As the leaders of the Three Factions began to seriously discuss and negotiate, while the others were still immersed in this sudden development, Leo's entire being began to stir.
Just as he said before, the Three Factions sat down amicably to discuss matters, a development that some people certainly couldn't stand.
Therefore, the other party will inevitably jump out and cause trouble at this time.
Now that the Three Factions have begun to negotiate, Leo doesn't believe that those lurking in the shadows waiting for an opportunity will remain indifferent.
Sure enough, the strange phenomenon soon appeared.
"Buzz----"
A fog appeared without warning at the Kuoh Academy, and like a tidal wave, it spread throughout the entire academy at an astonishing speed, instantly engulfing everything.
The fog quickly seeped into the buildings and the school, rushing through the corridors and filling each and every room.
"This is----?!"
The room where the Three Factions were holding their Summit Meeting was quickly filled with mist, causing everyone to stand up abruptly.
"Careful!"
Azazel was the first to shout it out loud.
"This fog is generated by the ability of ' Dimension Lost Removal'!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present who knew what " the Dimension Lost " was was shocked.
The instant the mist appeared, Leo suddenly reached out and grabbed the two closest familiar girls, causing them to gasp in surprise.
Immediately, the fog engulfed the entire room, causing everyone to disappear within it.
"Boom!"
In a burst of air, purple Demonic Power energy shot into the sky, blowing away the thick fog and revealing Leo's figure emerging from it.
"Lord Leo!"
The two girls held by Leo finally spoke up at this moment, their voices filled with surprise and doubt.
Leo looked closely and only then realized who the two people he had grabbed were.
One is Ravel Phenex, who has blonde curly hair, a petite figure, but an extremely voluptuous body.
One is Rem, with short blue hair, similar height and build to the former, and dressed in a provocative maid outfit.
Leo was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that he would grab two girls with the biggest difference in height and build among all the Eligos Peerage. Despite their youthful faces, they had surprisingly large breasts.
As for the others----
"So they're all gone after all?"
Leo glanced around, his heart sinking slightly.
He and two maidens appeared in a building, standing in a corridor.
Beneath their feet lingered the fog, and the surrounding scenery was completely different from the previous conference room. Only the still-shaken Ravel Phenex and Rem were by their side; everyone else had vanished without a trace.
Where am I?
Rem forced herself to calm down, and somehow found herself gripping the chain connecting the Morning Star.
"This must be some Different Dimension." Ravel Phenex quickly regained her composure and grasped the situation, gritting her teeth as she said, "We've been forcibly teleported into some unknown Different Dimension by ' Dimension Lost '."
" Dimension Lost," one of the Four Top-tier Longinus, and ranked fourth among the thirteen Longinus, is the strongest barrier-type Sacred Gear. Its ability is to transfer things covered by the mist it releases to other places, including Different Dimension and other spaces.
Last time, Leo fell victim to this Longinus Gear and was forcibly transferred to another Different Dimension by its wielder, where he engaged in a fierce battle with Cao Cao, who was waiting there.
Now, he has been tricked by this tactic again. He only managed to capture two of his own people, while the rest have all been moved to who knows where.
What does this mean?
"So, those guys from the Hero Faction really got involved in this too?"
This is something that did not happen in the original story.
However, Leo had considered this possibility.
After all, he had already considered that Cao Cao would definitely take action against him soon in order to prevent the intelligence he had from becoming outdated.
so----
"Just like with Leif last time, you both claimed you weren't on the same side, yet Trix still chose to cooperate, right?"
Leo's surprisingly calm words were directed towards the front of the corridor.
There, several figures slowly walked over and came into the sight of Leo and the others.
However, to Leo's surprise, the people slowly walking towards them were not the Hero Faction he had imagined, but a group of monsters.
A group of bipedal, entirely black, robust and sturdy monsters with sharp claws, fierce eyes, and bared teeth.
"Chirp!"
"Gah!"
"Roar!"
The monsters let out inhuman screams, which made Ravel Phenex and Rem tremble.
"What... what are all these? Monsters?!"
Ravel Phenex gasped in surprise.
"It has a really unpleasant smell----"
Rem made no attempt to hide her disgust for those monsters.
Both girls felt an extremely unpleasant aura emanating from these monsters, as if they had encountered a mortal enemy that made them physically uncomfortable, or a natural foe that they instinctively repelled.
They were actually very familiar with this feeling.
Whether it's the holy sword created by Asuna Yuuki using her Sacred Gear abilities, or the Purple Flame Cross released by Mahiru Shiina, both can evoke this instinctive rejection and disgust in these Devil.
These monsters before them, though not quite at the level of a holy sword or Sacred Relic, made Ravel Phenex and Rem feel as if they had encountered their natural enemies.
In fact, their feeling was correct.
"Zheng Yi"
The black monster roared and opened its mouth, suddenly unleashing a dazzling beam of light at Leo and his companions.
"Boom!"
The beam of light struck the corridor floor, shattering it instantly and sending up a cloud of dust.
Leo, Ravel Phenex, and Rem had already leaped away to avoid the dazzling beam of light.
"It's the Light Power!"
Ravel Phenex spread her fiery wings and flew in mid-air, speaking loudly.
"Those monsters can use the Light Power!"
The Light Power, which only angels and Fallen Angel can wield, was now appearing on a group of monsters—a situation that left Ravel Phenex and Rem both bewildered and shocked.
Only Leo understood what was going on.
"So that's how it is, a product of ' Annihilation Maker '?"
" Annihilation Maker " is one of the Four Top-tier Longinus, ranking third among the thirteen Longinus, second only to Leo's " Zenith Tempest ". Its ability is to create all kinds of magical beasts with imagination. The stronger the imagination, the more diverse the magical beasts created.
This Longinus also showed some of its power during the last attack by the Old Satan Faction. In that labyrinthine Different Dimension, after Sirzechs's personal investigation and analysis, they determined that all the monsters that appeared in the labyrinth at that time were man-made products, creatures created by the " Annihilation Maker | Longinus ".
This Longinus, like the " Dimension Lost," is Sacred Gear possessed by members of the Hero Faction Hero Faction, further confirming that they were also involved in this incident.
Leo vaguely remembered that these black monsters in front of him had appeared in the original story.
Those were magical beasts specially prepared by the host of " Annihilation Maker " to counter Devil; each one could use the Light Power to restrain Devil.
"Boom!"
A blinding beam of light erupted from the monsters' mouths once more, blasting the corridor walls apart and sending smoke and dust billowing out from the gaps.
Leo and his two companions flew out of the building and onto a deserted street, only to be met with an even fiercer attack.
"Chirp!"
"Gah!"
"Roar!"
One after another, black monsters emerged from the corners of the street and the darkness of buildings, as if they had grown out of the shadows. They roared and fired beams of light at Leo and the others in mid-air.
"Whoosh!"
Leo had already unfurled ten Devil Wings, his figure flashing like a phantom as he dodged the incoming beam of light.
He still had one hand gripping Rem's shoulder, helping Rem dodge the dense barrage of beam attacks.
As for Ravel Phenex, instead of retreating, she faced the dense beams of light head-on.
"Puff puff puff puff puff----!"
One beam of light after another pierced through Ravel Phenex's body, but without causing Ravel Phenex any harm.
Ravel Phenex's body, riddled with bullet holes, was engulfed in flames. What gushed from her wounds was not blood, but fire, transforming her into a burning Phoenix as she charged toward the nearest group of monsters.
"Bang!!!"
Before long, the burning Phoenix struck the location of the monsters, unleashing a violent Flame Storm that burned everything in its path.
The temperature was rising, and the deserted streets had transformed into a crimson hell, with flames spreading relentlessly and engulfing the black monsters one by one.
The black monsters didn't even have time to scream before they were all burned to ashes in the flames.
"Lord Leo! Please throw Rem over there!"
Seeing this, Rem, who was being held by Leo, quickly spoke up, seemingly not wanting to be overshadowed by her fellow members of the same family, and even less wanting to become a useless piece of trash who could only be protected by her master.
Without a word, Leo threw Rem into the middle of a group of monsters, causing Rem to crash to the ground like a cannonball, shattering the ground beneath her feet.
"Bang!"
The black monster closest to Rem had just turned around, opened its mouth, and gathered Light Power within it. Before the beam could even be fired, Morning Star came hurtling through the air and smashed into its face, crushing its head.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah----!"
Rem seemed to have entered Oni Transformation state, roaring as she swung her Morning Star Morning Star like a whirlwind, smashing it at incredible speed into the black monsters around her, flattening and smashing them one by one.
Seeing that the two familiar girls were wreaking havoc among the monsters, Leo suddenly smiled, and the ten wings on his back unfurled, enveloping him.
"Bang bang bang bang----!"
Beams of light shot in from all directions, landing on the wings and exploding into sparks, but they failed to touch Leo himself in the slightest.
Logically speaking, as Devil that is countered by light, when attacked by light, Leo's wings should have been torn apart immediately, instead of being able to firmly block them like this.
Unfortunately, as Perfect Devil, Leo no longer has the weakness of light, so these monsters created specifically for Devil are useless against him.
Leo calmly blocked all the attacks of light and deployed magic arrays around himself.
The magic squares appeared as they spun, resembling cannons that fired countless Magic Bullet, striking and blasting the black monsters to death.
The three of them cleared out the group of monsters that had suddenly appeared, doing so with great efficiency that it was impossible to tell that they were Devil that were countered by the Light Power.
Ravel Phenex ignored the attacks of light, her body engulfed in flames as she relentlessly burned the monsters, turning them to ashes. Rem was even more brutal, smashing them one by one with her Morning Star. Compared to them, Leo, who blasted these monsters with Magic Bullet, seemed quite merciful, at least giving them a painless death.
This scene lasted for an unknown amount of time before it finally subsided.
"Were they all eliminated?"
Rem gripped the handle of his Morning Star, his gaze still filled with vigilance.
"These monsters are no longer visible in the surrounding area."
Ravel Phenex flapped her fiery wings and flew down, landing beside Rem.
Leo also descended from the horizon, retracting the conspicuous ten wings on his back.
"Looks like we've passed the first hurdle without too much trouble." Leo looked at the street now a battlefield, his brow furrowed slightly, and muttered to himself, "I wonder how the others are doing."
If others were also attacked by these monsters specifically designed to fight Devil, the situation would be dire.
Beings like Sirzechs and Serafall are one thing; at their level, even the highest-level Sacred Relic, let alone light, might not pose much of a threat. But the other Devil are a different story.
At the very least, if the Gremory Peerage and the Sitri Peerage were to encounter such a group of monsters, the situation would be extremely dire. Even if the other members of the Eligos Peerage were to face this situation, it would be uncertain whether they could clear the stage without taking any damage.
Even for Azazel and Michael, it wasn't necessarily safe; they might have encountered the same thing.
The hosts Annihilation Maker are the natural enemies prepared for them.
"What a hassle!"
Leo couldn't help but feel worried.
The involvement of the Hero Faction completely altered the development of the Summit Meeting in the original work.
"Lord Leo."
"Lord Leo."
Ravel Phenex and Rem both looked at Leo, seemingly waiting for him to make a decision.
"----Walk."
Leo narrowed his eyes, and without hesitating for long, spoke softly.
"Go find the others and rejoin your companions."
"Yes!"