On the top floor of the V Tower, Vox observes the carnage of the Extermination through the window, a frown etched on his screen. If Vox was being honest, he hated the Extermination solely because, less Sinners in Hell means less souls to exploit for his own selfish gains but that was alright. There will always be another batch to replace them anyways.

"Sightseeing again, Vox?" A voice asked in a sing-song tone. A moth like demon wearing a red robe walked into the room, with a cigarette in between his fingers.

Vox gave out a static growl. "Every year on this damn day, those winged fucks from up top come down here to slaughter all those assholes. But we need those assholes! Who else is gonna kneel down for the Vees if there aren't any left?!" Vox snapped towards Valentino and grinned. "If we found a way to fight back against them, then all of Hell will worship us! They'll be bending over backwards for us and getting down on their knees to suck our cocks!"

Valentino took a whiff of his cigarette and puffed a crimson smoke. "I see what you mean, Voxxy. But you already know that there hasn't been any recorded incident of a Sinner managing to kill an angel before. Let alone, fight back against one."

Vox frowned and turned back to the carnage outside. "And that's the most frustrating part!"

Suddenly, another voice yelled out. "Yo, Vox! Where you at?" Velvette called out from the other room. Eventually, her head pokes out from behind the doorway and smiles. "Oh! There you are. Hi, Val!"

"Hello, Velvette!" Valentino greeted.

"What do you want?" Vox asked, not in the mood for Velvette's shenanigans right now.

Velvette giggled and her grin grew wider. "Well, I've got a present to show you! And you better be ready cus, it's a doozy! Think fast!" Suddenly, Velvette tossed something at Vox's direction. The object landed and bounced and everytime it hit the floor, golden fluid was splattered on it.

Vox looked at the rolling object and his optics widened in surprise and shock. Valentino stared at the thing and whined out. "Velvette! C'mon! My maids just cleaned these floors!"

"What the fuck…?" Vox exclaimed, he crouched down to inspect the horned object which had a giant cut on it. "Is this-"

"Yep!" Velvette interrupted. "It's an Exorcist head! Pretty gnarly one too if you ask me!"

Vox stared at the mangled head with bewilderment. "Where the fuck did you get this?!"

Velvette held back a snicker and pulled out her phone. She then presented it to Vox and played a video. "Why don't you see for yourself?"

Then, Vox spent the next few seconds watching the video with a raised eyebrow. Suddenly, what he saw made both his eyebrows rise up in shock. It was a video of what looks to be a muscular, bearded Sinner slaughtering Exorcists left and right with ease with an axe with the video ending with the last Exorcist getting decapitated which explains where Velvette got the head.

As the video ends, Vox's shocked expression slowly contorts to a toothy, opportunistic grin. He turned to Valentino and Velvette. "Do you guys know what this means? It means we finally have found a way to fight back against those fuckers and this guy is the key! The key to absolute praise and worship! If we get this guy on our side, those souls have no choice but to make us the ultimate Overlords! Ugh, just thinking about it makes me rock hard!"

Velvette cringes at the comment and looks away. "I did NOT need to know that."

Vox then snaps his fingers and looks at Velvette. "You! Find whatever information you got about this guy! Search the web or whatever for his whereabouts!"

"Yeah, yeah. Already on it. Don't need to be so grouchy." Velvette replied with an eye roll, pulling out her phone and started typing on it.

"And you!" Vox continued, pointing at Valentino this time. "Find and bring me the finest bounty hunter in all of Hell! We need someone trustworthy enough to be able to catch this guy and bring him in alive!"

Valentino smirks and puffs smoke. "Will do~" He replied with a sing-song voice before walking away.

After Valentino and Velvette left the room, Vox was finally alone once again. He turned to the window to oversee the the destruction and smoke around Hell before flashing a devilish, toothy smile.

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A portal opens at the gates of Heaven. Through it, flew an army of Exorcists, including Lute and a heavily battered Adam.

As soon as the last of the Exorcists entered through, the portal closes and the angels resume their activities.

Adam groans a bit and rotates his shoulder. "That was an… Interesting Extermination to say the least! …Ow, fuck!"

"Adam! What happened to you?" A loud but feminine voice spoke out. Adam and Lute were startled by the sudden presence and looked back to see the head Seraph descend down on them from behind.

Adam chokes on a little bit of his own spit and coughs. "Ah, shit! Sera! Could you at least give us a fucking heads up before sneaking up on us like that?!"

"Your highness!" Lute greeted Sera with a salute. "I'm very sorry for Adam's appearance! He was attacked during the Extermination, ma'am."

Sera's eyes widened in shock. "Attacked?" Sera asked with an alarmed tone. "By whom?"

Adam scoffs and waves it off. "Eh, just some bald asshole with tacky red tattoos. If you had given me more time, I swear I would've killed the fucker myself! The next time I see that man, I'll make sure he wishes he died today! … Ow."

Sera raised an eyebrow at Adam's description of the assailant. "Bald… Red tattoos…?" Suddenly… Her eyes snapped wide open and fear overtook her features. "No… Nonononono… It can't be him, can it? It must've been a mistake…" She murmured to herself under her breath.

Her demeanor was noticed by Lute who called to her. "Uh, your highness? Are you alright?"

Sera snapped from her murmuring and looked at Lute who looked at her with worry. She clears her throat and resumes her calm and sophisticated demeanor. "Yes. I am alright, lieutenant. Why don't you help Adam fix himself up. Oh! Speaking of which, Adam! I have a task for you to do."

"Well, whatever it is, how about you go ask Clitorissa instead? I'm kinda fucked up here as you can see?"

Sera shook her head and smiled. "This specific task requires the leader of the Exorcists and don't you worry, you don't have to leave Heaven! All you have to do is sit down and have a meeting with the princess of Hell herself!"

Adam's eyes widened at the statement. "Wait, do you mean Lucifer's shitty brat? The fuck do you think that I'd wanna have something to do with that accident?"

"It's simple, Adam. Let's make a compromise. You participate in the meeting with the princess and I'll allow you full control over the Extermination! Is that satisfactory?" Sera said, giving a smile to Adam.

Adam stood there for a moment, thinking. "Full control, huh? I like the way you think, woman! So if I just talk with the brat for a few moments, I get to do whatever the fuck I want?" The angel asked with an excited smile.

"Yes, that is what is being discussed. So will you do it?" Sera asked.

"Uh? Fuck yeah, I will! Full control, bitches!" Adam yelled out with excitement while throwing out rock and roll signs in the air.

Sera clapped her hands and smiled. "Excellent! Now go and fix yourself up! The meeting will happen soon. Lute, watch over him."

Lute saluted and declared. "Will do, your highness."

With a nod, Sera flew away from the two and her smile quickly dropped to one of a worried frown. Her eyebrows furrowed as she started to murmur to herself again. "That man… The one who attacked Adam… It couldn't be… I need to get to the bottom of this."

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"Achoo!" Atreus suddenly sneezed as he and his father walked across the thick trees deep within the woods.

Kratos glanced at Atreus with a grunt and raised his eyebrow.

Atreus rubbed his nose and exhaled. "It's nothing. Just felt my nose get itchy, that's all. You think someone's talking about us?"

"That is merely superstition." Kratos said bluntly.

Atreus rolled his eyes, from all the crazy things he had seen just today, a coincidental sneeze is considered superstition. "Yeah, right." He murmured under his breath.

"What was that?" Kratos turned to Atreus.

"Nothing, sir." Atreus replied.

Kratos grunted. Then he and Atreus continued to traverse the thick woods towards their next destination. Their journey is far from over.

To be continued…