Chapter 106: Aftermatch - part 1

Lilith City, Underworld

March 3rd, 1200

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A big gray magic circle illuminated the middle of the Arena in Lillith City and from it, in the middle of motes of gray, a person carrying another materialized. It was Erik carrying an unconscious Serafall. The Stadium was silent. The Devils had just seen one of their Satans lose a fight and to some of them, that was an inconceivable idea.

It didn't take long for them to show some movement again. They seemed to be rilling up when they were all shut up because of three Devils that had flown down to the middle of the Arena. They were the other three Satans of the Devil race: Sirzechs Lucifer, Ajuka Beelzebub, and Falbium Asmodeus. They look apprehensively at Erik, who was holding an unconscious Serafall.

"Could you, please, let Serafall go?"

Sirzechs Lucifer asked Erik, who raised an eyebrow to the red-head Devil.

"You want me to drop an unconscious woman in the ground?"

Erik asked back. Of course that he was just teasing Sirzechs Lucifer with that.

"What? No! Just handle her to us."

Sirzechs Lucifer said again, making Erik raise an eyebrow again.

"How about… no? I don't know who you are."

Erik replied to the redhead Satan.

"I am Sirzechs Lucifer. I am one of Serafall Leviathan's friends."

Sirzechs Lucifer said with a smile, introducing himself to Erik, who rolled his eyes at him.

"I know who you are, Satan Lucifer. What I meant was I don't know you. How could I in my right conscious let my future wife in the hands of a man that I don't know personally?"

Erik said in a righteous tone that could make a little sense.

"I would very much prefer to let her in the hands of a family member of hers."

Erik said again, and Sirzechs Lucifer turned to look at a 'VID' room. Ten seconds later, a man and a woman came out flying from the room. When they arrived in the middle of the arena, Erik knew instantly who they were due to the similarities that they had with Serafall.

"These are Lord and Lady Sitri. Serafall's father and mother. I hope that this met your demands?"

Sirzechs Lucifer said again to Erik, whose eyebrow rose for the third time.

"Demands? What do you think I am? Some kidnaper that have demands?"

Erik said again, teasing, even more, the red-head Satan and getting some chuckles from Ajuka Beelzebub. Erik then looked at Lord and Lady Sitri and smiled.

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law. Nice to meet you, I am Erik Ravenclaw, your future son-in-law."

Erik said to the couple and watched as they had different reactions. Lord Sitri almost had a vein in his head burst at being called father-in-law, while Lady Sitri just gave Erik a small smile. But Erik had to give his congratulations to the man. Lord Sitri managed to keep his cool.

"Can you handle my daughter to me?"

He asked Erik through gritted teeth.

"Of course, I can. She passed out due to almost exhausting her energies. She just needs some rest."

Erik said and slowly floated Serafall to the waiting arms of her father, who nodded his head at Erik's words while doing his own check-up on Serafall. And after seeing that what Erik said was true, the man visibly relaxed. As any father would, she was very concerned about his daughter. Even more, after Erik had revealed his level of power. He knew that Serafall was strong, one of the strongest Devils alive even, but he couldn't avoid being concerned for the wellbeing of 'his princess'.

Erik smiled at the couple again and snapped his fingers.

*SNAP*

Under him, a blue transportation magic circle appeared and started to slowly charge up. The slow process was on purpose because he had already sensed some people moving in the background.

"I have to go now, but I'm sure that we will meet again in a more 'right' circumstance."

Erik said to the couple and made a gesture of who was going to snap his fingers again to activate the magic circle when a loud voice 'interrupted' him.

"Stop right where you are!"

Erik slowly turned to where the voice came from and saw a group of old Devils walking to him. He looked back to the three Satans and saw that they had some disapproval in their eyes to the actions of this group.

"Did I even move from this place since the beginning?"

Erik asked in a mix of confusion and cheekiness. The three satans smiled internally at that. By the way that Erik answered, they knew that they were going to witness a good show. The group of haughty old Devils walked to a distance from Erik and stopped. They looked at him and the leader announced in a condescending tone.

"You are under arrest. Don't resist and come with us."

Erik raised an eyebrow at that.

"And on what basis are you arresting me?"

Erik asked the old Devil.

"For hurting Satan Leviathan."

The old Devil said. Erik looked at the man and started to laugh hysterically at his face.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha."

Erik continued to laugh for a good thirty seconds until he stopped and made a movement with his hand to dry a laugh tear from the corner of his eye.

"And who are you again?"

Erik asked the old Devil.

"I am the Enforcer of the Elder Council of Devils."

The old Devil replied in a haughty tone.

"So you are just a puppet from this Council?"

Erik asked but didn't let the 'Enforcer answer his question and continued to talk.

"Again, let me just put this straight. I come to the underworld to fight Satan Leviathan in a challenge put up by her and you want to arrest me for winning the challenge?"

Erik asked again while putting all the facts 'on the table'.

"Is it just me that is seeing something wrong here?"

Erik asks rhetorically again. He then raises his hand to the group of old Devils and puts it in a snapping position, putting the Devils around in defensive.

"I think that one month would be enough to teach you guys some humility."

Erik says and snaps his fingers before anyone could do anything about it.

*SNAP*

Inside all the old Devils' bodies from the group, including the ones from the Council that were 'hiding' inside their room in the 'VID' area, Erik's micro monsters started to block their senses to their Devil energy, turning them all powerless. Erik was expecting something like that to happen since the beginning and had taken some precautions from the start. When he released his power before the duel, Erik used the time frame to create tons of micro monsters and disperse them through the stadium. His main target was the old Devils from the Elder's Council.

In front of him, the Enforcer and his group seemed to deflate instantly. They looked around them and they looked at Erik in horror.

"What have you done?"

The Enforcer asked.

"I just took away from you what makes you think that you are better than others. In other words, I took away your Devil energy."

Erik said to the group of powerless Devils, making the three Satan's eyes go wide.

"But don't worry. After a month it will come back."

Erik said to them and made a motion to turn to where the Satans were, just to stop in the middle of the movement and look back to the Enforcer's group.

"By the way, just for curiosity's sake. Who had the brilliant idea of trying to arrest a person who has enough power to defeat one of your Satans and still stand straight? He must be a really 'brilliant' guy."

Erik said sarcastically, already knowing the answer to that question, and turned to face the three Satans and Serafall's parents. He then smiled at them.

"I bid you all farewell."

Erik said to the group, giving them a small bow.

"Ans please, Lady Sitri, contact me if someone tries to do anything to your family or Serafall. She can tell you how to contact me."

Erik said to her future mother-in-law.

"Use this month wisely."

Erik said again, this time while looking seriously at the three Satans. He then snapped his fingers, activating the transportation magic circle that was on hold and disappeared from the Arena in the middle of motes of blue light.

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Later that day, the three Satans were alone in Sirzechs Lucifer's Office inside Lilith City. This was not his main office, but it was one that was often used by him when he was in the city at work.

"What are the results?"

Sirzechs Lucifer asked his Satan friends. Ajuka Beelzebub let out a sigh.

*sigh*

"In addition to the Enforcer's group, around eighty percent of the members of the Devil's Council had lost their ability to use their magic."

Ajuka Beelzebub replied to Sirzechs Lucifer, whose eyes went wide at the number.

"And the worst of all, I have no idea of how he managed to do that. I sensed no magic at all coming from him when he snapped his fingers at that time, and could not find any magic at all blocking the other Devils' magic. It's like he just snapped his fingers and they have lost their magic."

Ajuka Beezebub added.

"That is some dangerous ability."

Falbium Asmodeus said, making the other two Satans nod their heads in agreement.

"But the strange thing is that he didn't really remove their magic. They still have it inside their bodies, they just can't access it."

Ajuka Beelzebub said again, sending the Satans in the room in thinking mode.

"What about Serafall?"

Falbium Asmodeus asked.

"She is fine. Aside from some minor bruises, it is just like Erik Ravenclaw had said, she exhausted almost all of her magic in the fight and will need some rest."

Ajuka Beelzebub replied, making the other two Devils nod their heads slowly. The room then went into a period of total silence.

"So, what should be done about him?"

Sirzechs Lucifer asked his other two friends. Ajuka Beelzebub looked at Falbium Asmodeus at that. From the four of them, Falbium was the one that could analyze tactics better.

"Nothing at all. He didn't seem to be hostile to Devils at all, and seems to want to take Serafall as his second wife if he calling Lord and Lady Sitri in-laws means anything."

Falbium Asmodeus said.

"From my point of view, he is a man that will not attack you first, but will come after you with the two feet if attacked."

Falbium Asmodeus added and his two Devil friends nodded at that with their heads.

"What about his parting words?"

Sirzechs Lucifer asked, and again, a predatory smile appeared on the faces of Ajuka Beelzebub and Falbium Asmodeus.

"With so many members of the council unavailable, it means that it will come to us to make the final decisions in the government body."

Ajuka Beelzebub said.

"And it would be a shame if some of our projects that they were blocking would find themselves approved."

Falbium Asmodeus added. Their predatory grims seemed to be contagious because Sirzechs Lucifer had one showing too on his face.

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