(Chapter 7: Clip these Black Wings)
Soon enough it would be a little into the following week later for our duo who continued to ready themselves for the returning fallen angels, with Anakin shaking off further rust from his swordsmanship skills with his improved light-sword while Asia prepping her more offensive and punishing spells to be used against Miltelt. With the duo of former Jedi Knight and war cleric having done everything they possibly could to ensure a crushing and swift defeat against the fallen angels, as the only that would be left to do was wait for them to return and then strike with extreme prejudice.
(October 15th, 2017, 10:56 Pm, Kuoh Town)
It was a chilly October night as Asia kept her eyes out for Miltelt waiting for her to appear so that she could take out and capture the fallen angel, while Anakin was out on the search for Dohnaseek.
'She should be dropping into it, right about….now!' Asia thought to herself in seeing multiple explosions of dark energy erupt a few dozen meters away along with a agonizing scream that went along with it
With Miltelt in abhorrent pain from the corrupted divine energy that had torn at her flesh and withered small chunks of it, as she looked around for who was the culprit that put the glyphs that blasted her with the dark energy. Only to be caught unaware when Asia decided to blindside her via her battleaxe impaling itself into her mid-back and then using it as leverage to jump up and bash the back of the fallen angels' skull with her heater shield, causing her to stumble and stagger from the surprise attacks made by the war cleric.
Miltelt had tried to disengage and get some distance to fire off some light arrows from a distance, only for Asia to ruin this via using one of her spells to paralyze her in place as pumpkin orange colored chains made of divine energy wrapped tightly around her before slamming her back into the concrete. The petite fallen angel saw the fully armored war priest close the distance like a runaway freight train and subsequently slam her shield into the face of the fallen angel, breaking her nose with a semi-audible crunch that was accompanied by a small spray of blood.
This was followed through by her hacking into her with her battleaxe with blows that sundered flesh and bone like they were made of cheap cardboard, all the while Miltelt tried to wiggle her way out of her bindings to no avail as each swing of Asia's battleaxe sheared off more of her flesh. This continued onwards for several more swings of the now bloodied battleaxe before Miltelt was forced to expend a considerable amount of her own power to break free from her binds in a shockwave of magenta colored light, before falling to her knees and clutching at her eviscerated sides while glaring hatefully at Asia.
"I don't know who you think you are but…" Miltelt tried to say before Asia swung her battleaxe and from it a beam of dark orange and scarlet energy rammed into the fallen angel
"Shut up already, its bad enough that I have to deal with the Devils here. So having to hear your insufferable voice is too much on top of it, so do me and yourself a favor and be silent." Asia spat in contempt of Miltelt who glared daggers at her while the petite fallen angel spread her wings and summoned forth a light weapon
"Fine then, let's see how you like it when you can't hit what you can't s…" Mitelt tried to say once again but was silenced once more by a pillar of corrupted and malevolent holy energies bursting forth
Asia's now glowing orange eyes spoke for the war cleric who watched as her spell continued to slam into Miltelt and caustically burn and wither away at her flesh for a few moments, before managing to escape from it with her clothes having become heavily tattered and her flesh being in-between acidicly burned and withered away. With her trying to summon forth the necessary energy to create a light bow and arrows so that she could start riddling this wretched human who had the nerve to harm her, only for Asia to strike the ground with her heater shield and send a pulse of deep scarlet and dark pumpkin orange magic radiating outwards.
It was only once she managed to fully form her light shortbow that she turned around to see deep scarlet and neon orange magic circles had appeared, before blasts of corrupted light shot forth and slammed into her back with such speed and force that she was sent careening into the ground. With her getting body checked by Asia slamming her shield into Miltelt's chest and jaw with bone cracking/breaking force, causing a sharp yelp of pain to erupt from her before Asia raised her battleaxe and with a single overhand chop slashed and nearly cut in half one of Miltelt's now partially withered wings.
The war cleric then once more restraining the petite fallen angel in deep fiery orange chains made of divine magic this time tightened around Miltelt so tight that it felt like she was being wrapped up by a boa constrictor; all before Asia once more raised her battleaxe that still dripped with blood. Before going to work and hacking into Miltelt until the successive blows from the war priest soon caused the petite fallen angel to go unconscious from blood loss after being hacked apart by Asia, whom after seeing her target go out like a light proceeded to take out of her pack some chains and handcuffs and restrain her.
'That should be enough to take care of her.' Asia thought to herself while using Twilight Healing to patch up Miltelt's wounds to the point where she wouldn't bleed out
"Hopefully, Anakin has found Dohnaseek and then we can call this a night." Asia hoped to herself while she took out her cellphone to call Anakin
"Is everything ok on your end, Asia?" Anakin questioned as he continued to fly through the night
"Yeah I'm good, I just finished taking care of my target...She wasn't really much trouble for me, especially since she flew right into my trap and from there it was a wrap." Asia answered back in having had very little trouble in taking care of the loli fallen angel
"What about you? Have you found yours yet?" Asia questioned
"Not yet, surprisingly he's proving rather difficult to find. Even still it should take me too much longer to find him." Anakin responded as she continued his search for the remaining fallen angel
"Alright. Well, happy hunting and good luck to you." Asia said to the former Sith Lord before hanging up to continue healing Miltelt
( Roughly 1 hour later, 12:12 Am, October 16th, 2017, Kuoh Town)
It was nearly an hour and a half later as Anakin was using the Force to fly through the skies in search of Dohnaseek to no avail before he suddenly sensed a large surge in power that was accompanied by an azure blue pillar of energy that burst into the sky.
"It seems as though the fallen angel is calling you out by the looks of things." Ddraig spoke up as he noted that the power surge continued as a blatant means to call out Anakin
"Then what are we waiting for, let's end this charade once and for all." Anakin replied as he flew towards the source of the pillar of energy
It didn't take long for Anakin to fly towards the source of it all, which just so happened to be at the ruins of the St. Vincent Church where the moment he landed 5 meters adjacent and away from it did it cease to reveal Dohnaseek; although the fallen angel in his standard attire had a look upon him that was a cross between furious and a cocksureness that was nearly tangible. Yet what caught his attention beyond the large amount of power were the now 8 glossy black wings that Dohnaseek had fanned out behind him in an obvious attempt at intimidation, on top of that was the tinge of draconic energy to the overall makeup of his power.
"So you're Dohnaseek?..I had honestly expected someone who would dress the part of this impressive warrior I have heard of. Instead all I see is someone who dresses as a lowly office worker." Anakin remarked at the fact that he'd expected far more out of Dohnaseek than what he saw before him
"You have some nerve talking to me like that, boy! Especially after everything you've cost me, thanks to you my plans for handing this place over to Lord Kokabiel!..But I've finally taken my insurance that was gifted to me by my master,something that not even you can stand against!" Dohnaseek bellowed out confident that his gift would be more than enough to overcome Anakin who ignited the turquoise blade of his weapon
"What exactly is this insurance that you were given that gives you so much confidence? Enlighten me, it must be truly powerful in order to fill your head with such easily crushed bravado?" Anakin questioned, wanting to know what it was that gave the fallen angel such confidence to think he stood a chance
"Since these will be your final hours before I have your head, then I'll humor you." Dohnaseek responded in being all too fine in telling this pissant of what was gifted to
"Thanks to the graciousness of my master, I was gifted with a portion of the great Ouroboros Dragons' power. So now I can use that very same power to crush you into the ground like the irritating worm you are!" Dohnaseek explained as Anakin almost rolled his eyes at the overblown amount of bravado and arrogance in the fallen angels' voice
'At least I know to cut out his tongue by the end of this.' Anakin thought to himself in growing irritation
"So now you will…." Dohnaseek tried to say before he found himself being lifted into the air and grasping at his throat
"You have gone on for long enough, now do us both the honor of being silent." Anakin spat as he continued to Force Choke the fallen angel
"As if…..a..mere brat….will kill...me!" Dohnaseek half exclaimed half choked out as he struggled more and more to breathe from being telekinetically strangled
With Dohnaseek managing to raise his hands and fire off a grand torrent of azure colored holy flames at Anakin who in minor surprise of the small tidal wave of flames broke concentration to use Tutaminis to absorb the miniature conflagration that headed towards him. While the former Sith Lord was busy absorbing the holy flames, Dohnaseek was busy recovering from getting choked out from Anakin; although he didn't have much time for respite as he barely dodged out of the way from Anakin leaping towards him with his light-sword intent on decapitating him.
The fallen angel quickly summoned twin broadswords made of sapphire light in order to combat Anakin who blasted him with a powerful Force Wave that sent him a 15 meters into the air; shredding his trench coat, pants and tearing off small chunks of flesh in the process. When he recovered from the powerful attack he saw that Anakin hadn't so much as wasted a single beat in launching himself towards him and barreling into him with a bisecting slash aimed at his midsection; the speed and force was such that he barely managed to block the attack with his twin blades.
While Anakin's face was an impassive mask of stone-faced determination as they locked blades, Dohnaseek on the other hand was reeling from the initial blow and the follow up overhand cleave that felt as though he was stricken by a meteor; the blow making his bones shake and teeth rattle from the surprising amount of force. This was followed by his playing defense as Anakin continued his assault upon the fallen angel with a rapid-fire series of power blows onto the fallen angel that came with such force that it started to force them back into the ground with the amount of brute strength packed into them, before a flourish of his radiant blade slipped past Dohnaseek's guard and angled into a downward slash across his chest.
From there Dohnaseek engaged Anakin in a battle of blades that had the two clashing in what would've been to any onlooker a spectacle of blues and greens that lit up the night, yet the contrast between the two battling out couldn't be any clearer. Dohnaseek's swordplay was of a fast-paced and highly aggressive one that came without any stopping and struck out at every angle he could think of in frustration of his opponent; by contrast Anakin was on the defensive in utilizing Soresu to maintain an airtight defensive of blocks and parries that gave him an impenetrable guard that seemed to barely expend an iota of energy from him.
'How the hell is he so good at this?! I'm the one with the power advantage given by Master Kokabiel, yet some perverted halfwit is keeping pace with me!' Dohnaseek internally seethed in hatred of the fact that Anakin had such a blaise expression while maintaining such a ironclad defensive
'Is this really the best he could pull against me. I was hoping for someone that could finally give me a challenge, instead its someone that Starkiller would have a field day with.' Anakin thought in boredom as he continued to use Soresu to easily stonewall the furious attacks of Dohnaseek
With Anakin's defensive only serving to further frustrate Dohnaseek who no matter which angle he tried to approach it from to tear into Anakin as though he were a martial whirlwind that it was to no avail, as each strike he tried to land it was deflected or staunchly blocked by the former Jedi Knight. His frustration mounted to the point of which he tried to break through it by point-blank blasting him with another torrent of holy-flames, yet Anakin in a burst of speed dash around him and landed a swift yet deep slash to Dohnaseek's lower back.
A roar of anger escaped the lips of the fallen angel who was subsequently silenced by a one-handed slash across his face that cut a gash across his face, the act was met with his flying back a large enough distance to summon forth multiple large clawed hands made of holy flames to slam down and burn/crush Anakin. Only for Anakin with a casual wave of his hands disperse and dissipate the small horde of car sized hands that swarmed after him with a Force Wave, with the look upon his face still holding a cross between impassiveness and boredom at how easy it was to defend against the fallen angels' 'increased' powers.
Anakin then proceeded to advance on Dohnaseek in wanting to see if there was anymore of what he had to offer to challenge him, with the fallen angel summoning forth a pack of wolves made of said holy flames to attack the former Sith Lord; something that actually surprised him if only due to having never seen such a thing before. Yet it did little to nothing to stop them from deterring his advance towards the fallen angel in question, as he either cut through them with his light-sword, absorbed them with Tutaminis or dispersed them into nothingness with a causal Force Push.
Seeing how his attacks in no matter what he did to halt the advance of the former Jedi Knight in throwing everything from fireballs, light spears and constructs made of holy flame that were either deflected, absorbed by Tutaminis or leapt over with deft acrobatics; he simply did the next best thing and charged after him. The charge was soundly stopped by Anaki catching him in a Force Grip and then flinging him some 30 feet away where he was smashed into the concrete so hard that his shoulder was dislocated with an audible pop, the fallen angel gritting his teeth in further frustration of being so soundly overpowered and counted by his adversary.
Meanwhile Anakin could only look upon his supposedly 'stronger' adversary with disdain and boredom at the fact that he was supposedly touted as one of the stronger fallen angels who was given a great amount of power from his leader by whatever this Ouroboros Dragon. However, instead of getting an actual challenge that he thought was going to push him to his limits and give him a fight that would test his mettle, what he got was nothing if not a cakewalk of a fight that gave him a small amount of difficulty that as consolation allowed him to use his powers in 'marginally' difficult combat.
"Question for you, Dohnaseek...Are you done wasting my time? If this is all you have then I see no more use in delaying your defeat any longer." Anakin questioned the fallen angel who looked enraged at the question
"Don't pretend your better than me! My power is more than enough to beat you, boy! All you have been is lucky during this entire fight, nothing more than that. The power granted to me by Lord Kokabiel and my own strength is more than enough to crush you!" Dohnaseek bellowed out as he launched a pickup truck sized light-spear at Anakin that one-handedly deflected with what looked like minimal effort
"It is almost complete hilarity that you think what you have been able to muster is enough to match me." Anakin spoke his golden-brown eyes seeming to almost look right through the battered fallen angel with bored impunity
"Have you noticed that throughout this battle that I have hardly gone on the offensive at all, or even used any of my powers beyond mere counters. Better yet the fact that during any of this I haven't even used the Boosted Gear. Don't you think that if you were even close to being a competent or even worthy threat that I would've actually come close to a modicum of starting to try." Anakin added while lazily doing flourishes with his light-sword too pass the time
"That's because you're afraid of my power. Even you know that even with you being the Red Dragon Emperor, that you don't stand a prayer in comparison to my strength and the additional might granted to me by my master! That's the reason I know you won't even dare to use the Boosted Gear against me, because it would mean your defeat!" Dohnaseek spoke in rationalization of why Anakin didn't use his Boosted Gear or even go on the offensive against during this encounter
"It seems that you are clearly deluded to think you can beat me...Allow me to show you the power of the Force." Anakin said as he decided that he would show Dohnaseek that the time of humoring him was over
So faster than Dohnaseek could so much as even blink did Anakin disappear from sight as the ground cracked apart into rubble from the amount of speed Anakin charged at, with him subsequently reappearing before him and launching an unleashing the Falling Avalanche technique onto Dohnaseek with such force that shorn off a large chunk of his right pectoral. The fallen angel by the skin of his teeth barely had enough time to raise both of his blades to block and catch the turquoise blade in a shunt block, yet the momentum from the impaling strike wasn't enough to nearly impale itself near his right lung.
From there Anakin channeled a decent amount of the Force into himself to let himself become a fast paced battering ram of destructive force, utilizing a combination of Juyo, Djem So and Ataru in order to launch a blitzkrieg offensive against Dohnaseek who now found himself on the backfoot against his adversary. With each strike being unpredictable and one that transitioned into the other with a vicious and highly aggressive yet almost mechanized cadence to each move that threatened to break bones on impact, with the 8 winged fallen angel struggling to parry or deflect against the unceasing onslaught.
Anakin's punishing assault made it so that every action made by Dohnassek wound up with an attack landing, if he tried to attack then a counterattack was made that impaled or slashed at his flesh, any defensive maneuver made was bypassed by an overhand power blow or bisecting swipe of his blade. With any attempt to try and gain distance and utilize his holy fire was disrupted by Anakin using the Force to bombard him with anything that wasn't nailed down from manhole covers, trash cans and even wheels, car doors and engine blocks that were ripped out of cars to thrash and batter Dohnaseek.
All the while the former Sith Lord continued to dominate in their martial engagement in a blindingly fast display of martial prowess was able to practically rip through Dohnaseek's defenses as though it were childs' play; being able to through their engagement quickly and quite easily suss out his attack patterns to best calculate how to overwhelm him and force him on the defensive back foot. Something that Dohnaseek despised at the fact that no matter what he could do that everything he tried to do to lash out at Anakin was quickly countered or bypassed in domineering fashion, of which enraged him at the fact that all he could pretty much do was flounder for a way to overcome the situation.
With an attempt to try and fly away and launch a powerful enough attack made from holy fire being stopped in its tracks when Anakin used the Force to grip onto his wings and began to forcibly drag the fallen angel back to the ground, for Dohnaseek could only struggle in a vain attempt to try and break from the invisible hold. Something that didn't last for very long as Anakin soon made a crushing motion with his free hand and immediately following it were multiple cracks of bone and flesh being crushed and pulverized, which caused Dohnaseek to soon plummet back to the ground; courtesy of his newly crushed and bloodied wings.
"There is no escaping your defeat. My humoring your futile attempts to defeat me are over." Anakin responded as he advanced towards Dohnaseek who looked at him seething with utter rage at the now one-sided fight
"Shut your mouth you fucking piece of human garbage, I am a fallen angel and I will not be bested by a mere human who got lucky!" Dohnaseek bellowed as he gathered up massive amount of holy fire
Seeing his enemy begin to charge up an attack, Anakin decided to stop this in its tracks via using Force Choke to stop the attack in its tracks and begin to telekinetically strangle Dohnaseek whose concentration on both his light-swords and the gathering of his powers were broken. With Dohnaseek clutching at his throat that was being crushed as though a giant had his foot on his windpipe; all before he was being violently thrashed about against the concrete and any nearby buildings with such force that each impact was made with audible noise.
Which continued on for nearly half of a minute before using the Force to pull him in for a swipe at his chest that was made with such kinetic force that Dohnaseek roared with pain as he felt his rib crack and break like glass; before being Force Pushed into a nearby building. With Anakin deciding to finish this and put Dohnaseek down for the count as he began gathering energy for a powerful Force Destruction, the energy of which rapidly began to emit bright scarlet distortions of concentrated Force energy before he subsequently fired it off like a bullet from the barrel of a revolver.
The result once it made contact was the large soccer ball sized mass of Force energy collided with the building that it wasn't so much destroyed as it was reduced to a mountain of dust and small bits of debris, all of which resided in a 2 story deep smoking crater from the attack having caused everything to implode upon itself. With Anakin soon flying over with a light-sword in hand to see his handiwork in the form of an unconscious but very wounded Dohnaseek who only because of Anakin wanting him alive and his enhanced power did he remain alive.
The state of Dohnaseek was one where he was lucky to be left alive his right leg at the knee, both arms at the shoulders had been disintegrated, large sections of his upper body, thighs, back and part of the right side of his face had been burned away to blackened flesh and nearly flesh; lastly was the fact that all 8 of his wings had been completely atomized to where not even nubs remained. With his prize mostly intact he levitated the two of them into the air and flew off into the night so that he could rendezvous with Asia and get Dohnaseek healed enough so that his injuries wouldn't be enough to make him keel over through the night, yet be enough to where he wouldn't try anything either once they got him restrained.
'All that needs to be done is to be put in contact with Azazel, then I can get to the bottom of all of this and get answers on this entire mess.' Anakin thought to himself in wanting to get with Azazel so he could start taking care of this problem that was caused by Kokabiel
(3 days later, October 19th, 2017, 2:16 Pm, Gothenburg, Sweden)
It was a few days later as Kokabiel of all people was with one of his higher ranking minions after hearing of Dohnaseek's folly at the hands of Anakin, yet instead of being angry or disappointed, the rogue cadre was actually intrigued from what he'd heard of the fight between the fallen angel and former Sith Lord.
"This actually went better than what I had expected, Gadreel. Who would've thought that this would've given us such great results concerning the Red Dragon Emperor of this generation." Kokabiel spoke sounding almost happy that despite the losses sustained that everything still somehow worked in his favor
"I don't understand. How does this work out in our favor if I may ask?" Gadreel questioned while Kokabiel still retained a semi-mirthful smile
"Simple. Despite the capture of Miltelt and Dohnaseek and their forces being destroyed. That doesn't mean that the information on the total strength of not just the Maiden of Miracles, but more importantly that of this generations' Boosted Gear wielder. From them sadly not accomplishing their intended goal of doing what I'd hoped, we now have a somewhat accurate means of gauging their strength." Kokabiel answered back in seeing this as a victory that was well worth the losses of the two fallen angel
"Besides, they were both acceptable losses in the end. After all, it was thanks to the gift that I gave Dohnaseek that he was able to 'contend' with this generations' Red Dragon Emperor. Overall, I'd say that this worked out well for us overall, for we now have some indication of what we can expect from him." Kokabiel added at the fact that Miltelt and Dohnaseek were overall acceptable in their failures as it still meant that the information gained was worth it
"What do we do now? The Red Dragon Emperor will be no doubt aware of you and eventually everything that we have going on." Gadreel questioned on what they were to do
"I have something in mind. First things first, we will need to take care of those 2 loose ends. So to make sure that they do not leak anything vital, I will be sending Sathariel to take care of them, as it has been quite sometime since I've had her carry out an assassination on my behalf. Perhaps even give Azazel a bit of a bloody nose as well while she's at it." Kokabiel answered back while his small curled into a more vindictive one
With him figuring that it would be best to send someone as competent as Sathariel to quickly take out Dohnaseek and Miltelt before they can start being interrogated for intel, along with that this also means that said fallen angel could steal whatever Azazel was working on and kill some of the fallen angels there along the way. Kokabiel figured that while they're there that they could go for broke and cause as much collateral damage as possible as a bonus, so long as they were able to escape without too much risk of being captured then it would be all fine to Kokabiel.
"I will notify them immediately and have them prepared to launch their attack as soon as possible." Gadreel said in making note of contacting the assassin of Kokabiel for this operation
"Good. The only thing left to do is figure out how we will go about sending someone to keep observations on the Red Dragon Emperor. Our keeping up to date with his level of strength is paramount. I do not want to be caught off guard in not knowing what he's capable of, nor do I want to remain ignorant of his level of power. This boy is an unknown I want to take zero risks against, Gadreel." Kokabiel told his fellow fallen angel at the fact that he wanted someone sent to keep tabs on Anakin post-haste in order to keep him abreast of his level of strength and the scale of his abilities
"If I may ask. Why not eliminate him? If he is of such unknown strength, then why not send someone such as myself ,Sathariel or even Af to kill him? Surely doing that would neutralize any threat he would pose to you or our plans before he grows too strong." Gadreel questioned as to why his leader didn't send him or Sathariel or any other higher powered fallen angel under his command to destroy Anakin
"Because, Gadreel. I am not only far too interested in him and what he can accomplish. It is also because of the fact that if I do send anyone of you to do that. Then we risk drawing attention to us that we are not yet ready to have drawn upon us before we initiate our great plan. The chaos alone from a fight between either one of you against him would cause unneeded attention to have headed our way. Therefore that avenue of dealing with the Red Dragon Emperor is closed off until we are ready." Kokabiel explained as to why he would not have his stronger underlings go out and attack Anakin when they were not quite yet prepared for the fallout of it
"Understood. In that case, I think I may have a suggestion on who would serve to best keep watch on the Red Dragon Emperor and give us continued updates on his capabilities." Gadreel spoke up in having a suggestion in mind that could work
"By all means, Gadreel. Say your peace on the matter. Who is it that you have in mind to carry out this task for us?" Kokabiel questioned the fallen angel before him
"You're one and only daughter, Hesiene. I think that she is more than capable enough for the task at hand." Gadreel answered on whom should be chosen for the mission
"What an excellent choice, Gadreel. It has been some time since Hesiene has been out on a mission from me. The last time she was on one worked out quite well considering how she not only thinned the ranks of Heaven further all those years ago, but also was able to make fools out of those twin archers on the Greek side. How I wished to have seen the looks on their faces when she used her power to destroy their bows and make that wretch of a lunar goddess no longer have the use of her eyes or arms." Kokabiel said with pride over his daughters' arcane prowess being enough to make fools of 2 gods
"So you can see why she would be an excellent choice for this task." Gadreel spoke knowing full well that Hesiene would do well with this mission
"Indeed. Who knows, maybe she can possibly shake things up and allow us to see more of the full capabilities of what he can do. For I am rather interested to see what he can do. After all, wouldn't you be if he wasn't even winded from fighting an 8-winged fallen angel and from what we understand was more or less annoyed by that. If that is what he calls an annoyance, then I really want to see what he will be able to do when he's pushed to his limits...or as close as we can get to his limits." Kokabiel replied with an ever growing smile on his fiendish looking face
With the former cadre being rather interested and curious about the level of strength and power that Anakin was able to command, as it was rather impressive that i his eyes a mere child was able to best a fallen angel augmented by the power of Ophis and see it as little more than an annoyance. Therefore he was now invested to see what this generations' Red Dragon Emperor had to offer and if he was lucky then perhaps he could help him to carry out his endgame of what he had planned, as maybe he could convince him to share in his ideals and make his goal come to completion.
"Barring that, where is Hesiene at? It has been almost a year since I've last seen her. If there's one good thing that she inherits from me; it is my work ethic." Kokabiel spoke as he truly did take pride in his daughters' intense work ethic and vast power as a archmage
"She's somewhere in Russia. Either in Volgograd or Kiev, where from what I've gathered has been studying Graviturgy for quite some time." Gadreel informed his leader of what his daughter had been up to and where she currently was
"How wonderful. Hopefully you will be able to contact her within the week. If she has anything there that is to be taken care of, tell her to complete them as quickly as she is able to. After all, we still have plenty of time before we begin; so there is not that much need to rush things." Kokabiel instructed Gadreel for when he contacted his daughter in seeing not that much of a need to rush things
"As you wish. Anything else that you want me to tell her?" Gadreel questioned on if there was anything else he needed to tell the rogue cadres' daughter
"If she has any time before her departure to Kuoh, to come and see me. It has been awhile since I've spent time with my own daughter." Kokabiel told Gadreel in earnestly wanting to see and spend time with his daughter that he hadn't seen in what felt like ages
"As you wish." Gadreel spoke before exiting from their base to make way for his departure
"My dear Hesiene. If all else fails then hopefully you can help carry out my will to make things the way they should've been...Who knows, perhaps you and this new Red Dragon Emperor will be able to make this world evolve into what it should've been from the start without the interference of my brothers in Heaven or those wretched Devils below." Kokabiel said to himself in seeing both his powerful archmage of a daughter and Anakin as the two possible inheritors of his will
(Hyoudou Residence, The next day later, 4:24 Pm, October 20th, 2017)
It was the following day later as Asia and Anakin were currently at home wondering what exactly they were to do until Azazel got here.
"Any ideas on what we should do until Azazel gets here to take those two off our hands?" Asia wondered on what they were
"For one of the very few times in my life, I have no clue on what we should do to occupy our time. We're already strong enough that going on patrols as we normally would, will only do little to alleviate our boredom. The Devils haven't done truly anything to warrant our going on a counter-offensive against them. So truthfully I have nothing to add on what we can do until he comes here." Anakin said back in having no clue as to what they could do now that would occupy their boredom beyond what they'd do normally
"Well, have you found anything to do here to take up your time?" Asia questioned the former Jedi Hunter
"Still nothing that's caught my interest. Then again, there isn't all that much to do in this place. At this point I'm almost wanting the Devils to try something, so there will be at least something to break up the monotony." Anakin answered back in having found next to nothing in terms of hobby searching to occupy his time
"I'm pretty sure that us just waiting around for them to do something is gonna get us nowhere at the rate we're going. Which is why we need to do something. Otherwise we might as well be stuck in a perpetual stalemate." Asia spoke up at the fact that as it stood that both they and the Devil were at a stalemate of waiting for the other to do something
"She brings up a good point. All this waiting around for those twice-damned Devils to do something is getting us nowhere. What we need to do is take action against them and have this settled and quickly...I grow tired of all of this supposed 'playing defensive' when all we're doing is waiting around like a bunch of craven cowards." Ddraig added as he was very much in agreement that all this playing it safe was getting them nowhere
"Thank you for agreeing with me. Also I get that its all fine and good to play defense against the Devils. However, I'm pretty sure that we can take them without much issue. I mean we took down the fallen angels and their thugs without much problem. So I'm pretty sure that if we can take them out without much issue, then I know for a fact we could take them. Besides, we are at an advantage as well considering that I have holy magic..the one thing we have on our side they're weak too." Asia said knowing that after overcoming the fallen angels that they could damn well take on the Devils without much issue
The war cleric knew full well that with not only their recent victories against the forces of the fallen angels, but also that with their combined might and her holy magic that they would no doubt if things came too it would dominate the Devils in a battle. For Asia knew that they had the added advantage of having years and years of battle experience in actual life or death situations, vs the Devils who had more than likely never been pushed to their limits in an actual battle or even had to break a sweat when it came to fighting.
"So what are you going to do, Anakin? Are you going to continue to meander and do nothing, or are you going to do something and put this to bed?" Ddraig questioned the former Sith Lord who looked down at Ddraig and then at Asia before giving pause to answer them both
"You both are right that our waiting around is getting nowhere. It seems as though the Devils won't make the first move and won't for a long time to come. On top of that the longer we wait for them, the more time they'll have to plot against us." Anakin spoke in agreement that their staying defensive and waiting for the enemy to make the first move was getting them absolutely fucking nowhere
"So the first chance we get, I'm going to set something up that will get this done and over with. Even I'm growing tired of waiting for them to make the first move." Anakin added as he had started to grow tired of waiting for the opposition to make a move against them already
"Finally, we can stop waiting around! I can't tell you how good it'll feel to get a chance to smite them the moment they try something against us." Asia spoke her anticipation and hate for Devils rising up within her with barely concealed hate
"That does remind me. Have you finally acquired what you need for the ritual?" Anakin questioned the war cleric concerning the Hallow ritual
"I have, Anakin. Just yesterday I managed to get all of what I need for the Hallow ritual. All I need to do is simply start casting it and our home will no longer be a sitting duck." Asia told him in having just managed to finally get the materials for the ritual the evening prior
"How long will it take for you to cast this ritual?" Anakin asked on how long it will take
"It will take me a full day to cast. Considering how its going to use up the majority if not all of my power to cast, as I'm making this something that it would take a low to mid-tier Ultimate-Class level enemy or higher to bypass or even dispel. So casting this ritual is going to leave me without much power for a few days after I cast it. Which means once its done, I'll need you to watch my back while I recover." Asia explained as on how long this would take and the risk associated with it
For the war cleric knew that this would grant their home a great amount of defenses that would be able to defend against and deter threats of that level of power, seeing as how in order to guarantee this level of defense for their household; her reserves of divine magic she could draw upon would more than likely be emptied out for a few days to possibly over a week. Therefore Anakin safeguarding her from harm until she was able to properly recover from the heavily strenuous spell was completely necessary, as after the Hallow ritual was done she was completely and utterly out of commission.
"That will not be a problem. From what I was capable of from my battle with Dohnaseek, keeping you safe while you recover shouldn't be a problem. If that was one of the strongest of what Kokabiel has to offer, then that in and of itself is pathetic." Anakin said in having utmost confidence in his powers that he would be able to keep the war priest safe
"...Just how strong even are you, Anakin? I know your strong, but dear God in Heaven are you something else!" Asia wondered as to how strong Anakin even was to consider something from what he described Dohnaseek's strength as pathetic
"I don't really know the upper limits of my own strength to be perfectly honest. In fact for the first time in my life, I have no clue to the actual extent of my own power. All I know is that in comparison to me; it was like dealing with a writhing maggot that I could grind into the dirt at any time, if that gives you any indication." Anakin told her in having no idea on what exactly was the upper limitations of his own strength and only that he felt that he felt at times...godlike
"That is both awesome and terrifying at the same time to know you're that strong. I mean...I almost don't have words to say about that; except I honestly want to see what you going all out is like." Asia said in nearly being a loss for words on Anakin's description of his almost bottomless reserves of power
"I'm rather curious too. I've never really had an opportunity to see what would happen if I released all of my power...That's not even accounting for Ddraig being able to further amplify what I can do." Anakin replied as both his times as a Jedi and Sith he never had a real opportunity to truly release himself into the Force
'I actually wonder what could happen if I really started to dig deep into my connection with the Force.' Anakin pondered on what could happen should he start diving deeper into his unrivaled connection with the Force
"Perhaps you can talk to Azazel about a means of testing out your full power, or rather getting as close to what even is your full power as possible. I'm sure he will have something for you to do in order to get close to seeing what you are fully capable of." Ddraig spoke up in knowing that the leader of the fallen angels would have someway for Anakin to test out and see where his full powers lie
"I hope so. It is growing tedious fighting these monsters and stray Devils that are nothing but annoyances." Anakin said as his fighting the creatures within Kuoh Town had become less and less fun overtime and more tedious if anything
"Hopefully something changes soon. Who knows, maybe you can get something out of possibly giving those Devils a good beating." Asia replied as she got up from the bed
"Anyways, I'm gonna get started on getting the ritual done and over with. Can you make sure I'm not disturbed while I'm doing it?" Asia requested from the former Sith Lord who nodded and gave her a thumbs up
"...Something on your mind?" Ddraig spoke up once Asia had left the room and out of earshot
"Not much. Just that….For the first time I actually feel like I can do anything and have nothing stop me. I don't know how to describe it, except that I feel in a strange way...infinite." Anakin replied in having felt for the first time in years truly unstoppable
"I can not blame you for feeling that way, Anakin. After all, with neither the Jedi to restrict you or a Sith master to oppress you. For the first time in your life, you have no one to hinder you or keep you chained down as their subservient dog. It truly seems as though you have a chance to become what you were probably meant to become...unlimited and boundless." Ddraig spoke in seeing that in Anakin's new life that he was now able to become the boundless force of nature he was always meant to be
"That feeling alone makes me feel wonderful. Finally, I have no one to keep me down, now..now I can actually live up to my full potential and damn does it feel good." Anakin said to himself in enjoying the feeling of being truly boundless with no Jedi or Sith to restrain him to either side
With the threat of the fallen angels now neutralized by our duo as they plan to now get things sorted out with the Devils, as well as Kokabiel now having Anakin on notice and sending his own daughter to keep up with him. How will things go as things begin to shift into higher gears? Find all that out and more in the new chapters of A Sith Lord for a Dragon Emperor.
Now then onto some of the reviews from the last chapter.
UnsanMusho:Yeah as their is the chance for more out there to be Force wielders like Anakin, but none of them will be at the same capacity of league as him. Also I hope I delivered on the fights with the fallen angels.
Edboy4926: That is actually a rather interesting idea with Anakin and would fit with his whole being the Chosen One thing, but he will have to fight for the right to claim it later down the line with what I'm winding up in the Kokabiel arc. And Asia's Twilight Healing being Excalibur's sheathe does sound rather interesting, although I would need better explanation on why that is before I consider incorporating it.
Godzilla Wearing Glasses: As I answered with Ascended Humanity thanks to Anakin getting Isekai'd the Force pretty much spread out to having a ripple effect of giving people the potential to be wielders of the Force, it just so happens that Tsubasa had the capacity and potential to be a Force wielder. All Anakin did was jump-start that latent potential when he healed her and accelerate her ability to use it. Also thanks for the belated birthday wish.
Ascended Humanity: The moment Anakin got reincarnated into the DXD universe the Force pretty much inserted/infected itself into the DXD verse and as such gave everyone in it the potential to be a Force user. So the thing is some people have the capacity to be Force users and others don't. Its just that Tsubasa had the capacity and Force potential to be one.
That takes care of that as we will soon conclude the Fallen angel arc and everything that went with it, so with all that being said let's get into it now shall we.
First up we've got Asia taking it to Miltelt which I hoped you guys enjoyed, as I really do like making Asia someone that's befitting of being a war cleric and not what she is in canon.
Coming up after that is the battle between Dohnaseek and Anakin which was my favorite to write out considering that Anakin as it stands can be this godlike avatar of destruction and as such is something I have a blast writing out.
Following that is a bit between Kokabiel and one of his subordinates in Gadreel in going on about the fact that Anakin is such a powerhouse that it means he'll not only want his eyes on him, but also for him to be a potential successor to his ideals.
Lastly is Anakin, Asia and to an extent Ddraig coming to the consensus that their waiting around is getting them nowhere and as such deciding to get things going to settle things and get the record set straight as it were.
All that being said I hope y'all enjoy this story and what's to come in the future chapters of it as well as favoriting, following and sending reviews so that we can hopefully make this a pretty decent story. As flames for the most part will be ignored unless you got anything nice to say or that helps the story then go somewhere else.
Without further delay this is Pravus666 signing off until next time. The next chapter having Anakin meeting with Azazel and seeing more of what Anakin can do against an actual threat that's closer to his scale of power than Dohnaseek.
Part 1 Theme Song: Sinner by Drowning Pool
Random End Song: Bullet with a Name by Nonpoint