Chapter 60: Conference (6)

"What?"

Sirzechs muttered in disbelief while staring at Lucias who was standing opposite them.

"Kuroka Toujo and Konjiki no Yami are two of the founders of the forsaken faction, I advise you to lift the bounty off of their heads or else... my subordinates will more likely go berserk as soon as they associate with you devils"

Lucias said ignoring Koneko who was trembling by the side as she weakly read each and every page of the report on the table, despite Rias' warning in interfering with their conversation.

"I-I need to...."

Koneko whispered in her breath as she crumpled the papers in her hands as her tears fell down one by one on the reports in her hands.

"I ne...ed to go... and see nee-sama"

She whispered before raising her head towards Lucias with a desperate and pained expression on her face while her tears drenched her face.

"L-Lucias, p-please... let me meet nee-sama"

She begged as she clung to his shirt with a desperate expression on her face causing her tears to drench his clothes while her small hands tightly gripped his cape.

"P-please please..."

"... calm down, Koneko"

Lucias whispered in a gentle voice as he placed his hand on top of her head.

"You wouldn't want your older sister to see this side of you right?"

Lucias said as he caressed her head with his hand, causing her to calm her emotions down but her mind was still clouded by the thought of her sister and the sudden revelation from before.

"Please..."

"Do you really want to see her?"

Lucias gently asked causing her to nod her head in response.

"Then... let's go and meet your older sister after this, alright? So don't cry... You'll only make her said if you show her your tears"

Lucias said as she crouched down to match her height while wiping the tears off her eyes with his thumb before gently hugging her body in his embrace.

"Calm down and rest, alright? I'll let you meet her later once were done"

"Mn"

Koneko hummed as she snuggled onto his body... Feeling the warmth of his body that gave her a peace of mind that she needed the most. The warmth that she felt ever since Lucias hugged her for the first time. Just like the warmth of her older sister when both of them were still together in the past.

"W-Why... didn't you tell me this, Lucias?"

Rias asked as she clenched her fist despite her efforts for not trying to interfere with their meeting.

"Y-You knew about this from the start right!? Then why didn't you-"

"That's because you are still far too naive, Rias"

Lucias said as he immediately cut her words short causing her bit her lips in frustration.

"If I told you, what would you do? Confront them? Ask your brother to seek justice for her? You will only look like a fool if you do that, you have little to no influence nor authority to confront the council by yourself"

Lucias said as he placed her cape around Koneko's body as she slowly drifted to sleep.

"Those old geezers will never take your side... In fact they will use this as a chance to "educate" you so that you'll just agree with whatever they said... Just like what they did to some of the righteous young devils of your faction"

"..."

"If you want major changes in your faction... There are two ways to do it"

Lucias said ss she glanced at Sirzechs who was sitting opposite his direction.

"One is to create a rebellion, a union, or a social movement together with several people of your faction... just like what Sirzechs did in the past to fight against the old satan faction or..."

Lucias paused before releasing 10% of his aura to pressure all of the devils inside the room and to demonstrate his second argument.

"... become incredibly powerful or influential to the point that they will not be able to easily make a move against you and force them to listen to your words... Just like what I did when I founded the forsaken faction"

Lucias said as he gazed down at them with his aura at full display.

"Lucias-sama... We recieved a call from the headquarters"

Iris said as she tapped his shoulder from behind.

"... I guess we did stay a bit too long in this place... Tell Sephie that we'll return soon, Iris"

Lucias said as he snapped his fingers causing the projection in the middle of the table to dissapeared into particles before turning his back to the devils opposite his direction.

"Heed my warning, Sirzechs Lucifer. You know how merciless I can be when it comes to my subordinates. I want the results after a few days, if I don't recieve on time... I'll hold you accountable"

Lucias warned as a large portal appeared in front of him.

"Let's meet again during the second conference, Sirzechs Lucifer"

Lucias said as he entered the portal while carrying Koneko in his arms while Iris and Shuri followed him from behind, leaving the devils alone inside the ruined occult research club building.

-with Lucias (after 1 week)-

"[Radiance Lance]"

Lucias casted as he dodged an attack from both Vergil and Muramasa from both sides causing two giant lance of brilliant light to appear above him before shooting it towards Emiya and Ishtar who were charging their attacks.

"Oy oy oy, what a monster you are master-chan"

Vergil said as he held two katanas in both of his hands, slashing each of the blade towards Lucias who was easily dodging his attacks with minimal movement to avoid exhausting his own stamina.

"Het Gele Huis!!! Hahahaha!!"

Gohg shouted with a maniacal smile on her face as the bodies of her allies shone, giving them several buffs while inflicting several curses to Lucias who was dodging an attack from all sides.

[All curses inflicted has been negated]

A notification rung inside his head causing him to click his tongue as he deflected two powerful arrows of mana aimed at his arms with both Est and Restia in his hands.

"Est change your form"

Lucias ordered causing the holy sword in his right hand to change its form into a bracelet.

"Restia"

[Hai~]

Restia nonchalantly answered as she tranformed her body into a long bow with several purple ciruits covering its dark body.

"[Demonic Arrows]"

Lucias kicked Vergil on his stomach at incredible speed before throwing his body to the side as he fired several arrows of condesed demonic mana towards Ishtar and Emiya who were preparing to bombared him with several projectiles.

"[Rho Ais]"

Emiya shouted as a large flower like shield with seven layers appeared in front of him, blocking every single arrow that Lucias fired at them while Ishtar flew to the air, dodging each demonic arrow that was fired at her direction.

Lucias quickly changed Restia's form into a demonic staff before pointing it towards Emiya who was blocking his arrows.

"[Extinction Ray]"

Lucias casted causing a large magic circle decorated by a pentagon, similar to Lucifer's magic circle, appeared in front of him before a powerful beam of demonic mana was released from the tip of the staff and aimed towards Emiya's direction.

"Did you forget about us, master-chan?"

Vergil said as he appeared behind Lucias, slashing his blade at his back but Lucias quickly reacted as he changed the form of Restia back into a sword to parry his attack.

"What a perverted reaction speed you have, master-chan"

Vergil said as he slashed his sword towards Lucias in several of his vital points while Lucias easily parried his attacks, causing sparks to fly around them.

Gohg who saw her master being distracted by Vergil immediately launched her attack, launching two large waves made from black paint, creating a massive cut on the ground as it made its way towards his direction.

"I'm not the invincible swordsman, Jūbei,

I'm not the one praised as a master of espionage, Hanzō,

I'm not the renowned caster Abe no Seimei.

Why, out of all people, I, a swordsmith, was summoned.

For being unable to foresee that, this is your defea-"

Muramasa chanted as he tried to materialize his sword but was cut short by Lucias who manipulated the earth below him to destroy his focus.

"[Parallel Thought Processing]... What a broken ability that is"

Muramasa muttered as he decided to just use the maximum capacity of the katana that he held as he launched an attack towards Lucias.

"I guess it's pretty hard trying to fight 5 servants at once, huh?"

Lucias muttered as he decided to end their fight.

"Restia, change into a scythe"

[You're planning on using that? You'll kill them... Even though they're not using they're real body, you'll rip their souls to pieces]

"I think they're powerful enough to resist it"

Lucias said with a large grin on his face before slashing his blade around his location at full power, pushing both Vergil and Muramasa a few steps back causing him to immediately use that chance to switch his weapon.

"[Soul Harvester]"

Lucias casted causing a powerful yet terrfying mana to engulf his sword as it transformed into a giant scythe with a blade that was bigger than his own body.

He tightened his grip on the hilt of the scythe before quickly slashing it around him at incredible speed, gravely injuring both Muramasa and Vergil as it sliced them in half.

[Sengo Muramasa and Saito Hajime has resigned]

The announcement rung from above but Lucias ignored it before positioning the blade to his back with the tip pointing downwards.

"[Death Scythe]"

Lucias casted causing an extremely dark mana to engulf the blade as he slashed it with all of his strength to his front, slicing a deep cut into the ground as the mana formed a giant mana wave aimed at Ishtar's direction.

"Are~"

Ishatar muttered before being sliced in half vertically by Lucias causing a similar announcement from before to rung above them.

"Two to go"

Lucias said before barely dodging several rope of black paint from the ground.

"[Crimson Flame Purgatory]"

Lucias casted causing a large magic circle to appear below Gohg before a pillar of blood red fire devour her entire body.

"[Death Scythe]!"

Lucias casted as he took advantage of the time when Gohg's vision is being covered by the crimson fire causing a similar wave of dark mana to launch towards Gohg. Slicing her into two diagonally from her shoulders to her hips.

"Being killed by master-sama~ hehehehe..."

Gohg muttered as her body lifelessly fell to the ground before turning into several pixels, transfering her conciousness back to her main body.

"It's now only you and me, Emiya"

"..."

Timeskip

"That was a nice exercise, don't you think so too?"

Lucias said with a refreshed smile on his face as he stretched his tired body causing Emiya and Vergil to dryly laugh at his words.

"This is the first time I heard about a master being far stronger than his own servant"

Enkidu who was watching them from the sides said as she walked towards them together with Asia and Nightingale to check the condition of the 5 servants.

"Not really, Jeanne and Artoria are still far stronger than me"

Lucias said as he wiped off the sweat from his body with a towel placed on the table next to the simulation room.

"Now that you mention it, I still haven't met your first 3 servants master"

"It can't be helped, Artoria is currently pregnant so she has to stay at the headquarters while Jeanne and Mash are checking the conditions of the tombs in this dimension"

"... Gil will very surprised to learn about this news"

Enkidu muttered remembering the stories that Gilgamesh has told her in the past about courting a certain female servant several times.

"Master, when are you planning to summon more servants?"

Enkidu asked while Lucias patted Gohg's hair as she clung to his body, causing some of her mucus to stick onto his body.

"Hmm... Maybe later, it's also time to finish the summoning quest that was given to me in the past... I'll count on you on convincing Gilgamesh to join us, Enkidu"

"I'll do what I can"

Enkidu answered with a soft smile on her face, thinking on how she should greet Gilgamesh once he is summoned.

"All of you should go to the garden of my mansion back at Kuoh... I'll peform the random summons their just like always"

Lucias said in a calm voice causing all of them to nod their heads in response before he made his way out of the stimulation room

"Are you planning on visiting them, Lucias?"

Asia asked causing Lucias to smile before conjuring a teleportation magic circle below him connecting back to the headquarters of his faction to check on Artoria's and Yami's condition.