Nephilim Acquisition

Yasaka was gone after having set up an impromptu meeting between the leader of the Shinto Faction and me, I'm curious to see what their intentions are... I have plans for me and Grayfia during the next few months.

"This is an unprecedented catastrophe, war is looming... and we have no way to protect ourselves against our foes... with the help of the Nephilim Faction, we barely managed to survive" Serafall stated as if to bring down upon the devils' heads the situation they were at.

From that very Nephilim Faction, only Morrighan was present and she garnered all the gazes. They had no words to say to them as the majority of the families were disgusted by the existence of the Nephilim... I guess their pride couldn't take that they were saved by those very people they were so much disgusted and discriminated against, even actively slaughtered.

Apparently, it wasn't until now that Morrighan's identity as the leader of the faction was known, so far only Annette and Benneth were the known members, not even Albedo. At least, that was what Grayfia told me.

The moment all gazes fell on her as if awaiting a pronunciation, Morrighan -dressed in maid attire- stood up and addressed the crowd.

"My Nephilim Faction has no intention of protecting the underworld against a greater wave of attacks... I may have put my members at risk to protect the underworld, but I won't send them to die..." Morrighan said coldly dragging silence out of the devil families.

Sadly for them, one of the guys least qualified to stand up did stand up... Lord Phenex who according to Layla was one of the most anti-nephilim families of the devil supremacy faction.

"You are Morrighan Belphegor... right? from the bottom of our hearts we thank you for-"

He even went as far as to bow down, but... even I had the urge to laugh at his naivety before Morrighan exploded.

*RUMBLE!!!*

Her aura was released and the black halo above her head shone in the darkness like never before; she was enraged.

"I don't give a shit about your thanks, Phenex! do you think a 'thanks' can override what you have done for Nephilims in all these years? DO YOU THINK A THANKS WILL BRING BACK ALL THE NEPHILIM MALES THAT HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED BY YOU DEVILS FOR CENTURIES?!"

"..."

As if it wasn't enough, he still dared to stand on guard and take out his flaming wings in case of retaliation, a grave mistake.

"ALL THE ABUSE NEPHILIM FEMALES HAVE GONE THROUGH! BEING EXPERIMENTED AT, DISECTED AND PROSTITUTED BEFORE BEING MERCILESSLY KILLED!? DO YOU THINK I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR LIVES, DEVILS!?"

While the families closed their mouths, inwardly feeling outraged, I saw genuine regret coming from the four satans... alas, it didn't matter how regretful they were... everything was done, and actions had consequences.

"Mor-chan" It was Fia who had to take Morrighan into an embrace for her to finally calm down.

My glare settled on a sobbing Morrighan; I had seen their display during several skirmishes and was awed by this Nephilim Faction. The four of them performed better than the four satans.

At first, I didn't consider them; they're beauties... but I needed more than that. Morrighan, Albedo, Annette and Benneth have shown me their capabilities; being able to fight to standstill foes that vastly outstrip them in strength and faith, merely due to the mastery of their skills as Nephilims.

From the moment I saw their display, I wanted them. They needed to show me something else, and they did.

Morrighan was panting heavily inside Fia's embrace, her eyes were almost bloodshot and I could tell... those were words she had desired to say for a long time... one of the most afflicted in the room was Ajuka; possibly since his own daughter is a Nephilim and he has suffered first hand that discrimination despite being a satan.

How complicated.

I beckoned my hands and Grayfia's body levitated away from my lap.

!!!

"Master?" She was confused but even more so when Morrighan floated away from Fia's embrace to enter mine.

"R-Richter-sama... w-why?" The Nephilim 'Lucy' was confused at my sudden act of kinship, it wasn't kinship... it was me merely declaring something as mine.

"The Nephilim Faction belongs to me".

!!!

An immediate round of gossiping started as Morrighan gasped in my arms, her eyes flickered between surprise and confusion.

'W-Why?' she sent me a mental message which merely produced a smirk out of me.

'Because I want the four of you...' I needn't say further, she smiled and nodded, content... we have been training, they have been facing me and combat and even training with both Layla and Grayfia; except for the stubborn Annette, they had already manifested the desire to pledge themselves to me. It was me who has been constantly stalling, precisely waiting for such an opportunity to see their performance, and I was left stunned by their capabilities.

I won't even ask them if they agree... I want them and I will have them, naturally... as a Dragon, I also need to give something in exchange.

"Are you certain, Richter-sama?" Layla asked me with a smile of her own, not at all against my decision just like Grayfia, I just nodded before making a fierce declaration to everyone in the room.

"In this war, you devils will perish... you have no way to oppose what's coming for you" I said those words offhandedly, perhaps they already know, but I want to make sure they're aware of what sort of despairing situation they're in... and also, what they're obtaining from me due to the Nephilim's influence.

"..." They all remained silent but I can tell how much in the abyss their hearts are sinking as if I just diagnosed them with a disease; they have no more than a decade to live and that's exaggerating... for existences like them, is akin to a second.

"The desire of this Nephilim Faction of mine is for the underworld to continue being the home of the angels and fallen angels that have seen it as their lodging for hundreds of years, am I correct, Morrighan?"

"Richter-sama... you were listening..." Morrighan giggled and I sent a deadpan her way, she thought I was just eating shrimp the whole time. She was right, but I was also listening to their predicaments.

Although the situation in the underworld doesn't concern me... it doesn't mean that I haven't been paying attention to the unfolding events.

"Therefore, this is what is going to happen-" I began to speak when suddenly a bright light manifested in the room, earning the satans and also Azazel's attention from the get-go.

*WHOOSH!*

Two clear and serene silhouettes manifested in between golden lights, I gasped a little before regaining my composure, when I saw her, everything made sense to me.

Sandalphon who had also been in the room together with Ajuka; frowned profusely.

"Michael, Gabriel..." She stated as the forms of two angels with twelve wings each made themselves known. Both of them with golden hair and golden halos on their heads, they're angels.

My gaze immediately locked with hers, Gabriel and she answered in kind before biting her lips and evading me, ultimately I released a brief of my aura before retracting it, something that both Layla and Grayfia noticed.