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5.6% DxD: Multiversal Therapist / Chapter 11: Horus, Anubis & Osiris

Chapter 11: Horus, Anubis & Osiris

The Heian Shrine wasn't the only place in Kyoto grounded in reckless chaos. And certainly, humans weren't the only ones suffering afflictions because of the actions of Youkai. 

*CLACK*

*CLACK*

The subtle noise of freezing flesh foreshadowed the screams of the despairing humans running for shelter as the Youkais battled each other in the dark fog. It was a battle of time for safety. The moment the night arrived, Youkais would become even stronger. 

*CLACK*

*CLACK*

"G-Grayfia..."

Standing in some remote corner of the shrine was a gorgeous lady with maid attire and grey hair in a bun. A load of freezing kappas looked like they had tried to attack them unsuccessfully. 

The woman was holding two girls in her arms dressed in Kimonos. 

*BOOOMMM!!*

*BOOOMMM!!*

From one corner of the city, impacts and destruction could be heard, signifying an even bigger battlefield. 

"Rias-sama, Akeno-sama... you will be safe, it is better if you forget what happened today... forget this Hinami Festival, we will come again next year, alright?~".

Although her words sounded sweet, the gazes of the two girls indicated they weren't ever going to forget it. It had all been too sudden and although Grayfia realised something wasn't right, she still never expected an attack of this scale. 

"B-Blood... there was blood everywhere".

"Rias-chan calm down!"

Funnily enough, it was the raven-haired girl who was trying to calm down the redhead despite the two of them having tears fall on their innocent cheeks.

"Akeno, take care of Rias-sama" She gave her order and the girl nodded, hugging her best friend and master. 

"Rias-sama... this is the real world, don't forget".

She waved her hands and something akin to a magic circle appeared, the two girls disappeared like motes of light into this circle, it was a teleportation spell.

The maid fixed her dress and looked around. 

'First off... I have to try and understand the situation. As our influence in Japan increases, it is better to understand the political spectrum. An uprising of Youkai? The East is attacking the West and it must have to do with the same incident that took place one year ago where the Priestess of Amaterasu was involved. I must take this chance to oversee the situation and tell Sirzechs-sama'.

The first thing she did, however, was jump in the direction of the shocking blows as a pair of devilish wings manifested in her back. 

"There is a fight here, what is-!"

When she finally caught a glimpse of what was going on, her eyes couldn't help but shake at what she was seeing. 

*BOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!*

"You have it in you, Brat! keep coming at me! I'll teach you a couple of things!"

Two individuals, a grown-up man with armour and long dark blue hair. She recognised him from posters and myths. 

'Heracles!?'

What was most astonishing was not the identity of the Greek Demigod who had no reason to be in this territory, instead... the person fighting him.

It was a kid that couldn't be any older than fifteen... his skin was dark, his hair as black as the abyss, a pair of shining golden-slitted eyes and golden flames all over his naked body. 

He was fighting Heracles to a standstill!

*BAAANGGG!!!*

Each punch they gave each other carried so much devastation, the shrine that was supposed to be here was now gone. In one corner she managed to catch a glimpse of what looked like a Youkai girl spectating the fight between the two, a bit frightened. 

'Who is that kid? A god in disguise? No, his skill is rudimentary at best... there is no trace of deep experience compared to Heracles, but his power is just ridiculous. What pantheon does he belong to?'

The fight didn't seem like it was going to end, instead... Heracles seemed to act like an instigator. 

'He's trying to protect that girl? Perhaps I should help him... it would give me an alibi to establish a friendly relationship-'

"Don't make a move..."

!!!

'When?!'

Grayfia turned around and what met her was the sight of a powerful lady who had the mask of a black hound. Her aura was almost imperceptible but she exuded divinity. Her eyes looked down at her like she was more worthless than scattered dirt.

'A goddess?' just her features alone exposed her as such. She had a black dog mask which was cast a bit sideways, her eyes were golden and slit, her body consisted on a load of black bandages with glyphs that made her look like a legendary mummy, her exposed skin was not visible but instead, shining in bright colours. 

"An Egyptian goddess?"

"What are you and what's your name?" The woman didn't answer but instead asked back with a voice that sounded humanoid yet artificial. 

Grayfia didn't lose time to recover her composure, switching her attention from the miraculous fight of the infant, towards this individual who was related to the boy. Her mind tried to make conjectures.

'Training? Is she allowing him to train? is it her son or relative?'

Both of them looked Egyptian. 

"I'm a Devil, my name is Grayfia Lucifuge and I'm the maid of the house of Gremory working alongside the Satan Sirzechs Lucifer. I expect cordiality".

"You can address me as Anubis".

'Anubis? So it is the Egyptian Pantheon... weren't they extinct?'

"I want information, Grayfia... what is going on?"

"I thought you'd have a lot more information than me. Aren't you one of the perpetrators?"

The goddess shook her head, "We were here coincidentally... that's all".

"Could I know what is your relationship with the boy?".

"My son".

"His name?"

"You ask too many questions, you're allowed to ask regarding this incident, but if you keep prying on our private lives, I'll kill you".

"..."

Her threats were so straightforward that she didn't doubt her capability to fulfil them. 

"My apologies, just like you I'm trying to recollect information, Anubis-sama... are you aware of the identity of that man?"

"... no, who is he?"

'She doesn't know...? I thought the community of gods was more connected.

"His name is Heracles, he's a demigod and the son of Zeus, the patron of the Greek Pantheon. I advise you to recall your son before he begins fighting seriously".

Although she said so, her head turned to look at the devastation taking place and she wondered... 'Isn't Heracles fighting with everything he's got already?'.

"A mere low-rank demigod, I'll recall my son when I perceive he's in danger... so far that's not the case but it may be soon, there is another demigod in the vicinity".

'Why is there an Egyptian Goddess in the Territory of the Shinto Faction? Moreover, Heracles is here too? Just what is going on? Why aren't the Shinto Gods descending yet?'

She had too many questions.

**

**

This bastard is too strong, I don't know how much I'll be able to resist. I keep going at him but he keeps going to Anna, he knows she's my weakest link right now.

[It may not be the best moment to mention it... but if you die, I can bring you back to life a total of ten times so long as your soul is not scattered in the void]

'It would have been handy to know that! why ten times?'

[You have a total of ten chaos points right now, to rebuild your flesh only costs one point].

"Are you sure you want to keep protecting the monster, huh?!" Heracles billowed, interrupting my important conversation with Horus.

"Fuck off!"

*BOOOMM!!*

I had to put both my arms together to protect against his explosion, they couldn't do anything to me, but I was starting to get tired, I didn't have the best stamina.

"Ray-chan!"

"Anna you need to go, I can't fight this guy properly if you're here".

"You couldn't fight me properly even if she wasn't here bozo, playtime's over!"

*RUMBLE!!*


Chapter 12: Egyptian Gods

A fight against a single demigod was already too much for Ray, that was something Anubis knew very well. But then again, 'Fighting Heracles will help him get a grasp of his power... two demigods, however, are too much'.

"Grayfia, I want you to do something for me... in exchange, you will get information".

Although the maid didn't like to be given orders, the prospect of getting information about the incident worked wonders.

"... what is it?" 

"Take the girl that he's protecting and bring her to me".

"Very well... you better keep your word".

*WHOOSH!*

She disappeared in a magic circle and the meantime, Anubis placed her gaze in a direction. A little rat seemed to be squeezing through the trees and leaves to deal a fatal strike on Ray's back. 

Anubis snapped her fingers and the glyph bands coiling around her body were released like hungry snakes towards the forest. They moved swiftly and caught something.

!!!

"What?!"

The Egyptian Goddess smirked and pulled them back, taking the rat out of the forest and exposed to the foggy day, it was a woman in armour who was fighting to free herself but it was all futile, those bands were tougher than steel. 

"Who are you, let me go?!"

*WHOOSH!*

"HAAAAA!!!"

One of the bands tightened harder than necessary, twisting the woman's arm in an odd direction, she tried to scream but another band covered her mouth, stopping the wails from coming out of her lips. 

The pain continued until Grayfia returned with a girl in her arms, it was the unconscious Anna who was still in her Youkai form. Anubis watched her for a few seconds before wrapping her up in her bands. 

"Good job, this is our source of information, Grayfia".

Anubis released the woman's mouth, she had been glaring at Grayfia. 

"You're the Satan Lucifer's wife... Grayfia Lucifuge".

"I'm honoured that you know my name but I'd hope some cordiality, my lady".

"Hmph, why would I-"

"Answer my questions if you don't want to die, mortal. What is your name?"

"I-I'm Jeanne D'arc".

Seeing the goddess that had so easily twisted her arm out of shape, she didn't think she had much of a choice. 

"You're the saintess?!" Grayfia's tonality changed upon realising the woman's identity, she was a legend. 

"Tch, a filthy devil... why is a goddess working together with a devil?" Jeanne tried to pry for Anubis' identity. One could easily tell she was an Egyptian deity, but since the Egyptian gods were extinct, that left her a bit clueless. 

"We're merely acquaintances. What is your objective here? Are you working together with the Youkai?"

"I don't have to tell you anything".

"So you have chosen death then?"

The bands began tightening again, this time both of her legs would be forfeited, 'Like I'd die just to protect that group of bastards'.

In the end, her loyalty was brittle. 

"Tch, our objective is to draw out the nine-tailed fox with this attack. The Youkai are rogues who were exiled from the Eastern Youkai Faction for their crimes, by using them we can instigate a war between the two regions, two birds with one stone".

"Why is the Shinto Faction not getting involved yet? do you know the cause?" Grayfia asked next and Anubis allowed her to do the questioning since she didn't even have enough information as to put two and two together.

"The Kyoto Leylines controlled by Yasaka are currently disturbed due to her condition from one year ago, she was pierced by the poison of Ouroboros, and it will take her a while to recover; no news of what is happening here has reached Takamagahara and it won't so long as Yasaka is disturbed".

"O-Ouroboros... that dragon is involved in this?!"

"What is she talking about, what are the Leylines? What is Ouroboros?"

Anubis's ignorance called for the attention of both the devil and heroine. There was a degree of ignorance in the topic that could be tolerated, but no god in this world didn't know who the Ouroboros Dragon was.

"They're the spiritual lines of Kyoto. All the faith harnessed by the shinto faction which flows from the earth and into Takamagahara, in essence, it is the path that connects the divine realm with the real world" Grayfia answered the question related to the topic at hand and decided to leave the Ouroboros for later.

'I more or less understand now...'

"One year ago during her marriage ceremony, we scheduled an attack on Yasaka intending to slaughter her and her recently born daughter to appoint another Youkai and take control of the Leylines. In the end, we ended up killing her husband-to-be but she and her daughter escaped. It was a failure. We tried again today, but it seems she's too scared to come out".

"What do you expect to achieve by killing this Yasaka?"

"I'll tell you if you join us, goddess~"

Jeanne didn't think twice about throwing her dart. It hadn't been only Grayfia who had sensed it, her question of 'Who is Ouroboros' made it very clear to them.

This Goddess is not from around here. And the answer that she got not only confirmed it, but even boosted Jeanne's confidence.

"I may think about it".

"Wait, Anubis!-" 

Grayfia panicked, she had just heard of some sort of terrorist group with wicked intentions in the paranormal world and it would only make things worse if this unknown powerful Goddess suddenly joined their ranks.

"Remain silent, Grayfia... I want to hear her".

"..."

"You tell me first who you are and then I'll consider it, Jeanne..."

"We're from an organisation called Khaos Brigade. Our objective is to harness enough power to slaughter the Great Red Dragon in the dimensional gap. To do so, control over the Leylines is necessary. We're trying to control many landmarks, Japan is only one of them, the underworld is another~".

"The underworld?"

Grayfia clenched her fists, just with this statement alone... she had already determined Khaos Brigade was the enemy. 

"And what will you achieve by slaughtering that dragon?"

For her part, Anubis merely wished to understand a bit more about the motives and interactions between the many pantheons. 

"Ophis-sama, our leader is the Infinity Dragon. Once she reclaims her throne in the dimensional gap, we will essentially be the rulers of this world. Infinite power awaits us".

"..."

"Why would you, a saintess of the church, have such malevolent views?" Grayfia threw a jab, she knew engaging Jeanne and killing her would be difficult with Anubis present, her killing intent towards Jeanne had already dissipated and that wasn't a good sign. 

"Have you forgotten, devil? It was the same church that I worshipped who tried to burn me in a stake!"

"Your plan sounds interesting, I'll think about it... retreat now before I change my mind".

"Anubis, this is a wicked organisation to destabilize the supernatural community, I would advise you to not involve yourself with them-"

"Why wouldn't I? I don't care about any of you... I and my son have our objectives. if destroying that red dragon happens to align with those objectives..."

"Then-"

"Then you will be my enemy".

"Wouldn't mind having the whole world as your enemy?"

"It wouldn't be the first time. In any case, I haven't accepted... you can go for now but don't interrupt my son's battle with that man, Heracles".

This small meeting left Grayfia in a horrendous position. The bands keeping Jeanne restrained receded, and the woman stood up and cracked her arm back into position as if it was nothing, sending Grayfia the most wicked of looks. She had a very positive attitude regarding this goddess, Anubis. 

"We may have started in the wrong tone, but I believe we can benefit from each other. How can we contact you, Anubis?"

"You don't need to contact me... If I want to reach you, I have my ways".

Just like with Grayfia, a spark of light left her body and entered Jeanne who merely nodded albeit disgruntled, she was already happy enough to be able to leave with her life. 

'I need to tell Cao Cao about this!'.


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