[V1/C3] SHRINE

A moment later, while Rey was still dumbfoundedly confused about the situation, the entire space started reverberating. "W-WHAT'S GOING ON?! WHAT'S HAPPENING AGAIN?!" he shouted as he grabbed his head with both hands.

Moments later, the strong reverberations suddenly stopped. Rey just kept looking around his surroundings with a panicky look on his face.

Upon turning his head to his back, He felt an ominous presence coming from within the crater. Tired of all the unexpected situations, Rey fainted head first leaving his ass high above, making a wavy slope.

From within the crater, a big red hand with bulging red veins emerged as big as 1 meter; the hand which came out looked as though it was trying to break the portal apart.

A loud sound of something cracking continuously spread inside the crater, echoing in the entire volcano.

The huge hand that tried to break through reality came back in as though it already conceded, but a few moments later, a loud rumbling sound surfaced from the void. The sound kept on getting closer and louder with each second.

After the last rumbling sound came out of the void, an eerie silence followed through; after a moment of silence, suddenly, a very, very loud bang cried out in the open crater.

Outside the void, a huge crack continuously found itself emerging from the top of the black portal climbing up to almost 6 meters in height.

A matter of a nanosecond later, the portal cracked along with its space; the pillars of magma weren't able to contain the strong force of wind that came out of the portal and went crashing back down to its origins.

A loud and eerie roar came out right after the portal broke.

"ROAAAAAAAAR!!".

The unknown being took a step forward. His step was heavy, and the vibration it exuded left the magma outside in raging tides, splashing everywhere at the edge of the crater.

As the unknown being slowly came out of the black and empty void, a gigantic figure covered in dark crimson red, with two huge horns on its head and black-like eyes symbolizing emptiness, slowly emerged from the void.

"Ah... It's been so long ever since I've last tasted air from the outside world" it said while grinning.

The unidentified being took another heavy step, leaving a solid huge foot mark on the red hot magma. Taking a look at its surroundings, a gust of hot wind came crashing at his majestic body.

With another three steps forward, his entire body emerged from the black empty void.

Red crimson body and a tail symbolizing the identity of a devil, its body riddled with black ink in the form of ancient scriptures, with a towering height of 5.8 meters, along with its two huge horns on its forehead and a pair of crimson wings similar to that of a bat.

In its left hand, the being holds a huge red trident. He poked the rear end of the trident into the magma and laughed, creating a sudden explosion.

*BOOOM!*

"HAHAHAHAHA"; as he looked down below, he noticed that the leather he wore to cover his lower body got blown away as he broke through the portal.

"Hmm," he said, swirling his right index finger right after. As he swirled his index finger, a piece of leather appeared out of thin air.

"This should do," he said, as he wore the thick piece of leather to cover its bottom half. The being, which is the embodiment of the ruler of hell, looked up at the sky and professed, "Oh, #@#£ where art thou?" he longing said while staring at the blue skies.

As he kept looking up at the empty skies he saw another figure coming from miles away. "Hm?" he questioned to himself, 'Who's this cannon fodder?.'

The devil stood there waiting for its arrival, as the unknown figure kept closing in on him, he saw a bright light exuding from it. "Gah... What an unpleasant light..." he said as he watched his prey.

The being slowly showed its distinct features to the Devil as she flew past several meters within his field of vision. A human, No! A Divine Goddess of the Sun, a God from the Japanese Mythology of the Shinto Religion, a feature which cannot be described which is above Divine, wearing a shamans robe and a bright half circular light with dull edges at her back.

The Goddess kept flying at a speed which made her arrive in a nick of time before the Devil caused havoc in the Mortal World.

A nanosecond later, upon arriving at the volcano, the Goddess stopped at the edge of the crater, floating 20 meters above ground.

The Goddess looked at the Devil and spoke, "Satan, what's your business of beings here? Appearing once again in the mortal world?" she asked.

Satan answered with a sneer, "Oh Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu, it seems that I've come to the wrong place." Satan answered with his back bent forward, showing her a respectful gesture, but hidden within this facade were mockery and disdain towards the Goddess.

***

Before the portal appears.

At the Grand Shrine of Ise (Ise Jingū), located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan.

An elderly woman in her 80s wearing a white robe called hakui with a pair of red hakama called hibakama, was sweeping the pathway to the shrine.

A moment later, she sensed an unimaginably dark and murky divinity, "W-what..." She shakenly said with fear in her eyes. Unable to control her fear, she let go of the broom shaft.

Frozen in fear, the elderly woman was reminded of what her teacher told her several years ago.

***

A man in his thirties vividly appeared in the elderly's mind. The man's appearance is like that of any other, with long black hair and black eyes reflecting his soft personality. The man in the woman's dream was mortally wounded.

At death's door, the man desperately tried his best to cling to his life for his last disciple."Reiko, I know that you can do it... even with or without my help... You'll definitely succeed..." He said with a smile on his face right before dying.

***

Remembering her teachers words, she unfroze herself from fear, "HAAAA!" she shouted with a drop of tear in her eyes, without a moment of rest, she hurriedly went back into the shrine.

As Reiko arrived at the shrine, she then rang the bell five times.

*DING*

Hearing the bell rung multiple times, reaching the coded message whenever an emergency occurs, Eight other elderly Shrine maidens arrived at the shrine.

As the elderly women gathered, one elder asked Reiko with a concerned look in her eyes, "What happened Reiko-sama?"

Reiko didn't answer and immediately told them to follow her, "Please follow me, everyone!"

The Eight elderly looked at each other with their mind filled with unanswered questions. Though the most senior shrine maiden asked them to follow her, the others couldn't refute it.