*The rhythmic clang of hammer against metal echoed through the chamber, blending with the heavy, measured breaths of Gilgamesh as he worked on his latest creation.*
"Finally... it is done," Gilgamesh muttered, lifting a glowing, red-hot ring with a pair of tongs, admiring his handiwork. The light from the forge bathed his face in a warm glow as he gazed at the ring. "Oooh, gorgeous."
A ginger cat sitting nearby on its haunches tried to paw at the ring, its curious eyes gleaming. Without looking, Gilgamesh swatted the paw away. "Do not touch it! Unless you want to lose control of your thoughts, you shouldn't lay a finger on any of my creations." He dipped the ring into a basin of water, causing a sharp hiss as steam billowed up, clouding the air between him and the cat.
A deep voice rumbled from behind him. "What was the purpose of this ring anyway?"
Gilgamesh didn't turn around, his grin widening slightly at the sound. "Sorry, Ddraig, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. Not until I'm ready for my gambit. But trust me, you'll find the wait worth it."
The red dragon, now in the form of a lizard, slithered onto Gilgamesh's shoulder, its gleaming eyes watching the man intently. Meanwhile, the ginger cat, Regulus, leaped onto his head, balancing delicately.
"It's about that time, isn't it?" the cat asked, its voice low and calculating.
Gilgamesh gave a slight nod. "Yes, Regulus. It's that time."
He moved away from the forge, stepping purposefully toward a pile of dead bodies neatly stacked in the corner of the room. Their lifeless forms bore various wounds, but most significantly, the unmistakable marks of dragons. Some had begun growing scales, their twisted forms a testament to the process they had been subjected to.
"Are the dragonization processes complete?" Gilgamesh asked as he summoned the Absorption Line, the blue cord wrapping itself around his wrist, its aura pulsating.
"Yes," replied Ddraig, his voice sounding from within the gear. "The transformation is complete. All that remains is your part of the ritual."
"I must commend you, Ddraig," Gilgamesh said with a hint of amusement. "You're quite efficient." He raised his hand as a blue line emerged from the Absorption Line. "I'll need your expertise once again."
Ddraig jumped down from his shoulder, landing gracefully. "I already know what to do. No need for further instructions." He glanced toward the ginger cat. "Come on, Regulus, we've got work to do."
Together, Ddraig and Regulus positioned themselves on either side of a red magic circle inscribed with intricate runes. The symbols glowed softly, casting eerie shadows across the room.
Gilgamesh reached into his Gate of Babylon, summoning a peculiar, multifaceted diamond into his hand. Its surface shimmered unnaturally, reflecting light in odd, otherworldly ways. "Shall we begin?"
Both Ddraig and Regulus gave a slight nod. Gilgamesh cleared his throat before starting the incantation.
"Let silver and steel be the essence.
Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.
Let shadows be the color I pay tribute to.
Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.
Let the four cardinal gates close.
Let the three-forked road from the crown, reaching unto the Kingdom, rotate."
With each word, the magic circle pulsed, growing brighter, as power flowed from the diamond into the formation.
"I hereby declare:
Your body shall serve under me.
My fate shall be your sword.
Submit to the beckoning of the Holy Grail.
If you will submit to this will and this reason…Then answer!
An oath shall be sworn here!
I shall attain all virtues of all of Heaven.
I shall have dominion over all evils of all of Hell!"
As Gilgamesh finished the chant, he crushed the diamond in his hand. Strange, viscous liquid seeped from the fragments, flowing down the blue line from his hand into the magic circle. The pile of bodies began to tremble, and a grotesque amalgamation of limbs, scales, and horns started to merge together. The corpses fused into a single massive form, growing scales and horns as its shape solidified.
"NOW!" Gilgamesh called out.
*TRANSFER!* Ddraig's voice boomed from the Absorption Line, and a surge of violet energy erupted from the gear, spiraling into the writhing mass. The room quaked as the creature roared, its presence filling the air with palpable power.
Slowly, the mass of corpses began to shrink, condensing into a more recognizable form. Thick smoke curled around the body, obscuring it from view. Gilgamesh's eyes gleamed with satisfaction.
A figure emerged from the smoke—tall, draconic, but undeniably human in shape. Her scales glittered in the low light, her long tail trailing behind her as she stretched her arms.
"My name is Vritra," she spoke, her voice echoing with ancient authority. "Good grief, just what would a mortal want from a snake like—" She paused, her draconic eyes narrowing in confusion. "Wait... this isn't... What is this?!"
Vritra clutched her head, her voice faltering. "Take it in slowly, Vritra," Gilgamesh said, his voice steady. "We have all the time in the world."
She glared at him, her breath ragged. "You! What have you done?" she demanded, her strength quickly fading as she struggled to stand.
"To put it simply," Gilgamesh explained, his tone calm, "we're in a different world from where you came. There is another version of you here, Vritra. I took it upon myself to merge the two of you. You're much stronger now."
Vritra's vision began to blur as Gilgamesh's words became faint. She wobbled slightly, her legs giving out as darkness overtook her. She collapsed to the floor, unconscious.
"Hmm... Looks like the merger took a greater toll on her than expected," Gilgamesh mused. With a casual motion, he bent down and scooped her up, holding her in a princess carry. "Guess she'll need time to adjust."
With Vritra cradled in his arms, Gilgamesh turned and began walking toward the back of the workshop. Behind him, the red circle on the floor slowly faded, leaving behind only the faint scent of brimstone and the flame slowly transition to that of a fire place in other place and in another plane of dimension
A red haired woman rise up after lighting the fire, "any reports, Serafall?" The red woman slowly turns around when she was blindsided by a twin tail black hair girl by grabbing her breast "HA!!" The red haired girl shouted in surprise "Oh! Why so serious zech-chan? Do you not miss me?" The twin tail girl pouted with tears in her eyes "could let go of my breast sera-chan grayfia is here" the twin tailed girl just narrows her eyes "No!" The girl ignores her and just buries her head in the red haired girls breast
*Ahem!* "Lady leviathan we have more pressing things to do and can you please let go of my husband" grayfia coldly remarks "tch! You're so selfish fia-chan, keeping all this goods for yourself" *moan* Serafall keeps on foundling the now female sirzechs "Should we stop them Falbium?" "Do what you want but don't drag me with you" falbium just lay his head on the giant round table at the center of the room
Grayfia manages to pull Serafall away from sirzechs "thanks for that grayfia" sirzechs smiles at her "and please don't do that again sera-chan" sirzechs turns to Serafall "Oh come on zech-chan aren't you a bit interested" Serafall slowly roams her hand on her body sensually "For the last time my bloodline magic doesn't work that way it's only the ability to breed with another female it doesn't mean a have penis"
"Yeah yeah but can't you really blame me your only the very few people I would entertain sleeping with plus it would be a very interesting experience to sleep with a gremory, after your clan is the only clan that only consist of females"
"Ugh! Please don't remind me that it's still one of my families so spot" sirzechs covered her face with her hands "Hehe sorry sorry zech-chan but you got to admit it was pretty funny that your ancestors dealing backfired hehe"
"And thanks to that very same dealing, prevents our family from producing any male heirs *sigh* we even have to make another deal with that man just to keep our bloodline alive,"
Serafall laughs but suddenly stop "that aside another one have been killed" the previous jovial room turns serious "it's still the same?" Sirzechs eyes narrows
Serafall nodded her head "The red dragon emperor was sighted in china battling another stray devil, The Chinese pantheon, as well as the other pantheons, were growing increasingly restless we can not afford any more eyes towards us sirzechs"
"So are the great king faction, Zekram and his minions are forcing my hands as well they feel that the recent killings are the first signs of an impending war"
Serafall cross her arms together "Well there might be some merit to it" sirzechs raise her brows from Serafall words
"You can't be-" "Sirzechs! That is not an option we can thrown aside especially now with the rumours that the white one was currently under Azazel care, it is not impossible that the red one was under the angels"
"But you said that there are no other energy trace" Serafall sits down near the table "Yes but he could still an exorcist, *sigh* I know you have a soft spot for the red one after he manage to save your daughter from a stray devil, but you could not let it blind you in the possibilities"
"It wasn't just that Serafall" sirzechs also takes her seat and cast a projection spell "All of the strays the red dragon emperor are hunting was undoubtedly was proven guilty of betrayal, while those whose crimes are still under suspicions and investigation even though he can catch and kill them he still leaves them alone"
"I'll give you that sirzechs I'm only saying not to leave your options close" *sigh* sirzechs massage the side of her nose "Anyways how about their evil pieces have we manage to track them" sirzechs turns to ajuka Beelzebub "unfortunately the R&D department still not manage to find their signal it's like someone was intentionally hiding them"
"That is to be expected, but why are they are stealing evil pieces, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't agarasite only take in demonic energy" Sirzechs turns towards ajuka
"Indeed, if they are trying to steal the system of the pieces it will trigger a kill switch destroying the piece in it's entirety as well as noticing me of the tampering but all this time there wasn't any, but I wouldn't rule out either that they manage to buy pass my system but doing so would take a lot of resources and it would be very noticeable if the bigger fractions tries to crack it"
"Hmmm, How about the khaos brigade?"
"Will still uncertain of their existence but if the rumours are true, that the old Satan faction was part of them I highly doubt they would want to use the evil pieces" Serafall chymes in
"And that's without considering their leader" falbium words draw the attention of the other Satan's "Rizevim" sirzechs coldy reply
"He might not be a war monger like the others but his whims are far more terrifying than them" falbium turns to ajuka "is it possible his bloodline magic can tamper against your system?" Ajuka thinks deeply after falbium words
"That- that's probably the possible cause, but why?" Ajuka scrunch his forehead *sigh* "his Rizevim, what ever his doing probably isn't good" Serafall reply
"Well enough for that depressing news, *ahem* I would like to invite with in my sister wedding, after all it was a first for our family a gremory marrying a man" sirzechs forces a smile
"Oh! Get off zech-chan, will all know that married is a sham only those folks in the old kings faction even cares about this stupid married, I still don't get why we don't just get rid of them" Serafall huff
*Sigh* "do you really want another Civil war?, they might be stupid but they are not lacking in charisma, people will fight for them" ajuka explains
"Ajuka was right unfortunately sera chan" sirzechs Lower her head
"Sooooo?, what's the plan" Serafall moves her chair to sirzechs side "Plan? What plan?"
"Oh play coy with me now you're not very good at lying zech-chan" Serafall pulls on sirzechs cheeks *sigh* "well it pretty much exploded on my face already"
"Hmm?" *Sigh* "my hope was that the sacred gear I found in kouh was the a Longinus but after the recent reports it was apparently not, but meerly a twice critical"
"Oooh!" *Sigh* "I find away somehow, but for now shall continue" sirzechs then pulls a deck of uno cards "I still didn't manage to get you back aren't I ajuuu- kaaa!" Sirzechs smile deviously
"Hehe, feel free to try, sucker" "WHAT THIS JUST CALLED ME!!!"
"You hear me right S U C K E R!!" They're are aura envelopes the room