Chapter 10

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As soon as the terrible aura washed over our holy city, all exorcists were immediately dispatched to the place it was last sensed as it had disappeared as soon as it appeared.

The serene atmosphere of the Vatican was instantly filled with evacuation alarms. Priests, Exorcists and {Vatican guards} filled the streets moving people from the isolation barrier that had been erected in the middle of the city.

After a few minutes we had successfully evacuating all civilians from the area, every able-bodied priest and exorcist surrounded the barrier preparing to enter, but we were saved at the last moment.

"Don't enter!" shouted a voice everyone instantly recognized. It was Reverent Father John Agrippa, the current head of the Exorcists.

"The magic which made this barrier belongs to 'the' Vasco Strada. So unless you want to die a cruel death, I advise you to not enter." He continued in a calm voice which we surprisingly all heard clearly.

"The enemy inside can certainly hold off Vasco Strada for a few minutes, so he has to be incredibly powerful." said Father Agrippa. Every one in the church had heard of Vasco Strada. The man who single handedly beat one of the leaders of the Fallen Angels. He who was named the Violence of Heaven because of his overwhelming power and swordsmanship.

As we all stood motionlessly waiting for any movements from the Isolation barrier, a beam of bright yellow light tore through the barrier from the inside and only stopped after blasting apart multiple buildings. The Isolation barrier with the giant hole started slowly breaking apart, slowly revealing an ominous aura that instantly covered the city. All of us who had surrounded the barrier froze when the aura spread. I could feel the pressure the aura dropped on my head and I couldn't move.

From the rabble of the last building the yellow beam had destroyed stood a tall man. His face was filled with wrinkles and bruises so was his very muscular that was uncharacteristic for a man his age. In his right was the sword any exorcist would recognize as the Holy Sword, Durandal. His clothes were ripped showing off his muscular chest and abs which were also riddled with wounds and scars.

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Vasco knowing there was no way of dodging the attack, pulled out a blue great sword, the Durandal replica from its own dimension. He had been given the sword just yesterday as the church had recalled him from his retirement for the war. Vasco placed it between him and the yellowish beam that was about a meter away from him and the beam blasted him and his sword through the barrier tearing through it as if it didn't exist. But the beam did not stop there as it blasted the old man through multiple buildings before finally fizzling out.

"That was one hell of an attack." Said Vasco as he stood up from the rabble. His body riddled with multiple wounds and bruises, "If I didn't have the sword my life would have been danger"

The beast that had just blasted him through multiple buildings, walked out of the collapsing barrier, smoke gashing out of its mouth. It looked around taking in the multiple church personnel who had surrounded the area for a split second before completely ignoring them as it shifted its focus on the Vasco.

"As entertaining as our bout was, I have to end it. You are surrounded and in the heart of enemy territory" said Vasco as he walked towards Stephen.

"You know, I fought with your grandfather in the second world war, Richard Miller. He was a great man and I'm not going to let you tarnish his reputation like this by going against the church." Continued Vasco as two more strong Ultimate-class signatures started approaching the area, "How about you give up without a fuss"

"Someone finally roughed you up, old man" said a voice as a young man appeared besides Vasco.

"It certainly is a rare sight" said an Angel with three pairs of wings, typical angel hair which is long blonde hair and an androgynous face.

"I never claimed to be invincible. You just aren't strong enough to hurt me yet" responded Strada with a snort.

Seeing the scene, Stephen depowered back to version 1 with a smile on his face even though he was cornered by three strong Ultimates.

"Ohh, so you still have something up your sleeve" commented Vasco Strada who was unnerved by the smirk on the blonde young mans' face.

"How about a counter-offer" said Stephen as six large insect wings and a tail that popped up from his lower back, surrounded him which instantly started to exponentially expand in size until the cocoon of was the size of a three-story building before they unraveled themselves revealing a titanic insect, the seven tails which was floating about twenty meters from the ground.

"You let me go without a fuss, or I thrash everything in sight and beyond" said the giant insect with a voice the mixture of Stephen's and a feminine one mockingly. His power had skyrocketed from Ultimate-class to power comparable to gods, and his aura spread throughout the whole world unknowingly making a lot of people raise their eyebrows.

'As if anyone here can stop you' mentally shouted Vasco as even he felt powerless in front of the beast. All the exorcists and priests who were not yet high class or didn't possess high-level Sacred Gears were instantly knocked out by being exposed to the full power of the tailed Beast.

Seeing no intention to give up from the church, big orbs of blue and red started appearing around the beast before they slowly started gathering in front of its mask like exoskeleton covering its head, forming a big sphere of purple energy which constantly kept growing even when it matched the beast in size. Vasco's mood instantly took another sharp down seeing the purple ball. He had struggled against one the size of a football what about the one in front of him.

"You can leave undisturbed" said a soothing male voice before a handsome man with long blonde hair and six pairs of wings, "You have my word"