Chapter 30-Three Factions, Part 2

"How's he doing, Cloud?" I asked my subordinate when we got home and everyone else had already gone to their rooms.

"He's doing fine. It has a huge potential. Its mechanism doesn't just work on me, it suppresses everyone else and stops time for them, " he said, pointing to Gasper, who didn't look the same anymore. It seems that only half a day has passed, and he is already practically a different person. Men's clothing, straight posture, more confidence in the look now. Although he was still unsure of himself, he no longer looked like a complete social phobe. After talking with simple guys from the squad Clauda, he became a little more confident in this environment.

- Hey, Gasper, come here, " Cloud shouted, beckoning Gasper over to us.

"Captain! Greetings, Mr. Gaap! He greeted us with feigned confidence, but I could tell that his knees were shaking.

- Don't worry so much, Gasper. Be a little more confident, everyone is here. Remember forever, you can always be confident among your family and friends, as well as among weaklings. Those who are weaker than you simply can't hurt you, so they aren't worthy of your fear! I said to his face to Gasper.

"That's right! – Stop it! " he shouted.

"That's right! "Now come with me and teach you how to use your machine," I said.

"Okay," he said more confidently, running after me.

We went out to a large flat stadium, without any obstacles, where we just stood in front of each other.

- Well, "Gasper, attack," I said simply.

- what? – What is it? " he asked, cocking his head.

- Attack, Gasper. I always believed that the best training is a fight. The most important thing is to use your mechanism and try to influence me with it, even if you can't do it. Don't try to freeze your entire body at once, start small. First, freeze at least your opponent's fingernail, then your finger, and then your entire hand. And so on to the whole body. Start small and then you can achieve more, " I said simply, straightening up and pointing my hand at Gasper.

"And yes, I will also attack," I said, smiling sweetly.

"Eh?" was all he managed to say Gasper, when a small fireball flew at him.

He quickly jumped back, acting more on instinct than awareness, and prepared to attack. At Gasper's, I couldn't do anything at all until I lowered my resistance to a minimum and locked up most of the chaos energy inside me.

The next few hours were not very fun for Gasper, because he had to dodge first from the fireballs, and then from the already direct blows. But not only did he not always succeed, but every time he tried to answer me. And if at first he only tried to freeze at least a small part of me, then then the usual physical attacks were used, and when he ran out of demonic energy, he attacked with pure physical force.

"We'll be done for today," I said, extending my hand Gasper, who was lying wearily on the ground.

"Everything?" he asked wearily Gasper.

"Yes, I will now take you to the Cloud Squad barracks, where you will be staying for the next few weeks until the young demons meet," I said.

"Good," he said. Gasper, who simply didn't have the energy to argue in any way.

After that, I quickly took the guy to the right place and put him in care to Cloud, and then he went to his room. The day had long since ended and it was already night, so I just lay down in my bed without disturbing the others.

But instead of sleeping, I was thinking. I need more power, and the gods can give it to me. The two destroyed pantheons have shown me all the benefits I can get from absorbing the souls of the gods. But now only the Egyptian, Slavic, Sumerian, Indian, Japanese and Norwegian pantheons remain in the world. The rest were either destroyed earlier, or gradually died out due to lack of faith. Although there are still gods without pantheons, weaklings who survived the fall of their own pantheons and now just wander around the world, there are mostly gods from the Lithuanian pantheon, the Celtic pantheon and Zoroastrianism.

According to the Office, Great Red is not the main boss of this world, so I will have to try and become stronger in order to survive and save this world.

So, thinking, I did not notice that morning had come.

"Brother, good morning!" Tosca, who had woken up earlier than Louise, told me.

"Good morning to you, too, sweetheart," I said calmly, kissing her. But apparently our movements were too loud and woke Louise up.

"Little brother, Melancholy? Good morning, " she said, yawning prettily and stretching.

I kissed her Louise and I all got dressed together and went to breakfast.

"And you're on parade today, Mistress Leviathan!" I said cheerfully when I saw Serafall in a formal suit.

"Daniel, bad, I'm dressed like this because today is an important meeting for our race and I need to look serious!" Serafall said enthusiastically.

"Let me guess, are those the words of Sussex?" I asked ironically.

"Yes," the girl said, pouting prettily.

After breakfast, we immediately teleported to the school, where Serafall and I went straight to the meeting point, and the others went to the occult club to prepare.

"Well, Serafall, are you worried?" I asked.

- Yes, to be honest. After all, today is not just any diplomatic meeting, but a congress of the heads of the three factions, and it depends on our communication whether we can make peace or not, " Serafall said seriously.

"Don't worry, I'm sure everyone else needs the world even more than we do. Besides, I'll be right next to you, so don't worry about us getting attacked, " I said.

"You're right, you need to be more confident," she said, becoming cheerful again.

"Okay, get ready, we're coming in," I said.

Opening the door, we looked around the room. Sazex was already there, with Grayfia standing behind him, and Mikhail, who was accompanied by a female exorcist and Mido Toji, Irina's father.

"Greetings, Mikhail-sama, Sazeks-sama. It's a pleasure to meet the head of heaven, " I said.

"Daniel Gaap, I've heard a lot about you, the new head of the House of Gaap and the winner притноof Kokabiel, and it's nice to meet you too," the angel said with a soft smile.

"Daniel, you know where my daughter is, right? Touji asked me, coming a little closer to the table and silently asking my permission to ask Mikhail.

- Yes, Irina is now in my mansion. She and Zenovia decided to join the Mo clan yesterday and become my companion, " I said calmly, looking at the worried man.

- OK. I'd rather have her with you than anywhere else." So I can at least be sure of her safety, " the man said, calming down a little, and went back to the wall, where he remained standing in silence. Also, when I was talking about Xenovia, I noticed that the female exorcist flinched a little, but quickly recovered. It was probably Griselda Quarta, Xenovia's foster mother, and she was also worried about her daughter.

"We're only waiting for Azazel?" Serafall asked as we sat down at the table.

"Yes, that old man is always late," said Sussex, sighing.

After that, everyone fell silent and just waited. But soon the door opened and Sona and her entourage entered.

- Greetings! Sona said as she bowed slightly and stood behind Sera and me, her entourage also following behind her.

After Sona, the last of the rulers, who was expected at this meeting, entered the office.

- Hello everyone! he said dejectedly, waving his hand. Behind him, a white-haired guy who was the owner of the divine division quietly walked in.

"I beg your pardon! Rias said as she walked through the door just as Azazel took his seat.

"My little sister and her crew, they were the ones who were attacked by Kokabiel that day," said Sussex. After that, Rias and the others stood next to Grayfia, behind Sazex.

- Well, it looks like everyone is gathered, then let's start the meeting! Sussex said.

"God is dead, everyone here knows that already. In this regard, we angels - " Mikhail began to speak before being interrupted.

"You angels are almost extinct, and without God you are not so strong," Azazel said.

"I wouldn't be so sure," Mikhail replied with a good - natured smile.

"I don't think this is the time to fight over nothing, можетbut let's get to the point," I said calmly, looking at Azazel and Mikhail.

"Lord Gaap is right. Can you tell us exactly what happened that day, " said Sussex, looking at me.

"All right, then. It all started with the fact that two exorcist girls came to the academy, who turned out to be my acquaintances. They told us about the situation with the theft of the holy swords, and I volunteered to help them out of old friendship. After that, I, along with the girls and my entourage, began combing the city in search of fallen angels. And we found them, but unfortunately, it was the exorcist girls who did it first, who couldn't handle Kokabiel, and would have died if my servant hadn't saved them. I took the injured and treated them, but a little later I felt the beginning of a battle on the side of the academy. After that, I immediately opened the teleport to the academy and engaged Kokabiel in battle. Kokabiel himself was quite weak for one of the leaders of the fallen angels, and I easily suppressed him until his accomplice combined the holy sword to create the so-called "Perfect Holy Sword". Kokabiel managed to evade me and grabbed the sword, but I shot him in the back with a bunch of concentrated flame, which caused the sword to destabilize and kill Kokabiel, " I said, a slightly revised retelling of events.

"So, do you have something to say, leader of the fallen angels, Azazel?" Sussex asked immediately after my speech.

"Kokabiel acted on his own. And I think that death was a sufficient punishment for him. I have nothing more to say, " Azazel said.

"I'd like to add a few more words. Did you want to sow confusion? Mikhail asked.

"Come on, I'm a pacifist in my own right, who just wants to study sacred mechanisms in peace," Azazel said.

"But then tell us, Azazel, why have you been gathering various owners of sacred mechanisms under your wing over the past few years?" Sussex asked seriously as he looked at the fallen angel.

"I was just researching them, nothing like that. I even personally had to order my servants to stay out of the affairs of heaven or the demons. I don't want war, I like the world as it is, " Azazel said.

"To be honest, your words don't inspire much confidence," Serafall said, которойand both Sazex and Mikhail agreed.

- Ehh, okay. We all came here to make peace. After all, after the latest news about the genocide of the Gods, all of you have become more cautious. So, to avoid being in their shoes, let's make peace, " Azazel said as he stood up from his chair.

"I agree. The current situation in the world is too chaotic, so I believe that the three factions should unite for the sake of common survival, " said Sazex, with whom Serafall immediately agreed.

"We are angels, we have always wanted peace, so we fully agree with this proposal," Mikhail said.

"Then I suggest we ask the opinion of those whose power might affect this alliance – Vali, the owner of the divine Division, and the LordGaapa, " Azazel said.

"All I want is to fight strong opponents, and that's all I need," Vali said simply.

"I have nothing against this alliance. I already have enough enemies, no angels or fallen ones. Besides, if I did decide to go into war, my first targets would be the Gods and Dragons, " I said, leaning back in my chair.

- Well, it's about time - " Sussex began to say, before an explosion interrupted him.

A spell smashed into the wall where Serafall and I were sitting, blowing it up. At that moment, I managed to open a portal that swallowed up all the debris, so the explosion didn't do much damage to us.

- Serafallshouted as Sona and her attendants abruptly fainted.

"Hmm, it's a very strange sleeping spell. It will not work on strong creatures, but on weak ones, the effectiveness is amazing. They just won't be able to wake up without outside interference, " I said after examining Sona's condition. Right now, Sona and her peer were both unconscious, but one person from Rias ' peer was still conscious, as expected, it was Louise. Everyone else in the room was still conscious.

- We were attacked by terrorists, however, it is expected. There will always be those who oppose making peace. They seem to be magicians, " Azazel said.

"Hmmm, I need some help," I said, opening a few portals. I don't know how the mages managed to break through the barrier, but it won't be too bad.

Immediately after that, my servants and my troops began to come out of the portals.

"Cloud Two, take your squads and exterminate the lower life forms. The rest of you, just help them and if possible, you can take care of the extermination of mages yourself, " I gave an order to my warriors, who immediately entered the battlefield.

"Interesting. Vali, go show these mages who they're messing with, " Azazel said.

"All right. White Dragon Balance Breaker, " Vali said as he jumped out of the room and immediately entered the balance breaker.

"Azazel, in addition to the white dragon, you've also found several other Longinus owners," Azazel said.

"I was just preparing for the worst," the fallen one said.

"But for the worst. The godslayer appeared after you started gathering people, " Mikhail said.

- I was preparing to defend myself against one organization. They call themselves the Chaos Brigade, " Azazel said.

"What's the chaos brigade?" Sussex asked.

"A very interesting bunch, made up of descendants of old lords, weak gods, Longinus owners, and all sorts of other scum. But the main thing is that Ouroboros is at the head of the chaos brigade. But I can tell you for sure that she won't interfere in our showdown as long as it doesn't involve Great Red, " I said, looking cheerfully at the Leaders of the three factions.

"I see that Lord Gaap knows a lot more about this organization than I do," Azazel said.

"I just have an informant who is very high up in the Chaos Brigade hierarchy," I said.

But suddenly, a magic circle that belonged to House Leviathan appeared in the middle of the room. It looks like the fun is about to begin. I think it will be fun to interrupt this circus.

"Greetings, Mr. Sussex, acting demon Lord. I, Katarea Leviathan, am a descendant of pro ... khaaa, " a girl who wasn't particularly beautiful compared to the others began to speak, but she was prevented from continuing by my chaos sword, which stuck right in her heart.

- what? I said as I saw the others ' gazes as I lowered my hand and Katarea's body fell to the floor.