World End: The Successor's Contract

*1 month ago, O'Narvak*

It was a bright sunny afternoon, the air was cold and the surroundings were filled with red mythic fogs, the demolished school building where the fight between Uta and Rachel took place felt completely isolated.

The sound of footsteps walking across the field was resonating throughout the place, Rachel went to her knees, lifting the rocks one by one, her body covered in dirt.

She had been doing it for a while, lifting the rocks in search of something.

"Where are you? Where are you?" Rachel kept on muttering these words as she lifted the stones.

"What are you doing?" Lucifer materialized out of thin air and walked toward Rachel while adjusting his gloves.

Rachel stopped lifting, and she slowly

turned to Lucifer, boning her face at him, "Where is he?" Rachel asked, before standing to her feet.

"Who are you talking about? I'm quite interested to know now" Lucifer asked, he aimed his hands at a rock and twinkled his fingers which pulled the rock closer to him.

He sat down on the rock, looking at Rachel with his armed tucked and legs crossed, "Come on, I'm listening, who are you asking about?" Lucifer asked.

She glared at him, dusting her clothes before clenching her fist, "You know who I mean, where is Zeno?" She asked again.

Lucifer sighed, "Is this what you are going on about? I told you I'd take care of him, you wanted him to remember right, so don't worry" Lucifer smiled.

Rachel's demon wings suddenly popped out and her body became enveloped in her dark magic as her eyes lit up red, "You said you weren't going to hurt him, that was our deal" She said in a calm yet static voice.

"No no, what I said was, I'll take care of it, my lady" Lucifer smiled, adjusting his wear while still staring at Rachel.

She frowned her face again, "If you so much as hurt him, I'll kill you," She threatened, sending a fast blue lightning strike at him.

Lucifer smiled, and a small green magic circle appeared in front of him, he used it to block the magic before the circle shattered.

"Cute, but here's the thing," Lucifer turned to dust and whooshed towards Rachel before materializing back, "I know you don't really love him, you need him for something, and it's big too, I wanna know what that thing is… Come on, tell me what you desire".

Lucifer's eyes began to glow, looking directly at Rachel whose eyes glowed the same color after being hypnotized by Lucifer's magic eye.

"Rachel" Lucifer sang, "Tell me what you want".

"Want… what I want"

"Yes.. yes"

"What I want, is to see Zeno again and have my revenge on Gabriel." Rachel replied, she snapped out of the hypnosis after she answered his question.

Lucifer sighed, "You are still into that guy, there are a lot of other things you could be doing with your life, like helping me bring Avalon here on earth".

"Help me find Zeno, and I'll help you with your plan," Rachel said, giving Lucifer her normal emotionless expression.

Lucifer laughed, "The contractor becomes the contracted, very interesting." He laughed again, "Okay, I'll play your game, let's go for a walk".

.. . . . .

"Where are we going?" Rachel asked, she was riding her horse alongside Lucifer.

The road was in the middle of two thick forests, and the sound of river running was loud enough to cover the faint sounds of their horse's steps.

"You said you wanted to see your beloved Zeno right? I'm taking you to see him." Lucifer replied.

"We are already outside of O'Narvak and heading to Rizaha, why would you bring him this far out of your reach?" Rachel asked.

"I'd rather keep that to myself, don't wanna let the cat out of the bag just yet." Lucifer stopped riding his horse when he got to the village gate.

"Well, here we are," Lucifer got down from his horse and walked up to Rachel who was also already on the ground.

Before Rachel could say a word, Lucifer landed a punch so hard to Rachel's gut that her horse ran away in fear.

"Luci…fer." Rachel muttered before falling to the ground unconscious.

"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to trust the devil?" Lucifer smiled, "Now, there's something I need and I know just how to get it".

He placed his palm on his face, a bright white light glowed and his face suddenly changed, he disguised his face to look completely different from his real one.

"Yep, this should do." Lucifer uttered, he was dressed as a guard and had a lazy-looking face. He moved closer to Rachel, using her hair to raise her.

"You poor thing, did you really think I was going to keep him alive, he's probably dead now, I can go on with my plan, but first there's something I need and I must get it, and you can't come with me, leaving you alone is too much of a risk, so you'll be here for a while, okay?" Lucifer smiled.

He used his finger to open one of Rachel's eyes, before looking her directly in that eye using his magic eye to hypnotize her again before leaving her on the ground.

"Now that, that is taken care of, time to head to Tamron shall we." He rode on one of the horses leaving Rachel on the ground.

After a few minutes, she stood up from the ground, she didn't say a word instead she just walked up to the two guards guarding the gates.

They spotted her walking towards them, "Hey, are you, okay lady?" One of the guards asked, he noticed the way she was walking and felt concerned.

He walked towards her, seeing if he could lend her a hand, "Do you need help or-" before he could finish his statement, Rachel held his throat and brought out a dark mist from her mouth that devoured the guard whole, leaving only his dried up body behind.

She threw his body on the ground and continued her approach toward the village's gate, one of her eyes glowing red which frightened the other guard.

He couldn't decide whether he should run inside the village to warn the others or keep her from entering the village, his worries went away when he spotted two of their top generals coming from the east.

"Who is she?" Boss Slayer asked, he had four of his men behind him and he was just coming from a mission.

"Sir, she killed Hinji, she devoured him whole! I saw it, she's, She's a demon" The guard shouted, trying to warn them about how she is a threat.

"Oh an Intruder, I see" Boss slayer laughed, he reached for his blade that was at his back before pulling it out.

"Do you think this is Dazai's doing?" Slevin asked, he had his three Ninjas beside him.

"Whatever the case, she's going down" Boss slayer charged toward her, taking a huge leap to the sky.

Rachel stopped her advance and looked to the sky, she raised her hands and a magic circle appeared before it shot out a powerful red blast.

Boss Slayer was quick to see the danger and immediately moved out of the way, landing on the other side of his teammates.

"This might be a tough one," Boss Slayer thought to himself.