At the end of the next chapter, I will introduce the first Heretic God of this story, so there will begin the changes with respect to the original timeline of DXD that you know, I mention them in case you were still wondering when a really significant variation would arrive, so don't expect Riser or my version of Kokabiel (Samiel) to appear soon.

In any case, I hope you like the chapter, and that my English is still good enough for a good reading.

best regards!

Mission 06: Save the nun (1)

After scaping from that priest...

Later at night, Issei was treated for his wounds he received from the bald priest at the occult reserch club (ORC), so spells were used on his body to make his wounds heal faster and bandages were also placed on him.

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And in the morning at the same place, Sona Sitri happened to drop off a file to Rias, whose title had "Akira Antoni Kusanagi".

After handing him the document, Sitri left the club, but not before telling her friend that there was nothing interesting about that student: The Kusanagi was just a school delinquent who always gave trouble to the student council.

Despite her comment full of contempt, the Gremory still reviewed the file where she noticed that the only remarkable thing about "Antoni" besides all the problems he gave at school and at home, was that...he ate too many pizzas and strawberry ice cream in the school cafeteria...

And in case you were wondering, Toni was doing just that at the time.

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Later that same day...

...Issei almost miraculously re-encountered Asia, who would end up healing his wounds. She had somehow managed to escape or get out of wherever she had been locked up.

They subsequently had a date, however Asia seemed emotionally fragile, perhaps because she had received a severe and inhumane punishment. Despite this, the Argento managed to become a little happy again after spending time with the brown-haired boy.

Unfortunately, her peaceful and memorable day would be interrupted when the fallen angel kalawarner would suddenly appear to take Asia away because she had a special purpose for Asia waiting for her in the church *1

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And before the sun set on that same day...

...Hyodou returned to the ORC to talk to Rías, about the possibility of rescuing the nun, but she did not tell him something very different from what they already remember, however she placed without her pawn noticing, a card in his pocket, for some reason. Afterwards, she and Akeno would disappear through a magic circle, to go to a certain place. Apparently they had plans of some sort.

When the director and vice-director of the club disappeared, Hyodou sighed bitterly, and thought of going to that church on his own...

...however, before he went out of the CIO door with that intention, he put his hand in one of his trouser pouches. There he found something strange that was not supposed to be there, so he pulled the object, and when he took it out, he realized that it was a card with the following title: "Devil-May-Cry".

Upon seeing it, he immediately wondered with confusion the following: "How did this get here?, did Mr. Dante put it on me?"

Despite his confusion, after reading all the information on the card, without thinking twice he dialed the number indicated on the card while Kiba and Koneko watched him curiously.

-Hello!, Hello!, Mr. Dante!

-[Alo?, This is Devil-May-Cry office...] -"Office...What a joke, I'm just in my room!": Toni answered through the phone line as comical tears appeared in his eyes after thinking about the state of his business, which was only limited to the cards, his cell phone and the poster in his room. By the way, at this moment the Kusanagi was eating some fried food and a hot-dog on his bed, dressed only in his underwear.

-Mr. Dante! Can you hear me?!

-[Yes Kid, I hear you loud and clear. You don't have to shout like crazy or I won't understand you~. What can I do for you?]-After stating the above with a bit of sarcasm, Toni thought of the following with confusion at first, and then with a hint of seriousness: "Is that Issei's voice? Yes It is, this is his number. How did he get my card? Did Rías give it to him?...But why would she give it to him instead of calling me personally? What could have happened?"-Then, he altered his voice, so that Issei would not realize his identity.

His thoughts were soon cut off by the anxious voice of the brown-haired boy.

-I understand. I was calling to ask for your services, a friend is in trouble and I need your help! Sorry, I shouted again!...Sorry...

-[Okay, okay, I got it, don't make a big deal out of it~. Anyway... What's your name and what do you intend to pay me with? It doesn't involve killing innocents, does it? Have you read my rules yet?]-Toni took a bite of his hot dog and then continued talking with his mouth a little bit full-[Remembersh that I must alschio find the work interessshjting].

-'Yes, I've read your rules. It doesn't involve innocents, in fact my friend is the innocent one. All the others are bastards, they're fallen angels who want to take advantage of her!'-Issei clenched his fists in anger, before continuing-'You already know me, I'm Issei-Hyoudou, Rias gremory's pawn, She doesn't agree with me helping my friend because she's a nun but I still want to save her! I only have 700 yen but please help me!'-The brown-haired boy's tone was mixed with complex emotions at the end of his sentence. He hoped with hope that "Dante" would accept the job.

Toni, however, was relaxed: he would help Issei and was confident he could save the girl after hearing the purpose of the job.

He then teased his friend a bit while he ate some fried food-[Let me think about it. Hmmmmmm. There are crazy Fallen Angels. Check! It doesn't involve innocents. Check!... But the pay is ridiculously low, my ass, I can't even afford new boots with that...*Cof, cof, cof!*]-He choked on one of the fries, which left a dramatic pause for a moment. Life was probably punishing him for being a troll.A few seconds later, in which Issei was clenching his cell phone in frustration and anguish, Toni finally answered-[However, even though your money sucks~, I accept the job. You´re intersting kid, and I honestly don't want you get impaled again by a light spear. Hehe~]

His mocking laughter seemed familiar to the brown-haired boy for some reason as he thought about how Dante knew he had already been impaled by a spear of light. It seemed suspicious to him, but Issei decided to ignore that information when he remembered that he was agreeing to help him out.

-Great, I swear I'll save up later to pay you back in full or I'll give you whatever you asks!

-[Well, if you put it that way, I don't need any more money, but you can pay me with pizzas and make it a lot of them~]

-Yes! As many as you want!

The brown-haired boy didn't seem to mind the ridiculous request. Due to the excitement, he didn't notice that Toni was giving him hints about his identity, although of course, Toni didn't think he was going to find out who "Dante" is.

-[Well Kid, when and where is the job? My schedule is tight, you know? *Sigh*]

Toni sighed bitterly after saying that as he thought, "Like I have a lot of jobs. Well, with that, in a way, this business has not changed it."

With great joy, the next moment, the brown-haired boy answered anxiously-'As soon as possible, the place is at the Catholic church in the south-eastern hills of the city! If you can, meet me outside the kuoh academy in 10 minutes! I'm currently here, I'll be on my way soon!'

-[Understood Kid, but even though I hate that academy, I'll be there in 5 minutes]

-Great, thanks a lot!

-[Stop thanking me, it's annoying~ I'll see you in less time than a sow eats~ Over and out perverted devil!]-That said with satire, the ex-sparda hung up his cell phone, put on his battle suit, activated his SG-Disguise "Mr. Zotz" and set off at full speed towards the kuoh academy, where Issei was waiting for him with many questions now rattling around in his head, such as, "How does he know I'm a pervert?, does he investigate all the demons in the city?!"

Less than a minute later, the brown-haired boy began to turn the knob of the door of the occult club, but not before taking one last look at Yuuto and the nekomata, who stopped him for a moment to tell him that they would accompany him as the ORC´S director indirectly told them that they could go, since the church had become an enemy place.

Then one of them asked him curiously:

-By the way Issei-kun, who did you call just now?

-'I found this card in my pocket Kiba and called him'-Hyodou showed Yuuto the DMC card, which left him full of surprise-'He said he would help us and that I shouldn't worry about the payment for now'-Issei smiled

-Ooh, looks like we'll have some interesting help.

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The boss and the only member of DMC did what he promised...

...He arrived in just under 5 minutes after hanging up that call.

Kiba, Issei and Koneko were already waiting for him outside the school.

When our hero arrived, he greeted them informally. Everything seemed to be going smoothly for this mission, but...

*Jump* *Fall*...seconds later, unexpectedly the nekomata didn't waste the opportunity to discover the stranger's identity, so she threw herself towards his person, pulling the "cowboy" while sniffing him.

-'?... Hey...hey...hey...hey...calm dowm little princess! I know I'm handsome, but FBI is watching everywhere!'-Dante smiled in amusement as was still being sniffed by the white-haired girl while they were still on the ground, she ignored his comments as if she had never heard them.

- What are you doing koneko?

- What are you doing koneko-chan?

Confused by her behavior, kiba plus Hyodou asked her at the same time.

-'It's the same smell'-She answered without looking back as she was still sniffing all the body of the ex-sparda who was still lying on the ground.

A few breaths later, the nekomata stood up and approached kiba and the brown-haired boy, to clarify the situation, with a voice almost devoid of emotions-'The smell of the man with the hat is the same as that of your friend Antoni'

-?!

Hearing her, the servants of Rias were very surprised, and did not know what to say to this. Their perplexed eyes focused on the man with the hat, who had only just stood up.

Immediately after the white-haired girl revealed this, our hero knew he had made a mistake, as he never expected that there would be someone with such a developed sense of smell among Rías' peerage. Maybe if he had worn a magic perfume this would not have happened? Whatever the case, nothing could be done...

-'Oh, to hell with it!'-So Toni decided that since things had gotten to this point, and they certainly weren't going to stop investigating such a thing...his identity was no longer very relevant for the time being-'I guess it was bound to happen at some point with some people, Little girl there's a reason your hair has style~!'-koneko smiled slightly upon hearing it, and a moment later the ex-sparda deactivated "Mr. Zotz" for a moment, thereby exposing his identity-'Yes, it's me, Toni, but call me "Dante" when I'm doing this job!'

...At the revelation, kiba and Issei were dumbfounded while koneko seemed indifferent.

-What the fuck, Toni!? Are you the one who saved me?!

-'Of course you idiot, why do you think I saved you?, nobody paid me for that~, You already owe me like 10 pizza boxes just for that!'-Dante hit Isssei´s head slightly, Hyodou had to rub his head after a few seconds. After that, "Dante" spoke more seriously when he activated "Mr. Zotz" again-'Now then, I'm going to have to ask a favor of the three of you. Don't tell anyone else about this, even Rias. I would like to keep my identity secret from as many people as possible for the safety of my family. If you want, I'll explain everything later, Issei.'

Hearing his sincerity and seriousness, the three nodded affirmatively to his words as they could not refuse, since he was going to help them after all, and besides he was Issei's friend.-'Well, thank you for that. Okay, then let's get going, pervert boy, it's about time we go rescue your future girlfriend~'-With sarcasm Dante tried to steer this awkward moment to the important point, however that made the brown-haired boy blush, so he hit the kusanagi on one of his shoulders with his fist.

- She's a nun! Don´t fuck with me!, I'm not that much of a pervert!

-Yes you are!

Koneko disagreed and after that comment Issei lowered his head a bit.

- Hahaha! Good answer little princess~

The ex-sparda stroked Koneko's head as he said that and ruffled her hair, whereupon the nekomata smiled subtly. Apparently, the fact that he's not a pervert like Issei didn't make her reject the contact.

Then they set off in the direction of that church. Dante was carrying "Mr. Zotz" on his head, the devil sword in its sheath on his back, and his two pistols in the holsters on their waists, Kiba and Issei wanted to ask them questions about those weapons, but when they probed a little on the subject, Dante told them "No time for me to tell you that."

But halfway through, Kiba's curiosity got the better of him again, so standing next to the Kusanagi, he asked:

- So...Are you a sacred-gear user? What's also an devil sword swordsman?...Is that on your back a devil-arm? It´s aura, it seems restrained...

Hearing that the brown-haired boy was also flooded with curiosity again, so he touched his finger to the hilt of that sword, which immediately released a crimson glow that came from the eye socket of the dragon skull on the hilt upon contact, so that not only scared Issei, but he also felt in danger for some reason, Almost as if the sword wished to eliminate him...

-'Auch!'-Immediately, the arm on which his SG appeared felt a pinch, like a sharp pain from a first-degree burn. He tried to hide the pain, but a moan escaped him.

Dante noticed that, which confused him a bit when he thought- "Why did the anti-dragon aura react to him? Even inside in "her" sheath, this "girl" managed to release a little bit of "her" power. Almost as if the Devil-arm went crazy with ecstasy at his touch. What on earth is hidden in Issei?"-He didn't probe too deeply into the matter, however, and decided it was best to keep Issei away from the sword plus leave the rest of the questions unanswered-'I had already told you that the questions I can answer I will solve them tomorrow, I don't think there is time for us to talk about it. And Issei, for your safety, do not touch this sword on my back. It doesn't like others than me to touch it'

That said (which confused Issei even more since he didn't know how some magical weapons could behave, especially demonic ones), Dante began to run in the direction of the church with a marathon speed so that the others could follow him.

-Toni-senpai is a mystery.

That was the last comment heard before reaching the church, which was made by a nekomata whose curiosity about all the secrets of the kusanagi had also been opened.

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In the forest near the church where Asia was kidnapped, and while Dante, Kiba, Koneko and Issei were doing their things, a female blonde-haired fallen angel dressed as a gothic lolita was watching the surroundings, along with other generic fallen angels scattered around, sitting around the ground or standing on the tree tops.

-!

But the tranquility of those fallen angels would not last long, for they would soon become alert when unexpectedly, from one moment to the next, Akeno and Rías would manifest in the place through a magic circle.

Rias would inform them that the other members of her nobility were already about to arrive at the church, so the fact that she was there was just a distraction.

Once she said that to the enemy, a cheerful smile formed at the corners of her lips as she thought about the following: "This presence belongs to Dante. He seems to be standing next to my servants. He wasn't lying when he said that if I needed help, to call him. Luckily Issei found the card, and Kiba and Koneko surely realized that I allowed this. Now then, since they'll be safe enough with Dante, I can focus on these crows without distractions."

*Snap* *Snap*- When there were no more words to be said between the demons and the fallen angels, Rias throned the fists of her hands and raised her devilish aura just before kicking off the combat.

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When Dante get to the outside of that church...

..he and the other members of the Gremory group who were together with him were hiding behind some bushes just outside the convent gates.

- There seem to be a lot of fallen angels in there.

-Really, then it's a good thing all of you came, hehe.

Laughing nervously, Hyodou was relieved to feel accompanied after hearing Yuuto's whisper, who continued his speech with an expression full of anger for a moment when he said-'You are my comrade, besides...I hate priests and fallen angels'

On the other hand, listening to those two, our hero sighed with fatigue when he thought that it was ridiculous to be hiding behind the bushes since all of them but him, it seemed that they did not know how to hide their auras.-"I don't know what you guys are doing talking there, I'm sure they've already detected us": That's what he thought, until...

*Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum!*-...his thoughts were interrupted by someone who apparently was sensible, because with a strong blow the nekomata did what the ex-sparda was about to do. She suddenly approached the door of the convent and kicked it hard, so that the gate flew off when she received that kick with super-human strength.

-'Little Girl, you have stolen my presentation!'-After seeing that, the ex half-blood complained as he walked along with Hyodou and kiba. Once he reached the white-haired girl's side, he playfully ruffled her hair as he opened his mouth to sarcastically say the following-'but now thanks to that, I know that you have style. You do understand what a stylish entrance means~'

Koneko smiled subtly as our hero ruffled her hair again for a moment, and then they all entered the large church hall.

-*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!*- Once inside, seeing no one, Dante took out one of his pistols and started shooting towards the ceiling, as if he was crazy, while his companions just watched him confusedly.

-'It's rude not to invite anyone to a massive concert, and it's worse when you stay hidden in the middle of the show!'-*Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! *- Our hero's voice echoed throughout the place along with the deafening sounds of his gunshots, which echoed for less than a minute more, until a man's thick voice was heard coming from inside the church.

-'Stop that annoying sound "Nephilim" fallen into sin, I heard loud and clear your wishes to be saved from the devil's clutches!'-After what appeared to be a secret door hidden in the floor (near the tabernacle at the back of the church) slowly opened, a priest with heterochromia spoke that phrase just as he stepped out into the main room of the church. He spoke passionately as he made a prayer gesture with his hands.

Incidentally, the priest had already realized that one of those boys was human, and a "SG" user as he called him "Nephilim", a term used by the church to indicate such users, as well as mongrels born of angels and humans.

-'What the fuck?!'-At the sight of it Dante stopped shooting, and was obviously quite puzzled, so much so that his words were cut off for a moment. But after he remembered that he was in an alternate world, he said with sarcasm (and a hint of surprise) the following when he pointed at the priest with his index finger-'...What the hell are you doing here Fred!?~'.

Obviously he knew his real name. But he could not state it so easily, after all "They did not know each other". In that alternate world he visited with Beryl when destroying the "Beast Heads", he encountered alternate versions of the Mundus generals, such as "Phantom" and even an evil version of "Trish" along with an army of clones of that blonde devil, so meeting another "Arkham" was not so rare after all. Mind you, unlike that time, this time it took him 18 years to meet someone related to his home world.

-Toni, His name is Arkham, not Fred!

-Aaaaah, riiiiiiiight~...Hmmm, from your expression, it seems you already knew him...And by the way, I told you to call me "Dante", don't break my alter-ego as "Demon Hunter"!~ It's important, so say it!

-Ah, Ooook?. Anyway, yeah, I already knew him...Ton...D-D-Dante? That's the priest who kidnapped Asia! I was there that day! He's completely insane!

-Crazy huh? It seems that on "this side", that pattern repeated itself~

-?

-Nothing, forget that last one~

-'Ooook?, whatever...Hey, Arkham, where's Asia?!'-After Dante had a brief conversation with Issei where sarcasm, satire, anger and confusion prevailed, Hyodou clenched his fists in anger as he focused back on Arkham, who after hearing their shouts turned his words back to them as he stretched his arms out in front as his two eyebrows twitched angrily.

-'Ah? That girl who did not know how to be grateful for the grace the Lord gave her, is about to become something that is more useful to our cause. Down there, in the assembly hall, the glory of heaven is about to fall on one of the angels. But you will not be able to glimpse that marvelous act with your disgusting eyes. How dare the demons place their filthy feet in the house of the Lord? Unforgivable! You will be judged by my hands in the most painful way possible!'-The priest gave the ex-sparda a quick glance as he finished focusing his sinister gaze on the re-incarnated devils-'...And you! "Nephilim" who dared to use the gifts God gave you to collude with the devils, you will deserve a punishment worse than death!'

At the end of his prayer, the exorcist took out 10 long Knifes from his clothes, and placed them all between his fingers. Now he really looked like Wolverine. Seeing him act like that, the Kusanagi couldn't help but chuckle as he whispered the following:

-Oh, Man, is this alternate version of you some kind of religious fanatic? Hehehehe! ~ I don't know if it's fucking ironic, or one of the strangest things I've ever seen. No, the alternate "Griffon" without "Mundus-fanaticism", it was certainly weirder~

Right away, without waiting for the priest to make his first move, in the blink of an eye the Kusanagi used his superhuman speed to run, and leap forward with the intention of kicking Arkham in the face to end this in an instant and not waste any time, but...

-!

-*Puuuuuum!-...Unexpectedly, Akrham managed to see behind that move, his eyes moved as fast as Dante did. The priest therefore managed to dodge the kick with a simple lateral movement of his neck, which caused the Kusanagi to go straight and ended up breaking part of a wall at the back of the church with that kick.

-Such moves are useless before someone who was an "Executor" of the church. My body and mind have been trained to exterminate even high-class devils, and that is why you children of the devil, today you will be nothing but lambs used to get my forgiveness!

*Slash**Slash**Slash**Slash**Clang**Clang**Clang**Clang*-Saying that, Arkham threw 4 knifes at a super-human speed towards the ex-Sparda, who even had to move a bit faster as he usually did in order to dodge them. By the front, by one side, by the other, and with a jump he managed to dodge by a hair in slow motion the knifes thrown by the priest, whose surprise was not long in coming when he saw how his weapons embedded with terrifying force into the walls of the church.

-?

*Slash**Slash**Slash*Clang**Clang**Clang**Clang*-Confused for missing the first attempt, the priest threw another 4 knifes at Kusanagi, at an even faster speed than a second ago, however, the ex-sparda would again dodge each one of them with moves that would make any Matrix fan proud.

-?!

-Ooooh, so "on this side" you're not just an ordinary human after all either. Great, that'll make it less boring~.

*Shock* *Clang*- Then, without fully understanding what his strange words were referring to, the priest charged at superhuman speed straight towards the Kusanagi, using the last two knifes in his hands as swords, which immediately made cross contact with Dante's devil sword, who resisted with some trouble the swinging of his enemy's knifes. The blades of the three weapons kept trying to overcome each other, while the sparking sound of metal reverberated throughout the place, under they´re feet a small crater had already formed in the concrete.

-Why are you still alive?!

-What? Do You thought I was just fast and not strong? Don't overestimate yourself old man, you still haven't made me sweat~!

-Arrogance will only lead you faster to your doom, Nephilim!

Seeing him for the first time "tied" with someone, Kiba would hastily suggest:

-Koneko, Issei, we have to help him!

-Yes!

-Sure!

-Guys, I'll distract this baldy! You'll only get in my way! So let me handle this, and go get Asia! I'll catch up with you in a moment!

-As if I'd allow that, Nephilim!

-As if you can help it!

*Claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!*- Saying that, they clashed the blades of their swords/knifes with such overwhelming force that it ended up creating a small shockwave that sent the church chairs flying everywhere, while a larger crater formed under their feet.

*Puuuuuum!*- In the next instant, our hero finally managed to land a blow on Arkham. Taking advantage of the fact that both his hands were busy gripping his Knifes, the Kusanagi acted on instinct and used his right foot to make contact with Arkham's abdomen from the side. Once his boot made contact with the strangely durable abdomen, the priest went flying slightly backwards until he hit a wall, in which he left a crater with his figure when he was driven a few meters into the concrete.

However, despite how spectacular it looked, Arkham came off the wall with ease a blink later, with the only visible damage being a line of blood flowing from his lips plus his torn priestly robes, which opened up when a part of the upper garment got caught on a beam inside the wall, whereupon upon exiting the wall, Arkham had torn a large portion of his shirt, thereby exposing a skin full of scars all over plus an absurd musculature, which didn't seem to correlate at all with the appearance he had.

-Ah rascal, that's not fair, share the Gym routine~ Who's your trainer? Terry Crews or Dwayne Johnson?~

Immediately upon hearing it again, Arkham's gaze darkened as his eyes focused madly on the "cowboy" with that cheeky, provocative grin, standing in the middle of the room.

-O.O

Issei, Kiba and even Koneko opened their eyes with surprise when they saw such a scene since they had never seen human beings who were that strong, especially Arkham, who "didn't" possess an SG like Toni. With that they understood that the best thing they could do was to let Dante do his job since he was apparently leading the battle, so they started their journey towards the assembly hall deep inside the church...

...*Clang**Clang**Clang**Clang**Clang**Clang*-Seeing them running in that direction, Arkham would try to stop them, but Dante would manage to stop him in time. They tried again to slice at each other, but they only made contact with each other's blades as they moved at a ridiculous speed in the middle of the room.

When the boys finally descended the stairs hidden in that moving doorway on one side of the tabernacle, Dante began to fight in earnest, no longer having to worry that Arkham would take a hostage, or try to attack another as a distraction or foul play, as he did previously in his home world.

*Clang**Puuum**Puuuum**Clang**Clang*

-My faith!...My will, will not be defeated by a mere user of an unknown sacred-gear!...My faith and my will are stronger than any Nephilim!

*Clang**Puuum**Puuuum**Clang*

-Ah, don't start complaining now you damn fool. If you want to win so badly, become a demon again, and maybe you'll have a chance. Maybe an evil chess piece can transform you into an devil buffon, who knows?

-Turn me into a demon?! My blood will never touch anything so foul!

-Hahaha! Oh, man! If the "other you" heard you, you'd surely kill him with laughter!

-?!

*Clang**Puuum**Puuuum**Puuuum**Clang*-Dante still clashing his own sword against the priest's Knifes repeatedly, didn't miss the opportunity to tease him, though obviously Arkham didn't fully understand what he was referring to, and less time he had to think about it as he was being hit from time to time with severe kicks or punches that Dante had managed to connect with him more habitually than in the beginning.

Dante had to admit that this "Arkham" was about even with him, in terms of speed and strength, but that wasn't all that was important, the experience of his previous life was taking its toll on the priest. And if he hadn't killed it so far, it was because he first had to find out if "Arkham" met all the "Hunt" criteria he had for knowing when to kill humans. He had already met two of them: This Arkham was insane in his own way, and he didn't mind sacrificing innocents to satisfy his own ambitions, so he only needed a Two more "clues" to know whether or not to kill him.

As Tony-Redgrave, he was forced in his other life to hunt mobsters in his early years working on the streets, he had to take down one or another criminal before fully immersing himself into the supernatural world, but to do the above he had very specific criteria, in which he basically had to consider a human being, as bad as a "demon", and he didn't know if this Arkham met all his "standards". Maybe Kalinna and Lady were still a close-knit family next to her religious fanatic husband/father? Who knows?...Dante didn't have time to research it all, though he was curious about it. But if he ended up killing him, and those women were alive and happy by this madman's side, well... would they have to give him a funeral soon *2

-*Long Sigh*

*Craaaash!*-Less than three minutes later, the ex-sparda sighed with frustration and a bit of pity because this fight had already dragged on for too long due to his doubts, so after sending the persistent Arkham, who kept standing determinedly despite all the injuries he had already received, flying again, Dante decided to end this once and for all, with a "little" unfair method.

-'You're not doing too bad, old man... but you're missing about 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and run for 10 kilometers every day for another 6 months to get over me'-*Shine*-While the priest freed himself from the destroyed concrete of the pillar where he had left another crater (while the blood dripped more intensely from his lips and the bruises and other various injuries on his trunk and limbs forced him to stand up with a little more difficulty) our hero said with satire while he lightly held the crown of his hat, which began to release a more intense purple-reddish aura when he finished his sentence-'...On second thought, your previous training already made you bald, so you better not do that, or your head will shine like the fuckin sun~ In any case, I don't have time to keep wasting my time with a mini-boss like you, so let's let "Mr. Zotz" solve this the easy way, shall we?'

-*Shine**Shine**Shine**Shine*-The hat's aura increased even more, until it reached a few meters in height, and then a part of the scarf on the Kusanagi's neck grew in size...

-*[Balance-Breaker! Supreme-Bat, The Master-Predator-Of-Crimson-Extraction!]*

...it grew in size, until it ended up becoming a "cape" in the style of the old west, similar to a poncho, but without the front part. This black cloak that was apparently made of darkness appeared when that sound was released from the hat with a voice that seemed to come from a hell-born creature. Yes, Dante had just activated the Balance-Breaker (BxB) of this artificial SG, something he was taught to do and handle by the Grigori leader that day in the tavern. An artificial SG could activate his BxB without the need for training or other methods, although it had a number of other drawbacks that we will skip for the moment...

...Inconveniences like that name, which brought a nervous sweat and a pitiful expression to the ex-Sparda, who immediately thought the following when he heard it a second time: "You went too far with that horrible name Azzazel! Fuck, I'm not going to call it that! I'll just leave it as [Predator-Style]"

-You!...You had that forbidden power all this time! A Balance-Breaker?!

Dante still had the scarf and hat, but besides that cloak that grew from a small portion of the scarf that separated when the cloak was formed, the glasses had disappeared, to merge with his eyes, which seemed to be made of only darkness with dark-red hues at the edges just like his hair. And coupled with the terrifyingly dark and evil aura that seemed to envelop his entire body, along with the occasional grotesque looking vein running down the visible parts of his face, it gave him an appearance not made for children...

-*Sigh*... You know?, you talk too much, in that you didn't change from "this side" either "Jester"~...

...However, Arkham was not terrified by that, or by his high-pitched and distorted tone of voice, similar to that of a predecesor demon, but because the nervousness in the fibers of his being was born from the fact that once that cape manifested, the SG aura and magical power of our hero grew disturbingly, above a high class demon...to the level of a supreme class demon.

-Why would a Nephilim with such a gift from the heavens dare to ally with the foul demon race?!

-You idiot! Don't you see that ironically, the ones who want to save the endangered girl are the devils? Ah, why do I even bother to reason with you when I know you're a crazy priest even on this earth?...

-*[Coagulation]*-A breath later, when the priest was already charging forward again at superhuman speed with the intention of "purging" him with his long Knifes, Dante extended his hand in front and then clenched his fist as that sound came from the hat.

-*Crackle*-Then the next thing that happened, of course, was not an Arkham turned into pieces of flesh and blood flying everywhere. But rather the priest simply stopped his movement midway in his forward charge, as if he had been frozen by some mystical force. The sound of struggling, crackling muscle and bone was soon heard as voluntary contractions of Arkham's limbs became present, as he wanted to free himself from whatever power was "imprisoning" him.

-W-W-W-W-What did you just do?! Free me nephilim!

-'I only "froze" you for a moment, to know some things. You can answer my questions or not, I don't care, but if you answer "correctly", I will release you, stop using this power. and go back to using only my sword, what do you say?'-Obviously that last one, was a blatant lie, but Dante was trying to get Arkham to talk about something, for some reason.

-I swear this won't stop me for long, you fallen man in sin! Any idea you have to stop my mission will be futile!

-*Sigh*, whatever, answer if you want to, or not. These are my questions: Would you sacrifice another innocent human being to fulfill the purposes of your beliefs? How far would you go to make your "God" happy? Would you sacrifice your own family in the "name of God"? You seem to be really obsessed with the chur...

-'What purpose do you have in mind?! Hahahaha! Do you think that by preaching to me you will change the sacred words with which I was formed? Just shut up your unholy voice, and listen well! If it is necessary to fulfill the mission of the heroic Lord, any person in this world is worthy to become a Lamb of God, if they help to fulfill a higher purpose! Just as all those who allow themselves to be influenced by the devils deserve to be killed! Everyone who is useful for the Lord's plans, deserves to be "ascended" to heaven! These are sacred words that an impure being like you could not understand!Now release me and face me like a ma...'-After Dante was interrupted by a furious Arkham, who was offended to feel that his "faith" was being put to the test with such words coming from a sinful "Nephilim", he said furiously in what he was putting on a passionate look full of a bit of madness, until Dante now interrupted him when the last part of his sentence caused him to form an ironic smile on his lips

-Ha!, like a man? Wasn't I supposed to be an unholy creature? Okay, you're a hypocrite too, again. That's all I needed to hear, and even much more than that. Congratulations! In this world you meet all the "criteria" again!, although in a stranger way than I ever expected~'- Said that, our hero advanced forward as he placed his sword in front of him, directing the tip of his blade at Arkham's chest, who ...

-What are you doing!? This is not fair! You said...-...began to sweat nervously and profusely after seeing that sword approaching his chest. He still didn't understand why Dante was talking about "another world" and another "version of him". "Was this Nephilim crazy?": He thought for a moment, before trying to free himself from the "freezing" with all his strength, but it was useless.

-Oh come on!, I know you never believed me, did you?! Of course it's not fair~ I told you it wouldn't be fair~ I would have liked to kick your ass a second time the right way, but I don't have time right now, so bye-bye~

-Nephiliiiiiiiiiim!

-Give my regards to Marie and Kalinna in the other world, will you?

-...! ...!... How do you know about my belo-ve...?!

*Slash!*-Without allowing him to finish that sentence filled with an angry, offended and bewildered tone, those were the last half-finished words that came out of Arkham's mouth, for the next moment a sea of blood was spewed from his throat into his mouth as he was impaled right in the middle of his thorax by the Kusanagi's sword.*3

*Sigh*-After seeing Arkham's body fall miserably to the ground, face down, and then slowly saw how a pool of blood around it was created, our hero sighed with a bit of sorrow. Although this Arkham was a mad killer, Dante never quite got used to killing humans.

Incidentally, if we were to take a first-person perspective to see what Dante's eyes were observing at that moment, we would observe how Arkham's body seemed to be being seen by a kind of X-Ray vision, focused on the blood flow throughout the priest's body, as if his blood vessels and heart were a clear red lake and river running through and across a transparent body, whose contents were slowly but inoxerably emptying. One of his main arteries, plus one of his lungs had been brutally pierced, after all. This "vision" was a kind of supernatural "Blood Consciousness" granted by those "eyes" of the BXB, a consciousness that was observing the blood flow of the priest's body, who moments before was "frozen" thanks to Dante controlling all the blood in his body to stop his movements, just like "Katara".

Maybe this Arkham was strong enough, fast enough, and skilled enough to have given the ex-sparda an even fight, but after all, just like the Kusanagi, Arkham was also a human being, and if the blood of a human being is controlled and/or stopped, well...

...Just what just happened will happen. Arkham was overcome by his inherent human frailty that lay in what could not be modified by intensive training; the organs, and the blood, of which he still needed his body to subsist.

-You'd better not come back to life again, as in Teg-Me-Ni-Gru. Stay still there and dream of killing demons and sacrificing nuns until you go to the other world, I don't want to have to face another version of you that also turns into a mass of giant blue worms~.

Saying that in a tired and somewhat ironic manner, Dante advanced towards the tabernacle at the back of the church and down the stairs that led to the convent's assembly hall. In his field of vision, a large number of figures made by human-shaped blood streams were seen even through the walls. He did not deactivate the BxB of "Mr. Zotz" for some reason, perhaps because he thought it would still be useful despite the stamina consumption involved in maintaining that state...

In a short time the Kusanagi arrived at the church assembly hall...

...this place was wide and in it there were a good amount of priests of generic aspect.

At the back of the place, on a platform reached by some stairs (protected by the priests) he could observe Raynare and Kalawarner, a fallen angel who seemed to have 3 pairs of wings.

Each of them was next to the marble statue of what appeared to be a ten foot tall humanoid ape with some sort of marble armor clothing it. The statue had its arms stretched out in front of it as if it were making a prayer, and in those arms was held in chains the blonde-haired foreign nun, Asia-Argento, who was dressed only in her underwear. Below and around that statue was drawn on the floor a very large magic circle with unknown symbols and characters.

...By the way, Dante could not see the blood inside Raynare, and Kalawarner's was a bit blurry, probably because the former had a high magic resistance or at the same level as his SG and the latter had a decent magic resistance, as demonstrated by her number of wings, that was what he quickly concluded...

...In any case, after thinking about how much magical power Raynare and her companion had, by focusing on that statue, Dante put a wide smile on his face as he said with a whisper the following:

-'Well, looks like I also found the lost divine artifact Azzazel wanted. It was called...Hmmm...Hmmmm...Ah, yes, "Cheater". Two jobs for one, I'm in luck!´-Having enunciated the above, he took notice of the state of Issei and his companions, they looked like they had already been fighting against the priests for a few minutes, as the bodies of some wounded and/or dead priests were near the combat zone they had opened through the masses of priests, who wielding light swords and/or using pistols with light bullets. It was also noticeable that the clothes of the gremory group were somewhat worn and they looked tired.

-Oh my, what do we have here?, a new guest has just joined this glamorous gathering. Don't think that just because you've gone through Arkham, you'll get this little girl to not give us the gift that was bestowed upon her by the heavens. And you may have great magical power, but don't get excited about it. By my side, my dear "friend", will prove to you that, that priest was just an ant, Kukuku!.

- (ㆆ_ㆆ)

Kalawarner spoke with an air of smugness when she saw the new guest that arrived to this meeting and on the other hand, Raynare kept silent while a confused expression was printed on her face as she gave a sidelong glance to Asia, still tied on that statue.

-!

Less than 10 seconds after Dante stepped into the assembly hall, Raynare focused her gaze on the man in the red trench coat, whom she recognized immediately, so she smiled subtly for a moment for some reason. "Perhaps, that mortal could keep that girl from being...": Raynare's thoughts were soon interrupted, when the aforementioned communicated with his companions through shouts:

-Hey guys, what the hell is going on here?!

-Toni! I mean...D-D-Dante?! Ah, whatever! Asia! Asia! She! She! She!...Damn it, these guys won't give up! And she won't stop throwing us...! Here she comes again, watch out!

-Stand aside! Koneko stand aside!

-*Booom!*-After Issei tried to communicate something to the ex-sparda as he hit a priest in front of him with his red gauntlet, and then tried to run in the direction of Asia, he had to stop and jump as far as he could from a spear of light that Kalawarner had thrown towards the ground near them so that the 3 servants of Rias were sent flying backwards by the resulting shockwave.

-'That's funy, keep dancing my little demon monkeys! Amuse me with your suicide mission! Hahahaha! Hey! Raynare, what are you still waiting for?! Attack them already! But, you don't take them out the first time! Let me still have some fun with them!'-kalawarner said with a bit of madness and enthusiasm to her partner, while creating another light spear in one of her hands.

Hearing it, the red-eyed girl dressed like the other day, let out a sigh full of complex emotions, while wrinkling her forehead to put on a confused expression. She then started a conversation with her companion, which was only partially heard by the others, as the noise of the various battles flooded the whole place:

-'I-I-I-I want to regain my divinity, but..'-Raynare's hoarse and hesitant voice quickly acquired an angry tone, as her teary eyes gradually disappeared, to become a puzzled look-'...Not like that! Stealing that girl's sacred-gear for me to possess makes no sense at all! That's not going to return me to my former state!'

-There you go again with that, *Sigh*, Samiel and Azzazel know what they're doing! How do you know it's going to be like that if you've never had that sacred-gear? Maybe that SG has the healing authority you possessed! With that you'd regain a bit of your divinity!

-Of course not, if it had the "fruit" or a portion of the "fruit", I would know! That thing in that nun, it's not any authority I've ever had. I could feel it if it was, and when I'm around her, I still don't feel anything related to me. I have no problem with killing demons but-but-but-she has nothing to do with this. And besides this could in no way be that pervert old man's order!

-We already told you, they know what they're doing! Surely the true aura and presence of the authority of your "fruit" is sealed in that girl's SG and Azzazel-sama must have discovered it. His "Cheater" artifact that allows us to steal sacred-gears having been adjusted with the "spell" is proof that he thinks this is the right path, or we wouldn't have him in the first place! Stop doubting him already!

-Hmmmmmp! Ah! That's too hard to believe, even with that!

- "What the hell are she talking about?"-Unlike the gremory group (who had already gotten up from the ground to continue fighting with the priests each with their own fighting styles), Dante who had already started beating several of the priests who tried to approach him while trying to understand the situation, clearly heard everything those women said despite all the noise there was. How? Of course thanks to Mr. Zotz, for apparently the BxB had also sharpened his hearing sense to an absurd degree and that was controllable under his will, so from his perspective if he wished, every sound wave in the place was heard and analyzed without problems by the ears and brain nerve pathways enhanced by his SG like a bat's sonar.

However, his thoughts would be interrupted when Asia screamed in agony just as the light from the magic circle below the humanoid monkey statue intensified the yellow glow.

- Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!

-"Hell, there's no more time. Every time that magic circle increases the intensity of its light, Asia's breathing and heartbeat become weaker. I hope this works out well for me, I only practiced it once in the tavern and ended up hitting the wall"-Having seen that, Dante realized that there was no more time to keep fighting with the priests, so he prepared to do something with his SG that he apparently hadn't quite mastered.

From what he had heard so much from Azzazel the other day, and from that black angel who reminded him of it; the statue would at some point and somehow steal Asia SG, and give it to Raynare, who ironically she didn't know if she wanted it. And from what he understood about SGs, if it are stolen from a human being, the human will end up dying...

...On the other hand, after having seen Asia's increasing suffering, the red-eyed aforementioned, Raynare, had the following thought: "When I was an angel I always looked out for the good of human beings...and more important, This is definitely not right, even if I get my true self back! Screw it, I know I can get my divinity back in another way! And besides this still doesn't make sense...!"-Raynare's eyes were filled with determination when she could no longer bear to see the suffering of the foreign nun, and the fact that this whole situation gave her a bad feeling- "...First of all, there's no way Azzazel would have sent me that divine artifact to do this! If he had, he would have done it long before with that other Twilight-Healing user he encountered 20 years ago! I don't know why, but this whole thing smells like a huge lie from Samiel to me!"-Having that last thought, Raynare approached the chains that held the golden-haired nun and then broke some of them just by squeezing them with her hands...

...Hands that seemed to have a lot of strength...

...That done, she removed some of the chains from the nun, but soon her work would be interrupted by Kalawarner, who approached her to pull one of her hands with great force, while she opened her mouth furiously:

-What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?! Are you going to throw away everything we have done?! Are you going to remain a simple divine ancestor?! Are you taking the side of the demons?!

-'Think what you want! I decided that humans with sacred-gears are no longer my problem, but at least today I'm not going to let this girl die because of me and for something that won't do me any good! I plan to ask for a meeting with Azzazel after this, it's all very strange! Allying myself with devils?, I'm doing this of my own free will, once I finish freeing this girl, I'll help you finish them off if you want!'-Raynare spoke in a determined manner as she continued to try to remove Asia's chains, but even that good reasoning failed to lower Kalawarner's rage levels.

-'This is the last straw, I won't let you interfere with this!, Samiel-sama speaks for Azzazel-sama! Whatever order he gives us, must be carried out, even if you don't agree with it! Get away from the statue Raynare!'-Saying that with great anger, the blue-haired woman created a large spear of light in one of her hands, larger than any she had ever thrown at the devils, and then swung it at "Raynare", whose face was filled with a bold smile at her intention to attack her.

On the other hand, the kusanagi was already ready to do what he had planned, after having heard that last one and after having given a blow to another generic priest, one of the crystals of his hat finally lit up with a red light: it seemed that he had been waiting for that, since it seemed that he had been waiting for something for about ten seconds since he noticed Asia condition.

- Psychopathic crows and crazy priests! ~The devils hired me to get that girl out alive, and I always honor my contracts, so fuck you!

-*[Shadow-Jumper]*

At the end of his sentence, the ex-half-blood snapped his fingers and then after his SG's hat emitted that sound spoken in English, from one moment to another his body disappeared from the place where he was at the same time that a small smoke of darkness similar to a smoke curtain manifested with the noise of a- *Puf*- just when his body disappeared from his position. Position in which a priest who tried to attack the Kusanagi at that moment ended up running into that ball of smoke plus a piece of broken chain that had just fallen to the ground.

At the same instant, Dante appeared as if by magic on one side of Asia. He covered more than 30-40 meters in less than the blink of an eye, although he...

...he ended up inadvertently colliding with a portion of the statue as he appeared in that spot when he couldn't avoid a momentum that apparently carried him forward. However, the ape statue seemed to withstand the blow, it appeared to be quite solid and immovable despite being only 3 meters high.

Apparently it was an ability of his artificial SG: a sort of "Teleportation" ability of some sort, which he didn't control perfectly and perhaps needed some charging time. Incidentally, what he had done was quite reminiscent of the way "Nightcrawler" from the X-Men teleports.

Whatever the case, after colliding with the statue, Dante quickly rejoined and used his sword to cut the chains that still held the Argento, charged her in a nuptial manner and a moment later...

-*Booom* *Puf*-...he escaped from the incipient spear of light that was already heading towards him, when Kalawarner redirected her attack towards him when she saw it appear out of nowhere. Despite her surprise for such an act of magic, the black angel did not hesitate to throw the spear of light, however the light construct only ended up hitting a small ball of smoke product of another teleportation of the Kusanagi. Curiously, before hitting one of the walls of the hall of the acts which it violently destroyed, the light spear also hit a piece of broken chain that appeared seemingly out of nowhere right in the middle of that ball of smoke that marked the previous position of our hero.

-?

At the same time, Dante appeared from one moment to the next in that place where he had left that priest confused, and where that chain had been. The priest was again confused because in less than 3 seconds Dante had been there, disappeared, and then reappeared again with the nun in his hands.

*Hit!*-Then, with a simple kick, Dante kicked away the priest, who had tried to slice him with his light sword, and then Dante jumped backwards to the entrance of the assembly hall, away from the main battle area. There he placed the blonde girl carefully on the floor, leaning her back against the wall.

*Shine* *Shine* *Hiiiit!*-Less than two seconds later, the glow of the magic circle on the floor around the statue acquired its maximum intensity, just when the blow that Raynare had already aimed at her "friend" made contact with her abdomen when she thought that the spear was still aimed at her.

*Boooooooom!*-And once that fist was buried deep in the black angel's abdomen, she was sent flying miserably into another wall of the auditorium, which was broken like toilet paper after her body went through who knows how many meters of concrete and sub-earthly earth.

-Upsi.

That was the first thing Raynare said after hitting her "friend" after realizing that the spear of light passed her by for some reason. She never noticed the kusanagi's teleportation, as her back was turned to the scene.

Her nervous thoughts soon flooded her as her eyes focused on the wall and the black angel that she had left destroyed...

...Kalawarner was probably not dead...

...Probably...

...Wasn't she?...

...Although if she was...

...what about it?...

...she hated her too, just as much as she hated Dounashiku.

she had screwed up a bit, yes, that was true, but at least she could say she did it in self-defense. Samiel and Azzazel, after all, never forbade her to use her powers to defend himself. Or she could say it was all the fault of these intruders, and wash her hands of it easier. Yes, that sounded better.

―○●○―

Leaving aside the conclusions of that red-eyed woman...

...Our hero had his own thoughts in the small lapse in which all the above happened, because with a meditative face in between, after leaving Asia on the floor, Dante looked for a moment at all the chaos that still persisted in this room at the same time he had the following thoughts:

- "Devils trying to save nuns, priests and angels trying to kill innocents, this world seems to be upside down..."-He shook his head after delving into that, and then focused on the Divine-Ancestor-"...Or maybe it's not so upside down, after all that Ray-Ray-Ray-whathever-be-her-name, she tried to free Asia, and that time she didn't want to kill Issei. Why would she be with them then? It seems she knew Azzazel, although he never told me about her. Hmmmm..."-This thoughts were cut off, when he watched as the aforementioned sent the blue-haired woman flying miserably-"Holy crap! Now that's what I call a good hook to the liver~ and it doesn't even look like she made an effort~ Aaah *sigh* this girl is trouble, if I fight her we'll destroy the whole facility, and this SG is still under experimentation, too many risks. Hmmmmm, the best thing to do would be to try to convince her to take her to a meeting with "Gary", she doesn't seem to know that Samiel is cheating them either. And maybe she knows more things about the movements of that dark deity...Yeah, definitely better for me to have her alive, than dead~"

-*[Coagulation]*

With that last thought, the Kusanagi resumed his fight against the priests that began to approach him, however he didn't bother to exchange punches with them, he simply knocked them unconscious, by cutting off for a moment the circulation of the blood that ran from their necks to their heads. He didn't plan to kill them, as he didn't know if they met his "hunting" criteria, however, he wouldn't stop Rias' servants from killing them either, after all, they weren't all that good, and if someone else took the life of a criminal, it wasn't his problem.

And why not just render all the priests unconscious at the same time? Yes, that was possible. But he didn't consider himself a hero, so he didn't want to interfere with other people's fights if he didn't have to. That was the way he learned to work as Tony-Redgrave many years before, in another life.

―○●○―

- "Where's the girl!"-Less than 10 seconds later, when Raynare finally realized that the nun was no longer tied up in the monkey statue, her gaze filled with surprise when, searching around, she found the nun on that wall in the distance, off to the side of the Kusanagi.

-*Sigh*-A sigh of relief came out of her mouth when she knew that Asia was safe, but the surprise for the skill of that mortal had still persisted: when she pondered the matter, she realized that the cowboy's aura suddenly changed its position several times: it had appeared at her side, then suddenly disappeared again and then reappeared at the back of the hall. Maybe it was some kind of movement skill of that strange SG?

A rather interesting mortal no doubt: that was what she thought as a slight smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

Her thoughts, would soon be cut short by a conversation Kiba and Issei were having in the middle of the battlefield. The number of priests had already been reduced to less than half, but they were still numerous enough to keep them from paying full attention to their surroundings.

-I see, the goal of those fallen Angels is to take away Asia's sacred gear!

- What will happen to Asia if that happens?!

- She will die if that happens

- Will SHE DIE?!

Hearing them, Raynare raised an eyebrow, and with a wry smile in between enunciated the following sarcastically through a whisper: "This...Are these devils idiots?~"

On the other hand, our hero also managed to hear them thanks to his heightened senses. An amused smile formed on his face when he realized that none of the 3 servants of Rias had bothered to look at the humanoid monkey statue at the back of the assembly hall.

-'Hey, perverted kid, delicate boy and the girl with the stylish hair!'-With a small shout with that still distorted voice, Dante caught the attention of the three of them and then pointed with his index finger to the statue at the back of the hall-'Why don't you look at the monkey statue for a moment?!'-he smiled

Hearing this, the aforementioned rolled their eyes and focused on the statue...

-?

-...

-!

...However, instead of thinking that Asia had just been saved and freed, the first thing that came to their minds were confusing ideas, as Kiba thought something like, "Will the device have disintegrated her body?"...

...While Issei...

-O.O!

...stood for a moment in shock and then began to cry.

*Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit! Hit!*-His sadness quickly turned to fury, so he hit every exorcist who stood in front of him with greater force. He thought Asia was dead, all the happy moments he had with her were going through his head.

-*[Boost, Boost, Boost!]*-Then, Hyodou's sacred gear released that sound just as his pair of demonic wings appeared.

-'How did you dare to kill asia?!'-Issei's roar full of rage and sadness echoed throughout the room when he focused his eyes on Raynare, who was looking at him as if he was an idiot...

-'Eh?'-...at the same time she pointed at herself with her index finger when she let out that sound from her mouth while from the corner of one of his eyes, she focused again on the nun, still next to the Kusanagi, lying on the floor and leaning her back against the wall at the side of the entrance to the assembly hall.

-Hey, Issei, she's not de...!

-*Auge! Auge! Auge! *Auge!*-The semi-white-haired boy words were cut off as he began to feel his friend's power surge, so he decided to remain mute and watch for a moment to see what was going on.

*Run!*-Issei ran as fast as he could until he reached the platform where "Raynare" was still standing, once he reached the middle of the stairs, the brown-haired boy took a big jump, and clumsily using his wings, he flapped them and flew in the direction of the "Divine Ancestor", who had her eyebrows raised while she kept looking at him as if he was an idiot and a wry smile was drawn on her face. It seemed that she didn't bother to do anything to stop him...

...Maybe because if she did it, she would feel like she would be giving too much of her "face" to a simple devil soldier.

-'Please demon king let me hit her even once!'-Just as Issei arrived in front of the Red-eyed woman, he angrily exclaimed those words as tears trickled down his cheeks.

-*Auge! Auge! Auge!*-And less than a second later, his gauntlet increased in size and covered his fingers so that it became larger, as if it were the arm of a red armor.

-*[Explosion!]*-The next moment, Hyodou's aura increased in size and turned green as the voice coming from his holy weapon enunciated those words in anticipation. At the same time, a small portion of the hall's ceiling was fractured by a small block of emerald-colored energy that was released from Hyodou's gauntlet, and then...

-*Puuuum!*...he finally succeeded in his task. He connected a fist with that hand who have his gauntlet on the woman. Unfortunately, at the last moment she placed one of her palms in the direction of that fist, so the gauntlet only made contact with that palm that refused to move a single centimeter, although the force of that blow was so considerable as to crack the ground that was touching the feet of the black-haired woman.

-!

Obviously upon noticing that, Issei felt instantly in danger, but Raynare didn't seem particularly offended by that act, since even though she still saw him as if he was an idiot, a hint of curiosity appeared in her eyes when she focused her eyes on the gauntlet that was making contact with her palm.

-Oooh, it seems they made a big mistake with you. It's not a simple twice-critical. It's one of the 13 Longinus! The forearm of the heavenly red dragon! Boosted-gear! Not bad!

Without understanding what she was referring to, Hyodou raised both eyebrows in confusion and then tried to retreat by flapping his wings backwards as he still felt in danger by remaining close to that woman, but when he tried to do that it was impossible as he felt the black-haired woman's palm grab him so tightly, that it began to fracture the gauntlet that covered his hand.

-*Sigh*-A blink later, after having given a sigh full of sorrow, Raynare continued speaking with a bit of guilt in the beginning that would soon turn into determination at the end of her sentence:

-I'm sorry for what I did to you the other day, I shouldn't have cheated on you with that date, it was unfair, and I wanted to apologize for it. *sigh*. So it's a shame that you've been re-incarnated into a devil...Now I can't allow your power to grow or you'll become a danger to all the angels. So this is your end...However, before I eliminate you, I want you to see something important: the girl you wanted to save is safe, look over there.

-!

Hearing her, the brown-haired boy turned his head towards a certain direction that Raynare had pointed out to him and then he finally realized with confusion that the blonde-haired girl was next to the ex-sparda, on the floor and leaning against the wall, unconscious but breathing.

-'Yes, that's the nun, somehow that mortal managed to save her, so at least you can leave in peace'-she smiled-'Anyway, when the Boosted-Gear returns to the world, I hope it will be part of humanity, and not of the demons. So long, devil Red-Dragon!...'

Mission still to be completed...

to be continued next week...

I don't have much to say, I hope you liked the chapter, best regards and stay safe!

Chapter Clarifications:

*1 To be clear, Kalawarner in this story was the one who kidnapped Asia.

*2 In video-Games, tha files of the game, and in the anime, Dante has a principle of not killing humans, however in novel 1 of dmc, the "alter ego" of dante before opening his business, Tony-Redgrave, probably killed one or another human being during his story prior to dmc3: from what I understood when I read that novel long years ago (maybe I'm wrong, but I'll leave it at that), he got to eliminate gangsters, among other criminals, before dedicating himself only to kill demons. So in this story, I will balance those aspects of the game and the novels, and therefore, the Dante of the fic has a more "lax" principle when killing humans. He has a series of criteria, that he uses to know if a human being has become as evil as a "demon" and therefore deserves to be hunted.

*3 This is a small spoiler, but in two chapters you were going to find out anyway, so I'm just clearing it up at once, in case you didn't want Arkham to leave the "scene" so quickly. He's not dead, and he'll give a lot more trouble later on. I want to give a little more prominence to this alternate version of this old iconic DMC boss.

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Mr. Zotz (Rank C): An artificial sacred gear that allows its user to manifest a special black cowboy hat and purple scarf. The scarf can be used as a whip that moves at the user's will, and the hat can be used to blind enemies, and conceal the user's identity as it fills the user's hair and eyes with tangible "darkness", which it not blinded by such power. Mr zotz also allows limited control over blood in this state.

Balance-Breaker: When activated, a small cloak made of tangible darkness similar to a cowboy poncho will appear (see fic cover), and in turn, there will be a change in the user's appearance.

The BXB unleashes the full power of the Mesoamerican super-vampire "Uukum-Zotz" on the user, so in addition to providing magical power on par with that of a supreme-class demon [The magical power stats of Dante increase in a "+"], its user gains virtually unrestricted most of that creature's abilities.

Dante has named this balance-breaker as "Predator Style" and its abilities seen so far are as follows:

-[Vampiric Super-Senses]: Smell, Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Perception are enhanced to higher levels, and it also grants "Blood conscience", which is an ability to perceive through sight the blood and the organs that depend on it as if it were X-ray vision, the amount of meters at which blood can be perceived is unknown so far, but it is likely to be a great distance.

-[Coagulation]-The ability to have total control over the enemy/victim's blood, as well as the ability to control the user's blood. It can be used in many different ways: body control, blood extraction, blood crystallization and manipulation, blood constructs, etc... Incidentally, the constructs will be enhanced by the user's magic, so they will not just be simple "blood stakes or bullets" but will provide damage equivalent to how much magic is used to create them. You Remember the anime, Dead-Man Wonderland? If you don't remember it, check it out, you'll be in for a treat.

-[Shadow-Jumper]-A teleportation ability in which the user's position is exchanged for an object/person/thing, which possesses a shadow. The total range to which it can teleport, or other limitations, is unknown.

-Probably, Levitation, and maybe other vampire abilities

Reviews:

SolSparda369:

Hey, thanks for leaving a message. Yes, a version of Nevan will be acquired by Dante, as an authority ... Although there are still a few chapters to see that, but I hope you like the new nevan when it appears hehe, I hope this chapter has also been to your liking, best regards!

TheOrangeLord:

thanks for leaving a message, I hope you liked this chapter. Have a nice weekend!

Red Dusk 369:

Thanks for taking the time to leave a message :), I hope you liked this chapter too. As you may have reed, this Arkham is an alternate version, just as the Trish from novel 2 was an alternate version. This Arkham has its own madness and goals, although they differ from the Arkham of "earth 1", nevertheless they have some other points in common, which I will expose later. I must thank you for your review, because in the spanish version, my Dante had been more "benevolent" with this Arkham, but after reading your message, I thought..."Hmmm, you know what?, he deserves to be killed by Dante after all, more than once"... You read my mind on that last one, Arkham and Rias will have a story that will help the Gremory want to improve more, although after what is coming in the next few chapters, it will make her reflect on her weaknesses, and her need for more thorough training more deeply than in the original story, before Riser´s Rating Game

I still don't know exactly how many chapters it will take for Rias to learn about Dante's past life, but it will more or less happen when Dante uses a "Devil-Heart" on her that will show her, as a side effect of its effects, some moments of Dante past life. That will be more or less in the final fight against this Arkham, more or less before the event with "Fenrir", so there is still a long way to go for that.

What will she think when she sees that?, she will be surprised by the abysmal power of the first life of Dante, and confused by the fact that there are other worlds, and very confused about Sparda. However, the versions of the DXD gods in this story are not like the ones you know. In this fic, the gods included in the Top 1 strongest existences (I have my own list), such as big red or Ophis (among a few others), are as strong as Dante or vergil were in their SDT. Not to mention that many other Gods are as strong as Mundus/Sparda/Argosax/Abigail/Pluton/Urizen...

...So, "Earth 2" is "broken" as far as power levels are concerned, due to the gods "descending" en masse from their "mythological worlds" in comparison to "earth 1". Not to mention that the species that Dante will become in this story, the "Nephalem", can become as "broken" as the most powerful gods, even Top 1

The half-blood Dante would have loved to visit this world before he died, he would never have been bored.

Best regards!, and have a nice weekeng!