I, Human

by Musashi The Samurai Cheem

I don't remember dying and being reborn as a child, but i remember growing up and swiftly noticing that i was reborn in anime world, a very dumb one. And guess what? I ain't got to cheat power of my own! This is unfair! I'm just... well, smart, i guess? Fuck it, technology for the win! Oh, did i say that i have a bone to pick with Devils? Now ya know! Harem, Human MC, Slight Xover

12. Chapter 12

Commissioned by Gabriel! Hope ya enjoy bud!

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Michael was… shocked.

Surprised.

Hopeful and insanely happy.

His eyes glistened with tears and happiness as a huge smile spread across his face, his eyes tracking the rising form of the now glowing Kokabiel, his power nearly equal to his own if not even greater.

He had done it. He had proved them all wrong.

He became an Angel once more.

He regained his lost Grace!

"How?" He could only whisper that word out once Ciel, the one that made this all possible, came back with a lazy smile on his face.

He shrugs, then turns to stare back up at the sky. "I think this is what God wanted all along. To face this path, to face your Sins and mistakes, not alone, but with others."

"The answer you seek might as well be right in front of your eyes, but I believe he made it so that the Fallen Angels won't see it lest someone else hits them straight in the face with it."

Michael breathes out, his shoulders sagging as he wipes the tears pouring out of his eyes.

"So, basically what we need is a group therapy session." Azazel dumbly points out, making Ciel snort and make a 'so-so' gesture with his hand.

"Kokabiel is just the beginning. Many more will follow in his footsteps now." He muses, then gives the man with the goatee a look. "Hope ya don't mind." Azazel hums, then shrugs without a care.

"I might join the train myself, who knows!" Ciel bursts out laughing at that, making Azazel choke as Michael gives the man a deadpan look.

While both Uriel and Sandalphon instantly start praying to God's remnant spirit to not allow the man back into Heaven.

Gabriel instead… Well, she is trembling on the spot. Charging up.

Michael drags his gaze away and sends a mental prayer towards Ciel.

"You, repenting? Only thing you repent is failing to look at Gabriel's tits while she was bathing." Ciel cackles as he mocks the now flushed and indignant Azazel.

"Hey! That has to count! Next time I won't fail!" He declares, before gulping nervously when both Uriel and Sandalphon crack their knuckles.

Very loudly.

Ciel sneers at him, then spreads his arms wide to the side. "Watch and learn, bitch." Azazel blinks, then his eyes widen when a crying, incredibly happy and glowing Gabriel tackles Ciel once more.

While also visibly shoving his grinning mug between her massive heavenly mountains.

Azazel nearly has a stroke right then and there as Gabriel happily cuddles and squishes Ciel into her supple body, his face slowly turning purple.

Meanwhile, far above them, Karna smiles softly as Kokabiel reaches her level, an equally warm smile on his face, his eyes glowing and sparkling like stars in the night sky.

"How do you feel?" She asks softly, making the newly reborn man hum softly as he raises his hands and flexes his fingers a few times.

"I feel free, and light as a feather." She hums softly, genuinely happy for her Master's friend.

"Ah, I haven't introduced myself." She gives the man a smile and a bow. "I am Karna, daughter of the Sun God Surya. It is a pleasure to meet you, Star of God." Kokabiel's eyes widen slightly at her introduction, but he soon chuckles and shakes his head while resting a hand on his hip.

"That kid is something else…" She chuckles softly, gazing down and towards her Master, a slight pang of jealousy rising inside her chest at seeing him inside another woman's embrace.

She swiftly drew her gaze away, then summoned her spear into her hand through a flicker of blazing flames. "My Master is full of surprises indeed. But he also asked me to take care of you, so that 'he doesn't get a big head'." She says the last part with a small smile and a wink, making Kokabiel bark out a hearty laugh.

He shakes his head as his laughter dies down, and offers her a friendly smile as he twirls his fingers, a bright platinum spear made out of incredibly pure Holy Light appearing in his grasp. "Well then, let's see if you have the capabilities to do just that, shall we?"

Karna's smile grows bigger, and then her eyes and hair glow as she unleashes her Divinity and Mana in a tsunami of roaring white-hot flames.

Kokabiel equally unleashes his newly regained Grace and his Holy Light at full force, creating an immense dome of light that smashes against the blinding second sun approaching.

Flames and Holy Light consume each other, lighting the sky with golden and orange-white light as the temperature skyrockets to unimaginable levels.

As if on cue, both Karna and Kokabiel launch themselves forward at the same time, and their spear smash together with a cataclysmic crack, one that could be heard across the planet.

The earth far below them ruptures and splits into an immense ravine, making Ciel whistle while the other spectators watch in sheer shock at the immense power displayed.

Flames and Light clash as Karna and Kokabiel exchange a grin before jumping back, then charging forward once more.

Thunderous cracks and booms echoes all over the skyline as reborn Angel and Demigod clash, their flames and light washing over the destroyed land down below, making it bloom with life before it's swiftly turned to ashes once more.

An endless, yet beautiful cycle.

Crimson lightning engulfs Karna as Kokabiel conjures another spear in his other hand and stabs forward, but it only hits air as she blitzes him, appearing right behind him.

His eyes widen in shock, but his trained instincts save him from a direct blow to the head as he raises his right arm, using his forearm to black a vicious kick to the head.

The power behind it sends him flying across the air and into the air, and Karna swiftly twirls her spear and breathes in.

"Brahmastra-!"

Kokabiel swiftly destabilizes himself and breathes in, closing his sparkling eyes, then calling forth on that unknown power deep inside of him.

"Kundala!"

His eyes open to face the gargantuan flaming meteor descending towards him, the sheer magical reverberations already turning the area below into a molten wasteland.

But he simply grins and calls out his power. "Awaken, Zodiac!" The sound of a titanic church bell echoes after his bellow, causing the very air to vibrate and thrum.

An enormous golden wheel appears below him, and within the golden wheel were twelve glowing blue symbols.

One of them erupts with brilliant azure light, and he unleashes it's power forth.

"Aries!" The cry of a ram comes from within the surging light, and it's soon followed by the enormous figure of the horned animal charging forth and rushing through the air.

The ram's body seemed to be made out of infinite blackness speckled with countless stars and swirling galaxies, and with each gallop, the ram left behind sparkling nebulae.

The meteor and the ram collided with the power of an exploding Star, that were it not contained would have spelled doom for the entire continent.

Or even half of the planet.

Ciel was about to mobilize his Drones to control and isolate the fallout, but Shiva had simply patted him on the shoulder and took over that duty with extreme ease.

The man didn't even move an inch, yet he could easily control and disperse the immense fallout from the clash with extreme ease just by standing there and watching the battle.

An enormous mushroom cloud is left behind by the clash, which is soon ripped apart by a sonic boom as a glowing Kokabiel launches himself forth and pieces straight through it to reach the flying Karna.

Crimson lighting surges around her fingertips, and Kokabiel's eyes widen as he suddenly finds himself in a cage made out of dozens of rumbling swords made out of that explosive crimson lightning, all aimed straight at him.

The Zodiac Wheel appears before him once more, and he calls forth yet another sign just as the swords shoot forth. "Aquarius!"

A tidal wave of seawater explodes forth out of tin air, then swiftly surges and in size and becomes a tsunami that reaches the very clouds, roaring forth and advancing towards the burning form of Karna.

Another burst of light comes from deep within the titanic waves as Kokabiel's voice bellows forth once more. "Pisces!"

Two ancient roars echo from within the surging tsunami, and soon two gargantuan eels seemingly made out of cosmic nebulae and stardust swim forth, their eyes made out of galaxies and their jaws akin to Black Holes.

They launch themselves forth together with the titanic tsunami, yet Karna watches their approach with a small smile on her face.

She stretches her hand out towards the approaching wave, recalling her spear back into her hand before letting it disappear in a burst of flame.

A then divine light fills the world together with a surging heat, one that erases the very moisture out of the air.

The land and air dry up instantly and trees crumble to ash in less than a second as that insane heat stretches forth.

Surya and Shiva gasp as an ancient, yet breathtaking black and gold bow appears within Karna's grasp.

Vijaya Danush, the Bow of Assured Victory.

A weapon that Karna hates due to it's conceptual power of assuring victory unless Gods meddle within the battle.

Her gentle finger plucks at the brilliant white bow-string, then gently pulls it back, conjuring a small arrow made out of surging flames.

"Agnito Mantra."

The thrum of the bow-string on it's release echoes out like a thunderclap, rending the very air as it releases the flaming arrow.

Which instantly splits into a hundred thousand more arrows.

Exactly a hundred thousand flaming arrows meet the falling tsunami and lunging fish-like creatures, yet there is not explosive clash.

The arrows simply erase the surging waves and twin beasts on contact, releasing clouds of steam and surging heat, stunning Kokabiel.

"Let us take this battle somewhere, lest I set the atmosphere on fire." Karna muses gently, then plucks the bow-string once again.

An invisible ripple smashes into Kokabiel with the force of a meteor, making him grunt as his body is blasted high into the sky, then into the blackness of space.

He couldn't even gasp, as there was no air around to breathe in, but he did recollect himself and gape at the surrounding beauty.

And also became very aware of how is Mana kept fading away, devoured by the blackness of space.

A burst of flames attract his attention, and he smiles when Karna stops a few dozen meters ahead of him, a soft smile on her beautiful face.

"One last attack?" She offers with a raised brow, and Kokabiel hums softly before nodding.

He'd love to fight more, but he'd have to ask Ciel to provide a safe space for that, lest they cause more unwanted destruction.

Plus, he'd have to learn how to wield this new power of his first. He felt that his control over it is quite… sluggish.

He goes to summon his Zodiac Wheel once more, but stops himself as a certain spell comes to mind, causing a warm smile to spread across his face.

He releases a breath, then lets his Mana flow out in tidal waves. Every last drop of it.

All of it poured right behind him, forming roots, then bark, then a long trunk that swiftly stretched into thousands of branches and became filled with millions of leaves, all glowing a blinding platinum.

The roots stretch across the planet down below, never descending within the atmosphere, but laying just above it, absorbing and devouring the Mana and fueling the Divine Tree's growth.

A branch slowly descended right above Kokabiel's head, then sprouted and grew a large golden apple right before his very eyes.

"This is but a crude replica of Father's greatest Spell… But I want this to be my final spell for this fight." Kokabiel states softly, staring at the apple before him with longing and sadness.

Down below, the Angels could only feel their eyes burn at the sight of the Divine Tree's roots, a familiar magical aura coming from them.

Karna smiles softly, then holds her bow and hardens her gaze.

She'll meet his attack with all of her current full power.

The Mana Cores within her body roared to life, then flew outside of her body.

Not one, not two, not three, but nine of them.

A string of Mana connects all nine of them, then swiftly has them spin faster and faster.

Her Divinity and flames burst to life, and her spinning Mana Cores swiftly become a titanic white-hot spinning ring, sending waves of immense power flooding through her limbs and straight into her bow.

This was something she had discovered by herself, and that would actually work better if she were in a place with abundant Mana, but here it would do either way.

Her left hand holds the bow, and her right hand stretches to the side as her armor burns away, taking away her greatest defense and summoning forth her second greatest weapon.

"Vasavi Shakti." Flames akin to the Sun itself surge forth together with roaring crimson lighting, the swordspear gifted to her by Indra slowly turning a blinding white-hot color.

She brings it close to her bow, then lets it shrink and plucks it against the bow-string as her arrow.

Ripples spread across space as she brings the heavy bow-string all the way back, then takes aim.

Then plays her final card, one she gained recently.

Her Spiritual Energy slides forth and fuses into her Mana, and Ether blooms forth with all of it's apocalyptic power.

Kokabiel squints his eyes and smiles as the waves of gargantuan power slam against his body and the Divine Tree behind him, letting him pluck the fruit and watch as the whole Divine Tree melts into it.

The fruit soon crumbles down, leaving behind a pure and small white seed.

A seed Kokabiel doesn't grab and instead watches as it falls down, then merges into the space around his feet.

It germinates, then surges forth and blooms into a massive glowing Lilium flower, one of the many flowers that symbolize Purity.

Kokabiel smiles softly as the flower aims it's glowing core towards Karna.

"Ain-Soph-Aur."

The whole Solar System lights up as the Lilium flower releases all of it's stored apocalyptic power.

Karna smiles and releases the bow-string, letting her strongest arrow fly forth.

The immense light vanishes, and Kokabiel blinks.

He looks around, having expected a titanic clash from their full power attack… yet nothing happened?

His eyes widen when he notices that the upper part of the Lilium flower wasn't there anymore, then he slowly turns around as he gulps softly.

And stares at the enormous void left behind in the usually star filled universe.

There were no stars in that giant hole. It was just black.

An endless void that shouldn't exist.

Just how much power was in Karna's arrow…?

Karna marvels at the sheer power she unleashed, 90% of all of her energy having been poured into that single arrow, then converted into Ether.

And that is the result.

Good thing she didn't unleash that kind of power back on Earth, lest she feared what the result would have been.

Ether truly is far too terrifying… She better not use it again, or at least until Ciel finished studying it.

Back down below Ciel muses softly, a blank look on his face as Gabriel rubs her cheeks against his, her heavenly mountains squished against his chest as he releases the barrier holding Rias and the others.

He throws a bland look towards Michael, but he and his two brothers instantly turn towards each other and start playing a three-way rock-papers-scissors game so to ignore him and leave him to be Gabriel's cuddle buddy.

"Y'all might want to put your mean face on since the Satans will be here in…" He pauses and hums. "Three… Two… One…"

Michael and the others perk up when two heavy and powerful auras explode forth all of a sudden, engulfing the whole of Kuoh town and the surrounding landscape.

Kokabiel and Karna return just at that moment, both looking unbothered by the immense auras roaring forth from Kuoh.

Kokabiel blinks at the sight of Michael and the others, then his lips twitch slightly. "I hope you all didn't see me getting my ass beaten black and blue…" A collective snort goes through everyone, making the reborn Angel sulk and actually pout.

"I also recorded it in 4K, so I'ma let Azazel share it among the homies!" Ciel calls out, using Gabriel as protection as Kokabiel groans loudly.

The joyful atmosphere doesn't last long though as several figures soon appear in the air not far from them.

At the front were Serafall and a red haired man, Sirzechs Lucifer, with his Queen, Grayfia Lucifige right behind him. Followed by Rias, Sona and the others, minus Shirone.

"Michael? Azazel?" Sirzech's frowns grows bigger as he and the other land in front of the group. "What is the meaning of this?" His gaze then falls on Kokabiel, and his frown gains a confused and surprised edge as he stares at the twelve glowing wings behind the man.

Though the man swiftly becomes aware of the sheer hostility being aimed at him by both Uriel and Sandalphon, while Michael merely frowned at him.

"Am I supposed to take this attack as an act of betrayal?" He questions, his frown growing bigger as he clenches his fists in barely restrained anger.

And then he pauses when Ciel bursts out into loud laughter, which makes the already murderous looking Serafall snarl and nearly lose control. "Oh shit, that was funny." Ciel wipes a fake tear from his eyes, then nods at Michael. "Please enlighten this dumbass before embarrasses himself even more…"

Azazel is the one to step forward, a frown on his face. "Even if we were to attack, we'd be totally justified after you and Ajuka had the galls to lie to our face, then come and seek peace between the three factions." His words put a stop to Sirzechs and Serafall's rising anger, and their eyes widen in confusion and shock.

"What…?" The Lucifer blinks, then looks towards the frowning Michael. "What did we lie about?" He questions, then pauses when Uriel sneers and stomps towards him.

"No need to lie anymore. Architect was kind enough to help us out." The Flame of God grunts out before throwing the picture in his hand at Sirzechs, who grabs it and stares at it in confusion.

Before his face pales instantly once he realizes what the picture contains.

"I should have never trusted you when it came to something that sensible and important." Azazel sighs while shaking his head, clear disappointment on his face. "But to be honest, we should have known something was wrong when you guys started using those Evil Pieces. That's basically creating new Devils, essentially what the Devil Pool does."

"And you've been building an army this whole time. That too gives the wrong impression." Michael points out, keeping his voice even and calm, but the sheer disappointment in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

"We haven't been building an army!" Sirzechs shouts hurriedly. "That's the only way we had to-"

"-'Create more Devils'?" A female voice interrupts Sirzechs, making Azazel and Ciel twitch slightly.

Echidna suddenly walks out from behind Azazel, startling the man and making him squeak, though she ignores his amusing reaction and focuses her cold smile on Sirzechs. "Please, don't make me laugh. Or is Ajuka, your so called 'History Smartest Devil', truly so incompetent?"

Serafall frowns at Echidna while Gabriel claps happily, but resists the urge of going to tackle her old friend and instead squishes her cheeks against Ciel's once more. "You're still alive?"

"What? Disappointed?" Echidna raises an amused brow at Serafall, then proceeds to ignore her and turns towards Ciel. "Forgive me for intruding, Architect. I just couldn't help myself." Ciel merely shrugs while both Sirzechs, and Serafall lock up, turning towards the young looking human with sheer shock in their eyes.

"But going back to what you just tried to say; Allow me to fix your words. The Evil Pieces System wasn't your only option. It was your best option." Echidna points out coldly, clear disgust in her voice. "It was your way of not only 'fixing' the fertility issue, but also bringing Sacred Gear users and other races into your mix, so to bolster your dwindling forces."

"You are raising an army, but is that because you know that the remnants of the Old Satans are still around, or for an ulterior motive?" The white haired woman shrugs, a mocking smile on her face. "I guess we'll never know unless you tell us, but please don't say it's your only option. I can think of dozens of ways to fix the Devil Race fertility problem, and any competent genius could do the same."

Ciel scrunches up his nose at that. "Just go to a Goddess with a Fertility related Domain and there, the issue is solved." He shrugs, and Echidna nods at him, a much warmer smile on her now slightly flushed face.

Sirzechs gulps, finding himself on the backfoot, unable to come up with a sound argument that will help him quell the hostility he suddenly found himself in.

Surprisingly, Shiva is the one to step forward. "Forgive me for intruding on such a touchy subject, but may I suggest something?" Everyone blinks, then nods, and Shiva bows his head in clear gratitude. "I believe it's best everyone retreats for the day, calm themselves, then regather with a more collected head on another day."

"Emotions are rather high at the moment, all with the miracle we just witnessed-" He nods towards the smiling Kokabiel. "And the sudden reveal of a lie that shouldn't have been told in the first place." Sirzechs winces at that. "So I believe the best course of action is to regather on another day."

Azazel hums and rubs his chin, then shrugs. "I don't mind." The Angels all nod after a few seconds of mulling it over.

"I'll host the meeting." Ciel yawns and stretches his back. "And participate to represent humankind as a whole, who you shits have been trampling on for far too long." He says before sending a disgusted look towards Sirzechs and his entourage.

"Hence, I will make an announcement right here and now." He claps his hands together and turns to fully face the Satan Lucifer. "Get all of your Devils, and fuck off back to the Underworld. Your kind isn't welcome on Earth anymore."

"Any Devil that I see on Earth from today on will be executed on the spot." A chill goes down the back of everyone present at Ciel's cold words.

Sirzechs blinks in shock before his expression falls into a frown of anger. "You can't do that!" He shouts, but Ciel merely pauses and raises a brow at that.

"Yes I fucking can. This is the Human World, and as a Human, I get to make choices that are good for my own race." He waves his hand towards the Satan Lucifer. "And the best choice is keeping your filth away from my people before you enslave any more of them."

Sirzechs grits his teeth in anger, but bites back any retort lest he worsens the issue.

Seeing no comeback, Ciel snorts and turns towards the Angels. "Let's meet up at the end of the week, it'll give me enough time to finish things on my end." The Angels nod before Ciel opens a large portal back into his workshop, letting the surrounding people sense the sheer Mana density inside of it, and look at the enormous army of machines on the other side.

Ciel gives Echidna a look before nodding towards the portal, making the woman smile and skip forward with a glowing smile on her face, her eyes sparkling with child-like glee.

"You coming?" He asks Kokabiel, who simply shakes his head with a warm smile then nods towards Azazel.

"I have something to talk about with Azazel. I'll call you when I am free." Ciel nods, then turns towards Shiva and Surya before looking at Karna.

"It's your choice if you wish to talk to them." He tells her softly, her eyes having never left Surya after she came back from her battle with Kokabiel.

"I…" Surya speaks up, his voice faltering slightly before he sighs and smiles softly. "You are not my Karna, so any apologies I give might sound empty to you." Shiva nods softly and steps forward, then bows deeply towards Karna.

"You may not be our Karna, but that doesn't excuse us for our actions in the past. For all that is worth, I apologize." He straightens himself, staring into Karna's surprised bright eyes with his warm ones. "Many of us Gods learned from our mistakes and changed, while others… didn't. And I believe me and some of the others have changed."

Karna blinks, then a small smile spreads across her face. "Indra hasn't though, has he?" Surya snorts while Shiva's lips twitch.

"He is the same everywhere…" The God of Destruction pinches the bridge of his nose in exasperation while Surya holds back his laughter.

"But…" Karna speaks up again, then breathes in and smile. "Even though you aren't those that meddled with my life back home… Your apologies still mean a lot to me. So they are very welcome." Shiva and Surya both relax at that, smiling softly at the familiar, yet unfamiliar girl.

Shiva bows one last time towards the woman before stepping back and giving Surya a look.

The Sun God opens his mouth, but then simply shakes his head and gives Karna one last smile.

In the end, he wasn't truly her father, and he couldn't replace his real child with another.

Shiva pats his arm in comfort, then gives Ciel a nod before teleporting the two of them away.

Karna sighs softly, then smiles at her Master as he gently pats her back.

Azazel and Kokabiel take their next, and the Angels are about to do the same too before Ciel stops them.

"There's something I need your permission on, so if you could follow me into my workshop…" Michael blinks, then shares a look with his brothers, and swiftly notices that Gabriel was gone.

He looks through the portal and chuckles nervously when he sees Gabriel trying to hug Echidna, who is using both hands to push the far too cuddly Angel away from her.

With a shrug and a smile, Michael and his brothers walk through the portal, all of them very curious on what Ciel wanted their permission for.

Ciel goes to follow, but a sudden shout from behind him makes him stop and look back towards the Devils. "What did you do to Koneko?!" Rias screams, her eyes red and puffy, causing her brother to clench his jaw and force himself to be calm.

Ciel snorts at her. "I sent her back to her real family. You know, the one your dumbass of a brother kept her from." He says while pointing towards the Satan Lucifer, then looking straight at the far more powerful man.

"You have by the end of the week to call every Devil on Earth back. Don't fucking test me." And with those last words, he shuts the portal close, leaving the Devils alone among themselves.

"What are we going to do…?" Serafall whispers towards Sirzechs, who grinds his teeth together before releasing a breath through his nostrils.

"Let's go back first." He growls out, creating a magic circle beneath his feet while glaring bloody murder at the spot where the portal used to be.

Back inside the workshop, Ciel leads the Angels past the still struggling Echidna, though nobody moves to help her out with her cuddly Angel problem.

Albeit the moment Ciel walks past, Gabriel proceeds to gasp, her eyes sparkling with child-like glee.

And then she proceeds to look between Ciel and Echidna with an adorable confused puppy look on her face, not knowing who to pick between the two.

But then she swiftly gives up on Echidna seeing that she couldn't get past the barrier, and charges straight at Ciel.

Then tackles him from behind.

"Woman, will you quit it?!" Ciel all but screeches after being tackled to the ground and engulfed by large bouncing breasts, with Michael, Uriel and Sandalphon all turning away while whistling at the exact same time.

Gabriel proceeds to stand up, wrap her arms below Ciel's arms and around him from behind, then lift him up like a teddy bear, a glowing smile on her breathtaking face.

Ciel deadpanned at the other Angels, his head engulfed between two heavenly mountains. "You know what? I give up. Just take me in that direction, woman." Gabriel happily obliges and walks in the direction Ciel pointed her to with a skip in her steps.

Michael and the other barely restrain their laughter at seeing Ciel dangling from Gabriel's arms like a floppy noodle.

They swiftly reach a rather secluded area, one with several cylinders that look like containment units.

"What is this place?" Uriel asks, noticing how secluded it was in the workshop, and the sheer amount of security and protections laying around it.

Ciel wiggles out of Gabriel's grasp, leaving the glowing woman pouting on the spot.

"A containment unit for things that shouldn't be out there." Ciel answers Uriel before walking towards one of the large cylinders. "Open Containment Cell Number Twenty." He calls out softly, and a burst of steam comes from the containment unit in front of him.

Michael and the others noticed the numbers beside each containment unit, and he slowly looked down until he noticed that the containment unit number one was incredibly small.

He turns back to the cylinder in front of him when a burst of Holy Light surges forth, and he and the other Angels feel their eyes widen at the sight of the spear before them.

"The True Longinus?" He whispers softly as Ciel reaches forth and plucks the possibly strongest Sacred Gear out of it's prison.

He gives the spear a twirl, then turns to Michael and offers him the staff. "Grab it and concentrate." He says to the Angel. "Tell me what you feel."

Michael blinks in confusion, but does as told and takes hold of the spear, which hums softly as he wraps his hand around the glowing staff.

He concentrates and breathes in, closing his eyes and-

"Father?" He whispers, gasping and opening his eyes before pulling back, his hands already trembling as Ciel smiles softly at him.

"What?" Uriel eyes widen in shock alongside Gabriel's and Sandalphon's, having heard Michael whisper as clear as day.

Ciel pulls the spear back and rests it on both of his hands. "I don't know if it was on purpose, but… There's a sliver of God's Soul inside the True Longinus." The Angels quiver at that.

"And that's what I want your permission for." Ciel presses forward. "I want to destroy this Sacred Gear permanently and extract that part of God's Soul…" He lifts his gaze up to look Michael straight in the eyes. "And make a Sacred Gear that any of you can wear, and that will help you make use of the System… and maybe create more Angels."

Michael nearly crumbles to his knees at that.

It was just too much for him to handle.

First Kokabiel regains his Grace, showing him and everyone else that Fallen Angels can redeem themselves, that God never abandoned even his Fallen children.

And then this, a solution to Heaven's biggest problem.

"How assured are you that it'll work?" Michael asks, his voice nearly a whisper.

Ciel hums softly. "I don't know." He admits. "May I have a look at Heaven's System one of these days? It might help me not mess up in the creation process." Michael hurriedly nods before gulping and taking in a shaky breath.

"I also want to talk with all my other brother's and sister's before coming to a decision." The Archangels says softly, then rubs a hand across his face to calm his raging emotions.

Ciel nods and puts the spear away, then turns back towards the Angels with a low hum. "Now that that's over with, I have something else for you guys, albeit it's not finished just yet." Michael nearly screamed right then and there.

The boy before him calls over a Droid, who swiftly reaches them with a small black cube in it's hands.

Ciel grabs it, then turns towards the Archangel. "This is a Dimensional Cube. It'll create a bedroom inside a separate dimension, where your people can…" He waves his hand, and Michael's cheeks actually burn slightly. Oh dear…

"I know of all the lengthy procedures you guys go through in order to have children, but this room does them all for you. Go in, enjoy yourself, and come out with a kid on the way." He pauses, then turns the cube to the side to show a spinning wheel. "Or as many as you want. Up to quintuplets." He shrugs as Uriel gapes. "I made it so that it boosts fertility a bit too much."

'A bit too much' he says… Michael could only sigh, then perks up when Sandalphon suddenly snorts.

"It's still not finished because you haven't tested it out, I presume." The Angel inside the suit of glowing armor points out with clear amusement in his voice, and Ciel coughs and looks away.

"I can't exactly walk up to you guys and ask you all to test it out now, could I?" Ciel drawls out, a bit of embarrassment on his face. "I'll find another way to test it, then let you all know if it works." He grumbles, tossing the small cube aside.

Michael smiles softly, unable to express the immense gratitude within him. "You've done, and are doing, so much for us, and I don't even know how to repay you…" Ciel merely shrugs, then grins.

"Making Azazel jealous by having Gabriel cuddle me was good enough." Michael, Uriel and Sandalphon all share a deep respectful nod. Anyone that bullies Azazel gains many good points in their book.

He then hums softly. "Actually, do you perhaps have Ascalon?" Michael blinks at Ciel's question, then looks towards Sandalphon, who nods.

"You need it?" The armored man asks, receiving a nod from Ciel.

"Mostly to replicate it's Dragon Slaying abilities since the Infinite Dragon God decided to become yet another problem." That makes all of them pale while Ciel merely grumbles. "You mind if I fetch Samael and turn the guy into a weapon to use against her? At least he'll be useful for once in his life."

Michael opened his mouth, closed it, then lowered his gaze in thought.

"Honestly, you can do whatever you want with Samael." He shrugs, answering honestly and displaying the feeling that pretty much all Angels have towards Samael.

Extreme indifference.

"And I don't see a problem with giving him Ascalon. Especially if it can aid us deal with Ophis." Sandalphon states, receiving a nod of agreement from Uriel.

Seeing this, Michael claps his hands together and smiles down at Ciel. "Anything else you'd like?" That actually makes the boy pause and cross his arms in thought.

Michael was more than happy to oblige and help him with anything he needs, especially after all the things he did for them.

Ciel scrunches up his nose, then shrugs. "Nothing really comes to mind, but I'll let you know if I need help with something." The Archangel could only nod at that, not wishing to press the issue or offer random things.

It was then that Gabriel reaches forward to poke Ciel's cheek to draw his attention. "What's inside the number one?" She asks cutely, bright eyes sparkling with curiosity as she points towards the smallest containment unit.

This also drew the attention of the other Angels, their own curiosity shining forth.

After all, if the True Longinus was so low as being the number twenty, then what could possibly be inside the number one?

"Oh, that's empty." Ciel points out, then reaches into the collar of his shirt to bring out a necklace with a small vial attached to it. "I prefer keeping the thing on me at all times." The sheer demonic aura coming from inside the vial stuns all the Angels present, frowns tugging at their faces.

He rolls the vial between his fingers for a second before tossing it back beneath his shirt. "It's just a mistake of the past that I am trying to fix." He shrugs, then sighs when Gabriel engulfs him into another giant hug.

Michael decided not to seek answers, no matter what his feelings towards Demonic materials and things are, and how those things created Lucifer and the Devils.

Hell was a taboo for the Angels. They dared not talk about it, nor seek and interact with it or it's residents, as that can easily cause corruption or outright kill someone.

Luckily, the entities within Hell do not care about the other dimensions and races, nor do they seek to travel outside their home domain, else that would spell doom for pretty much everyone.

Shaking away those thoughts, Michael decides that he took away enough of Ciel's time, so he saw it was time to go back to Heaven and fill in all of his other brothers and sisters of the events that happened today.

Even thought that meant bringing Gabriel away from her 'teddy bear'.

Gabriel pouted and made grabby hands towards Ciel the whole time as she was gently dragged through the portal by her siblings.

XxX

"Enjoying the view?" Echidna perks up and turns towards me, her eyes still sparkling with wonder at the beauty in front of her.

She gulps softly and turns back. "What… is that?" She asks softly, and I smile as I turn towards the enormous structure that is still being built right now.

Albeit it's more than half done already.

Fucking Shyny, pushing himself when I'm not around to watch him.

"That's my Orbital Station." I answer, grinning as she gapes softly.

The massive structure is built like a giant wheel, with the core being the private living quarters placed around the Ether Core that will power the whole structure.

The living quarters are connected to the outer-wheel through four bridges, which will have hundreds of different locations.

A library for Murasaki and with a beautiful view, a cafeteria with a terrace outside in space, grassy fields, forests, so on and so forth.

So far the structure is far, far bigger than the whole of Kuoh. I doubt the city is even half the size of the Orbital Station.

The Ether Core turned out to be quite small. It's barely the size of a house, yet the sheer power output is horrifying.

It'll be able to power the Orbital Station, the weapons at full power, and the several shields around the thing and then have a lot of leftover energy to spare.

Unfortunately, even after all that, I still have no technology that can manipulate and perfectly control Ether, instead of just having the weapons fire it.

It's not like Mana, which is controlled through specific electric signals from our brain, or electric signals in general.

And it's not like Spiritual Energy, which isn't controlled by anything other than one's own Soul, something I'd rather not meddle with.

"Powering it will be hard." Echidna muses softly, only for her eyes to widen a great deal when I shake my head.

"I'd rather not share this new discovery of mine with more people but…" I sigh, then give her a look. "I quite value your thoughts and opinions, and I'd like to have your help with studying this." And now she looks like she just had an orgasm.

This fuckin' woman…

She releases a deep pant, her body quivering and shivering as she gulps, her thighs rubbing together as her eyes bore into mine.

"You really know what words to say to get a woman going…" She hums, wiggling from side to side while I just… stand there, quietly.

I admit it, the sight is very hot… But fucking hell woman…

"Just come with me already, you deviant." I sigh and turn around, and she happily skips ahead and follows after me while humming a very happy and cheerful tune.

I bring her to one of the smaller testing rooms, where a Droid has already bought over some Spiritual Crystals for me to use. "I discovered a new… Element. I called it 'Ether'." I tell Echidna, her eyes widening at my words as I toss a Spiritual Crystal inside the room.

"This is what happens when you create Ether by combining Mana with Spiritual Energy." I activate the room and let it control and push Mana into the Spiritual Crystal.

It lights up with blinding light before exploding with horrifying power, causing the room to swell as Echidna jumps.

"That's comparable to a Nuclear Weapon." I point out as Echidna's eyes sparkle, her hand coming up to her chin as she seemingly goes through dozens of calculations in her mind.

"I presume the reaction is more controlled if Spiritual Energy is mixed with Mana instead." I nod, then bring up a screen in front of the testing room, displaying dozens of different calculations I've made regarding the two mixing procedures.

"When Spiritual Energy is mixed with Mana, the power is halved compared to it's explosive counterpart, but it's far more controlled and lasts much longer."

"Meanwhile, mixing Mana with Spiritual Energy brings forth a reaction similar to splitting an atom. An immense wave of uncontrollable energy is released – which ignores the Square Cube Law – and then leaves behind some type of unknown corrosive waste."

"Corrosive waste?" Echidna asks with a raised brow, and I shrug.

"I wasn't able to really analyze it well since it disappears after just a couple of seconds, but it seems to… erase the surrounding Mana. It's nothing really harmful though."

Echidna hums softly, her eyes locking onto the still swelled room. "The explosion bought forth no heat, nor change in temperatures. Just pure, sheer force." She muses, then narrows her eyes. "I might be mistaken… but I've felt this type of energy before. This… Ether."

My eyes widen at the information. "Where?"

She drags her gaze away and stares straight into my eyes. "Inside the core of our planet." What?

No… wait…

"Then that means that the Earth is alive…?"

Echidna nods, her eyes narrowed slightly. "It might be a Spirit. An Ether Spirit, to be exact."

I cup my chin as thousands of thoughts and probabilities flash by my head. "If the Earth is alive, then the Leylines are it's veins, filling the air with Mana… But where did Spiritual Energy comes from in the first place?"

Echidna hums and starts pacing back and forth. "Now that is a mystery… I cannot think of anything." She sighs as I chew on my lower lip.

If the Earth is alive and it's a Spirit, then are all the other planets Spirits too?

Are the dead planets void of Spirits?

Is the Sun itself a Spirit?

This is so interesting and exciting!

"You know, this ain't so bad…" I muse softly, sending Echidna a smile, which makes her face light up in glee.

"And it will only get better!" She purrs softly, crossing her arms beneath her large bust and giving me a lecherous grin while wiggling her hips.

I groan and roll my eyes. "Don't get ahead of yourself now." She pouts and sulks at me, but I simply shake my head with a smile on my lips. "Right, about killing Ajuka…" She perks up once more at that as I call over another Droid.

It brings over a large black sphere the size of my head, then drops it in my hands and leaves.

"Here's what we are going to kill him with." I turn to her and let the sphere pop open, showing a large and round Spiritual Crystal inside together with a small device right behind it.

Echidna instantly focuses on the square like device with sparkling eyes. "That's the Mana EMP device you told me about?" She asks, and I nod with a smirk on my face.

"A bit unimpressive looking, but that's on purpose. Can't make everything look like a bomb now, can I?"

"But… it is a bomb."

"Anyway!" Echidna pouts, but I wave her cuteness away. "The way this works is simple. The EMP can be activated with the press of a remote button, and it will then remove all the Mana in a three to five miles radius."

She nods, and I proceed to point towards the Spiritual Crystal. "And then this comes in, a super special Ether Bomb." I'm regretful that I won't use my Holy Nuke on the motherfucker, but a Holy Ether Nuke is still fine.

"A few seconds after the Mana EMP goes off, a portal opens besides the Spiritual Crystal and force Holy Light Mana inside of it, causing it to detonate."

Echidna releases a breath, then smirks, her cheeks quite flushed up now. "A sure kill bomb after weakening him… You overestimate him too much." I shrug without much care, a lazy smirk on my face.

"I'd rather make sure he is very, very dead." She chuckles softly at that before turning her gaze to my massive army of Legions, Droids and Drones.

"They won't destroy the Devil Pool." She states softly after a few seconds of quiet. "It'll be war." I stare at her features for a few seconds before lowering my gaze to the bomb in my hands.

I breathe in, then breathe out. "I have tried to change. And I have tried to be reasonable."

"I know that my hate towards your kind as a whole is irrational, but I can't help it, especially after all the enslaving bullshit they have been doing. I just can't take it lying down."

"And they won't change, so I need to do things by force. I need to stain my hands with even more blood." I sigh and gently put down the bomb in my arm to pinch the bridge of my nostrils.

Echidna looks at me for a few quiet seconds before surprisingly stepping forward and bringing me into a gentle hug.

Huh… Didn't expect that from her.

"It isn't, and it won't be, your fault." She whispers softly. "I know that you will give them a way out, that you will tell them to at least try and salvage the situation… but they won't. It's just how we are unfortunately."

"Once we decide something, we don't change unless the majority of us die, and the rest are swallowed with fear. That's how the Civil War ended."

"Eighty percent of the Devils in the Civil War wanted to keep going with the Old Satans ambitions, and barely half of the rest wanted to be peaceful… And so they slaughtered each other, with the peaceful side winning due to the two monsters born in their midst."

I sigh as my head rests against her soft chest, her fingers combing through my long messy hair.

So in the end I must do the same thing I did with the Vampires.

Slaughter the majority, and become the nightmare of the remaining dregs.

I sigh again, then scrunch up my nose. "You know, you really ain't so bad after all." And she just moaned.

I can't even be mad…

I pull back from the hug, then stretch my back as the perverted Devil shivers in ecstasy in front of me.

"Come on, let's brainstorm some more since you're here."

"Ahn!"

Sometimes I fucking hate and love this Universe.

XxX

"And that's everything." Michael finished, cupping his hands together and resting them onto the meeting table before him, his gaze soft and calm as he stares at his Seraphim brothers and sisters.

The room is quiet for an entire minute as those who weren't there processed the information, some still shocked at the revelation that a Fallen Angel can gain back their Grace.

That even in death, Father hasn't abandoned even their Fallen brother's and sisters.

That no matter what, he is and will always be there.

"What do you all want to talk about first?" Michael decides to ask, then blinks when Uriel raises his hand pretty much a second later.

He puts it down when Michael smiles and nods towards him, making the large muscular man straighten his back. "I believe it's about time we start cleaning up the Vatican." He suggests, causing a murmur to spread among the others as Michael frowns.

Now that was a sensitive subject that infuriated even himself.

The things he heard the Church has done and is doing… That just cannot be ignored.

It happened once with the Crusades so long ago, and Michael will never forget the fury God had shown that day.

It took all of his willpower to not do the same thing God did back then, but unleash it onto the Vatican.

"You are right, we have put that subject aside for far too long." The Archangel nods and flexes his fingers, keeping his temper in check as he pushes those thoughts aside.

"Sandalphon, Uriel, Raphael, I'll leave this matter to you three and your squads. You three are the best when it comes to these types of issues." The three Seraphs nodded, a vindictive light shining in their eyes as Uriel and Sandalphon both crack their knuckles.

Michael didn't feel one bit sorry for those corrupt morons in the Vatican.

The fact that he didn't unleash Gabriel upon their heads is granting them just a tiny bit of mercy.

"With that taken care off…" Michael nods, then turns towards Raphael once she raises her own hand.

"I would like to talk about the Sacred Gear that should help us fix the Heaven's System, as you didn't go into full details about it." Michael gulps, then nods and shares a look with Uriel and Sandalphon before leaning back against his seat.

He sighs softly. "This is a… very sensitive subject. Architect wanted our permission before going ahead with it." The Seraphs all share a quiet look before he continues. "He has the True Longinus with him… and inside the True Longinus is a small part of Father's Soul."

The gasps that break through the meeting room make him smile softly, but the frown forming on Raphael's face tells him that she connected the dots.

"He wishes to make a Sacred Gear using that?" The mood in the meeting room instantly grows awkward, and Michael sighs.

Souls have always been a sensitive subject, hence why the Devils have a lot of hate and grudges on their backs from when they used to take those for their contracts.

"He wouldn't have suggested this option if there were others." Gabriel speaks up, her voice soft but serious, her gaze calm and collected. "He went ahead and asked for our permission first, and we will respect it. That much I am sure of." Michael smiles warmly at his sister, thankful to always have around.

No one can calm a situation and clear the air with the same ease as she does.

Raphael sighs, her frown relaxing slightly. "I don't like it." She says, then shakes her head and removes her glasses to pinch the bridge of her nose. "What about that Dimensional Room thing you mentioned?" She questioned, and Michael coughs into his fist.

Uriel snorts softly as the Archangel's cheeks flush slightly. "It'll allow us to copulate and have children without the risk of Falling." The man answers, saving his brother from embarrassment.

Then cackles when the atmosphere instantly grows awkward and nervous, embarrassed flushes covering the faces of all the other Seraphs.

Thousands of years old, yet still sensitive towards such a subject!

"It hasn't been… 'tested' yet, so he doesn't know how well it works!" Michael nearly shouts, ignoring the way Uriel was nearly chocking from suppressing his laughter.

Among them all, he was the only one who was married and had a few children.

"I'm willing to help him out!" Gabriel cheerfully raises her hand in the air, her face all but glowing brilliantly while her brothers and sisters all choke violently.

"Gabrie!" They all shout at the same time, but the beautiful woman merely giggles happily and cups her flushed cheeks while swaying from side to side.

"I've always wanted a baby! And he is so cute too! And cuddly!" Michael wanted to scream.

"S-Sister! This is very inappropriate!" Metatron shouts, his own face burning red.

Gabriel merely pouts at him, an incredibly powerful and dangerous weapon that could destroy galaxies if left unchecked. "B-But…" Her pout grows bigger… and then she visibly lights up and looks down at her chest.

"Father shaped me like this for a reason! It must be to bear children! Ciel's children!" She triumphantly shouts while lifting her enormous mountains with her hands, jiggling them up and down and causing waves to ripple on their surface.

Michael actually does scream this time.

And so do all the other Seraphs!

But Gabriel wasn't done. "And his name means 'Heavenly'! Or 'From Heaven'! It's a sign!" The fact that she was somehow making sense just frustrated and made her brothers and sisters scream even more.

And then Michael notices Uriel wasn't at the chaotic table anymore.

"Hey Azazel!" The chaotic chatter ends, and everyone turns towards Uriel's voice, who was standing not too far away from the meeting table, a massive grin on his face as he holds a phone up.

"Sorry for the weird and sudden question, but what's Ciel's type of woman?" He questions the perverted Fallen man on the other hand, making Michael's eyes widen.

"Now that's a weird question from you…" Azazel muses, then everyone can feel him shrug even through the phone. "He doesn't mind the body type, but he has a clear weakness towards older women with huge racks and curvaceous bodies!" The man chuckles out with a perverted giggle.

At once, everyone swiftly turns to look towards Gabriel.

She crosses her arms beneath her mountains and gives everyone a smug grin.

Curvaceous. Thousands of years old. Huge rack.

Her smug grin only grows in power as her brothers and sisters sigh in defeat.

"Why do you ask?" It was at the moment that Michael saw the enormous feral grin spreading across Uriel's face that he knew…

Azazel had fucked up.

"Oh, nothing. It's just that he created a Dimensional Room that can help us Angels have children without the risk of Falling, but he hasn't tested it out yet… So Gabriel offered to bear his children to test it out."

One second passed.

Then two.

Then three.

The sound of something falling could be heard through the phone.

Another few seconds pass.

And then a voice finally comes through. "This is Kokabiel." Everyone perks up at that.

"Azazel just passed out and is foaming at the mouth while twitching on the floor… What the hell did you say to him?"

Uriel and Sandalphon instantly start roaring with laughter while Gabriel smugly grins everyone else into submission.

Michael really wants to know how in the hell did the meeting devolve into this.

XxX

"I see, so the situation is rather dire…" Ajuka muses softly, a frown on his face as he paces around the room slowly.

Serafall was still furiously grinding her teeth together at the fact that her little sister had been put so close to danger, and the one that did it got away without a care.

They couldn't do anything, and he turned everyone against them.

"What are your ideas?" Ajuka asks his long time close friend Sirzechs, whose frown still had yet to fade away.

Sirzechs hums, then glances up at Ajuka. "Are you sure he isn't listening in on us?" He didn't want to take his chances, especially since it already happened once.

Ajuka nods. "I've checked the room a dozen times already, there's nothing out of place." Sirzechs allows himself to relax a bit at that.

"I've already sent word to call everyone back to the Underworld. I don't want to take any chances, but I hope it's just a bluff."

"So we are just going to bend over for him?" Serafall nearly growls out, her magic spiking violently for a second and covering the room in frost. "He's walking all over us, treating us like we are nothing! All our efforts at creating peace have been thrown down the drain because of him!"

Ajuka frowns at that.

He still didn't know how Architect had managed to infiltrate his private laboratory and take a picture of the Devil Pool, especially with all the defenses and wards around it.

"It's not so simple, Serafall." Sirzechs speaks up in a hard tone. "We don't know what he is capable off, and he seems to have Echidna on his side. Everyone knows how terrifying that woman is." Ajuka perks up at the mention of that name.

"Echidna?" He was pleasantly surprised that she is still alive, but it was within his calculations and expectations.

A woman of that might and smarts couldn't possibly just die without creating immense waves.

He never had any plans to have a peerage of his own, but having someone of Echidna's skills and intellect as his Queen would benefit him greatly.

"Yes, that Echidna." Serafall sneers while crossing her arms. "She's alive and seemingly allied with Architect against us." Well, that's a shame now.

"What can we do to fix the situation?" The Satan Leviathan asks, glancing between her two far stronger allies and friends. "We are at risk of war now, and we can't take another war, especially with the Old Satan Faction still out there, and the Great King Faction clearly wanting to take over."

The Satan Lucifer breathes out softly. "Ajuka, is there anything we can do to keep the Evil Pieces System, but destroy the Devil Pool?" Sirzechs asks, then frowns when Ajuka shakes his head.

"The Devil Pool is alive, and the Evil Pieces are pieces of it. It took me a long time to make them stable and simply coat other races cell so to turn them into Devils instead of just devouring them."

"Even now I still understand very little about the Devil Pool. Maybe if I did, I could possibly salvage the Evil Pieces… but now I cannot."

Sirzechs sighs again. "And if we destroy it either way, we lose the thousands of Reincarnated Devils we have now." He muses, then furrows his brows. "Architect said something about having a Goddess of Fertility boost our own… Could that work?"

Ajuka hums, runs the calculations through his mind, then shakes his head in the negative. "At the beginning, maybe. But blessings run out, and the price to have one be placed on the whole Devil Species will be immense."

"And even if we do pay it – a price that will very likely be overinflated due to us not being very liked – We don't know how great of a boost it'll be. One multiplied by two is two, and our fertility might as well be lower than a one."

Sirzechs groans. "Yeah, it took me and Grayfia hundreds of years of trying to have Millicas…" He pinches the bridge of his nostrils and sighs again. "Then what can we do?"

Ajuka hums, then pauses. "We could assassinate Architect." That bought the whole room to a pause.

Serafall perks up slightly. "Elaborate."

And so Ajuka did. "We know that he is close to Azazel and the Fallen Angels, but his technology hasn't been spread and shared that far, aside from the few Human Magic organizations."

"He is jeopardizing the peace we have worked hard to create and keep, turning Angels and Fallens against us."

"The Angels are easy to deal with, the Fallen not so much… But if we assassinate him and I manage to finally take in and study his technology, then we can very likely use it to fix our fertility rate. Or use it to find a solution so that we destroy the Devil Pool."

"Yes, our relations with the other races will sour, but if we spread the technology and don't keep it to ourselves then it will help. A few more decades or centuries of tiptoeing around each other is far better than war."

Sirzechs looks down at his desk, pondering quietly for a few seconds before turning towards Serafall.

She looks into his eyes with a hard gaze. "We can't lose access to Earth, nor can we take this lying down and risk a war that we might lose."

Sirzechs breathes in, clenches his fists, then nods.

"We'll need a distraction." He says, and Serafall nods.

"And we'll need to go all out instantly. I'd rather take no chances." She adds before turning towards Ajuka.

He cups his chin and hums softly. "I'll think of something that can provide a distraction." He nods, then straightens himself. "We have some time before the meeting, so let us prepare for the fallout caused by the assassination."

Sirzechs nods, breathes in, then leans back against he chair.

He could only hope that everything goes well.

XxX

"Get fuckin' dunked on, bitch!" I pretty much roar at the top of my lungs at the downed form of Azazel.

"That's what am fucking talking about!" I clap hands with Kokabiel, then jump and chest bump each other before we turn to mock Azazel once more.

And Baraqiel too, but he's a good guy.

So Azazel gets all the bullying.

Especially since he tried to strangle me the moment we met up for some fucking reason.

Talk about fatherly love…

"Thousands of years old and you gettin' dunked on by a twenty year old." I click my tongue, giving the downed Azazel a mocking look as me and Kokabiel fist bump.

We are just an unbeatable team in this game.

My words hit a rough spot, and Azazel instantly snaps. "Oh yeah!?" He roars and stands up. "Then take this! My ultimate move!" What? The fuck is he talking about?

He brings out his phone, quickly dials something, then puts it away and crosses his arms with a smug smirk on his face.

I look around the clearing, then just give him blank look. "Open a portal to my office." I raise a brow, then just shrug and do it- No wait!

But it's too late, I already sent the mental command, and the portal opens right beside Azazel.

And on the other side stood a drooling woman with long silver hair, a curvaceous figure, and a crazed look in her eyes.

The White Dragon Emperor.

"My beloved!" Vali screams, launching herself forward, hands stretched out towards my face.

I simply raise a hand and stop her face from inching closer to mine "Let us fight! Then pin me down, breed me, and make me your who- Ahn~!" I just watch with a disturbed look as she drops on the ground and writhes left and right.

Azazel groans as his secret move becomes useless not even ten seconds in.

I feel some gazes boring into my back, and I turn to stare back at Karna, Artoria, Murasaki and Jack, their gazes so deadpan that I can only gulp nervously.

I raise a finger up to explain myself. "Don't look at me like that, she's crazy."

"Ooooh~!" My eyebrow twitches as Vali writhes on the ground, clear throes of pleasure coursing through her body.

The fact that I actually find this hot tells me that there's something wrong with my head.

Actually, I always knew that, so never mind.

I look down at Vali and sigh. "Albion, how you doin'?" A white glow rises from Vali's cleavage, her nipples visibly hard and stabbing through her short sleeved gray shirt.

"Architect." The dragon speaks, then pauses, seemingly looking down at his wielder before sighing deeply. "It could be better."

I feel so sorry for this guy.

I mean, it's my fault, I get it… But how the fuck was I supposed to know that tasering Vali would create this?

"How bad did it get?" I ask, and the ancient dragon sighs deeply again.

Dude's fucking depressed, I just know it…

"Instead of wanting to fight the Ddraig's host, she wants to fight and desperately wants to lose to your dick." Kokabiel snorts, so I punch him to keep the fucker quiet. He snorts again.

I blink in confusion and turn towards the smug looking Azazel. "I thought she was chasing Issei around for a while?" The fuck happened to that?

"She beat him into the ground so many times that she got bored, and the guy is a simp for Asia, so he isn't really training that hard… And he ain't that talented in the first place." Ah yeah, it's Issei. How could I forget how shit he is.

"I'll think of something to fix the issue." I tell Albion, receiving a grunt from the dragon.

"Just make her your mate already. Maybe then she'll mellow down." Yeah, I fucking doubt it.

Vali gasps and perks up, then looks towards Artoria and the others. "Are they my fellow mates?!" Oh for fuck's sake…

I make a throat-slitting gesture towards the grinning Azazel before Vali turns to look towards me with sparkling lust filled eyes. "When will you breed me and them?!"

"Bout fucking time someone asked the important question…" I whirl around to gape towards Jack, the deadpan look on her child form face hitting me as hard as a meteor to the face.

"Jack!" Karna shouts, a slight flush to her face while Murasaki giggles softly.

"What? I know I ain't the only one that noticed that 'Saki's has been daydreaming about bearing Master's kids." Said librarian instantly flushes darkly. "As for me, I just wanna fuck. I don't care if I catch a baby."

"Jack!"

I give the assassin in child form a deadpan look. "Who are you and what have you done to Jack?"

She snorts at me. "She drank too much coffee and is tired of waiting of getting dicked down in both of her forms."

"Fair enough." I cough into my fist and turn away. "Looks like I'll be busy after today." To be fair, I've also waited long enough.

So after today's meeting… Phew, my dick is gonna have to work extra hard!

I turn back to Vali and flick her nose. "We'll catch up later. Don't make a ruckus." She pouts, but nods and straightens herself as I pull out my phone as I receive a message.

"Ah, here they are." I mentally open another portal, smiling as the beautiful kimono clad form of Yasaka comes into view, Shirone and Kuroka standing by her side together with Sagiri's mother and Kogarashi.

Another portal opens up right beside them, letting Michael and all of the other Seraphim through.

Gabriel instantly tries to body tackle me, but she is held back by two other female Seraphims. They have my thanks.

Yasaka blinks in confusion and looks around the clearing. "Is this the meeting spot?" She asks, glancing at the small basketball field with an amused raised brow.

I smirk at her question. "Nah, I just wanted to see your reaction to this." I snap my finger and let the illusion fade.

Instead of a grassy field we are inside a large circular hall made out of sparkling gray metal, several holograms all over the place, and a massive window right behind me.

Showing Earth.

"Welcome to Avalon, my Orbital Station!" I nearly cackle madly at the look on their faces, and this time I made sure to record their reactions, as I forgot to do it with my Servants and Echidna.

Jack's reaction was the best, while Echidna straight up passed out.

"You actually fucking did it…" Azazel whispers, eyes as wide as plates while Kokabiel chuckles and pats me on the shoulder. "You built an Orbital Station…"

I shrug, then scrunch up my nose. "It's not finished yet, it's just a bit over 80% done now. Plus there's some things still missing." I want to hire the Dwarves from Svartalfheim so to have them inscribe Primordial Runes all over the damn thing.

It'll cost a lot, but I know what I can use to pay them and make 'em very, very happy.

When it comes to Rune-smiting, none can match those guys.

"I'd give you all a tour, but the interior is still very bland, so…" I shrug again, having put all my Drones into fixing the landscape after Kokabiel's battle with Artoria and Karna, then now they are all working into finishing the Orbital Station.

Once done I can get started on the interior, which will also take a while.

This project is turning out to be far bigger than I initially thought.

"I can't wait to see Tobio's reaction to this…" Azazel muses, and I grin. That's also why I asked him not to bring the Slash Dog Team along, I wanted to bring them here when it's not for such an important matter.

And when it's already finished too.

Azazel suddenly perks up and brings his phone out of his pocket. "Right, the Norse Pantheon is at the meeting spot at the school." He informs me, making me open a portal for them.

I wanted to invite the Shinto and Hindu Pantheons too, but Shiva told me that he'll make sure his side will remain neutral, and that they have no place in the meeting.

While the Shinto merely left everything to Yasaka, and will side with me on any decision I make, extremely grateful of the help I've given to their Youkais.

At first I thought it's because they are lazy, but then Yasaka informed me that none of the Gods that could come to the meeting would be able to remain cool and calm in the presence of the Devils.

Everyone loves Kuroka apparently, and the Nekoshou massacre just destroyed them all.

It left behind a broken family, a traumatized older sister, and a girl still in the grasp of the Devils.

Oh well, not for long.

The portal opens up, and I instantly groan loudly at the sight of the first person in front of it. "Oh my God, who the hell invited this guy?!" Odin looks around, then points at himself in confusion.

"Hey, leave my homie alone!" Azazel steps up to the perverted old man's aid, making both me and Kokabiel sigh deeply.

And then the absolute behemoth that is Thor steps through the portal.

The mood instantly grows tense as our gazes meet, messy red hair and beard falling over his shoulder, his fat belly in view of everyone, with Mjolnir strapped to his waist and already sparkling.

I make a show of nearly loosing balance before gaping at him. "Jesus Christ, nearly made the Orbital Station flip with your fat ass…" Azazel chokes on spit as Thor's eyes sparkle with lightning.

He looks me up and down slowly. "Still haven't grown another inch, have you?" He grunts out with his deep, cool as fuck voice.

I smirk. "I grew it somewhere else. Wanna see?"

He smirks back, then taps Mijolnir. "I still how you a beating for that nasty prank." I snort at him.

"You were able to beat your old record thanks to me, be grateful." I then scrunch up my nose. "How many barrels did you down before coming here? I can hear the mead sloshing inside your belly."

Thor pats said fat belly and grunts. "Just three. Had to be sober for the meeting." 'Just three' he says… Jesus Christ…

And then a cough puts a stop to our banter.

Thor doesn't even blink and points at me. "He started it." The fucker says before moving to the side, letting the beautiful Freya come into view, her arms crossed beneath her massive bust.

As expected of a Goddess of Beauty, she can nearly anyone salivate just by looking at her.

Good thing I'm already used to her charm...

"If it isn't my beautiful teacher!" I greet the tall, sexy blonde Goddess wearing a very revealing long black dress with golden flower designs on it, a golden chain wrapper around her belly and jingling slightly with each movement of hers.

She merely raises an eyebrow at me, and I twitch slightly, then turn towards Kokabiel. "Now is the time to take one for your homie."

Kokabiel smiles, then turns and walks towards the Angels to talk with them.

"You ungrateful fuck-gah!" And now Freya is pinching my ear. "H-Hey, no need for violence! We can catch up like normal people!"

She only smiles and gazes around, taking in the sight of everyone, her gaze lingering slightly on Artoria and the others. "Looks like you've been busy." She hums in her far too sensual tone that still sends shivers down my spine.

Damn Gods and their bullshit Domain powers…

"I shall spare you, for now." She releases my ear and gives me a look. "You better make up some time for your teacher later." She pinches my cheek, then leaves to join the rest of the group as I rub it.

Damn sexy Godly Milf…

I clap my hands and cough into my fist, bringing everyone's attention to me. "Alright ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and put your mean faces on before the Devils come!"

"Lady Yasaka, the Youkai and Ninja Slaying Corps are seated on the right of my group. Michael, your seats and table are right after theirs."

"Azazel, Kokabiel, you are on the left of my table. Thor, drag Odin's perverted eyes away from Gabriel and his dumbass to the seats right after Azazel's table."

Everyone takes their seats, with only Odin throwing a tantrum at actually being dragged away by Thor.

The tables are set in a circle, with now the last table left to complete it is the Devils one, while I'll be standing in the middle.

I know that they want to try and kill me, and they are free to try.

Artoria and Karna have already been informed of the possible assassination attempt, but just to be safe…

"Kokabiel." The man perks up slightly on his seat as I contact him through telepathy magic. "The Satans will want to try and assassinate me, so keep your guard up just in case." His bright wings flash momentarily in a surge of anger, but he gives me a small nod of understanding.

Now I ain't got nothing to fear. I got my homie watching my back!

My phone dings again, alerting me of the Devils having arrived at the now empty meeting spot, so I open a portal for them.

I don't even glance at them as they take in the situation before stepping through, then gaping at the sight of Earth right behind me.

Though I do raise a brow when I notice that it's just Serafall, Sirzechs and Falbium.

Lazy fucker couldn't even get off his damn ass to attend a meeting important for his race. Pathetic.

"Please take a seat so we can start the meeting." I tell the Devils without even sparing them a look, then cough into my fist once they do.

I've purposefully made it so that if a 'distraction' does happen, everyone in the meeting room will look away from them, giving them an opening.

I'm literally helping them out so much! How kind of me!

"Now, I'll be turning to each one of you, and when I do, please state what you hope to gain from this meeting, and what you are willing to offer to gain it." Everyone nods, so I hum softly before turning towards the Norse Pantheon.

Freya gives me a faint loving smile before slapping Odin on the back of the head, sending his glasses flying and snapping him back to attention.

Azazel snorts, earning a glare from the 'All-Father', before the man proceeds to stand and cough into his fist. "My people have faced some time of… boredom, so to say. Fighting and drinking is fun, but when you do it with the same people over and over it gets boring."

"I'd love to form an alliance from any Faction among you all, and invite your best fighters and drinkers to Asgard to party and fight with my Einherjars!"

"In exchange, the Nine Realms will be open to you all. Be it for travel, tourism, or even to gain the services of the races under my leadership." Now that's an amazing offer.

The dwarves of Svartalfheim are by far the best smiths in all of the Nine Realms and around Earth.

Not as great as the Fey, but they are still amazing.

From the way Yasaka perks up, I can tell that she is incredibly interested in the offer. Her people do need some special weapons too.

Plus, Odin simply wants to bring more entertainment to his people, and more money into his pockets, so it's really not a bad offer.

"I'll probably hire quite a lot of your Dwarves one of these days." I tell the old man, making him perk up, his eyes already sparkling with the greed for money.

Dunno what the fuck he wants it for, but who cares.

Next, I turn towards Yasaka, gaining a loving and grateful smile from her.

"Today, I represent the Youkai, the Shinto Pantheon and the Ninja Demon Slaying Corps during this meeting. Hence I offer an alliance with three Factions in total, for all aside the Devil Faction." Sirzechs and Serafall visibly twitch and frown at that, but Yasaka ignores them.

"I offer the services of my Youkai and the Ninjas in clearing any trouble you all might have with Evil Spirits and Evil Youkais at a fair price. Be it subjugation or extermination."

"We also offer teachings on mastering Spiritual Energy, and selling special made wards to keep Evil Spirits away from sacred and important places."

And then she finally turns towards the frowning Sirzechs. "And also demand that freedom be given to the Youkai Shirone Tojou after her wrongful enslavement under Rias Gremory."

Sirzechs frown grows even more at Yasaka's demand, but Ajuka is the one that speaks up next. "A Reincarnated Devil cannot be turned to back to normal." He speaks up, then bows his head towards Yasaka. "Forgive me, but keeping Shirone away from Rias will do her more harm then good." This fucking dumbass…

"You talk like you think the Devil Pool will still exist after today." I muse softly, then snort and shake my head, turning away from them and sending a wink towards Yasaka.

"I know I'm basically your future husband and all, but let me pamper you some more." Yasaka's horrible mood instantly lights up, her tails swaying side to side very slowly.

"The Youkai will have access to my infinite Spiritual Crystal farm, free of charge." I pause, then turn towards Fubuki, Sagiri's mother. "I'll make it free for the Ninja too, since you are part of the same group."

"My Healing Pods, capable of regrowing lost limbs, will be available to all factions – aside from the Devils, of course – at a tenth of the price, because I seriously have too fucking many on my hands and need to get rid of them." A collective snort is shared, and I turn towards Odin as he raises his hand.

"Aren't your Einherjar immortal?" I ask the old man, and he nods.

"Yeah, but those that aren't Einherjar need time to heal up, so I'll buy a big batch of your Healing Pods." I open my mouth, then close it.

I cup my hands together before my mouth and give the old man a look. "You want to buy Healing Pods so your people can heal up then go back to beating the shit out of each other."

He nods and shrugs. "Ain't nothing wrong with it."

"I like the way the old man's thinking. For once." Thor adds, a satisfied smile on his face.

I'll never get used to the Norse Pantheon…

"Okay…" I blink, then shake my head and turn towards the Azazel and Kokabiel. And Baraqiel too, but the guy is still suffering from his defeat at the Basketball game.

We dunked on him a bit too many times.

"Well, I'll go first then." Azazel coughs, then stands up. "Sorry Sirzechs, but you bought this on your ass." He tells the red haired man before straightening himself. "I'll be offering the services of any of the Fallen facilities across the world, be it Hotels, Spas, car dealerships and whatever, at fairly low prices… Plus the blueprints on how to create your own Sacred Gears." I reel back slightly at that.

Now I'm shocked. Did Azazel fall on his head this morning?

Did me and Kokabiel dunk on him too hard?

"In exchange, I'd like to build a large facility where we can host a tournament!" What? "We can have our people fight against each other for prices, maybe even have rounds exclusively to test our own self created Sacred Gears, and other cool stuff like-" Kokabiel sighs and drags the babbling and excited man back down on his seat, making him pout.

"Yeah, I'm all over that." And of course Thor instantly agrees! "So, you're saying I can turn this bad boy into a Sacred Gear and make it stronger?" He asks as he flicks Mjolnir into his grasp, making it spark and crackle loudly.

"Oh, now that's an amazing idea right there!" Azazel instantly agrees, then coughs into his fist to calm himself down.

"The reason I am willing to share this is because honestly… I'm getting a bit bored. I want to have others to compete with when it comes to creating Sacred Gears, aside from Ciel. But he cheats."

"You're just jealous of my Orbital Cannons."

"Fuck you!"

"See?" I give him a smug look, then shake my head and chuckle softly, letting Kokabiel take the stage this time.

"What I offer instead is mostly aimed towards my fellow Angel brothers and sisters." He speaks up with a warm smile towards Michael and the others, who had been staring intently at his glowing wings for the whole meeting.

"Aside from helping my Fallen companions gain back their Grace… I'd like to lend my help towards you all too."

Michael perks up and furrows his brows in confusion. "I don't think I follow, brother."

Kokabiel's shoulders sag softly in sadness. "Have you not thought on why I suddenly grew so much stronger after gaining back my Grace?" Michael reels back slightly, eyes widening in shock.

My own eyes widen too. I actually did not think about that.

Isn't it just a reward? Or is there a deeper meaning?

"It's because I've always been this strong, I simply broke the shackle that kept that power away from me. The shackle that God put on all of us on our creation, not because he didn't trust us… But because we need to grow and become worthy of it."

"When I gained back my Grace… I also let go of Father, and that broke the shackle that held me back. I still love him, and will carry him with me for the rest of my life… But Father is our shackle, Michael."

Michael's and the other's eyes fill with understanding and pain. "We need to let go of him and spread our wings." I know saying those words hurt Kokabiel just as much as it hurt to hear them for them Angels.

"I believe it's best you all talk about this sensitive topic in private later." I speak up, putting aside the heavy atmosphere and making Kokabiel and Michael nod.

Said Archangel then sighs softly before standing. "I can't offer much since we are currently… 'cleaning up' the Vatican, so our good exorcists aren't exactly available right now." Ouch. Those poor fuckers.

"But I can offer the assistance of my brothers and sisters in dealing with the Evil Spirits problem, purify cursed grounds, and selling our Holy Light weaponry."

I blink, then give Michael a look. "I just took away the healing job from you guys, didn't I?" He simply smiles and doesn't say anything, making me feel quite a bit guilty.

I forgot that they can heal with their Holy Light.

Well, the Youkai, Ninjas and the Angels will have a lot of job to do since I know that the Nine Realms are stuffed to the brim with Evil Spirits.

"I guess now we can finally address the elephant in the room. Or Devil." I shrug, then turn to face towards the frowning Sirzechs, with only Ajuka being the one who isn't showing any emotions on his face.

"We are clearly unwanted, so what could we possibly offer than can fix anything?" The Satan Lucifer asks, voice dripping with pure sarcasm. "I just want to know one thing." I raise a brow as he looks straight at me.

Is it already time for their assassination attempt?

"Why do you hate us Devils?" I freeze at that, then slightly tense my jaw.

Azazel outright snarls and slams his hands on the table. "That's none of your fucking busine-" I raise my hand, stopping his outburst as I plaster a smile on my face, then turn towards the shocked Sirzechs, having not expected the outburst from the Grigori Leader.

"Allow me to paint a… hypothetical scenario for you then." I start, clenching my hands into fists before relaxing them.

"Imagine you are a young boy. Imagine you know nothing of the supernatural. And imagine you have a wonderful, wonderful mother."

"Imagine loving every single day being her son. Bickering with her, laughing at her cooking failures, and sharing the same passion for the night sky and star gazing."

"And then imagine a group of Devils breaks into your own home one day, and imagine as they proceed to rape and torture your own fucking mother before your very eyes."

I can feel the sheer horror, shock and tension in the room, and even breathe it in as I walk up to the Devils table and place my hand on it.

"Imagine screaming your lungs out. Imagine begging as loudly as you can. Imagine crying till you had no more fucking tears to spill."

"And then imagine being saved, and having a possible revenge taken away from you, leaving you feeling empty. Dark. Dead." I lean forward on the table and never pull my gaze away from the Lucifer's eyes. "That is how I feel every single day of my fucking life."

I breathe in and straighten myself. "You should seriously thank Kokabiel, Azazel and the Slash Dog team from bringing me out from the depths of that darkness, else…" I give him a cold smile and shrug. "Well, I'd have slaughtered all of the Devils already by now. With a smile on my face."

I take a few steps back, then hold back a chuckle as I can feel the surging waves of energy all around me.

Kokabiel's and Azazel's Holy Light. Artoria's barely suppressed Mana.

The sheer heat radiating off of Karna, and the dense killing intent pouring out of Jack.

The way Yasaka looks like she is seconds away from turning into her Kyuubi form, and the way even Thor's eyes glow and spark with electricity.

Heh, I always knew he loves me!

I hum, then raise my hand, stopping Sirzechs from saying anything. "I'll stop you right there, before you say 'you can't hate a whole race for the mistake of a few'." His mouth slams shut, showing that it was exactly what he was going to say.

"I know my hate and anger towards you all is irrational, but I don't give a flying fuck, Sirzechs Gremory."

"Very dumb idea by the way. The thing where you all name yourselves after the morons that wanted to conquer the world, I mean." I snort and shake my head at them. "Totally doesn't give the wrong impression."

"Either way, I'll cut straight to the chase." I clap my hands together and face the three Satans. "Earth will be off limits for all of Devilkind from now on. All Devils still on the surface right now have already been exterminated down to the very last one."

"And to top it all of. You all will destroy the Devil Pool once you go back to the Underworld. Because if I have to do it myself…" I chuckle softly. "I'll do far worse than just destroy it, trust me." I finish, then blink when an alarm start blaring around us, making me perk up.

"The hell's going on?" Thor grunts out, Mjolnir flying into his hand as he goes to stand, but I simply wave my hand.

"Nothing to worry about, those morons finally showed up." I tell the big guy as I turn my back on the Devils, then flick my hand and create a massive hologram over the window showing Earth on the other side.

A video starts showing of a massive army of Devils, Fallen and other creatures having gathered together by the school… then looking around in confusion.

"Who are those guys?" Michael asks with furrowed brows while Kokabiel's eyes widen in understanding.

"The Khaos Bridage. Group of idiots following the dumb Infinite Dragon God." I hum, then bring out a remote from my pants. "Just another nuisance to take care of in the future." I shrug, then toss said remote towards Azazel before looking at Odin.

"You don't mind if we blast Loki and Fenrir out of existence, will ya?" He perks up, looks at the screen, scrunches up his nose at the sight of Loki and Fenrir, then just shrugs.

I nod, then look towards Azazel. "That's the command for my Orbital Cannons. Go ahead and do the honors."

His eyes light up like fireworks, and he gasps like a kid who just got handed his favorite candy.

"Oh you really know how to make people love you!" Azazel cackles, standing up and facing the screen, then pauses and fiddles with the remote a bit.

"What's the blast radius on this bitch?" He asks as he clicks the button.

I scrunch up my nose. What did I dial it to…?

"Yes."

He pauses and turns towards me. "Wait wha-"

A titanic roar shakes the whole room as an enormous platinum-gold beam shoots out from right above us, and straight towards Japan.

The group of twatwaffles on the video feed slowly look up as the area around them start glowing a brilliant white. And then their faces start changing once they realize what's coming for them.

Panic, fear, terror- Then all is white.

"That's the blast radius." I point out as Azazel gapes, having dropped the remove as he points at the window, the enormous beam slowly fading away, leaving behind a massive molten crater.

And I just fucking repaired that place too. Fuck's sake.

"And now for the assassination attempt!" I call out as a spike of energy comes from behind me, followed by several sonic booms ringing out through the hall, together with a roaring clap of thunder.

I turn around with a chuckle, uncaring of the tension as I take in the sight of Artoria and Karna standing before a frowning Sirzechs, while Kokabiel stands before Ajuka.

And Thor has his hand wrapper around Serafall's throat.

The guy ain't one of the ten strongest beings on the planet for nothing.

"Give me a damn good reason on why I shouldn't pop your head like a watermelon…" The Norse God of Thunder growls out, Mjolnir releasing booms of thunder as it crackles in his other hand.

"You really aren't helping your case here, Sirzechs!" Michael all but roars, recovering from the momentary shock and slamming his hands on the table as he stands, his brothers and sisters all standing at the same time as him.

"Helping my case?! We've worked so hard to bring peace between our factions, and then he ruins everything!" Sirzechs shouts, tense at having the blinding tip of Rhongomyniad not even an inch from his throat.

The close proximity was already burning his skin, yet he didn't retreat.

"He's ruining everything we've done, and you're willing to go to war for him! How can I accept that?!" I stop, then blink a few times in confusion.

"You seem to have gotten a few things wrong." I speak up, bringing Sirzechs attention back to me.

"You all can un-fuck your situation by destroying the Devil Pool. By stopping your enslavement of other races, willing or not."

"And the other thing you got wrong is that… None of them will go to war with you." I give him a smile as he blinks in confusion. "I alone will be more than enough."

"I don't need their help to erase your fucking existence." I pat Kokabiel, letting the man relax and disperse his light weapon, but not his furious frown.

Karna and Artoria share a look before standing back too, then standing beside me protectively.

Jack is gone, but she's probably ready to gut Serafall and one-shot her.

Thor looks at me, and I give him a nod, letting him relax and toss the coughing Satan on the ground.

"Also, you really thought you could hide your conversation from me?" I chuckle at Ajuka, enjoying the frown on his face. "I knew you'd check the room, and I knew that you wouldn't check your own best friend."

His eyes widen in shock as he turns towards Sirzechs, who looks down at his clothing as several minuscule lights float out from within, then disperse in the air.

"I'll send you all back to the Underworld now." I say, crossing my arms and smiling coldly at them. "You have ten minutes to destroy the Devil Pool. Don't make me come down there and do it myself."

I flick my wrist, and all three Satans are ejected out of the Orbital Station and back to the destroyed school grounds.

I slowly breathe out, then look up as I feel a hand rest on my shoulder.

I smile up at Azazel, then shrug. "Looks like I'll have to stain my hands with their blood after all."

He sighs, and merely ruffles my hair in response.

Even though this is what I always wanted… Right now I don't feel that ecstatic.

I feel like I am a disgusting monster.

XxX

Everything had gone horribly.

Ajuka frowns as he appears within his private laboratory, his hands clenched into fists.

They were played like they were kids.

He was played.

Architect knew and knows all of their moves, prepares for them and swiftly destroys them right before their eyes.

Over and over again.

He had been doing it since he started trying to study his technology, but ended in failure each time as the package always exploded on arrival.

Then their plans of peace.

And then their plan to assassinate him.

He made sure they couldn't get anything they wanted, no matter how much they tried.

Sirzechs and Serafall had gone off to gather everyone and spread the emergency news, using all channels and media to reach everyone.

He had helped Sirzechs set everything up to speak up on camera to give the emergency announcement before leaving for his lab

They were going to war, so he had to get-

"Welcome back." He freezes, then slowly turns around, looking towards the bubbling and twisting Devil Pool, and towards the figure that most definitely wasn't there a second ago.

"I presume the meeting didn't go well, seeing how tense you are." Echidna hums, her back to him as she stares at the twisting creation of Lucifer and Lilith before her.

"Echidna." Ajuka straightens himself, tense and ready for a fight, but relaxes slightly when he notices that the Echidna before him is but a clone with not even a tenth of her power.

But that doesn't matter. She is still dangerous.

"What are you doing here?" He questions, also wanting to know how she got in his private laboratory without alerting any of his wards and defenses.

And getting in while he was inside too.

First Architect, then her.

Echidna hums softly. "I just wanted to feel mother's presence one last time." The woman says before turning to face him, and his eyes narrow at the sight of the sphere in her arms.

She smiles kindly at him, then drops it on the ground.

"Ten minutes are up." His eyes widen and his pupils shrink into dots as Echidna's smile gains a cold, feral edge. "Architect sends his regards, Ajuka Astaroth."

A formless wave blasts forward from the sphere, and Ajuka gasps, crumbling to his knees as all his strength leaves his body.

How?

He had his Kankara Formula at the ready… He saw no numbers…

All of his Devil Energy had been sucked dry- No… It was forcibly yanked out of him, and he could do nothing about that.

There was no warning, no sign. There was nothing he could have done to avoid it…

A blinding light erupts from within the sphere, and his eyes close as he breathes his last.

'Well played.'

The ensuing Ether Bomb explosion shook the Underworld.

Sirzechs, who was in his office in Lilith, paused as he felt the ground shake.

Grayfia, his wife, suddenly gasps and clutches at her chest, making his eyes widen in shock and worry.

"Grayfia!" He shouts, catching her in his arms before she could drop on the ground, and his eyes widen as something pops out of her chest.

Her Queen Piece.

The Evil Piece dulls, then shatters into powder right before his eyes.

"Oh no…" Sirzechs whispers, connecting the dots before the air on the back of his neck suddenly stand on end.

Without even looking back, he hugs his wife tightly and uses his body to shield her as a titanic wave of force blasts forth, flattening the city of Lilith in a few seconds.

It's ruler, Sirzechs, could only stare at the destruction and wreckage with horror in his eyes.

"Hello, Devilkind."

A crackling voice speaks up, echoing across the destroyed remains of the city, and also coming from all the other directions.

Millions of enormous holograms of a figure made out of static appear in the skies above the Underworld.

Above every settlement and city.

Every home and mansion of the Noble Devils.

"This is Architect speaking."

"And this, if you didn't realize, is a declaration of war."

Sirzechs pales, his hands shakily balling into fists.

"Your Satan Beelzebub has already been killed, and your Slavery System has been destroyed and abolished."

His teeth grind together, pain and rage filling his eyes at the loss of his close friend.

And at the loss of so many people of his city.

"I gave you all an ultimatum. An easy way out. A… Solution. But you didn't take it, so I make my own solution."

And it was all his fault.

"Solutions aren't always 'nice' and 'good'. Solutions fix a problem."

"And that problem is you. Devilkind as a whole."

In a room far from Lilith, a certain crimson haired Devil Heiress could only stare dumbly at the talking hologram above her home.

"Now… Crawl back to your nests, little worms. Hold your family and loved ones, and curse your leaders and superiors."

"For today… Today is your Dies Irae. Your Judgement Day."

"And I… I am the Jury, the Judge, and The Executioner."

"I. Am. Your. God. Now."

The Underworld falls into chaos as bombs explode all over the place, taking out stores, supply lines, fields, machines- everything important.

"Cry and beg all you want, you vermins."

Thousands upon thousands of portals appear both in the air and on the ground, the loud roar of machinery coming through from the other side.

Like a horn being sounded before an invasion.

"But sadly…"

Sirzechs picks up his wife as he watches the mechanical armies pour through those portals in the thousands.

Armed Droids, Drones, insect-like machines of war and enormous cannons.

The thousands became a million in just a few seconds.

"I'm all out of fucking mercy."

And the cannons started raining hellfire upon the land.

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