Chapter 51: IDK What Title to Put

"...and that's all is my report." A devil said before he returned to his seat. Various beings including devils, humans, fallen angels, angels, gods, etc gathered around the table and listened to the information shared about their recent enemies that openly declared to be against them.

"Anyone want to add more information to the meeting?"

"Me, it's about the old fool Odin. He expressed his thoughts of leading Norse, joining the alliance when his friend Azazel proposed the idea." Loki said with an utterly livid expression and he wanted to spit on Odin's name if not for his respect for Odin as a competent leader but to mingle with other mythologies isn't in his eyes.

The assembly has various expressions when Loki is informed that Odin wants to join the alliance. The alliance is troublesome enough with the existence of Raymond D'Angelo whom they see as a threat. His capability to unite and lead an army to a singular goal made the alliance a force to reckon with when previously it wasn't because they aren't as united as now.

"Rizevim, I think it's time for you to accelerate your plan with the Tepes clan or we will really be facing a great problem due to the new army formed by the alliance."

"Worry not, I plan to do so however I will need some assistance from Lord Ophis." Rizevim replied to the death god with slight annoyance before looking at the girl sitting on the highest throne, looking over the meeting with her expressionless face.

Ophis nodded and created a few snakes before giving it to Rizevim without questions. The meeting soon dismissed as they finished their discussion.

"Valinya, how did the meeting go?" A black haired nekomata lady asked when seeing Valina returned to their hideout with not a good expression. The other member, Bikou, the descendant of Sun Wukong also focused on Valina when she returned.

"Bad just like I expected." Valina replied before diving onto the sofa and relaxing next to Kuroka with a loud sigh.

"So they did deviate from their original goal like you expected, huh…" Bikou said and Valina nodded as confirmation.

Valina and her team initially defected to Khaos Brigade for her grand plan of surpassing all beings and defeating Great Red as her path to domination but the organisation is now nothing more than a group of people with their personal interest wanting to make Ophis into their puppet for their personal goal. The Khaos Brigade originally formed by Ophis to recruit people to help her defeat Great Red but now is no longer following that goal and thus not suitable for her own goal.

"So, are we going to stay or defect again, Valinya?" Kuroka asked her team leader and benefactor to save her from the pursuing devils.

"We will stay for a while since we can still milk Khaos Brigade for its benefits but we will now work independently without following the order of the higher-ups." Valina declared and the other two members nodded. "Also I think we will get two new members very soon."

"Is it a pretty girl?"

"Is it a handsome guy, nya?"

Bikou and Kuroka asked immediately, which caused Valina to sighed and think for a while before nodding.

"I guess?" Valina said before she revealed the identity of the two newcomers to be Arthur Pendragon and his sister Le Fay Pendragon.

"Eh, aren't they from the hero factions? Why did they suddenly want to join us?" Bikou asked after remembering the two newcomers is part of the Hero factions

"Arthur met me after the meeting just now. He said he is sick of the way the Hero faction operate and the faction is more of a toy for Cao Cao to do whatever he willed than trying to regain the dignity of the humanity heroes like Cao Cao initially promised."

"Heh, about time I guess. That manipulative bastard really calls himself the exemplification of heroes when he is brainwashing people into becoming his pawns and throwing them away easily when it's convenient." Bikou huffed in anger as he ranted.

"Yeah, I remember their attempt to recruit Ray to join their faction but end up blackmailing him using his daughter when Ray rejected. They are more of a band of bandits playing heroes than actual heroes." Valina added which her team nodded.

Speaking of Ray however, she managed to view some classified information about him prior to her betrayal at the Peace Conference. She remembers that Ray has the ability to give anyone a chance to grow limitlessly according to Azazel's assessment. She is very tempted to have him in her team but she knows it's hard with how Ray is now very deeply rooted in the alliance. If she can get his help, her goal of defeating Great Red might be even closer than before with how absurd his ability is which Albion also agreed.

Albion said that Ray's ability allows anyone to grow limitlessly and consistently while ignoring all limitations like talent or racial limit. An ordinary human can reach the power of gods if given enough time to keep growing. It might take years or even decades but it is possible which made Albion to suspect Ray isn't a person from this world as he never seen such ability before even during his heyday.

"What will we do now, Valinya?"

"Hmn?" Valina pulled back from his thoughts by Kuroka's question. "Ah, we will wait until the Pendragon siblings join us before we steal Fenrir. From the meeting I can guess Odin will make a meeting with the alliance and Loki will attack the meeting."

"And we will use the Excalibur Ruler to tame the God Devouring wolf then?" Bikou added.

"Exactly." Valina nodded with satisfaction that her team is competent and understands her thoughts.

Somewhere in Underworld, between Grigori and New Devil territory, a massive construction project is completed within the short span of two days to create a big enough military base to accommodate the alliance army.

The base includes houses and various facilities but the base only finishes its frame which means only the buildings are completed as it was prioritized for Ray to start the training. The magical wards, defensive weapons, etc aren't implemented yet as they will gradually be finished later. The alliance is currently more focused on getting the army on track rather than focusing on its defences which is not the priority as the base is within the reach of Grigori and New Devil territory for reinforcements to arrive immediately.

Not to mention that Baraqiel and Falbium, the military head of their respective faction brought a portion of their elite soldiers to protect the base temporarily while also acting as instructors.

Currently Ray is standing in an open area while overseeing the new recruits. At the sidelines are his Fallen Angels unit, Baraqiel and Falbium with their soldiers. He is now screening the recruits by giving them implants which help him weed out the infiltrators effectively as the implant can only be received if someone is willing to surrender themselves to Ray. The infiltrators wouldn't as their allegiance is to the Khaos Brigade or the Old Devil faction which indirectly align them to Khaos Brigade.

Of course the method isn't foolproof as some people are unwilling because they are forced. The Satans recently did a clean up of the fleeing devils after the banquet and many devils are caught. Their clans and families are volatile to be let alone since they might also be Khaos Brigade spies or simply vengeful that their family members are arrested by the Satans.

Those people are sent here which makes this place technically a concentration camp and those potentially troublesome people are forced into obedience and turn into soldiers. This is a better way of dealing with them than simply disposing of them as most pillar clans proposed initially.

"Now, I ask you all to submit yourself to me and let my ability do its magic." Ray said through a voice magnifying magic.

The crowd either replied with yes or nodded before the system barraged me with hundreds of thousands of notifications.

[Follower exceeded set requirement, new function for Mission mode is unlocked.]

Ray curiously saw a notification that informed him about a new function specifically for Mission mode but he pinned it and set it aside for now. When he looks at the crowd, he can instinctively differentiate who has and who doesn't have the implant. Ray points them out for the people on the sideline to arrest and go through interrogation as potential infiltrators.

"Good." Ray nodded and scanned his eyes on the remaining people that passed the initial screening.

"For now, you all will rest. Tomorrow you all will go through abilities screening then briefing before each of you will be divided to which unit that suits your abilities." Ray informed them before looking at Raynare and the others in the Fallen Angels unit and called them to come forward. "They are your seniors and will help accommodate you all temporarily until your final screening is completed."

"Everyone is dismissed for today." Ray gave the order before he left and went to his residence in the base.

He has 3 residences now. One in Earth Grigori headquarter, one in Underworld Grigori headquarter and the last one in this military base, residential district.

When he reached the front door, he pressed the bell before entering to tell the people inside he was coming. Upon entering the door, Cheshire came running from the living room and jumped to his embrace. Lancelot also peeked through the kitchen wearing a red and white checkered apron.

"Welcome back Ray. I was preparing tea and cookies for snacks for Cheshire but she disliked tea and wanted warm milk instead but we didn't have any in the fridge." Lancelot reported before returning to the kitchen.

Ray bought two jugs from the Marketplace without batting a glance at the five digits price for each jug. He walked to the kitchen counter and dropped the jugs there for Lancelot to work with before sitting at the couch, looking at Cheshire who was digging her face on his chest.

Cheshire definitely missed Ray because she usually always wakes up with Ray within the house except today because he has to stay on job from night to morning to oversee hundreds of thousands of people shipped to the base through the large fixed magic circle constructed by Azazel and Ajuka for transporting large amounts of people and supplies.

"Sorry, Cheshire. I have been busy lately and probably for a while too but I will be free for the whole day today. So, wanna go and have fun today?"

"Really, Papa?" Cheshire asked with a surprised tone in disbelief.

"Nhn, let's go back to Earth today and we can go visit the… what do you call that place again?" Ray asked as he forgot the large amusement park that has certain iconic mouse mascot cartoon character.

"Disneyland! Cheshire wants to visit Disneyland!" Cheshire cheered while excitedly reminding Ray the name of the amusement park.

"Yes, yes." Ray nodded repeatedly before looking at Lancelot who was waiting in front of a microwave for the glass of milk to become warm. "Lancelot, will you come with us?"

"Huh, oh.. Of course I will. Protecting Miss Cheshire is my duty and I would be a failure of a knight to allow Miss Cheshire to leave without an escort." Lancelot instantly recites the same words he always said to Ray.

Ray wonders how surprised Lancelot would be if he knew his ward that he was supposed to protect is technically stronger than himself.

"Excellent, we will leave at 9 sharp." Ray informed Lancelot before focusing his attention on Cheshire who wanted some snuggles while watching the TV that connected to the Underworlds and currently showing one of the magical girl shows starring Serafall.

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Note: Very slow update as I lack inspiration and drive to write lately then swamped with my game, PGR, which has a collab event. I need to spend a lot of time including Azur Lane grind for the new PR 5 ships.

(Extra)

"Sigh… dealing with people is tiring. I would rather solo ten Savage Devastators than this…" Evelyn complained with her head hung low from her exhausted mind.

Since she and the others in the Fallen Angels unit are now celebrated like war heroes, they became akin to celebrities and always crowded with fans from all factions except Heavens that have yet to send any recruit.

"Carefully with your words, Evelyn. Are you sure you can defeat ten Savage Devastators?" Elrien asked with a mocking tone and expression to her twin's declaration.

"Of course not, but at least if I'm done I'm dead and booted out from the stage but dealing with people… no matter how tired or exhausted I am, I still need to continue talking and talking…" Evelyn complained about her problem.

"Aren't you the one very happy to gain recognition and popularity? Now you are complaining." Elrien retorted before flying to their shared home which is located in a block made specifically to accommodate Ray, the trio and the hundred fallen angels from the unit.

Evelyn follows suit while keeping her mouth shut from being countered repeatedly by Elrien that leaves her grumbling.

Suddenly she hit Elrien that stopped abruptly while still mid air.

"Hey! Wh- mmph nmph" Evelyn wanted to complain but her mouth was silenced by Elrien who quickly dragged Evelyn to a building to hide.

"Shh… Look." Elrien whispered to her twin to look near the teleportation site.

Evelyn looked and saw Ray and Lancelot dressed very well for a simple walk and especially Ray whose sense of fashion is very bad. To see both guy dressed nicely and talk to each other without care about the world sends some sense of urgency to her mind.

"Ray only wears this nicely a few times outside of formal events and only once, which is when he went on a date with Raynare and Mittelt…" Elrien feeds information to Evelyn's head.

"Impossible… could it be that Ray swing both ways?!" Evelyn whispered in disbelief and shock as she made her own conclusions.

"Even worse, he did this behind Raynare and Mittelt." Elrien nodded with her serious and grave expression.

"We have to tell this to them!" Evelyn said before pulling Elrien and rushed to Raynare and Mittelt.

Meanwhile, Ray and Lancelot are unaware of the event and go to the amusement park named Disneyland with Cheshire that was placed temporarily in the lobby because teleportation between worlds is harsh and often causes intense nausea and other discomfort.

(Extra End)