Tale of Discovery

Chapter 99: Interruption ; Binary Factors ; Acknowledgment

Everyone in the room is currently silent. A certain someone is glaring at me from the side, but I heed him no attention.

Now that the meeting is about to start, I should get them to introduce themselves,

"Let's begin by introductions. As I'm sure everyone knows each other, I'll only have that hooded lady over there as well as you introduce yourselves, because I don't know you."

The black-haired man with golden bangs looks at my hand which is pointing at him before saying,

"I'm Azazel. The Governor-General of the Fallen Angels."

Nodding my head as confirmation, I proceed to look over at the hooded lady.

Sensing my gaze, she bows slightly before saying,

"Gabriel."

After that, she doesn't say anything and just stands in place.

Everyone present, apart from seems to be surprised by her identity as the shock is apparent on their faces.

Anyway, this sure is a strange feeling It's almost like I know all these 'big-shots' from the past, yet I'm unable to recall them properly.

Just when it seems like the meeting will finally begin, I sense dozens of presences above the academy.

Observing everyone's expression, I can tell that they're not aware, or at least acting like they're not.

"We've got company," I declare before raising my right arm and slamming the table.

Immediately after I do so, a barrier wide enough to cover the academy and the surrounding gets erected.

Yuno's Code sure is handy. This barrier required twelve Sigilla to be set up properly. It sure is worth it.

Checking the enemy out, I'm able to find several Pure Angels and Fallen Angels.

Khaos Brigade? Why are they attacking during such a sensitive time? Are they here to ruin the peace conference?

"Prepare for battle," I order my underlings before getting up from the seat and activating anther Sigillum.

What I just activated opened a gateway leading to the gymnasium.

The rest of those present seem to have gotten an idea of the situation as they all get up from their seats and wait for my next actions.

What's interesting is that Michael and Gabriel seem like they want to follow me.

Well, they can do whatever they want.

--

Heading out of the gymnasium, I immediately set sight on dozens of weaklings preparing for battle.

"Aruru, go!"

Giggling with excitement, Aruru directly takes off into the skies and takes a dozen enemies in two seconds.

Taking their numbers into consideration, I order,

"Each one of you will take down ten of them."

"Yes, All-Father (Papa)," they all give their confirmation before taking off to the sky.

I then look over at Krul and Yuno before saying,

"These guys are too weak for us to take action personally."

A few seconds later, the whole place has turned into a bloodbath as several innards are all over the place.

The most interesting thing is that some of them only have a hole in their bodies.

And the one who killed them in such a way is none other than Asia. She's using an Excalibur I had gifted to her before in its bow form.

She makes use of her holy powers to create arrows which she shoots using the bow.

This a deadly combination as for every arrow she released, an enemy falls. As for the cherry on top, it's the way the Devils die from it. With holy magic being the most effective magic against them, being shot directly by a holy arrow burns them quite nicely.

It's a little surprising that none of my Angels have any qualms on killing, but it's not like that's a bad thing.

Naturally, no fight is as easy as it may seem as AI's voice resounds within my head,

{WARNING: Multiple Binary Factors Detected.}

What the hell are Binary Factors?

{Beings that have been enhanced by a Code or a similar existence.}

Well, shit.

A similar existence? Does such a thing exist?

Getting no response, I shake my head in exasperation before saying,

"Looks like I will be fighting after all."

My words seem to be shocking to everyone present other than Yuno and Krul, as they each have different reactions.

Michael has raised his brows as if expecting to see the best show in the world, while the Devils apart from Sirzechs and Serafall all began sweating nervously.

"What the hell has appeared for HIM to take action," Vali mutters with stupor meanwhile Azazel, who's beside him, has a solemn look on his face.

Soon, I set sight on three Devils approaching us from the sky.

The first to catch my attention is a skimpily dressed woman. After that, is a man with long ears who's also wearing a cape. Beside him is a man who's wearing dark armor as well as a black cape.

So, these are the Binary Factors?

{Affirmative.}

How do I put this they look like a bunch of clowns.

Intriguingly, all three of them are staring at me. Could it be that they're here for me? I'm so popular.

Channeling Destruction into my right arm, I prepare to leap into the sky.

"Yuno, do it," I say before launching right at the guys in the sky while utilizing the Boosted Gear.

[Boost!]

As Ddraig's familiar voice resounds within my head, my strength and agility increase twofold.

In response to my attack, the three in the sky all move sideways at an incredible speed before attacking me from a distance.

Two of them have released high-power demonic magic, while the other one has made use of some artifact to throw me a light-based magic attack.

I casually wave my arm which dissolves the Demonic magic into nothingness while deliberately letting the light-based magic attack hit me.

As expected, my Code automatically absorbs the attack into my body.

Not allowing them to react, I proceed to utilize Godspeed to get closer to the woman before kicking her in the guts.

She immediately launches into the distance before inevitably crashing in the ground a few inches away from the barrier.

I use Clairvoyance to check her out, only to find out that she's surprisingly alive.

Someone actually managed to survive after taking an attack from me that was meant to be lethal? However, it doesn't seem like she will be living for long.

Ignoring her, I focus back on the other two Devils who are both flying toward me.

Just as one of them is about to reach me, an energy beam appears from the ground and penetrates his torso.

The next moment, I witness as his body gradually disintegrates.

As for the other guy, he's looking with wide-eyes at his comrade who just got one-shot before turning to face Yuno who's smiling while holding a rather large weapon.

"That's a big fucking gun"

I know I ordered her to make use of something to make it seem like she shot the beam from it instead of a Sigillum, but this is too much.

Where did she get that anyway?

Huh? Hold on it's an illusory object? Eh, it's fine as long as it does its job properly.

"How" the only guy left flying mutters nervously.

"You're just weak," I proclaim before appearing in front of him and punching his chest.

This results in his armor shattering entirely as he is launched directly into the barrier.

I watch silently as one of the many functions of the barrier kicks in and burns the guy into a crisp.

Weren't these guys supposed to be strong? The heck? They were just as weak as everyone else I've faced up until now.

{That's only natural, Father. Binary Factors stand no chance against a bona fide Code. Especially when the Code is a powerful one such as Father.}

Seriously? Then these guys are no different from weaklings in front of Krul, Yuno, and me, but are calamitous to others?

{That's correct.}

What a let-down. Now that I think about it, there is a Code or something similar that enhanced them, right? I will just look for them.

Huh? She's still not dead?

The woman that I had kicked earlier is currently struggling to get on her feet.

Appearing in front of her, I inquire,

"Who are you?"

In response to my words, she glowers at me and says,

"You intruders I don't know how you got in"

Her words trail off as she coughs a few times before continuing,

"She will kill you all."

Immediately after she does so, I sense some weird energy from her body.

Just in case, I form a barrier using Vector Manipulation, however, no attack appears.

Could it be

Realizing what the energy is, I plan to stop it, but stop upon seeing the woman's eyes lose their colors before her body limply falls onto the ground.

--

It took me a while to forcefully awaken her, but as I suspected, her memories were all wiped.

As I was more than a little pissed off, I unintentionally wiped her out of existence.

Taking a few deep breaths, I calm down and deliberate on the information that I have received.

First, these guys came here not to disrupt the conference, but to kill me. This means that there is someone out there who either hates my guts or is afraid of my existence.

Second, the matter with the Binary Factors is an interesting one. What exactly is considered an enhancement? I need to look into that later.

Lastly, the woman referred to me as an 'intruder'. Whatever that is, it seems to be related to the reason why her organization is so set on killing me.

Leaving those thoughts aside, I focus back on reality.

Upon doing so, I sense everyone behind me.

Right, there is still the conference that we need to hold.

I turn around and plan to invite everyone back inside, but before I can do that, Michael, as well as the hooded Gabriel, kneel on the ground.

"Father, there is something that requires your immediate presence."

Did he just call me 'Father'? Looks like I've been acknowledged as their God.

Sirzechs isn't happy with the way things are developing as he's furrowing his brows.

Azazel seems to be a little befuddled.

Serafall has been suspiciously quiet this whole time. She has been acting differently compared to the class-observation day.

Rias and her peerage aren't surprised at all, while in contrast, Sona and Tsubaki are both stunned.

The most amusing reaction is that of Vali's, as he looks like he's going through an existential crisis.

Leaving them aside, what is it that requires my presence?

"Where?" I question the kneeling Angel.

"In heaven," Michael responds almost instantly.

What could it be? It would be great if it's another Knowledge of the Tales, as I can't exactly think of anything else that would require my presence at the moment.