章節 79: Unbridled Destruction

Third Person PoV

Zeaira began her final attack by spreading her aura of destruction as much as she could.

That dyed the dimensional gap red, at least till where one's eye could see. And then slowly she began calling it back and giving it a shape.

Little by little a western dragon was being formed behind her, of colossal size, its wingspan would put even great red to shame, of course, the Red Dragon God Emperor is much stronger.

That process took a veritable amount of time, one that Cain had used wisely. Knowing that his wife's control isn't that great he used an attack that was even stronger then his Limited Death.

Zeaira didn't chant anything, but continued pouring aura into the mouth of the huge dragon; her attack was inspired by Ingvild.

While Cain did chant.

"From the abyss of corruption and sin,

I call forth power from Lucifer's kin.

By devil's blood, your fate is sealed,

With a single swing fate is unveiled.

Six arms of sin, One body of wrath,

I alone am the master of my path,

With my aura bright, let chaos reign,

None shall stand, none shall remain."

And a behemoth equalling the monstrosity created by his wife, was made by Cain using Darklight. (Image)

The two titans clashed just as they were ready. The dragon released all of its PoD stored in its mouth and the six armed asura used its massive hands to thrust the spears of darklight.

But before the two attacks could connect. In a blur a massive red body appeared, and it took both the attacks head on.

Both Cain and Zeaira were shocked, one moment they could see each other and the next they couldn't.

But before they could see what effects their attacks had or what had actually happened, a soil ringing roar came from the front of the huge red entity.

And even Cain felt fear, fear that came from one's primal heart, fear of the strongest species in the world, the pinnacle of this the world, Great Red, The Red Dragon God Emperor.

Before they could do anything, they were zipped back into Hell by Ajuka. The first thing Cain did was wave his hand and seal Hell, even from the dimension gap, he didn't want a beast like Great Red to come knocking to Hell, just because he got hit by him and his wife.

That happened on instinct, as he knew nothing less than cutting off Hell from the dimensional gap would save the from that.

He looked over to Zeaira to find that she had fainted. And so had Scathach, who was lying beside his wife, he himself wasn't doing much better, but he couldn't just fall yet.

He looked over to Ajuka who only sighed.

"Winner, Cain!"

And then he fell down on his back, laying in the arena.

'Shit that was scary, I thought Great Red was only one class above me, but I was wrong, he was above even that. No wonder he is jointly accepted as the strongest in the world.'

Cain was thinking that he was plenty strong, and that was true, but he still wasn't in the top 5, much less the above the ranking guys.

"Cain do you know how much shit you are gonna get in the next Ars Goetia? This time you won't be able to send Zeaira and get away."

Ajuka said he personally wasn't much affected. He was prepared for much more destruction.

After one reaches a level like them, destruction of this level is only average, if Scathach had mastered her domain or Cain was seriously going for the kill or even Zeaira, the consequences would be even more grave.

But, devils like Serafall and Falbium would only see this as meaningless destruction, Serafall, even though her ability has the fastest killing ability, is very kind.

The entire GKF would be after him for this.

"Yeah, I know. I will attend the next one, be prepared for the evil pieces to be announced, and I will reveal my mom's existence too."

"You wish to put this under the rug? It won't be easy." Ajuka said.

"Yeah, but that is exactly what politics is about, lying and hiding the truth, I will accept the wrongdoing and even pay reparations, if any, but I won't apologise, it will give the opposition a weakness to strike, and you don't do that in politics."

"And then what about Serafall and Falbium, they won't understand such things and they most certainly won't see it with your or mine eyes."

"I will cross that bridge when it comes. Anyways I am gonna rest now."

"Me too, saving your ass from a giant ass red reptile who could end the world as we know was really troublesome."

Ajuka said sarcastically before he teleported back to his home for a good nap.

Cain looked at the audience who were still in shock and said while smiling.

"So, dear Ladies. Please take care of me and the other two."

And closed his eyes for a well deserved rest.

…

Two days later.

Cain awoke from his slumber and looked at the ceiling, this time, it was familiar. He was lying in his own bed, covered with a soft velvet cover.

He didn't feel any clothes on him except for pants. He gradually moved and sat with his head resting on the bed backside.

He felt some discomfort at his left shoulder and saw the wound of Gae Bolg still there.

His flesh had almost regenerated and skin was on the way to full recovery.

He looked around for a bit and sighed, he had a lot of time to ponder on what would happen in the Ars Goetia and how he could handle it better.

'I never expected Scathach to awaken her domain then.'

Just then the door to his room opened and Grayfia walked in. She looked a little bit relieved seeing him awake.

"Congratulations on your recovery, Cain."

"Yeah, how are the others?"

"They woke up a few hours ago and are having breakfast."

"I see, I will take a bath and then join them."

Cain stood up showing his sculpted body and said to Grayfia.

"Also Fia, I wasn't able to fulfil your wish entirely."

"It's fine, it was due to that you riled up Lady Scathach that much and got that wound."

"Thanks." He said before moving to the bath.

…

Cain entered the living room and found it empty, except for Scathach and Zeaira.

"So how are you?"

Cain said as he sat down and Grayfia gave him his plate, full of breakfast.

"Fine, you didn't attack us much except the few ones where you went all out, but how are you?"

"Better, the wound is almost completely healed, the curse was eradicated by me before. What about you Zeaira?"

"I am fine. But Cain that thing, it was Great Red, right?"

"Yes, it was."

"Do you think anyone could match it?" She said almost hopelessly.

"Zeaira, don't be demoralised, we are young, not even two centuries old, while that thing is millions of years old, and yes Ouroboros exists, so we have hopes of matching it."

"It didn't change anything, both are dragons aren't they?"

"Shiva, Okhwang, Yahweh, Chaos, there are many names, Zeaira, they may not be able to kill it, but they won't lose easily either, it is only a matter of time before we enter that list, we are still young."

"Yes he is correct, Zeaira. But what about me then? I am plenty old?" Scathach said.

"Did you actively wish to get stronger? No, you didn't want anything except dying like a warrior, that too was half assed."

"I never asked you but how do you know that, even I don't?" Scathach asked in confusion.

"That something for later. Maybe when I understand the 'How' part completely myself." Cain said, eluding a tedious question.

"So what is our game plan for the next Ars Goetia?" Zeaira asked.

"Blame it on Great Red, announce evil pieces, peerage and Lilith, we will try to suppress our huge blunder by making it seem nothing serious, we will pay reparations to all the Devil pillars whose land was affected."

"So we are doing the usual political shenanigans."

"Essentially, yes."

"So then about the peerage, what if they go ballistic with it?"

"They won't, or more correctly, I won't let that happen."

"Very well, then I will talk with our other factions members and tell them beforehand on how to proceed."

"Yes, that will be good."

By then the two women had finished their breakfast, they got up and went away, leaving Cain alone on the table, only with Grayfia standing beside him.

…

A week later, in the Ars Goetia.

Every devil pillar was already seated, they were waiting for the Satans to enter. The GKF, like Zeaira, had already met under Zekram's order and reviewed their questions for today.

They were getting a little anxious as the Satans were later than usual. But their worries were for naught as one by one they entered.

Starting from Falbium, who looked energised, followed by Serafall and Ajuka, the female Satan having a serious look on her cute face, while the green haired Maou had his usual poker face.

And finally Cain entered, with Grayfia and Zeaira coming along with him. Unlike other sessions of the Ars Goetia, today he will be the one sitting as the head of Internal Affairs, he usually sent Zeaira.

As they all settled down, Mephisto rose from his seat and said.

"Satan's and Pillars, I Mephisto as the overseer of Ars Goetia, start the 652nd session of Ars Goetia. Today's session's main topic is the massive destruction that happened in the eastern region of Hell, with over 25 percent of all barren land in Hell being reduced to an uninhabitable region."

Cain already knew the exact statistics for the damage caused, but hearing it again made him shudder.

What if he didn't close Hell and Great Red attacked? That number may as well be double or triple.

It was thankfully barren land which was destroyed or else if populated regions were affected, nothing short of another civil war would be enough for that.

But thankfully the Lucifer castle lies at the outskirts of Lilith, and Lilith is virtually separated from the other cities, except from one side.

Before anyone could say anything he stood up and walked to the podium as Mephisto stood aside and let him take the stage.

Cain stood at the higher ground and looked at everyone. And began to speak with a single thought.

'Let's see how good my ability to bullshit as a political leader is.'

"Let's not bore with pleasantries and get started with the issue. The damage was caused by the Great Red."

That single sentence caused everyone in the GKF faction to go bonkers, while the satan faction was calm, as they were briefed on this, of course the real situation was only known to the ones involved.

"Do you take us for fools? Lord Lucifer? We are not stupid enough to fall for your bullshit."

The lord of house Gamigin said, appearing righteous. But all his bravado was sent to Hell when Cain glared at him and said.

"You would come to know that this isn't bullshit, if you let me speak, Lord Gamigin. As I was saying, the attack was done by Great Red. As for why he attacked, I will explain that now."

Taking a small breath Cain began to weave a story, which was half lie and half truth, after all those are the hardest ones to see through.

"A while ago, I had organised a tournament between the members of the house of Lucifer to check our combat strength, it was coming along nicely until the last match, which was between me, my wife Zeaira and Scathach Skadi, the Godslayer."

Gasps were heard across the room as the Godslayer was mentioned, a Legendary being, mentioned in fables, was just said to be present in Hell.

"Before anyone asks anything, I will explain the presence of the Godslayer, today later on, so please be patient."

Cain said knowing that he needed to speak freely here.

"As that happened, the fight reached an unpredictable level, where the Beezelebub was the referee. As such I, having defeated Scathach, went on fighting one on one with my wife, which resulted in us going super devil and unleashing our strongest attacks. And taking precautions against that, the Beelzebub sent us to the dimensional gap to not let any of it affect Hell."

Cain waited for a bit as he watched the hall again and began to speak as he saw everyone focused on his made up story.