Chapter 37.
Raise the flag high. Let those degenerates know who comes to claim their lives this day!
Sergeant Adar Geronan Imperial Fists M 41
True justice is quite simply the will of the Emperor.
Franz Grenzstein Imperial Fists M 41
Humanity is going to be the rising Sun over the galaxy. We will have worlds uncounted. The first imperium had a million at its peak. We will have more. We will control vast space. Imagine that. We didn't have a thought of that pre unification. We wondered what was out there. We know bits now. But the galaxy will be ours. In the Emperor's name explore and dream. Because we will never stop here on Terra.
Lord Commander Freed Sellzen M 3
Beijing China next day.
Issei did not resist when Sona and Ravel said he was going to see a psychiatrist. They were right he did need to see one. Ravel had one already set up and the doctor had been surprised to learn that his patient would be the Emperor. But his professional side had kicked in. The appointment was later today.
Hadrian had been told to take regiments to Russia. Diep to take tanks to Africa. Biwko was to join the fight for the star gate. Beijing was now under their control. As were several more cities on the east coast. The warlords were also beginning to fight one another for every scrap of troops, land and or bullets. Skanderbeg had been given total command of China with Ruruko finally getting her own regiment. Asmodeus was being moved to Russia and the Unification Party of China was now working on getting roads fixed and people fed.
Issei was gently moved to a house that was rented for a few hours and there he met his psychiatrist. Doctor Nathan. The regular man sat across from the Emperor of Mankind. They started out.
"Your grace. I understand that from what I have been told by your betrothed that you have several potential issues that might become something worse. I am not an expert on the new dragon information I was told of, but I can see several implications that might be worse later in life. I understand you have spent ten years of near isolation."
"I did."
"Please tell me of it. What your willing to share."
Secret Cabal base near Beijing.
Vali cracked her powerfists. She loved them so very much. She did look at their possible new teammate. A satyr named Pavala. She was a very strange person. Her family had a monster in it. But the satyr wanted to leave that behind and earn herself a place in the sun.
She was busy preparing nature spells. Le Fay and Kuroka were worried. Ravel and Sona had contacted them this morning and said they were holding a meeting with all the Sigilites. But they had also been given wedding invitations. Ravel was getting married soon. Her family was all right with a small wedding. Sona was going to have hers in two weeks on the day the first ship was launched. It was a day everyone was looking forward to. Arthur had been preparing his sword work. The perpetuals were now one more. A new man named Dimitri had joined the club and they would have their first meeting of it soon. Arthur was eager for that. To see Irina again in the flesh and to see even snarky Akio was a big hope. The team had been delighted to see Biwko again. The monkey man was massive now and he carried the new spear. But he was just as happy as before. Vali had grunted to him hello.
This base they were hitting was well defended and the Cabal forces in the Beijing area had flocked to it. But the Inquisition had help. A regiment of the Death Korps. Their commander was dour, but he had met with the Inquisitor running the operation. A man who just called himself Hammond. He was older but still fit. There was also a squad of sisters of battle here. They had jet packs. The twelve Inquisition stormtrooper squads were not the lads. But rather new troops that had mostly come from newly raised forces. Their Captain was a man from Australia named Burton and he was also gruff.
They were portaled to the outskirts of the town and the operation began. Death Korp forces began to march into position. The stormtroopers take the center and the Sisters the left. Vali likes the jet packs. She will request them for her teammates that do not fly. Hammond is an American, but he can speak Chinese well. He talked with the Death Korp commander and the other human man nodded before getting his regiment ready for action.
Mark 001
The Cabal commander here is torn. He is the highest ranking officer of the group left in the Beijing area. But he knows his rag tag forces will not be able to hold back the Imperium. He has a mix of conscripts and party troops. But they are wary. The conscripts are disheartened, and many want to desert. The war is over for them. The party troops are in bad condition with wounded and many in misfit units because of the nature of their retreat.
This base holds China's greatest secret. A device found in the Gobi, and it was not human in origin. The research team here confirmed that. And the General here had serious doubts about his place. He had wanted to defect earlier in the wars. But his position in the north had made that impossible. He knew xenos were real. Hard to deny that with one object of that in his base. The dating done on the object made no mistake of it. But he was stuck here now. He had considered when he heard of Beijing falling of using the device as a bargaining chip. Not for amnesty but for a lesser sentence.
But he could not do that anymore when the alarms blaring off about enemy forces and the fanatics in the party troops had started firing off at the attackers.
Death Korp humans moved, and they began to open fire on their attackers.
Mark 002-015
The sisters had launched their jet packs and landed in a huge throng of party troops stunning them before the roars began. The Death Korps launched assaults that slowly began to crawl forward towards the entrance to the underground faculty. Vali was cracking her fist and just scaring conscripts that the team came across. That was enough to make several of them immediately surrender. Stormtroopers began to lead those away. But the party troops fought to the bitter end. These were the most fanatical of them left in the area. Their crude chain axes roared, and they tried to kill their enemies and make them pay the price for every single step. Several had brought out the prototype las guns they did have. They shot them and watched in horror as the guns exploded due to the shoddy workmanship. This left bad burns on the hands of the users, and they were quickly targeted down. Le Fay sent many reinvigorating spells through her teammates and the nearby squads.
Mark 016-045
The Cabal launched a new desperate attempt to fight back. They ordered forward a secret team that they had long kept. It was a mix of badly tortured and brainwashed supernatural beings. Several Youkai and three devils they had captured pre Unification Wars and had been preparing them as a sort of Chinese answer to the possibility of other nations having a similar idea.
The leader was a tiger man who through his brainwashing orders moved his ten forward. They had not been deployed because they had only fully broken earlier that month and had to be reprogrammed back up. He was deathly loyal to dead rulers. But his mind was so broken he did not believe the truth.
Arthur met the first of their foe. A devil who was a knight with a sword of pure hell fire. The enemy did not say a word. Tools do not have thoughts other than what China wants. Arthur drew Excalibur and then their fight began.
Le Fay ran into a queen devil who powered up. The woman had horrible scars from her torture and simply started the fight by throwing a massive ball of magic at the magician.
Vali with Agg and Percy slammed into three Youkai who were all using magically enhanced weapons. They were just regular people dragged out of their homes.
Kuroka faced a male nekomata who was missing his tail and one ear. But his claws had been enhanced with hardened steel making a deadly weapon. Kuroka drew her power sword and made it crack.
Ren and Pavala faced down more Youkai and Ren preparing his eye and his warp ball. Pav had drawn a scythe and began a second spell. She was not her father. She would see Terra green again.
Biwko simply yawned. The tiger man and the reincarnated king were here and facing him. The monkey man had twirled his spear fired a bolt of flame and that started his fight.
Kuroka hissed and then summoned clones of herself with her senjutsu. The world had significantly less hate now a days. She then charged the nekomata and only saw Issei. He needed her purrs. She thrust with her sword, and she only missed because the other cat had hit his experimental combat drugs. He roared in new fury and swiped at the other cat making several dents in her armor. Not bad ones but not bad for his rage. Kuroka strikes and her clones jumped from the shadows and scratched and claw the other cat.
That distracted the male. Kuroka makes a chop and takes a hand. The male cat snarled in pain and killed the clones fast. He then roared again as the combat drugs hit the peak and his remaining hand and claws come in a quick swipe and rip parts of Kuroka's arm. The claws almost got through, but the armor was there whining in exertion. Kuroka sees her mate's smile and the kiss she shared with him that day. His smell entered her nose, and she roared back. Then she swung and decapitated the male cat. His head dropped to the floor with a flop and the body jerked spastic before falling. A whisper of thanks from his spirit is heard by Kuroka.
Arthur swung Excalibur and his and the knight's blades clashed together. The steel of the past meets the steel of the future. Arthur sees that the knight has decent footwork. But he was limping badly. And his left foot was wobbling. The result of a missing toe. Arthur quickly corrected his own stance before pushing his opponent back and then chopping in a potential hole. The knight was fast enhanced by drugs and several experimental surgeries. But he is jerky because of them too.
The knight swung his sword and hit Arthur on his chest piece. It leaves a thin scratch. Arthur then slammed his armored carapace head against the devil dazing him. He did block the follow up blow. But loses a finger. The burning from the holy blade is dulled by the nerves in the devil being dampen. But the holy weapon does leave a poison. It started. The devil hit a drug stim and then chops quickly with the sword and left three more scratches. Deeper this time. But then comes the next assault.
Arthur thinks of Irina and then he thrusts his sword and used the block by the devil to kick at the leg with the missing toe. It breaks the kneecap and the devil finally screamed. Arthur then stabs with that opening and cuts through the heart. The devil jerked before being kicked off the blade. The devil died free. Of everything.
Ren had thrown three balls and his second slams into an elephant Youkai and that leaves an opening for Pav. She cut the man in half with her scythe and Ren blocked a sword stab with his staff. A laser from his eye takes a hand from the enemy tengu. The psyker then clouds the vision of his new foe while Pavala takes the last foe an angry fox woman. The fox had three tails and they lash out but failed to pierce the satyr's carapace. Pavala cuts one off then used her magic to summon a tree root that crushed a second. The fox does not scream but she yips and then charged with her own enhancement on her claws.
The fight was getting bad and then Ren summoned warp lightning and cooked his fellow bird. Ren hates that but he sees the torture the others went through. The Chinese had been brutal with him. Pavala finally finished her next move. She cut off a leg and then using the blood from it enhances her speed further and then takes the fox's head. The body went limp. The head showed the fox was thankful for the pain to end for her. The Cabal had killed her kits and used that as her torture. Their forms hugged their mother now again.
Ren makes another shot with his eye and that kills the fellow bird. Straight through the center of the head. The tengu collapsed.
Le Fay wished she had accepted the sword lessons now. But she makes a shot with her las pistol and hits the queen on her right leg leaving a small hole. The devil just throws more magic and does not see the wound. The queen was unable to feel pain. A new surgery she underwent just last week. But Le Fay is not Hecate's champion for nothing. Two spells fire up and the devil is hit with a water wave then an ice spell that freezes the feet of the queen. She tried to power up and use her rook strength to break the ice. A second shot takes an ear and the devil just growled like a feral animal.
The counterattack is a burning fire, and it heats up Le Fay's left arm and that makes the perpetual muffle a scream. It hurts! But that pissed off Le Fay. She makes two quick shots and that takes another body part in an upper arm. The second shot missed. The queen then throws hotter fire. Le Fay dodged and then summoned two light swords throwing them and the first takes an arm. The second a foot. The poison spread fast and the queen wobbles. Le Fay shoots once more. The shot takes the heart. The Queen coughed then fell.
Le Fay will ask her knight for sword lessons. She hurt so much. But the burns are beginning to recede.
Vali had charged with her power fists and pulped a snake man. The power fists cracked the snakes' ribs and punctured his lungs. The snake hissed thanks and left the world. He was the only one with a hint of his will left. Agg hits a wolf youkai with his hammer, and he sees the dog woman fly and splatter on a wall from the force of the slam. Percy stabs twice and punched a hole through a leopard Youkai's leg. The hole makes her wobble and the second stab with the force spear goes through the guts to the spine. The leopard dropped to the floor paralyzed before a single stab is made.
Biwko had been bored. The devil king was severely burned, and the tiger had lost some of his fur. A bark from the bolter and the arm of the devil king exploded and the man grunted but brought his short sword into a poke. The blade bent and the metal creaked. Then Biwko stabs and kills the king. The tiger man roars and clawed the custodian. His claws broke like the sword and the monkey just backhanded the tiger and he went splat. Team Vali regrouped and then they rejoined the advance. Arthur saw his sister's burned armor and did not smother her like many others would he just asked.
"Your good Fay?"
"My arm hurts but yes. The queen was annoying."
Arthur stays near her in worry. But the advance continued. Ren wants this over to be with Valeria. They had agreed for a date after this under a blank's watch. Lord Inquisitor Ellen did not trust the dhampir and did not want the other out and about without eyes on Valeria.
Mark 046-0125.
The Inquisition kept moving steadily through the base with the seraphim sisters making the Cabal run from their swords. The Death Korps advanced through several barracks and dragged conscripts out with shouts of surrender or die. The party troops had moved underground and set up kill boxes in the narrow halls with machine guns and more. The general could not surrender even if he wanted to now. Party troops had entered his bunker and assumed command of the defense at gun point. They planned to destroy the gate to prevent the dogs from getting it. The first explosive were set. But Team Vali and stormtroopers with las shotguns advanced. Hammond had shown he had fight in him by killing a Cabal trooper with a las pistol custom made to fire hell shots. The man killed was a straight head shot.
Vali fisted her way through the party troops with Biwko next to her. They heard the first explosions. The troops at the gate gape at the next to no damage done. They set more powerful ones. But the imperials continued down the halls. The scientists were also being held at gun point and then the party troops there began killing the scientists to prevent their capture. Stormtroopers killed the enemy but out of fifty scientists only ten were left alive having hidden under their coworker's bodies. Non were high ranking. Those high ranking ones had committed suicide to prevent their information from leaking. But one survivor was a technician for the computers, and he was moved to stop the destruction of the records by stormtroopers.
More explosions and the gate still did not take damage. The party troops were worried because the imperials were getting closer by the second. They tried three RPGs. Again, no damage. Agg, Ren and Pavala burst into the massive room with the sisters and prevent the next attempt with a shit ton of higher grade explosives being brought in. The troopers dying knowing they failed.
Vali, Biwko and Arthur killed the Party Commander and his men before turning their weapons on the now free general who along with his two aides surrendered raising hands. Vali cracks her fists and broke a desk.
"Talk or that is you. Say everything because I have little patience for bull shit right now."
Biwko smirked before speaking in Chinese.
"I serve the Emperor personally. You have his guarantee of some clemency if you talk. You still will face charges for the ten people who were tortured badly by your people. But the object is ours and my friend has a short temper."
Vali cracks her fists again. The general begins babbling on about everything. Le Fay gazes at the gate and sees how big it is. Her skin on the burned arm was flaking and she just wanted Issei to hold her. Kuroka hugs the other Sigillite. They will see him later today. Hammond sees his Ordo's future.
He had joined the Inquisition because they were doing something more about the Xenos. They were actively preparing to help the Gaimian. To destroy the Gould. The benefits of working with them had brought him out of retirement and his grandkids had been big fans of The Empress of Fire. A signed autograph had been requested before he was moved to this Ordo, and he had gotten the autograph almost a day later. His granddaughters had bounced up in down in joy for that. They wanted to be like the Empress of Fire and use magic too!
He was told he had a full field team being assembled and that he was free to choose his own people for this so long as they understood that they were under tight conditions to not leak this out much. George was fine with that. His Ordo the Ordo Astra Porta had been given a blank check by Lord Inquisitor Diego for whatever the new needed. Sisters of battle could be seconded to them plus more. The five sisters had been his people for this. Their captain had been a happy woman from South America named Carman and she was now asking if her seraphim would be under George permanently. George said she was free to stay or go.
The woman from Peru had been silent for a second before saying her squad was willing to train a new order of sisters especially for this Ordo. That had been approved by the Grand Cannoness. George appreciates that. He had met Xenovia and while her rants about Turians were amusing he was in a part of his life where the horny was not really a thing. He did want to talk with a Turian because they seemed the ones the Imperium would have a good relationship with most. What was the Cannoness doing now anyway?
Inquisition Headquarters underworld same day.
Xenovia was grumpily sitting at this last meeting for the second game. She was sad because her suicide mission ending was rough. She had lost two people. The Cerberus agent gun keeper and then Thane. Both due to mistakes. She did get her bird man, but that joy had been dampened by the losses. Diego had entered next, and he was incredibly disturbed by the last mission. He sat and waited for Dohnaseek and then Anastasia to get there. Diego saw Xenovia and then asked.
"How many?"
"Two. You?"
"None. But I was incredibly lucky. That ending is rare."
Xenovia sighed but nodded. The other two Inquisitors entered the room. Anastasia was upset. She had lost one and that was Thane. Donhaseek had lost only one. The Krogan tank born. They sat and then began the meeting with a collective sigh. Diego asked them the first question.
"The base. Who destroyed it or preserved it?"
Donhaseek answered first.
"Destroyed. TIM is a prick and reminds me of my bitch sister. He can get spaced."
"Destroyed. I will not give TIM that Diego. Not after the reaper. He is an ultra ass."
Anastasia had been very down by Thane. Xenovia finally grunted out.
"Destroyed. I despise Cerberus. I will make sure no hatred of anything Xenos is ever put into my sisters except for the Gould. The Citadel is flawed but they try extremely hard for members. Yes the Council are asses but I am putting that more on our theory about the station itself rather than them being truly incompetent."
Diego nodded. He was pissed at them for Tali and her people. But understands that technically the Quarians had broken Citadel law. Like how the Imperium would too. But they would never be members of it. He was silent. But Anastasia had been cheerful.
"We have the location of a possible reaper corpse. That is more evidence that we can use for our argument. But we need to keep people away from it. How are our nearby tree friends doing on that Dohn? You are the one they talk to most besides the Emperor."
"They have made a possible breakthrough. They have deployed a frequency that they tested on several horrible criminals and that seems to be working. They are going to keep testing it. The subjects were captured Batarians from a pirate group that tried to raid a nearby new colony and that was actually their first contact. Their tree has a horrible Citadel that is extremely bad. The Batarians have a strong presence on the Citadel and the Asari are their friends. That Asari civilization is the opposite of ours. They have a horribly brutal Theocracy who supports Enslavement of lesser beings. The second big three there are the Volus who have dozens of wage slavery worlds. The final ones are the extremely blood thirsty Krogan who serves as the muscle for that Citadel. They serve a version of Khorne there. Tailored for them specifically. Humanity does have allies there in the Turians who have been galactic pariahs. They hate the Citadel Empire as it is called there. Several other smaller races have formed up on them as vassals, but it is considered the payment for having mostly free government. The Turians there are called the Order of Light and they have extended membership in their bloc to Humanity."
That was horrible. That tree was fucked up. That DXD 40000 had a great Citadel was wonderful. That humanity in that tree had many enemies was bad. There were a few races missing though. Donhaseek said to answer that.
"The Salarians were enslaved and are kept as food for the Krogan. The Quarians are in an extremely defense heavy position with their Geth serving as a wall near their Veil. They have been fighting the Citadel Empire for two hundred years. The Asari want them as pleasure slaves and I am seeing heavy hints that they worship she who thirsts. The Batarians there have an excessively big influence as servants of the Changer of ways. The plague father is not there as can be seen yet but humanity has heard rumors that the jellyfish serve him. Their Reapers are actually weirder than anything. They are extreme enemies of Chaos. Seek their destruction actually. But that came from a heavily indoctrinated individual and the United Earth Republic does not believe that at all. The subject spontaneously tried to blow themselves up at a massive gathering before capture. They said that was because the taint of Chaos was already amongst humanity. That they must help the Reapers destroy the current champion races of the four. Or things will get worse."
Xenovia feels bad for the other tree. Her counter part there was a Foundation agent and had lost several limbs to a SCP containment breach. A human one that was brutal. But her counterpart was in better spirits because she had a good friend in SCP Issei who was her boss. She had actually been the SCP Shirone's bride's maid there. Nearly all of the people who would have been Team DXD were in the Site 2956 teams. But Diego brought the mood down more.
"Our Reapers are definitely not theirs. We are going to become more of them if we do not purge them with everything we have. Falere has told me about the rising growth of Doomsday cults in the Citadel. How the Sol Invictus group is watched heavily to see if they will become one too. We must never integrate with the Extranet. Humanity must be as independent as possible from the Citadel, and we must scan every single person who enters our space. We possibly need another Ordo for that under the Investigatus."
They were grim. The Imperium would need to be very isolationist. They would have to make hard choices to keep Reaper Cults from their space. They did not want to do the screening like that. But this would damage relationships with the Citadel more. Xenovia had shown a bit of light there.
"The Turians must become our friends. I recommend we do everything in our power to make efforts with them to combat piracy and other disturbances near our border plus be extremely vicious to criminals who try to operate out of our space. The Turians respect hard justice and they can be our friends when they see we do that too."
The Turians would be the door openers. But there was another.
In the warp Sol system.
Athame froze. She saw what the favor she owed The Emperor was. He had a portion of his might here facing her now. He was not amused.
"I am calling it in now. Give me samples of the Asari DNA. You want me to help Falere. My gene smiths are not getting anything about your people at all. And because your making me do this with Falere I want another favor."
The Goddess winced at how brutal he was in the delivery. But saw the son of Neoth fully because Falere would get that commanding presence. Damn was that hot. Athame nodded.
"I will do what I can. But it will be difficult for me to manifest physically in system. The second favor is something I can easily see what you want. My Champion will be informed in a way I can still do with my people to try and mitigate your Imperium and its ways to them."
"I understand the cuttlefish are blocking you. But we have five years before we hit Citadel space. I do not want war with your people. No offense but we would smash them."
"None taken and yes you would. But my brats are in serious trouble. The cuttlefish have infiltrated deep into their society. They are as pacifist as they are because of them. I like the world spirit from Palaven, but he is in a bind too. The rest of the pantheons for Citadel species are in extremely bad shape because they were ultra connected to their people at a point in the past. They are not dying but many have gone into isolation."
"Noted. Now manifest."
Ravel was bouncing up and down looking at the pretty Asari here in the room now. Sona just understands more the fetish for Asari. Issei gently takes a blood sample and Ravel and Athame start woofing at each other. Humans/Asari are hot. Issei stared down Ravel making her whimper. Sona helped by grabbing Ravel and putting her in a corner facing away.
"Stay there or else."
Athame nodded to Issei once the sample was taken before remarking.
"Everything is there. Even the vampire gene. My older sister was one. I'm not so don't worry bout your hunky dad. I best be off. Having a body again in the materium is weird. Bye mood kindred!"
She vanished. Sona does ask Issei how his appointment went. Issei was silent before replying.
"It went better than I thought. I appreciate you both for it. I will keep going to him and try to overcome it. I love you both so much. Even the pervert in you Ravel."
Ravel was happy about that. She was having her wedding day in three days. Her parents and siblings would all be there plus their peerages. Sona had a better day. But that was fine given social status between them. They would have a private ceremony for just the three of them. The Sigilites were invited to both weddings. Asia had finally won her place and the angel had been incredibly happy about that. She was being moved to Africa to help there. But she would be there for their meeting in a few minutes.
They prepared chairs in this old office space in Beijing and Ingvild entered smiling happily. Her face was pleased with how Tizca was going. She would be fast here before going back to keep helping. Kuroka and Le Fay entered next with Kuroka yowling and then transformed into her cat form to cuddle on Issei's lap. Le Fay just kissed him, and Issei saw the skin was still a little red. But Le Fay had just reassured him that she was ok. Asia was the last here physically and Ravel helped Falere who was almost guaranteed now. The ghost Asari watched everyone again. It was night for her. Issei started.
"I am going to therapy. If any of you see something I do that needs to be fixed for our relationship say it to me and I will immediately try to get it fixed. But do know I am a social dragon and that I have the red one in me. I want to be worthy of you all. I am a mess from ten years of isolation, and I want to have that fixed. But there are going to be days where I get incredibly sad. That might be permanent."
All but Falere understand that. The Asari was given a rundown of sacred gear. She gapes because that is incredibly strange for her. Gear that gives power like that. And dragons. That is incredibly important to know about. She feels horrible that he had an intrinsic need for bonds that had been denied for ten years. Kuroka just purred more for him and that sets off his purrs. They fed each other. Ingvild hugs her Sol. Le Fay does too and Asia just unfurled her wings and hugged him with that. Sona holds his hand. Ravel is now dour. She just feels bad that they could not catch that fast enough. Issei does tell them.
"I will take medicine for it. I will do anything to make them as un intrusive as possible. But they will happen. But you all being here has helped me so much. Falere I now have a sample thanks to Athame, and we will crack at the gene. The war here in this country is almost over. Maybe three or four weeks of fighting left. But I am heading to Russia next after my wedding with Ravel and I will not be holding back on them. We will end the Unification wars by the end of the year hopefully."
Falere just wanted to hug her Dream. The greatest thing in her life that had saved her from the abyss. That had pushed her to become better. That was like her in the depression but did not let that hold him back. She wished him something.
"I love you. And I am glad about that. I understand it will take time. But please think of yourself too. I just want you to be happy. We understand here."
Issei cannot say that yet. Falere sees that and understands. But the Sigilites began to talk about the wedding days. Ravel was pruning in happier times.
Thessia.
Liara was busy sleeping another night away. Her mother was growing increasingly paranoid about her safety. Saying that someone was incredibly thirsty for her daughter. Liara was not as worried, but the gaze had never ceased and there were now two.
Her dream was that strange world again and this time Liara saw more of the home. It had strange symbols in it. An I with a skull in the center was on a badge of some kind. A weird flower shape symbol on an old armor plate that was hung up above a fireplace. And several birds with two heads were also there. The birds seemed to represent hope. The I symbol pride. And the flower respect. Liara was weirded out by the dream. But she saw a door open and then two figures entered the house.
Jeanne was experiencing the weirdest waking dream of her life. Tsubaki was there too. And was not a figment. Like actually there. The high lord had been enjoying a nap at her desk with a Liara mug of tea that had lulled her to sleep. Her secretary another devil saw his boss sleeping peacefully and left her alone. Tsubaki had done nothing but work the last few months. So, naps were good.
The two had poked each other and were weirded out. They then entered the house. The three spotted each other. Two could see the third clearly. Jeanne was panting. But Tsubaki was like always the less horny one. Not by much but she could feel this dream was arranged by probably Neoth. She sat on a chair facing the couch with Liara. Jeanne was still down bad because this could be a fun dream.
Liara simply raised an eyebrow at the other person on the chair. That face was clearing up slowly, but she saw the open horny on the one near the door. Were these the ones her mother feared? Liara also felt two other faint presences. One was Athame she was sure of it. But the other one was weird.
Athame was burrowing into her new boy toy in Neoth while he was trying to get free from her. Why did he have to suffer this? An ultra down bad Asari goddess. He was losing this battle because Issei and Gaia had teamed up and had trapped Neoth here. Sol Invictus was just enjoying the torture of his new friend. He was eternally grateful for the save but Neoth was like always an asshole. So, him suffering was great. Besides this would be good for him. Eventually.
Liara could see Athame more clearly death struggle snuggling a weird male Asari with black fur on his head. The newly minted champion of her goddess was amused. As was Tsubaki who saw the scene too. Jeanne was just oblivious to the story behind them. Tsubaki finally spoke and that got rid of the last clouds on her face.
"Apologies for my girlfriend. She really likes you. She will be disciplined after this. My names Tsubaki Shinra. The one panting is Jeanne. Pleasure to meet you. Athame he is trying to get away! Go get the asshole! He pissed me off with my dear friend and I still hold that against him."
Athame clonked Neoth leaving him dazed and he looked at Tsubaki with betrayal. He had almost been free thanks to the distraction of the introduction. Liara looked at the human. Oh no. She is hot! Very pretty double colored eyes. And long beautiful black hair. The other human was beautiful too. Short blonde and very pretty blue eyes. Liara understands fully that she is screwed and wants both of them. Even the horny one. But Liara was polite and replied back.
"Hello Ms. Shinra. I am Liara T Soni. We are in a very livid dream, and I am confused. I do not quite understand why this is happening, but I see why my dream goddess is down bad for your dream people. Your both very pretty."
Jeanne began to maniacally laugh at the compliment from her nerdy scientist! Tsubaki was not amused and drew a ruler before slapping Jeanne's knuckles making the sister of battle wince and whining. Liara is amused by the dynamic between them. But Tsubaki points to the right side of her with the ruler.
"Here now. Or you do not get that thing you want. Ms T Soni. This is indeed a dream. But we are very real. Jeanne will be good. Right dear?"
Jeanne mumbled something but was hit again by the ruler. Tsubaki narrowed her eyes. Jeanne gulped then moved to the side and stood ramrod straight. Tsubaki noted the fact her girlfriend was being bad again and promised internally that disciplinary action would be taken. The Asari were indeed hot but the perverse attitude would need to be corrected. Liara sees the action and she will reassure her mother that there was nothing to worry about with her potential persons. But she does not believe yet they are real. But Athame comes over with a now very savagely beaten Neoth held in a head lock and touches her champion.
"They are indeed real Lia. I am real too. This idiot here is my soon to be boyfriend! He is just a little reluctant, but I have supportive friends! Isn't that right dear!"
Neoth whined but saw a vision of Issei with Gaia and the new Emperor's flame sword. Neoth sweats but in a tiny voice mumbles out.
"Yes sweetheart anything you say. Please do not hit me again."
Athame giggled perversely and then became serious.
"I am finally happy to meet my champion. You who will save the Asari. Don't worry to much about it. One of my new friends is this lugs own champion and you will have help. We are in seriously bad trouble. You know the doom your always feeling?"
Liara is shocked. She is a champion of Athame! The goddess of the Asari people! The last known case of that was pre space flight before the discovery of the relays. But the dread was growing worse slowly. Liara nodded unable to say anything. But she feels a hand grasp her's it is the blonde. Her perverting face was now only regular concern. A piece of Liara falls into place there. Her other hand is held by Tsubaki. The other missing piece falls too. Liara nodded thankful for the support. Athame said gently while still head locking Neoth.
"The doom is because we are caught in a Thessia scalca trap. The Citadel and the relays were made to ensnare our people. Like they did thousands of other species. The relays were not made by the Protheans. They were here long before the last major civilization. Your theory on that is correct. You would have been mocked for that. I know you want to be a Prothean Archaeologist. But you cannot do that here. I am sorry for denying you that. But you need to become a warrior here sooner than In many other versions of reality. You do not get your commander. But you do get these two here. I am sorry for taking your dream away. But if we do this way you will lose so much less along with the galaxy."
Liara sees visions of her commander. They were human too. Always different. Some male some female. Almost evenly split. The future hers were colder than now. She hates that. But her mother was always gone there. Taken by her possible lover but there was no cure for her madness. Liara was horrified to see the seas boil. The stars fall on every world of the Citadel species. The galaxy burns again in another cycle of genocide.
But she sees the other champion. He is brighter than anything she has ever seen. He will rule an empire that looks ultra authoritarian but in reality is very lose and very democratic. They will bee brutal in war. But truly explorers. They have weapons and technology that are considered impossible by the Citadel. But he protects. They and other species because he is the sun. He is not evil like her people will believe. They will call him a tyrant and an enslaver. A being making his empire to be able to survive the darkness among the stars that includes others besides the Reapers. Liara sees the galaxy anew. What she must do. She will bug her mother for gun training tomorrow. But Jeanne says her first words to her. Liara is so attracted by the accent.
"I will teach you our stuff too. I am a pervert as you can tell. But you are so damn hot and cute Lia. Tsubaki and I really want to be with you. You can have your dream of being an archaeologist. But you can truly explore the galaxy with me. And Tsubaki later. We both will live just as long as you. I will explain when we meet physically. But we do want you."
Liara blushed pretty hard. She was only fifty-five, but this was unfamiliar territory for her. Tsubaki backed that up.
"I want it too. Just because we have our Emperor does not mean Asari will be excluded from the galaxy. We are not warmongering. We want peace. We will see you when we can. Asshole you will establish a link between us with Lia. If you want that?"
Liara does. They were both sweet. Especially her pervert. She had a secret too. They were mood kindred. Liara wants fun too. Jeanne sees her Asari pervert. She began laughing manically again. Liara joined in. Tsubaki sees she must be the mature one. But her inner self joins the others. Athame kissed Neoth for helping with this. Neoth groans and waits for Liara to answer. The laughter of thirsting perverts stops. Liara looks to her divine patron and her soon to be boyfriend.
"Please make the link. And I will walk this path. You gave me hope milady. Especially after dad left us because of the prejudice. I know who she was. Mom tried to hide it, but it seems I have the computer skills of my future self early. I know dad did not want to leave and neither did mom want that. But our people can be cruel too. But I will fight for them. I will bug mom to get me help. And Jeanne, Tsubaki. I want to meet you both. Just do not be too disappointed in my timid self."
Jeanne just cuddled her Asari. And said.
"We like that. But you become so brave. We want the version of you with both of that. We will have so much fun the three of us. And we can make merch! I have a friend who can write a book for us!"
The two open perverts and the more sophisticated one grin at a book type and the money their story could make. Neoth sighed and made the link. But Athame whooped and then said.
"Call me Aunty Liara. I am happy to have family again. This idiot just won himself a night with me! Meet your uncle Neoth! Now come on hunker we have an enjoyable time to be had!"
Neoth begged the only sane one in Tsubaki for help as he was dragged away. Tsubaki just smiled evilly with Jeanne and Liara. The glasses wearing devil just answered the plea.
"This is for Issei you screwed him badly. Made him amazingly good but your always going to be an ass. Get fucked. In this case literally. Jeanne your god is getting just deserved punishment."
"Yeah he is! I am down for the ship! We can post it on the website! Get the Asari mad. Sorry Lia!"
Liara giggled at her aunty and her uncle. But is not offended. She gets vindicated for her actions and two hot humans. They have a harem! She was always fascinated by the mentions of them. A very dirty romance novel had kickstarted her pervert ways. They were going to have fun! The two open perverts' bond and Tsubaki corrects her prior punishment with Jeanne. It will still happen but to a lesser degree. She now openly giggles perversely herself. The three mood kindred bond here in this dream.
Underworld
Serafall is incredibly relaxed. Mainly because Issei had been thoughtful of her and sent her more secretaries for her paperwork. He was a nice guy. The Unification wars had been rough at the beginning because of how many people from the commoners had volunteered for his armies. Slowed their economy down. But reforms from the NKF and a new party called the Devils for Unification party or DU had worked hard for positive change.
The schools Sona had started financing with her new money had been joined by house Sitri's to get many teachers and buildings made. Already there were students learning in them from all classes of society and they were happy with the progress. Serafall gets to brag with no end in sight to former GKF members that her sister was kick ass.
Serafall had been informed of Katerea's death. There was regret there for both of them. But Serafall feels horrible about her once possible love interest. She likes both. That relationship they almost had was always a thing that she wondered about. But Serafall had found happiness herself. An Angel in fact. He was her opposite in heaven. They bonded of bitching about paperwork, and he had actually been a member of the hydra. But his eight wings came through faith and being finally recognized for his work ethic by the fifth great seraph. They were mood kindred. They both liked very trash romance books.
Behemoth had finally released his book titled the Bond of Fate. It was an instant best seller in the new Imperium. Humans and devils loved it. They always gave the book five stars. Behemoth was happy by the success. He had been approached by the Phenexs to write Ravel's story. He had accepted happily because he was getting the recognition he had long sought for. He was given an invitation to both weddings personally by a new Custodian. He was also in talks for a tv show. It was exciting for the once feared name of a being.
The devils had changed for the better. The Ecclesiarchy had spread fast among their population and a new aspect was founded that spoke more about their culture and natures. The aspect was definitely more decadent than Neoth but the new one was welcomed to the Senate of the Gods. Devils saw the stars and wanted them. The Satans were happy that they had a seat of the Senatorum, and that Asmodeus was now a big member of the Guard high command. They would not be forgotten.
Sirzechs had talked with the Inquisition and his levies were helping the hunt for the OSF. Ajuka had joined the Mechanicus and now was working with Azazel on new projects that the Fabricator General had them doing. Mainly getting things in regard to technology settled out with the more abstract magics. Both of them dreamed of Mars. Ajuka wants to see the Prothean ruins. Azazel wants to see the relay and has actually been approached by an acolyte named Tom for a new position in the Inquisition.
Serafall enjoys another martini with Antoinette. Her queen was now incredibly happy in her new position at a diplomacy corps being put together. She was to be the ambassador to the Gaimaian's after liberation. The corps was being trained on how to approach Xeno civilizations. Every single day was getting better.
Millicas wants to serve on a ship or in the Guard. He is the envy of his social circle because of Rias. But also because of his autograph. He wants to see his baby sisters. Mom was having twins. He was excited for his new year of school. He was more excited when he learned from mom he could play with the kids he would meet. He had met a new possible friend. A girl from the growing human enclave here in the Underworld. She was nice and from Ireland and both had red hair. Hers was pretty.
Mittelt was preparing for her first semester of school. She was especially happy for Dohnaseek. She was invited to his wedding. She never regretted her choice. She enjoyed her practice sessions in teaching and learned that along with every other former Fallen that had run from Grigori that they had pardons. Her sisters were so excited to learn, and one said she wanted to serve in the navy. The other said she wanted to be an Alpharius like her sister had been. Mittelt tried to make her sister know that while Alpharius was a hero, that there were many risks for that profession.
In the warp.
Athena had finally broken ranks with Zeus. She had grabbed Aphrodite and the two plus a final Olympian had run begging the Senate for forgiveness. The three had been told they would be watched. By one of the ever growing legions of the Senate. The three nodded and accepted their watch.
Neoth and Galen had been making hundreds of thousands of new Imperial Angels. Many from deceased Imperial Guard. They were gathering everything for their phase of the Unification Wars. Guns were being made for the legions. The old dead end faiths had finally started their own bloc. Their armies were preparing too.
The war was coming. Loki was appointed with Ares as the Warmaster of the opposite bloc. Odin was now very scared because his hydra activated. Thousands of his Einherjar and several dozen Valkyries had defected along with his wife. Hela had joined them. The goddess of the underworld hated the Allfather and her father. The nine realms were splitting too. The sun elves were strictly Asgard. The Jotuns were reluctant pro Asgard. The dwarves had overwhelmingly joined the Senate. The Mechcanicus had spread so fast through them that it had secretly toppled the very pro Asgard alliance thanks to their hydra. They wanted to sail the void and had begun to call themselves the Votan reborn.
The other realms had either stayed neutral or become Asgard Allies. The dark elves were eager for blood. But refraining from picking a side. Same with the fire giants. The war was fast approaching.
Thessia the next day.
Benezia was surprised this morning. Liara had asked to learn how to shoot a gun. And for further biotic training. This was weird. Her little wing did not like guns. She asked why. Liara had grown silent but replied.
"I want to know how because I am planning one day to travel the galaxy. Not everyone is kind. Better to know and not need it then not know and desperately need it. I also want to explore. Go where no Asari has gone before."
Benezia remembers her own years of wander lust. She had met Aethyta there. Good friends to passionately great lovers. Benezia misses her lover. But pure blood Asari were heavily looked down on. It did not matter that non pure bloods had just as many Ardat Yakshi as the pure blood that stigmatized reputation stayed with them. Benezia had sighed before summoning a commando and having gun training start later that day. Liara feels Jeanne and Tsubaki with her. They whispered encouragements during the first shots. Jeanne taught Liara a mantra. Liara spoke it softly and it calmed her fear of the noise.
"I am the tool of the sun. My actions bring light to the darkness between the stars."
The commando heard it. It impressed her. Maybe this soft spoken girl could become a commando one day. Her first shot was not bad. It hits the target. Nowhere near the center but was not bad. Liara had jumped at the noise. But Jeanne whispered sweet things to her. Tsubaki helped correct a shiver in their Asari. Liara felt complete with them. Jeanne promised to teach her more and Liara shivered in pleasure at the accent. Tsubaki promised Liara a fun activity the three of them could do together. A nice romantic dinner and get a way. Liara wants it so much. Her others who love her. It is weird she had a fan club with the humans, but she got the best two.
Liara reads books with Tsubaki. Watched a tv show with Jeanne. She was happy for friends first love second. Benezia noted that. And that her daughter spent extra time in their chapel that night praying.
"Thank you Aunty. I will not disappoint you. Congratulations with your one."
Liara did take one thing from her uncle. Know no fear. Make every day count for something.
Terra.
Ingvild had enjoyed her first night with Issei. He had come to Tizca with Lint and Xavier. Lint was being reassigned here to teach. Lint enjoyed the peace on the island. Xavier was with his first trainee. A young teenage girl new to the school called Hannah. They would be deployed to Russia. Ingvild loved Issei more than ever. He had been wonderful to her and had growled when requested. Ravel was onto something there.
The third was eager for the wedding soon. Ravel had asked them all to be bridesmaids. Issei had grabbed Akio and slapped him about and made his best friend buy a suit. Akeno had smugly begun to compare rings with Ravel as their others argued as the best of friends.
Sona was meeting with her parents, and they welcomed her back home. Serafall hugged her sister and Sona softly said to her sister.
"I am sorry for freaking on you when you are in the magic girl personality. I realize that it is your coping mechanism and understand it fully. We can do anything you want till I meet up with the other people that will be family."
Serafall hugs her baby sister to near death. To know that Sona was always getting better. That makes Serafall always appreciate Issei. Her brother in law had done another miracle. Instead of the worst humiliation that Sona expected. Sera just gossiped with her sister long into the waking hours of the morning. They shared combat tales. Serafall wished she had a war mask. But Sona tells how it feels.
George meets his field team here at a facility in the wilderness of Canada where the Inquisition has the gate moved too. Captain O'Neil is gruff but so far has little bad to say about his new boss. Samantha has a new gun. An arc weapon. She has her own red color mixed in with the Guard clothing. She enjoyed this. Pia had along with Daniel gotten weapons training from Kowalski and both have new las pistols. They look at the gate the five of them. They understand they cannot activate it till the imperium has its first extra solar colonies. But O Neil will enjoy lazy pay and the new town being built nearby for the base. Sarah and Charlie are moving here. He will meet his new aunts and bitter uncle.
Biwko joined his brothers in the Ten Thousand in Africa for now. But he has a new name. Gate Finder. Cormac grunts in an impressed way at the name. He has one too. Dragon friend. Their younger Custodians are jealous. But they are happy with the reinforcements.
Johan and Zhang catch up. The two welcomed Diep and Hadrian into their group. The Russian front had groaned to a halt. The Russians had launched a massive offensive against the imperial forces. On multiple fronts. But the reinforcements of the Chinese regiments plus more from the United States had been welcomed.
The NKRA had been honored by the Emperor for their service to the homeworld. They received an award for a world of their own. For standing up to the Chinese Cabal while being out geared and outnumbered. The NKR had humbly accepted the reward. But they wanted to serve more. Their best forces were allowed to keep serving in the Guard. The six regiments from this asked to serve with the Death Korps.
The Korps had agreed because the NKR had earned their total respect. NKR selected their new regimental name. The Korean Lucifer Blacks. Like the elite regiment of the Great Crusade. The Korean nation will forever after produce these regiments.
Ruruko smiled at her new regiment. The Blades. Her officers had been happy for her. Her parents had hugged their daughter and mumbled their congratulations to her. Ruruko sent a letter to her grandparents. Get fucked assholes. With it was a picture of her peerage and regiment waving their standard. There is another picture too. Of Ruruko with Leonardo. The two had bonded fast.
Kiba was talking with the first two lesser knights that had joined his house. House Yuuto. The new knights were both human. But they had asked for him in specific. He and Tomoe were going to Russia for the next offensive. Karlamine and her opposite were going to Africa. Kiba held a small favor from Tosca. Hers for him. He placed it on a small shelf in his cockpit and wants to see if that will lead anywhere. But he wants to get Tomoe Mars. Like how he now has seen more of Terra. The two Terra houses have agreed to a dual every two years on Unification day with the two of Mars. Honor and glory for that tournament of knights.
Ophis rests with Red near the Black Dragons. She has grown used to the noise. But Red always offers to make a noise canceling bubble. She never takes it. She has a meeting with the Emperor in a day. The Infinity Dragon is nervous. But Red, who is all but her mate now will be with Ophis. The two dragons have helped the Imperium topple two corrupt dictators through dreams and might. Ophis has a small place on her horn where the little girl drew a picture of her favorite dragon.
Ravel is being manhandled by her mother and Yunabella as they look for the perfect dress. The ceremony will be on Malta. The Phenexs will all be there. Even Ruven and his new wife. Riser has enjoyed his regular job in the administration. He gets the pride in his work and in knowing he will have a wife with her own Knight house. He enjoyed his life more than ever and does not regret losing to his brother in law. His peerage enjoyed their new lives too. Isabelle and Xuelan are massive fans of the Emperor. Mira is now one too. He still scared her, but it was significantly less. The rest of the pawns enjoyed their work as arbites and love their work, which can get rough sometimes. The bishop is a new worshiper of Neoth and that is how it spread to everyone. Ruval had enjoyed his new wife and wants to fly in the ship in less than two weeks. He has tickets for it.
Issei thinks on Dracneyen. The first swords are almost ready. But he will see the rest of the perpetuals for his stag party. He has an interest in Dimitri. The new is so sad. But there is something there. The Russian cannot see it, but Issei sees a spark there. Plus, Akio will get his ass beat in Halo again and that was worth a lot. Irina was rigging the game. She wants to decimate their friend. Issei is not worried about Ophis. The Infinity dragon will never be his friend. Not here. But she will not be killed like he originally wanted. But she willingly chose to fight. That counted. Red was worried. Ophis will get mercy. But only after a small scolding.
In the warp.
Neoth is smiling happily for the first time in an extremely long time. He was being smothered by Athame. Damn was their chemistry good. Plus, the Asari had seen all his memories. And while she had critiqued the actions she had been nothing but understanding. His tree was terrible. Athame had looked at her new boyfriend and his thoughts and saw that Neoth was never not going to be an ass. But she would not have him any other way. Plus, she likes the human god. He was doing so much for his people and for hers. Liara had started her own path. Yes it was influenced by Athame. But she wants to be stronger for her two others. Falere was now living for multiple reasons. No desire for the abyss. Plus, Sol Invictus was sharing the five Asari worshippers he had with her.
She had gotten a poke too. The world spirit of Palaven had finally awakened himself to talk to her. He slept a lot. He was grumpy but he liked the Asari.
"You have something new. I sense it. Through a follower of mine near your heretics. The new idea is dangerous. Yet you seem to be in this new camp. Despite the fact your people are mocking the heretics in private. Why?"
The world spirit was very conservative. A byproduct of the Turian mindset. He prized order and extreme structure. But he had a good relationship with Athame. She had said.
"We have our opening now. We have new friends, and they are wonderful people who are working on our fish problem. You are not totally deaf to other trees. You are going to get renewed faith. Plus, we can have the age of the gods again. That is why I am with them. Plus, they will save our people from the stagnation."
The world spirit frowns. He is an old Turian. But he is not stupid or blind. He has long seen other trees. How his people suffered horrific losses against the Reapers. But he is still cautious. The bare faced Turian thought about this. But then simply sighed.
"You want the gang back together. All of us old farts. The others will not be easy. We are the two strongest left. The others are struggling with the blockade. And my champion is not born yet."
"Then pick a new one. I will poke our Quarian friend. She is still working on a way for her people to get home. She will like that our new friends can help with that. You poke the Credit maker. He technically is your subordinate anyway. But the Jellyfish will be the problem child eventually."
The world spirit frowns further. But he sighed. He did need a new champion. And he had eyes on one. He was an ass, but that general was not a bad man. Angora Victus. The world spirit nods.
"Fine. But do not expect everyone to be there soon. Kalos hates me for a good reason. Credit is busy doing his greedy work, but I will slap him. The short man owes. Meeting tomorrow? Plus, why are you not here fully and you have door with a do not disturb sign?"
"Use your bird brain. Also, fair warning the new has multiple thirsty people who like yours a lot. Now get lost. Round two electric boogaloo is starting. Piss off."
The old Turian frowned. Before he sweat dropped massively and ran. Athame perversely giggled for a scared but also interested Neoth. Round two started.
An. More information yay. This was sort of rough, but it is done now. The SCP tree is really fucked there. Chaos exists and has four races under its control in an empire of evil with the Citadel at the center. The Asari worship Slannesh. Athame there became that version of she who thirsts. Khorne with the Krogan is a no brainer and then the Batarians have bird man master of lies. But Nurgle jellyfish amuses me greatly. The Turians and their bloc are a weird thing because they fight hourly with the Empire. The Quarians are in a very much western front fight on their end of the galaxy. And then there is humanity and the Reapers. Humans must make an extraordinarily hard choice. Join the Turians and get safety in numbers. Go down a third path and get crushed. Or the worst case for them that they know of. Serve the Reapers. But the sad part of that is that the Reapers are actually the good guys there. They are the 40k Cabal equivalent there. They hate Chaos because it resurrects itself with every cycle never ending. Eternal war. That is always Chaos's goal. The Reapers have tried hundreds of thousands of different ways to kill Chaos. They have each failed.
Then there is wrap up for this half of arc four. The next half is Russia. The hero faction will return there. The OSF has lost half their council and now the two remaining ones plus Euclid have to desperately try and find Trihexia so they will go to ground. The Citadel starts their own club meeting. Plus, Issei and his own scars from isolation and the Shinto being dicks. He will never have some of that go away. Grim darkness stays. Then there is Team O'Neil. Sam is a kickass skitarii. The others will not be out doing stuff just mentioned from here on out. Till the future. But mostly wrap up for China. And I guess Neoth finally gets his Asari girlfriend slash waifu.
Ann. for the review today yes the warp is weird indeed. as for the massive pink one it was never just sex with them. but there is a god like them. Here is a nugget. The Gould here in DXD 40000 have a god im still working on but it has a name The Pain Maker. its like slannesh with the desire for extreme emotions that come from pain.