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Chapter 35

— What I saw that day I will never forget. In those moments, Ed didn't seem the same, no, he was still him, only without his moral limitations —

Vilkas to Serana and Aela. 202 CE

In one of the farthest zones of the dimension that Edzard had created, more exactly on a rocky plateau in one of the mountains to the northwest of the place where the palace was located, a portal was opened. Two silhouettes came out of this portal, one was Edzard, and the other was the devil that had been following them towards Issei's house.

Edzard forcefully pushed the devil, which flew several meters before falling and skidding another several meters on the ground. When he got up, his clothes were completely dirty.

"Damned! Do you have any idea who I am?!" yelled the devil looking at Edzard with hate.

"A scum that no one would shed a tear for if he died." Edzard answered coldly walking towards the devil.

The devil in front of him was a handsome young man with dark green hair, who kept his eyes closed and didn't allow to see the color of them. He was wearing expensive clothes consisting of a dark jacket with three golden laces. One pair of black dress pants and shoes.

"I recommend that you summon your peerage, Diodora Astaroth. Otherwise, you won't have even a slim chance of getting out of here alive."

An arrogant smile appeared on Diodora's face. "You know who I am. So, you know it's useless for you to fight me."

After speaking, Diodora raised a hand and creating a circle, he launched a ball of fire at Edzard.

The fireball traveled at high speed, but before it hit Edzard, Edzard raised his left hand and dispersed the fireball with a simple gesture. Although he gave the impression that he had used nothing more than his hand, the truth was that Edzard had used dispel magic in a subtle way. After that, Edzard spoke in a disappointed voice. "Is this really all the power you have? You disappoint me, Astaroth."

Diodora gritted his teeth and summoning many circles of magic, he launched a barrage of spells at Edzard.

"Go dead!" Diodora yelled with a smile on his face as he watched his spell approach Edzard.

Edzard summoned a bound sword and began deflecting the attacks that came at him. The power of the spells was the same as Aika had several months ago, so they weren't dangerous at all.

Diodora took a step back in shock as Edzard deflected all his attacks. "H-h-how can you do that?"

"Your attacks are weak." Edzard replied as he looked at Diodora. "Will you summon your peerage?"

Diodora looked at Edzard and then smiled. Snapping his fingers, a green circle appeared behind him. Fourteen women emerged from this circle.

"You called us, Diodora-sama." Said a young woman with long white hair and green eyes.

"Yes, I did." Diodora replied as he pointed at Edzard with his right hand. "Kill that useless one."

The fourteen women nodded and charged at Edzard.

Edzard watched as the eight pawns, the two rooks, and the two knights charged at him. The peons began to move in a zigzag to try to confuse him so they could attack him somewhere where he would have his guard down. Unfortunately for them, Edzard had no blind spots in this battle, so he dodged every attack they tried to hit him with.

"This is boring." Edzard said wearily. Seeing that Diodora's peerage wasn't very strong, he decided to attack with just his fists, so he canceled the conjuration spell he was using. After that, he started to walk slowly and then out of nowhere ran towards his enemies. His speed was such that he disappeared from the sight of the women and reappeared in the center of the place where they were. Edzard's hands glowed with a green aura. By slamming both hands on the ground, Edzard generated a green dome, which engulfed the twelve women, who fell completely paralyzed.

"W-what have you done?" asked the white-haired girl looking in disbelief as her companions did not get up.

"Massive paralysis. A very useful spell for capturing people." Edzard replied.

Diodora's queen frowned and began to cast spells against Edzard, her being followed by the only bishop piece of the peerage.

Seeing the spells fly towards him, Edzard reached out a hand and created a ward to stop the attacks. Seeing that these were also weak, he decided to finish them off and move on to the main course. So, he disappeared from the sight of his enemies and appeared in front of them. Using the same spell as before, Edzard paralyzed the queen and bishop.

Diodora looked on in anger as his peerage had been easily defeated. Frowning and opening his eyes, he raised his hand and summoned a magic circle from which a snake made of shadows emerged. The snake surrounded Diodora's body, whose skin turned purple for a few seconds. When his skin returned to his natural color, Diodora smirked at Edzard.

"Ha, ha, ha! Now that Ophis's snake has increased my powers, you won't be able to touch- Agh!"

Diodora's dialogue was interrupted when Edzard, whose eyes were now golden, punched him powerfully in the stomach. Diodora's body was bent in a V, causing him to spit out a large amount of blood mixed with saliva and then shoot like a rocket towards some stones. Diodora ended up crashing against a stone, which he ended up going through. The devil continued to fly a few more meters until he finally ended up falling to the ground, skidding several meters. Stopping, Diodora desperately tried to get up, as he saw Edzard approaching him while conjuring a sword.

"You don't know how much I wanted to meet you face to face." Edzard said as a cruel smile appeared on his face. Walking slowly, he made his sword graze the ground. The tip of the sword brushed against the stones, creating a peculiar sound that made Diodora start to feel fear. This made him desperately try to get up to run away.

"I've waited over two years for this." Edzard said as his smile increased as he saw how Diodora looked at him with fear and panic.

"D-don't fuck with me! I-I'm a high-class devil. I am related to the current Beelzebub." Said Diodora steeling himself as he spit out a little blood. "There's no way I'd lose to a dirty human!"

After that, Diodora raised his right hand and creating a magic circle, fired several beams of magic at Edzard. These beams did not accomplish anything, as they were deflected by Edzard's sword as if they were nothing.

"How can someone of noble origin like me not defeat you?!" Diodora shouted helplessly as he continued to attack.

Edzard deflected all the attacks and arrived in front of Diodora. Seeing it in front of him, Diodora created several defensive circles. However, it only took a single kick for these circles to cease to exist. The kick was so strong, that he even managed to hit Diodora in the chin. The blow caused the devil to shoot several meters into the sky and end up falling to the ground making a sickening sound as it landed on one of his arms.

"Ugh! Hurts! Hurts!" Diodora cried pathetically as he alternated between holding his face and the mangled arm he now had.

Edzard approached Diodora and took him by the collar of his jacket. Diodora's face was deformed from the blow he had received, moreover, he had tears running down his cheeks. Seeing the devil's face, Edzard remembered the visions Akatosh had shown him. So, gritting his teeth, Edzard raised his sword and prepared to cut off Diodora's left hand, as that was the hand, he planned to use to rip Asia's clothes. However, his sword was stopped by a barrier that was shaped like hundreds of interwoven green diamonds. The appearance of that barrier made Edzard let go of the devil, which managed to be engulfed by the barrier.

"Ha, ha, ha!" Diodora laughed madly as he looked at Edzard from the other side of the barrier. "I don't know who you are. But you will not be able to break this barrier."

Edzard looked at the barrier and raised his left fist. Throwing a punch, Edzard shattered the barrier as if it were glass. The fist did not stop there but continued its way until it hit Diodora's stomach again, who now spat out another large amount of blood. The force of the blow sent Diodora flying again until he collided with another large rock. This time the rock better resisted the impact and caused Diodora to fall unceremoniously to the ground.

"W-w-who are you? W-w-why are you doing this?" Diodora asked as he tried in vain to get up.

"Who I am?" Edzard whispered as he started to advance towards Diodora. "I am Edzard Cumberland Rolandson. And I am the husband of Asia Argento."

Edzard's answer made Diodora look at Edzard in disbelief, since the rumors that had reached him did not mention that Asia was married. In fact, the only thing they mentioned was that she had joined Rias Gremory's peerage after some trouble with fallen angels.

"I see you are in disbelief at the information. But that's easy to explain." Edzard said as he made his sword disappear so he could attack Diodora with his hands. "I was the one who filtered all those rumors that Asia had appeared and joined Rias Gremory's peerage. I did it for the sole purpose of attracting you, since it was you who was to blame for her being excommunicated. You see, I am a person who is usually very kind, but if someone dares to make someone close to me suffer, well, that person should be left for dead. And believe me when I tell you that I wouldn't mind destroying an entire nation to do it."

Despite how cold those words sounded, Edzard felt bad inside, because he had used his wife as bait to lure Diodora to fulfill his personal revenge. This had been one of the reasons he had decided to come to earth. Shaking his head, he put those thoughts aside. So, moving his hand, Edzard took Diodora by his hair and lifting him a little off the ground, he kicked the devil in the chest.

Crack!

"Aghhh!" Diodora screamed in pain as he felt his ribs and sternum being shattered by the blow. The force of the blow sent Diodora flying again.

"WULD!"

Edzard launched himself using his thu'um and appeared behind Diodora's back. With a quick movement, he caught Diodora by the foot and began to slam him into the ground, repeatedly. After repeating this action seven times, Edzard threw Diodora again and using his thu'um again this time he began to intersperse punch and thu'um, making Diodora move like a ping pong ball.

Edzard punched Diodora in the chin and sent him flying several meters into the air. Jumping, Edzard grabbed Diodora by the face and threw him to the ground.

Boom!

Diodora created a large crater upon impact on the ground.

Edzard landed near the crater and walking towards the center of it, he saw Diodora lying on the ground whimpering in pain, because his vocal cords had been destroyed when Edzard crushed his throat in the middle of the beating he was giving him.

Diodora was on the brink of death thanks to the damage his body had received. The bones of his arms and legs were completely shattered, his lungs had been pierced by his ribs, the rest of his organs had been crushed by Edzard's blows. However, before his final breath left his mouth, an acidic liquid went down his throat. That liquid came from a potion, which Edzard had forced to enter Diodora's body. This caused his wounds to heal to the point that it only seemed like he had been beaten enough, but not left on the verge of death.

Before the high-class devil could do anything, Edzard picked him up by his neck and proceeded to slam his face into the ground over and repeatedly. After that, Edzard grabbed Diodora's arm and started bending it unnaturally.

Crack!

"Ahhh!" It was the cry of pain Diodora let out as his elbow was shattered.

Edzard didn't stop there and did the same with his other arm. He then grabbed Diodora by the neck and lifted him a few meters into the sky. When the devil's body was about to fall to the ground, Edzard began to hit it with many blows at high speed. Each blow was aimed at various parts of Diodora's body. Each blow had the force to break the devil's bones, not bring it back to the brink of death as it had before.

"Ugh!" was the only thing Diodora could say as he spit out a large amount of blood again, since Edzard had destroyed his stomach and pancreas.

Edzard frowned at this, as he had overdone it again, so he used another potion to heal the devil.

This lasted for an hour. During that time, Diodora's body was shattered by Edzard's blows and later healed by a potion.

Edzard walked over to where Diodora's body lay. Upon arrival, he could see that he had dull eyes and whispered gibberish. Fortunately, he hadn't killed the devil, but he had hurt it badly.

"You really are pathetic." Edzard said upon seeing Diodora. Kneeling in front of him, he moved his hands and placed them on the devil's head. Slowly these began to glow pale blue. "But don't think this is over. I have destroyed your body, but now I will destroy your mind."

After saying that, Edzard released the spell.

Diodora blinked and saw that he was standing on the same spot as moments ago. The only difference was that Edzard was not present. Smirking, he thought he was free of the human. But when he took a few steps, the ground turned into a sea of ink. Seeing that, Diodora invoked his wings to fly and escape from there, but when he tried to rise, a gigantic skeletal hand emerged from the sea of ink, which captured him.

"Let go of me, damn you!" Diodora shouted trying to use his magic to free himself from that hand. However, he widened his eyes in disbelief when he realized that he couldn't feel his own demonic power. "W-w-what's wrong? W-why can't I use my demonic power?"

Looking at the sea of ink, Diodora saw how a huge reptilian head emerged from it. This head opened its jaws and pulled Diodora there.

"N-no. NO!" Diodora began to scream in panic when he saw how the reptile was going to devour him. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free.

The lizard took Diodora to its mouth and began to chew on it. The reptile's teeth were like sharp knives, which began to tear at Diodora's flesh with ease, causing him excruciating pain which made him fall unconscious. However, the devil did not know that this was only the door to his personal hell.

When Diodora opened his eyes again, he saw that he was in a dimly lit room, chained to a wall. When he tried to get out of the chains, these chains became tighter, hurting Diodora's limbs. Footsteps were heard and Diodora saw a bipedal being appear, reeking of rotting flesh. The being carried two weapons, an ax, and a mace. When he was in front of Diodora, he raised the ax and began to slowly slice through the devil's flesh and tendons, causing Diodora to scream and his body to spasm from the pain he felt. Then the butcher raised his mace and began to beat him mercilessly. His body was cut and crushed infinitely, because every time he seemed like he was going to die, he regenerated, and everything started again.

Then the atmosphere changed again and now Diodora was naked in a big snowy forest. Without knowing what was happening, he decided to walk to get out, but after taking a few steps, he heard howling. Looking up, he saw hundreds of oversized wolves with red eyes foaming at the mouth. Seeing them, Diodora tried to fly, but he couldn't summon his wings, so he started running. He only ran a few meters when the wolves cornered him. The first of them launched and tore his right leg, causing Diodora to fall to the ground. Before he could scream, the rest of the wolves fell on him and began to tear him limb from limb. When he thought that he had died, he saw that he was at the place of origin where he saw the wolves. The previous act was repeated, as he tried to flee, but he was quickly hunted and destroyed by the wolves.

Edzard looked at the devil and didn't feel any amount of pity or compassion for him. The spell he had used was a mind magic spell. Originally, he only knew one spell of this type of magic, which allowed him to read the memories of his enemies, but after studying the scrolls and books he had, he managed to learn two other spells. One of them was the one he had used on Diodora.

The spell had sent Diodora's mind into an almost endless loop of various tortures. Technically, the first ones were the simplest. I mean, being tortured by a jailer, then being hunted like a rat by wolves weren't some very cruel tortures. The really frightful thing would begin later, because then he would begin to feel what he had done to his peerage but multiplied by a thousand. By the time the loop ended, his soul would go into a fractured black soul gem, and from there into the hands of the ideal masters to serve as their plaything for all eternity.

Edzard looked at the members of Diodora's peerage and, drawing closer, read their minds. He regretted that a few seconds later, as he saw how they had been physically, mentally, and emotionally broken by Diodora. Wasting no time, he made the girls fall into a deep sleep and then called out to Azazel.

The fallen angel arrived a few minutes later and took the girls with Diodora. It seemed that he wanted to ask some things, but in the end, he didn't ask any questions.

After that, Edzard returned to the Hyoudou residence and prepared to spend the rest of the day in peace with his friends and his family.

When Edzard entered Issei's house, he was greeted by Asia, who was amazed to see Edzard, as he had a smile on his face. However, it wasn't the smile that really caught Asia's attention, but the way her husband walked, as it seemed like a great weight had been lifted from his back.

"Ed. What happened? Why are you so happy?" Asia asked approaching Edzard.

Edzard looked at his wife and taking her by the waist he gave her a tender kiss on her lips. When they parted, he was smiling. "Nothing in special. I just feel like I closed a stage."

Asia blinked in confusion as she didn't understand what Edzard meant, but in the end she smiled too. Holding her husband's hand, Asia led him with the rest so they could have a quiet evening.

Edzard was in one of the private rooms of the establishment called Black Dog Bar. This bar was attended by Tobio Ikuse, a young man who turned out to be a relative of Akeno Himejima, as well as being an agent of the Grigori. Sitting facing each other were four people. The first was Edzard, the second Azazel, the third Sirzechs and the fourth Ajuka Beelzebub.

Ajuka Beelzebub is a handsome young man in his twenties with light blue eyes and slicked-back green hair. He wears a purple robe that exposed part of his chest and abdomen, over the robe he wore a green cape.

"This is the report on what we found out about Diodora thanks to his peerage." Sirzechs said giving Edzard and Azazel a folder.

Edzard took the folder and began to compare the data that was there with what he had managed to learn directly from Diodora's mind. After reviewing the documents, he could see that the girls didn't know much about Diodora's plans.

"Some things are missing here." Edzard said leaving the folder on the table. This action caught the attention of the other three, who gestured for Edzard to continue. "You see, some things are missing, like the reason why Diodora allied himself with the Khaos Brigade."

"What was the reason he joined that terrorist organization?" Ajuka asked.

"They promised him that he would be some kind of fifth Maou. That he could have any woman he wanted, including Sirzechs and Serafall's sisters." Edzard said handing a folder with additional information to the three members.

Ajuka sighed and looked critically at Edzard as he took the folder. To him, the young man initially did not seem like anything out of the ordinary, but after hearing what had happened at the peace summit, he understood that this was not a normal young man. His power level was abnormal, his reaction ability and adaptability were so high that it caused the leaders of the three factions a bit of fear.

"Edzard. How did you get this information?" Azazel asked after looking at the documents.

"I got them directly from Diodora's mind." Edzard replied.

"I see. It makes the information one hundred percent accurate and true." Sirzechs said. "Even though I still can't believe what she's done"

"You are right, Sirzechs. He not only betrayed us by joining the Khaos Brigade, but he also killed the heir to one of the 72 pillar clans." Ajuka said with a hand on his forehead because of the headaches this had caused the Astaroth clan.

"What have been the repercussions on the clans?" Azazel asked.

"Everyone was outraged by this, but fortunately we were able to contain the situation and make them understand that Diodora acted alone and without the support of his clan. However, the pressure has caused the current Lords Astaroth to search for a new heir." Sirzechs replied sighing at that because that had increased his paperwork.

"Have you managed to find one?"

"Yes. It seems my niece is strong enough to accept the position." Ajuka replied looking at Azazel.

"I see. It seems that she has saved the situation."

"So, it seems." Edzard said looking at the papers. "By the way, how is that idiot?"

"Diodora is in a very serious coma." Ajuka replied. "Our doctors indicate that there is a lot of brain activity, and that he may not make it past this week."

"We have tried to heal the damage with some Phenex tears, but it hasn't worked. Every time we heal him, the damage builds up again after a few seconds." Sirzechs replied.

"I see." Edzard said with a smile in his mind. His deal with Sirzechs was that he must capture Diodora alive, unfortunately, the Maou never mentioned that Diodora must be unharmed.

"Now, how about we talk about the most important thing?" Azazel asked as a golden glow lit up the room.

When the glow faded, Michael could be seen standing in the middle of the room.

"Sorry for the delay, but heaven is very busy with the news we have received about Diodora's peerage." Michael said with an apologetic smile.

"Don't worry. We haven't talked about a lot of things." Edzard said with a smile as he watched Michael sit down.

After that, Edzard and Azazel updated the heaven leader with the information. Michael, for his part, recounted what had happened in heaven. It seemed that many of the church members who were against the alliance of the three factions had raised their voices in protest at what had happened to the girls. However, in the end they were able to calm the waters thanks to the mention of the problem with the daedras.

"And that would be all we've talked about so far." Edzard said.

"I see."

"Now, let's get to the juicy part of this talk." Azazel said looking at Michael, who nodded.

Michael raised his right hand and summoned a small stack of cards. "I would like to tell you that we have finally managed to finish the Brave Saints system."

"I see. That's good news." Sirzechs said with a smile. "With those cards you will be able to recover the numbers of the angels."

Edzard looked without understanding what those cards were, so, to get rid of doubts, he decided to ask.

"Sorry about this, but. What are those things?"

Ajuka looked at Edzard and summoning an evil piece, he answered Edzard. "You recognize this, right?"

Edzard nodded, as he had seen those pieces in Diodora's mind.

"The cards are the angelic version of the Evil Piece. They were made by combining both the Evil Piece research and the artificial Sacred Gear research." Ajuka said.

"I see." Edzard said understanding what those cards were. As he was about to let the conversation continue, a crazy idea popped into his mind. Smiling, he spoke it. "Excuse me, but could you lend me a card and a chess piece."

Both Michael and Ajuka blinked in confusion at the request, but in the end, they didn't see anything wrong with it. So, Michael took a joker and Ajuka the pawn. They both handed Edzard the pieces and he put them side by side. With a smile, he extended his hands and placed one on each of the objects. The four leaders' eyes widened in surprise as Edzard's hands glowed with a golden aura as both pieces lit up the same color. No one knew what was going on, but they didn't feel the aura causing any damage, so they didn't interrupt. About three minutes later, Edzard stopped whatever he was doing and handed the pieces back to them.

"Edzard. What did you do there?" Azazel asked.

"Use auramancy to see the memories of objects." Edzard replied.

The eyes of those present widened in surprise, as it was the first time, they had seen Edzard use a spell of this type.

"Wow. So, you can know what you want by using that spell on an item?" asked Azazel excited by what he was seeing.

"That's right. I can find out how it was made, who used it and what for." Edzard replied.

"I see, so now you know how both items are made." Ajuka said with a hand on his chin, as this was an unexpected development. Looking at Edzard, he spoke. "I guess I'm not supposed to remind you not to divulge this information, am I?"

"Calm. I will say nothing of this, not even to my wife."

Ajuka nodded.

"Very well. So, Michael, who will be the first to reincarnate?" Azazel asked.

"Both Gabriel, I, Raphael, and Uriel have already discussed it. We have done it since the possibility arose that we could reincarnate humans as angels. Each has chosen their own candidates. For my part, I have chosen Irina Shidou as my Ace, Dulio Gesualdo as a joker, and Lint Sellzen as a candidate for another Joker."

Edzard blinked when he heard those names, because he only recognized two, Irina's and Lint's. The other, this Dulio was someone unknown to him. So, to calm his curiosity, he decided to ask. "Who is Dulio Gesualdo?"

Michael looked at Edzard and kindly replied that he was the strongest exorcist and that he also had a Longinus, the Zenith Tempest. After that, Edzard asked them to explain to him how the brave saints served.

"I see. So, Lint will be something like Dulio's replacement, right?"

"That's how it is. Young Lint was very skilled in fighting, but now, with the sword you gave her, she has become much stronger than she was before." Michael replied with a smile. "Now, she is able to fight very strong enemies."

"I see. I'm glad that sword is helping her a lot." Edzard said with a kind smile.

The smile on Edzard's face caused Azazel to put on a mocking smile. "Hey Edzard. Do you plan to add Lint to your harem?"

Edzard blinked and then blushed upon hearing those words.

"W-w-what do you say, ero-datenshi?" Edzard stammered as he looked away. "I gave her that sword because she needed a little more power to fight. Besides, I consider her a friend of mine, so I know I can trust her with a weapon like that."

"Ooh. So, you trust a girl you've only seen three times. Now that is a very good friendship" Azazel said with a suggestive tone. "Or is this how women are courted in Skyrim?"

Edzard continued to blush but didn't deny anything. Michael saw that and decided to help the young dragon.

"Azazel, stop bothering Edzard-dono."

Azazel looked at Michael and clicked his tongue in irritation but decided to listen to his brother.

"Thank you very much for that." Edzard said looking at Michael.

"It doesn't matter." Michael said with a smile, then remembered that he wanted to make a request to Edzard. "Edzard-dono. Could I ask you something?"

Edzard blinked in confusion, as it was the first time the heaven leader had asked him for something. However, he nodded in response.

"I would like to know if you would be willing to welcome Lint Sellzen into his group."

Edzard looked at the heaven leader blankly. "Excuse me, but why do you ask me that?"

"You see, Edzard-dono. I wish heaven had an agent with you to aid you in fighting the daedra the same way the Fallen have Mittelt." Michael replied. "And due to the closeness between the two, we have decided that the young Lint is the chosen one."

Edzard put his hand to his chin for a few seconds in thought. In the end he decided to accept the proposal, because he did not see anything negative about it.

"It's okay. I see no problem accepting Lint." Edzard replied. "But I would like her to receive intense training so that I can reduce the power gap between her and my group members."

Michael nodded with a smile.

"Then, with this matter now closed, let's continue with this meeting." Sirzechs said.

"Yes. We should talk about it." Ajuka said looking at everyone. "How will we deal with the leaders of the Khaos Brigade's Old Satan faction?"

The room fell silent, as neither knew what to do. The four leaders looked at Edzard but remembered that one of the main requirements that Edzard had asked to join the pact of Kuoh was that he would only intervene directly if there were any beings from Nirm involved. So, this was out of that, but knowing the abilities Edzard had told them he had, he was the best for this. Also, every member in his group was at least at the same level as a high-class devil. This would make the job easier.

Edzard sighed when he saw that they were looking at him. He knew what they wanted to ask of him, so putting on the same smile he used to put on when Brynjolf said they were going to mug someone, he decided to help them.

"It's okay. I will go, but I have some conditions to do this."

They all nodded.

"I'll do it my way. And you will each owe me a favor, which I will be able to collect later."

They all agreed since the request did not seem to them to be insane or disproportionate.

"And now comes the most worrying part of the talk." Azazel said.

"Yes. The part where we talk about the Daedras." Said Sirzechs rubbing his temple because of the stress that talking about this caused him.

"How are we doing? Have new portals appeared?" Edzard asked looking at everyone.

"Fortunately, only those three have appeared, in Spain, France and Mexico. And from the information you gave in your report, it seems that only mid-level Daedras appeared." Ajuka said.

'This is not normal. While Dagon isn't an idiot, he tends to be more impatient when attacking, so it's not normal that he hadn't already launched an attack using Dremoras and Xivilai. But not only is he holding back his attack, but I also don't see the human worshipers of him.' thought Edzard putting his hand to his chin, as he remembered those portals. He thought about why Dagon was delaying his first big attack but couldn't think of anything concrete. 'The only reason I can think of is that Dagon knows Bal has his eyes on Earth too, so he's sending his troops to thwart Bal's plans. That also means that Bal is doing the same.'

Coming back to reality, Edzard saw everyone looking at him, so he decided to share his thoughts.

"I understand. If what you say is true, then it is a good thing for us." Sirzechs said with a smile, a smile that almost everyone had.

"I wouldn't say it's a good thing." Edzard said pulling everyone out of his happiness. "While it's true that they're smacking each other right now, that's not something that will last forever. In fact, they may get bored and decide to attack at the same time to conquer as much territory as possible and then continue killing each other like idiots."

"And you had to kill the atmosphere." Azazel said shaking his head. "You are very serious sometimes, Ed-chan."

Edzard got a mark on his forehead from the nickname Azazel gave him.

"However, even though you are serious, you are also fortunate, as you have not one, but four lovers." Azazel said with a smile, but then that smile turned into a mocking one. "Although, I think there could be five soon if you decide to get your claws on little Lint."

"Damn it, Azazel! Lint is just a friend!"

"Yes. This is how all love relationships begin. Looks like I'll have to tell the Sekiryuutei that you plan to add another girl to your harem." Azazel said smiling amused. "I wonder how he will ration."

After those words, the image of Issei on his knees crying tears of blood came to Edzard's mind while cursing him for trying to take away his future title of King of the Harem.

"Edzard-dono. Do you think that one day we will be able to take the initiative and attack the Daedras?" Michael asked getting Edzard's attention.

"The truth is that without numbers that is not possible." Edzard said as he shook his head. "I remind you; they outnumber us in a ridiculous way. Also, that his troops are immortal, so they would recover their numbers in a short period of time. Also, attacking a prince on his plane without the support of some other prince is stupid."

The room fell silent, as no one knew how to respond to what Edzard had said.

"I guess at this point we'll have to look for allies in other mythologies." Azazel said.

"That seems to be the most prudent course of action." Ajuka said.

"Azazel is right, but there is a problem." Michael said. "Which faction should we approach first?"

Everyone was thinking because neither God nor the original maous had good relations with other religions. They were silent for a moment, until someone spoke.

"I think we could get an ally." Azazel said.

"Who?" Sirzechs asked,

"Odin."

The room fell silent as Edzard looked at everyone not knowing what to say. In his mind the echo of that name resounded, perhaps he had heard it somewhere, but he did not remember where.

The night sky was illuminated by a beautiful aurora borealis while the palace where Edzard and his family lived was illuminated by magelights. In Edzard's personal study were all the members of his group, including Tiamat.

"So, heaven has asked you to have Lint-san join our group?" Asia asked with a smile, as she was excited to receive someone to talk to about religious matters.

"Yes." Edzard replied.

"And what did you answer?" Aika asked.

"I have accepted the request. Since I don't see any problem."

"You're right about that. It is always good to have more support to fight the Daedras." Valerie said.

Everyone nodded, as they couldn't know what kind of Daedra could come out of a portal.

"What level of power does that girl have?" Mittelt asked.

"I do not know. But I have sent Archangel Michael a request that they give Lint a thorough training until the day she joins the group." Edzard said, before placing a folder on the table. "While the news about the new member is important, it's not the real reason I've summoned them here."

The girls took the folder and start looking at it one by one.

"Then, do we have to destroy the base of the leaders of the Old Satan Faction of the Khaos Brigade?" Asia asked looking at her husband.

"That's how it is. It is a request that everyone made of me." Edzard answered looking at his companions. "I accepted, but not without making it clear that they will have to pay for this, since my role in the alliance is to support them with the Daedras. The payment is a favor from each of the leaders of the three factions. Or at least that's what I led them to believe, because apart from that, I made sure they didn't mention what will be done with what we find in the base. So, we can loot the place as we please."

"Well played, boss. Well played." Tiamat said with a smile.

"I guess you've already started asking for things, right?" Aika asked.

"That's how it is. I already started asking for things." Edzard said looking at Aika and handing her a folder. "I have asked that you be allowed to make a pact with a powerful devil."

"Seriously?!" Aika yelled in disbelief seeing who she would make a pact with.

"Yes. It was difficult to convince her, but in the end she agreed."

"So, I will make a pact with «The strongest queen»." Aika said smiling

"That makes the devils have done their part. What did you ask the Angels and Fallen Angels?" Valerie asked.

"I asked Michael to lend me an object that God used until his death."

The girls blinked in confusion, not understanding why Edzard had asked for this.

"Ed. Why did you ask for that?" Asia asked.

"I want to know the reason why God died." Edzard replied seriously. "There are many things that intrigue me about his death, especially what was he doing to end up so exhausted?"

"I see. What about the Fallen?" Asia asked.

"I want Azazel to help me create an interdimensional communication device that will allow me to converse with our friends on Nirm." Edzard replied. "I want to learn more about the princes and the only people I would trust with this are Serana and Tolfdir. Also, I want to know what our friends are doing and how things are going over there."

Asia smiled a little sadly as she remembered her friends in Nirm. However, she looked up and smiled when she saw that Edzard had put his hand on her shoulder.

"Quiet. I know they will be fine. So, let's not worry too much." Edzard said and then approached and kissed Asia.

Aika, Valerie and Mittelt pouted and threw themselves to kiss Edzard when he separated from Asia. After a quick round of affection between all, they returned to their respective places.

"So, Ed. How do we attack?" Aika asked.

Edzard smiled and began to tell them the plan.

While Edzard was telling his companions about the plan, somewhere in the underworld, in a laboratory, Rizevim and Euclid were talking in a room.

"How does the prosthesis feel, Rizevim-sama?" Euclid asked looking at his boss.

Rizevim grimaced as he moved the prosthetic arm that replaced the arm, he had lost in his fight against Edzard.

"It's a bit awkward, but at least it's functional."

"I see. Don't worry, that arm is constantly getting better, so when there's a better version, I'll put it on you."

Rizevim nodded to what his servant said.

"So, what have you learned from Ysmir in the last few days?" asked Rizevim saying Edzard's name with venom.

"I'm afraid nothing. That name hasn't come up again in all this time."

"What about the Dhampir?"

"We lost track of her in France several months ago. And we can't use our soldiers, because we would be found out and Sirzechs would come after us." Euclid responded saying with venom the name of his brother-in-law.

"I see. Guess we'll just have to keep moving slowly. Ysmir's intervention has almost completely paralyzed us and stolen the sacred gear we planned to use to revive the evil dragons." Rizevim said with a hand on his chin. "Euclid, what if we use the object, we found to revive them?"

"It might work since the amount of magic it emits is almost infinite. But the problem is that magic is very chaotic and we still can't control it." Euclid replied.

Before anyone said anything else, the conversation of both devils stopped when a beep alerted them that something was happening in the laboratory. They both got up and calmly walked towards the source of the noise. When they arrived, they found that the cause of the beeping was that the power and energy levels of the object they had found were rising.

The object looked like a huge egg to the naked eye, but if you got closer you could see that it was made entirely of energy. The object was held by several harnesses reinforced with resistance spells and with several seals to keep its presence hidden, since due to its immense power it would be easy to locate.

The two devils went to the monitor that allowed them to observe the state of the object and what they saw amazed them, and that is that the power of the object was beginning to rise uncontrollably.

"What's wrong, Euclid?" Rizevim asked as he saw the object glow.

"I don't know, but it looks like the object is emitting a lot of-."

Boom!

The lab room exploded as the orb finished glowing. The explosion was so great that it completely engulfed the laboratory. When the smoke cleared, it could be seen that Euclid and Rizevim were still alive thanks to a barrier that the two of them had erected.

"What was that?" Rizevim asked looking in amazement at the crater they were in.

"I don't know, Rizevim-sama."

At that moment, their conversation was interrupted when a great pressure was present. Both Rizevim and Euclid fell to their knees and tried in vain to get back on their feet. The pressure was so great that it was hard for them to even breathe. Using a great deal of force, they managed to raise their heads slightly and what they saw made their blood run cold. In front of them was a humanoid-shaped being made entirely of dark red energy with gaping black lines.

"W-w-what are you?" asked Rizevim with great fear, because this being exuded such an amount of power that it far exceeded Ophis's power and therefore that of Great Red.

The being was still standing there doing nothing. What's more, it seemed that he wasn't paying attention to them.

"Y-y-you. R-Rizevim-sama has a-asked you a q-question." Euclid said with difficulty.

The being seemed to react to what Euclid said, as it looked in his direction. The moment that happened, the pressure hanging over both devils disappeared.

Euclid and Rizevim stood up on shaky legs. When they looked at the being, they saw that it had eyes and a white mouth. They watched as a cruel smile appeared. Without wasting time, both devils jumped back and began to cast spells on the being, as they felt his killing intent targeting them. The magic attacks hit the being and created a huge explosion.

"Is dead?" Euclid asked watching the smoke vanish.

"Of course." Rizevim said with a smile, as they had used a large amount of demonic power in those attacks. "Nobody po…"

Rizevim was interrupted as a black tentacle impaled him from behind.

"Rizevim-sama!" Euclid yelled as he saw his lord being fatally wounded. Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything, as he didn't even spend a second when he suffered the same fate as Rizevim.

The smoke that covered the place finished vanishing and showed that the being was completely unharmed. Furthermore, the tentacles that had killed both devils were the being's arms. With a simple movement, both tentacles retracted and returned to their original state. This action made both corpses fall to the ground. The being approached them and placed his hands on their heads.

"I see." Said the being with a cold and hard voice. A look of disgust appeared on his face as he looked at Rizevim's corpse. "Looks like you were just trash. But at least you did what I wanted you to do."

After saying that, he sighed and raising his hand, he made a portal appear, from which a purple light came out. This lightheaded towards Euclid's body.

When the light finished entering Euclid, the devil's body began to undergo some changes. The first, his ears lengthened and became pointed. The second, his silver hair turned completely whit

"How does your new body feel?"

Euclid's body stood up and smiled.

"It's a bit strange, but I feel like it's more powerful than my previous body." The stranger said clenching his fist.

"Good." Said the being walking towards Rizevim's body. A look of disgust appeared on his face. "They weren't my first choice, but there are few better hosts in this world. The only ones that would surpass them would be a problem for us in our current state. So, this is the best for now."

"I understand, my lord."

"I also have some encouraging news." Said the being, beginning to lift Rizevim's body and infuse it with his power.

"What news?"

"This idiot was defeated by someone you know very well." Said the being in a cryptic way.

The stranger raised an eyebrow, because he didn't know who exactly he was talking about, since he knew many people.

"This idiot got too confident and lost to a young man named Ysmir."

Hearing that name, the stranger's face soured.

"Dovhakiin…" the stranger said in a venomous whisper.

"That's how it is. But he wasn't alone." Said the being while his smile grew. "The girl I manipulated that day was with him."

The stranger blinked until he finally remembered what his lord had told him while they were out of space-time on Aurbis. Their lord could manipulate the minds of mortals with Nirmnian blood who had never been in Nirm, because unlike the natives, these hybrids do not have the blessing of their constellation, which works as a shield that protects them from the influence of his lord. For this reason, he had manipulated the girl when she was still living in this world. However, now it seemed that she would not be able to, as she now had the blessing of her constellation, protecting her from the influence of his lord.

"My lord, what should we do now?"

"For the moment we will pretend that we are these beings. So, follow the plans they had. But as you do, look for three things. I will need them to stabilize this body so that it can withstand my full power." Said the being, and then approached the stranger and whispered something in his ear.

The stranger's eyes widened, but he ended up nodding.

"Fine, I'll leave the rest to you." Said the being as he began to turn into specks of red light and entered a cocoon of light, which contained Rizevim's body inside. Not even a second passed since he did that for a pulse of energy to travel not only throughout the underworld, but through the earth, even reaching Nirm.

"Of course. Don't worry, do my duty." The stranger said as he smiled seeing how Rizevim's body began to slowly change.

It would take a few months for the super devil's body to get used to its lord's power. So, until then, he had to search for the missing components to perfect this body. Looking up at the purple sky, the stranger smiled cruelly. "This time I will destroy you, Dovahkiin."

In a golden castle in one of the planes in Aurbis, Akatosh was sitting on his golden throne. The dragon god was in a good mood, as he had finished his daily duties, so he could relax a bit. However, out of nowhere he felt an incredibly powerful pulse of power. The power was such that he ended up dropping the glass of wine he was holding in his hand in shock. Rising abruptly, the Dragon God of Time summoned one of his servants.

"What do you need from me, Lord Akatosh?" asked the servant.

"I need you to give a message to my relatives. Tell them I plan to hold a meeting in the metaphysical form of the Adamantine tower in Aurbis. So, I need you to confirm what day they are available for the meeting."

The servant nodded and, bowing, left the room.

When he was alone, Akatosh looked up to the sky. After that, he looked at his right hand and saw that it was trembling slightly.

'In the name of Anu. What was that?' Akatosh thought with concern. A few seconds later, he headed towards his library, as he needed to search for information about the power he felt in that pulse.

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.

Finally, Edzard has just fulfilled his personal revenge. Although the physical punishment was not much, Diodora's soul will suffer for all eternity, since there is nothing worse than being in the Soul Cairn and serving as food for the ideal masters, especially for beings that are not from Nirm, since it affects them in a different way.

In addition, a guy has appeared who has killed Euclid and Rizevim as if they were nothing. This obviously already speaks that this guy is very powerful. Also, we see that Akatosh himself is unconsciously afraid of him, the reason… well, I leave it to his imagination, XD. Also, it is seen that he did not appear alone, since there is someone with him and it is someone who has grudge against Edzard.

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.