God succession system - Chapter 373

Chapter 373: Farewells




"Kyaaaaaaaaaa!"

As the day turned to night, when all was supposed to be quiet, a series of screams sounded from the baths that was shared by all of the women who currently resided on Tenrou Island. Within the girls scrambled for towels or used their hands to try and cover their n.a.k.e.d bodies, while a sole man stood awkwardly in the middle of all of it.

"What are you doing here?" Lucy asked Alex tiredly, as she, Mirajane, and Erza were all bathing with their guild mates for the last time for the foreseeable future. Alex simply shrugged at her question, and replied,

"Lala tried to use one of her inventions in our bath, a small bracelet rolled across the ground towards me, and next thing I knew I was here. As sad as it is to say, you know all about my skill by this point." Lucy deadpanned at Alex's explanation, and, despite believing him regarding his claim that the skill itself was at fault, still couldn't help but think about how 'convenient'' it was for him.

Meanwhile Kagura finished coughing and sputtering nearby as she turned to fix Alex with a murderous glare, her n.a.k.e.dness forgotten as she focused all her attention on erasing the humiliation she just suffered. Without another word, Kagura grabbed her sheathed sword, Archenemy, that she carried with her even in the bath, before thrusting her empty hand at Alex to activate her magic.

In an instant Alex felt the gravity around him suddenly intensify as Kagura genuinely tried to crush him, to which he barely even flinched even as the ground beneath him caved in sightly.

"You know," Alex said as he fought the urge to yawn at her attempt to crush him, "if you want to crush me with Gravity magic then you'd have to increase the gravity around me by more than a few hundred times to even make me flinch."

Her expression twisting at his words, Kagura canceled her magic and snarled as she reached for the hilt of her sheathed katana, "If you're saying that then you wouldn't mind if I got completely serious then?!" When he saw her motion as if she was about to draw her sword, Alex's brow twitched as this particular sword, Archenemy, was something that could be considered an ultimate weapon of destruction that can be wielded by a single person. A single swing of the unsheathed blade was enough for the wielder to destroy an entire section of a city, a weapon which could be said is capable of causing a cataclysm.

Though Alex wasn't worried about facing the might of the weapon head on, it could still destroy quite a bit of their surroundings or harm anyone unfortunate enough to be caught within its path. Knowing she was simply acting rash due to the humiliation of what he had accidentally did to her, Alex didn't try to stop her as he simply asked,

"Can I take you trying to draw that sword to mean you intend to try and kill me?" His words made Kagura hesitate for a second, before she eventually snapped back,

"Even if I killed you, you kept saying that you lot could even revive the dead, right? So then there's nothing wrong if make you die once or twice for humiliating me!" When he heard that Alex could only frown, before asking right before Kagura unsheathed her blade,

"And if you can't?" His question made her pause slightly, before Alex continued, "If you can't kill me with even your strongest attack, what would you do then?" As he asked that Alex took a step closer to her before going on to say,

"If even your strongest attack couldn't stop me, what could you do to keep me from pushing you down and humiliating you even more in front of everyone here? Maybe even making you finish what was started?" As he asked that Alex gestured to everyone around them, who had remained within the baths in order to see Kagura punish him for his intrusion.

These words made her pause even more, despite the fact that Alex didn't even mean them and only asked it hypothetically to keep her from attacking. What he never expected was for Kagura to eventually say,

"Very well then. If I cannot kill you with my attack, then I will willingly service you with my mouth until you are completely satisfied. How is that?" Not just Alex, but Lucy, Erza, Mirajane, and every other person within the baths was gaping at Kagura in shock at her declaration, none of them ever expecting that she herself would offer to 'satisfy' Alex.

This was the conclusion she had come to though after deliberating between possibly fighting back fruitlessly only to be f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y humiliated even more, or gracefully accepting her defeat and facing her punishment with honor. Shaking his head at Kagura's reasoning, Alex barely had enough time to move Lucy and the others out of the way before the guild master proceeded to unsheathe her sword.

The second the blade became exposed to the world Alex felt the intent of the sword hurdling towards him with one goal, to destroy him.

Archenemy was also known as the 'Blade of Resentment', meaning that the higher the users resentment towards the target, the more powerful the strike. With the humiliation she had just endured still very fresh in her mind, Kagura's attack was far more powerful than any she would normally be able to employ.

Alex however didn't even flinch as the attack carved a path of destruction tight to him, before he caught it in his hands. Everyone watched in awe as, slowly but surely, the attack started shrinking in Alex's hands as he employed his 'Energy Nullification' skill, until the attack was completely erased without a single trace.

Dead silence.

That was all there was as Alex seemingly effortlessly blocked Kagura's most powerful attack, before he then proceeded to use Regeneration magic to instantly fix the damage her two attacks had caused to the bathroom. As he did so the mind of the woman in question was in complete turmoil, as she had never expected that her ultimate attack would be effortlessly blocked without harming even a single hair on its targets head.

Her mind was still racing when Alex eventually said, "So, now that I've proven that you can't do anything against me, can we put this whole farce behind us?" Kagura looked up as Alex began telling Lucy, Erza, and Mirajane goodbye, since he intended to leave them to their bath, before she asked,

"What about our agreement?" Alex looked back at her curiously before replying,

"I never intended to do anything you know. I was just trying to use that as an excuse to prevent you from attacking me due to the destruction your attack could have caused, to the building and anyone unfortunate enough to also be caught in its path."

It was at this point that Kagura realized the truth in Alex's words, as she never even considered the possible collateral damage in her anger, her only thought being to make Alex pay for humiliating her.

Her hands clenched into fists, Kagura stepped towards him before saying, "I was wrong to needlessly risk the lives of anyone caught up in my attack, and I thank you for stopping it. However I still have my honor, and I made a promise if you managed to block my attack."

Stopping right before Alex, Kagura then surprised everyone as she then lowered herself to her knees so that she was staring directly as his flaccid manhood, pausing slightly as she recalled how it tasted in her mouth. Though she hesitated for a brief moment, Alex decided to see how far Kagura's resolution would go, so he took a seat on the tiled bench behind him as he waited for the black haired beauty to start fulfilling her promise.

After a little over a minute to work herself up to it, Kagura finally swept her hair back as her head descended towards his c.o.c.k. Rather than trying to take him in her mouth immediately Kagura began by hesitantly l.i.c.k.i.n.g the head, before slowly bringing her incredibly soft tongue up and down his shaft.

As the seconds slowly ticked by Kagura's efforts made his flaccid manhood steadily grow, stunning her more than a little when she finally beheld its might in all its glory. With everyone else besides Lucy witnessing Alex's 'might' for the first time, Kagura paused her service and asked with a red face,

"I-is it supposed to be so.....large?" Alex smirked proudly before saying,

"Not everyone's is, but my theory is that it's a trait of my race, Saiyans. Well, it's either that or I just got extremely lucky." With how proud of himself Alex seemed to be at her question, Kagura promised herself to 'keep her mouth shut' from here on out, figuratively of course.

She then parted her lips and wrapped them around the head of his c.o.c.k, before she got the idea to twirl her tongue around it. Though she really didn't want to make him feel good, Kagura had promised to do so until he was 'completely satisfied', meaning she had to make sure he felt good enough from her mouth that he managed to climax. The toughest part about this though was her complete lack of experience.

As she continued working him with her mouth though, Alex couldn't help but be surprised at the speed with which she was improving. Soon Kagura began to take even more of his length into her mouth, until Alex felt his head begin to hit the back of her throat. Though she paused when she felt his, Kagura hesitantly continued to allow Alex even further into her mouth, and down her throat.

Not just Alex, but everyone watching was surprised to see her take him in so far, as anyone who knew a thing or two knew that it was incredibly hard for a newbie to deepthroat a man without gagging on their first try. Alex resisted the urge to smile at his luck of finding someone who was able to deepthroat him without issue, not counting of course people like Kurumu, a succubus, and Akeno, a fallen angel, both races of which were genetically designed to be seductive.

He didn't think on it too much though, as with each passing second Kagura's skill at giving him head seemed to increase, until he was finally nearing his climax. Sensing something from the way Alex was twitching within her mouth Kagura took him out right in time, to be sprayed in the face with his hot and sticky c.u.m.

"This....is s.e.m.e.n?" She hesitantly asked with a mixture of both disgust and curiosity. Kagura used her fingers to scoop up a bit of the ooze to look at, but as she did so she noticed Alex smirking as he admired the view of a beautiful woman covered in his spunk. Frowning at him, she then stood and said,

"Now then, I hope we're done here!" Kagura then turned to walk away, not seeming to care about the fact that Alex had an unobstructed view of her b.u.t.t as she did so.

"Hold it!" Someone suddenly spoke up, making everyone turn to look at them. Sherry, Sherria's older cousin, stepped forward and said, "You promised you'd go until he was 'completely satisfied', right?" Kagura frowned at Sherry's question, and said,

"Yeah?" Sherry then pointed at Alex's still towering manhood, and continued,

"Men are only 'completely satisfied' when they go completely soft, he's still hard as a rock!" As she said that Sherry glanced at Alex's c.o.c.k once again, briefly comparing it to her own husbands before shaking any funny ideas out of her head.

Kagura however glanced at Alex's still hard c.o.c.k with obvious reluctance, before another voice declared, "You just want to make Kagura humiliate herself even more, don't you!" Everyone turned to see a chubby dark skinned woman with an Afro pointing angrily at Sherry, Risley Law. Sherry however put her hands up defensively, even as her towel fell to the ground, and said,

"Not at all! I just want to keep miss Kagura honest about her promises!" Risley glared at Sherry and was about to lay into her even more, but Kagura stated mechanically,

"It's fine Risley, I did promise." As she slowly turned back towards him with empty eyes, Alex however stated,

"It's really fine Kagura, my stamina is so great that it might as well be endless. If you truly tried to keep going until I was 'completely satisfied', then we'd be here all night." Kagura clenched her fists when she heard that, as, despite the fact that she really didn't want to service Alex once more, she also hated having to go back on a promise, especially one she instigated.

Seeing her remain conflicted about this, Alex sighed and said, "Ok then, let's focus on this at another time then. Instead of making someone service me who doesn't want to, I'd prefer it if my partner was more willing."

As he said that Alex used his 'Telekinesis' to pull Lucy to his side, who he had noticed was fidgeting since a while ago. With the itch between her legs growing ever more intense, Lucy didn't fight it as Alex grabbed her behind her knees, and lifted her with her back to him as she faced everyone else.

"Wait...." Lucy gasped as the last bit of her resistance fought against doing it in front of everyone else, however that little bit vanished when she felt his c.o.c.k pride her entrance before it finally entered her, making Lucy let out a loud m.o.a.n as she finally received the thing her body had been aching for.

"AHHHHHN!" Lucy cried in p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e out as she was finally filled to the brim with Alex's c.o.c.k, regardless of who she was currently in front of.

The bathroom was then filled with the sounds of smacking flesh and Lucy's m.o.a.ns as Alex pounded the blonde summoner for all that he was worth, amazing everyone who was watching in the process. Of course the ones who were watching the closest were Erza and Mirajane, as the same question floated in both of their minds,

'Are we next?'

Their hearts then skipped a beat as Alex looked over at them pointedly, a wicked smile dancing across his lips. He then released his hold on the back of Lucy's knees, allowing her to fall forward suddenly before she grabbed onto his own knees for support.

Using their new angle, Alex began to slowly and methodically grind the head of his c.o.c.k against the entrance to Lucy's w.o.m.b, while she herself was grinding her b.u.t.t against his waist to try and push his last couple inches in even deeper. Alex then glanced over at Mirajane and Erza, before using his finger to gesture at them.

"Mirajane, Erza, come over here." He said to them provocatively, making the duo hesitate slightly before looking at each other, and nodding in affirmation at each other at the same time.

They then started walking towards Alex and Lucy, neither covering their bodies as they fought to keep their legs from shaking in nervousness. When they did reach him, Alex pulled them to either side close enough that their n.a.k.e.d bodies were pressed up against him, and similarly to the night before he grabbed a firm hand full of their asses to keep them from backing away.

With his fingers shamelessly slipping into the cracks of their butts to explore the most intimate areas of their bodies, and their b.r.e.a.s.ts pressed up against him, both girls began to breath heavily as their faces inched ever close.

"Is this what you want?" Alex asked with a smile, as he slowly drew closer to Mirajane. Before she could ask what he meant, the white haired woman found her lips sealed in her first ever kiss.

Mirajane practically melted as Alex's tongue traced her lips to taste the remnants of her cherry lip balm, before invading her mouth where it began a wrestling match with her own while his fingers traced the line that no other person had ever touched.

The kiss lasted for so long that when their lips finally parted Mirajane was more than a little breathless, her eyes glazed over slightly as his fingers continued to bring her increasing amounts of p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e. She then shuddered as his middle finger suddenly slipped inside the increasingly wet crack, before probing to see just how far it could go.

Alex then shifted his attention to the scarlet haired woman on his left, who was shivering with both excitement and shame as his fingers played with her in front of everyone.

"Are you ready Erza?" He asked in a low voice, startling her slightly due to being distracted by the thing probing her depths. Instead of waiting for her to answer though, Alex quickly sealed her lips as well.

"Mph!" Erza g.r.o.a.n.e.d into their kiss, as Alex's tongue began exploring her strawberry tasting lips as well, before gently invading her mouth. Instead of a wrestling match like Mirajane's though, Alex was surprised when Erza's lips seemed to close around his tongue before she began s.u.c.k.i.n.g on it.

Smirking against her lips, the kiss with Erza continued for roughly as long as it had with Mirajane before Alex finally managed to free his tongue from her mouth, and remarked with amus.e.m.e.nt at her pout,

"Don't worry, I have something even better for you to suck on later, once Lucy's done basting it of course!" Alex then punctuated his words by removing his hand from Mirajane's backside, and giving Lucy's a crisp slap.

SMACK!

"Ngh!" Lucy g.r.o.a.n.e.d as her insides squeezed and squirmed around him from the contact, making his smirk widen as a result.

"Wanna make Lucy feel really good?" Alex asked Mirajane and Erza with an impish smile, making both of them blush when he whispered what he wanted them to do in their ears.

"Wha-?!" Lucy cried out as a couple of hands pulled her back into Alex's c.h.e.s.t, before they roughly seized and started kneading her b.r.e.a.s.ts.

"W-wait Erza! Mirajane! What are you doing?!" Lucy demanded as both girls began to skillfully attack her b.r.e.a.s.ts, massaging and kneading before they started to flick and play with her n.i.p.p.l.es.

With Alex skillfully attacking her insides, and Erza and Mirajane attacking her b.r.e.a.s.ts, Lucy lasted less than a minute before she let out a great cry as she climaxed, amazing everyone who was still watching. Seconds after though they were again amazed as Alex let out a grunt, and filled Lucy to the brim with his seed.

"No way..."

"He did it inside just like that?"

"What if she gets pregnant?"

"I think I heard that he already has several children..."

"It's like he's some kind of harem lord or something..."

These and more whispers were traded as the gallery watched in amazement, even as a trickle of white fluid began leaking out of the place where Alex and Lucy were connected. He then turned towards Mirajane, and whispered to her,

"I have an idea Mira...." His voice then got so quiet that not even Lucy or Erza could hear what he said, but Mirajane's face turned completely red at whatever he told her to do.

"O-ok..."Mirajane muttered shyly before she got up, and kneeled down in front of Alex and Lucy.

Lucy's eyes widened as she watched Mirajane, one of the people she admired and respected most since joining Fairy Tail, lean forwards until her still bright red face was just inches from her and Alex's most intimate areas. She then watched as Mirajane hesitantly stuck out her little pink tongue, before she began l.i.c.k.i.n.g Alex's balls.

Mirajane slowly ran her tongue across Alex's family jewels before parting her lips to take one of them into her mouth, where she s.u.c.k.e.d on it slightly. Alex g.r.o.a.n.e.d as Mirajane s.u.c.k.e.d on him while swirling her tongue around his sack, making him silently compare her raw talent with Kagura's.

Soon however Mira let his balls go, and slowly began tracing her tongue up the underside of Alex's shaft, where she began to slowly l.a.p up the white fluid running down it that was combined with Lucy's juices. The blonde haired summoner watched in shock as the woman that she respected and admired licked up Alex's shaft until she finally reached the point where they were connected, where she began probing her folds with it.

Everyone watched in amazement at the scene, several even noticing Mira's fingers slowly sliding down to her own sacred patch, where they began to dig and move at an increasing tempo.

"Disgusting...." Risley muttered as she and the other members of Mermaid Heel tried to hurry up their own bath, no longer caring about Alex and his antics.

"...yeah..." Kagura muttered as she still tasted Alex's c.o.c.k in her mouth, before she reached for something to rinse it out with.

***

The next morning Alex awoke with the three beautiful women in his bed, all slumbering peacefully after the demanding physical activities he put them through the night before. Smiling warmly at their sleeping faces, he simply laid back, and waited patiently for them to wake up on their own.

The day began relatively simply, with some breakfast before some of the girls began to clean the temporary house, preparing it for when Lala reverted it to its usual pill-like state, while a few others went over the defenses they prepared the day before. Finally it was a little after noon when Alex and the girls gathered for their goodbyes, a rather tearful situation when it came to Wendy, Levy, Elfman, and Lisanna.

Of everyone though the saddest one to see them go was of course Happy, who was still depressed over Natsu's imprisonment, and now both Lucy and Erza were leaving as well.

"Argh! Stop bawling like a baby." Carla stated irritably, to which Happy could only blubber,

"B-b-b-but first Natsu was taken and is being tortured, and now Lucy's leaving too!" As he finished speaking Happy completely broke down into tears, making Carla's annoyed expression vanish on the spot.

It wasn't like she wasn't sympathetic to him, as she could never even imagine what she'd do is something similar happened to Wendy. But, instead of trying to help find a way to rescue Natsu, Happy had spent the last two days constantly on the verge of tears since he had never been in this kind of situation before. The duo had literally been together ever since Happy was born, and had never actually been apart for more than a day or so since.

"I won't be gone for long Happy." Lucky said gently, as, despite how often Happy got on her nerves, she still cared deeply for the blue cat as former members of the same team. And as she said Lucy planned to enter the space-time orb Alex told her about to train, meaning that while a lot of time will pass from her perspective, for Happy it wouldn't be longer than a few days, a week at most.

Sniffling at her words, Happy then rummaged through the little pack he carried around with him, and pulled out a small fish before offering it to her.

"I-I-I was saving this, b-b-but I want you to have it Lucy!" Lucy fought the urge to grimace as Happy offered her the fish, accepting it and saying through a forced smile,

"Th-thank you Happy, I'm sure it'll be tasty." Happy sniffled again before saying,

"Think of me when you eat it!" He then turned around and dejectedly walked away, leaving Lucy kneeling down with a fish in her hands.

Storing it in the spatial storage ring Alex had given her, Lucy then stood and turned towards everyone else before saying,

"Everyone...thank you all for everything." Every member of Fairy Tail was present for the goodbyes, and they all shouted various wishes of farewells to Lucy, Erza, and Mirajane. The scarlet haired knight then stepped forward and said to Markarov,

"Master..... Thank you..." When he heard that Markarov sniffled as he fought back his own tears, before saying,

"Someday every little chick has to spread its own wings, but I'll never be able to get used to seeing them fly away...." When she heard this tears began flowing from Erza's eyes as well, due to Markarov being the closest thing to a parent she had ever had, and Fairy Tail being the only true home she ever had.

She then surprised everyone there as she got down on her knees, and pulled Markarov into an emotional hug so hard that his head even clanged against her b.r.e.a.s.tplate.

"..."

Everyone was speechless as they watched 'that' Erza show weakness and emotion, though it wasn't necessarily that shocking to those who were in the baths with them the previous night. Of course the most surprised was Markarov, both because of Erza's actions and the hit he took to his head.

He didn't let it bug him though, as the tears also began streaming down his face as he recalled the day that a scrawny little scarlet haired girl first walked through their doors, a patch covering her ruined right eye as she informed Markarov what happened to one of their missing guild mates. He then recalled watching Erza grow up and become increasingly stronger and famous until people began calling her by a certain moniker, Titania, meaning Queen of the Fairies.

As all these and more memories welled up within him, Markarov sniffed before gently pushing her away and saying, "Enough, it's not as if this is goodbye forever. If anything, from what I understand it'll only feel like a few days to me." Erza nodded before she released him from her hold, allowing Mirajane to step forward with tears in her eyes as well.

With Markarov being the one who took her and her siblings in when they had nowhere else to go after their parents died, and assured her of her own humanity when her demonic abilities started awakening, he was akin to a father to her as well. He was a father to all who joined Fairy Tail, no matter what their past was.

She too was about to give him a hug, but Markarov suddenly said, "Now who's going to serve me beer all day and be our eye candy?"

Mirajane's eye twitched when she heard that, before her tears instantly dried up and she adopted her usual business smile when dealing with troublemakers.

".....Master....."

Mirajane uttered with an illusionary demonic aura swirling around her as a paper fan appeared in her hands.

"Mercy!" Markarov cried out playfully as she swung the paper fan at him, making the spectators around them laugh at his expense.

With the formerly somber mood gone thanks to Markarov's antics, Rias took the chance to step forward and ask,

"Before we leave, is there anyone who considered my offer?" With those who didn't know what she was talking about looking around in confusion, a few that did started shuffling around awkwardly before someone stepped forward.

"I have." Freed Justine said, surprising everyone present, but none more than the other two members of the Thunder God Tribe, Evergreen and Bickslow.

"What are you doing Freed?!"

"What is the meaning of this?!"

The duo cried out in shock, to which Freed explained,

"Miss Rias offered me a position amongst her own peerage, and I am considering accepting." The duo could only gape at him in shock, before Bickslow demanded,

"W-what about Laxus though?!" Of the three of them Freed's loyalty towards their leader, Laxus, was the strongest, so neither of them could ever imagine him choosing to serve someone else even though Laxus was no longer here. Surprisingly Freed said,

"I'm doing this for Laxus." He then turned towards Alex and asked, "Can you be sure that he was killed by the Dark Emperor?" Alex nodded and glanced towards Markarov hesitantly, before eventually admitting,

"Yes. Not only am I aware of past events, but also what was originally supposed to happen in the future as well." Ignoring the shock at his most recent revelation, Alex continued,

"Originally after Erza and the others returned from the Tower of Heaven, Laxus would've attempted a coup during a festival. With the three of you at his side he would've instigated a battle royale between the members of Fairy Tail to weed out the weaklings, until Natsu and Gajeel teamed up to stop him.

"Afterwards he would've been excommunicated from the guild by Markarov, though the three of you would've stayed since he shouldered all of the blame on himself. After traveling for a bit though he would eventually make his way to Tenrou Island to visit Mavis's grave, where he would caught up in the battle with Grimoire Heart.

"Then once you all woke up Markarov would've tried to make Gildarts guild master, who would immediately take off after reinstating Markarov as master and Laxus's guild membership. There's plenty more that I could say, but you get the general idea, right?"

Complete silence met Alex's admission as everyone digested what he told them, and realized just how much Darius had messed with their lives. Markarov himself was practically shaking in fury at the confirmation that his own grandson was taken from him, something they had always suspected, yet had never been able to confirm.

Freed was in a similar state as Markarov, with the person he had dedicated his life towards serving having met such a fate. He then turned towards Rias, and asked,

"If I agree to join you, will I become strong enough to help avenge Laxus?" Rias smiled confidently at him before saying,

"Darius is Alex's, along with the rest of the generals. However, if you join me I'll give you the chance to become stronger than you thought possible, depending on the amount of effort you put in of course. You can then use this strength to help your comrades fight through the forces that Darius has amassed, paving the way to the Dark Emperor's defeat."

Freed was silent for a moment as he thought on Rias's offer, before eventually saying,

"Very well, I accept." Rias smiled widely and held out one of her remaining 'Pawn' pieces to him, which Freed readily accepted.

Though his chivalric disposition and skills would qualify him as a knight, Rias only had 'Pawns' left and she felt his skills would be better benefited by that piece than a 'Knight'. The reason was that on top of his sword skills and his ability to plant traps with runes, which could be used to completely dominate any Rating Games they participated in, Freed also had the ability to use his runes in combat to enhance his or others abilities.

Using them he could make himself and his allies stronger, faster, while also using one to mimic Mirajane's Satan Soul and demonize himself. On the other hand he could also use the runes to attack his opponents, even being able to use them to inflict instant death upon them.

Freed unhesitatingly activated the Evil Piece, before a pair of demonic wings spread from his back. Once the transformation was complete he kneeled in front of Rias and said,

"From this moment on I pledge myself to lady Rias of the house of Gremory, and swear to defend her and hers until the day that I perish." Rias smiled in satisfaction at Freed's oath, before adopting a formal expression and saying in return,

"Rise Freed Justine, servant of Gremory." Freed stood at Rias's command, before falling in behind her like a knight awaiting her orders.

With no one else stepping forward to accept her offer of an Evil Piece, Rias nodded to Alex to indicate she was done with her business. Turning back to Markarov, who's brow was twitching from having yet another member of their guild swiped from them, Alex said,

"Well then, we should probably be leaving then. I'll send someone later once I have the chance to arrange for your people's training." Markarov nodded and said,

"Thank you. I'm sure everyone will appreciate the chance to get stronger as soon as possible." With everyone else voicing their agreement Alex and co turned to leave, heading for an area that Anne had been working at earlier that morning.

Waiting there for them was an arch that was made of tree trunks, limbs, and vines that Anne had carefully arranged for their portal. Nodding in approval, Alex stepped forward and held his hand out at the arch, forming a wall of mist within it that grew to fill the entire archway.

Once it was filled Alex then stepped through the portal before everyone else followed him, emerging on the other side to see land filled with various greens and budding flowers. Though it had only been about a week since they left the previous world, it appeared that the long winter that they had been experiencing was completely over with all of the snow already melted.

Once the rest of the group appeared alongside him, on a hill overlooking the city that was home to most of Asora's residents, Alex made a wide sweeping gesture and said,

"Welcome ladies and gent, to Asor-" As he made his greeting Alex suddenly cut himself off, becoming slightly alert in an instant.

With his 'Domain' instantly growing to encompass the entire world of Asora Alex had instinctively tried to suppress the sudden surge of information, but before he could he noticed something. Down in the city everyone was hurriedly moving too and fro with an obvious anxiety, alerting him to the fact that something was wrong.

Before he could try and figure out what though, a voice he hadn't heard for several days called out,

"ALEEEEEEEX!"

Looking up Alex saw the beautiful figure of Gabriel hurriedly flying at him, making him even more alarmed when he saw that her face was covered in tears, snot, and a small trickle of blood coming from the corner of her mouth.

"Gabriel-!" Alex began before the archangel rushed into his embrace, clinging to him desperately while fighting back her sobbing. "What happened?" He questioned seriously while also rubbing his hand up and down her back comfortingly.

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I'm s-s-so sorry!" Gabriel wailed before breaking down all over again, making Alex even more worried about what was going on.

Though it took several minutes to get her to calm enough to speak, Alex eventually managed to get three words from her through her hysterics. Three little words that made his blood run cold as his mind numbed, before both feelings were replaced by pure rage.