Sensing Amaterasu's overwhelming aura, Roxanne didn't even flinch. She still had that small smile as she looked at Amaterasu calmly.
Seeing Roxanne's calm demeanor, Amaterasu narrowed her eyes. And their staring contest continued until Roxanne finally raised her hands in surrender.
"Okay, okay, jeez, if you really want to know, I can tell you, so no need to get worked up about it, " Roxanne said with a shrug.
She then got comfortable in her chair and finally began to explain about her visit. She talked about how the Khoas Brigade may attack the Kyoto Yokai group in order to open the dragon gate or even try to redeem their boss.
After hearing Roxanne's explanation, Amaterasu felt a splitting headache. She now somewhat regretted asking Roxanne about this. Wasn't it good that she remained ignorant of this matter so she could relax without being on edge all the time?
You know Yasaka is her shrine maiden and is also the spokesperson that she chose to manage the ley lines in Kyoto. So if she was actually harmed, Amaterasu would have no choice but to get involved.
"Sigh, what do you need me to do? " Amaterasu sighed and finally asked Roxanne. Since Roxanne came here to meet her, this means Roxanne has a plan that needed her cooperation.
Hearing Amaterasu's words, Roxanne's smile became extremely bright. She really likes talking with smart people.
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In a dark and gloomy independent space that is separated from the main dxd world, a meeting was being held.
"Cao Cao, we can't go on like this; we need to let those bastards pay for all the humiliation they have done to us, " Heracles shouted as veins bulged on his forehead, showing how angry he was.
"Yeah, Cao Kun, those guys are too much of a bully, " Jeanne also shouted as she pouted.
The other members also shouted and told their complaints. At this moment, 98% of the members of the hero faction were united.
Hearing everyone's complaints, Georg, the vice leader of the Hero faction, had a very big headache. Although he is very happy that everyone is united, he didn't want these guys to unite to cause trouble for everyone.
The reason why everyone is protesting is due to what happened in the past few months. Shortly after Indra was arrested by the Shadow Garden, the crimes he committed were all published to the whole supernatural world.
This also included founding and helping to create and manage a major faction in the Khoas Brigade.
When this news got out, not to mention that from the other pantheon, even the members of the Khoas Brigade were stunned. They never knew their backer was the famous Indra, who is one of the top 5 strongest beings in this world.
But after the initial surprise, trouble came pouring down. Those who had dealings with the Hero factions all severed their ties with us in order to protect themselves.
This led to a drastic decrease in the resources the Hero faction can control. And their standing in the Khoas Brigade also dropped.
And in this dark world where strength speaks for everything, many smaller factions who were previously submissive to them began to act. They wanted to weaken the Hero faction and grow their own factions to replace the Hero faction.
In addition, other factions such as the Old Satan Faction, Nilrem, and the Qlippoth Faction, which all had equal standing to the Hero factions, also began to join in on the fun. Now, without Indra, their Hero faction lost a lot of deterrent power to scare these guys.
Ultimately, things got so out of hand that Cao Cao was forced to call the members of the Hero faction to hide in this secret dimension.
Unfortunately, even though these guys are beaten up so badly, they all refused to believe in reality and were clamoring for Cao Cao to take revenge ever since they came here.
And Georg, the vice leader, was almost losing it. Unlike those guys who have no idea of their own situation, Georg knew how much of a fucked-up situation they were in. Although he himself didn't know Indra was their backer, as someone who had followed Cao Cao for many years, he had a guess or two. And using this, he managed to help Cao Cao grow their faction to this degree. You know, to create a faction in the Khoas Brigade, and one that could make decisions, you would need to have a very powerful backer. And it wouldn't be a lie to say that the Hero faction was actually built on Indra's reputation and resources.
After all, no matter how much Georg admires Cao Cao, he is very clear about Cao Cao's own strength. The threat of the True Longinus is certainly enough to deter most of the supernatural beings, but not those old monsters who had lived through the era of God. So Indra's reputation was greatly needed to give them space to grow stronger.
Of course, as a smart man, Georg knew if they ever lost Indra's favor, then they would definitely be done for. But even he didn't expect that all-powerful Indra to get himself arrested. This completely caught both Georg and Cao Cao off guard.
Fortunately, they were still able to retreat with their forces before any of the other factions came to fight them for hegemony.
'But these guys are right; we can't really stay here forever. We need to do something. ' Georg thought inwardly as he looked at Cao Cao, who was silent throughout the whole discussion.
Feeling Georg's gaze, Cao Cao, who had been silent all this time, turned to him and gave his usual confident smile. This smile instantly made Georg excited, as he knew very well that when Cao Cao smiled like that, he would definitely make his move.
"So I get that everyone is bored with some action, right? " Cao Cao asked as he looked at everyone.
"That's right, Cao Cao, I want to show those bastards what it means to humiliate a hero. " Heracles stood up and shouted with excitement. Like Georg, he also knew and understood what Cao Cao's smile meant.
"Well then, since that is the case, why don't we move up our plan for a bit? " Cao Cao said as he hit the True Longinus on the ground.
"You mean …" Jeanne asked with excitement filled in her eyes.
"Yes, we will start our mission to eradicate all the supernatural beings who are harmful to humans. And we will start with the strongest, being the Apocalypse Dragon Great Red. " Cao Cao said as his battle intent overflowed from his body.
" Ohhhhhhh, " hearing his words, the others also shouted excitedly. Like Cao Cao, they were also excited about subjugating the strongest dragon of this world.
They didn't fear Great Red like others. As heroes, they have all made up their minds to put that fear away and swing their blades at their foes. They all have the resolve to surpass the glory of their ancestors and create their own legends.
Watching his members being so motivated, Cao Cao was very happy. 'Don't worry, Lord Indra, I will soon rescue you from that hateful shadow garden, ' he thought as a sharp glint flashed through his eyes.
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