NOVEL SIMPLE 4. Vritra’s Sacred Gear Thief
Grigory Headquarters, Underworld
Azazel was having a pleasant time analyzing the newest sacred gears Grigory had recently acquired. The last few days were hectic enough. He had to finish all the paperwork that he had been skipping over the past 6 months. Shemhazai, his vice leader had made sure of it. After going through that hell he was happy to finally be able to do some research. But it didn't last long. Shemhazai had called him again. He sounded very anxious. So reluctantly exited his lab.
"What's so serious for you to call me again?" asked Azazel.
"We lost the Vritra sacred gears."
"Which one?"
"All three of them."
"What?"It should be said that Grigory had three of the four main Vritra sacred gears in their possession. The current holders were long-time trustable members of Grigory. They were even supposed to be retired after a few years because of their old age. So he was sure they wouldn't betray Grigory.
"What happened to the current holders? Are they dead or were they captured?"
"They are alive, Azazel. They are also safe in their home"
"Then what do you mean we lost the sacred gears?"
"On their regular training session, they tried to summon their sacred gears but they all failed. Upon inspection, we found out none of them had their sacred gears inside them. They didn't even know when and where they lost them. What's more shocking is that they are completely healthy"
"That's absurd. Even we don't have the technology to extract sacred gears without killing the wielders. Did Heaven or Devil faction already build such a technology?"
"Azazel, what's even more unbelievable is that the same thing happened with the others in Grigory who had one of the numerous low-rank sacred gears related to Vritra. They also don't know how they lost it. Some of them testified that they still had their sacred gears yesterday. We examined their bodies but found no problems."
"How is that possible?"Azazel frowned upon hearing this. If it was just three, stealing them in one day without the owners knowing is not impossible. It's also possible to erase their memories if they want to hide their identities. But to steal so many of Vritra's sacred gears in one night without anyone even finding out is absurd.
"Find out who did this. Make it a priority"
"Hmm"
It may not be a Longinus but Vritra's four main sacred gears are all powerful high rank sacred gears. So losing them like this is a huge loss for Grigory. And someone who's specifically targeting Vritra's sacred gears is a problem. Who knows what they are planning with them
'Huh! My peaceful days might not last long
Later similar reports were made in many different factions in the world. When the news came everyone found out that not a single Vritra's sacred gear could be found. The 'Vritra's Sacred Gear Thief' incident quickly became famous throughout the supernatural world. For a long time, it was the most trending topic on DeviNet which is the supernatural equivalent of the internet made by Azuka Beelzebub.
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Heaven
Michael was busy working in his office. There were multiple stacks of papers on his desk. It was a normal work for him. He just wishes Gabriel, his innocent little sister wouldn't skip her part of the work to go sightseeing on earth which in turn forces him to do her part of the job. Even an archangel with so much patience like him doesn't enjoy doing so much paperwork work. Sometimes he wishes that there was no such thing as paperwork. But Alas! Reality is always harsh. So here he was overseeing some documents that the other Seraphs had submitted to him.
Suddenly alarm bells rang out from the sacred gear system on the 7th Heaven. He rushed to the 7th Heaven to find out what had caused it to react like that. There were only errors showing on the system. He couldn't figure out the reason. But after a few moments, everything was back to normal or so it should have been. In the system, he saw a new Longinus sacred gear name appearing. It was a name he was very familiar with as there were many previous wielders affiliated with Heaven in the past.
'Vritra'
"What happened, brother? Why's the Sacred Gear System reacting like that?" asked Raphael, a fellow Seraphim. Michael noticed that all the other Seraphs had come.
"There's a new Longinus registered in the system"
"What?!"
"It's Vritra's Sacred Gear. What's more baffling is that there isn't any other Vritra's sacred gear found in the system" Michael replied solemnly.
"Why?"
"It seems someone has merged every piece of Vritra's sacred gear"
"But how?"
"Even I would like to know that, brother"
"sigh" Michael let out a long sigh.
'There's been a lot of problem in the Heaven and Sacred gear system after Father's death. First the balance breakers, now this. I wonder what would have happened if only Father was still alive.