Chapter 14: The Fallen

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Chapter 14: The Fallen

Year: 1 | Month: 10 | Week: 1 | Day 3: Well, This Is Interesting Part 2

(Unknown Trainyard)

I pause for a moment when I felt something weird. But, couldn't place my finger on it. I just know it's related to the [Second Magic]. This is something worth worrying about since the [Second Magic] is powerful in its own right.

Looking down at these four, 'I wonder if I should take them to work under me or just leave them alone.' Thinking about it for a moment.

I blink then look away from the group of four and didn't care if they try to escape out of sight, trying being the keyword, because I could easily stop them, and they knew this too.

Before these four knew what to do next, Shigure appears among us, taking Taylor with her, who is shockingly afraid of Shigure. Not only that, I can easily tell that Taylor wanting no more than to run away from here and back to her home. Maybe even giving up the thoughts of becoming a hero.

Not a second after Shigure appeared with Taylor. Yoruichi appear with Lung; however, Shigure is almost carefully making sure not to kill Taylor in the process of bringing her here. While Yoruichi wasn't gentle at all and roughly toss him to the ground like yesterday garbage.

The four and Taylor look at Lung with shock and horror, that Yoruichi single-handed defeats and could kill Lung like nothing.

"So, what's our next move?" Yoruichi asks me, ignoring the four kids and Taylor, "Because I'm getting a bit hungry and want to return back with the others." Yoruichi place both hands at the back of her head in a relaxed position.

"We could just ask these five, maybe they could provide us with some information?" Shigure said to Yoruichi and me.

"We're willing!" The blonde-haired girl cried out in a panic, causing me to raise an eyebrow at this. "We'll tell you anything you want! Please don't kill us!"

"I wasn't going to?" I ask with a confused look, but Shigure looks away, letting everyone know right away the blonde-haired girl was talking to Shigure.

"Okay, names. To be more specific, the five of you. Name. Now." Yoruichi said to the group of four and Taylor as she crossed her arms and look at them with cold eyes.

"Bitch." The girl wearing a Rottweiler mask said to Yoruichi, causing some of us to be a little impression that she would still put up a brave front.

The girl in the black and lavender bodysuit panic, "That's her name! She isn't insulting you!"

Yoruichi tilts her head to the side with a frown on her face, "Who would name their kid bitch?"

The boy dressed in Renaissance-era clothing cough a little to hide his laugh. But, Bitch didn't seem to care. Which made the male in motorcycle leathers to smack the other boy's head, to stop him before he makes things worse.

This made Shigure, Yoruichi, and me to smile a little because this guy wasn't too afraid of us, to smack some senses into his teammate/friend while in front of us.

"That's her alias when she wearing her mask. If you want to call her something else, the media call her Hellhound and I'm Tattletale." Tattletale quickly introduces herself while continues to look at these three beings. Yes, beings, the male literally almost causes her to die just by trying to use her power on him, and if he didn't use some unknown healing power. She would mostly be dead in a few seconds later. The two females along with him may not cause her brain to shut down, but that didn't make them any less dangerous. Hell, if she was to compare them to all the heroes and villains she knows. Only Scion would be able to face them, but even she doesn't know if the greatest hero could win against these three together.

"I'm Grue, the leader of the Undersiders, that's what our group is called." Grue introduced himself and the group, with him waving to Bitch and Tattletale, along with the last male in the group of four. When he notices one of the females raise an eyebrow when he called himself the leader of the Undersiders.

"Name's Regent." Regent may be many things, even make wry comments behind the scenes while his friends try to figure out a problem, and boy is this a huge problem. A fucking guy literally controls lightning and have enough control to make a freaking bird out of lightning, that almost question if the bird was real in the first place if he didn't see it with his own eyes how it appeared. So yeah, he isn't taking any chances with these three. Fuck that.

Once that's done, all of us stare at Taylor, who is currently having a momentary panic attack.

"She's new, and haven't figured out a name for herself." Tattletale quickly spoke out for Taylor in her places, causing Taylor to look at Tattletale with eyes widen.

"Now, why are you five here? I know she," Yoruichi point at Taylor before pointing at Lung, "was fighting this guy. So, why are you four here?"

None of them answered, too afraid to explain why they came here. Not to mention, they have no clue if the three people here are heroes or villains, which is hard to tell when none are wearing a mask, something that shocks all of them.

"Hm?" I look in a direction, where someone heading to our location. "Hey, Shigure. Yoruichi. You deal with these kids. There's another person coming here. I'll deal with them."

With that said, I disappear from the area and appeared in the previous spot where Yoruichi defeated Lung and beating until he close to the edge of death.

A few seconds later, a tall man in a suit of midnight-blue armor with silver highlights and a helmet and visor that covers his eyes and nose. Wielding what should be a [Mecha-Shift Halberd].

"You gonna fight me?" He called out.

I smirk at this and wonder if I should fight him or not, then decide I may as well see how strong the people here compared to my group.

"Why not?" I throw the first attack, using the [Ancient Martial Art: Shin Genya No Tsubame]. Where I lungs at the opponent with great speed and a fast punch.

Of course, I only use my physical speed and lowering it enough for my opponent to react to my attacks, where he tried to block my fast punch. I'm amused the way he reacted when I destroyed his weapon with just a single attack.

Using the [Walking Technique: Jin (To Advance)] and appears in front of my opponent in a blink of an eye, then curve my arm like a snake to get a grip onto my opponent, then throw him to the ground, where I heard the sound of my opponent letting out a painful cough. Printing my opponent's body deep into the ground, with his back facing me.

I didn't show any mercy of waiting and stomp on my opponent's back, causing him to grunt in pain and his armor on the back cracked under my foot.

"Not much a fight." I thought out loud, then use the [Walking Technique: Hweh (To Evade)] and avoid my opponent's teammate that was about to attack me from behind. While instantaneously disappear from sight.

Appearing a few meters away, where I found the person that tried to attack me is wearing red body armor with a visor covering the upper half of his face.

"Two versus one? Sure, I'm game." I said to the new fighter, as I appeared directly in front of him, causing my second opponent to flinch at how fast I am and tried to kick me.

I smile at this, but didn't dare block unless I have something to block for me or know the opponent well, because I learned many hard lessons during my battle in the [Sea of Souls]. So, I evaded this by appearing behind my second opponent, then smash my elbow against the back of his head, knocking him out cold instantly.

"Huh, I thought there would be more." I said in a dull voice when I easily took down two opponents, with one using a [Mecha-Shift Weapon] and maybe have some other ability, but it didn't look like it. So, without his weapon, the guy pretty much useless and all I need is to deal enough damage to him by the end he out of the game. Then, the second opponent has some sort of superspeed; however, it looks like it takes time to raise the speed, but before it could reach a certain speed. I've already knocked him out.

I frown and wonder if coming to this dimension was worth it or not, then decided to return with Yoruichi and Shigure to see if they learn anything from the Undersiders and Taylor.

I blink my eyes when I appeared and notice everyone, but Tattletale and Taylor is unconscious.

"Do I want to know?" I ask Shigure and Yoruichi, because I don't see any fatal wounds on the three unconscious kids.

"Let's just say we don't need any distraction." Shigure replied with an uncared tone of voice, causing both Tattletale and Taylor to flinch a little. As if Shigure would attack them next, with the latter already scared out of her mind because Shigure already pointed a [Sword] at her neck and a gun at her forehead, not something Taylor would like to experience at all.

"Okay, then." I said dryly, "Did you get anything from them before we leave? The others should be waiting for us to return by now."

"Well, I was thinking about taking all of them with us. I don't have much experience in interrogating and none of us want to let Shigure do it. I'm pretty sure, she would cripple them at the minimum near the end when we got what we wanted." Yoruichi said to me.

Both Tattletale and Taylor pale that they're being taken away against their will.

"Or, I could do the interrogating?" I raise an eyebrow at Yoruichi, who looks back at me with blinking eyes because she didn't think I know the first thing on how to interrogate.

Shigure leans over to Yoruichi, "Enma is the one who taught me how to interrogate and much more demanding than me. Once, there was a group of five, and Enma killed one without even asking a single question yet. He did that to make an example, that he is willing to kill them even if he doesn't get any information."

Of course, everyone heard Shigure, causing Tattletale and Taylor to look at me in absolute fear, mostly Tattletale than Taylor.

"Seriously, Asura would do that? Huh, I'm not surprised at all." Yoruichi wasn't shocked or disturbed, because if what her hubby did before as Asura. She was not surprised he would do something darker, but she still loves him and all.

"Well, since we here already." I signal Shigure to pass me what I need, which she tossed me a familiar [Combat Knife], causing me to be nostalgia a little and along with [Hades] as well, then make my face look a casual smile as I stare down at Tattletale, leaving Taylor alone. Since she is new and all, but that didn't mean I haven't placed a few [Rune Spells] to prevent her from using her bug control power. "Hey, Yoruichi, you mind grabbing those two, I just took out? I rather not leave them alone and let them escape. The more we have to question, the better." I said to Yorucih.

"Got it." Yoruichi disappears, then reappeared with the two weak opponents I fought with for a few minutes.

The moment Tattletale and Taylor saw those two, they started shaking and even Taylor started sobbing quietly.

"They're not dead, if that's what you're crying about." I said to Taylor, who look at me in fear, then look at the two heroes? 'I think that's what they are. Or, I could be wrong and the villain in this dimension dress up as a hero, but actually are villains. Wouldn't be the first time I confused someone as a villain, but actually a hero.' I shook my head. "Now, how should we do this?" I twirl the [Combat Knife] and looks down at Tattletale and Taylor, then slowly slide my eyes towards the others. "Maybe do the usual? Make an example, that I mean business." I stop spinning the [Combat Knife] and held it in reverse grip.

Both Tattletale and Taylor pale with fright and sweating like crazy. With the latter almost crying, but was too afraid the moment she let out a sound. She may end up getting stabbed or shot, maybe both.

I pause for a moment, then fired [Hades] while creating a [Zebul Emblem] to my left and shoot through it, creating a large blast of an explosion to my left, destroying many buildings on my left.

"Sorry about that. I was aiming for something that caught my attention." I give everyone a grin, not caring the native people in this dimension are heading to this location right now.

I mentally give a message to Seira to get the rest to leave where they are. Because this place will soon be surrounded. With Yoruichi, Shigure, and me being able to escape easily and reunite with them soon after we're done on our side.

I slowly breathe out, then decided to let Shigure talk with these two, because this laziness is really getting annoying. Now, to get rid of it and hope for the best.

"Change of plans. Shigure you do the talking. Yoruichi I need your help." I said to my wives, causing them to look at me with confusion, but did ask I said. "Yoruichi, help me become lazy as possible to get rid of it." I said to Yoruichi, who became serious instantly.

"You do know that if you get something worse than laziness. This could come back and bite your behind, right?" Yoruichi asks with a bit of worry, who can blame her that her husband is literally unstable in the head and it's getting worse each day. She just hopes he can get better before it becomes to the point she may have to pick difficult choices when the time calls for it.

"Yup, so may as well get to it. Because if my laziness acts the worse moment we least expected. We may be screwed, so better to get rid of it now and I can think that my laziness affected me already when I mention how I didn't want to get rid of it when I got it. Pretty sure acting like having laziness is best compared to others was what influenced me to not get rid of it until the point it hit to beyond what I could handle." I explained to Yoruichi about how I felt that the laziness was the worse thing to gain and very dangerous for me.

After all, if I reach the point of laziness and act like watching my family killed before me, then I was too lazy to get revenge and even worse, I will be too lazy to defend myself before getting killed because living is just too much effort and better be dead. 'Yeah, rather take something else.'

A few minutes later*

It took a bit of time, but we managed to get rid of my laziness and what I got in return may not be a good thing either. 'Who knew I would get the urge to murder anything? Because that's what I got. Oh... goody... it's murder time...' I suppress the urge to giggle.

Sadly, the bad news didn't end there. The whole dimension is coming down as in, it's being erased/destroy by Scion I would guess. This caused me and Yoruichi to run back where Shigure is, who we met up within just a few seconds.

"We need to get back to the others. I just saw those kids being erased before my eyes like nothing." Shigure said to me in a dreadful tone, then quickly, all of us reach back to the others where I message Seira to get away from the area that look like it's disappearing.

Much to my horror and fear; only a few seconds I informed Seira. All the kids had been erased, along with Hime, Hilda, and Flandre.

Once I told this to both Yoruichi and Shigure. We ran at our maximum speed to reach to the other before we watch Serafall and Artoria starting to fade away, to our horror.

I didn't think and ran over in a panic with everything I have and use a large amount of [Soul Energy] to stop whatever is causing this, but all I did was increasing the speed of them fading, only for a few moments to hear Serafall that she loved me. Then, Artoria giving me a kiss on the lip with teary eyes before both disappear before my hands.

"Why is this happening?!" I roar with rage and sorrow, causing my urge to kill to increase by the second. 'I may not have loved those two at the beginning, but I slowly begin to love them as time went by, even Hime and Hilda I started to love them as well, but to see them and my own kids killed like that, not even getting the chance to grow up at all.'

My entire being is filled with rage and urges to kill everything in my path because of this.

"Enma! We need to leave, create a portal with [Second Magic] to get us out of here!" Pyrrha shouts at me, snapping me out of my trance of rage.

"Right..." I start creating a portal to another dimension, but found much to my disbelief, that no portal formed and whatever interfering with my [Second Magic] must be stronger than me in using it.

"No. No. No. No. NO!" I started to panic as my mind breaking down when I can't even create another portal to another dimension as I watch even Yoruichi disappearing, who look like she understood that there is no point of trying anymore after seeing the people she loved disappeared before her eyes.

Yoruichi walk up to me, then kiss me on the lip and whisper in my ear, she wished we could be together in the next life before fading away as well.

Leaving only Pyrrha, Shigure, Seira, and me behind as all three of us watch those we met, love, and even spend our time together, disappear with our own eyes.

"What's going on?! Why is this happening to us?!" Pyrrha cried out with tears going down her cheeks, as even her own baby was erased in her arms as she tried her best to save her baby.

"What I don't get is why only us four are not disappearing." Shigure said to everyone in a serious tone, as she looks at anything that is the causes of this, so she could kill them and add them into her [Sea of Souls] for her to torture for eternally.

Neither Pyrrha or Shigure notice that I was losing my emotions by the seconds and only leaving with rage and a few emotions that can't disappear at all. But, Seira noticed this right away and inform the two, causing them to call out my name, but I couldn't hear them at all.

I did something stupid and thrust my entire right arm into the ground, then use all my [Soul Energy] to devour the entire planet along with whatever isn't erased yet and use [Alteration] to convert all into [System Points].

DING!*

System Message: Host, your [Magecraft: Alteration] reached [Rank: Transcend]! Congratulation!

Reward: 1,000,000,000 [System Points]

Note: No one has ever raised the [Magecraft: Alteration] beyond the [Rank: Grandmaster]!

I didn't care about this system message and only watch as multiple system messages popping up as I gained more [System Points] by the seconds until I had enough to upgrade [Second Magic] to [Rank: Grandmaster].

"Enma!"

"Enma!"

"Master!"

"AH DA!"

The last one broke me out of my trance, I snap my head to the side and saw Baby Beel crying to me, but didn't release any lightning.

I saw the teary faces of Pyrrha, Shigure, and Seira looking at me with worry.

"Enma, you need to snap out of it!" Pyrrha shaking me this entire time while Shigure and Seira grab one part of my jacket as they started crying as well.

"I... I'm... I'm okay. Ju-Just let me get us..." I didn't manage to say anything as I create a portal to an unknown dimension, where Shigure grab all of us and jump through the portal. Right before I take whatever I can from this dimension while Scion erases everything in it before reaching the rest of us.

(Unknown)

-Pyrrha's POV-

I shake my head, then the panic return as I look around for Enma! And saw him unconscious on the ground.

I quickly move closer, but wince at my entire body in pain for some reasons; however, I didn't care about it and slowly crawl and fall next to him, where I hear a baby crying.

"Baby Beel!" I yell in surprise and finally notice Baby Beel on Enma's back, crying his heart out.

Quickly, I push myself off the ground, so I can look around to see if anyone else made it and only see Shigure and Seira. Even little Asia is gone as well.

Tears started appearing once more as I fall back to the ground, as what happen just not too long ago. Really happen. Almost everyone was erased/killed before my eyes.

"My baby. My baby Eunike." I started mumbling my second baby gone like that. She never even got the chance to speak her first word.

As I continue to mumble; my vision started to fade into darkness. I looked at Baby Beel and Enma once last time before I faint.

-Shigure's POV-

I started coughing a little; as the adrenaline rush started to wear out. But, that didn't mean my worry for the rest of my family still alive of their safety.

I bring out one of my [Swords] out of my [Inventory] and equip [Edea Florence], then use [Mana Perception] on a large scale to find out where did we end up at and to see if there any potential enemies nearby.

I grit my teeth and use [Emotional Stability] from [Edea Florence] to force all the grief, sorrow, and any other negative emotions distracting me from watching over the safety of my family; nevertheless, I'm at least glad Enma and Pyrrha are alive, not erase by whatever erased the others. I shook my head, not wanting to be distracted by those dreadful thoughts and focus on now, then later I will grieve with the others.

"Seira. How are Enma's conditions?" I ask Seira, since she the best out of us to check on Enma's conditions since she has access to his very [Soul]. Something I was jealous of Seira, but now happy for Seira at this very moment.

"He physically fine, but mentally. I'm not too sure, but I think he in a coma. I just checked, even inside his [Soul]. Master isn't awake and unconscious, to my knowledge. I don't think Master would wake up any time soon. It could be days, weeks, months, even years before he wakes up again. I don't even know if by the time he wakes up. He would be the same. I don't think any of us would be the same after this day." Seira said in an emotionless voice, but I can tell Seira is depressed and feel much sadder due to being connected with Enma on a [Soul-Link] level.

"Damn. Pyrrha out too." I mumble to myself when I notice Pyrrha is passed out next to Enma, with Baby Beel crying on Enma's back. "Baby Beel!" I cried out in shock and quickly appear next to Enma and Pyrrha. Then pick up Baby Beel, who instinctively grabs onto my chest and begins crying his heart out. I rub Baby Beel's back while keeping [Mana Perception] activated. "Seira. Do you have any [Skills] in finding out where we are? Or have access to Enma's [Second Magic]?" I ask Seira, who look like she not part of reality and in her own little world, or in Seira's case, in Enma's [Soul] to watch over him.

Seira blink, then look at me with Baby Beel crying on my chest, causing tears to appear on her face, and I can tell she was being reminded about the other kids, toddlers, and even little Asia are gone.

"No. What Master gets from the [Type-Moon System]. I won't be able to copy it until Master transfer it over to me, where, unlike the other knowledge Master have in his [Soul]. The one from the [Type-Moon System] is like an incomplete version and I need the complete version to gain access to it. So, if master transfers an incomplete version to me. I won't be able to access the complete version and could only use whatever is available to me." Seira explained how she can have all the knowledge she wanted in Enma's [Soul]. But, from the [Type-Moon System], then she out of luck there.

"I see. Did Enma transfer the [Second Magic] to you? Even at [Rank: Basic]." I ask Seira as I try to calm Baby Beel down while keep trying to see where we are, no luck, and checking for any enemies nearby that could endanger my family, where I haven't seen any so far.

Seira shook her head, "No. I asked this before from Master and he said that the [True Magics] from the [Type-Moon System] are something that can't transfer over in an incomplete version due to how dangerous it is. So if I even wanted to learn and use one of the [True Magics] from Master. I need the complete version or nothing at all. At the very least, with the [Rank: Master] to be considered as a complete version."

I frown at this and started to worry if this new dimension would happen like the previous one. I narrow my eyes and release a burst of killing intent and vow to find whatever caused the death of almost all my family and kill them, then torture their [Soul] forever.

Baby Beel started calming down when I release that burst of killing intent, which caused a wry smile to appear on my face. Remembering that Baby Beel is a Demon baby and would react to something different compared to a normal one. Well, a human one that is.

I let out a sigh, that I at least calmed Baby Beel long enough for him to fall asleep.

"Well, Seira do you have anything to find out where we are? I need to move to find out. Standing here won't be much help besides detecting for any incoming enemies." I may have thousands and thousands of [Souls] in my [Sea of Souls] from those I killed over the years, but none possessed any [Semblances] to be used on a large scale to the location where I am.

"I can try. But, I may need some practices to get it right. Since it was Master who done all the scouting from afar with his [Skills]." Seira informed me, not that I can't blame her when Enma can do many things beyond what others couldn't do. And I have the same potential to do the same as well with the [Persona System].

"Alright. The first thing is to make sure we not in any dangerous area before we start looking for shelter." I said to Seira, who clearly listens to me since she can tell I have a better experience in leading than her.

I didn't dare to let my emotions out just yet until we reach safety. But, I'll have my vengeance, one way or another. But for now, the safety of Enma, Pyrrha, and Baby Beel come first.

I look down on Baby Beel and could guess the reason why he wasn't erased was due to Enma protecting him with his [Rune Magecraft]. The only miracle to save at least one child out of the rest.