Krul Tepes chased the Seraph in the air, occasionally dodging its attacks.
It had to be said that the angel only used its large horn as a weapon in close combat, but the Seraph's power made Krul Tepes wary of touching it.
The angel occasionally blew its horn, replenishing the ground forces of the Four Horsemen of John.
"Wow, here they come again. It looks like there's hope of breaking the one-thousand mark today!"
Luke casually chopped off the heads of several Four Horsemen of John.
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...Luke went from actively attacking to standing still.
The demonic sword rapidly circled around him, piercing through any Four Horsemen of John that came near.
"How invincible~ How lonely~"
Luke sat on the pile of corpses of the Four Horsemen of John and began watching Krul Tepes's pursuit of the Seraph in the air.
This Seraph is quite weak. What did Guren do to it?
Krul Tepes struck the horn, deflecting it. A sharp pain shot through her hand, but Krul Tepes didn't hesitate. With her other hand, she grabbed the Seraph's neck, rendering it powerless. The horn slipped from its grasp and, as it hit the ground, dissolved into a wisp of white smoke.
"You can't stop us from eliminating all sinners! One day..."
Crunch.
Krul Tepes squeezed harder, crushing the Seraph's windpipe and preventing it from speaking.
"What does that have to do with me? I only care about my brother..."
Krul Tepes said, glancing down at Luke, who was smiling and waving at her, and gave a faint smile.
"And that idiot being fine is enough."
The Seraph's windpipe recovered, and it tried to speak again.
"You..."
Krul Tepes said no more. Her hand quickly sliced across, and the Seraph's eyes glazed over, its wings dissipating. Its remaining power was insufficient to heal its wounds; it had reverted to a human.
Unfortunately, its head and body seemed to have had a disagreement and separated.
Luke suddenly felt the ground disappear beneath him, falling from a height of over ten meters.
"The corpses and the remaining Four Horsemen of John have vanished."
Krul Tepes landed, casually tossing the headless body onto the ground.
"You wanted it dead."
Luke crouched down, his fingers moving. The demonic sword sliced open the corpse's chest.
"This is it!"
Luke found a small dagger.
Krul Tepes had never seen this item, but anything found inside a Seraph shouldn't be safe.
"What is this?"
Luke explained.
"A sin key, it's very useful~"
"Oh? What use?"
"It ignores all curses, kills Vampires, demons, angels, and even Progenitors!"
Krul Tepes was shocked by Luke's words.
Vampires, after all, bore the curse of immortality! Of course, what she found most incredible was that it could kill a Progenitor!
A powerful being like a Progenitor, capable of creating an entire race of Vampires, could be killed by such a small dagger. How could she not be surprised?
Luke added at this point.
"However, one sin key has limited damage against a Progenitor. According to professionals, at least four such daggers are needed to kill a Progenitor."
Krul Tepes asked out of curiosity.
"Professionals? Who?"
"Rigr Stafford."
Krul Tepes was slightly taken aback upon hearing that name.
Her first meeting with Luke was through Rig delivering a package; at that time, he called himself Saito. So, it was reasonable for Luke to know these things, but why would Rig tell Luke, who was just an ordinary human kid back then?
Seeing Krul Tepes lost in thought, Luke could roughly guess what she was thinking.
"Krul, I'm not a spy sent by Rig to be by your side. I will stand by you my entire life."
Krul Tepes was still a little unaccustomed to Luke's serious face. After regaining her composure, she smiled and said directly.
"I don't care whose person you were before, but now and in the future, you belong to me. If you dare to betray me, I won't let you off the hook!"
"Eh? How won't you let me off the hook?"
"I'll write 'I'm sorry, Lady Krul' all over your body!"
"What a vicious punishment!"
"So, you can never be separated from me in this life, until death."
..."What?! The house was attacked!"
In the Shibuya Military Department, Guren was on the phone, his emotions agitated.
After a while, he uneasily hung up the phone, his face extremely gloomy.
Hiiragi Mahiru floated behind Guren, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"What happened, dear?"
"The old family home in Nagoya was attacked by Vampires. There were no defensive forces left at home. The attackers only knocked out the servants; they didn't kill anyone."
Hiiragi Mahiru also realized the seriousness of the situation and frowned.
"Which means the other party was after something from the Ichinose family's old home... It must be that."
Guren gritted out those words.
"The Seraph... No, I have to go back and check. Although the basement is very hidden, I'm still worried. The sin key inside that Seraph is a crucial part of the plan; there can be no mistakes!"
Guren left the office, not intending to report to Hiiragi Kureto, and walked towards the parking lot.
But when he got to the parking lot, he found his car's tires were locked, making it impossible to drive away.
The absurd thing was that the chains were Cursed Gear-proof. It was obvious, without much thought, that Hiiragi Kureto had done this to prevent him from leaving his post without authorization again.
But Guren thought Hiiragi Kureto was still too young. He pulled out another car key and walked towards Hiiragi Kureto's car.
Guren himself had forgotten how long he had Hiiragi Kureto's car key. It had been placed in some document, and he had casually taken it. Later, he heard that Hiiragi Kureto had a new key made, so he didn't bother returning it, never expecting it to come in handy today.
Guren drove Hiiragi Kureto's car towards the exit. The Imperial Demon Army guards in the booth, seeing it was the Lieutenant General's car, opened the gate from afar.
Guren left the Shibuya Military Department without even needing to slow down.
"Damn privileged class!"
Guren couldn't help but curse. Usually, when he wanted to enter or exit, the checks were thorough and detailed, but this time, they just saw the Lieutenant General's car approaching and opened the gate in advance!
A while later, Hiiragi Kureto, who was planning to discuss matters with Guren, arrived at Guren's office.
No one?
After searching around, an Imperial Demon Army soldier finally said that Guren had gone to the parking lot, which made Hiiragi Kureto want to laugh.
But when he got to the parking lot, he no longer felt like laughing.
Guren's car was still there, but where was his car?
Hiiragi Kureto then found the guards at the exit gate.
Only then did he realize that someone had actually driven his car out!
At this moment, the guards were hanging their heads, wishing they could bury them in the dirt like ostriches.
Although Hiiragi Kureto was frustrated, he didn't have time to dwell on their culpability.
After all, the Hiiragi Family's privilege was openly acknowledged in the Imperial Demon Army; their allowing passage was also a problem with the Hiiragi Family's management.
There was nothing for it. He could only think about the next battle plan himself and, while he was at it, check on the status of that little girl experimental subject later. She was his confidence for doing certain things in the future!
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