Chapter 73 - 72

*SIIING*

Finally, the summon was finished and Forzelotte held her breath seeing the man that suddenly appear before him.

He has a silky dark-brown slightly long hair that reaches his collarbone. His face is devilishly handsome, that enchanting wine-red eyes and that white smooth skin that could make any women out there feeling envious. And the way he currently dressed is very sexy as well, his upper clothes are currently unbuttoned exposing his perfect muscle chest and perfect abs. While his pants are not properly connected by his belt as well enabling his waist to be slightly visible.

This man is obviously Issei, he used his magic at the last second just before he was summoned, and because of his brain still isn't focused enough from the broken seal that Forzelotte put inside him he can't properly wear his clothes. Even now his breathing was slightly rugged and he's also sweating a little bit.

If any normal women saw Issei current appearance then they will instantly become head over heels towards him because his current appearance is so mesmerizing. His little bit of sweat on his body just made him even more mouthwatering.

Forzelotte only mesmerized because it's her other half not because he's handsome. If he's not her other half then she could care less even if he was the most handsome man in the multiverse.

Issei also starts inspecting her right now and he has to admit that she's indeed as beautiful as Semiramis and co. (AN: https://rei.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-2104984272.jpg).

He still needs to process on what's happening inside his body, he knows that right now his soul is interlinked with her. And he got no one to blame for that but himself because he's the one who decided to protect her back then even though she already told him to leave her be.

If anything he should be thankful towards her that he's still alive right now or he would've died a long time ago.

Forzelotte stands up from her throne and walked forward until she arrives at Issei's front.

Forzelotte - ...We've finally met again... My significant other... Issei...

She extended her hands toward Issei's face and he doesn't try to evade her touch in the slightest.

Forzelotte - Fufufu, just like I expected... My <Devour> skill doesn't work on you.

<Devour> is Forzelotte Unique skill. She can <Devour> anything that related to mana, whether it be life force or magic itself she can absorb it all. But she can only absorb an attack from those that are weaker than her or at least on par with her in terms of overall strength.

If the opposite party has greater strength than her then she won't be able to absorb their attack.

The other downside is that she also can't touch any of her subordinates directly or they will die instantly. She needs to complete the pact between her and Issei to gain perfect control over her unique skill.

One of the reasons she became the Supreme Overlord on this world is because of that unique skill of hers. As for the other reasons, she's a really capable and strong woman as well. And her biggest trump card is Issei himself...

Every Demonkin agreed to her position as the Supreme Overlord, as well as the other faction for that matter. Whether it be The Celestials or The humans, they all agreed to it without any objection.

After touching his cheeks for a while she moved her hand slightly toward the mark on his cheek, which is the claw-like mark tattoo of his.

Forzelotte - Can you feel it? This mark is what connects us with each other...

By having their souls interlinked neither of them could die as long as the other one still alive. If you want to kill either Issei and Forzelotte herself then you need to kill them both at the same time.

So, even if Rias didn't reincarnate Issei as a devil back then when he's "Killed" by Reynare, Issei wouldn't have died anyway. He will automatically revive himself after some time. And if his whole body disappears then his soul would've gone toward Forzelotte's place and vice versa.

And that's why Issei is her biggest trump card. The only one who knows about Issei is only her close aide that absolutely won't betray her in any way.

Forzelotte - Do you still remember my name, Issei?

Issei - ...I do... Forzelotte Savant.

Forzelotte smile grew wider after hearing that he still remembers her name but then she sensed something odd about Issei's soul. She started frowning while inspecting his soul current state.

Forzelotte - ...Why are your current souls slightly different from before? I can sense traces of some sort of corrupting element inside it... I see... So what I felt back then is not just my misconception...

She remembered what she felt a while ago. (AN: That time when Issei <Evil Pieces> started to corrupting his soul right before he's reborn as a Dragon.)

Even though Issei current soul is not corrupted anymore but there are still a tiny traces of it and it will take some time before it will completely disappear. It won't affect him in any way, but it still angers Forzelotte that someone dares to do this towards her other half.

Her yellow eyes glowed brightly and her smile turned into a scowl after realizing it was not just her misconception back then.

Forzelotte - Who was it... What's causing your soul to become tainted with this filthy corruption? Who's responsible for it... Tell me.

Her bloodlust started to go wild after thinking that there's actually someone that dares to corrupt her other half beautiful soul. She will make sure that the one who's responsible for it pay dearly.

Issei - ...It's already in the past, and it's quite a long story, to be honest...

Forzelotte - Just tell me, I have all the time in the world.

Issei - ...

Issei is thinking if he should tell her about his past life or not and when he was about to decide to tell her there's another portal created nearby. And the one who comes out from it is Semiramis, Scathach, and Irene.

Semiramis and co - Ise!

They are glad to see that Issei is still safe and sound then they saw Forzelotte who's emitting bloodlust. They clearly misunderstood her bloodlust and thought that it was aimed at Issei.

Semiramis - Get away from him! <Chain of Death>!

Semiramis instantly cast her magic at Forzelotte. Scathach and Irene also launched their respective attack towards Forzelotte.

Scathach - <Impaler Strike>!

Irene - <Dragon Flame>!

Issei - Wai-!

Issei was about to stop them from attacking but it's too late because they've already launched their attack.

Semiramis attack takes a form of a dozen black chains that contains <Death> element inside it, Irene used her flame breath while Scathach threw her spear which contains her <Ougi> towards Forzelotte.

Forzelotte - How dare you! Hmph, <Devour>!

Forzelotte easily devoured both Semiramis and Irene attack since both of their attacks contains mana so it's useless against her, the moment their attack reached her, it disappears into thin air, and as for Scathach attack she calmly deflected her spear to the side but she felt some weird intent behind her attack but since that intent contain her <Qi> then it's also devoured by Forzelotte as well.

Semiramis and co - Wha?!

All of them are surprised seeing Forzelotte being able to take all their attack head-on like that.

Sure that was not their full powered attack because they don't want to hurt Issei in the process but it's still quite strong. So it's understandable that they're surprised seeing someone able to easily handle their attack combination.

Forzelotte - Who sent you here? Well, it doesn't matter, because all of you will die here... <Black Ho-

Forzelotte extended her hand and was about to launch her own attack when Issei stopped her from doing so.

Issei - Stop, Forzelotte...

He grasped Forzelotte extended hand to stop her from launching her own attack.

Forzelotte - ...Why are you stopping me, Issei?

Semiramis and co are also confused about what's going on. Because when Issei stopped her, she appears to be obeying his command because the moment Issei put his hand on her she stopped her attack.

Semiramis - Just what is going on here, dearest?

Forzelotte - ...Dearest? What she meant by that, Issei?

Forzelotte body twitched when she heard Semiramis calling Issei with that nickname then she glared at Issei demanding for an explanation.

Issei sighed tiredly because he needs to do a lot of explaining now...

Issei - The thing is...

Then Issei explained everything to them. He told Forzelotte that Semiramis and co are his women.

Scathach blushed slightly when he said that she's his woman, but she's feeling happy inside. The same goes for Semiramis and Irene.

Then he explained his past when he was a kid and how he met Forzelotte back then. Semiramis and co become completely surprised and they feel glad that he's alive until now. They also felt thankful toward Forzelotte because if not for her then this idiot here would've died a long time ago and they would've never met with each other.

Irene - ...I swear, partner... You need to start thinking about yourself more...

Irene felt a headache thinking about Issei conducts because he almost lost his life for someone else even when he was still a kid. It's nice of him to be that way but she's worried that he might lose his life because of this someday and that's not a thing that she wants to see.

Issei - Err... My bad...

Semiramis - Dearest... We need to have a little talk later. Understand?