Chapter 234: Questioning ; Decision (1/2)

Upon exiting the Arena, I gesture to Nyx to give me a moment before muttering, ”Michael, I have captured a troublesome bunch.”

[Understood Father. I will be waiting in the sixth heaven.]

Hearing his acute response, I glance at the unconscious members of the Hero Faction before shifting my attention to Nyx and saying, ”I will be right back.”

”Alright,” she responds with a smile, ”I believe that I should get going now.”

I take a moment to deliberate on something before nodding my head and saying, ”That's fine. I have nothing to discuss with you, for now. If you have information that you believe is worth sharing, do so.”

Instead of giving me an audible response, Nyx just lifts the hem of her skirt while bowing before her body gets covered in darkness as it begins to seemingly melt and blend into the shadows on the ground.

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Fortunately, Heaven did indeed have a location similar to a jail, well, not all that similar but Michael said that it would work.

The location chosen is the second heaven where angels who have sinned are usually confined. It has several functions to prevent escape such as disabling inherent powers within individuals such as the Phenex Clan's immortality.

Aside from that, all pieces of equipment, including Sacred Gears are rendered useless.

Out of sheer curiosity, I attempted to make use of my abilities, only to find out that apart from my Code Effects, everything else was rendered useless.

Leaving that aside, I had been wondering why a group of self-proclaimed heroes wish to fight against God, so I asked their leader, nicely.

After spuing a few mouthfuls of blood, he finally relented and told me the reason for their animosity, which as I slightly suspected, was due to me being a 'Phantom'.

As it stands, Phantoms pose the greatest threat to all beings. Most if not all records about them show that they're rather antagonistic apart from a select few.

At least, that's what Cao Cao claims to be the case. Thus, his excuse for battling against me.

While I was at it, I asked him a few questions regarding the other members of the Hero Faction.

Apparently, due to the lack of necessity, or, so they thought, the other members are currently in their base.

Apart from that, there was another matter related to the blonde-haired girl with a tall hat.

Surprisingly, not long before, an internal feud had occurred, resulting in two of their members to ditch the faction - the blonde-haired girl, Le Fay Pendragon, and her brother, Arthur Pendragon.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get any more information out of him even after I had him cough up a few more mouthfuls of blood.

Not being in the mood to torture anyone, I left Heaven and returned to the mansion, which leads to my current situation…

”Why?” I ask Krul who is sitting beside Yuno on a sofa opposite to the one I am sitting on.

Currently, we are in the living room. Rossweisse and Ravel sitting on another sofa with an intrigued look on their faces. Beside me are Sora and Misa who are both curiously observing Krul.

The younger ones are not present, as they seem to be busy playing.

”You heard what she said, right?” Krul responds while pointing at Ravel, ”There is a vampire faction going by the name Tepes. You expect me to not take any interest in that?”

”Even so,” I say, a little dazed, ”Why does it matter if they have the same 'family' name as you?”

”Of course, it means a lot!” she responds in a lively manner, unlike her usual cool demeanor, ”Besides, wouldn't it benefit you if I took over?”

Hearing her words, I let out an exasperated sigh.

After I had returned, Ravel began sharing all the information she had over the devil clans and her opinion over their course of action in this upcoming war.

Once she reached the matter concerning vampires, Krul took a great interest in her words and got all the more interested when she discovered that there is a Tepes Faction.

Soon after, she immediately told me, ”I want to go to the underworld and take over the faction.”

Naturally, I am worried about her safety, so I can't just accept her request.

As if sensing my thoughts, Krul furrows her brows slightly and says, ”Although I appreciate your care for me, I am not a weak and fragile girl. Remember that I was previously a queen. Not to mention that I am much stronger than I was before.”

”Even so,” I respond with a complicated expression, ”I am still not sure about the other sides' capabilities and personnel. So, I can't risk your life just like that. Besides, how are you even going to take over the faction? Where are you going to even start?”

At this moment, Yuno interjects and says, ”I will go with her. It won't be a problem if I am with her, right?”