Chapter 264
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Chapter 264:
I immediately tore open a hole in reality and walked right to where Yasaka was. She didn't even flinch or react to my actions, clearly she expected my sudden intrusion.
"What happened?" I skipped the small talk, the banter, and the flirting and jumped straight to the point. I had this bout of anxiety in my chest that demanded an answer.
Yasaka grimaced slightly, letting out a sigh. "I don't know much. The only official response from the devils is that Lady Gremory and Millicas – Lucifer's son, had gone missing. There are lots of rumors and hearsay that accompany it."
"And that's a complete bullshit answer." I snorted.
"Without a doubt." Yasaka didn't deny it. "It makes them sound more in control than saying that they were kidnapped or taken. There are several rumors, some ranging wildly from Hades being the one who ordered it, to the Angels. The more sane ones tend to point towards the Old Satan Faction like I said before."
I couldn't help myself and started pacing around the room.
"Wilhelm, are you okay?" There was a hint of concern in her voice. "You seem oddly invested for not even knowing them, especially after.....everything."
"I know it's weird." I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "It's just...for the first time I've really thought about the fact that I have a half-brother. I knew about him, even when Okita mentioned him before, but I guess it really sunk in at this point. He simply existed before, now....it's like he's real to me and....." I stopped my pacing, looking at her. "He's Kunou's age...."
I's probably projecting Kunou's own situation onto him as well, which didn't help matters.
Her eyes softened considerably. "The rumors about the Old Satan Faction are more or less verified in my eyes. The fact that many of their.....holdings have been utterly demolished in the last few hours speaks volumes on how the Satan's are seeing things."
"Should I even do anything?" I asked, wanting some advice. Was it appropriate for me to meddle in this mess again?
"Politically, probably not. Morally and realistically.....well, I think you're a good man and will help out just because you can." Yasaka replied with a smile. "You're the same man who saved our Kunou, who helped out my people when they were in trouble."
"So, what do we know?" I pulled up a seat on the other side of her desk.
"Surprisingly, much more than the Devils do." Yasaka smirked. "I've gotten quite a bit of information out of our prisoners. The Hero Faction was a sub-faction under the umbrella of a faction known as the 'Khaos Brigade'. And that's Khaos with a 'K'."
I ran my hand down my face. "So stupid."
"I know." Yasaka sighed.
"I think I remember a few things about them. A mix of Devils and others that wanted war or something?" I was thinking about my inherited memories. While fractured in some places, they did provide some context for a suprising amount of things. "Which means the Old Satan Faction."
"Right on the money." Yasaka nodded. "Old Satan Faction is one of the pillars of the group, or so I'm told. And the Devils should be more or less in the dark about them currently, so they're looking in all the wrong places."
"The Dimensional Gap." I breathed out. "I vaguely remember their bases being located there."
"You're right once again. The Hero Faction also had their base in the Dimensional Gap, and they knew the location of one of the other faction's bases that they interacted with."
"Unlikely that this specific base will be the one out of many that they tossed their prisoners in." I leaned back in my seat. "And despite how idiotic they seem on the surface, the fact that the hero Faction only knows collectively about one other base means there's likely a suppression on information even among their own numbers." I tapped on her desk, thinking about my best course of action.
"All valid concerns. But there's a simple method that's presenting itself." The corners of Yasaka's lips curled up.
"I've always subscribed to the idea that the simplest methods are usually the correct ones." I matched her smirk. "There has to be someone at the base who knows something, or another base somewhere else. So that leaves me with the most direct and simplest method of all."
"Keep knocking them down until you find Lady Gremory and her Grandson?"
"Bingo." I snapped my fingers.
"I don't think I need to say it, but I will just because I care and worry about you. Please be careful of that Dragon that has made the Dimensional Gap its home..."
"Yeah." I grimaced. "Going to stay away from the big fuck-off dragon that is conceptually made up of humanities dreams. As interesting as it would be to meet such an entity, I'd rather stay far away, unless Meridia is in slapping distance."
That dragon was fucking terrifying, even as reality defying amalgamation of fuck you I am now. I could maybe survive a hostile encounter with it if I didn't depend on my Magic to run away immediately. And even then, to what extent could its abilities reach? Does its dream aspect mean it can access the Kaleidoscope if it wished?
That's not a question I want answered when a Dragon that can destroy the planet is chasing after me.
Definitely staying far away from that thing.
Thankfully, it seemed content to just keep to its own little part of the Dimensional Gap. The space that exists around all dimensions tied to this world. Sorta like a buffer for all the attached realms like Olympus, Takamagahara, Asgard, and even the various underworlds. It could be looked at like the ocean with each 'realm' acting as a land mass to put it into perspective.
"So you have the coordinates?" I finally asked.
"Yeah, you forgot my sword." I smiled towards him as Dawnbreaker flew out of my ring and pierced right into his heart.
The other one, the one who had been silent nearby, his eyes widened as he tried to gather his Demonic Power to actualize a spell.
"Don't worry, I got plenty to share." My other swords flashed out at all angles, running him through, the one through the lung caused a spray of blood out of his mouth when he gave a half cough half death rattle.
Never even heard a single word from start to finish.
"Now lets see..." I walked up to the spear-wielder's now lifeless body and rummaged through his clothes. "Ah hah!" I took out a little Talisman-like device and crushed it. "Figured they'd have some way to remotely trigger any magical alarms."
I didn't spare the two Devils I just killed a second glance. Stepping over their bodies, I entered the building that could be mistaken for a fortress. And lucky for me, it was big enough that they labeled where each hallway went to.
'Labs' sounded like an important place, lets start there~
***
There was a.... noticeable lack of bodies left in my wake. I was almost disappointed as I reached the 'labs'. While extremely large and robust, this building was sparsely populated, and I thought there wasn't much emphasis put on this specific one.
At this point, I didn't care if any alarms sounded as enough time had passed. I could feel through the link that Sir Wiggles had performed his job admirably, so no one was running away anymore.
Regardless, I pushed open the doors and walked inside. A single man turned towards me, a white lab coat on him. He turned his nose up, looking down on me immediately. "Finally!" he threw his hands up. "I've been calling for an assistant for an hour! Do you Neanderthals not understand that I'm at a critical point in my research? No, of course you don't." He scoffed. "Well, did you bring my next batch of test materials or not?"
I looked around his lab, and there were a significant amount of body parts propped up everywhere. And most noticeable were a few large tubes that looked to be growing some sort of creatures inside.
"Great, an idiot." He groaned. "Do.You.Not.Understand.My.Words?" He repeated with a scowl on his face.
"Interesting work you're doing." I rubbed my chin. "Creating chimeras using the process to make Homunculi. But it seems like you haven't figured out the conceptual repulsion between various species yet. Though you're on the right path using Humans." I pointed at a specific one in a test tube.
"W-what?" He blinked
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"You....understand my work?" He still seemed surprised.
"Of course, it's not that difficult." I rolled my eyes.
"Not that difficult!?" His face turned red. "Do you not see what I'm trying to achieve here!?"
"Oh I see." I nodded. "However, I noticed one particular problem."
"Please, as if I would create any mistakes."
"Admittedly, it's not a problem others may see. But it's certainly one I find issue with."
"And enlighten me, what 'problem' have you discovered."
"Well....." I raised my hand up, pointing back towards one of his tests. "That one right there, about the size of an infant, yeah?"
"Yes, what about it?
"Body parts need to be removed from living beings for them to be most effective." I hummed, looking around the room once more. "And I absolutely despise when people use children for things like this." My face darkened considerably.
He opened his mouth, about to speak, but my hand clamped over it. "I never did catch your name."
"Mmmmffmmmfm!" He garbled something.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter." I flicked my hand, lightning discharging towards the various devices around the room, causing them to short out or otherwise rupture. "Don't worry, I just want to have a little chat."
***
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Chapter 264:
I immediately tore open a hole in reality and walked right to where Yasaka was. She didn't even flinch or react to my actions, clearly she expected my sudden intrusion.
"What happened?" I skipped the small talk, the banter, and the flirting and jumped straight to the point. I had this bout of anxiety in my chest that demanded an answer.
Yasaka grimaced slightly, letting out a sigh. "I don't know much. The only official response from the devils is that Lady Gremory and Millicas – Lucifer's son, had gone missing. There are lots of rumors and hearsay that accompany it."
"And that's a complete bullshit answer." I snorted.
"Without a doubt." Yasaka didn't deny it. "It makes them sound more in control than saying that they were kidnapped or taken. There are several rumors, some ranging wildly from Hades being the one who ordered it, to the Angels. The more sane ones tend to point towards the Old Satan Faction like I said before."
I couldn't help myself and started pacing around the room.
"Wilhelm, are you okay?" There was a hint of concern in her voice. "You seem oddly invested for not even knowing them, especially after.....everything."
"I know it's weird." I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "It's just...for the first time I've really thought about the fact that I have a half-brother. I knew about him, even when Okita mentioned him before, but I guess it really sunk in at this point. He simply existed before, now....it's like he's real to me and....." I stopped my pacing, looking at her. "He's Kunou's age...."
I's probably projecting Kunou's own situation onto him as well, which didn't help matters.
Her eyes softened considerably. "The rumors about the Old Satan Faction are more or less verified in my eyes. The fact that many of their.....holdings have been utterly demolished in the last few hours speaks volumes on how the Satan's are seeing things."
"Should I even do anything?" I asked, wanting some advice. Was it appropriate for me to meddle in this mess again?
"Politically, probably not. Morally and realistically.....well, I think you're a good man and will help out just because you can." Yasaka replied with a smile. "You're the same man who saved our Kunou, who helped out my people when they were in trouble."
"So, what do we know?" I pulled up a seat on the other side of her desk.
"Surprisingly, much more than the Devils do." Yasaka smirked. "I've gotten quite a bit of information out of our prisoners. The Hero Faction was a sub-faction under the umbrella of a faction known as the 'Khaos Brigade'. And that's Khaos with a 'K'."
I ran my hand down my face. "So stupid."
"I know." Yasaka sighed.
"I think I remember a few things about them. A mix of Devils and others that wanted war or something?" I was thinking about my inherited memories. While fractured in some places, they did provide some context for a suprising amount of things. "Which means the Old Satan Faction."
"Right on the money." Yasaka nodded. "Old Satan Faction is one of the pillars of the group, or so I'm told. And the Devils should be more or less in the dark about them currently, so they're looking in all the wrong places."
"The Dimensional Gap." I breathed out. "I vaguely remember their bases being located there."
"You're right once again. The Hero Faction also had their base in the Dimensional Gap, and they knew the location of one of the other faction's bases that they interacted with."
"Unlikely that this specific base will be the one out of many that they tossed their prisoners in." I leaned back in my seat. "And despite how idiotic they seem on the surface, the fact that the hero Faction only knows collectively about one other base means there's likely a suppression on information even among their own numbers." I tapped on her desk, thinking about my best course of action.
"All valid concerns. But there's a simple method that's presenting itself." The corners of Yasaka's lips curled up.
"I've always subscribed to the idea that the simplest methods are usually the correct ones." I matched her smirk. "There has to be someone at the base who knows something, or another base somewhere else. So that leaves me with the most direct and simplest method of all."
"Keep knocking them down until you find Lady Gremory and her Grandson?"
"Bingo." I snapped my fingers.
"I don't think I need to say it, but I will just because I care and worry about you. Please be careful of that Dragon that has made the Dimensional Gap its home..."
"Yeah." I grimaced. "Going to stay away from the big fuck-off dragon that is conceptually made up of humanities dreams. As interesting as it would be to meet such an entity, I'd rather stay far away, unless Meridia is in slapping distance."
That dragon was fucking terrifying, even as reality defying amalgamation of fuck you I am now. I could maybe survive a hostile encounter with it if I didn't depend on my Magic to run away immediately. And even then, to what extent could its abilities reach? Does its dream aspect mean it can access the Kaleidoscope if it wished?
That's not a question I want answered when a Dragon that can destroy the planet is chasing after me.
Definitely staying far away from that thing.
Thankfully, it seemed content to just keep to its own little part of the Dimensional Gap. The space that exists around all dimensions tied to this world. Sorta like a buffer for all the attached realms like Olympus, Takamagahara, Asgard, and even the various underworlds. It could be looked at like the ocean with each 'realm' acting as a land mass to put it into perspective.
"So you have the coordinates?" I finally asked.
"Yeah, you forgot my sword." I smiled towards him as Dawnbreaker flew out of my ring and pierced right into his heart.
The other one, the one who had been silent nearby, his eyes widened as he tried to gather his Demonic Power to actualize a spell.
"Don't worry, I got plenty to share." My other swords flashed out at all angles, running him through, the one through the lung caused a spray of blood out of his mouth when he gave a half cough half death rattle.
Never even heard a single word from start to finish.
"Now lets see..." I walked up to the spear-wielder's now lifeless body and rummaged through his clothes. "Ah hah!" I took out a little Talisman-like device and crushed it. "Figured they'd have some way to remotely trigger any magical alarms."
I didn't spare the two Devils I just killed a second glance. Stepping over their bodies, I entered the building that could be mistaken for a fortress. And lucky for me, it was big enough that they labeled where each hallway went to.
'Labs' sounded like an important place, lets start there~
***
There was a.... noticeable lack of bodies left in my wake. I was almost disappointed as I reached the 'labs'. While extremely large and robust, this building was sparsely populated, and I thought there wasn't much emphasis put on this specific one.
At this point, I didn't care if any alarms sounded as enough time had passed. I could feel through the link that Sir Wiggles had performed his job admirably, so no one was running away anymore.
Regardless, I pushed open the doors and walked inside. A single man turned towards me, a white lab coat on him. He turned his nose up, looking down on me immediately. "Finally!" he threw his hands up. "I've been calling for an assistant for an hour! Do you Neanderthals not understand that I'm at a critical point in my research? No, of course you don't." He scoffed. "Well, did you bring my next batch of test materials or not?"
I looked around his lab, and there were a significant amount of body parts propped up everywhere. And most noticeable were a few large tubes that looked to be growing some sort of creatures inside.
"Great, an idiot." He groaned. "Do.You.Not.Understand.My.Words?" He repeated with a scowl on his face.
"Interesting work you're doing." I rubbed my chin. "Creating chimeras using the process to make Homunculi. But it seems like you haven't figured out the conceptual repulsion between various species yet. Though you're on the right path using Humans." I pointed at a specific one in a test tube.
"W-what?" He blinked
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"You....understand my work?" He still seemed surprised.
"Of course, it's not that difficult." I rolled my eyes.
"Not that difficult!?" His face turned red. "Do you not see what I'm trying to achieve here!?"
"Oh I see." I nodded. "However, I noticed one particular problem."
"Please, as if I would create any mistakes."
"Admittedly, it's not a problem others may see. But it's certainly one I find issue with."
"And enlighten me, what 'problem' have you discovered."
"Well....." I raised my hand up, pointing back towards one of his tests. "That one right there, about the size of an infant, yeah?"
"Yes, what about it?
"Body parts need to be removed from living beings for them to be most effective." I hummed, looking around the room once more. "And I absolutely despise when people use children for things like this." My face darkened considerably.
He opened his mouth, about to speak, but my hand clamped over it. "I never did catch your name."
"Mmmmffmmmfm!" He garbled something.
"Oh well, it doesn't matter." I flicked my hand, lightning discharging towards the various devices around the room, causing them to short out or otherwise rupture. "Don't worry, I just want to have a little chat."
***
Second Chapter, making up for missing Friday.
If you want to read 7 chapters ahead or support me, visit my /astoryforone
Chapter 264:I immediately tore open a hole in reality and walked right to where Yasaka was. She didn't even flinch or react to my actions, clearly she expected my sudden intrusion. "What happened?" I skipped the small talk, the banter, and the flirting and jumped straight to the point. I had this bout of anxiety in my chest that demanded an answer. Yasaka grimaced slightly, letting out a sigh. "I don't know much. The only official response from the devils is that Lady Gremory and Millicas Lucifer's son, had gone missing. There are lots of rumors and hearsay that accompany it." "And that's a complete bullshit answer." I snorted. "Without a doubt." Yasaka didn't deny it. "It makes them sound more in control than saying that they were kidnapped or taken. There are several rumors, some ranging wildly from Hades being the one who ordered it, to the Angels. The more sane ones tend to point towards the Old Satan Faction like I said before." I couldn't help myself and started pacing around the room. "Wilhelm, are you okay?" There was a hint of concern in her voice. "You seem oddly invested for not even knowing them, especially after.....everything." "I know it's weird." I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "It's just...for the first time I've really thought about the fact that I have a half-brother. I knew about him, even when Okita mentioned him before, but I guess it really sunk in at this point. He simply existed before, now....it's like he's real to me and....." I stopped my pacing, looking at her. "He's Kunou's age...." I's probably projecting Kunou's own situation onto him as well, which didn't help matters. Her eyes softened considerably. "The rumors about the Old Satan Faction are more or less verified in my eyes. The fact that many of their.....holdings have been utterly demolished in the last few hours speaks volumes on how the Satan's are seeing things." "Should I even do anything?" I asked, wanting some advice. Was it appropriate for me to meddle in this mess again? "Politically, probably not. Morally and realistically.....well, I think you're a good man and will help out just because you can." Yasaka replied with a smile. "You're the same man who saved our Kunou, who helped out my people when they were in trouble." "So, what do we know?" I pulled up a seat on the other side of her desk. "Surprisingly, much more than the Devils do." Yasaka smirked. "I've gotten quite a bit of information out of our prisoners. The Hero Faction was a sub-faction under the umbrella of a faction known as the 'Khaos Brigade'. And that's Khaos with a 'K'." I ran my hand down my face. "So stupid." "I know." Yasaka sighed. "I think I remember a few things about them. A mix of Devils and others that wanted war or something?" I was thinking about my inherited memories. While fractured in some places, they did provide some context for a suprising amount of things. "Which means the Old Satan Faction." "Right on the money." Yasaka nodded. "Old Satan Faction is one of the pillars of the group, or so I'm told. And the Devils should be more or less in the dark about them currently, so they're looking in all the wrong places." "The Dimensional Gap." I breathed out. "I vaguely remember their bases being located there." "You're right once again. The Hero Faction also had their base in the Dimensional Gap, and they knew the location of one of the other faction's bases that they interacted with." "Unlikely that this specific base will be the one out of many that they tossed their prisoners in." I leaned back in my seat. "And despite how idiotic they seem on the surface, the fact that the hero Faction only knows collectively about one other base means there's likely a suppression on information even among their own numbers." I tapped on her desk, thinking about my best course of action. "All valid concerns. But there's a simple method that's presenting itself." The corners of Yasaka's lips curled up. "I've always subscribed to the idea that the simplest methods are usually the correct ones." I matched her smirk. "There has to be someone at the base who knows something, or another base somewhere else. So that leaves me with the most direct and simplest method of all." "Keep knocking them down until you find Lady Gremory and her Grandson?" "Bingo." I snapped my fingers. "I don't think I need to say it, but I will just because I care and worry about you. Please be careful of that Dragon that has made the Dimensional Gap its home..." "Yeah." I grimaced. "Going to stay away from the big fuck-off dragon that is conceptually made up of humanities dreams. As interesting as it would be to meet such an entity, I'd rather stay far away, unless Meridia is in slapping distance." That dragon was fucking terrifying, even as reality defying amalgamation of fuck you I am now. I could maybe survive a hostile encounter with it if I didn't depend on my Magic to run away immediately. And even then, to what extent could its abilities reach? Does its dream aspect mean it can access the Kaleidoscope if it wished? That's not a question I want answered when a Dragon that can destroy the planet is chasing after me. Definitely staying far away from that thing. Thankfully, it seemed content to just keep to its own little part of the Dimensional Gap. The space that exists around all dimensions tied to this world. Sorta like a buffer for all the attached realms like Olympus, Takamagahara, Asgard, and even the various underworlds. It could be looked at like the ocean with each 'realm' acting as a land mass to put it into perspective. "So you have the coordinates?" I finally asked. "Yeah, you forgot my sword." I smiled towards him as Dawnbreaker flew out of my ring and pierced right into his heart. The other one, the one who had been silent nearby, his eyes widened as he tried to gather his Demonic Power to actualize a spell. "Don't worry, I got plenty to share." My other swords flashed out at all angles, running him through, the one through the lung caused a spray of blood out of his mouth when he gave a half cough half death rattle. Never even heard a single word from start to finish. "Now lets see..." I walked up to the spear-wielder's now lifeless body and rummaged through his clothes. "Ah hah!" I took out a little Talisman-like device and crushed it. "Figured they'd have some way to remotely trigger any magical alarms." I didn't spare the two Devils I just killed a second glance. Stepping over their bodies, I entered the building that could be mistaken for a fortress. And lucky for me, it was big enough that they labeled where each hallway went to. 'Labs' sounded like an important place, lets start there~ *** There was a.... noticeable lack of bodies left in my wake. I was almost disappointed as I reached the 'labs'. While extremely large and robust, this building was sparsely populated, and I thought there wasn't much emphasis put on this specific one. At this point, I didn't care if any alarms sounded as enough time had passed. I could feel through the link that Sir Wiggles had performed his job admirably, so no one was running away anymore. Regardless, I pushed open the doors and walked inside. A single man turned towards me, a white lab coat on him. He turned his nose up, looking down on me immediately. "Finally!" he threw his hands up. "I've been calling for an assistant for an hour! Do you Neanderthals not understand that I'm at a critical point in my research? No, of course you don't." He scoffed. "Well, did you bring my next batch of test materials or not?" I looked around his lab, and there were a significant amount of body parts propped up everywhere. And most noticeable were a few large tubes that looked to be growing some sort of creatures inside. "Great, an idiot." He groaned. "Do.You.Not.Understand.My.Words?" He repeated with a scowl on his face. "Interesting work you're doing." I rubbed my chin. "Creating chimeras using the process to make Homunculi. But it seems like you haven't figured out the conceptual repulsion between various species yet. Though you're on the right path using Humans." I pointed at a specific one in a test tube. "W-what?" He blinked "Something wrong?" I asked. "You....understand my work?" He still seemed surprised. "Of course, it's not that difficult." I rolled my eyes. "Not that difficult!?" His face turned red. "Do you not see what I'm trying to achieve here!?" "Oh I see." I nodded. "However, I noticed one particular problem." "Please, as if I would create any mistakes." "Admittedly, it's not a problem others may see. But it's certainly one I find issue with." "And enlighten me, what 'problem' have you discovered." "Well....." I raised my hand up, pointing back towards one of his tests. "That one right there, about the size of an infant, yeah?" "Yes, what about it? "Body parts need to be removed from living beings for them to be most effective." I hummed, looking around the room once more. "And I absolutely despise when people use children for things like this." My face darkened considerably. He opened his mouth, about to speak, but my hand clamped over it. "I never did catch your name." "Mmmmffmmmfm!" He garbled something. "Oh well, it doesn't matter." I flicked my hand, lightning discharging towards the various devices around the room, causing them to short out or otherwise rupture. "Don't worry, I just want to have a little chat." *** Second Chapter, making up for missing Friday. If you want to read 7 chapters ahead or support me, visit my /astoryforone
