It was time I had to go back to school." Why are you still going to school? Did you not say you didn't need it?" Ddraig asked. I stopped walking to school as I realized that I in fact had no reason to stay.
With Issei dead, canon was finished so it wasn't like I needed to stay here. I still had possible plans concerning the devils but they didn't require me to stay. I had just been going like it was something I needed to do. It would be safer to leave and I got what I needed anyway.
A month later...
" Alright, you guys can take a break." I said while huffing. It had been a week since I decided to leave Kouh. I had sold the house and moved to a small town nearby. I still wanted to get involved with the main cast so I couldn't move too far. I also got a new base in the woods near the town I was in. I decided not to be cheap and built a compound. I had space for fifty with room to expand. It contained barracks, a gym, a cafeteria, and some other areas all inside a fence. I also built a nice room for myself.
As a result, most of the money I had was gone with the wind. I needed to think of a source of cash fast. Anyway, I at least had loads of time to train and learn. I hated most of it but Ddraig kept me on track by being an annoyance. I was able to boost four maybe five times so I was making progress.
A week later...
Something exciting happened. I got an alarm on my phone informing me that there was something near my compound. when I checked the cameras I got installed around my compound I saw some sort of human Aldrich being hybrid.
I quickly got everyone in my faction and alerted them of the situation. I decided to make this their first fight. The creature was eating something so they would get the element of surprise. I let them decide their own way of attack and they decided on encircling it and attacking from all sides.
The attack soon began with the staring blue gear users shooting their arrows. They hit their mark making the creature screech. It immediately ran to where the arrows came from right into a barrage of attacks from my subordinates with twice criticals. It tried slashing at them but flames spewed out from its blind spot stopping its attack.
The creature turned to face the culprit but it soon had to defend itself from raining ice shards coming from a gigantic bird in the sky. The attack soon stopped but my subordinates did not give it a break. From punches and flames to arrows and ice. With such a barrage, it soon died. My subordinates cheered at their accomplishment. I decided to give them the next day off as a reward which further boosted their moods.
While my subordinates were cheering, I took a look at the corpse. " As I thought, it was a stray devil." Ddraig said. " It was weaker than I thought they would be." I remarked. " Not all are powerful and it's hard to accumulate power the way they do. Except most to be around this level but still be cautious as some are smarter or more cunning than others." Ddraig warned.
" Partner, I sensed some magic nearby." Ddraig alerted me. " Code brown." I said. " Everyone immediately got in the positions we practiced for such a code.' It seems I thought them well.' I thought.
2 months later...
" The recruits are promising, sir." Ayaka said with a smile while giving me a report.
New gear users: 10
Total gear users: 55
Blade blacksmith: 15
Twice critical: 20
Flame shake: 2
Frozen spirit bird: 2
Trick vanish: 3
Staring blue: 5
Staring green: 5
Sturdy saint: 2
Strategy trap: 1
" Good, do the usual drill." I said. She nodded and then left. 'These two months were quite long. ' I thought. After the fight, we met the pieces of a minor devil clan. They were hunting the stray we killed. Apparently, the little brother of the heir was fond of experimentation. This resulted in the guy having to get new pieces practically every day.
The only permanent members of his peerage were those not of the pawn pieces. The guy had slaves for every day of the year which resulted in him being careless. His slaves escaped nearly every day and he killed slaves like they were Jews in Nazi Germany.
This gave me an idea. I offered to hunt down the escapees and get new ones for the little lord. They went back and told their master who agreed. Some of those in my faction did not agree with my decision but some persuasion and promise of money made them change their mind.
The little lord was either generous or didn't know the value of money because he gave around ten thousand dollars or one point two million yen per person. In the process of getting new prisoners or retrieving the old ones, I managed to get more gear users.
With the money we were making, I upgraded the compound so it could take a hundred people as it seemed to be getting full. I also got some vehicles for the faction's use. I then created a faction costume. It looked like what a medieval gone modern type rogue would wear with the symbol of my faction which was a sword facing down with draconic wings behind it. The costume was all black. For myself, it was similar but mine had gold outlines and red highlights.
I decided to head for Kouh as I wanted to check up on everything and possibly take the gear extractor. I brought Ayaka and the fifteen strongest members of my faction. When we arrived, I rented out a motel. It was evening when we arrived so we rested. On the next day, I got a member with the ice spirit gear to spy on the devils. She learned how to make her bird smaller which was excellent for spying. I then sent two people with twice criticals to check on the church.
It was evening when I got my first report. The devils seemed to be the same, doing nothing of importance. The church though was something different. The fallen had arrived. It made things harder but I was still going to steal the extractor.
I decided to attack when at least one fallen was not there. I didn't have to wait long as the ones I recognized as Dohnaseek and Kalawarner left. I decided to encircle them and then go in by myself. I had a signal just in case something happened. I set a barrier which Ddraig taught me. I entered in a relaxed manner, hands behind my head. I saw the two other fallen sitting and talking while some exorcists were doing the same.
" This is quite the shithole," I said while looking around. When seeing me, they all got into battle positions." Who are you?! " someone I assumed to be Raynare angrily shouted. I walked around taking a look at everything and ignoring her. I finally took a seat on some rubble." Now, I'm a kind guy so I'll give you the chance to give up now." I calmly said while releasing my aura. Ddraig taught me how to do this and he said it would be more potent since it would have a draconic nature to it.
The purpose was to intimidate and the effects were clear as the exorcists were struggling to breathe let alone stand. The two fallen were still standing but they were sweating buckets and trembling." Come in. " I said into the hidden earpiece I had. My subordinates came in and began cuffing the exorcists. I slowly walked to the two fallen with a lazy smile." Now, what should I do with you? " I said while circling the two.
" Please I'll do anything to live. " Raynare immediately got to her knees and pleaded. The blonde loli I forgot the name of did the same straight after." Why should I not kill you? You seem like more of a hassle than I would want. " I asked. I saw the gears in the two's heads moving trying to come up with a reason." Please, I'll do anything. " Raynare said a bit more seductively while sexily crawling to me. The blonde, seeing her ally decided to do the same.
To be honest, the only reason I hadn't killed them is cause I could get Asia and the only way is through them. Their looks weren't bad either.
