Chapter 90 – Alliance Formed

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"This is bad…" Said Vasco as he crossed his arms.

I told him about what my old man talked about in the meeting, and their reactions were what I had expected.

Vasco was holding his head, Gabriel had a crestfallen expression while the woman beside Gabriel that I finally know her name as Griselda had a bitter expression.

They didn't look good, especially since Church was one of the weakest factions right now in the Supernatural. The Angel had yet to invent their brave saint system, and the humans can't hope to fight against Ophis and Old Satan Factions.

"I never expected they will make an organization." Muttered Gabriel as she looked down at the table.

Griselda had the calmest expression. She looked at me with a stoic expression and asked.

"I understand that, but I wanted to ask something if you don't mind."

I raised my right hand at her and smiled.

"Feel free to ask."

"What is the reason for your visit to the Vatican Church this time. Surely you are not here just to tell us about Khaos Brigade, right?"

I like someone who was quick on uptake like her. She could recover quickly from her shock and made a sound judgment.

With a wide smile on my face, I said.

"I'm here to talk about something to Vasco about the swords. It was gone, I mean it was not in Japan. I think the swords were taken out of Kuoh Town by someone, and then it was robbed by the members of Khaos Brigade."

I didn't have the evidence about it, but I had confidence that the swords were taken by them. One of Vali Team's members, the one who took the name of Arthur Pendragon had Excalibur Ruler. If it was him, then he will be able to find the Excalibur Fragment without any difficulty.

"Is that so?" Answered Vasco as he regained his composure.

"I didn't think that someone would take the sword before you or us, it's our fault for not realizing the existence of Khaos Brigade faster."

I nodded my head in agreement. It was not like I didn't know about them, I underestimate them. Vali must have told Arthur about the existence of the fragments, but I just brushed it off and didn't act as fast as I can.

"We can't do anything if the fragments' location are unknown." Said Gabriel.

"More importantly, I want to propose something with you, Nura Riku." Gabriel looked at me with a serious face, to which I replied with a serious tone.

"Is it about alliance proposal?"

Gabriel nodded her head.

"Yes, I know that I am in no position to propose an alliance, but honestly, Heavens and Church are in difficult situations right now. The angels' number are decreasing, and the Exorcists in the church were not as strong as the other supernatural being."

Touji and Masaomi had a bitter faces when Gabriel said her thought out loud like that. While it was true that Exorcists without holy sword or Sacred Gear can't even rival Ultimate rank or even High rank, they were still enough to protect humans from Supernatural.

Now, how should I answer? Allying with Chruch was one of my goals, but I never expected that Gabriel was the one who proposed it. Certainly, I didn't expect her to be so honest about the situation of her Factions.

If the one who sat in front of me was Michael, I would have a rather hard time getting an alliance with them. Even if we formed one, my advantages would be minimal at best.

My inner strategist mind was smiling, I decided to get every advantage that I will be able to get in this alliance.

"Hmm, alliance, huh. If it is an alliance between Heaven and Church with YOUKAI Faction, it would be hard."

Gabriel became sad after she heard what I said. Griselda let out a sigh of resignation, but Vasco was smiling at me.

"YOUKAI Faction would be hard, huh. Then how about East Youkai Faction, Riku?"

It seems he noticed what I wanted to say. Indeed, I have no authority over all Youkai Faction even if I was appointed as the successor of my old man. That was because the YOUKAI was divided into 2 factions.

My best advantage at this was to lend them only a small amount of our power while getting help from Heaven and Church. Not only that, I planned to get something from them to complete my Hyakki Yakkou.

There was something that my subordinates lacked. It was holy power. Only Masaomi had Holy Sword, the other fought with their specialty, Fear.

If my enemy was immune to something other than Holy Power, then it would be hard for my subordinates to fight them. I had no problem though, as I can always use Nenekirimaru to cut them through their defense.

"That would be fine. Maybe you have heard about it, but I was officially appointed as Nurarihyon's successor. That means I could move East Youkai Clan and make a decision in Nurarihyon's stead."

Gabriel beamed into a smile as she leaned her body closer to me, ignoring the table between us, and took my hand.

"Thank you! Thank you for accepting the alliance!"

'Too close!'

Kubinashi was also surprised by Gabriel's behavior. Griselda tried to hold Gabriel, but she was just holding to her lightly because Griselda didn't want to be rude to Gabriel, so her effort was in vain.

"I know, so can you please back up, Lady Gabriel? We had yet to talk about the content of our alliance and it was not official yet until we sign the contract about it!"

"Oh, please forgive me!" Gabriel backed out and sat on her seat while coughing in embarrassment.

"Then what do you want in this alliance other than helping each other, Lady Gabriel. I will add something if I find it difficult, please feel free to tell me about it. I will tell you my condition after yours."

"Oh! I never think about our conditions! Well, how about something like information sharing between us?"

Information sharing, getting more information would help us as well.

"I don't mind about that, are you sure that's all that you wanted?" I asked Gabriel with a smile on my face.

That condition will help the two of us, and I had a hard time trusting those who never asked for an advantage for themselves.

"Eh, I thought that was a good idea? Was it not, Griselda?"

Griselda closed her eyes and said, "I believe that was a wonderful idea, Milady."

Ah, I forgot about it. Gabriel was naïve, unlike her brother Michael.

I laughed in front of them. They were surprised and Gabriel tilted her head.

"Hahahaha, sorry about that. Well then to my conditions." I put on a serious expression but still smiled as I said that.

"I wanted to get a light sword and gun from Church."

They were a weak weapon, but if it was utilized correctly then it will become a plus to our power. I can ask that old crow to analyze the weapon to make a new one for my army too because he still has debt to me.

"I don't mind! If that could make you help us then I don't mind giving you the light weapon from Church!" Said Gabriel.

Hearing her answer, my smile deepened.

"It's nice to have an alliance with you."

"Likewise!" Answered Gabriel with an honest smile.