Chapter 93 R-18+

"Yes I did, but confronting him would be stupid since he wasn't making any moves. Freed was a minor annoyance in the grand scheme and one who I could deal with myself. Luckily somebody took care of that for me." Issei smiled.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you know who took out Freed and Valper." Sona glared.

Issei's nonchalance as he spoke about their death was hard to ignore particularly since their impact would've changed everything.

"Sorry I've got nothing." Issei smiled but Sona wasn't fooled. Issei knew exactly who stopped them and he wasn't going to tell them.

"Back to the topic at hand and why we're all here. What topic could be so important that you would attack a Cadre on your own." Rias said angrily.

Despite her strained relationship with Issei, the fact remained that Kuoh was her territory and as far as she was concerned, that meant it was Issei's obligation to tell her about it.

The fact she didn't drove her crazy and she was playing catch up.

It was the moment of truth for Issei and he looked at the group, "Kokabiel was going to tell everyone that the God of the Bible is dead." Issei revealed with a stern expression on his face.

The whole room froze to the point that you could hear a pin drop and every single person besides Issei was stunned by his thought, "You're joking Issei… please tell me you're joking." Irina spoke up finally trying to hold it together.

She and Xenovia were both on the verge of a mental breakdown and they weren't alone.

"I wish I was Irina but I'm serious." Issei said solemnly.

"How can you be so sure, and if that's the case why are you telling us?" Sona asked not out of shock but curiosity.

If he went out of his way to stop Kokabiel from saying anything, why would he do it himself. This truly didn't make sense.

"By telling you in a controlled setting instead of in the middle of a life or death battle I can make sure that everyone is safe physically if nothing else. As for how I can be so sure. You have two examples in this room that prove that God is dead" Issei spoke up.

"Two" Sona said curiously taking a moment to think about it before her eyes widened and she turned towards the sitting Kiba and Asia.

"Wait a minute. You're not saying Kiba and Asia are proof are you." Rias glared angrily aware of Issei's implications.

"Kiba is absolutely one. We know that Valper brought Kiba into his twisted project which means that he was once trying to be an exorcist. If God truly existed, there's absolutely no way in hell, pun not intended, that he would've allowed that twisted project to exist much less get as far as it did. He would've stopped it from happening the moment he started experimenting. As for Asia, let's just say she's another example and not just because of her sacred gear."

"What do sacred gears have to do with everything." Rias spoke up.

Issei smiled since Rias missed the obvious implication and chose the one that he could easily explain, "Sacred Gears were meant to be Heaven's last hope. Come to think of it, Evil Pieces are sort of the same thing." Issei explained.

"You'll have to explain that one." Rias spoke up.

"The ceasefire that the supernatural world was under was always going to be temporary that much should be obvious. The fallen could relax since they still had Azazel and Angels coming off a war as a source of new members. As for Angels and Devils, they needed a way to increase their numbers and humanity was a perfect source for both. Sacred Gears were God's way of keeping humanity alive long enough for them to become angels and I imagine the Devils came up with evil pieces soon after."

Sona was stunned that Issei could figure all of that out and was about to respond before Irina spoke up.

"That's enough Issei. If you're telling us that God is dead what does that mean for me and Xenovia. What have we been fighting for?" Irina yelled out on the verge of tears.

"Irina's right. We've been told to fight for a being that's dead. How are we supposed to feel?" Xenovia shouted.

Just as Issei was about to reply, a magic circle appeared in the middle of the room and Azazel popped out.

"Sorry I'm late. I got distracted by a game of Smash Brothers." Azazel said sheepishly.

"Azazel" Irina gasped not expecting the fallen angel leader to appear in front of them.

"That's me but it seems I interrupted quite the discussion." Azazel replied.

"I'll say." Raynare snorted.

Irina managed to gather herself before looking towards the Fallen Angel leader, "So is it true. Is God really dead?" Irina asked tearfully.

"Yes he is." Azazel sighed hating that it came to this even if he understood it.

"NO!" Irina cried falling to the ground.

Everyone could see the look of despair and pain on her face and for Issei in particular it killed him.

"I can only imagine how much this hurts but Angels had no choice." Azazel frowned.

Irina was furious at the words since Azazel was a Fallen Angel, "There's always a choice. What reason could they possibly have for lying about the death of GOD! The very being who their faith is centered on" Irina shouted in frustration.

"Because it was the only way to keep God's system in place." Azazel said firmly causing Irina to pause.

"God's system." Sona spoke up having never heard of such a thing.

Azazel sighed since he was going to reveal another secret, "God created a system that helped him with his blessings and used sad system as a way to enhance his power. That system relies heavily on faith and belief and telling people that God was dead would mean that the faith people had would vanish. If I remember correctly Michael is currently handling the system but it's a struggle since he's nowhere near God's strength."

"So, what does that mean for us?" Irina spoke up.