"The Infinity Dragon, Ophis?!"
When that name was voiced out, no one could stay calm, but Asia, who was unfamiliar with that name, couldn't help but ask, "Um... Masa-sama, who is Ophis?"
"Ophis? Well, you can say that it is the strongest or the second strongest creature in the world."
While Masa knew that Ophis usually took the form of a female, she had no gender, or she was born in the time when the concept of a gender didn't exist, and just took a form according to her liking, thus, while she appeared as a female, it couldn't be said she was one, but then again, as she took a female form, it was natural, she had become one, especially when she had none in the beginning.
But let's talk about this problem later.
"...."
Yet, Asia was in a daze when she heard Masa's words.
"You seem knowledgeable about Ophis, Masa," Serafall asked with doubt.
"I have collected a lot of information, especially about the dragon." Masa looked at Serafall and said, "Remember the trouble that I got into because of a dragon?"
"Ah..."
It had been a while; they had almost forgotten, but they recalled how his first fight made his name echo on the Underworld and was also the first time when his peaceful life started to crumble apart.
Still, due to this, Rias became the center of attention, and she could only lower her head, unable to talk. Akeno also felt awkward and followed her master's action.
Yet, the problem of Issei was the past, and he was no longer a problem, considering how weak he had become after losing everything.
'Will he return?'
Masa wondered inwardly, especially when Issei was already thoroughly defeated and had no chance to return, considering he had taken the Boosted Gear, devouring it and all. Moreover, his goal to take control over the system of the Sacred Gear was on the move, and this system would be in his hands soon, especially when he had taken control over Michael.
"So..."
"So...?"
"Who is stronger between you and Ophis, nyaa?"
When Kuroka saw how calm Masa was instead of panicking, everyone was also affected by his reaction, and all of them quietly waited for his answer.
"Hmm..." Masa rubbed his chin, wondering who was stronger between him and Ophis. If he had to say, without the "Star Rage," then Ophis was stronger, but he couldn't die, and with the "Star Rage" and his dark hole ability that he combined with the Baku Baku no Mi, he could devour energy from another galaxy. If that wasn't enough, he could get energy from another universe, too. Yet, what he didn't know was that this dangerous thought of his to absorb energy from another universe would lead to trouble.
Regardless, Masa didn't think that Ophis would be his enemy. "It's hard to say since even if Ophis is known as the strongest, I have never seen her, and with her nickname, it is clear how strong she is, right?
"The Dragon of Infinity.
"With that nickname, I can tell that it has a control over the concept of infinity, and this is also the reason why that glasses bitch could become stronger by using the energy that was given by Ophis."
Yes, if a reason existed for Katerea to become stronger, it was all due to Ophis, who was the leader of the Khaos Brigade.
"What can a concept of infinity do?"
"Er... an infinite energy? So, it won't lose its energy no matter what?"
"..." Everyone.
"Well, even if it isn't infinite, it must be immense. You can say that it is like Rias' older brother."
"My older brother?" Rias was confused as to why her older brother was mentioned.
"All of the devils of the House of Bael have the power of destruction, but only her older brother can become the strongest. Why is that? It is due to the immense Demonic Energy that her older brother has, so with that, it is easy to tell why Ophis is strong, right?"
"..."
So, how strong was Ophis?
No one could imagine that Katerea, who was weak, could become strong, and then, it was without doubt dangerous.
"But... why did it create a terrorist organization that involved so many forces? What is its agenda? What did it want to do?"
"...why are you looking at me?" Masa was speechless when all of them looked at him again as if he knew the answer. Sighing inwardly, he said, "But if I have to guess, then it is because it wants to fight something."
"Fight something?"
"So, who within this world has the power to make Ophis need the help of others to fight?"
"The Great Red?" Serafall answered with a lot of hesitation.
The Great Red was the strongest creature that existed in this world and also one of the Dragon Gods.
If Ophis, who was known as one of the strongest, had the need for the help of others, then it was because it had to fight the Great Red.
If it was someone else, then Ophis could do it without the help of others, since, except for the Great Red, no one was its opponent.
"Yes." Masa nodded. "That's the only answer that I can think of, but I can also tell that those that have served it seem to have their own agendas rather than helping it to fight the Great Red, though."
"...what do you mean?"
"Well, I mean... it is hard to say who is using who, but let's wait till we meet and talk about it. Though, hopefully, this organization won't attack us and just attack other myths in this world."
Despite how dangerous the Khaos Brigade was, so long as it didn't attack his place, Masa didn't have much of a concern. However, they attacked him, especially the Old Satan Faction, Katerea, who attacked him so suddenly, so he knew that they must have sent another person to attack him and everyone later, especially during the meeting.
"Let's just stop this discussion until we can confirm other things. This glasses bitch isn't that smart and she seems so thoughtless, so we can't get much information from her, so let's wait till we catch another member, and before that, always be careful and wary."
"Yes."
"..." Katerea.
So, after that problem was solved, Masa no longer paid attention to this problem and decided to focus on the meeting of the three factions as he was sure that a problem would definitely arise.
At the same time, on the next day, he also went to the park where he had promised to meet Ingvild.
'Ingvild...'
He could only think this young woman was the reason why Katera had attacked him. So, was Ingvild a member of the Khaos Brigade?
'Is she?'
If so, then he realized how the plot had changed, which made him feel a bit worried, but then again, he shook his head, thinking that it didn't matter even if the plot had changed since he would just have to beat all of them, erase them completely, so he could achieve the peace that he sought after.
Yet, he wondered whether he was so unreliable that Ingvild couldn't rely on him.
"Well, I did disguise myself as a normal human."
Did he expect Ingvild to rely on him when he disguised himself as a normal human who was weak?
Of course not, but Masa knew well that he would meet Ingvild.
After waiting for several hours, he looked up and sighed before he left, preparing for the meeting of the three factions.
Meanwhile, Ingvild watched his back in silence, feeling hurt, watching how he was hurt, then made up her mind to solve everything, so that way, she could be with him.