I am a traveler... walking countless miles on Earth.

I am a survivor... every droplet of blood I spilled is a hard lesson to live another day and prevail.

I am a stranger... lost in the flow of time and history..

I am an adventurer... doing what no one else dares.

I am a watcher... seeing the world rises and falls around me, recording all the truth with my very own eyes.

I am a rule breaker... breaking useless rules, bringing in a new tomorrow and creating new rules with the footprints making that new future

I am a judge... deciding who will die by my hand or by those of my friends'

I am the Lord of Souls... and I simply have never existed...

... On paper, at least.

Fourth Ember:

Only 34 seconds. And here he had expected this bunch of fodder to last at least a whole minute. He probably should have called The Rotten instead of giving them too much credit and letting the Abyss Watchers had the kills. While he admitted the fallen angels would have an airborne advantage over The Rotten , its disgusting appearance that was similar to the final form of a demon coming from a horror movie, the fear would be delivered in a more, for the lack of better word, direct way.

Hmm, now he thought about it, The Darklurker would be even a better choice! Oh he couldn't help but shake his head at such an irony.

Oh well, if any more fallen angels or angels decided to annoy him, he would let the four-armed angelic humanoid being have some fun.

Anyway, back to his current... annoyance, he thought with a small amount of distaste

"No... no... Ho-how can this be?!..."

On the floor, a gravely wounds Raynare tried to get away as far as possible from the two approaching Abyss Watchers, her fellow fallen angels along with the bunch of exiled exorcists had already been crushed, their corpses were horridly disfigured to the point none could even recognize them.

This was the reason why he really liked the Abyss Watchers. While he couldn't deny they could be somewhat... radical, willing to raze a whole nation to ash if that meant their target would meet its end, there was no question about their abilities, which were enough to give Ornstein, Raime or even Artorias one hell of a challenge.

Also, it seemed that fortune decided to stay on his side tonight since the three devils hadn't tried to attack any of the Abyss Watchers or in Issei's case, was too absorb with the blond nun's condition to care about the fighting, which was a really smart move. If they had decided to try their luck, he would have to deal with a certain pissed off redhead devil classmate, who was currently outside with Akeno as they tried to get past the two Abyss Watchers that he had ordered to keep guard outside. He already had enough annoyance on his plate for today and had no desire to get some more.

And finally, how the hell did these three devils couldn't hear the sound of fighting coming from outside? Neither of the Two Great Onee-sama of Kuoh were exactly subtle in fighting the two Abyss Watchers with their Power of Destruction and lightning, yet none of the three devils here seemed like they heard even a single sound. Convenience!

"... W-with this Twilight Healing Sacred Gear, I am invincible!"

Classic villain cliché #9: Exclaiming 'I am invincible!' when they were really not, especially when they were defeated. Seriously, didn't they have anything else to speak, beside begging and/or cursing? Though he had to admit, that Sacred Gear was truly something. If it hadn't been for that glowing pair of rings, this slaughter would have ended before the tenth second and Raynare would have had her eternal sleep in a pool of her own blood...

And speaking about sleep, what time was it now? He had a reservation at a quite popular ramen bar tonight he didn't want to miss .

"Guh!" Raynare let out a painful grunt as her head was forced to meet the floor, courtesy of an Abyss Watcher's foot as the other one took off the Sacred Gear from her hands...

"Ggaaaaahh! My hands! My hands!"

... after cleanly cutting off the fallen angel's hands. If she hadn't revealed that she enjoyed the 'classic villain cliché #1' act, he might have felt a very little tiny bad for her.

Might.

With a swift yet elegant swing, the scream of Raynare came to an abrupt stop as her head was detached from her neck by the great sword in the hand of an Abyss Watcher while another one handed him the Twilight Healing. While the one who called himself the Bible God had been one of the few that held top positions in his shit-list, he couldn't deny that the bastard had created some really powerful and convenient tools.

No wonder human races believed in him so easily like that.

Now, back to the reason why he was here in the first place...

"Is your name Asia Argento?" if it wasn't for the Abyss Watchers, the Prince and Mascot of Kuoh Academy might have raised their weapon at him right now. And speaking of Asia, it seemed the nun in the pervert's arms was on her last minutes now.

"... Y-you're... the one... Raynare-s-sama... ordered... killed... " said the blond girl weakly with a glimpse of genuine happiness in her eyes "... Y-you... are... alive..."

Ho, now he could 100% confirm that this was the same Asia he had met. A job well-done with even a healing tool as a reward. Now was time to go to the ramen ba...

"Schoolmate-san! Please return that Sacred Gear to Asia-chan or she will die!" cried Issei desperately as he couldn't avoid letting out a sigh. Ah, how he hated to snuff away the hope in this situation.

"Her body is too weak. She will die regardless the Sacred Gear is returned to her not."

More precisely, it is was the humanity of Asia that had been damaged too much, not her body but he decided to give the pervert a more understandable explanation to save some of the pervert's brain cells.

"How could you say that when you haven't even tried it yet?!" Issei let out an outraged shout. Oh well, he guessed the pervert had to see it to believe it. In other situations, that was a good trait but in this situation, it was a waste of time.

"Why?! Why doesn't Asia-chan get better?!" Issei was on the verge of breaking down now after seeing Asia's condition worsen even after the pair of healing ring was return to the former nun. Hey, he had told him beforehand.

"... I-it's... okay... Issei-san..." It was regrettable that such a person like her die. But it was a simple rule of nature: aside from few exceptions, everything would die. Death was a very patient collector after all.

Suddenly, Issei turned to him, his knees were still on the floor as tears started rolling on his cheeks

"Schoolmate-san, can you save Asia-chan?! If you can, please do it! I will give you anything you want! Even if it is my whole treasure collection of porn I have gathered until now!"

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Koneko's eyebrows started twitching irritably and to be honest, he would have let out a snort of amusement as well as disappointment at the pervert. While he had no idea how to express both amusement and disappointment in a single snort, he believed he could improvise... somehow.

Anyway, who was he to turn down such a desperate request like that? Of course...

"... Answer me a question first." Issei nodded his head rapidly

"Pray tell... how much do you think a soul worth?"

... that didn't mean it would be free.

(End chapter)

Author's note: So hype for the Ghost Recon: Wildlands now. It is the first Ubisoft game I have ever pre-ordered. Anyway, I know some of you guys will be disappointed that there is no fighting scene between the Abyss Watchers and Raynare's side and in my defense, the fight would be too short to write (for me) and while I know that the villains in DxDverse are no pushover but compare to the guys in Dark Souls series... Hell, only the strongest ones can have a chance against them and I want to prepare more for the main fight in the next arc. Finally, please read and review!

Beta-ed by Solita Belle. Updated 18/01/2017