Under the dark night, the vast and boundless forest.
This is a forest with unusually tall trees, and the canopy is so dense that one wonders whether sunlight can penetrate it.
The forest is very humid, and there is an indescribable feeling of coldness. At first glance, it does not look like an ordinary forest inhabited by animals and plants, but more like the kind of forest mentioned in folklore where monsters or witches live.
At the entrance of this forest, a transfer magic square suddenly appeared, sliding down from top to bottom, and four figures appeared here one after another.
It was Leo and his party of four.
"Where is this place?"
Looking at the cold and unfamiliar forest in front of them, Yukino Yukinoshita, Asuna Yuuki, and Utaha Kasumigaoka subconsciously turned to Leo.
"This is Familiar Forest." Seeing the girls looking at him, Leo said, "There are many monsters living in this forest. Some of you have heard of them in various myths and legends, and some have never appeared in the human world. But without exception, they are all Demonic Creature with various abilities, which can be contracted by Devil and used as familiars."
Hearing this, the three Yukino Yukinoshita girls looked at the forest in front of them again.
Although it is late at night and there is no light source around, it can be said that they can't see their fingers. But for Devil who has night vision ability, the darkness cannot block their vision at all, so the three of them can see the appearance of the forest.
"A monster?" Yukino Yukinoshita muttered, "I didn't expect that there is such a place in this world."
Asuna Yuuki and Utaha Kasumigaoka also nodded in agreement.
However, Leo said something quite funny.
"Who told you that this forest is in Human World?" Leo said Shi Shiran: "This is the forest of Underworld. You are not in Human World now, but in Underworld."
As soon as these words came out, all the girls' eyes widened.
"This, this is Underworld?!"
Asuna Yuuki spoke in shock.
"We actually came directly to Underworld?"
Utaha Kasumigaoka was also surprised.
They know that Underworld is different from the one mentioned in the legend, but after all, this is the world where Devil and Fallen Angel live, and it is also the destination of some souls who do not enter heaven after death.
Under such circumstances, they really did not expect that they and others could actually transfer here in an instant by relying on the magic square at home.
"Generally speaking, new dependents like you Devil cannot directly use the magic square jump to transfer to Underworld. They must enter Human World through the official channel once and complete the immigration procedures in order not to be regarded as illegal entry and be punished."
Leo Seeing that the girls were all surprised, he immediately explained.
"But this time the situation is special. I don't plan to go home. I just want to help my servants subdue the familiars. Therefore, I will allow you to enter the country once. If you come to Underworld next time, you must go through the formal channels and complete the entry procedures."
This is what Leo specifically applied for from Sona Shitori. After the Sitri Clan's application, the exception was granted.
Others do not have such privileges. Leo has achieved astonishing growth in less than a few months. He has also taken three powerful Sacred Gear User as his subordinates at one time, all of whom have the potential of Infinity. This makes the senior leaders in the Devil world pay more attention to them and at the same time give them some privileges that are not painful.
"It would be too troublesome to enter the country through formal channels. I won't consider it for you before the long vacation." Leo continued, "But familiars are basic equipment for Devil. Even familiars without combat capabilities can help their masters deliver messages, track enemies, handle chores, etc. They are very useful, so I don't plan to delay planning familiars for you until the long vacation."
Just as the new club was established, Eligos Peerage had already taken its initial shape, so Leo planned to strike while the iron was hot and use club activities as a name to help the family members subdue their familiars.
"Although Familiar Forest is not the only place where you can get familiars, there is no shortage of high-quality familiars among the many monsters living here. It is the first place for many Devil to get familiars."
Leo pointed to the forest and said so.
"In this forest, everything from slimes to adult dragons exist. There is even a dragon king living in it. That is a legendary dragon. Tiamat, known as "Chaos Karma Dragon", is the only female dragon king among Five Great Dragon Kings. She has lived here since ancient times, but no Devil can subdue her."
After hearing Leo's words, Yukino Yukinoshita and others' eyes changed when they looked at Familiar Forest.
They are all dependents Devil who have already gone through training. Even Utaha Kasumigaoka, who joined just these two days, has already learned the common sense of the supernatural world, so he knows very well what the word "Dragon King" means.
To mortals, dragons are legendary creatures, but to Devil people, dragons are a real species, and they have been influencing the direction of the world since ancient times.
They have not formed a force and only exist as a group. There are even many powerful dragons that do not even have a group and always act alone. But as long as they are related to the "dragon" race, none of them are not powerful.
Dragons are also called the crystallization of power. Every dragon is full of power, free-spirited and willful. Even for mortals, it is a catchy existence. It is regarded by the general public as synonymous with power, mystery and majesty.
As dragon kings, they may not be the true kings of Dragon Race, but they are more powerful than other dragons, powerful enough to be called the "King of Dragons".
There are currently five such dragon kings, so they are called Five Great Dragon Kings.
All of Five Great Dragon Kings are extremely powerful, and the worst all have the strength of Maou-Class, and they are famous.
These Five Great Dragon Kings are respectively "Black Evil Dragon King" Vritra, "Golden Dragon Monarch" Fafnir, "West Sea Dragon Child"Yulong", "World-Ending Dragon" Jormungandr and "Chaos Karma Dragon" Tiamat.
Some of them have done evil in history and have been punished by Dragon Slayer Hero under the command of various forces. Some have been conquered by a certain force, or exist within the jurisdiction of a certain force. They have left their names in various myths and legends, and some are even worshiped as gods.
"Chaos Karma Dragon" Tiamat is one of them. Its name in Mesopotamian Mythology is an ocean goddess. She is regarded as the mother of gods and the incarnation of chaos in the early Yuan Dynasty. Her image combines the triple attributes of ocean, mother goddess and chaos. Characters or stories based on her image and legend have appeared in various film and television works.
Five Great Dragon Kings has been around for a long time, and now Tiamat is probably the one living the most comfortably.
"Black Evil Dragon King" Vritra has been conquered, his soul has been cut into several parts, and he has been made into several Sacred Gear by God. The end is very miserable.
"Golden Dragon Monarch"Fafnir was also defeated and later resurrected. Now he lives by contracting with others.
"West Sea Dragon Child" Yulong is White Dragon Horse in <Journey to the West>. He has long since surrendered to Mount Sumeru and became Buddhism.
"World-Ending Dragon" Jormungandr is the creation of the evil god Loki in Norse Mythology. It sleeps in the sea all year round. Even the Nordic gods don't know how to use it. It is said that it will only become active at the end of the world.
Some of these dragon kings died, some became honest after death, some were subdued, and some were thrown to fend for themselves in the depths of the sea. None of them had a good ending, except "Chaos Karma Dragon" and "Tiamat" who have always lived a happy life, and no one provoked them when they stayed in Familiar Forest.
As the only female Dragon King in Five Great Dragon Kings, Tiamat is now considered the strongest Dragon King. Ordinary Maou-Class can't do anything to her and may even be killed. Therefore, even in Devil, they rarely disturb her life.
"Is your familiar the Dragon King?"
Yukino Yukinoshita didn't know what he thought of, and said something shocking to Leo.
"... Am I so strong in your mind?" Leo's eyes twitched and he looked at Yukino Yukinoshita speechlessly, saying, "What gave you the illusion that I can conquer the strongest Dragon King?"
Just kidding, that is the Dragon King that ordinary Maou-Class can't match. Leo is just a small role in front of the other party now. What qualifications does Leo have to conquer the other party?
Not to mention before the awakening of characteristics, even now, with all his strength, he can barely fight against Ten-Winged Class's other beings, and he has to be the kind who has just been promoted. If Miyamoto Musashi is one of the best among Ten-Winged Class's Ultimate-Class Devil, then he will be blinded.
Even in the future, when he masters the Balance Breaker transformation of "Zenith Tempest", it will most likely be just Maou-Class. It's okay to deal with ordinary Maou-Class beings, but he still has to be blinded to deal with beings like Tiamat.
If he wants to compete with Tiamat like this, he must at least wait until he has the strength of Ten-Winged Class himself, and then open "Zenith Tempest" Balance Breaker. Only then can he do it.
As for now?
He hasn't even reached Eight-Winged yet!
"Then what is your familiar?"
Yukino Yukinoshita also feels a little embarrassed.
She was just inertial thinking, and was led astray by the previous events. When she heard that the other party was the only female dragon in Five Great Dragon Kings, she thought that this unscrupulous master who "selected High Mountain Flower as his vassal" had already taken action against the other party, but ignored the other party's current strength.
"My familiars are the ones in the manor. They have signed a contract with me. They are responsible for household chores and assisting us in our Devil work, such as handing out flyers and so on."
Leo There is nothing to be angry about.
"In the past, I only wanted to become High-Class Devil and inherit Eligos Clan, so I paid more attention to performance. I didn't contract familiars with particularly strong combat power. I just contracted some ordinary monsters that can transform into human forms as familiars."
After saying that, Leo stopped continuing the topic and waved his hand.
"Let's go, I'll take you in and pick slowly."
Leo took the lead and walked into the forest.
The girls quickly followed and soon entered the forest and disappeared.