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(Chapter 5 : The first Raid)

(Backside of the Church, Forest)

The purge has started!

We arrived at the forest and the goth Lolita fallen was already playing her trope.

I hope that everything falls into place tonight.

She jumped down from the tree and started to introduce herself.

"People call me the fallen angel Mittelt!" She chirped with dignity and performed a courteous bow.

"Oh my, how courteous of you," Akeno commented her entry with a smile.

"My servant has sensed you. You must be scared of us being on the move." Rias replied with a smirk crossing her hands under the bust.

"Not at all." She denied Rias and continued.

"It's just that we don't want devils interrupting our important ritual."

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Akeno apologized her and continued. "Our cheerful kids just went there." This smile holds so much malicious intent behind that playful trope.

The Lolita threw a tantrum and Akeno seemed to enjoy tormenting her. On the other hand, I had had enough of this charade…

"Can we just waste her and move on?" I asked out to Akeno and Rias giving them a sign of my annoyance.

"Oh, Nero-san is bloodthirsty tonight!" Akeno announced with a suggestive smile.

The rest of them arrived with Elias in the lead, so he sensed me here and followed.

Good, he's at least somewhat competent.

"I knew I would find you here, Reaper," Elias announced with a smirk and focused on me.

"Your servants won't hold out for long." The navy blue fallen announced. She was Kalawarner if I recall right.

Another bitch.

"Another whore joins the fray, and I thought that Raynare is the biggest bitch of this circus," I replied to her with disgust.

"How dare you!" She screamed at me in anger. They're so easy to piss off.

"What's wrong in stating the facts? If you team up with Raynare, you would be the most known pole dancers in this town?" I continued my bash and looks like even her own comrades started to laugh at her.

"Pfft, you have a good tongue mercenary." Dohnaseek complimented my vocabulary with a chuckle.

"Hah! Take that old hag!" Mittelt also roasted her profoundly.

"That would be actually quite correct." Elias summarized my statement with a thinking pose.

"Master Elias!" She fumed with extreme shame of herself.

Strange… Most of the fallen do behave like bitches in order to seduce humans, even her clothing further testifies the fact.

"Why the shame? Your clothing clearly suggests your profession." I threw another one to further instigate her.

"Ara, ara. Nero-san has quite the tongue today." Akeno came closer to me and completed the punch with a wicked smile.

Rias was chuckling herself but noticed that the fighting mood went to shit.

"Enough," Rias said with authority and started to gather her demonic power.

"Fufufu looks like Buchou is in a mood today," Akeno commented with glee

"I had more to say, but whatever." I casually ended the topic and switched to a more fitting mood for this night.

I violently summoned the Queen through the dimension and wrestled the switch for ignition.

Time to go rough tonight.

Rias was smirking with her own desire to erase them into dust. "You're quite fired up tonight, Nero," I smirked back at her clearly showing my intent.

Just for you.

"Do you want me to butcher them all, or should I pick one of them?".

"Their souls are worth shit, but I'll enjoy watching them die." Inferno also announced his intent for total erasure.

Akeno approached me with a mischievous smile. "Ara, ara. Don't be selfish Nero-san. We want to play too!"

"Take the leader and we will annihilate the rest," Rias replied to me with a dignified smirk of her own, playing with a large ball of her clan trait power.

"Understood," I replied and locked myself on Elias.

"Akeno." Rias addressed Akeno with a certain motion.

"Got it, Buchou." She replied and summoned a thundercloud, which seconds later stroke her with electricity forcing a change in clothing.

"Hmm, she has some quality booty partner." Inferno hummed at her cloth swap and true to that her naked form could be seen for a short time. She's eye candy like Rias…

But my current focus lies solely on Rias.

She started to create a barrier… With Elias and his explosions here, this close proximity can be a problem.

"I have a spot for our battle, Reaper," Elias informed me and motioned to follow.

It seems he's aware that he poses a threat to his comrades at such a cramped up space.

"Master Elias!" Kalawarner shouted in shock and as I followed, I could see Rias nod.

Good, she understood the reasoning.

A second later they were locked out by a barrier. Time for some fun tonight!

I followed Elias into the deeper parts of the forest.

(An unknown spot in the Forest)

We arrived at the spot. It was an arbor and I don't remember fighting in a more cramped up zone than the last.

He stopped in front of it and turned towards me.

"What's your game, Elias?" I asked him interested in what he has in store.

"I want to talk." He replied with a serious expression and he was sweating profusely in fear.

Inferno is tired of holding back, so while we were walking, more and more deadly doses of his aura seeped through the atmosphere and the ground around me already started to wither away.

"If you want your way out of this, you better entertain us boy." You're fired up even more than me for tonight. I share the sentiment though…

He sat on a bench. "Please have a seat." He invited me to sit near him and he's not excluding any killing intent.

I obliged and sat near him. "I hope that you're aware of what happens if you try to fuck with me don't you?" I questioned him while releasing a quarter of my current power to erect a barrier around us.

That act alone seemed to enlighten him. "Yes and I wouldn't dare, I'm well aware that you can end me within seconds." He seems to understand.

"Good." I nodded in approval. "You're free to speak," I told him to start.

What do you have for me, fallen boy?

"I was sent here by Azazel, the leader and the governor of our faction to keep an eye on them. Raynare was formerly sent here to keep watch on Hyoudou Issei not kill him." He started explaining and those are the parts explained by Azazel a lot later in the story.

"The problem is one of the Cadres named Kokabiel issued a kill order against him mentioning that he's a problem that has to be dealt with, of course not through the official channels. Straight at Raynare and her bunch which joined her later. The girl wants to prove her worth to the faction and to Azazel himself, blind to the fact that she's manipulated and set to be wasted for something deeper." I nodded and motioned him to go further since those are the facts I still know about. Raynare herself mentioned that she did it on her own, but that's impossible.

Freed is Kokabiel's subordinate, a rat watching the process of turning Kuoh into a war zone.

"I can't stop them on my own, while the boy himself was killed as a human. It is a problem, but a problem that still doesn't touch the factions at all. Multiple pantheons used the same means if someone was deemed as a threat or held a dangerous gear."

"You can't stop them on your own, so you came to me, but what's in there for me?" I surmised his main points of initiating a chat with me, but I'm curious why it pertains me.

I continued. "You must be aware that my master and the rest, will end them right? You were the only problem that I had to deal with since you would be able to pose a direct threat to them." Let's see how he answers this.

"After submitting a report to the governor when I first met you, he ordered me to contact you, when the situation lets it. He wants to speak with you." Elias replied to my questions and took out an orb which most likely serves as a transmitter.

He clicked it and after a few seconds, I could see a cheeky face of Azazel himself.

This is getting more and more interesting!

"Looks like you managed to succeed, Elias. I can't express my gratitude further through this thing!" Azazel announced in joy while praising Elias for his effort and he turned towards me.

"The enigma himself, the mercenary Reaper." He addressed me while playing with his goatee.

I smirked and he continued. "Or should I call you… Antichrist?"

"Watch your tongue crow, I don't know where you got this information, but for the sake of your race I would rather keep it shut," Inferno spoke for me, while I was shocked.

That's his true name and as we merged it became mine as well.

Elias was mortified, since before him stood the Prime Evil, the prime enemy of gods and its offspring.

"Scary, scary! Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to tell that to anybody else besides the ones present here. As for why I know of this? You came through a different world, but created by the ancient gods to contain you and other elements that were deemed extremely dangerous due to their primordial power which could sentence this world to its end."

Azazel explained himself in detail and now the puzzle for us both seemed to fit into place.

Inferno only knew his identity but was led to believe that he was born into our world. Same pertains me… My limbo was persecuted by the ancient gods since my body and soul is the perfect vessel for the Antichrist, but we learned that in our world and it seemed connected to it.

Not anymore.

"So, my partner and I got tossed into a different world out of their whim because we could pose a threat?" I replied with a dark smile and continued.

"Going with your version, the gods followed us to maintain order, since you shared valuable information with me, I shall do the same."

Azazel tensed, while Elias started to shake due to the number of revelations thrown at him.

"The world you're speaking about is gone." First time in my life I could see a shocked and perturbed face of Azazel. Always cheeky always smiling, but what about this now?

"I destroyed it whole, while the victims of the system assisted me in doing so. I butchered the gods and formed a pact with the Prime Apocalypse Beast Kalameet himself. By using his soul I created a weapon that allowed me to cut through the frame of the world and end the creator himself." His eyes were agape, but here comes the finale.

"Even now, the sword of apocalypse the Armageddon is in my storage ready for use." That was a half-truth. It is in there, but I need to reclaim my power to use it.

"It's hard to formulate a response to that. Was it worth it? To end billions of lives for revenge?" He asked me in partial disgust.

"Do you think I did it for a petty revenge? The world was nearing its end when the wealthy part of the human race started to form pacts with primordial gods to control the world, even the gods stood with them since they wanted their fill and for their cooperation the rest of the world was sentenced to be enslaved to them and fill their greed for eternity." I didn't know if it's even worth to explain it to him, but for his honesty, he earned the benefit.

"My revenge for my and Inferno's suffering which went forth like a limbo for thousands of years was a plain second factor. Tell me this Azazel… Would you be able to live in a world like that? Devoid of everything and watching those above you living in joy?" I asked him and I expected an answer.

It took him some time to formulate a response. "I couldn't."

As I thought.

"Let me guess, you want my help in order to stop unnecessary bloodshed is it not?" I asked him for his true aim in contacting me and it seemed like the most valid version.

"Exactly. The one named Dohnaseek is a pawn of Kokabiel and he needs to be dealt with if you can please spare the rest? I can't stand watching my subordinates die a hopeless death while they're exploited by a warmonger." A wish that will surely bring problems.

"You do understand that this won't be easy to perform? My master will call for their deaths for what they did to Issei, the contractors and the nun in her town?" I asked him the most obvious question towards his unreasonable demand.

"Yes, if it's possible. Please inform the heiress that I will handle an appropriate punishment of my own accord. I will pay it back to you handsomely." He acknowledged my question and proposed his own involvement in this. I'm taking a gamble, but if that allows me to gain contracts and possible connections it will be worth a try.

"Normally, I would like some time to think over the case, but time beckons as both. I will honor your wish, but for that, I expect serious payback. You should be aware that their lives mean nothing to me, arrogant and foolish ingrates which announce their supposed superiority in every step." I reluctantly agreed towards his wish and testified how much it pains me to do so.

"I understand and they will be punished in a way that will also please yourself." He instigated my curiosity further and I'm curious what he will do about this.

"Let's go, Elias, we need to kill the rat before he gets killed alongside your friends." I stood up and told Elias to follow me since the time is scarce as it is.

"Thank you, Nero. I'm in your debt." Azazel thanked me in sincerity.

You sure are in a debt!

He stood and followed me cutting the link with Azazel in the process.

This is getting overcomplicated fast!

(Near the Church, Battlezone)

We were running fast towards the barrier and I initiated a talk in our mad sprint.

"Do you have any means to extract the gear from Raynare once she takes it?" I asked Elias since if he wants her alive that is the most important factor.

"Yes, Lord Azazel has sent me one of his devices." He answered back and handed me a strange looking object which would come close to a stake.

"Pierce her heart with it and it will connect to her soul in order to force out the gear, the power in the stake will protect her life from harm." He also explained its inner workings.

So Azazel actually succeeded in creating a non-lethal way of extraction?

We smashed into the barrier and thanks to me being the pawn Elias could also go through in that small opening in time.

They were all at it, with the fallen trio throwing the spears at Rias and Akeno, while the former erected barriers for protection.

"Do your work, Elias." I expected him to clean his own problems.

"As you wish." He created a light spear and engaged Dohnaseek.

Out of the chaos, it was an easy feat. A few seconds later the dog was laying on the ground with a giant hole in his chest cavity.

"Excellent!" Inferno screamed in glee while preparing himself to harvest his soul.

"Master Elias! What is the meaning of this?!" Mittelt and Kalawarner lashed out at him.

"He's a traitor manipulating you both and Raynare into Kokabiel's biddings. I'm acting in accordance with Lord Azazel's wishes." He explained himself and came close to the dying Dohnaseek.

"Rias! Akeno! Stop it for now!" I shouted at my companions and they reluctantly withdrew their attacks.

"I expect an explanation for all of this, Nero." Rias addressed me with authority and she was royally pissed.

"Ara, ara, and I was starting to enjoy myself…" Akeno replied with fake sadness, looking at me with expectation.

Dohnaseek started to gurgle with blood. "A runt like you or him, won't stop Lord Kokabiel's plans! I was expendable… and by acting as his pawn I pushed forth his grand plan. I'll see you in hell Elias!" He did his last rites with arrogance and tried to spit at Elias, but…

He smashed an explosive light spear at his head, giving me an enjoyable show.

"That's a place for you to go, my former comrade," Elias exclaimed with a merciless voice and wiped his clothes from his blood.

"You have my respect crow boy. That was a fine execution!" Inferno exclaimed in satisfaction of seeing the fedora dude turned into oblivion.

He stole his soul before it could go elsewhere.

The pool inside the gear is the real hell…

"I'm pleased that my work could entertain you, Master Inferno." Elias did a slight bow looking at Inferno's eye watching him from my right hand.

"If you call me a master again, I will rip your spine out." Inferno bashed him in spite.

You hate submissive people, don't you?

"Of course, I value dignity." I can't deny that.

"I'm sorry, Inferno." He apologized in haste.

"Good. Don't act like a submissive bitch in front of me ever again." and Inferno acknowledged his apology with a spice of his own.

"Master Elias, can you elaborate?" The remaining fallen asked him out.

He nodded. "Of course, but first." He bowed in front or Rias.

"I beg of you, Heiress of the Gremory House. Spare my companions for they have been deceived into doing all of this."

Rias look at him slightly abashed and then looked at me. I nodded to testify his words and she started to ponder.

"I may consider that, but I require your testimony for this," Rias replied towards his begging form.

Elias stood up and started to explain all of this. It took him a few minutes to set the facts straight, but Rias and Akeno understood the reasoning.

"I understand. I shall honor the wish of your governor, but I expect an apology and a proper payback towards my pawn for all the suffering your subordinate caused." Rias agreed to the deal but added a next layer that has to be done.

"We're sorry." Kalawarner and Mittelt also bowed their heads in apology.

The amount of humiliation delivered in such a short span of time towards a faction that Rias clearly dislikes seemed enough for her.

At least for now.

Our slightly bigger party started to move towards the church.

I have one more thing to do tonight.

I approached Elias and whispered. "I have something else to do." I handed him the stake.

"Do it yourself, it will prove more valuable if you do so." He nodded and using the moment of distraction I went to greet an heir to another demonic house.

I will greet him in the most nightmarish of ways…

(Forest Area near the Church)

I went towards the spot of a demonic energy I sensed later when I was running with Elias.

He was standing on the backside of the church focused on spectating his sick game.

I made a barrier again and that seemed to swap his attention, I released all of my power held at my disposal.

"Consume and bleed the planet dry, Damnation Gear!" I unleashed my gear in its full might consuming the entire barrier zone in the wicked demonic aura, or rather an Abyssal one.

YES!

OUR ABYSSAL KING ANNOUNCED A FEAST!

The voices of the damned started to scream in glee. They took over everything for sustenance.

The trees and the surroundings withered into dust. They were searching for everything to feast upon, and as I was close to emerging into his sights I spiced it up even more.

"Dark Wraith Calling…" I called forth the first stage of my gear, one of the residents in the literal Pandora's box. My demonic power started to skyrocket and I was encased in a dark armor made of corrupted steel and bones. My head encased in a hooded mask made from a literal skull. A tattered cape made of true darkness completed the setup, while one of the forsaken blades of damnation adorned my hand.

My lord! Feed me his flesh! The Sinner's Refuse started to plead me to rend the devil in half.

A long-sword adorned in spikes and thorns, while the hilt is made of bones and the skull adorning the top of it is the soul of this weapon. It works like a chainsaw that can damage any being, even astral forms.

The more suffering you bring, the more power you get.

Twisted as always.

This power is at my disposal and is in the first stage and the one I can use at the moment. I have 3 more, but for that, I need my power back. It belongs to a commander of the infamous Dark Wraiths that plagued my world and were at Inferno's command in ancient times, if I had more power I could summon them here, but...

As sad as it is, I cannot.

I could see the bastard shake like a chicken. I only hope that the barrier will contain this flood of power. He didn't take the snake from Ophis yet, his power would be slightly below Rias, but I still didn't feel the full extent of her power.

"What in the world are you, fiend!" Diodora screamed at me in fright and expected an answer.

I started to laugh madly at him and the souls joined me in the show.

"I'm your judicator." I started first and my fellow companions continued after me.

We're your death!

Your true fears!

The nightmare you shall face will consume your soul for eternity!

He started to scream like a horror movie victim and attacked me with his demonic energy.

Why are you throwing the pebble at me? You can do a lot more than that Diodora Astaroth!

He kept attacking me nonstop for a minute, increasing the output, but it was a futile attempt.

It won't even dent this armor. It is made from curses, victims and more. To even touch me he would need a strong holy weapon, a sacred gear of remarkable power or a stronger demonic spell.

As the dust started to clear and he was gasping for air I asked out.

"Is that all?" My voice already warped into a ghastly one due to my connection with the Primordial Wraith increasing each second of adorning it.

"What in the world are you monster!" He screamed in further terror seeing me unscathed from his assault and conjured a large wall made from his energy to contain my advance.

Really?

I casually swiped with the blade and it followed my intent.

REND THY FLESH ASUNDER! It screamed and slashed through it like hot butter sending a wave of Abyssal energy.

Diodora managed to move out from the way and it went further into the forest eating away everything that connected with it. I can torment him further, but I don't want to leave a lifeless forest behind me…

The following explosion of extremely malevolent energy started to damage the barrier, it consumed at least a mile of this nice looking forest.

Not anymore.

"Please spare me! I did nothing wrong to you!" He started to plead me for mercy, but he's mistaken.

I raised my hand and focused the wicked energy pointing upwards, launching stakes made from the life eating energy from below him. It impaled him, but I made it miss his vitals.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! IT HURTS! MAMA, IT HURTS!" He started to scream in extreme agony for even by not piercing his vitals, this abyssal spell brings absolute torment.

I approached him and yanked him through his hair to face me.

"You desecrated the life of an innocent girl, you made her suffer for your sick fetish and by that, you turned her life into a literal hell. She still thinks that she did well in saving you! You don't even know how much I want to kill you and reanimate you all over again! Now you're waiting for her gearless body so you can add her to your fetish roster. The mere sight of you disgusts me!"

"How… do you know all of that?!" He asked me through his pained cries in shock.

"You're also a dog of the Khaos Brigade and you conspire with the Old Satan Faction."

I spiced it up even more and he was close to breaking down.

"What would happen, if I would divulge the truth right now to a certain Satan called by Ajuka Beelzebub?"

"Please… spare me, I promise you will never see me ever again!" Pfft.

"You will change, or you will die. If I ever smell your presence near the girl or anyone close to her… I will hunt you down like an animal and then I will impale you yet again and you will watch as I quarter your entire peerage right before your very eyes. Afterward, I will kill anyone close to you and, when you completely break down into a puddle, I'll smash your skull into the ground. I will harvest your soul and you will suffer for eternity to come. Is that clear?"

He nodded his head like a rattle and suffered from the drain on his life. I limited it so he can live, but also to see him suffer profoundly.

I undid the stakes and he fell into the ground and smacked right into the puddle of his own blood. I smashed his head with my armored boot, making him scream again.

"Now scram and pray that I will never see you again boy. If I do even your brother or your compatriots from the pathetic old Satan faction won't save you." I left him a premonition of what's to happen, he should already know that it's not a threat, but a fact if he dares to show his face in front of me ever again.

I released my boot from his head and let him run away with a magic circle. I dispelled the barrier and did my best to somehow mitigate the damage which the land sustained. I managed to repair the energy wave travels route, but the crater from the explosion is beyond my abilities. It's the first time I ever tried to fix something after destroying it.

A strange situation no doubt.

"True that also leave the form since your reserves are slowly depleting." You're right and thanks for reminding me, partner. It's been a while since I last used it and it's a pleasant feeling that pains when it goes away.

"Soon, Nero. We need patience and an opportunity to come back to where we once stood." I know, let's go back to the others and see what transpired there.

"Yup, also it was magnificent, his screams felt like a sonata for my ears!" Haha, yes it's always pleasant to torment a high-class trash that's too ahead of himself.

My favorite. The moment when they break and their pride is in shatters…

I fixed myself and went to the church.

(Inside the Church)

I entered the church to witness Elias impaling Raynare with the stake. It started to create a sphere where her heart is, and he extracted the rings of Twilight Healing while throwing Raynare like a rag doll into the ground.

Issei was damaged hardly, his both legs pierced by light spears and in his hand the manifested Boosted Gear.

"I can feel the strong draconic aura from that gauntlet. Interesting!" Yes the Welsh Dragon, Ddraig.

"For such a powerhouse to be sealed by a god. It feels ironic… When I checked your memories, his flames could incinerate gods to ash." It feels like that. You chose to fuse with me by your own volition and that created the gauntlet.

"Good work, Issei," I announced my presence and praised him for his efforts.

Everyone turned towards me and Rias was pissed again for my disappearance.

"I let Asia die, there's nothing good in that." He exclaimed to my praise with a sullen expression.

"Hyoudou Issei." Elias addressed him, gaining his attention.

"What do you want crow?" Issei replied with hatred evident in his voice.

"Do you wish to enact vengeance upon her?" He's giving him freedom of choice?

Raynare was laying on the ground barely conscious and already afraid.

Issei gazed at her and started to grind his teeth, but.

"She's not worth it, I'd rather let her live with the shame and guilt that she failed at everything she wanted to do. I only hope that I won't have to see her again." Issei dismissed the thought of killing her but expected that she won't ever come to this town again.

Elias grabbed her like a sack of potatoes. "Understood, it shall be done, also Nero." He agreed to Issei's wishes and addressed me.

"Hmm?" I hummed in question to his wishes to me.

"Lord Azazel shall contact you later as we discussed earlier." Good, he remembers the deal. He's an exemplary member of his faction, and even earlier when I faced against him, he had his pride but used his head instead of falling deep into it.

"Good. I bid you farewell, until next time Elias." I said my goodbye to him and the rest of the fallen followed him.

"Goodbye, devils of the Gremory House." Kalawarner and Mittelt said their farewells to us and went outside.

Now the remainings of the church hall where us the peerage and the dead body of Asia laying on the ground.

Issei started to cry, but Rias comforted him. "We should give it back to her." She showed him the rings and placed them into her chest and they went back to their assigned master.

"I couldn't save her…" Issei went on his knees near her.

He started to apologize to us for being weak.

Rias cheered him up again telling him that it was worth the try. He turned towards her and she took out a Bishop piece from her pocket.

She wiggled the piece near his eyes. "You know what this is?"

"A chess piece?" He replied with a question and he was partially correct.

"A bishop piece to be exact." Akeno filled the blanks for him

Rias started to explain the traits of the piece and connected them with Asia. That gave Issei the indication that she's willing to resurrect her as a new member of our small family.

She performed the ritual and the piece sank in Asia's chest, granting her newfound Devil's life. Asia was now awake and dandy, Rias told him that she did it for her healing trait and Issei has to take care of her as her Senpai.

A crafty lie my dear Rias.

Asia woke up and started to analyze the environment around her.

"Issei-san? Nero-san?" She saw me and Issei and the overjoyed Issei pulled her into a hug.

Everyone smiled and even I smiled in a genuine way.

"Welcome back, Asia." Inferno greeted her and it was the first time she heard him.

"Are you, Inferno-san? The partner of Nero's?" She asked in wonder while smiling at the act.

"The honorific…" Inferno started to sulk. At least reply to her!

"Yes, I am. Just call me Inferno without the honorific, thanks in advance!" Oh, you can't fight it like that! I already failed!

"Understood, Inferno." She nodded her head with a smile.

"HAH! Take that faggot!" It was a fluke!

"Let's go back, Asia," Issei replied to her and we prepared to leave the church.

Rias approached me. "It's bad to keep too many secrets from a woman, Nero." She said that in a whisper that held malicious intent.

Whoops?

(ORC Club, Main Room)

Everyone dispersed to their homes and that left me, Asia and Rias in the clubroom.

She has to sleep in the clubroom and I occupy the room, or I don't anymore?

"I forgot to say something important, Buchou." I addressed Rias by her title since we were with Asia here.

"Yes, Nero?" She replied with a malicious face.

The spite of women is dangerous.

"I bought myself a house and I'm moving out!" I literally shouted with glee and she did a spit take!

"I already took my stuff from the room, so Asia can sleep there tonight." I continued and Asia smiled.

"Thank you kindly, Nero-san." Asia thanked me, but she won't stay here for long.

"No worries," I replied instantly with a smile.

"And how will you transport it?" Rias asked me with a smirk.

Sorry, my dear. I have all of my bases covered!

"With my car which is waiting outside the club," I replied with a smirk of my own seeing her gasp again.

"Let the sound of a 5.2 V8 wake up all the neighbors!" Inferno screamed in glee and sold my intent.

Rias facepalmed and asked. "Where did you get such a large amount of money?"

I smiled. "Did you thought I never stored any in my previous place? It's not unlimited, but I have enough to live here without lifting a finger, but that doesn't mean I won't work. Money needs to move and flow after all." Rias collected herself after that and continued.

"Okay. How about the fact of your speech with a leader of a different faction, and your disappearance?" Oh. I have all the answers prepared.

"The first one was forced by Elias, and based on his wishes for peace, I agreed to help him. The second one was a thing which he asked me privately. I had to deal with a nuisance which the Fallen captured. It was a stray devil." I had to lie for the second part, if I tell her about Diodora and what he does and what he already did, she will seek retaliation at once.

Chaos will come, and I don't want that yet, besides he knows what will happen when he crosses me and he should be aware that I can pulverize his little friends from the Old Satan Faction.

Rias sighed. "You're a lot of trouble aren't you?" She smiled at me and cupped my cheek in a more affectionate manner.

"But, I don't dislike that. You're interesting and I will not divulge the second matter since it's obvious that you lied." She continued and kept stroking my face playfully.

Oof! I'm forgetting that she's sharp!

"As long as it doesn't bring problems for us, I'm fine with it, but please think of your own safety!" She pinched my cheek violently and swayed her finger like she was berating her own child.

When did I stoop so low?

"Fine," I replied annoyed at her antics and she nodded in a victory over me.

I went to get my stuff down to the Shelby and left them both to enjoy themselves.

(Outside the Club)

I finished packing it into the rather small trunk of it. It was a total sports car so I can't complain about that, besides I didn't have much to take.

As I was about to enter the driver's seat I could see the front passenger door open and Rias gracefully sat on the Recaro seat.

"Huh?" I asked out dumbfounded at her.

"What? Asia is already asleep and I don't sleep at the clubroom, besides I want to see the new home of my servant. You should also throw a party!" She questioned me like an idiot and threw more and more demands on my poor conscience.

"Are you sure about that? I drive like a maniac." I warned her of my driving habits.

"It's fine, I had many rough rides in the underworld as a kid. The butlers of my family and Sona's rivaled each other in order to prove that they are the best. You can imagine the rest?" She replied giggling and told me a small story about her past as a kid.

"Okay, but I'm not driving straight to my home, first I have to piss off the local police!" I announced in glee and clicked the Start Engine button.

The roar of the V8 startled her hard, but that was the beginning!

"LET'S GO!" Inferno announced the start of our little mischief for tonight.

Rias screamed for me to stop, but it was too late for that!

I smashed the gas pedal and we started off like a bullet, for every turn before the school gate I forced the Shelby to understeer for even more fun.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" I asked her out in a giddy tone and actually, she started to laugh with me.

"It was scary at first, but now I feel the fun of it!" She was as happy as a kid plundering a candy store.

"Open the exhaust valve, and turn on the music!" Inferno announced the next phase of our night ride.

I obliged and cramped the music and the exhaust valve. We were at the gate and I casually revved up the engine to its limit and the demonic sound of it smashed at the entire neighborhood. Rias seemed to forget about regulations and rules…

"Nero, there's a street race tonight, 2 miles from here." She told me with a playful smile.

I accept the challenge.

"We can't let it slide, partner," Inferno announced our final phase.

"Indeed, we cannot. Let's show these chumps a small piece of our insanity!" I agreed with him and went off there like a maniac, ignoring the red lights and etc. I started to speed off to almost 140 mph.

We passed a cop patrol watching a neighborhood while the lines like 'Fuck the Police' could be heard on full volume.

They had a speed measuring device and by the looks of it, my speed seemed to blow their mouths agape. They didn't even pursue!

"HAHAHA! PUSSIES!" Inferno screamed at them and Rias continued to giggle.

"I never did things like this, but I find it most enjoyable!" Rias commented on our bad behavior and leaned her head on my shoulder.

Her smell is addictive.

(The Race Spot, Kuoh Town)

We arrived at the race spot, and my demonic car seemed to spark a lot of interest, when the audience came to check who's inside it sparked another round of attention.

"One of the Great Ladies of Kuoh Academy, Rias Gremory and a new contestant are joining the race!" Oh shit. Rias will gain some points of infamy once she comes back to school.

Not to mention there was a lot of people from our academy spectating the race!

"Rias-senpai is here?!"

"Who's that dude with her?!"

"Shit man! This race is getting a full spice serving!"

Hearing those voices indicated a full round of trouble for tomorrow. It's already 2:00 AM… I'm supposed to go for my first day of School at monday, but luckily it's sunday now.

I drove closer to the start line and we had some interesting adversaries.

Initial D intensifies.

I already set the famous 'Step on the Gas' and I was giddy to blast off.

I could see a nicely tuned Skyline and other classics of the Japanese motorsport creations.

The race lady with a generous bust announced the start.

'Step on the gas' on full volume let's go!

We went off with a scream of the V8 and our foes seemed to realize what they're up against.

A pressure charged V8 with a mounted Twin Turbo from a certain German sports car.

812 bhp and 714 ft of torque.

Try to fuck with me.

I had to learn for 3 weeks how to drive this monster to its full capability.

"Nero! After this turn, there's a shortcut you can use!" Rias acted as my co-driver and led me towards victory!

"Roger." After we took the turn in almost 80 mph, I drifted back on course and went for the shortcut. The skyline followed me!

"Step on the Gas! It's a full straight to the next street!" Rias spoke the holy word.

I smashed my foot on the gas pedal and we were sent flying, and both of us were instantly glued to the seats.

212 Mph… I'm overdoing it by a wide margin! The Shelby has been heavily modified to withstand such speed, but even so trying to turn the course is a suicidal move now!

I'm pulling off feats reserved for Dodge Demon!

The poor Skyline literally vanished from my back window. I came back on track and to my surprise, a wild GT-R started to chase me!

Bring it on.

There was a steep curve quarter mile ahead of us. Time to test his resolve!

"You can take it at 90mph! The suspension will hold!" Rias started to lead me into hell!

"What?! She's more suicidal than us both!" Inferno exclaimed in shock.

She started to laugh like a mad wizard…

What did we unleash partner?!

"I feel fear…" Inferno exclaimed as we closed into the curve.

"All or nothing!" I exclaimed and took it as Rias instructed with an addition of the handbrake to handle the understeer from the rough turn.

"Yes!" She shouted in glee! She was literally crying from laughing and the adrenaline.

I did a few more turns with no competition left. I doubt there's another insane trio like us here...

I did the last straight to the finish, pulling off the max of 212 mph again.

The poor fuel tank will require a solid compensation.

Not to mention the intake of oil from the engine, and the pressure I challenged it with.

We smashed the finish line and the modified Brembo brakes did their work!

The race lady came over to my window and handed us our prize.

30K Yen, a ticket to the local aqua park for both and a cinema ticket for both.

I know to which trap it leads!

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The bastard already laughs at my future predicament.

Rias was literally jumping on the seat her happiness is infectious.

"We did it!" She hugged me and kissed my cheek.

Oh shit… wait! Oh yes!

"I enjoyed our first date!" She smiled at me with a genuine smile.

Wait that was a date?!

(My House, Kuoh District)

We drove towards my new home. As we closed into the front gate Rias was surprised with the spot I managed to snag.

"You're neighbors with Issei?!" She exclaimed her surprise.

"Yup," I replied and parked the Shelby in the garage.

I was tired of releasing a little too much power at once today, not to mention the fatigue started to hit in. Wasting no time I went to my bedroom and Rias followed me.

We were both tired so she undressed as usual and we went to the bed.

"I'll show you the rest of the house in the morning okay?" I asked her for acceptance with that since we were both tired.

"Okay." She replied with a smile and treated me like a pillow yet again.

I will oversleep and my poor sunday will be short, not to mention I don't want to be a student again! Last day of mental freedom.

I have to use it to its fullest!

Not to mention setting some ground rules on my turf! It's a little too early for her to live with me!

Here we are.

The beginning of the purge and it's surprisal end. I wanted to give Elias more meaning as a character and placing him as a typical cliche villain that dies like a dog would be boring to watch.

That's why Dohnaseek caught the ball for that.

Nero's identity as an Abyss King or the Antichrist. That will be explained further into the story and why did he became one, or does he really treat that spot seriously?

The world's connection is only known by a few in this world. It's a deadly wisdom that could rise the ire of gods if revealed.

As for Azazel it will become a stepping point for Nero's further incursion into the world. He will prove beneficial as an ally and as a business partner for future income.

A web of contacts, spies and contractors for serious jobs will prove beneficial right?

Diodora got smashed like a bitch and it was done with full intent to imprint primal fear towards Nero and to try in actually granting Asia a better future, will it be granted though?

Nero's influence over Issei is not absolute and he retains his emotional side, letting Raynare slide, but branded with absolute failure for her entire life.

Asia joins the peerage and we have a happy ending for Issei's first raid.

As for the race… It was a whim of my own. I want to show Kuoh Town in a different light, let it brim with life and to show many other events which will come later!

Thanks for reading and see you next time!