Feeling the characteristic muggy heat of a summer night, the girl moved through the now completely dark school grounds. At this time, the on
Feeling the characteristic muggy heat of a summer night, the girl moved through the now completely dark school grounds.
At this time, the only person traversing the deserted campus was a girl wearing glasses with red rims and black, brow-length hair.
The girl was a third-year student at Kuoh Academy, and the student council president, Souna Shitori.
Of course, that name and position were only for her classmates and teachers; her true identity was that of a devil.
Souna Siddhartha; this was the girl's true name as a devil. She was the heir to the Siddhartha family, a pure-blooded high-class devil family from Hell, and her older sister was the infamous Leviathan, one of the Four Great Satan Rulers.
The reason the girl was still patrolling the school grounds at this hour was simple: she sensed something amiss within the school.
"A stray devil? How audacious, daring to hide within Kuoh Academy."
In ancient times, the gods, devils, and fallen angels engaged in a great war for world domination. This war eventually stagnated into a war of attrition, ultimately depleting all three factions.
In this war, the death of the gods led to a significant decline in the number of angels and a substantial decrease in their fighting strength.
The devils lost the Four Great Satan Rulers and more than two-thirds of their pure-blooded high-class devils. The fallen angels, except for a few executives, were almost completely annihilated. The war ended inconclusively when Azazel, the overlord of the fallen angels, led his forces out of the conflict, followed by the angels and devils. However, all three factions concealed the truth of the gods' deaths.
Because of this war, all three factions suffered from a lack of fighting power and began relying on humans to continue their legacies. The angels began the Holy Sword project to cultivate human holy swordsmen and later developed the reincarnation angel playing cards. The devils developed the devil pawns for devil reincarnation, and the fallen angels began researching the divine artifacts left behind by the gods, artifacts only humans could inherit.
Humans who undergo reincarnation using devil pawns are virtually indistinguishable from devils. However, sometimes, due to various circumstances, the reincarnated devils stray from their masters. These devils are called stray devils.
Stray devils are mostly extremely unstable mentally and highly aggressive. They also easily reveal the existence of devils to ordinary humans.
Therefore, upon discovering a stray devil, the first priority is to eliminate it.
Before leaving today, Souna Shitori sensed something amiss and noticed a stray devil had infiltrated the school grounds without her knowledge.
Such a dangerous element could not be left unchecked; otherwise, a major incident would inevitably occur when the students returned to school the next day. Therefore, Souna Shitori decided to act alone, taking advantage of the cover of night to eliminate the threat.
"Alright, the game of hide-and-seek is over."
Behind the gymnasium's storage room, Souna Shitori finally found the individual she was searching for.
It was a human enveloped in a dark aura, radiating chaotic energy. Upon seeing Souna, he let out a bestial roar.
"Completely lost their reason, have they? Don't worry, you'll find release soon."
Souna said this, pushing her glasses up her nose.
"Kill! Kill!"
The crazed stray devil let out these guttural cries, launching an attack on Souna Shitori.
"Is this all you've got?"
With a wave of her hand, a simple low-level water magic, Aqua Burst, unleashed a torrent of water that sent the stray devil flying.
Shaking her head in slight disappointment, it seemed this devil didn't possess a divine artifact, rendering him ultimately valueless.
However, soon after, Souna chuckled and shook her head again.
Divine artifacts are incredibly precious items; how could every human body possibly possess one? Even she only had two familiars who possessed genuine divine artifacts; the others were merely artificial artifacts bestowed later.
"Alright, your suffering will end soon. I apologize."
Souna Shitori said this to the roaring stray devil. The water in her hands swirled as if alive, enveloping the stray devil.
Seeming to instinctively sense the danger, the stray devil tried to escape, but it was too late. The rapidly spinning water current, sharp as blades, sliced through its body.
"The number of stray devils has been increasing lately… the fallen angels seem to be stirring again. This human world is becoming increasingly restless."
Watching the stray devil's body dissipate, Souna Shitori sighed softly and turned to leave. But at that moment, a powerful surge of energy struck her, causing her eyes to widen in surprise.
"Wh… what?! This power… could this be a trap?!"
Souna instinctively assumed this stray devil was a trap laid by the fallen angels, aiming to capture her, the sister of one of the Four Great Satan Rulers. However, as it turned out, she was mistaken. Even with their audacity, the fallen angels knew better than to provoke someone they shouldn't.
The power originated from the sky, but it wasn't the familiar power of the fallen angels; it was something else, both familiar and strange to Souna.
As a devil proficient in water magic, Souna felt a subtle stirring within her own power. It seemed to be cowering, fearing something descending from the heavens.
"What… is it?!"
Souna murmured, lifting her head to look at the object descending from the sky, trailing a blue wake.
This entity, radiating a power that instilled fear, seemed to be… a person? The figure crashed heavily onto the empty ground before her, emitting a bone-chilling cracking sound.
Small pieces of ice scattered across the ground. Souna Shitori stared blankly at the man who had appeared before her, a large portion of the ice encasing his body already shattered.
"Wh… what in the world is going on?!"
Did he fall from a plane? But why was he frozen? It's summer!
At this thought, Souna shuddered, realizing the temperature around her was plummeting at an alarming rate.
And the culprit behind all this was the man frozen before her.
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