Hell Priestess Enma Ai.
Thirty-seventh place on the Eternal Beauty List, and fourth place on the Transcendent List.
Those listed on both lists were figures sought after in everyone's eyes, especially Ai who occupied the top five on the Transcendent List. Moreover, she was the Hell Priestess of the 'playboy' Kanzaki Hikaru, which made her even more attention-grabbing in several aspects.
Everyone, including Rias, didn't expect to meet Ai here.
Rias also understood in her heart, where the aura similar to the Underworld, yet different from the Underworld, originated from.
Hell.
The true lowest layer of the Underworld, a level lower than the Underworld where Hades resided, the true destination for all souls in the world.
Apart from existences chosen by Hell's will like this Hell Girl, only Transcendents could enter and exit Hell without obstacles.
It's just that Transcendents completely used their own powerful strength, forcibly destroying Hell's gate, and not through permission from Hell's will.
"Shinomiya Kaguya, Shirayuki Hime! Sensei's former girlfriend and fiancée!"
Ai ignored the others, her desolate dark red eyes focused on Kaguya and Shirayuki Hime.
Whether others knew each other, whether similar, whether familiar, whether strange...
All of that had nothing to do with her.
It's just that these two girls had very close contact with Teacher. Everyone related to Teacher would become objects of her attention.
Meanwhile, Kaguya and Shirayuki Hime who were stared at by Ai felt Hell's coldness, and in their hearts, with an unyielding spirit, they also stared back at their opponent.
"She is Hikaru's Priestess, the Hell Priestess!!!"
"How many things is that man still hiding?!!"
The two didn't forget, besides the Hell Priestess Enma Ai before them, Hikaru apparently had another Priestess, the Priestess of Wisdom Iwanaga Kotoko, who was also listed on the Eternal Beauty List and Transcendent List. It's just that her ranking wasn't as high as Ai's.
"Ai, are you specifically hunting Stray Devils?"
Regarding the 'Stray Devil' problem, as the younger sister of Devil King Lucifer and heir of the Gremory family, Rias had the responsibility to ask clearly.
It wasn't that she couldn't kill Stray Devils, but she didn't know why Ai was killing, even massacring Stray Devils on such a large scale. After all, this number was somewhat too shocking, and inevitably drew her attention.
At this moment, Ai also shifted her gaze from Kaguya and Shirayuki Hime.
"Requests, requests from humans. There have already been forty-two people who released the 'red string' contaminated by fate's curse, and the contents of their requests were to kill these Stray Devils."
Ai also didn't hide it, directly revealing her purpose for killing Stray Devils.
"It seems there are some losses appearing with the exposure of the Dimensional List."
Rias roughly understood the cause and effect of Ai's killing of Stray Devils.
After humans learned about Ghouls and Stray Devils, when facing some strange deaths, they couldn't avoid blaming Stray Devils or Ghouls. Especially the relatives of the deceased would harbor resentment in their hearts. Coincidentally, through the hatred in their hearts, they communicated with Ai who was the Hell Priestess or Hell Girl, entrusting Ai to kill these Stray Devils by sacrificing themselves.
This problem wasn't big if viewed now, but if viewed from a long-term perspective, allowing humans to vent the hatred in their hearts toward certain groups in the future wasn't a good thing.
"Regarding requests to kill Stray Devils, it has been closed. The Hell Girl's responsibility is to send souls that need atonement to Hell, and not become a weapon for humans to vent the hatred in their hearts." Ai said very honestly.
Clearly, after receiving these requests to kill Stray Devils, she also understood the losses within and it completely contradicted the Hell Girl's mission.
"However, there are still twelve Stray Devils remaining. The Hell Girl has accepted the requests, so they must be completed."
After saying that, without waiting for Rias, Asuna, Shirayuki Hime... and the others' reaction, she suddenly swung the Death God's Scythe in her hand, more precisely, Hell's Scythe.
*🔔🔔🔔🔔!*
Instantly, the glowing purple bell tied to Hell's Scythe, inevitably shone brightly. Sound like sound waves, like tides, rippled in all directions.
"This is... the Devil-Tempting Bell Sacred Gear, which has the effect of tempting Stray Devils."
Rias had much research on Sacred Gears, immediately recognizing the Sacred Gear on Ai's Hell Scythe, because that Sacred Gear was quite famous in the Underworld.
Reportedly, in the god and devil war, this Devil-Tempting Bell was in the Church's hands. The Church used this Sacred Gear to tempt many ordinary Devils and half-blood Devils, directly trapping them into traps they had designed beforehand, causing many Devil forces to suffer great losses. Fortunately, this Devil-Tempting Bell Sacred Gear had no effect on pure-blooded Devils like Rias, otherwise, the losses in the god and devil war a thousand years ago might have been even greater.
Suddenly, Rias furrowed her brow. She thought of a problem.
What could be tempted by the Devil-Tempting Bell were all Devils except pure-blooded Devils, and not just Stray Devils!!
"Don't worry, the sound waves emitted by the Devil-Tempting Bell now will only tempt Stray Devils full of blood and bloodthirst. You don't need to worry about other Devils."
Ai explained to avoid problems.
"It seems you've developed this Devil-Tempting Bell Sacred Gear to quite a high level." Rias said.
Ai didn't speak, and at the same time didn't activate the Devil-Tempting Bell again, because the targets of her requests had arrived.
More than ten Stray Devils with strange forms, some with human heads and snake bodies, human faces and spider bodies... they were completely combinations of animals and humans, with bloodthirsty auras and slight confusion caused by the Devil-Tempting Bell's influence. They surrounded everyone, including Rias, in the middle. They appeared to be preparing to gather strength and attack.
"Thirteen high-class Devils, five ultimate-class Devils, more than the Stray Devils requested..."
Ai glanced at the Stray Devils surrounding her very calmly, as if she were looking at sheep about to be slaughtered.