Big Red is back with a brand new chapter. Unfortunately he's been under the weather lately and thankfully this virus isn't COVID. The Hell arc is close to coming to an end as promise since we do have to move along to how certain villains react to the death of Reala. But for now, we will see the appearance more fan favorite demons with Moloch on the loose in Japan and rebelling against Lucifer. Bayonetta is extremely wounded and her allies must do what they can to stop him. But there's also the rise of the Tanaka Clan with big plans to get revenge on Kiryu and growing stornger than the Legion. Just read and we will all see what happens.
Bayonetta is still stunned with the endless bloody red petals flowing from her severe stab wound. Moloch laughs out loud from how he managed to deal a fatal blow just when he really needed it when someone stands in the way of his demonic conquest. Mara is unsure of what he could do when one wrong move could as well get Bayonetta in worse condition if he intervenes. Demi-Fiend is deep down extremely angered that a demon would be this cowardly to do this trick at all, clenching his tattooed fists very tightly at the sight. Lucifer had nothing to say but to glare at the stone bull demon in clear disappointment of his actions.
"You…I can't even feel anything since you..managed to pierce my organs.." she said in pain.
"So much for being a dangerous foe. I am glad you may be the first demonic traitor I get to kill for not following your blood right instead of joining me. Twas a shame that you would had been a perfect asset to help take over this miserable city. As for why you couldn't dodge me, I secretly casted Masukunda, it allows me to not only make you least likely to dodge anything from me, but make your attacks least likely to hit me. Even if you try fighting back, you'll be too readable for me to even get hurt. Consider this the end of the line, witch," the bull demon explains he slowly rises.
Bayonetta fell further into the blade as his large back arched up with no way to free herself from her severe injuries. Some of his follows would be recovering from their last encounter, all in pain and wondering what they could do to assist their demonic master.
"Moloch, what can we do for you? Half of our numbers died because that red freak killed them with some dark spell. Are we going to die too?" one of them asked.
"I hate to admit it, but we need to get the hell out of here since these guys are tough," a female follower said.
"Cowards, make yourselves useful! I didn't force you all to worship me without a reason! You are followers of Moloch and shouldn't be afraid of these fools. In fact, you all have a very special task of sacrificing this foolish witch while she's weak. I made it so she is least likely to even escape her fate. Understood?" the towering bull demon said before hurling his prey off the blade.
The witch followed onto the ground with her pained face looking at the blood red sky above, still unable to get back into her usual sell. The Moloch worshippers surrounded the witch while they can and used their teamwork to begin hauling her from the ground for their demonic duties. Beliel would prepare to cast his deadly spell once more before Moloch charged into him at full speed to interrupt his plan of killing his pawns any further. Lucifer could feel his body getting slightly stronger from the souls he devoured, but not to a point where he feels he can actually do something about the situation.
"Mara, assist Belial in crushing this traitor! I will try finding the other Tyrants for help," the blonde boy said.
The green chariot riding demon obliges and charged his way from behind Moloch while he's distracted.
"No more holding back on the disguises since that strength is needed to destroy this monster. Especially for what he did to my Girimehkala!" he shouts before ramming him headfirst on his back.
The bull demon groans from the pain then slams his tail atop Mara's exposed back in retaliation. He reacts in pain, but that didn't stop him from rapidly slashing at his exposed legs with the blades of his chariot.
"Damn it, get off of me you insignificant phallus!" Moloch shouts before punching Mara's face.
Despite how hard the punch was, the green demon laughs off the fist in his face begins strangling the bull demon's next while he's open.
"How does it feel being the chicken that is choked for once? You don't have the balls to shake this king of desires off. Just climax to death, it is the only way to atone for the greatest sin of hurting my partner!" Mara roared.
Moloch tries to gather flames within his mouth for an attack, but couldn't due to his windpipe being tighten shut by the strong green hands of his aggressor. Instead he plans to use his infamous Brave Sword once more knowing well that his tail is unwatched by the demon before him. Belial made sure to catch on to what's about to happen and thinks of something to do. He is aware that any of his Fire attacks will be fully blocked by his fire immunity and his worst Dark attacks will just be resisted by him. Instead he would just clash against the blade with his pitchfork to stop his dirty plan of stabbing Mara. Moloch couldn't turn his head and knew that someone from behind must had stopped him from attacking.
"Damn…you both are pests that need to get off of me!" he said.
Mara would notice he begins gathering a lot of Magatsuhi within his body to prepare something deadly. Being the cocky demon he is, he still feels he could choke him to death regardless of what he plans to do with this boost of strength. Belial still holds back the sword carrying tail's blade from moving any further from where it plans to strike.
"Since you all had never been bold enough to tap into your true power, let me show you what it means to be a true demon. Omagatoki: Savage!" he shouts.
It would be at this point that he lets out a massive roar accompanied with a burst of golden aura to blast Belial and Mara away from him. The red demon is flung into the air at full force while Mara's golden chariot caused him to tumble around like a damaged car that's bulldozed. Moloch's scarred eyes would glow red from this new bloodlust state as his black muscular arms would begin expanding with much intensity. His stone body would also harden to the point that it would be hard as steel than stone. Even his won horns would grow twice as sharp as if they could brutally gore anything they pierce. Belial managed to fly back down to a good spot as Mara rolled himself back upright to see the flow of Magatsuhi coming from his body. Moloch was now in a state that while his magic will be taxing, he can deal twice as much damage to any unsuspecting foe he wants to face. The bull demon snorts aggressively and stomps his stone feet in anticipation of crushing these two Tyrants.
"Now I'll show you the real power of the god of fire and Hell. You two will not handle the true power of the bull!" he roared once more.
In a grisly scene more north of Kamurocho would be countless bloodshed in a strange altar recently built by Moloch's lost followers. Plenty of mutilated legs and arms of the many victims can be seen. Fortunately these sacrifices are mostly that of adults and teens than children or babies like Moloch prefers. This is due to the fact that these people were found brave enough to wander the streets and/or a part of rival yakuza gangs already kidnapped by Moloch's new cult. Many of his cult followers, at least the higher ones, present at this altar wore bloodstained white robes with bull masks to show their loyalty to him. They brandished knives, swords, machetes, and other weapons perfect for disembowelment for every sacrificial ritual to go perfectly. The women however would be mostly naked, covered in blood as their only "attire" as their task is to smear the blood of their victims all over the altar when necessary. Some already gotten done doing their deed after a recent victim, a salaryman that worked in a local company, was already killed by them with his disembodied legs tossed closer to the stone idol they created of Moloch. It's almost perfect replica of one of his older forms, complete with a chamber inside to fully incinerate the organs and bones as they are very vital for these demonic rituals. The head cultist would see that the normally dressed member's of Moloch's cult would be carrying the fallen witch as their next possible sacrifice for the evening. He whispers demonic tongue in the ears of another Moloch saint that stood beside him to prepare for their next ritual, the latter then walking barefoot across all the spilled blood and decapitated parts to reach ground level. The women would stand up from their spots to get ready for their next important task with crimson coated skin.
"Another sacrifice here for Lord Moloch so soon? The time has come, prepare our offering for the bull god," the cultist leader commands.
Bayonetta is struggling and still weak from her weakened status and the stab to fight off the crazed civilians that crazies her for an ironic fate. Her vision is foggy enough to barely notice the trails of red that would lead straight to a group of very unhinged people that long lost their humanity to serve her demonic enemy. The cloaked cultists would begin encircling the spot with their bladed weapons ready for their bloody ritual to ensure no escape for her. The group that would arrive finally held their wounded witch target before the cloaked figures, holding her body high enough for them to judge if she's a good sacrifice. Before the head could agree, he noticed that her innards were still shedding rose petals as opposed to blood. He wondered what kind of being she is when she is not bleeding normal human blood like a majority of their previous sacrifices. The hooded leader could tell the wounds were serious enough that her organs were partially exposed from the harm Moloch did to her own body.
"She's an interesting case. These petals won't do for the bloody sacrificial spreading. But perhaps they can serve another purpose. We should never question Lord Moloch's reasons for wanting his enemies sacrificed. So she'll soon be offered to him to make our demon lord stronger than before," he announced.
The other hooded cultists would soon surround the defenseless Bayonetta after the followers gently placed her on the bloody steps for her final fate. Her vision could barely make out the sinister bloodthirsty figures getting their blades ready to disembowel her to death in the name of Moloch. She tries her best to twitch her senseless arms to try pulling out her weapons. Some of the cultists were wise enough to disarm her of every single weapon she ever had before she even thought about fighting herself out of this one, from Love is Blue to her recent demonic weapons made by Rodin. All she could do but only hope that someone could save her from being turned into an offering of torn roses or worse with the spell still making her vulnerable. It wasn't until the sounds to massive stomping can be be heard from behind them. The executioner cultists grew weary since this incoming being is interrupting their ritual. The blood maidens struggled to stand, falling into the blood stained steps from the rumbling. The cultist leader is fearless and unafraid of what may be heading their way.
"In the name of Lord Moloch, we will smite whatever tries to undo the good our demon god is bringing to this world. Get ready to execute him," he ordered.
Blades were ready to defend their prey and fellow worshipers of the bull demon from what may be coming next. A massive dark foot appears and stomp from beside a nearby ally. The leg it's attached to would be that of ancient Canaanite clothing. Bayonetta is still unsure how to react with the effects still going strong on her body. Then the large figure slowly revealed himself from the shadows in plain sight of the cultists in his terrifying form. He is a terrifying dark skinned god with red eyes, pale hair, a large golden helmet befitting of his status, his navel exposed from his tribal outfit, and a fancy goblet that he enjoys drinking from. This being is said to be another form of Beelzebub before he truly allowed himself to become more demonic as Lucifer's second in command. Another Canaanite god just like Moloch and a rival to other gods like Anaat and Mot. His crimson eyes stared down on the fearless cultists as he slowly approached with heavy steps. If his towering form wasn't enough to scare them as much as their god Moloch, then one could wonder what he could do to really shake them.
"As the Bull God Baal, truly more powerful that that bovine fool you worship, you have no choice but to bow down to your new master or suffer my wrath. All would tremble beneath a god that once rivalled you humans' dead God years ago," Baal said in his demonic loud voice.
The cultists still stood their ground and gathered closer to their potential sacrifice despite the god's threat. On his shoulder would be Lucifer in his child form who watches below at the weak prey that his fellow Tyrant have little intention of going easy on. His cold eyes on Bayonetta would guarantee that she is completely safe and won't be killed on his watch. Baal steps closer to the bloody shrine as his steps shook each nearby ruined building already ravaged by carnage. The cult leader is still not afraid of this god and would die for his god Moloch no matter the costs.
"It is the eerier god dare showing up in the flesh to stop our plans. Begone, Moloch wants this one sacrificed and there's nothing you can do about it. There is only one god, which is our bull god Moloch," he called.
Hearing these words did not sit well with the Lord of Flies in his reawakened god state, ignoring the cultists words during his slow approach. Bayonetta still struggles to awaken from her weakened state despite the cultists guarding him.
"There is only one god? If that really is the case, would your god had saved you from this?" he said coldly.
The first thing he did is immediately crush the cultist with one large dark hand in a bloody mess. The blood splattered all over the other cultists and the normally dressed followers that held Bayonetta. Some even hit her face, which incited at least a little response from the weak witch that almost gotten sacrificed. These Moloch worshippers are left utterly horrified that their sacrifice leader is brutally offed by this being that rivals their own demon lord. One of them even began wetting his own pants because that fear overcame him too soon. The blood maidens also cowered with no means of defying this being any further. Lucifer already scraped down the soul of this cultist before it flew away, feeling some of his strength growing a little bit.
"Kill them all, I desire more souls if I ever want to be strong again," the demonic child ordered.
"As you wish. These fools knew better than to mess with a fellow worshipper of the dark arts," Baal said as he raised his blood stained hand.
The blood maidens and normally dressed followers all started to panic or even cry because they didn't want their lives to end like this. The cultists however shown no fear and charged at him with their blades to try harming him.
"Please Mr. Bull God sir, spare us. We'll worship you and do sacrificed in your name. Just don't kill us," one man cried.
"We are only following orders of our master. He instilled the same fear and we threw away our humanity to survive. Just don't kill me," a blood maiden cried.
The cultists were barely trying to slash at Baal's large feet with their blades. But what they didn't know is that their attacks only felt like parasites trying to hurt a horse fly, weak and futile. Baal's response is to raise a large foot into air above a ground of cultists to end this quickly. A messy stomp then ensues to kill half of them with what's left of their masks rolling away from the impact. Lucifer quickly absorbed the few souls that flew from the result of the carnage and enjoyed the meal. With his goblet still in hand, Baal used another to swing at the remaining cultists to splatter them on the ruined buildings. But the force was strong enough to level the already ruined building that came crashing down loudly. This would be loud enough to get the attention of Jeanne, Ashley, and Prince Ash who were on their way to see what happened. They could feel that only this would be the result of Bayonetta's recklessness. Ashley is already using her eyes to sense what seems to be the source of the attack. She could see Bayonetta, Lucifer, and a large figure that she can't seem to recognize at all. She knew what all of the Tyrants looked like and feels this could be someone entirely new to her. "There, we have to hurry up. I can sense that Bayonetta is mortally wounded and need some time to heal," the little witch said.
"Damn it, I don't want to lose Cereza here. She needs to hold on before I have to be the one to save her soul this time. Let's hurry up!" the red wearing witch said in concern.
"I bet it's that demon we need to stop. The one that's giving Girimehkala a hard time. Lucy ought to keep all of his demon cohorts in check," the dead rabbit said.
"And how can he do that in the form of a child? No offense Ashley. He needs to have as many souls to be back to his powerful self which is what we agreed to help him with," Jeanne replied.
"If only Alucard were here. But I'd imagine he would easily help with that after the mothership mission. I feel soon enough we need to contact him to see how the other Smash Brothers are doing," Ashley said as she keeps flying on her broom.
"But let's not forget we promised to bring Demi-Fiend back to everyone else on the Delphinus. The Smash guys should be fine, let us not think about splitting up or leaving Vyse hanging like a dead beat," Ash suggests.
"I wonder what happened to the other demons. They were following us but decided to split up. Hopefully they aren't wasting any time and actually helping out," Jeanne said.
It appears the Tyrants were on a killing spree on any rampant criminal they could find if it means getting Lucifer back to his former glory. Surt destroyed several buildings with his flaming sword in one mere swing to fend off some thugs that wanted to fight him. Mithras burned away crowds of thugs with his Mariagon technique easily now that he's no longer in his restricted form.
"This is what happens when one things they are above a sun god," the Roman Tyrant said coldly.
Abbadon used a Severing Bite to chew on a mouthful of thugs that picked on him for his weight. As greedy as he was, he didn't want to swallow too many souls since he wanted to help Lucifer other than satisfying his hunger. Astaroth violently lashed around his serpent tail to slice away the many criminals in his way. He had no time to negotiate with a bunch of hotblooded humans that every thought they could kill a demon. Tzitzimitl caused a massive chill of icy proportions to reduce all surroundings in a frozen state. This includes buildings, traffic signs, cars, trees, hydrants, and even the unruly criminals that insulted her hairstyle. The next thing she would do is fully extend the white hairy hands from her head and violently lash them all over the place to clear up the frozen structures. Souls flew from the spots the frozen corpses once were and she grabs several of them with her free hands to save for Lucifer. "In the name of Lord Lucifer, we will spread all carnage to those that truly deserve it," she said as the ice chunks and frost dust fly everywhere. Loki laughs maniacally at the countless criminals he shocked to death with Mazionga after one dared to lay a hand on him.
"This is why Odin is a fool for protecting these weak humans. Especially ones that think they can outwit the god of mischief. Fall, all of you have no right to ever touch me!" he said in his crazed joy at their deaths.
Chi You charged through waves of criminals, slaughtering them in seconds with his various bladed wielding arms. His feet crushed what's left of their bodies after the decapitation during the rampage of the Chinese Lord's destruction.
"Japan is still cocky as always. Even the gods of China are deadly as them. No even a Kunitsu Kami can save you fools," the ox headed beast snarled.
Countless souls would be screaming from their demise as the Tyrants killed many in the name of the Fallen Angel. It then when Fuma is growing more and more suspicious of the chaos happening around him. When the city went from seemingly quiet to a literal bloodbath around multiple city blocks, it made the young ninja more alert of his surroundings. He may be one of the prodigies of his clan, but also a rookie who's not even close to the full potential of Neo Zeed's strongest warriors. He carefully scanned for the source of the magic while he carefully avoids being seen at the same time.
Demons. Now we really have a problem and these aren't the ones rival ninja clans would summon. I swear on my name as one of the Fuma Clan ninja that Lord Tanaka will fulfill his mission.
He would soon leap and fail notice a stray piece of concrete hurled at him from the wreckage. Fuma would do an aerial spin dodge to narrowly maneuver his body away from the flying debris that could had wounded him. A sharp edge of the broken concrete barely grazed his cheek with small droplets of blood flying from the opening of the flesh. He had no time to lament about being slightly hurt and resume to the search for the Amazing Island book.
That was a close one. Now if only things weren't this chaotic and I could search more effectively. Soon this world will be all yours, master.
Little did he know that the source of the magic would be coming from something out of the shadows. In front of a ruined library would be the peculiar scene of three shadowy figures who were going through a series of books in search of a spell. All of them had unique shapes like a smaller elderly figure, a large rotunda figure, and a slimmer feminine figure to match their different personalities and ages. The smaller sister is the one giving her other sisters orders on going through the books in search of what they need to fix the world. With a sinister smile and bright blue har, she is more than confident that they will find what they need in no time.
"Mwee hee hee, hurry my lovelies. We need to find a way to stop this chaos while we still have the time. We know why the mayor of Twilight Town really left and this isn't something the Shadow Sirens shouldn't get involved in. These uglies really don't think they know who they are dealing with if they want to claim this world so badly," Beldam said.
Marylin would be eying some familiar books that she just happened to find like the Paper Mario story that was popular back in Poshley Heights and the Pokemon history book from the Sinnoh region. Being the less bright of the sisters, she is having a much harder time than her sister Vivian. The young Shadow Siren haven't adventured with Mario in a quite a while, being happier that her sisters started treating her better than the time they wanted to revive the Shadow Queen. Well mostly since it seems that old habits from her oldest sister are having a hard time truly dying like her bossiness as the oldest sister.
"Shouldn't we even call Mario for help? It probably would be a better idea since he saved the world before," she wondered.
Beldam however is less than thrilled about hearing his name as she didn't have very fond memories of taking beatings from him twice.
Hiding her anger with a false smile and replied, "Why would you need that red stache's help when it is our turn to outshine him? He's been doing little for his own kingdom when he left it and that pink princess was kidnapped again. That's why we the Shadow Sirens shall be the ones to one-up him from the shadows while he's still fooling around."
"Guh guh!" a deeper voice called.
Both sisters look to see their large middle sister managed ti find a peculiar book. This book appeared to be missing pages entirely for something titled Amazing Island. The very book that the heroes needed to retrieve is actually in the hands of someone they least expected. Both Vivian and Beldam dove into the shadows and quickly reappeared next to their sister in a rush. The oldest sister snatches the book from Marilyn's hands, skimming the blank pages just to see what is special about this book. At first she was disappointed, until she could feel an immense magic coming from it that she never felt before. It's almost a level of power on par with the Shadow Queen herself with the magic rushing through her gloved hands. Beldam did a sinister cackle knowing that the one thing she needed is finally in the palm of her hands. Vivian didn't like the sound of her laughter, but felt relieved that she didn't have to search through countless books anymore. Marilyn ponders the other books show could find despite her mission coming to a clear end.
"Sisters, we found ourselves a big ticket. There's no way those Legion uglies can stop us now that we have the perfect blank slate for a powerful spell book. We don't even need the Dark Prognosticus to put an end to this," Beldam announced.
"No, that will not do. We both agreed on this alliance to find the Dark Prognosticus. It's the only way we can get the help we need to save all worlds. Realities of countless worlds are falling apart thanks to the Legion and it's the only thing we need to stop it. We'll both it and the Light Prognosticus which I know made its way to this world," a stuck up voice announced.
"Oh Nastasia. Or shall I say Nastysia. We don't need those if I can simply use this to make it a stronger spell book than both combined. Try to open up a little," the oldest sister said slyly.
A blue skinned secretary with glasses would be seen walking out of the shadows to confront the shady witches. She is accompanied by a green skinned girl with poofy pigtails and a hulking Scotsman with the less hygienic order surrounding him.
"Mimimimimi, you doofuses realize that you can't simply replace the Prognosticuses in any way. Both have the power to destroy all worlds and even save them. That's why we need to get both to bring back our beloved Blumier… uh save our worlds," Mimi said.
"The Prognosticus is all we have to undo the damage those dastards had done. Ya lasses are far too ahead of yerselves to think ya can rise above the magic skill of the now extinct Tribe of Darkness. Bleck was one of a kind and someone who undid what he was originally goin' to do. Destroy all universes. I miss him already, the waterworks," O'Chunks said before failing to hold his tears.
Beldam had no patience to be told what to do by the Flipside visitors despite the alliance they've formed before their search in Japan. Marilyn would be reading a magazine all about Honey's latest stage performance long before the Legion attacked the Maneki District. She felt self conscious about her looks, placing at her own round figure while looking at the idol fighter's beautiful outfit.
"Guh uh huh," she uttered in sadness.
"Cheer up, sis. You are beautiful in your own way. That idol is pretty, but you are prettier on your own," Vivian said after approaching her middle sister.
"Stop that blubbering. You are a shadow pretty. That makes you better than that ugly on those papers. Where are her organs? She looks like someone who eats less than the average Gulpit. Her pale skin sends shivers down anyone spines than attract the masses. Her outfit is a a hoshposh of filth taken straight from the Glitz Pit's dump. Never be jealous of someone who's far inferior than a Shadow Siren," the older sister gloats to make herself look supportive.
But what Mimi and Nastasia didn't appreciate was how she had to tear an unrelated model down just to make her own sibling look good, being glad that Honey was not here to listen to this. Vivian wanted to correct her, but felt she would only be torn down herself like her earlier years of verbal abuse at the hands of Beldam. She felt far more confident when paired with Mario, but knows she is powerless when it's just her against Beldam when Marilyn rarely takes anyone's side. Suddenly, Fusuke swoops down to snatch the book right out of Beldam's hands before she said something.
"Waaaaah? Where did my new spell book go?" she said in surprise.
Marilyn looks at the fast moving ninja and shouts," Guh guuuuuh!"
"For once you are the one to lose something and know it's your fault," Vivian said in disappointment.
Nastasia instead of staying shocked adjusts her glasses sternly with the urgency getting bigger.
"You lasses done lost a book! Now imagine if that were the Prognosticuses. For shame," O' Chunks berates.
"Nevermind that. It's probably just a useless book not worth our thoughts. We should keep as watching for what we really came for," Mimi said.
Beldam already sunk into the shadows without warning. Marilyn and Vivian knew well that their sister is chasing someone that took the very book she wanted. The youngest sister had a very bad feeling about what her older sister plans to do.
"Should we help her?" she wondered.
"No. I have just the wildcard planned for a situation like this. It's time to contact our hi-technical expert," Nastasia replied.
O'Chunks and Mimi already few nervous once the secretary began typing on her cellphone to contact this individual.
"No, you couldn't mean "him". Surely there are better lads for the job like yours truly," the Scottish brute said.
"Mimimimimi, I really hate that guy. Always getting on my nerves and so not cute," the green girl angrily said with pale eyes.
"Yes, I mean exactly who you all mean," the secretary replied with his glasses highlighted in sinister manner.
In the bloody red skies would be a fast moving red creature soaring with grace. This would be a former foe of Mario that once guarded the first Pure Heart and lost control from Dimentio's meddling. The robotic dragon scanned the entire area, with his eyes circling like a familiar shop loading screen. Atop his head would be a familiar reptilian otaku that once kidnapped a past of ally of Mario all just to impress his Internet forum friends. He's reformed as of late by giving Mario a robotic replacement of Tippi, of course at a highly expensive cost for his services. Like Nastasia's gang, he's also here to seek the missing Prognosticuses along with Fracktail, whom he recently rebuilt from his wrecked parts. He's been made with a series of upgrades comparable to the same tech that made Tiptron possible, from the ability to uncover hidden objects to weapons that allow him to harm higher dimensional beings. Francis done extensive research on a variety of Mario's strongest foes from his universe to the one Mario is a part of if it means having all to combat them. He's gone far since the days of being a wimpy nerd that gotten his cloaca handed to him by Mario's party.
"Nerr herr herr, this is Franchise speaking with the status on Japan. It's utter chaos of countless high dimensional beings attacking each other. It's a miracle my tech made it possible for us to deal with these fiends. Knowing the guy that almost destroyed our universe is still on the loose is a perfect opportunity for I,…errr us to stop him before he tries to do so again," the nerdy chameleon said.
Fracktail's eyes returned back to normal now that he spotted something out of the ordinary occurring in the southeast end of Kamurocho.
"Master Francis, I'm detecting a powerful demon. This one's different as if he's truly evil. Could be worse than Bonechill from the Underwhere," the robotic dragon responded.
The nerdy glasses of the reptile genius would have a glint of success as he's ready for his first task in this universe.
"Sooooo hi-technical! Let's go for that demon and show him just how good our dimensional tech is. Frack ho!" he announced.
"It would kindly be appreciated if you said that last part much less," the robotic dragon replied.
But afterwards, he lets out a loud robotic roar to alert everyone down
below. The surviving gangs that were already defeated by the heroes and Tanaka Clan were all frightened by this sudden roar as if they didn't have enough problems in one day. Seishiro's work of ruling Japan through crime is completely undone with three opposing forces having all all our war over their own ideals of what should happen to the world. Those that want the world to be in utter ruins, those who want the world to be saved, and others who want to crush both parties and rule it for their own purposes. This almost gave Lucifer flashbacks to the old days of him wanting to rule worlds or overcoming the forces of Law with someone's help. A defeated Mara and Belial dropped below the feet Moloch as they've reached their limit of taking him on. The flow of Magatsuhi and power from his sacrifices made him too much of a threat for both Tyrants to take on. Belial drops his own pitchfork, too powerless to keep on fighting the lesser Tyrant juiced up on the Maharishi he lacked to keep going. Mara slowly raises his head to get a closer look at the arrogant bull demon that looked down upon their defeated bodies.
"D..damn…bastard. Only gotten so strong because you needed… these weak humans worshipping you to get your strength…," he uttered.
Moloch responds by lashing his stone tail in Mara's face to knock him out cold along with his red accomplice. Girimehkala still remains defeated from his earlier fight alone. Chuckling to himself, he is more than satisfied that his new strength wasn't all for nothing. All he had left was to seek his former leader and kill him with confidence that his own followers possibly sacrificed the witch menace to give him more strength.
"At last, I can finally rest easy knowing you Tyrants are nothing to me. This will be a new age of Moloch, becoming the new god this world needs. Not even Anat or that fool Baal can stop me now. Even Mot would befall to my strength. I am the True Bull God!" he roared in confidence.
He chuckles to himself before walking away from the defeated demons, setting the stage for a rather grim fate for Japan or other countries if such a demonic beat isn't stopped from conquest. The wreckage and flames around the area already showcase just how destructive your average demon fight is and the many lives that can be lost if they were caught in the crossfire of these higher dimensional beings in the living world.
"Stop right there. You still have me to face. Unless you are an overgrown chicken than a bull," a voice said.
Moloch soon turns around, less than pleased to see what appeared to a shirtless tattooed human dare challenging him. He's quite unfamiliar with Demi-Fiend unlike most of the other Tyrants who have encountered or heard of him before. His sunken but determined eyes shown that he feared no demon no matter how much stronger they were than him. Even Lucifer who was testing his strength and allowed him to join the True Demon War to kill YHVH.
"Who the hell are you? Some brat that think they are a threat to a demon like me?" he asked gruffly.
"I was thinking of asking the same about you. A forgotten Tyrant who wouldn't even know of my power if it's staring him down in the face," he replied.
The coldness of his tone and comeback was enough to get under the bull god's skin. He would raise his stone tail once more before swinging it toward Demi-Fiend in an attempt to kill him.
"Die!" he shouts.
Soon he would feel something stop his tail and refusing to let him move it at all. He growls, trying to raise his tail within every second with no avail and growing more irritated than before. It would be revealed that Demi-Fiend is the one who stopped his tail swing with one hand with his hellish golden eyes staring right back at the demon that dares to attack him. He didn't care who Moloch is and just wanted to crush him for his belittling of the Chaos King's status.
"Let go, damn you! My tail is not a toy for a mere brat like you. I'll end your life, you insect!" the demon bull roared.
Demi-Fiend would soon respond by crushing his tail in a tighter grip, which caused the demonic beast to roar in pain from what he's doing. Despite his lower body being made entirely of stone, he still feels excruciating pain as any more damage would destroy his physical form like many demon from the Expanse.
"Stop it, your going to destroy my tail. I'm not going down to a damn fledgling. You aren't a human, but you certainly aren't a true demon either. Now let me go or I'll incinerate you with my Mariagon," Moloch begged once more.
Demi-Fiend instead responds by violently ripping the tail off of the beast in a grisly scene of Magatsuhi spilling everywhere. The red digital energy spreeing everywhere is what makes up these demons as well as acting as their fuel to get stronger. By severing his tail cripples Moloch and takes away a portion of all the strength he had initially.
"Aaaaaaaaaahh! You insolent worm! That's my tail you've removed. I'll send you straight to hell!" he snarled before lifting his foot.
Demi-Fiend then jumps past his foot and punched the massive bull demon square in his jaw. It broke his jaw severely, causing a mix of blood and Magatsuhi to shed from his broken teeth. Demi-Fiend coldly lifts his hand in the air as several large amounts of energy gather in the air upon command. He would be seconds away from casting another one of his strongest skills to put his larger target down. Moloch would be too busy screaming from his bruised jaw to even react to his smaller target.
"Javelin Rain," he said silently before swinging his hand down.
A storm of energy spears would soon rain upon the massive demon's body to violently pierce his body. Each one would manage to protect entire holes in his body that bleeds blood and Magatsuhi from the intensity of the attack. The beast isn't going down without as fight as he violently swings his arms around while roaring to try knocking away the demon warrior. "I need more Magatsuhi, but I can kill you before you even have the chance to end me," he bellows. Demi-Fiend swirly dodged each of Moloch's massive hands and punches him in his gut at blinding speeds.
The bull demon gasps once more, spitting up immense amounts of Magatsuhi from the attack and growing closer to death's door from this encounter.
He's too strong. I have to escape and find more souls to recover what's left before I die. Damn brat.
He quickly disappears before Demi-Fiend could land another blow and barely escaped with his own life. He had a feeling that he's escaped just to find some way to recover his Magatsuhi and avoid any confrontation with him again. However, three demons would appear behind him with killing intent for what he almost did to their master. They would be demons of the Goeta order and notable forces of the Chaos Army that serves Moloch. One would be a bipedal red horse demon with pale human-like hands and an aqua colored mane. Another would be an anthropomorphic leopard demon with dual swords clad in a green cape and pale lioncloth. Another would be a strange demon, with robotic limbs armed with sharp claws and a massive red leopard face that makes up his own torso. Demi-Fiend had little time to waste on small fries like him, trying his best to ignore their unwanted presence.
"Myeheheheh! What do we have here? Another human that just happens to gain demonic power? No wonder our boss was lucky to call us for his assistance," Orobas boasted before emitting a loud equine whinny.
"Pity it had to be the boy that defeated one of our fellow comrades in the Amala Network. I was hoping to fight the one responsible for killing him," Ose said in disappointment.
"Lord Moloch will be the one to rule this city and to get in our way is asking for your very corpse, as well as soul, to be incinerated by me," Flauros threatened as the smokestacks on his shoulders started pumping.
Demi-Fiend gets into a serious fighting pose upon hearing their words, mostly being interested in the demon that reminded him of a familiar one he previously defeated. The three demons would only do the same, as they felt highly confident in their serious numbers over him.
"I will say this one last time, get the hell out of my way. Because it doesn't matter who you serve, an irrelevant coward who depends on his own lackeys to protect his insignificant life. Must be sad knowing your leader is a mere coward, he even has the face and horns to match it," he said in annoyance.
Flauros only flared the flames within his mouth in response to such an insult, Orobas aggressively snorting and OSS growingly with both blades ready. If it's one thing these demons didn't appreciate, it's any one daring to bad mouth their powerful demon leader in any way. Usually the end result of such a thing would be death if one weren't careful enough in taking them on. Demi-Fiend would care less as he wanted to get this forced scuffle over with and protect the young Lucifer. Clenching both fists intensely and slowly gathering the Magatsuhi to reach a higher state of strength compared to his base stats. The three demons would do the same altogether to amplify their strength as well in response to this to make their possible kill as quick as time.
"Your fate is sealed, King of Chaos. We will destroy your very presence and fast on every single drop of your essence afterwards. In the name of Lord Moloch," Flauros says with fangs full of hellish flames.
"I'll enjoy carving your flesh into everything imaginable. Preferably a nice coat for my fur. This city had been chilly lately," the caped leopard demon said.
"Whether it's my hooves or my powerful fists, your skull will be bashed in more than all my previous victims. That soul of yours will be mighty tasty compared to any forbidden fruit," the red demon horse said in sadistic glee.
The four demonic fighters all lunged at each other to begin an intense clash of demonic proportions. The end result of send powerful shockwaves that almost disrupt Fracktail's own flight and nearly knocked Francis off of his snaking back. The nerdy chameleon flicked his tongue just in time to grab the robot dragon's antenna and barely held on for dear life.
"That was so not hi-technical. We have to put an end to this if it means ending the senseless destruction. This is almost like the finale of The Grodus Chronicles," he mumbled with his tongue still out his big lips.
"I don't know what show you are referring to, but even I know that this senseless violence must stop. I still owe you a favor for rebuilding me and Mario an apology for almost eliminating him for what that masked fiend did to my EXE," Fracktail replied.
"Correction. I know that we were hired by Nastasia to track down that Dimentio guy. He did almost destroy our world and countless others with the Chaos Hearts. Who knows what he have planned for this own knowing Bowser is back to his villainous ways. I also still don't forgive him for frying my tail over that hot princess who rejected me," Francis said in tears.
He despised Bowser for a more personal petty reason knowing that he "stole" Peach from him and the latter destroying his beloved love computer with Boomer. Even the robot dragon couldn't help but to feel nervous about his master's complicated grudge on Mario's nemesis over a broken heart and need to be married.
"Yes….but we need to follow that demon. He could be anywhere and planning to attack innocents to recover his form. The sooner we focus, the flatter we can free this city from demonic mayhem," he reminded Francis.
"Yes. To the demon! Who knows if some schweet babes will fall in love with me for my heroic actions. And then Fort Francis can finally expand its empire beyond just being a small tech business and collection of my best merchandise," he blabbed again with his tongue still wrapped around his robot ally's antenna.
Jeanne, Ash, Jack Frost, and Ashley were already getting closer to their destination while avoiding every ounce of debris and destruction caused by their massive demonic allies. Almost every rival Yakuza or criminal that held someone hostage or ruled parts of the city were killed or evacuating for their lives from everyone's plan to free all citizens. What few possessed police that were controlled by Shadow Beasts met the less grim fates. The heroes learned that knocking out their hosts hard enough would be enough to send the beings of substance from outside their shells. Speaking of the subspace, the massive void nearest to the Maneki District still remains where it is as a reminder of their failure to stop Reala's first attack on this city.
Bayonetta and their group surely wanted to find a way to undo this phenomena themselves somehow as it's the main source of every Shadow Fiends entering this world. More would be flying from outside of the portal in response of their fallen comrades defeated by the heroes. It something seemed different, most notably in their behavior. These were not like the perfect ones created with Satan's assistance, nor the incomplete ones Mischaela and Greedy created without their former ally's help. These were more aggressive and larger as if they were created straight from the source and violently tore through the ruined buildings with tremendous force. These were more unstable and would instantly destroy smaller hosts due to their ferocity and larger size. Jeanne would be the first to notice the appearance of these creatures, feeling like time is almost running out with this much mayhem unleashed on Kamurocho. She could barely remember her time of fighting these creatures in Vigrid before a familiar Lumen Sage hit her with the Petrification Gun in the past during their early conquest of the planet. She could barely remember Bayonetta being a witness and how stronger angels held her back from saving her before the Forces of Paradiso took her away to Eggman. But back in modern time, she feels that this time she will not let these shadowy creatures slow her down or lead her open to an embarrassing fate again.
"Change of plans. We will help Ceresa later. For now we need to stop those shadow creatures. If we let them wreck havoc too much, more innocents could die. But most importantly, we need to find a way to destroy that ball of subspace since that's their source," the red witch ordered.
"Destroying those dark fiends, I can understand. But not even our magic would be enough to close the subspace. Shouldn't we call for back up or tips of how to close this. Tabuu would had been helpful in this situation," Ashley wondered.
"Mistress Ashley is right. The subspace swallows anything and there's no way to close it unless we counter act the space somehow or destroy the source of it inside of the subspace. That Dark One guy sounds too powerful for all of us to take on the way we are," Red spoke in his broom form, shivering.
"Never say ever. I say we should kill that thing since he's only a stepping stone to stopping YHVH, even before Eggman gets a chance to summon him at all. That's slim when he would have to take our four Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald by now. He's too much of an egg shaped pussy to even stand up to that task," Ash said without fear.
"Maybe you're right, maybe you could be wrong. But we have to do everything we can to free these citizens from the Legion's control, stop all of these unruly yakuza, and defeat whatever gets in our way. We may almost lost our lives in Hell, but we certainly won't suffer a hell of a loss up here. We will do this for Cereza. For our allies that may await us in Valua," Jeanne said in assurance.
"Hell yeah! Now you're speaking my language because my killing hands been needing their fill after holding back for so long," the dead rabbit shouts in excitement.
"Very well, you're the boss. And I need to make up for my lackluster magic performance back there," Ashley said after sighing.
"Oh dear," Red said in fear while in broom form. "Hee ho! Let's go!" Jack Frost cheers in excitement.
The four heroes would finally arrive at their destination to much of the Shadow Beasts curiosity. A few of the massive behemoths would take notice of these strange visitors that were interrupting their newfound love of destruction. Their eyes seemed different from the normal Shadow Fiends, being full of pure bloodlust and a desire to eliminate anything in its path. Their low growls even felt comparable to the bowels of the edge of subspace, or even the very mouth of Hell. One would tear up into the air and dive straight at the incoming prey with their hunger for destruction needing to be satisfied. With red eyes open and purple fangs widened, the first Shadow Beast is sure to swallow all four of them in one go. Little did her know was that Jeanne jumps for the mouth to slice right though the massive being with Alrune's whips. It could do little to react to that blinding speed she displayed, but only feeling it's lower half falling apart due to the severity of the slice. She lashed again to slice the bring into more massive chunks that separate slowly and away from everyone else. Jack used Mabufu to freeze one chunk solid before skipping across it in joy gracefully. Ash shreds across another with his Hell Wheel as he selects the right guns to take on more of these big game targets. Ashley gathers some of the Subspace from another chunk of it meant saving it as an important ingredient for a potion. She had a feeling that this may come in handy as well as being another challenge to craft a complex concoction in her mansion.
"Are you sure about this, Mistress Ashley? You don't know what could happen when someone consumes it," the worried broom asks
"Which is why you will be my guinea pig to test it before I can call it a successful brew. Like old times," she replied with a devious smile.
Her imp servant did not like the sound of this one but, but still obediently fly her towards the other incoming Shadow Fiends. One roared ferociously at the sight of one of their own dying that it charged straight for Jeanne over any of the other intruders. The white haired witch licks her lips as she's enjoying this fight quite a bit.
"Come get me, big boy," she said teasingly before pointing her guns at its face.
She shot rapidly at its face to disfigure it and destroy any means it had to devour. It's natural response would be to lash its tail at her only for her to dodge it. She instantly activated her White Time to make everyone's perception seem much slower than usual around her. Using this time to quickly attack at its chest and other vital powers with light speed kicks and gun whips. She knew too well how long the average moment of Witch Time lasts that she put everything she had in these attacks. Even everyone else is slowed down while thinking of ways to counter act the incoming beings of Subspace. It wouldn't be long until she stops attacking just before her time was just about up. The creature erupts into a burst of subspace flying everywhere because of too much damage to the body in a final howl
of death.
"Mahama!" Jack shouts after casting a spell at the beast chasing him.
A series of holy tags would surround it as they begin gathering enough holy light glow. The creature is left too confused over whether it should run or continue attacking Jack. But it would be too late as all tags fired beams of holy light at the creature, causing it to scream violently. But what Jack Frost would be surprised by is how the entire Shadow Fiends dies a painless quick death by disappearing into light participles as a result of the chain reaction. The snow fairy is left speechless at how easy it was to kill a dark being with something he wouldn't expect to be it's weakness.
"Ho?" he said.
Another Shadow Fiend appears behind him with its jaws ready to devour him whole. But it wasn't until it would be completely riddled with countless bullets that disfigured its cloudy purple body quite a could be none other than the Dead Rabbit Prince himself unleashing all of his ammo to slaughter the beast from his buzzsaw vehicle.
"Yipeee kayaaaae mother#%$ ers!" the psychotic Ash shouts at his handywork.
The creature would soon be reduced to a semi-headless state where even the body had a hard time regenerating from the result. He then jumps from his Hell Wheel as his body inexplicably expands with a massive muscular frame as if he's going for a soccer kick. He finally connects one muscular leg with a blow that launched the being back into the Subspace where it belongs in massive force. This would cause the Subspace portal to begin flickering violently due to the energy of the kick that it absorbed.
"Heavy Metal," the overly buff rabbit said.
Ashley uses her magic to summon a warm of homing magic balls at the Shadow Beasts that confronted her to slow it down. She uses this opportunity to fly even higher into the air above the squirming large beast to prepare another powerful spell.
"Hocus pocus, make this mere messenger of darkness disappear in a bath of light," she chants with white hair and her signature red eyes.
What soon happens would be a powerful blast of magic firing from her hands that strikes the beast in an instant. The magic would cause the Shadow Fiends to writhe in pain and slowly swell as if it's gathering too much space than it could handle from this powerful spell. She smirks at the result as the creature eventually appears to be reaching its own limit from the magic aftermath. The resulting explosion backfired by pushing both Ashley and her transformed imp servant further into the sky from the force.
"Good job and bad job, Mistress Ashleeeeeey!" the spinning broom screams in fright.
Jeanne already killed a handful of the larger Shadow Fiends already with Wicked Weave strike after Wicked Weave strike, almost exhausting her own magical abilities by doing so. But her fire to success where Bayonetta couldn't and proving her worth is enough to overpower these limits and save the city.
"Come on boys, there's plenty of Jeanne to go around. Forget about my black wearing partner, focus all your eyes on this red hot beauty," she said in an almost excited manner during the bloodbath.
Jack Frost and the others did their fair share of kills beside her while they can to stop these deadly creatures of venturing any further into Kamurocho if it means fulfilling a promise to their allies. All sides were completely locked in a seemingly endless battle to free one of the many Legion strongholds with all they had. However all wouldn't be completely peaceful now that Tanaka's clan is growing suspicions of Fuma's absence after a while. They had the feeling that the growing destruction and countless explosions were far from normal phenomenon to be occurring in a city overrun by mere Yakuza. Agent Goldenrod raised from her said cautiously and Liu Long felt little need to remain calm from all this chaos. Scarlet the Pink as well, gets her brass knuckles ready for a fight now that she can crave her love of it. Kisuke and Sasuke growing more nervous would not only annoy their boss, but make him more concerned on what's happening to his city he rightfully "taken over".
"What the living hell is going on? If it's the Legion, we should be showing them who's boss right now. Stealing their tech and learning how their pointless shadow army works isn't why we are all here to sit on our asses. This is the time for us to show that we will be the one's ruling everything instead of them. Men, get ready to take back what is rightfully ours," the crime boss announced.
His fellow Yakuza and new allies would agree with their boss's words, cheering loudly without fear or even doubt in their own abilities. Armed with the typical Yakuza weaponry among various Legion tech like the infamous Petrification Gun, they were all prepared and ready to raid the next biggest threat that dared to stand in their way. Kisuke and Sasuke reluctantly cheered along with them as Tanaka's eyes were on both and they had no choice but to prove their loyalty to their brother. Other key members of this alliance would be getting up from their seats to prove themselves for their boss in the light of Fuma's absence. One would be a giantess from Death Adder's Army with red hair and a burning hatred for what Tyrus did to her home village in their first voyage. A blue draped Kinship that's considered a rookie but one of the more important angel soldiers for Balder. Another would be a special red Rhythm Rogue soldier that was a prototype for a new series of models made for galaxy ruling by Purge. A cybernetic Big Bull who is of German decent and wields his own mechanical hammer unlike the others that served The Black Baron. Another would be younger green haired demon who idolizes Aoi Satan, but also loves to follow anyone he seems strong enough to be his master. Another would be a female cop who's new to the Rokkaku Police Force, but also know for her her tenacity to stop all young troublemakers under any means possible. Next to her would be a green Big Dora who's seen as the most inexperienced and cowardly of Dark Raven's flock. Next would be a Blaster Scout that formerly worked for Greedy, a Dark Unicorn demon that once served Neff, A ball & chain wielding zombie called Harris created by Dr. Curien, an older hardened samurai that used to serve the Black Shogun, a younger spearman soldier of Guan Yu's army, a silver toy soldier that used to work for Bruin and the Dark Demon, and lastly remains a dark elf that is one of Mishaela's elites.
"Places everyone, I feel someone powerful coming," the serious dark elf said.
"You say that all the time, Mika. I'm ready for anything," Monoceros said while shadowboxing in anticipation.
"Mein got! You all need to learn how to not underestimate the strength of our enemies," Big Bull said before lifting his hammer.
"I'm picking up readings of a powerful demon. But this one appears to be closer to death," Rouge One said robotically.
"Perhaps blasting it with these inferior lasers aren't a wise idea," Glutt said.
"Demon, human, I'll crush it. Because it will be steps closer to finding the woman responsible for burning my home villain," Mamba said as her gigantic fists clenched.
"I can sit this one out, guys. You all can take it from here. I don't want to lose the crowd that make me whole," Little Reno said in fear.
"I was trained to fear no man or even monster. For the glory of the Tanaka Clan," Yashiro said.
"For once we can agree on something. Just save the heart for me since stabbing it is the best part of battle," the determined Yang Chi said.
"I was made to fight and not run. This time soldier will make his new master proud," Tin Head said.
"Hmmph, amateurs. I'll show you all that my demonic arts are so good that I'll not even get my Koubu for this fight," Ryoku Beel said arrogantly.
Tanaka is more than pleased by the readiness of his newest allies as he nods confidently in the face of their incoming intruder. The green Kinship readied his holy spear as he could easily tell that this is a highly demonic presence approaching his allies. The wounded Moloch appears in the flesh right before the entire group, panting heavily with massive amounts of Magatsuhi bleeding from his tail stump. Several of the yakuza and other allies of the Tanaka Clan grew weary of the otherworldly appearance of this powerful foe. They could tell this is no ordinary monster with the massive body and strange life force flowing from his body from Demi-Fiend's wounds. Being someone made to fight demons, the Kinship didn't hold back on his fire to destroy the hellspawn that dared to face him. Glutt is shivering quite badly for a robot soldier that Greedy taught not to fear, Tin Head also holding down his tin lance. Little Reno is already backing away from the frightening appearance of Moloch, showing signs that he is not ready to fight his first big threat. Jasmine the Pink shakes her head since she is not afraid of anyone no matter how much stronger they are. Big Bull chuckles in an almost robot matter as he takes a few test swings of his special hammer in anticipation.
"A demon? I am not afraid since I happen to be one too and Neff had me fight my brethren to train for powerful foes like that damned Centurion," Monoceros said before whinnying.
"I am already dead so there is no soul for them to eat. But if they try, my big ball will flatten their teeth and everything in it," Harris said with a smile full of rotten gums and teeth.
Liu Lang takes a deep breath to ready his fighting stance without a single hint of fear, Ryoku Beel gathering demonic energy in his clawed hands to prepare fighting the demon. Moloch still breathes heavily from the damage he's taken but still feels that this is his last chance to eat fresh Magatsuhi if it means not leaving this world. He saw them as nice fresh prey ripe with everything he needs to get stronger and fight the very demonic brat that humiliated him. Tanaka cleared back at the beast's scarred eyes and deadly horns with little fear as someone who aims to climb to higher ranks than the Legion.
"For what reason did you come here? Perhaps you think we are your prey that should be swallowed into your black soul, demon," he said.
"Boss, are you sure about making this satanic bull angry? I don't think we want our lives to end here," Kisuke said with countless sweat streaming down his face.
"Yeah boss, I don't want to anger a big scary demon that can just make us his lunch," Sasuke said while backing up.
Moloch laughs because he enjoys when some of his potential food begs for their life moments before he devours them. His eyes are more on the leader that still shows little fear in his presence at all, wondering if he has any power within him.
"You, you should be the one fearing me as I will take delight in slurping every ounce of your soul and Magatsuhi between my stone fangs. Consider yourself lucky that I am not at my best as you would had been swallowed in seconds. But I will commend you for accepting your fate silently unlike most prey that I've eaten," the bull demon said.
"Who said anything about accepting my fate? I wouldn't underestimate anyone if I were you. We were waiting for someone of your caliber to arrive as overpowering weak yakuza who never stood a chance isn't fun. But felling a demon who came to our doorstep? Perfect opportunity to show the world that we are here to end the Legion's rule and take over this world with our growing numbers. Perhaps we can spare you if you are willing to join us. We can provide you all the nourishment you need as we kidnapped plenty of our defeated foes in a shed. Consider it a way to get back to your full strength and become our muscle. The more powerful allies for the ideal world ruled by the Tanaka Clan is much better," Tanaka announced with no fear.
Moloch would begin rearing his body up as if hens siding down his smaller prey from below. But instead of attacking, he's starting to inhale massive amounts of air to begin sucking at the very Magatsuhi that flows from his smaller prey. Several of the Tanaka gang were confused as to what the bull demon is doing instead of attacking them. It was when some of them dropped to the ground on their knees one by one as if they are feeling immense pain in their bodies.
Tanaka then realize that their very essence is being sapped from them as countless red participles were flying from their bodies. Their physiques are becoming smaller with limbs starting to shrink and their faces growing dried as of they were highly dehydrated. Moloch is slowly feasting on as much Magatsuhi while he could to regain his former strength. Being someone that don't want to lose any of his men, he ordered several of them to begin firing their guns at the bull demon's face to try hurting him. Their attempts are futile as they only felt like the equivalent of flinging pebbles at the beast and he ignores their attempts to stop him. Some yakuza tried to charge at them with their bats and katanas to attack his stone limbs while he could. Some already collapsed and felt too weak to keep fighting because of being too much of their Magatsuhi loss. Those successful would realize that their bat strikes and sword strikes were only causing minor scratches on his limbs at best instead of making him stop.
Damn, he's going to kill all of my men at this rate. He's weak yet he's like a massive impenetrable statue to my best strength. These new members better prove their worth or we'll never realize our goals.
Harris being partially immune to the attack would have enough and hurled his massive mace at Moloch's cheek to break his jaw. This would hardly hurt him, but disrupted his current meal and draw his attention to the mutated creature that dated distract him. "You insect, how are you not affected? No matter, I'll burn you into ashes for messing with me," he roared. Little Reno panicky at the demon beginning to breathe fire before him and raised his large green hands in retaliation.
"Aaaaah, don't hurt us!" the large cat crow shouts before slamming his paws on the ground.
The shockwaves were enough to cause Moloch's stone feet to lose their balance and he almost fires his Mariagon flames into the air from the disruption. Monoceros and Ryoku Beel both charged at the demon while he's distracted to give it their all in attacking him. The purple unicorn demon attacks with a flurry of kicks to the bull demon's lower body and the green haired demon launched himself as a blue living meteor to strike his face immensely.
"We are demons too you know. And we will not become your prey. More like you are prey!" Ryoku Beel says after licking his lips.
Mika gathers as much dark magic in his hands to prepare a powerful spell gif the large demon as Big Bull charged with his massive hammer ready.
"Get ready for the pain, stier!" he yells after leaping at Moloch's unprotected face.
One massive swing would smash atop Moloch's temple, barely cracking his teeth and surging electricity through his head.
"Not bad. A bullheaded fool kicking a bull's ass," said the amused Monoceros before kicking Moloch's stomach again.
The Kinship drives from above to stab the exposed back of Moloch. The holy energy flowing through the stab along with the pressure from the tenacious angel was enough to cause the Tyrant to scream in unholy pain from the attack.
"You pests! I will not die here to lambs that should be in the slaughter house. Brave Sword!" he shouts before growing a sword from his hand.
Moloch already swings at Ryoku Beel, who just happen to have his own sword to clash with him at the right moment. The cocky green haired demon would use his left free hand to flip off the demon to immensely piss him off. Moloch grows violently from his bait and instead use his other hand to attempt punching his opponent. Mamba stomps his fists with both of her bare hands to hold him back. This surprised him due to the fact a giant that's close to his size is actually rivaling him at his weakest strength.
"Too slow. Perhaps you are better off roasted on a old fire and being perfect meat for my stomach," she said before shoving his entire arm back.
She follows up with a powerful headbutt that knocks the Canaanite god backwards a bit as
Ryoku Beel follows up with a powerful slash to his chest. Tanaka couldn't help but to be very impressed with the excellent teamwork and strength his newest members are making to save their peers and even himself. Kisuke and Tanaka dropped their jaws with an "Eeeeh!" expression at what is occurring before their eyes.
"Damn you! You flies are actually beating me from having a meal. Then I feel less bad about crush all of you and devouring what's left!" he snarled in pain.
He would begin attacking more aggressively with his arms and horns to attempt goring his three annoyances. This is Rampage, a powerful physical attack that any demon can do but also have low accuracy if anyone is lucky enough to avoid the violent carnage. Mamba barely dodged the horns that slashed at her muscular arms and Monoceros blocked the arm strike that would soon send him flying in the eastern direction. Ryoku Beel however is nimble enough to dodge Moloch's blind rage attacks and looked out for his own Allies that could be hurt. Kinship barely held on to the rampaging bull demon and used his wings as a way to keep momentum from bucking his spear out of his target's back. Little Reno runs away from the sight as the rampaging demon's presence alone frightens him. Jasmine the Pink takes a stick of dynamite from her cleavage and waits for an opportunity to toss it at Moloch. What she wanted to do was wait until her allies back away from the rampaging demon and not get hurt from the explosion.
Liu Lang shouts, "Get back! Jasmine has a plan and it involves backing away from him while he's aggression incarnate!"
Ryoko Beel and Mamba would focus on retesting after heading their ally's call. Moloch still chased at them while attacking blindly if it means tearing them apart. Mika fires his spell at him finally at full force, but what he failed to realize was that his dark arts would have no effect on him. Feeling the dark arts reflecting of his body would only cause the demon to stop his rampage and wonder who was foolish enough to attack that way.
"Fool! Darkness, fire, none of it can hurt me at all. Perhaps I should show you my own brand of dark," he said coldly.
He roars to cast a powerful blast of dark magic at everyone before him. Mamba, Ryoku Beel, and Mika too the blunt of the attack to shield their own allies. This would be Mamudon, one of the stronger dark attacks any demon could learn. Jasmine held on to the explosives tightly at the risk of not having it set off in her face or failing her plan. Monoceros would jump right back at Moloch after his last hit, impaling him in his head with a spear of his saving head horn. The bull demon screams horribly from feeling the demon's horn somehow bypass his own prized bullhorns.
"You miss me? I bet this isn't the first time you felt pain in your thick skull," the unicorn demon taunts.
"Get out of my head, you worm. I'll make you grovel on the very earth you walk on if you don't obey," Moloch roared.
Tin Head charged at full force with Glutt on his side with plans of their own on taking Moloch down.
"Sir Tin Head the Third is here to slay this demonic beast in the name of our Lord Tanaka!" the toy soldier gallantly announced.
"No more running when my blaster should be enough to put down this big game Earth creature," Automatonian robot soldier said.
Several photon lasers are shot at Moloch's arms to wound them and Tin Head's lance pierced right into the demon's chest. With both the toy soldier and angel still piercing him in different spots, Moloch screams louder that before. Jasmine looking at his open mouth gave her a better idea of what to do with the dynamite.
Bingo. Got you right in a perfect spot to have several TNT pounds down your dirty throat. We'll be eating beef ribs tonight.
Without hesitation, she hurls the dynamite at the right height for it to each his mouth. Monoceros saw the incoming explosive and pulls his horn out of Moloch's forehead to prepare a quick escape. Everyone else would turn back or pull their weapons out of the bull demon's flesh before escaping. The demon is left still roaring in the pain from earlier to react to the red explosive that slides right inside of its own mouth. The end result would be an explosion that violently rips open his stomach in a burst of blood and even more Maharishi leaving his body. Jasmine's peers we're very impressed by what she thought of and loved that it actually did more damage to him than what anyone else did. Kinship was easy to deal the finishing blow, but Monoceros held the belligerent angel back as killing isn't part of the plan. Big Bull snorts out of his mechanical gas mask in victory from this battle as Mika is left unsatisfied that his magic was of no assistance. Little Reno looks between the fingers covering his face to see if everything was over, then faints at the grisly sight of Moloch bleeding so much Magatsuhi. Several yakuza tended to the wounded, especially those that were inches away from death due to losing so much essence. Sasuke whistles while Kisuke claps for the newfound rookies proving their usefulness for the Tanaka Clan. Tanaka however would be the most impressed as he makes a wide sinister smile at the sight. The bull demon finally toppled over on his face with a thud that shook the entire stage everyone sat on. Tired and slowly dying after a humiliating defeat at his weakest by people who don't qualify as god slayers as he breathed every last breath he had. Several thugs prepared their Petrifying Guns as a final means to end him, although the silently walking leader held his hand to signal a withdrawal from any attacking. His strut is that of clear confidence as he stares back at Moloch's sunken scarred eyes of defeat and confidence that his clan is on their way to world rule. Kisuke and Sasuke gulps as their watch their leader for safety and wonder what's his plan with the dying bull god. The bull demon wished he had the strength to keep fighting but feared that anything drastic would risk using what little Magatsuhi he had left in his body.
"You see, we are far from your average group of criminals, but united with a certain goal. Those that crave to be stronger join me, while others that are weak can stay with the Legion that we will all soon topple over. You were once a renowned god that long lost their throne, making you even less than the very Kami that I respect more. Soon we will be all living in a perfect world where there isn't any chaos but rule under one name and that is Tanaka," he said as he slowly approached the beast's head.
Tanaka placed one fierce hand on his snout and glares back into his large dinner plate-sized eyes. Moloch is left speechless on what the man plans on doing with him. All of the newest members applauded their master's confidence and bravery to stand up to the very demon they defeated.
"So I will ask this one last time, will you or will you not join us?" Tanaka said coldly.
Beldam is still chasing the agile Fuma clan ninja that stolen the book that she's looking for through the see of ruined buildings.
"Get back here you brat, don't make me turn you into a human popsicle!" she shouts while snaking her shadowy body across the concrete.
"No. I will deliver this book to my master at all costs. Back to the depths where you came from, you hag" the young ninja replied.
Knowing the Shadow Siren, being called out for her age did nothing but but fill her face with nothing but embroidered rage. She would soon be gathering immense ice magic within her gloved hands as a result with the intent to fully freeze her runaway target. The ninja leapt across every building that he could find to try reaching higher ground and escape his chaser.
"Brats like you should be put in their place. Never call a pretty anything that devalues their age. Freeze solid!" Beldam shouts before casting a massive blizzard spell.
Little did she know that her magic would be affecting everything ahead of her like encasing the street in a solid sheet of ice of making all signs and buildings brittle from the harsh cold. The howling freezing winds rushed at speeds comparable to a Level 5 blizzard as it froze everything quickly with little issue. The cold managed to tech Chi You's massive body who shrugs it off as no ice can really affect his kind of demonic body. But that storm also managed to draw his eye on the ninja leaping past him. Fuma froze in midair knowing that a demon finally laid his eyes on him.
"Who the hell are you? Some kind of kid late to a Halloween
party?" he asks in annoyance.
Fuma's response would be to instead disappear in a a whirlwind of leaves to avoid being spotted. This only left the demon even more confused at what was that all about.
"Curses! I lost sight of my target thanks to you, green horned numbskull!" Beldam shouts.
Chi You noticed the smaller purple being elongating her body to reach his height. He's less than thrilled about being talked down by some shadow hag over a misunderstanding.
"By whom am I to be graced with such nonsense? I was in the middle of slaughtering these humans to care about some leaping brat. Get lost!" he shouts in her face.
"You are the one who should get lost. That spell book is what I need to create the most powerful of magic. And thanks to you, that ninja nugget gotten away with my book. It's no ordinary book and you will have to help me find it, ugly!" she shouts at his massive head.
"Ugly? Have you looked in a mirror, you unsightly wench? You look like something even Beelzebub wouldn't want to eat and that says a lot. Don't order me around unless you are willing to fight me. Which you gave zero chance winning since all ice is null to my body," Chi You roared.
This was powerful enough to blow the Shadow Siren's hat slightly that even she had to hold it.
Fuma managed to reappear in a whole new spot that's further away from both adversaries with the book in hand. He could realize that this is a southern part of town closer to where Ryo first met Sasuke and Kisuke weeks before it was overtaken. This was his first time exploring such an uncharted alley that he made sure to take out a single kunai just in case some more demons would be heading his way. He still couldn't find a way to keep his cheek cut from bleeding any further. He knew well that demon's love the smell of blood and would track him down much easier if he didn't find any first aid quickly. He slowly sneaked through the dark alley to find his way back to the rest of the Tanaka Clan if it meant securely succeeding in his mission. He is sure that there's a powerful presence nearby just by feeling them immeasurable pressure nearby. The ninja is all too careful that getting caught could mean the end of his very life as he's never fought truly powerful demons before. In the ally would be a scene that one would never truly expect, the Moloch cultists now alive and well in the progress of rebuilding the bull idol into something entirely different. The cultists who were initially crushed and brutalized by Baal were fully healed of their injuries. Not only that, but it seems Bayonetta is back to her feet and not on the verge of death anymore. This is due to Mediaharan, a spell that fully heals a large group of people no matter how grave their injuries are. The culprit behind this would be none other than Baal who felt this would be an opportunity to climb back into mainstream godhood. Being a god who was long considered demonic and overtaken by Judaism millions of years ago, he always felt bitter that humanity cared more about God over the years and long abandoned him. Him becoming Beelzebub was only due to how humanity perceived his demonism and he became one of Lucifer's biggest commanders for the Forces of Chaos ever since. It's why he desired to give up his demon roots to become his former self against Nanashi's party and tried to bribe the remaining Nahobino to become one with him for true godhood. The Canaanite god stood solemnly at his new followers doing what they can to make the first true Baal shrine her ever wanted since eons. He knew that his main goal for this world was gathering souls to give Lucifer his true strength again, but something was spark during his violent attack on these worshipers. He felt that perhaps he shouldn't go down the same route as his nemesis Mot and return to his roots as a benevolent deity that anyone would want to worship. The dark skinned pagan god pondered in his mind at what came over him or why he didn't want to revert to his demonic form again. Whether it him feeling regret for his horrible actions against humanity and Law's forces or simply wanting nothing to do with being a horrid bastardization his former self. One of the blood soaked maidens would approach him without fear, almost bowing before him in a way that she sees him as a forgiving god instead of a destructive demon.
"Thank you for saving our brothers and making us see the light. Oh Baal, it's good to see you in the flesh again. While it may be true that God is dead, you are here to at least remind us all to have hope in terrible times like these. I miss when Kamurocho was once a beautiful land lush with life and vegetation. Perhaps you aren't an omen but a blessing on us," she preached with tears running down her eyes.
He wasn't sure how to feel about the emotion she put in praising him, as he's far from a hero and not the deity he once was. He took a sip out of his beloved goblet to enjoy more rich wine that he harvested from the last grapes he found. He no longer felt the need to kill anymore, but maybe enrich the lives of others for protection. Bayonetta saw this with her own eyes as well knowing well the handsome god is going soft instead of his usual tyrannical self. She is still thankful that he went out of his way to save her from near death and happy to not befall a fate similar to Jeanne. Lucifer sits to the side, disappointed and still hungry that one of his personal closest allies choose not to do something that benefits him. All the blonde child ever wanted was to be back to his powerful terrifying self instead of being in a weakened state forever. He was mostly disappointed that Baal chose to revive his victims instead of permanently ending their lives to feet him.
"As the god of harvest, I'm here to bless the people of Japan instead of bringing ruin to it. Your people suffered long enough to be overrun by humans that should stay in their place and not be lead astray by a fool like Moloch. He's a long time rival deity and I'm casting aside my Tyrant ways compared to that horned ingrate. The people will be freed and the unjust will be punished for their crimes. I'll fulfill that role the missing Creator had, by bringing a better world than those thinking they are more than gods," Baal announced.
"Nothing's better than a god finally finding what true happiness they needed all along. Unlike others that should had stayed dead instead of enslaving family. Maybe you can teach that Loptr a lesson or too about forcing his unjust ideals on those who don't deserve it. Isn't that a sweet deal?" Bayonetta said with her arms behind her back.
Baal once more chugs then remaining wine from his goblet to fully saver his victory drink of fresh harvest.
"It's a promise to consider. Putting an end to an evil god like that just what I may need to become a worshipped deity of great infamy once more. Your family is torn apart and destroyed because of this God's actions. Freeing him from Loptr's influence should be a breeze," he replied.
"I really appreciate it. I would least expect you to actually deem yourself if it means being a respected god again, but god you to actually free Daddy for me is the nicest offer you have. But what we should really focus on are freeing everyone here," she said.
Fuma peeks silently from the alley to get a closer look at everything. He felt intimidated by the size of the Canaanite god before him, but grew curious on what his motives were if he plans on saving than causing destruction and death. He's still curious of the pouting blonde child next to Baal's feet that is still less than pleased about the situation. He could sense a supernatural presence in him as a confirmation that child is far from human. The ninja is still too unsure to approach them and continue watching from his spot.
"Master Baal, your shrine is close to complete. It's an honor knowing that you're here to save us from this chaos. Normally our Kami or the Buddhist gods would be intervening, but I wonder where they are," the blood maiden said.
"Master Baal, is there anything you want us to do for you? Sacrifices or killing our enemies," the head cultist said.
Baal didn't like the sound of the last part, glancing at him in an almost disapproves way.
"There will be no sacrifices. Our religious ways and rituals will have to change if we want to go back on the map as a once huge religion again. We will not copy the same ideals of God's ideals or that of the various Kami, but something completely different. Our first order is to change your attires to something less deadly. If we want to convince others to join our faith, we need to throw away all the negative aspects of it. Also, call me Lord. Lord Baal. You are my followers and beloved children, not my slaves. That's only something our enemies Mot and Moloch would want," the harvest god said.
The blood covered woman is left puzzled at what the god told her and grew unsure on what his words truly mean about about worshipping him. Of course he understood that not everyone would get it the first time and looks down at his feet.
"So this is your way of saying you don't want to be a Tyrant anymore. You were always my second in command and I risked my angelhood to defend you that costed our damnation. I will not stop you, but it will be a shame finding someone to replace your position if you think about leaving us," Lucifer said with his arms crossed.
Baal soon focused his eyes on the blonde disguised prince of demons that didn't really want to let him go as a demonic asset for the future. Baal never asked to become Beelzebub nor lose everything he had because YHVH toppling his rule of the world and the genocide of his former followers. If there's one being he hated so much, it was YHVH for taking away everything he had and bastardizing him to a life of demonhood for centuries.
"You have to understand my wish. This could be my only opportunity of reaching godhood once more. Not like the current Creator that long taken God's place. I've fought him once, he was proven too strong. Maybe stronger than that boy you have by your side, Lucifer. I would love to have that kind of strength over all the heavens," he replied.
"Trust me, you wouldn't want it all. I was the one that taken the former Creator's knowledge. Transcended all planes of existence, but also felt that having that power was nothing more than an endless cycle of creation and watching. The Mandala Cycle is something you wouldn't truly want. That's why I allowed the current Creator to end my life and take his knowledge to be burdened with this cycle. What I really wanted was for all beings in this universes to be free from the shackles of order and needing a god. To become the one thing that I hate and being burdened with the same curse as God wasn't the way to go. As expected, the current Creator turned out to be just like him but at least allowing some freedom for us all. Yet the Legion clearly wants to ruin it all by recreating Law even worse than before. Perhaps this would make them the biggest of law abiding hypocrites," the blonde boy explained.
This entire revelation would leave Bayonetta in a state of curiosity and confusion. Knowing well that the very God everyone is praising isn't the real god but someone else that taken over his position. The bigger shock that Lucifer once had his very essence and proven to be even stronger than Jubileus of Paradiso or even Rodin of Inferno himself. She really did not know where to go from this subject or what else to really ask of the weaker Lucifer. Then Demi-Fiend reappeared in between them in a blur with urgent news of what happened. A solemn Demi-Fiend is a rare sight for Lucifer that he felt the need to ask.
"What happened? You better have enough souls for me," he asks.
"It's Moloch, the bastard escape before I had the chance to kill him. There's no doubt that he's planning to feed on more Magatsuhi to regain his strength. His lackeys were easy to take care of and I've already drained their Magatsuhi. Mara and Belial are fine, had the decency to heal both in addition to Girimehkala. All three of them should regroup with us in due time. Moloch is one demon we shouldn't let loose, I doubt he manages to leave Japan nor return to Hell," he replied urgently.
"Good, because I would like to give that bovine bastard some payback for almost making me a half dead sacrifice. And to be bloody frank, I would rather regroup with our other allies before we do anything else," the witch replied.
Demi-Fiend instantly recognized the people before him as the same cultists that worked for Moloch, glaring them down with hellish eyes that frightened them. He gathers enough strength in his pale fists as if he is preparing to eliminate one of them immediately.
"Stop, they aren't worshipping him anymore. More like they are the key to making me a renowned god again. That's right, I no longer want to be the Lord of the Flies anymore and keep the appearance of what I used to be," Baal called.
Demi-Fiend still hesitates to lower his fists, but also had another question. Namely how familiar he resembled a demon once used by a friend had had to kill.
"Your name was Baal, right? If that was you I've killed, then the Beelzebub I've fought was a fake?" he asks.
"No, that was an avatar created in my likeness that girl created to rule the Manikins. She sided with Reason, just an faction of Law using my godly half as nothing more than a tool for her. The Beelzebub you've fought was me, or more most of my demonic half that remain loyal to Lucifer for so long. Just like how Astaroth is both halves of Asterah and Isthar all along," the Canaanite god replied.
The tattooed demon boy is left speechless and pondered with its worth even asking anything else out of the god knowing he was all a pawn she used in her own image after the Conception.
"One thing I would like to ask is who this new Creator is. You demons had enough skellies in your closest that none of you wanted to address this tidbit. It's a hold conspiracy that even all living beings would want to kn…."
"Witch, this isn't something we should spread to humanity and other living creatures. If they know that all they ever worshipped was a replacement god, it would only cause enough hysteria. We would not want to be at war with the Forces of Law. More damage would result that would tear all of reality and even the cosmos. The Legion is nothing compared to what our war with Law would cause. This is why we only stay in our respective realms. Even I wanted all of Chaos to stay in Hell and not become some tool for the Legion. We only serve the strong, not weaklings who depend on others to rule anything. What we also don't desire is a world YHVH exists since that fool would only bring strict order to the entire multiverse and beyond. Maybe the Creator is aware, but he won't step in until things really get bad. He don't consider the state bad enough to get involved," Lucifer explains.
"We'll look who's afraid of a little war. Even it seems the king of all demons shakes his boots at the feet of a god. But what if we were to propose an alliance to stop all of this from happening. It could make our lives easier and stole Eggman the Destroyer from bringing the old god back to remake everything," Bayonetta said.
"That's where you are wrong. I've fought him before at full strength, it was a highly difficult fight. He's made it clear that no force of Chaos is worth working for him. You're just as foolish as ever bringing such outlandish ideas to the table. Did you need my help or not? We don't need the Creator and I have that power to crush the old one easily. Enough of the crap," Demi-Fiend said sternly.
"And don't forget the Angels are far from a forgiving bunch on demons. We had a bloody feud with them for many millennia in countless universes. Metatron in particular don't forget about sin and wants to eradicate it with his holy eyes. What makes you think him or the other higher ranking angels would want to associate with us?" Lucifer said with his arms crossed.
Suddenly, Abaddon burst through a series of buildings to the right, with his mouth completely closed as if he's been holding tons of food. Several other Tyrants like Surt, Tzitzimitl, Mithras, Astaroth, Loki, and Chi You soon appeared from behind with just the right amount of souls in their hands. In one of our the Chinese demon's hands would be a defeated Beldam he held after an easy fight with her. Lucifer is looking more than pleased knowing they all did a better job than others at staying focused on this mission. Fuma realized that the purple witch that he escaped was easily feared by the demon he escaped him, staying hidden to continue spying. Bayonetta is still wondering what Jeanne and the others were doing together. Lucifer would be walking away from Baal to prepare for the biggest meal of a lifetime with so much souls to devour and well patient to regain his lost strength.
"You all done well. Give me everything. Chances are I can be strong enough once more," he said with vigour.
Abbadon opens his massive maw to upchuck countless souls he had stored within it just for Lucifer. The other Tyrants would toss their handful of souls in the direction of their smaller leader in a fountain of spiralling life. The swirling mass soon consumes him in a massive wave of white and blue which the end result is a rising screaming pillar of screaming souls. It would be powerful enough to cause a powerful force that blows throughout the entire city at full force. The brightness of the rising soup pillar would get the attention of Fracktail and Francis as they were several kilometers away from the skies. Both were already on a search for Moloch and Beldam with the sight of this rising pillar distracting them. The robotic dragon uses his special scanner to try seeing what the source of the soul pillar is, complete with his spinning blue eyes. Francis inspects closer just to see what it could be as the analytical person he is.
"I'm detecting a powerful demonic presence, this one's quite stronger than the last one I've detected, Master Francis," Fracktail replied.
"So hi-technical. There's something for me to beat after all. With our superior tech, I can be a hero and maybe expand Francis Enterprises here. Then the princess will have no choice but to choose me after I rescue her from Bowser. Schweet," the chameleon otaku said.
"But that's not all. I'm also detecting a large amount of subspace in the east, but it appears to be fading," the robotic dragon replied.
"Fading?" Francis asked in confusion.
The massive subspace portal before Jeanne's group would be losing its shape and erratically shrinking as a result of the shockwave that hit it from the demons' soul downpour. The four heroes stopped their fights once they realized that even the Shadow Fiends were losing their shapes from what happened. They all died into a sea of subspace that slowly flew off in a breeze before dying off completely. Jack is left disappointed but confused at how they died too easily from the chain reaction caused by his fellow demons. Ashley watched as Red shifts back into his normal form, the latter looking shocked at the unstable subspace shifting before them. Prince Ash is still holding on his pistols just in case something dangerous may be coming from the subspace. Jeanne had a good feeling that what's happening was unexpected as it could be highly dangerous.
"Boys and girls, we may have to keep our distance. That portal is getting ready to blow," she warned.
"Way ahead of you, Red Queen!" Ash said after turning around his Hell Wheel for an escape.
"Wait for me, ho!" Jack screamed before ice skating after him.
"Red, let's fly out of here!" Ashley ordered.
"Right away, Mistress Ashley," the imp said before quickly transforming.
The little witch instantly grabs the broom and begins flying after her running allies. The subspace portal shifts more and more like a bubble getting ready to burst as even its usual purple color is getting less recognizable to the human eye. Soon it swells massively in a white form with a sudden expansion, and fully explodes. The resulting explosion blows every ounce of wreckage and cars backwards violently from the sudden chain reaction of subspace and supernatural energy. Jeanne, Ash, Ashley, and Jack Frost are barely out running the resulting explosion that seemingly caught up to them in less than seconds. This almost throws them away with a strong current flinging them all into the air. Baal could sense the resulting blast heading in his direction and seeing that it's stronger than the one his allies caused. Looking at his followers still too busy building the shrine, he jumps in their way immediately to act as a massive shield for all of them.
"Stay behind your Lord. I'll protect you with all my night," he shouts.
The force hits him immediately after he held out both hands to fully shield them. Bayonetta is astonished at what is going on while still feeling the forces blowing in her face. The pillar of souls that engulf Lucifer remains uninterrupted as it's still filling him with all their endless nourishment. The ongoing Tyrants are in awe at Baal's heroic act and more the fact their leader is still feeding on their soul collection. Fuma loses his balance from the forces and gets thrown from inside the alley violently. The forces managed to slowly awaken Beldam from her state of defeat, barely opening her dark eyes to see that she's in Chi You's grasp. She finally saw the wounded Fuma clan ninja with the Amazing Island book in hand.
"You. You need to give me that book!" she shouts before using her magic to grow.
The sudden change in size allowed her to break away from Chi You's grip and elongate her shadowy tail back into the ground where it belongs. Fuma saw this sight and quickly scrambles away while he could before he gets caught. Bayonetta catches wind of what's going on to see the frightened ninja trying to get away from the larger Shadow Queen preparing her ice magic for him.
"Freeze!" the enraged Shadow Siren shouts as her ice magic is fired.
Bayonetta quickly reacts with several Wicked Weave punches to destroy the frozen mass that almost engulfed Fuma with ease and jumped at her in Panther Within form. The black panther managed to latch to Beldam's pointy nose and violently bite it.
"Youch, you plug-ugly feline. I'll freeze you until that fur coat is rendered obsolete!" she shouts.
"It's that witch that insulted me. I'll make sure you never show your face here again!" Chi You snarled.
Abbadon pushed him out of the way to attempt gobbling the Giant Beldam from behind with his massive jaws.
"Chew on this!" she shouts before freezing his entire jawline.
The cold would be enough to stop him from trying to chomp down, but it still wasn't enough to hold him back. Bayonetta reverts back to jet witch form and kicks the Shadow Siren hard in her chest. Beldam struggles to breathe from that hot, but still shoots enough blizzard in her face to attempt freezing her. Fuma, while confused at why the enemy would defend him, uses this chance to try escaping with the book in his hands. Tzitzimitl stretched one of her solar hair hands to attempt grabbing the runaway ninja while she could.
"You don't understand, you can't be attacking the defenceless like that boy," the protective witch said before knocking away the hairy arm with her own Wicked Weave.
"Defenseless? That brat is a thief that stole my book that I was going to use magic with. I'll have you know that we are trying to save other worlds from Dimentio's destruction," Beldam said.
Abbadon breaks through the ice and attempts chewing on the Shadow Siren's entire upper body aggressively.
"Who is this Dimentio? Another member of the Legion?" Bayonetta asks.
Fuma is almost to the top of a building for his escape only to be greeted by a less than pleased Marilyn with her arms grossed.
"Guh!" she shouts before shocking him with her electrified hands.
Bayonetta being less than pleased at this jumps for the fat Shadow Siren to attack her. It was then Vivian would appear right before her with a sneaky punch that burned her in the stomach. Countless burned rose petals fly from her body before she's soon knocked backwards.
"Leave my sisters alone! I don't want to be forced to hurt anyone, but I don't appreciate anyone defending thieves," she said in disappointment.
Seeing Abaddon trying to swallow the giant Beldam whole would only piss off the middle sister further.
"Guuuuuuuh!" Marilyn shouts before casting a powerful Thunder spell on the locust demon.
Being his main weakness was enough to not only severely hurt the big mouthed demon, but force him to back off with a slobbered Beldam free from his mouth. "D…damn you pests. You demons don't know who the hell you are dealing with," the angered locust demon roared.
"Baal, how about you assist us instead of wasting your time protecting those worthless humans?" Astaroth ordered.
The harvest god had no time to back down from a promise he made his own followers and ignored the cries of his fellow commander. The scaly serpent demon would only sigh before taking out his famed rapier to assist Abbadon.
"Stop it, we don't know what side we are on and what we are fighting for, but we need to all bloody negotiate for once instead of fighting like demons," the wounded Bayonetta said on the ground.
"Mimimimimimimi! I heard enough stupidity in one day. How about you hand over the book now, you brat!" a distorted voice said.
A large green spider like creature appears before the fallen Fuma out of the shadows with six black spider legs blocking his means of escape. All he could see is the dangling body of a girl-like shape hanging from the horrible prismatic head of this green spider abomination. It was clearly an angry true form Mimi that wanted to put an end to this book chase to get Beldam back on track.
"As long as you don't get in my way, that's fine. We both need to get the book back while these brainless spawns need to buzz off," the large Shadow Siren said.
Vivian and Marilyn grew just as big with their magic to back up their sister if it meant being on her good side.
"We will do everything we can to free this city from these demons. I bet they were the ones that killed countless innocents already based on these collections of souls," the younger sister said.
Bayonetta already felt like things would escalate with an unrelated party of characters mislabeling her group as villains.
"We done more good than bad than you witches. You probably sat and did nothing while we ended the miserable lives of these humans that think they can rule the world," Mithras threatens with his dagger.
"It doesn't matter, all we care about is making our demon lord his strongest again. Souls are what he need to be whole again and you can't stop us," Loki said with a smug grin.
"Guh guh guh!" Marilyn shouts.
"I don't know what the hell you're saying, but a plump demon like you is better off chewed until they're nothing for what you did to me!" Abaddon roared before baring his jaws.
"Says the ugly that looks like what comes from a Cherbil with a stomachache. You are all bark and no bite for a bunch of uglies who pale to our once beloved Shadow Queen," Beldam sneered.
"Perhaps we should all smoulder you all in the hottest of flames to make your souls fresh for Lucifer," Surt said coldly before raising his flaming sword.
Beldam fires her blizzard spell once more before Chi You acts as an ice resistant shield to protect his own Tyrant ally. The green multilimbed ox demon smirks as the cold rush past his body and shield, angering Beldam further. Some of the blizzard is soon reflected off of Astaroth's body as it's heading in the direction of Bayonetta and the Shadow Sirens. Vivian conjures her Fiery Jynx to attack all of the demons before her and the incoming blizzard to fully stop it. The blizzard is soon reduced to a massive cloud of mist to block the vision of everyone while the demons were harmed by the fire spell itself. Abaddon and Surt were completely unharmed with the former bouncing the flames off his body and the latter fully absorbing them as more energy. Chi You is less than fortunately to be harmed the most by the flames as it's his biggest weakness as an ice demon.
"Graaaah, the wench got me! I'm feeling weaker," he shouts.
Loki quickly assists him by healing his wounds despite the sea of steam blocking his view. Unfortunately this fog backfired by blocking Mimi from seeing Fuma before her at all.
"Doofuses! Why did you make it hard for me to see? Don't you want the dumb book or not?" she shouts in her distorted voice.
Fuma uses this opportunity to try escaping with a teleport, but succumbed to coughing in the thick steam that makes it hard for him to breathe. Bayonetta rushed blindly in the steam to tru finding the young ninja and talking to him.
"Little one? Are you there? Maybe we can calm these unruly allies of mine down and we can come to an understanding," she called.
She is then forced to dodge a series of incoming ruby shockwaves that Mimi fired blindly in hopes of hurting Fuma or those that stand in her way. She barely dodged one with her Bat Within in time to avoid being sliced apart.
"Have you ever thought about not wasting precious gems like this? I bet they would look rather dashing on your neck," she said sarcastically.
Mimi then blindly stomps with her spidery legs to try silencing them witch for getting in her way.
"Unless you are one of Dimentio's apologists, then get out of my way!" the green spider being shouts.
"Who the bloody hell is this Dimentio? And why do you want this boy so badly? Can't you all see he's scared and trying to defend himself?" Bayonetta called while dodging each massive spider leg.
All three Shadow Sirens stretched their bodies into the air to escape the steamy smog and try scoping out for their run away thief from above. All they could see is a better look at the spirit pillar formed by Lucifer and the white resulting explosion of the Subspace portal's death. Fracktail soon flies before them in a complete stop with questions about their mission.
"Have you all found the demon menaces? We need to defeat all traces of them to save these innocents," the robotic dragon asks.
"Yeah, because I demand we do so if we will be seen as heroes and get rewarded with babes….errrr information on where Dimentio and the Prognosticuses are," Francis said nervously.
"We did, and they are tough. This steam we made should slow them down before we finish them off," Vivian replied.
"Guh guh guh guuuuh!" Marilyn says casually.
"Just some dumb witch trying to protect the thief. Makes me wonder if she stole anything valuable too. Maybe we should kick her butt with Mimi since she's tussling with her below," Beldam said.
Before they could do anything else, they heard the sounds of screaming. They all looked to see Jeanne, Jack, Ash, and Ashley all spiralling out of control in the air from the explosion ejecting them in the air. Fracktail dropped his jaw and Francis is completely speechless at what he see. "What are they?" Vivian asks.
Jeanne quickly conjures Madama Styx in all her glory to stop all four of them from flying away with her large arms. The force would be proven enough to make the demoness fly backwards and knock Baal in her direction.
"D..damn…you," he uttered under his breath.
He is soon knocked into Mimi hard enough to daze her before she could attack Bayonetta or Fuma. Her vision is hazy just as her own control of her six legs were losing footing.
"You idiots! Now I can't focus or control myself," she said in a dizzy manner.
Bayonetta uses this opportunity to deal an After Burner kick strong enough to make Mimi lose one of her six legs and start running with Fuma in her hand.
"Follow me little one, you'll be safe from her if you keep up," she said.
"No, I must bring this book to my master. I don't fully trust you yet, wiiiiittttccchh!" he said while being dragged away.
Baal unleashed a powerful Killing Wind to boost himself back in the opposite direction and blow out all steam from the area. This pushed him along with Madama Styx's allies back in the opposite direction to fly forward. The Shadow Sirens are left disappointed knowing their plan is quickly foiled by his strong winds. The Tyrants were more than pleased by this and used this opportunity strike back on their three adversaries.
"Dekaja!" Astaroth shouts while casting a spell on his enemies.
This would cause all power buffs of any kind to be completely undone. This included reverting Mimi back to her normal form suddenly and shrinking all three Shadow Sirens back to their original size. Vivian, Marilyn, and Beldam would be left confused by their height elevation getting smaller and seeing their larger demon enemies being seen as towering in their eyes.
"Aaawww, our magic is getting weaker?" Vivian said.
"Drat, these uglies can apparently manipulate the way we use our own magic," Beldam complained.
"Guuuh…" Marilyn said in fear.
Mimi on the other hand throws a tantrum at her true form being undone to care about Bayonetta and Fuma running from him.
"Doofuses, imbeciles, dummies, who did this to my powerful form!" she shouts with angry pale eyes.
Baal couldn't control the forces pushing him and everyone directly before Bayonetta and her hostage, they all collapsed amongst another and keep flying ahead of themselves.
"Well it took you long enough to get here, Jeanne," the sarcastic witch said.
"Well Cereza, we were busy kicking Shadow Fiend bollocks and figuring out how to stop that subspace, but it appears that space is gone since it blew up in our bloody faces literally," her red wearing friend said.
"That's good and all, but we all need to stop flying or we will crash into something," Ashley said in a deadpan manner.
"Does anyone have any cushions or shit to save us from dying? Because we could really need that," Ash yells.
"You all are crazy you know that? All I want was to give this book to my master," Fuma shouts.
"Why do you care about some book-hee? It's not like it's a special, ho," Jack Frost said.
"Just let the kid take a long book, it's probably some unimportant pile of pages anyway," Ash beamed.
However, it was soon Bayonetta and Jeanne would be scanning the magical properties of the book, knowing too well that it's not a grimoire or spell book, but something much bigger that used to contain its own universe. Both witches would start to have a blurry vision in their minds as a result. One depicting the peaceful life of the Maboo people and monsters that inhabited the island and another of the Black Evil sending hordes of Evilings to possess and control everything on the island. She could easily recognize the creature from what Aoi Satan and Max D Cap consumed back in Hell. But another vision they would see is a young blue haired boy with his powerful monster that fought these creatures and the Black Evil to free the island.
Just what are these visions? This book actually contained a parallel world inside of it? And with that creature we saw, the Legion set those black creatures free to cause chaos in the universe. But that also raises the question, is the island still in there or those people? Now I know why this book is sought after so badly.
The first thing the witch so would be trying to take the Amazing Island book away from Fuma, who didn't want to give it away without a fight.
"Let go you witch, this is for my master!" he shouts. He instantly stabs Bayonetta in her hand if it meant stopping her.
She felt the pain as countless rose petals shed from her wound.
"You really are one that wants a spanking, little one," she said in mild annoyance.
"Want me to blast this kid's brains out for bothering you?" Ash said before cocking his gun.
"Killing someone is a bit overkill. But we need to stop him somehow," Jeanne warned.
"Or I could cast a hex on him to turn that thief into a spoon," Ashley said.
"Not really the best suggestion either, Mistress Ashley," Red said nervously.
Jack instead opts to slowly freeze the boy's armed hand to stop him from further attacking his alley. The intense cold alone with his sudden surprise, stopped him from attacking the witch and loosen the grip on the book.
"Stop it, I have to get this book for the master. He wants to free the world from the Legion and make a better world for all of us," he cried.
A familiar bull demon would appear before the flying god and heroes before launching them with a horned strike with his head. This violently threw Madama Stix, Baal, Ash, Ashley, Bayonetta, Fuma, Jack Frost, Red, and Jeanne into the air. The young ninja lost his grip on the book as it slowly floats down towards the tempted Moloch below. "Perfect, that Amazing Island book is ours. Only one step closer to harnessing the darkness still wandering in this world," he said. Beside him would be none other than Tanaka who was waiting for everyone to deliver the book safely to him. He snaps his fingers to order Monoceros to grab the flying ninja safely, which the unicorn demon obediently did. Bayonetta tries to shoot him only to be shot with dark magic from Mika's hand to stop her.
"He is our ally and your first mistake was messing with him, witch!" the dark elf said.
"Bayonetta!" Jeanne shouts from the sight of her friend succumbing to more damage.
Several other members of the Tanaka Family, new and old arrived just in time to see that they finally got what they all were coming for. Mamba reached out her hand to grab the book first thanks to her gigantic height and being less likely to burn it away unlike the fire demon beside her.
"Amazing Island book, obtained. We can now move on to phase two of the plan," she said with a grin.
"Don't celebrate yet, we have some pests from the shadows that plan to rain on our parade," Jasmine the Pink said.
They would be right as all three Shadow Sirens appeared before them ready to take the book back by force, but mostly Beldam who's less than happy unlike her usual self.
"Those uglies ruined our chances of getting more magic out of that book. And it seems there's another demonic ugly that needs a pounding on his ugly mug," she said.
Seeing the three shadow beings as lesser pests, Moloch begins charging his Mariagon flames within his mouth to attack them. It wasn't until Baal and the others landed directly on top of them in a jumbled pile of bodies to interrupt them. This lead the bull demon to stop his attack knowing his earlier method only made the job easier for him. But what made this sight more amusing is the sight of an old friend, a god that he's only familiar with for becoming a demon.
"Hahahahaha, Baal. Or shall I say, Beelzebub. How the mighty has fallen and become soft from the dreadful demon I once knew. I really applaud you from crushing these fools for me. This will only make our escape easier than ever," he said in amusement.
The harvest god is less than amused by being talked down by his "fellow Tyrant" or being mocked for his past of being a former god. He tries to raise his massive body at the risk of not crushing everyone below his large body, who were already too hurt from Moloch's attack.
"Go…to…hell. I am reclaiming my godhood and never…becoming…a demon…again. I've already converted your sheep…into my followers. To start Canaanite fate..anew…and without filth like you ruining our reputation," he said under his breath.
Heading these words would only cause a silent anger growing in the bull demon's face, even Tanaka growing more interested in this after taking the book from Mamba. His dark fists would be clenched and countless Steam emote from his flaring bovine nostrils in rage. Even his stone tail would be violently lashing everywhere forcing some of his Clan members to back away for safety. His yellow demonic eyes would soon be filled with enough rage to no longer see the god as his ally anymore.
"You…bastaaaaaaard!" he abruptly shouts.
His roar would be lots enough to be heard throughout the entire ruined city of Kamurocho. It even echoed in the distance toward where the Tyrants still stood in confusion after wondering where the three shadow witches went. Astaroth could recognize this roar from anywhere and had a feeling it was Moloch.
"That sound, there's no mistake that he's on a rampage here. We would have to calm him down when he's in this state or he'll burn everything down," the high ranked demon said.
"This city is getting on my last nerve. First our own ally protects a thief from us, then these shadow witches try slowing us down, and now this? Part of me wish that I never even left home," Tzitzimitl complains.
"Before we do anything, we should wait for Lucifer to eat every soul we given him. It should be enough to make him at least stronger," Surt said calmly.
Abbadon would have his mouth close slightly in surprise after seeing the pillar of souls slowly die down. The pillar is shrinking quickly as a sign that he's done feasting on everything possible.
"Everyone, he's ready. We will have to see what form he takes this time," Loki said with a smile.
"Hopefully he is back to his beautiful and powerful self once more. Then our mission can be a complete success," Mithras said excitedly.
The demons soon focus their attention on what became of their leader now that the pillar slowly disappears completely. What would be left is a glowing humanoid shape that vaguely resembles that of a frail old man. The form fully collapses on his weak limbs and breathing heavily at what happened to his form. The Tyrants drew closer to their master to see what way they could assist him. Surt and Mithras were highly disappointed that it's only his old man form. Tzitzimitl knew that their mission is far from over with even more souls to pursue.
"At least it's progress. We all should be proud that he's no longer a weak child," Abaddon said.
"But I am a weak old man. But it's good to actually be a proper age. Get me a wheelchair, I need to move on," the blonde old man said.
"Yes Master Lucifer," they all said in unison.
Next, Moloch would be seen violently stomping on Baal in rage at what he admit to him about Stealing his cult. Within each stomp would cause the harvest god to yell in pain while he's still defenceless. But that wasn't all as Bayonetta and her Allie's were still crushed beneath the God's body and screaming from the pain. Ash could feel his skeletal body slowly cracking as it couldn't take too much pressure. Ashley already feel her defensive massive failing on her as she's doing her best to stay alive and protect Red. Both Umbran witches already feel enough bloody red petals shedding from their body as both were in their most hopeless position yet. Jack's body is already starting to bleed Magatsuhi due to being closer to his death before he had a chance to prove himself.
"He…he…hee..ho…ho..ho…" he said slowly in his near dying state.
The Shadow Sirens were all too wounded to escape into the shadows and just as closer to death as their former enemies.
"This is all you..fault for caring about some book over the safe..ty of your own siblings. I'm going…to die..your sister..Marilyn will die…and so will you. How does that make you fe…feel, Beldam," Vivian said in a mix of scorn and regret.
Beldam has no idea how to respond since her own jaw is too smushed to sass her back or explain the situation that they were in. Her nearly surviving an encounter with Chi You was one thing, and this tight situation is another. Mimi reappears just in time with Nastasia and O' Chunks to assist everyone else in battle. Tanaka snaps his fingers to order his strongest members to take all three of them down immediately. Mamba clashed with O'Chunks in a test of strength with both of their arms locked in combat. He made sure to grow twice his size if it meant sizing up to her since he can acknowledge her strength.
"Ya got some fight in ya, lass. But that won't stop me from savin' me allies," the Scotsman said.
Mimi is seen defending herself from Mika's stream of dark magic with her floating shield of rubies and barely keeping up with his speed.
"If I had more energy to become my true form, you would be spanked real good," the green girl complains.
Nastasia however would be struggling to brainwash and restrain Moloch from doing any harm. Being a highly powerful demon made him too strong of a target for her to deal significant mind bending to.
"This…is too much. I can only do so much with my powers and he's way out of my league," she said in exhaustion.
Francis and Fracktail would already be diving down to everyone's rescue with determination. Monoceros, Kinship, and Ryoku Beel all left into the air to deal with them. Fracktail already hurled enough Frackles from his back to try slowing them down, but they were proven too quick for them. Francis already taps on his device to order a few Meowmaid bombs while he could. But they would be destroyed immediately thanks to Kinship's spear strikes. Monoceros sucker punched the chameleon geek, causing him to become limp in pain with tears in his eyes and drop down. Ryoku Beel was too confident to even fight with his Koubu, only to strike Fracktail's metallic noggin to send the mighty Pure Heart guardian spiralling towards the ground. His lifeless eyes would only be a sign that his high flying days were completely over. Seeing the two pests finally plummet toward the ground already gave Nastasia a sign that her entire alliance is falling apart.
"No….," she said.
Moloch however had other plants by raising his tail in the air with a sword to attempt piercing her. She knew that there's no way out of this once since her other allies were too preoccupied or slowly dying. Tanaka grins at what his allies were doing easily, almost chuckling at how he get front row seats to his newest addition killing many.
"Now Moloch, finish everything. We can start ruling this world after ridding this city of those who only made everything easier for us. Send them straight to the depths of Hell!" he called.
"With pleasure, partner," the bull demon said.
He lowers his foot at the same time his blades tail aims for Nastasia to kill her. She flinched in response to avoid the inevitable. It wouldn't be until a familiar pattering a fast running is heard in the distance that she couldn't recognize. It appears to a an armor clad young man with a strange Classical Japanese hairstyle to match his ancient origins. Baal tries to look at just what demon is approaching them this soon. He leaps gracefully into the air, now scaling the falling body of Fracktail to head for the site of the trouble. Moloch is completely frozen just to try identifying who demon is interrupting his fun.
"Damn it, the Kunitsu Kami are here. Things would had been worse if it were the Amatsu Kami," he said in annoyance.
"Don't waste your time worrying about those outdated gods, kill these fools," Tanaka ordered.
Monoceros and Ryoku Beel appears just behind this incoming Kunitsu to try attacking him. Two other familiar Kami would appease right behind them with their own plans. One being an armless oni Kami and old other being a small size shifting Kami in a banana boat.
"Shockbound," Take-Minakata said to electrocute the unicorn demon viciously.
"Eternal Blizzard!" an enlarged Sukuna-Hikona said before freezing Ryoku viciously with a powerful blizzard.
Both attackers being incapacitated lead the leader to keep running directly for Moloch while he was defenceless. Other Kunitsu would make their appearance to help Mimi and O'Chunks' battle. A massive mountain god appeared behind Mamba to pummel her into the ground with vicious strikes of his rocky large limbs. O'Chunks is left dropping his jaw at the strength of Ouyamatsumi's raw strength. A massive dogu-like Kunitsu appears beside Mika with his rotating limbs glowing behind him. He soon pummels him with Fujin Attack to attack with blinding cold punches to the dark elf's body. Mimi dropped all of her rubies in surprise at what she seen out of Arahabaki's strength, but thankful she didn't have to defend her body anymore.
"We are here to help and protect our beloved land," the two Kunitsu Kami announced.
Moloch is left in a spot where he couldn't decided to crush his foes or skewer Nastasia while she was there. Tanaka didn't like that he was full of pressure and ordered him to attack anyway. Mimi shot several rubies at Moloch's chest to distract him along with O'Chunks tossing debris at the bull demon's face to daze him. Tanaka angrily orders his yakuza thugs to fire their pistols at them. Both Arahabaki and Ouyamatsumi blocking their bodies with their durable large frames. The bullets bounced almost everywhere as a result almost killing other members of the Tanaka Clan easily. One barely grazed Tanaka's own shoulder, forcing him to kneel down in pain from his own plan falling apart. Moloch then decides that he will simply crush Baal and everyone else instead until a dragon of light pierced his body in less than seconds. This is Okuninushi's White Dracostrike, one of his deadlier moves on dark based demons. This severely harmed Moloch more than ever, who almost screamed from the light magic filling his dark body. He follows up with a Fatal Sword to cause the bull demon to bleed countless blood and Magatsuhi from the attack.
"Go back to the depths from where you came and never mess with the holy land of Japan," the Kunitsu Kami leader said.
"Daaaaaaaamn you!" Moloch yells as his body falls backwards from the attack.
The Kami eventually uses Mediarama and Me Patra to heal the victims behind him easily. The former heals all wounds immensely while the latter takes away any fear or other status alignments easily. Baal could feel himself no longer feeling any pain as he lifts himself off of the ground with ease. The Shadow Sirens soon recovered into the shadows and rose back up now that they were no longer being crushed. Jack doubles checked to make sure if he's alive and not fully dead. Ash cracks his skull and flexed his bones now that's reader to kick some ass. Fuma is left scared for the state of his master as he saw the book in his hands and the critical state that he's in. Mika was too far away to go any healing spells and Little Reno is far too scared to think about picking up their wounded master. The yakuza were far too smart to think about firing their weapons anymore knowing these Kami were too strong. All but one guard prepared a fully charged Petrifying Blast at their enemies to try harming them. Arahabaki reflects the blast back at the shooter with a magic shield, thus turning the attacker into a petrified state.
"Shit, Hiroshi is down. We have to realize we can't defeat our own Kami. We should run!" several thugs shout before running.
Jasmine the Pink, Tin Head, and Glutt didn't want to give up without a fight as they charged at the arm or clad Kami to try hurting him.
"How about you stop acting like you care about this world when you let it happen? Go back to the heavens," the pink haired thug shouts.
This statement would only lead the Kunitsu leader to sigh before casting a powerful fire spell within his hand.
"Your first mistake was confusing us with our rivals the Amatu Kami. Such ignorance from a gaijin invader like yourself is expected. Why don't to leave the Land of the Rising Sun?" Okuninushi said before burning all three of them with Agialo.
The flames were intense enough to almost melt Tin Head's plastic body and Glutt's mechanical armor. They severely burned Jasmine's body to the point that she's left in a very defenceless and weak state.
"Damn…Japanese and their powerful gods," she uttered before blacking out.
All three of them landed on the ground easily defeated. The remaining new allies of the Tanaka Clan slowly backed away and didn't want to anger these wrathful earth gods any further. Bayonetta and Jeanne both flexed and danced together to double check all of their injuries as they were no more. Red cries in an embarrassed Ashley's blouse to express his gratitude at living to serve her another day. Fuma would step before Tanaka to defend him at all costs, even if it means facing one of the few chief gods he worships. The Kunitsu Kami leader shown zero fear toward the very people he's sword to protect, even if he's deeply disappointed in their actions.
"You all had done enough. You and the gaijin forces known as the Legion of Subspace that tainted our beautiful country. What I order is that all of you leave and never come back to here again. I don't want to be forced to kill the very people we protect. We aren't like the Amatsu Kami who's about divine punishment to sinners," Okuninushi warns with his sword pointed at the Tanaka Clan.
Demi-Fiend appears right on the scene of the crime to see what had occurred. The demon savior is less than pleased to see Moloch somehow not dead and prepares to punch him.
"Stand down, King of Chaos. I have a choice of words regarding you and your demonic friends that are just as responsible for the destruction here," he replied.
"I would appreciate it if you stand down, Kunitsu. You can protect Japan all you want but what you don't understand is that Lucifer needs souls to be com…"
"The same Lucifer that destroyed Tokyo, forcing the former Creator to use what's left of his power to recreate it in his war that killed him? Who also almost killed one of the Amatsu Tsukuyomi that almost colonized our world? I advise you all to go back to the pot where you belong," he warned Demi-Fiend.
This left Bayonetta, Ashley, Jeanne, and Ash in a state of shock upon revelation of these unseen events. The visitors from Flipside and their Allie's were unsure of what to make of the Kunitsu Kami leader's words. Baal had the feeling certain people would had heard the truth sooner or later.
"What do you mean that the Tokyo we all knew about was already destroyed and just a divine replica? You have a lot of explaining to do before anyone goes anywhere," the black witch demanded.
You can tell the SMTV influence is there when the Kunitsu Kami step in to stop all the chaos happening in their land of the rising sun. Despite some misunderstandings, Bayonetta soon realize the importance of the Amazing island book since that's where the Maboo Tribe came from along with the same Evilings on the loose in the universe. But the Tanaka Family will not give it away kindly without a fight. A weakened Moloch was defeated into joining the Tanaka Clan and proven to be a deadly asset in almost killing the heroes in full health. Lucifer evolved to the next stage of his metamorphosis with a long way to go before he's back to his old self thanks to the Tyrants. Next chapter as promised we will focus on the villains once Bayonetta's group finally decides to leave Japan along with more revelations of what happened with Tokyo years ago. I will not make a promis eof the next chapter coming too soon since I am still sickly, but it should be worth a wait for the next exciting chapter. See you real soon!
