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Sixth Heaven. Zebel. (Home of Seraphs) Castiel had retuned from his 'meeting' with John Constantine. And was about to report to his fellow Seraphs.
SixthHeaven. Zebel. (Home of Seraphs)
Castiel had retuned from his 'meeting' with John Constantine. And was about to report to his fellow Seraphs. Well the ones that were here anyway.
"Cassiel!!" he heard a light and cheerful voice coming right at him
Castiel let out a small smile as he spread his arms already knowing what's coming. Gabriel jumped and him and hugged him tightly. Too tightly, he grunted in a bit of pain
"Its good to see you sister, but please let go before you break something"
Gabriel flushed and quickly backed away she forgot that he was weaker now because of the blood curse.
"Are you hurt? Do you need me to heal you? Why don't you lie down" Gabriel was flustered and kept rambling. She was clearly worried about him.
Castiel just sighed wryly with a small smile. Even though Gabriel was older and stronger than him as the second generation along with Uriel and Raphael. Along with Michael they were the Four Great Seraphs.
He and everybody from the second and third generation like him treat her as if she is their younger sister. She is just so pure and innocent they can't help themselves.
The third generation consists of many famous angels, such as himself, Metatron. Sandalphon, Raguel, Sariel, Remiel, Raziel and the other three who were a part of the Ten Seraphs.
(A/N. These Six were in the DxD Wiki).
Azazel and The Cadres of Grigori were also a part of this generation.
Casitel placed his palm on her head and patted her "I am fine. Thank you for worrying"
"Hahaha, Gaby 'glomped' another one" Remiel laughed out loud
Castiel titled his head "Glomped?"
"It means when someone runs, jumps and hugs you very tightly. Its a new human word I heard. A tackle hug, when dives or lunges at the receiving party" Sandalphon explained as he walked over
"I see" Cass nodded in understanding
"Cassiel" Michael entered the room with a gentle smile on his face. But everybody noticed the exhaustion he was trying to hide. And they couldn't help but feel useless. Michael the first generation the strongest of them all, even with him taking over the position as Leader of Heaven, as ArchAngel Michael and gaining a power boost. He could still barely keep the system running and prevent it from collapsing.
Every day, their oldest brother quite literally takes the weight of Heaven on his shoulders.
"What is wrong brother? I can feel that you are troubled" Michael said as his eyes looked at Castiel. 'As expected of him.' Castiel chuckled and explained what happened.
"He attacked you?" Uriel said with anger in his voice
Castiel just sighed Uriel was always the most aggressive of them all "Yes but I do not blame him. Perhaps it was not a good idea to send someone as strong as me to meet him. Constantine was quite polite at first and when I told him about the plan he got angry. I think he assumed that I was going to force him to accept. An oversight on our part.
He did apologize and heal me afterwards. And even fixed up my coat. Oh come and take a look" Castiel excitedly took off his coat to show it to his siblings.
"Its so comfortable"
"It is!" "How did he do this"
The Seraphs were very curious about this interesting piece of magic. Not knowing that it was the same type of magic they hate. Wizarding magic. But to be fair, it was almost impossible to tell what kind of magic was used in enchanting clothing without ripping it apart. Unless specific runes were used in plain sight.
Metatron then stopped their 'rambling' "Wait, you meet a magician, you tell him about the plan and he does a cheap attack that renders you unconscious and helpless?"
Castiel thought about it and was a accurate description of events "Yes"
Metatron just laughed out loud, it was even more ridiculous since he was wearing a ninja uniform on him. "You got 'combo ganked' brother?"
The rest of his siblings also laughed while some including Castiel and Gabriel were confused
"Where do you find these words?" Castiel said with a frown. He can not recall ever hearing that word
Sandalphon once again comes in for the save and explains it " Its a term used in video games. A Gank is a surprise attack against another opponent, most of the time against a stronger one. A 'combo gank' i think is a series of attacks done at once in surprise that leave your opponent defenseless or dead."
""""Ohhhh"""" the angels nodded in understanding
Most of them didn't hold that much hostility towards Constantine. The man had healed Casitel, helped him lessen the burden of the Blood curse and gave him a nice upgrade to his new favorite Coat. One of ten coats that look exactly the same.
While others...
"I still don't like him. He hurt Cassiel" Gabriel crossed her arms and huffed
Held a small grudge.
"Its fine Gabriel. I am alive and well" Castiel tried to calm down his little sister 'wait no she is the big sister' he had to remind himself once again. No matter how many times it happened, no matter how many millennia, he always forgets.
Michael chuckled when he saw all of his brothers and sisters having fun. This is what fulfilled him, what gives him the strength to carry the burden that he bears. Each time he sits in his fathers chair and activates the system. It feels like mountains pressing down on him. As he sorts through all the prayers and tries to prevent any new 'bugs' in the system.
He was perhaps the one man in the world that could understand Atlas the Titan the best.
" Cassiel I will be forbidding you from leaving until you are fully healed. I'm sure you understand why. We are lucky this human decided not to kill you. A surprise attack or not, you were defeated by a foe that was not your match even in your current state"
Castiel just sighed "Fine.." it was no use talking to Michael once he was in Big Brother mode.
"Excellent." Michael smiled "Now why don't we all go and have some dinner. I'm taking a break now and we can discuss things there"
The Seraphs agreed and all siblings went to have a nice family dinner.
~ Potter Manor
Harry was sorting through the new knowledge he got from Castiel.
Bam. Bam. Bam
Harry was banging his head on his work desk 'Fuck. Fuck. And more Fucks. Why do I do this to myself!'
The reason for this? He had a perfectly drawn and calculated ward scheme that he designed with his previous level of knowledge. Now, because of the perfectionist he is he was going to scrap the whole thing and start from scratch. That was months of work down the drain.
But if this was going to keep him more protected it would be worth it. But it also came with problems. The wards he got from Castiel were different than what he was used to, naturally as they were written in an entirely different language that he had to connect to his previous wards.
But the bigger problem was Boons. He hasn't even started on that! In general there were three types of static defense magics.
The Trinity. Wards, Hexes and Boons. You would most likely use one of these to protect your home no matter where you are.
Wards they were the neutral one of the three. The most used and most powerful. You get a Wardstone and link your wards to it. Their strength depends on how much power they have access to and the skill of the caster. Each ward has a specific purpose and they do it. How you combine wards is up to the caster.
Hexes are different, they don't need ward stones. They need a foci, a magical focus, specific items, magical items or artefacts used as a base or sacrifice to create the Hex in the first place. They are more malicious, more focused on causing damage or in simpler terms it was a type of magic that defended by attacking an enemy.
They were basically traps, once you trigger them you get a vide arrange of curses inflicted on you. Curses that you can't lift as long as you are in the vicinity of the Hex. The stronger the artefact the harder it is to get rid of the 'curse'.
Now on the other side of the spectrum Boons are just fucking weird. There are so many types, dare say Vague. Some were good some were practically a blessing. But putting it simply they just grant a 'Boon' to your defenses. An extra omph if needed. They are good at helping and supporting and sometime even helping out the target if that is the purpose. A boon used in a medical room for example. It targets the patient and helps keep the patient stable. Or maybe just helps a bit with the healing process.
The Guest Rite was a simple one and most commonly used Boon. It just sits there, doing nothing. But if the Guest Rite is broken, then the Boon activates and boosts all the extra defenses and even by itself it can throw away, attack and defend against the enemy.
Boons require foci just like Hexes but instead of malicious ones, they need something in tune with Good or Holy or even Nature. Hence why its mostly used by the church, druids and Gods. Well some Gods since Divine Power is still holy in nature, but their domains can't interfere with the Boon.
' I will need a lot more materials. And with all the added Boons I will also need a bigger central Wardstone, or WardCore I should say' Harry leaned back
"But still..." he mused out loud. "I didn't expect to take him down so easily. Even if he was weakened, he was still a high class. But then again it isn't really a good measurement. It was a very, very dirty trick. I poisoned the man, paralyzed him with so much lightning that his heart should have stopped, cast every debuff spell and curse I knew, along with a quickly set up Draining Ward and Gravity Ward to pin him down further...
Yeah that's a disgusting combo. Its like in those old fighter games when you a thrown in the air and the other guy just keeps 'comboing' you and doesn't let you land"
"Harry! Why did Melinda tell me you 'cheap shorted' an Angel?!" Hope came into the room with an angry expression. She tries so damn hard to keep Harry out of trouble and now she finds out that he did the equivalent of hitting someone in the balls. On a Seraph!
"Because i did. I'm quite proud of that one actually" Harry said with a smug expression
Hope facepalmed "Of course you are..." she dragged her hand down her face "You are crazy like that. Like some of your crazy lines, some I get, but some i just don't know where they come from. Like 'You shall not pass' "
Harry froze in place and looked at Hope in shock. Who was in turn shocked herself, Harry is almost never shocked. And she didn't give him any heavy news about the Supernatural. So what triggered him
"You don't know that line! Haven't your read Tolkien?!"
Hope frowned and tilted her head "Tolkien? Is that some niche author? I have already read or at least heard of all the famous books"
Harry's jaw just dropped and he stood there frozen in place.
"Harry. Harry I am really starting to get worried" Hope came near him and put her palms on his cheeks.
Harry snapped back to reality and he had a mad glint in his eyes. "Rings!"
"What?"
"Rings! I need to learn how to make Rings!!" and with that he just ran off into his labs.
"What just happened?"
~
A few days passed and it was time for Daphne's trial. Almost everybody was in the living room. Ophelia was calmly sipping her tea, but on the inside she was a tiny bit nervous.
Astoria and Daphne however were worried. But Daphne put on a brave front. After all she had heard things about the Ministry since a young age and things like that don't go away easily.
"But what if they try to arrest her. What if they use force" Tori said in a worried tone while clutching to Daphne's clothes.
She patted her sister on the head "Don't worry, I'm sure it won't hap-"
"Oh I am counting on it" Harry just let out a big grin as he interrupted her causing Ophelia to choke on her tea
Bellatrix raised an eyebrow "And why are you counting on that"
Harry smiled even wider " Because as Daphne's bethronged I can just declare an Honour Duel"
"So this is why you refused when I offered to represent Daphne" Ted just sat back in his seat as he shook his head
"You are planning to rob them again aren't you" Andromeda said in a knowing tone
"Bingo~" Harry snapped his fingers at her "Be sure to record all of it from your angle"
"What if they decide to gang up on you Harry" Ophelia asked in a worried tone. There was a reason why people didn't do this. It would mean war against the entire Ministry
"Then I'll declare a Blood Feud and kill them all. If things go well Dumbledore will jump in as well"
"Wait" Melinda stopped him right there "You want the old man to jump in?"
"Well yeah" Harry nodded "I am most worried about fighting him in Hogwarts, in his territory so to speak. But in the Ministry with all those people watching. He will be forced to not use certain spells to protect his image and he will have to save people for the same reason. Eventually they will have to agree to my terms or they will lose too many of their precious purebloods."
"You are insane" Dora pointed at him.
"I know. Its great. Sanity is for losers"