Chapter 36: A Deal Struck and Fried Chicken.
Vander looked at the demon that had answered his summons with interest.
"You say you served in the Abyss Legion of Abbadon? As in the demon of destruction and the Abyss. Did my taking of his name attract him to me?"
The Demon gave a nod.
"Correct. When you took his name in honor of your patron he took notice. Why when a future Demon God is calling, why would he not choose to make contact."
La Folia and Naerdeath looked at Vander in shock at the idea. He was going to be a future Demon God and Hell had taken notice. However, what took their attention was something about a patron. What patron?
As for Vander, he had thought that was going to happen.
"I see. Abbadon is allowing me to keep his name as a show of goodwill is that correct?"
The Demon nodded.
"He has not cursed or blessed your name as the situation stands. He is currently content to wait for the day you become strong enough to call him personally. As such he sent me when he felt your call. Otherwise many others in Hell would have answered."
He turned to look at La Folia who had a demon in her soul.
"I see one of my brethren has been summoned by your consort. Looks like it is less than a century old. A pup if you will while I have lived for millennia."
His full unrestrained aura was unleashed which caused Vander to squint his eyes. Still, as if he was a mountain he did not buckle even if this Demon felt as strong as he was. He did not know if they fought who would win, but it might not be him.
La Folia felt instinctive terror as her Demon wanted to flee far away from this one. Vander walked toward the Demon until he stood right in front of it.
"Are you ready to make a contract with me Gorthrothan?"
The demon looked into Vander's eyes as he already liked Vander.
"Yes, Let's decide the terms."
Vander was not going to sign a Soul Contract with this demon as its true loyalties lay with Abbadon. But there were other ways to bind it to his service."
"Let's go with the contract one level below Soul Contract. The Anchor contract, I shall lose the ability to resonate with you, but I will still have access to Hellish Mana. And if you ever decide to leave Abbadon the Soul Contract shall be open to you.
Gorthrothan laughed as Vander did not have any fear.
"You have guts my summoner. I accept the contract."
He held his hand out brimming with ominous power Vander extended his hand and filled his with his Infernity and shook Gorthrothan's hand. The moment they made contact, Vander felt the connection form to the demon and vice versa.
It was a level below the direct soul contract he had with his familiars, but it was good enough. Gorthrothan stepped out of the pentagram no longer needing it to keep himself in real space.
"It has been so long since a competent summoner has brought me out of Hell. I was beginning to bore."
Vander waved his hand and sent the demon to the familiar space. It was a different place from his own soul-bonded familiars, which made Gorthrothan feel annoyed.
'So soon?'
'Sorry, but you can't walk around with me forever. Demons are just not calm creatures, especially not one like you.'
'That is fair, very well.'
Gorthrothan wanted to take the chance Vander was distracted to do some carnage. It was just like him as a Demon, but there was a reason Vander did not offer him a Soul Contract. This way he could hide his true thoughts from the Demon as he had dark plans for him.
Gorthrothan was a Demon with loyalties to someone else so Vander would have no loyalty to him. Once that was finished he watched as the petagram on the floor began to dissipate as it served its purpose.
"So, you want to do one Naerdeath?"
The dwarf girl removed her helmet and thought about her axes.
"Maybe I can get some demons to possess my axes."
La Folia as a 40k fan thought of something.
"Like Scarbrand's axes."
Vander began to walk out of the room pleased. He turned off the wards as he looked at them.
"Think about it and tell me so that I can help you. One can never be too careful when dealing with Demons."
She removed her armor and placed it back into her necklace.
"I will appreciate that."
Vander stretched out as he stepped out of the ritual room.
"Anyone interested in a small spar?"
La Folia and Naerdeath both did not say no and joined in. Naerdeath was weaker than both of them, but she still joined to push herself to become stronger. They spent the rest of the night in the training room simply exchanging some moves with each other and the like.
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Nerezza stepped into the training room as they had gone in last night and not come out all night. When she did she was exposed to a tyrannical pressure that made her buckle slightly. She shook her head as she saw Vander in the sky charging up a chaotic orb of destruction.
On the ground, La Folia had something similar which was a Fusion of her knowledge of Celcius Cross Trigger, Energy of Destruction, and Hellish Mana. Naerdeath had braced for impact, but when they heard Nerezza's voice they stopped.
"It's morning."
Vander and La Folia sighed as it was just getting exciting. They dissipated the energy of their attacks before reabsorbing it. Nerezza looked at both of them with pure awe as their power was extraordinary. Still, even La Folia was not as mind-numbingly crazy as Vander.
"Sir, it's time to eat."
"Thank you Nerezza. Who is hungry?"
Naerdeath raised her hand which made La Folia laugh at her.
"When are you not?"
"I am a dwarf, so never."
They left the training room to eat breakfast which like always was large and extravagant. This time, Asia, Raynare, Dohnaseek, and Kalawarna had joined in and they watched with awe at how much the three of them could eat.
Raynare looked at how he even ate the bones of the meat he ate as if chewing something soft. The crunch that came from the way his teeth crunched through thick bone like it was nothing made her nervous. She imagined what would happen if he got his jaws around her arm.
'He would take my arm off with just a bite.'
Naerdeath who was next to him looked at the way he left nothing from his meal anymore.
"Why did you start eating the bone?"
She said that as she stripped the meat of a large leg in one bite. Vander stuffed a fried egg in his mouth as he answered.
"I just got the urge."
La Folia pushed placed her plate on the pile in front of her and wiped her mouth.
"Great like always."
Asia who had a single plate could only think of how many people they could feed with the amount of food they scarfed down. She did not even think they needed to eat that much, which Vander noticed.
"What is wrong with you?"
He drank some of the wine that Nerezza opened for breakfast. It was made back in the 18th century from magical fruit of the Bael territory and aged in a time formation for several centuries more to give it this rich taste.
It was truly a great wine that made him, La Folia, and Naerdeath smile. As for Asia, she shivered as his question made her scared.
"I was just thinking of how many people in need could be fed with this amount of food?"
He looked her in the eyes as he did not like that thought.
"So am I required to give up for them?"
She shook her head as she explained herself.
"No. I just thought-"
Naerdeath stopped her from going further.
"Then don't. No one here cares about people we will never meet. Look at it this way, we don't waste anything do we?"
Asia knew that they didn't as they had not wasted the food. Even the things that La Folia and Naerdeath did not eat were being eaten by Ripper, Terror, and Toxin. It was mostly bones and they did not eat like Vander but even that was good for them.
Vander those to his feet as he looked at Asia.
"You are too nice. You should think about yourself more often. Oh and remember that guy Freed?"
He walked toward her as she nodded.
"Yes."
"Well, would you like to see all the sins he committed? No, I should show you anyway so you understand not everyone deserves mercy."
He placed his hand on her head and in a flash she began to expoericne every single dark thing Freed had done. This involved murdering innocent people, raping young women and girls in front of thier families and the like.
Asia screamed as she pushed Vander's hand away. She had seen it all without being able to do a thing which made it worse for someone as kind as her.
"See, not everyone deserves kindness."
La Folia and Naerdeath got up as they walked next to him to leave for school. He did not plan on staying much longer there as it was no longer something he cared about.
"Raynare, you are coming with me. You are the only one who looks young enough and you are the one I need to keep an eye on."
She sighed as she got up and walked next to him.
"Yes sir."
Nerezza gave him a polite bow.
"May you have a good day sir."
La Folia and Naerdeath waved her goodbye as Vander teleported them in a flash of purple flames. He appeared in the middle of the Occult Reaserch Club where Rias, Akeno and her whole peerage had gathered.
When they saw that familliar dark looking fire they knew Vander had arrived. Vander noticed Grayfia was here and that Rias looked quite irritated. As for Issei he glanced at Raynare, but he did not really react the way he normally did.
"Grayfia, it is great to see you again."
He walke toward her and gave her a big hug. She patted him on the back as La Folia shot him a dirty look.
"You can let go of my mom you know."
He stoped hugging Grayfia right after.
"Can't I just be nice to my mother in law."
Grayfia did not mind the hug as he was not doing it to be a perv. That was diffrent and he just gave her a regular hug.
"It is fine La Folia. I am glad to see you as well Vander. I came for a few reasons, one involves you Vander."
He sat down waiting for the reason.
"Lay it on me, what is up?"
Just as she was going to explain, a second burst of fire opened in the middle of the room which made Rias frown. As for Vander he was looking at the fires with annoyance.
'Someone stole my mode of travel.'
"It has been so long since I have been on Earth. Rias my love I have c-"
He froze solid when he laid eyes on La Folia who was already popping her knuckles with a grin on her face. Her eyes turned demonic as she looked at him like prey.
"Well, if it isn't my fried chicken punching bag Riser Phenex. Come around for more."
He shivered as the last time when he tried to get engaged to her she stormed his mansion and broke most of the bones in his body. His Immortal body stoped from regeneating because of her Glacial Energy of Destruction whihc contered him perfectly.
"NO! I am not here for that, I am here for my fiance Rias. I would not dare anger you."
Grayfia looked at her daughter with a frown.
"You can stop that La Folia."
"Yes mom."
She sat down right next to Vander who wrapped his arm around her. Naerdeath did the same as she sat next to Vander who now got Riser's attention. He did not know who Vander was, but if La Folia of all people was acting like that he must be special.
"Who might you be?"
Vander's draconic eyes locked into Riser's whihc unnerved him.
"I am Vander. I work for Grayfia."
Riser looked at Grayfia who did not elaborate further.
"I see. As I was saying, I am here for my finance Rias as has been decided for our fathers."
Rias rose to her feet as she glared at him. She was both annoyed by his words and how easy La Folia got him to back down.
"I do not intent to marry you Riser. I will marry who I wish."
Issei scoffed.
"Do you plan to marry someone with lies?"
Rias looked at him with a sad look in her eyes.
"Issei, it is not like that."
Raynare added fule to the fire.
"Did your balls drop at last?"
That just pissed off Issei.
"Fuck you."
"Never in your life."
She glared at him in disgust before walking behind Vander. Riser looked at Rias with a frown.
"This has been decided by our fathers. Pure blooded Devils are in decline and it is our duty to ensure the bloodline remains pure."
"That has nothing do to with me."
Grayfia spoke up to get them to calm down.
"I see that you won't accept this lying down Rias. Do you intend to settle this in a game?"
Rias looked at Vander and nodded.
"I do."
Riser followed her line of sight to Vander who he could not get a feel for.
"You are not even a parrticipant of the game. I myself have won several matches, let's not forget that you don't even have a full set. As for me."
He waved his hand and in anotherflash of fire appeard his full peerage. A total of 15 pieces which all happend to be women. Vander looked each one over and found that several were practically useless. The purple haired woman had about as much magic as Akeno before she tapped into her bloodline, but now-
He smiled knowing that once he got done with them, Rias and her peerage would wreck Riser.
"Riser, as the trainer of Rias and her peerage I would like to make a deal with you."
He rose to his feet as Riser looked at him. Seing Vander up close made Riser feel small as he had to look up just to look into his eyes.
"You are their trainer?"
Vander nodded.
"Yes, and I understand that you have won several games correct?"
"You are right. What is it you want to deal with me?"
Vander raised his hand and showed 2 fingers.
"Two weeks. Give me two weeks to give them soem last minute training and if after that you win you may marry Rias. She won't try to get out of it again, but if she wins the engagement is off. That is the agreement of the game in the first place, but are you wiling to give them some time to prepare? I would think someone like you would not mind to give them that mercy."
Rias wanted to speak up, but Vander's right eye shot to look at her. His left one still looked at Riser which made Rias quite down. Riser looked at Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, and Issei who was looking at him and not his peerage.
"I do not mind. It would be bellow me to not give her some time to prepare."
Vader extended his hand to Riser with a smile.
"Shake on it?"
Riser took his hand and he felt shocked at the preaure in Vander's grip. It was a small bit of his stregth, but just that made his hand fell numb. When Vander released him he looked at his hand that felt numb.
"You have a strong grip."
Vander smield as he walked back to La Folia and Naerdeath. Grayfia saw that and accepted the terms.
"Rias are you ok with the terms?"
"Yes."
She looked at Riser who nodded.
"Of course. I keep my word."
Ravel looked at Vander with some curiosity. He was massive for sure, and his stregth must match his size as she saw the color of her brothers hand. It healed quickly, but if he coudl do that with just his stregth how much more was he hiding.
Riser looked at Rias with a smile.
"2 weeks Rias. After that I shall take you away with me to be wed."
Rias looked him in the eyes with a determined look.
"Best of luck Riser."
In a flash of fire he and his peeragr left for the Underworld to wait. Vander looked at Rias and her peerage as he planned.
"Rias, plan a trip saying we are going on a field trip to Europe. Two weeks is all I will need to prepare you to face Riser. Beofre that, what was the extra news Grayfia."
Grayfia sighed as she said this.
"Me and Serafall have been trying to bump you from Low Class to High Class to give you your own Evil Pieces. However the Great King Faction have noticed as I have not announced that I have a member of my peerage yet. They want to know who you are and when you go down to get your Pieces, they will send someone.
I can't keep you hidden much longer."
Vander nodded.
"That is fine. Thank you for keeping me hidden this long, but I don't mind. You can announce who I am as I have the stregth to go against thier schemes."
She smield at the idea.
"When you head down I shall announce the fact you are the first member of my peerage. Rias, I wish you luck in your training. I won't be there to stop things if they get rough."
Rias looked nervous, but determined.
"Nor do I want you to Grayfia. We need to face this on our own."
"I wish you luck."
Before she left she gave her daughter a hug that La Folia returned.
"Love you mom."
"Take care of yourself. Be happy, and I will always love you."
One last hug before she returned to the Underworld. Once she was gone Vander looked them over as he smield.
"Rias, I have a new piece for you at my house. I can't make use of her so I will give her o you. Now, welcome back to the world Ddraig."
Issei raised his left hand from where the booming voice of Ddraig emerged.
"I owe it to you Vander. You pushing my hoast to his anger was just what I needed to wake up."
"I want you to help me train Issei. His talent leaves to be desired, but with you at his side that changes things."
"You intent to push him to hi Balance Breaker in just two weeks? I am not sure if that will be possible."
Issei spoke up at last.
"I will do it. Do your worst Vander."
Naerdeath laughed at the idea.
'They wil regret that.'
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