A/N: Yo, Shonpufi Here!
Sorry for the late update, I got sick. And it's not the bad type of sickness, it's the annoying type. The type of sickness I hate the most.
The kind where your nose is hella runny, and your breath tastes like rotten egg.
Anywho, enjoy the chapter!
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-Otto POV-
As the warping finally finished, we reappeared as what seems to be a wooden shed.
Nothing special-
Never mind
Looking at the floor next to me, I saw a magic circle. Not just any magic circle, but a devilmagic circle.
Shit, I need to get out of here!
The door of the shed suddenly swung open, revealing four grown men along with a child with chains on his arms and legs.
"Huh? What's this brat doing here?"
"I don't know, but he's carrying two other kids. Let's take them to Lord Astaroth, I'm sure he will be pleased," said one of them with a grin.
I put down Valerie on the floor and Gasper. "I'll take care of them real quick, protect her."
"I-I'll do my best," he nodded. At least I was right about him growing some balls when it came to Valerie.
As the four men surrounded me, all holding swords and spears, I slowly backed up to one of the walls till I was cornered, all of them looking at me.
I could feel it. Some sort of strange surge of something is going through my left eye. It was a sign that itwas activated.
[Geass: Absolute Obedience]
"I order you all to kill yourselves!" I commanded.
And after a split second, their bodies betrayed them as they slit their own throats, utterly unaware of how they died to begin with as they dropped to the floor.
"Well that was easy..." I couldn't help but mutter under my breath as I looked down at their lifeless bodies that were bathing in a pool of their own blood.
Heh, I really like this [Geass]. It's a perfect fit for someone like Otto Apocalypse, no, someone like me.
'Now then, to the next problem. ' I looked at the kid they had brought. Probably a sacrifice to this Astaroth guy they had mentioned. Wherever you go, devils are at the root of the problem. It might sound racist, but it's true in many ways.
I should probably bring him back to the orphanage if he doesn't have any family.
I walked towards the blue-haired kid, well, I'm a kid, but he seemed younger.
"Yo, what's your name?" I asked casually.
He seemed to come out of a trance as he looked me in the eyes.
"M-my name is Cao Cao" he said in Mandarin. Luckily, I know a thing or two about Asian languages. Learned Mandarin in my last life just so that I wouldn't have to read those brain-killing translated Chinese novels onlin-
...Wait, did he say Cao Cao?
[A/N:Cao Cao had another name before Wukong told him that he was a descendant of Cao Cao, later taking the name, but they never mentioned his real name.]
Holy shit, I got myself another Longinus! And the top one at that.
I wonder if he met Wukong yet, or perhaps he never did in the first place due to this universe being an AU.
"Cool name, I'm Otto Apocalypse," I introduced myself with a smile.
He still seemed weary of me, probably because I just killed his captors with a single sentence. Can't really blame the little guy.
"T-thanks?" He seems confused by my compliment
"Alright, I'll get straight to the point. Do you want me to take you back to your parents?" His whole body flinched at the mention of his parent.
If the lore is right, then the reason he was here was because his parent sold him to the slave traders.
"No!" He shouted immediately with a face full of anger.
"I see, then what are you going to do now?"
"...I don't know," He replied, his expression equal to that of an abandoned yet equally kicked puppy.
"You don't know? if that's the case, then why not come with me?" I offered.
He looked at me with a skeptical eye, smart for a child.
"Look, Cao Cao. I don't know what you've been through or what has happened leading to this point. But one thing I can tell is that you have potential." And I'm not talking Megumi Fushiguro potential, I'm talking about REAL potential.
"Potential?" Those words seemed to have struck a chord in him.
"Yup, the potential to kill gods."
His eyes widened in shock. Killing gods isn't a simple matter after all. And for some random boy to tell you that you have the potential to do so would shock me, too.
"B-but how? I'm weak, I don't have anything, even my own parents threw me away for some money!" He shouted, small tears dripping at the edge of his eyes.
Wow...It seems like his parent did a number on him.
"Fufu, if that's the case, then let me show you your worth. Hold out your hand and imagine a beautiful spear appearing in your hand." There really was no other way to summon True Longinus from what I know. It was all gut feeling and emotion, and right now, he's at his peak of being emotional.
Additionally, if he is unaware of it, it means he has never met Wukong.
Holding out his hand, he closed his eyes and focused.
*Shin!!!*
A bright light appeared on his hands, extending into a spear, which soon became True Longinus.
He opened his eyes wide as he looked at the beautiful spear in his hands. "Whoa..."
Whoa indeed. Though it does hurt a bit when looking directly into it. It's probably because of the huge amounts of holy energy coming from it.
[Image]
"Cool, right? It's called [True Longinus], one of the thirteen original Longinus Sacred Gears."
He stopped looking at the spear and asked
"Sacred Gear?"
With a sigh, I spoke, "Well, it's a long story. But one thing I can tell you right now is that I can help you become strong, control your Sacred Gear, and above all else...a new family." As I expected, when I mentioned family, his eyes showed a spark.
"Family?"
"Yup, I'm an orphan, you see, so I don't have a mom or dad. Instead, I'm family with my friends in the orphanage back home."
"...C-can you really help me?" It was an obvious cry for help; what he's been through so far must have been horrible, since all that caused him to hate all supernatural kinds in the anime. Cao Cao literally dedicated his life to its eradication.
"Yes," I held out my hand to him.
And he took it.
Hehehe~ Now I have the top two Longinus users in my hands!!!
I should probably go to Japan soon to steal Issei's [Boosted Gear].
Normally, you wouldn't be able to take the sacred gear from someone; there is a method, but it kills the user.
But there is another way: Valerie.
Her expertise in souls should make it possible to remove it from him and take it without killing him.
But for that, I'll have to do my best to wake her up from her coma, or at least wait until she wakes up.