The meeting continued.
After the matter of Soul Society was concluded, Sirzechs began to talk about the Old Satan Faction.
Since the Three Factions meeting, the Old Satan Faction had not hidden, but instead become more active. In just one month, hundreds of terrorist attacks occurred throughout the Underworld, and the trace of the Old Satan Faction was present in more or less all of them.
As a Satan, Sirzechs naturally wouldn't stand idly by and wanted to find an opportunity to deal with the Old Satan Faction.
On this topic, Tatsuma was mostly silent. If he really wanted to find them, he could spend some time locating the Old Satan Faction headquarters. But that would be too troublesome. He might as well use that time to train or farm traits.
After verbally mentioning that he could help if they found the Old Satan Faction's stronghold, the meeting came to its last topic.
"Tatsuma, are you interested in becoming a Satan?"
Tatsuma said, "I can be a fighter, but let me sit in an office like you and deal with documents? Forget it."
"Don't worry, it won't be too troublesome."
Sirzechs took out a document and said, "This is something Ajuka and I discussed privately, expanding the number of Satans from four to seven, named after the Seven Deadly Sins."
"Once the number of Satans increases, my workload will be greatly reduced. If you don't want to work, you can hand your duties over to me to handle."
"Then I have no problem." Tatsuma agreed on the spot.
If he could slack off, Tatsuma was very satisfied.
Being able to make Tatsuma a Satan, Sirzechs was also very satisfied.
The two sides hit it off, and the meeting officially ended.
"Tatsuma, do you have any other plans for today?"
Tatsuma said, "Going to the Familiar Forest with Rias to catch familiars for Asia and the others."
"Is that so? That's a shame. I'll take you to visit Lilith next time you come." Sirzechs canceled his original plan.
After that, he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Tatsuma, do you have a contracted familiar?"
Tatsuma shook his head. "Familiars have limited use for me. I don't have any plans to contract a familiar for now."
"Actually, there are some that are suitable for you."
Sirzechs disagreed with this and looked at Ajuka sitting next to him.
Ajuka seemed to understand something and took out a map from his storage space, unfolding it on the table.
"This is a map of the Familiar Forest. It records the activity areas of different beasts within the Familiar Forest."
"Tatsuma, you can go here."
Ajuka pointed to a circular area marked in red in the center of the Familiar Forest.
Tatsuma looked at the pattern inside the circle. "A church?"
Ajuka nodded. "That was a stronghold established by the Church when they previously attacked the Underworld, but it was abandoned by the Church after the Great War ended."
Tatsuma asked "And then occupied by magical beasts?"
Ajuka said, "To be precise, a spirit from another world."
Spirit from another world?
Tatsuma showed a thoughtful expression.
If he recalled correctly, when he chatted with Rias before, she seemed to have mentioned this matter.
There were a total of two spirits from another world.
One of them is Restia. As for the other, their whereabouts are unknown.
Now it seems that the second spirit from another world ran into the Familiar Forest.
Withdrawing his gaze from the map, Tatsuma looked at Ajuka and asked, "Do you have more detailed information?"
Ajuka shook his head. "No."
Unlike Restia, the other spirit from another world was very withdrawn. After descending into the Underworld, they quickly entered a state of self-sealing and refused outsiders to approach.
With Restia's example, the high-level Devils were worried that the second spirit had abilities similar to True Darkness, so they didn't send too many people to contact them.
Ajuka said, "Restia seems to know some inside information, but her relationship with the other party is not very good, and she shows an unhappy expression every time she mentions them."
"If you want to understand the information about the second spirit, you can make some preparations and ask Restia."
"No need to be so troublesome."
Tatsuma put the map into his storage space.
The strongest spirits in Restia's world are only Elemental Lords. As long as there is no Dragon God Level existence, he can control whatever happens.
Bidding farewell to Sirzechs and the others, Tatsuma used magic to return to the Gremory Main Estate and rendezvous with Rias.
Not many people were going to the Familiar Forest. Apart from Tatsuma and Rias, there were only Asia and Xenovia.
As for Akeno and the others, they seemed to have other things to do today and did not come along.
Sitting on the magic formation prepared in advance, the four of them quickly arrived at the Familiar Forest.
Taking out the map that Ajuka had kindly sponsored, they headed straight towards the center of the Familiar Forest.
Along the way, Tatsuma took the group on a slight detour to the area where the Water Spirits were active.
[Congratulations, you have successfully defeated a High-level Water Spirit, obtaining the blue trait: Water Affinity.]
[Congratulations, you have successfully defeated a Water Spirit King, obtaining the purple trait: Water Control.]
After a friendly exchange, Asia and Xenovia each contracted a High-level Water Spirit.
Unlike spirits like Restia from another world who can transform into weapons, the spirits in this world are essentially aggregations of elements.
As incarnations of water, Water Spirits are very skilled in defense and can cast Water Magic, healing injuries and restoring stamina for their contractors, etc.
From the perspective of familiars, they are suitable in all aspects and are top-quality familiars.
Naturally, Asia and Xenovia were very satisfied with this.
"Let's go, we will head to the center of the forest next."
After settling Asia and Xenovia's familiars, Tatsuma began to move towards the central area of the Familiar Forest.
Along the way, passing through the living areas of high-level beasts, he would release his perception to investigate.
If the other party was home, they would take a detour. If the other party was not home, they would be spared for the time being.
Compared to the guards of the Gremory clan, he didn't need to have too many scruples when dealing with the beasts in the Familiar Forest.
Even across a few kilometers, he could remotely cast magic to attack.
Of course, for the ecological balance of the Familiar Forest, he had been controlling the power. After knocking the beasts unconscious, he would conveniently cast a healing Magic to restore their injuries.
Walking all the way to the central area of the Familiar Forest, Tatsuma had acquired nearly ten thousand traits.
"The Familiar Forest is a good place."
"Those beasts probably don't think so." Rias, who had been observing on the way, shrugged.
Putting herself in their shoes, being suddenly blasted away by a magic while walking on the road wasn't a good experience.
Even if they received treatment afterward, it would likely leave a considerable psychological trauma.
However, as long as there were no large-scale casualties, the beasts in the forest would not cause trouble.
"Is this your destination?"
Rias looked at the building ahead and said, "I didn't expect there to be a Church in the Familiar Forest, it's the first time I've known."
"It is said to be a product of the Great War a thousand years ago, but it was abandoned after the war ended."
Tatsuma relayed Ajuka's introduction from not long ago, then walked to the Church and pushed open the large door.
The layout inside the Church was almost identical to the Church in Kuoh Town that was abandoned and then reopened.
Releasing his perception to investigate the surroundings, Tatsuma led the people to the underground area of the Church.
Xenovia looked around, a confused expression on her face. "It looks like there's nothing here. Tatsuma, did you come to the wrong place?"
"No, it's here."
Tatsuma shook his head slightly, his gaze looking towards the corner.
In the shadows, a seemingly ordinary long sword was stuck in the ground, with only a small part of the blade exposed, looking very inconspicuous. However, after raising his perception to the extreme, Tatsuma could feel an extremely terrifying aura from within the long sword.
"Step back a bit, the commotion will be a little big next."
Having Rias and the others step back a few paces to create distance, Tatsuma walked up and grabbed the hilt.
A slight repulsive force came, but Tatsuma didn't care and injected demonic power into the blade.
A magic formation appeared on the ground, and the contract magic began to take effect.
Faintly, Tatsuma could feel himself beginning to establish a connection with the sword in front of him.
But just then, a loud bang sounded.
A huge beam of light emerged from the sword, piercing through the ceiling and shooting into the sky.
As the ashes dispersed, the long sword that had originally looked ordinary transformed into a silver masterpiece.
The repulsive force increased dramatically, cracks spread like a spider web under Tatsuma's feet, and the ground continuously caved in and collapsed.