally. Both sisters looked at each other not entirely sure how to respond to this.
"Certain members of our organization went to the Phantasma and are going to be back even stronger! Do you understand what that means?! We'll be beyond the gods—"
Kuroka didn't wait any longer as she lost her patience. She appeared in front of Kiyoshi and punched him in the stomach. At the same time, she signaled the shadow soldiers to immediately evacuate the other prisoners.
They followed her orders without question, because Aaron's shadow soldiers also took orders from the girls. However, Aaron's orders usually override theirs. This is also applicable to the Electa.
"All the innocent bystanders are out of the camp, Nee-sama. Should we end this?" asked Shirone. "Because he's just spouting nonsense at this point…"
"Well, it's not entirely nonsense. We should let him ramble on a bit more since he's giving us good information. Maybe I was just a bit hasty there, maybe he's more tolerant and will still keep talking?" questioned Kuroka as they watched the dust settle and out came Kiyoshi.
"I like a woman who can beat me up," said Kiyoshi as he stumbled out of the debris.
"Huh?" said both Nekoshou sisters.
"Aaron didn't have any fetishes, so we had him do a lot of things for us. Akeno really got into bondage you know? Though he didn't like that he was 'hurting' her even if she liked it. But I've never heard him say something like that, or anyone I've met yet… I think nya?" Kuroka pondered the thought.
'Is this really the time for this?' Shirone thought as she looked at both her sister and Kiyoshi in confusion.
"Ah, right. Kiyoshi, was it? Why did you join the Khaos Order? I mean, there had to be better job opportunities out there," asked Kuroka.
"You were part of it too at the start, you know," replied Kiyoshi as he looked at her incredulously.
"Details!"
"…It's the way of life. They needed bodies at the start. However, as soon as I drank that vial, it was as if my true potential was unlocked and my growth rate skyrocketed. So I kept training and getting stronger, drank more of the vials and took part in experiments. In the end, I am here—I am powerful. While I don't measure up to God-class beings, I can at least take on Ultimate-class beings and above!" he shouted and powered up.
A dense amount of touki covered his body—his body then started to transform, he grew in size, his fingers became large claws. Kiyoshi resembled a werewolf rather than a Nekoshou now.
"This is the result of my training! A radically different form, something beyond a Nekoshou, but below a Youkai God! I dub it, Nekoshou King!"
"…What? That sounds horrible," said Shirone.
Kuroka clutched her stomach and started laughing at what her little sister said. Kiyoshi stood dumbfounded with his mouth agape.
"S-so what if I'm bad at coming up with names for things?! When I beat you with this power, I will make both of you my mates! We will continue our race and create a new and powerful generation of only pure-bred Nekoshou!" he screamed and lunged at both sisters.
His speed was quite fast as he had seemingly teleported behind Kuroka and Shirone. But to his surprise, both sisters had already cocked their heads and were looking at him. Both of them also directed their killing intent at him and this made Kiyoshi's natural instincts go on high alert and made him back off.
Kiyoshi was planning to attack both of them at the same time, but knew in his mind that if he did—he would have instantly died right there.
'W-what the hell was that…?! If I touched either of them, I would be dead right now…!' he thought and jumped away. "H-heh, s-so you two aren't just weaklings, huh? You can keep up with this form? So what?! I have a trump card!" he shouted and brought out a small vial.
"More blood? Go ahead, we'll wait," said Kuroka as she yawned.
Shirone brought out her phone and showed Kuroka a picture on it. It was a message from Kanami, that said they were in Australia for a small mission with Fusae, and it showed them all on a large hill.
Natsume and Shigune were doing a peace sign with Poh and Griffon on their shoulders, in the background were Meruem and Mittelt, Mittelt had a small flower and looked like she was telling Meruem about it, Fusae was in a corner with a book reading it, and Kalawarna had Kouki in a headlock, but both seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"Don't ignore me!!" He shouted and launched a ball of touki at them. But Shirone simply slapped it away and texted back to Kanami.
"Hey nya, tell us something useful before we kill you nya… wait, no we should bring him to Aaron nya," said Kuroka. She had gotten bored with going along with Kiyoshi's whims.
Kiyoshi gritted his teeth and drank the blood. His power grew even more and his vision began to turn red. "Yes, yes, yes! This is it!"
"Nyaaaa… this B-rated movie villain with every cliché imaginable finally got his final power-up before we (the heroes) beat him! I should become a film director nya~!"
"You'd suck at it, Nee-sama."
Both sisters had stopped caring about the man in front of them. They were already acting like they were back at home. This obviously made Kiyoshi even more angry, and then he made the biggest mistake of his life.
"…This is why the Middleman doesn't love you, you fucking whore! I overheard it! He hasn't proposed to you right?! Hahahaha! Pathetic, a bitch like you with a past like you—he'll never love you—either of you!" shouted Kiyoshi with rage, but also mockingly to try to rub the sisters the wrong way.
Both sisters stopped talking to each other and stared silently at Kiyoshi.
"Nee-sama, can I kill him myself?" asked Shirone as she put her phone away.
"No, no, no, Shirone. Older sibling privilege, right?" said Kuroka.
"Shut the fu—"
Before Kiyoshi could finish his sentence, his vision went black—no, his head was spinning which made him confused. His brain hadn't caught up to what the two sisters had done to his body. He stared at them in shock.
"A head is fine, right? I'm pretty sure Yanuyo-chin said that it would work," Kuroka asked her little sister. She had caught his head and was looking at it. His eyes were still shaking out of shock.
"Mmm. I think he did," replied Shirone.
Both sisters had instantly appeared in front of Kiyoshi, both had entered their own new forms and Shirone punched Kiyoshi on his balls, obliterating his lower half, while Kuroka gave his chest and upper half a palm strike, also obliterating everything apart from his head.
"Mmm… we should ask Aaron to fix this place, unless the shadow soldiers can do it?" Kuroka asked and turned around to see several shadow soldiers kneeling in front of them.
"Leave it to us, Kuroka-sama, Shirone-sama. We believe you should join, our King in that city of Sewkusta," said the shadow soldier. "We have already taken care of all the invaders here, and we have several others on standby if any decide to appear again."
"I see nya, okay we'll go, thank you nya~!" said Kuroka and they quickly left.
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"Raaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Large shockwaves were felt all over the realm of Svarga. Jackal who was still in his humanoid form was clashing with Indra in the sky. Both had grins on their faces, because they enjoyed the fight. However, Jackal knew he was outmatched. In this form he was only Satan-class after all.
Both of their fists collided one more time before Jackal allowed himself to be blown away. However, Indra was confused by Jackal's massive grin.
"Hmm? Why are you grinning? As far as I know I'm the one that's been winning our short fight," asked Indra.
"Well, you've been touching me the entire time, haven't you?" asked Jackal. Both of Indra's fists and his right leg began to glow yellow. "Now… you go boom!"
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!
Indra's body erupted into a large and powerful explosion. So large that it shook the entire realm. The ones who stayed behind were Shiva and Parvati as they wanted to watch the fight between Indra and the unknown young man. Both became shocked after they witnessed the attack done on Indra.
Once the explosion and smoke subsided, Indra was left with heavily injured arms and leg. His shirt and parts of his pants were blown away, and he had a look of excitement and shock.
"Hahahaha! Who would have thought that I would be injured to this extent?!" Indra shouted at Jackal.
"I knew that I wouldn't really injure you while I'm in this form. But it did do some damage," said Jackal.
"Hmm, is this some kind of explosion magic? Interesting, so I just have to avoid touching you? Well, it doesn't matter. I can just repair my arm later, or ask the Middleman for help in this regard… but I'll give you a handicap, boy. Entertain me more!"
Indra had been holding back by a significant amount and didn't use most of his abilities. He underestimated his opponent and also wanted to enjoy the fight, so that's why he was injured to this extent.
"It can't be helped then," muttered Jackal and he began to transform. Jackal's form instantly changed and grew in size, he had become more animal like, he grew sharp teeth in his mouth and claws on his fingers. "In this form I can rival God-class beings. Bring it Sakra!"
Jackal then waved his hand in front of him, and Indra quickly dodged it. At the spot where he once was, a large and powerful explosive occurred, no not just there, but—when he looked behind him, his island was also hit, but a large and powerful barrier was erected by Shiva, so it avoided destroying it.
"That's my home, you prick!" Indra summoned his severed arms and then reattached it, the same with his leg. "Fine, let's dance!"
Indra began firing powerful divine aura towards Jackal who tried to counter them with his explosions, but was surprised to find out that they didn't stand a chance to Sakra's attacks. But he didn't let himself get hit and avoided the powerful attacks.
The two exchanged attacks like this for the next few seconds, with most of Indra's divine aura destroying Jackal's explosions.
"What's wrong? I thought you could compete with God-class beings in that form? So far, I've seen your attacks get obliterated by mine," asked Indra.
Jackal grinned and didn't say anything to Indra. Jackal brought his arm behind him while he gathered energy around him, and then after a few seconds swung his other arm forward, swiping it in the direction of Indra. This action created a large explosion in the form of a spiral that covered a large area.
Jackal was confident in this attack, as the spiral of explosions only grew more and more, but—to his horror and surprise, his attack suddenly shattered. What he saw beyond his attack was Indra holding a club with a ribbed spherical head.
"T-that's…!"
"Vajra, my divine weapon. I thought I might as well save this for my duel with the Middleman, but you were getting on my nerves. I would have fought you just like earlier if you didn't involve my home, you know? But while I do enjoy fighting, I also dislike chaos nor do I tolerate evil deeds like what the Khaos Order is doing," said Indra.
Indra didn't let Jackal say another word as he barely moved his Vajra and an enormous bolt of lightning struck the man! Jackal screamed in pain and started to plummet to the ground. Indra threw some divine aura his way and controlled it in a way that launched Jackal back into the sky. From there, he started to attack Jackal with several more enormous bolts of lightning.
"When I use this, you instantly die? How boring. I hope the Dual Dragon Emperor won't be the same as you," Indra said with a sigh.
Jackal had instantly died after being hit by the first thunderbolt. However, because Indra was petty and angry, he didn't let the invader have an easy death as he continuously struck the man with various thunderbolts over and over again for the next minute.
Finally, he stopped and dismissed his Vajra. This time, Shiva and Parvati approached him.
"You didn't need to do that much, Indra," said Shiva.
"I do not like people who try to destroy my home," replied Indra. He then glanced back at Shiva and smirked. "We rarely get to play together, don't we? First because of the alliance and now during an attack on our realm. Are you sure you shouldn't protect your own home?" asked Indra.
"It is fine. I have powerful barriers and a few guards there. We should go and inspect the sacred items of our realm to make sure they haven't been taken. I trust our fellow gods, but it would be safer if we went."
Indra stared at Shiva for a few seconds before he sighed. "Fine. I wanted to go to Bhuloka to watch the Middleman fight, but that can wait. Did we move them all to the same spot or are they still spread around at different areas?" Indra asked.
"Most have been moved, but the majority are still in one spot. We especially moved the Amrita first because we had a war because of it, didn't we? If what the Jin told us was true, then that snake youkai, Nagendra may try to take it. If a mortal takes it, they are guaranteed to achieve immortality," replied Shiva.
"Alright, go. I will check on a few things before I join you two," said Indra. Shiva and Parvati nodded and left. Indra then looked at Jackal's dead body and smirked. "What can you show me, eh?"
…
"Mmm. I appreciate your assistance, Suzaku Himejima, Seraph Gabriel," said Yama.
Yama, Suzaku and Gabriel along with several creatures defended Naraka from the invading forces of the Khaos Order.
"It's quite alright, Yama-sama," replied Suzaku as she burned another large group of Evie soldiers.
"If Jin helps someone, I will too! That's my job as his future wife!" proclaimed Gabriel as she vanquished many shadows of the Phantasma with her light spears.
Yama chuckled to himself before he swung his hammer towards the invaders. This created a shockwave powerful enough to kill most of them. "We will need to split up, this place is large. I do not mind if my castle is destroyed, but I cannot let them destroy this place," Yama replied.
"Of course, I will go southwards, Yama-sama," said Suzaku.
"North for me then!" replied Gabriel.
"Hmm, I will cover east, if possible I will leave west to both of you," he said and his bull came over and he rode away with it.
"Gabriel-sama, let's meet in the west once we're done with our sections."
"Hmm. Let's make it quick~!"
…
Suzaku arrived in the southern part of Naraka. On the way there, she eliminated as many enemies as she could. She had changed into her shrine maiden outfit and had the Vermillion bird accompany her in eliminating her targets.
She arrived at a large open area, and to her surprise, one of Aaron's pillars were eliminating many of the invaders but could not kill them all, so some escaped, however, most of them ran into her.
Suzaku chuckled to herself and mused, "Aaron said that line… what was it? 'You shall not pass!' or something like that?"
The Vermillion bird beside her grew in size and flew around killing many of the shadows and mecha soldiers. Suzaku herself put her hand up and create a large ball that resembled the sun.
"…Aaron jokingly called this [Cruel Sun]. But I've come to like it," she said to herself. The small ball of flames began to expand and grew larger and larger until it had encompassed the entire area they were in.
Both Evie soldiers and Phantasma shadows looked at the woman that was producing this attack. They looked at her with fear and awe, and then Suzaku dropped the attack on the area while she teleported a great distance away.
The miniature sun hit the ground almost instantly and a very large and powerful explosion occurred. An enormous ball of fire consumed the area, much of the surroundings was obliterated or melted. Once the attack was over only a large melted hole was left—the pillar that Aaron made stood there no longer attacking, but…
"Wow, you sure are powerful, Big-titty-onee-san~," said an unfamiliar voice.
Suzaku looked towards the source of the voice and found a small boy who looked like he was around the age of 10 or 12. He had gray-white hair, pointy ears, crimson-red eyes and wore an old black Japanese middle school uniform.
"Before you ask, I'm a Dhampir~ like big femboy bro Gasper-chin~," he said playfully.
'Dhampir? Why did he call Gasper 'bro'? Are they related somehow? Gasper hasn't ever mentioned having siblings, unless he…' Suzaku squinted her eyes at the young youth.
"Oh! I know that look nee-san~ don't get it wrong, we're not related. I just like calling people bro and sis! Anyway, I think I was meant to try to stop you? Ah, I'm also a clone, so take it easy on me please~? The name is Neculai, by the way~"
He smiled, and his body was covered in a blood-red aura. "I'm a dhampir but I don't have a Sacred Gear, but I do have this~" he said and pulled out a small bat-like plushie.
"Balance Adjust~"
The bat-like blush erupted in a red glow and covered the boy named Neculai had his body covered in black and red armor, on his ankles, legs, arms, and side of his head were bat wings, in the middle of his armor was a symbol of a bat in the color of red and it glowed.
"Counter Balance, I don't have a name, so maybe call it [Batman]? [Fembat]? Fufufufu," snickered the young boy. "It was a blessing to my life that I found the Khaos Order. I was tortured by humans after all for being different, but when I was taken in by Kecate-sama, I learned to be truly free~ so I'll repay that kindness now~!"
Neculai burst into a flurry of bats and appeared behind Suzaku, but as he was about to strike her with daggers made of blood, he was surprised to see that Suzaku was no longer there.
"Capturing you, even if you're a clone will be worthwhile for Aaron and the alliance. Forgive me," said Suzaku and she put her hand on his back and burned his body.
"Aaaahhhnnn~ that hurts nee-san~" he moaned, surprising Suzaku who backed away. "Fufu, I'm into that you know? Paid is pleasure to me, so no matter how much power you use, it will always be pleasure to me," he announced confidently.
"…Shall we test that then? I know many who are like that, but… they always have a limit," replied Suzaku.
Suzaku was referring to Akeno as it's widely known that she's both an M and an S. However, during their stay in the [Pocket Dimension] as well as other times, anytime Akeno and Aaron did the deed, she would sometimes activate her [Communication function] on her ring, or create a communication circle and forced Suzaku to listen in to their love making.
Suzaku was a bit annoyed by it, but also insanely jealous. However, she has always been a calm and caring person, so she never outwardly showed her jealousy in front of anyone.
"Is that so? Sh—"
Suzaku appear in front of Neculai and gave him a palm strike to the chin, followed up by kicking him in the genitalia making him wince in pain. For most masochists, even some teasing or rough play down there can be a turn on. However, if done with enough force, it turns into genuine pain. That is what Neculai was feeling right now.
Suzaku Himejima was a kind and loving woman. However, if someone threatens anyone she held dear, especially family (clan or the family she has with Aaron), she will become merciless.
Neculai was launched away, but Suzaku didn't stop there as she followed it up with her own flame attack and the Vermillion bird fired a large fire breath at the Dhampir. To finish it she summoned several Shikigami dolls and they quickly gathered around Neculai.
Suzaku then made some hand signs with her right hand and the dolls suddenly struck Neculai with lightning continuously. The Shikigami did not let up as they continued to shock the young man for around thirty seconds. However, they finally stopped and Neculai plummeted to the ground and crashed a few seconds later.
As Suzaku landed several feet away from Neculai, his body began to crumble, and the young boy forced himself to turn around and lie on his back. Through his stomach was some sort of dagger. He had a wide smile on his face and laughed.
"I wasn't meant to take part in this, you know? I just sent a clone because I wanted to see what the fuss was about, but I guess I had some fun with it? Hey, tell the Middleman and alliance that there's a vampire faction in the Khaos Order too, fufu, also, I wasn't the only one that came here by myself—a certain… fallen angel also came with me," he said before he crumbled away.
"Someone else…? If he meant in Naraka, then either Yama-sama or Gabriel will encounter them…" she mumbled and looked towards the west. "I will check the west side before heading north then."
Suzaku quickly eliminated the rest of the invaders that managed to survive her [Cruel Sun] from earlier. After that, she made her way to the west side of Naraka.
…
Gabriel worked alongside the pillar that Aaron had created and killed as many enemies as she could. She found it rather easy as many of the mecha soldiers and shadows of the phantasma were much weaker than her. However…
Gabriel summoned a defensive barrier in front of her and blocked an attack. Gabriel looked at the attack and noticed that it was a light spear. She was confused and looked around and saw someone floating above her.
"Eh?" Gabriel was shocked at the person she was looking at.
The woman had long flowing blonde hair and yellow eyes. She had black horns on her head, a small black tiara, and she wore a white dress with crimson and golden patterns and accents on it. She wore black boots and carried two black, and purple swords in both hands. Behind her were jet-black feathery wings that totaled 16 wings in total.
"C-Chazaqiel…?" asked Gabriel.
"Hello, Gabriel. It's been many years, hasn't it?" replied the girl with a smile.
"Y-you're alive? But Michael and father told us that you perished during the Great War…"
"Michael just repeated what father said. You should know by now, Gabriel, that father wasn't some benevolent god. He was selfish and favored angels and humans—even though he was meant to love all, regardless of who or what you were. If we, fallen angels were just a different color-winged angels, then why did he not let us stay in heaven?"
"…"
Gabriel wasn't naïve, even though she acts aloof most of the time, she knows many things because she had spent many years with beings from all walks of life. She also had access to the internet and saw many opinions of humans.
"I know that. But I believe he still did love us, but he created those rules and the two systems, so that's why—"
"Yet he didn't change them?" asked Chazaqiel. "He was powerful. He created those two systems, he had the power to change them! But he didn't, why? For what legitimate reason? Unless you can give me a convincing enough answer, I will detest that man until I die," she said with venom.
"Don't get me wrong, Gabriel. I joined the fallen angel faction of the Khaos Order for one purpose. I do not bear a grudge against Sacred Gear wielders, or any other species, pantheon or faction. I do have one thing I want to do—and that's to destroy the system our late father created."
"B-but Jin already made changes! If you do enough good deeds and repent, and if you want it to happen, you can become a pure angel again! Just like how fathers' teachings were!" shouted Gabriel.
"Isn't that convenient? Only when the Middleman decides to do something, anything good happens. Yes, I am aware of what he did, most powerful beings are, but I can't ever rest easy as long as the will of father lives on in those systems. They need to be destroyed," said Chazaqiel as she pointed her right sword at Gabriel. "If you try to stop me, I will slash you down."
Chazaqiel was the 8th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called The Book of Enoch. The name means 'Cloud of God', and it was said that Chazaqiel taught men the knowledge of the clouds, meteorology. She is also known as the 'Shooting Star of God'.
"…I can't let you do that. I love everyone in Heaven, humans and even fallen angels, devils, and now—because of Jin, I love everyone equally! The system father created wasn't perfect, even father knew that he wasn't perfect, but if you plan to destroy it after Jin made it better… then I will stand against you," said Gabriel as she summoned a whip made of light.
The two silently glared at each other. These two were very close when Chazaqiel was still a pure angel. She, like Gabriel loved the God of the Bible very much, and got along with everyone in heaven. But like many that fell, she questioned many of the things that their father did, and it came to a breaking point during the Great War.
When she fell, God announced like many others, that she had perished. Because his word was final, none of them questioned it. However, Chazaqiel simply fell and was upset that Gabriel or any other angel did not come looking for her.
She did not join Grigori even after Azazel offered her his hand, thus she simply wandered the earth. She lived among the humans as for many years. Eventually the wielders of the Sacred Gears and miracles started to happen less, and she saw that the system that they relied on did not help the humans like her father promised that it would.
Thus, she lost faith in heaven even more. Eventually, she joined the Khaos Order after this era, where the most changes were happening to Sacred Gears occurred, she even saw the Middleman as a threat to her own ideals and belief… but she would not waver.
Even if he did good and changed many things, she wanted to fulfil her own selfish request from hundreds of thousands of years ago.
"I will destroy them."
"I will protect them."
Both of them then clashed. The two swords that were forged by the Khaos Order were imbued with powers from two different universes. One was from Evie Etoulde and the other from the Crepuscule Phantasma. Meanwhile, Gabriel relied on her own light powers and other abilities she had learned from Aaron and her friends over the years.
Chazaqiel's swords sent out glitch-like waves and darkness towards Gabriel, but the Seraph quickly swung her light whip down and destroyed the attacks. The Seraph then summoned several hundred light spears and balls behind her and fired them at Chazaqiel.
Chazaqiel frowned but hacked and slashed using both her swords through the attack. Some of the light attacks grazed her, but Gabriel had no idea that this Chazaqiel was also a clone. She, like Neculai came here on their own violation and did not plan on taking part in the operation.
"Please surrender!"
"No!"
The inevitable struggle between pure angel and fallen angel was just beginning.
…
"Mmm? Who are those?" asked Shiva.
He and Parvati who had just arrived at the place where the Amrita and other precious treasures were kept at saw two figures in the distance. These two figures were easily defending the place against hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers of the Khaos Order.
One of them was Shaula. The energetic young woman who was a master at using magic, the other, was one of the G.o.B.
She wore a black, crimson, white, and gold military-style outfit. Her left shoulder had a black and gold shoulder guard. She also had armor on her legs and shoes. She wore black gloves and had a long black and golden cape with the inner part being crimson-red.
She had red hair and red-orange eyes. She also carried a golden-crimson greatsword that she used to hack and slash through her enemies. Her name was Misheia.
Aaron had decided to call in their help since he probably wouldn't arrive there on time to prevent them from trying to take those sacred treasures. So left it to them, but asked them to capture Nagendra if he was among the attackers.
Shiva, Parvati and Indra who just arrived flew closer to the two women.
"Who are you two?" asked Parvati.
"I'm Shaula! I'm Jin-sama's adorable and amazing magician wife!" she exclaimed.
"Misheia, one of Jin-sama's wi—subordinates. We were tasked with defending this realm, and we saw Nagendra among the ones attacking this area, and we have held them off. Is it safe to assume a powerful item is here?" asked Misheia.
"I see, so you're Jin's subordinates and yes, we are. We will hold them—"
Before Shiva could finish his sentence, multiple large flashes of thunder occurred in the distance. From the smoke came large 94-meter snakes. All of them varied in color, but all of them were at least Low-tier God-class.
"I've been preparing for this day, Hindu gods! I will keep on reviving until I get my hands on that Amrita! I've prepared 20 million backup bodies for me!" shouted Nagendra. "Charge!"
The Evie soldiers and Phantasma shadows flew towards Shaula, Misheia and the Hindu gods. Followed by Nagendra who was riding on top of one of the snakes' heads.
Shaula flew in front of them and shouted, "You shall not pass!" She then spread her arms out and hundreds of millions of magic circles appeared behind her. Even the three gods were impressive by this feat.
"I've never seen a human create so many magic circles before!" said Parvati in shock.
"As expected of his subordinates, they are full of surprises themselves," added Shiva who nodded approvingly.
"I can't wait until we fight, if his subordinates are this good…!" said Indra as his own fighting spirit increased.
Then, the millions of magic circles fired towards the invaders. The weaker ones were instantly killed as the attack hit them, meanwhile the stronger ones took a couple of hits. Some of the attacks were normal magical attacks while some were elemental ones.
Some of Nagendra's giant snakes were also killed, but as soon as one was killed, another one appeared from a lightning strike. It seemed like he intended to use everything he had to try to acquire the Amrita.
Once Shaula's attacks were over, she put her left hand on her hip and pointed with her right and shouted, "We'll keep going!" and thus even more magic circles appeared behind her.
"Fufu, it seems this Shaula woman has near infinite magic to be able to do this," giggled Parvati.
Under the large and flashy show of her magic, Misheia killed the others who managed to avoid the attacks of Shaula. She covered her greatsword with primordial flames and killed her enemies. Her flames not only burned the bodies, but also the soul of anyone she killed.
Misheia is a warrior through and through. If given an order she would complete it without complaint. She like the rest of the Electa and G.o.B are the protectors of the human world. However, if ordered they will leave their post and do any job for Aaron.
Today wasn't any different. A few of the enormous snakes launched breath attacks and venom towards her, fire, wind, ice, water, lightning—Misheia put her hand out and muttered, "Extinguish."
She created a stream of crimson-red, yellow, and jet-black flames that devoured all the attacks. Once it was done, it disappeared too. Only leaving a shocked Nagendra, Misheia prepared her greatsword and made a powerful horizontal slash towards Nagendra.
Sensing immediate danger, multiple large snakes appeared again from lightning strikes and stood in front of the slash—but they could only serve to barely slow down the attack's power and speed, because as soon as the attack hit the snake that he stood on, it was sliced in half, along with the other two snakes beside him. But again, a few more enormous snakes appeared and started charging towards them.
[Hmm. It's never ending with his snakes, we should seal any way to teleport here,] said Shaula through the [Communication Function] of their rings. [It should take me around 3 minutes. Can you hold them off, Misheia?] she asked.
[Easily, leave it to me,] replied Misheia.
"Hold it, I want some action too," said Indra as he summoned his Vajra. He spun it around his hand and then pointed it at the sky.
Millions of thunderbolts started to strike down the mecha soldiers and shadows. Indra had no problem killing them. However, some of them took more than one hit, but it didn't bother him that much.
"I will provide some assistance too. Parvati, can you watch—"
"I will," she replied without hesitation. Shiva smiled and turned to face the minions of the Khaos Order. He then simply waved his hand and many more of the soldiers started dropping dead.
"Tch, don't go showing off!" complained Indra. However, Shiva simply ignored him and did his job.
"1 minute!" shouted Shaula.
She started to form a magic circle that covered the entire realm of Svarga, Bhuloka and Naraka. Originally it was meant to only take a minute, but she decided to create a seal for all three realms and stop any teleportation for the Khaos Order. This would also prevent Nagendra from using his body backups, meaning he was only tied to the one life he had right now.
Shiva started to aim some of his divine aura attacks at the snakes too, and they started to die one by one. With the teamwork of Shiva, Indra, Misheia and Shaula's endless barrage of her magic, the forces of the Khaos Order couldn't get near the place that held the Amrita and other sacred treasures of the Hindu gods.
Even if they did, Parvati was there as a last defense for them, and she was a master at using defensive techniques and spells, so it would take at least someone of Shiva's class to destroy the reinforced barrier behind them.
"Done!" Shaula shouted and in all three realms it briefly glowed and a symbol of… a panda was etched on the sky or floor. "Now you can't bring anymore in here! Let's end thiiiiiiiiiiiis!"
Shaula summoned millions of elemental creatures of all shapes and sizes. The most notable ones were dinosaurs, dragons, and giant wolves. All of them each had a different element and they tore through the remaining forces that were barely around 300,000.
With Indra's continuous lightning bolts, Shiva's aura attacks and Misheia killing them with their sword, they quickly whittled down the army that Nagendra had brought with him.
Nagendra gritted his teeth; he didn't like how this had turned out. His dream of obtaining the Amrita had failed. He was furious, angry—he wanted to kill anyone in his sights right now, so… he put his hands together in a prayer and started to chant something under his breath.
He was immediately attacked by Shaula, Misheia, Shiva and Indra, both Hindu gods saw the future and wanted to prevent it from happening; Shaula and Misheia had the intuition to kill him.
However, they were too late as when their attacks seemingly hit him… what came out of the explosion and smoke was a very large multiheaded snake with the head of Nagendra in the middle. The beast was at least 2000 meters tall.
"We need to end this quickly. Jin-sama is calling for us," said Shaula as her ring stopped glowing.
"Wha—"
"Okay," replied Misheia. She raised her greatsword, ignited it with her flames, and swung it down.
Everything in front of them—was destroyed. Nagendra didn't have time to even think, one second he was preparing to attack them with his new form, a form that he had been slowly mastering and perfecting. A form that was meant to absorb the powers of either Indra or Shiva. The next second, he was erased from existence by a swing of Misheia's greatsword.
All three Hindu gods who witnessed this frowned. They believed that Aaron's subordinates were strong. They didn't know how strong though. Both Shiva and Indra compared them to at least combat-class gods, but now they weren't sure.
When they looked at the space in front of them—there was nothing left, not even the void, it was just… nothing, like a blank canvas on a piece of paper—like if someone took out the hard drive from their computer and smashed it, burned it, and dropped it into a volcano. There was nothing left.
"…Shiva, can you restore that?" asked Indra.
"I don't think so," replied the God of Destruction. Shiva put his hand out and tried to repair the damage that Misheia made, but as he suspected, he couldn't reverse it. All three gods stared at the woman called Misheia and then at Shaula, a bit of unease washing over them.
"I think you went a bit overboard there, Misheia. We have to call Aaron-sama to fix that you know…"
Misheia silently nodded, however, she heard Shaula that they needed to go to his side, so she wanted to finish it instantly.
…
"Khhh…!"
Ashtulai was pushed back by another attack from Lavinia's Ice Knight. Lavinia had summoned multiple of them now and had simply floated in the same spot for the last several minutes. No matter what way Ashtulai tried to attack her, magic circles would appear around her body and absorb or repeal the attack.
She was getting frustrated. Even her magic that she was proud of could not be compared to Lavinia Reni's. Every powerful spell she fired was also met with the same power, or something greater.
She also couldn't get close to her anymore, but she managed to do so during their initial confrontation. However, she was countered quite easily by the Ice Princess as Lavinia had dodged her strike, and did a palm strike to her chin, which disorientated her. To add insult to injury, after the palm strike, Lavinia kicked her in the vagina and hit her with a touki blast.
And now, her swordsmanship barely worked against her Ice Knights, and she felt humiliated. She wanted a fair fight against her, but it seemed like to Ashtulai, that Lavinia Reni was using more power now than she did with Yashina.
'Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!' screamed Ashtulai in her head.
She was getting frustrated, and since she was a newly made clone, she lacked some abilities the original had. However, at the same time the original told her to analyze the fighting ability of either Aaron or Lavinia, so she was essentially doing her job. However, the clone of Ashtulai was not fond of being beaten.
Ashtulai powered up to her maximum power and disappeared from the Ice Knight's sights. She then appeared in front of Lavinia and thrust towards her stomach using her katana. But to her surprise again, some kind of ice armor appeared just as it touched her body.
She was then launched away by some kind of invisible force which confused Ashtulai even further.
"Ah, that was a bit too much… you can't do that yet…" Lavinia muttered as if she was scolding a child. For a brief second Ashtulai saw some kind of dress flash around Lavinia's body. The lady in question smiled at Ashtulai. "I'm sorry, you weren't meant to see that yet. It's still incomplete… my new Balance Breaker, that is," explained Lavinia.
'New… Balance Breaker…?!'
"Ah, I shouldn't have said that," she muttered to herself and shook her head. "You're a clone, aren't you? You sound like you're close to that Yashina woman, so please tell her this…" Lavinia Reni paused for a brief second before looking up at Ashtulai, making her freeze.
"The next time we meet, it will be the last time she'll ever walk on this earth," said Lavinia as she coldly stared at Ashtulai with slit-like pupils. Lavinia didn't know she was doing this right now—even Aaron had no idea she could do this, but…
"…Wha—?!" Ashtulai looked down at her body. She had been pierced by several ice-made swords. She looked around her and saw that the Ice Knights had turned invisible and had sneaked up on her.
'How?! I can detect any and all energy signatures!' Ashtulai gritted her teeth and still tried to attack Lavinia, but another Ice Knight appeared and slashed her head off.
"I don't like excessive violence, but if you threaten our livelihood, I won't show you any mercy," said Lavinia tiredly. "Can you please grab her head? It may contain something useful for—"
But not to her surprise, the body and head of Ashtulai started to decay away and she just sighed. "Never mind, thank you for helping me." Lavinia then looked towards where Aaron was.
…
Jin Skyward's Soliloquy
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Cúntóir: Answer: I'm finished. You can end this now, Aaron.
I nodded and looked at the two half-dead enemies in front of me. Even though I 'played' with them for a little bit, I slowly and bit-by-bit took away their power and stamina using [Divide]. As I did, they got slower and slower, until—
"W-what did you do to us…?" asked Cyran.
[…]
Unguentum also glared at me, but his body also took a beating. I had done a bunch of things, I basically experimented on him, and his body was now permanently missing a leg and arm, and some of his 'face' was missing.
"We're here nya~" said Kuroka behind me.
"We killed some more of them before we came here, Aaron," added Shirone.
I glanced back and saw a few more of the girls, but Gabriel looked quite sad for some reason. My eyes met Suzaku's and Gabriel's but Suzaku just shook her head. But before I spoke to them, I froze the two enemies in front of me into place.
"Lavinia… your eyes," I said to her. She looked confused and she summoned a mirror in front of her.
"Y-yay~? I'm like you now…?" she said rather confused, but was a bit upbeat about it.
"Yay…~" said Gabriel and hugged Lavinia. She noticed that the Seraph was a bit disheartened and hugged her back.
Shaula, Misheia, Shiva, Indra, and Parvati also appeared after the rest of them. It's time to end this then. 'Cúntóir, tell me later, alright?'
Cúntóir: Answer: Yes, of course.
I stared at both of them for a few seconds and read their minds. Unfortunately, nothing came from Unguentum didn't have anything, but Cyran had something useful for me, I couldn't help but smile.
"…X Bl—"
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'Zoom zoom iyaaan~!'
'Y-you're really getting into this, aren't you, mom?'
'Hmm? Ah, I said that, didn't I? Haha, maybe I am. I'm on Shin Volume 7 after all. But I'm a bit sad that Great Red is dead, but there's a lot of speculation that he's still alive within Issei or Ryuuteimaru. But we'll see in the future~'
'I'm buying the Blu rays and DVDs. Season 6 and 7 were pretty entertaining, right?'
'Yeah, the adaptation was well done, but I would have liked them to make more OSTs, you know?'
'Ah, by the way… I think breast power with infinity and dreams would be pretty powerful, right? What if Ise makes a technique that adds the breast counters of the girls? For you know, 'Nyuutron Beam Cannon' (Super Breast Wave Cannon). Wouldn't it be powerful?'
'…I think I get what you mean, but how would that work? Wouldn't he need to attach multiple tails to the girls' breasts?'
'Details, Aaron, details! Ichi will find a way, but for now, just go with it! How about we call it… Wavey Wavy Breast Cannon?'
'I now know where the hell I got my terrible naming sense from, mom…'
'Nyahahaha~?'
'Don't laugh like Kuroka…'
'Oh, I started Konosuba too, the same with the anime. I couldn't stop laughing about—'
…
"Pfft—w-why the hell did that even come up now…?" I asked myself and laughed. This obviously confused everyone but—
"Girls, can you lend me a hand?" I asked and grinned at them. "Let's end these guys Oppai Dragon style."
They happily agreed and I turned back to Unguentum and Cyran. I didn't have a tail in my [Queen] form like Issei, but… I can just will a hook towards them, right? I focused on my back and my wings came out, but from them came out several breast-shaped plates and then they immediately darted towards the girl's breasts.
"H-huh?! W-what is this…?!" Shaula said in a panic.
"Please just deal with it for now… today, we made a new breast technique for the Oppai Dragon!" I shouted. From there, the plates began to pulse as they had attached themselves to Kuroka, Shirone, Lavinia, Suzaku, Gabriel, Shaula, Misheia and—
[W-what the… why is it attached to me?!] exclaimed Elsha.
{It's on me too… the same with Cúntóir.} added Amaris.
All the girls that had been in the [Pocket Dimension] with me over the years, they all grew in various ways and not just through their power. So, if I take my mom's suggestion then—
…
Breast size growth:
Kuroka – 98 > 101
Shirone – 67 > 89
Lavinia – 100 > 103
Suzaku – 102 > 104
Gabriel – 98 > 102
Shaula – 88 > 94
Misheia – 100
Elsha – 97
Amaris – 95
Cúntóir – 101
…
Add those together and you get… 986! Ddraig in the books theorized that if the total number reached 3 digits it would be even more powerful than an [∞ Blaster]. So with 986 it should be…!
I looked back at the girls and a number had popped up above their heads, and… many of them were holding in their moans since I was sucking out powers from their breasts.
"What in the world is happening…?" asked Parvati from behind me.
"He said it himself right? A new move based on his breast powers," replied Shiva. Indra the whole time had been laughing at the absurdity of it all.
"…Well, here we go! Your operation failed and you even lost one of the Seekers of Truth. Was it really worth it?" I asked but got no response. "Well, it doesn't matter… Team [DxD] will keep foiling your plans."
I took a deep breath and then shouted, "Take this! Nyuutron Beam Cannon!!"
An enormous pink aura flew out of the muzzle of my cannons! The two of them couldn't defend themselves since they couldn't move. The pink aura kept on getting larger and larger, but thankfully it didn't do any damage to the homes below. Perhaps Cúntóir also helped regulate it…
The two were obliterated away by the blast, and in it, I heard Unguentum core crack and be destroyed. Cyran also chuckled in the end. I wasn't sure how he felt though, but he had a bit of relief and regret.
"What does that even mean?" asked Shaula.
The breast-plates vanished from their breasts and I retracted my cannons after the attack was over and left my Balance Breaker.
"Super Breast Wave Cannon. Not really original, but it's the best I got on the spot," I replied. "Anyway, let me clean up… Sakra, can our match wait until tomorrow?" I asked.
"Hahaha! That was awesome, and stupidly powerful! But… yeah, our pantheon was attacked. I can hold off until tomorrow, Oppai Dragon," replied Indra.
"Thanks."
…
A few hours had passed and we were back in the hotel that we had stayed in. We extended our stay by a night, and we unwinded for the night. Tomorrow will also be filled with a lot of things. Apparently because we helped defend their realm, they'll have a giant celebration in Bhuloka, the gods will come down here and the premiere of the new Oppai Dragon movie will also be played.
I spoke with Prithvi earlier and she would be helping me with a signing event after, and maybe playing the role of Oppai Dragon after the movie for the kids, Lavinia, Shirone and Suzaku will be joining me.
I also repaired the damage Misheia did in Svarga. I gave vague answers when they asked me on where I met Misheia and Shaula. Shaula had returned to my ring and Misheia went back to her spot in the human world.
My duel with Indra will be somewhere after all the festivities, so around the afternoon near sunset. It's being advertised all over the realm apparently and many people will come to watch it. I'm not entirely sure if I should entertain them or end it quickly…
Well, that's what's going to happen tomorrow, but there are two things I need to do right now—or soon. Gabriel had been quite down since the attack, and the two Nekoshou sisters have been looking at me from time to time, but every time our eyes meet they would avert their eyes.
"Aaron, I think you should speak with Gabriel… I wasn't there for it, but it seems she had to face a fallen angel when we were in Naraka. I believe they were close when that fallen angel was still an angel," said Suzaku beside me.
On my other side was a sleeping Lavinia on my lap. I had helped her change her pupils back, but according to Cúntóir, it had something to do with me evolving and them being part of the 'Fated One' thing, so Suzaku may have her own physical changes soon too.
"Fallen angel, huh…?" I repeated and looked towards the stairs to the bedroom upstairs. She had been up there by herself and I had been debating on whether or not to talk to her about it, so I guess I'll go up.
I nodded, gently moved Nia to a pillow and walked upstairs. I glanced back at Kuroka and Shirone indicating I wanted to speak to them later. Both sisters nodded and I finally went upstairs.
When I got there, Gabriel was lying on the bed and hugging a pillow. She felt my presence and sat up immediately. She gave me those cute puppy dog eyes and spread her arms out silently asking me for a hug. I walked over, sat beside her and embraced her.
"Did something happen?" I asked.
"Mmm."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
She nodded her head and I waited. "I don't know how many of my former brothers and sisters survived the Great War. I wonder if many of them decided to live quiet lives pretending to be humans… today I met one of them. We were really close back then," she said quietly.
That's true. I always wondered where most of them went? Did some of them just die? But this universe is different—by a very large margin, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of them were alive here and were in hiding.
"Chazaqiel, that was her name," she said.
"Baraqiel—dad, but female…" I muttered.
Bonk!
"Aaron…!" she said sounding very upset. She had hit me lightly on the head.
"I'm sorry," I apologized. Bad taste on my part. It kind of just came out.
"As I said, I thought she died during the Great War, but today she apparently came here for her own reasons. She never told me why, but I think she was looking for fathers 'soul'. She believes that every being has their own soul, even the gods. Gods… they can come back to life after a certain amount of time and if they still have believers."
"Father still has a lot, so… we always wondered why he never came back. For a period of time we thought we might have upset him or we thought that we weren't good enough. However, slowly Michael took over as leader and even managed to activate and operate the system father left behind, but he only had limited control over it…"
"…She wants to destroy the system, well, more so the original system that controls miracles rather than the one with the Sacred Gears. She believes father's will is in it and wants everything about him in this world to be gone," explained Gabriel.
"That's a problem," I replied. I had fixed a lot of the issues, improved the Sacred Gears so it wouldn't severely debilitate anyone that get one when they were born.
I knew Dulio took care of children with limited lifespans, and had disabilities thanks to Sacred Gears. I would sometimes go there and help heal some of them, or just bring some food, or even just visit as the Oppai Dragon. However, I eventually decided screw that and headed back up to Heaven and fixed it—then caused that miracle for most of the world.
I also helped the 7th rank in the Rating Games, his own son would have died if I didn't do that, so that's why I was brought to the Underworld along with Dulio for it, Rudiger Rosenkreutz, also known as the 'Upsetting Sorcerer'.
He basically cried and thanked me. I already knew his story but I didn't want his only son that he and his wife had been trying to conceive a child and finally did, but only to find out he was being killed by a Sacred Gear.
When I first read that, I found it annoying and unfair for the dude. Hell... I now know that my mom read the series, so she probably got upset when she read that part too. Back then, my mind wasn't straight and doing this probably went under my radar. However, now that it was fine, I just did it, along with that 'miracle' I did.
I have no idea how this will affect the future. However, I can't really chicken out now since I've already screwed it up to hell and back. It should make it more interesting since Rudiger Rosenkreutz will be supervisor of [Team Trump Card of Heaven] in the future International Rating Game.
"Can we help her?" asked Gabriel.
"Well, there are two ways, we convince her the conventional way or… the 'Avezza' route," I replied. I looked at Gabriel and she didn't like the sound of that.
"I'm glad that Avezza is on our side but…"
"I know, I know. You were a member of the group that didn't like it, but it was essential, Gabriel. Now, I believe that Chazaqiel still has some 'humanity' and good in her, so if we can convince her, then great, but if we want anything else then…"
"…Okay, but can we keep it as a last resort…?"
"Yeah, sure thing."
After that we stayed silent for around a minute. Finally, I felt her pull on my shirt and I looked back down at Gabriel.
"Why… why haven't you proposed to Kuroka and Shirone?" she asked. It seemed like she also wanted to ask 'why not me either?' but held herself back. I haven't even done the deed with her, so I feel extra pressure with Gabriel too…
"…I was actually planning to ask them tonight. I wanted to make it a bit more romantic for both of them. However, I guess my blunt and less tacky ways is more my style in a way, though I'm not against making it more romantic," I explained to her.
"What abo—"
I stopped her by putting my finger on her lips. "I have my plans for you, Gabriel. So will you please wait a bit longer? I wanted to make it a bit special."
And this involves hunting down a soul, forcing him back to temporary life and asking this Seraph's hand in marriage in front of him. I won't give a damn about him giving me permission though… I think it would do Gabriel some closure, I guess?
"…Mmm. But… we haven't had sex yet?"
"...…W-well, the thing is…"
"Do you hate my body?" she asked looking a bit upset.
"No, your body's great, but… how do I say this…?" I thought about it for a few seconds and nodded to myself. "How about this… we can do all of that after I propose to you? I just thought since you were brought up with God's way of… thinking that you may want to wait until marriage or something like that…"
I just said random crap there. The real reason was I didn't want to corrupt this angel with the pleasures of sex, that's why I've been so damn hesitant. Unless she'll remain the same after? I didn't know, since I'm not doing it with her in that special room made for Angels since I already changed that in the system.
They are able to have children with humans or other races now without repercussions (unless sexual assault is involved), so with consent an angel and another race can create a child.
In theory, more 'Miracle Children' should be born in the future thanks to the changes I made. I haven't heard anything from Layla or Altaria. However, during my visit I saw a few angels mingling with each other and they were being more than friendly with each other.
"Mmm! I'm okay with that!" she happily said and I felt relieved.
…
A few minutes later Gabriel was back to her old self and had gone back down to the living-dining room and the two Nekoshou sisters came up. I waved to them and they came and sat beside me. In all honesty I didn't have a plan—earlier in the day, I thought of just screaming 'Will you marry me?!' when I used the [Nyuutron Beam Cannon], but in the end, I didn't.
"Ah, by the way that Nekoshou, Kiyoshi. He apparently told us that the Monkai Association, some of its members went to the Phantasma's universe, and they also managed to created… a 'Youkai God', whatever that means. Oh and here, the head!" explained Kuroka and she brought out the head of Kiyoshi from her ring…
Thankfully she had frozen it, so no blood dripped down from the head, so I quickly read through his memories and found a few useful things. As she said, they have some powerful youkai on their side. However, he himself didn't know anything about him/her, but he also vaguely knew some of the Monkai Association members left for the Phantasma's universe. Black Alice being one of them along with the Next Dolls.
Apart from that, he himself knew that he was just a grunt for them and played his role. However, after being called the leader of the village and reporting to his superiors, he became a bit arrogant and let the power get into his head. Thankfully he was the only one in the village who was part of the Khaos Order. The rest were innocent and were caught in the crossfire.
"Thank you, I got everything I needed. Let's… well get rid of it," I said and destroyed the head. "Anyway, the real reason I brought you two here is… well, I won't beat around the bush. Will both of you marry me? I already got permission from Fujimai a couple of months back so…"
"When you restored our home?" asked Shirone and I nodded. "…Mmm, I will."
I smiled at Shirone and we both glanced at Kuroka. But when we did, it looked like she had been trying to hold herself back from crying and she looked almost comically as snot was already dripping down her nose.
"Why did you wait so long?!" she shouted.
"I can make all the excuses I want, but I just didn't get the right opportunity. I'm sorry," I replied.
"I already heard from Grayfia and Suzaku that theirs weren't exactly super romantic, but I don't care… of course, I'll say yes nya…" she said and hugged me. "Ah, make me immortal too…!"
"I was planning to," I replied and made her immortal. Now both sisters were immortal and engaged to me. The first three who were with me were finally tied to me for life. I wonder what the distant future will be like?
Kuroka then pushed me onto the bed and said, "Now that we're engaged, we should celebrate with sex…!"
I thought Shirone would protest, but to my surprise she also crawled to my side and held my arm in place. But this was stopped when—
"I'm back! I also brought food!" shouted Prithvi. She had left earlier for something and just came back with food.
"F-food…" muttered Kuroka as she looked at me and towards the stairs.
"We haven't eaten dinner yet, so let's go," I suggested.
"Fine nya but we're having an orgy tonight!"
Pinch~
"No we won't, Nee-sama…" said Shirone as she pinched Kuroka on the side.
"Nyaaaaa?! Ow! Shirone!"
The two sisters quickly let go of me and started to playfully fight as they went back downstairs. I sighed to myself and—
'Cúntóir, do you mind telling me about what we found out about Cyran and Unguentum?' I asked.
Cúntóir: Answer: Yes, of course, let's start from the beginning…
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