Chapter 24 Beginning of the end.... (Pt3)

In the apartment, Issei and Valerie were still asleep, but Issei was not breathing normally because he was having another nightmare.

This one was even worse as he saw everything getting destroyed by some kind of monster that had the appearance of a large beast with characteristics coming from different animals like a lion, a leopard, a bear, a dragon, etc. It had seven necks, seven heads, ten horns, as well as seven long thick tails of different shapes.

It also had four stout arms and two legs that are even thicker than its arms. Its main body is that of a primate leaning forward and was covered in black fur and what appears to be scales all over its body.

Its size was five times bigger than Ddraig.

Bodies or at least what remained of them were everywhere of dragons, devils, fallen, angels, youkai, humans, and animals.

"C'mon partner I know you can do it! Don't give up" Said Ddraig out loud outside issei's nightmare as he couldn't see this one for some reason.

In the nightmare issei was trying to fight the monster even tho he was the only one left alive or so he thought.

"I'LL KILL YOU!!" Roared issei as he used a powerful dragon shot combined with other abilities that he learned.

It did a lot of damage but the monster healed right back up.

As he was about to attack again he saw Valarie in the corner of his eye.

"Valerie! what are you doing here?! It's dangerous here, get out of here!" Shouted Issei as he didn't want the last person that is important to him to die.

"ISSEI!" Shouted Valarie as she came up to him.

She immediately hugged him.

She was glad to see him, she was terrified of the sight of everyone's lifeless bodies everywhere and the monster alone was overwhelming for her.

"I'm scared!" Said Valerie as she hugged him tighter with tears dripping on his chest.

"It's alright, I'll protect you no matter what...I promise, you'll be just fine "Said Issei as he stroked her hair.

She calmed down for a bit and looked into his emerald green and frost blue eyes and he looked into her scarlet red eyes.

"No matter what happens I'll always love you!" Shouted Valarie.

"I'll always love you too" Replied Issei.

Valerie smiled brightly and they kissed passionately proving their love.

Suddenly Valerie got enveloped in bright green and red light and vanished.

"Valerie?" Called for her Issei weakly as he tried to reach for her.

Outside the nightmare, Valerie opened her eyes, looked around and saw that she was in an unfamiliar room in the same bed as Issei.

She blushed.

"What's going on?" Asked Valerie.

"So the bonding was successful" Said a powerful voice.

"Who's talking?" Asked Valerie confused as she looked around the room and saw nothing.

"It's me the Welsh dragon Ddraig. The last time I talked in your presence was when Issei did this dangerous stunt" Replied Ddraig.

"What stunt?" Asked Valerie concerned.

"This bonding process was really dangerous you both could've died, but here you are alive and kicking....but Issei isn't waking up" Said Ddraig worried slightly.

"Is he alright?" Asked Valerie.

"For now at least yes... Don't worry he will be fine it's like second nature for him to do impossible stuff possible" Said Ddraig confidently.

"If you say so" Said Valerie.

Back in the nightmare, Issei was standing in the middle of nowhere.

Suddenly a bright golden light appeared in front of him blinding him for a second.

And his dragons appeared behind him.

"Ddraig, guys I'm so glad to see you" Said Issei.

"We are glad to see you too" Said Ddraig while the others nodded.

Suddenly Ddraig, Al, and Vritra started to growl with killing intent.

Issei looked where they were looking and saw a man standing with a spear that Issei took from Cao Cao. He had twelve golden feather wings and a golden halo above his head.

"It's been a while hasn't it god of the bible?" Growled Ddraig much to issei's shock.

"Yes, it has, old friend" Replied the god.

"We aren't friends and you know that you backstabbing bastard." Ddraig growled out, as Al and Vritra hissed at the amused god.

"Come now Ddraig, you wound me, I thought you trusted me?" God said.

"You lost all of mine and Albion's trust when you went behind our backs and sealed us near the end of our battle. If you wanted a fight why didn't you ask us forefront? were you too scared of our power?" Ddraig asked back.

"No, it was due to a greater reason. One that I could not have shared at that time" God said with a sad sigh.

Before Ddraig could reply Issei cut in and said

"So that means that you are finally going to tell him the reason now that you are here?"

"That's right, I am here to come clean about my actions from a millennia ago" God said.

"I am not going to waste my time on his explanation" Ddraig growled out irritated.

"Come on Ddraig let's hear the old man out. It won't take us too long" Issei said as Ddraig huffed a bit before nodding.

"Now please explain," Issei said as he crossed his arms and turned to god as he leaned his body back into Ddraig's scales.

"Very well. It all started with a prophecy" God said as he began the tale of a very controversial but true story.

"Prophecy?" Issei asked with an Expression of intrigue on his face.

"Yes. Why do you think I suddenly decided to stop the first great war and leave my children alone? Do you think I enjoyed that?" God said with a little anger seeping into his voice.

"Chill out, it's not partner's fault, so keep your anger to yourself. Also, get on with your story, we don't have all day" Ddraig cut in.

"Fine, then here's what happened" God of the Bible said as he explained the prophecy.

"Near the end of the great war 2000 years ago. I had a vision. The beast of annihilation would appear upon this world and would fight the dragon of dreams in a fight that would render the end of life as a whole.

This vision in itself had me worried as hell and I had a plan in place to get the leaders and all fathers of the other factions into a temporary alliance and then combat the beast of annihilation at the end of the earth before destroying it" God said before pausing a little bit.

"This beast of annihilation as you called it, what is it?" Issei asked curiously before he became confused as he heard the hissing of his partners and saw the darkening of God's eyes.

"That beast is the most horrific thing to ever exist. It is easily stronger than Ophis and is equivalent to Great red. Appearance wise it is a six-headed monster that's all I can and will say. It is called Trihexa or 666 you saw it before talking with me, I showed you my vision. Anyway, before I could implement that plan I had another premonition.

It showed me the coming of Lifes saviour. A man who would despite the challenges and betrayals in his life would come out on top to save everyone.

He would have the power of dragons by his side and would then beat Trihexa" God once again stopped letting the current information sink in.

'So what I saw not too long ago was Trihexa...' Thought Issei.

Taking the silence as a cue for the asking some questions Issei spoke up.

"So all of your plans changed to what actually caused the end of the great war."

"Right in one. I abandoned my original plan and set on making my new. When the plan was done all I had to do was ensure that all the pieces were in place.

The first step was to befriend both Ddraig and Albion, when it was done I decided to create the Sacred gear system.

Creating the ordinary sacred gears was easy enough but their power was limited so I had to look for other sources of power for the gears" God said before seeing the question in Issei's eyes.

"That's how most of the Longinus came into play isn't it." Issei said as he sucked in a breath.

God's face broke into a dry grin.

"Why aren't you the smart one. You deduced correctly. I created the Longinus gears.

While people do consider them to be bugs in the system, they are wrong, the 13 Longinus are unique and one of their kind.

Other gears may come close to their basic but will never match the complete power of the Longinus gears.

I knew that the ordinary way of creation would work so I started searching for alternate sources of power to use for each of the gears" He finished taking in a little breath and waited to see if Issei like earlier would connect the dots himself.

"So you searched for alternate sources of magic, or in other words, sentient souls, powerful spells, objects and curses" Issei deduced making God nod.

"Damn kid, you have got a great head on your shoulders.

"As you said, I did begin searching for the aforementioned sources of magic and I did find them.

My first find was the eye of Horus that could control the weather. It was used to create the Zenith tempest. Following that, I found a powerful spell dimension lost and a curse telos karma.

As you may have guessed their namesakes became the gears.

The next thing that I used was my battle inspiration and sight to create innovative clear.

The next thing that I did find was the innate inborn ability from one of my followers, the ability to create monsters.

I took away his ability before strengthening it numerous times before using it to create the annihilation maker" Explained God before drawing in a breath.

"That explains 5 of the gears, not the remaining ones" Issei pointed out.

"I am getting to that impatient brat.

Damn brats of today have no respect for their elders. Anyway, the next thing to seal was a little bit of my sentient and my holy flames for the incinerate anthem before I sealed the strongest Ice Demon of the time for the absolute demise gear.

Now the next two gears were the easiest to create.

Both the Nemean lion and the high-level youkai for the regulus Nemea and the cyanis lycaon. Now here comes the hard part.

While the creation of these gears took several years and everything was going fine if not a little slow. That was when things took a turn for the worst. Trihexa had started to move and I had a little time to do the things that needed to be done.

So I called for help in the form of my oldest son Lucifer" God said.

"Wait a minute stop right there. Didn't Lucifer hate you?" Issei asked with slight shock.

"Oh, he hated me Alright. I did a lot of things that I am not proud of and among them on the top were my actions that led to my son leaving me and starting his own faction.

Anyway, I called Lucifer and the rest of the 4 mou and explained everything to them. They agreed to help since it was a question about the future.

Before I left I had Ddraig and Albion start their final battle. As they battled I and the 4 maous went towards Trihexa and used our bodies and magic to seal it.

The seals were strong they would've held on for at least several eons. However Trihexa's power was unprecedented and the seals began weakening at a faster rate than expected, but the rate still gave life for at least several thousand years.

With the sealing done I called for saint Longinus and the two of us left towards the two heavenly dragons who after their long battle were exhausted.

Then as you know I sealed the two of them into their claw and wings respectively thereby creating the boosted gear and the divine dividing. However, the last sealing and the lack of my magic left me with just my will and consciousness.

As you know my consciousness came here while saint Longinus sealed his power along with my will to create that spear you took" Explained God.

"That was an enlightening history lesson old man but it doesn't explain why you brought partner here" Ddraig Cut in with a rumble.

"I'm getting there old friend. Don't get your panties in a twist. As I was losing my consciousness I saw the figure of a man having my spear and the power of the dragons by his side taking the fight to Trihexa.

And I believe that you are the one that I saw in my last vision" God said as a stunned silence entered the plane.

"Now then it seems that you are finally calm. Does this mean you are ready and have agreed to accept your role in this prophecy?" God asked Issei.

"Meh I don't believe in prophecies, they are a load of bull. I will continue on my path, beat all those who threaten me and loved ones" Issei said with a shrug.

"Well, that is the best I can get out of you. Now then all we do is find whether or not you'll be able to use the true Longinus." God said.

"Oh, and how will we do that?" Issei asked curiously.

"Simple, we fight" God said as if it was the most simple thing ever.

"WHAT?" Issei shouted out in shock.

"Isn't it obvious. We fight. If I deem you worthy you get the spear. If not you go back empty-handed into the thick of things" God said with a nonchalant shrug.

"You really are a douche bag, you know that right?" Issei asked with a deadpanned expression.

"Trust me those were the exact words my oldest son Lucifer said to me. So it's nothing new" God said as he lightly tensed his body.