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The One Above The Heavens Chapter 21
🕑 Added 2024-11-23 05:45:11 +0000 UTCMisaki Town, a city well away from the fuckery that was Fuyuki City, but in reality Japan itself was a hotbed of extremely active leylines which meant that magical shit was constantly happening.
This part of Japan was much more mountainous to say the least and within these deeply forest-covered mountains, dark shadows and things best left to in those shadows filled the dark crevices of the mountains untouched by humanity.
This was why this part of Japan was partly run by the Demon Hunter's which were a collection of clan's that would hunt things like Dead Apostles, Mages, Magi, or things like Oni that stuck their head out of their holes.
The Demon Hunter clan's also notably hadn't swore their fealty towards me either... So me coming to hear to wipe out the Dead Apostle Ancestor, 'POPULATION' which shoudn't be a word as those monsters shoudn't congregate in an area large enough to even justify the world population.
I still needed to get the Demon Hunting Clans under my heel which was perfectly convenient while Medea was working on Artoria to see if she could be awoken.
It's not like Athena was going to attack my home with how I still had the Gregorian clearly on my person as well.
"Hmm... I might as well head straight to the Tohno house. There is no point in beating around the bush and maybe Shiki and I could become friends." I muttered to myself with amusement at the thought of finally having a bro friend.
It's not like Heracles was much for conversation after all.
After arriving in the city, I simply used my senses to pick out where the powerful wards were. And knowing the Tohno family and bloodline lived within a large mansion I simply knocked on their wards with the air around their mansion vibrating powerfully.
Even as I felt the wards come down on me in reaction I just ignored the wards that attempted to attack my mind and soul as their purely magical attacks washed over my Campione magical resistance like water would slide down a duck's back.
Finally a red-haired woman in a conservative maid outfit came out of the door and just stared at me as I ignored the wards clearly telling me to go the hell away.
My voice augmented by my magic shattered the magical energy in the wards as it carried itself to the maid. "I am Yuhuang Yudi, holy name Tagatha. I am Japan's Campione and I have come to speak with the lady of your household."
The red-haired woman. I wasn't sure if it was Kohaku or Hisui flinched at my words as they realized I wasn't bullshitting in the slightest as my magical might shattered millennia-old wards like they were nothing.
The maid bowed their head and she quickly made her way to the gate and opened it for me with her saying submissively. "My name is Kohaku, please forgive any rudeness I might have had for your arrival. We had no idea you were coming."
To which I dryly stated. "Yes, that was the point of my coming... If I gave forwarning, my arrival would cause even larger issues."
"So tell me of the House of Tohno." I continued firmly as I walked with my hands resting in their long sleeves as I walked with imperial authority with every step. The maid even falling back behind me unknowingly as she fell into my motions.
"The Tohno family is currently going through a... Remodeling of sorts my lord. Most members have scattered to the winds as they seek their fortunes while my Lady is spending time with family and doing personal training before she completely takes over the family in a few years."
Kohaku took a breath and then continued. "Besides, Akiha Tohno the heiress, there is currently myself and my sister Hisui as the core of the family. Along with Shiki Tohno, Mistress Akiha's brother."
My lips curled before I said bluntly. "Do not lie to me Kohaku Fujou. Shiki Tohno isn't Akiha's brother."
The Fate Universe was created as an eroge/pornographic setting and by that, I meant it was created in the same mindset as Taimanin, or Kuroinu... What happened to Sakura as a young child to her adulthood was a mirror of what Kohaku had gone through at the hands of Makihisa Tohno the father of Akiha Tohno.
With the reason being that Kohaku had the Fujou bloodline that made whoever slept with her. Gain her very ample magical energy.
And my words made Kohaku's face pinch before I said with a small sigh. "I won't say anything Kohaku... I am your Emperor, and thus I bear the weight of silence. Nothing of your painful past shall leave my mouth."
But regardless I drew upon my majesty and said more firmly. "Now lead me to a room while you retrieve your lady. I have much to discuss with her."
Maybe it was wrong of me to poke the trauma button on the red-haired maid. But I had close to a half dozen Dead Apostle Ancestors running about in one fucking city. I literally wasn't going to play around with these people.
So soon enough I was brought into the more western-style mansion that was similar to the Matou manor in all honesty, with Kohaku silently bringing me into a lavish ornate sitting room with her quietly saying. "Lord Yudi, please allow me to retrieve my lady by your leave."
With my nod, she bowed out of the room leaving without another word, where I just leaned into the chair behind me and closed my eyes with my senses expanding outwards. But even as my senses expanded past the manor's property... I felt a truly disgusting soul enter my gaze.
I stood up with my expression hardened as I knew it was possible from the lore I knew beforehand... But to already run into my prey due to them being a creature of habit and working here at times?
I left the room even as I felt Akiha and her maids making their way through the mansion towards me. But I just walked out of the manor through the front door, leaving it open as I approached the figure walking down the path I had previously walked down.
"Oh? You are certainly new aren't you." A female's teasing and thirsty voice rang and although her form was voluptuous and full of curve appeal beyond all but Medusa honestly.
I could feel the stain in Neiko Arach's soul which was something only a pure sadistic monster would have. Their soul was even more corrupted then fucking Kirei's had been to my senses.
"So who are you, young man? You are looking rather scrumptious in that fancy robe you got on there." IT spoke as we came closer.
And then as we came within ten meters of one another, the ground beneath my feet cratered and the woman grinned as thousands of spiderweb-like wires carved through the ground and into the air.
But from my hand, my Yang Imperial Seal slammed into the ground with it having expanded at high speed, as it slammed into the ground.
Stopping the biological weapon that was the Dead Apostle Ancestors razor wire that could infect and take over human's and make them into ghouls with a single cut due to the venom coating the wire/threads.
"You dare attack me?" I stated flatly, not even a question. It was just a statement that she was stupid enough to do so and I took a deep breath before I spoke more fiercely. "Glorious lord of the sun,
Mithra be praised! To conquer all enemies,
Pray bestow upon my strongest self thousands of light and thousands of swords!"
And just like back then when I fought Angra Mainyu, the White Horse Aspect of Verathragna's many aspects had its power theoretically boosted to infinity based on the amount of evils done by the target.
A massive lance of evil slaying light formed in my hand and the moment I began speaking the divine tongue. The famously cowardly Dead Apostle Ancestor froze in shock at the realization of who she just attacked.
Sure she knew I was hostile towards her at the get-go, sure she knew I had magic with the weak amount I was allowed to leak out of me. But the thing was... I was playing as the pig to eat the spider/tiger.
"Mercy Campione! I am friends with this household!" She shouted but I knew what kind of monster this was. She had done... All kinds of fucked up things as she used the cover of a doctor to feed her venom as vaccines to countless school across Japan as a form of ticking time bomb.
And the evil burning Aspect of the White Stallion of Mithras picked up all the evils the terrible vampire had done with her fully expanding herself to her full massive and vile spider-like form to defend herself.
But the thing was, although her size had become much larger with her taking on an eight-legged spider form with her human upper body being mounted atop the spider head portion.
The White Stallion had formed a spear of light in my hands and even as I felt the occupants of the mansion making their way outside, I saw how the Dead Apostle's gaze filled with total and utter horror as she recognized the pure holy flames that made up the spear.
"That's right these are the flames that purged the evil god Angra Mainyu the true god, and you are just a vampire. It's frankly beyond my comprehension that you would dare remain in Japan after my declaration to the world of my power." I stated as I stabbed forward with the spear.
And from the spear came an all-consuming beam of holy light that completely swallowed up the Dead Apostle Ancestor.
You see, normally a Dead Apostle Ancestor could still give me a bit of a fight normally even if this particular one was one of the weakest in direct combat. With her having utterly hidden herself from the supernatural world for the most part as she played at being the spider catching prey in their webs.
But even then, she should have been able to meet me blow for blow, for at least a short while before I inevitably overwhelmed her. But the thing was, A- she was entirely an evil creature which made the White Stallion Aspect of Verethragna's Authority extremely potent.
And B- lastly and most importantly. I literally bleached the very world itself like a tanning booth with the holy flames of Mithras when I killed Angra Mainyu with the the White Stallion.
All the weaker Dead Apostles regardless of whether they were under wards or deep underground died from the fiery holy flames that briefly tanned the planet's human texture.
And even Dead Apostle Ancestor's themselves were harmed greatly.
So with this only happening a week ago, she wasn't in any shape to be confronting me in the slightest obviously.
The Dead Apostle screamed as their body burned away with countless thousands of spiders breaking off and flying into the air to leave to one day reform her body. But the all-consuming flames of the Sun god Mithras was burning far more than just around her body even if I was keeping the battle as contained as I could.
"One down... Like fucking four more to go." I muttered as I turned to the owners of the burnt and destroyed front yard that I had turned into a glass crater.
Akiha was a young woman with more of Rin's body type with dark hair and blue eyes that were eyeing me with plain fear in her gaze. And I didn't hesitate to use that fear to my advantage as I used a spatial technique to teleport right in front of her with my taller form looming over her.
"Tell me Akiha... What is the punishment for people consorting with Dead Apostles?" I asked rhetorically as tears came to Akiha's eyes as she realized how utterly turbo fucked she was.
But hey I was taking over the world, and if I could get half the rest of Japan's reticent supernatural side of the world to bend the knee after I accuse them of fucking about with dead apostles and bullying them a bit.
Without even needing to kill anyone? Hell, I will happily bully the shit out of this tsundere who was the lesser version of Rin Tohsaka.
Akiha swallowed before she whispered. "My brother is innocent... Just please don't kill him too."
I gave her a long look with Kohaku looking at me with an unknowable gaze... Obviously considering how she felt at the realization that Tohno family could be destroyed without her even needing to do anything.
To which I leaned in and said calmly. "I think you mean Shiki Nanaya... Shiki Tohno will be dying for being the host of the Serpent of Akasha. Now Akiha Tohno, kneel."
There was a pause before Akiha slowly kneeled, her expensive dress getting covered in dust and dirt as she kneeled on the ground. Then she stiffened as my hand landed on her head.
"Head of the Tohno clan, I sentence you to be my loyal retainer for the next five hundred years. One hundred years for your own ignorance, and four hundred years for your father being a traitor to humanity and his stain falling upon you."
"How do you plead? Will you accept this punishment from your emperor, or will you accept the death of yourself, your clan, and all who have interacted with you?" I asked bluntly.
The so-called civilized world didn't fuck around when it came to vampires/dead apostles, especially ancestors... Cavorting with them was just as much of a death sentence as was studying the cure of immortality in becoming a blood sucker.
Akiha blinked at my demand and had to mentally shuffle her mind at the length of her sentence before she said unsurely. "I agree to the first punishment? I mean I will serve your empire my lord." She said more quickly at my raised eyebrow.
And I let go of her head with my hand that closed into a fist that cracked like a gunshot as I kept eye contact even as she shuddered at the cold look in my eyes. "Akiha Tohno... Do you know why I am here?"
She swallowed and then she spoke in a small voice. "That Dead Apostle Ancestor?"
I actually stepped back from her and Kohaku as I burst into laughter, making the two shudder at the angry laughter I was releasing at their ignorance.
"No, no, no... I am not here for a single Dead Apostle Ancestor, no if there was only one of them I would have sent my retainers to deal with them." I began before I held up a hand and began speaking coldly as I ticked down my fingers.
"Arcueid Brunestud, Roa the Serpent of Akasha, Nrvnqsr Chaos, TATARI, and Vlov Arkhangel... I do not like five more fucking Dead Apostle Ancestors in my territory Akiha Tohno. I especially don't fucking like them all in one small city!"
They were a literal blight on humanity supported by Gaia to curtail humanity's infinite influence on the Human Texture and I as a Campione was completely opposed to them.
So my downright past furious and straight to exasperated expression to Akiha was completely truthful.
"All those murders... They were done by all those Dead Apostle Ancestors?" Akiha spoke in fear as she realized just how much danger she was in. And I nodded flatly before I popped my neck and added.
"Yes, why else is the Church here as well? Hell I am surprised they haven't publicly attacked any major mall's or train stations to get the blood they need."
I shook my head wiping way an errant thought before I continued. "Either way, the city is a ticking bomb of monsters running around. And seeing as Japan is mine, I am here to personally make sure the monsters are slain."
Giving Akiha a look I added. "Get your adopted brother, take your maids, and either get out of the city, or have familiar's start looking for the Dead Apostle Ancestors."
With that I left the Tohno household after completely destroying their frontyard without any shame as I killed one of the Dead Apostle Ancestors... Now there was just five more to go.
Though I didn't have any real intentions of killing Arcueid Brunestud, the White Princess was Gaia's last True Anscestor and I didn't want to get on the bad side of the very planet I was living upon.
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I got a very nice and fancy hotel room complete with all the amenties I wanted with the card that the History Compilation Committee gave me, and once I settled down I called up my contact in Amakasu Touma.
[My lord, I have already heard the good news! You slayed one of the Dead Apostle Ancestors in the Arachne Queen no one was able to truly gain information on.] He said trying to butter me up.
But I had to burst his bubble as I spoke bluntly. "Touma, I need the History Compilation Committee to put all boot's on the ground here in Masaki. Arcueid Brunestud, Roa the Serpent of Akasha, Nrvnqsr Chaos, TATARI, and Vlov Arkhangel are here in the city."
The line went dead quiet.
Utterly silent as Touma had to mentally process that information. And this voice came back in a tightly controlled well mannered scream. [My my- My lord I believe that I misheard, can you confirm that almost half a dozen Dead Apostle Ansesctor's are in a single city?"
To which I took a bit of my own evil joy in his desire to scream as I said 'calmly' "That is correct Touma, now get the mages and mercenaries of the History Compilation Committee here. I will be having my Servant's acting as scout's as well so hopefully before night falls upon the world we can find clues as to where they are hiding."
Sure I knew they would mostly be hiding underground, but getting into their underground hidey holes was going to be a bit of an issue as most Dead Apostle Ansesctor's had plenty of centuries to pick up Magecraft and magic to hide their holes from the church and mages.
So I decided to call up the cavalry. Seeing as I wasn't going to tolerate the Dead Apostle's inside my kingdom in the slightest.
I took out my phone and I dialed up Sakura's phone number with her quickly picking up. [Jake? Did you need something from Medusa or Rin?]
My lips twitched before I said calmly. "Yes Sakura, I did need something from Medusa, but no I need Atalanta to come back from the orphanage. She and Medusa are to meet me in Misaki Town as there is five more Dead Apostle Anscestor's in the city that need to be rooted out from their hiding places."
Sakura was quiet for a moment before she asked softly. [Do I need to tell miss Medea to head over as well? Or maybe even Erica as she does have a holy weapon?]
To which I shook my head even if Sakura obviously coudn't see it. But I instead said firmly. "No Sakura, I need Medea, Erica, and Hercules to watch the homestead as I... Yeah they need to stay at home." I spoke with my voice drawling off as I scowled at something that completely took my attention.
That something being an oversized owl looking at me with entirely too intelligant eyes and I scowled as my phone call cut off with the world going quiet as Athena obviously activated her domain with time stopping for everything without significant magic resistance.
"Really Athena? Can't wait a couple days for me to deal with the Dead Apostles?"
To which the owl exploded into a storm of white feathers that swirled around and expanded around my form with myself snorting and blowing back the feathers and casually turning around as Athena formed true body out of the feathers.
And to put simply... She was dimished. Verethragna beat her like an unwanted stepchild when they fought back in Europe with her divinity shattering and her form being forced into a more childlike pre-teenager form.
With the vast majority of her divinity being held within the Gorgoneion... That I used alot of to summon Stheno and Eurayle to make Medusa happy. And also so I didn't have to slay the two when they would undoubtably descend with both Medusa and Athena calling to them with their shared legends.
The goddess of wisdom and I shared a long silent conversation as we stared into one another's eyes. Her dark purple eyes met my blue eyes in a silent stand off.
Before she spoke in a measured statement of intent. "Yuhuang Yudi, I require my Gorgoneion and the power remaining in it... The divinity of the scythe remains even if you used the Snake to summon Medusa's sisters."
I tilted my head to the side and I gave Athena a look before I spoke calmly. "What will you give in exhange for it, and myself not just using it to make my Medusa into an Earth Goddess that is already loyal to me?"
There was a pause before Athena seemingly considered the question. As it seemed she honestly didn't expect me to demand a trade or restitution instead of outright denying or attacking her.
And in showing her wisdom she instead turned the question towards me. "What would equal the Gorgoneion in your own eyes? Something you desire to have but cannot get due to issues with who has it, or not knowing where it is?"
I actually hummed in thought, and then I spoke honestly. "That is a good question Athena... Fine, you want the Gorgoneion. I will hand it right over to you if you get two thing's for me. The heart of a divine sea monster, and the heart of a mountain."
Although my Campione part of my mind was telling me to just smash Athena's face through a mountain as her Heretic God nature was literally my mortal enemy. But there was also a part of me that realized that getting two divine treasures for a divine treasure that was at half power was the smarter play.
Not to mention this Athena in front of me was a Heretic God, I don't think Medusa would even hate her that much due to how... Utterly warped this Athena was as a heretic god, here her legend in this form was just...
Fucking stupidly warped to the point of absurdity being that 'SHE' used to be the Queen of the God's somewhere in Africa due to her nature as a serpent, earth, and steel goddess. And then Zeus and the Olympian's broke her kingdom before she was forcibly adopted or some weird nonsense.
After a moment of thought Athena tilted her head to the side and said. "I will find one of those two treasures. Not both of them."
To which I plucked the Gorgoneion out of my expanded spatial bag and I saw as Athena tensed at the sight of the Grimoire that still held one of her domains that could greatly restore her to her full power.
"You know what... I know all to well that allowing you to have your full power is a fool's errand Athena, not because you are inherently evil. More of your nature as a Heretic God whose purpose is to do large scale damage to humanity." I spoke slowly as I stared the the snake woman embossed stone plate.
"So you mean mortal combat is the only answer for the Gorgoneion?" Athena stated bluntly.
And after a moment I squeezed the Gorgoneion and put it back into my spatial bag as I looked at Athena and having made up my mind I said calmly. "After I get rid of these Dead Apostles, I will give you the Gorgoneion, Athena."
Even as she raised an eyebrow in curiosity at my words I continued with her expression cooling. "I will fight you at your best, and then when I defeat you. I will strip you of your domain's and take you as my wife in a Divine Ancestor."
And Athena actually chuckled as she looked at me with a slightly bloodthirsty smile as the warrior goddess in her rose to the forefront. "Oh? You wish to take me as your wife through battle and mortal combat in the old ways?"
She seemingly considered the thought before she snorted and stated. "That's fine Jake Bariss, you win you get me... When I win, I will use your soul as a conduit for your powers and to control the Servant's you have collected to your side."
And there was the cruel goddess that cursed entire cities, and people to fates worse then death. As for why I didn't want to just kill her and be done with it.
I wanted someone who I could trust and was bound to me to deal with the minute details of ruling my growing empire that spanned both the magical and mundane world. And Athena was anything but stupid and un-intelligent.
Just... When Athena got her power back. And didn't look like a child anymore specifically.
Comments
Azazyel
Damned right he wants that smoke XD
Wrath of Vajra
Damn, Jake be wanting the smoke with the apostle ancestors, and Athena doesn't truly know what she's getting herself into, other than potential bullying that will after her defeat.
Hmm is it time
Thanks for the chapter looking forward to more.
Rockinalice
True having a full power Athena as Wife would be useful through now Jake is going to have to go looking for the left over parts of Her ship body where ever they landed when they got wiped out to upgrade her even more. And Jake so Jake can get his Ship Girl Waifu
Azazyel
Yeah no killing of Arc
Azazyel
Who say's an Emperor can only have 1 queen?
Orchamus
Excellent way of taking care of an Empire that would be way too much work 👏
Goddess of Victory
TFTC
Ashlionel
Read correctly. He just said that he won't kill Arcueid because that would warrant Gaia's negative attention and consequences.
ZeroLink21
Yup yup age her up a bit then beat her up a bit then be like you are now my wife help me run my kingdom 😈😈
Laplase
Will he really kill Arcueid? That's a major loss of a great waifu and a good way to get on Zelretch's shit list. I hope he just seduces her or "fixes" her like Shiki did.
Laplase
He can just have both
Iori Daemona Angel
I would have passed Athena and gotten Artoria...
