Chapter 117 - 116: Last negotiation (Part 1)

Chapter 117: Chapter 116: Last negotiation (Part 1)

Upon hearing Yuuji’s voice, everyone who had been about to attack or was getting into a defensive stance stopped and looked toward the pair.

"Outsiders, you’re back" Yasaka said respectfully, with unconcealed emotion. In the last few months since Yuuji had left, the fight between both sides had intensified more than it had in the last hundred years, and without a solution, it could soon involve the higher-ups, which would trigger irreversible consequences. "It is a pleasure to have you back"

"Then, since we’re in the Sixth Heaven, are your words backed by Heaven?" Ajuka raised an eyebrow.

"No" Michael denied. "We don’t back anything. We follow his decisions"

"You mean?" Everyone realized.

"I see. I was wondering what had suddenly happened to the Sacred Gears, so the system has a new administrator" Azazel said with interest.

"How is that possible? The divinity of the sky should have died with God" Sirzechs asked before theorizing himself. "Unless it isn’t the divinity of the sky of this world?"

"That’s right" Michael confirmed. "But even if he isn’t the divinity of the sky of our world, he still has complete control over Heaven and the entire angelic race. Our race was falling into decline due to the absence of the Almighty, so if we cannot oppose him in any way regardless, why not submit and restore our race? As you can see, the changes brought about by such a decision are already beginning" Michael explained with a look full of reverence toward Yuuji.

"I understand that, but I don’t understand why he decided to interfere in a war that has nothing to do with Heaven" Ajuka asked.

"For two reasons. First, this war is my fault. For reasons I’m not going to explain, I’ve been coming to this universe and I’ve taken some actions. Obviously, after seeing the chaos my actions caused, I would want to fix it.

Second, Heaven did have something to do with this war. Uriel has been pulling strings among humans to fuel the war more and more, with the goal of making Sacred Gear users die so that their system would stabilize and stop negatively affecting Heaven.

Don’t worry, I’ve already punished her by reducing her divine rank to two wings. Any thought or idea of that kind will now make her fall"

"So that’s why Uriel isn’t here" Azazel nodded before looking at Kokabiel with a look of pity. He knew Uriel had not acted alone.

Just as Azazel and most of those present expected, which was why they had not spoken, Yuuji now focused his attention on Kokabiel.

"But I’m sure most people here know that she didn’t act alone. And unlike Uriel, whose objective was at least noble, your objective was simply to cause chaos. I will punish you by reducing your rank as well and condemning you to the Second Heaven for life, the Heaven of the Condemned" Yuuji said while staring at Kokabiel with disapproval.

Ever since obtaining the divinity of the sky and connecting to the Heaven of DxD, Yuuji truly felt as if the angels were his creations, perfectly controllable. Instead of seeing a homicidal angel who only wanted to cause death, Yuuji saw a failed creation and felt disappointed.

However, this connection was one-sided, and to Kokabiel, Yuuji was nothing more than an impostor who wanted to give him orders, so the moment he heard his words, he immediately stood up furiously and attempted to attack Yuuji with all his strength.

"You bastard, who do you think you are to..."

As he spoke, all his wings spread out and dozens of light spears appeared around him. But all of it disappeared along with him in an instant. Except for most of his divine power, which remained with Yuuji, since his power had been severely reduced when his rank was lowered.

Azazel stared at the place where his companion had disappeared with an irritated grimace.

"Kokabiel was always an idiot, but this is on another level. Wanting to cause chaos in God’s absence is one thing, but wanting to attack the new God?"

Shemhazai beside him immediately agreed. "Wanting to attack someone with the divinity that created us? Trying to beg for mercy would have been wiser.

Fallen Angels still have Angel in their name. A simple probing of his power would have allowed him to realize his absolute power over us and that he can make us disappear with a thought"

Honestly, if it weren’t for the fact that Kokabiel possessed the strength he did and the Fallen Angel faction, being the weakest of the Biblical factions, needed his strength, they would have abandoned someone so idiotic and suicidal a long time ago.

But once that was resolved, it was Sirzechs’ turn to speak.

"So... God?"

"Yuuji Rito"

"Yuuji then, although I would like to agree with you immediately and put an end to this dispute, you should know that there is a reason why we are fighting, right? Although the higher-ups have never gotten involved so as not to turn this into a total war that other factions could take advantage of, the truth is that there are quite a few interests involved in this.

Interests that have to do with the two of you, by the way, when you indirectly caused the deaths of most of our race during the Great War" Sirzechs said.

"I know, and I have a solution for that"

"Can you change the past?" Ajuka asked.

"No, but I can change the future" Yuuji smiled confidently before pointing at Lala. "In this universe, you don’t know her, but in my universe, every planet knows of Her Highness Princess Lala, princess of the galaxy and the greatest genius who has ever existed, as well as my fiancée, of course"

"Then in your universe there is life beyond Earth, and everyone is under the control of her father?" Ajuka understood the implications. "If so, then your universe is much more dangerous than ours"

Yuuji simply smiled without confirming or denying anything, while letting Lala speak.

"I’ve been working with Tearju to develop this" Lala placed a crystal dial containing a red liquid on the table. "Just one sip is enough to modify their bodies, allowing them to increase their birth rate. Technically, my race is also a demon-type race, and we were able to increase the pregnancy rate of my race to 1%. From what I saw of some devils I studied the first time I came here, the effect shouldn’t vary much"

"O-one percent?" Sirzechs carefully picked up the dial as if it were a treasure, because for his race, it was. "T-that is, without too many calculations, once every hundred times. If it really works, then..."

Both Sirzechs and the other devils in the room were stunned by such an effect, doubting whether something like this was even possible. Of course, for a human, a 1% chance of pregnancy is very low. Basically, you would have to have sex a hundred times before having a chance of becoming pregnant.

But devils live for thousands of years, have endurance equivalent to their strength, which guarantees that they can do it dozens of times in a single night, and they have immense harems. With all this, having sex a hundred times for a male devil takes no more than a month, and if we’re talking about someone especially lustful like Riser, it wouldn’t take more than a week.

"But that’s only if it really works" Ajuka intervened before looking at Lala. "Although I have to admit, Miss Lala, that your apology gift is extremely tempting, the truth is that we have no idea how it works"

"I can give you the research data if you want" Lala said, handing him several papers without being fazed by his attitude.

Ajuka read them carefully with an interested expression and soon raised an eyebrow. "Nanomachines? This isn’t a biological serum, it’s technology that is modifying our bodies. I don’t think many devils will be willing to undergo such a procedure"

"Seriously?" Lala laughed, amused. "A race that captures people with artifacts inside them and then places a control artifact inside them against their will is afraid of undergoing that process themselves? I find that a little ironic"

"I didn’t know we were here to discuss the moral standing of my race" Ajuka frowned.

"We aren’t" Yuuji interrupted. "After all, there’s no need to discuss something so obvious"

"We will not put such a thing inside ourselves" Ajuka decided, ignoring Yuuji’s biting words.

"Fine. But then your race won’t survive much longer. Because not only will I not let you capture any more Sacred Gear users, I’ll also force you to release everyone you’ve already captured"

"You think we’re afraid of you?"

"Hold on, hold on, hold on, there’s no need to fight" Serafall intervened, wanting to mediate. "Yuuji, Aju is just a little blunt, but he really is looking out for the devils, so don’t take it personally"

"Ajuka, the divinity of the sky is the origin of all sacred energy, and that is our weakness. If he wanted to kill us, I’m sure we wouldn’t be able to do anything against him, as proven by the fact that he was able to teleport all of us here in an instant without giving us time to react" Falbium also intervened, calming things down. "But from Ajuka’s side, it’s true that I don’t think anyone would want to put something given by a stranger inside themselves. Even if we approved of it, the demonic race as a whole would not accept it.

Worse, you aren’t a stranger. The title of Outsider already makes you an enemy of the demonic race, but the title of God is its natural antithesis. No one would trust someone who holds such a position"

"...Fine, I understand. I won’t insist" Yuuji sighed in disappointment. "In any case, my objective is to stop this fight between both sides. Making sure neither side loses is merely a personal wish of mine"

"Then, if that’s the case, Lord Yuuji..." Grayfia intervened, raising a hand politely. "Why don’t you become a Maou as well?"

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