CH. 73: DxD's Pantheons

[[ Before... ]]

"How did we get to this..." Phoenix asked, he just finished from healing his wounds and injuries after being ruthlessly attacked by Akira, the Dragon of Darkness.

Zekram, who was sitting on the ground recovering his broken bones, slammed his right hand on the ground in frustration, "DAMN IT!!" He cursed.

"HOW CAN WE BE SO WEAK?? EVEN AFTER TRAINING SO MUCH?!!" Zekram shouted in frustration.

While Zekram Bael, the Progenitor of the Bael Clan, was lamenting on his fate, a black gigantic creature appeared from a distance. It seemed to be coming from the battlefield.

"Wh-What is that..?!" Phoenix exclaimed, confused.

"LET'S GO RIGHT NOW!!" Zekram shouted. He summoned his devil wings then flew with high speed towards the battlefield. "W-Wait a second damn it!!" Phoenix yelled, before flying as well.

They were quite far away from the battlefield. A few hundreds of kilometers. Being knocked back that much was no joke, it caused a lot of their bones to shatter which took alot of time to recover.

By the time they arrived there, nothing was left, expect a huge crater and thousands... And thousands— of slaughtered bodies of angels, devils but rarely fallen angels.

Zekram and Phoenix were both shocked after seeing this. They felt a growing fear, as if this was the aftermath of something big. "Wh-Where did that creature go to?!" Phoenix said, looking around while being in a fighting stance.

Zekram looked around, suddenly, he saw from a distance, a medium height red hair girl coming their direction, almost naked. "THAT'S RUNEAS!" Zekram shouted. Phoenix looked the same direction and confirmed that the girl was Runeas.

"Ouch— Ouch— Ouch..." She mumbled everytime she walked, holding her injured shoulder with an arm that was itself severely injured.

Zekram ran at her then help her walk, "OUCH ZEKRAM!" Runeas yelled in pain, "S-Sorry I didn't see that wound..." He apologized.

Runeas was sweating profusely, feeling intense heat. She was probably sick, or maybe this was the aftermath of being glued to the ground by Akira's ruthless dark aura. So much killing intent made her want to puke.

"Let's leave now..." Runeas said, barely standing up. Some bones in her legs were brocken.

"The Maōus... Were is everyone??" Zekram asked.

Runeas fainted in Zekram's arms before she could even reply.

"Gone. No one can rival the strength of an Outer God hehe~" Said an anonymous figure which just appeared before them.

"Ophis?!" Zekram yelled. The Ouroboros Dragon God, in her humanoid loli form was floating around and giggling.

"That's me!" She replied in amusement.

"Is everyone dead?! Were is Lucifer??" He asked.

Ophis appeared just next to him. She opened her hand and revealed literal ashes. "This is what remains of your almighty Lucifer" She blew the ashes with a single blow.

Zekram grit his teeth, while Phoenix was very shocked. The thought of all Maōus, including Lucifer, being dead was unbearable, it announced nothing good.

Disappearing once again, Ophis was in the air levitating again and chuckling, "Fufufu~ It was an entertaining show to watch your satanic faction being crushed~" She laughed.

"What do you mean?!" Zekram asked.

"Lucifer met his end because he was too prideful, if he were to kneel and cry for mercy he 'could' have survived... As for the three others, well, they were just too weak" Ophis replied.

Zekram and Phoenix grit their teeth in rage, being called weak, while being ultimate class devils was enffuriating, unacceptable... But it was coming from Ophis the Dragon God— Perhaps it was true?

"No! We may be weak for now... But we'll get even stronger— so powerful we'll beat any god!" Zekram shouted.

Ophis decreased her brows, the stubborn Bael was starting ti get annoying. She swayed her hands across the air and caused Zekram, Phoenix and the unconscious Runeas to fly in the air, repelled by her powerful wind magic.

They crashed on the ground a few meters away, "Wh-What was that?!" Phoenix shouted in confusion.

"Don't you understand what 'Outer God' mean?... *sigh* then you're just too stupid to get it... Baka" Ophis said.

Ophis suddenly disappeared. She just left them.

Zekram held Runeas, "It's time to go" He said. And so, Phoenix followed him.

The Great War has officially ended. Even though no winner was decided in the end, the fallen angel faction was the one to suffer the less damage unlike the angelic and devil faction that lost most of its warriors and leaders.

The death of the four Maōus and the biblical god was not something that'll be forgotten anytime soon.

From the Greek Mythology, Zeus was the one who was more overjoyed by the overall outcome. The death of the biblical god was something he had wished for, for centuries now and when the news came he quickly lost his calm and started jumping in happiness.

Talking about happiness he even made a party for him and his numerous brides, kids and the others gods to celebrate this.

The Greek Mythology was one of the strongest mythologies out there and with the biblical god's death they had all the space for growth and all the time to focus on every pantheon's main goal ; World Domination that is.

Zeus with the other guests were now partying. The Greek god was now holding a cup of what seemed to be the finest wine, created by Dionysus himself.

The party was organized in the Holy Greek Temple or more precisly, Zeus' Palace. To his suprise, Chronos and Hades came to his little party which he didn't expect since they were always studying, sleeping or managing their territory.

Though Hades was mainly just sitting in a corner, isolated from everyone but still hearing everything that's going on.

Zeus raised his cup of wine and started laughing, "Hahaha! I thank you all for coming all the way here! Thanks to my son Dyonisus we have brought you the finest wine that exists! Enjoy your time to the fullest!"

The other guests rose their glasses then shared a toast. It was in fact the greatest wine they have ever tasted. Well Dyonisus WAS the god of Wine and Entertainment.

'Maybe I can get Gabriel's affection now that she's in an unstable state. Maybe she'll even let me take her innocence! Hahaha!' He thought, getting Gabriel in his bed was the best thing he could hope for.

While everyone was having a good time, Apollon just stood at the portal in a delinquent pose with both arms crossed. His pretty face was covered with anger as most of his stupid siblings and gods were just celebrating as if they just hit the jackpot.

"Tch... Look at them just dancing and fucking around... Little do they know what comes next, that new 'creature' is far more of a threat than any of the previous supreme primordial gods..." He said, taking a small glance at Hades, who seemed to be sleeping.

No, he was thinking, those two white dots in his empty eyeballs... Reflection !

"Atleast Hades is wise enough to know what's coming..." Apollo mumbled.

[[ Elsewhere... ]]

Odin, the leader of the Norse Pantheon and Holy Father of the Norse gods was now having a meeting with the others, deciding on what to do next.

It's true that the great war has ended with the death of the biblical god and four Maōus but these circumstances were alarming.

Apparently a new dragon has been born but this one was no Ni9hoggr or Fafnir no no no— this dragon ended five powerful existences without breaking a sweat.

The reports confirmed that his name was Akira. A name everyone will start hearing of from now.

"So, everyone... What do you think of these reports given to me by Azazel himself?" He said taking his head up and looking at everyone for a brief second.

This was an important meeting to decide of the pantheon's future so everyone was present. Just as Odin gave the signal the present people started forming discussing loudly.

"Why would Azazel report to the Norse Pantheon?" Thor, the Nordic God of Thunder, asked skeptically.

"The bastard must be planning something." Another replied.

Odin slammed his cane on the floor, it projected a loud sound which made silence spread throughout the meeting room. "I demand silence!" Odin shouted.

To this everyone turned to face him and the first one to talk was Thor, once again.

"We are clearly confused my lord. The birth of a new dragon was something unexpected." Thor said.

"He's not even a dragon did you ever see a dragon that big?" Bohr commented

They started talking loudly once again, that made Odin facepalm and sigh.

Gna, who was standing besides her lord, got everyone's attention by clapping her hands three times.

"Stop Everyone! Can't you see we're in the presence of the holy father?" Gna said, pointing at every single one in the meeting room.

The gods were embarrassed after realizing their unworthy behavior.

"We are deeply sorry Lord Odin." They apologized.

"G-Great, now let's continue, shall we my lord?" Gna said, she was happy to see that was effective.

Odin only responded with a nod. He lifted his head up with the intent to speak, but suddenly interrupted by the arrival of another god.

"Oh? A meeting. Sorry if I came in too late my lord."

Odin greeted his teeth after seeing the person who just came. Silver blueish spiky hair, jeweleries around his neck and a long bloose with holy metals incraved within. It was Loki, the God of Trickery.

"Hmmm... Loki, what took you so long— We're discussing matters of the utmost importance." Odin asked, annoyed

Loki only unfolded his hands then walked towards his seat, grinning then replying, "As I said I was doing important business out there. Now, for the dragon. I may have a way to neutralize him."

Everyone glanced at Loki with shocked expressions. Akira was stated to be far more powerful than the biblical god and four Satans combined.

Being on his bad side was equivalent to having a death wish, and now Loki was saying that there's a way to put him in check.

Of course Odin was shocked as well, his two godly maids moved forward probably to dispose of Loki, but Odin gave them a sign to stop as he pointed towards Loki, "Continue." He said.

Loki then started explaining his plan— and to Odin's suprise it was pretty well based. The only problem was that it required the usage of Holy Artifacts that were supposed to be protected at all costs.

This was a good plan overall, but it felt like Loki was mocking the traditions that are essentially a base to the Norse mythology. After all, the Ancestors and Odin himself sacrificed so much to ensure the security of the Holy Armement.

"Listen Loki... I hope that you realize what you're saying. We can't just go and use the sacred relics in our possession." Odin said.

Loki just shrugged his shoulders and rested his eyes, "No problem. That was just my personal idea." He grinned.

Well that was what Loki thought, but what Odin didn't realize was that Loki was already making moves behind his back. Those maneuvers will bring up their extinction.

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