-----Lilu Flauros-----
-----"Original Sin", Nightclub, Underworld Devil Capital-----
"Yeah, this promises to be the start of a great night." Why the fuck did I even entertain such an errant thought? Because I'm not the Main Character? Hah! Naive! Too naive!
Literally within the space of a breath following that thought passing through my head, Murphy the Douchebag Supreme, decides to remind me of my place as the MC of a fanfiction.
"Hey look! White hair, purple eyes, isn't that the Flauros Heir?" Some douchebag says while leading his cohort of thugs over to me and Riser's booth. This is giving me some serious flashbacks to "The Gamers Guide to Freedom (Remastered)" by TheDarkWolfShiro. Fuck...
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. What's it matter to you? Actually, who the fuck are you? I didn't see Riser invite you over." I say while shooting a quick glance at Riser. He shakes his head "no" and begins to go stern. It seems he's also picking up on the bad vibes.
"So that's a yes then. Good. I then feel a massive surge of incredibly unstable magic building up. Fuck! He's going to blow! My Peerage and I each have a [Totem of Undying] that I flubbed together from Minecraft, but Riser and his Peerage don't. He and Ravel can probably tank the blast, but his Peerage is another story.
Deciding to grit my teeth, I activate [All World's Creation] to use one of my less pleasant techniques. Theoretically, I could cancel out the explosion using [All World's Creation] or [Kaleidoscope], but my control isn't perfect or instantaneous, yet. I have mere fractions of a second to make my move, so I go with the quickest option available. I activate [Agro].
[Agro] is a technique I developed that uses [All World's Creation] to redirect all attacks that enter my "Room" to be concentrated on me. Meaning that the force of the blast that would've obliterated the entire upper floor of this club is concentrated solely on me.
My body's sent flying out of the booth towards the dance floor, my skin is basically gone, my bones are shattered, I'm basically screwed. *POP* The [Totem of Undying] activates with it's characteristic pop as it shoots out from the necklace I was wearing it on, enveloping me in a golden light that quickly restores my injuries. By the time I hit the floor it's like nothing had happened.
Still, even if I'm apparently fine, my Peerage members know full well what just happened, and are extremely pissed off. This quickly escalates to furywhen we all sense a distant *pop* from our connection through [Harem Love]. Hildegard's Totem just activated, meaning she was just subjected to a fatal attack that would've killedher...
"TAKE THESE FUCKERS DOWN LADIES!!!!!"
"Kill the Flauros!" Shouts one of the surviving members of the douche squad.
Luvia moves away from the action and prepares her Bowblade, loosely based on Simon's Bowblade from Bloodborne, and prepares her litany of combat Magic. Kobayashi draws her sword and adopts a vanguard position, protecting Luvia.
"Riser commands the ingrates to burn!" Riser shouts as he starts tossing fireballs at the fuckers. He clearly recognizes the severity of the situation and takes action along with his Peerage. Of course it turns out that the bastards upstairs were the vanguard of my would-be assassins as several of the partygoers start trying to pepper me in a spell barrage.
"Jack? Let 'er rip." Out of seemingly nowhere, a white-haired teenage girl wielding twin daggers shows up and starts slicing and dicing fools. Good ol' Jack the Ripper. She never fails to disappoint.
"Where'd this bitch come from?" "Who fucking cares! Kill the Flauros!" Shout some more pricks. Only for a white-haired maid to jump down from upstairs. "Master, shall I dispose of these vermin?"
"I'd prefer them alive for interrogation. Is that a problem, Cain?" "No Sir. It won't be a problem for me." My Head Maid, Cain, descendant of The First Murderer, the ultimate assassin. But, she got tired of being nothing but a hyper-efficient killing machine and decided to try her hand at being a Maid.
Another thing of note, she isn't fond of killing if she can avoid it, so I know that my request for live captures is something she appreciates.
So far, things are going pretty well. Jack is dealing with fools in one section, Cain's dealing with fools in another section, Kobayashi and Luvia are taking care of business upstairs.
Then the fucking door explodes inwards as reinforcements for the assholes shows up. Maybe I'll get some action after all?
"Kill him!" The leader shouts as he and his buddies prepare to launch magic at me. Bolts of various elemental magic attacks launch at me, only to fade away. I've had time to set up a domain with [All World's Creation] that works like a bootleg version of the Belial Clan's [Worthless] Bloodline Ability. Basically, within my domain, all magic is invalidated other than my own.
"Oh? Is it my turn? Very well." With that said, I unfurl my Fallen Angel/Devil-Hybrid wings and decide to rip off Black Clover. "Light Magic: Heaven-Splitting Flash." Summoning orbs of Light Magic at the tips of my wings, I fire homing light rays that zig-zag around anyone who isn't my target, kinda like dollar store Omega Beams, and strike the devils attacking me in their arms and legs.
Normally, my Light Magic wouldn't be potent enough to deal meaningful damage, but when invoked from within my "Room"? All of my magic's potency reaches a level higher than normal.
Theoretically I should be able to output Archangel level's of Light Magic within my "Room", and technically I can, but my the potency drops off tremendously once my magic leaves my "Room" proportional to the level of difference between "what I'm capable of" vs. "what I'm forcing into existence", so it's most efficient to just boost it to one level higher than normal.
That said, if I were to fight a Devil inside my Room? They're getting fucking smited by the fury of Divine Punishment. But that's neither here nor there.
It seems that with my disabling of the bastards at the front door, the other battles have reached their respective conclusions. The battle upstairs finished pretty early on thanks to Riser and his Peerage, so they came down to assist Jack and Cain. By the time that was done with, I'd neutralized the reinforcements.
"Riser is impressed with you. You would be a most formidable opponent in a Rating Game." He says to me.
"You're not so bad yourself. I've never actually been in a Rating Game before, but I'm curious to test my Peerage against yours sometime. But that's a talk for later. I gave a copy of the magic item that saved me from the explosion to all of my Peerage members. The one I gave to Hildegard was also triggered, meaning that the meeting between my parents, your folks, and Serafall's likely been hit."
Riser's face tightens into a grimace. "We should be on our way then. Riser does not doubt the power and skill of Lady Leviathan, but..."
"I understand. Let's move." He nods firmly and together, our Peerage's join us in flying towards the meeting area. We arrive moments later to see that the battle's mostly concluded. I note that Serafall Leviathan as well as Lord and Lady Phenex are just fine, as are Hildegard and Hanzo, who I sent as a hidden bodyguard for Hildegaurd, but...
"Lady Leviathan. Lord and Lady Phenex. It pleases me to see that you are unharmed. However, where are my parents?" I have a sinking suspicion that this feeling of deja vu isn't going to end well for me. The sudden look of sadness and annoyance on Serafall's face only confirms my fears.
"I'm truly sorry Litu, unfortunately the ones responsible for this opened up with a powerful anti-magic barrier followed up with a powerful magical explosion. Lord Flauros was unable to use his [All World's Creation] to divert the blast due to the anti-magic barrier."
"Anti-Magic Barrier? That's weird. The only person I know of doing research into anti-magic is Armaros, one of the Cadre. Where'd these bastards get their hands on something like that?"
Serafall looks surprised by this information, then grimaces. "Are you suggesting that the Fallen are behind this attack?"
I respond by shaking my head "no". "Not a chance. I've met Armaros briefly during one of my mother's visits with Azazel. He's clearly in Azazel's camp regarding the ceasefire between the Three Great Factions. That said, it's not impossible for rogue elements within the Cadre to potentially abscond with some of his work. If Armoros was truly involved in this, Hildegard would be dead."
Armaros's anti-magic enchantments are capable of nullifying magical items and artifacts, including the [Totem of Undying]. The fact that whatever was used here only blocked out magical abilities such as my Father's Bloodline Magic but didn't interfere with Hildegard's Totem is rather telling to me.
Not to mention that Azazel and I get along quite well. I don't call him "Uncle Azazel" for nothing. He'd never knowingly support a hit on me and my parents.
Serafall seems to consider my conjecture for a moment before nodding in agreement. "I'm truly sorry for your loss. This meeting was MY responsibility. The fact that I allowed this to happen right under MY nose! I swear to you that I will find answers and get justice for you and your family."
I give her a solemn nod. "Well then, I suppose this makes me the new 'Lord Flauros' then? If so, I'd like to return to my family's estate here in the Underworld and make arrangements."
"I understand." Serafall says. I then turn to the Phenex's. "Lord Phenex. Lady Phenex. Perhaps we can resume the discussions you wished to have with my Father at a later time?" They both nod in affirmation.
-----Flauros Estate, The Underworld-----
Having arrived at the Flauros Estate here in the Underworld, I note that it's in surprisingly good condition. Then I recall what my Dad said. Apparently back in the day, my Grandfather collaborated with the Dantallion Clan to establish a powerful Ward network to maintain the Estate. They managed to combine the effects of [All World's Creation] into a Ward system to maintain a massive [All World's Creation] domain encompassing the entire estate.
This particular domain responds to the current Lord Flauros, in this case me, allowing me to use the effects of [All World's Creation] at will anywhere within the Estate. As long as I'm inside the Wards, not even the Biblical God can reach me. The only beings I can think of that could force their way into the domain would be the Dragon Gods.
I'm under no illusions of being able to repel Ophis and Great Red, but I could close the gap between us. It would go from being like "an ant vs. comic Galactus" and more like "an ant vs. an elephant". Pretty good odds of being crushed still, but there is the incredibly remote possibility of being able to win.
"Welp. Home sweet home ladies. Go ahead and pick your rooms. I'm going to go for a walk." I address my Peerage who all immediately take off to pick out their rooms and refurbish the place as they please. In the meantime, I do exactly what I said I was going to do. I take a walk around the area.
Eventually, I find a decent area to take a break. See, since I'm linked to the Wards, I can use my Powers to an extent that would most likely take me decades of arduous training to reach, even with all of my bullshit bonuses. The only problem is that I can't just decide "I have the power equivalent to the New Satan's" and walk out of here while keeping that power due to the way that my family magic works.
No, using Kaleidoscope doesn't let me circumvent that. I tried that already. It's not a problem of having enough Mana to do it, I literally have what amounts to infinite mana, it's just one of the limitations of the family magic.
But, like all great things, there's an exception to this rule. That exception is "Balance Breaker" and "Sacred Gear Subspecies". See, if Big G was still in Heaven running the Sacred Gear System, this wouldn't be possible, but since He's not...
I call upon the full might of my Authority as Lord Flauros to activate the [All World's Creation] domain and flood it with my near-limitless mana. Then I activate the full might of Kaleidoscope. Finally I direct [All World's Creation] to focus on basically jailbreaking Kaleidoscope. It takes a monumental effort on my part, but eventually as I'm on the brink of passing out...
"Balance Breaker: Activated. Subspecies Mutation: Activated. Receptacle: [Gamer System]".
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"Action complete. Sacred Gear: Kaleidoscope has mutated into [Gamer System]"
Attention! Self-Created Magic Spell [Gamer System] has been incorporated into Sacred Gear: Kaleidoscope!
Kaleidoscope has adopted the Subspecies: [The Gamer]!
[The Gamer] allows for the reality-warping Power of Kaleidoscope and Flauros Bloodline Magic: All World's Creation to impact the caster!
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