Chapter 387 - Favorite Girl

"Everything's in order now. We can leave for Ged after Alinea's graduation ceremony," Kazehaya Gin told Ryuu.

The two of them sat in the inconspicuous looking car, the one they used when leaving the Homura International headquarters as to not attract the media. It's their practice to arrive and leave in different vehicles. The meeting had finally ended and they left Shiro in charge as of today.

Yesterday, while Alinea was at school, the men had a meeting about what they would do in Ged. Perun had decided since it would be the last Immortal War, he would remove the seal and exterminate all Czernobog's forces. In actuality, there were two seals placed. The first one was at the mouth of the lair, the other was placed deeper underground. The latter was the one they would not remove so the Black God could not escape.

Alinea, Ivan, and Fredek, along with selected soldiers would still need to go there to battle the boss. They would be infiltrating the deeper part of the lair to get to the Black God as soon as possible. As for the other dark elementals…

"Ha! I can't wait to go all out. I've been feeling itchy these days," Gin said cheerfully. "Aren't you excited? We haven't had a real battle for a long, long time."

Although the dark elementals would not completely vanish as long as there was negativity in people's hearts, at least, they were given the go signal to exterminate all that would come out after removing the seal.

Perun could not participate in the actual battle aside from removing the first seal as there was no prayer for him to do so. But Stribog and Kresnik could.

"You can kill all if you want. "Homura Ryuu looked and sounded bored. "It's not like you need my help."

It was true. Stribog alone could finish the minions. But the problem didn't lie with strength, it was with time. They needed to get rid of at least four waves of the forces before Ali and the others could enter safely. If not, they might need to fight a lot to get through to Czernobog and would have exhausted their stamina and power by then. Even if Ali could touch the Black God, it's asking to be killed to appear before him, not in full power. If Kresnik and Stribog joined forces, they could clear the path for them in no time.

"No, you should still help me. Besides Mavara will have fun with the horde thrashing Czernobog's forces."

As if hearing Gin, the dragon tattoo on Ryuu's body slithered and rested on his face.

"Ah see? Mavara agrees," Gin said in approval.

"Mavara," Ryuu said in warning, and the dragon tattoo moved again to settle down on his neck.  The Koutaishidenka then inclined his head. "And Shitara? She's coming with us, right? When are we going to pick her up?"

Due to the fact that Fanya still ran loose, they would take Yuuka with them to Ged so Perun could guard her. As long as Czernobog lived, Fanya could easily transfer from one body to another and was a big threat to Perun's wife. They were sure that the reason why the crazy deity targeted the Makis was because she was aware of the blank soul's existence. Her aim was to let Yuuka die again under Perun's nose, but her plan failed since they arrived on time.

"Technically, after Alinea's gra –"Gin suddenly stopped talking as he looked outside the window where a woman stood surrounded by three men.

The three looked like sinister characters harassing the woman to come with them.

"Damn," Gin muttered, and Ryuu immediately followed his line of sight.

"What is my mother-in-law doing?" the Koutaishidenka asked as he stared at Yuuka with the men.

"Trying to weasel her way out of trouble, I guess. It seems she was cornered while taking a walk," Gin commented. "We should go. If something happens to sister-in-law my brother would annihilate those stupid fools to the fifth generation."

The two got out of the car and walked towards Yuuka who looked very angry as the men talked to her. When one man tried to grab her, Gin quickly stepped to intervene, but the lady was not a damsel in distress. She raised her hand with her purse and smacked.

"Taste my Prada, you retard!"

The man who got his face smashed by the leather purse flew backwards. Surprised Gin turned to Ryuu whose mouth also twitched in amusement. "She's really your wife's mom."

"Yes, she is," Ryuu agreed and they both stepped in before the other men retaliated.  

"Good work, Ali. Let's take a break." Ivan stabbed his great sword on the earth before raising his arms to stretch.

Alinea on the other hand, lay spread-eagled on the grass; her ċhėst heaved as she caught her breath. She and Ivan did a hundred continuous exchanges of blows. The two of them had similar fighting patterns since it was the Emperor of Kres who trained her in sword fighting. They didn't only rely on their blades but their brute strength as well.

Strength-wise, Ali was slightly above Ivan in brute force. She was a direct line of Perun after all. But skill-wise, Ivan had more mastery of the sword. Also, Alinea lacked stamina.

"I'm dying," she ġrȯȧnėd as Perun removed the barrier.

"It's normal. You haven't had a real exercise for a long time," Ivan said as he picked up his sword again and took Ali's sword as well before joining the others at the balcony.

"Are you okay Ali?" her friends asked and she raised a hand with her thumbs up since that's all she could muster at the moment.

She was totally exhausted.   

"My little one, are you planning to stay there on the ground?"Perun amusedly asked as he bent down and picked her up in his arms.

Alinea smiled and snuggled close to her father as he brought her back into the house. Times like that were so rare, so she took the opportunity to act so spoiled.

"Ali, are you a big baby?" Rin and the others teased her but Ali just stuck out her tongue at them.

She had no plans on leaving her father's arms yet.

"Yes, I am. I'm his favorite baby girl in the whole universe," she announced proudly but froze upon hearing someone clearing his throat.

She turned her head to see her husband, uncle, and Yuuka staring at her and Perun who remained carrying her in his arms.

"Er… Hello?"