Chapter 6 - The Monkey King.

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It's been a while since those two left to gather some information, the current production capacity for harnessing my gifts has been going smoothly. Who could have imagined there was such a loophole in the system that God made? Or did he do it intentionally knowing that Humans would be the only ones who would come up with the idea of coordinated potential?

[Partner it's best not to overestimate the creativity of Him when it was you three playing around with your sacred gears that found out a way for the Gift to boost the natural potential of Sacred gear holders who are still human. He might have had the idea of using different Powers to grant to humanity but he might have never realized that by artificially enhancing the state when you achieve Balance breaker would have a higher chance to achieve a subspecies that grants the user a much higher potential.] Interjected Ddraig, his millenna old experience granting him a better idea of how such a loophole came to be.

"Hey Ddraig do you think my second stage touki and the balance breaker at the same would be enough to buy us some time if one of the Devil Kings came knocking at our door, or heck a Local God?" This question has been nagging him for a while after his little skirmish with Cao Cao.

[The Devil Kings aren't allowed to touch the Land of Yama, if they so much as dare step at the shores, the Black Tortoise would alarm the whole Taoist And Buddhist pantheon that call this land their domain. It would escalate into an international Scandal that would have the rest of Gods come bearing down upon them as a retaliation.] Explained Ddraig calmly.[ As for holding back them until your followers have left… You might be able to hold back the Cardinal beasts and a one or two Minor Gods but once the Monkey King and the Higher Gods learn of your transgressions…it might be best for you to train that guy who has that Dimension-type sacred gear until he achieves his subspecies.]

"I know, I know but its not as simple as boosting a well known sacred gear until It breaks through the systems cracks and achieves a higher form, it's not a mere treasure that has been turned into a sacred gear like the staring Bows series or the blade blacksmith, From what Gaus has told me its strange otherworldly creature that takes the shape of black jellyfish floating in the emptiness of space..by any chance do you know what type creature it is Ddraig?" He looked at his partner through the jewel of his boosted gear.

[A jellyfish-like creature floating in space, capable of creating a Dimension that doesn't require his user's stamina once it activates. By your description it must be one of the Exterminated predators of the Void where Great Red and Ophis reside.] Mussed Ddraig to himself as he tried to recall any piece of information…wait, otherworldly creatures that can create spatial phenomenon?

[Partner…what that kid holds is not just a mere jellyfish. There were Legends a long time ago about spatial tears which sucked the life out of supernatural creatures, to be more exact the Ice giants and the Fire giants of the Nordics, Jötunheimr and Muspelheim are still to this day hounded by these tears in reality. There were flashes of squid-like tentacles pulling in the giants and strange colored jellyfish who feasted on these squids.] Informed Ddraig gravely as he remembered the ramblings of That bloodthirsty moron he beat the shit out of.[It seems that foolish God got his hands on One of those beasts and he did the same to it as he did with the rest of what he had been collecting, he turned it into a Sacred Gear.]

"So…should I actually help the Kid or not?"

[You should but keep in mind that he should be careful with the gear if what we talked about is actually that beast. It might be an unknown Longinus that was never named nor renown.] Reasoned Ddraig, he still doubted that bloodthirsty moron's Words but maybe for once in Niðhöggr life he might be helpful to the world.

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"Alright then people, let's begin with the procedure!" He called out, the mages coming around them forming a hexagon star and the sacred gears with healing capacity were prepared.

"Are you ready Gaus? This is gonna be slightly uncomfortable with me boosting your potential while You focus on willing your sacred gear to evolve."

A boy of no more than 15 of age stared at him fearlessly and nodded at him, he sat down in a meditation form and summoned a bluish Ball above his hands.

"Let's begin BALANCE BREAKER!" He roared out loudly as his armor materialized around his body with no time countdown anymore ever since his body got used to his usage of touki and the constant use of the Holy Resuscitation upon him, the fools of heaven though it only heals the believers of the God of the bible when it truth you only needed to have "faith in its miracles". It's such a cheat that we hope to use it once in front of those winged fools of heaven just to piss on their faith and sanctioned "Holy" sacred gears that keeps their believers from losing their interest in the Judeo-Christian faith.

"That never gets old at all." Muttered one of the mages as she observed the Red Dragon Emperor transforming into its balance breaker stage.

"They are not called Longinus for nothing you know Sera?" Replied one of her colleagues beside her as they chanted the activation spell for the Runes of the Hexagon to activate and keep all the released energy inside for the ritual to work.

"Alright then, let's Begin, Boost."

[Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Boost,Booooooost!]

"Here it comes, all of my boosts I will direct my gift to potential only this time." Muttered Issei as he placed his hands on the center of the boy's Body and focused all of his control through his Gift ability to boost the Potential only.

He felt it, the raw power of the Dragon Emperor filled his body to the breaking point that he felt his very existence shift from being overpowered by the Power Boost yet he didn't bow down to such challenge and did as he was taught by the others who underwent the same potential to unlock a better form of Balance breaker that actually fits their fighting style.

The Beast shifted.

Its awareness was coming back from the previous fog it had been for the past millennia.

His Master? Yes HIS Master desired his power to force the sacred gear to evolve and adapt to him…

He desired Power.

He desires the Power to help his comrades, to keep them safe in another world if possible…

(Say my name…)

What is your name?

(I am Nebulus the Harbinger.)

(Alright then Nebulus, From now on help me to protect my friends!)

"It's working..look at the sphere it is cracking?" He Signaled to the Recording team to Begin the Video recorder.

"BALANCE BREAKER!" yelled the Kid suddenly, his eyes glowing a bluish color for a second before the sphere in his hands broke into pieces and floated around him like tiny stars before flying back together to reform into a floating multicolored jellyfish.

"You were right Ddraig it is an unknown sacred gear, it just wasn't ever fully awakened. It looks like an avatar type at that..hey Gaus tell it to do something." He removed his draconic helmet for a moment and walked closely to the avatar sacred gear of Gaus who was looking in wonder at the otherworldly animal that floated around him like…a shield.

"Ah..um Nebulus what can you do?"asked the kid in embarrassment.

The jellyfish stilled for a second before a single eye-like organ appeared in its side and glowed, his sense screamed at him that something he couldn't see happened, he looked at the kid and tried say or even do something-

What the?! Ddraig what the hell did the jellyfish do?!

[Partner it seems I was correct, it is one of those creatures that can control the very space to do its bidding. Can't you see the area around your vision that has stilled? Boost yourself and break free from the locked space!] Advised Ddraig, his attention now fully upon the bluish creature that was sitting upon the head of its user and was looking at him challengingly.

[BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOST, BOOOOOOOOOSTTT!!]

With each boost his armor started cracking the very space around him like it was fragile glass and he a hammer, he focused all of the boosted power upon his aura and blasted it around himself like a Bomb going Off. His domineering aura expanded the very space around his body like it was a balloon and stretched it until the breaking point that sent his aura crashing upon the barrier of the mages, pushing them to one knee from the sheer volume that it was being released.

"Space manipulation, Independent skill usage and user protection with who knows how many other minor skills we aren't aware of yet. Congratulations are in order Gaus, you are officially a New Longinus User for your sacred Gear has achieved a new stage. It has multiple skills with three ticking the requirements for it being a Longinus. You now hold the fourth avatar type Longinus alongside Canis lycan, absolute demise and Regulus Nemea." He smiled at the Kid who looked blankly at him and then stared at his floating companion in wonder.

"What are you gonna call your sacred gear kid? Since it is your right to rename it for bringing out its full potential."

"His name is Nebulus..so how about Starlight Nebula?"

"Sounds good to me."

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[ A few days later: Shanghai]

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"So Senpai, what are we looking for in the city?" Asked Gaus curiously, his Senpai was unusually quiet.

"We got a few unwanted people following us so we're gonna act like we aren't aware of them and enter a supermarket and contact the hunter party." Revealed Issei what Ddraig had told him a few minutes ago when they had entered the city.

[It smells like a disgusting monkey who has been in the water recently. Disgusting apes, they smell like goblins who have pissed their pants.] Grumbled Ddraig.

"Knowing my luck he or she is gonna be a high profile individual whose curiosity got the better of them." Complained Issei before he stopped when he realized they had walked into a trap as the boundary field made all the humans leave the area."Oh c'mon! Can't a guy buy some food in peace?!"

"Hehe for Someone who is lying low and acting like a human you talk too much Dragon brat." Spoke an Old wizened voice behind them that sent shivers down his spine.

Turning around slowly he was met with…a brown monkey wearing armor from the Edo period?

"Excuse me sir but who the hell are you?" He had a sneaking suspicion that he already knew who this monkey was but he didn't want to blow his cover.

The grinning monkey blinked at him and opened his mouth before closing it again, he came closer and looked before sighing in disappointment for some reason.

"Fuck I mistook his signature for Yu-long!"he cursed under his breath before looking at his pipe suspiciously, his eyes narrowed into slits at the smoke coming out of his pipe." That damn jade brat put Narcotic leafs in my pipe without me knowing?!"

"..." The two Humans stared at him judgmentally, the smaller brat was glaring at him with those two blank eyes of him like he had committed a crime against the heavens and this brat was the reincarnation of his old friend back to kick his ass.

"You see this Gaus? This is why you shouldn't ever do drugs, the old geezer is even hallucinating things and harassing little kids." Muttered issei a little loudly to his junior who nodded in agreement and deadpanned at the monkey.

"Stoned Geezer Monkey, Hippie Geezer." Deadpanned both of the brats at him making him nearly cough from the smoke entering the wrong pipe.

"Cough cough! Feh-h fucking brats, no respect for their elders at all."he grumbled before sighing and staring neutrally at the two humans who had a cloaking spell on them.

"Alright you two as a heaven's representative I am gonna ask you two what you are hiding with that spell." He asked calmly, making sure not to scare the two humans with his tone.

"Our Sacred gears of course you geezer." Replied Issei with no care in the world while his junior tapped him in the arm establishing a mental link with him.

"Why exactly are you hiding your potential?" He asked again curiously, he had a sneaking suspiciousness..

Then his suspiciousness was proven correct when the little kid dropped his head down with that scared expression, a traumatic event…shit.

"Judging by your expression, old man, you already found out why…because you supernatural bastards are jealous and scared of us "pathetic weaklings." Spat Issei angrily, his eyes briefly becoming green with slits.

"..." Well fuck me sideways! That's some vitriol alright, paranoid check, trauma check, suddenly on guard when entering a boundary field check. I got another spear brat situation here, who is likely hiding something heavy with that type of–

The smaller kid hiding behind his elder and suddenly glowed a dark blue before something flashed and he saw the older brat grin at him widely before the two of them disappeared as if they were an illusion before he could do anything.

"I know who you are, Old Monkey, the Victorious fighting Buddha Sun Wukong, the Monkey King himself. I hate lying to people so make no mistake I do not like you supernatural creatures." He heard a whisper in his ear.

The wind around him kept whispering those words to him as if the Kid was still there and hadn't just disappeared.

"A human with deep paranoia who feels like a dragon and speaks like a Dragon with how blunt he was, a younger boy who had a traumatic response, doesn't like to be stared at and owns a teleporting Sacred gear who can transport multiple people?" His ancient mind began linking the dots and trying to find out what's the most likely scenarios that can happen from such kids growing up and being away from the eyes of the supernatural factions to do whatever they feel like…

'wait a damn minute. The many disappearance of Sacred gears users who were never found or even recruited by any Faction, the black market being suddenly out of stock when it comes to human children(as much as he despises such actions), The lack of information on the current generation of Longinus users, the true Longinus, dimension lost and annihilation maker he knows where they are but the rest(except the Grigori brats and the Grauzaber girl)? They are completely gone from the radar, not even Heaven knows where the Red Dragon Emperor, regulus nemea, innovation clear or Telos Karma, Incinerate Anthem and the holy grail itself are and who their possessors identity is.' Bloody hell this is shaping to be one brewing pot for chaos to thrive.

Sighing in resignation he tapped his staff down three times and disappeared towards his destination never realizing the two humans never left their place.

"It seems your Sacred Gear can fool even the senses of a god-like being Gaus. This is the official test, and your gear passed with flying colors." Another loose end has been tied, with him now capable of harnessing his gift we can move a bit more freely around..

"Nebulus says that unless he wills it nobody can find us in this dimension, untraceable and untouchable as long as you remain in this place." Judging by how easily this ability is maintained it seems like this isn't a balance breaker ability that requires a lot of stamina.

"Have you activated your balance breaker?" He asked just to be sure.

"No? This ability is just a skill to hide, the balance breaker skill creates a whole dimension in which I can shape it into different biomes?" He replied while looking at his partner's avatar in confusion.

"So your basic usage of your sacred gear main function is to create an area where you can't be touched nor reached, your balance breaker allows you to expand upon that skill by granting you biome creation." He muttered to himself, this unknown Sacred Gear might as well have been the key to someone's fantasy becoming real.

'Hey Ddraig you heard that?'

[You are getting better with your deduction partner, it seems we have much to see and experience…an unknown Longinus that has never before fully awakened with the power to hide from the gods even if it is standing right on front of them, it can create a world in its own and if my instincts aren't lying to me, lock anyone inside and change the elements, the surroundings into a counter to that entity.] Ddraig's words sent a cold shiver down his spine, this sacred gear could give dimension lost a run for its money yet if he remembered correctly from the information motohama hacked from Grigori after he beat the living shit out of that four winged asshole who couldn't shut up.

That day they finally understood that the supernatural world kept a close Eye on them, they fear the potential of sacred gear users so they "recruit" the guillabe and the greedy fools and kill the paranoid ones who don't trust their words, he had seen it with his two own eyes when he was browsing in the black market for tools and perhaps a familiar he could bond with (he didn't find a Spirit fox that could transform into a big titty kitsune (sob) it was there he saved Gaus from being killed and "liberated" a few "toys" after he was done thrashing that Devil…did you know that the tears of an innocent spirit animal count as a form "holy water"? Well apparently not even that Devil knew because the tears burned right through his head and ended up making him go "spoof" into ash.

[Say partner, did you still have that devil's household ring?] Asked Ddraig suddenly.

'Yes, why do you ask?'

[How about you use that ring to buy stuff from the black market? Buy the most expensive stuff.]

'Wait…that Ring acts like a bank card?!'

[...I thought you saw that devil use it to buy the brat? Because I did see it through your eyes…]

'Damn it Ddraig you do know that I was focused on saving the kid not see what that fucker was doing with his hands.' Well this is gonna make stuff easier, I am gonna buy everything and use the kid and the mages to get away with it.

[...You blind Idiot. Pay attention next time you fool, if it wasn't for me you wouldn't know what the password was! So I want you to buy some stuff for me…]

'...You trolling bastard of a Dragon, what do you want me to purchase? It's not like its my money so I don't care to be honest so shot.' he chuckled evilly at the possibility of driving a devil clan to economic ruin by squeezing their coffers dry of every penny.

[Dragon apples and the fragments of certain treasure I owe to someone, it is for the good of both of us, partner, trust me.]

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author's notes

Its been a while hasn't it?

how are you doing everyone, I am back from my hitaus and ready to pump some chapters into this story before I return to other projects.

but hey don't worry i haven't forgotten this little story I and a few others brewed during a Random discussion which Evolved into a what if? and then into this Story...truly its been a long time.

nostalgia aside I will try to keep updating till chapter 10 them return back to my other three projects!

see ya, until next time.