Chapter 112 - Aftermath

From now on, most of the story will be told in the third person. There will also be chapters where it is shown in the first person, but these will not only consist of the first person (Drako), but other people's thoughts will also appear.

Pd: This is me, the author, experimenting to see which mode of writing is best for the story. Maybe in five chapters I'll think differently and go back to the first person than usual.

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Once Tobio was "defeated" by the efforts of Lavinia, Valina and Azazel, he fell unconscious.

"Good job, guys. You can say that this problem has been solved for the time being." Azazel sighed.

Valina only nodded as she approached the young man who had stood by while all this was happening. That young man, Drako, had been protecting Natsume from a possible attack by Tobio on his Balance Breaker. Now that Natsume was standing next to the now unconscious Tobio, Drako had gone in the direction of Sae Toujou and squatted, examining the fatal wound on her chest.

"She has been fatally wounded by the blade of Canis Lycaon, she has approximately two minutes to live. Sae Toujou was Tobio's reason for living, and he had worked so hard just to regain his normal life with her. It's sad that the only death we're going to have is Tobio's childhood friend, and that it's at his hands that she died."

Valina wailed as she looked at the innocent face of Sae Toujou. She still had the same smile she had given Tobio as she embraced him before her "death".

"It's true, she's dying because of blood loss. But that doesn't mean Sae is going to die."

As Drako said that, his arms began to take on a golden glow. White scales began to show through, and a golden aura surrounded Drako's dragon arms.

This was none other than Drako using his [Holy Healing Claws] to heal the wound of Sae Toujou.

"Holy Healing Claws], while being an extremely harmful weapon for beings who are based in the dark like you, Valina, can be used as a healing ability for beings outside the dark like humans. Although it's designed to be an attack skill, it can also be used to perform first aid."

"You mean...?"

"Yes, Sae Toujou's situation has been stabilized. But that's just for the moment, we have to get her to Grigori quickly so that her life can be successfully rescued."

What Drako had done had not only caught Valina's attention but had caught the attention of all present.

Natsume walked over to Azazel as soon as she heard Drako's words.

"Governor-General! You have to save Toujou-san's life!"

"Yes, I'll take her and Tobio to Grigori."

Azazel came to Sae and took her body and brought it to Tobio. Azazel started working on a teleportation circle at that very moment.

The leader of Grigori gave Drako a strange look, one of which was impossible to identify what he was thinking.

"Drako..."

Drako didn't say anything, but he looked back at him.

In that look... Azazel could feel that Drako had distanced himself from him a little.

Azazel already knew that Drako distrusted him, and he didn't feel that was strange. He was, after all, Azazel, the fallen angel that appears in the Bible.

But over these six months, and a common hostility, Azazel and Drako had grown closer and could be considered "friends. Besides, Azazel knew that Valina, the little girl he considered his adopted daughter, had feelings for Drako that went beyond friendship.

Azazel knew that the steps he had taken, and the fact that he had withheld crucial information from Drako, had caused Drako to be at least disappointed.

But even so, Azazel had his own reasons for acting the way he had.

Azazel had already lived for thousands of years, he had fallen from heaven in his youth, and he had fought a great war against the two other biblical factions. He had even joined hands with his creator and the first Lucifer to fight the heavenly dragons.

But many years had already passed since that chaotic time, and times of peace had come. To his own surprise, he liked these times of peace much more than the chaotic times of old.

That's when God, his creator, created the well-known Sacred Gears.

An idea that Azazel himself agreed to.

Actually, humans are not a weak race. Even without the need for Sacred Gears, they are a race that can easily reach their full potential. The problem is that this potential is much less than that of races like devils and angels.

As a general rule, the maximum power an ordinary human can have, its limit, is in the same line as High-class Devil. Rare are the humans who can exceed that limit and advance to the next level of power.

This event is known as [Limit Breaker].

Few are the humans who can bring about this event, and currently there was only one in the world who had done so. More accurately, Azazel only knows one who had done that.

Vasco Strada the previous wielder of Durandal and Veteran Exorcist, known as "The Church's Device of Violence", "The Violence of Heaven", "The Vatican's Evil Killer", "Mr. Durandal", and "True Devil", a human who achieved strength dubbed "Limits of Humanity".

Of course, all of this was the removal of the physical body. But by the time God created Sacred Gears, Merlin had not yet created the magical system that humans currently use.

Seeing that his most precious creation was too weak to protect themselves from supernatural beings, God decided to create the Sacred Gear system.

It was in this system that Azazel saw a key to maintaining the peace that he cherished. Sacred Gears was the key, he was sure of it.

But more specifically, Azazel had his eyes on a mistake God made in creating the system.

The 13 artefacts that could make their user acquire the strength to kill Gods, the 13 Longinus.

Of course, putting the 13 Longinus together was virtually impossible. So Azazel had to take an alternative, and that's how he began to study Sacred Gears.

He had already come up with an idea for something similar to a Sacred Gear when God had not yet finished creating them, and Azazel had not yet fallen, called The Dragon Slaying Blade of Light and Darkness.

Azazel still had that memory in his mind, especially Michael's face as he laughed at him as he showed the project to its creator.

After the well-known Second World War, the human world and the different pantheons seemed to have calmed down a bit.

It was then that Azazel met what he thought would be unthinkable, a girl from the lineage of Lucifer who possessed one of the 13 Longinus.

Yes, he had met Valina.

The girl didn't seem to be in good shape after finding her, and she was obviously abused. It wasn't until a couple of years later that he was going to find the reason for her poor condition.

Abused by her father, her mother abused because of her helping Valina, and all incited by her grandfather.

Rizevim Livan Lucifer, Lucifer's son and Valina's grandfather, was a crazy man. Azazel knew him personally, and could only use the word "madness" to describe his state of mind.

During this time, a friend of his named Mephisto Pheles contacted him to tell him that a Longinus had joined the ranks of Grauzauberer.

And a few years later, Grigori had found another Longinus along with four Sacred Gears of the highest level.

Within a few years, Azazel had met an impressive new generation.

The bearer of the Divine Dividing, the Sacred Gear that contained the soul of the Vanishing Dragon, and descendant of the Maou Lucifer.

The bearer of the Absolute Demise, and genius-level mage from Grauzauberer.

The carrier of Canis Lycaon, an anomaly that was born with the Balance Breaker active.

Two of the carriers of the so-called "Four Fiends", who were part of the group of the carrier of Canis Lycaon.

Baraqiel's daughter, who had inherited his powerful lightning attack.

Uriel's granddaughter, who had inherited his powerful flames.

A Nekoshou, a race believed to be extinct.

And finally, a young dragon who was growing in strength by leaps and bounds.

(Azazel does not know that another Longinus is on the way.)

The latter was the one that had drawn the most attention to Azazel.

This dragon, Drako, had a close connection to everyone in the new generation. He was the mainstay of this new generation of talent.

Even knowing that he was the centre of this entire group, Azazel had taken it upon himself to hide information from him. Everything was necessary to make his plans to take the expected course.

For Tobio to awaken his Balance Breaker once again, and for Natsume Minagawa and Kouki Samejima to acquire the true forms of their respective Sacred Gears.

Knowing Drako, he would have solved everything himself. Tobio and the others didn't have to be in any danger if he alone could take charge of the situation.

Well, the goal had already been achieved. The relationship Azazel had with Drako could already be arranged in the future. For now, Azazel had to get the injured Tobio and Sae to Grigori.

The magic circle of teleportation was finally created, and Azazel disappeared along with Tobio and Sae.