"And that's pretty much it"
"Heh, sorry kid but i'm going to have to call bullshit on your little story"
"Though the words may not be the same, I agree with Azazel"
"Why?"
"There is no way someone could ever be that strong"
"You are an expert on Sacred Gears right?"
"Yes, what about it?"
"You know my gear"
"Yes"
"You know about the tower shield?"
"Yes, The Shield of A Thousand Souls"
Vincent summoned it, showing them all the dent that was put in it.
The Fallen's eyes nearly bugged out of his head.
"What!?"
He got closer to it. "That….he did this?"
"Yes, with a single kick, I put all my strength into it, and nearly died afterward"
Michle was lost to a degree, Sirzechs was still pensive.
"I am lost"
"All three of us could throw an attack at this thing and barely scratch it, Michle"
The Seraph grew worried.
"Tell them what you told me, Vincent. About his goal"
"He plans to kill Great Red"
""Great Red!?""
"Yes, thats why we have to stop him, their battle could destroy the world"
"Also, the raw output of power could possibly destroy the seals holding the Beast"
"You mean….Trihexa?"
"Yes"
"Just another reason to get this started"
"Vince, I have a favor to ask"
"Ok, shoot"
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The next day, Vince was walking and thinking of a way to get there. The problem was that he didn't know anything about it, nor where it was. Sirzechs said that only few know of it and they refused to share it's emplacement. He sighed before seeing someone he didn't think he'd ever see again, or a pair of people he didn't expect to run into.
"Y-You're-" began the girl before her parasite spoke.
"You again! What the hell do you want?!"
"Samson. Don't yell like that"
"Considering that they wanted you to abandon your humanity!"
"But they-"
"I've been around many shady folks before, and they are no good"
"I'm not going to hurt you"
"Do you really think that I will trust you after what you did?!"
"I….I actually need your help"
"Ha. And you think that we will accept"
"But we still need to thank him for being nice to us before"
"He just tried to trick you in believing that he's nice"
'Living with a parasite must be hard'
"Let's just hear him out"
Vince asked them about the place Sirzechs told him about.
"You serious?!" Samson was laughing hard.
Filia looked up "You know that place?"
"Yeah. It's called 'The Black Crow', a place where you should never go unless you're strong enough to survive"
"Think you can take me there?"
"Even if you put a million in front of me, I'll say no. Filia is too young to go there"
"I could protect you"
"Even if you find it, you won't be able to get in. You need to be on the list, or have done some monstrous things to get in. No bounty hunter can survive in there"
"Are you on that list?"
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that I'll accept to go there. A place like that is very dangerous for Filia, physically and mentally"
"How bad?"
"That place is filled with the worst criminals in this world. Once you get in, there will be no law to protect you. It doesn't matter who you are, if you think that you can use your connections there, you're wrong. The worst of the worst is in there and no bounty hunter dared go in there"
"Like I said, I could protect you"
"I am worried about Filia, but that doesn't mean that you can keep her safe from that place… and there's someone who will kill her on the spot there"
"who?"
"A woman with a parasite. Her name is Eliza, and her parasite is Sekhmet, one of the strongest parasite I know"
Vince began to chuckle.
"Do you think this is funny?! She's way above my league! And Sekhmet isn't like me, she helped her host to stay as young as the day she possessed it. She already tried to kill Filia, and I'm not going to risk her life…" Samson stayed quiet for a moment before whispering under his breath "Not after what happened to Filia…"
"Samson?"
"I said nothing!"
"You seemed sad for a moment"
"Just remembering something"
"I can protect you both"
"You don't understand! She-"
"We accept"
"What the hell is wrong with you, kid?!"
"Even if she's scary, I feel like I should face her one day"
"But not there!"
"Don't worry, if it's about the shady things that are happening, then I saw worst"
"That place isn't' New Meridian"
"I can survive it"
"Good, lets go"
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After following Samson's directions, both Filia and Vince arrived at the place. And Vince, hidden in a hooded coat, noticed just a door there.
"Well shit, best prison I've ever seen"
There was a chuckle from his partner.
"Don't let it fool you, the place is really big"
They approached and a large muscled man landed close by.
"How is it going Bob"
"Samson?" replied Bob.
"Yeah! Long time no see!"
"Why you here?"
"Someone wanted to see the 'Place'"
"Him Samson friend?"
"You can say that"
The muscled man stepped aside and opened the door. Once inside, Vince noticed that most of those inside were some criminals who escaped him while others are reputed to have the largest bounty in the universe.
"Damn, this place is huge…"
He turned and saw a woman that appeared to be singing.
"Damn it!" muttered Samson.
He took a look around and noticed the many 'activities', such as gambling with souls, monsters eating a man while he's still alive, some girls being raped by men and monsters.
'I think I understand'
"We need to find the private chambers!" whispered Samson.
"why?"
"We can survive a little there"
Vince looks around while walking, he froze after finding Azrael arm wrestling 10 muscled people, but he was talking with Vali who's standing behind him. He also noticed that he seems like he doesn't care about what's happening as a chair slammed on his head and He didn't turn his head, still talking with Vali.
He was brought back when he heard the girl scream.
"Smells like fresh meat" said a man in red clothes.
"Nice and looking good. Seems like we got a good toy for ourselves" added one in black cloths.
"Stay away from my host!"
Several tentacles speared through them.
"That's why I didn't want to come here!"
"I see"
"You said that you were going to protect us!"
"I would have if you had not"
"Look. You came here, now we will go!"
"I'm going to explore a bit"
"After what happened?! No way in hell!"
"Ok, you can leave"
"I won't risk Filia's sanity for someone who doesn't care about my host!"
The girl's hair suddenly began to grow into a humanoid figure, leaving with the girl.
'Well, time to look around'
{I don't like this place}
'Neither do I'