Chapter 2: Cheapter 1
Location: Lucifer's office.
Time: Tree Hours after Nero escapes from prison.
Lucifer, the current devil lord and brother of Rias. He receives audiences, Lord Phoenix visited him to establish future marketing plans. For which he must obtain official permission from Lucifer.
Just as Lord Phoenix finishes explaining his marketing plan. The entrance door to the office opens with quite a lot of force. And a guard bursts inside, his armor badly damaged. Breastplate ... part of the breastplate under the neck has been melted and stuck permanently to the skin. The guard's helmet was completely melted, and it now looked as if the guard had poured a thick steel fluid over his head. The guard's face itself was half burned, exactly half. His face resembles the Two Faces of DC. But much worse because the hot metal damaged most of his upper body.
(Injured Guard)-My Lord... Lord...Phoenix....He....he...
As soon as Sirzechs Lucifer and Lord Phoenix broke their shock after seeing the prison guard in a miserable condition. Lord Phoenix rushed to the guard and poured phoenix tears into his mouth.
(Lord Phoenix)-Relax .... Drink it ...
As soon as the ranger swallowed the Phoenix tear, the wounds on his body began to regenerate and after a few seconds the ranger looked much better. I mean, his face has been repaired, leaving only a scar across the center of his face. But despite the healing of the wounds, the molten metal remained in the body, and the guard must undergo surgery to fully recover. But now at least she can stand and speak normally.
(Sirzechs)-Now tell me what happened.-he said, kneeling on one knee and placing a hand on the guard's shoulder.
(Guard)-Oke...Okey...He ran away.
Lord Phoenix, slightly panicked, grabbed the guard's shoulders and shouted, he asked.
(Lord Phoenix)-WHO?! Who escaped?!!!
The guard, despite the regenerated wounds, did not last long. Molten metal seeped through his skin and slowly devastated his body. And before he died, crashing to the ground, he said.
(Guard)-Ne...Nero....Fire....Firebones...
The guard whispered in his last breath, the name of his torturer. And he fell dead in the arms of the Lord Phoenix who held him.
As soon as he spoke these words, Lord Phoenix's heartbeat sped up, and Lucifer himself was deeply concerned about it. And he wondered what to do now.
(Lord Phoenix)-How?!!How?!...Fuck!!!...after all my son used hellish nails to he keep him from getting out ... so how ... HOW?
(Sirzechs)-WHAT?! What have you done to him?
(Lord Phoenix)-It doesn't matter now to Lucifer ... Now, we have to find him ... Because he ... Heh ... It's not possible for him to get out .... not possible ... there were over a hundred guards ... one hundred ... no ... he can't ... he can't have that strength ... somebody helps him ... yes ... somebody helps him ... yes .... Ahhh ....
The panicked monologue was held back by an upset Lucifer who slapped Lord Phoenix's face quite hard.
(Sirzechs)-First of all .... calm down ... fucking ... second what hellish nails .... YOU ... YOU !!! ... Better explain it to me ... now !!!! Or maybe I'll consider helping you and your family ... But drink it first.
He said, taking a small bottle of green liquid from a desk drawer and handing it to Lord Phoenix.
(Lord Phoenix)-Truth Serum?....
Lucifer was very upset, he himself planned to free Nero in a few days. He has been working for three years to get a pardon for Nero ... And now, after working so many years to free his friend ... he finds out that he has been tortured. Lord Phoenix told him under the guise of how Riser tortured Nero every day. And how he recorded all the tortures to show the full Rias movie after the wedding. And break it completely.
Sirzechs was furious and forced Lord Phoenix to return the video to him.
(Lord Phoenix)-Forgive my lord ... please ... have mercy ... I know it was a stupid decision ... and that I knew everything ... but you cannot sentence my family to death.
(Lord Phoenix)-This monster ... won't spare anyone ... you know that.
(Sirzechs)-Are you surprised by him? You think Nero, after all these years of suffering, won't do it. Before that, he would only kill your third son. But now ... now ...
(Lord Phoenix)-Lord Sirzechs, you understand that the guards at T.R.A.S.H are at least middle class ... and fucking trained. And since only one guard has managed to return ... then ... this ... may mean that we are dealing with a group of very high strength.
(Sirzechs)-No...Not us .... just you. yet as the ruler of the devils. I'll try to soften it somehow .... but first I have to find it .... but it has its own valuable.
(Lord Phoenix)-What?!! I'll do everything.
Lucifer takes from the desk a document from the desk, which already has several signatures, the heads of many families from the main pillars.
(Sirzechs)-Sign it.
(Lord Phoenix)-Yes....Yes of course...-Lord Phoenix said hopefully. By signing the document.
For some, the Phoenix Lord's behavior may seem strange. However, all T.R.A.S.H employees were selectively selected by the Phoenix family. And the Lord knew the strength of his people well and seeing the memories of an already deceased employee. Which he brought out with the magic of the mind. Seeing feragment before being hit by a fireball. He realized that without Lucifer's help his family would not survive.
(Lord Phoenix)-What is this document, Your Majesty?
(Sirzechs)-Hehe...Pardoning Act for Nero Firebones.
(Lord Phoenix)-WHAT?!
(Sirzechs)-You see, I just missed your signature ... and I had no idea how to get it ... But you gave it to me yourself. But as Lucifer, I will keep my word and try to alleviate the situation. I already have some ideas. But I have to find him first.
(Lord Phoenix)-Thank you, Your Majesty.
(Sirzechs)-Okay, come out now ... I need to arrange for people to locate Nero. And pardon him .... heh ...
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Meanwhile, Nero has been heading in the opposite direction from the second underworld moon for several hours. The moon is red and you can always see it, no matter if it's day or night. But it's always north.
Nero didn't know exactly where he was, but according to rumors he did, the prison he was in was in the north, very far north. So he headed south.
(Nero)-Three hours and I still can't see the end, the teleport blocking dome..hmmm.
Nero could see the green dome that covered hundreds of kilometers around the prison above him. So that no one can teleport. So Nero must run to its border in order to teleport.
(Nero)-This strange energy ... (he said, accumulating this energy in his hand as he ran) Fascinating ...
(Nero)-From what I understand, I can ... upgrade ... spells, physical strength and theoretically anything else. By simply channeling these energies ... Very practical.
[Upgrade!... Upgrade!..]
Nero directed the energies into his muscles to speed up even more.
(Nero)-When it comes to muscle tweaking, I've done about eight times already ... and I feel like I'm almost on the limit ... too bad I don't have a system, but my own knowledge should be enough.
Nero tries to distract himself from anger and aggression. Thinking about new power and how to use it. And so that the time he has to run flies faster.
(Nero)-So now that eight times "Upgrade", he got my muscles, almost to the limit of pure devil's potential. Then if he uses it twice more, theoretically, my muscles can evolve into something like ... let's call it ... the Divine Devil .. .maybe not .... High Devil ... like the elves ... never mind. In short, it will cross the devil's borders. And it will enter a new stage ... let's say evolution ... Hehe ...
(Nero)-However, for spells, it's different. One Upgrade was enough to turn a normal fireball into blue. Whose temperature is much higher. So it's possible that a fireball has fewer stages of development than my body. It's logical.
(Nero)-Let's try.
Still running, Nero created a blue fireball into which he poured an unknown energy.
[Upgrade!]
The blue fireball changed from blue to green and after four more [Upgrade!]. The fireball, which was now black and red, had stopped changing. No matter how many times Nero tried, he couldn't keep improving.
(Nero)-Strange ... Even though I have no divinity. I have managed to create a fire that exudes both Demonic and divine energy. Fascinating ... This little fireball can rival the power to destroy my brother-in-law ... hahahha .... my Rias ... will be so happy .... in in the end, the stronger I am, the happier she will be ... Hehe ... She always liked it when someone from her peerage or I grew stronger .... maybe it's a bit selfish, but I fucking love it.
(Nero)-Hehe ... Okay, take it easy ... take it easy ... I'll get furious and happy ... when I get Riser ... Now I just need to focus on growing and leaving this area.
(Nero)-There is also [Absorb!]. From what I understand it allows me to absorb the attack. And sort of adding it to my arsenal. And it reduces the damage I can feel. ... I can't say yet that I can abolish all attacks. However, I only got one fireball so I can't say what will happen if I get hit with two.
(Nero)-However, it is certain that he gains a new affinity and access to the spell. No need to study him. And the spell can be improved ... Hehe .... It's so broken ... Hahaha ....
When Nero finally reached the end of the area, he said.
(Nero)-I'm already going my Rias ... hehe ... And you Riser .... the Phoenix clan ... get ready ... here I come.
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