Here's a new chapter, going to make some more progress now. I have nothing much to say for Author Notes. Just enjoy reading! Oh, hey look. It does reference history. Oh well. I totally suck at writing Author's Notes.
Chapter 20 Osaka – Siege Revisited
[Kita Ward, Issei POV, Day 2, 3PM]
I was pondering at the pub with Loki, Thor, Jackson, Hades and Sona about the movements of Zeus, the retreats of Commons was also peculiar.
"What are we going to do? Defend or Attack?"
Loki suggested only those two, it made sense since we all hated Zeus with all we had.
"So no surrender? Even though you're facing one of the strongest Gods?"
Sona said this, but okay she doesn't know about the battle of Jotunheim and so on.
"Loki, how modern are the weapons of Zeus' army?"
"Meh, not at all compared to you guys. They have at most a range of 300 metres, besides his beloved Thunderbolt, which he can strike at 2 kilometres when at the ground. What are the range of your weapons?"
"First line of defence will be equipped with 1200 metre range sniper rifles. The ones in the city will be equipped with 100 to 450 metres range weapons. Now according to the map of Osaka, I would honestly say the southern wards are the weakest areas. If they're inside, then our situation takes a turn for the worse in a rapid sequence. Also, we need scouts to confirm the strength of their weapons."
"Issei-kun!"
"Kiba. What is it?"
"We've found a Zeus soldier with weapons."
"Hades, torture him, then send him back to Zeus."
"Can I help him?"
"Do whatever you want Loki, I'll investigate the weapons with Sona and Thor. As for Archdragon and Jackson, you two need to prepare your weapons already."
"Yes!"
Okay, we walked towards the weapons, but when we saw the weapons, it was one big disappointment. It was just a thunder infused normal sword and a thunder infused kite shield. At least we still have the edge in terms of weaponry.
"Kiba, have you seen others with the exact same gear?"
"Xenovia is researching that."
"Is she going to be alright with those injuries and being practically unarmed?"
"Don't worry, she's equipped with binoculars and rubber shoes."
"Still, I fear she might be killed by Zeus, anyways."
"Don't be worried, Issei-kun. She'll come back for you."
Speaking of the devil. Xenovia has returned in fine condition.
"Issei, I have found something interesting. The enemies are using the same weapons as the medieval era."
"Bordering Renaissance or like really the Dark Ages?"
"The Dark Ages for sure, no doubt about it."
"We still have the range advantage by a long shot then."
"Issei, the problem is, we're going to face about 450.000 soldiers with only 35.000 soldiers."
"Don't worry, Xenovia. We've got support. Those 35.000 are all Human, we'll also get the Asgardian forces and the Phenex special forces with us."
"Issei, is it weird there's a blonde Devil there?"
"Fucking Diodora Astaroth. Who's also there from the Devils?"
"The Oriax clan, the Purson clan, the Beleth clan, the Crocell and the Uvall clan."
"What are their numbers?"
"They take one third of the forces from Zeus' side."
That's about 150.000, huh. It seems all the traitors are here to slay the largest threat, or the 'easiest' prey. Also I received a call for confirming the Council of Twelve. I'll send them a challenge, each fighting me 1-on-1 at different times and different locations. Of course, it's a trap if they fail to comply to the 1-on-1 aspect.
The weapons they wielded were just pathetic. They were really from the medieval era, it was just pathetic. Though, it seems I'm going to duel Ares tomorrow at 9AM. I walked to Irina who was wounded, but happy to see me.
"Hey Irina, may I borrow your sword?"
"You know, what's mine is yours, Issei."
"Thanks Irina. I love you."
I gave Irina a kiss on her cheek and I prepared myself for the duel against Ares. Just like I wanted. Still, I don't like the south being weak.
"Jackson, get everyone to the South. We're going to renovate the Sanada Maru."
"Yes!"
It actually went so easily, it was like the wall was built on order, but I wanted to test if it was proper enough to withstand harsh punishments. I think placing a focused charge at one of its known weakest spots should do the trick. When the charge was exploded, I went to look for that spot I focused and it was fine. Though, I should sleep now, since it's midnight now.
I expected a lot, and it seems the enemy has attacked us during night. Though, it seems they've only used a small infiltration force. Then I saw a woman heading towards me, I had no time to stop her by pulling the gun, so I had to do it the only fashioned way, using a punch.
"Hah, too predictable!" She just jousted my left hand! Shit!
"Now tell me how you're going to defend Osaka."
Oh, so she wants to know how I'm doing everything, huh? It must be because I'm the CO. The bad news is, my thoughts aren't exactly that obvious. This must be Athena. This woman has nice blonde hair, but her face reads like wisdom, but also fear. I can exploit that fear!
[Issei's mind, Athena POV, Day 3, 1AM]
Hmm, Humans aren't strong. Now I need to discover how they're going to defend Osaka and what the weak points of his army are. What I saw first was despair. I wasn't surprised, knowing he was evil.
Then it shocked me, it was full of hate. We were at our own FOB, but what I saw was Dionysius raping a blonde guy, which seems like the friend of this Human. Serves him right, but when I tried to look for that brunet boy, I saw something which matched my description, but he was no more than a puddle of blood and suffering. Though his chest is visible, there was something disturbingly wrong with it. His scars, when I remembered them before he was caught, the ones around his neck were just red, the ones on his right were now being covered in pure blackness, while his left was covered in silvery light. Him being in a near death state, seeing despair. Then I somehow made a time skip, since I saw those two boys being in a room. They were talking.
"Issei-kun, I can't see you suffer anymore and I hate this. Tell Buchou, Tsubaki, Asia and Jeanne I'm sorry."
"Kiba, you can't be thinking of."
"I'm going to end my life."
Wait, did the blonde guy say that?
"Yuuto Kiba, are you sure? Issei Hyoudou's time will end if that happens."
That was Chronos! He was also a prisoner of Zeus, since he's not loyal to Zeus. Then it's good right, if this Issei Hyoudou's time ends.
"I'm sorry, Chronos. Your stories don't alleviate the pain and humiliation Zeus and his minions have given and will give me."
He summoned a sword and he just cut himself. He just brandished a suicide note with his blood.
"Issei Hyoudou, your end is near."
"Yes, Chronos. My end as Human is near. I will become Death. I shall murder everyone, if you ever go to Kuoh, tell everyone I'm sorry as well."
"Fine."
Then I heard fat steps, those must be Dionysius'!
"Issei Hyoudou, time to pleasure me."
"Dionysius, you're here to get judged for crimes against Humanity. There's only one defence and two verdicts possible."
"We're the good guys!"
"WRONG ANSWER, DIE! YOU PIECE OF SHIT! AWAKEN, BREAK PERFECT AWAKENING, I WILL SURRENDER MY HUMANITY TO FEED MY VENGEANCE!"
"Very well. You shall ascend to Lucifer. Use your friend's sword to kill them. Bring them down."
I made another time skip, I was back at Olympus. I thought we were safe, but when I read everything. Shiro Hines, Hitoshi Hemstedt and Shun Hero being killed in three subsequent days by a sword, the same procedure, all that was left was a puddle of suffering. The total number of deaths by now since that day, 40 million kills were made during the 5 Day World War, because that's how it has been taking. That means, his vengeance ends right? No, he still has to kill us. We were mourning the loss of Dionysius, but our defences were weak. There were only Perseus and Hercules. Then our sensors went off. It was a broadcast which shows Perseus being killed rather quickly, but Hercules was alive, suffering though.
"Tell them, Death is here to reap souls of Olympus."
"Fuck you! ARGH!"
Oh god, he just slashed his two tendons, but he also repaired them, but then slashes them again, which means a lot of screaming from Hercules. Stop the screaming! It hurts!
"Tell them, your stupidity has caused this war."
"Fuck you. Wait, what are you doing?"
"I'm turning you into a bomb."
Then when Hercules was turned into a bomb, the one who, oh shit. It's that guy. Issei Hyoudou, but he's not Human anymore. He's enshrouded with Death. Then the Hercules-bomb was aimed at us. Zeus threw Ares in front of him, which decimated Ares immediately. Then Aphrodite went into panic, she saw his death. Zeus didn't even blink about the life of Ares. That's why Poseidon left, Zeus doesn't care about saving Olympus, he just uses Olympus to be safe. No, I understand everything, the way Zeus fights. He uses magic on races inferior to him to rule. That's why he went into an alliance with Odin, he just wanted to be safe. At the opening, I saw Nemesis and Thanatos looking at the Human who can only be described as Death. I could even hear them talk from all over here.
"That guy is actually me and you at the same time."
"Nemesis, what do you think?"
"We can't beat this guy, he's Lucifer and pissed after all."
"How are you so sure it's Lucifer!?"
"You must know, since you've reaped Issei Hyoudou's soul!"
"No, he did it himself. Oh fuck. It's Lucifer."
"So what are we going to do?"
"Tell him where Zeus is. Also hope he doesn't kill us."
"Yeah."
"HEY NEMESIS AND THANATOS, KILL THAT INTRUDER!"
"I heard that, Zeus. Get here and get yourself killed like a man should."
That's why Zeus can be talking like he's strong, he's always hiding! Another small time skip happened, I saw the sword heading towards my face and my head was rolling on the floor. I died!
[Osaka, Zeus FOB, Day 4, 4AM]
"Fuck!"
"Hey, Athena."
"Oh, Aphrodite. How long was I out of it?"
"About 26 hours."
"We have to release Issei Hyoudou now while he's still fine! Make sure Dionysius doesn't rape Yuuto Kiba!"
"Athena, you get Yuuto Kiba, I'll try to heal Issei Hyoudou. He's being tortured now. We're not too late yet."
Shit, that vision was so brutal. I have a feeling it turns into reality if nothing is changed.
I saw Dionysius being naked and Yuuto Kiba being naked as well. Oh damn, Yuuto really has a handsome slender body. It got me wet, and I'm not a perverted Goddess!
"Time for your treatment, boy."
"Stop, Dionysius!"
"Athena, why should I stop my beautiful moment of love?"
"I've seen a prophecy, if Yuuto Kiba commits suicide, it will end in us getting brutally killed."
"Zeus is stronger than a Human."
"Issei Hyoudou will lose his Humanity, he will turn into Lucifer. Do you know why none of us are in that list?"
"Since we're not competing."
"Wrong, we did compete for once. It was an Invitational, but it was even before Zeus was born. Our side fought with Cronus. It was a humiliating defeat at the hands of Lucifer."
"Define humiliating, Athena."
"Lucifer took him down with just arguments and taunts. Cronus self-destructed."
"Yeah, so? He's a coward, you're implying, Athena."
"No, he can beat a savage like Cronus in a civilized way. Do you know what would happen if Lucifer fought for real? No, you won't listen unless you know. Have you heard of the Ophis against Lucifer battle?"
"Ophis obviously won, Zeus told us that."
"Since when?"
"Yesterday, when you were out of it."
"You're stupid to believe that."
Damn, how can I convince Dionysius to not touch Yuuto Kiba?
[Osaka, Zeus FOB, Day 4, 5AM, Issei POV]
I was beaten to death, man. I feel terrible, but then I saw a light from the sky. It stabbed all those guards or whatever happened. The light went to me and I could hear her crying. Since I could rest, I could recover and my hearing recovered.
"Issei, are you alright!?"
"Oh, Ray. You've returned!"
I couldn't hug Ray, since I was in such a terrible state. Then I felt a warmth running through me, my body was recovering. I saw two girls, one was Ray. Though, I can't recognize the blonde beauty. She's beautiful, she's sexy. But I had to interrogate her.
"Where am I?"
"At Zeus FOB, you were taken by Athena."
"That's it?"
"No, Yuuto Kiba was taken as well. It seems Dionysius has taken a liking on him."
"Where are the weapons?"
"In the room which says 'Keep Out'."
"Fine, time to head out."
It was a hunt for vengeance. Though, this FOB looks like shit. It's just a primitive camp. I mean, it might be state of the art in the days of the Roman Empire, but this is just pathetic for the current standards. It was a quick walk towards the weapons room, after cracking a dozen of minion skulls with my bare hands. I looked around and all I saw were shitty weapons, besides a good knife, which was my butterfly knife. I saw the next room and it was a surveillance room. What the fuck? No, they must be using magic to watch over everything.
After a bunch of skull cracking, I saw Dionysius the fat man being naked and waiting to rape Kiba. Athena is trying to stop him, wait she's the one who took me! Meh, I think it is because she knows it will be a dead end for Zeus if Kiba commits suicide. A dead end for Zeus for sure, a dead end for many of us most likely as well. It will be an all-out war. It would be brutal. Battles wouldn't exist, there would be only one-sided decimations.
"Ray, can you supply me of a firearm?"
"What about this pistol? Lucifer told me to give you this."
"Hmm? Oh look, finally a decent weapon."
Ray gave me the Glock20, so I can be really useful and get on a killing spree. Though, it feels different.
"Finally, I'm awake again. Fucking Zeus seal. Hey partner. Just in time for an explanation."
"Hmm? Did you curse this pistol?"
"Exactly, it can be called a 'God'-Slayer."
"Why the sarcasm to the term god?"
"Cause no god is really invincible, besides me and Ophis as far as I know and we're actually nearly invincible."
"Nice, so what are the special properties of this pistol?"
"The calibre is the main power, it's the 10mm Death Bullet."
"It's highly lethal on anyone?"
"Yes. It's a high velocity, high weight, fiery bullet."
"Does it incinerate?"
"It incinerates the enemy when it makes contact."
"Beautiful, but why can't I see the ammunition?"
"Well, it uses energy, your energy to be precise, so make sure every shot counts. The bullet does apply the laws of nature."
"Would you specify me the data about the bullet in terms of weight and velocity?"
"Hmm."
I received a mental shock, but then I knew everything about the bullet which I am using. It seems it's practically the same Glock20, 'but' only the lethality of the bullet has been upgraded dramatically. It seems I can use it, but I also found my and Kiba's enhanced clothes. I changed myself in front of Aphrodite and Ray, I had no time to lose. It seems I'm not going to need the knife.
"Oh my, oh my. He's got a nicer body than Ares."
"Oh, Issei. I didn't know you had exhibitionistic traits."
Those were the reactions of the two. Actually, it's weird for a girl to be ogling at me, but still to impress the Goddess of Beauty and Love is just somehow an awesome feeling.
My clothes are on, I'm ready to create hell, then Aphrodite poked me.
"Would you please destroy the data on your clothes? If Zeus' minions know what's in your clothes, they'll use it against you."
"Oh, but Aphrodite, there's no need to delete it, I can alter some things. Making the measurements wrong is already good enough. Let's see, the thickness should be reduced by one-tenth of a layer and the material should be.. What is the common material in your armours?"
"Ehm, I think it's silk."
"Let's see, they'll claim it's an iron-titanium combination with a load of silk. Nah, it's just well-woven silk."
"Though, do you want to tell me what it is then?"
"Why should I?"
"Hmm, you're right. I'm still part of the Council."
"Anyways, let's go save Kiba!"
We rushed towards wherever Aphrodite would guide us, with some of the Zeus soldiers joining us. It seems some of those soldiers are loyal to Aphrodite and Athena, rather than Zeus. When we finally arrived at the room with Kiba, we saw Athena being tied up and stripped of her armour and clothes, a fat man who is most likely the one named Dionysius. Kiba was on all fours with, I won't explain what is happening here. It's just a disturbing sight.
I rushed towards Dionysius and held him at gunpoint.
"Let Kiba go, now."
"Or what?"
I shot one of the Zeus soldiers who held Athena through the foot, the smallest toe to precise. The result was horrifying, he caught fire and he was incinerated slowly to death. You could hear him scream hell and pain.
"The same suffering awaits for you. Since you're a deity, it just takes longer."
"Hah, I'm a god- ARGH ARGH, THE BURNS!"
I shot his face and you could see him burn.
"Just to see your world being in flames, how does it feel, Dionysius? How does death feel?"
"FUCK YOU, HUMAN, WAIT UNTIL ZEUS HEARS ABOUT THIS! ARGH!"
I walked to Kiba, he was actually traumatized. Damn, he's been raped already.
"Hey Kiba, are you alright?"
"Issei-kun, are you here to save me?"
"Hey, man. Don't cry, if you cry, what would happen to the Gremory Clan? You must be the support of the Rias Gremory!"
"Hmm, you're always so dependable, Issei-kun. You're such a great person."
He just hugged me, like a scared girl. I know it's actually disgusting, but I had no choice besides to keep him in my arms.
"Athena, Aphrodite, get all defectors with you and let's go to Osaka. I can't do much with this guy being in despair. Also, please burn down this FOB, the less Zeus has, the higher the chance Japan will be safe."
"Yes, Commander!"
"Aphrodite, did you just call a Human a higher than you, a Commander? You're an Olympian!"
"Athena, you must have seen those memories, right? I saw your face being shocked when I looked at you, you even told me you died at Olympus by his butterfly knife."
"I don't remember a butterfly knife."
"Since you were focused on the entity who is known as Reality and Death. You focused too much on him. I could vision your death, it was ruthless, it was inhuman. I guess it was fortunate for you it ended in your death, but I can guess Zeus' death would be even more ruthless."
"How could you observe me?"
"We've read your mind and we could see what happened to you. You were gone for over a day! There's no need to be greedy, you know!"
"I didn't expect his thoughts to be that malicious! I've never seen thoughts that malicious! If you'd compare Hades' dreams and Issei's thoughts, you'd compare a scene of sunshine and flowers with a zombie apocalypse which has developed for a few months straight. Hades' thoughts were the flowery ones!"
Of course, no one should ever think to read my mind. There's a reason my thoughts are malicious, I programmed myself to be as evil and ruthless as possible, since I was poisoned by fucking vampires. To make matters worse, it seems they can be still allied.
Anyways, we're walking from a burning FOB towards Osaka. When I saw a wall which shouldn't be there, I was so happy. It seems the Sanada Maru has been renovated, but that's really fast. When I looked at the time it was already.
[Day 5, 1AM]
Damn, so we've progressed that far already. At least we've chopped off some numbers from Zeus' army. The Phenex special forces have arrived as well and the Asgardian forces have also come to support us. This makes our number to about 200.000 and theirs about 340.000. Hmm, with about 130.000 being properly trained and armed state of the art with 70.000 ancient fighters against about 300.000 ancient fighters and about 40.000 Devils. This should be doable.
Damn, I'm tired though. I want to sleep now. I'm going to take a nap.
So said, so done.
[Day 5, 6AM]
I woke up terribly, but at least I have my dose of rest. I saw someone carry a corpse from my window, which was a room in the Sanada Maru. I loaded my main assault rifle, which was in this case the HK417. I have also stashed the Intervention and Nova, but they're not useful because I don't know what kind of engagement I'm facing. I walked towards the place where I saw that person, but then I felt a tug behind me.
"Issei, don't scare me again. Please, let me go with you."
It was my dear Sona! She can go with me. We walked together and we saw the person trying to bury the corpse, but then I heard a wail.
"Curse you, Zeus!"
"Hail, Zeus, you dick!"
I opened a single shot at the one who tried to bury someone.
When I looked closer, it was just a Zeus minion. The one being buried was a lot more interesting. It was Hephaestus!
"What the fuck is the God of Craftsmanship doing here?"
He looked like shit, but I need him to talk.
"Ugh. They've killed Ares for trying to duel with a Human. Zeus thinks Humans are just tools and weak. He blamed Ares for the death of Dionysius."
"Cause?"
"He was negligent in 'his' strategies."
"I could hear a bit of sarcasm."
"Pfft, it was all Zeus who planned this. He just hates Ares, I can't believe Ares was still a Council Olympian, he should have lived with Hades."
"So, Hephaestus, can you come with us towards Osaka?"
"Aphrodite has found a good lover in you. My time's up."
BANG!
"ARGH!"
Hephaestus just got electrocuted to death!
"Zeus, you piece of shit!"
"Hah, do you think Lörd Zeus needs to show myself to a shitty Human?"
Again this monologue of 'Humans are shit'. At least Apollo is here to 'kill' me with his off-key music, but he also has something that belongs me! I want it back!
"I'm Apollo, the defender of Bringer of Death and the God of Music."
Did he just say Bringer of Death? Hmm. That sword is soul-bound to me. If something happens to the real owner, then the current owner who stole it must suffer the consequences at least quadruple as painful. The only way for the Bringer of Death to be changed from owner is through a pact. Though, the only name that's written is Leviathan. That would make only Sona being able to wield that sword. Nobody else. I've got a gruesome plan.
"Sona, I'm going to ask you something unreasonable."
"Kill you?"
"I didn't want to say it like that, but yeah."
"Fine. I will do as you say, Lucifer. Just don't leave me for as long as I left you, I don't want to feel the same pain."
"Don't worry, it won't be that long."
I walked towards Apollo, but then I received a shock and I fell to the ground. I received about 1.400 bullets through my body. I hope I can survive this, I should be able to right, with my partners within me!?
[Sona POV]
Oh Onee-sama, I'm so sorry. I just killed my lover, but I had no choice. I just had the courage to look at my surroundings, but somehow I feel attracted to the sword which has the name Bringer of Death. I saw Apollo. I mean he's hideous, but the view of him was beautiful. Of him dying, that is.
I struck Issei with about 1.400 water bullets through his body, it was surely lethal, but it was also very painful. The reason why Issei didn't scream at all was because my first shot went through his vital organs. Now the same is happening to Apollo. First his vital organs were blasted, then the rest of his body were shot.
"What is this!? How can I be defeated!? I have the blessing of Zeus!"
"But also the curse of Lucifer. You shouldn't have touched that sword."
"No, no, NOOOOO!"
And that's another one of the council down, that's now half of them, since I don't count Poseidon as loyal. I ran to Issei, but first a sword flew towards me at high speed! No! Don't hurt me!
"Oh, Leviathan. It seems you've renewed yourself, you're a beautiful, smart woman."
Did the sword just talk to me!?
"Oh, you're just shocked. It's me, Issei or Lucifer, whoever is more familiar to you. My thoughts are being transmitted through the sword in your hands, which you are also allowed to use, if you need to. Would you please revive me by stabbing the sword through my heart?"
I just did as I think the sword said, but I guess I have to believe in Issei. Here goes nothing!
"Uwaah! Nice work, Sona!"
"How was Hell?"
"I went to some shitty place called Purgatory."
"Don't you call that the Purge?"
"No, the Purge is like really a brutal way of cleansing, this is just like a shitty shower at a pace which can only be described as fucking slow."
I hugged Issei, I never wanted him to do something that dangerous again. It was so terrifying! This must be feeling how Lucifer felt when I died. I could only cry.
"Sona, it'll be alright. I will never do something like that, because it hurt like hell. Let's go back to the city."
"Hmm."
[Issei POV, 8AM]
I walked back towards the Sanada Maru, and I realized we've forgotten something. We're facing Zeus and he thinks using his Thunderbolt is the only 'Justice and Fairness' we deserve. We need to place lightning rods on the buildings to make use of that charge! If we convert the charge to something more useful energy, it'd give a reason for Zeus to get the fuck out of Japan!
To make matters even better, Morgana, Rias, Seekvaira, Shinra-senpai, Akeno and some guy were found! That makes everything a lot easier, especially with Morgana here. Though her serious face tells something else. It seems he introduced himself as Sairaorg Bael, the cousin of Rias. It seems he's mostly likely beating people down with his bare fists type of guy, considering his somehow straightforward striking way of thinking.
"Issei, would you please come with me?"
"Okay, Morgana."
I walked with Morgana towards a private room.
"I was thinking about telling you what really happened in Marseille, but I didn't have the courage back then, but then you found Georg and he convinced me I should tell you."
"Morgana, wait a second. I need to send orders. Kirishima, Kuma, Loki and Thor, you go scout for Zeus' camp and blitz him if possible. Get your squads ready to attack, but don't let their presence be known!"
Finally, Kongou and Musashi have both arrived at Kyoto as well.
"Sorry, I had to handle some stuff while Michael-sama wasn't here."
"Sorry, we found some armed nationalists who would help us and a lot of resistance from the Devil sympathizers to Commons."
"Doesn't matter, gentlemen. You're all going out as well, Kongou, defend western Osaka! Musashi, you're defending the east and support Momi when required. Shinano will take care of the north. Kaga will be at the Sanada Maru defending the south, Fubuki will be the searching party and Shimakaze will be delivering messages between Kirishima, Kaga, Fubuki, Musashi, Kongou and Shinano. Understood!?"
"YES!"
"Onii-chan, what about us?"
"No orders yet, Kunou. Just rest."
I left Kunou with Irina and the youkai who can heal them.
I went to Morgana, since she wanted to tell me.
"So tell me, what happened in Marseille?"
"It's better for you to relive it as one of the survivors."
She cast her finger towards my head and I felt somewhat weird.
[Marseille, 3 years before Zero Hour]
Hmm, where am I? At least it says 'Bonjour á Marseille', oh well. I must be in Marseille, but my arms are slightly different. If I'm right, I must be now be or Morgana or someone who's under her. I must have magic powers, right? It seems not, since I'm using an FNC assault rifle. It seems Morgana is talking to us.
"Okay, this is how we're going to research, you(well, me) will search around the church for Strays and kill them if deemed necessary."
It seems I have to go with the flow and just follow her orders. But before I split up with Morgana, hell already struck us.
"Hey, son. Don't worry about the pain. This blessing will keep you safe."
Then I saw the boy reacting.
"Witch, we've got a witch here! Help me!"
I shot the kid immediately when he finished his last word. It felt forced, but it wasn't something I wouldn't do.
"You should've just said thank you, motherfucker."
Wait, did this survivor really say that? Am I actually even female? I looked around my body and I realized I wasn't even female, I wasn't even a member from Magica. I was a member from Insurgents, but I looked very familiar to myself. The way I walked around was completely different compared to the Magica women. Doesn't matter, I need to burn this kid or at least dispose of it.
It seems the survivor chose to throw it up this cliff. I would have rather chosen to burn, but it's not necessarily a bad choice either. Then I moved on towards the church to search for some Strays. I reached the church unharmed, but we've found a bunch of Strays as expected. I loaded my weapon, I have no idea what I would do. There's too little information if I had to make a choice. It seems I've tried to shoot the Strays, but somehow it was deflected. To make matters worse, I saw people coming from behind me opening fire, but they didn't aim for me. They aimed at the Strays, but their shots were taken by a bunch of hippies from Commons.
"What the fuck is this?"
"You're not allowed to hurt the Strays! Strays are also people!"
Oh look, a lord hippie. Hmm, it was Comanche. Fuck, Comanche is here? That means there's a large army fighting in Marseille! Shit!
"Hahaha, those bitches are getting what they deserved!"
Fuck, you're shitting me. Magica has met an ambush of Commons and are in trouble!?
"Dude, go to the women he's talking about! We'll handle them!"
I recognized that voice, it was Cao Cao's! I followed that order immediately and went to where the women should be. What I saw was horrifying. Everyone who were with Morgana was getting raped by at least 2 men. I think at most it was a rape circle of 8 excluding the woman. Morgana was bound and there were 20 Commons surrounding her, she wasn't naked. She has that going for her, barely. I opened fire first at the guys around Morgana to get her free!
That was as done as said, since they were too preoccupied with the thought of raping a busty blonde woman.
"Thanks, but now the rest."
"We'll fucking kill them."
But then I heard a high pitch noise and a lot of screams from the women were followed by that pitch. What happened afterwards was just terrible. They were executed by stabbing. I looked at Morgana and she was saddened to see her soldiers die, but 'my' reaction was just of sheer killing intent. I shot at least 100 of them to death. Then it was calm, we took the female Magica corpses and god damn, they reek of disgusting male essence. Damn, they were just sperm dumps. We walked towards a group, but they seem so unfamiliar, until I realized it was the Hero Faction. It was just me and Morgana. We couldn't do anything else than expect the worst and get killed.
"Are you here to kill us?"
"What!? You're here to kill us, right?"
"Ehm, for what? We're just hauling a bunch of corpses towards a proper graveyard."
"Wait, you're that guy I met at the church! Oh, so you're friends with her? Hmm, don't worry, we're not hostile, miss."
"So this is the Morgana Archdragon? Hmph, she seems pathetic if you ask me."
"Silence, Jeanne. If Cao Cao or Siegfried would be dead, you would be making the same face, I think I would as well. Seeing your friends die isn't something that must be taken lightly."
What is this conversation? It sounds so familiar. Everything went fuzzy again.
[Osaka]
I woke up, but it was anything but comfortable.
"Morgana, did I happen to be there for real?"
"Yes, Issei. You were there, you told me to close this memory as well. You didn't want to live with the shame of failing me. I didn't mind, but you told me it was for the better of yourself. You were more fucked up than I was. I was almost raped, but it was like you felt all those girls more personal, but you weren't even a Magica soldier! I felt their personal pain, but you felt the pain and the hate inflicted upon them."
"I can't believe this, damn. It really was better to keep that memory closed."
It really was, but then I realized something. How did they get so fast there where Morgana was? Unless.
"Morgana, what languages did you hear the kid scream?"
"French and Greek and one more weird language."
"Fuck, Zeus was already leading Commons before everything. Shit, this is no joke."
Though, while I was pondering, I heard some knocks in the wall. I listened, but it was so vague. Where did this sound come from!?
I listened to the whole room, but the sound didn't get any louder. This means someone is above me!
"Morgana, can you give me X-Ray vision?"
"Okay, you got it for a few minutes."
Good, now I can look around. It didn't take long, but I found a small skeleton above me. I punched some roof plates to get that person down. I could at least get inside, when I asked Morgana to give me a flashlight, I was given something more than just a flashlight. The building was shot with thunder! We flew out of the building!
Shit, this isn't good. The way I describe it is too calm. The actual thing would be me cursing like this.
"Fuck, damn it! THIS FUCKING COWARD! FUCK!"
And Morgana and the person in the roof which I couldn't recognize yet just screamed.
"Kyaaaa!"
"Morgana, for fuck's sakes! Just cast something to soften our landing!"
"Covered! Don't worry!"
As she said that, we landed on the ground safely. The building was damaged, but it seems repairable.
As we looked at our victim, it was Koneko! Her eyes were tearful looking at me.
"I was so scared, I thought you would never find me! Uweeh, Issei!"
"Shirone, it's going to be alright."
Then speak of the cat.
"Shirone! Issei-nya has found you, yay! Nya!"
"Onee-chan, please, don't leave me again! Uweeh!"
Damn she must have been fucked up if she behaves like that. Then I need to get Asia out of there as fast as I can! Then when I wanted to fly, I forgot something. I'm just an 8-Right Winged Angel. Speaking of luck.
"Damn, this thunder took me out for a long time. Oh, Issei. You want to fly?"
"Oh, you know what I'm thinking Jesus."
"I'll help you!"
Okay, that makes stuff much easier. I got my 16 wings back. My black edged wings and my silver wings. This is perfection. I can look all over the flanks. The sight was horrifying though, we were losing. I couldn't see our soldiers at the gates. There were corpses on each gate, but there was something wrong. They were too close to the gates, only the south was still good. Then suddenly I blacked out and next moment I realized I fell down towards the ground. I never expected to die again this early. I already died three times in one year! Well, the first two are on me, but this time it's not! I'm falling to death! Damn it all!
[Sona POV, Kita Ward]
I saw Issei shining, but then he was shocked and he fell to the ground so fast! The good news was, we found Asia rather unharmed, but she seems traumatized as well. She claims the blonde Devil is evil. Anyways, we need her to bring Issei!
"Asia-san, you come with me! Rias and Akeno, you two keep on searching around the mall, while Kuroka and Le Fay go around the Kurona Ward, Irina and Kunou, you two are going back to Tennoji and Seekvaira and Tsubaki, you two must stay here to keep in touch with us.
Me and Asia walked towards where we think Issei has fallen. It seems, we're in the Kurona Ward, because Le Fay and Kuroka followed us, when Kuroka saw the spectacle, even she can't believe her eyes.
"Nya? Shirone?"
Yes, Koneko-chan was having sex with Issei, she was naked and crying.
"Issei, please come back. Don't die on us."
"Shirone, you can't heal someone who has no, wait a second. His energy is very faint, nya."
"Asia-san, go heal Issei immediately! Find where he is really-."
"Asia, heal him at the head."
"Koneko-chan, are you sure?"
"I'm sure, ahn~."
I could sense something strong from Issei coming there. The problem is, it isn't Issei himself, but my Leviathan sense tells me it is Lucifer. He's back!
"Ah! Fuck."
"Asia-san, go back to me. Let me look at his eyes."
"What's up, Leviathan?"
I looked at Issei's eyes, while he doesn't get it he's being mated by Koneko-chan. His eyes aren't normal for Lucifer, they were pitch black. They weren't Lucifer's eyes!
"Ophis, Jesus. Pull my wings to my right side to divert all that energy. I don't need to fly. I need my wings for fear and everything else."
"Yes, Lucifer-kun!"
"Gotcha, mate."
Wait, this guy is Lucifer!? What happened with Issei?
"Hey, Leviathan? Are you okay?"
"What happened with Issei!?"
"Partner's body in a comatose, Shirone and Asia forcefully brought his mind back, though it's now part of mine, still Partner would need to wait three days to come back again. So it'll be hard to differentiate between his thoughts and my thoughts."
"Still Lucifer-sama-"
"I'm no higher of you, Sona. Just call me Lucifer. You're my lover, Leviathan."
"Fine, Lucifer. What are you going to do?"
"We need to reorganize first, I see everyone returning. This isn't good."
I saw everyone coming back, with wounds or distressed faces.
"Kirishima returned, we're sorry, but we've met resistance which we couldn't beat with our low numbers and also Cronus has resurfaced as the bitch of Zeus. Vali and Cao Cao are heavily wounded, almost critical."
"Send Asia towards them! Immediately!"
"I wasn't done, Loki and Thor were covering our retreat. They're still coming, I hope."
Speak of the bastards. Loki and Thor returned on the queue.
"Damn, Zeus can't be beaten if we can't defeat Cronus. He's just shooting us with Thunder while Cronus is blocking all our attacks."
"Where's Hades?"
"Who are you? You're Hyoudou Issei, yet you're not."
"Well said, Loki. You're completely correct, but I want an answer to my question."
"He's trying to save some timey friend."
"Chronos. He's a good person who's used for Zeus' unpleasant shit, it drops our chances to beat Zeus. Fuck, he's been using Chronos to make sure his chances are good, he has an unlimited amount of retries!"
"Chronos' powers required an extensive power source, who does he? Oh shit."
"What's wrong, Vali?"
"Zeus is using Cronus as power source with himself as support."
"Hmm."
Then we saw other squads coming back to report their issues.
"Momi and Musashi here, we've lost 500 men! We are retreating due to the danger of those powers!"
"Kongou here, we've lost about 300 men! Same causes as Momi and Musashi!"
"Shinano, we've lost 10 valuable men to the same causes as the others!"
"What reports?"
"Shimakaze! Issei-kun! We've found the cause, there's a poison flying over the Osaka gates, it's the type which only affects Humans."
"That explains why Kaga is still intense at the south, that's a good thing we got many youkai supporting us."
Then we heard very loud footsteps. Those were the kind of steps which scares Loki and Thor, even Vali and Cao Cao weren't behaving like they should.
"Sona, load me the Intervention. Take off the scope."
"Yes."
I walked outside and I found his weapon immediately. It was calling for me. It's creepy to know which weapons are really Issei's. I gave him the rifle with the scope detached.
"Thanks, Sona. Love you. I'm sorry I won't be able to cuddle you for the time being."
"Hmm."
Then we saw him appear. It was a 30 metre tall guy! He just destroys Osaka by being in here! Issei retorted this with a curse.
"Hey, get off my fucking city, you tall shithead!"
"I'm not a shithead, I'm Cronus."
"The bitch of Zeus, you're here to tell me we should surrender or you will attack us?"
"You're smarter than I thought."
"You're just fucking retarded, and so is Zeus, I'm just stating the fucking obvious shit."
"So?"
"You're dead."
I looked at Issei and his aura was way too extreme! If we had a gauge to measure that!
"Nyaaaaaa! Issei-nya's so scary! Shirone, help me, nya!"
"Let me hug you, Onee-chan!"
"Thor, what are the readings!?"
"Oh damn it all, it's OVER 1.000.000 Odin Balls! It can't compute, Loki!"
"Wait, with that. I mean Vali and Cao Cao are 600 Odin Swords, with 10 thousand Odin Swords being one Odin Ball. Shit, that's something I would never want to face."
"Hey, are you implying we're weak!?"
Those were the angry reactions from Vali and Cao Cao.
"You two should be happy with those base points, we're about 1 Odin Ball. Odin himself is about 2 Odin Balls."
"You're still saying you're stronger than us, right?"
"Based on our base aura and abilities, yes. If we didn't fight with Sacred Gears and Mjolnir, we would give those power points to ourselves, since our possibilities with our weapons are quite impossible to measure."
"How much is Issei normally then?"
"Actually, I hate to admit it, it's a dead 0 Loki Girl, while 1 million Loki Girls is one thousandth of an Odin Sword."
"No power emitting!? And HEY! Since when did I become a unit for measuring power!?"
"Yes, that's terrifying in a different way. Being a dead 0 is as terrifying as his current state. Odin did think to have to have sex with the beauty of Jotunheim, then he broke when he realized it was you, Loki."
"Agreed, but what is he using for ammunition? Sona Sitri?"
"I have no real idea, but I think he's using .408 Death Infused Darkness Incendiary Full Titanium Jacket. Let's say the bullets are meant to kill us supernaturals, no god can stay alive if hit properly with a headshot. The ones used against Riser during his defeat at the Rating Game were just .408 Light Infused Full Metal Jacket, which are pretty much blessed standard bullets."
"Sona, explain the bullet he's using now."
"Okay, fine. Death Infused means there's an aura of Death surrounding the bullet, applying Death damage to the victim, same with the Light Infused, but then that one is light damage. Darkness Incendiary, it practically speaks for itself. It sets the victim on fire, but the burns aren't exactly hot, they're void, they're sucking out life. Titanium is way stronger than the Metal version, meaning it won't break as easily and will tend to lose less speed when going through tissue compared to Metal."
Then when Lucifer tried to execute Cronus, Cronus got teleported out of Osaka.
"Fuck!"
How did that happen!? To make matters worse, there were Devil soldiers and they're attacking us from the three opened directions!
"Leviathan and Shirone, you come with me. We'll go through the south and walk and kill. Kuroka, protect Shirone. Morgana, you need to cover north, west and east with the magicians. Try to give support. Momi, Musashi, Kongou and Shinano, you return to your gates immediately if possible. Hold back the Devils, Shirayuki joins Fubuki in the search. We need all the female members of the Student Council minus the Presidents and Saji. I'll relay the order to Saji."
"Since when did you name us by the first name!? You're normally so formal!"
"Tsubaki! This isn't Issei! This is Lucifer. He's calling us by our real names."
"Anyways, where is Gasper?"
Suddenly we saw a group of bats.
"Hello Sona-kaichou. We've found the Student Council, we need someone who could take them!"
"Send Irina and Kunou towards them! Lead them, Gasper!"
"We need more than that!"
"Where are they exactly?"
"They're in a house near the Sanada Maru."
"Bring them all to Kaga then, the squad with the many youkai, they're close to the Sanada Maru. I guess only Kunou would know where she is, no no. Irina protect Kunou, Gasper must lead Kunou towards them! Then everything will be fine! Don't worry, only those two should be enough, I can guarantee that."
I walked with Lucifer, Koneko-chan and Kuroka-san towards Zeus' supposed camp. There were ambushes, but Lucifer shot them off with one shot wonders. After a long moment of walking, we finally reached the camp of Zeus, but then we saw our final missing person! It was Liliane who's being prisoned by Zeus himself!
"Hahaha. If you want her alive, then you must surrender to me, submit to us!"
Though, my eyes saw Liliane, but her aura was nowhere near Liliane. Actually it even felt Olympian, this aura. Then Lucifer talked to me.
"Leviathan, do you feel Liliane at all? What about you, Shirone and Kuroka?"
"Sorry, this aura she's emitting isn't from one of our friends."
"I can't sense any familiar aura, nya."
"It's not Liliane."
"So that's two confirmed with one not sure against zero, right?"
Then I heard this Liliane talk to us.
"Zeus has disguised me as one of your friends, I've been caught and abused, the real girl is close but safe, don't worry about her."
This was obviously Hades. Lucifer was doubting for a second, but then he got his resolution back.
"Damn it, no. I don't care, I will shoot."
"I was about to say that, just shoot."
Then we heard Lord Titan stand in front of Zeus. Lucifer didn't care in the slightest bit and shot him through the left leg, which made him unable to stand up, now he's just going to die.
Wait, his wound is getting healed! There are healers here!
"Issei, kill the healers!"
"Don't worry, Leviathan. It can only be healed with pure hate. Sheer madness. You must heal like you want to kill somebody, then it gets healed. Watch the healers getting drained."
"Fight someone of your own skill, Lucifer!"
"Oh? I think you guys are also deities, right? Anyways, you 'superior' being should never complain about stuff being unfair, the throne is only for the strongest and there's a reason why you weaklings aren't on the throne."
"Hey, I'm still the strongest of the Titans, and the Olympus still has numbers!"
"Which in terms of leaders has lost 2 members to execution, 2 have defected and 1 which has been shot to death and 1 which has effectively committed suicide and 1 isn't even loyal to you. Now do I have to say the Council sucks like shit?"
"The Council is still stronger."
"Quit the bullshit. It's time for a new order."
"STOP IT ALL OF YOU!"
Suddenly time stopped, but somehow I was unaffected, Lucifer was, because I was unaffected, obviously unaffected, but the rest was standing still, though Zeus, Cronus and Hades were also resistant to it as well, but they took more time to recover.
"Chronos, you traitor!"
"Shut up, Zeus! I will end your time if you keep going on with this bullshit! I am not your bitch! Neither is Hades!"
"Oh, but you are both my bitches. I'm a fucking Hero."
"Oh piss off, you wanker."
Zeus was casting something terrible, it was like he was, oh no.
"Delta Epsilon Alpha Theta Holy Thunder!"
Damn it, he's aiming for Osaka! Then I heard a nice word.
"MJOLNIR! Stop this thunderbolt from harming Osaka City!"
I saw a hammer flying towards the sky and all that dreadful thunder was absorbed! Still Lucifer ordered us to retreat. It was odd for us to retreat, but in the meantime, Koneko-chan has stolen Hades from Zeus' clutches! Well done!
We ran backwards, but we weren't in panic or something.
"Ne, Lucifer, why did you order us to retreat?"
"Our numbers are dropping at a rapid rate, due to the Devil reinforcements. While they're losing about 30.000 Devils and about 100.000 Olympians, we've lost at the same time about 80.000 due to not just those Devils, but also the influence of Zeus' cursed 'gas'. Most of the casualties are still alive, but they can't fight under any condition now."
While we walked back, we suddenly stumbled upon a squadron of 35.000 ancient soldiers. If we're being picked out by their sheer numbers, then we need something really demoralizing to win this battle. So we had to wait until the night to spy on them, only our soldiers would do a night battle, since the ones armed with Human firearms are on West, North and East, we don't have to worry to get shot from Kaga. They're mostly youkai, so they're more resistant to that disgusting gas.
[South of Osaka, Day 5, 11PM]
It was finally nightfall. Then Lucifer uttered something.
"This is the final stand from our side, we need to take action quickly."
I agreed on that. I knew what we had to do.
"Kuroka-san, Koneko-chan, you two must escort Chronos-san and Hades-san towards Morgana. Nor Chronos-san nor Hades-san must be seen by the enemy!"
"Leviathan, are you sure?"
"Yes, Hades-san. You can trust them."
"No, I mean we could just sneak past them with Chronos' time skip and my underground travel."
"Oh.. Did you know this, Lucifer?"
"Sorry, Leviathan. I didn't know either. Fine, Shirone and Kuroka, you two are staying with us, listen in to that squadron we've been having our eyes on?"
So Koneko-chan and Kuroka-san went forward while Lucifer was cleaning his sniper rifle, but somehow he wasn't calm at all. He wasn't happy at all. This battle isn't going in our favoured direction. Fortunately, Koneko-chan returned quickly.
"Hey, Issei. Some soldiers are trying to overthrow Demeter, the general of their squadron."
"For whose name?"
"The name of Commons."
"Numbers?"
"About 34.000 are going to attack."
"Fine, we'll go forward. Let's start a murdering spree. Can Kuroka talk with my mind with the help of Leviathan?"
"She can."
"Good, Leviathan. You know your orders. Shirone, use Senjutsu to keep my life energy stable."
"Yes!"
Oh, I can't wait to support Lucifer! Finally, I can do him a favour! When I walked towards Kuroka-san at utter silent pace, she talked to me.
"Wait, nya. Make 2 steps."
I just followed her instructions, it seems there's something suspicious.
"Wait again. Follow up and lie down on your belly next to me, nya."
I went towards the place Kuroka-san marked.
"Good, nya. Do what Issei-nya told you to do."
"Connection engage!"
Then I felt like my mind was between Kuroka-san's eyes and Lucifer's ears. I could talk between them.
"Nya, Issei-nya?"
"Hey Lucifer?"
"Hey Kuroka and Leviathan. I'm here. Well done, Leviathan. Kuroka, do you see the grid I've sent through Leviathan?"
"Is a grid those automated squares?"
"Exactly, if you look at the left lower corner, you see the origin. We'll call that point, zero-zero. This makes the right upper corner the point fifty-fifty, right?"
"Nya? So those numbers are for that, nya?"
"Yeah."
"Nya, start your test firing at 25-39."
"Roger, Kuroka. Your eyes are essential in this part, I need to create chaos like the God of Death has descended upon them."
"Nya!"
As we watched Issei kill soldiers, the soldiers didn't even know who to trust! Some of them think it's just an attack by the loyalist faction, but it wasn't. The soldiers became paranoid and they thought they were being betrayed, it was an awesome sight how good they all die. In 12 shots, the number of kills made by Lucifer were about 24, but the number of deaths counted were in the few thousands due to the chaos caused, though it was obvious there was an external force taking them down. Though, they did still say this.
"Demeter has opened the attack on us, take them down immediately!"
Then Issei reloaded, since I could distinctly hear that.
"Nya, Issei, don't you still have ammunition in that rifle, nya?"
"Yeah, but I need to use a different kind of ammunition, so I must change my mag. Kuroka, where is the highest density of enemies?"
"Uhm, nya? Choose between 45-23, 16-49 and 10-10, nya."
"Gotcha, 45-23 it is. Opening fire. Filling bastards with Death Infused Darkness Cluster Bullets."
As we watched, they were just being evaporated! This is unbelievable! I've always known Lucifer's strength quite well, but his potential to donate his powers to object is just terrifying! Though, that would explain the extensive effort on the making of Issei's weapons and its exclusivity to him.
"Sona, report on the number of fatalities?"
"Hmm, there are about 10.000 left. There's still 9.200 Commons loyalists, what do you want to do?"
"Are they spread all over the camp?"
"They're quite spread, yeah. You should be able to take every one of them, without the others ever realizing they were losing their comrades so quickly. Wait, Lucifer."
"What?"
"There's a blonde pair of swordsmen, a blue headed woman. Wait a second, Kiba, Jeanne and Xenovia are here?"
"Let them take care of the business, they're capable. Let's move on towards Osaka and get some shut-eye."
As we gathered again, we walked towards Osaka. It was good to be home again after a small skirmish. Then after a short while, we saw Kiba, Jeanne and Xenovia return with about 500 people in tow. It can't be, right? So it became a conversation between me, Issei and Demeter, while Athena, Aphrodite and Yuuto were listening.
"Demeter here, Goddess of Fertility! I've been forced to become a fugitive from Zeus' forces. This blonde handsome guy told me I was safe with you guys."
"Don't worry."
"Kyaa! He's scary!"
"Leviathan, would you handle this for me?"
"Fine, Issei. Good evening, Demeter. Why did you become a fugitive?"
"The soldiers under my legion were all loyal to Zeus and attacked my Royal Guard. Every Goddess is required to have a Royal Guard for this exact reason."
"Why don't the Gods have any Royal Guard?"
"Oh, only Ares has a special group, but that's because he's scared."
"His fears were correct, softly spoken."
"You evil-."
"I killed Apollo and this guy killed Dionysius, but we didn't touch Ares."
"Artemis will kill you. You guys are just evil."
"Pfft, you believe Zeus is a hero?"
"Of course he is!"
"So do you know Hephaestus has already been executed?"
"NO! Sona Sitri, you're lying! You didn't kill Hephaestus, right!?"
"Zeus did, your 'hero'! Did you hear that thunder shock about 18 hours ago?"
"Wait, did you mean that shock was aimed at Hephaestus? No! He didn't deserve this!"
"Though his last words I heard were, 'Curse you, Zeus!', which was related to Ares' death."
"Not Ares as well!"
"Did I just hear Aphrodite's voice!? Did you imprison her!?"
"Zeus separated me from my lovers, forcing me to be stuck with a fat-ass named Dionysius who also rapes younger boys, Zeus hates Ares, Zeus murders Ares when he didn't expect it and blames Hephaestus for being a traitor, Zeus sends a minion like a pussy he is to execute Hephaestus, Zeus murdered Hephaestus when that minion failed, Zeus never fought on the frontlines, Zeus killed everyone I loved, Zeus is going to kill me, Zeus is evil. I can't die, someone must tell the world Zeus is the incarnation of evil."
Then Issei spoke.
"Athena, I know you're near her. Explain to me what's happening with her."
"She's undergoing a process of heart breaks and hate."
"Is the proper term going yandere correct?"
"I think it's rather yangire."
"Nah, yangire would be sparked by me or Zeus, but this is sparked by the death of Hephaestus and Ares."
"What do you want to do?"
"Make sure she doesn't get near a weapon. For the rest, we can't do much."
Then Aphrodite suddenly glomped Issei.
"Demeter, I order you! We're going to do a threesome with this guy!"
"Oi, Aphrodite! You know that guy is evil!"
"But, he's a God as well!"
"What God?"
"Eh? God of Reality? You never read the Bible, the First Edition? He's God!"
"Uhm, he's not a God. He's just a lowly Human."
"Shame on you, Demeter."
"Athena, you betrayed Zeus. You have no right to say that."
"Oh, should I tell you what I saw when I took over his mind? Him stabbing us to death, all of us. He went fucking yangire."
"Who sparked his hate and vengeance then?"
"Commons ignited his hate, Zeus sparked his bloodlust and his friend's death was the reason to lose all reason."
"Oh, how would a Human kill us then?"
"Demeter, you only survived with his intervention."
"You mean that riot at my base?"
"You know, right? There's no way your disloyal soldiers would simply slaughter each other right?"
It was interesting to see Athena give arguments to defect, it seems Demeter is not completely convinced to defect to our side. Rather, I don't think she even thinks Zeus is evil.
"My soldiers are not showing disloyalty towards me!"
Aphrodite and Athena talked towards Issei.
"Well, what are you going to do?"
"Are the other Olympians as departed from reality as she is?"
"Yeah. We used to be like that as well, I think the only ones who aren't departed from reality were Hephaestus, Ares and Poseidon from our council."
"Two corpses and the delivery bitch. It's better for Poseidon to stay neutral. Athena and Aphrodite, you two take care of Demeter."
"You mean killing her?"
"No. She's a prisoner of war for the time being, I can't negotiate with her like she is now. She needs to get her sense of reality back again."
Then a private from Demeter's squad has an idea.
"You claim you've shot one of our men, right?"
"Yeah."
"Why don't you bring us to those corpses the next morning?"
"Let's go now. Zeus will clean those corpses, because he will try to keep Demeter on a leash."
"Fine."
So we headed with Demeter in tow and a few of her most experienced soldiers. We pointed the corpses which were obviously shot. It was clearly visible, since their wounds weren't as visible as others. They pointed out one of those corpses.
"Did this person fell from Zeus' wrath?"
"No, he was shot by one of ours."
"Do you Humans have no honour?"
"Don't be a fucking hypocrite. You really think we'd be able to fight 'the All Wanker Zeus' head-on?"
"Of course, to kick a king of his throne, you'd-"
"If you'd be able to find the fucking wanker on his godforsaken throne, you departed retard!"
"Since when are you allowed to call one of the loyal Olympus soldiers a departed retard!? I'm a fucking Captain!"
"I'm a General, LEADER OF AN ARMY, you shitface. You want to fight with bare fists, you fuckface?"
"Issei, calm down."
"Hah, a bitch who controls you. Even she said you shouldn't fight me."
"Sorry, Leviathan. I can't after he said that to you, nobody calls you a bitch. Fine, we'll fight now. Drop your fucking sword."
"Really, you think I'm going to do that against a General, I'm just a lowlife Captain."
"Actually, you're scum and I was trying to convince him for your safety, now you will face."
"Execution."
Issei just pulled a gun and shot the soldier just right through right shoulder! It was a perfect shot and it just finished off his arm!
"You bloody-"
"Silence, you draw a weapon, I draw mine. My weapons are superior to yours by many generations, you should have just fought me with bare fists. Your arrogance has killed you."
"I can still kill you! Demeter, disarm him!"
"Demeter, don't even think about it, if you think about disarming me, you'll lose all your soldiers at a death's grace."
Now Aphrodite was standing next to Demeter.
"Now what will you do? Swear loyalty and you keep your soldiers or become a slaughtered at that guy's hands?"
"Aphrodite, you know something else about him, is he Human?"
"Normally he is, but he's forcefully now Lucifer, the Human is just being in a comatose."
"I can't believe this, Lucifer would use more magic and he's a Devil, right?"
"Shame on you, Demeter. But what will your choice be? Your soldiers alive or your soldiers dead?"
"Demeter, take the Human down."
"Lucifer, you shouldn't have saved my soldiers. If you're really Lucifer, I can know of one thing from Hades. You worked for him, you were extremely brutal in gathering souls. Now prove it to me."
"No problem, Demeter."
Lucifer just pulled a sword from the Void, where he stores his items. I didn't see this coming. It's his Bringer of Death.
"It's feasting time."
The brutal spectacle was so impressive, I think I just wet myself in awe. It was so awesome how he was executed and brought to death. There was only a soul left. It was perfect.
"Oh my god, I tried to oppose Thanatos' Biblical Friend. Death can't be opposed, I surrender. I defect."
"Good, now that's one problem less."
So I looked around and I saw one young girl walking towards us. When I looked around the city, it was empty. There were no Olympian soldiers left. Then one of the Aphrodite soldiers reported to Aphrodite.
"Zeus has commenced a retreat! I don't know what happened."
"I think that girl is related to it. The tomboyish young girl."
"Liliane."
Issei was happy to see Liliane-chan return, though we were curious what happened.
"Hey, Issei! I've got something for you, Lightning Energy!"
Oh damn. Liliane-chan was sucking all that energy from Zeus during that time she was held by Zeus. Zeus got weak and as the coward he is, he retreated and ran. Then Issei held that ball of Lightning Energy and just ate it up.
"Hmm, I feel energized. Let's see what I can do with this Lightning. Oh, I see. I can create Shock Ammunition now. Perfect."
"Ne, Lucifer, did you gain any skills?"
"My Leviathan, now that's a secret."
We signalled Osaka being safe and we all celebrated. Everyone from Kuoh arrived to celebrate. It was a happy moment, then Issei said we should go to the onsen in Osaka. I thought that wasn't a bad idea, but then for some reason, most of the guys wanted to just hang around and enjoy Osaka and go to the onsen later.
Actually, Katerea-sensei and Morgana-sensei hypnotized most of the Human to go shopping. That went easier than expected. Time to enjoy the onsen! Until.
"Katerea-sensei and Morgana sensei, everyone. Are you all supernaturals?"
Katerea-sensei tried to clean Kiryuu-san's mind, until Lucifer stopped her.
"Katerea-sensei, don't. She's my girlfriend, I'll handle this accordingly. Sona, come with me."
I followed Lucifer who went for a walk with Kiryuu-san.
"Issei, what is this!?"
"I'm sorry, Aika. I guess I shouldn't have kept it a secret from you. The answer to the question you asked will be shocking."
"So Motohama is also a supernatural?"
"Ehm, as far as I know, no. Why do you say that?"
"Do you know how I've gained that ability?"
"Tell me, Aika."
"It was about 9 years ago, actually. I've seen Rias, a red-headed male Rias and a silver-haired maid in the church."
"Wait, do you mean. Have you seen me?"
"No, although I saw a chestnut brown haired girl, but I can't recall her that well. There was also a person in Knight's Armour."
"Wait, you mean. You were at THAT church when that happened!?"
"Yeah, I saw mean people trying to kill that knight. It was scary, I couldn't do anything."
"Aika, you shouldn't have. I was doing pretty well back then."
"You were the knight in armour!? Though he was about as tall as I was."
"I think I was, I don't remember much, but I know I wielded a sword and a shield. They're now in Irina's capable hands."
"Will you call Irina-san for me?"
"Sona, would you?"
I walked outside and I searched for Irina. I found her rather quickly, but I also had to tell her to bring the sword and shield. She knew immediately and she just took it from some Heavenly Dimensional Area. Anyways, we walked towards Aika.
"So, Kiryuu-san remembers these weapons?"
"Yeah, those were the weapons."
"Then it still doesn't add up why you got the power of seeing how handsome a guy is, or well how well-endowed he is."
"That's what happened afterwards, Rias went to me and tried to erase my memories about that."
"Then?"
"She screwed up. I didn't lose it, but she gave me a power. I started to get interested in boys already. My interest in boys was terrifying, but no boy was interesting. I couldn't see a good boy, until last year. The day that you returned to Kuoh. I could see you. I saw you as a beauty, I didn't expect you to be my knight on the horse."
Hahaha, Rias screwed up her attempt to erase someone's memories! So funny. So it seems she knows already from the day Issei fought those Devils.
"Hey, Issei. Would you like me to service you at the onsen?"
"Let's go, Aika. We'll see whether you get to service me."
"Oh, but I will fight for it."
Oh crap, another strong contender in Issei's harem.
We all headed towards the special onsen in Osaka.
[Day 6, 12 PM]
One day has passed since human Issei is asleep.
Yay, everyone has been found in the battlefield! Nothing much to say, besides the fact there might be references to games coming the next chapter.