Chapter 172 – Clean-up Plan

A few minutes later, my subordinates started to gather behind me with satisfied smiles on their faces. They looked fresh, as if they had thrown away the burden that held them back all this time.

"Hahahaha, did you see me earlier? I crushed that perky-eared guy with one hand!" Aotabo boasted his achievement, accompanied by a loud laugh.

If there was something missing in this place, then that would be alcohol. There was no sake to complete this situation.

"What are you saying, Aotabo. Did you not see my spears and swords impaled into those robed guys' bodies?" Kurotabo Asked Aotabo with a smirk on his face, "I certainly killed more than you."

"Hah!" Aotabo scoffed, "You are daydreaming. It's obvious that I killed more than you."

"Ya~ What a peaceful day," I said with a happy tone as I looked at them.

"Peaceful?! I think you need to get your eyes checked." Azazel denied it flatly and smiled wryly at me.

He then turned to Crom Cruach in the distance, who was now fighting against Tsuchigumo and Vali.

For some reason, after Vali came back with his team, he joined Tsuchigumo in the fight.

However, Vali's team said that they were tired and joined my subordinates and talked with each other.

Bikou was the one who managed to get used to the atmosphere the fastest. Him being a youkai might be helping him to adapt to the situation faster, and my subordinates certainly were interested in him being Sun Wukong's descendant.

Le Fay was talking with Kejoro while Arthur was now talking with Kubinashi. Both of them had good synergy, and they certainly had similar personalities.

Maybe that was also why they talked to each other like a friend after just a few minutes of talking.

Surprisingly, Valerie Tepes also joined the hustle and talked with a lot of different youkai.

"This is peace, Azazel. Partying after a fight is natural for us. So, do you mind if we crashed into your base to have a party?" I smirked at Azazel, and he looked at me with a bitter smile.

"Hey hey… my base is located in the underworld, you know? How can you teleport them… oh." Azazel noticed something and looked at Ophis.

He then turned to me and said, "Don't ever think about it."

"You are no fun…" I looked at Azazel and let out a tired sigh, "For once, let's have a party in your base… Well, I don't really need your permission though. Hahahahaha."

"Hey! I told you not to party in my base."

"Hahaha, well, I won't. Setting that aside, Azazel. What will you do now?" I asked Azazel seriously.

"What will I do? To be honest, I don't know. For now, I want to attend the peace conference and sign the peace treaty." Answered Azazel.

"I know about that already. What I mean is… what will you do to the rest of the Khaos Brigade. We just literally destroyed two of their main force and killed their leader. There are still some factions left in Khaos Brigade, but I don't think they will do anything as of now."

"Oh, so that's what you mean…"

Azazel turned silent for a while before he let out a sigh as he scratched his head.

"Sigh… I have no further information about the rest of their factions, so I think I will try to investigate them for now."

He then crossed his arms and looked at Valerie, who was talking with Kejoro and Le Fay happily.

"I have that girl to protect too."

"So you are out of the play? Talk about lackluster. You are pulling me here, and I kill the leader of the Khaos Brigade thanks to that, and now you are trying to stop right now?"

"Oi oi, I am pulling you here to save that girl. Who knows that Rizevim was here? That old fossil's movement couldn't be predicted."

"Well, you are correct. But… thanks to that, we are one step closer to destroying their organization."

I crossed my arms as I turned to Hagoromo Gitsune. She was watching Tsuchigumo's fight that was now reached its climax. She had a stoic expression.

After looking at her for a few seconds, I turned back to Azazel.

"I wanted to at least destroy them in a month. Don't you think we need to bring this subject up in the peace conference?"

"Hmm? I plan to do that from the start. Come to think of it; you are also attending the peace conference, huh?"

"I was invited by Sirzechs and was told by Vasco to attend. It seems like I am acting as a middleman." I shrugged my shoulders at his words.

"Middleman, huh? What kind of middleman who plans to have a competition with one faction after the peace conference, huh?"

"That's me." I answered with a grin, "Well, why don't the fallen angels join the friendly competition too? That way, the devil will also join, and we can treat the competition as a way to commemorate the peace conference."

"Hah!" Azazel scoffed, "I bet you have another plan besides that competition."

Well, it seemed like he found out.

It was not strange at all, considering the thing that I proposed to him.

Each faction that joined the competition wouldn't want to lose to the other. That way, they would send their best fighter to join the competition.

That would mean the strongest fighter from three factions would gather at the competition.

To be honest, I planned to sweep the rest of the Khaos Brigade at that time. With the strongest fighters gathering together, destroying the rest of the Khaos Brigade would be a piece of cake.

"Well, it's not hurt to at least follow my plan for once, right? You owe me one, after all."

"Tsk! When you put it that way, I couldn't refuse it." Azazel clicked his tongue, but there was a grin on his face.

Oh… So he needed a reason to join.

As expected of him, what a sly bastard. He got a reason to join, so his subordinate didn't chew him out, and he made me use the favor that he owed.

Damn bastard, I still needed to learn to match their slyness.

"Well then, that's decided. I will work your subordinates hard at that time."

"Hahaha, sure. They are a tough bunchs."