Chapter 25: Michael Will Bald

After the church girls went back to their base, they immediately retired. Not wanting to do anything with Griselda or other members of the church.

They had some serious thinking to do with the information they just received from Mordred. And due to Griselda basically confirming it, they cannot trust anyone in the church, but their group.

"They've been lying to us! There's a lot that is going on that we are not privy to." Jeanne gritted her teeth as she slammed her fist on a table.

"What else are they doing that Mordred did not tell us?" Xenovia frowned heavily. Griselda's ward was especially shaken.

Her faith is easily at the same level as Jeanne's. Shaky at best, unlike Irina that was slowly but surely brainwashed by someone she trusts, her own father.

"I... I don't know what to do, how are we even going to react to this information?" Irina scrunched up her face.

She is the most pious of the three. And she's having an internal battle. She believes in the church's teachings, but if they were evil enough to brainwash impressionable young children. Then they can do anything.

"We are in grave danger here... What should we do? We should escape from here..." Jeanne went to the extreme immediately.

"But how? We'll be branded as heretics... Oh, now that I said it... The church really is evil incarnate. They would even brand us as treacherous children that rebelled against god by just securing our safety." Xenovia's expression turned ugly.

Jeanne's anger skyrocketed when she thought about it. "How many more people were treated like this? How many innocents were killed or hunted down due to learning the nefarious secrets of the church?" Jeanne growled.

"I can't ask for help from my father... He's a top exorcist too. We are against everyone in the church. We should trust no one." Irina made a decision and the other two nodded.

They will bide their time and act as if there was nothing wrong for now.

"Wait! I should call Mordred." Jeanne immediately went to her drawer and took the paper with a communication circle under it.

"Wow, nice job in hiding it." Xenovia nodded at her for managing to hide something that would be considered heretical.

Jeanne started contacting Mordred and she hid under the bed so she could prevent their voices from being heard as much as possible.

"Mordred, thank you for enlightening us. But you also put us in a precarious situation." Jeanne smiled wryly.

"Ahhh, sorry about that. In hindsight, that would be the natural outcome. Do you want me to break you out of there?" Mordred squinted his eyes.

Masaomi gave them some Intel on where they could sneak around to give them the slip. And if Griselda isn't too far gone, she won't tell them where and how they disappeared.

At first, Jeanne was elated that he would go so far for them. But her brain started to tick like clockwork and she changed her mind.

"No... We... Don't be angry Mordred, but I think it's better if we three are able to bide our time here in the church. Learn everything we could and pretend nothing is wrong." Jeanne squinted her eyes in determination.

She wanted to get as much blackmail as possible. Surprising everybody with her words.

"But Jeanne, we are in danger here! We have to get out of this rotten place as soon as possible!" Xenovia was fearing for their lives now that they knew some dirty secrets.

"What would be your plan Jeanne, tell me first." Mordred was curious about what made her want to stay.

"I'm too important for them to get rid of. The most they would do is just imprison me here inside of the church with how important I am." Jeanne rolled her eyes.

"Irina won't get fucked easily as well, she's Touji's daughter and is being groomed to be a user of an Excalibur fragment. As for Xenovia... She's Griselda's charge and is a natural holy sword wielder." Jeanne already tested it in the past.

She lent Xenovia one of her holy swords from blade blacksmith. And she was able to use it no problem. And natural holy sword wielders are like unpolished gems for the church.

The greedy fuckers are gathering holy swords that they don't even made to use. Which Mordred will rectify later. So Xenovia is a huge asset.

That is the main reason why they even made the Sigurd institute that clones past heroes. So someone can use the strongest demonic sword, Gram.

"So you'll be double agents? So young, yet so capable." Mordred sighed at Jeanne's decision.

"We'll be spies? But we don't even have an idea how to be all sneaky like agent 069." Irina frowned and Jeanne put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.

"Heh, does that punk have magic? I'll always bring Mordred's communication circle from now on and hide my phone in a secret compartment. Bloody church, forcing me to sew. I will finally have my revenge." Jeanne gritted her teeth and they looked at her weirdly.

It was just sewing classes. "So we try to gain anything we can in here while our loyalties lie elsewhere?" Xenovia blinked and thought it was so devious, she liked it.

They lied to them and would treat them as expendables later. It is only natural that they would pay back the favor.

"That's right... So we will have to train to the best of our capabilities. Mordred, can you give us training programs? The only training we're getting here is from the church and other exorcists." Jeanne requested and Mordred thought about it.

"Give me one second." Mordred went out and took a couple of things as well.

He wrote a comprehensive training program for them. And it was fortunate that they will be sword wielders.

Some paper appeared in a magic circle in front of them. Two phones and a couple of spare communication circles were also included.

"Here, some spare magic circles in case they found the only reliable communication line we have. There's some privacy runes and magic suppressors mixed in too for your meetings." Mordred gave them the necessary tools to continue their spying.

"W-wow, you're awesome Mordred. I thought you'll all be like, ugh that's dangerous. Come with me instead." Jeanne checked out the goods with a beaming smile.

"That's your decision Jeanne. Irina and I presume Xenovia who is the other voice in the room also didn't really reject what you suggested. I will support you with this." Mordred wanted them to make their own decisions.

And it was a pretty good plan for something that was thought up in the fly. Jeanne raised valid points about them being untouchable for now. Unless they do something stupid or be unnecessarily hostile.

"Okay girls, let's start our master plan as double agents for Mordred." Jeanne reeled in the other two who were a bit timid.

"Remember to call for help when you're in a pinch. I'll break you out of there." Mordred reminded them and cut the call.

Meanwhile, Griselda reported to heaven that someone called Mordred Pendragon was hostile with the church and he wields a divine sword.

There is only a handful of people that knows how Caliburn looks like. And due to it evolving, even those who knew what it was would think it's a god's sword.

Michael's face turned ugly when he received Griselda's report. "How ironic... Heaven's benefactor is hostile to the house of god."

He sighed heavily. There was no doubt, Mordred Pendragon who is the true heir of Arthur Pendragon and Guinevere is out there.

The sword he revealed that is divine in strength is a dead giveaway that it was Caliburn. "And he's hostile to the church... Why? Did he learn about the skeletons inside of our closets? I have really failed you father." Michael was no god.

He couldn't micromanage everything like Yahweh did. And the most helpful tool, heaven's system was unknown to anyone except him.

Even Yahweh does not know everything about the system of heaven. Case in point, the balance breakers of sacred gears. He did not give the sacred gears that function.

Even true Longinus that is the most powerful among them only has something similar to a balance breaker.

And the second one, Zenith Tempest isn't supposed to rampage with world ending storms. The user would be able to use the elements yes.

But they wouldn't be able to combine them to that degree and be a risk to the whole world.

"Brother, what's the problem?" Gabriel, the most beautiful woman in heaven looked at him with concern.

"Gabby... I am tired, but I must go on. Do you remember the evil dragons?" Michael furrowed his brows.

Gabriel instantly panicked, thinking that they got out due to Yahweh dying in the great war. And the seals weakened considerably.

"Did they escape!? We must meet with the devils and fallen immediately or we will be wiped out!" Gabriel was about to have a breakdown.

She remembered, every seraph and old angel that was alive that day did. How could they not? When three of the strongest evil dragons ran through heaven's gates while Yahweh was still alive.

Meaning that heaven was it its peak strength. Gods strengthen their domain and vice versa.

If they did it today, they were sure that they would be annihilated, even with Samael's curses being available to them.

The evil dragons were that terrible. Even one of the top ten strongest beings incurred massive losses to them in his own turf. While being the ultimate dragonslayer.

"No Gabby, the seals were undone... But their warden is walking around out there. And he possesses Caliburn. You know who that is right?" Michael felt a migraine coming.

"Mordred? Arthur and Guinevere's son? Then quickly, we have to get him here to heaven. He's the hero of the realm. We should make him an honorary seraph at least." Gabriel was in a hurry to retrieve him.

"That's the problem Gabby... He hates the church. And he also has four Longinus wielders with him. Maybe five if Alphecca tyrant evolves further..." Michael kept tabs on him.

And the spies in the underworld mentioned that he has four of them, which is outrageous. Not to mention that he could reel in the heavenly dragons.

After all, they can't be in the same group if he couldn't control them.

"W-wha?" Gabriel blinked dumbly. "Then that means he can already be considered a faction of his own then!" Gabriel shouted in shock.

"Yes... And Zenith Tempest is in their midst. Mordred could also be considered the strongest sacred gear. Past, future, and present. And that's not counting his prowess with Caliburn. Which according to Griselda, is almost on par with the true Longinus." Michael felt his stomach churn with anxiety.

He doesn't even know that they have another holy relic with them, that being Incinerate Anthem.

With Alphecca tyrant and Incinerate Anthem in their group. It eclipses even the church's possessions. After all, they have nothing except the Shroud of Turin.

Sephiroth Graal and the true Longinus isn't with them. Which instantly makes them a VVIP for the church. Not to mention they are untouchable.

The whole world owes Mordred a debt that cannot be paid. It is not an exaggeration to say that he saved the whole world.

Only the Hindu faction can defend themselves against the combined might of the evil dragons. It was only because they split that Yahweh was able to kill Crom Cruach, Azi Dahaka, and Apophis.

If they all rallied against heaven, Michael was sure that the world would be an apocalypse right now. And India might be the only place where people can live.

"Then what do we do?" Gabriel frowned and Michael sighed. "Nothing, I already put down a decree that his friends can do anything they want. The worst part is, Mordred apparently can already use one of them."

He remembered the description of Mordred when transformed. That was definitely how Grendel looked like. And he explained it to Gabriel.

"But he's so young!? He could already control Grendel? Won't he be an unstoppable juggernaut?" Gabriel was fearing for the human world's safety.

"Only time can tell Gabby. We need to make contact with him and apologize at least. His animosity against the church will bring us dire consequences." Michael looked like he was constipated.

They knew that his home was in the underworld. So it would be impossible to make contact with him. There is a ceasefire in place, but angels entering the underworld would definitely be seen as a declaration of war.

And heaven is in the worst position right now. Yahweh is dead, their numbers, the lowest. They don't even have Longinus wielders among them.

The devils have Sirzechs and Ajuka with them. They would be trampled on by the devils. What use is the church if they were just going to be cannon fodder against the super devils?

So they can do nothing but wait for Mordred to go out to the human world and attempt to lessen his animosity with the church.

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