Mt. Kailash:
No one dared to move as everyone looked at Ophis, watching as the Dragon God floated in the air with a disinterest expression before it slowly turned its gaze at Shiva
'Why is it here?' The destruction god thought with a frown as he slowly floated down towards Ophis, observing closely as the humanoid dragon just gave him a bored stare before it spoke.
"You. Noisy Destruction. Where is the Noisy Spark?" It asked and Shiva frowned before he answered.
"I killed him. He's gone."
"Even with my blessings?" It asked in confusion and Shiva noted that the dragon sounded a bit child-like as he nodded.
"…You're strong. Do you want to help me fight against Idiot Red?"
"Is that the reason for your new organization that you're creating?" Gilgamesh asked and frowned as Ophis glanced at him before it nodded.
"Yes. Idiot Red stole my silence, so I'm making a group to get it back."
"I'm guessing your silence is the Dimensional Gap, correct?" He asked, humming as Ophis nodded before he turned to Shiva.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"You have that five-way peace treaty between the Organization, the new Shinto-Norse-Greco Alliance and the Christian Pantheon, right? Think you could get Odin's helps with his runes on this one?"
"If it meant that we won't have to fight the strongest being in existence bar the True Dragon, he'd do it in a heartbeat."
"Good. Great Dragon, what if we could give you your silence back?" Shiva asked as he turned to Ophis, watching in amusement as the dragon focused all of its attention on him.
"You will join my battle, then?"
"No. What I meant is we might be able to create a new silent abyss just for you that only you can access and that only you would be able to live in."
"…No tricks?" It asked and Shiva smiled as he nodded, Ophis staring at him before they nodded.
"Very well, but if you are lying, I will destroy you all."
"Then, we shall strive to not disappoint you. Until then, why don't you stay at my palace? I'm certain my wife can get a soundproof room for you."
"Good. Show me." And Shiva gave a silent sigh of relief as he gestured for Ophis to follow, Gilgamesh giving him a subtle thumbs up as he watched the two divine beings walking through the armies towards the castle before letting out a groan of relief as he fell to the ground.
'Yeah, Theo can take over the Organization after all of this. This shit is way too stressful for my old ass.'
Outskirts of Grim City, Netherworld:
'16 000 Low-class Grim Reapers, 9 200 Middle-class Grim Reapers, 5 500 High-class Grim Reapers, 99 996 Middle-class artificial devils, two Satan-Class devils nearing Super-Devil Class and the strongest of the Executive-Class Grim Reapers. On the other hand, we have 276 000 Middle-Class humans, 12 000 Low-Class Grim Reapers, 9 000 Middle-Class Grim Reapers, 4 500 Grim Reapers, 2 Division Commanders, 2 Division Lieutenants, the Red Dragon Emperor, two Super Devils, three Executive-Class Grim Reapers and myself. So, why do I feel uneasy?' Theo sighed as he stood on the city walls behind his new army of Grim Reapers and Organization Divisions all awaiting his orders. Hassan & Isaac along with their respective lieutenants as well as Zeno, Orcus, Pluto, Bennia, Issei, Balberith and Verrine were all at his side.
Looking back up at the far edges of the official city grounds, he stared at the cloud of deep black mist slowly encroaching onto the city as well as the massive army of bat-winged beings floating above the cloud. Two of these winged beings stood out as they floated at the front of the group, not wearing the same black bodysuit that the others were and their demonic auras far surpassed that of the other devils around them.
One was a short young man with a skinny body & dark grey hair, wearing a black bodysuit with grey pants and a deep black shirt that was covered by a dark grey jacket that was kept open.
The other was a giant of a man with a mane of long black hair, wearing a simple black skintight shirt, dark blue baggy pants and black boots, with a pair of fingerless black leather gloves covering his hands.
"Are those two the potential Super Devils?" Theo asked Zeno and the Grim Reaper nodded, making the god hum before he nodded.
"Then, everyone knows who to target first. Is everything ready?"
"Everyone has been given the plans and are ready to begin." Isaac answered, Theo smiling as he nodded before he took a deep breath as he watched the rebels stop just a few hundred meters away from his own army.
"Are you sure we can't keep this battle from happening? Any battles will just weaken us more & more." Theo projected his voice across the field, frowning as he heard Thanatos' chuckles before the reaper spoke.
"And I've told you that the only thing that's stopping this battle from happening is if you surrender. Will you surrender and make me the King of the Netherworld?" Theo sighed as he didn't answer, hearing the reaper's hum.
"Then we have nothing more to discuss. All forces, attack!" A loud roar echoed from both the Grim Reapers on the ground and the devils in the air as they charged towards the city, the ground trembling as Theo sighed.
"So be it, then. Reapers! Take care of the other Reapers heading towards us! Division 2! Provide support for the Grim Reapers! Division 3! You along with the rest of us are taking on the artificial devils! This is a war, so do not hesitate to kill them if needed! Now, charge!" The Grim Reapers and humans roared in acknowledgement as they bulldozed towards the opposing army, Division 3 taking to the air with their levitation spells towards the devils while Division 2 sunk into the shadows of the Grim Reapers.
Theo watched as the armies clashed before he looked up at where Thanatos and the two other devils were floating, Thanatos staring back at him before he spoke.
"Isaac, Georg, Orcus, Pluto, you four act as support for Balberith as he takes on Sonneillon. Hassan, Connla, Zeno, Bennia, you four act as support for Verrine as she fights Gressil. Issei, you're with me. We're taking on Thanatos. Does everyone understand?!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Then, go!" The Grim Reapers and two Super Devils needed no more incentive as they rocketed up into the air towards the others, Isaac & Georg flying after them with their respective flying magic while Connla & Hassan rode on one of Connla's shadow beasts.
"You ready for your first real fight together with your sensei?" Theo asked Issei as they watch Sonneillon & Gressil break away from Thanatos with their respective opponents, the Grim Reaper in question floating down to them as the Boosted Gear appeared in a crimson flash on Issei's arm.
"Oh yeah! Let's rock this, Ddraig! Balance Break!" [Boosted Gear Balance Break: Welsh Dragon Scale Mail!] Theo chuckled as the crimson draconic armour of the Boosted Gear appeared around Issei before he grinned as he stabbed Anaklusmos, that was now a gold pen with silver accents, into his right hand before he chanted.
"Ichor: Desmos! Lamenting Trident of Forgetful Sorrows!" He exclaimed and a loud wail echoed throughout the entirety of the Netherworld as a deep sea-green pillar of aura with dark silver accents ripped through the air, the pillar of light slowly dying down as Theo in his new Ichor: Desmos form walked forward.
His skin had turned a deep blue with a mane of silver hair hanging to his upper back. Sea weed was tangled up in his hair and a pair of pitch black horns sprouted from the sides of his head & curled forward, his eyes a deep blue with wisps of bright blue flames swaying in the corners of his eyes. His upper body was bare as he only wore a pair of baggy dark blue pants with tattered bandanges wrapped around his forearms & chest, deep blue gloves covering his hands with a gold ring around his right bicep & a dark silver ring around his left. A pair of ice-like boots covered his feet with deep black chains wrapping around his lower legs while a crown made out of ice with sparking blue embers were studded around the sides of it like jewels.
Grasped in his hand was a large trident nearly the same size that he was, the two prongs at the ends a dark silver & the one in the middle a bright gold. The staff section was a dark purple with a sharp bloodstained tip at the bottom end of the staff and veins were visibly pulsing around the staff as Theo spun it before he smirked as he looked up at Thanatos.
"I see. The Ichor: Desmos of the Olympians. So, you've gotten strong enough to achieve it, then?"
"Yep, though I have to admit, I'm not as proficient in using it as the rest of the Olympians."
"Hmm, then let us not waste any more talking!" Thanatos hummed as he spun his scythe and stopped in a wide stance with the blade part of the scythe behind him, Theo sighing as he aimed the prongs at Thanatos while Issei got into his basic boxing stance.
A calm silence hung in the air as the sounds of battles echoed below them and it was only as Issei shifted slightly that both Theo and Thanatos rocketed forward, scythe clashing against trident as the battle begun.
Elsewhere:
Isaac, Georg, Orcus, Pluto & Balberith vs Sonneillon:
"So! I see that my idiot younger sibling has decided to stay a slave to those weaker than himself instead of liberating himself and becoming free!" Sonneillon exclaimed with a smug grin as he floated down towards Balberith, his grin waning slightly as Balberith just raised an eyebrow at him.
"Well, I found the purpose that I was looking for and now, I'm going to do my best to protect it instead of running around like a headless Hydra like you." Sonneillon's grin disappeared as he frowned & glared at his older brother while the others floated slightly above them.
"So, what is our plan of action?" Georg asked and Isaac was about to answer before he was cut off by a scoff from Pluto.
"We don't need a plan of action. Balberith is more than powerful enough to take on Sonneillon. We're just here to make sure that he doesn't try to escape after the battle or make sure that he's dead."
"Pluto, stop with ridiculing our comrades." Orcus warned sternly with a frown, Pluto scoffing as the other Grim Reaper sighed before turning to the division members with them.
"However, he is telling the truth. Other than creating an area where no one can interfere, us trying to help Balberith would only hinder him."
"I suppose that is true. Georg, use your Balance Breaker."
"Yes, captain. Balance Break: Dimension Create." Georg chanted as a thick purple mist flew out of his hands & swiftly surrounded the six of them in a giant sphere, the air around them shifting before the mist disappeared to reveal them back in the Netherworld, although the colours of the world had disappeared & left nothing but black & white as Isaac snapped his fingers.
A series of magic circles from different mythologies appeared around the two Super Devils before the circles fused into one giant cube that surrounded the two fighters & sealed them away from the others.
"Balberith! Fight as freely as you wish! Even if you break the sealing cube, Dimension Create will keep you from hurting the others!" Orcus shouted towards Balberith and the devil in question frowned slightly before he smirked as he nodded, turning back as he stared at Sonneillon.
"You heard him, brother. Do not disappoint me."
"Oh, believe me, brother. I won't." And the eyes of those outside the cube widened as the devil took out a vial filled with purple miasma before he opened & downed it, letting out a silent scream as a heavy malicious aura ripped through the cube & made the air outside of it quake.
"Hehe…hehehehehe….hahahaha! Ahahahaha! So, this! This is what Super Devil-Class power feels like! Hahaha! This feels incredible!" Sonneillon exclaimed as he clenched his fists, Balberith waiting patiently before he blinked as his body was forced into the wall of the cube behind him.
He was not given a moment to focus as his body was slammed repeatedly into the walls, Sonneillon's cackling echoing throughout the empty dimension as he revelled in his new power.
"Are…are you sure we shouldn't help him?" Georg asked in concern & Orcus gave a shake of his head.
"Not at all. There's a reason that Balberith is the strongest of the group. He should be done right…about… now." As soon as Orcus finished speaking, Sonneillon wheezed as Balberith appeared in front of him, the fist buried into his chest knocking all air out of him as Balberith gave him a bored & disappointed look.
"Seriously? That's it? All of that power…and this is the best you can do?"
"D-Don't…don't you dare look down on me!" Sonneillon roared with rage as the cube surrounding them shattered & everyone finally felt the aura of Sonneillon ripping through the dimension yet Balberith just raised an eyebrow as he felt force pushing into his body from all sides.
Lifting his hand, he pushed it at Sonneillon and the dimension itself shifted & warped as an invisible force crashed into the devil & nearly knocked him out cold as he was forced into the ground.
Balberith was not done as he kept pushing at the air, thunderous blow after thunderous blow crashing into Sonneillon and it was only after Balberith grew bored that he stopped, everyone looking down to see the other devil buried deep into the ground & knocked completely out cold.
"Hah, can we go now?" Balberith asked with a bored look & Pluto chuckled as he floated down, pulling his scythe before a silver arc flashed through the air and Sonneillon's body grew pale as silver mist fell out of his body & scattered as soon as it touched the ground. Pluto hummed as he picked up Sonneillon's body before shrugging at the stares that everyone was giving him.
"What? Lord Theseus said to kill them if necessary and we both know that Sonneillon was easily the most unstable of the four of them."
"The idiot speaks the truth. He would have tried to attack us again." Balberith said with a nod, Orcus giving an amused huff as Pluto grumbled before Isaac spoke.
"Then I suppose our battle is over. Let us go see if the others need help. Georg." Georg nodded as he snapped his fingers and the dimension cracked all over before it shattered, the five of them greeted by the sounds of battle before Orcus spoke.
"Pluto & Balberith will deliver the body to the castle before returning to battle while the three of us will help the army down there." "Sounds good to us." Georg said with a shrug, with Isaac nodding before Pluto & Balberith flew towards Castle Hades while the other three flew down to the ground.
Elsewhere:
Hassan, Connla, Zeno, Bennia & Verrine vs Gressil:
"Hmm~ Hmm~ Hmm~ Hmm~" Verrine was humming with a soft smile as she skipped through the air, Gressil rolling his eyes as he crossed the arms while the others floated closely behind her.
"I see you're still as childish as ever even though you try to act like you're mature." He grunted and she rolled her eyes before she giggled.
"Well~ I don't want to act like a barbaric stuck-up like you, so I like to stay as a young woman for a bit." She said with a smile and Gressil scoffed before he turned to the others.
"And what are these weaklings doing here?"
"Well, we're here to help,of course!" Bennia exclaimed as she waved her scythe around happily, both Connla & Hassan sighing at her enthusiasm while Zeno chuckled and Verrine giggled.
"Meh, more weaklings to kill make no difference to me. Now, let us start this battle." And Gressil grinned as he uncrossed his arms before he grunted as a fist crashed into his chest, sending him stumbling back slightly as Verrine smirked at him.
Looking up at her with a slight glare, he blinked as wisps of shadows appeared in his vision before he grunted as the shadows condensed into a multitude of spears that swiftly stabbed into his body.
However, Connla frowned as he felt that the stabs were just deep enough to cause pain yet shallow enough to not cause any serious harm as the devil pushed it out with a grunt before the lieutenant blinked as the wounds visibly sizzled clotted up before Gressil growled as he rolled his shoulders.
"Watch out. His ability is Resistance, meaning that the more you hurt him, the more he grows resistant to that specific attack."
'I see. So, we have to hit him with a multitude of attacks, then? Or, if possible, kill him with one single blow?' Hassan thought with a frown before he nodded, turning to Connla before making a hand sign that only his lieutenant understood as the man nodded & clapped his hands together.
A mass of shadows shot out from under his feet & condensed around his body, the man grunting as an armour made out of shadows coated his body from head to toe before he let out a deep sigh as dozens of Hassan clones shot out from the original's shadow & surrounded the devil.
"Attack relentlessly. Do not stop."
"Yes, sir." Connla nodded and there was only a moment of silence before the air whistled as the assassins disappeared, Gressil only able to lift his hands to cover his head before he grunted as dozens upon dozens of blows raied upon his body.
While the blows were not nearly enough to actually harm him, he grunted as they did sting and were mostly the assassins trying to stab into his body for a finishing blow.
"Insignificant insects!" Gressil exclaimed as he expelled a heavy aura, the Hassan clones & Connla grunting in surprise as the force of the aura expulsion pushed them back.
"That's enough, you guys. I can take care of it from here." Verrine said with a smile as she floated closer and both Hassan & Connla were confused, but nodded as they moved back.
"So, you're finally going to stop hiding behind the weaklings?" Gressil asked with an excited smirk before he gasped & bent over slightly as Verrine appeared in front of him & punched him in the gut, the girl giggling as she hummed.
"Yes, I've copied what I needed. Now, you're going to lose." And with that said, she didn't speak any more as she elbowed him in the jaw & snapped his head back up, Verrine spinning on her heel & delivering a roundhouse that made him flip through the air.
"What is her ability?" Hassan asked Zeno as he fused back into one being, Zeno chuckling before he answered.
"She along with Balberith have the ability 'Adaptation', but where Balberith permanently adapts to any attack that hits his body, Verrine can temporarily adapt herself to create a counter to the ability that her opponent has by seeing her opponent's ability being used in combat."
'I see. That explains why they're the strongest if that's their unique abilities.' Connla thought with a nod before he tuned back out of his thoughts & into the battle as Verrine parried a punch from Gressil before delivering a quick barrage of punches into his chest, sending the man stumbling back. Grabbing him by the back of his head, she pulled him back while jumping up & delivered a rising knee to his nose that sent blood splattering through the air.
'Why is it not activating?!' Gressil shouted in his mind as he shook his head to remove the dizziness only to cough up spittle as a kick to the side of his neck nearly knocked him out.
"I know you're wondering why you're not able to activate your 'Resistance'. Right now, I'm using my Adaptation to adapt to your Resistance. That means that right now, I'm adapting my attacks to ignore your Resistance and that makes you nothing more than a weakling in my eyes."
"Don't call me a weakling, bitch!" Gressil roared as he stood up and tried to deliver a heavy hook only for Verrine to giggle as she easily stopped the fist with one hand while pulling her other hand back as she winked at him.
"Nighty night~Forever." Her voice went cold as she finished her sentence before her fist flashed forward, a silent boom echoing through the air as her fist smashed right through his chest & out his back.
As Verrine smiled up at the slowly dying Gressil, she held his heart in a tight grip before she crushed it & ripped her arm back out, letting the corpse fall to the ground before she blinked as shadows shot down & let his body sunk into it.
"We need to make sure that the body isn't taken & experimented on by our enemies." Connla clarified and she nodded before turning to Hassan as he spoke.
"The two of us will be going down to help the army win their battle."
"Then, we'll head back to Castle Hades and make sure that Lady Lilith & Lady Persephone are protected." Zeno said as he looked at Bennia & Verrine, the two girls nodding before he gave Hassan & Connla a final nod. The two Division members watched as the three flew away before Hassan spoke.
"I can feel your frustration at not being able to fight in that battle, so you can let loose for today." Connla smirked as he nodded, taking off his sunglasses to reveal pitch black eyes as a mass of shadows covered his body before the amalgamation dove & crashed into the ground. '
Hah, always letting his emotions rule him, that one.'
Back to the First Battle:
Issei & Theo vs Thanatos:
Theo leaned back as the silver arc of Thanatos' scythe barely missed his head, stabbing upwards & clicking his tongue as Thanatos moved his head just enough to barely dodge his attack.
Issei was quick to follow up on this attack as he appeared behind Thanatos, his fist pulled back before he sent it flying forward only to frown as Thanatos used the butt of his staff to parry Issei's blow to the side.
Spinning on his heel, he brought his scythe around to slice his head off only to sigh as Theo appeared in between then and stopped his blade just in time, Issei's eyes wide as the tip of the scythe was just a few millimetres away from piercing his skull.
Pushing his fears down, he spun around the left of Theo and snapped out with a heel kick, Thanatos scoffing as he blocked the blow with his staff before he growled as the young man hooked his leg around his staff & pulled it back just enough for Theo to deliver a punch to his chest that sent him stumbling backwards.
Sending Thanatos stumbling back through the air, he looked up as both Theo and Issei appeared on both his side, spinning his scythe and ducking while holding his scythe above his head just in time to block Theo's trident with its bladed side and Issei's punch with the end of his staff.
Grunting as he spun his side and pushed both of them away, he quickly appeared behind Issei before spinning and delivering a slash across his back only to growl as it was only a shallow cut, Issei stumbling through the air with a hiss before he blasted up just as a portal appeared below his feet.
Thanatos only had a moment to leapt back slightly before the tar-like waters of Acheron shot through the portal and covered him from head to toe, the Reaper in question gritting his teeth as pain flared through his body from the acid-like waters of the most evil waters of the Underworld.
Theo didn't give Thanatos time to get used to the water as he flashed forward, his arm a blur as afterimages of his trident stabbed at Thanatos and the God of Death was forcing his body to move as fast as it could to dodge the attacks despite the tar sticking to his form & the pain increasing the longer it was attached to him.
'Ddraig?'
[The blow was shallow, but it took five years off of your lifespan.] Issei frowned at Ddraig's response but nodded as he clenched his fists at his sides, his aura flaring slightly as a dark emerald glow coated both of his hands before the auras floated off of his hands & condensed into twin orbs of energy in front of him.
"Sensei!" Issei exclaimed as he pulled his fists back, Theo not looking back as he grabbed Thanatos' scythe near the bladed side before pulling him in with a grin while flipping into the air above him.
"Twin Dragon Shot!" Issei roared as he punched both orbs, a single flash of green being the only warning the Grim Reaper got before two giant beams of energy shaped into serpentine dragons crawled through the air at a blistering pace towards him.
Thanatos growled as he let go of his scythe while a sickly purple aura coated his hands, pulling them back & punching forward just as the two beams crashed into his hands. Issei gritted his teeth as he pumped more energy into the attack, but Thanatos just grinned as he growled before ripping his arms upwards and the attack followed as the two beams were sent rocketing into the air.
[Partner! We're ready to begin whenever you are.] Ddraig exclaimed and Issei grinned as Theo flew to his side.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Theo asked with a frown and Issei chuckled as he nodded.
"I've only pulled it off once with Cao Cao and he said that it's not detrimental to me & that it makes me far stronger than befroe, so I'm sure."
"Fine, then. Show me what you learned with him." Theo said with a smile as he placed a hand on Issei's shoulders and Thanatos stopped in his tracks as the full brunt of Theo's aura radiated across the Netherworld, the air growing heavier as Issei nearly fell to his knees from the monstrous flow of divine energy flowing through his body.
'You ready to make history partner?'
[Hahaha! Of course! Let's show the world the Red Dragon Emperor has finally returned!]
"The Heavenly Red Dragon dwelling within me, awaken from your slumber." The air around them trembled with Issei's chant as Thanatos rushed forward only to be blocked off by Theo appearing in front of his student.
[Discard the Principles of Domination that have been taken from the Heavenly Father] Thanatos' eyes widened as Ddraig's voice came from under Issei's helmet, watching as the boy's aura quadrupled with just that one chant.
"The Crimson Dragon Emperor I possess within me, rise up to become a King and roar." Issei grunted out as he hunched over, the back of his aura bulging out before a pair of large, dark crimson wings with emerald orbs studded around the outer edges of it sprouted from his back.
[I shall become the King of the Red Dragons once more.] Ddraig growled as Issei's hands & feet turned into claws & talons, his helmet warping into that of a Red Dragon's as his eyes glowed a deep emerald.
["Watch over the forbidden existence as we shall become that dance like radiance within our inferno "] This time, both Issei and Ddraig spoke in unison as they looked up, a deep growl echoing through the battlefield and all battles stopped as the pure dominance of the Red Dragon Emperor flooded the Netherworld.
["And I promise you all! I shall show you the future which shines in true crimson light filled with hopes and dreams!"] And as Issei in his new armour looked up after finishing their chant, Thanatos felt a chill travelling down his spine while Theo smiled proudly as he deactivated his Ichor Desmos & moved out of the way. [
Juggernaut Promotion: Heavenly Crimson Awakening!] Ddraig roared in glee and a sinister snicker came from Issei as he stood up to his full height, being nearly triple the size of Thanatos as Theo floated to his side.
"If you can, try and get him alive."
"And if I kill him?" Issei asked with a growl and Theo sighed before he shrugged.
"Then you did your best. Now…go."
[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] And Issei needed no more incentive as a tremendous amounts of boosts were announced by Ddraig before reality itself quaked as Issei moved, the Grim Reaper barely able to move his staff in the way before a fist crashed into it.
Thanatos' eyes widened as his staff was visibly bending towards him and just as it was about to be fully bent in half, Issei pulled his fist back only to sent another flying that shattered the staff of the scythe in half and crashed into the god's skull. Thanatos couldn't figure out up from down as he was sent barrelling towards the ground, Issei growling as he quickly rocketed after his prey. '
Should I stop him?' Theo thought with a slight frown as he watched Issei dive right through a series of spells from Thanatos and grab the god by the skull, twisting them around before the dragon sent them both rocketing & crashing directly into the ground with Thanatos having been buried skull first.
Not finished yet, Issei growled as he punched Thanatos in the chest & buried him further, a heavy boom echoing through the sky as the blow was heard by all before it was followed up by more & more & more until nothing but heavy & loud booms could be heard as Issei delivered blow after blow into the Thanatos until the god was barely visible inside the giant crater Issei was standing in.
"Okay, that should be enough! Issei!" Theo shouted, the loud sounds stopping as Issei ceased his onslaught and looked up at Theo with a growl.
"Don't you growl at me. Come on, the battle is over."
"One more?"
"…Hah, fine. One mor-!" Theo couldn't even finish his sentence before a deafening boom echoed across the battlefield & a shockwave cratered the ground within a five metre radius of the crater Thanatos was now lying unconscious in, Theo groaning as Issei slowly deactivated his new armour.
"Hey, sensei! Pretty cool…right?" Issei stumbled slightly as the fatigue hit him all at one and Theo rolled his eyes as he flashed down and caught him, shaking his head with an amused smile as he put him over his shoulders before turning his head as footsteps neared him.
"If we had known the Red Dragon had been that strong from the start, we could have won from the start." Hassan said with a frown and Theo chuckled as he shrugged.
"He wasn't. This was still a move in progress, but I guess I can now say that it is successful. Could you get someone to come pick up Thanatos & lock him up while I get him to a room to sleep it all off?"
"Hah, fine. I suppose I'll do it." Hassan muttered with a sigh and Theo gave him a thankful smile as he turned and started walking towards the castle only to frown as an Organization soldier stopped in front of him.
"Vice Commander! Urgent news from the Kuoh Branch! It is currently under attack by the Hexennacht, the Nilrem Magicians of the Khaos Brigade and the Wizards of Oz!"
"Theo, wa-!" Hassan was unable to finish his sentence as a teleportation crest appeared under the god before he disappeared, sighing as he saw Issei lying peacefully on the ground next to where the crest was.
"Soldier, take him to the castle and hand him over to either Balberith, Verrine or Persephone. They'll take it from there."
"Yes, sir!" The soldier saluted as he picked up Issei in a fireman's carry and jogged towards the castle while Hassan sighed as he shook his head.
He truly wanted to ask Theo to think rationally, but knowing how temperamental the man could be with his loved ones and now that the entire Organization knew that both Yasaka & Rossweisse were pregnant…
Yeah, he's going to have ask Gilgamesh to ask the Grauzauberer to make even more magicians because the Hexennacht, the Nilrem and the Wizards of Oz are about to be erased from existence.
'May your stupid souls rest in peace.'
A/N: And there we are! The last of the War Arc and straight into the Alliance's Attack on Kuoh Arc!
Next chapter, a quick look into the day of Rossweisse & Yasaka as well as the start of battles!
As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…
Ba-Bye~!
P.S. Also yes, the only reason Issei was able to demolish Thanatos as well as he did was because that not only was he and Ddraig synchronising with each other like how Lykaon and Tobio does, but Theo was also overloading the Boosted Gear with energy and forcing it to evolve with Issei's desires in order to not kill its host.
At least, that's the explanation that I thought of while writing this chapter and I'm sticking to that.
