Exploration Of Delsgade Part 1

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An: I deleted this chapter and repost it bcs apparently after updating the previous chapter some readers apparently didn't get the edits done to the chapter

Sona: "Thank you Tsubaki. I pray to Satan that Rias actually doesn't do anything dumb. We're already on thin ice after the biblical war, and starting another one is something I pray never happens."

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(3rd person Pov)

It has been a day since Anos had placed his castle in the middle of Kouh, and announced his existence to every supernatural being across the world. And now, in the Occult Research Club of Kuoh Academy, there was Rias, Sona, and their respective peerages. And standing before them were the four Maous. Sirzecs Lucifer, Serafall Leviathan, Ajuka Belzebub, and Falbium Asmodeus. Each of the four Maous also brought along the members of their own respective peerages surprising the students in the room as Sirzechs spoke.

Sirzechs: "While usually I'd be super extatic to see Rias, right now we are all here because of what happened yesterday. Someone was strong enough to pressure the entire world, both normal and Supernatural were affected by it. And then just a few minutes later an astronomical amount of magical energy was released in the middle of Kuoh, with enough energy to count as a worldly Leyline that could be used over a hundred times and once more affecting the entire world."

Sirzechs words shocked everyone of the young devil's as Serafall continued.

Serafall: "Although we would have wanted to immediately appear the moment we felt the incredible amounts of magical energy, we needed to get the Shinto God's permission first as since this was something that affected the entire world, we weren't sure if the Shinto pantheon would want to deal with whatever it was by themselves. And since we just recently were told that as co-owners of Kuoh, we can try dealing with the situation by ourselves if we wanted to."

Ajuka looked at Sona as he spoke.

Ajuka: "Is there any information you've gathered on the cause of the abnormal release of magical energy?"

Sona: "Indeed Lord Belzebub. The absurd amounts of magical energy is coming from a castle that appeared out if nowhere. I only got a look of its exterior as none of our familiars wanted to get anywhere near the castle, as if they were terrified to enter."

Rias's eyes went wide hearing her friend as she spoke in disbelief.

Rias: "Oi Sona, I thought you said not to approach the source of this absurd levels of magical energy?! If so, why can you do it?!"

Sona hearing her best friends tone of anger sighed as she explained.

Sona: "Rias, you would never think to send familiars to scout the area first. You'd just go with your peerage to see the situation not knowing what might happen. Atleast using our familiars allows us to gather information without risking danger to me or my peerage."

Rias sighed as Falbium Asmodeus spoke with a lazy tone.

Falbium: "(Yawn~) Let's just hurry and check out the situation so I can continue with my sleep."

Sirzechs: "Indeed, let's check on the situation of the mysterious castle that Sona spoke of. And forgive me for saying this, but none of you are allowed to follow us. We have no idea how powerful our opponent is, nor do we know of what their intentions are. However, I am permitting you all to watch the situation with your familiars to atleast ensure the safety of everyone present."

Rias & Sona: "Understood Lord Lucifer."

Sirzechs nodded his head before everyone summoned their familiars to follow the four Maous and their respective peerages. Once all the Maous had left, Rias slumped onto her couch as she sighed slightly before speaking.

Rias: "I can't believe whatever or whoever is the cause of all this, is such a big deal that all four Maous and their peerages came to investigate."

Sona: "Well, it's obvious based on what happened yesterday the Maous might have come to believe that the unknown pressure and the release of the absurd magical energy are connected. And if they are, I can see why all four Maous came with their peerages."

Akeno had just finished making tea, as she poured a cup for everyone present.

Rias & Sona: "Thank you Akeno."

Akeno gave a light giggle as she bowed and replied.

Akeno: "It's my pleasure."

Soon everyone connected their visions with their familiars as they looked on in awe of the castle.

Kiba: "That's a pretty big castle. Even through my familiar I can still sense the overwhelming amounts of magical energy being released."

Koneko: "It feels like whoever is the owner loves extravagant things."

Tsubaki: "Well, we've got alot of exploring to do. Let's hope everything goes well."

(Meanwhile With The Four Satan's)

Sirzechs: "It's already been a day, yet its still releasing such absurd levels of magical energy. What do you think Grafia?"

Sirzechs called out to the queen of his peerage and his wife for her opinion as she replied.

Grafia: "Either someone is using the magical energy of the dragon veins and the leylines to keep the castle summoned, or it is a physical construct that just releases absurd levels of magical energy just screaming out to the world of its existence. I'd hope in be the former than the latter to be completely honest."

Serafall: "I see, then let's not waste anymore time just standing around let's start exploring!"

Serafall simply rushed to the castle before she looked on perplexed at the scene before her. The doors to the castle was completely open. When she stopped at the front entrance, her peerage members alongside the other familiars and the rest of the Satan's had arrived, and we're just as perplexed seeing the door open.

However, when Ajuka Belzebub took a closer look at the castle his eyes widened in astonishment as he exclaimed.

Ajuka: "T-This is?!"

Everyone present was surprised hearing Ajuka exclaim in shock. Sirzechs asked him.

Sirzechs: "Ajuka, what's wrong?"

Ajuka: "This castle here is a giant three-dimensional magic circle!"

Everyone: "What?!"

Ajuka: "The amount of magical energy needed to maintain such a massive magic circle would be so astronomical I'm pretty sure only the likes of the Dragon God's could have enough energy to pull it off."

Ajuka's words caused slight fear amongst everyone. Because if this really was the home of one of the two Dragon God's, things could get complicated. Sirzechs sighed as he spoke.

Sirzechs: "We shall see first if this really is the abode of one of the dragon God's. If it is, there's nothing much we can do. If it isn't, then this would atleast mean that whoever is the owner has about as much magical energy as one of the dragon gods."

And so, the four Satan's made their way into the castle with caution. Once they were inside, Sirzechs spoke.

Sirzechs: "The inside is pretty normal as far as castles go."

Serafall: "The floor, ceilings, and everything else is also pretty average for a castle. It's all just polished marble. I'd expected something grander?"

Ajuka rolled his eyes as he spoke.

Ajuka: "Could you both please focus, we're in unknown territory and the first thing on your minds is what the castle looks like from the inside?"

Sirzechs: "Right then, we shall each go searching separately with our peerage and a few familiars each."

Everyone nodded their heads as Ajuka gave each of the familiars their orders.

Ajuka: "It's quite obvious at this point, but Sona and Rias's familiars won't be following Sirzecs or Serafall."

Both Satan's looked at Ajuka in surprise and despair as Ajuka continued.

Ajuka: "I know for a fact that if you were to go along with your siblings familiars, you'd ignore your jobs in favour of gushing over your siblings."

Sirzechs and Serafall began sulking in a corner as Ajuka began arranging the familiars that would be following who. Once it was all decided, they broke up to begin exploring the castle.

(Sirzechs Pov)

As myself and my peerage members began roaming the vast hall's of the castle I couldn't help but mutter.

Sirzechs: "Is there no one here right now? I can't sense anyone in this palace."

Grafia hearing her husband's words gave her own opinions.

Grafia: "Maybe whoever the owner is left their castle to go for a walk?"

Sirzechs bishop MacGregor Mathers spoke up.

Mathers: "Why would you leave your doors wide open if your going on a walk?"

Sirzechs Rook Okita Souji answered with his own opinion.

Okita: "Maybe it's because they are powerful enough to not care about random strangers entering their place."

Sirzechs: "If what Ajuka said was true, then whoever this individual is they have the rights to not care about whatever or whoever enters this cast-"

Sirzechs stopped whatever it was he was about to say as he felt something resonating with him. No, whatever was calling him it was resonating with his power of destruction.

{Tick... Tock... T.I.C.K}

The World suddenly froze and glitches in reality began spreading before a large crack appeared and the sound of glass shattering was heard only by three individuals that stepped out of the glitching crack in reality.

Anos: "And we're back!"

Tamayo looked all around her noticing they were no longer in the empty void. Her gaze soon landed upon the group who were all frozen. She approached them slowly and began poking them in curiosity. Seeing them not even move at all. Her gaze broke from the frozen individuals as Anos called her.

Anos: "Don't stray to far Tamayo."

Tamayo simply nodded her head and returned to Anos's side as he snapped his fingers.

Anos: "Azesith,Baroika"

(Baroika: "Dimensional Gatekeeper") & (Azesith: "Dimensional Prison")

A magic spell that distorts space and time and can send objects to another dimension. Magic that opens a gate to another dimension. Only an extremely powerful magic user can force themselves into the Dimensional Prison.

Anos wiped the imaginary dust off his palms as he spoke.

Anos: "Now then, I've sealed away Venuzdonoa. That should prevent the same tragedy from happening. Let's return to the future chapters! And I'll destroy the already released chapter where I brought us back to this chapter when enough people have read it. And I feel like changing the title of this chapter for now. I think, Exploration Of Delsgade Part 1 works just fine"

Tamayo couldn't even let out a scream as the world glitched once more, enveloping the three individuals. Once they disappeared was everyone finally able to move once more as colour returned to the world.

Sirzechs sudden silence caught the attention of his peerage who looked at him in confusion, before it became worry as it seems as though he was in a trance before he stopped still, and blinked his eye's in confusion.

Sirzechs: "Huh? What happened?"

Sirzecs Queen and wife Grafia spoke.

Grafia: "You looked like you were in a trance. Something happened and you suddenly stopped replying."

Sirzechs: "Ah. I felt something earlier resonating with my power of destruction, but now that feelings dissappeard. Anyways, I'm fine. Let's continue our exploration."

Although slightly worried, his peerage members nodded their heads in agreement as they continue with their exploration. They soon appeared in a room full of various artifacts that caught their attention.

Sirzechs: "This place is full of unique artifacts. Scower the room, but do not touch anything. This could be a trap."

Everyone: "Understood."

As everyone began looking around, sirzechss stumbled upon something that shocked him. Before him on a luxurious pillow were 10 rings that illuminated with a lustrous and Holy glow. Yet he didn't feel any pain being near it. Curiosity winning him, he approached the artifact and when he read it's description, he was beyond disbelief.

«The 10 Rings Of Solomon»

Sirzechs: "Solomon? As in the king who was granted wisdom by God?"

Although as a devil he should feel pain saying the name of the Christian god, because of how powerful he is he barely feels the affects. Sirzechs the begins reading it's description.

(The ten rings were granted to Solomon after God granted him "true wisdom," the mark of a wise man approved by God. Later going on to be called Solomon's Rings, they were known as the origin of magecraft employing the use of angels and demons. Having only utilized the rings once in his life, Solomon, at the end of his life, returned all but one of them to Heaven of his own free will. On God's command, the remaining was instead sent to the future for unknown purposes, assumed by Solomon to be a whim. Possession of all ten rings grants the user complete control over all magecraft performed by mankind, allowing for its complete nullification. Described as granting Solomon "true omnipotence," their functions were only utilized a single time in life. The rings must all be together for the Noble Phantasm Ars Nova to be utilized.)

Sirzechs: "This is actually the 10 rings of Solomon?! Then does this mean that this castle and that extraordinary amounts of magical energy all came from King Solomon's possible ressurection? And what is this noble phantasm and Ars Nova?"

Sirzecs was shocked as a holographic screen appeared before him explaining what noble phantasms are, and what is Ars Nova.

Sirzechs: "Noble Phantasms are "crystallized Mysteries", powerful armaments made using human imagination as their core, and are the weapons and/or abilities owned by Heroic Spirits. As humanity's illusions, they embody the ultimate Mysteries of a hero as symbols of their existence through historical fact and anecdotes. They can be physical weaponry (swords, spears, bows) or support items (shields, rings, crowns). They can also be abstractions such as unique, often magical abilities (even close to or matching True Magic), unique (even conceptual) means of attack, curses, and changes to the very environment and its physical properties."

Sirzechs eyes then landed upon the information on Ars Nova.

Sirzechs: "The Time of Parting has Come, He is the One who Lets Go of the World(Ars Nova). The Time of Birth has Come, He is the One who Masters All."

"The Time of Crowning has Come, He is the One who Begins All."

"And ― The Time of Parting has Come, He is the One who Lets Go of The World."

"Ars Nova."

Sirzechs: "Ars Nova is the first Noble Phantasm of Solomon. It is the crystallization of the legend in which Solomon returned his rings to Heaven of his own will, and the only act he performed as a "human" hero. The Noble Phantasm possessed by the true Solomon. A poem of farewell in which he lets go of every accomplishment, miracle, and magecraft he has.

Upon activation, he returns God's gifts back to the heavens and loses his Clairvoyance. The effect is Solomon's death. In other words, the self-destruction of the 72 Demon Gods. It is a fail-safe designed for the case in which magecraft became an "evil" for humanity in the far future. Once activated, every trace of Solomon vanishes from this world

Solomon's complete obliteration does not mean the erasure of Solomon, but rather that everything that is his to do is completed and finished.

All living things, when they meet their ends, have "unfinished business" that they leave behind. This is something true of everyone, regardless of how perfect a life they may have led. The path of human history is created when the people who follow pick up and bear these "remains". And a complete obliteration means to ascend from this path - to complete everything one has been tasked with, and to reach a state of existence in which there is "nothing left to do".

There is no longer a need to defeat him, or rely on him. No longer, will anyone ask of him, or need to shoulder his death, and no further help or accomplishments from him will be sought. This means a disappearance from even the Throne of Heroes. A release from the duties of one's existence - a completion of all the tasks for one to do in this universe.

In contrast to the savior known as the only one among humanity to achieve enlightenment, the coward reached a different sort of "finality".

All ten of Solomon's rings are required for its use. Solomon had sent his last ring to the future on a revelation from God, so Goetia was unable to know the True Name of this Noble Phantasm."

Sirzechs frowned at all the information he just read. This is infact the 10 rings of King Solomon, but the description doesn't match the history of the Solomon that he's read about. Not to mention learning what these Nobel Phantasms are. Everything he's read doesn't match with what he's seen throughout his long life. Sirzechs sighed as he left the 10 rings to begin searching around the other artifacts that is arranged around the room. Soon enough, everyone gathered back at the entrance of the artifact room looking confused as Sirzechs spoke.

Sirzechs: "What have you all found? I found the 10 rings that belonged to the late King Solomon."

Everyone became shocked hearing his words as Grafia questioned.

Grafia: "You mean the king of Israel who was blessed by God with wisdom? Didn't he die long before we were born?"

Sirzechs: "Indeed he did, but somehow his 10 rings exist here within this castle. Not to mention all the other ridiculous things I've seen."

Sirzechs rook Surtr spoke.

Surtr: "I saw a spear named Longinuslanze Testament. If not for the fact that the spear was sealed away, I was sure I wouldn't be here right now."

Grafia: "I saw the holy sword Excalibur, and Odins spear Gungnir but it is said to come from someplace called Toaru."

Beowulf: "And I saw something called the sword of rupture. It was a horrible weapon to be around I'll tell you that much. And I also found the weapon of lord Shiva from the Hindu Pantheon. His Trishula was amongst the many items here as well."

Sirzechs: "The longer we explore this castle the more mysterious I find it. It has an unknown amount of precious artifacts just laying around with nothing guarding it. Now I worry for just who the owner of this castle truly is."

Everyone agreed with his words. Some of the artifacts here are so precious it could cause a global war just for the gods to get their hands on them. Sirzechs sighed tiredly as he muttered.

Sirzechs: "I hope the others find something more helpful. Let's continue our search of this castle."

Everyone: "Yes Lord Lucifer!"

And so they continued their search of the castle in hopes of finding to help solve the mystery of the castle and it's owners.