Against the World II: Transgression
Intermission 3
...—10th July, E642 | New World Order Headquarters, Beleth Island, Haikal— Islands...
DEUS CHAPERON'S. Atland felt he had lost a bit of the passion of being in it. Some of the early members had been no longer with them: Zie, Moni, Menez, and even El. There was no trace between Zie and Moni, both of whom were likely already dead like El. Meanwhile, Menez had betrayed and joined the empire. The boy follows Xavier who has beaten El— even though to date Atland doubts if El loses at Xavier's hands.
However, despite the strange feeling for him to remain associated with Deus Chaperon, Atland still came to their main headquarters along with the Diametra.
Vermyna Hellvarossa—que Vampire Kingdom who has taken over the New World Order from El's hands, the true figure of Vermyna Hermythys—had sent her servant to ask all the members of Deus Chaperon to come to their main headquarters. There were two important points as to why they should come: first, to introduce the new member Deus Chaperon; second, to be told after the first point was successfully fulfilled.
“Please follow us, Mr. Atland, Mr. Diametra.” Two female soldiers approached, gesturing for them to follow the two.
Atland and Diametra looked at each other and nodded, then followed the two women towards the room where the other possibility was already waiting. And shortly afterwards, Atland and Diametra arrived at the room where the room was meeting.
A dark black round table stood in the middle of the room illuminated by eight torches that lit up continuously. In total there were ten chairs surrounding the table, and four of them were already filled. Whalef, Krakart, Hireklaf, and Tsusaza. With Atland and Diametra joining them, there remained four empty seats.
“Atland, are you just feeling me or are you becoming weaker, eh?” Krakart let out a stupid voice bin irritated him. “Well, even if you're basically weak, anyway!”
Atland grunts. “I can finish you off with my eyes closed, idiot!” the hardic. “Old Brother Hireklaf can kill you without you knowing. Tsusaza will make you like ground meat. The diametra will make you beg for mercy. And most obviously, you can never win over Whalef. Doesn't that mean you're the weakest, uh, Krakart?”
“Beched!” Krakart stood up and kicked down the table. “Let's get out now, motherfucker! I'll show you that you're the weakest!”
“Heh, do you think I'm scared? Come on, I'll take care of you before your eyes can blink!”
“A snitch like you really needs to be taught a lesson. Whalef, don't stop me; I won't pity him at all.”
“I have no intention of stopping you, Krakart.”
“…”
“…”
“A-Watch I anticipate in case you intend to stop—”
“Do not say much, oi, bird man!” ketus Atland, cut off Krakart's self-defense. “Let's get out now.”
Krakart's words stopped. However, it was not Atland or Whalef who made the bird man stop, nor Tsusaza, Hireklaf, or even the calm Diametra. Distortion of space behind Krakart is the cause of the Birdman shut his mouth. The pressure that the dimensional portal exuded was truly invisible to the eye.
“I hope you guys don't wait long.” A goddess—if she could be called a goddess—stepped out of the portal. Behind him, three people followed with their flat expressions—and all of them were women. “As you have guessed, I am Vermyna Hellvarossa. This is my true self.”
Former Third Commander Lumeira von Talhasta and Valeria, the two men Atland knew. However, the black-haired woman who was innately himself looked so arrogant that he did not recognize her at all. To be clear, Atland could tell the woman was stronger than Lumeira and Valeria. Then, the figure of Vermyna who was like a goddess.Atland felt he would die silly if challenging him to fight.
“Amselves the three are the replacements of Zie, Menez, and Moni.” Vermyna introduced the three women who were already standing on his right and left. “Two of them already know themselves: Lumeira and Valeria. Then, this woman on my right is called Ciela. She and Lumeira will partner, and Valeria will be with me. Then, with this Deus Chaperon becomes complete again.” Vermyna became and looked at the others one by one. “You guys have a question?”
No one opens their voice. Even the idiot Krakart understood that in the presence of Vermyna he would die silly if he opened his stupid mouth to say no.
“What really happened with Miss Zie and Moni?” tanya Atland—ia felt the need to ask a question that definitely also crossed the heads of everything.
“The self of Zie is dead, but the self of Moni is alive. Like Menez, Moni also betrayed. They seem to be unable to accept El's death. Is there any more?”
Moni and Menez betrayal is not at all surprising. They were very close to El. For Zie's death, Atland wanted to ask him about his chronology. But in the end, he chose to shake. If Vermyna did not want to explain further, there was no point in asking further.
“Good. Then just go straight to say the main reason I called myself here,” continued Vermya as he stepped towards the exit. “We will subdue the Haikal Islands. Baal Main Island will be the center of the New World Order administration, Beleth Island will focus on becoming a military base. I'll see Elder Solomon; Valeria will give you further instructions.”
Without waiting for anyone's response, Vermyna simply disappeared. His teleportation magic was on a different level. So different, he didn't look like teleporting. Vermyna Hellvarossa seemed to vanish from the realm of existence. Even for Atland who belonged to a top-tier sensory magic user, he did not feel any mana fluctuations at all as Vermyna disappeared.
“As Miss Vermyna said,” started Valeria a dozen seconds later. “We will conquer the Haikal Islands. Miss Vermyna and I will take care of Baal Main Island. Ciela and Lumeira will cope..”.
...—Haikal Solomon, Baal— Main Island...
Even for a Vermyna Hellvarossa, Haikal Solomon was something else. The Heavenly Crystal City was indeed admirable, but the city and its contents could not be compared to Haikal Solomon. If on the surface of this world there is a god's palace, Haikal Solomon is the palace. Simply put, no other building can rival the splendor of this place.
Unfortunately, Vermyna's purpose was in the skies of Haikal Solomon in no way because he wanted to admire her. For his vision of the future, he needed such a beautiful place as the center of the world. The surface of this world is shaped in such a way that there is no more suitable place to be its center than Haikal Solomon. Lake Deus was indeed important, but it was Edenia's interference. Meanwhile, Haikal Solomon had no touch of god in it.
Finding the individual she was looking for, Vermyna immediately teleported to the person. “Elder Solomon Baalaim,” greet Vermyna. “I give you two options: join the New World Order voluntarily, or join the New World Order as a living puppet. The choice is in your hands.”
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