Rebellion restarts!
Meanwhile back in the underworld,
BOOM!
Akeno unleashed several holy lightning towards the mindless devils that were causing trouble in the outskirts of the Belial territory,
"Where do all these devils come from?" Akeno asks while she was taken aback by all these devils that sprouted out among the regular civilians and began to attack anyone in sight.
Ingvild used the waters of a nearby lake to flow throughout the town covering the ground with a thin layer of water then suddenly began to shape into tentacles that restricted some of the enemy devils.
"Akeno keep your focus you almost shocked my water!" Ingvild warned Akeno who was trying to figure out where these devils came from, they knew the attack was coming but seeing it was completely different from knowing it.
"What does Ulrika say about the rest of the outskirts?" Akeno turned towards Ingvild, after a while, they managed to restrict the last remaining brainwashed devils,
"It appears that the other girls are doing fine as well, however, we don't have any records of these devils" Ingvild muttered with a complicated expression, suddenly Ulrika's magic circle appeared next to both Akeno and Ingvild's ears and the next thing they heard shocked them out of this world.
"To think the first thing I would bear witness to after my rebirth would be the scourge of the Leviathan Clan since I will become the Queen of the Underworld it will be my duty as the head of the Leviathan Clan to eradicate the scourge right?"
Ingvild who heard the familiar term, as well as the familiar voice, began to tremble while turning her sight to the skies behind her, when she saw the familiar face she knew
"Impossible! You should be dead!" Akeno muttered as she never expected to witness someone who was once dead came back to life, Ingvild's face turned a little pale because of the old trauma of her previous life was resurfacing.
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"Shirone you can let go now" Stephani muttered as she cast several mana ropes to restrict the devils that attacked the town,
Shirone was in charge of knocking out the targets while Stephani backed her up by restricting them with special mana ropes that constantly absorb a set amount of mana to prevent them from being able to escape.
Shirone nodded as she let go of the last devil she pinned down and stood by while sensing for any other nearby presences.
But suddenly a stronger presence appeared right above them, it was a man appearing in his 30s, looking devilish handsome with his dark blue hair and green eyes, pale white skin wearing a black tuxedo and the most prominent habit is that this man never conceals his four pairs of Devil wings he had.
"So this is Masaru's territory huh? To think Lord Lucifer would allow me, Bryantphas Andrealphus to have a chance at punishing that little brat for betraying us!" Bryantphas cried out excitedly
Shirone and Stephani both took their stances while keeping their vigilance towards the man who was floating,
"Oh! To think I would hit jackpot so soon" Bryantphas muttered while his excited gaze locked on the two girls that was widely known as Masaru's women,
"Don't take this the wrong way girls but you see, your hubby made my big boss angry so you will have to bear his punishment" Bryantphas spoke happily as he points a finger towards Stephani and Shirone.
Several magic circles materialized behind him as Demonic Bullets made out of demonic energy was unleashed towards the two girls who faced him.
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"To think I would have the chance to cross blades with the current soul inheritor of the Wallace Family" Jeanne spoke with a glee smile while holding her sacred gear sword firmly in her hand that was currently pushing against another's sword,
"That is my ancestor and I am me, no need to speak as if I am my ancestor William Wallace" William is a lean muscular male wearing a black shirt covered with iron pauldrons over his shoulders, iron gauntlets covering his hands holding his sword.
What was different about him was the kilt he wore over his red skirt, a knee height non-bifurcated skirt with a red colour and blue coloured block patterns.
Angelica was a distance away holding her bow firmly as she aimed the arrow towards William, but because Jeanne was still to close to William so she had to stay focus and wait for an opening.
"Let's dance then! Blade Blacksmith!" Suddenly around Jeanne, several holy swords materialize floating in the air before she used her mana to manipulate the swords to fly towards William.
'Never thought I would see such techniques' William thought while he fended off the repeated attacks that came from the swords that came flying towards him one at the time, suddenly a warning bell went off his head as he twisted his body clockwise while leaping in a sideways spin midair before landing on his feet dodging the arrow Angelica released narrowly.
"You sure like playing dirty for an Elf" William muttered while he looked towards the roof where a dark elf was already aiming the next arrow towards him
"My master always tell me, in Life and death battles there are no rules." Angelica said nonchalantly with a stoic face
Hearing what Angelica said William nodded as he too agreed with this saying.
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"Ulrika, what is going on with the other three teams?" Yui asked Ulrika through the magic circle, for some reason, the number of devils appearing in the other locations became even more so Yui was considering to ask for reinforcements,
"They are being occupied by stronger opponents, I will be sending an SOS message so that Jacob and Edward with his peerage will come to support you" Yui affirmed that she has gotten the message before turning to face the Devils.
In the past when Yui tried to enter her destruction mode it came out incomplete causing her to have an erotic outfit, thanks to Masaru who assisted her to adjust it, it became different. Yui activated her Longinus which began to turn her destruction aura into a destructive flame that covered her body as if she was wearing a flame dress that burnt everything in her surroundings to ashes,
"Wh-What is this" One of the devils took a step back feeling the incredible heat discharged from the flames covering Yui's body.
"You don't need to hold back, we already moved all the valuables from the surrounding buildings" Ulrika notified Yui as she was controlling the assassins to safeguard the people of Belial territory in their evacuation,
Yui's smile become brighter as she waved her hand unleashing the destructive flames in a wide area towards the Devils who shivered
"She's gone mad!"
"CRAZY WITCH! RUN FOR IT!"
But the devils could not escape her flames as it grew out tentacles that bound their bodies before pulling them into the flames burning them to the point even their ashes were gone, like their existences were swiped clean.
But the number of enemies were still too great as Yui continued her one-sided massacre until Jacob or Edward would arrive with their peerages.
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"Why are you alive?" Ingvild spoke despite her trembling as she could not entirely get over her trauma of the Leviathan Family, in front of her stood a tall bespectacled purple eye coloured woman with a voluptuous tanned figure. with long brown hair tied into a bun with a headset.
"Why shouldn't I be my little niece, aren't you going to welcome me like you used to and call be Aunt Katerea like you used to?" Katerea spoke as if she was missing her only family but the look on her face said something entirely different.
"Holy Lightning!" Akeno did not allow the discussion to take place any longer as she unleashed several holy lightning spears in the direction of Katerea.
"Hmph! You little crow sure don't know manners! Interrupting a discussion between families who finally reunited!" Katarea muttered, being dead for a while caused her to underestimate Akeno and Ingvild since she would not have believed how much the two girls changed from when she first met them so when she used her demonic energy to conjure up a massive water shield.
"No you won't" Ingvild shouted as she clenched her right hand shredding apart the water shield of Katarea while using the power of her Longinus Nereid Kyrie to assist her natural talent in controlling water, she ends up usurping the control of Katerea's water shield and destroy it.
"What!?" Katerea leaps to the side as she dodges the attacks of Akeno but in front of her was the very water she first created which Ingvild transformed into the shape of a water serpent
"Sea Serpent of the Beginning" Ingvild cried out the last chant,
This was a subspecies single target spell she created from the area-wide target spell of her original spell she created herself, Sea Serpent of the End which was meant to have destructive capabilities to flood cities. However, this new spell is where she focuses the attack power of the serpent on a sole target.
Katerea unleashes her full demonic energy to cover her body with a thick energy barrier to endure the serpent that crashed against her, pushing her through several buildings, after a while, the magical water serpent lost its the ability to maintain it's usual form before turning into water that flows to the surroundings.
Katerea giggled as she shot up into the skies while looking at Ingvild with disdain "That is the best you can do!?"
But suddenly Katerea heard a giggle with a trace of sadism that caused her spine to shiver, just as she was about to turn around Akeno unleashed a full power holy lightning from the skies upon the wet Katerea,
"KYAAA!!!!" Katerea's clothes were burnt off, her hair was burnt, however, her body was paralyzed while twitching constantly whenever the lightning within her body sparks on the surface of her skin.
"You--- Bitch" Katarea spat out when she glanced at Akeno who had a look of scorn, it has been a while Katarea saw that look she loathed.
"You may die" Akeno said before she sent a holy lightning strike upon Katarea's head killing her instantly the moment the attack drilled into her head.
Ingvild held her chest as she could feel her pain for killing a family member, although Katerea hated her, Ingvild loved her family regardless of her past which was why she could not help but fear them as well.
Watching how Katerea's body was breaking down into ashes, Ingvild cried with a smile as she whispered "I know you hate me as all the others do, but I still love you all as you are my family. But... I will no longer be afraid for I have a family who loves me just as much as I love them now"
Ingvild felt the fear the once felt subsided and disappeared completely as she made peace with her past, she might not be able to get their acknowledgement but she already had Masaru's acknowledgement and that was enough for her.
Akeno landed on the ground behind Ingvild pulling whom she sees as her sister into her embrace, "You have all of us now, we won't be letting you go even if you get tired of us"
Ingvild giggled while smiling as the clouds began to clear up and the sunray was peeking through the gaps.
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"To think I would have to face two girls instead of a man makes me feel reluctant but..." William suddenly sprinted towards Jeanne
"As a swordsman, I will face you head-on," William said,
Hearing William's declaration Jeanne smirked as she sprinted towards him as well but instead her breathing and movement rhythm began to have synergy as she performs trackless step to dodge the first strike William sent out.
Just as she was about to pierce his throat when she counter-attacked, he jumped back as his instincts allow him to catch wind of her existence when his body felt danger which caused her to only scratch his neck. "not bad" Jeanne muttered as she licked her lips feeling excited.
But from behind three arrows was already flying in succession a few millimetres away from each other all heading in the same target, William twists his body in a spinning motion while using his sword to slam against Jeanne's rapier, forcing Jeanne to take several steps back away from him.
While his body kept moving in a circular motion to fend off the flying arrows. Little did he expect that Angelica used the shadows of the arrows to teleport right behind William impaling an arrow with her bare hands into his back
"AAAAA!!!!" William swiftly spins his body around while slashing out his blade, Angelica teleported back to her original position the moment she noticed how fast he reacted. If she was even a beat slower than she moved then it would have been dangerous to face that attack head-on.
"You cowardly rats!" William was enraged as he began to attack Jeanne who was the closest with brute force, this sudden change of personality which was what William was famous for got activated.
Clang!
Clang! Clang!
Jeane could feel her body was being pushed to the limits to fend off the attacks of William who was currently in a berserk state that is simply attacking but each strike contained power and speed resembling... no a bit stronger than her own.
With each move, she tries to divert each attack however she was being pushed back which hurt her pride as a swordswoman. Deep inside she began to wish for it, something that could crush her enemies, something that could make her stand at his side and proudly declare she was his knight.
The sword in her hand began to give off a pulsing light that grew brighter with each pulse as if to respond to her wish, she was not certain how or why but she felt it, she knew she achieved something.
"Balance breaker!" Jeanne screamed all of the sudden as a massive holy aura blast out from the sacred gear with enough force to push back William a few metres away from her.
When the light died down what was revealed was an artificial white dragon with blue wings made entirely up from Holy swords and Jeanne was standing on top of its head, while holding her Rapier appearing like a Valkyrie riding a dragon.
"I thank you for giving me the pressure to finally achieve it, my balance breaker. I will call it Stake Victim Dragon" Jeanne announced happily as she could see William's face grew darker but before he could start, Jeanne took the initiative to attack him with the dragon.
'Damn, did not expect this to happen' William dodged the dragon that came to bite at him while sliding on the ground the moment its sharp wing came swinging towards him, he heard plenty of things about the Sacred Gear and how deadly their balance breaker could become.
Right now, he was experiencing it personally as he was pushed completely in a defensive state where he had to focus on defending or dodging the dragon's attacks that made him almost forget the existence of the dark elf.
"Shadow step" Angelica whispered as she plunges the arrow through William's throat who was currently blocking the dragon's claw from killing him, William felt a piercing pain assault the back of his neck followed by a burning sensation as he struggled to breathe.
Under the pressure of the dragon and his fatal wound, William crumbled underneath the dragon's attack, however, before the dragon could shred him in half Jeanne appeared before him severing his head from his body causing the man to die instantly.
Jeanne made sure that William was dead before she released her balance breaker, "You really are a skilled assassin"
Angelica smiled towards Jeanne, "I was trained by Mother Diana after all... She is overprotective of Masaru"
Jeanne who heard this nodded, she herself experienced Diana's training course for Masaru's Brides. It could only be labelled as a true Training in Hell for the girls. But the results they gained from it was satisfactory,
"You sense anyone else?" Jeanne asked since she could not sense anyone else.
Angelica shook her head at Jeanne's question, "There are no signs of presences nearby"
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Meanwhile back in China,
"Lord Bala has agreed to consider your conditions, he asked if he could meet you first before he makes his decision" Wei, the servant of Bala Chongshen the Insect God returned after receiving his orders to relay his message to Masaru who was currently eating a meal together with Roygun and Kuroka,
"I see, that is reasonable since I too would like to meet him myself" Masaru said with a smile as he finished his meal,
"What time?" he asked,
Wei was surprised to see this boy was someone reasonable, "Lord Bala hopes for you to come in two days time in the afternoon for a brunch, lady Lin Guang will be present as well"
Masaru was surprised to know that the Suzaku was moving more openly but the tone of voice Wei used to address her meant that not everyone under Bala is looking kindly towards this woman who seduced their lord.
"Understood, I will make sure to arrive on time" Masaru said with a smile, he appreciated Wei who was open and honest with him.
Hearing Masaru's answer Wei felt relieved as he thought of taking a gamble to warn Masaru that Lin would be present.
"The location of our brunch is on the Island of Taiwan, you can use the boat from Longhai and travel leisurely to Haipeipei" Wei left an invitation along with a map for incase Masaru would need it to travel to their destination.
When Wei left the restaurant Roygun turned to Masaru, "You think Lin is going to try to get involved in your negotiations?"
Masaru took a sip of his cola drink before answering "Remove the 'try', she is definitely going to get involved. I am not sure what is going on there, but from what I heard just now it seems not everyone is happy about Bala and Lin's relationship."
Roygun nodded as Masaru continued, "Besides, I have already created a few failsafe measures for in case the negotiation goes wrong. I can at least guarantee our safety in escaping from the place"
Roygun felt relieved to see that Masaru was considering the possibility of the negotiation failing,
"What time is Thor coming?" Masaru asked,
This time it was Kuroka who answered Masaru's question, "He is already here but... he got lost in Baksu, Xinjiang province... We should pick him up"
Masaru sighed while rubbing his forehead, 'He got lost... Of all things or should I say, as expected of the hero God famous for his lack of sense of direction'