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"W-what are you doing here!?"

"What!?"

"Kyaa!"

Startled by the sudden distressed shout, a group of men and women looked at the man in short sleeves and cap looking at them nervously.

"Satooji-san, I told you a few months ago that we would come to the forest when I got new members" With a confused face at the sight of the usually cheerful man with a pale and nervous face, a tall and voluptuous red-haired woman commented.

"Miss Gremory, you have to leave now!" quickly shaking his head, Satooji looked sideways and tightened his grip on the tree.

"Why? We've already warned you in advance..." Being genuinely confused, the woman asked doubtfully.

"Rias, I think something is wrong" Frowning slightly, a beautiful dark-haired woman commented, looking sideways with quite a bit of caution on her face.

"D-didn't they get the notice?" looking at Rias with wide eyes, Satooji continued "I sent a message through a family member 2 months ago to report what is going on!"

Frowning deeply, Rias looked at her nobility and muttered "They didn't warn us of anything... I even told my brother that I was coming, but he didn't talk about anything weird either."

"Satooji-san, may I ask what's going on?" looking at the man doubtfully, the black-haired woman asked.

Looking sideways with paranoia, Satooji jumped down from the tree and whispered "Something weird is going on in the forest, I really think you guys need to leave."

"Something weird?" turning her gaze to the black haired woman beside her, Rias continued "Do you sense something weird Akeno?"

"The atmosphere feels tense"

"And dangerous" Interrupting the conversation, a handsome blond haired young man nodded with a solemn face.

"Buchou, is something wrong?" swallowing saliva as he sensed the tense atmosphere, another young man with brown hair hugged a young blonde girl and asked nervously.

"I-issei-san is hugging me..." Whispering shyly, the young blonde girl blushed.

"Satooji-san, can you explain what's going on?" looking at the pale man, Rias asked.

"I wouldn't know how to explain" Looking sideways cautiously, Satooji continued "A while ago the familiars started acting strange... they changed their living locations, some are acting very aggressively and the knowledge we have of their behaviors doesn't seem to work anymore... I met with other tamers and we agreed that the area should be avoided until we know what's going on, but we think a new predator has arrived in the forest."

"A new predator?" Frowning deeply, Akeno asked "You're saying an unknown familiar could be causing chaos?"

"Exactly" Nodding seriously, Satooji continued "That's why I'm telling you that you have to leave, it's dangerous to be here and even I have been running away from every living thing I see."

"..." Thinking for a few seconds while looking at her nobility, Rias bit her lips and asked "Could we try to get a familiar nearby? We'll leave as soon as we find a useful one.... we cannot leave empty-handed, since who knows when the next full moon will be and we already talked to Souna that she would be next."

Looking at the pleading face of the young red-haired girl, Satooji thought for a few seconds and gritted his teeth "Fine, but make sure you don't make too much noise and watch out for those around, we'll have to diminish our presence as best we can"

"Thank you" Bowing her head slightly, Rias turns to the brown-haired young man and continued earnestly "Issei, stay close and try not to shout."

Nodding quickly, Issei whispered "Understood Buchou"

"Let's go" Turning to the road, Satooji looked sideways and walked silently, looking everywhere for any living thing.

The walk was silent, tense and certainly uncomfortable.

The feeling of being in danger and the sensation of being watched at every turn was certainly extremely overwhelming even for an experienced man like Satooji.

"Kyaa!" Shouting in panic, Asia looked down and watched as a slimy green slime clung to her.

"It's a slime" Calmly watching as several more slimes began to fall from the tree, Satooji continued "They are slimes that melt clothes, they also have a tentacled variant that eats women's secretions, so relax, they are not harmful."

"H-help!" Quickly removing them from her body, Asia shouted, as all her clothes quickly disappeared.

"Ara~" Watching her own clothes slowly disappear, Akena smiled slightly and raised her hand, transforming all the slimes above her into ash thanks to a powerful lightning that enveloped her.

"Buchou, no!" Seeing how quickly all the slimes were eliminated, Issei quickly embraced Asia and exclaimed "Buchou, I will turn these slimes and tentacles into my familiars!"

"Melting clothes and eating women's secretions, that's all I've been looking for!"

"*Sigh*" Shaking her head, Rias being already almost in her underwear, commented "Ise. A familiar is crucial to demons, do you understand? Think about it properly."

"I've already thought about it, I've made up my mind!" Nodding quickly, Issei replied.

"Ise, it's only been three seconds since you started thinking."

"I don't need to think anymore, this is my destiny!"

"Step aside Ise. These useless creatures must be burned. You're in the way."

"Hell no! I'm going to turn these slimes and tentacles into my familiars!" frantically shaking his head, Issei hugged Asia tightly and continued "I'll protect these guys even at the cost of my own life! They're my important comrades! Friends! Familiars are our friends! They're my comrades, Buchouuuuu!"

"Ise-san, umm.... You're hugging me..." As Issei begged fervently for slimes, the young blonde girl turned to blush as her eyes sparkled with happiness.

"Surataro... Shokushumaru... My important companions..... I will definitely protect them..." Taking two limos in his hands, Issei spoke with conviction.

"Ara ara, it seems you've already given them names. "Holding her hand to her cheek while tilting her head slightly, Akeno spoke with a playful tone.

"It's the first time I've seen a demon begging like this for having such useless slimes and tentacles.... It's a big world, don't you think Gremory-san?" turning his gaze to Rias, Satooji commented quizzically.

"I'm sorry... This boy is very true to his desires, so he doesn't think properly..." With a sad face, Rias sighed.

*Buzz* *Buzzing* *Shock* *Shock* *Shock*.

But when Issei begged for mercy, suddenly a lightning bolt covered his body and melted the two slimes, while the pitiful young man's body trembled heavily.

"Great..." Looking at the small dragon on the tree, Satooji continued "It's a Lightning Dragon. It only harms those it recognizes as enemies. It must have thought the girl wasn't dangerous."

"It seems it eliminated the slimes and tentacles that were attacking Asia. Maybe this dragon is male. I heard those dragons come to take a liking to females of other races." Looking at the dragon that suddenly stood on young Asia's shoulder, Rias commented with interest.

"...Surataro and Shokushumaru. They were very good boys... My number one comrades and you turned them to ashes..." Letting bitter tears fall while clenching his fists in anger, Issei stood up and turned to the little dragon "Now I'm upset.... Lightning Dragooonnn!"

[A/N: For those who only watched the anime, this situation may seem confusing to you, but in the novel everything unfolded as I describe right now.]

With a loud shout, a sudden powerful red aura began to envelop the young man, causing all the trees around him to creak from the strong concentrated energy.

"Amazing, I've never felt a pulse of demonic energy as strong as this before! Ise-kun still has sleeping powers inside him. I never thought they would wake up to something like this!" Looking at the large aura with a gleam in her eyes, Rias commented with surprised happiness.

"Ultimate! Invincible! My Dragon power that is said to be the strongest in the world! Receive this power with your body and perish!" approaching the little dragon with fury, Issei shouted.

"S-stop!" suddenly shouting, Satooji continued "I told you not to shout and not to use such strong energies!"

"B-buchou" Throwing off Rias' clothes, a small white-haired girl whispered shakily.

"Is something wrong Koneko?" Awakening from the fascination of the newly seen power, Rias turned to Koneko and asked doubtfully.

"W-we're in trouble" Looking toward the forest, Koneko pointed her finger.

"Mn?" Following where the young girl pointed, Rias squinted and looked at the glowing eyes that suddenly appeared in the darkness, and before she could react, hundreds of eyes began to appear surrounding them completely.

"Gather in a circle!" Realizing the problem, Akeno shouted, as quickly an electric energy began to surround her.

"I told you so!" Trembling heavily as she looked fearfully at the wolves that emerged from the grass, Satooji continued, "They're 2-star wolves, dozens of them!"

"2-star wolves?" Instantly extinguishing his aura as he saw something strange happening, Issei turned to the man and asked fearfully "W-what is that? S-sounds dangerous."

"5 stars is the maximum" Pulling out a knife in his clothes, Satooji looked sideways and continued "They're usually lone wolves and so don't pose much danger, but when they're in packs their danger level easily goes up to 3 or even 4 stars!"

"But that's not the most dangerous thing" With a solemn face and having already studied from this, Rias continued "If they are in pack, it's because an alpha even more powerful than them is leading them, we are in big trouble"

"B-buchou, I... s-sorry" Knowing that they were now in trouble because of him, Issei stammered.

"It's okay, it looks like they already had us surrounded" Shaking her head, Rias looked sideways and frowned "But why aren't they attacking us?"

"Buchou" With fists raised ready to fight, Koneko pointed towards a 9 meter wolf that suddenly appeared, causing the group to swallow saliva knowing that they could certainly die today "I think it's the alpha"

"Grrr~" Growling softly, Wulfgar slowly stepped forward as he stared at the group, then turned his gaze to the right and to everyone's surprise, bowed his head in submission.

"W-we're dead..." Staring at the giant wolf that even overtook some trees, Satooji sat on the ground as all thoughts of resistance went down the drain, knowing full well that against so many wolves, there is no chance of survival with his small strength.

"Rias..." Frowning deeply as she raised her head to look at the giant wolf, Akeno continued "What shall we do?"

"I don't know..." Shaking her head, Rias whispered "We could try to escape with a magic circle, but that takes a while to create and they certainly won't give us that time."

"Definite and invincible, I'm sure if he had heard this, he would have devoured you."

But suddenly and to everyone's surprise, a beautiful woman with bright pink hair appeared out of the trees.

"You certainly have the guts to say that in this place" Chuckling, Rika appeared sitting on a tree and looked to the side "He's coming".

"Rei, could you tell him that I want to handle this myself?" Turning her gaze to the small phoenix on a tree, Saya asked.

"It would be complicated..." Looking at Issei for a few seconds, Rei murmured "But I don't think he'll take it as a threat... I'll go tell him."

Appearing at Rika's side, Kiriko whispered quizzically "Why do you speak of Fenrir as 'he'? Isn't it easier to say his name?"

"Saya told us before we arrived to avoid talking about our races and especially about Fenrir" Whispering in Kiriko's ear, Rika continued "I don't know exactly why, but you know how Saya is, she thinks 3 times as much as one."

"But isn't it obvious with these big wings and horns?" turning her gaze to her back, Kiriko whispered.

Shrugging her shoulders, Rika laughed "I'm not the genius here."

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