Unaware of the headache he left for Ajuka just by leaving the DXD world, Alex spent the next several days in a relatively relaxed state, teaching in the day and training at nights, until nearly a week after the incident with the Miao family when a certain silver haired vampire practically blew up.
"So when exactly are we going to do something about Alucard?" 'Inner' Moka demanded with an annoyed expression from the floating island where Yue had built her castle, while the afore mentioned vampire princess sat on Alex's lap along with Elmenhilde, the two drinking his blood leisurely while Alex lounged on her throne. Though this situation wouldn't really be enough to warrant such a reaction from the usually indifferent seeming beauty, the fact that Alex had his hands up their skirts and was nonchalantly fondling their butts while their panties laid forgotten on the floor was starting to annoy her.
As he never practiced seriously around the villa, only ever usually doing a mild regimen or meditation practice there, 'inner' Moka was starting to suspect that Alex never did practice seriously like he always claimed to be since she only ever saw him fooling around with the girl's around him. This, combined with the fact that he had yet to actually do or say anything regarding Alucard, was starting to really annoy her as it now felt like the seriousness that everyone treated the subject with before was a lie, and she was the only one who cared about it. In response to her earlier demand, Yue stopped drinking Alex's blood as she looked over at Moka with an amazed expression, and stated plainly,
"...Don't expect Alex to just jump because you think he should... If he said that he intends to deal with Alucard, then it's only a matter of when he will, he'll never go back on his word when a good fight is involved..." It was at this moment that Alex, who appeared as if he was taking a nap, opened his eyes suddenly and added,
"Correction, I'll never go back on my word when it involves a good fight, or a beautiful woman." Yue only rolled her eyes in response to his shameless declaration, before leaning against his side and closing her eyes contently while enjoying the feeling of his fingers doing various naughty things within her skirt. Moka on the other hand merely snorted before turning her back to them, seemingly losing interest on the discussion as she contemplated having Shia spar with her again before she was sealed back up. This thought was driven from her mind however as an exceptionally fragrant aroma suddenly assaulted her nose, prompting her stomach to loudly make itself known as it demanded to be fed with the source of the aroma, Alex's blood.
It was then that Moka incredulously turned back towards Alex and noticed that there was still a pair of small holes in his neck, allowing the scent of his blood to slowly fill the throne room while Yue sat to his side with a smirk just barely visible on her lips. Though Moka wanted to retort at the obvious bait, before she got a chance to her stomach roared once more as even her mouth started salivating at the aroma, making her cheeks blush slightly from embarrassment as Alex asked with a wry smile,
"Do you want to drink some of my blood Moka?" Even as she very much wanted to accept his offer, Moka instead snorted and turned away while stating,
"Even if I wanted to, you look like you don't have enough space to accommodate me so I'll decline." Alex smiled wryly again at her refusal, before Yue and Elmenhilde, who had also stopped sucking his blood by now, scooted over to make space for Moka, each claiming a side while leaving hole on Alex's lap for her. Realizing they intended to have her straddle Alex's lap while sucking his blood, Moka was about to decline the offer once more, but her stomach loudly protested once again as if it was aware of her intention to refuse. With the blush in her cheeks becoming more noticeable, Moka stormed up to the throne and hesitated for the briefest of moments in front of Alex, before resigning herself and slowly climbing up so that both of her legs were on either side of Alex's waist, and her upper body was closely pressed against his as she leaned forward and sank her fangs into his neck, albeit a bit harsher than usual.
Knowing that Moka was purposely acting defiantly, which was nothing new, Alex responded by removing his hands from under Yue and Elmenhilde's skirts and snaking them up Moka's, making the silver haired vampire jump from surprise while her pink haired counterpart pouted within her at the unfairness. As this wasn't the first time Alex took advantage of her feeding on him to fondle her butt, and she had accidentally given him a matching pair of slices in his neck from when she jumped, Moka didn't respond right away to the sexual harassment, at least until Alex started hooking his fingers in the waistband of her panties. Even as she tightened her grip on him to the point that she'd could've crushed even boulders with how much strength she was using, Alex's antics didn't falter as he slowly fed his fingers into Moka's panties to feel the bare skin of her rump, before he started lowering the waistband of the thin cloth. As the waistband of her panties moved lower Moka stopped feeding as she was about to give Alex a piece of her mind, but before she could a somewhat timid voice called out,
"Ehem, p-pardon the intrusion boss..." Moka froze as she heard the voice, and slowly turned her head as if it was on a rusty swivel until she saw one of the infamous R.I.B standing there, awkwardly alternating her gaze from the floor to Alex, or more accurately the very intimate area of Moka's body, which was now on perfect display due to Alex's hands lifting her skirt, and lowering her panties. As the hesitant rabbit once again looked directly at the intimate place where the sun shouldn't shine, Moka turned the reddest she had ever been as she unhesitatingly backhanded Alex with enough force that she actually fractured his jaw, before practically fleeing the throne while simultaneously fixing the state of her panties.
'...ow...' Alex awkwardly said as he gently touched the area that was starting to swell before his 'Automatic Regeneration' started to repair the damage. As he was thinking that he might've gone too far, Yue reached up and gently kissed the area that Moka smacked as if to make it feel better, before retreating to the side alongside Elmenhilde. Feeling as if she had seriously blundered after she got her boss smacked, Rana, or rather 'Agent R', cleared her throat awkwardly and held up a folder while stating as seriously as she could manage,
"We finished scouting the locations given to us by the boss, and are ready to move once we have the go ahead." Becoming serious in an instant, Alex used his 'Domain' to take the folder from Rana's hands without having to leave the throne, before looking through it intently. Even as she was about to put on her rosary to flee the current situation, Moka couldn't help but pause when she heard what Rana said, and turned hesitantly to pay attention to what was going on. As if aware of her unasked question, Alex suddenly spoke up,
"When we returned from the Huang family estate I looked up several locations with the magic compass and gave them to the Haulia to check out, which they have been for the last week." Evidently finished with his explanation, Alex then stopped talking as he continued looking through the data that Rana had brought him, which consisted of a summary of the defenses at each location, as well as pictures and descriptions of the people who regularly went there. What caught Alex's eye though was that there was even detailed descriptions of the residences of several important figures within the group they were watching, as well as hints of secret locations within their home and even tidbits of their personalities and habits. He then looked up at Rana and asked,
"How were you able to gather this particular data? Did you guys infiltrate their home or come into contact with them?" Instead of Rana, another beautiful looking female rabbit appeared seemingly from nowhere, and stated,
"That is from a certain group of us within Agent R's squadron, we were former slaves of the empire that were forced to work in brothels as pleasure slaves, or within the homes of wealthy or powerful members of the empire. As we were already 'dirtied', we decided to use the skills we were forced to learn in order to better serve the great Boss that liberated us from our chains." As he listened to the woman's explanation, Alex's brows started twitching as he realized that she and several others of the rabbit tribe women had essentially prostituted themselves on his behalf, though they had secretly received information for him instead of selling themselves for money.
After a moment of thinking Alex knew this wasn't too strange a thing, as, former slave or not, every single one of the Haulia and their recruits considered themselves to be his personal property; it was to the point that every single female, and even male, member of their race, no matter how young or old, no matter if they were happily married or in a loving relationship, would readily and happily spread their legs or bend over while welcoming him with smiles and open arms should he ask. (A.N before anyone comments on how random this may seem, this is how the Haulia actually acted in the original series towards Hajime.) With this in mind, Alex realized it wouldn't be too far fetched that those who considered themselves to be 'dirtied' would willingly seduce even those they considered the enemy if it meant benefiting him, or better following his orders. While fighting a slight migraine from how extreme the rabbits tended to take things, Alex practically groaned,
"While I can understand the benefits of acquiring such 'detailed' information when it comes to our enemies, I don't want you resorting to such methods unless I give the order or if it's absolutely necessary. Understood?" Not just the woman who had spoken up, but at least ten more female rabbits suddenly appeared as if from thin air before saluting and stating,
"""SIR!"""
Satisfied that he got the message across to them, Alex nodded in affirmation before turning his attention back towards the documents in his hands. As he continued reading Moka fidgeted at the side, the urge to ask what was on them growing within her. Before she could however, Alex used his 'Domain' to return the documents back to Rana and said,
"Take those to Cam and tell him we're moving tomorrow afternoon, he has until then to draft a plan of attack. Tell him that I also want some of Rossweisse's Valkyries on standby at each location in case extra muscle is needed." Saluting once more, though with a bit of a disheartened look that he was dismissing her so soon, Rana turned around and promptly marched out of Yue's castle, every one of her silent and hidden escort following her out. With the interruption over, Yue and Elmenhilde returned to Alex's sides to continue what they were doing before Rana's arrival, while a still embarrassed Moka asked,
"So what is this group exactly? Why are we going to eliminate them?" Even as he was becoming increasingly distracted by the two beauties on either side of him, Alex nonchalantly stated,
"They're just a cult of Youkai supremacists called Fairy Tale, who also worship Alucard as the God who will topple the rule of the human race and pave the way for the Youkai rise to global domination." In response to this, Moka's mouth only dropped slightly to form an O.
***
*The next day*
"Haaaa...." A man in a suit sighed as he slowly trudged home from the office he worked at. He was just a single, dull, ordinary man, who was just like a thousand others in the city with nothing exciting or interesting happening in his life. He woke up, went to work, went home, ate a microwaveable meal while watching tv, then went to bed before repeating the same cycle over and over, the only real break being the rare occasions he went drinking with coworkers, however he never drank enough to get truly drunk. Though a part of him felt comfortable in his monotonous routine, another part of him wanted something exciting or interesting to happen, little did he know that something indeed was about to happen.
Right as he was walking by a several story building that looked just as unassuming as all the others around it, a mysterious looking black van suddenly pulled up in front of it. This alone was not interesting, but what happened next was. As the back doors of the van opened, no less than twenty people suddenly climbed out of it; and, if that wasn't strange enough, they were all dressed in identical black suits, all relatively good looking, they all had purple hair, and there was a pair of rabbit ears(?) poking up from each of their heads. Before anyone could even try to make sense of their appearance, the twenty rabbit people suddenly took off as they surrounded the building that they had parked in front of, while the front doors of the van opened to reveal yet five more of them. Instead of following the others though, four of these five started pulling dividers out of the back of the van and placing them around while also trying to maintain a sense of distance between the building and the bystanders. Instead of helping set up the barrier, the last rabbit hopped up to the top of the van with more elegance than a normal person could ever manage, and turned on the megaphone attached to their hip before saying into the mouthpiece,
"Ahem, may I have your attention please!" As his voice carried over the crowd everyone turned to look at the one who seemed as if they were going to explain what was going on, before he continued, "We don't mean to alarm anyone, but there is a slight situation that is currently occurring here. As long as everybody is calm and cooperative, then we can resolve the current issue swiftly, and everyone can be on their way." There was a series of mixed reactions from the crowd at the rabbitman's words, as he didn't state what was going on, who they were, or if it was dangerous for them to be there.
Before they could demand to know what was actually happening though, they could suddenly hear the very distinctive 'pop pop pop' of gunfire right before a beastial and very inhuman roar pierced the air, silencing the unspoken demands of the bystanders as panic started settling in. Releasing a tired sigh at how his comrades couldn't handle it quietly like they were supposed to, the rabbitman turned a dial on the megaphone before saying into it once again,
"I repeat ladies and gentlemen, please remain calm while we handle the situation, there is no need for alarm." As he spoke, the words echoing from the megaphone emitted a calming aura that quickly settled the panicking crowd once more, as he continued telling them that everything would be handled promptly. The megaphone, like most of the R.I.B's equipment, was specially made by Hajime to help manipulate the crowds of people listening to it, using Spirit magic to mildly influence the feelings of those it was pointed at, depending on where the dial was turned. For these kinds of situations, there was a function that kept crowds from panicking and going out of control, while there was also contrarily a setting to help incite a crowd if one wanted them to get angry and riot.
Another interesting little gadget they had courtesy of Hajime, was what was essentially a media E.M.P, meaning that once it was activated every single camera within a mile would suddenly cease working at all, while any footage that had been recorded beforehand would also be damaged beyond repair. This had been a particularly useful tool for Hajime and the others when they had initially returned home from Tortus, as, with numerous unflattering rumors circulating about them, several people had tried to record or report various instances of unusual happenings around them due to their magic powers. With him controlling the crowds and the rest of his tribesmen eliminating the Youkai within the building, the rabbitman looked up briefly towards the sky as if he was looking for something, however there was seemingly nothing there despite the fact that he knew otherwise.
Hovering stealthily above the building that they were currently attacking, a trio of beautiful silver haired women attired in pristine silver armor watched on with indifferent expressions on their faces, even though they were eagerly awaiting a signal for their assistance. Along with the R.I.B squadrons that were sent to eliminate the Fairy Tale subdivision branches, at every location was also a trio of Rosswiess's Valkyries that had been sent in case there was a need for extra muscle, due to the possibility of one of the branch leaders being present during the attacks. They were very eager to display the results of their training to their leader Rossweisse, and the man who gave them a second chance when he didn't have to; however, to their growing disappointment, the call for their assistance never arrived until they saw the rabbitmen walking out the front doors of the building, and one said to them telepathically through another of Hajime's artifacts,
'We're done, start preparing the spell.' Sighing slightly at how they were essentially useless except for cleanup, the three former apostles started preparing a spell to instantly set the entire building ablaze with a fire powerful enough that none of the monster corpses within would withstand being turned to ash. Meanwhile, the rabbitman who was trying to keep the crowd of bystanders under control reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a pair of plain black sunglasses, and action copied by all twenty four other rabbits and the three Valkyries above them. He then said through the megaphone,
"Everyone, I know you all wish to know what is going on, and if you'll give me your undivided attention then I shall tell you." Without fail every single person there turned back towards the black van expectantly, right before a small bulb on the roof of the van suddenly flashed, leaving everyone with blank expression before the rabbitman continued,
"You did not see a group of rabbit eared people dressed in black suits, you didn't hear any gunshots or monster roars, there was no black van, and you have no idea how that fire started now, have a very pleasant evening." His message complete, the rabbitman promptly hopped off of the van and reentered it along with his comrades, before it casually pulled away and drove off. Meanwhile, the office worker who planned to just go home and eat a microwave meal just stood there along with everyone else, before muttering somewhat absentmindedly, "What fire?-" The second those words escaped his lips the entire building was suddenly set ablaze, stupefying everyone present as they watched them swiftly eat through the building. As more and more people gathered at the doomed building, one guy arrived and asked the office worker,
"What happened?!" The man just shrugged and said,
"I don't know, it was just on fire."
Meanwhile, in the van the rabbitman who was trying to keep the crowds under control groaned and demanded,
"Couldn't you guys even sneak around properly? How did they even detect you?!" One of the other rabbits shrugged, despite the fact that his side was bleeding, and said,
"I think they might have smelled one of us, I mean theres probably Youkai with amazing noses among them. Check out this bullet wound though!" As he said that the rabbitman unhesitatingly lifted his shirt to reveal a bloody hole that would have made any other person worry, while those around him made comments of praise at the wound.
"Psh, that's nothing! I got shot twice!" Another rabbit said, before he too lifted his pant leg and showed off a bullet wound, before pulling up one of his sleeves to display the matching one. And so began the competition to show off who had the worst wound among them while the one in charge tried to get them to drink their share of the miracle medicine, gods water.
***
All around Japan the same scene played out in a dozen locations as the R.I.B systematically wiped out every minor branch of Fairy Tale's operations, while also using devices given to them by Hajime to steal all of their data before wiping it clean. With the fact there was no survivors, combined with the use of the Neurolizer and the media E.M.P, there was no indication whatsoever of who attacked one of the most powerful groups in the world, except in a certain location where a single man casually walked through the front door. Seeing him, a young thuggish looking man with pointed teeth and headphones around his neck approached him, and said,
"Welcome, do you intend to join the cause brother?" As he looked the man before him up and down, Tsubaki couldn't help but feel excited as he appeared to be a real fighter, with his muscle clad figure and intense aura. Contrasting his intense and intimidating aura however, the man smiled in response and said cheerfully,
"Nope, I'm here to kill all of you!" Before Tsubaki could even react to Alex's words, a giant scythe appeared from seemingly nowhere and blurred before slicing cleanly through his body, bisecting it into two pieces from shoulder to hip before he could even scream. There was a beat of silence as everyone in the lobby froze, before lunging at Alex suddenly with teeth, claws, and weapons bared. Alex however smirked fearlessly and threw himself into the battle without any hesitation, slashing his way through the crowd of monsters with his scythe as if they were warm butter while also dodging through the hailstorm of bullets with ease.
Within two minutes the first fight was already over, and the lobby looked as if it had been repainted red from the blood and entrails of those whose lives Alex had harvested with his scythe. He then looked up towards a a camera in the corner of the lobby, which he had specifically left operational unlike the R.I.B, before smiling fearlessly and tauntingly at it and the people who would inevitably watch the recording. Slinging his scythe over his shoulder with one hand, Alex then fished something out his pocket with the other as he walked through the halls of the building while whistling a tune.
Slowly but surely, Alex made his way up the building as he aimed for the top floor where his target was, slaughtering any and all he could with his scythe or using his 'Domain' to wield its concept of Death over those who were too far away for him to chase. Eventually Alex made his way to the largest office in the building, after killing everyone else within it on the way up, before suddenly sending the door flying as he 'lightly' knocked on it. Within was a man whose appearance could only be described as 'beautiful', who stood slowly even as his doors came crashing in before saying in a melodious voice,
"So you're the one who has been trashing my base and killing my subordinates, may I ask why?" Alex just shrugged and replied in a somewhat loud voice,
"Would it be ok if I just said that I was bored?" The man looked irritated at that, and stated in annoyance while picking up a small harp that was laying on his desk while a pair of majestic white wings sprouted from his back,
"No it would not. Normally I would make you an offer to join our group, but your barbarous behaviors suggests that it'd just be a waste of time. Instead, I think I'll beat some manners into you before using my 'song' to brainwash you into joining us!" As he spoke the man plucked one of the strings on his harp, and the floor around them suddenly rippled as if it was water before several heads came up out of it, all green and scaled with fins sticking out. As the mermen surrounded them the man continued, "Know at least, that one to defeat you is named Kanade Kamiya." With his introduction out of the way, Kanade made a gesture with his hands and the horde of merman surged forward to attack all at once, before they were suddenly bisected in one great swing of Alex's scythe.
Staring in dumbfoundment of how easily Alex had dispatched over a dozen of his mermen, Kanade's look of amazement turned into one of anger at how useless those pawns were, before he immediately summoned more. As these ones surged forward though, a seemingly endless horde of the slimy beings continued to rise from the ground in an attempt to overwhelm their opponent, while their master opened his mouth and started singing. Time seemed to stand still for the briefest of seconds as the melody of the song filled the air, before rushing suddenly at Alex and impacting him like a truck, giving him a small headache at the most while he continued dispatching Kanade's mermen with ease. Even as the song continued for over a minute, Alex was still standing as he mercifully mowed down the never ending horde, making Kanade's usually calm expression slowly morph into one of fury before he finally broke his song off and demanded,
"HOW?! HOW ARE YOU STILL STANDING EVEN AFTER TAKING MY 'SONG OF DEATH' STRAIGHT ON LIKE THAT?!" At Kanade's shout Alex stopped killing the mermen and looked at him confusingly, before turning his ear towards him and shouting,
"WHAAAAT???? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" It was then Kanade noticed a small item lodged in Alex's ear, and realization dawned on him, he had prepared to face him beforehand. Logically it made sense that one would learn about their enemy before fighting them, and prepare for their attacks, however Kanade could help but mentally ask 'How?!' No matter how good they were, mere ear plugs shouldn't be able to defend against his song of death, as even recorded or watered down it could still incapacitate even the most powerful of foes. Though of course, Kanade didn't know Alex had a master of creating magical tools on his side, who was even capable of creating magical ear plugs capable of blocking out all sound based attacks. Furious that he was being made a fool of, Kanade shouted,
"DAMN YOU, JUST DIE!" As he shouted Kanade started transforming as his body and arms started elongating, his skin turned darker while his face morphed into a more monstrous appearance, and slits opened up at his throat, chest, and sides to help him amplify his voice even further. His transformation complete, Kanade then stepped forward and projected forward his most powerful vocal attack, 'Symphony for the devil', which effortlessly tore through the floor as it barreled its way towards its target, making mincemeat of any mermen left in front of it. Seeing the deadly attack approaching him, Alex smiled fearlessly before setting his scythe to the side and taking a stance, is hair turning golden as leaned forward and thrusted his fist out while shouting,
"HAAAA!"
With no excess energy whatsoever to power his attack, Alex's SSJ2 fist compressed the air between it and the rapidly approaching 'song', before both clashed in midair and resulted in a small explosion that still tore apart the remainder of the office and the mermen. As the recoil of the clash and the force of Alex's punch reached him, Kanade was thrown backwards and crashed through his desk before crying out at the pain. As he struggled to stand and orient himself, he looked forward and stalled slightly when he saw Alex calmly standing there while surrounded by dozens of corpses of the mermen.
In the old stories his predecessors, the sirens of ancient times, would use their voices to call out to sailors and draw them to their deaths, before the sirens would add their corpses to their ever growing mountain. Kanade's dream had always been to end the current harmony between humans and monsters, allowing him to slaughter the pathetic creatures at will and stack their corpses to build his own mountain. Though it was far from a mountain, the corpses around Alex made it seem as if he was closer to his goal than he ever would be. The man in question then canceled his own transformation before retrieving his scythe, and slowly walking towards the still collapsed Kanade, his slow and steady footsteps being the only thing breaking the deathly silence that had settled.
As he approached, Kanade had a sudden vision, that the one approaching him was not the random stranger that had attacked the headquarters of his branch, but the God of death himself. For he, who was considered akin to a god by all of his subordinates and even he himself, there no revelation more terrifying than this as he felt his impending death at this beings hands, something that currently didn't feel like a possibility, but complete and utter certainty.
"P-please-!" Kanade cried out, before Alex swung his scythe and sliced open his throat, permanently silencing Kanade for the last few seconds of his life before the concept of Death took him forever.
With the fight over and no other opponents left alive in the entire building, Alex stored his scythe away before letting out a sigh as he made his way to the remains of Kanade's desk, intending to search for anything interesting since Kanade was in fact the leader of an entire division of Fairy Tale, so he should've had some good Intel. What Alex didn't expect to find was a fairly thick folder that, when he opened it, contained the portfolios of several individuals that had recently graduated from Youkai Academy, with a familiar face being at the top of the pile. Realizing that he would need to contact them a lot earlier than he was thinking, due to the fact that Fairy Tale would most likely be extremely eager to replenish their lost numbers as quickly as possible, Alex sighed again and formed a magic circle to Grayfia, and said,
"Hey, I found something that I need to check out, shouldn't take me more than a couple hours since I already cleaned up here. I'm sending you a file of people they were checking out for potential recruits that had graduated from the academy recently, I want you to start looking for them if possible so that they don't end up joining Fairy Tale." Removing the file of the person who drew his interest, Alex then used magic to send the file to Grayfia before making his way out of the building, taking the chance to send the camera in the lobby once last smirk before walking out of the front doors.
Meanwhile, in a location far from the seaside city where Alex had killed Kanade, the person watching the live feed of every division and subdivision branch camera started sweating slightly as he turned his attention to all of the now blank screens, before quickly going to get his superior.