Once his clones had found the causes of the Earthquakes, they brought them to Lucifer because they were unable to do anything about it. How can they handle what they can't understand?
"What's this?" Lucifer asked looking at the strange device in puzzlement. He kicks one of the devices out of curiosity.
Augustus bent down to observe the device and hums, understanding the situation. "These are tectonic bombs, they imitate a very powerful earthquake," he explained. This was for Lucifer to understand.
Lucifer was in a bit of awe. "So humans are now able to mimic the forces of nature--" he said before Aiden interrupted him.
"We humans have managed to do a lot more than that."
"And turn them into weapons of destruction," Lucifer said completing his sentence glaring at him.
"Not every force of nature we mimic is used as a weapon of destruction," Augustus said correcting Lucifer, like he was a child.
"Whatever," Lucifer replies folding his arms. He then bends down to watch what Augustus is doing, his eyes filled with curiosity. "What are you doing?" he asked as Augustus took a pen-like device. He clicks it and a small laser appears.
"Trying to defuse the bomb," Augustus replies using the laser to cut through the metal to get to the wiring of the bomb. Lucifer nods pretending to understand what the word 'defuse' means.
He sees Augustus grabbing different colored wires and cutting a red-colored wire.
"Have you defuse it already?" he asked.
"Yes," Augustus replies and then proceeds to disassemble it.
"How is Rive able to get their hands on three tectonic bombs with a magnitude of 8.0?" Aiden asks. "It is impossible to get your hands on these unless you are a high-ranking official in the army."
"No, it's not," Lucifer said. "Getting something like this is quite easy to get in what is called 'a black market,'" he said.
"And how would you know this?" Aiden said suspiciously.
Lucifer rolls his eyes at the Hero's suspicion. "Your dearest friend sold weapons he created on it," he retorted with a bit of aggression. Before Aiden could dismiss what Lucifer had said, Augustus turned around to glare at them.
"Be quiet," he simply said. Lucifer raised his hand in surrender and became quiet.
Lucifer continued to watch Augustus carefully defuse the bombs. It looks quite easy, but whenever something looks easy, they are a lot more difficult than it seems.
He was very obedient and calm around Augustus this surprises Aiden who was expecting the great Demon King Lucifer to threaten to kill and shed blood.
Augustus finished defusing the bombs and disassembling them and looked over to see Lucifer was no longer watching instead he was sleeping on the cold hard ground.
He decides not to wake him up, instead, he turns to his friend. "How do you know the entity occupying Phoenix's body?" he asked Aiden. "Since your soul is thousands of years old as well."
Aiden never planned on hiding from this question so he answers honestly. "Lucifer waged war on the human race and the gods about four thousand years ago, five hundred years before I was born, and two thousand years before the dawn of the industrial age. My team and I led an army to fight against him. Fortunately, the gods of luck were on our side and we managed to defeat him and seal him in an alternate dimension," he explained to Augustus.
"He is a lot stronger than you," Augustus said. "How did you manage to defeat him?"
"He tripped and fell directly on my sword," Aiden said in a monotone voice.
Augustus waited for him to say he was joking but he saw that he was very serious. "Seriously?"
"Yes, that's why I said the gods of luck were on our side," he said.
Augustus wasn't sure whether to laugh or not, but he could barely keep a straight face. He carries Lucifer in his arms. "Are you sure we shouldn't kill him?" Aiden asked, his sword that was on the ground floated to his hand. "With this sword, I can end this and trap his soul in the Dark Dimension again," he said.
"Killing him would only solve whatever problem there is temporarily, it is obvious death and imprisonment wouldn't work on him, it would only last a few thousand years," Augustus said looking at Lucifer's peaceful face.
"Let's leave him alone for now, he is like a stray kitten, once you can tame it it will never leave your side."
Aiden was a bit weirded out by what Augustus said. "You are fond of him?" he asked when he realized what he meant. "You realize he is an incredibly dangerous being feared by both man and gods alike?"
Augustus wasn't bothered by this. "Unfreeze time so we can get this day over with already," he said.
Aiden complies and casts a spell that unfreezes time. This spell weakened him slightly but he did it still.
Rosetta was in the position before the earthquake happened, on her knees. Her face was still a bit burned.
She looked surprised to see Augustus and Xavier standing in front of her. She sees Phoenix unconscious in Augustus' arms and she gets up immediately. "What happened to the Young Master?" she said sounding very worried.
"Nothing," Augustus replies. "Just sleeping."
Xavier scratched the back of his head. "I'm going to check on Hiro," he said leaving immediately.
"Xavier," Augustus calls him before he leaves. "You and your fiance should come and visit sometime," he said.
Xavier nodded and ran away. Augustus' eyes returned to Rosetta. "You did a good job," he said turning around with Phoenix.
Rosetta is about to leave with him, but he stops her. "Enjoy the rest of your day off with your sister and her family. Take the rest of the week off as well then come back when you are all healed up," he said.
Rosetta bowed as he left. "Yes, Your Highness," she said
Other soldiers enter the mall and see Augustus walking toward them with someone in his arms. "Your Highness," they greet him saluting.
Augustus nodded and said strictly, "You are late, a few more minutes and an earthquake of 8.0 would have been unleashed on the city."
"Don't let this happen again."
"Yes, sire," the soldiers said bowing.
"Pack up the parts of the tectonic bombs and trace where they came from, I'll be expecting results soon." With that Augustus left the mall and was picked up by Jessica and a lot of bodyguards right in front. There were reporters in front of the mall hoping to get pictures of the young prince.
They managed to get pictures of Augustus carrying Phoenix gently in his arms. None of the reporters called the prince for questions or asked who was in his arms.
Augustus is not the social prince and he would ruin their careers before the day ended.
When Augustus enters the car with Jessica in the driver's seat, she starts the car sets the car to driverless, and begins to type out the coordinates. "Where to, Your Highness?" she asked.
"Home," Augustus replies.
Jessica gives him a questioning look and looks at Phoenix sleeping in his arms. His hair color isn't the same as the first time they met. "He fell asleep," he replies.
Jessica frowns. "Whatever you say," she said typing the coordinates for Augustus' villa.
"Have you gotten the information we need?" Augustus asked.
"No, Your Highness, the information on the project was covered up very well. It is going to take a while to gather enough information."
"Alright," Augustus replies. Lucifer snuggles against him and he stiffens up a bit before relaxing.
Jessica sees this. 'It seems His Highness is quite fond of him,' she thought. She silently chuckles a bit and faced the road.