Retreat From China.

Knowing that trouble was going to find him, Romonus instantly teleported away with Grayfia and Grimaldus. As for his bigger Shadow Army, he had them all enter his shadow along with their Spatial Rings. 

All those Rings and Cultivator Corpses would be a treasure trove of resources for him to use. Of course, a vast majority might be useless so he was going to spend some time going through them. 

For now, he deactivated his Devil Trigger causing him to return to his human form. When he did so he took a deep breath to get the edge off as in that state his Demonic Instincts went wild.

It was harder to control since he had both Vampiric and Werewolf instincts that were fused with his Demonic Ones. It made his Emotions extra volatile, but nothing he couldn't control. 

He then turned to Grayfia with his open hand and a big grin. Seeing the gesture, she sighed and gave him a high five. 

"I knew you were fun, sis. Thanks to your help everything was so much easier." 

She smiled at the praise, but she wondered why he stopped calling her aunty. 

"You're not calling me Aunty anymore? Just when I grew to like it." 

Romonus shook his head as Archaon's helmet began to retreat to expose Romonus' face. 

"Nah. That was back when I was younger." 

Grayfia crossed her arms. 

"That was 2 years ago." 

He just waved her off. 

"Potatoe Potato. You are my sister in Law, but I will just call you my Sister. Regardless, we did manage to wipe out a big chunk of a major sect. What is Sirzechs going to think?" 

Grayfia sat down on a chair made of ice as she thought of that. 

"No one has ever seen your Demon form, and Aifyarg looks nothing like Grayfia the wife of Sirzechs. Plenty of mages use Ice Magic, so we are going to be in the clear. Sirzechs sent me along because he knew you were not interested in staying peaceful. 

He will understand since you did find the True Longinus. Thanks to you the Boosted Gear and the True Longinus are in the hands of a Devil." 

Romonus grinned as he added in one more. 

"You are forgetting the Sephiroth Graal. The Dhampir girl is my Bishop. Since you are family I am letting you know. Very soon I will be getting another Longinus in my Peerage. Canis Lyacon." 

Grayfia started to laugh. 

"You certainly are lucky little brother."

Romonus smirked as seeing Grayfia laugh was rare. 

"That I am. More lucky that I have a good family." 

Grayfia smiled as she pulled out her phone. 

"You think we will have any more problems?" 

"Most likely. We did slaughter members of the Divine Sword Sect and the Asura Rage Sect. Cultivators are problematic as they are insane. Everyone has a backer their Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, and so forth. 

It is for the best that we stay down low. There is a reason Cultivators stay in China because every other Pantheon has beef with them." 

Grayfia could see the reason. 

"True. I will call Sirzechs to let him know the current situation." 

He nodded. 

"You do that, I got my own phone calls to make."

Romonus sat down on a purple diamond throne and called his Peerage through their group chat. Miria, Valerie, Shirone, Akeno, Vespera, and Kharn all stopped and pulled out their phones. 

Well, Vespera did as Kharn had no phone, but once they all answered Romonus gave his instructions. 

"Everyone, I found the True Longinus and have it bound to my Soul. Our main mission in China is complete, but you all need to leave. Things are going to get hectic in a few hours so before they do return to the Safe House." 

Miria sighed as she could feel she missed out on something truly fun. 

"What happened?" 

"Simply put, when I found the True Longinus, 5 sects came to see what it was as it released a massive aura. When the Sects showed up, they all sent 20 Cultivators and an Elder to lead them. 

2 Sects retreated smartly, but 3 more did not. I killed them all, but as you know a cultivator's power is their family. I ended up killing the son of a major Patriarch and then I killed him, his elders, and almost 500 Cultivators. 

So, leave China before it gets dangerous." 

Miria went silent for a few seconds before yelling at the top of her lungs.

"AND YOU DIDN'T INVITE ME!" 

Valerie who was right next to her covered her ears at the volume she could produce. Romonus shook his head. 

"I didn't because Grayfia and Grimaldus had it handled. Don't argue with me for now and go back to the safe house. I will be back in a few hours since I just want to make a few stops." 

Miria sighed as she walked over to Valerie and picked her up like a sack of potatoes. The Demonic Dhampir's face went blank as Miria carried her off. 

"Fine, but you owe me a fight." 

He chuckled as she might be the most bloodthirsty of his girls. 

"I promise to give you all the battles you want, Love." 

"You better." 

With that, she teleported out of China to England with Valerie. Akeno and Shirone also did not delay and back to the house. Vespera though left alone as Kharn returned to Romonus' Familiar Space. 

Once all of them were out of China, Romonus summoned Kharn out of the Familiar Space. The moment he emerged he locked onto Grimaldus and charged at him. He picked a fight with his brother which was them playing, but it was brutal.

The two Mustelids started a small brawl of teeth and claws, but this is how they played. Now that she had time Grayfia turned to Romonus. 

"Ok, I got to know what the hell are your pets?"

Instantly Grimaldus and Kharn separated and looked at Grayfia. They growled and hissed as they were asking if she had a problem with them. Grayfia was honestly impressed with the stones of the little guys. 

"Grimaldus is a Living Machine. Latia made him for me with help from Ajuka. As for Kharn, he is a normal Honey Badger from Africa. Though normal is exaggerating." 

Grayfia picked up Grimaldus and stared into his eyes. 

"They made him?" 

He jumped out of her arms and lept onto Romonus' shoulder. 

"Yup, his body is made of a Living Memory Alloy. I don't even know what they made him from. He can form any weapon that was programmed into him or he wants. His mind is formed of a Self Learning AI program made by Latia while his Soul was created from Devil and Human Soul Stones." 

Grayfia was starting to see that Latia was a terrifying girl like her Uncle. 

"Latia is 12 right?" 

Romonus nodded. 

"Yes. Her birthday is in June so she is 2 months younger than I am."

When Grayfia thought of how young Latia was and the kind of creations she could make she really got a bad premonition. 

"Remind me to not get on her bad side." 

"Trust me, you will remember yourself." 

He grinned as her new K'Ddai Destroyer was going to be a true Monster. She had been working on it for the past 10 months and it was nearly completed. For now, he sent the True Longinus and Ruin Maker back into his soul. 

When he did so, he felt something occur. The half-corrupted Holy Spear once in his soul began to continue its transformation into a Demonic Holy Spear. Since God was dead, the Will inside was weaker than it would have been. 

Romonus ripping it from the Sacred Gear System meant that it was at his mercy. His corrupting the Spear the body of the Will meant that its very body was poisoning it. Demonic Energy was poison to Angels and Romonus' might as well be the most poisonous. 

His Demonic Mana was the perfect fusion of Demonic Energy and Mana. His Cambion Soul was even worse as the Will was having to fight the Soul Energy flowing through it. 

Romonus felt as the Will tried to fight his soul, but Archaon and Ruin Maker itself were there to suppress it. Together, they stopped the Will of God in its tracks and allowed the Corruption to continue. 

In a few years, the True Longinus would be so tainted that Romonus would be able to convert the Divinity in the Will into Infernity. With that, he would sacrifice it to become a Demon God with the Divinities of God. Imagining himself taking control over the Heaven System was starting to become a real idea. 

'Better not be rash, hastiness is the worst poison.' 

Once some of his plans were in motion he looked next to him to Grayfia. While Magic was useful to call people, phones made it so easy. Sirzechs answered as he managed his 12 Assistants who helped him work through the dull work as Lucifer. 

He no longer hated his job as much as he once did since technology and assistants meant he had so much free time now. When his phone rang he pulled it out of his coat and saw that Grayfia was calling. 

He put it up to his ear with a smile. 

"Grayfia, everything ok?" 

"Define ok?"

He froze as he stuttered. 

"Uhh, were casualties kept to a minimum?"

Grayfia turned to Romonus and looked down at his shadow. 

"Define minimum?" 

Sirzechs froze. 

"That bad huh? Did Romonus' at least get the Longinus?"

"He did, he even managed to corrupt it into a Demonic Holy Spear and form a contract with it. He is going to return to his safe house in England in a few hours." 

"What will you two be doing?" 

She put the phone down and put it on Speaker Mode before pointing it at Romonus. He was still in his armor at the moment, but he was scrolling through his phone. 

"Yo bro, I want to visit the Twilight Corpse Sect and The Divine Orchard Sect at least." 

Sirzechs knew of them. 

"The Twilight Corpse Sect is full of Necromancers and Evil Cultivators." 

"I am a Necromancer too you know." 

Sirzechs never expected that. 

"You are? When?" 

"10 months ago MacGregor took me to the Golden Dawn and I learned under his former mentor Dormuteth. He mentored me in the Magical Arts of Death, Souls, and Necromancy. If I can learn anything from the Corpse Puppets of the Twilight Corpse Sect it might be useful. 

As for the Divine Orchard Sect, they remind me of Magdaran and they are famed for their Pill making. I want to see if I can't apply that to my Alchemy." 

Sirzechs hummed. 

"Not like I can tell you to not do something. Do what you want. Grayfia, stay by his side, please. He is my baby brother after all." 

Grayfia frowned. 

"Shouldn't you tell him to keep me safe since he is the Super Demon?" 

Sirzechs shook his head.

"Yeah, but he is so young. You have had more time to mature so use your wisdom to keep him out of trouble." 

Romonus now was also frowning. 

"I am not a child." 

"Romonus, you turning 13 in a month, you might as well be my baby brother. I still have the baby pictures of you in my coat."

Romonus grumbled like an old man since he was cursed with time. Why couldn't Azazel finish that Time Chamber already? Grayfia giggled a little sounding more like her fake persona now. Since she did look like she was 20 her voice matched. 

"Yeah, baby brother. You are so little." 

Romonus just waved her off.

"I am 6'3 and built like a demigod. What part of me is childlike?" 

Sirzechs had not seen Romonus in almost a year so he did not expect his growth. 

"Damn, what have you been eating?"

"Potions, training, lots of protein, and constant Life Force upgrades by Shirone." 

Sirzechs sighed as Romonus was taller than him now. He was only 5'10 so his younger brother was beating him by 5 inches at just 13. Where was the justice?

"You wouldn't happen to have a potion of height would you?" 

Romonus grinned as he had something. 

"Sure do. It will break your joints and bones to allow you to grow taller. Still want it?" 

Sirzechs went silent before shaking his head. 

"No. Suddenly it is not so bad to be above average."

Romonus laughed. 

"You just got unlucky brother. Your Gremory Genes are strong so your height matches Father. My Bael Genes make me tall and muscular. Look at me." 

He flexed causing Grayfia to to appreciate the hard work as she remembered that he never missed a day at his extreme work outs. She chastised her husband for not working as hard. 

"See that Sirzechs, if you would work out a little more you might bulk up a little." 

Sirzechs looked at his own body as he was more of a technique fighter than a brawler. His brother was the all-rounder while he focused on controlling his Power of Destruction. 

"You think so?" 

"I wouldn't mind for you to get some muscle." 

Romonus grinned. 

"Muscles win. Brother, I will stop by at the end of the day to report what I have been up to. It is about time we talk about what will happen when I turn 18." 

Sirzechs got serious now as he had suspected Romonus would cause something huge in the world.

"Got it. See you then." 

Grayfia hung up then and turned to Romonus. 

"Where to first?" 

"My fellow Necromancers of the Twilight Corpse Sect. Be ready for a fight if need be." 

"Right." 

Both of them, Kharn and Grimaldus teleported away. While the Sect's main locations were hidden, Romonus could find them with a bit more forbidden magic. 

(My bad for the slower chapter releases lately for those on Patreon. I have been using a lot of my time to play Elden Ring. Trying to get a feel for the world for when the Elden Ring Arc starts.

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