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– The Seven Gospels

In a dimly lit room. Seven figures lounged in front of a statue of Jesus on the cross.

Each of them minded their own businesses and did not bother to even greet or acknowledge the presence of each other.

Despite this, the 7 are actually close friends, but only outside of their job. As rare as it was that the 7 of them were called together, they would not break character whatsoever.

Or, they waited for one to break first.

[Junia Park #1 Shadow of the Gospel Libraries of God]

"Argh! Why is it so dark in here anyways! We're already on the modern age! Get some light bulbs!" A girl clad in black screamed in frustration as he removed her mask and scratched her head furiously.

[Eve Nietze Top 1 Abbey Monastery]

"Haha. Don't be too angry Junia, it's kind of like tradition they want to keep till the end. Candles are cool if you know how to use them... and they're eco friendly sometimes..." A girl in nun clothing said shyly as she patted her fellow female in the back.

[Enoch Gerard Best of the Exorcist Circle]

"I prefer flashlights. Way more practical" A male with glasses and wearing a standard priest's clothes added as he fixed his glasses to further emphasize that he was making a valid and smart point.

[Adam Kingsley First Sword of the Chivalric Order]

"Wood and fire. To be olden is golden, as they say" A man in silver light armour with a blessed blade on his waist chimed in, his voice reminding one of a classic hero and knight fused together.

[Cain Lucas Greatest Executor of the Church]

"The hell 'as they say' you're the only dumbass who thinks like that!" A rude voice retorted aggressively, yet jokingly. Compared to the others, he wore practically normal clothes (as far as rockstars go) aside from the huge cross at his chest and his wild hairstyles of rainbow colors.

[Abel Lucas First Shield of the Order of the Templars]

"Cain. Shut up." He said quick but decisively. Compared to how little he spoke, he had the biggest look and he was fully covered by a menacing black heavy armor that further shows how tall he was if he wasn't sitting. Though, the armor disappeared the moment he spoke and revealed a rather small blonde boy. Shockingly.

[Kirei Najimu First Member of the Burial Agency]

"My question is what's Clumsy Blondie doing here with the 6 of us?" A boy with the classic black hair covering half of his face, specifically the left side. He gave a side glance with a cringe that may or may not be joking. He also had a beauty mark near his left lips.

"W-Who're you calling Clumsy! I'm specifically not suited to anything else other than intel gathering and stealth and that's it!" Junia rebutted. Standing up and pointing a hard finger at Kirei.

"Hmph. Cram it Ms. Zero successful attack missions" Kirei said looking opposite of her with a very, very large gap moe.

"Guuu. How can someone so cute be so foul mouthed! I hate you so much!" She grasped at the air as if it was something living and pretended to crash it on the floor before stepping on it.

"Maa~ let's all calm down and wait for the cardinal. Please?" Eve tried to placate and Junia reluctantly sat back down.

"Sexually Inept Teenager. Don't lecture me." Kirei said, having the last laugh as Eve touched her flat chest and blushing.

"I-I-I'm not sexually inept!" She stammered, now being the one who pointed a hard finger at Kirei.

"Name a singe position then. Go on, Ms Zero at Sex Education" Kirei replied in the same manner as he did with Junia.

"M-M-Mi-"

"Eve. Stop. Sit down and don't even try to think about it" Adam came to the rescue.

"Pfft. Typical white knight" Kirei continued. Sadly. Adam was a mature person and left the tease king be. He knew Kirei had his own way of enjoying a rare reunion with his only friends.

Adam was a bro like that.

Suddenly. The door opened, an old man came along with several others.

"Welcome. Our 7 greatest!" He exclaimed dramatically. Arms wide on the side and a serious eyes closed expression.

"Cram it Drama Grandpa! We've been here longer than you came old soot" Kirei shouted back.

A small nerve appeared at the temple of the grandpa.

He was the cardinal.

"Oh shut it you cocky little shit. Back in my days, the Chivalric Order liked that flair! Burial Agency is as down to earth as your name aren't they, right Adam?" The old man replied throwing his cross at Kirei and then proceeding to wink at Adam for confirmation.

"Er... Yes. Kind of." Adam said unsurely.

But. Then. A voice came from behind.

"Start the mission briefing. Cardinal."

...

The air in the room got colder as the previous atmosphere changed completely. Despite their jokes and banters, each of the 7 individuals had their own fair share of battle and killing.

Most notably was Kirei Najimu who was a member of the Burial Agency.

Something that no one other than the upper echelon of the church and a few others would know.

"Right. I know you 7 already have an idea, but I called you all here, the best of our 7 subdivisions for a joint mission."

He paused. Making sure everyone was listening.

"As of the last decade. The relationship between the 3 Biblical Factions have continued to improve, the Angels tolerated their fallen counterparts and sword enemies, while the other two replied in kind. Worst of all, talks of a peace treaty between the 3 has been something that is heard by all others. For us, the Church, this is a very grave mistake. We have no idea what went into the Angel's mind, and why they have decided to completely forget who the reason for our Great God's death was."

He paused again. Walking forward as to be heard clearly.

"That reason was the Devils. Creatures of evil, created by Satan himself and they who embodies sin like we do with air. Disgusting, wretched creatures that should no longer exist, yet they do simply because of an unprecedented creation. Evil Pieces. Items that forcefully makes another race into one of them, infecting them with boundless evil and sin. Yet, the Angels only watch. We, the Church have decided that we should move with our own plans. The Vatican might disagree, as they are closer to the Angels, but we the Holy Church, are closer to Humans. Therefore, we have created a plan, one with a partnership in mind."

He stopped. Signalling an assistant who turned on some device to show...

A rather fancy looking Power Point Presentation. Gotta be modern, yes?

"The Seven Gospels. We have decided to create our OWN beings to fight against the, not only much higher powers of the Devils, but also to make sure that we stay more Human than not. With the use of a special magic brought to us by a certain someone, we have found a way. The servant summoning system, also known as the Heaven's Feel."

The page showed 7 cards, each with their distinct character representing something.

"But. We won't summon them as regular things happen, what we will do is create a Demi Servant out of our seven strongest. Humans who have taken the saint graph of a heroic spirit, not only does it boost themselves to levels that can outdo even High-Class Devils and other supernatural creatues. It allows us to use their abilities, while remaining to be loyal to our Humanity. The peak of fighting evil with humans. To merge with other heroes of humanity and fight Devils!"

The page then shifted to another page with a map of the world.

"But, that's only the requirements. The true purpose of the mission is to destroy Devil Populated areas and their bases in said areas. These are 7 places where the Holy Church has not much influence on–"

He took a stick from somewhere and pointed menacingly.

"America. Russia. China. Africa. Korea. India. And lastly, the home of disgusting Devil worshippers and monster who act like ordinary Humans, Japan."

The cardinal glanced at Kirei for reasons obvious enough.

"The plan consists of sending Demi Servants to raid and massacre large amounts of Devils in every other area except for Japan. Because, in Japan, another one of our guilty partnership, said they had a plan that centers around Japan, specifically Kuoh and the one being sent there is to represent the Holy Church and act as the bait while taking the fall for the 6 others if word gets out. Assuming someone let Devils escape. Simply put, the one in Japan would have to act like it is his fault that the Devil's bases from around the globe are being destroyed. We would have to excommunicate him, albeit in paper only. Or worst pretend to execute him."

The 7 individuals looked at each other. No one particularly wanted that position.

Kirei raised his hand.

"When do we do it?" He asked, voice bored and straight to the point like a true Burial Agency member.

"We will be begin the saint graph merge next week, for now we will have a little test to see who would be sent to Japan" The cardinal smirked.

"Except for Junia. She's specifically chosen for America. Her stealth and info gathering skills would have her be in her element with a location like that" He added.

The 6 remaining individuals looked at each other once more.

"How do we decide who gets to be bait?" Cain asked. A little but of tongue sticking out creepily.

"Why, just fight each other and the winner– you know how it goes don't you? I don't have to explain?" The cardinal said with a sickeningly shrewd smile.

(SE)

Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Enoch and Kirei stood near each other circularly.

"The rules are simple, none of you are to use your specialties and simply fight physically. That's all... Oh! Do not kill anyone and if you find yourself about to suffer a fatal blow, surrender immediately" The cardinal reminded as he stood behind the screen.

They were currently at an underground base that serves as a training ground for the holy sword wielders and their immensely powerful attacks.

The 6 stood nearby each other, waiting for the signal.

"START!"

At the sound of those words. Cain was the first to react, despite being an Executor, he rarely used blades and if he did–

"Oooooh!" He screamed charging at Adam with his axe...

He used an axe. Adam effortlessly dodged it and parried smoothly with his sword he smacked him with the flat of the blade and blocked an attack from Eve with his gauntlet.

Eve clicked her tongue and jumped away, throwing a few small knives and taking out a whip. Despite how she was, Abbey's weren't actually allowed to be one without knowing how to fight. Then, she's the best of them as well.

She quickly whipped Adam in his unarmored spots and grabbed his arm to pull him to her, her right leg was ready for a heel kick.

On the other side, Enoch was having a very hard but long fight against the shield user and Templar Abel. One only had the option of snacking and smashing with shields. And the other often used smarts and technical tactics to fight against devils.

Abel charged through all of Enoch's attack, ignoring it all courtesy of his armor and shield.

Meanwhile, Enoch tried to strike at the seams of the armor to no avail.

"Shit. It's a bad match" He grumbled. He looked around and tried to look for someone who could takeover for him.

He spotted and still cringing Kirei looking at their fight.

He knew why he was cringing.

"Wow. You two got the award for the most ridiculous fight ever. Then, this rockass got the award for the most stupidest first move ever" Kirei said, eyes at Cain during the end.

Enoch didn't bother with his annoying remarks and purposely left a open spot for Abel, one which he capitalized on, only to find himself heading towards Kirei.

Now, there's a reason no one attacked Kirei.

You see, the 6 others knew they were skilled. They were the best at what they do. But, without the use of their specialties? It's absolutely obvious that the winner would be someone who's specialty is actually being whatever they were.

Kirei Najimu was the first member of the Burial Agency, a subdivision created to deal with rather abnormal stuff. But mostly, they dealt with Vampires, Stray Mid Class Devils, Fallen Angels who refused to be with the Grigori. Or simply just plain natural disasters given form.

All alone. Burial Agency members were special in that they were given the hardest of missions for absolutely no gain. They were abnormals chosen to fight abnormals.

They were the Holy Church's sole blade in the dark.

Anything that contained massacre done secretly is theirs to complete. Anything that contained killing of beings that can kill humans in a second were theirs. That said, the Burial Agency had a rather ever changing member list.

The only one to stay ever since it was first founded was Kirei.

He started when he was 8 and still was a member now that he was 16.

8 years of experience in fighting abnormalities condensed into a single person. A human who, if he ever was to be a heroic spirit, would be worth a while. Though not quite there, he could probably survive against Archer EMIYA for 10 minutes before dying.

That, and the fact that his specialty was literally fighting 1 versus any number that doesn't go above 5 abnormals. And proceed to kill one before managing to escape and see the light of tomorrow, which for Humans was a miracle.

It wasn't even a fight. Kirei brought out a single black key, and Abel knew he was going to die if that was released.

"I SURRENDER!" He screamed, as he willed himself to stop.

The black key was only a centimeter away from being released.

Enoch took this chance and and kicked Cain in the head to knock him out for sure. Then he smiled and said his turn.

"I surrender. 3rd lowest is still better" He said with a smug calculative tone as he fixed his glasses.

On Eve and Adam's side. As Adam was a white knight, simp, and gentlemen. He couldn't bear to even actively hit back at Eve and surrendered before the heel hit.

Don't get him wrong, he was 2nd only in might next to Kirei as he was the best of the Chivalric Order. If he was allowed to use his specialties, he might even be equal to Kirei.

But, when it comes to his pride and honor as a man and a knight. Being a bait in Japan was nothing.

Luckily, Enoch surrendered before he did so he deemed it safe to do as well.

"I surrender" He said. Tone still as white knight as ever.

Eve's eyes widened. She realized that she was the only one left. Normally, anyone else from the Abbey Monastery would surrender and think themselves proud for being the 2nd winner.

But, Eve wasn't a pussy ass bitch in subjects not sex related.

She brandished her whip and prepared herself to attack Kirei.

It was mildly because she was pissed, but no one would believe anyone that says that.

Kirei placed one of his hands on his pocket, while the other one held 3 black keys on the middle of his fingers

Eve charged first with a few knives that was promptly dodged by Kirei, using her whip she bundled the black keys together, pulled and used the momentum to do a heel kick the same as she did to Adam.

"One trick pony" Kirei snorted. He tilted his head to the side and BIT the heel.

Using pure jaw strength, he LIFTED her up and slammed her down just as fast.

Such were the things the Burial Agency had to learn to survive. Can't fight a biting shit without learning how to bite yourself.

Addressed to vampires specifically, God knows how many he had to best in a biting contest just to win.

He dropped his black keys and then kicked them up in the air enough that the whip loosened before jumping, spinning and kicking the still a float Eve in the head and su subsequently catching his black keys and threw them at the flying Eve.

Two at the helm of her outfit's shoulders and one just a few centimeters away from her neck.

"Guh... Beeeeeh! I surrender!" She said as she stuck her tongue out of saltiness.

"Match end! The one to act as bait in Japan is none other than–"

Cain grimaced as he was the first one to be out of the fight. He really shouldn't have attacked Adam out of excitement.

All the other 4 were looking at him with pity, while Kirei was already walking towards the exit.

"–Kirei Najimu"

Then he tripped and landed face first into the ground comically.