I want to live!

"GuuuuruugaaaAAAAAAAA!"

The dragon's roar echoed in the ears of all present.

"Is that... Drako?"

Shuri muttered.

Kuroka was unable to hide the smile on her face. But someone else did not seem happy with this outcome.

"Tsk. That damned devil is useless, why hasn't he killed that little dragon? And to think that a mere child would complicate our mission. Well, I'm not going to waste any more time, and I'm going to kill you now."

As such, the fallen angel created a lance of light in his hand. He did not hesitate for a moment to hurl the spear of light at Shuri, his first target.

He was already preparing another spear of light when he felt his connection to the spear of light had been severed. His senses of alarm warned him, and he quickly dodged to one side.

A sort of black circle brushed past him. To Suriel's surprise, he could tell that these circles were so dangerous that they could easily cut through his skin.

He, as an experienced fallen angel, could tell what these circles were after observing them for a brief moment.

"Kasha... How fucking troublesome. Hey, Nekomata, why don't you go fuck yourself? You're not part of Grigori, you don't have to defend them. Save me a problem, kid, and leave this place."

Suriel had nothing against this Nekomata, his mission was only to kill Shuri, Akeno, and Raynare. Usually, he would not let the Nekomata out. Still, the invariance of her and the dragon on the outside left his wrists bound with mytrhil rope.

Kuroka only smiled at Suriel's question. The man should at least ask politely, no? Especially if you are requesting a bodyguard to stop covering for her employer, even though Kuroka is doing this for free.

"Mmmm... it's a tempting offer-Nya. What should I do? What should I do? This fallen angel-san seems strong and dangerous, but Drako told me that I should take care of these girls. But I don't want to lose my life either... I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do."

Kuroka knew what she was doing right now. As much as she liked to annoy people, she was doing it with a purpose in mind.

"Maybe I have to ask more people's opinion. For example, Himejima Akeno-chan."

Kuroka pointed to the little Akeno, who was shaking as she hid behind her mother.

"...Yes?" she asked hesitantly.

"What should I do? Should I risk my life for people I have known for only a few weeks? Or should I go and help the man I am in love with? What do you think, Akeno? What would you do if you were in my place?"

Kuroka was asking Akeno, because it was useless to ask Raynare because of her weak mental state, and because asking Shuri would be foolish. Akeno was the most innocent person in this place, so Suriel shouldn't raise his guard a bit.

Kuroka was not only doing this to taunt Suriel, but it also was but to buy time for Drako. She could sense that the lifespan of the devil had been drastically reduced, although she was not quite sure why. But one thing was clear, Drako was going to win against that devil.

"I... I don't know, I don't know. I just want to live. I don't want to die, Kuroka-neesama. First, it was the strange men the other day, and now it's this bad man who hurt Raynare-neechan who wants to kill me too. Why can't I live?"

Akeno's words softened Kuroka's heart. They had brought back memories of the past, and she had willingly participated in inhuman experiments just so that she and Shirone could survive. Kuroka had felt despair, probably the same as Akeno was feeling at the moment.

Kuroka reached out to little Akeno and stroked the little girl's head.

"Do not worry, Kuroka-neesama and Drako will take care of all the bad guys. You don't have to worry about anything, okay?"

Akeno looked into Kuroka's eyes, and the Nekoshou could see that, though still a bit frightened, Akeno had some hope in her pure purple eyes.

"Yes!"

That's when the earth shook.

A ray of light passed through the window, frightening everyone in the inner courtyard of the shrine.

"That's..."

"Sacred Light."

Shuri had begun to speak, trying to guess the source of that ray of light. The one who responded was Suriel, for that sacred light was very similar to the one he had, although a bit different.

If that dragon was capable of using the holy attribute, the devil with the name Mammon was going to have a lot of trouble. In fact, Suriel was already telling Mammon how he died in combat.

Not only was the devil facing a dragon, but the dragon had control over the sacred attribute. It is common knowledge that the nemesis of the devils is the sacred attribute, and there is no need to mention the terrifying creatures that dragons are.

That's when Suriel realised.

After so many years of life and missions both in Grigori and in his new organisation, Suriel had made a fatal mistake.

He had underestimated the enemy.

From the first moment, he thought this was going to be an easy and simple mission. All he had to do was kill a woman with a bit of skill in eradicating spirits and her daughter. For that simple mission, the first group of thirty were more than enough.

But these unknown variables had to come into play...

That little dragon that with a bow had eliminated the two groups, fallen angels and devils, before they could even reach 100 meters away.

A dragon with a bow, that was just too incredible.

To deal with that variable, the upper-class devil Mammon had been displaced to neutralise it. At the very least, the devil had to entertain the dragon while Suriel had to finish off the rest of the targets.