Chapter 19

"Never did I imagine to meet you here since the airplane incident" Masaru looked at the women, the very same one who was targeted by the dead eye man was captured, from the looks of it she suffered quite the torture but she was currently not responding as she was still out cold. Casting >Silent Area< Masaru broke the rusted lock with brute force, when he entered he immediately cast a healing spell to heal the wounds on the woman's body.

"urg... Am I going to be tortured again?" the lady felt strange as her mind has yet to clear up, but the voice she once heard on the airplane was enough to stimulate her awake in a flash "No, your safe... For now that is" Since she was blind she could not see the boy who spoke to her but she knew this voice, it was the same one who took care of the puppet who wanted to kill her. "Who are you?" Masaru helped the lady up, "I'm a traveler who simply got involved in this mess since the airplane..."

"a Traveler that can take down a puppet bȧrėhanded is everything but ordinary... My name is Susan Ashwood, I came here to investigate the Orphanage raids however I never knew the raids of the Orphanage was being done by a different group" Susan began to share her information shocking Masaru "Different group!?"

Susan nodded "When I was escorted by the police from the Plane incident I was suppose to have veteran police officers guarding me for at least a few days... But their Captain only sent Rookies, I once protested to her but she did not listen at all! In fact three days after the rookies arrived they were mysteriously killed and I was dragged to here"

Masaru thought for a moment about this tale "So the Captain is linked to the old ones?" But Susan shook her head "No, the Captain is a freelance ȧssassin meaning he is the ally to the one who pays him the most. There is another group that is involved with the kidnapping case which the Captain also has a active hand in it as well" Masaru felt a dreadful feeling... He pulled Susan onto her feat but sudden several rushed foot steps could be heard from above rushing downwards, [Has spring finally arrive for me!? I actually have a chance to fight!!! Roar my maiden dragon soul! Blood will be flowing!]

Masaru felt something was wrong with this dragon did it hit it's head or was the inactive state of not having a fight caused him to become mental in such thrilling moments, Masaru pulled out Hrunting in the background Masaru could swear he was hearing someone playing {Piece of Heaven - Alex K Remix} which kind of started to let his blood boil the music truly suited with the moment right now. But Masaru did not have that long to think about it while he stood in front of the open cage door looking towards the hallway.

The first creature to appear appear to have a gorilla body, on it's right hand it had a scythe blade which seems to came from a mantis type of creature and it's head looked similar to that of a pig just with two top and two bottom front row teeth sticking out. He could smell a pungent smell of blood and rotten meat from it but it's body did not show any signs of decay, but it had several pusses that were dark almost black similar to the veins around the house. It was disgusting to look at it even Grendel who saw this felt repulse [Gawd! Why is my first kill something so disgusting!!!] Grendel wanted to cry, he really do. He did not mind creatures but not something this disgusting as his first in a very long time kill.

Masaru did not pay him any head started to circulate his ki within his body along with his demonic energy, with the increase in overall stats Masaru took a first light step before disappearing in front of the women followed by a loud explosion at the position the creature was standing at. Masaru stood in the position where the creature was at while looking at the absurd level of regeneration this creature was showing, even Grendel felt something was not right. From that short exchange they could more or less guess this creature was about only a Mid-rank level, but it is still alive taking a hit from a high class devil like Masaru.

What surprised Masaru as well was the fact when he cut on it's left hand the part that was cut off simply dissolve in a black smoke while the injured arm began regenerating a new hand, during their exchange Masaru began scanning the creature but soon realized his worthless will not be working against these creatures. From his point of view when receiving information was like a cheat character with 100 fire magics that were different in naming but all the same, so even if he nullify the one there is still 99 to keep it moving. 'hmmm....'

[It seems you noticed it as well...] 'That thing that is moving quite fast.... Let's test it' Masaru used the spell book to cast several layers of spells which increased his body resilience, speed, strength followed up a Limit break which allowed him to temporary exceed his limits. His perception of time slowed down several times lower making the creature in front of him appear to be moving at 1/4 the speed, but his attention was something close to a ball that was moving within the body of the creature.

"Self made sword technique.... Flash Slash" Although calling it out had nothing to do with the technique itself, it only allowed Masaru to recall the muscle movement and execution of the technique since he could never use a killer technique during spars. a Flash of light went from the bottom to the top of the creature cutting it's body in half including that ball thing they sensed, but Masaru misjudged his strength causing a crevice to form behind the creature. [It appears that thing you sense is probably it's only fatal point... Interesting, there is no blood, even that thing disappeared]

Masaru turned around seeing another creature managed to reached the underground floor after he messed up the stairs in his fight, this creature was standing on it's four feet, it's body was similar to that of a cat or feline beast, it's hind legs were like a horse and it's front legs had eagle claws. It's head appears to be some sort of bat and it had a scorpion tale. [Oh... These creatures sure have style to re-introduce a new kind of chimera! Hurry boy, you still have time]

Masaru nodded as he took his first step which almost embedded itself into the ground before he flew forward with a explosion, he immediately scanned and noticed this creature's ball was not moving from it's head at all which bothered him but he still slashed downwards ensuring he cut it in half. Unlike the previous creature that left a corpse this one after dropping on the ground in two halves it began to dissolve into black smoke. "Could it be different categories?" [hmm... Maybe this creature is something like a Mob while that other monkey mismash was probably evolving to the next level?] "It sounds reasonable"

Masaru retraced his steps back to Susan who was scared out of her mind since she could not see like people, she naturally could hear far greater than others, 'This boy is strong! Could he be a gatekeeper?' Susan did not dare ask Masaru this question, Masaru helped her up once more and this time he carried her on his back since she lost a lot of blood even if she was healed it was not a good idea for her to walk too much. The pathway to the ground floor was a mess, the hole the creature digged was already clogged up once more and Masaru felt his teleportation was being blocked by something, with no other way he used the spell book to split the middle of the blocked pathway open allowing him to }ground shrink{ straight onto the first still usable stair.

When he cancelled the spell the ground began to collapse, even the house that was bȧrėly holding was now collapsing into the underground causing Masaru to move faster. What was strange the veins he saw at first within the house was gone and even the last remaining creature has fled, it seems the creature was smarter than the other two realizing it could not face off against Masaru. The old lady appeared to have died during his conflict with the two creatures, he had no time to inspect how as he already kicked the kitchen door open running out of the house.

Loud crashing sounds began to echo within the neighborhood, Masaru did not stop his movement even once while running away until he felt he was far enough from the vicinity of the old house. "Do you have someone who can pick you?" Susan nodded on his back "Yes, just drop me off at any place where I can use a telephone" Masaru did not say anything else and began to move forward looking for the first business he could find open, he was still worried about Shirone and Everest so he contacted Everest.

"Everest, Status update"

"No signs of activity here"

"Stay sharp"

When Masaru found a open Motel, he dropped off Susan. at first the blind lady wanted to invite him to thank him for his help, but Masaru knew this woman would want to recruit him to their organization or make use of him but the moment they realize he was a devil it will get complicated so he simply left. "Shirone" Masaru this time called Shirone while running towards the place she was at. But there was no response at all, fear began to grip as the worse case scenario began to appear in his mind he began to increase the speed of his movement.

On the move he took out one of Circe's regeneration potion which he could only drink one of per two days, this potion allowed his internal injuries he gained from using all those enchantment on top of the Limit Break spell including recovery of his stamina. Just as he arrived the first thing he noticed was the two dead cops in the car and no signs of Shirone, even her leake demonic energy stopped on top of a building. "How the hell?"

But the dragon had a different opinion, [It seems you guys made enemies with a skilled Magician] "Magician? Could it be the one who took Shirone is human!?" The dragon thought for a while as if he was trying to sense something before he concluded [Not only Human, but I feel a faint trace of Devils and Fallen angels as well... How bizarre] Suddenly Everest's magic circle formed at Masaru's ear with a sudden report.

>/<

"Masaru there is quite the large movement, there is a van that entered the grounds of the small Orphanage. a Group of men carrying a black bag the size of a child body has just entered the orphanage" Everest looked at the scene from a distance, she kept having a feeling something close to her was being taken inside. "Don't move, I am coming!" Since it was her master and future husband's orders she stood in her place monitoring the Orphanage, it did not take that long for Masaru who arrive at her side.

Seeing Masaru's facial expression she asked him what happened and the moment she heard it she realized that the bag could possibly have Shirone in it, "I have already contacted Akeno to send Reinforcements but I can't take the chances to wait for them to arrive so the two of us are going to bust through with force" Everest's smile curved as a strong ember in her eyes were lit up, as a battle junkie this would be the best news ever.

Meanwhile the two who were investigating the surrounding before their ȧssaults, Shirone just woke up the moment the men who sneak attacked her from the roof threw her into a room full of children. "Heh, to think we would catch such a high class material for our Ritual.... It appears fate wants us to succeed" The Devil in the group spoke haughtily while the church priest simply snorted "If it was not for us priests who agreed with you all that a alliance between the three factions was something we did not dėsɨrė, I would have killed you in God's name!"

"Hmpf! The two of you can bicker later, let's lock the door" When she heard the door lock she opened her eyes looking at her surroundings, all the children they saw from the orphanage she was at were all brought here! 'How? Could it be during the time we did not monitor they moved the children?' Shirone broke free of her cuffs since they did not think she had any other power than her Demonic Energy that was being restricted with the magic formations engraved on the walls all over the room, never would they realized this girl was a Senjutsu user.

The clothes of the children were all white but ragged from old age, in between was a blonde girl that was breathing heavily while clutching her stomach. From the signs it appears she was stabbed with a knife, Shirone came over swiftly while taking the hand of the girl gathering Ki in the surroundings to boost the girl's natural recovery. The girl whose hand was grasped by Shirone looked at Shirone with a smile, "To think such a cute girl like you would take my hand before I leave"

"Quiet... I am helping you recover" Shirone scolded the girl but the girl shook her head, "I rather die than become a sacrifice for those priest scums" Shirone thought for a moment "But wasn't there Devils as well?" The girl shook her head again, her eyes showed signs of deep hatred "The devils are only helping them gather vɨrġɨn girls, and their best choice was children our age. They intend to do some ritual that requires a large amount of blood"

It was only now Shirone felt strange energy within this girl's body that made her Devil Constitution want to back away from her, it was as if she was too close to Holy element despite the fact she was using Ki which is probably why she was not immediately injured. The moment the girl's wound were closed she stopped the supply of ki and backed away a bit from the girl, the girl naturally understood something was wrong. "What is your name?"

Although she only realized it now but it this girl shared the features her master, Masaru mentioned that he wanted to find. "My name is Jeanne, yours?"

"Shirone Belial" Jeanne who heard her last name could not help but show a surprise expression, "No wonder you just backed away, I honestly did not expect you to be a devil" Shirone looked at Jeanne and asked her the last question, "Do you perhaps have a sacred gear?" Jeanne was a bit confused about this question "Are you talking about this ability to create Holy swords? So it's called Sacred gear huh? a Fitting name for it"

Shirone took a deep breathe thinking she truly found the girl she was looking for, so she began to chat with her which was normally rare for Shirone but for the sake of her onii-sama's pats she will fight on!

>/<

"Get Jacob and Edward to move their ȧsses faster!" Diana shouted at the peerage members of Diehauser calling them only a few of them and each of them brought their Queen together since each of the Diehauser team members were all high class so each had their own peerage as well, Diana was the only one who did not have her own peerage.

Since it was the enemy territory and it was a emergency situation Diana only called Circe, Jacob and Edward along with their queens as the rescue team to go and Support Masaru. Naturally Akeno was at her side as she refused to be left out, until she could confirm with her own eyes Masaru was fine she could not rest. "Why is that son not allowing us to relax once in a while, every time he goes somewhere something happens..."

"Well Ma-kun does appear to be some sort of Magnet for trouble" Akeno nervously laughed thinking her master who could naturally attract females could attract trouble even more, "Well once we rescued them, you will be responsible from preventing him from leaving for the next few months..." Diana could only sigh, she felt the trip to Vatican would be troublesome but she never expected for Masaru to stumble upon two different kinds of enemies. One they had few information of because it connects to the Nexus group however the other group appears to be a mixture of humans and devils which they had no information of.

"Diana-sama, everything has been prepared!" Jacob came running fast giving the report as they gathered their equipment, rations and other things required for in case they have to stay longer than a day. "Good, Let's move out!"

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Author Note:

I dread the day my execution arrives...