Third Person PoV
"Ajuka, we are going to see what he has done with the vampires."
"What he does is no longer our concern, is it? As long as his identity as a devil is hidden, we can let him do as he pleases."
Ajuka reasoned that he was having a really bad feeling, while Cain was having a different feeling.
"I feel as if if I don't go, there will be hell to pay for me, i will regret it."
"And I feel something terrible will happen if we go."
They both looked at each other.
"So what do we do?" Cain asked looking at Ajuka.
"Let's go. It's not like we would die all of a sudden."
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"My Lord, your brother, and the Beezelebub have just entered the Vampire city you stayed at."
"Did they? Well, they should know about the magic circle there to tell me. Then shall we go and give them a present?"
"Go there? My Lord, that would be dangerous."
"Not really. I won't be going but my future self is already there."
"That magic circle you had me make was time-based?"
"Indeed. Now, let's see how my brother does against the future me."
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"This looks normal. No flesh cities, no soul tampering, nothing."
Cain said as he walked into the city of vampires. He was currently walking in the Tepes faction's city.
"Now that I think about it, the creation of the factions must be something done by your brother."
Ajuka said.
"Indeed. If I remember correctly, the division was due to the Tepes family doing some experiments on the vampires."
"It is as you say. The Carmilla family found out about it and revolted, leading to their separation. So we can at least figure out that Carmilla Faction is not in cahoots with him."
Ajuka finished what Cain started. At that moment, all the vampires in the city suddenly turned towards them, with their eyes open.
"Ajuka, we are hidden, right?"
"We were supposed to, well I had said we shouldn't come here."
Ajuka joked about seeing a scene out of a horror movie. At that moment, the silver hair appeared in front of them.
"At long last, the chosen one arrived."
Rizevim said, looking at Cain, the same sinister smile on his face. But Cain and Ajuka were talking to themselves.
"Hey, he doesn't feel right?"
"He doesn't, I can't feel anything about him. Are you sure it is him?"
"I am, but something does indeed feel off about him, I will handle him. You handle the vampires. They also feel weird, so be wary."
"Yeah, you too."
"Finally, my long-lost brother comes back."
"Yeah, yeah, I heard your bullshit. So what's new this time?"
"You will see it soon, my deplorable brother."
Saying so without a mysterious undertone, Rizevim lightly flicked his hand, and a magic circle formed at a speed far greater than before.
A beam of destruction was launched by it, Cain sensed the danger in it and without any hesitation turned into his super devil form.
*Boom*
As the dust settled, Cain's super devil form was seen covering his face. And his hand was completely wrecked.
Bones were visible, and the blood had evaporated. Cain lowered his hand and looked at Rizevim in shock.
'That was equal to Thor's attack. He became so strong in such a short amount of time?'
But Cain didn't have much time to ponder and with a simple flick, Rizevim created multiple beams like that at once.
"Shit!"
Cain cursed as he responded in like with his beams of liquid Darklight. But the result shocked him and Ajuka.
Cain was the one who was overpowered and was thrown through the buildings. Ajuka seeing that wanted to interfere in the battle.
But his hand was caught by a vampire he had just killed.
"What?"
And the vampire's aura surged to the top of the satan class. And in tandem, the same happened to every single Vampire in the city.
"Cain, you're on your own for now."
Ajuka said as his control domain opened, and he used all his strength, fighting him were the thousands of satan class equivalent vampires.
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"Let's see who is the better one, brother."
Rizevim said calmly walking near the rubble Cain was buried under. It was surreal, till now this was the way Cain carried himself.
He was always the one with the bigger fist, always in control of the fight. Before Rizevim could come near the rubble, Cain's aura flared and reduced the rubble and his immediate surroundings to nothingness.
"Indeed, let's see."
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Ajuka had already understood what was happening to the vampires. They were forcefully made strong at the cost of their lifespan.
Naturally, as beings with a lifespan as long as the devils, they became horrifyingly strong at once.
But that was not the only benefit they had, their blood was now a carrier of the disease they carried. Making anyone who comes in touch, a ghoul.
Their regeneration was turned up to its limit, even Ajuka was having trouble crushing them.
Destroying them completely was the only way to stop them. But the problem was that they weren't dying.
If they used their lifespan they would die quickly, but for some reason, they weren't. Ajuka was currently working on a way to change that.
Killing the thousands of vampires with such ridiculous abilities was very tough, only someone like Zeaira or Cain could do it.
Ajuka fought differently, if he could solve the problem, the fight would end on its own, freeing him quicker than killing them would take.
"Is it magic? Is this time magic and soul magic combined at once?"
Ajuka was correct.
"So multiple souls are combined into one, making their life spans longer. And using time magic they are recovering their lost life immediately. As long as they have magic, they will be fine."
Ajuka calmed down, understanding the magic, and calmly used his trump card.
Kankara Formula. In an instant, the situation reversed. The magic that was supporting the vampires turned on them.
And within a few minutes, the vampires died, their souls dispersed and Ajuka, having complete control over the area, disposed of their bodies quickly.
"Now to help Cain."
Ajuka turned towards the area where the brothers were fighting, he was going to help Cain but the scene made him halt in his steps.
Cain was lying on the ground, his body broken completely, a pool of blood beneath him. His horns were crushed, and his tail was cut off.
One of his eyes was closed, while the other was barely open. His breathing was unstable. And he looked above him.
Rizevim was flying there, his six pairs of wings out. He looked completely unharmed.
[Ajuka, don't waste time contacting anyone else. He is Rizevim but he is from the future. He seems to stay here due to some magic, deal with it. We can't retreat unless we make him return.]
Cain transmitted his understanding to Ajuka who was about to rush and call Zeaira and Scathach.
Hearing that he stooped and quickly used his Kankara Formula.
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It was almost as if the situation was from the end of the devil civil war, but this time, Cain was on the losing end.
"You're nothing much, my brother. I guess I should have ended it much earlier. But whatever, it was not a pleasure."
Rizevim said nonchalantly before pointing all of his five fingers at Cain. But before he could.
His figure glitched as if being forced out of this reality. He then turned his head and looked at Ajuka's glowing figure.
"Figured it out, Eh? Well, whatever. Here is a farewell gift."
Rizevim made a slicing motion with his hand toward Ajuka. Ajuka didn't dodge or defend, he focused completely on forcing Rizevim back to his time.
"Smart!"
Rizevim said before his figure vanished completely.
But Ajuka was wounded lethally by that one hit. Unlike Cain he wasn't strong physically, his body, although much more durable than anyone else, is not enough to match Cain.
His left hand and right leg were cut off and a huge sword wound starting from his left shoulder till near his waist lingered.
He quickly stored his limbs and flew towards Cain, his breathing labored, and teleported inside the Lucifer castle.
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Grayfia was cleaning the study of Cain when she suddenly heard a shrill scream coming from the living room.
She immediately teleported and reached there, seeing the scene she also almost released a scream but managed to hold back.
She saw the one who screamed, it was Lillith. Seeing Cain like this, who was her son, was too much for her.
"Lady Lilith please calm down. Cain and Ajuka-sama both need immediate medical attention. Please go and call Serafall-sama and ask Rayla-sama to bring multiple Phenex tears, the more the better."
Grayfia said as she quickly casted basic healing magic at the two men. She wanted to cast higher magic but refrained, she was not a healer, and she couldn't endanger her Lord's life just because she panicked.
"How-How did this happen? Who did this?"
Lillith was babbling without reason seeing that Grayfia called for someone else.
"Scathach, Morgan!"
The two ladies were out of the castle and hadn't heard the scream. They were in the arena, and with its barrier active sound didn't get inside.
The two immediately came to Grayfia's call. She had used magic to call them here.
The two saw the situation and looked at Grayfia.
"Scathach take them to Serafall. Morgan go and bring Rayla, and bring Phenex tears too."
The two didn't ask anything and quickly did as told.
Scathach lifted the two and teleported to Serafall, while Morgan glanced at Cain before teleporting to Rayla.
Seeing the two go, Grayfia called Melissa and Vanessa.
"Look after Lady Lillith. And ask the entire clan to gather. Also inform Lord Asmodeus and the Astaroth clan."
Giving instructions, Grayfia went to Zeaira.
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"So my brother survived. Not exactly a surprise, but the Beezelebub killed all the vampires as well. Looks like my brother isn't the only one to be wary of."
Rizevim said as he walked around the destroyed city, Euclid walked behind him.
"But my Lord isn't this bad. Now that they know about the time magic, it wouldn't work."
"Wrong, it would. Just my future self won't. The trick I used on these vampires would work just fine. Although it does sting losing such a powerful pawn."
"Pawn, but isn't he you, my lord?"
"That is exactly why he isn't an ally."
Rizevim said to Euclid and then the two promptly teleported back to their current hideout.
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"All-Father, the disturbance was from the Vampires. It is unknown who was responsible for it. But their auras point to being devils."
"Send Thor to look at that place. Although the devils are in a non-aggression treaty with us and haven't caused trouble with us in our territory, we must look as to what caused that monster to go serious."
"Yes, All-Father."
The valkyrie bowed and then went to tell Thor. As the huge doors closer Odin went into thought.
"What happened? That even two transcendents had to get serious, and they went back too soon?"
"What are you pondering upon, dear?"
Frigga, the counterpart of Freya, asked her husband, her voice transmitted to his mind.
"Nothing."
The one-eyed God said, stood up, and went to see his wife.
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"Those bats dare?!"
Vlad Tepes screamed.
"My Lord, I had said that colluding with that bat would bring nothing but misery to us."
"Now you are blaming me? What was I supposed to do? Those whores were getting too arrogant. Only with his help, I was able to survive. Even if I abhor those bats I can't let someone who saved my life go unrewarded, my pride will not accept it!"
The butler sighed at that. Due to his pride, Vlad Tepes has doomed his Faction. Now Cain knows that the Tepes faction has colluded with Rizevim.
It was inevitable that he would eradicate them.
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"So Ajuka, what happened? Did the entire Chinese or Hindu Pantheon jump you at once or one of the dragon gods attacked you?"
Serafall asked Ajuka who had awakened after being healed.
Ajuka looked at the people surrounding him and began to explain with a sigh.
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