Now that is music to my ear

Well, whatever so…

Later on the same day, Rias bring up a contract which is taken up by Saeko who arrives at the contractor's house. Upon entering (after no one answered the door), she is confronted by a bloody corpse which is the work of an insane Exorcist named Freed Sellzen that serves the Fallen Angels.

Freed proudly admits to killing the man, explaining that his victim was in league with the Devils. He identifies Saeko as another Devil and begins to attack her.

Initially, Saeko had the upper hand throughout the whole time but suddenly Asia comes into the room, instantly startled by and screaming at the sight of the bloody body.

Freed upon seeing Saeko distracted moved in to attack her but Asia intervenes by rushing in front of the paralyzed Saeko. Freed easily shoves Asia from her place and restrains her against a wall, trying to rape her in front of Saeko.

This consequently, causes Saeko to snap out of initial shock and beat the Rapy priest to a pulp. She then took the nun back to her house and tended to her wounds, before offering her lodging for a few days.

And in these few days, they kind of formed a bond between them… But just this morning this Asia chick went missing.

"So she is missing and you think she is in danger?" Saeko nodded. "You think the fallen's are behind this?"

"Yes, Asia revealed several information about the group of fallen Angel and rogue priests hiding within the church. She also mentioned about a ritual..." Saeko said.

"You should have at least notified Rias about this, you know your one mistake can arise a war between devil and fallen?"

"There's no guarantee of Asia's safety… I became friends with Asia, I can't just abandon her!" Saeko did not back down as she look straight into my eyes.

"You know it's strictly forbidden for a devil to be with someone related to church... You will get in big trouble Saeko." She maintained her stubborn look.

Sigh!

"Fine whatever..." They gave me a grateful look in return.

As we got closer to the church, Kiba pulled out a map of the road from his back pocket. He unfolded it and showed it to us.

"Besides the sanctuary, there is also a small lodging quarter in the back of the church. Most likely the ritual is going to take place under the sanctuary." Kiba pointed at the basement.

"11…" I muttered under my breath when I sensed the magical presence inside the church.

"Huh?"

"Quite the party is waiting for us, you guys take the entrance behind the church. This door is closer to the basement. There is around 10 magical signature in there, one is stronger than the rest." I notified them.

"What about you?"

"Leave this one to me, go and save your nun friend." Saeko nodded and shared a look with Kiba and Koneko before nodding to each other.

Those within the basement don't seem to be that strong, but inside the sanctuary is the one who is slightly stronger than the rest.

"Be careful." We then separated from one another. I jumped over the locked gate and strode through the cobblestone path leading to the church door.

"My Lord, why bother wasting your energy on such insignificant creatures. Give your order, this servant will carry them out."

"I can't reveal all my cards right. People tend to tread carefully in unknown territories, the same thing is somewhat applicable in the case of an unknown variable. Though I trust Rias up to some length, I do not trust her brother or any supernatural beings." I expressed my thoughts on it, it's human nature man, we are always wary of the unknown, and that is one of the main major factors in our human history, because of our cautious nature we managed to survive throughout the ages.

"Wise words my Lord, I will keep that in my mind." Anyway even if it seems my stats are enough to defeat the devil I am not really interested in that, there are something much more important matters at hand & that is the Chaos realm.

I have a gut feeling that Diablo will be extremely strong than Rias' brother, though the Orc Chief stats are not that high, his hexes hold terrible powers. Even Lucifer will have serious trouble if he doesn't know how to neglect curses.

The curses are of course a permanent thing, the only way to remove them is purification magic cast by the highest level of holy magic, which is the number one weakness of the Devil kind.

He is fucked!

As I was about to step on the stairs, I had a weird feeling of someone is on the verge of dying. I cannot totally describe this feeling… I just know someone is about to die. Saeko and others' magical signatures seem to be stable… then could it be the nun? You three better hurry before it's too late.

I opened the door and stepped inside the sanctuary. Just like your typical church, there is an altar and a long line of chairs.

Before the statue of Jesus Christ stood a voluptuous blue-haired woman, her attire consisted of a maroon, trench coat-like top with a wide collar, a matching miniskirt, and black heeled shoes. The trench coat top was open at her chest, giving a view of her breasts and cleavage.

"A human?" I can clearly see the disgust on her face. "To think that God's most favorite toys will side with devils, how presumptuous!" She said and summoned a spear of light.

"A fallen Angel will tell me what's wrong or right?" Her face seems to twist in anger on hearing this.

"Shut up!" She rushed at me, with the intention to stab me with the spear.

"Hymn of Agony." A dark reddish circle appeared within my palms, weird magical symbols are rotating anticlockwise within the edges, and right in the middle was the zodiac symbol of cancer.

She immediately fell to her knees writhing in pain as her muscles started to constrict within her body, according to the orc chief the more you put mana into the curse the more painful it will be.

"Keo-Heok!!" She vomited out a mouthful of blood. A pained moan leaked out of her mouth. Should I increase the output?

Before I could do that she had already given up.

"Make it stop... Pl-Please!" All her bravado was erased from her face, tears & snots were streaming down her face as she begged to free herself from the pain. I cringed when I saw her skin constricted more violently, this curse is pretty terrifying.

"Nope, suffer some more. People like you should be thoroughly punished. We, humans, are toys huh?"

"I was wrong… Please…"

"What do you plan to do with the nun?" I crouched down on the ground and lifted her chin up so that I can tell if she is lying or not "Eugh… Her Sacred Gear, Raynare is planning to extract it." She groaned in pain.

"Is this your first time or you have done them before?" Even though she was grinding her teeth in pain, she seems hesitant to give a reply.

"I'll take that as a 'yes' then." For now, I canceled the curse, she collapsed on the floor taking a large mouthful of breaths.

"How many? Answer truthfully and I will let you go." She trembled like a scared wounded dog when I gently patted her shoulder.

"f-four…"

"What did you do with them?" I don't care if they had to kill to acquire them, I don't feel the need to punish them for those crimes either. It's just that I honestly don't care, but I do care if they still have the sacred gears.

"Do you still have them? Don't look that way… Come on tell me." I grabbed her chin and made her face me.

"Y-Yes…"

"Now that is music to my ear."

"One co…" She tried to say something so I released my grip from her chin.

"Hmm?"

"On one condition… You can take them but I need protection, the one behind this whole project is someone with unfathomable powers, he will not give me an easy death." She said.

"That depends on whether those four sacred gears are of some worth."

"I can vouch my life on three Sacred Gears, they are rare… in the underworld black market, just one of them can go for millions. The last one is an unknown variable, even after extraction it remained in a dormant state." She stared at me with desperation.

I reached down and lifted her chin. She flinched but didn't pull her face back. "Not until I see the goods," I said to her as I looked straight into her eyes.

***

She wasn't ready for this, this is way out of her pay grade! The second those words left his lips an aura so terrifying and chilling emanated from his body.

She so was terrified that her whole body trembled involuntarily. She can feel his magical essence… it's dark and extremely vile, she started feeling nauseated.

Her skin began to creep up and down her bones… Just how can a human have such a dark and vile aura! A chill crept down her neck… this man before her is far stronger than he present himself.

"You can trust me." She was about to say those exact words but her eyes fell on his shadow behind him, hundreds of Demonic eyes peering out of the void under his feet, she can't see the faces but their fangs are visible to her, their grin is sickening, their eyes hold untold hunger. She has no wish to meet whatever thing is hiding within his shadow.

"Try something funny and I will throw in a place worse than the deepest level of hell. As long you kept your side of the bargain, so would I. Just pray to your father, the God, those sacred gear is of some worth, little crow." She nodded her head hurriedly.

"Alright." She took a sigh of relief when he withdrew back his terrifying aura. She shakily stood up on her feet and guided him towards the confessional box. She opened the rusted door & crouched down before revealing a hidden space within the floor of the confessional box.

The space is stacked with Japanese, and American currency, and on top of all those cash lays a large suitcase with a padlock on it.

She grabbed the suitcase and unlocked the lock, to reveal four sacred gears. One is in the form of a silver ring with a small glowing purplish gem embedded in it. The second one looks like a magical wand straight out of Harry Potter, the third is a miniature statue of a knight, it's completely made out of some unknown material and the blade within its hand seems to be made out of gold. The last one has no apparent form, it is just a glowing ball of white floating a few centimeters away from the inner surface of the suitcase.

Upon using observation on those sacred gears information about them was revealed, the first three are all mid-tier sacred gear with the potential to become a Mythical grade weapon.

The first sacred gear is called "Stardust Shield" it allows the wielder to create a wall of silver-white dust within an area of the wielder's choosing that allows the user to block attacks at the cost of their stamina. Adapting to the Sacred Gear can lower the stamina cost somewhat, and allow the wielder to create larger volumes of dust with which to block and extend the wielder's range.

[Price: 10 million Gold points]

"Ancestral Wand"

Within the confines of the core trapped a soul of an ancient witch... Blah, blah. Not interested… basically this wand negates the headache of long-ass chanting, you can just cast chant less magic and increase the power of the spell by 20%.

[Price: 5 million]

Moving on.

"The guardian"

Rarity: Mythical [Growth Type↑]

Upon activation the host of the sacred gear will be able to summon inanimate knights made of magical metal, it will fight and protect its master life.

[Price: 50 million]

"God's Forgery"

Rarity: Legendary.[Growth Type↑]

A Sacred Gear that allows the user to create, merge and upgrade any kind of weapon if the host has the necessary items. Weapons created by the Sacred Gear can be stored within the database of the gear as default weapons.

[Price: 600 billion]

I hit the fucking gold mine bruv, a growth-type sacred gear… if I sell it to the system I can buy some of the most powerful weapons within the store, but my gut is telling me that it would be the biggest L of my life if I did that, I am taking this shit like my own.