Strongest in DxD - Chapter 66

"And Do you need reasons?! How about at the place of Sirzechs' death there is holy energy, and the Angels who attacked the Underworld, and even Gabriel who is jealous of me" said Serafall in awe.

Everyone agreed with the first two parts, but when they got to the last part everyone sweated at the speech of the strongest woman in the Underworld.

"She really hates Gabriel" thought everyone but Seraphim herself.

Gabriel just looked surprised before smiling, "That's not true"

"Of course it is!" yelled Serafall getting up from his chair.

Before Serafall could jump on Gabriel, the Grigori General Ruler decided to intervene.

"I don't think it was the Angels or the Church," Azazel said calmly.

Everyone quickly turned to the Fallen Angel in surprise.

"So who do you think you are?" asked Dulio, the Strongest Exorcist, with curiosity.

"If I had to guess I'd say it's someone outside of the Three Factions, someone who wants them to destroy themselves," said Azazel as he rested his head in his hand.

Everyone looked surprised because he hadn't considered this possibility due to the hatred they had for each other.

"I take it you have someone in mind?" asked Vasco Strada, the Summit of Humanity, calmly.

Azazel sighed as he nodded

"Yes, I think the wielder of the [True Longinus] is behind all this," said Azazel making everyone look wide-eyed.

Everyone knew the strongest Longinus bearer, or rather his fame and renown throughout the world.

He is a human who appeared a few years ago, no one knows his name or appearance, as no one has survived to tell the story.

All they knew was that he carried the strongest Longinus and was considered the strongest user in history, in addition to his immense hatred for supernatural beings, particularly those of the Three Factions.

"Are you sure about that?" asked Gabriel in shock.

She couldn't believe that the wielder of the [True Longinus] was such a bad person at this point.

The Holy Lance would never be with someone like that, at least that's what Gabriel thought.

Azazel nodded.

"It's all I can think of; if we speak rationally the Church and the Angels don't have the power to kill Sirzechs so easily, besides the death of God and those Angels are completely strange. What's more, if that happened it's likely they'd have already started an attack," explained Azazel calmly.

Serafall had to agree with Azazel's words, knowing how likely the Church would have already started the attack.

Church members grudgingly agreed, this was likely to happen, although they didn't like Azazel's disdain that they couldn't beat Sirzechs Lucifer.

"So you think a human beat Sirzechs?" asked Serafall in a skeptical voice.

Azazel nodded.

"He's not a normal human Serafall, he's someone who even without Sacred Gear could beat a Maou class being, and with his Holy Spear he could probably beat a God, plus he had Balance Breaker, it wouldn't be wrong to say that he broke the limits of humanity like Vasco Strada," said Azazel calmly.

Everyone stared at Azazel's words calmly as they nodded.

And you couldn't forget that the [True Longinus] is the strongest holy weapon there is, even someone as strong as Sirzechs would not be immune to a blow from that weapon.

Meanwhile Vasco looked on with curiosity, he would like to meet someone who has transcended humanity like him.

"Suppose this is true, and what about the Angels who attacked the Underworld?" asked Serafall as he turned to Azazel.

"I bet it's the work of another Longinus, the [Annihilation Maker]," said Azazel.

Everyone blinked in surprise as he explained.

"This Longinus has not yet been identified in this generation, but it is certain that its user has already awakened it, and with its power to create beings similar to Angels it would not be difficult" explained Azazel calmly.

"So you think the owner of [Annihilation Maker] has allied with the owner of [True Longinus]?" asked Siegfried calmly.

"No" replied Azazel quickly to everyone's surprise: "I think the owner of the [Annihilation Maker] and the [True Longinus] are the same person."

"What?" Gabriel said with the same surprise as everyone else.

"But there have never been reports of a possessor of two Longinus," said Jeanne calmly.

"Yes, but I believe the possessor of [True Longinus] has the ability to steal Sacred Gear, my sources have informed me that he also carries Longinus [Canis Lykaon]," said Azazel with a sigh.

As far as Azazel knew four years ago the owner of [Canis Lykaon] was a human named Tobio Ikuse.

This is due to some of Azazel's subordinates monitoring the boy after his Sacred Gear aura was felt.

But one day that aura disappears and the owner of the [Canis Lykaon] appeared somewhere else in the world, but Tobio Ikuse was alive.

What Azazel thought was that Tobio's aura was wrong, but after several tests he saw that this was a mistake.

Which meant that someone, somehow, had the ability to steal other people's Sacred Gear and leave it alive.

Meanwhile, everyone analyzed Azazel's words and wondered how he knew all this.

But it was very likely that Azazel had been monitoring the [True Longinus] user since he came along to try to recruit him.

"So you mean the Holy Lance wielder has two other Longinus and is doing all this to get us to kill each other?" asked Serafall raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, at least that's what I think," said Azazel calmly as everyone contemplated his words.

"Wow, you are smarter than I thought"

A voice brought everyone out of their concentration and thoughts that quickly began to search for the source of the voice.

But even looking around they couldn't find anything, until something caught everyone's attention.

A single point of space in front of the meeting table was warping into a vortex.

And from that vortex a being emerged.

He was tall, with messy black hair and two pale blue eyes that sparkled with amusement, he wore a plain white T-shirt that clung to his body showing off his muscles, plus black pants and a jacket.

But what caught everyone's attention were two things, the first was the totally human aura of the being in front of them.

And the second was the great blue spear ornate in his hand that emanated an abysmal amount of sacred energy.

It was Ren Katsuo and his Sacred Lance; to [True Longinus].

Ren's smile widened when he saw everyone's shocked faces.

"So, mind if I join?"

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"So, mind if I join?" asked Ren smiling calmly.

The moment the words left Ren's mouth the entire room was immersed in an eerie silence.

No one had seen Ren before, they didn't even know what he looked like, but the Sacred Lance that was in his right hand already betrayed who he was.

The moment everyone snapped out of their stupor they quickly prepared for battle.

Azazel stood up as he and his companions gained auras of light around them, Serafall also gained a light blue aura.

Gabriel was the only one who hadn't increased his power as Vasco Strada and Dulio stood in front of him and Siegfried and Jeanne at his side.

Ren just let out a mocking laugh.

"Geez, why are you so alarmed?" Ren asked calmly.

Azazel quickly spoke up.

"Listen carefully. Be careful with his spear, it's the [True Longinus]. The most powerful Longinus, said to have the power to even hurt God. It's been a while since I've seen it... But to have fallen into my hands." of terrorists," said Azazel, speaking bitterly.

For Azazel's Fallen companions, Gabriel, Vasco and Serafall who already knew the Sacred Lance it was not a surprise, but for others like Dulio, Siegfried and Jeanne who had never seen it it was surprising.