Mission 06: Save the nun (2)

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

Dante watched and listened to all this with great interest, but when he realized that the skull of the brown-haired boy was about to be turned into a lump of flesh by the free fist of the red-eyed woman, he decided to act immediately.

-"I've heard enough! Issei, looks like you hit the jackpot in the sacred-gears deal~""

-*[Coagulation]*-He immediately knocked out all the remaining priests in the hall with a simple wave of his hands, and the next moment...

-*[Shadow-Jumper]*-He disappeared from the position he was in with a... *Puf*... that left a small ball of smoke, in which from one moment to another a confused brown-haired boy appeared, while...

*Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum!*-...At the same time, Dante appeared in the position in which Issei had found himself a moment ago with another *Puf* in between, and less than a blink later one of his palms made contact with that terrible punch that Raynare had released. The contact of palm and fist caused a great shockwave to ripple throughout the assembly hall as it cracked the walls in a spider web pattern while its violent winds sent the servants of Rias flying for a moment.

Incidentally, one would think that when the kusanagi exchanged places with Hyodou, he would fall to the ground because before changing his position, Issei had found himself flying, but apparently "Mr. Zotz" was allowing the ex-sparda to levitate, since he received that punch while he was in the air, and after that he kept "stepping" that same spot in the air, without being carried away while the poncho-cloak he was wearing danced as if there was an invisible wind moving him.

Returning to the confrontation, this time "Raynare" was widely surprised:

-!

-Hey, hey, that really hurt me!. What the fuck kind of steroids are you consuming?!~

- You?! How?! When?! What?! What kind of absurd ability is that?!

-'Oh, you want to know how I did a magic trick that would put copperfield to shame?~ Don't look so surprised, it's very simple~'-After having received that punch and shaking his hand as if that blow hadn't hurt much (which despite the appearances he showed, it had actually fractured multiple bones in his palm, and if he wasn't shrieking in pain, it was due to his absurd resistance to it), Dante tried to strike up a conversation with the red-eyed woman with the intention of reassuring her, while ignoring the growing pain in his hand-'It's just an ability of this artificial SG, made and sold to me by your real boss, Azzazel. It allows me to exchange my position for that of anything that possesses a shadow~'

Usually, he wouldn't reveal something like that to a stranger in the middle of a confrontation, as he would say something with satire like "If I tell you, the magic is lost~", but that previus sentence carried the intention of catching Raynare´s attention.

-O.O

Attention that was immediately caught when her eyes widened like saucers upon hearing the ex-sparda's short sentence. When the words "Azzazel" and "artificial SG" reached her ears, especially the latter, she was taken aback. No one outside of Grigori was supposed to know about the existence of artificial Sacred-Gears, it was forbidden to talk about it, as these weapons are a military secret. The golden armor Azzazel had forged, created less than a decade ago, was the first artificial SG, and marked an era of weapons evolution in that area of hell.

With a raised eyebrow plus a bit of apprehension and curiosity aroused, the black-haired woman asked the following to the ex-sparda a few seconds after coming out of her initial shock:

-Who the hell are you and how do you know that?!

-'I'm just a simple human being named Dante, who is also a mercenary who is a frequent client of that dirty old man~'-A very slight smile instantly appeared on the black-haired womans's lips just as she heard the way Dante described the Grigori leader. Only someone who knows him well would know that that deity is a libidinous being, driven by worldly desires-'Oh, you seem to believe me already, don't you?'

Seeing the smile of the "Divine Ancestor", Dante smiled back and sighed with a bit of relief internally as it seemed he would make it out of this party without destroying the church and the surrounding forest in the process. He really wanted to interrogate this "Ray-whathever-be-her-name" to get more information about Samiel's plans and movements, and by the way maybe help her a little by arranging a meeting with Azzazel. It seemed that she had been conned for a long time, and having a supernatural creature as strong as her on the wrong side, was not a good idea.

-You, how do you know him...?

*Steps*-Before Raynare questioned the kusanagi further, she was interrupted by the sound of footsteps that seemed to be coming from the entrance of the act room.

-It's an unpleasant pleasure to meet you, Divine Ancestor, "Raynare".

Then the voice of the leader of the Gremory group was heard, who exclaimed with apprehension those words from the entrance to this enclosure. She was also accompanied by Akeno. Incidentally, Asia had been awakened by Issei, and they had already had an emotional reunion before the ORC president arrived, while Kiba and Koneko were on guard, ready to help the Kusanagi with Raynare if necessary.

*Steps*-As she set foot in the assembly hall, Rias cut distance with the divine ancestor, walking lightly as she noted that in addition to the members of his peerage, was Dante levitating to one side of the enemy. It was worth mentioning that the term "Divine-Ancestor" still confused the ex-sparda, as he had never heard of it until today, and Azzazel had never told him about such creatures.

-"Hmmmmm."-Rías grew thoughtful as she felt the dark aura emanating from Dante. Her curiosity about that person grew even more at the sight, though she deduced that it was probably because of his SG.

However, she saved her curiosity for later and decided to concentrate on what was important, so when she arrived near those two (in which she was closely followed by the oldest members of her peerage, as Issei stayed to take care of Asia) she introduced herself to the black-haired woman with a noble and firm attitude.

-I am Rias Gremory, leader of the new generation of the demonic Gremory clan.

-I know very well who you are, little girl!

Listening to the red-haired girl, the red-eyed woman was not very surprised, so she answered rudely as she crossed her arms indifferently, without being completely intimidated by Rías and the rest of her servants. Although a drop of nervous sweat began to slowly trickle down her forehead. Facing all the devils present at the same time, plus the stranger named Dante, who seemed to be on her side, would mean having a bitter battle.

Despite listening to her ill-mannered response, Rías kept her composure, and continued:

-'I see. Well, you'd better give up whatever plan you have in mind anyway, or else...'-Saying that with disdain, Rias released a bunch of black feathers she had been holding in her hand-'...You'll end up sent flying away like the friends you brought'

When the red-eyed woman looked at the feathers of her "companions" she couldn't help but snort with contempt:

-Ha!, friends? Those guys only got what they deserved for not knowing how to value my presence and advice. And for that I thank you devil girl, you saved me a lot of trouble.

- So, they meant nothing to you, huh? Worthy of the treacherous behavior of black angels *Sigh*.

-Hmmmp! Don't you dare include me in the general behavior of the Grigorians! I only have a contract of cooperation with them and nothing more. I have my own particular interests.

Shaking her head at those words, the redhead continued the conversation after letting out another tired sigh-'Since my first and only meeting with Donashiku, I knew that the fallen angels were up to something against Issei, if they hadn't attacked my servant, I would have ignored the situation that arose here today, but you brought this on yourselves'

-I won't deny that you're right about that. But you can't blame them and me for wanting to eliminate the heavenly red-dragon before it grows up either. You have been too clever, and you have acquired a servant that may be too dangerous in the future.

-'Red dragon?'-That said that confused Rias, the redhead focused for a second on Issei in the distance, still watching over Asia, and then noticed the changes in the gauntlet on his arm. Then she thought: "Did His SG evolved while he was fighting? No doubt that´s the Boosted-Gear gauntlet!"-With joy came that last thought into her head. Now she understood why she needed 8 pawn pieces to reincarnate him.

Rías nodded to herself after being surprised, and then focused her gaze again on the black-haired woman, who had already let out a whisper full of disdain when she noticed that Rías didn't know that-'Isn't it possible that you don't even know that your servant has so much potential'

-Now I understand, so my pawn turned out to be the Heavenly Red-Dragon!. He has one of the 13 Longinus. That´s made me very happy!. But then...you, Angelical Goddess who lost her divinity, and became in a simple and ephemeral mortal~. What are you going to do now that you know that?...Are you going to keep trying to assassinate a member of my family?!

-And if so, what are you going to do?!

-Well...I'll have to make you disappear, witch!

-I want to see you try, you arrogant girl!

They both raised their magical auras as they continued to verbally spar. The hall began to tremble little by little as the red aura of Rias and the white aura of Raynare grew madly while in the hand of one was forming a sphere of the power of destruction, while in the hand of the other was forming a spear of light.

They continued with those violent intentions, ready to start a pitched battle, until the Kusanagi stood in the middle of the two, still levitating slightly above the ground.

-'Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Damn it, ladys! Take a deep breath, and release those hormones! Aren't women supposed to stick together?'-Dante pushed them away a bit using his hands as he spoke hurriedly in that devilish-sounding voice. A second later, he grabbed Rias's hand that contained the power of destruction and stopped her.

-!

At this action, the red-haired-Girl and all the others were surprised by the attitude of the Ex-sparda, who tried to reason with Rias for a moment. He really needed "Raynare" alive, and he was planning to convince the two of them somehow to desist.

-Rias, could you allow me to talk to her for a moment? I think there is some really important information I can get from her, and if you kill her, I don't think this hat has the power to make me talk to the dead people. Cappici?

-Hmmmmm.

The redhead pondered for a moment the Kusanagi's words, and after a few seconds she stopped when she let out a long sigh while breathing as deeply as she could to calm down. Meanwhile, Raynare raised an eyebrow and as she smiled smugly, she thought the following: "that girl, Kill me?, keep dreaming with it vampire cowboy~"

Once Rias calmed down, as much as she could, she agreed to his request with some reluctance. If it had been someone else who asked her that, she most likely would have refused

-Since you have been helping me, my servants and the city after all these years, I will allow that. Interrogate her in any way you wish...But I can't promise you that I won't try to exterminate her after that!

Dante smiled bitterly after hearing the last part of her sentence, he thought for a moment the following before he stopped levitating, to stand next to Raynare on that platform with Rias about three steps below-"Ah, come on, why are women so complicated to understand?"

That done, he opened his mouth again, keeping a neutral tone at first.

-Ray-Ray is your name, isn't it?

-Raynare...

-Ah, okay, sorry. Raynore...

-Raynare!

-Rayrara?

-Raynareee!

-'Oh shit, your name is weird, so whatever~...I'll get straight to the point...*Sigh*'-When Dante noticed the throbbing vein on the red-eyed girl's forehead, he decided it was best to stop trying to pronounce that name. Ironically, he wasn't trying to troll someone this time, he was really getting tongue-tied-'I know you're different from the other crows. Your aura is not truly evil, and besides, you refused to kill Issei that day at the fountain, and you wanted to free Asia just now'-he smiled-'And it's only because of those things, that I'm going to propose something that you will surely like'

Rías and...Hyodou, who had already approached his companions along with Asia, were astonished to hear that because besides the fact that they don´t knew that woman had wanted to save Asia, they were also puzzled by the comment about the Boosted-Gear user and the fountain, so they thought: "Since when has he been watching us?".

Dante continued despite they puzzlement:

-But before I lay out my proposal to you, please answer me one question: when did you receive orders all this time, did Azzazel give them to you, or has it always been Samiel or one of his intermediaries who gave you or your ex-colleagues the orders for their jobs?

-O.o...how do you know all that?!

-So that's your reaction, huh?, I figured. That Samiel guy is just using his name to pull strings his way. Hmmmm, you see, I have my line of information: which consists of a dirty old man with too much time to drink vodka. Cappici?

-But...But...But...If what you say is true...Everything I've helped the black angels with in the last year has been nothing but lies?!...No, it can't be!...[:/]...You've got to be kidding me...What would Azzazel do sharing such information with a mere mortal?!...I can't see the logic in it!

-Well, I met him years ago, and now I'm sort of a guinea pig for him, as well as an eventual mercenary for jobs that bore him. Remember what I told you about the artificial "device"? That old man with black hair and golden tips in his bangs sure knows how to convince you to sell you weapons whenever he wants~.

-That...[:O]...That...That's the description of his appearance! How is it possible that you, a mere mort...?!

-Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, a mere mortal, I get it, you don't have to repeat it!. In any case, this mere mortal seems to see him more often than you. Is that open mouth of yours a yes or a no to the question I asked you in the beginning?

-'...'-At such a question, Raynare was speechless for a moment. She only nodded her head affirmatively to the ex-sparda's question as bewilderment continued to flood every fiber of her being-"Why does a human being who doesn't look more than 20 years old know Azzazel?" "No, forget that! Why does he seem to know more things than I know and why does he seem to see him more often than I do!" "Is he one of the members of his bodyguard team?"- That and many other questions ran through her confused head in no time.

-...

-...

-...

-...

On the other hand, the Gremory group had expressions very similar to the ones Raynare had posted, except for Asia and Issei who didn't know what they were talking about. Everyone who knew about the subject was astonished and incredulous. They had thoughts similar to the following, "How much information does Dante have?".

Rias had already suspected that this independent mercenary might come to have quite a bit of information related to the factions present in or around Kuoh, but this revelation truly left her dumbfounded, worried, and a bit saddened...

...Since he was so close to the enemy, to the leader of the fallen angels, to the corrupted angelic deity whose name is Azzazel...

...Didn't that mean she could become an enemy of Dante? She truly didn't want that, not after how grateful she felt to him after all he had done...

...But many years had passed, and Dante had never done anything bad against the Gremory family or Kuoh...

...He truly seemed independent. And even if he received a job from Azzazel that endangered her or her servants, would he refuse as his rules dictated?...

...One part told her that he would refuse or that he had already refused, but another part still had its doubts.

Without giving Rias time to think much about the matter, Dante kept opening his mouth until he proposed something that would annoy her quite a bit:

-Well, since I made it clear that I know that old man, I'll get back to the main point. You're in a fucking difficult situation, and it's almost certain that if I participate in the battle that's likely to come, you'll die. So I propose the following: Forget about Issei and the Red-Dragon forever, and leaving from here, give me all the information you have about Samiel. Anything will be useful to me. And if you agree to do that, you'll leave from here with me alive, and you'll have a chance to ask Azzazel what the hell is going on with this whole Sacred-gear users thing, plus the divine artifact of the monkey statue. What do you think? Do we have an agreement?

-...Well...this...well...

When Dante blurted out a deal that was too hard to deny, the red-eyed woman hesitated for a moment, until a happy expression appeared on her face as a victorious smile began to form at the corners of her mouth as she thought-"Today's my lucky day, damn it, yeah!"...

...But of course, someone with red hair didn't quite agree with that deal.

-Wait a minute!, Dante, you're going too far! Do You want to confront us to leave her alive a divine ancestor who has supported the fallen angels?! Do you intend to defend the one who attacked my pawn and tried to kill her friend?!, and...

-'Lady-Ranma, calm down, all that noise is going to burst my eardrums'-Dante interrupted the gremory with a nonchalant tone as he covered his ear as if it was hurting, and then continued-'Hey, she's not that bad. Yes, she surely kidnapped people, but she refused to kill them. She also wanted to free Asia, I can assure you. And yes, she tried to kill Issei more recently, I won't deny that, but I and she can come to an agreement so that won't happen again. You might as well have let Asia die if they didn't mess with Iseei, right? In the end, you and the devils or the black angels, everyone looks out for the interests of their own faction *sigh*. I'll only honor the deal, if she agrees to forget about Issei, I made that clear.

-That's no assurance that she won't attack us in the future!, She's still an enemy of the devils and...!

-I don't even understand all these problems you and the black angels are having, I'm independent, remember? Neutral. I'm neither for nor against any of the factions, however if she returns to the city with the intention of killing that boy Issei, believe me I won't stand idly by, I'll stop her because...

He was about to say "Issei is also my friend", but stopped himself since that would have revealed his identity as well. At that moment Rias took her chin as she began to meditate a little more on his words, she had to admit that he was convincing her a little, but that last part in which there wasn't an absolute trust between the two, was what prevented her from agreeing to back down with her desire to confront the red-eyed woman. After all, he had just said that he was a neutral mercenary, and worse, she didn't know his true identity...

...But whatever the case may have been, they will don´t have had a chance to continue disscusing, since...

*Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake

...Just a breath later, suddenly, from one moment to the next, the entire assembly hall began to shake with overwhelming intensity.

It felt like the world was being shaken.

Shaken to such a level, that the platform and the stairs they were standing on collapsed in just two seconds, so they momentarily forgot their differences when everyone's eyes met just as they jumped/flew/ran up once that platform along with their stairs collapsed. Issei was the one who was in charge of carrying Asia to carry her in his arms while flying with his demonic wings.

Then, they intended to reach the exit of the assembly hall, because if they did not want to be buried under an uncertain amount of earth and debris, they had to escape as soon as possible before the church and the assembly hall collapsed.

However upon reaching the halfway point, Dante, Raynare and Rias glanced back when they felt an eerie presence coming from the area they had been in a moment ago.

-What the hell is going on?!

-No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!

-By Lucifer, are you my lovely servants seeing what I'm seeing?!

*Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake*

-The statue Buchou! The statue is...?!

When Rias' servants had the intention of answering her question...

*Shineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*-...The device or rather, the artifact that was intended to take the SG away from Asia...

...The statue of the humanoid, bipedal monkey in clothing reminiscent of an ancient Chinese warrior's attire that had been partially buried by debris suddenly filled with a pristine white light that bombarded every inch of the assembly hall, momentarily blinding down everyone present.

*Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake**Shake*- And a few blinks later after that light was expelled, when the shakes became less intense until finally disappearing, and when everyone regained clarity in their eyes, they watched as...

...Except for one of the hands, one eye and one ear, the upper half of the statue from the monkey's waist to the head became flesh, even though the bottom half was still made of stone!

From the waist to the head, the statue looked like it had come to life!

-'*Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!*'-With golden-colored fur, the figure of an anthropomorphic monkey about 3 meters tall had just yawned placing one of its humanoid hands over its huge mouth to cover it after having given them with its mystical golden-colored eyes a quick glance at everyone present in the room.

And...

-!

-Huh?!

-Buchou! Did the statue came to life?!

-Holy heaven!

-Oh crap, I have a feeling this is going to be a bad day.

-No...No...No... No, no, no, no, no, no! This isn't supposed to be happen!

...The only one who seemed to have an idea of what was going on was Raynare, because besides having said that last thing, she was the only one in the room (apart from Dante) who didn't have a completely bewildered face when witnessing such a scene. On the other hand, our hero was not disconcerted, and despite what his sarcastic comment might have implied, he was now on guard and was quite worried, because the aura he was feeling coming from that creature was full of hostility, but more importantly, even ...

...The aura reminded him of that feeling he got from the aura of Mundus /Argosax or more recently Azzazel

Divinity

That creature was most likely a God...

...An incredibly strong God.

So much, that, that Monkey, probably would managed to defeat the Mundus generals he faced on Marlet Island in his previous life effortlessly, and even would kick Balrog's Ass without getting his monkey hands too dirty

And that was something Dante definitely couldn't face being a mere human as he currently was. Maybe he had superhuman characteristics like his strength, speed and reaction for the reasons he had explored earlier, and maybe he had managed to master and control some devil-Arms and Sacred-gears like the sword he had at the moment, but he was still a mere human, without any hint of devil-blood.

That a statue would come to life, didn't surprise him at all: he had seen that trick many times before in his home world, but if after freeing himself from petrification this "Monkey" decided to hunt them down, well...

...He would most likely have to say goodbye to his second life, his family and his friends.

Those were the thoughts that went through his head at the speed of light as he slowly gripped the hilt of his sword while sweat ran down his forehead as most of the stone on one of the "monkey's" legs ended up turning into flesh, and as the rest of the boys continued to tremble with fear as they were overwhelmed by the primate's intimidating aura.

-Hey divine ancestor, react! What's going on?! Why did that statue come to life?! Why it has the aura of the divine class?!

-Divine class?!

-What?!

-B-B-B-Buchou, w- w- w- w-what do you mean by that?! ...

-Rias-Buchou, you're not suggesting he's a god, aren´t you?

-I, I, I, I...this...this...this...this...

When Rias saw how the humanoid "monkey" massaged his neck with his strong arms as if he was lazily shaking off a muscle contraction, she summoned all the courage she could to speak up and question Raynare, as her confused servants, plus Asia and Issei let out their questions.

Shaking Raynare with both hands, the redhead continued with her questions to a red-eyed woman who still seemed not to have recovered from the initial shock.

-'React! What on earth were you using to steal Asia-Argento's Sacred-Gear?!'

And with that done, after shaking her head, the black-haired woman said the following to the air with great consternation without taking her eyes off the humanoid monkey.

-Oh no, this is so bad! So, So, bad! I must inform Grigori immediately! It's a class 4 scenario! Class 4!

-What is a class 4 scenario crow girl? A apocalispis type Planet of the apes? ~

-Nooooo! A heretic God who broke free from his seal!

-H-H-H-H-Heretic God?!

-So, the statue was a seal for a heretic god, huh?. That's pretty nostalgic *Sigh*

After listening to Dante the first time, the dismayed divine ancestor gave an answer that made Rias' skin turn pale just as she blurted out that sentence full of astonishment that left her peerage, and Asia (who also seemed to have some notion about what the term "Heretic-God" meant) scared.

On the other hand, Dante seemed to quickly understand what this was all about, so his experienced paranormal investigator mind started to make quick guesses: From Raynare's expression, that creature is a heretic god that must not have been very friendly in the past, so maybe Grigori or someone else sealed it in a statue or turned it into stone to stop bothering, a statue that due to the potential magical power it held inside was used as a magical artifact ...

*Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla*

... magical artifact that surely they did not use correctly today or whose seal was affected in some way due to its constant use and manipulation.

*Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla*

...Now he understood why Azzazel asked him that if he found his stolen artifact, to leave it where he found it, to evict everyone present quickly if there were any and to inform him of the location of the artifact. So that Azzazel would personally come for this thing that contained a "heretic god". Term used to describe a god gone crazy, and posing a danger to the world, as told to him by the Grigori leader in previous chats...

*Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla* *Bla*

That was Dante's conjectures moving on his head, which arose while the girls were still arguing, and while he watched as from that collapsed platform in the assembly hall, apparently using an ability to teleport (since one of monkey´s legs up to the level of the calf was still petrified), from one moment to another the humanoid monkey (dressed in chinese warrior clothes) appeared next to Rías and Raynare.

-Several demons, two humans, and a divine ancestor. Sate, Sate, Sate~. What a fantastic welcome the world gives me on my awakening~!

-!

Not knowing at what point he had walked towards them, the boys were greatly astonished to have him by their side in just an instant. The "monkey" who spoke in a deep and somewhat flirtatious voice, looked at them with a leering gaze as he stroked his chin thoughtfully while fixing his gaze on their faces, and on the area of their breasts and buttocks, in the girls. This also puzzled Dante, so much so that the grip on the hilt of his sword loosened for a moment ..."Is he a pervert?!"-he thought.

-'No, No, No, No! Don't look at me! Continue with your useless chatter~ So I can appreciate how that thing "bounce" every time you talk, girls *whistle* *whiiiiiistle*'-Just like the whistling of "The Mask" character, the lewd sound directed at the girls obviously confused them even more after hearing it. By the way, Gremory Group and Raynare were all nervous as hell, so their movements were minimal; they were rigidly being inspected by the monkey-'Hmmmmmm yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... You've got some nice melons there. Is adolescence nowadays more advanced than in my times or is it the fault of the foreign blood in your veins?~'

-Kyaaaaaaa!

-*Nishi Nishi Nishi Nishi!*-The "monkey's" next move consisted of pinching Raynare's ass, who immediately let out a girlish scream. Which made the "monkey" let out a strange giggle from its furry snout.

-Hey!

-That's definitely a nice butt, girl! Although a little watery for my taste! Kukuku!

-Hey!

If Dante wasn't so defensive, maybe he would have laughed at that comment too, which made Raynare even more whiny, however...

-Dante...No...

...To see how our hero tightened the grip of his sword still kept in its sheath after witnessing the strange, joking and perverted behavior of the monkey, Rias urged him to stop with a very subtle whisper while she slightly shook her head. At the same time, with her eyes she practically told the impetuous boy "Stop or we will all die".

Then, after taking a look at the nervous faces of Raynare and her peerage, she swallowed spittle, gathered all the courage she had and tried to start negotiations with a noble attitude with the unknown entity seeing that he was able to reason...

-G-G-God-Dono, I don't think we have introduced ourselves properly. Allow me to welcome you to my territory in Japan in the human world. My name is Rias Gremory, currently the next heiress of the demonic Gremory clan of the 72 pillars belonging to biblical mythology. That said, and before I continue with more introductions, would the God-Dono be so kind as to provide me with his majestic name...?

-'Booooooriiing~ Cut your diplomatic bullshit girl~'-In a curt manner and with a disrespectful but still playful attitude, the humanoid monkey interrupted the redhead, and continued talking as he began to move in a straight line from one side of the room to the other step by step without taking his eyes off the boys as if he were a general evaluating his troops (It should be noted that his strides were stiff because one of his legs was still petrified). His playful attitude soon disappeared and was replaced by an annoyed look, along with gestures that expressed anger-'We don't have to engage in a diplomatic conversation, let alone get to know each other. I know who you are and I am also aware of what is going on in the world and where I am. All this time in that seal I have been able to see what these crows have planned and done!'-Probably sensing where Rías wanted to steer the conversation, the monkey made his guesses and then angrily voiced his opinion.

*Swallow*-thereupon, Raynare swallowed an abysmal amount of saliva at that moment as the deity's eyes focused on her for a while.

That done, the deity continue with his sentence

-Centuries trapped in stone, dying of boredom, unable to fight, eat, drink, get drunk and fuck! Do you have any idea of all the time and pleasures I've missed out on?!

-I...this...How...What?...

-'Of course not! A girl like you has no idea! Hahaha! And that's why any negotiation you had in mind to stop me will be useless!'-That said, the deity took a look at the stone covering his leg, and muttered to himself as he ignored everyone else as if they were worthless. No matter what plan they came up with, what weapon they had, or how much they argued in those mutterings, none of them posed a danger to stop his awakening.-'Since it had progressed to this point, perhaps that particular method might work...'-Despite being free, his leg below that knee was still made of stone, so it couldn't be called a complete rebirth, However, even though one of his legs couldn't move well, everything else was free, so the following might work very well-he thought: and then muttered again-'If it doesn't work, then I'll have to return things to how they were before, it doesn't do any harm to try. Immortal North Sea travels in the morning and returns to Cangwu in the evening-hey!'

No explanation is required. He was using his divine power to make his body float. He quickly formed the hand gestures of a mudra in the air. In the next instant, the humanoid monkey was standing on a golden colored cloud, floating in the air. At that moment the divine monarch began to sniff around in an attempt to locate something that interested him in the room. His gaze soon focused on Issei.

-Oooh, that peculiar scent. I could never forget it. So many fights and debts to settle pending. Your boy!

-'I-I-I-I-I-I?...'-Stutteringly Hyodou responded when he was pointed out by the divine monkey. An abysmal bead of sweat ran down his cheek.

-Yes, you! You are the Welsh red dragon, Draig. Great, great! I found you! I found you after so long! What a nice coincidence! Now I understand why it was easy for me to break the seal! Divine Ancestor, You and the crows should never have brought a dragon near the artifact that locked me in! I become stronger in the presence of a dragon!. Azzazel didn't tell you and your companions anything?! Hahahaha!

-A dragon... That's right, that boy has the Boosted-Gear! That's why the seal...! Ay, fuck...We all thought it was just a Twice-critical...Crap!

-Honestly, by this time, thinking about why you fourth clase seal failed isn't much use anymore, crow girl!

-My name is Raynare, not crow Girl! And for the record, I didn't bring the dragon boy to this place! You did it!

After what the monkey said, Raynare put on a meditative face as she said those words, which did nothing but confuse the others and brought out a sarcastically annoyed comment from our hero, who by the way, was dying of frustration knowing that there was nothing he could do to prevent this monkey god from doing something to them and/or escaping. Could his sword even hurt him?...

...But before Dante could think of any other method he had to avoid a catastrophe today, the monkey god made another move.

- Don't even think about escaping Draig! You can't escape!

-Uh, eeeeh?!

-Divine monkey-sama!?

-What the heck are you planning to d...?

-!

Issei, Rias, Dante and everyone else continued to be puzzled by the words of the deity, who would not take long to reveal his intentions, just when Issei would say the following with quite a bit of confusion while opening his mouth wide in surprise.

-What do you mean by all that?!

-'Oh, yes, definitely. That body will fit me perfectly. I'm sorry but I'll borrow your body for a while. You owe me lizard~. Come! The thunder rumbling in the skies, free of insincerity. Great progress and success, profit in faithfulness!'-Using divine power simultaneously with that mantra, the divine monarch monkey began to transform. Unlimited transformations ability were synonymous with his name, although currently not fully restored, he could still use a portion of them. Transforming himself into a small golden sphere, he entered Issei's small mouth in an instant. He invaded the body, and now it belonged to him; he gained control of body and mind.

Dante tried to stop this by quickly drawing his sword and swinging it at the monkey turned golden sphere, however it was useless to even cause a scratch as his reaction was too slow, so when the blade of his sword made its curvature in the air, the golden sphere had already entered Hyodou.

The brown-haired boy's body was now in the possession of the divine monkey.

Next, Hyodou suddenly opened his eyes wide, revealing unique golden eyes.

-'T-T-Those fierce golden eyes ...does that mean Issei's body has been... by the divine monkey-san?!'-As everyone's gazes were drawn, Asia expressed the thought that everyone else had.

It seemed that the holy eyes had manifested in Hyodou, who now had eyes identical to those of the divine monkey.

-'Well, the next thing I have to do is to find a mirror. What?, Why are you looking at me like that?! Let it be clear that even though I'm just a monkey, my appearance is also important!'-With sarcasm and mockery the deity paid little attention to the fear/disbelief/anger on the faces of those present after having performed his act of possession: By absorbing the power of the sleeping dragon into this body, he could neutralize the remaining sealing spell and in turn he could use the sacred-gear's special powers with which it would be easier to confront any enemy deity who wanted to stop him when they learned of his return to the world, so he cared little for the morale and fate of the boy he had possessed-'Okay, now it's time to work. I must bring disaster on earth and have some fun!'

Using the brown-haired boy's voice to warn everyone, he did a somersault in the air with the sekyriutei's body. Once again riding the flying cloud through the skies, he had not yet decided his destination. Perhaps he could greet the Albion bearer or any other of his past enemies first. He had finally regained some of his godlike powers after all

-You are lucky that it was not you who sealed me divine ancestor! And even luckier that you did not use the powers of my sealed form! So today as a token of my magnanimity, I will let you live in honor of what was once one of the most beautiful goddesses! But if you stand in my way, I will tear off more than your remaining wing! Oh Sparda, Oh Azzazel, I swear by me, the great sage equal to heaven, Sun-Wukong, that when I find you, you will suffer terribly before you die! But until that time, I will have a little fun with this world!

-As if I'm going to let you go! Everyone, get the hell out of here right now! I'll take care of this jerk on my own!

Although he was surprised by the divine monkey's prayer mentioning "Sparda", Dante didn't hesitate a moment longer or ponder such a question, he did what he would have done, whether he had diabolical powers or not. Charge forward, and keep charging forward. He took his diabolical sword and injected all the magical power he had into it, as well as making use of every fiber of demonic power the sword had on its own. But, When that huge block of demonic power fell directly with the blade of the sword on Issei/Wukong with the intention of "expelling" the "evil" spirit that had possessed his colleague instead of cutting him as such (a little trick he learned in his previous life when using demonic weapons), he would be unpleasantly surprised, and he would get a memory he would never forget...

*Clang* *Boooooooom*- ... "You are just a mere human being". That was what life told him at that moment, for Issei/Wukong only raised one of his index fingers to the front, and stopped the blade of the sword as if it were a simple branch, and not a blade filled with a demonic power that seemed abysmal. Then Issei/Wukong made an up and down movement with that index finger still touching the blade, and then Dante's arms split in two...

-Guaaaah!

...for a terrible force and weight equal to countless mountains descended through that finger to the blade of the sword. Dante´s bones, therefore, could not support such a load, and were then exposed in a horrifying exposed fracture that released a sea of blood in just an instant while a small moan of pain was released from his mouth as he fell to the ground where he formed a huge crater, as the force of the hit deposited by Issei/Wukong on that finger had not yet been completely counteracted. The whole act was a bit reminiscent of Ichigo's first encounter with Aizen, but in a more brutal way.

-Danteeee!

-Mr. Dante-san!

-Toniii!

-Toni-senpai!

The next moment the anguished cries of those with whom he had managed to have good relations so far were heard, just when all the blood he had already lost caused him to lose not only the Balance-Breaker state of his artificial SG, but also the summoning of it, so that his identity was exposed without him wanting it.

Probably in addition to his two arms bent at an impossible angle, his internal organs were also severely damaged. And if it were not for his absurd resistance to pain, Dante would not be conscious to give an enraged and determined look to the monkey-king, who looked at him with some interest from his cloud.

As the deity looked curiously at the boy (who strangely was still conscious after a hit that had the intention of killing him instantly) after an anguished scream he was approached by Rias, who forgot for the moment the discussion they had had a moment ago, as well as ignored the surprise she felt for his true identity and/or the worried cries of her other servants who had called him by a different name.

She held him carefully as she asked the nun to heal him as quickly as she could.

And while that was happening, The Hyodou/Monkey-King Kingleft a few last words as his gaze met the ex-sparda's.

-Hahahahahahaha! Brave Boy! Your gaze has conviction, and your determination is to be commended. You didn't hesitate to throw yourself to your death! But you were just a little Frog trying to jump a distance equal to the distance between heaven and earth!~ Hahahaha! Anyway, for the moment, this is our goodbye kids! If you want to go on living, don't follow the example of that brat, you'd better not mess with me! Hahahaha!

-Issei-san!

-Issei!

-Isseeeeeeeei!

Those were the words left by the divine monkey, who without looking back at the furious/sad/concerned boys, accelerated the pace of his cloud and went out through the basement ceiling, destroying it in the process, and getting lost in the night's horizon quickly after destroying the floors above.

If he left Dante alive that night, it was only because he knew he could have a little more fun with that boy. That he could play with him a little more, before showing him again the abysmal difference between a mortal and a Divine King like he was. Definitely that determined and enraged gaze, told him that they would meet again.

Unbeknownst to him, a small drop of Issei body´s blood dripped from that index finger before it left the place, a wound that in the next instant closed as if now Issei had some healing factor.

The drop fell somewhere in the assembly hall, where it ended up lost in the middle of chaos, which was just converging.

Mission completed!

Primary objective: Save the nun, without Kuoh City being destroyed as a consequence=Undetermined Secondary objective: Find the divine artifact "Cheater" and discover what powers it has. Completed / Mission statistics: Skipped...Total: C

Next Mission: Secret Mission (01): Stop Son-Goku At Any Cost! (1)

Author Messages:

I hope you liked the chapter, as well as the first Heretic God of this story. Please let me know your opinion/thoughts in the comments/review.

And I hope you liked this unexpected event.

In the next chapter, I will give a more detailed explanation about what a "Heretic-God" is and about the "authorities". As the story progresses, I will clarify more doubts, so please be calm.

Don't forget to take a look at the "library" below, this time I put a little advance about the definition of a "divine ancestor" that I will use in the fic, plus a detailed description of a Sun-wukong authority that you have just read.

From what you saw, obviously I'm going to handle Monkey-King Sun-Wukong (Son-Goku is how he's called in Japan) very differently in this story: Will Bikou appear later on? For the moment I'm thinking about replacing him with a [Campione] character, remember that in this story, not everything will be the same as in the original DXD plot.

And If you thing that the confrontation with Wukong is too sudden, I remind you that I'm also doing a crossover with [Campione] adapted in the timeline and DXD plot history, so this story doesn't and shouldn't have to follow the classic shonen-like DXD power "weightings". In [Campione] the evil gods can appear suddenly at any time, without even a warning and their power levels and abilities will always vary greatly, they are not the typical "Oh, well now it's time to fight a slightly stronger enemy than before", and that's something I like about that series. The unexpected, the unconventional, the absurdity of facing someone you're not supposed to be able to beat (before become a God-Slayer/Champion, of course), and the absurdity of meeting an evil god in the middle of your picnic. In that sense, [Campione] is a bit like DMC, where suddenly Dante is eating a pizza, and the next moment a huge demonic tower/tree is born out of nowhere.

And this story, it's full of good gods and evil gods. So, obviously either there are dead "heretic gods", or there are sealed evil gods, or there are evil gods hiding and/or escaping and/or waiting for their moment to bring chaos, or wishing to retrieve a divine artifact or one of their weapons, stealed by his/her enemies...

And that's the way I like things to happen, sometimes. You may or may not like the changes, and if the latter happens, I'm sorry to have disappointed you, but personally, I write for fun. And I'm having fun with this story I'm writing. Still, despite the above, it's not like Dante won't have/had back-up plans to face Sun-Wukong, so you can almost expect action in the next chapters with an MC coming up with crazy tactics to overcome what seems to be impossible.

Best regards, and stay safe! :D

Library:

Divine Artifact: "Cheater"; a mystical artifact stolen from Grigori by the fallen angelic god Samiel. It was the marble statue of a humanoid monkey, whose powers (channeled through an unknown spell created by Grigori) allowed to steal Sacred-Gears from the "Nephilim" to give them to fallen angels and/or other creatures or people. It turned out to be actually the Chinese deity "Sun-Wukong", sealed in a kind of marble vault that prevented him from moving and using 100% of his powers. Due to the myth that tells of Wukong defeating/intimidating dragons, the god "Sun-Wukong" gains strength when is in the close presence of a dragon, and therefore the seal could be weakened by the presence of a dragon. So Issei having approached the "Cheater" artifact was unfortunately responsible for the "awakening" of the Monkey-King.

Sun-Wukong's Authority Revealed; Dragon Tamer (Rank A)

This is Sun-Wukong's authority that allowed him to free himself from that "Marble Vault". When he is confronted by a dragon and/or when he is in the close presence of a dragon, all of his combat stats, including his magic power, are raised by 3 [+++].

Little advance, about Divine Ancestor: They are goddesses or gods who have lost their divinity for certain reasons. Either they have "abandoned" their divinity by reincarnating into a mortal being and/or they have decided to become mortal for some reason and/or something or someone has taken away their divinity with some magical method. By losing their "divinity", they become beings closer to a human, than a demigod. They, can no longer exercise any "authority" power, as they are no longer gods/goddesses, but retain superhuman physical "characteristics" and other powers related to their former "being", such as: incredible physical strength, wing/wings, reptilian eyes, reptilian scales, horns, deformities, appendages, etc. and also possess unlimited life expectancy, plus enormous magical power, which if they wish they can use to channel into spells like a imitation of light powers/light authorities. And cause this, generally they change their names, in order to no "ofend" their lost divine "status"

A "Divine Ancestor" can give birth to children like a normal human being, such children are born as humans and/or semi-humans if their "divine ancestor" parent mates with another type of creature, however the child of these unions will not inherit any kind of divinity, it will only have a great deal of magical power, among other potential spiritual powers, such as a deeper connection with nature.

Cause this, humans or other creatures often call them "Witches/Witchers", or "Priestesses"

A human being with super-human characteristics such as a high or supreme class wizard would have a hard time killing these creatures, but they are not completely invincible to human rank. And if human Kill them, obviusly can´t become a Nephalem as divine ancestors, aren´t gods anymore. Generally these beings, are despised by gods and demigods or other creatures, because almost are mortals, and as many of them fall into self-hatred and/or become obsessed with the idea of regaining their former "states" at any cost, even with detestable methods, as the only "good" way to regain their "divinity" apparently is by dying, and generally, most of them do not wish to die.

When Dante gets to know "Raynare" more deeply, and understands perfectly what a divine ancestor is, this definition will be updated.

Stats of "Raynare".

Durability: D Stamina: D Strength: C Agility: E++ Magic: C Magic resistance: C Divinity: C Luck: Generally D

Incidentaly, Except for agility, stamina and durability, those are the stats that generally have supreme class demons like Tannin and/or demon kings like Serafall, in this fic.