NaruPrinny! Revive the Boss, Dood!

by Nasha Rei-Kun

Within death, Naruto expected the Pure Lands to be a little bit... Better than what he was seeing. It was weird to think that his parents were here but then the now penguin-shaped ninja found himself under the care of an odd man. No, a DEMON. A kind, virtuous, demon, weird. This man gave him a place of employment to pay off his sins, this King Krichevskoy, dood! Naruto x multi.

8. Take Down and Pick-Up

~NRK~

"So, this is gonna take some time," Corrin said as the group sat in the main hub.

Naruto, Clarissa, Circe, and Flonne were currently drinking tea while the others were either sparring or laying in the massage chairs.

"What's up?" Naruto asked her, still in his Werefox form.

"Well… okay so from what Avi tells me. The fact remains that Clarissa's change should have also happened over time. She's supposed to fight several times, mentally, for her situation," the Thief Senator said as Clarissa flinched.

"Fight that thing?" She asked in horror as the other blonde female demon shrugged.

"I mean, that's supposedly the manifestation of your true powers. Carnage given the Class's form and shape while having no hint of thought, demon-ness, or sense of life within it. It's from the Carnage Dimension's infused energy, that's not something you just handle without a fight."

"Y-Yes, well," Clarissa sighed. "... I did notice a few things with Naruto and Circe's help," she said as she rubbed the back of her head. "I don't have the small wings on the back of my head and my eyes are different," she explained as Corrin nodded. "My Shadow Conjuration isn't like the one in the mural, either. While that creature was different and had all the features."

"So, chances are high that it does hold all of your true power," Circe said with a frown. "If that's the case… you might very well need to face it, eventually," Clarissa didn't look happy with that fact. "I know but the fact remains, what happens if this current Class you have is just a placeholder? What if you can't access more powers from your Class because it's around? You said so yourself, you're missing traits of the Class you created. That means something's off."

"... Haaa," the former Cleric frowned as she sighed.

"We'll get through this, we've done it before," Naruto said with a nod and look of determination, the woman smiling softly at his words. "For now, you need practice. You've gotta learn how to really use your Skills and we need to figure out what it means by the Carnage inside of you grows," he added with a frown.

"Oh! Why don't we see Naruto's new form?!" Flonne asked with shining eyes as Circe and Corrin snickered. "You're a frog-oni? What's that look like?!"

Naruto snorted as Clarissa smiled before the former got up. "Well, might as well find out, right?" He said as he held his hands together in front of his chest. "Phew… Transform!"

And the change was immediate.

The air grew thick with orange energy, the others stopping their activities to bear witness to Naruto's newest transformation.

And a transformation it was as when the orange light stopped, what was left there was… surprising.

He landed from the glowing orange orb of light above him and they got a good look as he stood above even his former Wind Spirit's height.

Naruto was easily the size of Draconis's 'normal-sized' height, about 8 or 9 feet tall. He had orange skin and his body was littered with black marks that emphasized his chest, stomach, arms, frog-like feet, and cheeks.

Oh, right, he was half-naked, wearing black pants with gold fur trim on the waist, yellow shin guards with similar fur trim, and his feet were bare. He was a well-muscled-looking demon at that, much to most of his 'admirers' hidden shock and enjoyment.

His form was human-shaped, though, most of his legs minus his feet, his chest, arms, and head.

Blue eyes with slit-pupils looked down at his hands, black marks around his eyes, while fiery, spiky, yellow hair sat atop his head. From his forehead came two decently long horns with black coloration and atop the side of his head was a mask that bore angry features with white colors that were accented by red marks.

Naruto grinned as he looked at his hands. "Holy shit, I look human!" He cheered with a fist-pumped before Corrin cackled out of her seat. "Huh?"

"This is amazing!" She grinned as she flipped onto her feet before hopping onto his shoulder. "What's your next form gonna be like?! Will you get TALLER?!"

"Huh," Naruto crossed his arms and looked down, a small fang peeking out of his mouth. "Oh, I did get taller… this'll be weird if I keep going. What? Will I be as tall as the Boss? That's some scary height."

"I believe you're mistaken," Circe giggled as he looked at her with a tilt of the head. "Krichevskoy was about as tall as you are now."

"Huh," he grinned. "Hmm, ya know, I've been noticing some stuff about these transformations, ya know?" Naruto said as he cupped his chin in thought, eyes narrowed.

Avarice fainted while Etna grumbled despite how much she blushed at his expression.

'No, he did not just become… w-weirdly HOT?!' The thought made her stomach do flips while her wings flapped and her tail curled into- 'No! STOP! STOP! STOP!' The horror of her currently wiggling-into-a-heart-shape tail dragged down and back behind her in her massage chair.

Good Satan.

Plenair blinked before turning away from the others, eyes spiraling into a heart shape as her face went neon red.

Sardia hummed, came over, and hopped on his back, Naruto not noticing in the least.

"Whoa," she blushed as she hung off him. "Just… wow."

Clarissa just went still, several thousand thoughts of indecency descending on her mind in the short time it took Naruto to cup his chin.

'I will ruin that man,' the thought hit her and green eyes peeked out of cracked eyelids. 'No part of him is safe from me.'

Flonne giggled along with Jennifer as Thursday beeped.

[HE'S BECOME HOT! MY LIFE IS A LIE!] He declared as Laharl snorted.

"What'd ya notice?" He asked as he and Draconis stopped sparring.

"Well, so, ya know how each of my forms have gone. The thing is, I noticed it's like they're flipping," Naruto said as Gordon raised a brow.

"What do you mean? You've got that windy state, your foxiness, you're a 'Prinny' as you called it, and now you're an 'Oni', correct?" The hero said before blinking. "Wait, I think I get it. Angel-like, demon-like, angel-like, demon-like. It's like a light switch!"

"Yep."

"Oh," Corrin grinned smarmily. "I see. You keep going back and forth between the two powers. That'd certainly be noticeable."

"Right? But that's not everything," Naruto said. "Each of these transformations, they resemble a bit of my power from when I was a human," he explained as Clarissa nodded, cheeks absolutely rosy. "And, each one is me slowly looking more and more like I used to."

Flonne perked up. "Wait, so, you'll end up a human again?" She asked and he shrugged. "Wait, if you're in a demon power form right now! The next one's a Celestia one!" She squealed in awe. "What do you think you'll be?!"

"I don't know. I mean, back where I'm from, I at least knew of half my forms. Oni, frogs and fox demons/Kurama the Bijuu were all things I knew of from stories, myths, or because I knew them. The angel side, on the other hand, is stuff I didn't know. I mean, we know about spirits but not ones like my Divine Spirit form, ya know-dattebayo?"

"So, you won't know about the angelic forms, gotcha," Circe chuckled. "Still, what is your new form like? What are the stats?"

Naruto nodded, opening up his screen and sending the invites.

{

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

Level: 356

Class: Celestial Beast

Sub-Class: Shinobi

Weapon: Emperor's Sceptre, Titan's Fists

Notable Ranks & APTITUDES:

Daggers: S

Fists: S

Spears: S

Axes: S

ATK Monster Weapons: S

Armor: S

HP: 240%

ATK: 260%

DEF: 250%

HIT: 120%

RES: 60%

SPD: 120%

RESISTANCES:

All Elements: -25%

}

"Yowzers! He lost almost all his magic!" Flonne said as the others nodded.

"Man, those are some steep drops in stats," Laharl winced. "She's right, though, you basically lost every kind of magic aptitude."

"Yep," Naruto frowned at that. "But in return, I basically became a physical attacker in every way," he added. "Gonna have to stow away the Staff in this form, huh? I'm gonna need some serious item management."

"Well, you've been doing good so far," Nakano said from the shop before hopping on over with something in his hands. "And guess what? I just began something new. It might not be the best but it'll work, I know it," he said as he flipped the items in his hands towards Naruto.

The Frog-Oni caught them and smirked at the twin daggers.

They were decently long, maybe two feet, so they were more shortswords than daggers but the dagger-like aesthetic won out.

Being a pitch-black color with silver all along the edges, Naruto grinned as he held the brown leather-wrapped hilts, the daggers showing up on his screen.

{

Nakano Daggers - Made for high criticals

}

"Thanks! This is perfect!" Naruto grinned as the Warrior chuckled with crossed arms.

"It's good work, I know it, but I know I want to try to make something better. The issue comes that I need more powerful inner flames," the man said with a chuckle. "So, I'll be working on making new items for that."

"Ya need some stuff?" Naruto asked as he stowed the weapons away. "Let me know."

"For now, just test 'em out. I've gotta look up all the ways that Weapons and Armor are actually made."

"Then I'll handle the Accessory work," Kana added helpfully as Nakano nodded. "I used to make small things back when I and my bro were moving around on our own. I actually had a high magical skill for a Samurai so maybe I can do something in that regard. Sardia, do you think you could help me?"

The Magic Knight grinned. "Sure! Why I used to sell trinkets and stuff for a few decades when I was running from debt collectors!" She said and the group sweatdropped.

"I-Is there anything you haven't done?" Flonne asked in disbelief.

"Hmm… Well, when we get to it, I'll let ya know!"

"That's not encouraging," Naruto said. "Well, thanks, you two. Kana, what's the situation with those clothes?"

"Well, since they're all paid for, and then some!" She grinned as he nodded. "I was able to get both your sets and a good few copies for everyone else!"

"Awesome!" Circe said. "So, that'll take a week, right?"

"Yep."

"Well, in that time, we should simply train," the red Prinny said. "Right now, we've got new powers about us, stats-wise and Class-wise," Naruto and Clarissa nodded. "If we're to handle things, as well as Naruto's bounty and Makoranta, we need more power. Right now, we're all half the level Senator Gallen is, save for Captain Gordon's crew, though Thursday might be close."

[BEEP! LEVEL 903! I'VE NEVER BEEN SO CLOSE TO ABSOLUTE POWER!] The robot said.

"Hmph, exactly. For now, we need more levels before something weird happens."

And only then did the castle shake, causing the Prinny woman to facepalm.

"Why?"

"Ya know, asking the universe for that kind of stuff isn't good," Corrin reminded.

"I'm learning."

The castle shook before the Prinny at the portal began to panic!

"AH! DOOD! He's coming!" He squealed as he ran over to Naruto before hiding behind him. "It's the Senator, dood!"

Out of the portal came two gauntlet-covered hands which grabbed the edges.

"Heave-Ho!" A dandy-sounding voice said as those hands stretched the portal open wider. "There we have it!"

Out of it came an absolute unit of a demon man riding on a skeletal dragon-horse with a long bony tail. Around him came an outstanding little army of what could only be called Androids.

They were all women, seemingly, with fair skin on their lower, uncovered, faces and a large red visor with one big eye and two outward-jutting attachments at the sides that allowed their wild hair, with varying colors, to rest over them. Wearing black skin-tight bodysuits with green armor attachments on their arms, shoulders, legs, hands, and stomachs, their hands were all holding guns and/or swords.

The man of the worrying hour was none other than the Horseman Senator, Senator Gallen.

As said before, he rode in on a dark gray skeletal dragon-horse but it had no legs, its large ribcage covering a dark blue light within. Over it was a black mantle-like saddle with frayed edges that hid the rider's legs and lower half, giving them a fused look when that wasn't the case.

The man himself was a dark gray-colored being that was a mix between a skeleton's body and actual armor with white flames spilling out of his headless shoulders and the pauldrons, forming a small white cape of fire as he hefted a large black shield with silver trim in one hand and a long silver lance in the other.

His stead strode forward as the group's eyes narrowed.

"Hmm?" His voice came out confused as he saw Naruto. "... Ah, you changed again, haven't you? Yes, you'd be quite the subject, you know?" The man said as he pointed his lance at the human soul.

"What do you want, ya bastard?" Naruto asked as he crossed his arms.

"Hm-hmm! Quite forward but you, my little human soul," the Horseman said with a chuckle as the others became agitated. "You see, I've become rather taken with your mechanics. You don't function like most Classes do and seem to have become some sort of Amorphous Class that can become other Classes within a set of options! I can't very well leave you alone!"

"Hmph," Laharl's eyes narrowed and glowed as he stepped forward, looking at Gallen with dangerous eyes. "Don't test me, Gallen. We'll kill you right here."

"..." The knight-like being looked surprised… without a face, which was impressive. "... You've gotten stronger, Prince."

"Heh, what? Did ya think I'd stay weaker than an old man like you?"

"Hmph, well, you see. I'm no longer the old man you know!" The Senator declared dramatically! "Can't you tell?! My gleaming armor! My smooth-looking stead! My flame effects! I'm younger than you'll ever know! My potion of youth has helped me a lot!"

"... I can't tell," Naruto said with a nervous grin as Etna snorted.

"You look the same as always, Gallen," she scoffed. "Besides, you being young, old, man or woman, we'll beat your ass!" Etna declared with a grin as the others nodded.

"Even with my younger form! That's where you've all failed to understand!" The man said. "With my technology, I've gotten a third puberty!"

"... How is that good?" Gordon asked in horror as Jennifer blushed before paling. "THREE PUBERTIES! He's clearly mad!"

"Let me inform you all of the special things about demons! Each puberty is followed up by a stat increase!"

"Huh?!" Naruto choked while Laharl's eyes widened. "W-What?!"

"Yes!"

"Ew!" Flonne shivered. "Wait, no, this is bad!"

"That's RIGHT!" The man declared as his Androids raised their weapons. "So, I propose a fight! On my territory!"

"... Wait, why would we listen?" Clarissa frowned. "We have more than enough bodies here to take you down, Gallen!"

"Yes, you wouldn't come… unless I knew something," the Senator said as the group blinked. "Yes, something interesting is coming to the Netherworld and you want to know how I know?" He clanked his lance to his shield.

Two more Androids came forward with a pair of struggling individuals within their grasp.

"Aramis?!" Etna choked as the Senator chuckled. "A-And… what?"

Flonne paled as Naruto's fists clenched.

Because, there, struggling next to Aramis, was a woman.

She had white skin, long light blue hair in a large braid that went down her back, and two chin-length bangs on the sides of her face. Her eyes were big, blank, yellow, and currently filled with horror as her glasses sat along the ridge of her nose.

Wearing white metal grieves, a pure-white feathered dress that down to the back of her knees along with long white sleeves over the arms of which were thick-looking white gauntlets, a small black sash around her waist holding a folded, thick-looking, cloth that held angelic symbols on it.

Naruto had only ever seen that kind of symbol twice. Once on Flonne… and the other on…

"An angel…" The both of them said as the woman looked up at them.

"H-Huh?" Her eyes widened in horror before her arms were wrangled back together by two of the Androids as Aramis squealed, held in one of their arms rather gently, actually.

"B-Big Bro! Big Sis! Help!" The boy squealed before going limp. "How'd I get caught?" Aramis whined as Naruto's eyes narrowed.

The floor cracked where he'd just been, the Frog-Oni's form appearing above the intruders as he reared his fist back.

"Hmph," the Horseman said as he raised his shield. "Omega-Shield!"

Naruto's fist slammed down on a hexagon-patterned orb of bright gold forming over the Senator.

The blow tossed up the wind in the area while the floor beneath the man and his army's feet cratered.

"T-This strength?!" The Senator cursed before he raised his spear. "Omega-Target Lock."

Naruto's eyes widened as a target-like mark appeared on his chest.

He felt the oncoming thrust before he moved and shot back, eyes narrowed-

The lance landed square against his chest, the blow causing him to shoot back and through several walls of the castle before he bounced against the backyard of the home.

"W-What?!"

~NRK~

"The hell?!" Laharl growled as he brandished his weapon, the others doing the same.

Avarice, now awoken, growled wildly, flames spilling from her mouth as she raised her wings in threat. "Don't touch mine!"

"Hmph. We'll take our leave," the Senator said with a smug tone while on the inside, he was panicking! 'The hell was that?! How could he bring my shield to its knees?!' Even worse, he knew the man was still alive and not that hurt. 'I need to readjust my protections… it may be time to give her some more in exchange for some of her powerful Zombies.'

The group vanished back into the Transportation Portal, leaving the group to grimace as Naruto returned into the area.

"Dammit! Where'd he go?!" The Frog-Oni growled as he landed. "Is everyone alright?!" He asked and the group nodded.

"This is bad, Gallen took Aramis," Etna frowned.

"A-And that angel! What was she doing in the Netherworld!?" Flonne said in horror. "W-Was she supposed to bring me back?"

"... We don't know," Draconis said with a frown. "That man… He's not normal. If he did do as he said, his power isn't some mere level 2000. No… he felt stronger than that."

"Dammit, that bastard!" Nakano frowned as Kana followed suit.

"He's seriously grown some balls since our King went under," the Lady Samurai hissed. "We can't just let this happen!"

"We won't," Laharl's eyes glowed. "No one barges into my home, hurts and takes my vassals, and thinks he can get away with it!" He growled. "We're going after him! Grab your things! We're gonna bring that stupid Senator down!"

They did in minutes, Kana and Nakano even coming along as the Dimensional Transporter Prinny groaned as he rubbed the Transporting Orb.

"Haa… Dood, he came from the Sea of Gehenna, dood!"

"Then that's where we're going!" Laharl declared as the portal opened. "Time to beat his ass!"

They went through.

~NRK~

And Naruto's eyes widened as they fell from high in the sky.

"The fuck?!" He cursed as the others scrambled. "He messed with the Portal?!"

"This isn't good!" Clarissa grimaced as she fell uncontrolled next to Naruto. "H-Help!"

Naruto grimaced before he looked at his feet.

Clarissa grimaced as she kept spinning… before a powerful pair of arms caught her.

"H-Huh?! Naruto?!" She blushed as he held her in his big strong arms. "I feel like a princess."

He snorted before kicking off the air again to grab Laharl.

Several more 'air hops' and he had everyone save for Draconis, Gordon, Thursday, and Avarice who pouted, the Harpy holding onto Circe and Corrin while the Great Wyrm had a hold of Nakano, Kana, Jennifer, and Flonne.

Laharl, Etna, Sardia, and Clarissa were in either Naruto's arms or had their hands wrapped around his neck, Sardia taking that last position as she was to do.

"What are we going to do?!" She asked in his ear.

"Anyone got a spell for this?!" Naruto asked as Avarice hummed before flying below the group, appearing by the ground with speed that could only come from a flyer who ruled the skies.

"Burn Golem!" She cried out and the lava around her lifted.

It formed into several arms of quickly cooling lava that shot into the sky to meet the group who landed on them.

"L-Lava?!" Gordon squealed as he landed, eyes closed in horror. "What a way to go for a hero-!"

"Gordon, it's fine. It's cool," Naruto explained as he let down everyone save for Sardia who seemed to latch onto his back like a backpack. "You're good."

She giggled nervously. "My arms don't work right now."

"Gotcha."

The cooled lava arms lowered before the group was left off by the ground floor, Avarice landing next to Naruto, looking proud, as the demon man grinned nervously.

"Thanks, you seriously saved our bacon," he said with a smile as she blushed before grinning. "... I don't like that look-"

"Prize!" She declared and he balked as Etna and Clarissa's eyebrows twitched. "Save flightless people, give me prize!" Avarice said with a blush and grin before walking over. "One kiss-!"

"The fuck he is!" Etna and Clarissa growled as Sardia blushed before grimacing in thought. "Don't you even-!"

"Uh, w-well, she did save our hides, so…" The useless 'Knight' said with a pout. "It's one kiss, girls."

"T-The hell are you trying to say?!" Etna squeaked as Avarice grinned happily while Naruto facepalmed.

He looked at her. "... A Shadow Clone and you don't try anything… frisky, deal?" Naruto compromised with a facepalm as Clarissa, Etna, and Sardia gaped at him. "I-It's not like it's me me, guys," God, when did his life get so complicated?!

"... I want a reward one day, too," Clarissa said defiantly as Naruto blushed, looking at her own blushing visage in disbelief. "I-I'll earn it, I can wait."

If she was gonna go after this, she'd be damned if some woman who was barely with the party got ahead of her!

Etna squawked while Jennifer, Flonne, Kana, Circe, and Thursday gasped at the drama unfolding.

"It's right up there with my soaps!" The human woman gasped in excitement while Flonne nodded repeatedly with a smile.

"Yup!" The angel trainee grinned.

[REAL LIFE IS SO ENTERTAINING.] Thursday said with rapidly spinning servos. [WHAT A DAY TO BE ALIVE.]

"It's so juicy!" Circe giggled a bit. "Why, I think the finale to this will be hilarious, too."

Kana smirked. "I know exactly what you mean."

Laharl, Gordon, Draconis, and Nakano looked on in total confusion.

"What's going on?" Laharl asked them as they looked as lost as he did.

"Uuhh… I think this is that harem thing," Nakano said with a tilt of the head as Gordon gasped with a red face. "Yeah, that's certainly the startin' of one."

"E-Egads, man! Where's your decency?!" The human man gaped in horror, jealousy, and modesty. "O-One man with so many different women! And one of them is but a child!"

"One, every woman over there is probably over 50 times his age," Nakano said with a raised brow. "Two, we're demons, decency only really works down to us wearing clothes."

"H-Huh?!"

"Yes, that's rather true," the dragon Overlord said while rubbing his chin. "Thankfully, my kind are capable of hiding 'The Goods' as they say."

"R-Right, ovipositors," Gordon said in embarrassment. "S-Still! Laharl's parents are just that, one man, one woman!"

"Dude, while I don't want the hassle myself," Nakano continued. "Harems are a thing. Fucking Maderas's entire vassal system is one big harem. Oh, wait, right, you don't know him," the Warrior rubbed the back of his head as even Laharl's head snapped towards him. "Prince, like, your dad and mom are like half of the demon population, they're only in it for one pairing but harems happen all the time. I'm not sure yet but Senator Gallen's entire army might even be his harem."

"W-Wait, that's what mom meant?!" Laharl choked as Gordon looked faint, Draconis chuckling.

"Ah, yes, I have my little rumble of dragonesses back home," he said with a look of nostalgia. "Honestly, the worst part was when they were all having their Time of the Month at the same time. The rampaging wasn't helping and the blood got everywhere."

"E-Ew!" Gordon choked. "Young man, I believe we're barely sane in an insane world!"

Laharl kind of believed him.

"Later! In private," the Harpy ended the 'fun' with more heat rising in the women. "For now! Get more prizes by winning!"

"Wait the fuck up!" Etna was completely red in the face as she pointed a shaky finger at the Senator. "Y-You're using t-this entire thing to-"

"Get prizes."

The girl's tail curled before she smacked her face before she grew determined. "Dammit! Let's get this show on the road!" She stomped off, face still bright red. 'Get a prize, huh?' Well… she might as well get something out of this besides making sure Aramis was safe.

~NRK~

The group had traveled for easily over a hundred miles before finding the Senator's location… and when they did, they found what was always true.

This wouldn't be as easy as expected.

What they saw before them was a large, spiraling, spire in the land. It was bright red, overflowing with lava out of numerous orifices in its surfaces, and was all coiled together by a series of machinery that had tubes full of the lava and steam spewing from the top of several chimneys along with black smoke from several others.

"It's… a factory?" Laharl noted as the group stood on a large hill, watching that area in the distance. "... That's not good," he added as they looked at the top of the machinery, land, and lava.

A towering castle of metal rested atop it and was where all the lava was going, seemingly.

"I can still sense them," Naruto said with a frown. "He's not near them but I can feel a ton of his Androids? That's weird, I thought they were supposed to be robots."

"Chances are high that they still retain enough flesh to be considered literally alive," Draconis said with a frown. "If they transitioned into the Class, they need to still be alive on some level, no?"

"I don't like it."

"I'm not a fan, myself."

"So, what should we do?" Kana asked as she hefted a Dragon Warrior sword over her shoulder. "I'm not exactly someone who sneaks."

"Well, I could dig down," Naruto said. "But that's likely not that great for all of you, huh?"

"Uh, it's likely not great for you either," Nakano said and Naruto began to sweat. "Having negative Element Resistances means a lot. I'm weak to Fire as well so I couldn't do it. The others might be able to swim in there, though. Get sucked up into the tubes and break things from the inside."

"Ugh! Hell no!" Etna shivered. "Besides, I bet those tubes don't feed into anything great. If anything, we need to figure out what we can break without getting Aramis hurt."

"What about the angel?" Circe asked.

"What about her?"

"Oh, dear."

"N-No! We can't let her die!" Flonne pleaded as Etna groaned. "B-Besides, if she is here to take me back, seeing good demons might change more angels in the end!"

"Do angels and demons have an inherent feud?" Jennifer asked and Laharl shrugged.

"Eh, on principle, we're demons and they're angels, it's in the names," he said as she looked confused.

"Harlie, you don't seem to hate this woman."

"I mean… I don't really care," the prince shrugged as Circe spoke up.

"In a way, it's inherent but only so far as socially," the red Prinny said as Gordon and Jennifer nodded. "If they don't care, a demon's not gonna feel an urge to go and try to kill an angel. It's all peer pressure."

"I mean, basically," Corrin said as Avarice cawed in agreement. "We just don't care."

"The races are more confusing than I thought," Gordon said. 'We need to get out of here!' Why had this happened?! "S-So, perhaps we should talk about objectives?" He suggested.

Maybe he could get away on good behavior?

"So, we need to grab Aramis and that angel woman," Naruto said.

"We need to beat Gallen's ass and take his money," Laharl added.

"Then we gotta break his stuff!" Etna grinned.

"So, who's the best for sneaking in there?" Jennifer asked and Naruto rubbed the back of his head.

"Well, that's probably me. I was a ninja before I died," he explained and Thursday beeped.

[NINJA?] He asked and Naruto nodded.

"If I turn into my Prinny form, I'll have 25% in my Fire resistances, that should be good, right?" He asked Nakano who nodded. "Then I'll swim and dig through the bottom of the thing."

"In that case, I'll come with ya," Sardia said with a grin from around his neck. "I've got killer resistances so lava's like a nice warm bath!"

"You got a spell for this, too?"

"I can at least give us better vision in the lava," Sardia said as she swiped her hands over her face and magical visors appeared over both their eyes. "And this will help a ton!" She grinned as she sent him something interesting.

{

Evilities: Spirit Protection, Spirit Gun

Spirit Protection: Increase resistances of all ally units on the map to Fire, Ice, and Wind by 10%.

Spirit Gun: When making a non-elemental attack, add the element of the user's highest resistance.

}

"Yeah, that'll definitely work," Naruto said as he switched to Prinny form. "Come on."

He spun in place before his form dug into the ground with ease, vanishing into the floor quickly.

"Ya know, I wondered what his Prinny form's skills were like!" Sardia grinned with a snicker before jumping down. "See you guys on the other sideeeeeeee!"

"So, who is going to attack from above?" Draconis asked the others as Avarice cawed. "Yes, you'd work best, wouldn't you? Still, while strong, we need more than two people since I'll be joining her."

"Well, aren't you the size of a city?" Etna asked and he snapped his fingers.

"Right. Go in then, we'll make a big distraction."

Laharl nodded before rushing over the hill. "Hurry up!"

~NRK~

Meanwhile, Naruto dug through the art of spinning!

"I don't know if this makes sense, logically," Sardia said with a sweatdrop as Naruto's spinning form cut through dirt and stone with such ease, it was kind of ridiculous. "... Hmm, hey, Naru-Naru?"

"Yeah?" The spinning Prinny kept going.

"Stop for a bit?" He did and she grinned as she held her hands together.

An orb of swirling wind formed before she separated it into two and tossed the other at Naruto's chest, the Prinny blinking as she repeated the action to her own chest.

"What's that for?"

"Air's gonna be rough under lava, yeah?"

"Oh."

He went back to spinning with more vigor, the sound of lava getting closer.

"Hey, Naru-Naru?"

"Yeah?"

"You don't like one of us more than the others, right?"

He sputtered as he spun a bit too harshly at one point.

Lava covered the two in an instant.

~NRK~

Gallen grimaced as the ground shook within his laboratory.

"What is that?!" He grimaced without a face, calling his stead over his steel-plated legs shifted him away from his work table. "Tell me, you two, why must your comrades cause such a ruckus?"

"Bro and Sis are gonna beat your ass!" Aramis said as the angel woman choked next to him, the both of them in a cage of weapons.

Yes, you heard that right. The entire thing was a cage made of powerful weapons that formed some sort of almost impregnable lock on their freedom.

"L-Language!" The woman squeaked as Aramis looked at her in total confusion.

"What?"

"Y-Young children shouldn't be saying things like that!" She continued shakily. "Why must you use s-such language?" The woman squeaked nervously.

"... Are you serious?" Aramis didn't know what this woman was on right now but it wasn't what was important. "We're being held against our will and my language is what's bothering you?!"

"..." The glasses-wearing woman scrunched in on herself and the boy was left there, stunned dumb, as she looked ready to cry.

'Bro, Sis, please save my ass,' he didn't think he could deal with this crybaby!

"Hmph, that Prinny really did gain another form," Gallen walked over to the cage and looked at Aramis. "Reveal his secrets!"

"What?! No!"

"W-Why?!" The man whined and the boy's eyebrow began to tick in a worrying fashion. "... You should get that checked."

'SAVE ME FROM THESE CRAZY PEOPLE!'

~NRK~

Laharl blocked the sword of one Android before kicking at her knees and slamming the side of his sword into her face, knocking her out.

"You're learning well, Laharl!" Circe said as she raised her weapon and lightning exploded across several Androids, their metal parts working in her spell's favor. "Ah, that really is easy."

"O-Ow," one of them said as they flopped to the floor. "T-The pain."

Flonne frowned as she bonked another one on the head, throwing the robotic woman, cyborg woman, to the ground, groaning. "T-They're able to feel things… they're alive, maybe," she frowned as Jennifer sighed while Gordon dispatched another.

"We sadly can't do anything, Flonne," the human woman said with a sad smile. "I mean, you've fought before, haven't you?"

"I-I have! I know but…" The angel trainee looked out at the knocked-out beings. "... I don't know if they became like this on their own or not."

"You're thinking too much," Etna said as she hefted her spear over her shoulder, some blood on it. "... Don't look at me like that, none of 'em are dead, alright?" She groaned as Flonne smiled shakily. 'I'm seriously losing my edge,' without that stupid hot blonde around, Etna expected that she'd have no issue without his input.

But that wasn't the case, was it? Even without his presence, she felt like she'd be stepping on his feelings if she just outright killed these things.

Crazily enough, she hadn't felt such a way with the demons so maybe even Naruto felt no issue with them. He'd said so before, right?

"My head hurts."

"Hmph! Where are we headed now?" Gordon asked with an impeccable grin. "Bringing down this evildoer won't be easy! I've fought several men like him. He's simply the scientist, he likely has a big boss behind his machinations!"

"You think this guy has a big bad boss behind him?" Etna asked.

"Yes!" Gordon said with a frown. "A man of science like he isn't one who gives in to the temptations of otherworldly powers so easily. Besides, he forced a Class Change. From what we know, pure technology can't do that, yes?"

Corrin frowned as she remembered that, yes, that was true. "... I don't like this. If Gordon's right, we're likely dealing with someone bigger than even Gallen."

"That sounds pleasant," Clarissa frowned before the floor rumbled. "Draconis and Avarice are doing their jobs! We need to hurry!" She declared as she activated Shadow Conjuration."

If this mantle was supposed to be her powers, perhaps it had more uses.

She focused and Clarissa smiled as she made a carpet form for the spell, the spell floating above the ground. "Everyone get on!"

They did and soon after, the black mantle took off, the group agreeing to the speed.

"We still don't know where to go, do we?" Jennifer asked before Thursday beeped.

[FAMILIAR LIFE SIGNATURE OF ARAMIS UP ABOVE.] The robot beeped and Clarissa nodded before they went up in elevation. [BEEP… TO THE RIGHT!]

~NRK~

Naruto blushed even as he and Sardia waded through lava, the Prinny grimacing as they reached the bedrock directly beneath the entire structure.

He spun and drilled into it with her quickly moving behind him, an Ice spell used to close up their entrance as he dug more into the structure's foundation.

When he made it into the stone a decent bit, he stopped and turned to face her. "What was that question?!" He said in disbelief as she blushed a bit before chuckling nervously.

"W-Well, you seem to be drowning in women, ya know?"

"I-I didn't…" Naruto blushed some more. "I didn't make it this way, I never tried to. I don't play with women's hearts like that," he grumbled.

"Well, no one said you were but I asked which one you liked the most out of all of us," Sardia said simply with another blush as he balked at her. "You're thinking too much like a human and not like a demon, last I checked."

Naruto blushed more as he looked at her with more embarrassment. "I was human!"

"So?" He choked. "Aren't you being kind of ridiculous? You're not anymore and, from what I've heard, that's not gonna change anymore. You're here to stay."

He flinched at her truthful words. "W-Well… yeah."

"Exactly," she grinned. "Now, come on, the spell won't last forever."

Naruto grunted before going back to his spinning drill.

They traveled forward before going up. As they did, Sardia raised her hands and a pulse of magic spread out throughout their tunnel.

"Hmm," her visor came down and she blinked at the map in her sight. "Okay, we're good so far. We're in the second level's walls. If we keep doing this, we can both get to the top and weaken this place's foundation."

The tunnel shook and Naruto nodded.

"Avarice and Draconis are doing their jobs and I can feel the others cleaning house. Let's hurry up!"

~NRK~

Aramis huffed as the area shook again before something flashed by a window above.

He blinked as the angel woman was curled up in fetal position, whining about random things like some guy by the name of 'Vulcanus' being mad at her failure streak or something.

He'd stopped paying attention a while ago.

The figure in the window grinned at him and Aramis blinked at her wings before mouthed words to him.

'Get Down'.

His eyes widened and he groaned before running over to the angel woman grabbing her.

"Aiyeee!" She squealed as he threw them to the floor.

Turbulent winds tore their ways into the room and Gallen grimaced as he and steed stood steadfast despite it, forms unfazed including their flames and energies.

"Hmph, Avarice has gotten stronger," the Horseman said with a sigh as she broke through the window to land within the room gently, form as curvaceous as he remembered. "Well, how can help you, Avarice?"

"Give me two people! I get prize and leave!" Avarice declared and the man chuckled.

"You're quite the weird one but I assume that Prinny has a shiny for you," the male Senator said as he got onto his steed. "Have at you then! I shall have that Prinny and no one can stop me!"

Avarice grinned and her eyes burned before she lunged at the Horseman, talons slamming into his raised shield and cratering the floor beneath his feet.

"Hiya!" She kept slamming her feet into his defense and the man blocked each one with ease. "Hmmm!" Avarice shot back with one powerful flap of her wings, the winds doing nothing to the man who raised his lance at her.

"Blossoming Spear!" His form tinted blue before he charged her in an instant, the Harpy's eyes widening as she crossed her arms.

"Shield!"

The attack landed and Avarice's eyes widened before she was sent into the wall opposite Gallen.

"Ack!" She bounced off it before hitting the floor with a soft groan, standing up shakily. "H-Hmph?"

"Surprised?" Gallen chuckled. "I'm a scientist, Avarice. I've tinkered with all facets of my body, soul, and energy. I've gone so far as to tinker with Skills. It's how I got my Omega Collection."

She frowned at him, wings blazing.

Then the floor exploded and allowed the frontal-attack group to enter the fray, all of them jumping off Clarissa's mantle and landing on the floor, weapons prepared.

"Gallen, we're here to kick your ass!" Laharl declared as Aramis grinned.

"Sis!" He declared as Etna smirked.

"Just chill for a bit, we'll be done with this guy in no time flat," she said before Aramis grimaced.

"You guys need to be careful! He did weird stuff to himself! He has Zombie muscles!"

"H-Huh?!"

"Ahah! So, my secret is revealed!" The Horseman declared, lance raised. "Yes! I readjusted my body by changing my muscles' need for oxygen! With just my demonic energy, I can push my strength to new levels!"

"Ugh, every time it's fucking Zombies!" Etna cursed. "What is it with people and Zombies?! What?! Are they that popular?! They're nothing but rotten flesh!"

"Yes but it's flesh with opportunities!" The Senator declared as Aramis chimed in.

"L-Look, he sucks, totally, but he has a point!" The boy agreed reluctantly.

"Hm, hm, hm! I knew you of all people would know, Aramanta."

"... Wait," Circe blinked in confusion as Aramis looked pale. "... For now, it's not important. We need to deal with Senator Gallen and handle everything else much later."

The boy's head fell and her eyes softened.

It seemed that some things had gotten complicated.

"Gallen, you better have a damn good reason for all of this," Laharl declared with slowly detaching eyes. "Because I'm not gonna stop until I know you're damn near dead if you don't."

The Horseman chuckled. "Ah, you wish to know my machinations? Very well! I was just a scientist, you know? Just a Living Armor before all of this but I was approached by a woman with amazing power" and she offered me the world for my cooperation."

"What the hell kind of a story is that?! What did you want so bad that Naruto is involved, you bitch?!"

"Oh, you see, his body clearly holds an understanding of how things evolve," the Senator said as Corrin sighed, loading her gun. "We need that. Carnage Weapons aren't easy, you know."

"So, Circe was right," Clarissa said with a frown as the floor around her bubbled with darkness. "We can't let this man leave here with anything," she hissed as her mantle formed those two arms of hers, her book in her hand and her other weapons in her mantle's two.

"Sounds about right," Corrin added before taking the first shot.

The man's shield blocked it before his stead's form grew bigger than before.

The skeletal horse-dragon's bones cracked before two thick-looking bony legs slammed into the floor, crushing it where they did, as two long horns grew out of its noggin.

Its eyes burned bright red as two wing-like protrusions shot out of its back, bony as they were.

Avarice growled while Aramis paled.

"A-A Dragon Zombie?!" He yelped. "Y-You guys need to be careful! Those types of Monsters have crazy breath attacks and super high DEF!"

The Harpy lunged at the beast before slamming her talons into the creature but to little effect, its eyes turned to her and the Harpy barely dodged an extending horn.

"Arrggghhhh!" She growled as she flew above it before her wings set ablaze. "Pyro!"

Fires the size of buses coiled above her before shooting down at the dragonic skeletal who jumped out of the way with worrying agility.

"Haha! Yes! You all are facing the efforts of science and magic!"

"I knew it!" Gordon said as he took aim, several shots fired at once before being blocked in just as little time. "Darn! You mad scientist! Who do you work for?!"

"You don't honestly think he'll-" Etna began to say flatly only to facepalm moments later.

"Ahah! I have to give you credit! You can tell that I'm but a mini-boss of my Mistress Makoranta!"

The group balked before Etna growled.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" She shouted and the man huffed.

"Revealing my dastardly plans is all part of the job!"

The girl looked ready to pop a blood vessel. "That's it! You're dying today!" Etna lunged at the man before hopping to the side of his large lance and hopping atop it to swing her spear across his face.

"..." He looked at her and her eyes widened in disbelief. "Was that all? Blossoming Spear!"

His lance glowed and Etna barely jumped off before its bright energy instantly expanded into a spiky ball of lance-thorns, returning to normal a moment later.

"Dammit!" The young redhead grimaced as she skidded to a stop.

Gallen didn't have the time to focus on her, raising his shield to block Laharl's sword slash that quickly whirled with green light.

"Hurricane Slash!" He blurred away from the large Senator before circling him, green wind reaching up to the ceiling.

He jumped out of it before lunging back in with a slash that slammed into something, the winds dying down to reveal a raised lance stopping his weapon from going all the way through.

"Tsk!" Laharl removed one hand off his weapon to grab the lance and throw himself over it, fist glowing red.

The hit slammed into the side of Gallen's head, the Senator shifting to the side slightly as the prince jumped away, a familiar crackle of lightning came from above him.

Circe's magic slammed down on the man, lightning torching the ground and breaking all the windows on the floor they were on.

Laharl smirked as Etna made it to him and the two stood at the ready for anything. Kana and Nakano flanking them on the sides.

"We can lower his defense," the Warrior said as he pulled out an ax while Kana did the same. "Then cave his skull in."

Meanwhile, Flonne squeaked as she jumped out of the way of the Zombie Dragon's charge, its form glowing dark red as smaller Zombies appeared!

"It's always Zombies!" She declared before jumping up as shadowy arms shot past her, Clarissa's form casting behind her.

"Dark! Dark!" The Dark Apostle threw out as black energy bubbled along the arms that slammed into Zombie after Zombie, smushing them all together. "Flonne!"

"Mega Star Beam!"

Light tore across the expanse of the large laboratory area and enveloped Zombie after Zombie before Flonne yelped as a shadowy arm pulled her back, the large dragon zombie crushing the area where she'd just been.

"Yikes!" The angel squeaked as she was placed on the floor. "T-Thanks!"

"No issue," Clarissa said as tens of shots rained past them, Gordon, Jennifer, and Corrin letting loose with their guns.

"Eat laser, beast!" Gordon declared as they kept shooting, their attacks having little effect other than scratching its bony hide. "Ugh! What a time to not have the Battle Suit!"

Avarice came in from above, flames shooting down on the Zombie Dragon who made the actual effort to dodge them.

"Right! Zombies hate fire!" Corrin grinned maniacally. "I've got just the thing! Gordon! Jenni! You guys have Gun Skills, right?!"

The two humans nodded, rushing forward towards the Zombie Dragon as Corrin loaded up, gun burning bright red as she raised it in the air, heated energy coiling into it.

Clarissa nodded as she cast Shadow Conjuration, black arms shooting out to lock onto the dragon enemy's horns as Avarice grinned from above, coming down with flaming talons.

She slammed its head into the ground, locking it down, as Jennifer and Gordon skid to a stop at the sides of its head.

"Shotgun Craft!" They called out in unison, burning spread shots that tore into the Zombie Dragon's bony head, carving into its shell as it wailed.

"Out of the way!" Corrin shouted from above as she stood atop a third shadow arm platform from Clarissa, gun burning bright orange.

"Egads! Run!" Gordon ran along with Jennifer as Avarice's eyes blazed bright white.

"Phoenix Tempest!"

"Toten Kruez!"

A blazing blue ball of fire exploded over the dragon while a blazing ball shot slammed down into the same area.

The combo attack tore into the lab structure and exploded out to the back of the lab walls, exposing the Sea of Gehenna outside, the Zombie Dragon in a smoking crater miles away.

"Kevin! Nooooooo!" Gallen cried out before slamming his lance into the floor. "BLOSSOMING SPEAR!"

The group jumped up off the ground as lances exploded from all over the ground.

"Whoa!" Gordon cursed as he flew with his jet pack.

[SAFETY NOT AROUND!] Thursday declared as he floated above the cage Aramis and the angel were in, his laser cutter going back into his body. [STRUCTURE WILL NOT HOLD!]

"Crap!" Circe choked as she fluttered above with Laharl and Etna holding onto her peg legs. "C-Cloud magic!"

A series of red clouds formed under the feet of their comrades who couldn't fly, her included, the groups watching as the floor crumbled and revealed the floor below.

"Destroying your lab for us, huh?!" Laharl sneered at Gallen whose boots shot out flames. "He can fly, too?!"

"What scientist doesn't have a set of jetpack boots?!" Gallen roared before raising his shield. "OMEGA BRAVEHEART!"

The man's armor began to glow and hiss, turning red as his white fire blazed blue, cape furling out down to his feet.

"My power in this form has increased tenfold," Gallen declared as the flames coming out of his head formed a hazy human shape, two blazing pure-white eyes narrowed at the group. "My Gallen: Ultimate MODE!"

"... Tsk! This ain't good," Laharl said. "We need to get outside!" He said in an instant as the red clouds shot out of the lab-

"Omega Speed Boost."

The group's clouds came to an instant halt as the scientist's form appeared in front of them, eyes narrowed more.

"Have at you," he said as his lance began to glow bright white.

"Not good!" Clarissa called out as the lanced was leveled at them-

It appeared in her face, all of their faces, as his arm seemed to blur, extend, and stab at speeds that made it seem like it had multiplied.

They paled.

"Nope!" A voice said from above a blazing orange frog foot slammed Gallen down, sending the Ultimate Form Horseman through the ground and the lava below. "Geez, barely in time," Naruto said with a frown, back in oni form, and gently kicking the air to stay afloat.

"What happened?!" Etna asked, hiding how relieved she was.

"We found where he made the Androids," Naruto said. "Sardia should be handling that machine right now with a couple of my clones."

"Good to have you back, Naruto," Circe said with a smile as he nodded before a large form stood over them. "Welcome back, Draconis!"

"I see things are getting rough," he said, large head peering down at the crater Naruto made. "Let's handle this before it gets out of hand."

Draconis shrunk to a height matching Gallen while the others and Naruto got ready on the ground by the Horseman's crater.

"He's working with Makoranta," Circe told the blonde whose eyes widened as she grimaced with a nod. "This isn't good. When we end up being him, Naruto, we're definitely going to be on a timer. The Makoranta I knew did not like her things messed with and she took quick retribution on those who did."

"So, we've gotta bring this guy down and make sure he can't tell her, huh?" Naruto asked and she nodded. "Well, time for some old fashion kidnapping, huh?"

"It's for the best."

"Yep!" Corrin said as Flonne's eyes swirled.

"W-Wait! What about the angel and Aramis?!" The angel trainee asked.

[I HAVE ARRIVED!] Thursday said as he carried the cage over his head, thrusters flying him over to them. [I'VE HELPED THE PEOPLE WHO NEED ME.]

"Bro?!" Aramis looked relieved. "Dude! Help me!"

"We will, promise," Naruto said. "For now, Gallen's coming back up."

The crater exploded as Naruto's word held true, the Horseman's eyes narrowing on the oni who smirked.

"Bring it, ya bony trash can."

The man lunged at him with speed Naruto barely reacted to.

He grabbed his lance before punching Gallen in the stomach before hitting him with a shoulder strike that sent him tumbling back from.

"Hmph!" The man recovered into a kneel, dragging his lance into the floor to break his momentum.

Gunshots rang out as Etna joined the original gun trio while Thursday was trying to crack through the cage.

Slipping in between the shots, Laharl, Nakano, and Naruto rushed the blocking Gallen.

"Omega Shield!" He slammed his shield into the ground.

An orb of blue hexagons formed over him before he raised his spear at the rushing group.

"Omega Target Lock!"

The three's eyes widened as target marks formed on each of their chests.

"Move!" Naruto called out as they jumped back, the glowing white lance-like projectiles coming in close.

"Rapid Arrow!" Two calls came from above as a Mega Star spell shot down, too.

The three lance projectiles were knocked away via six arrows and the Star attack.

"Nice!" Nakano smirked before crossing his arms as he landed. "Bulk-Up!"

He flexed and a beam of red slammed into Gallen's shield but the Warrior grinned as his stats rose.

From above, lightning rained down and the Senator jumped back, his shield following, to dodge it.

"... Right, it's still only a Shield spell!" Laharl grinned. "Naruto!"

"On it!" Naruto transformed into his Divine Spirit stat.

He vanished in an explosion of wind, slipping past Gallen's Shield.

"W-What?!" The Horseman gasped before Naruto formed a windy spear in his hands. "No!"

The explosion of wind rocked the large plateau they were on, slicing the area in half and causing it to slide.

"Long-range! FIRE!" Naruto called out, shooting back and transforming into his Prinny form, sweating heavily. "Mega Wind!"

"Mega Fire!" Laharl called out.

All who could use long-range fired onto Gallen with no hesitation. Darkness, wind, light, fire, lightning, and ice rained down on the Senator's sliding plateau.

The explosion tore across the landscape as the man's yells could still be heard, his form enveloped by their attacks.

The wind ruptured and tossed their hair and other loose appendages back, Avarice landing by Naruto and Laharl with a frown.

"Dragon not dead," she said, eyes glowing a soft yellow. "Only half-dead!'

"... We can't let them fuse!" Jennifer realized as the group balked. "If they're supposed to be fused-!"

"We need to go!" Laharl declared to the others. "Come on!"

They rushed towards the Zombie Dragon's location, Naruto in the lead with Avarice, Draconis, and Gordon at his sides.

"If they fuse, will we even be able to beat him?" Gordon asked with a frown before Naruto grew more determined.

"Yeah. You remember my Tags, don't you?" Naruto asked and Gordon nodded.

"Right, those Sealing Tags, right?"

"Exactly. Time to throw all of this in our direction," he said before flourishing three tags. "Draconis!" Naruto tossed them to the flying dragon who nodded.

"With this, we can lower his threat to zero," the Alternate World Overlord said with narrowed eyes. "Is what I want to say," he continued as they came to a stop over a large lake of lava where a familiar pair of opponents struggled in the depths. "But we might be too late."

Naruto lunged at the two, Gallen's eyes narrowed as he grabbed onto his stead.

And a flash of dark gray light tossed the blonde back, causing Naruto to quickly transform into his Prinny form as he fell into the lava.

When he broke through the surface, he grimaced at the fused Senator.

And he was bigger than before, seemingly able to combine both their sizes to make him some 10-meter tall being that was still double Draconis's current height.

"You all are in for it now!" The man declared as he cast a new spell, one with worrying implications. "Omega-Magichange!"

The energy coming off him seemed to skyrocket as even Draconis flinched back, their highest leveler looking concerned even now.

A blazingly bright light shot into the sky and twisted the clouds before slowly fading into motes of light.

And the person left behind had Naruto standing atop the lava in an instant, eyes narrowed as he changed into his Werefox state.

What floated there above the water was Gallen and the 'Horseman' chuckled as he flexed his fingers around the handles of his two lances.

Yes, his two lances, his shield seemingly locked onto his back where his cape was and now fell from, adding more bulk to his pauldrons.

While one of the lances was his original one but longer the other one was a seemingly bony with a spiral thing that bore a familiar dragon's head as the hilt.

His armor now covered his stomach area more and his head was covered by a square helmet that allowed his eyes to narrow within protection.

He'd completely leveled up and that was bad.

"I'm glad I voted for that Magichange Bill," the Senator said as he observed his dragon's new form. "The Skill was amazing to tinker with. Now, for the last time, have at you, you sad individuals."

Naruto's feet brought him in front of the Senator in under a second, his fist slamming into the man's face.

The lava burst beneath them but Gallen didn't falter. He chuckled before Naruto's senses piqued.

You could barely call what he did a dodge as Gallen's lance cut into his side but he'd avoid more serious damage, landing on the lava's surface with a hand going to his side.

"Mega Heal," he frowned as he stood up before Avarice came down like a dive-bomber, form bright with fire.

"Elimination Crash!" The Harpy called out before a tower of heat exploded from Gallen's location.

The tower of light lasted for a second before fading away, Naruto finding Avarice floating at his side with a frown.

"Too tough," she said and he nodded as they saw, from the lowering explosion, a kneeling Gallen, form covered by a red hexagonal shield. "Tch!" The female Senator grimaced before swooping around and grabbing Naruto's shoulders.

They went flying up before she brought him over to the others.

"I'm shocked he could even do that to the Magichange Skill," Etna said with a frown as she and the others looked down at the posturing Gallen. "So, uh, what's the plan?"

"I still have your tags," Draconis said. "If I can lay all of them on him, it should be as good as done, right?"

"Yeah unless he, like, tripled his level," Corrin said with a frown. "The energy coming off of him is insane."

"It's way higher than before. And ever since he used Omega Magichange, he's done more than double that," Naruto said. "Though, I actually think that's simply all because of his buffs, not his actual level. We take that down and we still bring him down with it."

"Then, let's do this somewhere we can all work, no?" Gordon asked as he began to sweat. 'How'd things get like this?!' One moment they're helping the not-Cleric and now they were dealing with a truly big-bag mad scientist!

"Gordon's right," Naruto said. "But he's over there gloating, how long can that really last?"

"Not enough as all stories go," Circe said before her eyebrows shot up. "So, we'll make some land. Naruto, Avarice, Flonne, you all need to use your spells to make us some footholds."

"On it," Naruto said. "But before that… Kurama Formula Boost!"

Gold ascots, scarfs, or bandanas found themselves on the group in seconds.

Invigorate!

The stamina increase was welcomed. "Go!" Laharl ordered and the three nodded.

Naruto picked up Flonne before he, she, and Avarice leaped towards other landmasses in the Sea of Gehenna.

When they were several miles away, still hearing and feeling the cracks, rumbles, and explosions of the others' battles, Naruto placed Flonne down.

"So," he made a hand seal and a clone appeared next to him, holding onto Flonne's shoulders. "I'm going to throw as much Sage Energy into you guys. It can increase all your abilities and stuff."

"A-Alright!" Flonne said as Avarice grinned.

"Yes!" The Harpy grinned as he blushed and did the same for her.

"Y-Yeah, yeah," God his life was embarrassing. "Focus!"

He and his clone did, the two of them pulling in Natural Energy as the two females raised their arms/wings.

"Giga Ice!" Flonne called out.

"Burn Golem!" Avarice repeated her Skill from far earlier.

Ice tore across the landscape before lava followed suit, the two elements tearing across the expanse, out into the horizon.

~NRK~

Laharl smirked as he fell onto a large plateau before jumping off as a lance slammed into it, crushing it with a mere stab.

"This guy's something else!" He said as Etna slipped past him.

The demon teen's spear slammed into a raised shield before she flipped up and over its edge.

"Spear Gate!" She called and a portal formed above the Horseman before spears after spears rained down on him.

"O-Ow! Ow! That stings, I'll have you know!" Gallen groaned as she growled.

"Screw off, ya bastard!"

He threw her off and she stumbled before falling into the lava below-

Ice. She landed on ice below, sliding a bit before she found her footing.

"Huh," she looked around her at the quickly melting ice. "Well, it's something."

~NRK~

Sardia grinned nervously as she messed with knob after knob, lever after lever, and buttons.

"I'm not a scientist!" She squealed as she blasted another set of Androids. "Dammit! I can't focus… Hm? Who are you?"

~NRK~

Flonne felt her stamina falling as Naruto finished molding the energy necessary.

"Alright, we're ready," the clone said as the real Naruto nodded. "Don't focus on using the power, we'll funnel it into you."

"So, all you gals need to do is blast away," the real one said as he transformed into his Frog-Oni state with his horns elongated, engorged with Sage Energy. "It's coming now!"

The two females readied another spell and released-

Torrents and calamities of ice and lava that swept over the landscape like tsunamis?!

Flonne's eyes shrunk while Avarice's own widened in delight.

"Yes! POWER!" She cried out in joy.

They kept going as Flonne shivered, wings growing to bigger sizes as her eyes burned with light.

Their magic altered the landscape in under a minute, the surge of Naruto's energy slowing down.

"W-Wow!" Flonne giggled as they looked at their work. "We did it!"

The real Naruto grinned, chuckling as he patted Avarice's shoulder. "Good work-"

The woman was brimming with joy and satisfaction as she turned to him and her wing found his shoulder.

"What-"

And burning sweet lips found his own as the bird woman pressed her body against him.

"?!" Flonne's face went neon red as the Naruto clone covered her eyes in complete and total horror and embarrassment.

"We'llgoonaheadbye!" They were jumping over the landscape before he even finished.

The real Naruto was left to his 'horrid' fate as Avarice made sure he explored every part of her lips, his hands involuntarily resting on very full hips.

Twenty seconds later, they separated, the woman looking embarrassed but with a very satisfied smile while the oni's face couldn't get any redder.

"I-I-I."

"Hmm, hmm! My prize," she grinned salaciously before pecking him on the lips once more. "Going ahead!" Avarice grinned.

She vanished in a burst of wind, form a bright orange comet in the sky.

Naruto stood there dumb as he tried to regain his mental facilities-

Boobs were NICE.

"Fuck!"

Girls' LIPS were amazing.

… H-He couldn't fight that one.

~NRK~

The group grinned as Gallen was blindsided by ice and lava in quick fashion, the man's form currently bursting out of the ice and floating in the air with a grimace.

"That was quite unpleasant-" He said before swinging around with one of his spears, Draconis dodging out of the way with a grin before he slapped two tags on the Senator's thigh. "W-What did you do?!"

The Overlord was sent careening into a plateau by a spear swipe, the large landmass erupting into rubble, as Gallen checked his thigh only to feel nothing.

"My stats! What did you do?! Since when was there a spell to lower levels?!"

Draconis chuckled weakly in the rubble before flipping him off.

"Why you?!" The Horseman prepared to give chase only for a familiar shining star of flames slammed into his chest. "A-Avarice?!"

"Elimination Crash!"

They burst toward another set of plateaus that erupted into flaming light with the Harpy looping back towards the group as Flonne found her way back with her Naruto clone immediately dispelling before Avarice got close.

The angel trainee's red face was there for all to see, confusing Laharl.

"What the heck happened?" He asked and she squeaked.

"Nothing! Nothing big!" Flonne said before Avarice landed, looking far too smug for him to not comment.

Then he thought better of it and shook his head with a mumble.

Nakano snorted. "So, where's Naruto?" He asked Flonne with a smirk as the angel teen scrambled for an explanation before an impact in the dirt next to her revealed the answer. "Sup, buddy."

The oni facepalmed as he carried Draconis while Avarice giggled drunkenly, much to Etna's narrowed eyes and Clarissa's huff.

"Something happened," they said in unison as the Harpy looked smugger than usual. 'Bitch.'

"How many tags did you hit 'im with, Draconis?" Naruto asked, hoping to not put himself into the line of fire over there.

"Two," the Alternate Overlord said with a chuckle as he nodded his thanks. "Hm, hmph. He's certainly not happy about all of this."

"I can tell," Naruto grinned before holding up a handsign, eyes closed. "... Alright, Sardia's still alive and kicking, I can feel Aramis, Thursday, and that angel getting closer, too."

"Bro!" Aramis called out as he rode on Thursday's 'shoulders' while that angel followed along nervously. "Thank, Satan, you're here!" He said as Thursday landed and he ran over. "U-Um, you guys beat him?"

There was an eruption from far away and Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Nope but I can feel he's gotten weaker. He's still pretty strong but he's certainly not as much of a threat as he was before."

[WE'VE RETURNED.] Thursday declared as he and that odd angel landed.

"..." The woman looked nervous as Naruto and co. shot her weird looks. "... D-Don't eat me…" She squeaked before Flonne ran over. "H-Huh?"

"Y-You! Are you alright?!" She asked and the woman looked shocked. "... U-Um, you aren't one of the angels sent to bring me home, a-are you?" Flonne swallowed as the older Celestia-native tucked one of her bangs behind her ear.

"I… I was here to observe your progress in your original mission," the woman said nervously as Naruto crossed his arms while Draconis raised a brow.

Etna snickered. "Oh, yeah, THAT mission," she said as Flonne blushed bright red. "Man, you guys don't know, do ya?!"

"E-Etna?!" Flonne fidgeted in place before Naruto chuckled.

"It's whatever then," he said before looking at the angel woman who looked up at him in shock before she blushed bright red, looking down. "... Huh?"

"I-I know how demons are, y-you're the Overlord, aren't you?! Overlord Krichevskoy!" She declared as Etna, Draconis, Corrin, Avarice, Nakano, Kana, and Gordon laughed.

"I thought the same thing!" The hero of earth said. "See? Post-puberty is clearly an important part of being an Overlord."

Laharl's eyebrow twitched something fierce as Circe pat his shoulder with a smile.

"You'll grow well, give it time," she said.

"Is this going to keep happening during that time?" Laharl asked and she grinned.

"Probably."

"So, uh, let me clear some stuff up," Naruto said. "I'm not the Boss, he's Krichevskoy, the name's Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki, human soul extraordinaire."

"H-Human?!" The woman balked. "Y-Y-You're a big, tall, muscly, handsome, demon! What part of you is human?!"

"U-Um," she kind of had him there. "Wait, hold on, go back to what you sai-"

"Hmph!" Avarice stalked forward and the woman jumped.

And then hid behind Naruto.

"What?" Naruto stared at her in disbelief. "Y-You were just complaining about my looks!"

"..." The woman looked embarrassed as Flonne sighed.

"W-We can talk this out after we defeat Gallen," the trainee said as Naruto nodded before looking at the woman.

"You might need to stay back with Thursday and Aramis," he said as the woman looked nervous. "They're mostly harmless."

"M-Mostly?!"

"... Yes?" He said before making a clone. "Here, he's my Shadow Clone. He'll help keep you guys safe while we deal with Gallen."

The angel looked nervous, skittering over to his copy and hiding behind him.

"... I get the feeling she's going to be hard to talk to."

"W-We'll work on it," Flonne said as he nodded, an explosion on their plateau gaining their attention.

When the smoke cleared, Gallen stood there and he was far more appealing to look at.

What with some of his armor being dented, his normal spear chipped, his flames less intense, and his Magichanged spear looking concerned.

"Y-You all have caused quite the stir!" He said with a slight stutter as Naruto crouched low. "D-Don't-"

He vanished and reappeared with a kick to the Horseman's back, sending him deep into the earth.

"Everyone hold on!" The blonde said with narrowed eyes as he held his hands to the sides of the hole. "He's not escaping this time!"

And his muscles bulged as the ground shook, trembled, and cracked.

"... Oh, this is gonna be good!" Laharl cheered as Etna grinned wickedly.

Kana and Nakano chuckled as the earth began to split while Corrin cackled atop Draconis's shoulders.

Naruto's eyes flashed and he threw his hands to his sides.

The entire plateau ripped open, much to the horror of Jennifer, Gordon, Thursday, the now-revealed Gallen, Flonne, and the angel woman.

"WHAT?!" They screamed in unison at the sheer nonsense that had taken place.

"Found you, BITCH."

Gallen's thruster boots ignited but Naruto's form was already slamming into him, grabbing his face and tossing him through one of the plateau halves he'd created.

"ALL-OUT ATTACK!" Laharl yelled before he and the others lunged, charged up, or cackled into attacks.

Gallen screamed before Laharl's sword slammed into his chest quickly followed by Nakano's ax and Etna's spear. The redhead's gun swapped in and she let loose shot after shot into the Senator's face before the three attackers jumped off as Gallen's form dug into the ice with several cracks.

"U-Ugggghhh," he groaned before light flashed in the clouds above and he cursed, shakily raising his Magichange spear. "O-Omega Magic Wall."

The lightning struck in a thick beam of light that formed a thick layer of ozone around him but the force wasn't little and Gallen shivered as he felt electricity flex about his body.

'I'm too exposed! I need to-'

And then light, fire, ice, and wind attacks riddled his form, the force of them all causing the ice around him to shatter as he shot deeper into the lava below it.

His voice garbled as he tried to fight his way back up before light broke past even the lava's surface for him to see.

Darkness and bright gold reached him.

And then the area around him erupted into a cell-piercing, darkness-eroding, explosion of wind that felt like it tore his body apart in ways he'd never experienced!

"AHRRHHHHHH!"

---

Naruto, in Werefox form, landed next to the others on their plateau half while Clarissa floated down to them, staying on her carpet-form mantle just in case.

"... I think that did it," Naruto said as he crossed his arms, eyes relaxing as he looked down. "I can only feel a little bit of energy in him from here."

"Hmm," Jennifer considered something. "Well, what happens if you go down there and he self-destructs? At least, that happens a lot, weirdly enough."

"Ah, those were some good days," Gordon nodded sagely with a grin.

"So, you're saying he'll explode?" Etna asked. "Sounds good! Let's make him blow up!"

---

'My last resort!' Gallen groaned in the lava as something landed atop it. 'I won't go down without one of them as my hostage!'

It'd be a painful expelling of his shell but he'd live!

As that feeling of life came closer, he set his trap!

Right above him, his Magichange lance turned into a hook and swept out around the life before pulling in a surprised Naruto Uzumaki.

"H-Huh?!" His voice was garbled by the lava and Gallen's body glowed.

"Vengeance is SWIFT!"

---

They watched the explosion from afar.

"Good looking, Gordon, Jennifer," Naruto said as he placed his hand above his eyes. "That wouldn't have felt good."

"No problem," Jennifer said as Gordon threw a thumbs-up.

"Justice always prevails!" He declared as Flonne's eyes burned with passion.

"YEA!"

"..." The angel woman hid behind the still-an-oni Naruto clone, looking on in confusion. "I-Isn't she supposed to be on the demons' side?"

"Hm?" Naruto looked down at her and she paled, looked down, and held onto her 'safety rock' tighter.

Which was still HIM so he wasn't sure if she even knew what she was doing.

"What do you mean Flonne's on our side? I mean, she's a good person so I don't think she's doing a bad thing."

"..." The woman stared at him in shock and confusion. "... A-Angel Flonne has been considered a… Hmph!" She closed her mouth as she realized what she was saying.

The only people who heard it were the Naruto clone, Aramis, and Thursday.

The robot beeped and booped, coming around to run to the others before the clone stopped him.

[WE MUST INFORM THE OTHERS.] Thursday said, horrifying the angel.

"P-Please don't!" She pleaded, tears in her eyes as she sniffled, much to Naruto's horror.

"W-Whoa, whoa, whoa, it's cool, please don't cry," Naruto asked quickly, softly, and with as much horror as he could muster. "Please, I know how this sounds, Thursday, don't tell the others yet."

The robot beeped and the clone sighed.

"There has to be a cool head for this and telling the others out of nowhere isn't going to help."

[... VERY WELL.]

"Thanks, you're the best."

[I AM THURSDAY.]

Naruto snickered at that. "Yea, you are. So," he turned back to the surprised angel woman who dabbed her eyes with some kind of handkerchief? "... I get the feeling you cry a lot."

She sniffled and he sighed, crouching down.

"Bro, you doing sneaky stuff here?" Aramis asked as Naruto shook his head.

"I want to get to the bottom of this without a lot of yelling or fighting. Ma'am, please, can you tell me what's going on? Why are you here? What's Flonne being considered a traitor for?" Her eyes widened as she looked down.

"H-How did you know?" She asked and Naruto chuckled nervously.

"I didn't."

"..." Her eyes widened slowly and she looked ready to break down again. "Why am I so bad at this?"

Naruto sighed as Aramis huffed. "Ya gotta toughen up. Why are you crying at EVERYTHING?" He asked.

"H-Hoooo."

"No, please, no crying!" Naruto hissed softly. "Look, not everyone is built for everything, you and Aramis should know that. So, please, what's up?"

"... Snff," the woman looked down in thought. "Y-You're not going to eat me?"

"No."

"Rip me to shreds?"

"No."

"Ravish my body like I'm some sort of harlot?"

"What?" Aramis blinked before Naruto scrambled.

"No! No, no, no!" He whispered as quickly as possible. "None of that!"

"... Angel Trainee Flonne is being suspected as working with demons," the woman said as the three members of the Boss Gang choked. "I'm one of the scouts who was observing."

"L-Look, like, I get you. Flonne's been a gem to have around," Naruto said slowly as she looked at him in confusion. "And… the only thing she's helping with is us getting Laharl's dad back up. He's crazy sick."

"His… father?"

"... King Krichevskoy?" Her eyes widened as he nodded.

"W-Wait, he's ill?" She looked confused as Naruto raised a brow.

"Yeah? You knew that, right? I heard Flonne was sent to assassinate him… You did know, right?" Naruto looked surprised as she shook her head. "What?"

"W-We were told that the Overlord was running rampant here in hell and preparing to take over the human world."

[... BEEP, THERE IS A LIAR AFOOT.] Thursday said, shocking her.

"N-No! L-Lord Vulcanus isn't a liar!" She shot back with little fire.

"That's the dude you were crying about?" Aramis said in disbelief as she paled. "... I don't like this, bro."

"Yeah… because, ma'am, our human buddies over there were told the same thing," Naruto said and her eyes widened.

"T-That can't be right! L-Lord Vulcanus was the one doing… r-reconnaissance…" Her skin slowly paled as Naruto winced in sympathy.

"We don't know yet," he reassured her as she trembled, resting a hand on her shoulder. "I promise you, we'll figure this out. No one should be getting punished for what might just be a misunderstanding, yeah?" Naruto grinned and the woman sniffled before nodding, the oni standing up.

Aramis whispered into his ear. "Bro…"

"I know," the Naruto clone said with a grimace, mindful of the woman's ears. "There's a good chance this Vulcanus dude is pulling stuff behind the scenes," that wasn't good.

Why was an angel trying to break this peace the two sides seemingly had?

---

Gallen arose from the lava, victorious, as he looked over to Laharl's group.

And choked at the sight of Werefox Naruto waving at him with the others, the man looking at his right hand to see no Naruto.

Oh, bugger.

He made a run for it, thrusters at maximum before his reddened form fell away, causing his form to splash into the lava in more horror.

"N-No! I-I can't cast-!"

"Can't cast what? BUDDY?" Came a voice from behind him and the Senator froze before slowly turning around to see a grinning Naruto, Draconis, Avarice, Gordon, and the others on Circe's red clouds.

"... M-Mercy-"

Etna shot him in the 'head part' and he flopped unconscious.

"I really don't want to hear that shit," she said.

~NRK~

Returning to the Senator's laboratory, Naruto and Thursday led the group, with a tied-up Gallen, to Sardia's signature.

And when they found her… well, Laharl grinned at the idea.

The Magic Knight chuckled with a hand rubbing the back of her head as all the Androids stood behind her, chatting or blinking at the arrival of the group.

"What happened?" Naruto asked her and the woman crossed her arms with a hum.

"Thing is, these gals were experimented on and had their personalities locked up," Sardia explained as the group frowned, sighed, or gasped in Flonne and the angel's case. "So, I had to do some… random button-pressing," she admitted with a nervous giggle. "And I couldn't turn them off but I woke someone up."

There was a clank and shift of heels, the crowd of Androids parting to allow one specific one to come forth.

She was like the others in looks and in the fact that she wore the same black bodysuit but her armor was a sandy-gold and her hair a powerful dark blue.

Her visor was dark black and her 'eye' bright white.

"I woke this one up, she's different," Sardia explained as that one blinked before going up to Naruto. "?"

"... Wait, it's you!" The Android said and Naruto blinked before his eyes widened.

"W-Wait! You got caught by Gallen!" He yelled as she grimaced and crossed her arms. "This girl is the one who I told you guys I owed a favor," Naruto explained to the others, Circe and Flonne getting off his tails. "What happened?"

"I think you're mistaken about something," she said as Naruto tilted his head. "I never said I'm the Salamander you found," the demon cyborg explained, confusing the group.

"W-Wait, what? But, then, how are you here?" Laharl asked and the cyborg grimaced.

"It's not that I got HERE. It's that I was always here," she said. "What happened to me… I was caught by a horrible witch by the name of Makoranta."

"... Is this bitch just everywhere all of a sudden?" Etna asked in disbelief. "W-What do you mean by all that shit?"

"I mean that when I got caught by her, she fucked me up," the cyborg growled. "She separated my soul from my body and broke it up in some twisted attempt at trying to reach the skill level of a reaper!"

"Wait, what?!" The angel woman squeaked as she stayed on Naruto's tail, hiding behind his back. "H-How can anyone besides Reapers mess with souls!?"

"Magic. Bullshit? I don't know. All I know is that she screwed me over and now my soul is scattered all over," the Android explained as Naruto's eyes narrowed. "Yea, it's what you think. That Salamander you spoke to, that was another part of me. A piece of my soul she pushed into that corpse she'd wrung up to see if it'd work. Right now, she tore me up into four pieces. You met one of them and now me. So, that's two more left."

"Wait, so the thing you wanted him to help you with?" Clarissa asked.

"Yeah, I wanted his help to get me back together," the Android said with a huff before looking up at Naruto. "Didn't expect you to become so strong, though. Your level's weird but your stats are crazy."

"Oh, you have a magic sensor?" Sardia asked and she nodded.

"So… uh," the Android blushed a bit as she rubbed the back of her head. "C-Can ya help a gal out?"

"Sure," Naruto said with crossed arms and a sigh as she blinked at him. "I made a promise, didn't I? I always keep those," he grinned with a thumbs-up as she chuckled.

"Then you'll know you can't get to Makoranta right now," the group blinked as said this. "Sardia explained it all. Right now, you beat Gallen but that bitch has one more person under her employ and she's STRONG. We're talking, that bitch is her favorite pet project and has tons of her experimentation in her and can be called almost immortal, strong."

"W-Wait, hold on, this is going too fast!" The kidnapped angel shrieked. "W-What's going on?! Why is all of this happening?!"

"Because some bitch decided she wanted to mess with the natural order," Laharl said as the woman gasped and rose a shaky finger at him. "What? Gonna smite me?"

"L-Language!" The angel said and he sweatdropped.

"Why is it that everyone we meet is a weirdo?"

"Heh, it's your charm," Etna smirked and the boy rolled his eyes, his mother chuckling.

"Hmm?" The angel blinked as she looked at Circe and her eyes glowed. "A Prinny, you…?!" She flinched back as Circe tilted her head at her.

"What is… it?!" The woman shrieked as the group looked at her oddly. "U-Um, you don't happen to know m-me, right?" Circe asked with some nervousness.

"H-How couldn't I!?" The angel said as Jennifer blinked.

"Wait, how does an angel know a Prinny?" She asked Gordon who shrugged.

"Maybe, Prinnies are some kind of known amount?" He suggested.

"N-No, you guys, Prinnies are the souls of humans who have to work off their sins," Flonne explained as the two gaped.

"O-Oh! Then, you're from earth?" Gordon asked Naruto and Circe, the former shaking his head while the latter nodded.

"I… A-Are they growing well?" Circe asked the angel who rubbed the back of her head. "You don't know?"

"N-No, I do! I'm, uh… h-her caretaker," the woman explained and Laharl frowned.

"Wait, who are you talking about?" He asked his mother who sighed.

"There's something I never did get around to explaining to you," Circe said and he raised a brow.

"How does it compare to me knowing you're you?"

"... Laharl, honey, this kind of bigger than that," Circe said flatly and he gaped at her while she nodded. "Y-Yes, you see… when I passed on, I was… pregnant," she added and Laharl's eye bugged out while leaning forward in disbelief. "And, crazy thing, saving you, my beloved son-"

"WHAT?!" Kana and Nakano choked. "QUEEN?!"

"Hm, hm, y-yes, it's me," Circe said as they gawked. "When I did my utmost to save you… I was given the chance to become an angel," the entire group choked.

"W-Wait! Hold on!" Etna said as Naruto nodded. "Wait, you knew?!"

"Well, not her literally having the chance already," he said. "But this means something happened. You didn't become an angel, Circe-nee."

"That's right because she passed it on," the angel explained and blushed as the group gawked at her. "T-T-That's!" She clammed up and Naruto sighed before turning to the amused Circe.

"Explain please."

"I gave it up to my newest child," Laharl choked as she nodded. "Laharl, you have an angel sibling."

The entirety of the room choked, Androids and Gallen included.

"Audible gasp!" Gordon said in shock and horror.

"The situation has officially reached drama-level!" Jennifer declared.

"H-H-Hold on!" Laharl looked too shocked to form sentences. "S-So, you mean I have a b-brother or sister? H-How don't you know?"

"I never saw them, I'd given up the chance in transit but from what her caretaker says," Circe smiled. "She's a girl."

"A little sister?!"

"It seems so," Naruto said with a chuckle. "Well, look at that, your family grew, Laharl-sama," he grinned as the boy blushed before grumbling.

"W-What do even I do with this information," he grunted at the angel woman who flinched before tapping her pointer fingers together. "Does she at least have a name?" Laharl asked, nervous.

"Y-Yes, her name is Sicily, she was named by Seraph Lamington, himself," the woman explained.

"Why does it feel like I got dragged into something WAY beyond scale?" The Android asked as Naruto chuckled nervously.

"You get used to it," he said. "So, uh, for now. Since we're on 'names', can you two tell us yours?" Naruto asked the Android and angel.

"I-I'm T-Tramaris," the angel finally introduced herself. "T-Tramaris the C-Celestial Host."

"Hmph, Enigma's the name," the Android introduced. "I'm the woman who's been trying to follow in the steps of the Majins."

The group's collective heads snapped to her sans the Earth Defender Team.

"Really?!" They all asked and she nodded.

"That's another reason why she kidnapped me," Enigma growled. "She knew I was getting close and convinced me that she could give me the last couple of Classes I'd need in an instant. I messed up."

"R-Right but you're close," Circe asked and she nodded. "W-What Class is left?"

"Back then, I needed one more Legendary Classes from the past," Enigma said as the group blinked. "The Galactic Demon Class. The most notable Class known for truly gifting a demon the ability to become a Majin in old legends but they'd gotten sealed away and I was at a loss."

"Well, you might want to look at your Status screen," Etna said with a frown as Enigma did and then choked. "Uh, yeah, you might have a few more-"

"It's unlocked?! What, I… oh shit," Enigma choked as the group worried. "I see… I think I might know why it's now unsealed," she explained. "Makoranta is currently trying to create a being beyond a Majin. An ULTIMATE ZOMBIE," the Android said.

"W-What?" Circe swallowed nervously. "I-I don't understand! Why unseal the Galactic Demons?!"

"Because she's like you guys, it seems. She thinks a Majin's soul can help form it. She's already mashed together a Magichange so horrible it can't be considered a Skill anymore and made that her pet," Naruto's eyes narrowed. "It's bad. Right now, at present, that 'pet' I told you about? She's trying to turn her into one. Once she does, she's gonna try to round up my soul pieces and mash it together with it."

"We can't let that happen!" Corrin growled, hackles raised. "She'll ruin us!"

"Yeah. It's not a good situation but there are a few upsides," the Android said with a smile. "So, you know how I knew you met my other 'me'? I can communicate with them and the piece that's in Makoranta's possession has been feeding me info for centuries. I know damn near everything she's been trying to hide from the Netherworld with her Update Block spell. Two, she's been feeding her levels to this spell to change that Korita bitch into a Galactic Demon."

"Wait, what? Why?" Circe frowned. "I used to apprentice under her, Makoranta was someone who relished in her high level, magical skill, and knowledge that most never knew about. Why would she be giving that up? Actually, that's the other thing? She has a 'pet'? Someone else she's sharing her stupid magic with?"

"Huh, I didn't think I was the only one who got out," Enigma said. "And, uh, yeah. The issue begins with the fact that she's not gonna stay weak forever. In the past decade, she created a spell that can 'Save State' her levels. She can go back to it as soon as she waits out the time limit for the spell. She copied her 3500 levels to it. Each level is a day and she did that close to eight years ago. So, right now, she's level 2500 and still has another year until she can get that power back."

"Wait, that's great!" Flonne said. "W-We already have power that can defeat her then, right!?"

"Well, I'm sensing a very big 'hold up'," Nakano said and Enigma nodded. "Alright, out with it. Let me guess. She's got, like, a thousand super soldiers."

"Well, they're Zombies but yeah."

"Does she have super levels to her Skills?"

"Yep."

"Is she at the bottom of a super-secret lab that's guarded by annoying traps?"

"Most likely."

"Haaa, bring it on," Nakano facepalmed.

"Anything else?" Clarissa asked.

"She's made herself accessories, weapons, and armors that are the best of the best. All Rank 40 Weapons," Enigma said with a frown. "But the third upside to our situation is, right now, she can't complete those. She needs someone special to her to give her back a book she lost. Isn't that right, Aramanta?" Enigma asked Aramis who froze as the others choked. "She's your mother."

"... I-I," the boy looked horribly nervous.

"Aramis, it's fine," Naruto said. "But if I was a betting man, I'd guess that book you told us about, that's it, right?"

The boy nodded solemnly. "I… I just wanted mom to pay attention to me. If I made the perfect Zombie, I'm sure she'd have cared," Aramis frowned. "But now it seems like she's going to mess up everything if she gets the book back."

"This situation got dire real quick," Sardia said with a sigh. "All I wanted was an audience and now I'm along with these people," she whined as she snapped her fingers.

The, unknown to the group, daze Gallen had been in broke and he gasped.

"You all! Where am I?! Where's Kevin?!" He gasped in horror. "Is he in the lava?!"

"You guys seriously need to be more careful," the Magic Knight said with a small giggle. "Why, I learned for a couple of years that saying obvious stuff out in the open isn't a good idea."

"... Crap," Etna rubbed the back of her head as Avarice cawed in embarrassment.

"Right, private," she said. "So, now what?" The Harpy asked and Laharl rubbed the back of his head.

"So, right now, we've got just about everything," he said. "... Sardia, put him under again."

"Gotcha."

"Wait, no-Durrrrrr."

"Good, so, we have all the Evilities necessary, hopefully," Laharl continued. "That said, this means we can't wait for the year to come. Not that we wanted to," he frowned.

"If we've got all the gathered materials, we need to focus on them," Draconis said. "Right now, you've all the things necessary for his revival, hopefully. But that still means we need to beat Makoranta, this 'pet' of hers, gather Enigma's soul parts, and then hope she has the right Evility for the job. Never mind that we need to do all of that in ONE YEAR before Makoranta gets back to full power or she might get a hand on the book Young Aramis is carrying."

"Also, what are you guys going to do with Gallen?" Enigma asked with a frown. "You all realize the moment he wakes up and is left alone, he'll go a-runnin' or use that remote he installed into his body."

"Shit, he has that?!" Kana cursed. "If that's the case, shouldn't we get rid of him?"

"Will that even work?" Clarissa frowned. "She said it herself, he built in a transceiver of some sort. If that's the case, why wouldn't he build in a fail-safe if he dies? We'd be running down the clock immediately."

"But what can we do?" Laharl said with a frown. "We can't kill him, we can't let him wake up, what can we do?"

"Well, he's part machine, isn't he?" Sardia asked Enigma who grinned. "What if we program him?! He'll be an ally and can't snitch!"

"Does anyone know how to do that?" Naruto asked before the Android chuckled.

"You all might not know this but Androids specialize in data," she said. "The whole reason I was put into Sleep Mode was because I was too powerful to control and got the best power-up here. I can do this lickety-split!"

Then the floor began to rumble and Sardia grinned nervously as Naruto paled.

"S-So, uh, you guys remember how we dug into the foundation to get here?" The Magic Knight said.

~NRK~

The Transporter Prinny sighed as he waited.

"Man, life after death really is weird, dood," he sighed before the Portal grew in size. "H-Huh!? Did he win, dood?!" He panicked before running. "Everyone for themselves, dood!"

And, quickly after, Naruto, his group, their two new additions, and all the Androids came rushing in.

"Hurry!" He said as they slid, crashed, slipped, tumbled, or slammed into one another to get out.

Laharl was the last to come in, the Portal closing behind him as the sound of crumbling and crashing died down with its shrinking.

"Geez!" The prince wiped his brow. "Satan, that was way too close!"

"B-But we're safe now," Flonne said with relief before looking out at all the Androids. "U-Um, what are we going to do with them? Don't they all have lives and families to go back to?"

"Sadly, no," Enigma said. "The thing is, Gallen couldn't make such snatches so easily, he took every orphan, lone family member, and lost servant he could and made them into what we are. We're basically homeless."

"... Well, why not come and work with us?" Naruto suggested and chuckled nervously as all the Androids looked at him. "Y-Ya know? We're going to need all the help we can get to bring down Makoranta. Unless you guys have your own dreams to follow, ya know?"

"Well, I don't."

"Same."

"Yeah, we're kinda shipwrecked, sorry."

"Not me."

More of such answers came about and Laharl hummed.

"Did we just get an army out of this? Man, we're lucky," the prince said as he rubbed his head. "Still, I have an angel sister, what happened to my life?"

"I came into it," Naruto chuckled.

The boy snorted before grinning. "Yep, damn near the best thing. Still, now we have to build out the castle. We don't have the money to house all these guys, do we?"

"Well, we're kind of stamina-less, ya know?" Enigma said with a grin. "We could build the extensions. We can still eat but that's only because we'd feel for it, not that we need it."

"We have workers, too!" Flonne cheered before Tramaris sweatdropped.

"U-Um, about that," she spoke up. "F-Flonne, umm… I was sent to spy on you s-so when they realize I'm not at my post and you all have been in my area and trashed it… they're going to think I…"

"... Oi, we keep taking on problems!" Etna wailed. "How does this keep happening?!"

"So, what, we have a war on the horizon?" Nakano asked with a wince as Kana sighed.

"That's not gonna end well," she said. "Well, it's not like you have to stay here, right? You can just go back."

"R-Right!" The woman said as she reached for something in her pocket… and looked in her other pocket. "... Snff," she began to cry as she came back with nothing. "M-My gate pendant's not on meeeeeee."

"Oh, uh, he took it," Aramis said nervously. "And put it somewhere… in his laboratory."

"Which is now in shambles," Circe facepalmed. "How does this keep happening?!"

"W-Well, I could go and open the gate," Flonne said. "B-But then we might get ambushed and put on trial…"

"This situation's getting more complicated by the second," Draconis said. "Actually, what about you three?" He asked the Earth Trio who blinked.

"That's right," Gordon said with a grin. "The EDF will send people here for our rescue in no time!"

"... W-Wait! You're Gordon of the EDF?" Tramaris asked and the man's grin froze as they looked at her. "O-Ooh, no…" She said in horror.

"What is it?" Naruto slumped in Prinny form. "Just tell it to us straight, I'm already expecting the worst-dattebayo."

"U-Um, well, Lord Vulcanus had said that the humans wouldn't be enough to stop the d-demons, so…" Tramaris swallowed. "He's planning to bring the angels with them when they invade once the portal to the Netherworld was open."

"W-Wait, what?!" Jennifer choked. "B-But we were told the portal was unstable and only we had the proper unit to get here!"

[BEEP… OH NO.] Thursday configured. [HIGH LIAR RATINGS CONCLUDE THAT HEADQUARTERS ARE EXPECTING US NOT TO RETURN AND WE JUST OPENED THE GATEWAY HERE.]

"W-What?! No! Thursday! There has to be a misunderstanding!" Gordon said with worry. "W-We're the 37th Defender Squad of Earth! Why even consider sacrificing us?!"

"Gordon…" Jennifer trailed off. "... But what'll happen if they do come here?"

"..." He didn't know. "W-We'll greet them! Job well done on rescuing u-us!" Gordon faked his grin as Naruto sighed.

"Tramaris, do you know how long they're planning to do that?" Naruto asked the woman who looked down nervously.

"Lord Vulcanus said he'd do this in a month's time no matter what happens… I-I don't know if he'll up the date if I'm missing!" She said in worry, paler than a ghost.

"So, we have about two weeks, most likely," Circe said. "We have to powerlevel then. We can't just let them come onto our lands, our home, and try and destroy things. What I'm curious about is what will Makoranta do if she learns of this?"

"Won't she just attack 'em?" Laharl considered. "Maybe we could use that to our advantage."

"Still, what's to say she won't just cloak herself?" Naruto suggested and Enigma nodded.

"She's doing her best to stay under the radar. Ever since an incident some time ago with a Witch," Avarice cackled. "She's upped it. Her place is as invisible as a grain of sand in a desert which is where her lab is."

"We're seriously in for it, ya know?" Etna said. "Right now, we've got so much shit to do and we need two more parts for the King yet this Makoranta chick is in the way of all of it."

"Right now, all we can do is prepare," Draconis said. "So, we need to make more trips into both the Item Sea and the Carnage Dimension."

"Oh, man, I remember that place!" Enigma grinned as Naruto hummed.

"Wait, Enigma, what level are you?" He asked and she sent them all an invite. "Hmm, hmm, hmm-The hell?!"

{

Name: Enigma

Class: Android (Really a cyborg but who cares)

Level: 1500/6000

}

"H-How did she catch you?! Your stats were insane!" Kana choked at just a fourth of the Android's stats. "Yikes!"

"Like I said, she tricked me. I went into some spell that cast Deprave on me and then threw on all the other debuffs," Enigma grimaced. "It wasn't fun. I watched my stats shrink before she put me to sleep and sealed me before I could do anything."

"I feel for you," Naruto said and she smiled.

"It's something. At least, you were a good investment and now we have aligned goals."

"So, for a recap," Naruto said. "Right now, we need both the Reaper's Evilities and Enigma's potential one to help the boss."

"Both those things are locked behind the bitch wall that is Makoranta," Etna cursed casually as Tramaris flinched. "Oh, stop being a prude."

"E-Etna?!" Flonne squeaked before bowing to the older angel. "W-We're sorry for her! A-And we need to get stronger!" She added as Etna rolled her eyes.

"You can be a demon any time, ya know."

"No thank you!"

"We know that that witch has another henchwoman," Circe said as Enigma nodded. "She's also hidden in the desert with traps and an army, that's different from when I was learning under her."

"And Young Aramis is her son," Draconis added as the boy swallowed, going over to beneath a massage chair to bring out the supposed needed book. "... Well, I wouldn't have found it under there," he shrugged.

"Right, she needs that book," Laharl said. "Why don't we just destroy it?"

"Impossible," Enigma said as Aramis choked. "You think she didn't cast every enhanced buff on that thing? Gallen's been working for her for years and she learned his Omega-All just so she could put it on the book."

"Concerning," Clarissa said. "Add in that the angels and humans are likely to attack in two weeks to a month's time, Makoranta will be back to her normal self in a year's time, and the angels might expedite their, and possibly the humans', arrival when they find out Tramaris can't get back, we're in quite the pickle."

"Aren't ya guys being too negative," Corrin said with one eye closed and a tutting finger. "Think on the positive side, will you?"

"She's got a point," Nakano said with a grin. "Not only has Naruto gotten a ridiculous new Class with strength that makes my heart shrivel up. You guys just got an army of Androids with high levels!"

"He's right," Kana grinned. "Not just that, either. We know everything there is to know about the witch, Prince Laharl has a sibling," Laharl blushed a bit before huffing. "And you have a potential Majin."

"You also might have everything you need," Jennifer added. "Harlie's dad will be up in no time!"

"And we still got two weeks at the least," Circe said with a hum. "We can make good progress in such an amount of time. Oh and we now have builders!"

"Yep," Enigma grinned. "Besides, you guys need to tell me what all these stars mean. This whole situation with my Status is making me excited."

"Hmm…" Naruto considered something before looking at everyone who didn't have an MC model. "Here's something I want to ask. Does anyone want to Reincarnate now? Remember, we've got all the stuff now. We need to make the most of it."

"True," Sardia said before Circe pat her back. "?"

"Sardia, I think it's time for you to really consider your options here," the Prinny said as the drama woman hummed. "You've never used a sword once in the time we knew you. Why not choose a Class that'd work well for you? I think you could be a Professor, actually."

"Really?" The woman considered it. "Well, you have a point. Besides, professors are dramatic!" Sardia said with glee. "Alright! I'm getting my Class changed!"

"Oh, right, now that we're here," Enigma said. "Can you guys give me a rundown?"

They did and the more she heard, the more she looked at Plenair whose eyebrow began to twitch.

"Don't-"

"Skill Shop."

A Bill appeared on the floor and the Dark Assembly Attendant looked ready to scrap.

"H-Hold on, Plenair-chan!" Naruto pleaded as the girl's eye burned with righteousness. "U-Ummm…" Crap, what could he do?! "... Right! Uh, I can go and get you something! Consider it a 'thanks for always helping us! You're the best! Don't leave us!' present!"

The girl stopped her heated look and considered it.

"Oh, right, Quest Board."

Another Bill dropped by Plenair's feet and her eyebrow twitched again.

"... Super-Mega-Ultra-XL Pudding," she said with crossed arms and a small pout with a blush. "P-Pudding."

"Oh, really? Yeah, sure!" Naruto said with a look of relief before Etna squawked.

"Hold on! I want one, too!" She declared and he sighed once again.

"Etna, I'll buy that stupid pudding as long as we can all get along."

She blushed before grinning with excitement. "Not a bit of my HL spent, huh?"

"Not a cent," God, was keeping girls happy this hard? 'I'm starting to think dating is overrated.'

"Me, too!" Avarice said.

"Yo, I want in on that!" Sardia said with a knowing grin. "Ya know?~ Consider it my first 'prize', alright?"

"Oh crap, I forgot about that," Naruto said as he blushed and trembled like a shaky red stone. "F-Fine," what'd happened to him!?

"So, uh, we should get some rest," Laharl said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I give Naruto the ability to call any Bills, I need some sleep," he said before leaving.

"Alright," Naruto said with determination. "Who else is getting in on this?"

~NRK~

Freak of nature, this just didn't stop coming!

I'm glad I got it all down on 'paper', though. I just kept having excitement about the reveals near the end. Things are ramping up and the group's got several time limits on them. All things considered, we've finally met the last two members of the pairing.

Enigma and Tramaris (Her name's a mix between Tranquilitus and Maris, meaning Calm Sea). Enigma won't stay in her Android (cyborg) form forever but enjoy it while it lasts. We know the group will, now that they have an army of Androids on their side.

So, now, Laharl has an army of Succubi, Nekomata, Androids, and 'Narutos' on his side. His campaign's going pretty well when you think about it. And he's not been an 'Overlord' for even a tenth of the time his father was.

Now, I hope you all enjoyed 'Frog-Oni' Naruto's feats in this chapter. His strength is already ridonkulous. So, imagine what'd happen if he went into Sage Mode! Why, he'd be throwing the Gargantua if he felt like it wouldn't kill, like, a million people.

Finally, we hear word of Sicily. So, I know people have been waiting for that name drop and I can't really say I know what to do with it.

Maybe, since we have her caretaker here, we can do something about her place in the story early on. It'd be nice for Laharl to have his entire family together. Naruto included.

Alright. I'm probably gonna crank out another chapter of this before moving onto Atlas Wilds for a few more. Like I said in the last Hell and Goat and Void Breathing chapters, I might change my mind or not.

Ciao.

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~NRK Out~