Chapter 78: [78]:Angels
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"There’s at least one member of the Purifiers still active in the area, codenamed ’Agent Flamberge’." The Gamer growled. Apparently whoever ’Agent Flamberge’ was, he or she had done something to earn this man’s wrath. "They’re responsible for the murder of over thirty of their fellow Purifiers. I have a memo that basically ordered them to ’tie up any loose ends’ before going to a new location to enact Project Rat Poison in the event of a ratman rebellion. They never even suspected whoever did it."
Kiba in particular looked angry at that. "Disgusting!" the young knight practically spat.
"Agreed. I’m looking forward to explaining my displeasure to Flamberge in person at some point in the near future. Such things must be answered for." The red-armoured man stated, flexing one hand demonstratively. "I will, however, do all that I can to leave enough of him so you can extract as much information about the Purifiers as you can. What happens to them after that is not my problem."
That was understandable. No regular human was supposed to know about the supernatural. Those with magical, spiritual or mystical abilities, as well as those who possessed chi abilities and Sacred Gears, were usually the only exemptions to this rule. As the Purifiers had been preparing to attack the Devils, Sona and Rias in particular, handing a Purifier over to them, alive and able to spill any secrets they had, would be an excellent move on their possible ally’s part. It would certainly endear him to Sirzechs and Serafall; those two would move the earth for those who helped their siblings.
"Do you have any idea why we were chosen as their first targets?" Rias asked, sounding a bit peeved. Understandable, really.
"According to what I’ve found, out of the Three Factions the Devils have both the most solid power base and have the most easily exploited weaknesses." The red-armoured man answered calmly. "From what I’ve been able to infer, the Fallen and regular Angels do not suffer from any weaknesses as exploitable as a devil’s natural weakness to Light and Holy attributes. The Fallen are scattered and their leadership is disorganize at best and fractured amongst the various leaders at worst. Likewise the lack of any ’true’ miracles in recent centuries and the weakening of the Church’s power has also lead to the Angel’s faction slowly losing power as well. Devils on the other hand have been steadily rebuilding their numbers and your ’contract’ system has allowed you to gain back your strength much more quickly."
"So take down the strongest and the rest can be handled later, is it?" Sona shook her head disapprovingly. "How would they stop us from simply retreating to the Underworld for a few decades until the Purifiers are dead?"
"The fact that the Purifiers are hypocrites." The Gamer stated flatly. "I do not care how much technology they have, creating the ratmen required at least some magical knowledge, not to mention the use of Warpstone as a catalyst. There is no way in hell that stuff is natural in any way, shape, or form. They have someone able to cast spells in their ranks, by persuasion or threats I do not know. They could be planning some way to trap you here or force you to reveal your ’inhuman features’ or whatever. I know that your wings are manifestations of your magic, but I doubt those hate-filled idiots do."