161 Devise

"That bastard Hades is actually mobilizing." Azazel spat out in disgust as he sensed a horde of people approaching their location. They were back in the hotel they were in. Those people approaching them were Hades' Grim Reapers.

"What should we do, Sensei? We can't fight out in public. " Irina asked him. Azazel rubbed his chin.

"Do you still remember the place where we fought Loki?" Azazel asked her. Irina nodded.

"I do. Shall I do it now?" Irina asked while raising Caliburn a little. Azazel nodded and Irina slashed Caliburn downwards, creating a tear in the space.

Everyone arrived at the abandoned mine which used to be the battlefield where they faced Loki.

"This should buy us enough time to rest and plan our next moves." Rias whispered. Le Fay sighed loudly, gathering everyone's attention.

" An official notification came from the main headquarter. To explain it simply, it said 'Vali team tried to do a coup d'état by deceiving Ophis and making the organization become theirs. Ophis was rescued safely by Hero-faction. Terminate any remaining Vali team members when found'. " Le Fay reported, shocking all.

" Wait. Ophis-sama is safe! The Hero Faction's the one that tried to do a coup d'etat." Kuroka shouted in disbelief.

" They really are terrible. " Koneko whispered.

" So it turned out like that. The Vali team is not only being targeted by the Hero-faction, but things turned out like this when they were trying to grant Ophis's wish. What hardship. " Azazel let out a sigh. The price of doing what the Vali Team wanted finally came to them. Le Fay was downcast.

"We checked on the mysteries of the World beginning from Great Red-san, looking for legendary strong people, and sometimes making Ophis-sama's wish true.....But it seems like the Hero-faction found us a nuisance because we have powers. Also Seigfried-sama hated us a lot. Especially since he didn't find it amusing that his former rival, my brother Arthur, came to this group...." She muttered. Rias was curious.

" What are the mysteries of the World? I also can't understand what you're doing about the legendary strong people. " She asked her.

" Yes. We started off with the secret about Great Red-san swimming at the dimensional gap. The extinct civilisation. The technology of the lost continent of Mu and the continent of Atlantis.

Also searched on parallel universes. We also went to look at the Yggdrasill from Norse mythology. Also the anecdote of legendary strong people and search on the Heroes or creatures whose status, either dead or alive, is unknown. Sometimes we do terrorism but we rarely do them..... " Le Fay answered her questions.

" So you guys are like adventurers. " Akeno pointed out to which Le Fay nodded.

" Yes! We have great adventures every day! We also fought strong people then. Vali-sama is also trying to find where the beings refered to as dragons came from. Also he's looking into the reason between the big fight of the Two-Heavenly dragons. Also if we can find a new Longinus. That is also one of the things we search!" Le Fay answered passionately.

" I take my words back. You guys aren't adventurers. You're just guys who have nothing to do. " Akeno giggled.

"I think Vali-sama's purists on things is an influence from Governor-sama." Le Fay added that at the end. Hearing that Azazel made a sigh and put on lazy eyes.

His face looked like that of a father who heard the report on his naughty son. Le Fay smiles.

"By the way Governor-sama. It has been a Longinus parade lately hasn't it. Is the person in possession of 'Canis Lykaon' who is with the Grigori doing alright?" She asked him. Azazel looked at the sky.

"Canis Lykaon, Slash Dog huh. He is doing a different mission. That is also quite a troublesome case. He hated Vali. "

" Yes, I have heard." Le Fay chuckled. They them made some more small talk.

"I also found one more similar point. The way they use their Longinus isn't the same as how it was until now. Most of the possessors are finding different ways to use it and it is increasing their strength.....Have the current kids surpassed our expectations...Yes, there are some but still..... " Azazel started to think by himself again. Once he goes off into his own world, Azazel doesn't come back that easily.

Suddenly, Azazel's and everyone's thoughts were disrupted as they felt an immense aura appearing in their group. They looked to see it was Ophis.

"Ophis-sama! If you're back, does that mean....."

" Not yet. It'll take days for him to be revived unfortunately. And I am a clone sent by the original Ophis who is currently working together with Great Red on reviving him. " Ophis, who is actually a clone explained to them. They were sad to hear that Issei wouldn't be back anytime soon.

"Wait, if you're a clone then how strong are you?" Azazel asked out of curiosity.

"Infinity divided by infinity is still infinity. My powers are endless." Ophis answered. Azazel hummed.

To him and probably everyone else, her powers were very interesting and very hard to understand. But that's what makes it interesting in the first place.

Sona raised her hand a little. "Hey Ophis. There's something I want to ask. Why did you save Asia and Irina back then? " She asked her. The fireball Georg released against Asia and Irina, Ophis acted as their wall and protected them. Everyone became curious.

" They give me tea and they played cards with me. " She answered shortly. Rias was dumbfounded.

" Th-that's it? " Ophis nodded at Rias' question.

'Maybe she isn't as bad of a person we thought she was. ' Sona thought in her mind. Irina and Asia thanked Ophis profusely. Azazel smirked as he sensed Hades' Grim Reapers slowly approaching them.

"They don't know who they're messing with." Kiba whispered as he sensed them too.

" Well if the Grim Reapers are here, then they have predicted certain types of resistance from Ophis. But us and Ophis' powers are extremely unknown too, so they're the ones who're in a disadvantage here. " He muttered and looked at Le Fay.

" Le Fay. You are talented in using magic like Kuroka right? Is there anyway to get help from people from the other factions if we need it? Or is there anyway to get at least a few members out of here?" He asked her because he himself sucked at using Magic.

" Oh yes, I have made my own magic Teleportation and communication circles. How many people do you want me to take?" She asked back. Azazel looked at Irina.

"Irina and Xenovia. Go and tell the truth about the Hero faction and coup d'état of Hades to Sirzechs and the heavens." Azazel ordered her with a serious expression.

"What about Ravel?" She asked him. Ravel shook her head.

" No. We don't know their numbers, the more the better. They have come to take us, Vali-san and Ophis-san down so they should have a lot of them. If we have Hades even use the clone of Ophis over here for evil deeds, we won't know what will happen to this World! " Ravel argued. She takes deep care of her comrades, so she must have wanted to fight alongside them till the last moment.

"Alright then. Ravel is staying." Azazel nodded and looked at Xenovia.

" You will go to the Underworld while Irina will be going to Heaven. Is that clear?" He asked them sternly to which they nodded back seriously.

Like this Xenovia and Irina will be leaving from here so they can alert about the crisis. Le Fay brought them to someone else so she could alter the formula of transportation magic circle since she wants to insert the basic information of Xenovia and Irina into the formula.

Before leaving this place, Le Fay gave Xenovia a single sword. "T-this is!" Irina widened her eyes.

That was the last Excalibur sword which was in possession of Arthur Pendragon. It's something called Excalibur Ruler.

"Please take this. It is something which my brother asked me to take with me. I couldn't find the right time to give it to you, but I thought now was a good time. That sword is something which has no use to us anymore." Le Fay explained.

" Is it okay? " Xenovia asked which she nodded.

"Thank you very much Le Fay-san. I thought people who carry the blood of heroes are scary, but there are nice people among them indeed!"

"Fufufu. I am honored. Though I am called a weirdo along with my brother. "

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Meanwhile, Azazel knocked on his knees.

"Now Rias, Sona. We will think about the plan to eradicate our foolish attackers. Who do you suggest for taking them on? " He asked them. Sona pushed up her glasses.

" I suggest Kiba. " Sona suggested. Rias nodded.

"Same goes for me. Kiba can use The Teleport and The Immovable to bind them in their place. Then he can use The Fragrant Olive Sword to finish them off in one attack. We'll cover him while he prepares the technique. " Rias explained. Azazel looked at Kiba who nodded back silently. He grinned.

"Then it's settled then! Anything else?

To be continued.....

(After I'm done with the Demonic Beast Riot arc, which is the current arc. This book will end as Volume 1 to the 'Issei's Redemption' story. I will continue it, but I have other books that I'm interested in writing.)