Daniele pov
We were all facing each other in the cemetery
Augustus was still standing at attention with his rifle in his hand. Lint was playing with Bester in the background.
"*cough*
"I am Tsubaki Shinra, the [Queen] of Sona Sitri"
Tsubaki introduces herself to the two youngsters , then introduced Lycanthrope next to her with a fake cough
"This is Loup Garou,we work together due to special circumstances."
As expected!
It was surprising to see them both here, even though I didn't show it from the outside.
As far as I know, Loup was going to join the Peerage of Sona in the future, but it was never explained how or why... I guess I'm about to find out.
I pointed to the duo as I started over my shoulder
"Black and white haired girl, Lint Sellzen, blonde Augustus Raimondi. The rookies who accompanied the Necromancer in hunting "
"Hello~~"
Lint smiled brightly as she raised one of her hands and waved it at them.
"hello~~"
Augustus next to him rolled his eyes and leaned forward slightly, while he reached out and slightly pushed his glasses.
"Pleased to meet you "
"They are quite...unique"
Tsubaki also pushed her own glasses and spoke in a surprised voice
My gaze then turned to Loup as I chuckled a little at her reaction.
"Are you planning to kill the Necromancer?"
Loup just nodded.
"s there any way I can learn the reason?"
Loup's expression was stained with disgust and anger that was not directed at me as I pushed for more information.
"This is... personal"
I just nodded while he saying it in a muffled voice
It was clear there was a story there...but I won't poke the beehive, everyone has their secrets
"Okay, let's work together"
At that moment, everyone except Tsubaki looked at me with a surprised expression.
.......Heh, I trained her well
Lint jumped up to me with a skipping step in surprise.
"P-paisen? Are we... are we... swearing at the church!?!..... yaho—ouch!!!!!"
I couldn't help but slap this girl in the head before she could finish her sentence, seriously, her personality definitely resembles Freed in a few ways, although she's not as extreme!
"Paisen!!!! Raising a hand on young and beautiful girl! What kind of angel are you"
I looked left and right while raising one eyebrow.
"Where?"
Lint looked at me with a surprised expression
I had a look of astonishment on my face
.... until it was replaced by a wicked smile of course
"I say beautiful girl, where is she, I only see a brat"
"Heh, you deserve it--ugh!"
Before the arrogant Augustus could finish his words, he too was chopped in the head
"Why!?"
"You two are partners, of course you are punished together."
Augustus' eyebrows twitched at my words, and when he saw Lint smiling at him with a dirty smile, he glared at her.
I smiled at the two for a moment before turning to Loup, who had raised an eyebrow at the situation, and Tsubaki, who smiled amusedly.
"Ok.....she still has a point, Can a Lycanthrope, Devil, Angel and two Exorcists work together?"
I shrugged as Loup asked this
"Right now, it's not a new problem in an alliance with [Three Faction], and Tsubaki trusting you is enough for me. As for the Necromancer...let's be real, those damn guys are a pain in the neck and I'm sure you want to find him soon as possible and again I don't want to see another time when he disrespects the dead and takes lives. "
Loup frowned for a moment.
After a few seconds of silence, he reached out and ruffled his gray hair.
"......As long as we kill him I'm fine, I'll be more pleased if it's painful"
I extended my hand while grinning
"Well, it looks like we have an agreement."
He looked at Tsubaki, who nodded for a moment before reaching out and grabbing my hand.
"It seems so "
"So where is the Necromancer now?"
Augustus' question made the three of us freeze.
I've been scanning the area since we got here and there's no other living thing here except for the people there, and there's no smell of any living thing.
"When we got here, we were attacked by those weird Zombies and the Necromancer escaped.....I was hoping you'd know "
Tsubaki said this in a shy tone
I thought you two knew!!!
The worst part was that their eyes also had a similar expression!!!
"I can help"
I quickly turned around as a shiver suddenly ran down my spine, seriously! I didn't even feel it!?
When I saw there, it was a transparent, familiar girl among the graves.
"Ghost!!!!!"
Lint grabbed Augustus and held him in front of her as a human shield as she screamed.
"O-Oi!!Stop shaking me, my glasses are falling off!!!!!"
Me, Tsubaki and Loup looked at the young ghost while I ignored the two.
"Little girl, you---"
"Adelaïde, Adelaïde's name is Adelaïde"
With a childish but for some reason extremely creepy voice, the girl interrupted Tsubaki's words.
Tsubaki froze for a moment when she heard the name and was lost in thought.
"Did you just say you could help?"
But Loup chose to be more repressive in order to make a more important point.
I quickly put my hand on his shoulder, he needed to calm down, our only lead is this ghost girl and we can't lose her.
"So, Adeläide? Can you give us some information about those people?"
Adelaide nodded.
"Are you going to kill him? "
Even if it's a ghost, it's hard not to freeze when a five-year-old little child asks you this.
"Yes"
I nodded without hesitation
Then Tsubaki, who was lost in thought, finally woke up
"Adelaïde, you said that was your name, you are Adelaïde Paillard de Villeneuve, aren't you? "
Tsubaki's voice was confident as the five year old ghost nodded
"That's Adelaide's name "
When Tsubaki noticed our stares, she explained, although she was a little embarrassed.
Even Lint had her head stuck out behind Augustus, whom she still used as a human shield
"According to French Myths, the spirit of the first person buried in a Cemetery will become the guardian of that place, The first person buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery was a five-year-old girl of that name "
At that point Augustus intervened
"Père Lachaise Cemetery should have been founded in 1804, so---"
The person in front of us is not a 5-year-old girl, but a great-grandmother!!!
But Adelaïde seemed unaware of our inner confusion, or didn't seem to care.
"That person came here and forcibly took the 'sleepers' out of their 'beds','sleepers' should have their 'beds' remade, but I can't leave here so if I tell you where it is, will you kill it for me?Can you bring the bodies back for me? "
We all looked at each other for a moment and nodded as we waited...and waited???
"Umm? Miss Adelaïde? What about information?"
I seriously can't treat her like a little girl
But instead of answering, Adelaïde pointed to the corner with her finger
Essentially, the places that Loup, Lint and Augustus tore to pieces
"Fix it first "
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Third person pov
The group of five eventually managed to convince Adelaïde, albeit barely, to essentially replace the bodies that had been previously removed by the Necromancer.
Daniele swears it was one of the hardest convincing moments of his life, it was really hard
'Why are the tough people always the lolis???'
When they managed to convince Sounda, Adelaïde told them that she could see everything that happened in the cemetery and thanks to that she learned her next place, and that place is...
Les Baux-de-Provence
It was a village in one of the most special regions of France with a total population of less than 300.
The most striking thing about this place was that it was built on a slope on a giant rock.
It gave a creepy feeling, especially since the sun had already set.
The Group of Five appeared near here with a unique magic circle
Luop stood with his hands planted on the ground, indicating that he was the owner of the spell.
"You're pretty good with magic, any Lycanthrope or Werewolf I fought focused on their physical strength."
Luop just shrugged at Daniele's words
"My mother was a pretty good magician, I must have inherited her talent."
A small smile appeared on Loup's face as he spoke about his mother
"Finally no ghots!"
Lint raised her arms in the air as she showed her joy
"You just fought a Lycanthrope, are ghosts that scary?"
Daniele couldn't help but ask
"Ghosts and dog men are not the same thing!"
"WOLF . Is not a dog"
Loup intervened
[Are they different??!!]
Regulus shouted in mock surprise, while the purple diamond symbol on Daniele's right hand flashed
"It's interesting to hear this from the cat "
Loup of course quickly countered but his opponent was out of his league
[Well, it could be worse, what if I were a dog!!! Oh sorry~]
Loup's eyebrows twiched violently
"Dude, seriously now?"
Daniele asked in a dry voice
[....meh]
"One more time...don't steal my signature line!"
Then he raised his gaze towards the giant slope that was their target.
"So what do you think?"
[I smell blood]
Daniele's eyes grew cold as he growled through his teeth.
"Okay, there's no time to wait any longer, we have to take that guy down quickly, who's leading?"
Daniele then asked as he wanted to quickly move on to the plan to avoid any confusion.
...until he realized everyone was looking at him
[Did you seriously think it would be someone else? You have a lot of combat experience from the Church, you're the strongest person here, obviously it's going to be you]
Daniele opened his mouth...but then closed it when he realized his partner was right
"Okay.....Loup, I want you to go ahead to scout, the slope is too high and beyond my detection range"
As Daniele opened his hands, tiny balls of light came out of them
"These are for communication "
Daniele put one to his ear as he said this
Loup put to his ear too and then turned away.
His hands suddenly became covered in grey fur and turned into claws as he began to climb straight up the slope.
Daniele then turned to the other team members
Tsubaki, Lint, and Augustus listened carefully to Daniele's instructions as they put their communication lights on their ears.
.................
It didn't take long for Loup to reach the top with his speed
He puts his paws on the edge of the slope and pulls himself up
He moved quickly towards the environment while minimizing his presence
Loup, a Half-Lycanthrope, had fully inherited all the traits of his race.
Lycanthropes, the natural enemies of vampires, compensated for their opponents' numerous attributes with things like extreme physical strength and very tough skin.
Their abnormal animal instincts made them immune to any trickery the Vampires might employ.
Just like what's happening now in Loup
He was moving quickly between old houses and rocks without being noticed by anyone.
The two wolf ears that protruded from his head were trembling from time to time, telling him where others were.
As Loup hid behind a house, a zombie with a purple flame in its eye socket ran past him.
Those weird Zombies were wandering around the whole village
When his ear caught a sound, Loup turned around and saw the Flame part of the zombie passing around the corner of the house and stuck his claw into it.
As the claw passed through the dead body's intestinal area and exited from the back, the blue flame tore apart and the corpse collapsed
As Loup places an anti-detection barrier around him, he moves forward.
Loup continued to move south, especially to the point where the Zombies were increasing
As he was leaving the village, trees and rocks welcomed him once again, fortunately these places were a natural hunting ground for him.
His claw finally reached his target as he pierced today's 15th zombie
A castle ruin at the corner of rock slope .
.....Château des Baux-de-Provence(Castle of Baux-de-Provence)
It was a huge castle rising from the rocks.
It was as if it wasn't built there but carved out of it, and it was probably like this.
Loup took in all the information he could while observing the environment as unnoticed as possible.
He put his hand to his ear where the light was
"....suitable"
As soon as Loup finished speaking, four figures suddenly appeared from the darkness.
Among them, Daniele wore a cloak with a luxurious obsidian shine
This Bester's aka [Cowardly Lion]'s Counter Balance
[Imperial Mantle]( Cloak of the Black Prince)
Daniele used Bester's ability to enter the shadows and led the entire Group to Loup's location
"So, how is the situation?"
While Daniele asked Loup, the Lycanthrope-human hybrid told all his observations
Daniele nodded as he frowned at his words.
"Bester, leave "
With Daniele's words, Cloak once again transformed into a black obsidian lion, and Daniele turned to Augustus.
"Augustus, Bester will take you to the upper reaches of the Remnant, from there I want you to be our hunter.The more open space the better .Especially be careful not to let anyone approach you, because you will lose them in an instant."
Augustus nodded, while Daniele then turned to Lint.
"Lint, stay close to us, you don't have any raw power technique right now, so I want you to smash the minions "
He then turned to Loup
"Stay close to us, basically be our tank"
While Loup agreed, Daniele turned to the last person, Tsubaki
"Tsubaki, you provide remote support and stay away from the fight as much as possible, the results are great in support spells. "
Finally, while the whole group started the operation, there was a skeleton bird watching them from afar
The bird's eyes glowed blue, while Daniele's hands went to his ears several times......
...........
When a large number of zombies wandering around the lower part of the castle suddenly heard a noise, they were met with light spears hitting the areas where the blue flames were most intense before they realized what was happening.
While they are quickly neutralized, Daniele catches Lint and Loup
With eight wings and a halo spreading from his back, he flew into the sky at full speed and reached the windows of the castle.
Augustus was at this time, through Bester, directing himself towards own position with the shadows that were swallowing him.
While Daniele and the others continued to advance inside the castle, Tsubaki fired small magical attacks from behind while Loup blocked the attacks.
Lint made small attacks with light sword while Daniele made the finishing moves
Finally, as they were advancing through the castle, they saw a man in the open area of the castle
The man had a lantern with a flickering blue flame inside and a bone staff in his hand.
"You...who are you!?"
"You bastard!!!"
Loup was furious as soon as he saw the man
This of course caught the attention of the Necromancer.
He looked up at him from under the hood of his cloak.
"A-ah... I see, you're that person in the cemetery, what... what should I do?"
The Necromancer bowed his head as he stepped back, trembling.
Skeletons leaping out from the magic circles opened around him started to move.
These skeletons did not have blue flames like zombies
But before they could go any further, light bullets from above suddenly hit the skeletons' heads and tore them apart.
Augustus was aiming alone above
"N-no, I fell into a trap!...I-I can't do it any longer if it continues I----"
The man suddenly covered his face with the sleeve of his cup
He was trembling all over.
But it was strange that he was trembling, it wasn't fear, it was emotion, no, it was ....
"Pffft---puah--puahahahah! I can't take it anymore! Well I'll kill you, of course!"
When the man suddenly lifted the Lantern with blue flames in his left hand into the air, a large number of zombies, skeletons and animal zombies jumped out of the castle.
Even Augustus above was surrounded by a large number of zombies
The Necromancer just looked at them with an evil grin
"Wha~~ are you surprised? Did you really think you could beat me?Huh!?!"
The man's mocking voice increased several times
"Well... apparently not!"
There was something strange going on with the man's voice
The bodies of the dead creatures glowed as their blue flames began to swell
*Boooom*Boom*Boom*Boom*Booom*
But the explosions were much, much more powerful than the man had anticipated, sending him flying back.
He grinned as blood flowed from his mouth
"My own achievements surprise even me~"
On the other side, many corpses surrounding him jumped on Augustus
"Anyway, let's work~ We can't wait for God --"
*Boooom!!!*
At that moment, the place where Augustus was suddenly exploded with flames, and the Zombies surrounding him either dispersed as the flames disappeared or fell down from the walls of the Castle.
From there Augustus looked at him with a calm expression as he pushed his glasses
Right next to him was a tyrannosaurus the same size with a fire and magma-like glow.
When the Necromancer instinctively turned his gaze to where Daniele and the others were, he saw that all four people were standing there, unharmed.
There were also broken glass pieces on the ground, similar to broken mirrors.
"W--What?!"
This time the Necromancer's expression contained pure astonishment.
He instinctively sent his servants forward
But as the Black-White haired girl rushed forward, the lights of the light sword in her two hands became extremely intense.
"It's rodeo time!"
When Lint said this with his cheerful voice, she easily overcame the dead bodies that came at that moment
Even though they were physically stronger than her, it was clear that they lacked the young girl's fighting ability.
Lint ducked to avoid the incoming claw slash, reversed her grip on the sword in her left hand and stabbed the zombie behind her, while cutting the flame on another's shoulder with her right.
'I thought this girl's attack power was so low!!'
He was caught off guard by a Lycanthrope with a raised fist that suddenly ripped through the zombies and appeared next to him with a blast of wind.
Blood sprayed from his mouth and his body flew towards the wall.
The lantern in his left hand flew into the corner
As his body slammed into the wall, cracks appeared on the wall behind him from the force.
'What kind the hell of tank is this?!'
Even Tsubaki on the other side was easily and gracefully mowing down zombies with the Naginata in her hand.
'But that girl support----'
He saw Daniele smirking at him
"What...did a bird get your tongue?"
At that moment, lightning flashed through the Necromancer's mind, sending a chill down his spine.
'That...That bastard dove tricked me!!!'
He barely got support from his staff to stand
"Don't--underestimate--me...I--am--God's--chosen!"
As he said this, a 6-meter-tall figure emerged from the giant magic circle that appeared behind him.
The figure was a bipedal skeleton
It had a head that resembled a lizard but was more brutal and streamlined, with horns protruding from it.
On its back is a long, whip-like tail made of bone and razor-sharp claws.
In his left hand he held a bone Cutlass
He had blue flames on his ribcage, head and cutlass.
...A Skeleton Dragon
"Here...this is God's gift to me! Now tremble before his power! Nuhahahahaha!!!"
*Rooooaaarrr!!!*
The man's maniacal laughter and the Skeleton Dragon's roar were intertwined
Pyro fired fireballs at the Skeleton Dragon from above
But Skeleton Dragon's single swing of the cutlass all fireballs dispersed
The Necromancer looked at this with a smug expression and raised the bone staff in his hand.
Suddenly, spooky skulls surrounded by purple auras appeared
Hand these to Augustus, the young Exorcist growled as he jumped onto the Pyro's back
Pyro jumped from above with his host on his back
But the skulls chased him as changed direction
As Pyro turned his head, he sent a wave of Fire from his mouth that surpassed all before, colliding with the skulls.
While a few of them flew out of it and went towards Augustus at high speeds, lint suddenly entered and tore them apart them with her light swords in
"Thanks for watching my back"
"Always!"
The two quickly took action as they fought off the zombies and skeletons that were immediately thrown at them.
On the other side, Loup was running away from the Dragon's attack.
At that moment, Daniele created a multitude of light spears that struck the Dragon, but since the Dragon's ribcage was shielding the flame, it could not penetrate directly, only its body slid back.
[Even if it's just a Skeleton, it's a Dragon, don't hold back]
Daniele nodded at his partner's words
"Loup, can you hold it in place?"
Loup took action on Daniele's words
He came in bigger as his body started to swell
As his face began to lengthen, his ears began to become more pointed.
With this deformation process, his face finally resembled a Kurdish face, revealing razor-like claws and teeth, and his entire body was now covered in grey fur.
*Auuuuuu~!!!*
His body shot forward at full speed as he let out an instinctive howl that echoed throughout the Castle.
Different colored magic circles appeared around his two claws
Green on the right, blue on the left
He leapt to attack the Skeleton Dragon as his claws were covered in wind and ice currents.
The Skeleton Dragon, not liking that the little thing in front of him dared to attack him, swung his cutlass surrounded by blue flames at him.
The clash of claws and cutlass sent a shockwave into the surrounding area
...However, despite everything, the other party was a Dragon
Loup's body flew back, but fortunately for him and unfortunately for the Dragon, Loup's aim was never to win.
"Okay, the rest is on me"
As Daniele quickly passed Loup, the two of them clapped their hands together for a moment.
In his right hand he held a golden European sword with purple trim and a dragon claw guard.
Dragon Slayer Sword - Ascalon shone in all its glory
As the Holy Power from the Holy Sword, plus the Dragon Slaying trait, spread, the Skeleton Dragon froze due to the instinctive fear that had been engraved into its bones, even though it was not alive.
As Daniele came right in front of his body, his eight wings and halo opened.
With a single swing of Ascalon, he easily cut through the bones protecting the flame in his ribcage as if he were cutting through butter.
As the Dragon's giant body split in two
Daniele landed gracefully on the ground as the cut flame went out and Dragon's upper body fell towards ground.
As for Necromancer, he was fighting with Tsubaki who blocked his way.
While deliberately damaging the Naginata that Tsubaki swung, he passed by her and grabbed the lantern that he dropped on the ground.
Focusing on the lantern with a mortal wound on his left side, the Necromancer let out a devilish laugh.
As he lifted the flashlight in his hand, blue flames suddenly burst from the flashlight.
Daniele quickly cut her eyebrows with a fiery razor coming towards her, while Loup, Tsubaki, Lint and Augustus did the same.
"Heh~~ hehahah! Fools! You still *cough*cough!* don't understand!"
Following the man's words, the flames moved towards the defeated corpses and as they touched them, their bodies instantly began to reunite, with a blue flame gathering at a certain point.
The same thing even happened to the Skeleton Dragon that Daniele split in two
The cut mark was there, but it looked like it had been forced together.
[These flames look more like parasites clinging to dead bodies. ]
"It seems so"
Daniele frowned as he looked back at the giant Skeleton Dragon standing in front of him.
Daniele's gaze then shifted to the figures of Lint and Augustus, who were dealing with the resurrected corpses, and Tsubaki, who was going to support them.
Instinctively he raised his hand to his ear.
"Tsubaki, is it over ?"
The long black haired beauty suddenly turned towards Daniele and then quickly nodded
'Okay, that's all I needed."
"Change of plans, Loup, kill this guy"
Daniele gave a thumbs up
"Sure why not"
Loup, in werewolf form, shrugged
Daniele quickly ran towards the Dragon
Without any defensive or offensive measures
"Hahahah! Stupid, die!"
The Necromancer must have been so impressed by this scene that he cheerfully ordered the Dragon to attack.
Young Lion King just smiled as the cutlass in the Skeleton Dragon's hand fell towards him.
†Switcheroo†
At that moment, Daniele and Tsubaki switched places,
"Bow down now!"
When Daniele told Pyro, Lint and Augustus, the three instinctively bowed
Swinging Ascalon in a circular arc, he shattered all enemies
Of course, even though the bodies were torn apart, the flames were there....not for long, of course.
The fires tore apart as spears of light shot out around Daniele
The action continued on the other side
Before the Necromancer could realize what was happening, three luxurious mirrors were created in front of Tsubaki, to the left and right of the Dragon.
The angle of the mirrors seemed to be connected to each other
As Cutlass hit the mirror in front of Tsubaki, the mirror broke and the force was sent directly to the mirror on the right side.
As that mirror broke, the force was sent to the mirror on the left.
the left mirror was directed directly at the Dragon's ribcage instead of being directed at another mirror
The attack force, which doubled with each mirror, easily shattered the ribcage from behind
Loup dashed across the void towards the Necromancer.
While the other party showed a truly fearful expression this time, a new zombie suddenly appeared between the two.
Skeleton woman wearing a white dress and a silver-grey necklace around her neck
This caused Loup to freeze
A blue flame was pulsing right where her heart was
But what happened next shattered the Necromancer's expectations as he saw the claw pass through the heart area of the female skeleton and into his chest.
"B-but you...this woman ---"
As Loup pulled back his hand, he gently grabbed the body as he created a barrier around the fallen body, losing her support.
"Don't underestimate me, you bastard"
While Loup's deep voice was heard, his yellow eyes only looked at the skeleton in his arms.
"These flames are just parasites, I will not allow the woman I care about most to be tainted by such a thing"
As if Loup's words had sunk deeper, he spat out more blood from his mouth.
He lifted the lantern next to his hand towards his chest.
"I can't....I can't be defeated here.... God's power --"
The flames leapt up as if they had found new prey, all the flames were buried in the Necromancer's pierced chest
As a powerful aura suddenly emanated from him, Loup quickly jumped back, fearing that the corpse might be harmed more
As my Necromancer's cloak shattered, as hus body became skinnier, sickly lines covered his body
"hehehe--HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! With this power! I won!"
A few scales came out of his body
[Evil Dragon curse.....]
Just as Daniele was about to make move, the Necromancer turned to him.
"I know you! You're the [Lion King], right!?Now I will defeat you with this power, the power of God! Go ahead and use that useless Longinus of yours!"
[???]
Tsubaki was suddenly startled by the man's words.
The whole area went silent
Tsubaki's nervous gaze turned to Daniele, only to see him smiling brightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.
Tsubaki was sweating profusely
What, are you scared?! You think you're strong just because you have a Longinus that hits a little harder, huh!?"
Daniele's smile widened, his eyes becoming more shadowed.
If Griselda were here...she would be proud.
[Partner?]
Daniele just walked forward while remaining silent
He slowly walked in front of everyone
"Paisen?"
Lint stepped forward as she asked in surprise, a hand quickly grabbed her and pulled her back.
Lint quickly turned her head
" Miss Tsubaki !! What are you doing???"
Lint looked at Tsubaki in surprise
"Stay back for now, all three of you."
He also said while addressing Augustus and Loup
"Are you saying to leave Mr. Daniele behind?"
Augustus asked with a frown, the Pyro next to him glaring at her, echoing his host's emotions.
Tsubaki just looked at them with a helpless smile
"No, it's just..... We won't interfere while Daniele-san is venting his anger"
As if to prove Tsubaki's words, Daniele released Regulus Nemwa while even Loup looked at her in surprise.
As Regulus Nemea was lifted slightly back, a cut suddenly appeared in the ground in front of the four of them.
The meaning was clear
------Don't get involved
"Miss Tsubaki, has this happened before? "
Tsubaki shivered for a moment and recalled a few memories when Augustus asked her
Flashback
The Sitri Peerage, including their King, lay on the ground, panting and sweating, their clothes torn in various places.
Daniele, who had created a Light Spear right in front of them and was leaning on it, was looking at them with amusement.
"Come on, we still have a few more rounds~"
Daniele's voice caused Sona's eyebrows to twitch violently, while Tomoe couldn't hide her complaint any longer.
"No fair...at least...just use your Longinus!"
Daniele bowed his head at the words of the Sitri [Knight]
"Why?"
He asked with genuine curiosity in his voice.
Tomoe sat up with difficulty and looked at him.
"So... You use too many magic techniques...and we can't keep up with you....Longinus' relatively attack type, so it should be easier, right? "
Saji started to break out in a cold sweat as he looked at Tomoe in surprise.
As for Daniele... he just looked at her for a moment with a smile that made Tomoe shiver
".....Ok"
End of flashback
Even just remembering those memories, Tsubaki felt pain in various parts of her body.
"I don't want to talk about this"
But what Tsubaki didn't say was that Daniele's expression back then was 'friendly' compared to the face he makes now.
'Well, that Necromancer directly insulted it, Tomoe didn't even imply it... is it weird to pity the enemy?'
.......
Daniele was walking towards the Necromancer with Regulus Nemea in his hand
Ascalon had already been sent to the space storage
"Heh, so you're angry come on~ you know it's truth!"
Suddenly, skulls more powerful than before appeared around the Necromancer.
"Now see my ability, empowered by the flames of God---"
*Swishhh!*
The Necromancer's voice was cut off, not because he had a reason not to speak, no.
...Because his head was no longer on his shoulders
As his body hit the ground, flames suddenly burst out from his neck, which took blood, and pulled his head back into place.
He looked at Daniele in surprise.
He couldn't even see what just happened!!
He looked at Lion King calmly approaching in front of him and then looked at ----
"---Where are my skulls?"
When he turned his head he saw that the wall behind him was no longer there.
A single attack had ripped off the reinforced head, shattered the reinforced skull, and destroyed the wall.
As he felt a sudden chill, he finally realized that things were not that simple.
While grinding his teeth, he quickly raised his bone staff, silently muttering rapidly
As the staff glowed, intricate green magic circles appeared around it.
Disgusting green lights burst from magic circles
But these were directly blocked by the golden aura that appeared around Daniele.
This time he stabbed Staff into the ground while grinding his teeth.
The corpses suddenly reappeared with a disgusting green aura spreading over the area.
Unlike what you did with the blue flame, these zombies weren't that strong, but they were numerous.
...
"Will he be okay?"
Tsubaki nodded as Loup asked
"It would be better to worry about the other side"
......
They all jumped at Daniele at once
But before they could get too close, they were torn apart by the lightning-like golden force that appeared
A single shock destroyed them all
This wasn't Holy Power, or Mana Burst, or Ki, or anything else.
No, it was just the pure aura emanating from Longinus
The Skeleton Dragon that was resurrected during the spell also rose up in front of him in anger.
As it opened its mouth and breathed flames at Daniele, the flames were not stopped by Daniele's protective aura as they did not even make contact.
With a single swing from Regulus Nemea, the Skeleton Dragon was shattered to pieces, never to be put back together again.
All that remains of him is his bone cutlass.
The Necromancer opposite him took a step back, trembling.
"Y-you...why...but the power of god...that useless axe--"
Before he could finish his words, the left arm up to his head was cut off again.
But since it didn't hit the blue flame on his chest, the body was coming together.
"You really talk too much, huh?"
Daniele took a step closer as he said this
"You see, when I first went on a mission, I randomly unleashed Regulus' power and nearly destroyed a facility by mistake and—"
The Necromancer gritted his teeth and stabbed his staff into the ground, creating a skeletal barrier that protected him.
Daniele raised an eyebrow at the technique's similarities to a certain Uchiha skill.
"This staff is made from the bones of the Manticore, my new power, and with it even you---"
"Don't interrupt me"
*Crack*
The so-called shield shattered as Regulus Nemea's blade hit the top of the staff and shattered it as he was thrown to the right.
Even though the axe wasn't touching anything, the wind force was still moving straight ahead, tearing the ground apart while splitting another wall of the castle.
As the Necromancer became speechless, Daniele continued
"Where was I?? Oh yeah, after that I got scolded a lot by Griselda, even my payment was cut off! So I started using Regulus Nemea's destructive power in more intense .But this time I'll make an exception "
The aura has not diminished, instead, it has become much, much stronger.
As they spread around, they were breaking the ground, shaking the area they were in, creating cracks everywhere.
The whole town on the slope seemed to tremble
But none of them came close to where Tsubaki and the others were, they went right to where Daniele was pointing
A terrible pressure was emanating from Daniele, the pressure of a apex predator
The people most affected by this were Loup, a Lycanthrope, and Pyro, who was a relatively monstrous creature.
Where Daniele was now, there were golden eyes looking down on them.
"-------You have insulted my Longinus, my partner, my other half, you have belittled the name of Lion King, and for what, this foolish power? Oi , Don't mess with me...."
With Daniele's voice, the Necromancer fell on his ass as all body shook
Fear was taking over him, he turned around and tried to escape on all fours on the ground to escape the monster in front of him.
"----And you're not wrong Regulus Nemea, it really does hit particularly hard, so I'll let you taste it individually"
Daniele holds Regulus Nemea in his right hand and raises it to his left side
"----This is the strength that even surpasses Gods and Dragons "
And he swung---
.......
Gold
This is what Tsubaki, Loup, Lint and Augustus saw
A golden wave that shatters everything
Sending the Necromancer to his death before he even had a chance to scream
Move towards the sky while destroying the remaining parts of the Castle
And disperses all the clouds in the darkened sky and releases the moon behind it
-----a golden wave that destroys everything in its path
Daniele pov
"----This [Regulus Nemea]"
I grumbled as I took one last look at the sky.
I had a few lines
Girls, My family, those close to me, and of course my partner
That bastard went too far
[I thought you were going to stay behind to watch Lint and Augustus ]
I mentally shrugged at my partner as I focused on something else.
"Regulus, those flames....."
[So you noticed it too]
"It was impossible not to notice ,although her flames don't feel as disgusting as these, they are definitely the same species, not to mention the same Dragon smell"
It's true I've encountered these flames before, even if they don't have the ability to raise the dead.
"This is undoubtedly the same as the flames of Lilebette"
I was referring to the blonde in Kuoh Junior
[Probably, the person who gave this man the flame is the same or related to the person who cursed her. ]
As I headed towards where the man had dropped his lantern, I reached out and picked it up.
"But then why did he keep saying god, it's obviously a Dragon Aura????"
Gods and Dragons are definitely two different things!
[Dragons were worshipped as some sort of God by many groups, so it shouldn't be too strange.]
I finally decided to listen to Regulus' words as I sighed.
So in the end he was more experienced in life than me, even if I lived two lives (I have memories so it counts) it's not even close to Regulus's.
As I threw the Lantern into my space storage to show it to Michael later, my gaze fell on the sword the Skeleton Dragon had left behind.
Wait I think the right word is cutlass... whatever
I threw it in my space storage too
Via loves this stuff
When I turned around, I saw four people and a dinosaur looking at me with astonishment and disbelief.
...what????
"What?"
They seemed startled by my words.
"A-ah, nothing, just paisen.... your axe is amazing"
Lint gave a thumbs up
I raised an eyebrow at her
This girl.....she has taste
"Yes I know"
I said as I reached out and patted his shoulder, for some reason the other three were giving me mocking looks, seriously why????
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"Daniele-san, was it okay to destroy the entire castle, I mean.....civilians?"
On Tsubaki's question, I told her not to worry.
"Don't worry, every civilian in the castle is safe, look"
When they looked at where I pointed with my head, Bester came out of my shadow, bringing with him a large number of unconscious, tied figures.
"That guy was probably planning to use them after us, but can't do this anymore "
I had sent Bester to take all the hostages during the war, so it was relatively relaxing
"Bester-chan is awesome!"
Lint of course ran over and patted my proud familiar on the head
Unsurprisingly, Bester was pleased that the black-and-white-haired girl petted him as he leaned into her touch.
"Paisen, paisen, give me Bester!"
"Nope!"
"Booo~~ but why! Both four eyes and you have partners by your side"
"Who the hell is Four Eyes!!?"
Lint looked at Augustus as he snapped
"Poof"
She let out an exaggerated breath as she turned her head with a smile
"You!!!!"
Just as Augustus was about to lunge at Lint to start an argument, I reached out and patted his shoulder.
"Don't waste it, this naughty brat just wants to tease you"
Augustus' eyebrows twitched as he pushed his glasses up and growled.
"By the way, Mr. Daniele, how are we going to fix this place? "
Augustus asked as he surveyed the surroundings
If we were to wake people up, of course we had to put everything back to the way it was and erase the negative memories.
I looked around
Almost destroyed ancient castle, a cultural treasure in a way, must be extremely expensive
"......."
I took out my phone and selected my destination from speed dial.
[Dany? Problem with the mission?]
"Nah, we got it Griselda, no problem. Just.... can you send the cleaning crew, I'm sending the location "
[...]
Yes, let's put this burden on others.
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Père Lachaise Cemetery
Even though I had taken care of the other side, unfortunately there was no escape this time.
Under Adelaide's watchful gaze, we gently lifted the bodies with magic and placed them in their places according to the directions of the cemetery's guardian.
As soon as we put them in the ground, the ground swallowed their coffins as if they had come to life....okay, scary!!!!
Even though we used magic, it took longer than we thought, it was already past midnight.
"Aren't you going to bury that?"
I asked as Loup pointed to the coffin flying next to him
The previous ones had placed the skeleton in a rather luxurious looking coffin
Loup shook his head in denial.
"This... this is not right place "
"By the way, whose body is that?Your lover?"
Lint raised her hand and asked a very intimate question....
This girl is seriously----
"My mother"
Ugh, Loup's answer hit harder than I expected
Lint looks similar because she had a guilty look on her face
"I-I'm sorry"
"Don't worry, it's been a while actually"
He instinctively reached out and caressed the luxurious coffin as he slowly began his story.
"My mother was a human magician, My father was a relatively rare grey Lycanthrope,he is also the leader of his own pack which gave me a strong body and magical abilities from both my father and mother. Unfortunately, my mother died of natural causes when I was 4 years old. When I visited her grave a few days ago, I saw that her grave was empty...that bastard had taken my mother's body from her grave "
When Loup spoke of the Necromancer, the hatred in his voice seemed to take physical form.
"While my father was conducting research on his own side, I made a deal with Sona Sitri, who I had been in contact with at the time, essentially to use her resources. "
Loup looked at Tsubaki and nodded gratefully.
"So let's start the payment process now"
Loup's words were met by Tsubaki, who had a smile on her face.
"You might want to talk to Sona-kaichou directly"
Adelaïde appeared next to us as Loup nodded
"Thanks"
We smiled at the little girl (the oldest person here) as she bowed slightly in gratitude.
........
"Thank you for everything"
Loup said as he shook my hand
"Of course, we will meet with you in the future after all"
I grinned while Loup gave a confused look.
Ohoho~~ He has no idea what he's going to experience~~ My new training candidate (toy)
Tsubaki just looked at Loup with a bitter smile
I finally exhaled as the two separated.
Well, at least I learned something that wasn't explained in canon, so that's how Loup joined
"Would you like to stay?"
Adelaïde suddenly appeared behind me and asked
Me, Lint and Augustus looked at each other for a second.
"""No thanks!!!!"""
Whatever...it's so creepy!!!!
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We didn't go straight to the Church for Lint and Augustus, but instead stopped in a grassy area.
"Mr. Daniele? Why are we here?"
I took off my jacket before answering Augustus' question
"You see, the purpose of this mission was mainly to see your talent, you did pretty well but it wasn't detailed enough because of a few extra elements. "
"Because Paisen had a nervous breakdown"
Lint quickly replied with her hands behind her head, of course I ignored her
"So I have a better idea"
I opened my arms as I turned to them
"Fight with me, I won't use Longinus, impress me"
"What if we don't succeed?"
Augustus asked
"I'll kick you back to the academy----"
Third person pov
Before Daniele could finish his sentence, Lint pulled out an exorcist gun and fired
Daniele quickly ducked his head
"I didn't say start~"
"You Didn't Say 'Don't Start'"
Augustus said as he shot with his rifle
*Slip*
Daniele reflected the attack to the left with the magic circle that appeared in front of him
But he quickly jumped in front of him, raising his hand to block the knee that was flying towards his face.
Lint, whose attack was blocked, took advantage of the situation without any hesitation and quickly did a somersault behind Daniele
As soon as she landed on the ground, she swung the light sword that appeared in her hand.
A light barrier appeared, protecting Daniele without making contact
Lint leaned back and kicked her foot up as Daniele swung his arm
He grabbed her foot to block the light blade coming out of her shoe
At that moment, he quickly raised his right hand to block the Pyro coming from the left.
The impact shattered the ground beneath Daniele as it hit
Lint used her other hand to support herself on the ground and kicked him in the face with her other foot.
A second barrier appeared to block the kick
At that moment, he turned his head as he felt a sliding sound behind him.
A rifle barrel appeared right in front of his face
But the barrel was vertical instead of horizontal, and a second magazine was installed
The supercharged bullet was sent, piercing the light barrier protecting Daniele
Quickly bowing his head, Lion King became unstable for a moment
"Now Pyro!"
At his Host's words, Pyro opened his mouth and sent a lava ball the same size as himself towards Daniele.
Daniele quickly let go of Lint, catching the lava ball that came to him but he slid backwards due to the force.
"No bad"
He suffered minor burns on his hands as he gripped it tightly with both hands and tore it apart.
Lint swung the light swords in
As the ground shattered, Daniele used the small light axes that appeared in both hands.
Lint swung the swords in both hands, while Daniele blocked with minimal movements
He forced Lint into the open as he held out his arms with two axes
Spinning around, Daniele threw a kick and Lint flew back
35 spheres of lightning appeared around Daniele as Augustus quickly caught up with the girl with the two-toned hair
†Magic Arrows, Series of Lightning†
The Spheres instantly turned into arrows, while lightning bolts flew into two humans and a dinosaur.
*Boom!!!*
As the bullets hit them non-stop, Pyro's figure suddenly jumped out of the smoke.
But on his back stood both Augustus and Lint
The scene reminded Daniele of a red plumber riding a green dinosaur
'It could be the best Sacred Gear '
[Oi!?]
Augustus sent supercharged light projectiles and fireballs from Pyro's mouth
Lint ran and jumped while praying
He progressed faster while becoming physically stronger with prayers
Daniele allowed the axes to expand to block the attacks coming to him.
The two axes transform into giant double-sided axes while smashing attacks with a swing
As Lint attacked below, she swung two swords upwards.
If the swords had come into contact at full power, the axe would have been blown from his hand.
But before the axe and sword could touch, the axes suddenly disappeared.
"Don't underestimate me little girl"
Lint's dual swords passed in front of Daniele's face, tearing out several strands of hair
But Daniele's hand kept hitting Lint in the head, knocking her unconscious
Then Touki roared around him as he looked at Augustus coming from the opposite direction.
Suddenly, Daniele was thrown forward with force as he hit the ground hard.
The last thing Augustus felt was a fist hitting his stomach, sending him into darkness.
Pyro also unfortunately returned to his host's soul
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Daniele pov
While I was looking at the two unconscious people, I looked at the sun that was starting to rise.
[Didn't you go a little too far? ]
"Well, even so, I'm happy with the result, these two can take down the High-Class Devil"
[I agree, these two have decent potential]
Then I threw them both on the bed while getting sheets and bedding out of my space storage
...I'm not that evil, their backs hurt afterward
As for me, I sat on the floor and took a caramel iced coffee from my space tank.
I lay down on Regulus' soft mane that appeared behind me and watched the view while petting the chibi Bester in my lap.
....It was amazing
..........
"Arg! My head!"
" Shut up Lint, my stomach...my stomach hurts "
When the two woke up a few hours later, the scene in front of them was... quite strange
Or maybe it must have been that way for them, after all I was wearing sunglasses and relaxing with a sun lounger behind me.
Bester and Regulus also had their own sun loungers
We're relaxing~~
"Paisen....you...you....you demon!!! Why do you always hit my head!"
Lint jumped to her feet in anger
"Mr. Daniele, I too wonder why I was hit in the stomach!"
Augustus was not left behind
Well, I turned my head towards them as I sipped my fifth coffee.
"I wanted to"
The two of them gave me dry stares while doing something resembling an anime falling effect.
Augustus pushed his glasses away with a look of despair
"At least...we passed?"
"Hmm, ah you were already past that, this fight was mainly for my personal enjoyment"
They both looked at me with their eyebrows twitching
"So, was it a lie that you said you would send us back?"
I grinned at Lint's question.
"No, being one of Heaven's two [Jokers] gives you a surprising amount of political power .I could briefly kick you back but of course I won't "
While the two of them took a deep breath, I slowly stood up.
[Well, it was fun ]
Regulus said as he returned to my soul
"Gowl~"
Bester turned to my shadow while rubbing his head on my leg
I took off my sunglasses while stretching a little.
"Okay...who wants breakfast?"
The two youngster looked at each other for a moment, then both raised their hands.
Let's go then
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Italy - Rome
We were looking for a place while walking
"How about there?"
I took a critical look at the place while Lint pointed out a place
"Maybe, let's see ----"
I stopped suddenly
My gaze turned to a certain restaurant
".....I think we should go there"
"Is there something special about that place?"
I shrugged as Lint asked
"Just follow me"
I walked towards the restaurant
[Why is that guy here?]
........
When entering a restaurant with pleasant smells, there were many people inside, such a crowd despite the early hours of the morning showed the popularity of the place.
"Welcome, how many of you are there?"
A uniformed woman with a kind smile came
"Oh, we came to meet someone"
My gaze fell on a certain table
When he pointed there, the woman nodded.
"I'll bring you menus right away."
I walked to the table despite Lint and Augustus giving me strange looks as he left.
While I was sitting, they both sat next to me.
I looked calmly at the person across the table who was looking at the menu and hiding his face behind it.
"It's a pretty strange coincidence "
"Is that so? You're spreading your presence non-stop on the street I'm passing through right when my mission ends... We both know this is no coincidence."
The other person finally lowered their menu
His brown hair was as well-groomed as ever, his clothes were just a style of jeans and shirt instead of the Greek-based armor and gakuran he had worn before.
"Why are you here, Perseus?"
The person in front of me is a member of the [Hero Faction], Perseus.
The moment I mentioned his name, Lint and Augustus wanted to revolt
"Both of you, sit down and don't cause trouble while civilians are around. "
""But paisen !/ mr. Daniele!""
"As I said, it's okay, even if he tries to do something, I can handle it easily"
"Hey, can you at least not act like I'm not here?"
I shrugged as Perseus spoke in a dry tone.
"This is the truth"
"So how will you stop me if I decide to take action?"
"With Plan B"
"""Plan B?"""
As all three of them looked at each other in surprise, I pointed under the table.
Lint and Augustus looked at each other and then quickly ducked under the table
Perseus looked down with curiosity.
I grinned when I saw him flinch.
As for what is under the table....
"By the way, 'B' is Bester's 'B'"
Bester Chibi, standing under the table
"Paisen?"
"No, Lint, you can't take Bester?"
"Tsk!"