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Chapter 36

— The best way to eliminate an enemy is to attack it from various places strategically —

Darryn to Edzard in Imperial City 4E 193

Lint was walking through the corridors of the sixth heaven. The reason for this was because she had received an order from Michael to go to that place to deal with some business. As she turned a corner, she saw two former exorcists walking by. These two former exorcists were Dulio Gesualdo and Griselda Quarta. Griselda was a woman in her twenties with blue eyes. She was wearing a full nun outfit. While Dulio is a handsome young man with blond hair and green eyes. He was dressed in a priest's clothes.

Seeing them sent a chill through Lint's body, for these people had been the ones who had trained her alongside Lady Gabriel. She didn't know the reason, but she had received completely Spartan training after being reincarnated as an angel. This had caused her initial excitement at becoming an angel to be replaced with curiosity and panic, as no other reincarnated angel had undergone this training. She knew that because Irina, who was her usual lunch partner, had told her that she wasn't receiving such training.

'In the end, this training has brought me very close to getting my second pair of wings.' Lint thought.

Lint sighed as she reached the doors that led to Michael's personal study. Taking a breath, she knocked on the door and entered when she received permission from the owner. As she entered, she was greeted by a room decorated with paintings, rugs, and shelves of books. In the center of the room, sitting at a desk, was Michael.

"Did you send for me, Michael-sama?"

Michael stopped reading the documents in front of him and looked at Lint.

"That's right, Lint-san." Michael said putting the papers aside. "Take a sit."

Lint obeyed and sat down in a chair in front of the desk.

A comfortable silence fell in the room as Lint looked at her legs.

"Maybe you're wondering why I sent for you, right?"

Lint lifted her face and nodded.

"You see, Lint-san. There is a reason why only you received such intensive training." Michael said.

"What is that reason?" Lint asked in confusion and hoping to learn the reason for her training.

"It was to make you stronger as quickly as possible so that you can accomplish the tasks that will be assigned to you." Michael answered looking Lint in the eye.

That answer made Lint blink in confusion because she didn't understand what kind of missions, she would be assigned to receive such training.

"Excuse me, Michael-sama, but. What kind of quests will I get that make me have to get stronger so soon?"

"Your job will be to fight the Daedras that will appear in the future."

Lint's blood ran cold upon hearing that.

'D-D-Daedras?' Lint thought in a panic. 'Why do I have to fight them? Isn't Edzard's group supposed to be the one in charge of fighting them?'

"E-excuse me, Michael-sama. Isn't Edzard's party supposed to be the one dealing with the daedras?"

"That's right, but you will be entrusted with these missions because you will be part of Edzard-dono group as a representative of the Angels."

Lint's mind clicked off when she heard that, and she didn't listen to the rest of Michael's explanation. A smile appeared on her face as she managed to understand everything. However, she also had more doubts.

"Why was I chosen?" Lint asked, as she knew there were angels stronger than her. So, she didn't know why she was chosen.

Michael smiled as he answered. "That is easy. The main reason for choosing you was your closeness with Edzard-dono."

A blush appeared on Lint's face at those words, causing her to look away to prevent the sky leader from seeing her. However, to Lint's bad luck, Michael saw her reaction and put on a friendly smile before speaking.

"I recommend you pack your bags soon. Edzard and his group are on a special mission and will be back in a day. When they do, they will be waiting for you at the Kuoh train station."

Hearing that, Lint nodded and after saying goodbye, she left faster than the wind from her leader's office and went to her room in the first heaven to pack her bags. She was going so fast that she couldn't hear Irina calling her name.

Somewhere in the underworld, Aika, Mittelt, Valerie, and Tiamat were looking at the castle in front of them. This castle was an imposing large structure surrounded by mountains and located in what appeared to be a crater. This castle was the base where the two remaining leaders of the Old Satan Faction were hiding.

"They really have lousy taste in decorations." Aika said looking at the castle and then at the sky. "This purple sky is extremely creepy."

"Right. I like sky more than there is on earth." Valerie said.

"Yes, I agree with fangs on that." Mittelt said.

The rest of the girls nodded.

"So that's the base of the Old Satan faction?" Valerie asked looking at the castle.

"According to the information Edzard obtained from Katerea's staff, yes, this is the place." Mittelt replied.

"The boss really is someone amazing." Tiamat said thinking about the skills that Edzard displayed.

"Yes, and not just with magic." Aika said with a smile as a small trickle of blood trickled down her nose.

"You're bleeding, pervert." Mittelt said with a blank look.

"Ha, ha, ha. Sorry, I got a little emotional." Aika apologized as she wiped the blood away with a handkerchief Valerie had offered her.

"It's okay. Does everyone remember the plan?" Valerie asked.

"Yes." Aika, Mittelt and Tiamat said in unison.

"Then, it has to be done." Valerie said as her body began to be covered by shadows.

Aika smiled and summoned her spear-staff. Mittelt created a pink light sword. Finally, Tiamat smiled as she prepared to run.

"So. Totsugeki!" Aika yelled as she started to run, being followed by the rest of the girls.

The girls began to run at high speed until they reached the edge of the cliff. With a great jump, they launched into the void. As they fell, Aika used magic to start flying, while Mittelt and Valerie summoned their respective wings. Tiamat, for her part, glowed for a second until she reverted to her dragon form.

Roar!

Tiamat's roar was so loud that it made the castle tremble slightly.

This roar achieved its goal, as hundreds of devils came out and began to attack Tiamat. However, these achieved nothing, as they were immediately killed by dozens of spears of light, a barrage of elemental magic and tentacles of darkness.

The surviving devils began to attack the girls using their weapons to create bolts of magic.

"Well. We have fulfilled our part of the mission." Aika said as she created several magic circles around her to defend against the attacks of the devils that kept appearing. When she saw that the attack ceased, she raised a hand and created a magic circle from which she cast a wind spell, which turned into several scythes, which mutilated several devils.

"That's right. Now it all depends on Ed and Asia." Mittelt said as she used her sword to decapitate a devil.

Valerie nodded as she turned into a flock of bats and began moving through the enemy soldiers. When she reached the center of a group of them, she reverted to her normal form and reaching out with her hands, she created an orb of darkness. A second later, the orb glowed, and hundreds of spikes of darkness erupted from within, impaling several devils.

Tiamat, on the other hand, was burning several devils with her dragon breath.

While Edzard's concubines drew the attention of the bulk of the Khaos Brigade's Old Satan Faction army, Edzard and Asia had managed to sneak into the castle. Both had taken two different routes, as there were two targets to shoot down. These targets were none other than the two remaining leaders of the faction.

Asia was walking as quietly as she could through the almost empty passageways of the castle. The word was almost used because she had run into some devils while she was looking for where her target is. The schedule and routine that both devils followed had been learned thanks to the memories that could be obtained thanks to Katerea's staff.

'I hope I already have the power to face an Ultimate-class devil.' Asia thought a little worried, as the memory of the beating Rizevim had given her months ago came to her mind. 'I hope they are not as strong as him.'

As she kept walking, she heard footsteps, so she quickly hid in an opening in the wall. As the sound of footsteps grew louder, she saw her target pass by.

The target that had been assigned to her was Creuserey Asmodeus. Creuserey had the appearance of a handsome man wearing the clothes of a nobleman. He had black hair tied in a small ponytail and violet eyes. Creuserey also had pointed ears and pale skin. His clothing was black with dark red belts and motifs. As well as wearing a cape.

Creuserey walked at a brisk pace while a serious expression was present on his face. From the little he murmured; Asia could tell that he was questioning the reason why Tiamat was attacking them.

'From the looks, this guy is Creuserey.' Asia thought while raising her right hand. Concentrating magicka, she created nine swords with Restoration magic. 'Restoration is the Nirmnian equivalent of holy magic, so this attack should finish him off.'

After thinking that, Asia stretched out her hand and shot the swords. The swords covered the distance between Asia and Creuserey in an instant. When they were about to embed themselves in Creuserey's skin, he reacted by jumping to the side.

After skidding a few meters, Creuserey looked up and looked at Asia.

"I was wondering when you'd show up." Creuserey said with a frown upon seeing Asia. "We knew that Tiamat wouldn't be attacking our base on a whim, so we thought it was an attack directed at us. And in the end, we were right. Tell me girl, who are you? Who sends you? Sirzechs? Azazel? Michael?"

Asia frowned, as it seemed that the devils knew about the attack, but there was no time to hesitate, so she, with a quick movement, created a magic circle and released a large gust of wind at Creuserey.

Creuserey responded by creating several defensive magic circles, which withstood Asia's attack very well. When Asia's attack stopped, Creuserey created his own magic circles and released several torrents of flame at Asia.

Asia had to roll on the ground to avoid the flames. When she was safe, she jumped up and created seven magic circles, from which lightning bolts came out. Asia's spell was quickly directed at Creuserey, who defended himself with magic.

'He can create barriers and cast offensive spells with relative ease, so he must be a great magician. The only way I know of to defeat a magician is by taking away their magic and forcing them to fight melee. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to do that.' Asia thought as she created a ward to stop an ice spear that Creuserey had thrown at her.

"Answer you damn human!" Creuserey yelled creating several magic circles around him. "Who sent you!"

'I have no choice; I'll have to use my balance breaker.' Asia thought as she continued to ignore Creuserey's demands.

Upon thinking that, her balance breaker became present, covering her body. This one had been named Twilight Holy Knight's Affection by Azazel.

According to the fallen angel, Asia's balance breaker was a very rare one, as it not only increased the healing abilities of the Twilight Healing, but also increased the user's physical abilities, creating a rare combination of increased power, healing, and defense. According to Azazel, a Twilight Healing balance breaker should only increase the Sacred Gear's healing abilities. However, this was not the case thanks to Asia having to change her nun mentality that she only wants to help someone by curing a young girl that she knows she must kill to protect those she loves.

"Oh. A human with a balance breaker." Creuserey said with a smirk seeing Asia's armor. "This just means that you must have been sent by Azazel or Michael. It doesn't matter though, since you will die here!"

After those words, Creuserey unleashed a rain of spells on Asia, who started jumping to dodge the attacks. However, as she dodged, Creuserey created more circles and from these he launched attacks at Asia's blind spot. Fortunately for Asia, she was able to see the attacks because she lightly tripped over a stone, so she raised both hands and created a magic circle to ward off the attacks.

"Ugh." Asia grunted as she kept the barrier up to resist Creuserey's barrage of magic. When the attack ended, Asia created two magic circles and released two gusts of wind, which took the form of scythes.

Creuserey saw the scythes and summoning his eight wings, he took flight to dodge the attack, which continued straight ahead and ended up cutting two massive stone pillars as if they were paper.

Seeing her attacks with magic being parried or evaded, Asia was tempted to use Akachim, but before she drew her sword, she had to jump to the side to avoid two spells from Creuserey. This made her realize that she would not be able to use her sword comfortably. So, she would have to use another technique.

'I won't be able to use Akachim, as Creuserey won't let me stand still and I can't use this attack without standing still for a few seconds while charging the spell. And even though my balance breaker gives me great resistance, it doesn't remove the hits, so if I get hit, I'll lose my balance and won't be able to charge the attack properly…. Aghhhh. Looks like I have no choice, I'll have to use that.' Asia thought as she clasped her hands together. She had decided to use a new spell that she had created. The spell she was about to use was not a spell itself, but rather a technique that allowed her to use a more powerful version of the spells she knew.

While charging her spell, Asia was forced to dodge Creuserey's spells for a few minutes. This caused the place where they were fighting to be filled with craters thanks to the spells that Creuserey cast indiscriminately.

Asia jumped dodging seven ice spears that were going straight at her. When she landed, she let out a sigh, for she had finally managed to finish the preparations for what she was about to do. Behind Asia appeared the magic circle that Edzard had designed months ago, the only difference from the normal one was that it had one more outer circle, which was inscribed with runes from the elder alphabet, which were the runes that appeared in elder scrolls.

Asia raised her hands and started charging magic to cast a spell. The circle behind Asia, which was formed when she managed to harmonize the magic of Nirm and that of the earth, began to glow golden. The main function of the extra circle was to allow spells generated by magic circles to have the same effects as Nirm's magic. While it allowed someone like Asia, who didn't have huge reserves of magic like Edzard, to be able to overload Nirm's magic spells to the extreme.

'This is the result of my secret training for more than five months.' Asia thought remembering how she had been trying to create this spell ever since she accidentally discovered that as a hybrid, she could make her two magical powers harmonize. Although initially she had not made much progress, that changed radically when she began to work on this technique with the help of Aika and her teacher.

"You asked me who I am. So, I will answer you. My name is Asia Argento Cumberland. Wizard of the College of Winterfell, Member of the Companions, and Wife of the Last Dragonborn." Asia replied as a golden ball formed in her hands. This ball of power began to grow rapidly being fueled by the power of the circle created by Asia. "Disappear! Extreme Magicka Spell: Holy Nova!"

The golden sphere expanded in an explosion that quickly engulfed everything in the place at a high speed. Creuserey, seeing this attack, widened his eyes in surprise, as he did not expect that Asia could make an attack of this magnitude.

"Dammit!" Creuserey yelled as he summoned the serpent, he had received from Ophis to increase his power. Unfortunately, the explosion was much faster and ended up engulfing him completely, completely destroying his body, causing him to die instantly.

Asia's attack continued its way and ended up almost destroying the section of the castle where she and Creuserey had fought. The dome continued to grow outside the castle and ended up engulfing a large number of the devils that were outside the castle.

When the spell ended, Asia deactivated her sacred gear and took a breath, feeling a bit tired.

"Uh. This got a bit tricky. Maybe it would have ended faster if I had used my sword from the start.' Asia thought as she looked at the hole she had made in the ceiling. However, she then looked to the east as she felt a great buildup of power. This accumulation of power was something she knew very well, as there were only two attacks that could generate such a terrifying presence.

At the same time that Asia began her fight against Creuserey, Edzard walked through the corridors of the east wing of the castle. In his hand was a bound sword dripping with blood, which belonged to the devils he had encountered as he walked towards the room where his target should be.

After walking for a while, Edzard reached the room he was looking for.

Edzard looked at the double doors that marked the beginning of the room. Raising his left hand, he used the detect life spell to see what he was behind the door. He grimaced as he saw that there were about thirty devils inside the room.

"It seems that this guy knew that Tiamat's attack was not something normal, so he has sheltered himself with some soldiers that he will surely use as cannon fodder to protect himself while attacking me from a distance." Edzard said as he put a hand to his chin. After a few seconds, he finally knew how to attack his enemy. So, wasting no time, Edzard kicked the door, causing it to shatter into several pieces, which flew out and ended up killing some devils.

"TIID! KLO!"

Edzard's thu'um slowed time, allowing him to quickly disappear and slay the remaining devils. When time returned to normal, only one devil was left alive in the room.

"I guess you are Shalba Beelzebub." Edzard said looking at the Ultimate-class devil who was sitting in front of him on a stone throne.

Shalba was a handsome man dressed in black armor with a cape. He had long brown hair that reached to his hips with many bangs that covered his right eye.

"So, you're the one behind Tiamat's attack, right?" Shalba asked looking at Edzard.

"I guess you can say yes." Edzard replied with a dismissive shrug.

Shalba narrowed his eyes. "Tell me, boy. Who sent you?"

"No one important." Edzard replied mockingly.

Shalba frowned at the mockery and disrespect of the human in front of him, so, raising his hand, he summoned a magic circle and released a torrent of flames.

Edzard saw the spell coming at him, and raising his hand, he released a blast of ice to counter the devil's attack in front of him.

Both attacks collided and generated a huge explosion.

"Umm." Shalba said when seeing the generated explosion. However, his eyes widened when he saw Edzard appear in front of him. Seeing this, Shalba quickly jumped up and summoned his wings to fly above Edzard. By doing this, the devil managed to avoid being decapitated by Edzard's sword.

"Who are you? You are not a devil, a Fallen, much less an Angel." Shalba said looking at Edzard with concern, because Edzard had almost killed him in one move.

Edzard looked at Shalba and was disappointed in Shalba's power. 'This guy calls himself a Maou and he doesn't even have a power similar to Serafall let alone Sirzechs.'

"You know to be called Maou you are weak. Your power is nowhere near Serafall's power." Edzard said with a mocking smile.

Shalba scowled as his face contorted with anger at being called weak and inferior to one of those impostors.

"How dare you compare me to those imposters?!" Shalba yelled in anger. "Now I will show you the power of a true descendant of a Maou!"

After screaming, Shalba summoned hundreds of insects.

Edzard raised his eyebrow in confusion.

A magic circle appeared in front of each insect. The circles glowed and unleashed hundreds of elemental spells against Edzard.

'Shit.' Edzard thought as he saw the large number of spells coming at him, so thinking quickly, he shouted. "TIID! KLO!"

Time stopped after Edzard used his thu'um. Swinging his conjured sword, Edzard began to cut through the spells unleashed against him. The conjured sword managed to stop most of the spells, but there were a few that it couldn't block. So Edzard had to jump back to dodge the remaining spells.

"Wow. That was really interesting. But you are still not at the level necessary to beat me." Edzard said as his linked sword disappeared, and his upper limbs became covered in fire. A second after that, Edzard slammed both hands on the ground, creating a fiery explosion that engulfed the entire room.

Shalba's eyes widened in surprise at the attack, but he quickly created a magic circle to protect himself. As the blast hit the magic circle, the devil gritted his teeth as he held onto the magic circle, for the power of the blast was such that it threatened to destroy his defense in an instant. Therefore, in order to maintain the barrier, Shalba was forced to use a large amount of demonic power.

As the explosion dissipated, Edzard looked around and saw Shalba flying with a cracked defensive magic circle in front of him. The insects that the devil had conjured had been burned to ashes. Furthermore, the roof of the place had been completely shattered, allowing the devils to be seen fighting against Aika, Valerie, Mittelt and Tiamat.

Edzard was about to charge at Shalba when he felt something strange in the area. Scanning the place, he tried to locate what was causing that small resonance in the place. He couldn't put it into words, but he felt a tug of magic in the area very similar to the one he felt when he found Bloodkaal's blade.

"Where do you think you're looking?!" Shalba yelled in anger seeing that he was ignored by Edzard. Clenching his teeth, the devil created a circle of magic under Edzard's feet and throughout the room. From the sky, a great lightning bolt fell on Edzard.

"FEIM!" Edzard shouted using the thu'um that allowed the user to become ethereal.

BOMMMM!

The bolt hit the ground creating a huge explosion, which covered the area with a large cloud of dust.

The power of the explosion was such that it shattered the ground, causing Edzard to fall several floors. Fortunately, Edzard survived the fall and the impact of the spell thanks to his being in ethereal form. So, taking advantage of the dust, Edzard walked towards where he felt that pull of magic a few moments ago, because down here it felt stronger.

When he arrived at the place he narrowed his eyes, because he saw that he was in the place where the treasures of the castle were kept. Edzard frowned as he saw that Shalba's attack had destroyed much of what was down there. However, before he started shouting expletives, he saw that there was a strange block of stone in the center of the room. The block had the appearance of having been put there no less than a decade ago. So, approaching the block, Edzard crouched down and looking closer, he noticed that a sword hilt protruded from one end. The hilt of the sword did not look like anything to write home about, as it had the common pieces of a hilt. Its only outstanding detail was that it was completely dyed black.

'What is a sword sealed in a block of stone doing here?' Edzard thought as he saw the hilt. Rolling his shoulders, he decided to take the hilt. As his hand took hold of the hilt, the block of stone shattered, and he allowed himself to see the sword in all its glory.

The sword was a longsword that seemed to be made of black colored steel. Other than the color of the blade, there was no marking or engraving on the blade.

Edzard made a few quick slashes to test the balance of the sword. A smile appeared on his face as he saw that the sword was well balanced. However, he stopped when he felt two kinds of auras on the blade. The first reminded Edzard of Michael, while the second of Sirzechs.

'What's with this sword? Why does he have a demonic and holy aura?' thought Edzard. However, not knowing the answer he shrugged and tightened his grip on the weapon. Making a quick movement, the sword generated a gust of air that dissipated the dust in the place.

Shalba watched in amazement as Edzard was found alive and uninjured.

"H-how did you survive?" Shalba asked in surprise, as he had used a great deal of power in that spell.

"Easy. Your attack was weak." After those words, Edzard's eyes turned golden. "I'm tired of this. I will kill you now."

Shalba's eyes widened again as Edzard disappeared and reappeared in front of him with a sword raised. Seeing the weapon, Shalba jumped to the side to prevent Edzard from splitting him from shoulder to hip. Unfortunately, the devil was slow, and the sword managed to sever his left arm.

Edzard raised an eyebrow as Shalba only hissed in pain and didn't cry out. Shrugging his shoulders, Edzard decided to finish off Shalba with the next move.

Shalba created a magic circle on his severed limb, stopping the bleeding. He then raised his right hand and summoned the snake that Ophis had given him. When the snake entered Shalba's body, he underwent an increase in power.

"With the power I now have, I will kill you!" Shalba yelled as he summoned twice as many insects as he did in his previous attack. With a quick command from his mind, these insects cast a large number of spells, which coalesced and created a large beam of demonic power.

Edzard saw that attack directed at him and sighing he took an attack stance. However, before he did anything, the entire place shook. Averting his gaze for a second, Edzard watched as a huge dome of Restoration magic formed in the place where his wife was supposed to be fighting.

'It seems that Asia has already finished her battle. I guess I can't stay behind. Also, I don't know what kind of sword this is, but I feel like it's more durable than an ordinary weapon. So, I think he can withstand at least two words from my mightiest thu'um.'

After thinking that, Edzard pointed his sword at Shalba and shouted. "QO! ZAHKRII!"

Edzard's sword released a powerful lightning blast, which advanced and precisely aimed at the demonic power beam that Shalba was using. Both techniques collided, but the demonic power could not do anything against the thu'um and ended up being dissipated.

"Nooo!" was the cry Shalba gave before being engulfed by Edzard's attack and reduced to ashes.

The lightning blast continued on its way and destroyed the castle walls. The attack continued on its way until it ended up hitting some nearby mountains, generating a huge explosion that shook the castle completely. When the explosion stopped, it could be seen that the attack had destroyed not only the mountains, but also much of the place around them.

Looking up at the sky, he saw how the surviving devils of the old Satan faction army began to flee seeing that their leaders had died and that they could not face them.

When all the devils fled from the place, Asia, Aika, Mittelt, Tiamat and Valerie appeared, who quickly approached Edzard to talk.

"That attack was great, boss." Tiamat said with a smile.

"I agree. It's the first time I've seen you use that spell." Valerie said trying to remember if she had seen Edzard use that spell.

"As it is called?" Aika asked.

"It is a thu'um of my own invention. And it's called extinction lightning sword." Edzard said proudly at the cool name he had thought of for this thu'um.

"I feel like it's a very pretentious name, Ed." Mittelt said with blank eyes. "How exactly does it work?"

"It is easy. I shout the thu'um while holding a sword in my hands. Then I thrust and the energy is released in the form of a sword made of lightning. The more words, the more powerful the attack."

"Wow. I guess you used all three words here, right?" Aika asked wide-eyed at the destruction wrought by the thu'um.

"Naaah. I only used two words. Which is the minimum to use this attack." Edzard responded as if nothing had happened.

Aika, Mittelt, Tiamat and Valerie looked wide-eyed at Edzard as they learned that just two words caused so much destruction.

'The thu'um is very powerful.' The four women thought at the same time.

"Though it has a fatal weakness." Asia said as she smiled amused by the expressions of her friends.

"Really. I thought the thu'um had no weaknesses." Mittelt said coming out of her shock.

"Nope. That is something very widespread, but it does have some weaknesses. For example, it cannot be used underwater. It is also not possible for its user to use it if their mouth is covered or if they do not have a tongue." Asia said listing the weaknesses that she knew about the thu'um. "Though this thu'um does have a specific weakness. And it is that to use this and another one, Edzard must have a real sword and not made of magicka. And the sword tends to destroy itself when using all three words, whereas if he uses two, the sword cracks and becomes unusable in combat until it is repaired."

"So, it can only be used with a real sword and not one made of magic. Also, that it is destroyed when he uses it. Now I understand why you have so many swords." Mittelt said pounding her right fist into the palm of her left hand. "But what weapon have you used today?"

Edzard raised the sword and saw that both Mittelt and Tiamat were amazed, for they recognized the sword.

"Ed. H-h-how come you have Arondight?" Mittelt asked looking at the sword once used by Satanael, one of the Cadres of the Grigori.

Both Asia, Valerie and Aika looked at the sword in amazement, as they had read about the story of King Arthur. Edzard for his part…

"Arondight?" Edzard asked looking at the sword. "Is that what it was called?"

"That's right." Tiamat said, but then she realized something. And it is that the look that Edzard gave to the sword was one of complete confusion. "Boss. You don't know anything about the history of this sword, do you?"

The girls took that as a sign and began to tell Edzard about the story of Camelot. At the end of the story, Mittelt told him how little she knew about the sword's previous owner. In the end they decided to ask Azazel and the rest of the leaders when they deliver the mission report. The girls took that as a sign and began to tell Edzard about the story of Camelot. At the end of the story, Mittelt told him how little she knew about the sword's previous owner. In the end they decided to ask Azazel and the rest of the leaders when they deliver the mission report.

After the small talk, they went to register what little was left in the treasury. When they took what little of value was left, they left there using a teleportation circle.

Lint was sitting on a bench at the Kuoh train station. She had arrived a few minutes ago after teleporting near the station.

'How long will it take to pick me up?' Lint thought as she looked at the clock on the station wall. 'Edzard and his group were supposed to have already returned from giving their report on the defeat of the Old Satan faction.'

Lint sighed and continued to wait. As she was about to give up and call the Angels base, she felt someone tap her on the shoulder. Turning her head, Lint saw Edzard standing behind her with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Lin. Sorry for the delay, but something came up last minute." Edzard said as he apologized to Lint for being late, at the same time a blush appeared on his face. And it is that what had come up at the last minute was that Aika had convinced him to have a threesome with her and Valerie. So, that made him late.

"N-no problem." Lint said accepting the apology. With a jump, she stood up and moved her hand to grab her suitcase. However, before she could take it, Edzard stepped forward and took it.

"Quiet. I carry your luggage." Edzard said as he easily carried Lint's suitcase.

"Thank you, Edzard."

Edzard smiled and started walking followed by Lint. As they walked, they talked about what Lint had been doing since the meeting for the signing of the peace treaty. Also, they touched on Lint's conversion into a reincarnated angel.

"So, you've been fighting creatures and training nonstop?" Edzard asked.

"Yes. I was put through Spartan training to be closer to the power level of your party members." Lint replied as she shivered slightly as she remembered the training she underwent.

"Was training that bad?"

"Bad?! Every day I was forced to train to exhaustion! My body ended up knackered and I couldn't get much rest!" Lint yelled as she trembled slightly.

Edzard grimaced, for he did not expect the Angels to put Lint through such training.

"But the training did its job, because now I'm stronger." Lint said as she put on a smile.

Edzard looked at Lint and decided to ask her how strong she was now. "Lint. How strong are you now?"

Lint smiled as she spoke. "I am very close to getting my second pair of wings."

Edzard looked a little surprised at Lint, as he did not expect her to increase her strength so much in such a short time.

"I see. I guess my congratulations are in order." Edzard said with a smile.

Lint put on a smile of delight upon receiving the congratulations.

After that talk, both continued walking in silence through the streets of Kuoh. When they got to a park, Edzard saw a boy and a girl playing together. When the girl called the boy brother, Edzard remembered something. Looking at Lint, he decided to bring up a topic he hadn't discussed with her.

"Lint, I... I'm sorry about Freed." Edzard said with a bit of guilt, not for killing Freed, but for the pain his actions caused Lint.

Edzard's words made Lint stop. Fixing her gaze on Edzard, she spoke.

"You don't have to apologize for that." Lint said as she looked away. "He made his decision and that led to his death."

After those words, Edzard saw how a tear began to form in Lint's right eye. So, dropping the suitcase, he went over to her and hugged her.

Lint's eyes widened at the hug, but slowly and a little fearfully she returned the hug. Hiding her face in Edzard's chest, Lint silently shed tears for who she could consider her brother, since they were both made of the same genetic material.

"I hope you will forgive me for subjecting you to such pain." Edzard said as he separated from Lint.

"Don't worry. I forgave you long ago, for I know that if you had not killed him, he would have helped cause a new war."

Edzard nodded before taking the suitcase with his right hand and extending his left hand, he took Lint's hand and began to guide her to a completely uninhabited place to be able to teleport to his plane.

Edzard's bold action made Lint's face flush with embarrassment, but it also made a smile appear on the reincarnated angel's face.

Lint's eyes widened as she saw the palace where Edzard and his family lived.

"I-I-It's huge." Lint said with her mouth open in surprise at seeing the huge palace. She slowly looked at Edzard. "H-how do you pay for this?"

"I don't need to pay anything for this palace, since it's in a pocket kingdom that I created a while ago."

"W-w-wait!" Lint yelled looking at Edzard and remembering the explanation about this topic that he had mentioned Asia a while ago. "The holy Priestess mentioned that doing something like this was nearly impossible if you didn't have an artifact for it. Did you have such a powerful artifact?"

Edzard smiled and shook his head. "Nope. I did not have an artifact of that power. However, what I did have was a structure that allowed me to do this."

Lint blinked in confusion. Looking at Edzard, she asked him. "A structure?"

"Yes. maybe one day I'll show it to you." Edzard replied as he started to walk towards the door. As he walked, he turned his head and yelled. "Lint, hurry up!"

Lint blinked and after coming to, she began to follow Edzard.

When they entered the palace, they were greeted by a group of maids. These maids were the former members of Diodora's peerage, who after a trial were about to be sentenced to long prison terms. However, this was prevented when Edzard spoke up for them and asked that they be placed under his supervision. This request caused Azazel to scoff that Edzard wanted to add them to his harem. Michael and Sirzechs, for their parts, asked him the reason for the request and ended up accepting when he told them that it was because he had seen what they had been through.

After sharing the horrors, they had been through, it was decided that they would be under the supervision of Edzard and his group. When these devils found out, they asked Edzard why he was helping them, because they had served and complied without questioning the orders of someone who had betrayed the underworld.

"I know what they've been through. So, I want to give them a second chance so they can put the past behind them."

That had been the answer Edzard had given them. This answer made them cry, because they never expected someone to want to help beings as dirty as them. So, without hesitation, they swore allegiance to Edzard and began working as maids, taking care of keeping everything in the castle in order. One would think that a small group of people would not be able to keep everything clean, but the truth was that there was very little that needed personal supervision in the palace, as cleaning was almost automatic in many parts.

In the end, they only dedicated themselves to doing the laundry, tidying the table, and helping Tiamat in the administrative matters of some business that Edzard was doing with some devils. Most of the requests came from the Gremory and the Sitri, who used to commission him with jewelry, weapons, and the occasional black ops mission. All these "businesses" were a source of favors, money, artifacts, magic books, scrolls and other things for Edzard.

The maids greeted them and carried Lint's suitcase to her new room. After that, Edzard told her to follow him. Lint nodded and followed Edzard out into the garden. When they arrived, Lint's eyes widened as there was a large table with some sweets and a cake with a sign that said, "Welcome Lint".

"W-w-what's going on here? Why is there a banner with my name on it?" Lint asked confused to see all of Edzard's group gathered there.

"It is easy. It's your welcome party." Edzard replied as he put a hand on Lint's shoulder. With a smile on his face, Edzard spoke again. "Welcome to the group, Lint."

Lin looked at Edzard and smiled at the smile on her friend's face. "Thank you, Edzard."

"Call me Ed."

Lint was surprised but smiled even more widely than before. "Of course, Ed."

The rest of the girls in the group came over and began to greet Lint.

"Hello Lint-san. It's been a while." Asia said looking at the angel with a gentle smile.

"Y-you're right, holy priestess." Lint said using Asia's title in the church.

Asia frowned. "How did I tell you to call me?"

Lint blushed as she remembered the conversation she had with Asia after the peace summit. In this conversation, Asia had told her not to call her as Holy priestess, but to call her only Asia. This caused her to reach for her left hand and scratch the back of her neck in discomfort, but she still decided to do it. "N-nice to see you again, Asia."

Asia smiled. "That's better. I can't wait to show you the church here. I'm sure you'll love it, Lint-san."

Lint's eyes widened in surprise.

"A church here?" Lint asked excitedly.

"That's right. Ed built it so I could pray. Only me and occasionally Marie go there though." Asia replied. "So, I'm glad I have someone else to go pray with."

Lint nodded excitedly, as she couldn't wait to see the church in the palace.

After Asia's words, Mittelt stepped forward to greet Lint.

"I guess I should say, hello." Mittelt said looking at Lint with a frown before putting on a smirk. "I hope you can keep up with us, little dove."

Lint frowned and with a forced smile, she responded to the Fallen. "I'm glad to see you again too, Mittelt-san. And believe me I'll get over you before you know it."

Mittelt put a smile on her face upon hearing the angel's words. "We'll see."

Saying that, Mittelt stepped back to give a pass to Aika, who came up to Lint in high spirits.

"Nice to see you again, Lint-chi." Aika said with a smile.

"Nice to see you again, Aika-san." Lint said with a smile, but then her mouth fell open in surprise and her face turned red as she felt Aika grab her breasts.

"Umm... your breasts... seem to have grown since the last time I saw you." Aika said squeezing Lint's breasts, causing her to let out some moans.

Aika stopped squeezing Lint's breasts when Valerie hit her hard on the head, causing Aika to fall face first to the ground. Edzard, Asia and Mittelt had blank stares, while Lint's face was red, and she was covering her breasts with her hands.

"Excuse our pervert, but she gets emotional sometimes and tends to do things like this." Valerie said as she bowed apologetically. When she straightened up again, she introduced herself. "Nice to see you again Lin-san. I hope we can go on missions together soon."

Lint looked at Valerie and smiled at the sight of the Dhampir. "A pleasure to see you again. And I look forward to working with you too."

When the greetings were over, Edzard and his family went over to the table to grab some sweets.

Lint was about to follow them, but she stopped when she felt her exorcist jacket being tugged. Looking down, she saw a mini version of Asia looking at her curiously.

"Umm. Hello. I am Lint Sellzen." Lint said kneeling down to allow the girl to get a better look at her. "Who are you, little one?"

"My name is Marie Cumberland Argento Edzarddottïr." Marie answered with a big smile.

The surprise could be seen on Lint's face, as it was the first time, she had seen Edzard and Asia's daughter.

'So, you are the daughter of Ed and Asia.' Lint thought as she looked at Marie from every possible angle. 'Yes. No doubt. She is a mini-Asia.'

"Lint-san. Why do you smell like many people in one place along with the smell of feathers?"

'And this proves that she is Edzard's daughter.' Lint thought with a drop of sweat on her head, since Marie's question was similar to the question that Edzard had asked her when they met.

"I smell like many people because I am a test tube baby that was born by joining several genes. And my smell of feathers is because I am an angel." Lint said unfolding her two silver wings.

"Wow. What beautiful wings." Marie said looking with shining eyes at Lint's wings. "They are very different from the Mittelt and from dad."

Lint raised an eyebrow, she knew that Mittelt had wings being a fallen angel, but she didn't know that Edzard had wings. "You said that Edzard had wings. How are they?"

Marie put a hand to her chin. After a few seconds, she spoke. "They are big and black. They look a lot like the wings of Uncles Odahviing, Paarthurnax and Durnehviir."

Lint blinked; she didn't know anyone with those names.

'I guess that's all I can get out of her, no matter how you look at it. Even if she can speak well, she's still a little girl.'

"Lint! Marie! Come before Mittelt ends up eating all the sweets!" Asia yelled from the table.

After hearing those words, Marie took off like a rocket towards the table so she could eat sweets before Mittelt ends up eating everything.

Lint was surprised by Marie's speed, for she was faster than she would expect from someone her age, no, in fact, she was faster than any human she had ever seen. Fortunately, she only needed to blink for a few seconds to snap out of her surprise. After that, she walked to the table to enjoy her welcoming party.

"It's really amazing how strong you've become, Lint." Edzard said looking at a beat-up Lint being healed by Asia. "You were able to go toe-to-toe with Mittelt for quite some time."

Mittelt snorted and started muttering about how she hadn't fought seriously. Lint, for her part, smiled at those words.

"Unfortunately, you are not yet at the level necessary to take on high-level Daedras. Even a mid-level one could give you various problems. So, we will start training you to get your second pair of wings as quickly as possible and we will not stop the pace of training until you get the third pair."

Those words made Lint's smile fade. However, her eyes lit up knowing that Edzard and the rest of the girls would help her become stronger.

"Unfortunately, we are very short on time, so your training will be much stricter than Mittelt's." Edzard said looking at Lint, who trembled slightly. "Also, I need you to give me the sword I gave you."

Lint's eyes widened in surprise. Looking at Edzard, she asked him with a bit of fear in her voice. "Why do you want the sword?"

"Quiet. I'm not taking it from you. I just need to make some improvements to it now that you're an angel." Edzard responded calming Lint's fear. "She will be ready in a few days. I have to finish my sword first."

"Are you forging a new sword?" Lint asked.

"Nope. I am reforging the sword Arondight."

Lint's jaw dropped when she heard that.

"Do you have Sir Lancelot's sword?!" Lint yelled in amazement.

Edzard nodded and proceeded to tell Lint how he got the sword. After that, they began planning Lint's training regimen in more detail.

Akavir 5E 02

The moons that shone in the night sky of Nirm were reflected in the clear waters of a beautiful lake surrounded by hundreds of plants. The tranquility of the waters of the lake vanished when a silhouette emerged from its interior. From the shape of the silhouette, this person was a woman.

"Ahh. I really needed this bath." The woman said as she looked up at the night sky. "It really is a nice night."

'You're really enjoying your much-deserved vacation, aren't you?'

The silhouette's eyes widened in surprise at the voice in her head. However, a smile appeared on her face.

"I did not expect to hear her melodious voice again, my lady." Said the silhouette looking at the sky. "I guess there are problems, right?"

'You guess right, Aryne.'

"Wow. I just guessed something right." Aryne said with a grin from ear to ear. "What happened for you to contact me? After all, I'm retired."

'There are very big problems. Big enough that Jyggalag is trying to talk to Akatosh.'

"Shit." Aryne said when she heard that, because for a Daedric Prince to look for an Aedra it only meant problems for the big ones. "With what you just told me; I imagine that this is very serious. That I have to do?"

'First you will have to contact someone like you. When you do, tell him you're on my behalf.'

"Ooh. So, I have to talk to someone like me. That is something new. Normally, two of us are not in the same room, as our egos can cause problems. But if you order it, I will do it." Aryne said as the moonlight illuminated her face, showing a pair of crimson eyes like her own blood and a smile from ear to ear, because she sensed who was the person she should talk to. "I can't wait to meet him."

'I hope you do not fail me, Nerevarine.'

Author's note:

To those who have made it this far, Thanks for reading. Because being honest, I don't know how to write much in English and I'm relying on Google translators and the dictionaries that come with office 2019.

In this chapter the first battle as a team of Edzard and his companions has been seen. Also, I just brought in another hero, the Nerevarine, just like her, there will also be another hero and maybe the descendants of some other heroes, but I'm not sure about the last one yet.

Regarding the power levels of the entire group, most have the power level a little above that of a high-class devil, the exceptions being Edzard, Asia, Tiamat and of course Lint, the latter being the weakest for now as far as general power is concerned. And Edzard gets a sword from the world of DxD, although it will not be the only one since he will have a second one. XD.

About the new power that Asia has, this will also be used by one more magician, who is she, I leave it to your imagination along with many other things.

I apologize if the chapter is a bit rushed or if the battles are not what you expected, but these weeks have been difficult for me. I'll try to make the next chapter better.

demigodninja21: wow. You guessed it in one, but thinking about it, it wasn't that hard. But yes, you are right, he is Sithis although I plan to call him Padomay in this story. XD

Dasgun: We already talked about it by PM, but I'll answer it in a better way here. XD. Yes, he is Mannimarco. Also, I didn't bring it in a hurry, but I brought it just as I had originally planned. And the reason for his return is that he has a debt to pay with a specific character.

Zerak: Thank you very much for the advice, I will try to use it in later chapters.

Well, I apologize for any misspelling. Do not forget to leave a review if you liked the chapter or if there is something that needs to be improved or if you have any questions about the story. With nothing more to say, until the next chapter.