"Hup two three four! Hup two three four!" Vora said as she led the group to the next city ahead. She was pretty excited to come to this city for some unknown reason.
"What is this city called that has her so excited..?" I asked as I followed, holding the strap of my belt that was around my waist.
"It's called Natsubushi. It's actually a pretty peaceful town. Vora loves it here because of the food they have. They have the best cuisines in all of Japan according to Vora." Aurora answered.
"I see." I said then sighed as I walked. "I guess we can take a break in the city and look around."
"Shopping?~" Avarice asked.
"Sure. I don't care. As long as you all make it quick I could care less what you do. Just don't get my way." I said.
"Come on ladies~ We've got some time to kill so why not spend it shopping?~" Avarice smiled at the others.
"I guess I could shop for some good lingerie." Fukami smiled and nodded.
We entered Natsubushi and I noticed the neon lights and watched the bustling streets with people having fun with family and friends. The women wandered off, leaving me to myself. I walked around and traversed the streets alone. I looked around and thought about Michie, remembering a date we went on a while back. I held my head and grumbled softly. I walked ahead and stopped, seeing an arcade. I used to go to the arcade with Fusashi and Takanora all the time before being reincarnated by Yuki. I walked in the arcade and noticed Eislyn wandering around the arcade.
Eislyn turned around and noticed me. She smiled and walked to me. "Tatsuya~ Come play a game with me."
"I'd rather not. I said to make this quick so-"
"Come on, just one game!~ Look they have Mario Kart over there!" Eislyn said as she pulled me over to the Mario Kart game and sat down in the seat. She pat the seat next to her and smiled at me.
I groaned and sat down then she handed me some tokens and we put them in the machine. "This is a waste of time. The Fallen Angels could attack at any moment."
"Relax..~ They aren't gonna attack at all..~" Eislyn said then selected her character.
I selected my character and stared at the screen. For some reason, I just didn't find joy in video games anymore after that event. I only played because Eislyn forced me to play it. I glanced at Eislyn and she was having the time of her life. She loved to play video games as this is what she did on her off time.
"Damn, you kinda suck!" Eislyn laughed as she won.
I looked at my screen then looked at Eislyn and she held out more tokens for me. "No. One game is enough."
"Tatsuya...Loosen up." Eislyn smiled at me then grabbed my hand then placed the tokens in my hands. "We aren't your enemies...We are in this together."
I looked at her then looked at my hand. I closed my eyes and groaned softly. "One more then I'm leaving."
Eislyn nodded and smiled. We placed the tokens in the machine once again then played again. Eislyn won the game again, but I came in second. She let out a laugh and got up as something caught her eye. She hurried over to another machine and I stood up to follow her.
She placed her hand on the claw machine and her demon tail wagged slowly. "Whoa...Magical Girl Magumi!~ I want one!"
"No. We've wasted enough time as is." I said then turned around to walk away. I looked back and noticed Eislyn still standing at the claw machine then I sighed. "Such a child...I am not your damn babysitter. I want to get to Mount Nebo as fast as possible."
I grabbed a token and placed it inside of the machine and began to use the claw to try and get the Magumi plush. I managed to grab it with the claw but it slipped and my left eye twitched. I always hated these claw machines. I held out my hand and Eislyn looked at my hand then she was excited. She placed another token in my hand then I placed it in the machine. The some process happened.
"Another one." I said then she handed me another token.
Failed attempt.
"Give me another token." I commanded and she handed me another token.
Failure.
"Another! Another! One more! Give me one more token!"
"We are on our last one.." Eislyn said then her tail swayed. She handed me the token.
I grabbed it out of her hand then looked at the token. I sighed as I had lost track of time trying to get this dumb plushie for Eislyn. I placed the token in the machine then used the claw to grab the plush. Eislyn placed her hands on the glass and watched the claw pick up the plush and drop it in the hole.
"Yay!" Eislyn said happily.
"Finally!" I groaned and grabbed the plush for her. I looked at her and noticed her smiling happily at me. I closed my eyes and handed her the plushie then walked away. "Come on. The others must be waiting."
Eislyn held her plush in her arms and smiled sweetly. She hurried after me and walked behind me. She was happy to see me lower my guard around her and loosen up.
We met up with the other women at the plaza and I noticed they shopped a bit, meaning me and Eislyn were in the arcade for a while. I walked ahead and we kept traversing through the city. I looked around then sensed strange energy. I stopped walking and looked around.
"Why have we stopped?" Indra asked and noticed me looking around.
I noticed a figure running off and heard the screaming of a woman. I ran after the figure and the others followed behind me quickly.
"Tatsuya hold on!" Fukami said.
"Damn what did he see..?" Levia asked.
I ran after the man then he vanished as he knew I was following him. I stopped as I noticed shadows forming on the ground and humanoid creatures emerged from the ground. They seemed to be rather muscular, and their hands were very large, each one sporting five clawed fingers.
"Neo Devils..?" Eislyn said then stopped.
I summoned Armageddon then got in my battle stance. "That woman was in danger. I can't leave her to herself. For some reason, I feel like I have to help her."
The others made their gifts disappear into a dimensional storage and summoned their weapons. We rushed into battle and began to battle against the Neo Devils. These Devils were no joke. They were fast, strong, and durable.
"Nngh!" Vora grunted as she was blown away by one of their attacks. She groaned as her back hit the wall and one of the devils rushed towards her, ready to deal a finishing blow.
I dashed towards the Devil and released intoxicating pheromones from my body, causing it to die from the inside then stabbed the devil with my sword. I sliced upwards and killed it faster. I helped Vora up then she smiled at me then went back into the battle.
"That's enough!" Eislyn said then tapped into a State of Epiphany. She bellowed and her Crest shined on her hand. "Disappear! Nightmare Wave!"
She released a wave of dark energy and struck the Neo Devils down. She watched them disappeared one by one then exited her Epiphany State.
"Well that was short lived." Indra said.
I ran ahead and looked around for the figure I noticed. I ran around the corner and noticed an open area with a large church in front of my eyes.
"Welcome fellow Devil." A man said as he sat on a staircase that was leading to the church. "Oh where are my manners, Demon Lord."
I looked around for the woman I noticed then a woman on an upside down cross appeared behind him. I looked at the woman then noticed it was the same nun I saw from the church. The same black nun outfit, the same white hair and large bust. I looked at the man and glared at him.
"Let her go." I said.
"There you go again. The heroic Tatsuya Hayashi strikes again! You know, I was tasked with kidnapping this woman. She's keeping tabs on you like she's a guardian angel...surprisingly enough, she is a guardian angel sent by Michael to protect you while you head to Mount Nebo! Why would you feel the need to seek out the Messiah? What use would a worthless, pointless specimen like her do for you?! And you seven are helping him?!" The man said and glared at Fukami and the others.
"We are only merely doing what we can to help save our Universe! Stopping us will only bring bad consequences! I don't know who that nun you have captive is, but she seems important enough for Tatsuya to persue you, so let her go!" Indra said then stepped forward.
I held my arm in front of the women and they looked at me. I glared at the man then my eyes shined. "Who are you..? Who sent you here to come halt our progress, this is a very stupid move of yours and frankly...I am not taking any prisoners. You have two options...set her free...or perish by my blade."
"I am named Zagar. I am known as the King of Darkness and I was sent here by Anti-God himself...I was sent here to stop you from breaking a Law that will ultimately get you in more danger than you need to be in." Zagar said then summoned a sword.
The sword had a golden blade and a black outline. The hilt had six spikes, four in which stuck out and two of them curved around and stuck to the blade. There was a dragon crest on the middle of the hilt and dark yellow aura flowed around the blade.
"That sword. It's an Ultimate Devil Tool, Tatsuya!" Eislyn warned. "It's called Balmung and it's extremely powerful with four modes to it! Belphegor and I worked on that blade a long time ago. I don't know how he could've gotten it..."
"Heh...so the big man downstairs wants to stop me. Interesting. And his plan to stop me was to kidnap some innocent Angel?" I asked.
"Well technically she's a Reincarnated Angel but yes. She's helping you and that's a law broken in itself." Zagar said.
"I see." I said then closed my eyes then chuckled. I laughed and spread my devil wings then looked at Zagar then pointed my sword at him. "You're in my way...therefore you must die! The rest of you stay out of the way!"
I dashed towards Zagar and swung my sword and he blocked my attack. He grunted and I pushed him away then the Crest of Arcane shined on my hand then I summoned multiple raining dark arrows to crash down at Zagar. He dodged the arrows and summoned Neo Devils and they dashed to me. He changed the form of Balmung. The two spikes disconnected from the blade then the blade began shining. He shot magic beams in the air as I fought the Neo Devils.
"Watch out!" Vora said and pulled everyone back then Aurora put up a magic wall around the battle area.
The beams came crashing down and I grabbed a Neo Devils then used it as a body shield and their screams of pain were loud. I tossed the body aside then began to slice through the other Neo Devils and Armageddon began to shine. I ran towards Zagar then jumped up and vanished. Zagar looked around for me.
"Nightmare Wave." I said then appeared behind Zagar then blasted him away with a wave of dark energy then appeared in front of him. I slashed through him and five more delayed slashes struck his body.
Zagar coughed blood and he yelled and slashed behind him. I blocked the slash with my Sin Bringer then the Pride Symbol shined on my chest then I palmed his stomach and sent him crashing into a building. He groaned and laid on his back.
"How...strong is he..?" Zagar groaned and coughed. He stood up slowly and glared at me. "I won't be defeated! I won't lose to you! I have to stop you even if it's the last thing I do!"
Zagar dashed towards me and summoned ten magic balls of dark energy around me. He detonated them and an explosion happened. He watched the smoke clear and noticed I was missing. Multiple hidden slashes struck him and he groaned then I appeared in front of him then slashed upwards, knocking him upwards. I appeared above him then placed my hand on his back.
"Say goodbye." I said then chuckled darkly. I blasted him to the ground with a dark energy blast then I held my hand out towards him and three magic circles appeared in front of each other. "Calamity Flash."
I fired a beam of pure destruction at Zagar then it hit him and a massive explosion happened. It shattered the magic wall and a dark barrier I set up protected my allies from any damage. They looked surprised and I watched the smoke clear then I descended to the ground. I landed on my feet and watched Zagar as he struggled to cling onto his life. I walked towards him then my eyes shined and I impaled him with my Armageddon and the sword shined again.
Zagar groaned and coughed blood. "You're...making a mistake, Tatsuya..! Anti-God will banish you..if you save her..!"
I looked down at Zagar and shoved my sword deeper into his body, listening to him groan loudly in pain. "I have already decided my route. Nothing is going to stop me from getting revenge on the Fallen Angels. I'll stop at nothing to get that revenge...even if it means killing everyone that Anti-God sends to stop me. I will betray Hell if that's what I need to do to get revenge. I will destroy Heaven if it means I get what I want. I don't care what I have to do...even if it means...getting help from the Student of Jesus. The Fallen Angels will see my wrath. Now shut up and die!" I bellowed and sliced Zagar's body in half.
I looked at Balmung then picked it up and tossed it over to Eislyn. She caught it and looked at me. I looked at her then looked at the nun. "Keep it safe for me. We can make use of that Devil Tool."
"I think you should keep it. Only Demon Lords can wield such weapons and make use of there power." Eislyn said.
"Is that so. Well, keep it warm for me." I said then walked over to the nun and stopped in front of the cross and snapped my fingers then razor winds cut the chains and I caught her.
The nun slowly opened her eyes and looked at me. She looked at me in shock and noticed blood on my face and armor. "Y-You..."
"I saved you...A dead bird told me you were looking out for me. Who exactly are you..?" I asked.
"I-I...My name is Layla...but I go by Leiliel in Heaven. I'm from the House of Seraphims and Michael's Servant. I was tasked by him to look after you on your journey to Mount Nebo." Layla said then looked down. "I know this is breaking laws, but God is allowing it because he knows your intentions.."
I looked at Layla, staring into her light green eyes. I noticed her blushes and closed my eyes then smirked. "Has anyone told you how beautiful you are..?"
"N-No...I mean some locals of the church I used to go to always said nice things about me, but nothing like this.." Layla said and watched me put her down.
"Hmph." I said then looked at the sky. It was getting late and looked at Layla. "Are my compadres allowed in this church?"
"Of course! We can also use this as a base of operation temporarily. It doesn't look like it's been used in a while so there shouldn't be any holy energy here." Layla smiled.
"Come ladies. The night comes upon us, so let's get some rest while we can." I said then walked towards the church.
"If she says it's fine then what could go wrong." Fukami said then followed me.
The others followed one by one and we entered the Church for the night.
The House of Arcane started their search for me and Sephora was taking lead. Suzumi, Kori, Mezin, and Astraz all pitched in to help find me.
"So...I didn't know I had a...God brother, if that's what you can call him.." Yuki said.
"He was an amazing man with a loving family. Sadly they've all past away. I am the only one of that time left. He was the hero of the world, the universe." Sephora said.
"He sounds like the strongest man to ever live in the Mortal Realm. If he was that strong, how did he die?" Yuki asked.
"A Race of Spirits named the Phantoms. They got ahold of one of his students or daughter figure and corrupted her to the point she tried to kill him. To save her he sacrificed his life to awaken her back to reality. She soon died to the House of Sorthrus and so did his family...I am inclined to punish them as well like your boyfriend. Unlike him though, I seek justice...not revenge." Sephora said.
"Why don't you ever call Tatsuya by his name? He's just my boyfriend to you." Yuki said.
"You other relationships have failed because of different ideals and you killing them. This one is bound to end the same." Sephora said then adjusted her mask. "You have a tendency to kill people who enable you. My husband, your brother, you last angelic boyfriend...and now Tatsuya will meet the same fate."
"That's not true. I tried to kill him already out of pure enablement when we were training and he defeated me. He stopped me and now I promise to never lose it on him or his harem members if he has any other than me." Yuki said.
"He defeated you huh? Interesting." Sephora said then her eyes shined behind the mask. "Anyway, since he's heading to Mount Nebo he could be in one of three cities, Natsubushi, Mashiro, or Miaki. We shall check the three cities and if he isn't there...he could already be at the sea heading towards China." Sephora said.
"Where is Mount Nebo?" Azuki asked.
"It's located along the border of Asia and Africa. There is the Holy Temples of Origin or whatever there. That's where the Messiah is located along with her followers, the 12 Disciples of Heaven. This is going to be a hard battle for him because once he makes it...he would have betrayed Hell and ascended like you, Yuki." Sephora explained.
Yuki looked at Sephora then looked ahead. "I don't care if we are betraying Hell...we just want him back with us. After all the Fallen Angels are our enemies. He's fighting for the same goal...I love him and I won't let him fight this battle alone."
Sephora smiled under her mask. "Let's hurry then."