110 Rescue & Killing

"Oh right!"

"What is it, dear?"

"Before we continue our vacation, can we visit the other country first?"

"What for? I don't really mind."

"There is this individual that really needs saving. Not only that, this individual is the key individual that can prevent the End of the World scenario."

"What?"

I nod my head and sit down next to her and say.

"This individual is called Valerie Tepes. She is a princess of a vampire clan."

"If she is a princess, why is she the key to the End of the World scenario?"

"She is the holder of a powerful Sacred Gear or Artifact inside her body."

"Really? What kind of artifact did she have?"

"It was called Holy Grail. This artifact can resurrect a long-dead powerful creature like an evil dragon or a legendary hero of the past and enslave them."

"That is…"

"Powerful? Yes, it is. However, what makes it even more powerful is its power to unlock the cage of the most powerful beast in this world. This beast is called the beast of the apocalypse. The beast of the end. Its name is Trihexa."

"Why does anyone want to release this beast?"

"There is an old man that wants to release this beast to cause as much chaos as he can. He wants to release it because he is bored with his life."

"What? Just because he is bored?"

"Yup. He is the son of the first king of the devil. He thinks that he is the embodiment of evil and needs to show it to the world."

"Where is this young woman?"

"Romania."

"Do you know the exact location?"

"Sadly, no."

"Then how could we rescue her?"

"That… I did not think about it, to be honest. I think that we only go to Romania and… you know, rescue her."

Lucina shakes her head before saying.

"How about we visit this country first? She must have a unique energy that only she has inside her body. Or we could search for a location that has a large amount of energy."

"That is a great idea."

"Thank you. Now, come on. We need to prepare."

However, before I go and prepare for our vacation/rescue mission, I walk to Ophis and say.

"Ophis, can I ask you a favor?"

Ophis tilted her head and nodded.

"I want Rizevim dead and take the Sephiroth Graal from him. If you do this for us, I promise to let you come here every day, and we also bring you to our world."

Ophis looks to the ground for a minute before looking me in the eyes and says.

"I want cookies."

"I will also bake you cookies every single day as well."

"Promise?"

"Yes. I promise in the name of the Lionheart family."

"En. Open portal."

"Thank you."

Nodding my head, I prepare for our departure to Romania and open up the portal to the outside world, where I see Ophis open up another portal and begin to fulfill her end of a deal. I know it is sound manipulative, but I don't really care if the target is Rizevim.

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|Kuroka POV|

Right now, we are in the meeting room in our current HQ. In front of me is Vali, the leader of our group. To our left are the remains of the Hero Faction. After the death of Cao Cao and most of the upper-class heroes, the Hero faction begins to lose prestige, and most of its members already defected.

Look like even the brainwash they do to their members cannot hide the fact that the Hero Faction cannot compete with the other faction.

Next to the Hero faction is the Hexennacht. Hexennacht is a group of stray magicians who band together after being banished, exiled, and hunted by the legal magician organization. Their leader is Walburga.

Walburga is one of the humans that many Ultimate Class devils fear. Not only can she spell at high speed, but she is also the holder of Incinerate Anthem, a Longinus type Sacred Gear. Just touching the flame created by the Incinerate Anthem can cause serious damage to a High-Class devil.

Lastly, there is the Old Satan Faction. The one leading this group is Rizevim Livan Lucifer. The son of the original Lucifer. He is one of the most powerful demons I have ever encountered. His aura is so twisted and dark that it almost makes me puke when I first meet him.

There is another chair left empty. This chair is the chair prepared for the leader of the Khaos Brigade, Ophis. However, lately, she did not attend the Khaos Brigade meeting. The other members already begin to feel worried because, by the end of the day, many factions did not declare war against them because they are under Ophis's wing.

Many factions that know about their existence are willing to give us support because they know that our leader is Ophis, the dragon of infinity. If we don't have Ophis on our side, we will not get much support as we do now.

I snap from my thoughts when I see a familiar portal appear next to the empty chair. A second later, Ophis comes out from the portal.

"Ah! Welcome back, Ophis-sama! We are…"

Before Rizevim could finish his sentences, a pitch-black ball of destruction punched through Rizevim's chest, creating a massive hole in the middle of his chest.

Rizevim, who has shocked expressions look at Ophis and ask in a low voice.

"W-Why?"

However, instead of answering his question, Ophis created a spike made of her energy and stabbed Rizevim from all sides, killing the leader of the Old Satan Faction.

Seeing their leader is dead, Shabal Beelzebub and Euclid Lucifuge try to get revenge on their leader. However, before they could reach Ophis, a pitch-black dome appeared around Shabal and Euclid. This dome, made of energy, starts to eat them from the inside out, and after a minute of screaming and begging, there is nothing left inside the dome.

I couldn't help but gulp at the sight of a power show. Sometimes I forgot that Ophis is one of the most powerful beings in this world. Even Rizevim, a devil that can fight toe-to-toe against Sirzechs Lucifer, is dead within a second.

Ophis then begins to destroy the clothes of Rizevim before taking a cup from the body of the old devil. What kind of cup is that? Is that some sort of sacred gear? What kind of sacred gear makes Ophis kill her ally?

"En!"

When I see a portal appear next to Ophis, I quickly stop her from stepping into the portal.

"Ophis-sama! Wait, nya!"

"Mu?"

"Can I ask why you kill the old devil? I know he is annoying but is it a good idea to kill him? He is one of the most powerful members of Khaos Brigade, after all, nya~."

"Disbanded"

"What?"

"Khaos Brigade disbanded."

I look at Ophis with my mouth wide open and look at her in confusion and shock. What did she mean by disbanded? Does that mean they did not have the protection of Ophis anymore? Meaning that Khaos Brigade is officially becoming a terrorist group rather than a group to get Great Red away from the Dimension Gap?

I'm too shocked to stop Ophis, who walks inside the portal with the cup she got from the old devil in her hand.