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A small, lesser known church in Scotland. And it was purposely placed so and kept that old ruined appearance. This church was in fact a supply location for stray exorcists. Even though they have been officially cast out of the Church, the officials don't do anything to stop them.
Since stray exorcists hunt down devils and fallen of their own free will, they saw no reason to do so. And the church that was being corrupted as it always was, someone was always looking to make a quick profit.
The pastor of this church he blesses weapons for Stray Exorcists and supplies them with anything they need. Holy water, Light weapons and such. For a price of course.
The Pastor's name was Thomas Keen, he was fifty years old and was an extremely greedy individual. He literally bought the position he has now. He was currently looking at his ledger and seeing what he needs to stock up on.
"Hmm?" He raised his head.
'Someone has entered the territory of the church' he felt the holy wards notify him that someone was here. These wards operate on a different system than the normal ones. They are linked to the faith system, faith is what powers them, not magic. This church was blessed by a high ranking priest in Rome.
The door opened and a young man walked in, he was wearing black clothing underneath a white cloak. He had black hair and green eyes with a kind smile.
"Greetings Father, I am Patrick White, do you have time for a Confession? There have been many sinners around and I am in need of some help"
Thomas just smiled. That was the code, many sinners around means devils or fallen. Or some pagan pantheon.
"Of course my child" he smiled at the young man "There is always time for a believer of the Lord. Come, come."
Thomas lead him into the hidden back room, stocked with materials and weapons.
"How may I help you" Thomas said with a somewhat greedy smile
"I am in need of Holy Water, Holy Bullets and to bless these" Harry pulled out some silver staffs with an ornate cross at the top, as well as some silver daggers, silver bullets and small crosses. He had taken some of the silver that he had and transfigured it into some Christianity related items.
Thomas smiled "Old school huh. Don't like the new Light Weapons"
Harry just smiled "It was the way I was taught, the new weapons don't feel right. I can feel our Lord more closely when I fight with these"
"I understand child. I fell the same way" He opened his coat and showed the silver daggers and silver gun that he had hidden.
"Lets get you set up, for a small donation to the church of course" he let out a smile
Harry followed up with a smile of his own "Naturally. All in the name of our Lord"
"" Hahahaha""
Both men laughed slightly at the statement. Instead of being a pastor and an exorcist, both looked like two greedy businessmen
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Harry left the church with a smile on his face. He got everything he came here for, now it was time to hunt some devils.
In the interest of keeping things fun and making trouble for others. Harry decided to troll a little he grew himself some crow wings, it was advanced human transfiguration. But because a crow was his animagus form it was a lot easier then let say turning into a half shark like Krum did. Not that he can't do it.
He learned his lesson, he can now turn his nose and ears into wolf ones, thanks to the scans he did on Hope and her help afterward. It made tracking his pray much easier.
~ USA. California
'Come out, come out wherever you are' Harry was tracking a Mid-Class devil. Compared to the Low-Class, they can keep their human form and don't lose their reasoning. Meaning they can hide in plan sight.
Harry was using his wolf nose that was hidden under a glamor and was searching for any type of magical signature. And looks like Lady luck is smiling. He found something, a magic signature not belonging to a human.
'Hello there'
Harry quickly pulled up a Disillusionment Charm and unfurled his wings. He flapped them a few times to check if everything is functional. ' I can't use these for combat, its better if i fly using normal magician methods, but for trolling people it's perfect.'
Harry tracked it until he landed in front of a bar. Which was exactly where you would think a devil will go.
...
'What the hell. You can't make this shit up'
In one corner there was a tall young man sitting there and drinking his whiskey, he was wearing a casual outfit, black jeans and a black shirt. He was definitely a devil, but strangely enough it didn't look like he was marking anyone to hunt later. The dude was just drinking in silence as he watched a group of people warily.
That group of people, Deacons, basically assistants to bishop and priests. They looked like they were celebrating, but there was no alcohol only Cola. And even more hilariously there was a Rabbi in traditional clothing and a big ass beard. Fucking Jebediah is here as well.
'A priest, a rabbi and a devil walk into a bar. Its like the start of a bad joke.'
There was only one thing left to do, leave this place and wait outside, because he was not getting in there. Thats just testing Karma, and he knows exactly how much of an asshole he is. With his luck lightning or a meteor might fall on him.
~ Marcus. (Devil inside the bar)
'Why does this shit keep happening to me?' The man just sighed as he finished his drink and called a waiter to pay
'All i wanted was to enjoy a nice quiet drink. Is that too much to ask after spending 40 years in enslavement to a sadistic bastard who loved to torture women. So I killed him and the rest of his peerage, does it really demand that much of a search squad, he was a minor noble. And the peerage I part of was filled with broken women, dead inside. I was the only man and was more of a bodyguard to that scum, but at least the Queen piece helped out in escaping. I made sure that I was Peak Mid-Class before escaping, so that I wouldn't mutate into a savage monster. Now I have been on the run for 2 years'
"That will be 24 dollars" a bubbly waitress arrived and gave me the receipt. 'I was in no mood to leave a tip, so i just payed what I owed and left. Why did those priests and that rabbi have to come in this bar. There are dozens of them but nooo, they come to the nearest one in my neighbourhood.'
Marcus just walked blindly as he reached a park and decided to sit down and look at the sky. 'The world has changed so much in 40 years, and gotten so much more expensive. The food is shit unless you go out of your way to find places that serve food without additives, the music has changed, some of the new stuff is good, but autotune ruins it for me.
Love the internet, its a genius invention. But people now have access to worldwide knowledge and apparently they just got dumber, i should know. I was a professor before I was enslaved for having a Sacred Gear. I never knew, and apparently its a 'strong one'. When its really not.
Starling Blue allows me to fire blue light arrows that have a similar energy wave to Fallen Light Spears, so they hurt devils. Its only really strong against them, and the pig enslaved me so that he can raise his ranking in the Rating Games.'
Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap
Marcus immediately looked towards the direction of where the footsteps were coming from. He was a young man with short black hair, he also had black wings on his back
'A fallen. How did they find me so quickly. I have been changing cities every two months and have barely been using any magic at all.'
"Sigh, why won't people leave me ALONE!" Marcus summoned Starling Blue, he pulled the string and a light arrow materialized. He was ready to shoot no matter what direction the Fallen went
"Maybe because you are a Stray Devil that hunts and eats humans" the man chuckled his hands raised ready to fire magic
"I have never eaten a human in my life, fallen scum. I killed my enslaver and escaped. You don't look too strong considering you only have one pair of wings. I am peak Mid-Class, this is not a fight you can win" Marcus said in an intimidating tone, hoping to scare off
However compared to his expectations the Fallen just looked at him in suprise. "You wot mate? You have never eaten a human?"
This time Marcus was surprised "What?"
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"Well this is awkward" Harry lowered his arms to scratch his head. " Do you mind repeating that"
Harry pulled out a black orb and started floating it slowly to the Devil "This is a Truth Orb, if you are saying the truth it will glow green, if you are lying it will glow red"
Marcus eyed the orb warily but it stopped just outside his range, so even if it exploded he would have time to escape. "I have never eaten a human. I just escaped from my 'Master' and have been running ever since" he spat out the word with hate.
The orb glowed green and Harry facepalmed 'Just my rotten luck. The first strong stray devil I meet is an innocent one'
Harry sighed as he pulled his orb back and got rid of his wings. But not by folding them, no the wings literally glowed as they disintegrated, then the light got to his back, he simply undid the transfiguration on his bones and muscles.
"What the fuck" Marcus stepped back "You are no fallen"
"Yeah, I'm a magician, man what rotten luck. I was hunting Stray Devils, Fallen and Exorcists, but i didn't expect to meet an innocent devil of all things"
Marcus called back Starling blue but was still cautions of this magician "So now what?"
"Well you have seen too much, but it wouldn't feel right to kill or harm you, especially when its not your fault. So how about we do this" Harry rummaged in his pockets before he pulled out a pill in each hand. A red and blue pill.
"Take the blue pill and live your life as it is, it will wipe your memories of this meeting. Or take the red pill and come under my employment. You will be safe and I will make sure you are no longer hunted. I just need you to guard some of my properties. Its not that dangerous, you will be well paid and have loads of free time to catch up on things"
Marcus just deadpans at Harry "I not have caught up with the times, but I did watch the Matrix the other day. Really? Ripping off a scene from a movie"
Harry just chuckled "What can I say, its a good movie."
"What will the Red Pill do to me?" Marcus eyed the pill, he was thinking about the offer, not running away anymore sounded tempting.
Harry smiled "It will give you the coordinates to a safe house. Once you are there you can chill for a bit until I come back. I will give you a full workup, to check for any injuries or problems with your Evil Piece. After that we talk business and you start working."
"Just like that. You don't even know me. Hell I don't even know your name." Marcus said incuriously, he did not expect this to happen today. A random job offer from a stranger who wanted to kill him
"Just like that. I need strong people because this world is filled with idiots. And idiots do stupid stuff like attack my stores. I don't need to know your personality to know that you are capable. Oh and if you are hung up on working for someone weaker then yourself. It might be a good idea to tell you that I'm keeping some of my power locked up and have a wide arsenal of abilities that will allow me to defeat you. If you want a spar sometimes I'm also up for it."
Marcus looked at the pills with a conflicted expression. He didn't trust people and his trust issues are justified. But he was tired of running, two years and moving cities every two months was difficult. He wanted a place to settle down, somewhere to have a home, get an apartment and live in peace. Not to carry his entire life around in a backpack and suitcase.
He took the red pill from Harry's hand "I'm in. And the name is Marcus Pierce"
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'Well that was unexpected' Harry continued his search for devils after Marcus left ' I seem to have a habit of picking up random employees. But as long as they are useful I don't mind. And he is Peak Mid-Class. Technically stronger than me, but he won't be able to defeat me. Not with the gear and spells I have prepared for devils. Now on to the next one, and is it bad that I hope this one is a scumbag?'
~ Four Hours Later in the Forest.
"Rawww. Die Fallen!" A Stray Devil lashed out, he was half mutated into some kind of scorpion humanoid
"How about no" Harry smiled as his wings flapped, he snapped his fingers and a fire explosion engulfed the Devil.
"It will take a lot more than that to kill me!" the devil yelled out, but it was wary of the Green Light Spear in Harry's other hand. That was just an imitation using Lumos, it had no offensive capabilities, but it was a damn good bluff
Bang. Bang. Bang
Harry pulled out his pistol and shot Holy Bullets. Once they hit the devil they start to burn and melt its flesh.
"Ahhhhh"
'Sigh, how disappointing. Its mind its too far gone to give a good fight. I barely collected any data from this one.'
Bakudo #61 Rikujōkōrō (Six Prison Rods)
Bakudo #63 SajoSabaku (Winding Binding Chains)
Six rods of light impaled the devil immobilizing it, then a big long chain made of light coiled around it and trapping it in place.
Harry pulled out a big syringe and flung it at the devil. It pierced its skin and heart. The syringe slowly filled up the blood of the devil, this was something Harry developed, it specifically targets the blood with the most essence. After that he just ripped the Evil Piece from its soul.
'This can be used to further research Devil Slaying Magic' he eyed the Pawn Piece before he stored it away.
Once the Evil Piece was gone, the devil started to trash around in pain and mutate even further.
Seeing this Harry just took five the silver staffs and impaled them in the ground around the devil, making a circle.
The Belmont's had an old bible witch they used to hunt devils. The older the bible the more power it had and could summon from heaven via prayers. They had marked out some pages that were particularly useful against devils.
Only priests could use Gods' Name. Trained Exorcist. But since God died.
Anybody can really access his system, by saying his name. Just by saying God or Jesus. You activate the system. If you are a devil, you get punished. If you are a human, it grants you the use of Gods name for exorcism.
Harry had used these on devils for the fun of it to see how effective it was.
But this time he wanted to try a different kind of chant. One that he had heard in his previous life.
The Baptism Rite.
"I will kill. I will let live. I will harm and heal. None will escape me. None will escape my sight. Be crushed. I welcome those who have grown old and those who have lost. Devote yourself to me, learn from me, and obey me. Rest. Do not forget song, do not forget prayer, and do not forget me. I am light and relieve you of all your burdens."
Bluish white light erupted from beneath the devil, the light already started to burn him
"Rawwwwwww!!! LET ME GOOO!!! IT HURTSS!!!"
Harry completely ignored him and focused on the chant and the Holy Power that Heaven's System was providing
"Do not pretend. Retribution for forgiveness, betrayal for trust, despair for hope, darkness for light, dark death for the living."
The light got stronger, the stray's limbs started to crumble
"Relief is in my hands. I will add oil to your sins and leave a mark. Eternal life is given through death. Ask for forgiveness here. I, the incarnation, will swear.
Kyrie eleison".
"NOOOOOooooo!!!"
With one last scream the devil was disintegrated into ashes. There was absolutely nothing left from him, the wind blew and just scattered the ashes into the forest.
"Fucking awesome. I gotta try that again" Harry smiled as he turned into a raven and flew to his next target. May god have mercy on those unfortunate souls because he certainly won't.