Chapter 13: Chapter 13
(3rd POV)
"So Vali-chan I heard Merlin got contacted by devils and he appears to be a pervert as well. Why don't you try to seduce him into Grigori." Vali Lucifer White Dragon Empress shoots a venomous look towards her adopted father.
"Stop trying to sell me to someone else pervert!"
"Sniff my daughter is rebelling sniff." Azazel cries as he dodges his daughter's projectiles.
"Enough joking why did you call me? Is there a mission?"
"Maybe I just wanted to see my lovely daughter? How cold Vali."
"Yeah, I am not buying it."
"Fine, the thing is..."
*Crash*
(Merlin POV Sometime earlier.)
"Why are we driving again?" Arthur asks for the 4th time.
"I am going to crash the car into Azazel's office." I grin at them.
"Right I didn't hear it wrong then." He then promptly tries jumping out with his sister but he is unsuccessful.
"Elder brother, Sir Merlin must have a plan otherwise he wouldn't be driving himself." Ahh, innocent Le Fay protecting her new teacher.
Also, I should switch things to Japanese, it's been getting annoying hearing things like Elder brother, Lord Ambrosius, or Sir Merlin. I never got around doing that because I didn't see many people.
<Language: Japanese Add On> Devil Magic for the win.
"I assure you, Merlin-sama wouldn't put us in danger, but do expect some shenanigans." Ahh much better.
"What businesses do we even have with Grigori?" Arthur asks he is still trying to open the doors.
"We're hiring a fellow British."
As I was gaining speed, some magic circles targeted Azazel's office at Grigori and opened a teleportation circle to it.
The enhancements on the car let us break the wall without any discomfort on our side while showing Grigori how underprepared they are...
Wait wasn't I laying low?
Shit! I'll think of something to salvage this later.
Lowering the window I look at the two people present in the room, Azazel looks like a creep in real life with that coat.
At least wear a shirt under it...
Then this... Sora Ginko? Huh, she must be Vali. This means Issei might be female as well...
That throws a wrench into my plans, again.
"Good day Governor, I would like to hire your daughter for a job." I throw him a file.
This is a method I developed to extract Sacred Gears without killing the hosts. I can't help humanity without causing a major incident but this will save people's lives. Hopefully.
Not that I care but I like having the moral high ground.
"You can't crash into our building then ask help for whatever business you have! Just what do you think of us..." Vali starts blasting our ears.
"Go with them Vali, this payment covers the damages and your fee." Azazel cuts her off.
"What! You can't be serious?"
"Come on Vali I need all the British people I can get my hands on for this."
"I am not British!"
"You're the White Dragon Emperor/Empress, that automatically makes you British." I point out.
{He's right Vali...} White wings manifest behind her and Albion supports me.
"Fine! I am British then but that doesn't mean I must go with you."
"Go Vali take it as a vacation, also I have a feeling Merlin is about to do something big, I need an insider." Well, he did manage to convince her.
Once Vali grumpily entered the car I teleported us to Romania and started driving towards Tepes Faction.
"Where are we?"
"Romania, there read the dossier." I snap a finger to summon the report about Valerie.
I have been gathering intel on her for the past year but I didn't go save her due to my unwillingness to do it alone.
After all, sieging a faction solo will make people wary of me but doing it with other people under the guise of reenacting King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail will just receive chuckles before people realize I have the Grail all to myself.
"The Holy Grail!?" Exclaims Arthur.
"Yes, Valerie Tepes the current user of Sephiroth Graal also is a genuine princess."
"So, we have an all-British team with the descendants of King Arthur and a dragon, on a quest to kidnap a princess while recovering the Holy Grail?" Angelica summarizes with a twitch on her lips.
It took some time for others the get the joke I am going for, I relished in their groans full of cringe.
...
"Merlin, I assume you have a plan?" Arthur asks.
We finally arrived at the location, my rental car was magicked up enough to get us to a mountain overlooking Tepes Faction.
I can sneak the car in but that would be too much work, so we stopped and snuck in under my magic on foot, currently, we're in a tactical point across the Tepes Castle where Purebloods live.
"Yes, I will be casting a spell in this location that will mask the area, afterwards Le Fay is going to bombard the Castle with Elemental Spells." I nod at Le Fay who nods back.
"Once they leave the castle to search for the attackers you, Vali and Angelica are going to engage them." The trio nod in acknowledgment.
I can see Vali and Arthur looking over to Angelica trying to gauge her power and fail at it due to my spells.
"Angelica has holy power due to a drug accident caused by me so she should be quite deadly to vampires." I explain.
"I am hoping something like this won't happen to my sister?"
"How was I supposed to know Holy Cannabis would alter people's bodies, it didn't do anything to me."
"I am going to regret asking to go with you don't I..." Arthur rubs his temples, I bet he is already regretting that he convinced his father for this.
On the side, Le Fay is observing Angelica close up while touching her to the point it comes off as lewd.
Seriously who would think she is 13 years old with that chest!
"And at last I will be sneaking in and steal the heart of a princess while playing the mage in shining white robes." I grin making them sigh.
"Wait, who's keeping her?" Vali finally asks.
"Tch, I was hoping you guys would be too annoyed to ask such questions."
"Well, the church would kill her due to being a Dhampir even if she has Sephiroth Graal." Arthur concludes.
"Fallen would like to have that but I am angry at Azazel and don't want to help him get his dirty hands on a new toy." Vali says with a disgusted expression.
"We all know what devils would do. Damn, so she's going to this flowery bastard!"
"Thank you, Vali."
"It wasn't a compliment!"
Once the other kinks of the plan were worked through we began our quest for the holy grail.
...
Looking at my team I see everyone is ready.
"Then let's begin, <Garden of Avalon>." Yes, I ripped it off.
Unlike NP though this one works like a Reality Marble wannabe that converts the area around me into a field of flowers and I don't need to be inside to keep it going, I am planning to copy Boost from Ddraig to turn this into an aoe buff spell later on.
Once the barrier stabilized Arthur, Angelica and Vali spread out while I signaled Le Fay to start bombarding the castle.
This barrier is made from Fairy Magic taken up to the extreme, only beings like Ophis and Great Red can notice it.
It costs me quite a bit of energy but I can handle the strain.
Once Le Fay knocked down some towers of the castle, vampires started to pour out of it.
All of them pale as paper supporting pale blonde hair and blood-red eyes.
Poor bastards didn't even know what hit them as the trio started engaging.
Of course, I was already in the castle by that time walking at a relaxed pace like I own the place.
I have some flowers surrounding me giving me an ethereal aura like an immortal expert from Cultivation Novels, that is until someone notices me. At that point, my flowers turn into mass of flowers and devour whoever came into view.
Before long I reached Valerie's room which is Marius' laboratory and entered the place.
Like I expected, Marius being a coward hold up himself here frantically trying to take the grail out of Valerie.
I pinned him and his guards to the wall with some bloodsucking vines before moving to Valerie.
Her eyes still have clarity, which means she isn't broken yet. She might be emotionally dull though.
"Hello there!" I wave exaggeratedly while my vines free her.
"Hi..." Valerie returns my wave with her own in a subdued manner.
No doubt she's untrusting, I would be the same if my half brother did something like this to me.
"Well, I am here to get you out. We will have more time to talk later but what shall we do to your brother?" At my mention, Valerie looks at her brother.
I can see some fear in her eyes, Marius traumatized the poor girl to the point she still fears him despite his pitiful state.
"You two, humiliate this waste of breath, record it as well." I mind control the two guards and hand them a video camera before turning to Valerie.
Turning to Valerie I see that fear is gone replaced by interest? Is she a sadist?
My questions were answered with Marius's scream which got muffled after his mouth was covered by something.
Judging by the sounds, guards took the humiliation thing quite seriously and Valerie is enjoying the sight...
This explains so much about Gasper and why Valerie had him dress like a girl...
"You heard me I didn't order them to rape him!" I defended myself.
"Tepes faction is a patriarchy, prince getting treated like this by some no-name guards is the worse humiliation he can get." Valerie answers as she moves closer to get a better look.
I don't dare to turn back and look at the scene I caused the sounds are enough to scare me...
"Well, while it is good to see you getting lively we need to go." I set teleportation to my barrier.
"Upload that to the internet!" Valerie orders the guards as we teleport.
Am I going to regret saving her before her spirit broke?
...
"Well, that was a good warm-up!" Vali fist bumps with Arthur and Angelica.
They got back in the barrier once I send the signal, it seems they became nakamas during the fight.
"Indeed, it is nice to fight alongside such powerful warriors." Arthur pushes his glasses with his finger.
Too bad he doesn't have the megane shine...
"Master, can we do outings like this again?" Angelica is clinging to my arm.
Did Vali turn her into a battle maniac?
"All right, it seems everyone had fun but we must end things for tonight. You guys can properly meet with Valerie later."
"Merlin-sama how are we going to leave this place, they locked the space around us. We can't teleport without giving our end location." It appears Le Fay is the only one worried.
"No worries Le Fay, I have some spells I need to test, they will be too busy with the aftermath." My miracle based magic system is finished, it is time for tests.
This system is OP and broken, it is powered by faith and that causes some bullshit results which makes it dangerous.
Making this system made me realize how powerful faith really is.
Going to the edge of the barrier I make a T-pose before praying.
"PRAISE THE SUN!"
"It's midnight!" I ignore Vali to inspect the results.
Yes, it is midnight but miracles are called miracles for a reason.
Following my prayer, the moon turns golden and starts shooting sunlight beams to Tepes Castle.
I throw a smug smile toward my dumbfounded companions.
"Merlin what the fuck!" I didn't answer them but teleported us back to the car.
This time I had Arthur drive while Angelica sat in my lap since there was limited space with Valerie on board.
"So master, you were saying something about laying low..."
"Fuck!"
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