Chapter 2
Few weeks ealier.
Azazel and Sirzechs were sitting in the living room, the warmth of the burning fireplace was giving of enjoyable heat, as the both of them drank the hot chocolate from their own respective cups, looking at the visuals from the outside the window.
"So… What is happening in Fukuoka exactly?" – Azazel asked as he took a sip – "I heard stories but… I hope you got more information."
"You joking… Fukuoka doesn't have any manager for 20 years at this point since last manager got killed… All kinds of horrors hard to contain sprawled around. Kouh strays are a piece of cake…" – Sirzechs said as he took drink from his.
The eeire silence of the furnace was only giving in the atmosphere of worry as the fire cracked out of it as the only sound inside the room, illuminating the dummy head of a kraken above it. A giant sea monster beaten long time ago.
"Wait, 20 eyars? You fucking serious, Sirzechs?" – Azazel asked giving him a side eye as he sipped from his cup.
"Yes… Sadly there is no person willing to take the charge of Fukuoka, as this is a city many re afraid to manage… EX-class strays? Literally the easiest strays to handle with easiest in quotation" – as Sirzech said it, he did make one thing clear, saying easiest with fingers making quotation mark.
"Easiest.. huh?" – Azazel asks as he is considering the solutions.
In the same moment, Roygun Belphegor was walking through the palace dressed in mere black heels, black jeans and black t-shirt with black leather jacket, as she correct her cherry blossom hair and put them into a ponytail, heistly, as she was getting to the living room.
She was stopped however by two demons with halberds blocking the wooden ornamental square doors into the room. They looked her dead in the eyes, as she stopped.
"I am Roygun Belphegor! I demand immediate audience with Sirzechs!" – Roygun commanded.
"Sadly we cannot allow you to do that. Your status as a stray demon is confirmed. Security reasons." – Demon said as he let out a sigh, 'Just another day in the office I guess' he thought as he looked at the female in front of him.
"IT IS.. IMPORTANT!" as Roygun yells it out, she does bring in the attention of Sirzechs and Azazel
"Then you can tell it to us." – Guards said not relenting.
"IT IS FOR SIRZECH'S EARS ONLY." – Roygun was not having it – she was hell-bent on having her audience if he wants it or not.
Azazel and Sirzechs both heard this arguing, just as when they were arguing on who was supposed to take charge of Fukuoka, who will be naïve enough to take this job. Well, looks like they got blessed – or cursed – due to a visit that was happening before the doors.
"What is it, Roygun? You are aware on what charges you were stripped off your titles right? I will not – " – Sirzech said as he opened the doors only to see Roygun pissed.
"Well.. Take a look. I heard Azazel is around." She said pulling out an item that is basically glowing with holy energy. An eldritchly perfect round gem. With a moving bezel in its edge.
"Now that is interesting.. Permission for audience granted." – Sirzech said with calm voice, interested even if the gem is giving him and everyone around a headache due to holy energy bustling from it.
"Sir?" – The guard asked when he had a look at Sirzech.
"Let her in. Come on." – Sirzech said as he left the door open, and guards noted, lifting the halberds from the lock, and permitting her in.
The room Roygun was let inside was sparsly decorated but overall pleasantly. Black luxury rug, the kraken's head above the fireplace, with a tea table, and two armchairs with third one closer to the fireplace.
"So, what you got that it required an audien.. oh." Azazel said with amusement switching closely to worry second he felt god of the bible's energy emanating from the bezeled gem.
"This." – Roygun said as he put it on the table.
The gem itself was eldrictly beautifull. The beauty of it was unsettling, mesmerizing, hypnotizing but to Sirzechs and Roygun, also causing discomfort, as it pulsated intense holy energy, setting their senses off as if they entered a cathedral and demons.. always get warning sings when they entered the holy places.
"Where did you found it?" – Azazel asked as he was mesmerized by the gem, rubbing it around seeing that the bezel turns around with the gem's button showing –"Weird.."
"Fukuoka… I decided to go for a weekend trip to verify rumors… They were correct. Strays with power to easily kill Michael and monsters beyond imagination." – Roygun said coldly.
"Fukuoka you say?" – Sirzech asked as he grew worried, grabbing the gem that Azazel gave him, rubbing it, not daring to press the button on the gem, worried of what it can do. – "Why does it emanate with THIS holy energy?" – He wondered loud.
"No clue.. Here is the deal.." – Roygun went to negotiations – "Reinstate my titles, make me the ultimate-class devil again, convince my family to revoke the disowning I had to endure, bring back my rights to peerage… In exchange, I will TRY my best to clean it up." – Roygun said with confident tone.
"You sure, Roygun?" – Sirzech asked a bit taken aback by her boldness – "You sure you can handle it?"
"There is nothing I can't handle.." – Roygun said with a teasing voice, sending him a wink. – "Remember which lineage I am tied to.. Belphegors…"
"Fair enough… I assume you would also wish for resources to start your operations and sustain it, yes?" – Sirzech asked as he got a glimmer of hope when he looked at head of the kraken.
"Yes… Very much." – Roygun said – "And I can try to investigate these gems… There are more of them something tells me."
"Gut feeling?" – Azazel asks, amused.
"Yes. Gut feeling. It's always correct." – roygun said with a pleased grin.
"Very well. But I will not send you alone… I will assing you an observer." – Sirzech said with a grin.
"Who?" – Roygun asked not thrilled about being under supervision.
"Ravel Phenex, Riser's younger sister." – Sirzech said with a smirk – "She wanted a bit of change of pace after Riser's defeat from Issei's hands."
"I heard about that botched arranged marriage attempt by your mother. The fact our little princess grew up so fast.. I still remember seeing her as a newborn baby." – Roygun said as she smiled.
"Then you know more than most." – Sirzech said with a grin. – "Very well.." Sirzech said pulling out something from the drawer near the chair, as he pulled out a dogtag with gold hue and threw it at her – "Consider yourself reinstated… Lady Belphegor.." – Sirzech smirked as he send her the reassuring wink.
"Well that was easy." – Roygun said a bit taken aback as he grabbed her old dogtag.
"Because I want someone to investigate these gems and since you have one… I assume its worth a gamble for information." – Sirzech said, with cold pragmatism in his voice. – "Now go, you got job to do."
"Yessir.." – Roygun said with a salute at attention before she turned around on her high heel and walked out smiling.
Current day
It was dark in here, when the troopers above were screening the area, and the electricity suddenly went out, it was even stranger. The members of the unit expected it to last until something or someone cut off the supply.
The soldiers above started to scatter and check the place, thinking its some kind of EMP. However when their comms and helmets still worked, they calmed down and checked the surroundings and the overall electricity came back online.
"TANAKA COME IN… TANAKA COME IN" – one of the soldiers on the surface called out.
"Yes, I read you, Kurosaki." – Tanaka said as he put hand on the helmet.
"Good… We got electricity out on the surface… Then it came back online."
"Check quarters. I don't want any surprises on the surface" – tanaka said as he let out a sigh.
"What is going on?" – Kira asked as he looked at Tanaka.
"Well. We have to find that bitch and neutralize her before shit gets more distrubted." – Tanaka said sternly.
"All right then.. Night vision.." – Kira said as he switched back to night vision in his helmet and aimed through the sights- "We will spread out to cover wide area."
"You sure?" – Tanaka askd when he raised eyebrow.
"Ye… If you want to go with me, then come." – Kira said shrugging his hips.
Kira let out a sigh as he went out into the dark corridor and started to walk it, step by step being carefull as the light from the water tank illuminated his path as well as the googles and light from his lighter, attached to his trusty M4.
Breathing was heavy as the air grew thicker, as if somehow – his helmet was doing nothing – only to be back to normal breathing again. He bit his lip, as he felt something… Stare on him, as if someone was licking their lips when they saw him..
"It must be the wind." – Kira said calming himself down.
He said, letting out a sigh, as he walked through further down, and started to check for reference pints but as long as he walked the light from the water tank became further and further away, until he found something… A room with blinding light, and when he entered it, giant round chamber with cobblestone bricks and a giant dome with weird architectural paintings. He gulped, when he let out a sigh, and tried to contact Tanaka.
"Tanaka, come in.. Tanaka come in, this is Kira." – Kira called but all his digital tools for communication shown some form of jamming. He decided to put finger on under the helmet, revealing the visor and mask, to grab the walkie talkie soon after, and sets right channel. – "Tanaka come on.. Tanaka come in, this is Kira." – Kira repeated only to hear scramblers on line instead. – "Weird…"
To Kira this was deeply unsettling. He was new to this job, he was new to everything in general when it comes to the job in this unit.. this – lovecraftian bookclub… And now he realized why the unit was called that. Anomaly like that isn't a normal stray as far as he overheard a discussion between the two personnel day ealier. They are far stronger breed with instead of F to EX classes, you have EX class as Category one. Its easily accepted that when you want to determine power level of the stray you double the standard level encountered until you get category five.. so lvl 1 is 2, level 3, is 16 etc.
He heard the laughter again when he spotted something that was not there before – two portcullis gates, behind archway with a balcony atop, where he heard soft humming whimpers of pleasure and excitement when he heard every step. Every single loud step as someone, was walking down to this place on heels. It started to drive him crazy. Tik tok tik tok, the rhythm was unnerving.
As the realization creeped in, he quickly put his finger under the helmet, and sealed the visor, alongside the gas mask sliding in place aiming at the balcony above. It was not there previously, he knew it. Silently he checked his gopro to see if he is not insane. There was no balcony before. There was his evidence… Worried, growing in panic as he aims up there, just narrowly focused at forever growing steps of the high heels and the balcony.
Kira aimed his gun at the balcony when he heard growing steps as if they walked closer but farther away at the same time, clap clap, clap clap, rhythmically even when he grew in awareness of his surroundings. Clap clap, the sound spoke of high heels. Whoever It was tried to unsettle him – and it worked. He switched to thermals for a while, looking at the surroundings… strange results came in.
The whole buildings were grey but the archways with portcullis were warm. VERY warm… temperature as if 70 degrees Celsius… And the same with balcony…. His breathing increased… Why would building exert heat – if it was electrical sure… but nothing indicated electricity? What is the reason… he yelled out panicked and defiant WHAT IS THE REASON… breathing increased.
As it did, the sillawete in the thermals begin to switch as he saw a woman appear on the balcony.. He shut down the thermals and to normal vision. Strangely beforehand, he saw darkness now he sees everything with clarity… Growing in concern, Kira aimed at her and turned on laser pointer at her, the woman in the balcony frowned, as she looked at him.
'Damn. She is hot.. not gonna lie… Damn hot…' – Kira thought to himself, as his helmet protected his face from being seen.
"Oh how cute… Mortal in my realm?" – The woman asked putting her hair in a ponytail, taking her time.
The woman before him, was blonde, with silvery lining around the hair, long right to the hips, with breasts three times as big as her head, wide his, athletic muscled abs and pear wide figure. Wide hips and big rear, both emphasized by her high heels, and the tight fit jeans, that enlarged her ass visually. Her corset white, boosting up her huge natural breasts, and her leather motorcycle jacket added to allure, ending around the belly button area.
"Who are you!?" – Kira asked, confused.
"My name Is Lilith… Mother of all Demons… Concubine of Adam. Wife of now-dead Satan Illuminate. Defacto Queen of Hell itself"
Lilith said as she walked to the balcony's end, and the fence retracted into the wall. It made no sense to him. Why would it behave like this when there is no mechanism. The bricks retracted outside, pulling themselves out forming clear stairs downwards as she is taking her time. Her looks disarmed her.
She is hot, as he acknowledged, his arousal grew as he saw her breasts swing up and down, the corset of hers barely struggling to keep them hidden, it sent him in awe as her hips swayed too, he decided to have a peak at measurements, sending request to NPU unit to process it by AI, and get her dimensions.
Her height is 180cm. Taller than his 174cm, her waist 63cm and hips 102cm, shaped in pear figure but bust.. 140cm really? This is indeed impressive size, as he bit his lip and the data displayed made him smile.
He knows what he sees – and honestly if situation was different, he would.. 'no no no dirty thoughts on a job' he denied himself.
'I have him around my finger.. perfect.' She thought to herself knowing many men fall for her body, and she reveled in it, her tool of control, was working instantly. But it did unsettle him, what woman of this beauty is doing right here…
Queen of all demons? Really? Or is it just very sexually attractive stray. 'Oh, he is afraid, how cute… Look at him aiming his laser at me, thinking he can harm me with his mere gunpowder weapon.' Smiling as she does put her leg on the floor, last two claps are gone, silence befallen the room for a minute.
Then she slowly started to walk close to him, as Kira decided to fire a series at her, which did nothing as her clothes just reflected it, so he grew more and more panicky.
"Who the fuck are you, sure as fuck not human.." – Kira said.
"Mhm… I introduced myself before sweetie… " – Lilith said as she walked in closer. She pushed still disarmed human on the floor, her silky hair moving on the air – "Lilith. Queen of Hell.. Mother of demons." She said as she put her hair in the ponytail.
"And?" – He lased her, using the laser pointer, which she spotted.
"And… I would like to know who is transgressing on my property?" – Lilith asked with a smirk.
"Your property?" – Kira asked, rising his eyebrow. – "But this is underground basement of a harbor.." Kira now grew in panic.
"Oh?" Lilith is confused with this statement. "What did you said?"
"I came here with my unit in the adbandoned harbor. We split into corridors around the water reserve tank in the basement of it.. I went into the corridor and checked it. Well.. its getting weirder sure." Kira said, explaining it.
At this point, Kira's existence tethers on life or death. One wrong move… And he might risk his life. He knows this much, with everything being decided by Lilith in the end.
