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"The plan is simple. Use Asia as bait and give Diodora a very limited window of opportunity so he can't make a fail-safe plan. his reach forever and for that reason, the only security plan he can make will be very predictable."

*End of Flashback.*

Ewald kept his face calm as he swung his sword and blocked the green demonic energy Diodora fired at him, cutting it off without a hitch. Inside, he couldn't help but frown, this boy had power but almost no ability, he couldn't really use his power. Yes, he was a high class demon and his mana reserves were also quite large, but so far he used simple attacks.

When he heard the devil responsible for this was a brother of Ajuka Beelzebub, the Maou genius who created the Pieces of Evil and also who managed all the technologies of the underworld, he had already prepared for the worst.

But now that he faced the boy, he was... disappointed...

Really... He was really disappointed... He wasn't a battle maniac, but the skill Diodora was exhibiting was...totally sad compared to the infamous Ajuka, to the point of almost pitying him.

Another demonic explosion came flying at him at high speed, moving his legs, Ewald shed Diodora's vision to avoid the attack. The attack was quick, but he was faster.

Ewald glanced briefly at the sword he held, it was a simple European-style sword. However, in the eyes of a blacksmith, this sword was not simple, it was perfect. Ewald, as a sword user, recognized that the sword was well crafted, very well indeed. The shape, the edge and the weight, it was like it was made just for him, it was almost like a copy of Excalibur Rapidly.

Also possessed the same ability.

The sword was able to increase his speed, almost like Excalibur Rapidly, and although he wasn't that fast, it was enough to give him enough speed to deal with a normal high-class Devil entity. It may not have the light and sacred element of Excalibur Fragments, but its durability, strength and effect were almost the same.

"You can't bring your sword with you, that would alert him too soon. Hide the sword, lock it with a seal so he can't detect it. I'll give you a suitable weapon to fight him."

That's what the young man told him. At first, he doubted the sword's ability when he explained it to him, but when he grabbed it, it gave him a feel similar to Excalibur Rapidly, increasing and increasing its speed beyond human limits.

What was this sword and how did he get it?

But after remembering who he was it became clear.

He was talking to King of Heroes Gilgamesh, the descendant of the man who rivaled God and the original Maou, with the man who was known for collecting all the treasures of the world.

It wouldn't be too surprising if he had a sword similar to Excalibur's Shards.

"I have a battle to fight now, these issues are not important at the moment."

Once again, he advanced with a speed that surpassed normal humans and caught up with the heir Astaroth. His hand got blurry and went on a strike.

The devil raised a hand, a green magic circle enveloped it, and he blocked the blade that had nearly cut his head. Sounds like the clash of steel against steel echoed as his hand found the sword.

Astaroth's heir made an unpleasant noise with his tongue at this. In fact, he wasn't the close range combat type, he preferred long range, but so far none of his attacks have hit him!

He had already cast his demonic attacks in multiple and countless ​​projectiles, yet the exorcist just moved with a speed that surpassed his [Knight] and hit them like baseball!

This exorcist was also very close to killing him by now! This one was too skilled to be able to push him this far! If this continued, it was only a matter of time before this exorcist caught him!

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a searing pain in his stomach. His eyes opened a little, indicating he felt the pain before he felt another force hit his face, causing him to stumble backwards.

However, he forced himself to ignore the pain as he lifted his head, just in time to avoid cutting his head off by the sword, cursing inwardly as he jumped back and created some distance as he fired several projectiles created by his demonic power.

It worked when the priest found himself stopped in his path and jumped back to avoid the attack, skidding to the ground while still wielding his sword.

"You are too weak for a high class devil..."

Diodora held back a growl when he heard this. Weak?! Weak?! Oh, he was going to take that man's tongue out of his mouth when he was done with him! He was angry, he really was! Oh, how he wanted to curse this man but he couldn't, since he had to refrain, Asia was looking at him now. If he showed his true nature now, it would be too bad.

Wait...

Asia was watching but...

He glanced briefly at the car and saw that it was still there, but Asia was not!

Which?! What was the meaning of that?! Where she was?!

"Did you just notice now, devil? You're too late, my friend already took you away while we were fighting..." Ewald stated with a small smile, wiping some amusement off Diodora's shocked face.

"You filthy humble human!" Diodora growled, no longer holding her attitude. "I'll make sure I rip your head off and send you back to the Church in pieces!" He screamed in rage.

Ewald held back the smile he was about to widen. Now he was finally showing his true nature with the vanished Asia, typical. The guy just pretended to be noble and everything, fine. At least he wouldn't get a headache the way he spoke again, using words like 'fate', 'fate' and 'rescue him even if the world do us part' made him feel troubled.

"Why don't you come and give it a try, devil?"

*Moments Later.*

Gilgamesh in his battle dress, which consisted of black pants along with a black boot, a T-shirt, and on top of that was a blouse that stretched to his feet and a black glove on his right hand, his hair he was raised and his appearance emitted power.

Gilgamesh surveyed the surroundings while he made an impassive face. It was a dense forest, dense and quite thick. There was no doubt that he was in some kind of jungle, a place where no one lived or went to visit without any special event.

It was a perfect fighting place.

"He should be here any second.."

Gilgamesh leaned his back against a tree, arms crossed in front of his chest, his black cloak fluttering in the breeze of a gentle wind along with his golden hair. There was no sign of emotion on her face, except for her stoic expression and her sharp crimson eyes.

The plan was simple, use Asia as bait to get Diodora out. Give him limited time, make him unable to make a proper plan so his moves are predictable.