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While Harry was sleeping, his casual words to Castiel about Rizevim being interested in the Holy Relic in Romania were causing waves.
Once Heaven learned the Grall was in danger of falling into Rizevim's hands. They mobilized the church and some Angels. They also doubled the money they were offering to the hunters and mercenaries.
If there was one thing the church always had, it was money. Two thousand years to accumulate wealth and power.
During the 4th Century, Christianity became a favored state religion, the church received land, treasures, and endowments from emperors and aristocrat. This marked the beginning of their wealth accumulation.
From the 5th to the 15th Century. The Church became the largest landowner in Europe, collecting mandatory 10% tithes from citizens. Wealth was generated through the sale of indulgences.
Meaning rich people sin then they buy forgiveness. And through simony, selling of church positions to noblemen who used it to put their third and fourth sons in the church for better benefits later on. Ironically this is funded lavish papal courts and cathedral construction.
The Churches, cathedrals, beautiful religious artwork were all created with bribe money. *
As the centuries passed the church grew more and more corrupted. As long as they spread Christianity through the world, Heaven cared very little, since they also had their battles to fight against other pantheons. It was during these wars that God gained the materials for many of the Sacred Gears he created.
And after the Great War and the Fall of god. Heaven was too busy do deal with matters involving the corrupt popes, bishops and priests.
So the Church had more than enough money to hire a lot of people willing to go into Romania to fight with Vampires and possibly Devils. And that's exactly what they did.
~ Libra HQ
Inside a huge office with many sofas, the team was slowly gathering.
Their Leader Klaus Von Reinhertz, a beast of a man, was sitting on his desk clicking quickly while staring at the screen. He engaged in a chess match against the #100th ranked player in the world.
The 100th players are frequently in the 2600-2700 Elo range. They are elite Grandmasters, not comparable to the top ten, but can easily beat 99% of any other chess players. This particular player was Klaus's friend and they have matches all the time. Most of them ending with a loss for Klaus.
Klaus let out a grin as he typed to his opponent "It was a magnificent game. Mr. Yamakawa, I wish you good luck in your next tournament."
'I do like chess, but it gets pretty boring after the first few hundred matches. The same for other strategy games as well, I wish someone would make something more challenging.'
"Oi, boss, what's the big deal, its a day off you know" Zapp entered the room with his posture slouched, the man looked like he had been drinking a lot.
"Stupid Monkey" Chain shot him a look of disgust.
"You say something Bitch?" Zapp shot back at the werewolf.
"Can we not do this every time please" Leonardo said with an exhausted look on his face. He was out delivering pizza's until he got called in. 'I just want to sleep'
Klaus looked at his team with a serious expression "It seems that we will be returning to Romania. The leaders of the 'Fang Hunters' have called in every team"
... His team looked at him with speechless expressions. Last time they barely got away from the High Class Vampire that appeared out of nowhere.
Zapp literally was looking at Klaus with his jaw dropped "You have got to be shitting me?! What are those geezers smoking?! No way I'm going" he shook his head, swearing to never step foot again in Romania
"Klaus isn't this a bit rash?" Dr. Stephen said in a worried tone
"Yes, I doubted them too. Even Dog Hummer is coming with us this time."
"Ehh that cutie is coming" K.K. said with an excited expression
Chain also nodded "Hummer is very hot. Unlike you scum" she couldn't help but take more shots at Zapp.
"Shut it She-Wolf. Why don't you go smash a building, like your green cousin"
Chain's eye twitched "I'm not a cartoon character, and She-Hulk had her powers under control for the most part you uncultured dipshit"
"Enough with the bickering" Klaus cut them off, causing both to flinch "This is a serious situation. The Church has nearly tripled the money for every single kill from Low Class to Ultimate Class"
'Kaching' Zapp's eyes turned into dollar signs. "Okay, lets go." Zapp quickly pulled out his phone and typed something "We have a flight in three hours"
Leonardo just deadpanned at Zapp's behavior ' Is he bipolar?'
"Its not that simple" Klaus shook his head "At first even with the increased bounties, I still didn't want to risk our team. But orders from above changed that. The entire 'Fang Hunters' Guild is moving. And so are our rivals.
Priests, Exorcists, Inquisitors from all Three Church jurisdictions are moving. Angels will also be there. The target are the vampires, but we have conformation that devils and fallen will be there as well. There have been rumors floating around that Druids will also be appearing, "
Bzzz. Bzzz
Klaus's phone vibrated on the table. Klaus picked up and looked at the message, almost dropping the phone as he did.
"Klaus?" K.K. asked with a worried expression
"Two demigods from the Hindu pantheon have been spotted in Romania. We are to leave immediately. If by any chance we are to see them we are to retreat immediately." Klaus gripped his chair. Unwilling to put his team in such a dangerous situation.
But as leader of LIBRA, one of the strongest teams in Fang Hunters, he couldn't walk away.
"Well shit." Zapp slumped, then immediately perked up "Looks like we are going to have do this one carefully"
"Klaus. We should stick to the edges and focus on the Thrall's and Low Class Vamps. Let the church deal with all the other problems" Stephen stated the obvious. None of the people here were stupid enough to die in someone else's war.
Their job was to clear out the mob so it doesn't interfere with the big guns or spill out into civilian territory
Klaus stood up "That would be our best approach. Libra, move out! We have a plain to catch"
~ Hogwarts
The twin pranksters were hanging their heads low as Snape glared down at them. Just twenty minutes ago Draco Malfoy's hair turned almost completely red, leaving a few locks of his blond hair to make the Gryffindor colors
"Why did you paint Mr. Malfoy's hair red" Snape said in his usual slow tone.
"How do you know its us?"
"Yeah. It might have been a Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw trying to frame us"
"This is abuse of authority"
"Do you even have proof?"
The twins went back and forth. And here was Snape's problem. He did not have proof. If fact, the twins were seen through the day and they had an alibi. An Alibi that they had carefully constructed.
The good thing about being twins is that they look exactly alike. One of them went to the kitchen to give an elf the potion. While the other just made an illusion of himself using the spell from the book.
Snape glared at them, but the twins avoided his eyes and looked at his chest.
"Look at my face when you are speaking"
The twins glanced at each other while their heads were lowered and withheld a smirk. They both looked up, but their eyes stopped when they reached Snape's chin. Technically they were looking at his face.
Again no eye contact, Snape had no opportunity to use Legilimency, and asking to look at his eyes was just stupid and would throw suspicion on himself. He wasn't well liked and this would just make things harder.
What he didn't know is that the twin already learned Occlumency, so even if he tried he would be caught by them. They might not be skilled enough to stop Snape, but they can definitely notice his attempt.
"You are free to go. I'll be watching you two." Snape sneered at them, spun around and started walking, his robes Billowing behind him *
After making sure Snape had left the twins looked at each other, grinned and high fived.
"Well played brother of mine"
"No, no, it was obviously you who did the most work"
"How about we call it a team effort" Gorge said with a smile
"Team effort it is" Fred laughed, both of them enjoyed praising each other like this. After all if nobody else will do it, they just do it on their own. The twins headed back to the Gryffindor common room ready to prepare for the next prank.
But this was just a warm up. Their goal hasn't changed. Prank Harry Potter by the end of the year.
~
"Miss Michaelson, might I inquire as to Mr. Potter's whereabouts?"
Hope just looked at Professor McGonagall with a dumbfounded expression. 'Why would they care about this now?'
"Harry is currently studying some new magic and won't be available for a few days. I do not see the reason for your concern. Due to the nature of the agreement Harry has with the Headmaster, he does not need to attend any classes. He just needs to stay in the school, interaction with other students is also his choice" Hope explained politely.
McGonagall's words seem to have died in her throat. Dumbledore made an offhand comment about how nice it would be if Harry socialized more with his peers. So he sent her to talk to the boy.
But Hope was also correct, Harry Potter has no other obligation with them other than to come to this school.
"It's fine, I just haven't seen him and was beginning to worry. Please carry on with your day" Minerva nodded and started to walk back to her office.
Hope seeing this just shook her head 'Actually that is a valid response. If you don't see Harry for a few days you can expect something big to happen'
~
Two days later Harry wakes up and he felt a lot better. The strain on his eyes was better as well, in a few more days it will be completely gone.
'That sucked ass. Worst experience of my life but so... so worth it.'
Harry stretches and pops the joints in his body. He then starts to focus on 'Thought Projection Magic'. Though at this point it's better to call it 'Fragmentation'
'Huh, that's actually a better name for this. Fragmentation'
He starts splitting himself, this time he made three more clones, one that he lost and two extra ones. The Harries looked at each other before giving a single nod, after that they all left to do their particular projects or research.
'The Grind never ends!'
~ A/N
*Billowing is the primary word for a cloak moving in the wind, conveying a dramatic, filled-with-air motion. Always forget this word
* Did some research about the church money. God damn, almost all of it was bribe money and the money they taxed from people.