Chapter 34: Debt

"Blue Bomb loaded!" Jasdevi says as they load their gun and points them at Allen. "Let's go. Cross' student!"

They fire at Allen as he runs away from the shots. He then notices the places where they shot start to freeze up.

'The places that got shot are freezing!?' Allen thought. 'Every Noah has a unique ability. Maybe their ability is to freeze things!?'

"Loading Red Bomb! "Blazing Red Planet'!" Jasdevi exclaims and they fire a giant fire ball at Allen.

'...Wrong!' Allen sticks his left arm out and an oval that has a cross appears. "Cross Grave!" He shouts and the fire ball hits the cross.

"Not yet!" Devit says and another fire ball appears through the smoke.

"Another one!" Allen exclaims.

Lavi and Krory get in front of Allen.

"You bastards, don't you only aim—" Lavi starts. "AT ALLEN!" Both him and Krory hit the fire ball back at Jasdevi.

"Home run!" Lavi and Krory say.

"Don't ignore us!" Lavi adds.

"Thanks." Allen says.

"Wah! They returned it!" Devit exclaims.

"It's coming this way, hee!" Jasdero says.

"White Bomb!" Jasdevi says as they point their guns at the fire ball, causing the fire ball to disappear.

"It's gone...?" Allen says.

"Eh? Where did that fire ball go!?" Lavi shouts.

Far away, Alice is standing in front of Chaozi, Lenalee, and Lero.

"H... How did they do that!?" Chaozi asks.

"I don't know... They look like regular guns to me..." Lenalee says. "Are they some kind of devices...?"

"I think it's more than that..." Alice states.

Alice, Lenalee, and Chaozi then hear Lero laughing out of nowhere.

"He's laughing..." Lenalee points out.

"I'm getting pissed!" Chaozi exclaims and Lero suddenly gasps.

"Wait, Jasdevi-tama! What about the order to capture Cross that Earl-tama gave you-lero!" Lero asks and Jasdevi shoot at him. "HEEE!"

"Who are you running to, idiot!?" Devit questions. "Wanna be an umbrella full of holes?"

"We look for Cross all over Edo and he was nowhere to be found! You damned rattled umbrella!" Jasdero adds.

Allen and Alice widen their eyes from the news.

'Master, where on earth are you!?' Allen and Alice thought.

"The Millennium Count said that maybe that bastard Cross' aim was the Ark." Devit says.

"So we bet that he is going to show up here where we'll be waiting for him!" Jasdero adds.

"But that's all right! Until then we'll kill time with his student!" They exclaims as they point at Allen. "And while we're at it. We'll make him repay the debts that guys left to us!"

Allen then turns white from Jasdevi's statement.

"De..." Krory trails off.

"Debt...?" Lavi finishes.

"That's right!" That bastard ran from place to place while leaving us his debts!" Devit exclaims. "That bastard is like a demon, damn it—!"

"These are his bills! All in all: 100 guineas!" Jasdero says as he shows the bills. "We'll make you pay every bit of it, stude–nt!"

"Debts to the enemy..." Krory says as Jasdevi cries. "I don't know what to say."

"That's why they're angry..." Lavi says.

Suddenly they hear a thud sound behind them and they see a rock that says, 'debt' on Allen's head.

"De... bts..." Allen mutters.

"W-what's wrong?" Krory asks.

"The word 'debts' seems to have done some damage to him too!" Lavi states.

Alice, Lenalee, and Chaozi see the state Allen is.

"Is Allen-kun okay?" Lenalee asks.

"Well, in the past Master put all of his debts to Allen." Alice informs.

100... A hundred guineas... A hundred..." Allen repeats.

"A—LLEN, HANG IN THERE!" Lavi shouts. "The rock! Remove the rock! The rock!"

"A hundred..."

"ALLEN!? Stop saying it, it's scary!"

"...Only... It's only 100 guineas right?" Horns sprout from Allen's head and break the rock, causing Lavi to be shock. "It's only a 100 guineas debt? Ahaha..." Allen laughs darkly.

"A-A-Allen's turned black!"

"So what if you have to pay..." Allen then glares at Jasdevi. "Small change like that!"

"Wha...!" Devit pauses.

"Wha—t!?" Jasdevi finishes.

"If you compare it to my debts..." Allen says.

'What kind of debts did this kid have to pay!?' Lavi thought.

"SMALL CHANGE!?" Devit shouts.

"We'll kill you, hee!" Jasdero also shouts.

"Besides... my Master isn't like some kind of demon...!" Allen says and points at Jasdevi. "He is a true demon! If you want to deal with him, you'd better not be prepare for less than that!"

Everyone except Alice is speechless from Allen's declaration and Alice face palms.

"Allen is the only person would say that about our Master when it's involved with debts." She states.

"Buh..." Jasdero starts laughing.

"GYAHAHAHAHA!" Devit laughs.

"Don't fuck with us!" Jasdevi shouts and they start to shoot at Allen, causing an explosion.

"Jasdero! Let's us the 'Deceiving Glasses'." Devit tells him.

"Hee!" Jasdero says.

Allen comes out of the smoke and skids on the floor. Then his left hand starts to shine.

"Purple Bomb!" Jasdevi says and shoots their bullet.

Suddenly, Allen quickly gets on the monument and attacks them. "Edge End!" Jasdevi lie on the monument, but Allen sees a doll figure of Jasdevi. "Eh...!"

"Yeah. Got you, idiot." Jasdevi dolls say.

All the Exorcists now have purple paint over their eyes.

"Wha-what is this!?" Krory questions.

"[Deceiving Glasses] You can't see us anymore. GYAHAHAHAHA!" Devit laughs.

"Tch. Where did they go!?" Lavi exclaims.

"Everyone! Look at the floor!" Lenalee shouts and they look at the floor that is already fill with keys.

"Wha... What's with this mountain of keys!?" Chaozi asks. "Since when..."

"Wait...?" Lenalee says. "These keys... they look like our one..."

"...Damn!" Lavi exclaims from realization and Alice also realizes.

"Allen!" Alice calls. "Do you still have our key!?"

Allen then searches the keys all over his body. "It's not here!? It's not in my pocket anymore!"

"GYAHAHAHAHAHA!" Devit laughs. "That's too bad."

"We've hidden your precious exit key... Hee hee!"

Allen, Alice, Lavi and Krory gather around Lenalee and Chaozi.

"You're staying in this room until we've killed the lot of you!"

The Exorcists now sees the archive has the sky replace by the bookshelves and the ceiling.

"WHAAA!?" The Exorcists and Chaozi shouts.

"The paint on my eyes; I can't remove it!" Lavi exclaims as he rubs his eyes on his sleeve.

"Don't wipe yourself on my clothes, you bastard!" Chaozi yells Lero as it rubs Chaozi's shoulder.

"Why Lero too? Why Lero too!?"

"Damn such a troublesome opponent." Krory says.

"I'm sorry. Letting them steal the key is the biggest mistake of my life..." Allen apologizes as he sulks.

"Don't be depressed, Allen-kun." Lenalee reassures.

"Didn't they say that the paint on our eyes is called 'Deceiving Glasses'?" Alice asks.

"...Yes." Allen replies.

"All those keys on the floor... Though their shapes and weight is around the same as the one we've been carrying, they might be an illusion. Which means 'there is only one key on the floor'! 'This mountain of keys that conceals it;' I wonder if it isn't our eyes deceiving us."

"...I see." Lavi says understanding the situation.

"Hee hee! That's right! Hee!" Jasdero says.

"You'll all be annihilated here, right in front of the exit you've struggle to get to!" Devit tells them. "The real key is lying right there! If you want to pick it up, then just pick it up!"

"But try to find it throughout 'Deceiving Glasses'!" Jasdero adds.

"Bastards!" Lavi exclaims.

"And to deceiving your eyes even farther, the ones deceiving you, Jasdevi have vanished too! Hee hee!" Jasdevi laughs.

"Damn it..." Allen curses.

"Just die already!" They say and the Exorcists are surrounded by eight fire balls and they come towards them.

"WAH!" Allen yells as the fire balls hits them. However, the Exorcists evade the fire balls, but Chaozi's shoulder gets burn.

"UWAH!" He yells in pain.

"Chaozi-san!" Lenalee exclaims.

"Chaozi...!" Allen calls.

"This is bad! His back is badly burnt...!" Lenalee says.

"Are you all right, Chaozi!" Lavi asks.

"Damn it!" Allen exclaims and he turns around. "Crown Edge!" As he about to swing his left arm, small crowns appear on each finger. "They are still somewhere in this room, right...!? In this case..." Several more crowns appear on his fingers. "I'LL DRAG THEM OUT!" Allen swings his arms causing the crowns to fly and hit everywhere in the room.

"Where are you aiming, idiot!?" Devit says.

"Green Bomb!" Jasdevi says and they fire a green blob at Allen, making him to be in the blob.

"Allen!" Lavi calls.

"Eeh... I can't breathe..." Allen drowns.

"Wait, I'll get you out of there right now!" Lavi tells him and he hits the blob with Iron Hammer that already has the fire seal. "Hiban!" The blob gets evaporate by the fire from Iron Hammer.

"HO—T!" Allen shouts.

As Lavi helps Allen, Lenalee takes off her jacket and wraps it around Chaozi's arm as Alice and Krory are standing next to them.

"Though we can see their attacks, we don't know where they're coming from." Chaozi says.

"What are we going to do!?" Lenalee asks and she looks up at Krory. "Krory?"

Krory goes down to Lenalee and puts his finger on his lips. "Shh. Please be a little more quiet, young lady."

"Allen, let me take care of these 'Deceiving Glasses'." Lavi whispers. "Until I find the real key, protect Lenalee and the others with Kuro-chan and Alice."

"Eh...!? But, Lavi, how will you find the real key...!?" Allen asks.

"That's my job, you know." Lavi answers as he points to himself. "The scratches, the dirt, all patterns of the plating of the real key were recorded in my head ever since I first saw it. There's no way glasses like these can deceive the successor of Bookman."

"All right! Then please find it within one minute!" Allen demands.

"Impossible!" Lavi says.

"As soon as you find the key, take Lenalee and Chaozi, and leave for the next exit. I'll throw Krory and Alice through the door immediately after. I'll leave it to you, Lavi."

"Allen...!"

"Blue Bomb!" Jasdevi shouts and Allen is immediately encases in ice.

"ALLEN!" Lavi shouts.

"Find... the key... Lavi!" Allen says.

Krory then kicks the ice letting Allen to be out.

"I heard you, kid." Krory says. "Throwing me and Alice through the exit...?"

"Ah, you were listening?" Allen asks.

"Honestly, whether it's red head brats or Noah brats..." Krory then grabs Allen's wrist. "YOU'RE ALL JUST CHEEKY BRATS!" He suddenly throws Allen.

"WAAH!" Allen yells and crashes into the bookshelves. "I-t hurts~ Is it really good to get mad at me like this, Krory?"

"Hee! White-haired bastard, that hurts, hee!" Jasdero shouts.

"I'll kill you!" Devit tells Allen.

"Eh...!? Jasdevi...!?" Allen says.

"Duck, kid!" Krory shouts and Allen quickly ducks down as Krory punches the shelves.

"Kro...!" Allen pauses and Krory glares around.

"Tsk... They dodge? I should have thrown you harder." Krory says.

"Krory, could it be that you can see Jasdevi?" Allen asks.

"No." Krory answers flatly. "Ha, for some reason, I know where they are. I want to bite them to death, and my blood is getting excited... Buahahaha...!"

"I don't think that's something a human would ever say, Krory."

Krory opens his hand and blonde hairs fall out. "Follow what I say and we will beat those kids, Allen."

"...Hair...?"

Krory then tells Allen what his plan is and charges where Jasdevi apparently is before he attacks them, but they evade him.

"Whoops!" Devit exclaims. "He's dead accurate!"

I won't let you escape!" Krory exclaims.

Jasdevi then sets their guns and fires at him, but Krory dodges the bullet and he starts to run up the bookshelves.

"WO—H!?" Jasdero shouts.

"Amazing! He's running vertical up the bookshelves! Amazing!" Devit exclaims and Krory curves downwards.

"Allen! Right there in front of you!" Krory tells Allen.

Allen quickly grabs Jasdevi and traps them.

"Geh..." Devit groans.

"WAH!" Allen yelps. "I... I don't see them. But I can definitely feel them in my hands... this feels strange."

Allen notices Jasdevi are not screaming.

'They're not screaming?' Allen thought.

"What's wrong kids." Krory questions. "Why are you so quiet?"