210 The 'D' Day II
[WAHAHAHAHA!!]
[SHUT UP, DGRAIG!]
From one moment to the other and much to Richter's confusion, the boy in front of him became the centre of laughter, even the devils were confused.
"And you were so proud that you managed to 'survive' in a battle against the Golden Dragon" Azazel remarked with a snicker, placing his arm around the silver-haired boy who stubbornly cast aside his arm.
"Lord Richter, you really don't remember me?"
"..."
Usually, Richter wouldn't so much as care about these sorts of individuals, however, 'The boy is weak; but inside him there is the soul of a Dragon Emperor... I should remember'.
"Master, back then when you killed Shiva in the dimensional gap, fighting Great Red. This boy assisted her together with the fallen God of Thunder, Thor. That must be the reason you recall him briefly" Grayfia remarked, although she was not present at the time, the details of the confrontation were widely known by the supernatural world. Except Richter that is, who at that time was in a dazy to recall the encounter.
It was like a eureka in the Golden Dragon's head when he finally recalled who this ant was.
"I see… if you managed to survive despite me being in that state, that is your luck indeed. What is your name? Your aura is not strong enough for me to perceive it".
[He may be weak, but you should be able to sense this, Golden One]
A deep voice stated, originating from the silver-haired boy.
"My name is Vali Lucifer".
[The Vanishing Dragon, White Dragon Emperor of Supremacy, Albion Gwiber]
"White One, huh?… you're like Dgraig a sealed dragon" Richter sighed, for him there was nothing more shameful than a dragon bereft of liberty.
[Please don't compare me with that weakling over there].
[Care to repeat that, mr nobody? The golden one doesn't even remember you]
[At least I managed to survive against him, what have you done other than bootlicking, Dgraig!]
...
A back-and-forth started between the two Dragon Emperors, the devils retreated with sweaty foreheads.
"There they go again just like thousands of years ago. You can't leave them for a chance…" Gabriel rubbed her temples, "Father may have done it but I can't deal with the two of them, dear. I'm going in, don't worry, I'll send the girls once they wake up, alright?~"
The Seraph delivered a deep kiss, unashamed of the public... proudly declaring who she belonged to. Azazel's eyebrows shivered, the angel he had once most loved and the cause of his fall, now belonged to someone else, far away from his reach.
'I guess such is life, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose...' the cadre sighed, wondering what brand of rum and what fallen angel beauty he was going to drown his frustrations with.
...
"Girls, give it your all!~" Gabriel cheered on her three servants.
"We won't fail, Lady Gabriel!" Xenovia, Irina and Asia bowed down, determined to not lose to the devils and show astonishing results.
"One minute, sister" Someone interrupted Gabriel's departure, someone the angel was quite acquainted with and that could only look at her younger sister now with a little apprehension and disbelief.
Sandalphon was older than Gabriel by a few centuries, originally one of the Great Seraphs, she was taken into the underworld by Lady Calliope, eventually marrying Ajuka Beelzebub. Back then she could never imagine that she'd ever see the current Gabriel.
Deeply in love with a dragon and covered with nothing with a bedsheet, emitting a lust scent, a vivid mirror of the lusty activities she had partaken in prior.
"Oh, big sister?" Gabriel smiled and hugged her big sister.
"H-Hmn, could you take me to Albedo? I'd like to see that girl one last time before she heads in" Sandalphon tried as much as she could to ignore Richter's scent coming from Gabriel, she was determined to stay loyal to her husband no matter the cost...
Gabriel looked at Richter for confirmation and the latter merely shrugged his shoulders.
"Just make sure to tidy up the place a bit before allowing Lady Sandalphon in, alright?~" Knowing how lazy the angel could be, it was Fia who gave instruction with a sharp glare, slanting a shiver from the blonde seraph.
"S-Sure, Fia".
After waving goodbye to the contestants, Gabriel disappeared together with Sandalphon, going upstairs.
...
"Richter-sama we'd like to suspend our participation in the Eternal Heaven Pearl for the moment" Serafall and Ajuka stated, bowing down in request.
"Why is that?"
"Thanks to your benevolence we now have Sirzechs back... although entering the Eternal Heaven Pearl is an opportunity we definitely do not wish to let go, right now is not the moment for us. The devils are divided and weak, Falbium is gone and the Agares Territory is no more. There is destruction all over the underworld, it is not the best moment for us to disappear" Ajuka explained.
"Master, could they be allowed to enter wherever they wish?" Grayfia coughed and request, once again Richter had no issue, although the pearl belonged to him, he wasn't the one to directly control it.
"Li Suo?"
"This is possible, there shouldn't be an issue, master... as long as you wish for that to be the case".
"Then the two of you exclusively can come to the Lucifuge Territory whenever you wish to enter, Li Suo will allow you in".
"Thank you very much! if that is the case then we shall retreat. Azazel?"
"I will be off too, you all, don't cause trouble for the Golden Dragon and make sure to give your best".
"Thanks Azazel-sensei!"
"Likewise you all, remember this... we trust in you. Don't feel the pressure of being the devils that shall save the underworld, instead... remember that you all surmounted this challenge and are qualified to be here today, you are qualified to be the hope of the devils and the satans don't have a shrewd of doubt you will come out victorious!"
"Hai!"
With their speech done and the motivations to the sky, Ajuka and Serafall nodded towards Venelana and Diehauser before making their departure. Likewise, Azazel left behind the children that he desired would enter the Eternal Heaven Pearl and departed.
"You all introduce yourselves... just so you all know who are going to be your partners" Fia stated and it dawned on everyone present just what calibre of individuals were the ones going into this Eternal Heaven Pearl.
"Priestess Yasaka and Goddess Amaterasu from the Shinto Faction" Yasaka introduced herself and her lady.
"Xenovia Quarta, Irina Shidou, Asia Argento from the heavens" The 'Seraph' faction introduced themselves as well.
"We are the Slash/Dog team from Grigori: Tobio Ikuse, Lavinia Reni and Natsume Minagawa!" A dark-haired boy, a blonde bombshell and a tomboy girl introduced themselves, having come with Azazel, they represented the fallen angels.
The devils were by far the most voluminous faction, it took a while for all of them to introduce themselves but their most remarkable members were naturally Venelana Gremory and Diehauser Belial, two ultimate class devils.
Lastly, there was the most controversial of parties. Many among the many parties watched the eerily. Koneko had her eyes piercing the black-haired busty cat-girl and likewise said the girl also had her eyes on Koneko.
Hyodo Issei's eyes were on the silver-haired boy who apparently was his life rival, even though he only learned this information today.
"White Dragon Emperor, Vali Lucifer, Kuroka the Nekoshou, Bikou descendant of Sun Wukong, Arthur and Le Fay Pendragon. We are from the Chaos Brigade".
!!!
"Khaos Brigade?! why are they allowed to be here?!" The devils all immediately stood on guard, Khaos Brigade was a group openly related to the Fallen God Faction, it wasn't any different than training together with their enemies.
*RUMBLE!*
Two auras crashed down all of a sudden, new arrivals, however... these weren't invited. Richter frowned when he sensed who they were, just like Grayfia.
"What is wrong with them being here?~ I'm sure Lord Richter doesn't have an issue, right?" The gorgeous lady with the gothic dress and long pitch-black hair walked forward from a portal, together with someone else... an equally ravishing lady wielding a scythe.
"Nyx and... Angel of Death, Azrael"
The tension increased drastically... the leaders of the enemy faction are here. Amaterasu, Yasaka, Venelana and Diehauser stepped forward, among the contestants, they were the only ones capable of defending against these goddesses.
"I hope you had a nice journey, Richter-sama~" without the slightest shame, Nyx approached Richter, took his palm and kissed it.
"You too... have you been well?" With such devotion, Richter couldn't remain silent, moreover, he recalled he and Nyx had a 'deal'.
"Of course~ and I feel better now that you're back".
"Could you separate yourself from my master, Nyx?" Grayfia's eyebrows twitched, although she didn't mind women being close to her master now compared to before, that didn't mean she was fond of outsiders showing such brazen display in public.
"Ara, my apologies, Grayfia~ congratulations on your pregnancy".
"Thank you for your kind words".
"Anyway, I will go straight to the point, Richter-sama... Azrael and I would like to be able to participate in this training taking place in the Eternal Heaven Pearl~ since you are going to be so kind to one side, you should also be so kind to the other side, we also consider you our beloved god you know?~".
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Disregarding Grayfia's warning, Nyx leaned on Richter, rather close, "Can you feel my faith? I love you as my god and worship you every day... hoping you will set my gaze on me".
Richter frowned, gritting his teeth as Regalzeva's words during their fight replayed in his mind.
The true valuable faith is that which comes from Gods and as difficult as it was to believe, he was receiving more faith from Nyx than what he was receiving from even his hundred devil god underlings.
When she said she had been worshipping him... it wasn't a lie.
