I even hope that this is just a fruition of fate and will last forever. Kura was pleased with the turn of events, they were able to make a friend and find one of the artifacts that would surely lead to the 'Crossing of Worlds'. .—— Nevertheless, the biggest problem in the current situation was "Freya".
— How do you plan to bring her back to life? — Kura's words sent Seth and Belial into a friendly euphoria.
"ah!" Yes." A sudden headache with Seth caused her to forget the existence of "Freya". She walked slowly towards her cold body. Her left arm was fogged with dark black energy, and Seth immediately stopped her, attempting to move Freya's soulless body to create a substitute.
Seth saw the auric energy flowing emanating from her and understood it.
——What are you planning to do? he asked, seeking for her answer. Belial was a mysterious and indecipherable being. Despite his appearance, there was something heavy lurking deep within her. Despite Belial's silence, Seth knew her answer perfectly.
—— There is a way to bring her spirit back! If she haven't yet crossed the river you told me, but a magical item is needed to do so.
—— Magical artifact? — asked Kura, who had just lightly hit Belial on the head to bring her back to senses. Kura was skeptical of Seth's offer and wondered if Seth still coveted the power of Azure. Seth's answered by —raising his first finger to the position of the night sky way—made kura self reasoning meaningless.
Kura looked up and saw the silhouette of a person floating in the air on the surface of a large gray moon.
—...!?
Kura was startled when a building pops out of a blind spot and flies into a collision with them to a nearby building.
——Tsk.. I wanted to finish it quickly. — spat at the man hanging from the shimmering veil of the moon. In fact, seconds before the final impact, Belial used "black shield" to reduce the impact to zero.
—— I don't know who you are, but you somehow loathe me. Belial rushed into the air without waiting , even though Kura and Seth caught her up in an instant.
- oh! Group attack? Come on, so I can destroy you all at once.
— A silhouette hidden in the shadow of the moon was peeping through what looked like a "magic book."
♪♪•—— Expand your dominion across the unreachable universe, destroy all obstacles with your destructive power, and finally lend your power to me so that the evil one may be crushed.——♪
"Long range spell? » Seth stopped in his tracks. Words have a great property on magic, and the more words there are, the greater the power and the scope of destruction. He was really trying to destroy them all at once, but if things continue like this, the city will also be caught in the maelstrom.
—— Belial Wait a minute!!" Seth tried to warn Belial, but it was too late, her body covered in a cloak of dark energy and his tip was helded in Kura right arm .
•—— Descent of Celestial Gravity —• — The silhouette released his magic power spell and a heavy pressure invaded the space in the same momentum, crushing the ground and surrounding buildings into dust .
──It was like the hand of God had come down. Despite his magically enhanced body, the pressure of the crushing gravity was strong enough to pin him to the ground, making him feel like he had been trampled by a mountain - no matter how much , he couldn't move his muscles but why did he keep looking at Kura? Because he was able to climb without worrying about the pressure of gravity.
By strengthening his body with the energy of Belial, Kura was able to escape from the laws of the world. — In a circular motion with traces of black energy remaining — Kura had just broken through gravity .
the spell itself has been nullified and reduced to a none state .
-- ah!? The being hiding from the moonlight was surprised, but far from shocked. The book didn't deceive him. It led him to the sacred keys of the great king.
"You... you are the golden key, right?" he asked casually.
—— Golden key? Kura was skeptical, and Belial observed quietly. Seth was quite far away and was only partially listening to the discussion.
"This aura full of disconcerting blackness, insatiable thirst, and the specificity of being from elsewhere ." — The man broke out of the moon veil and revealed his face.
— Seth was shocked. this person was….
»— My name is David. »—Master of occult arts and magic. "I am glad to see you again, Lord Belial"—David placed one knee on the ground, smirked, and declared his loyalty to Belial. Seth appeared from a blind spot and David was pushed back by the sound waves released by Seth.
—Do not let these words corrupt you. He is a member of the Black Guild! They use dark artifacts for evil purposes and resort to black magic. " Seth was watching David's movements,whose was not paying any attention back at him .
— Black Guild… Oh! - David declared as the image of Seth flashes through his mind.
"ah!" "You're the kid who wanted to use resurrection magic, right?" David said ironically. It was actually to bring his childhood friend 'Anna' back from the world of the dead.
—[][Do not be deceived by these words of him," David declared.
— Ironic for the one who was deceived into leading us to the sacred keys."
— Kid, what are you afraid of? The girl you so desperately wanted to resurrect —— Make a contract with me and I will grant your wish. —" ——— Seth was shocked for a moment by David's words, and even though he knew they were wrong, the loneliness he felt was oppressive —— He could see her again — — He seemed hypnotized by David's magic enchanted words .
──The grimoire 『Claviculus──Demonolonus』 made this possible, and by exchanging the life contract, it was possible to break the shackles of the Kingdom of the Dead and obtain the designated soul.
——That kid?— ... David squealed in excitement as Seth came towards him. "But your soul is insignificant" David charged his hand with black annihilation energy, he intended to destroy this "insignificant soul" andwhat constitutes his existence in oblivion. Kura stopped his arm midway —— what? — David was surprised. Kura blocked the black sparkle flame with his bare hands. Even if he were strengthened by Belial's negative energy, according to David, he would not be able to avoid at less some soul fragments lost .——
"So it was you who forced him to the path of the azur field?" Kura asked. His arm tightened around David's hand.
"-I just gave him the way as he wished…"
David cut off his arm and moved a few meters away from Kura. — He briefly felt belial "killing intent oppressing over Kura's body.
——Heh! Ugh! It appears that your loss of memory is the cause of your lack of understanding, Lord Belial. _ A veil of darkness formed around David.
—"While we await your awakening, our Shadow Cult will prepare for your return. »—— David rushed through the gap in the structure of space and time, his cold gaze observing Kura as the curtain gradually closed.
—— Your existence is strange. I wonder where the thing lurking in your shadows comes from —— David disappeared, leaving behind a peaceful sky as if he had never appeared.
— Belial returned to his human form and rushed towards Freya, holding a copy of Clavicus Demoninos in hand.
- hmm..! Seth was stunned . Although the Demon Book has only one owner and recognizes him only as himself, there was no doubt that what Belial held it in his hands was…
"It's a copy of the magic book." said kura to Seth .
"what?"— Seth was more stunned and beyond comprehension——
He was able to imitate features from the Book of David when he held his arm, However, magical grimoires are artifacts with consciousness and selfwill. The copy only lasts about 10 seconds. Belial turned the pages of Clavicus Demoninos as if she was familiar with it. She stopped at pages with formulas in ancient languages and drawings of a four-pointed star, representing the cycle of life.
" All beings are born——seek knowledge—— die and are reincarnated ——"
the characteristics are written under the inscription in the pentagram surrounding the star was a void note [ ] Seth noticed that this was the same symbol as the one on his twin weapons. —— Demoninos Clavicus disintegrated and its essence returned to its original state ——
"Uh.." Freya opened her eyes slightly and was surprised by the eyes lurking at her.
Seth Grayard, as well as Takamiya Kura and Belial, smiled warmly.