[The New Light of Baal: Kazuma hasn't activated the chat group option yet.]
Sanguinius couldn't let Kazuma ruin a potentially interesting universe because of an unsatisfied gacha addiction from years in a medieval world.
That's why he bothered to intervene now.
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator): And why should I listen to you? I'm the boss here!! And our last agreements? You still haven't paid me!!]
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator): Not only do I have an unreliable goddess, but also an ex-angel scammer in my entourage...]
"This guy..."
That's when Sanguinius remembered why nobody argued with Kazuma for long in the chat group.
This former hikikomori is just too strong verbally.
Sanguinius even had unpleasant reminders of moments on Twitter or X, but he quickly chased away his little traumas against veteran keyboard warriors.
'Administrator, you shouldn't have gotten into debt with this guy...'
The image of a smiling bureaucrat appeared in his mind, but the angel didn't have the luxury of staying lost in his thoughts or memories.
He quickly refocused his attention on the holographic panels in front of him.
[The New Light of Baal: ...*sigh* Ok.]
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator): Excuse me, Mr. Polygamist, but I don't have any clairvoyance or prophecy powers like a certain angel here, so... Can you express yourself clearly?]
'Ok, I'll pay him his points.'
Anyway, he couldn't add new members to the chat group without Kazuma.
This man was a necessary evil, who would eventually perish with time anyway.
'A human remains a human, right?'
Apart from this little problem with Kazuma.
He had accumulated, thanks to his clones, a decent sum of 2,500 existence points.
This might seem like little, but they had literally been weakened, without real impressive brute power.
Their stream hadn't been incredible, because of this... and other factors.
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator) received 500 existence points from The New Light of Baal]
[The New Light of Baal: I've been busy these past months... Sorry for the delay, but don't activate the gacha option!]
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator) used 1000 existence points to write the gacha option.]
[The New Light of Baal: ...]
[The man stuck in the Rocky Mountains: Sorry for the unpleasant remark, but did you really think you'd succeed in "reasoning" with a Japanese guy who has a harem in a fantasy universe?]
[The New Light of Baal: Ryu... this isn't the time.]
[The Red Empress: no offense, Ryu, but are you all... like this on Earth?]
[The man stuck in the Rocky Mountains: No, it's a problem specific to Japanese people.]
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator): Oh, calm down. I earned points, I just wanted to treat myself.]
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator): I've never judged anyone for using their points in this Chat group. And if I'm the leader, so what? I'm not gonna continue sacrificing myself beyond these three years!]
Surprisingly, Kazuma's arguments had indisputable logic in the background.
[The New Light of Baal: Indeed, you're right.]
[The New Light of Baal sent 1000 points.]
[The New Light of Baal: But, I'd really like a new world to be available. Can you add another member to the chat group?]
After Sanguinius's request, there was a small discussion with Kazuma regarding his sudden desire.
Some members like the Red Emperor expressed doubts about this sudden desire to summon a new member, while others, like Ryu, were in favor of having more colleagues.
Finally, the result was in favor of the idea of a new member in the chat group.
The majority voted in favor of a newcomer's arrival, while Ogre, the Cadian and the Empress didn't express their agreement.
Of course, it should be noted that Ogre and the Cadian weren't present at that moment, for unknown reasons.
[Leader of the Gender Equality Sect (Administrator) uses his authority and points to find a new member in the chat group...]
[New member found...]
[The First girlfriend of the Future Demon Lord enters the chat group]
An unknown title appeared before Sanguinius, but he didn't let himself be discouraged by the situation.
He immediately entered the shop, while the group members explained the situation to the newcomer.
"I see... So it's this vampire princess."
Using the shop's particularity, which displays the identity of various things in a way that facilitates the chat group members' understanding.
Sanguinius had no trouble identifying Yue, Nagumo Hajime's first girlfriend.
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"Judging by the username, she's probably already met Nagumo and made their relationship official."
Sanguinius is satisfied with his draw... or Kazuma's? But he won't be able to go to the Tortus continent for the moment.
No, it's not a question of existential points, nor a lack of imagination to convince Yue to summon him.
He simply wants to spend time with family and explore the DxD universe further.
Especially since he now has to leave the chat group, given the message sent inside by "himself."
[The New Light of Baal: Zute, I'll have to leave. There's an angelic colleague who decided to play uninvited guest.]
There's currently a clone in the chat group, who warned him of an attack on the island.
As usual, the group members think Sanguinius is talking about random stuff...
...
"We finally arrived at the location mentioned by Lord Michael."
Above an ordinary island, in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, a group of angels observes the entrance to an ordinary-looking cave.
But any supernatural creature could feel the pure magical energy emanating from it.
"Have you already contacted him?" asked a woman with pink hair and a generous chest.
The small shota angel nodded at his superior's question, as they flew in the island's airspace.
The woman sketched a satisfied smile after receiving Taumiel's answer.
"*Cough*... Sister Beatrix, are we simply going to wait for Lord Michael and observe the situation? The target could escape, right?"
After coughing to attract attention, Nathanael expressed his concerns.
Unlike Taumiel and his small size, Nathanael is slender, with a thin physique—unusual for an angel.
The most striking thing about him is probably his eyes, permanently squinted for an unknown reason.
At the singularly-looking angel's question, Beatrix seemed to think seriously about their next move.
After a short moment, she materialized a lance of Holy Power, while looking toward the entrance of Sanguinius's bunker.
"Lord Michael asked us to come as scouts and report any anomaly, but..." she said, to remind her companions of their objective, before pausing.
Upon Sanguinius's awakening, after his forced sleep by the use of divine-rank magic.
The draconic angel completely ignored the abnormal complications caused to the Heaven system, which was more seriously affected than during his transformation into a hybrid creature.
Especially since he had become stronger upon awakening, which allowed the Biblical God to locate him, to some extent.
This explains the sending of angel patrols, tasked with spotting anomalies and reporting them to nearby celestial superiors.
"But... we can evaluate the threat and potentially avoid unnecessarily disturbing Lord Michael."
At the end of her words, Beatrix launched the first attack, immediately followed by her subordinates.
The moment their assault was about to reach its target... it hit an invisible shield.
[Danger alert!!]
[The institutions are being attacked by an unknown group]
[Please stop]
....
A few seconds before the start of Beatrix and her subordinates' attack, there was an important event in the life of a warrior... no, an angel, taking place.
[What is your life?]
"My honor is my life..." responds curtly and in an exhausted voice Thrax, as he stares at a clone of Sanguinius.
The clone didn't flinch before the detached but concentrated gaze of the young warrior.
[What is your destiny?] he questions, observing Thrax's data during the disciplinary verification session.
"My... my duty is my destiny," he says simply in response to the clone's question.
[What is your fear?] he continued, but paid attention to the divine Astartes warrior's facial expression.
"M... my fear is to fail."
The clone noted the data perceived at this question, while Thrax underwent other physical improvements related to his future armor.
[What is your reward?]
Faced with the "stupid" question from the "scientist," Thrax stared at him intensely for a moment.
Finally, he answered:
"My salv..., no... their salvation is my reward," he said, referring to the last family figure he has left.
'A persistent attachment to the AI... doesn't matter.'
The clone noted again, before moving to the next question.
[What is your craft?]
A heavy silence filled the atmosphere, as the machines had finally finished making the last modifications on Thrax.
"My craft is... death."
The clone wasn't intimidated by the bloodlust emitted by Thrax, as he had known worse.
However, he noted this side of the Astartes's mental state.
[What is your pledge?]
The moment Thrax wanted to answer, there was a noise outside the bunker.
In his head, the former boy bathed in his loved ones' blood answered the clone, too busy checking external data to use his mind-reading related skills.
"M... my pledge is to protect them."
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