Chapter 60 it's not over yet...

'Sigh....' A deep sigh was heard from the redhead Maou as he signed some paperwork.

The news of Ria's death wasn't publicly announced yet only Zeoticus and Venelana were informed.

They were deeply saddened to hear such horrible news, they blamed themselves for her death because they were the ones to banish her to the human world without any kind of means of protection.

Not only did Rias die together with most of her peerage but the powerful dragon's parents died too.

What will they do? Issei was still probably in a coma so it was their duty to at least protect his parents for his help in defeating the beast.

For the last two nights, Sirzechs was having horrible nightmares since that evening.

It was Rias with blood tears and a deep black void instead of her usual baby blue eyes staring at Sirzechs and blaming him for her death.

The Maou had a hard time because of these nightmares, he was having moments when anger suddenly rises out of nothing and had a tough time focusing on his work or other things.

Suddenly the doors to his office opened and Grayfia the strongest queen in the underworld walked in and went straight to Sirzechs.

"Dear, I think it's enough of work for today, let's go to bed and have a good rest, don't forget tomorrow you have an important meeting with the faction leaders" Said Grayfia with a soft tone of her voice as she walked up behind her king and started to massage his shoulders.

She noticed the changes in his behavior and appearance.

His shoulders were stiff, he had bags under his eyes, and always looked angry or frustrated.

Suddenly his anger rose once again as he slammed his fist onto the table cracking it in the process.

Grayfia was startled by the sudden outburst and had to step back because Sirzechs was releasing his destructive aura.

"Why can't we just have peace!? have we not suffered enough!? why do they have to keep doing these meaningless wars!? my sister did not deserve to be killed in such a way and left to rot in her own blood! I will kill every single one of those bastards who dare to mess with me!" Shouted Sirzechs as his aura kept growing until he heard Grayfia fall to the ground.

Sirzechs turned around to see passed-out Grayfia gasping for air on the ground.

Even Grayfia couldn't fight back with her own aura and was overwhelmed.

Sirzechs didn't notice his aura releasing and caused his wife to pass out.

"Grayfia!" Shouted the Maou as he quickly knelt down to check on her.

"Damn it" Said the Maou as he clenched his fists.

He looked around just to see everything destroyed by his destructive aura.

Sirzechs once again let his anger get the better of him.

"Am I really suitable for this job?" Questioned himself the read head.

"I always was spouting that I'm a leader foremost and family second but here I am can't even calm myself down because my sister died... fuck I'm pathetic" Said Sirzechs as he picked Grayfia up and went to their room to sleep for the night.

Sirzeachs had trouble sleeping this night again but he managed to fall asleep regardless just to wake up in the same nightmare again... or so he thought.

He opened his eyes to see only darkness.

Darkness was all around him, he couldn't tell if he was standing or floating nor could he tell where up and down was but soon he heard slow footsteps echo from the distance slowly getting closer and closer.

Each step sent cold shivers down his whole body.

He looked in the direction of the footsteps only to see nothing but the footsteps didn't stop.

Sirzechs was confused, he didn't know what was happening.

Suddenly the echo of footsteps stopped but the Maou still couldn't see anyone.

"Well hello there Sirzechs Lucifer the current leader of the underworld" Greeted him in a dark creepy voice.

"Who are you and where am I?" Asked Sirzechs as he glared in the direction of the voice.

"You don't need to know that but I can tell where and why I am here kekeke" Answered the voice with a dark cackle.

"We are inside your mind and I came here to offer you power" Said the voice.

"Power?" Asked Maou confused.

"Yes, power for revenge against those who hurt your family" Said the dark voice.

Sirzechs could feel the person was smiling a creepy smile while making the offer.

"I don't need power, I am a Lucifer and the most powerful devil alive, even the original Lucifer wasn't this strong" Answered Sirzechs.

"Oh?"

"Plus, I have a bad feeling about all of this, just who are you?" Asked Sirzechs once more just to hear more laughter.

"I told you already you don't need to know this but are you sure you don't need more power? I mean you couldn't protect your sister with your current abilities" Said the voice.

"What did you say!?" Shouted Sirzechs.

"Getting angry, are we? but I'm just stating the facts I mean just look!" Said the voice and a bunch of images of Ria's headless body with blood all over the place.

"Stop this! I can't bear this anymore!" Shouted Sirzechs as he couldn't look at the horrible image anymore, as much as he tried to close his eyes his body didn't listen to him, he couldn't even if a finger.

"You see what happened to your sister? it's your fault for being weak and yet you still refusing more power"

"You know, if you take this power not only will you be able to kill your sister's murderers but you will have the chance to kill a certain person who promised to protect her with his life but instead ran away with other women"

Sirzechs stopped struggling and the images disappeared.

The redhead looked back in the voice's direction.

"Who are you speaking of?" Asked Sirzechs.

"Oh, as if you don't know, I'm talking about the current Red Dragon Emperor, the boy who is really at fault here for your sister's death"

Suddenly a memory of that night when the redhead slept over at Hyoudou household appeared in front of Sirzechs.

"Issei... do you love my sister?"

"Wha- what!? where did that question come from!?"

"Just answer the question, do you love my sister?"

"I- ugh I... Yes I do love Rias"

"Haha that's good to hear, I hope you'll make her happy and protect her"

"Don't worry! I will protect her with my life!"

"You promise me that?"

"You bet I do!"

The image disappeared and silence was all that remained until the voice spoke up once again.

"You see, it's not exactly only your fault, he was the main reason why she was killed, word got out that the Red Dragon Emperor was not protecting Rias Gremory anymore, they knew she was an easy target to send a message"

Another moment of silence went by before the voice spoke.

"So, why not accept the power I offer? even your special devil form won't be enough to kill the Red dragon so how about it hm? Lucifer?"

"I...I won't...give in" Said Sirzechs shockingly.

"I...I'm a leader foremost... I won't let my anger get the better of me... even if he was supposed to protect her... I still have a faction to protect and lead.." Said Sirzechs as he battled the temptation and his rage.

"Wow... wasn't expecting this honestly... well no matter, you will come back here and will take the power to destroy, it's just a matter of time" Said the voice.

"Well then... for now you can enjoy your sweet nightmares for the rest of the night" Said the voice and Sirzechs was back to the same nightmare for the third night.

"Kekeke this is more entertaining than I thought I'd be, I await your return as you quickly break Lucifer, you'll have no choice but to accept me, the end of the world is near and you are the first and the most important step kekekeke" Cackled the voice for the last time.

" ' GASP!' " With a loud gasp, Sirzechs awoke with sweat all over his body.

He just woke up from the same nightmare but this time it was different.

After the mysterious voice, Rias blamed not him but Issei for her death.

Deciding to forget about this, for now, he went to take a shower.

After the shower, he dressed up in his usual formal clothes and went to the living room to see Grayfia bringing in breakfast and coffee for the redhead.

"Good morning my lord" Greeted him Grayfia with a bow.

"Morning Grayfia..." Greeted Sirzechs a be sat on one of the couches.

"Grayfia... I'm sorry for yesterday... I didn't mean to hurt you" Apologized the Maou.

Grayfia just flashed a small smile before responding.

"It's fine don't worry but you really should stop blaming yourself for what happened and focus on what's ahead, plus you have a very important meeting today so you have to stay focused"

"Alright my dear, care to join?" Asked Sirzechs.

"Sorry but ill have to go and check up on Milicas" Replied Grayfia.

"I see then you are free to go" Said Sirzechs.

Grayfia bowed before leaving the Maou alone to eat his breakfast and prepare for the meeting.

But he couldn't exactly focus on that as words kept ringing in his head.

"It's not your fault, the Red Dragon Emperor is the main reason she's dead" Over and over again.

But he managed to get rid of those thoughts as the time for the meeting arrived.

Around the table sat Azazel, Michael, Odin, Yasaka, Tannin, and Sirzechs.

"Shall we start the meeting?" Asked Sirzechs.

Everyone gave a nod of approval.

"Then I shall start, the reason I called you all here was to tell you that my sister died.

"What? how did that happen?" Asked Yasaka?

"New organization appeared similar to Chaos brigade called Qlippoth, they killed Rias, her peerage, and... Issei's parents" Informed Sirzechs.

No one spoke.

All of them had shocked faces as they slowly digested the information.

"Issei's parents are dead?" Asked Azazel with a hint of fear in his voice.

Issei was a dragon and a powerful at that, once he finds out a lot can happen like going on a rampage or starting a war.

"Qlippoth what is their goal and do you know who is the leader?" Asked Michael.

"I don't know their goal but I believe most members are from Chaos brigade but under a new leader who is still unknown" Answered Sirzechs.

"I see... how worrisome" Said Michael with a worried.

"So what are we going to do about all of this?" Asked Odin.

"We need to deal with all of this quickly, we need to gather more information and find their base location" Said Sirzechs.

"I'll send team slash-dog to search for them" Said Azazel.

"We should inform the people and strengthen the defense of the faction and protect the people" Said Tannin.

"Yes, I agree but we still don't know how strong the enemy is and how many of them joined Qlippoth" Said Michael.

"Alright, let's raise awareness and warn our people to stay on guard and report any suspicious activities" Said Sirzechs.

"Alright now then... what did you say about lord Issei's parents?" Asked Tannin with a frightening sharp look.

Everyone turned to look at Sirzechs neutral expression.

"They were killed by the members of Qlippoth the same evening Rias was killed" Said Sirzechs.

"This is bad, if he finds out he most likely will go on a rampage to destroy everything or at least... the devil faction" Said Tannin.

"Why devil specifically?" Asked Yasaka.

"Rias who was a devil brought danger to his parents and got caught up in all of the supernatural mess so his first target will be the devil faction" Said Tannin.

"So what should we do?" Asked Odin.

Suddenly the voice rang inside Sirzechs head, the same voice he heard in his dream last night.

'He'll come and kill you anyways so why not kill him first? create a special dragon-slaying weapon and just kill him hmm?'

"Wh- why not create a weapon that can stop him from going berserk?" Asked Sirzechs taking the voice's advice.

"Okay, but what can we make?" Asked Azazel.

"How about a dragon-slaying weapon?" Asked Sirzechs.

"But that won't be enough to knock him out" Said Tannin.

'Use some of Samael's blood' Said the voice.

"How about... Samael's blood?" Asked Sirzechs after a small pause.

"No way, I'm against this" Said Azazel with slight anger.

"I'm against this too. I can't just watch not talking about participating in weapon creation and killing my leader" Said Tannin.

"I'm against it too" Said Yasaka.

"Same here" Said Odin.

"I'm willing to help but not with Samael's blood please" Said Michael.

"I see..." Replied Sirzechs.

"We will find another way to knock him out IF he does go berserk" Said Azazel.

"Alright, do as you wish" Said Sirzechs as he stood up and started to walk away.

"The meeting is over, that's all I wanted to say" Said Sirzechs before leaving the room.

"Can't catch a break can we?" Asked Azazel as he slumped done his chair.

"By the way did Issei wake up?" Asked Yasaka.

"To tell you the truth... yes but... he's in another world" Said Tannin.

"What does that mean?" Asked Odin Curiously.

"Ophis offered him a vacation to her favorite peaceful and quiet world but her teleportation magic was tempered with from the other side and he was sent to another world along with Ddraig, Ophis now is trying to find him and she even asked Great red for help" Informed Tannin.

"That's... a lot to take in... another possible war is approaching and two of the strongest people are gone..." Said Michael.

"But even if Issei is currently gone that doesn't mean that he won't return and go berserk after hearing about his parents so we should come up with some kind of plan" Said Azazel.

"I'm thinking of some kind of net or device that can drain the target's energy and magic in a matter of seconds but we need materials for that" Said Azazel.

"I can give you the materials you are looking for" Said Odin.

"By the way Tannin, you can help Ingvild train her sacred gear which can control dragons maybe that may help in calming Issei down" Said Azazel.

"Alright, It'll be done" Said Tannin.

"Now everyone should erect magic barriers around their territories and inform the people of a possible war, recruit as many as possible, and train them as much as you can" Said Tannin seriously.

"Alright then let's get to work" Said Michael before everyone teleported to their respective factions.

But behind the doors, a certain Maou heard everything.

'heard that? the Red dragon is away for the moment so why not prepare for his return? just accept me and my power, together we can do unimaginable things!' Said the voice.

"B-but I can't... I am the Lucifer I can-" Spoke Sirzechs only to be interrupted by the voice.

'That doesn't matter anymore, you are too weak to defeat the Red dragon as you are now, you won't be able to protect anyone, not even your wife and child' Said the voice.

Sirezechs stood there in silence thinking about it.

'With me my power and my guidance you can create a special weapon to Which he won't stand a chance, you just have to accept me' Said the voice.

Suddenly images of millions of devil corpses were displayed in Sirzechs mind, and a single Red dragon was burning them all, slaughtering them without any mercy.

More images of his friends and family were shown dead such as Serafall, Ajuka, Asmodeus, Venelana, Zeoticus, Grayfia, and Milicas.

The Redhead Maou had a hard time breathing and controlling his anger as more and more images were shown to him.

'Yes, YES! Break Sirzechs Lucifer! lose all reason all your reason and sanity! KEKEKEKE' Shouted the voice as it cackled darkly.

The last image appeared in his mind Wich was the breaking point for the Maou.

"Brother... please save me... I'm scared.. I don't like it here... why aren't you here to save me? why aren't you avenging me!? why isn't Issei coming!? why did Issei leave me to die!?" Shouted Rias with a pained voice as blood tears rolled down her cheeks

Sirzechs could only stare at the image as his mind was slowly breaking until finally... his mind broke..

'So what do you say? do you accept me?' Asked The voice once more.

"Yes... Please lend me your power" Said Sirzechs as anger that all remained in him took over.

'As you wish you foolish king' Said the voice.

Suddenly the redhead Maou opened his mouth to release a pained scream but nothing was heared, no scream could escape his mouth.

Suddenly Sirzechs fell on the ground and passed out.

...TIME SKIP ONE DAY...

Some light steps were heard walking around.

Opening his eyes the redhead saw Grayfia bringing some medicine.

"Oh! you finally woke up!" Said Grayfia as she hugged her husband tightly.

"Yes, I'm fine now Grayfia" Said Sirzechs as he hugged her back.

"How long was I asleep?" Asked the Maou.

"For one day but still, you should take it easy, I found you on the ground near the meeting room so I brought you here" Said Grayfia.

"Ah, I see, maybe you could make some tea please?" Asked Sirzechs.

"Sure thing, I'll bring it right away" Said Grayfia as she left the room.

After a moment of silence...

"Hehe hahahahaha HAHAHAA! it worked! I took over his body! I can't believe it was this easy! now I just need to somehow retrieve my original body and get my powers back" Said Sirzechs?

"Ahh, how splendid, the destruction is nearing and the end of the world is inevitable, but judging from his memories Trihexa was killed.... hmm, it will be harder and will change some of my plans but it still should work out even without that beast" Said The redhead.

Suddenly the doors opened and Grayfia walked in with a tray in her hands.

"Who are you talking to?" Asked Grayfia as she brought the tea.

"Oh nothing I'm just worried about the paperwork" Said Sirzechs?

"Ah, you don't need to worry about that for a couple of days, I asked Ajuka and Serafall to take care of those so you can relax and take a rest, no need to overwork yourself" Said Grayfia.

"Alright, thank you, I will take a nap now then" Said Sirzechs?

"Okay, then I won't bother you anymore" Said the ice queen before leaving the room.

"That's great, I have some time to re-organize the plan" Said Sirzechs?

"I can already feel it coming, how exciting will it be" Said Sirzechs before summoning a note book and a pen from a pocket dimension and started to write his plan.

The destruction is nearing and people aren't ready for it...