Booming thunder echoed across the skies around the outskirts of Lilith as a blue streak of lightning ripped through the air, crashing into the ground far away from the fake city with a boom.

Before the dust could even settle, two figures leapt out of the dust cloud and landed far away from each other, a sneer on Loki's face as he & Isaiah glared at each other.

"Hello, trickster. Did you miss me?"

"Not as much as I want to kill you. How are you even here?" Loki growled as he stood upright, pulling out his two signature emerald daggers and frowning as a pair of Holy-Demonic falchions appeared in Isaiah's hands instead of the Knight taking out Gram.

"With a bit of ingenuity and skill. How else do you think we managed to trick you all with thinking that I'm still in the Human Realm?"

"So you figured it out."

"One presence briefly appearing & disappearing inside my dome of Electroception and Air Current Vision is something I could ignore. Having them appear & disappear on a daily basis tends to make me more cautious of the things around me."

"Hmm, and what now? You hear to persuade me to turn back to the light?" Loki asked with a mocking look and Eric simply smirked as he shook his head while gripping his falchions tightly.

"No. I'm here to make sure you don't leave here alive."

"Then, please. Show me how you'll complete this impossible task." Loki spoke with a smirk before tilting his head as a demonic spear barely missed impaling his head, Isaiah not wasting time as Storm God's Aura coated his body in an instant.

A deafening boom echoed across the battlefield as Isaiah launched himself forward, lightning coating his falchions as he pulled back before sending them flying towards Loki.

The trickster god didn't even care for the attack as the twin blades cut right through his arms, Isaiah frowning as the god simply gave him a smirk before cursing as he watched the armless being vanish like a mirage.

"Isaiah! We have a problem!" Isaiah turned as Akeno appeared from a teleportation crest, watching as his girlfriend ran forward right before she gave a bloody gasp as a spear flew out from under her & impaled her from crotch to head.

"You know, this would have worked if they didn't give everyone orders to not interrupt the battle between us two." Isaiah spoke with a smirk as Akeno's corpse shattered like glass, easily flipping over Loki's sneak attack from behind with a smirk.

"Kyoka Suigetsu." With a simple chant, Isaiah's falchions disappeared and was replaced by a single katana, its green hilt making Loki frown as he felt numerous illusions being layered across the battlefield.

Yet, as the illusions began to settle, he frowned as he couldn't find any being placed upon himself, watching warily as Isaiah landed with a simple smirk.

"What was that?"

"What was what?" Isaiah asked with a smirk, though Loki growled as he saw the glimpse of amusement in the devil's eyes.

"You dare? I am the god of illusions & tricks and you will not take me for a fool!" With a menacing growl, the world around them shattered as Loki dispelled every illusion Isaiah had placed around them and yet, the god couldn't help but be slightly unsettled at the simple smirk the devil had on his face as his katana disappeared.

'What is his plan?'

"Oh, I do. After all, you're getting riled up by the petty tricks of someone that's not even 18 years old yet. You didn't even notice the illusion behind you." Loki's eyes widened as the Isaiah in front of him shattered, swiftly spinning around to see another Isaiah waving at him before he gasped as a rapier impaled him from him.

"Fell for the oldest trick in the book."

"So did you." Loki said with a smirk as he appeared besides Isaiah, a dagger held against the devil's throat as the impaled Loki clone melted away into nothingness.

"When?" Isaiah asked with a smirk as he dismissed his rapier, to which Loki simply chuckled.

"Since the battle began. You're not the only being that can fight with illusions. Also, your little invisibility isn't strong enough to hide you from my eyes." Isaiah simply chuckled at that as the devil slit his own throat upon the god's dagger, Loki not even phased as he looked to the side just as Isaiah appeared from thin air.

"Damn, I thought I had you with that one."

"Ha! As if an illusion of that level would be able to fool me." Loki scoffed with derision, to which Isaiah simply hummed before the god's smirk widened as the devil unsheathed Gram & dismissed its sheath.

"Finally getting serious, are we?"

"We could fight with illusions all day, but then I won't get the chance to kill you." Isaiah's True Voice echoed in the air as he went into his opening stance, Loki simply smirking as chains appeared from his wrists & the ends clipped to the pommels of his daggers.

"Then show me, Azathoth filth. Let us see if you can actually kill a divine being such as I."

Satanael gasped as the shadows that had enveloped him and Azazel finally vanished, quickly kicking his brother away and flying up just as a series of blades shot out from the shadows & nearly impaled him.

"I see you decided to get my former executioner to finish his mission." Satanael spoke with a frown as Tobio appeared from Azazel's shadow, a large scythe already in his grasp while Lycaon was in his full form next to his wielder.

"Yeah, but don't worry. We're going to make sure you can't run away this time." Azazel spoke with a smirk as he reached into his coat & pulled out a lance-like golden dagger with a purple jewel on the end of the handle, Tobio spinning his scythe with a flourish while Satanael huffed as he held Arondight in a loose grip.

"Dear Tobio said that the last time we did battle and yet here I am, still breathing."

"That was because I felt regret for trying to take your life. Now, I just wish to get rid of the one stain on my record." And before Satanael could speak, the ground under Tobio shattered as he rocketed upwards, the rogue Cadre quickly raising Arondight and blocking the attack with gritted teeth.

However, the force of the blow sent him flying down to the ground where Lycaon was waiting, Satanael flaring his wings wide to slow down his descent as he spun around before pitch black flames exploded from Arondight.

With a roar, the Cadre swung Arondight down just as Lycaon ripped a greatsword covered in the same black flames from the ground and swung it upwards, the two infernos clashing with a roaring explosion.

"Did you forget about me, brother?" Azazel's voice was deep behind the suit of golden dragon armour he was wearing as he appeared behind Satanael just as the Cadre landed, to which he quickly held Arondight behind him as Azazel stabbed forward with a two-pronged light spear, managing to block both prongs with both luck & skill.

Letting the blow push him away, Satanael flipped through the air before stabbing Arondight into the ground as soon as he landed, a pillar of black flames erupting around him & obscuring him from view as his three foes waited for his counter.

As the flames finally died down, Azazel frowned behind his helmet as Satanael blasted out of it with a determined look, heading directly for Lycaon who simply grinned before the lycan sunk into his shadow.

As soon as he did, however, Satanael grinned as he took out a tag from his coat and threw it onto the ground, Tobio's eyes widening as the blades & shadows on the floor shattered and the ground was coated by a vast field of white-gold light.

"Lycaon! Lycaon, are you there?" Tobio called out in his mind at his companion, gritting his teeth as he heard nothing but static before shaking his head as Azazel looked at him, the Governor-General frowning as he turned to look at the smug Satanael.

"Did you truly believe I'd face off against you, a lover of Sacred Gears, without a way to disable them?"

"How? We both know that your research into Longinus gears isn't enough to be able to disable them with such ease?"

"You can thank Rizevim for this. As much as I hate to admit it, that son of the Devil has quite the ingenious mind, especially when it comes to ways on how to make Longinus Sacred Gears completely useless in battle."

"I see. Tobio?"

"I can fight without it."

"Good. Then, I must ask of you to keep up." Azazel spoke, to which Tobio snorted as the two fighters readied themselves, Satanael frowning as he went into a fencing stance.

A tense silence hung in the air as the three fighters stared at each other, Satanael silent as he kept track of Tobio before his eyes snapped to Azazel as the General rocketed forward.

"Euclid, I will ask once more for Grayfia's sake. Please, surrender." Sirzechs spoke with a soft frown as he & Ajuka floated in the air, watching as a chuckling Euclid ran his fingers through his hair.

"Truthfully, Gremory, I would not waste your breath. My loyalty to Lord Lucifer is far greater than you can fathom." Euclid spoke with a growl and Sirzechs frowned as he saw strands of pitch black energy slowly emanating from his body.

"Ajuka…"

"Yeah, it appears that with Ophis' snake, he has unlocked the bloodline ability of House Lucifuge. Hah, this is why I said to just attack him." Ajuka muttered as he floated backwards, Sirzechs shaking his head as he floated towards Euclid.

"Abyss: Shade." Euclid chanted as he held a hand out to Sirzechs, who frowned as the dark energy surrounding Euclid condensed into a large sphere above him before hundreds of shade-like spectres shot out from it & rushed towards Sirzechs with deafening shrieks.

The Super Devil didn't even flinch as the beasts grew closer, simply taking a deep breath as numerous orbs of scarlet Destruction energy condensed around him.

"Ruin the Extinct." With a single chant, the world around them grew silent as Euclid's spectres were erased by a bombardment of Destruction orbs, the devil's eyes wide as Sirzechs gave him a disappointed frown.

"Hah, I wish I didn't have to do this, but you give me no choice." With that declaration, Sirzechs vanished from his spot and appeared in front of the surprised Euclid, the devil barely able to get his hands up in a cross-guard right before a fist crashed into his arms.

'D-Damnit!' Euclid exclaimed in his mind as he was sent flying down towards the ground, his impact killing a few of his own men while the others were being slaughtered by the allied forces around them.

Before he could even get up, his eyes widened as a shade pulled him out of the crater he was in and threw him away, Sirzechs crashing into it moments later with Destruction coating his body as he frowned at the fleeing devil.

"Abyss: Dark Pulse!" Euclid exclaimed as he cupped his hands in front of him before a stream of darkness energy flew out towards Sirzechs, but it was not a problem for the Super Devil as a tendril of Destruction shot out from his aura & stopped the blast with ease.

Flicking his hand towards Euclid, the tendril of Destruction wrapped around the energy blast and snuffed it out, quickly duplicating by the dozens as they all shot out to the horned devil.

"Abyss: Sphere." Euclid exclaimed as a bubble of darkness energy wrapped around his body before gritting his teeth as the tendrils swatted repeatedly at his barrier while Sirzechs calmly walked towards him.

"Give up. You are not nearly strong enough to keep up with me." Sirzechs said with a frown as he waved his hand, his tendrils stopping their attack as they now began to wrap around his barrier, Euclid growling as the barrier began to crack.

"Abyss: Dark Deflect!" Euclid growled as spectres condensed around his body before expanding outwards, Sirzechs raising an eyebrow as his tendrils were repelled before holding a hand out as a powerful Dark Pulse slammed into him.

"Did you forget about its corrosive effects?" Ajuka asked with a raised eyebrow as he appeared next to his friend, Sirzechs simply shaking his head as he flexed his demonic energy & erased the corrosive liquid on his hand with a simple thought.

"No, I simply wished to see if there was a chance for him to stop." Ajuka simply sighed as he held a hand out to Euclid, the devil's eyes widening as he felt his own demonic power grasping his body in a tight grip.

Before he could even say anything, his eyes widened as he felt the burst of power from the Ophis snake vanishing from his body, watching as an orb of Destruction came out of his body & dissipated into nothingness.

"That took a lot more concentration than I expected."

"At least we know now that your Destruction can erase the snakes without hurting the users." Ajuka said with a frown as he clenched his fist, Euclid giving a silent gasp as he felt his demonic energy wrapping around his throat.

However, before Ajuka could finish the job, both he & Sirzechs were surprised by a dark silver magic crest appearing under Euclid, the devil obscured by a silver light before he was swiftly teleported away.

"That looks like his, Sirzechs." Ajuka spoke with a frown as he had recognized the magic crest that took Euclid away, Sirzechs sighing as he nodded while rubbing his temples.

"Yeah, it's Rizevim. I guess he wouldn't want to lose his most loyal supporter."

"So, you do realize what this means, right?" Ajuka spoke with a frown as they turned back to where the armies were fighting, though it was more of a one-sided slaughter as the Allied Forces were working together fairly well & killing the last of the enemy army.

"Yeah. Man, Grayfia is going to kill me."

A/N: Quick chapter!

...Truthfully, don't know what to add. Just that I liked playing around with illusions and I might do a fanfic with a character that just likes playing with illusions. Just have to see if the inspiration hits me.

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