Annihilation Maker

Human World, Japan, Kyoto.

Standing in front of the traditional Japanese restaurant where James, Serafall, and Azazel met to discuss the finer details of the alliance with the Youkai Faction in Kyoto, were the five leaders of the Hero Brigade and an emotionless, young boy. Across from them were James, Serafall, Azazel, Irina, and the second-year devil students from Kuoh Academy. Because of James threat, the atmosphere between the two sides was tense.

"Do you really think it will be that easy?" Cao Cao asked with a confident grin on his face.

Before anyone could react, James disappeared from his spot in front of his allies. When he reappeared, he was standing amidst the enemies with Cao Cao's throat gripped in his right hand.

"Yeah, I do." James said coldly. "Any more questions?"

An instant later, Siegfried unsheathed one of the six swords on his waist and slashed at James' torso. Without even looking in Siegfried's direction, James partially unsheathed Ochiru Sakura to block Siegfried's slash. Then, he kicked the silver-white-haired young man away, still without looking at him.

"Four at the high-rank... And you're at the ultimate-rank." James said while maintaining eye contact with Cao Cao. "Not bad for humans."

"You'll find that humans are much more than you ever thought." Cao Cao said while maintaining his confident smile.

"I was hoping you would show me, actually." James said in the same cold tone. "Why do you think your head is still attached to your neck?"

Hearing that, Cao Cao kicked up toward James' elbow. And just as he expected, James released his grip before Cao Cao's foot could connect with its target. Then, just as he had appeared, James reappeared in front of his allies. A moment later, Heracles' fist impacted the spot where James was standing just a moment prior.

"If that's all you have, I'm sorely disappointed." James said with a shrug. "I'll lat least let you give your names before you die, how does that sound?"

"Wow, James is so pissed off he's speaking like a poorly written movie villain." Mizore said with genuine amazement on her face.

James smiled wryly at Mizore's statement while everyone else looked at her blankly. The members of the Hero Faction, on the other hand, completely ignored the silly statement.

"The guy you kicked away is Siegfried, Spiritual reincarnation of the Norse Hero." Cao Cao said while pointing at Siegfried, who was returning from the distance after James' kick. "The big guy is Heracles, I think you can guess his origins, right?"

James nodded impassively and waited for Cao Cao to continue.

"The guy with glasses is Georg Faust. Descendant of the great mage Faust." Cao Cao said as he pointed at Georg. "And the girl is Jeanne, spiritual reincarnation of the Maiden of Orleans, Jeanne D'Arc."

Once again, James nodded and waited for the last two opponents.

"This is Leonardo, he's not a descendant or reincarnation of any heroes from the past, but he is the wielder of quite the [Sacred Gear]." Cao Cao said.

The young boy, Leonardo, is a short boy with caramel colored skin, similar to James' skin tone, with greyish-blue hair and purple eyes.

"And then there's me." Cao Cao said as he pointed his right thumb at himself. "I am Cao Cao, descendant of the Chinese general from the three kingdoms era."

"Okay. Good to know." James said nonchalantly. "Now, I won't feel bad about killing nameless fodder."

"That's never stopped you before, though." Moka said. Then, she stuck her tongue out when James glared at her.

"Anyway." James said as he looked back at the enemies in front of him. "I was thinking about killing them all myself, but does anyone else wanna fight?"

At that, almost everyone raised a hand among the students. Even Azazel raised a hand, just joining in the excitement.

"So, you've made some upgrades to the [Downfall Dragon Spear], huh?" James said as he looked back at Azazel.

"You take all the fun outta things, you know that?" Azazel said with a grin. "But yes, you're correct."

"And who did you want to fight?" James asked.

"Their leader, of course." Azazel said as if that were obvious. "The rest are too weak."

"And I don't have to explain why that's not gonna happen, right?" James asked as he turned his head away from Azazel.

"Yeah, yeah, I know" Azazel said as if he had just had his favorite toy taken away.

Ignoring Azazel's tone, James began assigning opponents.

"Mizore, the big guy is yours. Moka, you take the girl. Kiba, you got the sword guy. Shuna, four eyes is yours." James said as he pointed at each of the people on the opposite side he named. "Their leader is mine. And you all cann decide among yourselves who takes the boy. He's only at low-rank so do what you want."

After James orders, the four that he named from his side each nodded and took a step forward, ready for battle. Meanwhile, Tomoe had been staring at Leonardo with dangerous eyes.

"Oh, and Meguri, no defiling little boys, thank you." James said off-handedly.

"I'm not a sexual predator, Alaverus-Senpai." Tomoe said with a pout. "But he's really, like, really, really cute."

"Ha! You think a little girl like this can... Gah!" Heracles shouted after he realized which of the opponents was facing off against him. Unfortunately for him, Mizore was faster and stronger than he was.

As Heracles shouted in pain after receiving a palm strike to his chin, everyone watched as he was sent flying into a building directly behind him. With that as the starting signal, Moka, Shuna, and Yuuto also confronted their opponents. As they did, they distanced themselves from the rest of the battlefields.

"Well, let's get started." James said as he rushed toward Cao Cao again with his hand on Ochiru Sakura's hilt.

In response to James' charge, Cao Cao materialized a spear with a glowing blade of light.

"James! You have to be careful with that spear.!" Azazel shouted suddenly after seeing the spear in Cao Cao's hands. "That boy is the wielder of the [True Longinus]."

After hearing what Azazel had to say, everyone was surprised. Even Serafall frowned slightly after hearing that the spear was the [True Longinus].

"The [True Longinus]?" Issei asked curiously. "That sounds really bad."

"It is." Azazel said solemnly with a nod. "It's the spear that slew Christ. It's the ultimate weapon against dark creatures. And unfortunately, devils are the epitome of what a dark creature represents."

"Shouldn't we stop or help Alaverus-Senpai, then?" Tsubasa asked.

Before Azazel could respond, however, something changed with the boy they forgot, Leonardo. In an instant, Leonardo's shadow elongated. Then, from the larger shadow, monster after monster began to crawl out from it. They were only middle-rank at best, but they seemed to be endless.

"Oh, come on!" Issei shouted. "Didn't we just do this like, a month ago. Why are we always on mob monster clean up?"

"This is different than those Midgardsormr clones Loki brought with him." Azazel said with a solemn expression. "Now I understand which 'special [Sacred Gear]' Cao Cao was talking about. That boy is the wielder of one of the Longinus, [Annihilation Maker]. Basically, as long as he can imagine it, he can create any monster with any attribute. As long as his energy holds out, that is."

"We can think about that later." Momo said sternly. "If we don't do something about that boy, Alaverus-Senpai will be in danger."

With that, the second-year students began to defeat the monsters created by Leonardo's [Annihilation Maker] as quickly as they could. Unfortunately, it seemed like for everyone they killed, another two took its place. Unfortunately, Azazel and Serafall were unable to assist. Serafall's magic is too destructive to be used in a city. Azazel on the other hand did not want to assist. He was too busy studying the monsters created by the [Annihilation Maker]. Unfortunately, his unhealthy habits as a [Sacred Gear] researcher kicked in.

Like that, for the next few minutes, the teenagers fought off hordes of monsters without rest. Unfortunately, the speed they killed the monsters with was much slower than the speed that they were produced. Eventually, they found themselves at a disadvantage as they were being pushed back.

"Damn it!" They aren't even that strong." Issei said as he restrained several of the monsters with his shadow manipulation. "There are just too damn many of them."

"If you have time to complain, then you should use it to kill more." Xenovia said as she slashed apart several monsters simultaneously.

After another minute, the students were backed into a corner. Things were looking bad enough that Serafall was beginning to prepare a spell to end the battle herself, consequences be damned. Before she could cast her spell, however, there was a change on the battlefield.

"What's up with all this damned noise?" A drunken voice shouted from the inside of the traditional Japanese restaurant.

When Serafall, Azazel, and the students heard that voice they all had the same thought.

'Oh yeah, she was here, too.' Everyone thought at the same time.

"Is it too much to ask for some peace and quiet?" Rossweisse asked as she stumbled out of the restaurant in a drunken stupor. "Ugh. It's so bright out here."

Noticing that the noise did not quiet down after her shout, Rossweisse narrowed her eyes and looked at the battlefield.

"So, you wanna play it like that, huh?" Rossweisse said in an ominous tone as hundreds of magic circles appeared in the sky above her.

Seeing the number of magic circles, the students opened their eyes wide. Then, they did everything they could to distance themselves from the horde of monsters.

"Since you won't listen when I ask nicely, I'll be more forceful!" Rossweisse shouted as she activated the magic circles simultaneously.

Once the magic circles were activated, hundreds of magic spells of many different attributes, fire, ice, thunder, wind, earth, etc., were fired simultaneously into the horde of monsters. The level of destruction was immense. In one volley, nearly all of the monsters were destroyed by the rain of spells. When the rain of magic ended, the only thing anyone could see was an enormous cloud of dust. No one knew exactly what the situation in the cloud was. They could only hope that the Leonardo kid was not creating more monsters while they waited for the dust to clear.

After a few moments, the dust finally settled. When it did, what the students saw was Azazel standing in front of Leonardo with his index finger placed against the boy's forehead. At the same time, Leonardo's eyes were empty, as if his mind had shut down.

"Okay, threat neutralized." Azazel said with a smile.

"Urgh! *Cough!* *Cough!* Urgh!"

Just after Azazel's declaration, the sound of vomiting could be heard from nearby. When they all looked, Rossweisse was bending over a trash can near the restaurant's door throwing up the contents of her stomach. As she vomited, Serafall was standing next to her holding her hair out of her face and patting her back.

"That's not the coolest way to finish a fight, is it?" issei asked absent mindedly after seeing this sight.

In response, the rest of the students could only nod in agreement.

"As long as we won, it doesn't matter if it's cool or not." Azazel said while carrying the unconscious Leonardo toward the rest of the group.

"What are you gonna do with the kid?" Issei asked.

"Yes, what are you gonna do with the little cutie?" Tomoe asked with stars in her eyes. "If you need help taking care of him, I'd be happy to help."

Simultaneously, everyone took a step away from Tomoe as if her shota-con condition were contagious.

"I'll be taking him back to the Grigori's HQ." Azazel said with a smile. "This will be the perfect opportunity to study the [Annihilation Maker]."

Just as Azazel finished his sentence, Leonardo's body was engulfed in a purple fog. A moment later he was gone. Azazel frowned after seeing this. Then, he fell into contemplation.

"What just happened?" Tsubasa asked. "What happened to the kid?"

"The cute little boy is gone!" Tomoe said as if the sky was falling around her.

"*Sigh* The wielder of [Dimension Lost] must have saved him." Azazel said with disappointment. "Well, let's see if the others need our help."