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Diodora couldn't believe his luck... It was... It was... It was good or bad, he couldn't decide...

On the one hand, if he tried to see it in a positive light, Asia was now free of that filthy dragon and he could take it. Oh, Diodora was not arrogant. Well...yes, he might be a little arrogant, but he knew his limits.

He knew that Sona Sitri was an intelligent person, knew that Rias Gremory was also quite talented for someone their age. These two weren't called the "Four Rookies" along with Sairaorg Bael and Seekvaira Agares for nothing.

However, after talking to them, he didn't know if their title and reputation really suited them...

When he asked about this Gilgamesh person, he got a VERY big warning not to get angry and stay away from him. Even Sona gave him a warning once more before the meeting in a very severe tone.

He really didn't understand them. Why? Why did he have to be careful? Even though Gilgamesh really was a Longinus user, he was still a human, he was just a baby who was holding a sword, nothing more.

Compared to him, who was a high-class devil and brother to the current Beelzebub, Gilgamesh was nothing. Even if he owned a Longinus, so what? Even if he was [Boosted Gear], so what?

Until now, there was no [Boosted Gear] user able to defeat a Maou or a God, despite their status as Longinus, most of them were only able to kill an Ultimate class creature and even that required a very talented user.

In Diodora's eyes, [Boosted Gear] was an imperfect Longinus, and the possessors were also a bunch of wimps who couldn't even use it! It's true that this could boost him up to give him the power to kill a god, but the problem was that no one was able to reach that level because the user's body deteriorated due to their inability to handle his pressure!

What good would he do to double his power if it was equal to zero? No matter how many times you doubled, zero would always be zero! Even if you multiplied it a billion times, the result would always be zero! There is!

Those users who were able to reach an Ultimate class monster were some warriors who came from a famous bloodline, warrior clans and yet he was only able to reach the Ultimate class, not even close to a Maou, except if unleash Juggernaut Drive, a technique that consumed the user, killing him in the process.

And Gilgamesh? What was so special about him? A simple man who was about your age and came from a human family? What could he do? He was just a normal person! At best, he might be able to reach a middle-class devil and that was it! And remember, the difference between middle class and upper class was nothing to sneeze at!

Diodora obviously researched Gilgamesh and found out about his family, they were just normal humans, famous people, but still they were human, and also even though he shared the same name as the King of Heroes, he couldn't be their descendant after all Gilgamesh original had no children!

But if it was [Divine Dividing]... Now that was a different story... Between [Divine Dividing] and [Boosted Gear], it wasn't a secret that people were more afraid of the [Divine Dividing] user .

If Gilgamesh owned the [Divine Dividing], he would be someone Diodora would be wary of. Unlike [Boosted Gear], which doubled the user's power, [Divine Dividing] halved the enemy's power every 10 seconds.

That was dangerous... Very dangerous...

Even if the user's body were too weak to handle the stolen energy, it would be far more effective than pushing himself. If you had zero power while possessing [Divine Dividing], it could steal your enemy power and increase your strength, changing the number from zero to something greater.

That was a was, although luckily for him and unfortunately for Gilgamesh, this man possessed the [Boosted Gear], so Diodora felt there should be no reason to worry about him.

Back on track...

It was yesterday that he received a call from Sona Sitri to stop sending presents to Asia Argento's house. Now, he probably would have ignored her about it, but he didn't because she said Asia Argento was taken back to the Church.

This immediately caught his attention.

He instantly went to Kuoh City, entered Gilgamesh's place and demanded to know what the hell happened. How? How could the Church want to take her back?! It was the first time he knew this!

When he asked for this filth, he explained that the Church needed the healing power of Asia to heal a wounded cardinal. The wound was very fatal and cursed, and the Church had already tried to heal it on its own and failed. And at that moment they remembered Asia and wanted to have it back.

As he expected, the dirt fought back, but the Church overpowered him, wounding him and taking Asia back. There was no doubt that the dirt was weak, having been beaten by an exorcist was more than enough to prove it.

When he finished his story, he immediately attacked him, berating him how weak and useless he was to let Asia be taken away like a toy. Oh, how he enjoyed the man's silence and grim face when he insulted him, that man had the nerve to call him the Flying Rat and Mongrel (Mutt)! He! A devil of high class!

He actually felt better when he put dirt like that in its place.

And in the end, this filth finally asked him to rescue Asia... Oh Diodora really felt smug and gave another rebuke and reprimand to this filth, but in the end he promised that Asia would be in good hands, in his hands, a man who would be able to protect her unlike him.

If you called becoming a slave and always fell in love with it, then yes... She would clearly be in good hands...

Now, to put it simply, in a positive way, Asia was now free of this mess and he could "save" her! This time, the girl clearly fell on him and became nothing but butter that melted in a skillet.

But in a negative way, he has had to kill Church people once more, and if he's not careful, he could cause conflict. Of course, he had already killed an exorcist when he fled after getting hurt so that Asia could heal him, but at that time it was well planned, he already knew his enemy's territory and time. This time, however, he didn't.

He had no time to study it, for if Asia were being taken back and there was no doubt that once it was in Italy it would be watched with even stricter security and it would be impossible to obtain.

He received only some information from the dirt that the exorcist who took Asia was a middle-aged man and very skilled with the sword. They were also planning to catch a plane today and were probably already on their way to Italy.