As they were heading towards the place where the strange aura was from they could hear the sounds of heavy explosions, impacts, and screams of pain. It was obvious that someone was in a battle and winning.
From behind they heard the massive roar and a purple and black explosion of flames. Esdeath looked back and nodded in respect.
"Tyrant has gained some serious firepower. That is a Dragon King for you."
Vritra emerged from Raynare to gaze back.
"If we were all in our prime, he would stand in the middle."
Kurayami was proud of his first familiar. The prideful creature was extremely strong now. When they got to the origin of the battle Kurayami raised his hand to keep the weaker-willed members from looking.
"I would not look if I were you if you are squeamish."
Kouki ignored him and looked on. Kurayami shrugged and lit up the whole area with burning spears of light. As for what they saw it was sickening.
"Ugh!"
Natsume's involuntary reaction was a loss for words and disgust. What was revealed by the fire was a ghastly scene coated with blood. Annabeth on the other hand saw just how brutal Koga had become with some respect in her gaze.
All throughout the area, their lay dead bodies wearing business suits had been turned into gruesome corpses. Those who had been chopped to pieces, those whose arms and legs had been ripped off, and those whose heads had been smashed in. Kurayami whistled as it took power to do that.
He picked up one corpse by his shirt and watched as it began to fall apart. Shigune, Natsume, and Tobio looked away in absolute disgust. Raynare kicked one of the corpses and smiled at just how broken he was.
"One hit. This guy died in one hit."
Natsume looked over at them with big disgust. She was still a normal person recently so this was really gross for her.
"How are you so calm. That is a person's corpse."
Esdeath shrugged as she nudged one that had a smashed-in head. She reached into the open skull and pulled out the brain to play with it.
"We have done worse. Remember that cultist group in England?"
Kurayami and the girls nodded with some reminiscing looks. Natsume was confused at what they meant.
"What cultist group?"
Akeno explained what they mean.
"We killed and tortured a cultist group who sacrificed children trying to summon Lucifer. It failed, but we still got paid."
Raynare looked at Tobio as she saw him look away.
"Don't look away. Try and get used to it."
As much as he wanted to listen, the scene had become something he couldn't bear to look at. Lavinia used some magic to create some light and directed the light at something in the dark. What they saw standing there were a single boy and a dog-like creature.
He had unkempt black hair set with gold highlights here and there, and an indescribably ominous aura coiled around his entire body. Kurayami looked at his right arm and what was something resembling a gauntlet.
"Seems they are trying to imitate the Boosted Gear. Crude work at best."
Koga looked towards the light while he was wiping the blood of the men off his face with his hand. Koga noticed that Shigune was there and spoke up with joy.
"Oh, if it ain't Nanadaru. (Shigune's last name.) So you came back. Something going on."
When he noticed familiar faces he began to count them with his hands. Kurayami felt his mind had taken a toll as it took him way longer to count than it should. He was breathing heavily and it seems he was slow on the uptake. He slowly spoke and had a blank look bordering on stupid.
"Let's see, Tobio, Natsume, and Kouki. Some more that I never saw. By any chance, are you the rest of the Four Fiends? When did it become the 5 fiends? Is that a bear or a dog?"
He looked at Shin, very confused, and back to his side. What came out of his shadow looked like a mass of fur. To Kurayami it looked similar to a black-furred dog.
It seemed to have all the characteristics of a dog, but the fur was covering the area around the eyes, its face was indiscernible. Having noticed Kurayami's intense gaze on the dog-like creature, Koga spoke.
"Aah, this is Blitz. He's what you'd call my Sacred Gear."
Kurayami felt that was weird.
"I have a pet named Blitz. What a coincidence."
However, Koga's gaze was stuck on Shin who looked bigger, scarier, and just more ominous than Blitz. If Blitz was like a dark shadow, Shin was like an abyss that if you looked into it would swallow you up. Blitz looked down and avoided Shin's look.
"By any chance, is he the real fourth fiend?"
Kurayami shook his head and approached the boy.
"No, Shin here is my Sacred Gear and of a higher class than yours. While yours is in the highest class bordering a Longinus it just does not measure up. How about you bud?"
Blitz walked forward and Kurayami scratched the dog-like creature on the chin. Koga was shocked as Blitz seems to not like anyone, but him. Koga shrugged and walked away. He expected Blitz to leave with him, but he stayed behind as he liked his chin rubs. Koga kept walking and didn't even notice. Akeno whispered in Kurayami's ear.
"Brother. Is he missing a few screws?"
Kurayami nodded.
"Seems his mind is slow. I think the experiments they did on him messed with his brain."
Annabeth waved her hand in front of his face to see how he reacted. He followed her a hand a little before he got bored.
"Well, whatever. Leaving that aside, It seems our guests have some business with us."
From out of the depths of the mountain, what appeared together in magic light was a bunch of magicians and witches. Leading them was an old man who was the best magician they had as Agusta was dead.
When Azrael attacked the Utsemi Organization, they were of on a mission so they sruived.
"We have been surrounded,"
Lavinia spoke as she gazed at the magicians. As she had said, people who appeared to be many magicians wearing robes had surrounded them.
The old man observed Kurayami and the others one by one while narrowing his eyes. Before he spoke Kurayami spoke up.
"Drop your wands in three seconds or you will be turned into mincemeat. "
The magicians all glared at him and were pissed.
"We magicians will not fear a fallen angel scum. You don't look like anyone famous so surrender."
He raised his wand and a huge number of magic circles were created. Kurayami looked over at Esdeath and she understood. She walked forward alone and slowly drew her rapier.
Natsume felt the dense killing intent coming from her and shuddered. It made the guy from earlier look like a flicker. Esdeath suddenly vanished and appeared on the other side and had a cold look on her face. Her rapier was back in its sheet after she drew it.
The magicians except the old man were cut into pieces. She walked back and kicked him in the thigh, breaking it. He screamed in pain and she drove her rapier into his back.
"I hit you in a non-fatal area. I can do this for hours, so what are you here for?"
He didn't say a word, but his body began to wither and die. Seems he used a fail-safe to kill himself. Esdeath pulled her rapier and put it back in her sheath. Kurayami looked around as she did not even use a single aspect of her Longinus. These guys were too weak for it.
"Well done. Is that all or can we go home."
Koga had a slow look on his face and tilted his head.
"I didn't see her move. How?"
Kurayami patted him on the back as he felt a tiny amount of pity for him.
"She is just that fast. How about coming to Grigori. You can be just as strong, or give me your-"
A pair of hands covered his mouth and he felt a huge pair of tits wrapping around his head. Kuroka had turned into a human while on top of him so she had slid down to cover his mouth.
"Nya. You have enough."
His eyes squinted and he mumbled that it was not enough.
"Nya. You have me and unlike them, you can eat me up later on. "
She licked his ear and he calmed down. Natsume, Kouki, Shigune, and Koga looked at Kuroka who had cat ears and two tails. Koga was the most confused as his damaged brain struggled to answer the question he had.
"The cat became a model. How?"
Kurayami looked at Koga and introduced her.
"This is Kuroka, one of my fiances. Isn't she gorgeous?"
Some of them gawked and were left speechless. Koga looked at her and back to Kurayami.
"You said one of them. More than one.'
He nodded.
"In the supernatural world having many wives is not uncommon for stronger beings. of course, it is not that simple, but strength is part of it."
Esdeath and Raynare could be open with it, but It was too early for Akeno though.
"We are also his finances. The thing about Kurayami is that he does not pursue one, but he already is getting one. It just the way he is that won our hearts."
Annabeth, Natsume, and Lavinia all hugged him tight as he was perfect. Annabeth looked at them with a smile.
"If you want one too, here is what you need to do. Be handsome, strong, and make sure that you are not a prick. That's all there is to it."
Raynare shook her rhead.
"You also need to make sure you don't neglect any of your finances or wives. Kurayami has that covered as he spends all day with us. There is almost never a moment he is not with us so we are very close."
Tobio looked at his cousin and decided to ask something.
"How did it happen?"
Kurayami thought about it and gave his answer.
"I guess I wanted to be loved so I surrounded myself with women I got along with. In time feelings just started and it makes me happy. That is all there is to it."
Jack was not single as he was dating a young fallen girl who was his age. He met her while exploring Grigori so he understood. She had even tried to introduce her friends to him which he was rather open about.
"I agree."
The girls nodded who were with Kurayami all nodded. They understood that while he was rather scary, he just wanted to be strong enough to protect his loved ones. Now that they got that out the way, Shigune asked something important.
"What happened to our classmates?"
Raynare explained it to her as it was no big deal.
"They were already treated and are back in their normal lives."
Koga thought about it and as a result of his brain damage, it took him a bit to think.
"You did help them."
Kurayami deiced to offer them a place in Grigori as they did not have anywhere else to go.
"Would you be interested to go to Grigori for a time? I think it is the best option you got right now."
Shigune accepted as Poh was dangerous so she needed a way to control him.
"I don't have anywhere to go anyway.
Kurayami sat on a big rock and brought out his pets. Zhang, Aurora, and Blitz all got attention as it was interesting. Shigune had seen Tyrant so now that he had more out it made her curious about them
"How many do you have so many?"
Kurayami picked up Zhang to show off the little guy who was happy at the attention.
"I am a beast tamer. We tame beasts for either fighting or like me for fun and fighting."
They just sat around waiting for Baraqiel to finish as he could handle himself and he had Vali and Tyrant with him after all.
(ten minutes earlier.)
After Baraqiel, Vali and Tyrant had parted they had been advancing towards the mountain area by following the familiar aura of his former friend. The place they arrived at was an aged Shinto shrine that had been a site of worship in the village. He did not enter as a fallen angel and a devil were not part of Japanese origin.
It would be inappropriate for Barakiel and Vali to set foot on the site of the shrine without the permission of the gods worshiped in this country. It was a way to avoid trouble by offending the gods. Baraiqel did not know that Amaterasu would not care at all.
She was after all interested in Kurayami, so she would not get mad at his father. Still seeing the Shrine reminded him of how he met his wife. Suddenly he heard a calm voice and Tyrant began to growl while white and black lightning roared off his body.
"What you are remembering was how you met your wife right? Who would have known that your child would be born with a Longinus? How funny it is that the Incinerate Anthem was given to a fallen angel, who couldn't be further away from God "
They looked towards the direction the voice had come from. The one who appeared from the shadow of a large tree was a tall man dressed in a fallen angel-use battlesuit. He smiled and looked at the Shrine, but he looked horrifying.
"Choosing this place was not an accident. I wanted to see how you would react when you find out your wife will die tonight"
The moment the words came out of Satanael's mouth Braqiel was enraged. Tyrant seemed about to enter outrage mode for the first time as he had known Shuri for years and even liked her. Satanael looked at the dragon as he saw it as cute.
"Where did you get that? I do not think we had any tamed dragons in Grigori."
Baraqiel didn't care about that.
"SHUT UP! WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!"
Satanael smiled as he scratched his head. He looked very different from the last time Baraqiel had seen him. Large patches of his skin were pitch black and his right eye was covered by an eye patch.
His right arm seemed to be totally covered in strange symbols that unnerved Baraqiel. The most shocking thing was the fact his heart was glowing so intensely making it visible under his clothes and ribs.
"A group of people from the Himejima, devils and some fallen who hate you are going towards your home to kill your wife. I heard that you have a child on the way and sad to say it will never see the light of day."
Baraqiel was enraged and yet he knew his son asked Azrael to keep his wife safe and calmed his rage. He would still kill Satanael for that risk.
"Before we kill you, why did you leave Grigori, Satanael? We were friends for centuries, we fought side by side in the Great War. Why? What is wrong with you?"
Satanael snapped his fingers and Eight or nine people came out. It was Satanael's proteges, the 'Abyss Team'. Satanael explained his obsession and something of what he did.
"I just desire the same Sacred Gear possibilities as the other researchers. However, Azazel had no intention of doing what was needed. I found a spacial-related Sacred Gear by chance and it got me thinking. What if there were other dimensions? I used my research into sacred gears to explore the possibility of other dimensions and I succeeded. They exist Baraqel."
Baraqiel and Vali did not expect that. Baraqiel drew his sword as he loomed at his former fiend.
"What did you do Satanael?"
Satanael made a complicated expression in response to Barakiel's statement. His right arm shook as the runes covered more parts of his body. Satanael shook his head and resolved his will.
"Oh this, I nearly made a pact with an extradimensional being. In exchange for parts of my body, I have transcended the limits of what a mere moral is. My body at this moment is a host of the extradimensional power. Only I can't use it just yet."
Vali did not feel that he was strong at all.
"How strong did you become Satanael?"
Sataneal thought of it and smiled happily.
"Strong enough to fight even the mighty Azrael. Of course, this body can't handle it so my master is fixing it for me. Once I as his vessel am ready, this world shall be his to devour and mine to rule."
Baraqiel did not believe it at all.
"If you were, you would not be talking to us right now?"
Satanela waved him off.
"Oh please, I am letting you live right now. If I fight right now, I will kill you, yes, but my body will break down. My master expects more from me than just you weaklings."
Barakiel suddenly felt Koga's artificial balance breaker and directed his gaze towards it.
"That's your work as well?"
Satanael nodded.
"It's merely the theory of myself and Azazel quickly showing its form. I won't deny though that it was a considerably flawed method. Our theory was splendid, but Azazel is a fool. Tell him I recommend he research into other dimensions. He might find something magical like I did."
Baraqiel felt the need to test it. A storm of lightning emerged from him as he rushed at who dodged out of the way easily. Baraqiel attacked hundreds of times as he fired his holy lightning at full power to kill Sataneal. He just kept dodging and never bothered to block.
"Temper, temper. You will get your turn, but not now. Appreciate that I can't act just yet. I also will be killing your son and taking his new Longinus just as soon as I can. I need maybe 3 years. Once that is done, I will be ready."
At that moment Tyrant forced himself into outrage mode. He grew two more wings and grew even bigger. Lighting and fire course through his body as he launched it as a gigantic beam.
"Not going to work lizard not anymore.
Baraqiel remembered what this was.
'Forest of Bewilderment, but it is different.'
Satanael and his class vanished and the three of them were left annoyed with smoldering earth. Tyrant calmed himself down as he felt he needed to let his master know of this. He flew off into the sky as Vali looked at Baraqiel.
"Other dimensions?"
Baraqiel was worried a bit at the idea.
"If it is true, we need to tell Azazel and Kurayami. Who knows what kind of monser Sataneal will bring here if we do not kill him before then."