At the heavenly embassy-
As soon as he arrived at his lair with his new Adam, he found a mysterious letter with the time and date of the heavenly embassy in a few days.
He didn't know who had brought it and partly he didn't care either. Now he was a fallen man and theoretically the angels were no longer his bosses.
Whatever the case, he thought he could ask for his favors at once. He would listen to him, Lute too, most of the heavenly princes too, so he relaxed with his daughters.
They had taken a while, a strange thing for heaven, which made him more alert.
When a while passed, he finally felt someone arrive at his meeting. The first man began to complain.
"You're finally here. By a car-" he stopped the second after noticing the environment, he recognized that energy and the mere idea of HIM being there made fear run through his body.
"Wh- my dear, could you wait for your father outside? Please?" Carina and Retrivia looked at each other.
"Dad, are you okay?" Despite their relatively short life span, they were born from heaven and homunculi created by Adam himself to serve as his daughters.
They also had the concentrated essence of not one but several, for each one knew their father almost by instinct and that reaction was not something easy to provoke in him.
"YES, GO OUT NOW!! IT'S A DAMN ORDER!" He shouted at them, surprising and terrifying them. It was the first time they had seen that type of reaction from him.
The 2 exorcists left the embassy to stand right at the door.
Almost as if he had waited for them to leave, the figure was slowly revealed. It was a tall figure and was wearing a sinister robe, only instead of fabric it seemed to be made of a boiling, bubbling, noxious and repulsive dark-colored liquid.
He was pale and had black hair, his halo was a grotesque crown of thorns that bubbled with liquid, but without a doubt the worst part was his eyes, they were just 2 empty sockets with small white circles like burning points in them and from these beads dripped more of the blackish poison that covered his cheeks.
"Samael, I didn't expect to see you here-"
"Adam"
The first man froze upon hearing his name come out of the mouth of the heavenly prince, his voice was just as grotesque as if he were drowning in his own oozing blood, yet he understood it as clear as day, but what upset them was not his voice, hell he had heard it countless times.
The disturbing thing was his mood, Adam knew it immediately, the archangel was furious.
"You know that confinement leaves me out of date on many things, always far from the latest topics of heaven" his voice falsely calm.
-Then- his false mask of tranquility broke- You can imagine my fucking surprise!! He raised his voice.
"When I find out that you planned an extermination of the damned spawn that shit through the pussy of the queen of swallowing semen that is your ex-wife and pathetic cuckold imitation of angel of Lucifer's without telling me, that you reveal the damned extermination to all of damned heaven and worse than all that... You dare to lose!!"
A closed fist crashed horizontally into Adam's face, somehow although Samael held back his strength and so as not to break anything and that Adam had not retreated even when Lucifer beat him up, the pain felt more intense so much that the first man writhed on the floor of the embassy clutching his face before getting back up.
"And now it turns out that you are a half-fallen, because apparently you are not even good at damning yourself" said Samael with clear irony in his voice.
Adam was about to speak but Samael silenced him and spoke again.
"Anyway, for the first time your incompetence saved us, as you should have foreseen your main sons still don't notice your absence and your daughters already know your current situation, courtesy of sera, however those two still don't know and they spend their time asking questions, when they find out they might start a scandal to clean up this whole damn circle and honestly I don't feel like appeasing them, I also want to do the same."
"But as much as I hate this shithole, maintaining the status quo is still my duty, at least for now, make sure you get revenge however you've done so far with them" he said pointing towards the exorcists behind the door.
"Y-yes sir!" the first man answered loudly.
The second he said this he seemed to realize his mistake and a face of genuine annoyance formed on Samael's face, who gave him a hard slap that left him half stunned and staggering.
"Cut that fucking shit, kid. It's been so long since we last met. It could be the last time we see each other. And you call me sir? Don't lower me to one of those bastards on the council.
Tell me by my old name, the one you gave me when you weren't even a mud monkey," Samael demanded.
"Master," Adam said, but that was met with another slap.
"Are you looking at my stupid face? You know what I mean and you know that acting stupid doesn't work with me, I was the one who taught you how to do it."
Adam looked him straight in the eyes for the first time, challenging, something that Samael seemed to enjoy while the bitterest memories passed through Adam's mind again, and he finally blurted out what the archangel had wanted to hear so much.
"Dad" he almost spat, upon hearing that the imposing figure began to relax and for the first time sat down, pointing the first man to the chair in front of him.
Adam sat down and sighed, looking at the ceiling and then at Samael with a kind of reflective look full of mixed feelings and spoke to him again.
"I guess you didn't come just to insult me"
"I wish it was just for that and the obvious" the angel turned his hand and 2 plates appeared Adam's was ribs one of his favorite foods some would call him obsessive if it weren't for the angel's plate was incomparably stranger a huge plate perfectly cooked and served creatures all of them clearly poisonous in nature from centipedes, scorpions, dart frogs and even snakes accompanied by a bowl of fresh fruit.
"Well it turns out that the plan of that badly-aborted and over-developed fetus that happens to be the princess of hell was successful and redeemed a sinner an idiot in the shape of a snake" he explained calmly.
"WHAT!? How was that possible?" Adam asked surprised, but the angel only shrugged his shoulders.
"That doesn't matter to us, nor does it concern us, what really concerns us is that as support for that bastard's project, the council plans to tell her the truth of everything, the truth that has us as protagonists" his snotty and gurgling voice became distant and somehow melancholic as if he was remembering painful things, Adam's face could only be defined as shock.
"It will be done in 2 weeks, go get ready."
"So I will be part of those who will have to see that shitty show again… Wow" he leaned back in his chair and proceeded to continue eating his ribs.
"Don't complain, I will be there too, the brat Sera and your daughter the Trucker Slut".
"If you want we can also broadcast it live to the whole sky"
"One of my brothers proposed that, fortunately they said no to him."
They continued eating in silence for a while and making some comments about random things without deep importance until their meeting ended.
Samael gave the first man a look before manifesting something in his hand. "There you go, you lost." He threw his golden halo at him, which shone when it touched Adam.
"Be careful assimilating it again, celestial energy combined with infernal energy is not for shitty mortal bodies or souls, not even infernals of the highest rank or the strongest mortals," he advised with a concern that came out of literal nowhere.
"Maybe it would be a less painful and cruel way to finish falling, to look for a decent place and in a few years try your luck in that shitty hotel," Samael reflected at the last moment, turning around and opening a portal to heaven.
"In the next 2 weeks I will bring you decent food and the brats will be here at the embassy." The celestial prince retreated when Adam spoke.
"Could you bring me 2 things from heaven? Please, I know it might sound weird-"
"Are you fucking plotting?" The archangel asked bluntly, to which Adam nodded.
"Well, tell me what it is and I will bring them to you as soon as possible within my possibilities and make sure this time that you do not look like a fool."
-In a Vs building-
"Well ladies, first of all thank you for answering my call and second, excuse me for the lack of space. I knew that some of you were worried but not that much." Velvette said to a very peculiar audience of several overlords from Pentagram City, all women with the notable exception of Rosie and Carmilla. Even so, there were not enough seats in the luxurious room, so some were waiting standing, noticeably irritated.
"Melissa, hurry up, damn it!! You're serving important people!!" Velvette snapped at her protégé.
"Anyway, you all know our concern, what are we going to do with that guy on the day of the duel and what is he up to"
On a television, images of an Adam masked in rags of celestial steel were played, touring both the cannibal neighborhood and the industrial district and leaving them with 2 strange exorcists in his arms, each very similar to the dominant overlord of the territory in question.Well first of all let's recap what apparently happened, I have the photographic tracking of the case.
First of all our princess apparently defeats the angels, right after this bastard appears.
On the wall was shown the image of Adam masked and ragged with a red halo shining over his head and with a huge sack of exorcist corpses behind him, "He killed and made a massacre with every poor bastard that got in his way, all the sinners or hellborn, new or powerful that crossed his path ended up in a pile."
On the screen were shown photos taken of the piles of bodies by impudent sinners some even seemed to be selfies.
"We also know that he was seen in the districts of the Old Witches who happen to be Carmilla and Rosie, both helped against the attack of heaven so the conclusions are obvious" shrugged velvette.
"As you know, I was in favor of fighting until I saw firsthand what the leader is capable of. If that is the leader of the exorcists and he is looking for personal revenge for what our dear princess decided to do, let me tell you that we are screwed," she concluded.
"If you called us here that means you have or came up with a plan, brat, propose them now and let's not waste any more time. I think we all have more or less the same thing planned," a demonic lady with a marine appearance snapped. Velvette looked at her somewhat indignantly.
"Very old bag, I suppose you can't wait for your tits to fall even more. The first option is to kill him together. He is powerful but not as much as before. If we attack him together and maybe some of his allies we could rip out his soul," she suggested to the room.
"If he managed to intimidate and leave the industrial zone as if nothing happened, he must be formidable to dominate Carmilla, you should know better than anyone his velvet level if he is that strong then more than one here will end up dead" Zeezi could be taken for granted by several due to being the second youngest overlord and having a more punk look than the typical threatening and mysterious one, but not for nothing was she a demonic lady and less a friend of Carmilla.
"I am aware of that, that is why I would honestly discard her, I do not want to sacrifice myself uselessly for the cause and I sincerely doubt that any of you want the other option"
"Propose a deal" another clearly older overlord with pink skin and a crown on top of her head came forward.
"If I let those two live since they're the ones he hates the most, if we can offer him something, he'll probably let us live too, although on the other hand his strength may have been based on empty threats while he was weakened, with how cautious Carmilla and Rosie are, I bet they'd cooperate before fighting in a battle where the odds are 50/50."
All the women in the room were surprised at how solid that perspective was, a conjecture truly worthy of a veteran demon ruler, the women nodded.
"My proposition is that we invite him to the day of the duel" Velvette revealed and everyone looked at her first with surprise but then with understanding.
"Truly brilliant" the 2 veterans admitted at the same time, the day of the duel was a celebration where friendly duels were held between overlords and other powerful individuals in hell after the extermination, as a celebration for surviving and often showing off how their power was still vast despite the purge, it was a neutral event where even if a powerful demon lord wanted to cause trouble he would be brutally punished.
"If he goes there to attack us we will have an advantage in which to shield ourselves, on the other hand inviting him personally could serve as an offering of peace" confirmed the marine-looking overlord and everyone nodded.
But suddenly a new question arose on the subject.
"And who would go to give her the message? Do we even know where she lives?" Zeezi asked.
"Bitch, a quarter of Pentagram City knows where she lives" Velvette said before the image of clearly unclaimed territory in a building in poor condition was put on the wall, with lots of both sinners and native demons totally destroyed.
"Since it was my idea I am willing to take a risk, Melissa get over here dammit!!!" The assistant Melissa ran into the room although she was clearly uncomfortable and afraid of being seen and examined like a slave in front of cruel and possible owners.
"This is going to be our messenger, she is fast and powerful enough to scare away the lesser sinners, and if she happens to cross paths with our demon-destroying friend I trust that she will seduce him" Melissa gulped as she saw the intimidating and vicious eyes of the powerful sinners around her, some with amusement, others judging her seriously.
"Of course I'm not a heartless bitch, if she manages to complete this task I will give her a sustainable pay raise that includes both money and souls, although honestly you could do something of your part" Velvette explained.
The demonic ladies looked at each other and nodded, the succubus overlord seemed to speak for all of them "I am also in favor of sending a second in command, whoever wants to do it most, raise your hand"
Zeezi and the fish overlord raised their hands.
"It is decided, get them ready immediately, they just took photos of you leaving your home, Melisa be prepared because this will be your final test."
Melisa could do nothing but look at her mistress in disbelief, what had she gotten herself into?Talking to Samael had been exhausting and Adam was clearly tired and somewhat hurt when he left the heavenly embassy.
"Father!!" he heard the 2 exorcists come out who had their backs to the embassy, clearly upset at seeing his bruises. Retrivia had put her hands on his face with 0 consideration for his personal space.
"What happened there? Didn't you say that all the angels respected you?" she said upset.
"Well almost everyone, Samael is… a special case to say the least" Adam shrugged his shoulders.
"And this is…" Carina pointed to the halo that Adam carried in his hands and he just nodded.
By instinct both knew that the halo was important for an angel, but only Adam truly understood it. Your halo is your connection to heaven, your divine signature and in powerful angels it is the main focus to channel their abilities in an elegant and refined way.
Once you fell from heaven your halo was broken irreparably and you were banned from heaven forever, even Lucifer who was a bastard of the second most powerful angel category had lost part of his original grace, his creativity failed him and those who had known him for a long time noticed a kind of constant discomfort enveloped him.
Adam had felt it, but he was human so it was perhaps even worse, every day he felt his energy change, it stopped being like a golden river that flowed in harmony in his body, now it was like a furious and bubbling swamp.
When he wanted to use his rays the sinners did not notice it but the burning and itching sensation that ran through Adam's body at that moment was horrible.
"And what do you plan to do with it father" asked Carina curiously.
Adam shrugged his shoulders "I'll think about it later, for now I want to rest take the leftovers that are on the table, at least we will not have to eat the filth from here anymore."
As soon as they did so, the three of them flew back to their usual spot.
Upon reaching the door, he noticed a letter.
"Dear Mr. Ex-Exorcist, due to your extraordinary feats of power, you are cordially invited to the day of mourning next week, please wear black tie" – Sincerely, Velvette and friends.
"Father, do you know who she is?" Retrivia asked
"Some insignificant bitch, whatever, I have no interest" he threw the letter as if it was nothing relevant, but they got this far so check carefully, I hope it's not a trap from some shitty overlord.
"Adam was aware of his current level, he wasn't even half as powerful as when he was an angel and although 1vs1 he could defeat several of the strongest overlords 1vs3 of the strongest he wasn't sure.
In the end they checked and surprisingly there was nothing new so they shrugged and continued their routine Adam was just lying with his halo in his hand looking at the ceiling but both Carina and Retrivia were practicing their combat movements.
Adam ignored them, they were warriors it was simply in their nature to prepare for the fight even if it was far away or nonexistent.
"And then father, if the halo is so important for an angel why haven't you absorbed yours?" Carina asked without losing concentration on deflecting her sister's blows, Adam sighed.
"It's a mark of my heavenly power but now my heavenly energy is fighting with the new infernal energy, my soul is not simple, I spent thousands of years in heaven and it is a particularly powerful base, the heavenly power will not leave my body just like that even if I wanted to" he paused taking a breath to speak again.
"But that means that my body is not capable of being filled with infernal energy that is wild and aggressive while I have no source of heavenly energy" his gaze darkened.
"If I put my halo back on, it is possible that by constantly looking for heavenly energy while my body is filled with demonic energy it would only cause my body to be torn apart on itself, the bastard Lucifer took decades to control the 2 energies being an archangel, my bitch ex-wife took centuries even though she was the first bitch" his gaze filled with bitterness.
"Truly shit"I-I don't think this is appropriate sir" Vaggie was at the edge of a lagoon, hesitant to enter or not, wearing a one-piece swimsuit and her short exorcist hair.
"Come on, don't be shy, you're not a soldier of the earth, come here and tell me father" a completely uncovered Adam, as was atypical to see, his face looked youthful and playful but at the same time tired.
Vegatha opened her eyes and delicately flew close to her superior, the water reached her higher, which made her feel somewhat uncomfortable, while the first man seemed to turn around.
"You know you're one of my best girls, even among those born from heaven, you can tell me if something afflicts you" His tone rose a little and took on an accusatory tone.
"There's nothing that afflicts me, sir" said the exorcist with a slight nervousness in her voice
"Not even forgiving those damn monsters?" The first man's voice became accusatory, more filled with disappointment than anger.
The angel had paralyzed, when he tried to get closer to say something he felt a grip on both his legs and his wings that prevented him from moving.
"S-sir I can explain it."
"You can even explain sleeping with Lucifer's spawn!!" This time what came out of Adam's mouth was a furious scream.
And at the same time Vaggie felt that she was being pulled down and from her wings with force an expression of horror was drawn on her pale face.
"Wait sir, I beg you, let me explain, she is not so bad, an exception please!!" Adam's face transformed into a weak smile as he approached to grab her halo, as soon as he did the exorcist grabbed the first man desperately while feeling at the same time that she was being violently pulled and that a part of herself was being torn away.
She began to scream when the final tug was finally felt and her wings were torn off, her heart-wrenching scream seemed to fall into thuds as her superior's expression remained a calm, creepy smile.
The exorcist panicked from the shock and desperation of being dragged into an unknown well, all she could do was struggle and continue to ask the first man for help in vain.
"Sir, boss" were the words that rang out at first when she saw no reaction, but changed to something more personal.
"Adam!!" The seemingly brave exorcist began to sob like a child and finally broke down.
"Dad!!" she cried before sinking deep into the waters of the deceptive lagoon. She didn't know when she went down 1 meter, 2 meters or 30, she only knew that she had been dragged and her golden blood dyed the water before she woke up screaming father.
"Honey!" Charlie also woke up to see his girlfriend covered in sweat and tears gasping for more air, seeing her condition he quickly gave her a tender hug while whispering comforting things to her.
"It's a dream about heaven again I guess" Charlie said as if she expected it, at first Vaggie told her it was nothing but after the fourth time she was forced to confess that her nightmares were about, distorted versions of her experiences in heaven.
They had started 3 weeks ago since her battle against the exorcists and they hadn't stopped since then.
"I'm better now dear, I'll go get some water" the fallen angel got up from the bed and walked towards the hallway, she went straight for what she had said she felt calm for a moment after sipping the water until 2 wires in her head crossed due to the close presence of her past.
The water from hell tasted bitter and repulsive to her, even worse its touch compared to the soft, fresh and pure water from heaven, the horrible taste clung to her throat relentlessly while seeing the glass she remembered one of her moments with Adam where they simply had fun having a few drinks.
The helplessness of that memory made Vaggie's hand clench with such force that the glass she held shattered, and small cuts formed on her hand, and far from distracting her, the pain in her hand and the sight of her golden blood only enveloped her further in memories of the past.
"Bastard!! Dirty!! Sexist pig!" She shouted furiously while hitting the sink, as a result of the scandal Charlie went to see her girlfriend worried.
"Vaggie stop, you're going to hurt yourself!!"
The fallen angel, looking back at his girlfriend, let her face be seen covered in tears and clearly more angry than furious and as soon as she realized how she must look to her girlfriend who looked at her with dismay, Vaggie could not help but fall on her knees. Neither short nor lazy, her girlfriend went to comfort him.
"You have to tell me what really affects you" Charlie was perhaps not the most astute, perceptive or intelligent of demons, people or even decent girlfriends but even so it could be that even knowing that her nightmares had to do with her celestial past and her former boss there was something else they were not telling her.
The former exorcist wiped her face and tears as best she could and with a relatively broken voice she said "It's okay".
She swallowed and cleared her throat as if she was going to do something difficult.
"I hate Adam, I hate that bastard with all my strength, he didn't just smile and take pleasure while I was being mutilated" her voice became heavier and heavier with an angry mix of anger, sadness and indignation with which she looked at her girlfriend.
"He dared to do that to me… To me! Charlie, he wasn't just a shitty boss, he was my father! He created me! He raised and educated me!" she separated from her girlfriend's embrace and threw a fist at the wall, making a hole.
"And yet he threw me away like I was nothing! My own damn father!".
Charlie's eyes were wide, on the one hand he understood his girlfriend more and on the other he had acquired a different vision of his apparent victory over heaven. Vaggie had participated in the murder of his father and had enjoyed it.