Chapter 35: The Third Door

"Mokoban." Lavi says after he slams the wood seal on the monument and rests his Iron Hammer on his shoulder. Then more wood seals appear around the monument. "Wind."

A tornado appears, surrounding the monument and all the keys are being suck into the tornado.

"Uwah, the mountain of keys is getting sucked in-lero!" Lero points out.

"Hurry up, Lavi!" Allen says.

"I'm sorry you have to hold them there like that." Krory apologizes to Allen.

'With the recording eyes of the next Bookman I will find the next key!' Lavi thought.

As Alice, Lenalee, Chaozi, and Lero cough, the smoke clears and they see the mountain of keys disappear.

"The mountain of keys has disappeared..." Alice points out.

Then they look up and sees the keys are flying around in a sphere and Lavi is standing on the monument.

"Lavi." Lenalee calls and the sphere goes down to Lavi, letting him to enter the sphere.

"What, this guy is a relative of Bookman?" Devit questions.

'Ah, they finally talk.' Allen thought.

"Eh, it's no wonder that he's here right now."

"...Huh?" Allen says.

"But the red hair that brings Cross to mind is irritating, right? Hee!" Jasdero points out.

"Yeah, it is, it is!" Devit agrees. "I'm getting so pissed off!"

"Dero is all muddled! My pure heart was tainted with a grudge towards Cross! Hee!"

"And the student that won't even repay the debts!"

"Pay now, you stupid student!"

"WHO IS PAYING!?" Allen yells.

"Don't worry Allen." Krory says as fire wraps around his body. "I'll end this quickly. Just hold them those brats tightly."

"Ah, yes!" Allen replies and he hears something muddle. He looks in front of him and sees a giant mud skull and several mud bodies on the skull. The bodies grab Allen's arms and he is speechless of the sight. Then the mud charges at Krory.

"What...!?" Krory exclaims. "WA—H!"

"What the hell is that!" Allen questions.

"My... My fangs have no effect!"

"LET ME GO!" Allen yells.

"Hehe, idiots, idiots." Devit says.

"Bleh, bleh!" Jasdero says.

"Eat them, 'Jasdevi's Grudge'!" Jasdevi orders and the skull opens its mouth.

"Wait...!" Krory trails off.

"Are you kidding me...!?" Allen finishes and the skull eats the two Exorcists. "UWAH!"

"Allen-kun, Krory!" Lenalee shouts and she runs toward the mud skull.

"Lenalee-san!" Chaozi calls.

"Lenalee!" Alice also calls and runs after her.

"Allen-kun!" Lenalee shouts again.

"Wait! Lenalee!" Alice shouts.

"Lenalee! Alice! Don't come any closer!" Allen shouts through the mud.

Suddenly, Lenalee falls over and she looks at her legs as Alice catches up to her.

"Lenalee!" Alice calls and sits next to her.

"Move..." Lenalee mutters. "Move...! You are my legs...! SO MOVE!"

Alice then feels someone covering her mouth and holding her arms."

"Can't move?" Devit asks Lenalee. "That's great! We are not even sure of that old vampire man's whereabouts, you know?"

"You two can be our shields! Hee hee!" Jasdero adds.

Then Jasdevi traps Alice and Leenalee in a ball. "We got the two princesses!" They announces.

Suddenly, a burst of light comes out of the skull, causing Alice, Lenalee, and Jasdevi to look at the mud skull.

"Let them go..." Allen demands as he gets out of the skull and his left hand glows. "Just let Lenalee and Alice go!"

'Ooh? We got this guy pissed!?' Devit thought.

"Allen/-kun!" Lenalee and Alice shout.

The boy begins to attack Jasdevi, but they jump up with the ball that Lenalee and Alice are in.

"We got an even more intense situation for you." Devit tells Allen.

"'Laughing, but this time he was really pissed off'." Jadevi sings. "'The Millennium Count'!"

Jasdevi shoot at Allen and the bullet changes into the Millennium Earl. The Earl then attacks Allen and he blocks the Earl's sword.

"The Earl...!" Allen exclaims.

'An illusion!?' Allen thought. He then jumps on the Earl's back to evade the Earl's next attack, causing the floor to be destroy. 'His power is the real deal...' He thought as the Earl looks behind and attacks Allen again. "Argh, damn it! I don't get it!" The boy says out loud as he blacks and the Earl swipes Allen away.

"LET US OUT!" Lenalee shouts and starts thrashing inside the ball. "Let us out right now!"

"Hee! Scary!" Jasdero exclaims.

"Shut up and calm down, you damned woman!" Devit tells her. "Want me to rape you, huh!? Honestly we don't care about any of you, as long as we can beat up Allen Walker that's good enough. So shut it and let us use both of you, idiot. Or should we get rid of you?"

Alice then had enough and punches where Devit is. "You..." She growls.

"Devi—t!" Jasdero calls.

"You shouldn't treat people's lives like toys." Alice continues. "It's as though you're still kids even though we are about the same age...! You're simply fools to look strong! For someone who treats this as a kids game, Allen who knows the importance of life is a lot stronger than you!"

Where Allen is, he continues to block the Earl's attack.

"Lenalee! Alice!" Allen shouts. "Move, Earl! Cross Grave!" A light cross engraves on the Earl's body, but it has no effect on the Earl and he continues to attack Allen. However, Allen dodge rolls from the Earl's attack and he lands for away from the Earl. 'Even though I hit him directly, he is unaffected...!?' Allen thought.

"That fatass...!" Krory growls and attacks the Earl and grabs the handle to kick the Earl's neck. Then Allen rush towards the Earl.

"Edge End!" Allen exclaims as he slashes the Earl.

Three black balls appear front of Allen and Krory and they are zap by the Earl's command.

"Wah..." Krory gasps as he and Allen fall on the floor.

The Earl then twills his sword as he dances around.

"I just don't understand what this is..." Allen says.

"Damn it! Even with that kind of body, he's so durable!" Krory exclaims.

"Even though it's not the real Earl-tama, carelessness will get you killed-leroro~" Lero mocks, flying above the two.

'Ah, so he isn't real after all...!' Allen and Krory thought.

"This thing is a hindrance, but..." Allen trails off.

"We must find a way to rescue Leenalee and Alice." Krory finishes.

Then the fake Earl flies toward them.

"Here it comes!" Allen exclaims.

Meanwhile

Devit hits Alice and she lies on the floor.

"Alice!" Lenalee calls and she picks Alice up.

"I won't hear you making fun of us a second time, alright?" Devit says. "What's with this 'Allen is stronger'! Look over there, he's getting beaten."

"Gyaha! He's seriously getting it!" Jasdero agrees.

Allen and Krory crash into the bookshelves from the Earl's attack.

"What are you doing, kid!?" Krory questions. "Can't you hurry up and get to where our princesses are!?"

"Then please try to restrain the Earl properly, Krory." Allen asks him.

"Sorry, even with all my strength it's challenging." Krory tells Allen. "Somehow you have to get there."

"Yes."

"He's definitely... get here..." Alice says. "It may not look so... but he has a super human willpower. He will come and beat a kid like you in no time!"

Suddenly the walls of the monument starts to have keyhole-like shapes and they begins to shine.

"WHAT!" Devit exclaims.

The paint that the Exorcists, Chaozi, and Lero have disappear.

"Lavi...!" Allen exclaims. "He found the key!"

The walls open like doors and the Earl is being suck into the monument.

"The monument is the next door!?" Lenalee exclaims and the Earl disappears.

"WE CAN SEE YOU!" Allen and Krory shout as they come closer to Jasdevi and punch both of them. Causing Jasdevi to crash into the bookshelves.

"Hey... Why didn't you use your left hand?" Krory asks.

"Because of the claws there is no way to make a fist..." Allen replies. "I wanted to pay them back for hitting Alice first..." He and Krory clutches their hand. "In any case..."

"That felt good!" Both of them says with a fist pump.

"Even though their trick made made no sense and was hard to deal with. In the end those guys were rather weak." Krory says. "Brats."

"I'm sorry, Lenalee, Alice!" Allen apologizes. "I'll get you two out."

"No, I'm sorry I got caught even though Alice was with me." Lenalee says.

Alice notices Jasdevi's arms are out of the pile of books.

"A-Allen." Alice calls.

"Brats. Brats. You're really making fun of us..." Jasdevi says. "Let's end this game... I'll seriously kill you..." They emerge out of the pile and covering their faces. Then the Exorcists hears something pulsing.

"What the hell...?" Lavi says.

Alice then activates Silver (twin swords) and cuts the ball open, so both her and Lenalee can get out.

"Somehow the air is getting heavier." Allen points out.

"Hurry up and get Lenalee out of here, Allen, Alice. This is really tiresome. With these Noahs' abilities, we can't predict what is going to happen next." Krory tells them as the area where Jasdevi stand starts to warp around. "Though they seemed like they wanted to make fun of us at first, now they are pissed. I hate kids are difficult to handle."

"There was one cradle..." Jasdevi sings. "There was one inside the cradle..." They point their guns at each other. "The one became two. There was one cradle; there was one start lost in the fog. shaking in a graveyard until it disappeared."

Then they fire their guns but still standing.

"They shot each other!?" Allen exclaims.

Then, Jasdevi's shadows are starts to merge together.

"Their shadows are merging...!" Lenalee points out.

They then see smoke is coming from Jasdevi's bodies, covering the room.

"Be careful, Krory!" Allen warns.

"Pff. I'm willing to see what's coming next." The man tell him

"Allen! Alice! Krory!" Lavi calls. "Idiot! Get away from there! LOOK UP!"

Above them, a shadow appears and the smoke is getting absorb by the shadow. Suddenly, something quickly throws Krory towards the shelves. His blood covers the books on the shelves as he lies there.

"Eh...?" Alice says. "Kro..."

"Krory...!" Allen finishes.

As the smoke is being absorbs, a man stands in front of Krory.

The man wears a long red robe with hearts on his shoulders and sports very long, blond and black hair. He also have dark lips and some level of fangs on his teeth.

"The first down..." The man says.

"Who is...!?" Lavi says.

"We, Jasdero and Devit were originally a single Noah." The man says. "We're Jasdevi."

'They merged!' Lavi thought.

Allen suddenly charges at Jasdevi and attacks him. "How dare you... do that to Krory!"

"Haha! That vampire bastard! He kept making fun of us so we had to hit him! Isn't the blood great for him!"

When Jasdevi touches Allen he is tie to a star behind him, subsequently, causing him to be in pain.

"Argh... arg..." Allen grunts in pain.

"What should we do with you, Allen?" Jasdevi asks. "I know. How do you like to become a 'bomb'? A bomb that will destroy that door!" He points at the door.

'They plan to smash Allen on the door to break it!?' Lavi thought.

"Allen-kun!" Lenalee shouts.

Then someone punches the star that Allen is tied to, shatters. Alice runs over to Allen and catches him before he hits the ground.

"The vampire...!" Jasdevi exclaims.

Allen and Alice look at the person and see that Krory saved Allen.

"I am not a vampire..." Krory mutters. "I am Arystar Krory...!"