Chapter 178 – Dragging the Devils along

There were a lot of things that I could ask from the devils at this time. However, all of them were only temporary measures or something that I could get easily in the future.

They had a lot of good things for sure, such as phoenix tears, or phoenix tears… wait.

Come to think of it, I only asked for phoenix tears from them.

Sirzechs had a lot to owe me, and Ajuka certainly also owed me one after this incident. Serafall… she seemed to be interested in me as she looked at me with shining eyes since early.

"You really killed Rizevim? Is there any proof of that?" Asked Serafall curiously.

"Hmm, yes. I am strong after all." I winked at Serafall, and she laughed.

"Hahahaha, sure. You are funny! That's why So-chan always talks about you."

"Oh? What kind of talk things did she tell you about me."

"A lot! Mainly about how much she hates you, though!"

We were kind of ignoring the other three Satans as we talked.

"Kuhum–!"

Ajuka faked a cough and stared at me.

"What kind of compensation that you want? We are still in the middle of a meeting, don't talk about a private thing."

"Oh! Sorry about that! I am curious about Ri-kun, you know?" Answered Serafall energetically.

She scratched her neck as she smiled wryly at Ajuka.

With a stoic expression, Ajuka just nodded his head a little and asked again.

"So? What kind of compensation that you want?"

I didn't waste my time by talking with Serafall. I had been thinking about what I wanted as compensation from the devils.

First, I could ask for a batch of phoenix tears again in case my subordinates got injured from battle. But I had two phoenix tears right now, and I didn't really need it as Youkai could recover easily.

Second, I could also ask for Cleria and her son, Yaemasa. However, that was unnecessary as she had decided to live with Masaomi, and Diehauser had allowed her after knowing Masaomi was my subordinate.

Although he didn't say it clearly, the reason why he left her with me was clear. I was not an idiot who couldn't guess what he thought when it was as clear as that.

Third, this was what I wanted the most right now.

The peace conference was held in a few days. At that moment, there would be held a friendly competition.

"I want devils to join the friendly competition between the Heaven Faction and East Youkai Faction. The fallen angels had confirmed their participation, so bring all your strongest fighters to the peace conference."

"Oh, the friendly competition." Exclaimed Sirzechs.

"Hmm? Do you know anything about that, Sirzechs?" Asked Ajuka.

"Yeah, Riku had mentioned it before. At first, I was thinking of bringing along some devils to participate in the friendly competition but…" Sirzechs paused a little and looked at me. "It seems right now he's serious about asking us to bring all of our strongest fighters to the friendly competition."

"So he has another aim for asking us?" Asked Ajuka as he narrowed his gaze at me.

"Hahaha, I am just a youkai; how could I think of something complicated." I shrugged my shoulder and laughed.

"The trickiest youkai, I might add." Added Sirzechs with a sly smile.

"Well, I will not deny that." I smiled back at Sirzechs. "Also, yes. I have a different plan for asking you to get your strongest fighter ready. As compensation for making me fighting hard…"

I paused a little as I saw Ajuka and Sirzech flinched a little.

They were anticipating my request. Even Serafall also turned serious.

"I will ask devils to participate in the clean-up operation of the Khaos Brigade. The enemy composes of stray devils, magicians, stray fallen angels, and some gods. I believe you guys will help me in this operation. As you guys have me to choose the compensation myself."

"See? He's the trickiest youkai that I have ever met. That's including Nurarihyon." Said Sirzechs as he pointed his finger at me.

"Yeah, he is. As expected of a boy who can cause So-chan a lot of troubles!"

"I will take that as a compliment." I smiled and crossed my arms. "So, Sirzechs. Can I count on you for that? I believe you want to exterminate the remaining stray by yourself."

"That's very thoughtful of you." He said with a small smile. "Personally, I agree to help you. How about you guys?"

I looked around to see their reactions.

Ajuka stroked his chin. Serafall was smiling and looked back at me. For Falbium… I didn't know what he thought inside his head; he was so mysterious.

The silence descended once again, then Serafall broke the silence by raising her hand.

"I will help him. After all, he has done a lot for us by destroying the leaders of the Old Satan Faction, which is the source of our headaches for a long time now."

"I agree as well. We can use this chance to wipe them out." Added Ajuka.

Falbium nodded his head and muttered, "I agree."

"Then the answer is obvious." Sirzechs nodded his head.

He then looked at me.

"We will participate. Thanks for everything before though."

"No problem." I stood up as my business here was done, "I will go now. I have something that needs to be done. I will leave the matter of Diodora Astaroth in your hand."

Sirzechs stood up and nodded his head.

"Sure. See you in a few days."

"Yeah, see you in a few days."

I exited the meeting room and then went to Diehauser, who stood near the entrance.

"Yo! We meet again!"

He turned over, seemingly surprised by my appearance.

"Nura Riku?"

"Yeah, it's me. Do you have a minute? I need to talk about something."

"Hmm? I still need to stay here though. The Satans still have a meeting upstairs…" He then looked at me suspiciously. "Or did you sneak in here to disturb the meeting?

I shook my head, "No, why should I disturb them? I have talked to them earlier, and they don't mind if you leave your post for a while."

"Ah, as expected. You have sneaked in."

This guy didn't listen to me. It was true that I sneaked in, though, but that didn't mean that I disturbed their meeting.

"So, have a minute?"

"Well, if the Satans already give their permission then… sure."