Bellerophon/History

Humble Origins
Bellerophon was born in 1389 in Corinth to an unnamed human woman.

When he was six years old, in 1395, the city fell to the Ottomans and his mother was killed during the siege, leaving him alone to fend for himself. After a brief period of time in which he resorted to thievery to survive he was confronted by the city guards that imprisoned him in the city's prison cells, however it wasn't long before a greedy guard was bribed and Bellerophon was bought off as a slave to work at the harbour.

In 1403 the city was recaptured by the Byzantines and he was conscripted in the army with the aim of restoring the Hexamilion wall across the Isthmus of Corinth, in order to keep the Turks away from the Peloponnese peninsula. While in the army Bellerophon quickly showed his talent as a warrior, managing to defeat some of the best soldiers the Byzantines had to offer despite his young age.

By the time the Hexamilion Wall was rebuilt In 1415, Bellerophon had grown to fame due to his incredible abilities, having being marked as undefeatable by anyone. However, while the corinthian people meant it in jest he knew that that remark wasn't far from the truth.

Growing up and training in the army he quickly came to realize that his physical abilities were beyond anyone else's, forcing himself to hold back in order to blend in and not be ousted as a monster by the Corinthian population.

From Transylvania with Love
As soon as the campaign ended Bellerophon was approached by a Priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church, who invited the warrior to follow him to the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, under the guise of armed escort with the intention of introducing him to the Archbishop of Constantinople. Unfortunately the group was ambushed on the road by a group of Fallen Angels who had sensed an abnormal presence. The entire expedition was massacred with the exception of Bellerophon, who managed to fend them off despite the opponent's clear superiority in regards to numbers and weaponry.

Snippets from their conversation however allowed him to piece together the identity of his attackers and the reason for the ambush. Having learnt that a high-ranking Priest wanted him dead for what he was and informed the Fallen Angels accordingly, he set off towards Constantinople in search of the Archbishop.

Once there he was quickly apprehended by uniformed soldiers who called themselves Exorcists and led to a walled-off building where he was told that he'd meet the Archbishop in secret, as the Cathedral was too conspicuous. However as soon as they entered the group immediately attacked Bellerophon, calling him an abomination. Despite yet again fighting against magical weaponry, he still prevailed and after taking the exorcists equipment he left the city in disguise with the intention of fleeing from his pursuers.

After joining a military group in an effort to blend in, Bellerophon set off North towards the Carpathian mountain range, finally arriving at Castle Bran in early 1417. It wasn't long before he began to notice abnormal things, even by his standards, which left him extremely paranoid and diffident, such as the ability to speak a language he'd never heard before, see in the dark and smell better than anyone else, and feel otherworldly presences.

One night Bellerophon's camp was yet again attacked by Fallen Angels, that he only managed to strike down by using the Light Sword he took at Constantinople all that time ago.

Alone once again he quickly set off towards the closest town but he run into a hooded figure in the woods, which introduced herself as Ioana, a local Witch. Having sensed his presence she quickly ushered him inside her cottage, where he learnt the reason for his supernatural abilities: he was a half-Dragon, specifically the son of the Dragon King Vritra.

Bellerophon began his apprenticeship under the witch Ioana, receiving instructions in the arts of Alchemy, Elemental Magic, Spirit Magic, Summoning Magic, Runes and Transformation Magic, together with Supernatural History and Creatures.

In the spring of 1425, while he was out hunting, the cottage was attacked and once he returned he saw Ioana's dead body with puncture marks on the side of her neck. Overcome by rage he set out with the intention of tracking down the Vampires responsible and exact revenge. After following their trail for a few days he finally reached their lair, a decrepit cemetery that currently housed them underneath the catacombs. Bellerophon immediately flooded the caves with the intention of forcing the undead to fight at the mouth of the cave. After massacring the entire cabal in a rage, children included, he decided to leave the area and travel with the intention finding a new direction for his life.

Bellerophon travelled along the Silk Road towards the far East, occasionally working as a mercenary and exterminator while seeking to further his instruction in the magical arts. In 1439 after sensing a powerful and familiar presence he witnessed a black Dragon flying in the distance, headed towards the Himalayas. Determined to speak with it Bellerophon made haste towards the snowy peaks.

Once there he was met with the sight of a slain Vritra underneath a triumphant Indra, who recognised Bellerophon's presence and called him out. After learning that his father was blocking the rivers and causing a draught throughout the entirety of India, Indra told him that he'll be watching his progress from now on, as half-Dragons were extremely rare and him being born to such a powerful Dragon was bound to be interesting. Before departing the King of Gods gifted the Greek warrior with the Dragon's stinger and told him to travel to Mount Sumeru and to look for "a monkey".

When Bellerophon finally reached the peak of Mount Sumeru and found the "monkey" the Hindu deity spoke of, who introduced himself as Sun Wukong, the Buddha asked for Bellerophon's purpose and when the warrior said that Indra sent him Sun replied that his was not a purpose but a mission given by another. Despite this the former Yōkai allowed him to remain in the temple until he found his purpose in life, eventually teaching him advanced combat techniques, meditation, senjutsu, how to make and dispel various barriers and runes and more. After years spent at the temple with the Buddha and occasionally the Dragon King Yu Long, who instructed him in his draconic abilities, Bellerophon decided that his goal would be to claim his father's title.

From the Lowest Dungeon to the Highest Peak
Recognising that his power was insufficient he decided to find some use for Vritra's massive stinger and set off towards his old home. When he reached Greece in 1462 he quickly found a ship that could transport him to his final destination, the island of Lemnos.

As soon as he set foot on the island he felt a huge aura which lead him to where he hoped to find the God of Blacksmiths Hephaestus. After he climbed the volcano he soon found himself in the presence of the God he sought, who identified him as the descendant of the Greek Hero Bellerophontes, making him distantly related to the Greek "God of the Sea", Poseidon. Presenting him the Dragon's tail and requesting an armor and weapon worthy of a God. Hephaestus agreed but only if Bellerophon could succeed in his request: to prove his worth and bring him a Titan's blood.

Although shocked by the request the Greek warrior ended up agreeing to the God's demand. After giving him a dagger capable of slicing a Titan's skin, an urn to collect the blood and a mantle that could hide his presence from the sentries, he used his power to send Bellerophon to the only place where he could find a Titan: Tartarus itself. Once Bellerophon reached the gates he quickly concluded that stealth would be the only course of action possible to him. In order to slip past the Hecatonchires that stood guard over the entrance he needed to exercise caution and proceed slowly, something he could only accomplish thanks to Sun Wukong's lessons in meditation.

After timeless efforts Bellerophon managed to infiltrate Tartaros proper and begun his search for the Titan's, which concluded when he laid eyes on the restrained form of the Titan of the Harvest: Kronos.

After going underneath the chained, sleeping Titan, Bellerophon quickly pulled out the urn Hephaestus gave him and sliced the entities skin, drawing blood. After having filled the urn and placed it in an alternate dimension he saw that his arms and face were slick with blood, which he thoughtlessly licked.

Beginning to feel hot and nauseous, while bursting with energy at the same time, he quickly made his way towards the exit, uncaring if anyone or anything saw him. Just before reaching the gates he finally collapsed and begun convulsing, while his body became wreathed in power. Before the Hecatonchires reached him his body begun to quiver and rip apart, with light shining from the cracks, until his new form burst forth from inside. After thrashing against the restraints thrown against him, and ripping them apart with little trouble, he knocked the sentries aside, killing one, and took flight in the skies of the Underworld, soaring above several cities before ripping a hole in the space-time fabric and departing to the Dimensional Gap.

Once there his power began to fluctuate wildly and he went into a deep slumber, until such a time as when his power would stabilise. It didn't take long before the two other occupants of the Dimensional Gap took notice of him, curious as to where a being as powerful as him emerged from without them noticing sooner. During his slumber Ophis would often find himself resting on Bellerophon's body, mostly because Great Red tended to avoid the area, thus making it mostly silent.

After more than a century of slumber the black Dragon finally awoke and took stock of the situation, speaking with Ophis in order to fill in the gaps in his disjointed memory. In 1613 Bellerophon finally emerged from the Dimensional Gap in his humanoid form, deciding to go back to Lemnos to fulfil his part of the bargain in exchange for having his requested gear delivered to him.

The Witcher
Although surprised to find him still alive despite all the time that passed, Hephaestus identified him as a fellow God, theorising that the Titan's blood must have done something to his body. He then proceeded to forge him a new sword and armor. Having decided to wander the world yet again in an effort to reconnect with humanity, Bellerophon teleported towards Western Europe, which he always wanted to visit but couldn't.

Once he reached England under the cover of his cloak he set off towards an area close by where he smelled an unknown odour, arriving at a small village by the name of Appletreewick. After speaking with the townsfolk he concluded that the recent events that surrounded the town, mostly unexplained deaths, were the work of a supernatural creature that nested nearby.

He set off towards the most likely place where he could find the responsible entity: a limestone gorge known as Troller's Gill, where he was met with the pungent smell of sulphur, signifying the nature of the accused. Identifying the assailant made itself known as Barghest, Bellerophon sidestepped the lunge and snapped its neck in mid-air, before collecting whatever ingredients he could from the corpse of the beast.

As soon as he reached the town he was accosted by a man who thanked him for his work and invited him to his home a little ways outside town for the night. Sensing that this person was a wizard, and coupled with the gem on his sword shining from the malicious intent, he decided to humor him. As soon as they reached the countryside the man cast a sleep spell on the Dragon God who, amused, decided to play along. After "waking" up the warlock monologued about his plans for the town before the door to the hovel exploded in splinters and an armored figure came inside. The exorcist immediately lunged at the magician and while the two figures fought for dominance, Bellerophon watched with a keen eye for the outcome of the fight.

Having seen enough Bellerophon snapped his binds before piercing the spellcaster's heart with a spear of shadow while casting a sleep spell on the slack-jawed exorcist. He immediately began looking through the mage's library for Grimoires, immediately finding a few behind a concealment rune.

After a few hours of study he was interrupted by a wide magical circle that suddenly appeared in the middle of the room, from which a blonde-haired man with a nobleman’s attire emerged.

As soon as he saw the magician's corpse and a hooded man staring at him his face immediately became cold and dispassionate. After introducing himself as Bedeze Abaddon he coldly inquired as to the reason for the warlocks death, receiving no response other than a shrug.

Having lost his patience, the Devil summoned a barrier around the property before blasting the unknown killer. Switching the cloak for his new armor, Bellerophon fired back a few spells at the surprised Devil, who began using his Power of Hole to redirect the enemy's magic back at him in tandem with projected demonic weaponry.

The Dragon grabbed one of the blades and deflected the others before covering the distance and stabbing him in the leg. The downed opponent began pleading for his life, which Bellerophon acquiescenced in exchange for knowledge on his Power of Hole. Having gotten what he wanted he let the snivelling man leave before tampering with the exorcist's memory, making him believe to have killed the warlock by himself. After changing into his cloak Bellerophon left the town on foot, heading North before sensing a holy presence.

Having guessed that this was in response to the Devil from earlier, Bellerophon decided to wait and see by sitting patiently over a rock by the side of the road. After a while a figure with black wings emerged from the house, looking around before spotting him. Calmly making her way over to him, the figure introduced herself as Penemue and immediately asked him what had happened in this place, to which Bellerophon responded that he didn't know. Amused, she pointed out the trail of blood in his footprints before asking him if he was sure.

Chuckling at her atypical behaviour, Bellerophon gave her an overview of what happened and when Penemue asked for his name she only received a smile in return before the masked figure faded backwards through a black portal.

The Land of Snow
Having sorted out his business in England and being unwilling to remain so close to where he encountered the Cadre, Bellerophon decided to head towards the Scandinavian peninsula. Re-materialising close to the coast of France, he made his way on foot towards his objective, reaching a harbour in the Jutland Peninsula in the year 1664. After sailing for a while on Neck infested waters his boat was sunk by the emerging form of the Dragon King Midgardsormr, who appeared to be in the process of waking up. After opening his eyes and staring at him for a few moments, the serpent fell asleep.

Irked at his behaviour, Bellerophon blasted the Dragon's form to wake him up before equipping his Abyssal Armor and Dragonfang, and leaping towards the Dragon King. Countering the Dragon's fire breath with his own black fire, although only partially, he landed on the Dragon with the intention of chipping away at him with his sword but Midgardsormr shook him off before biting him. Bellerophon wreathed his body in cursed black fire, forcing the opponent to let go of him.

The fight ended after the swordsman plunged his blade into Midgardsormr who, in pain for the Dragon-slaying blade that was stabbed into his side, decided to pull back. Declaring that their fight was boring him, Bellerophon equipped his Cloak of the Revenant and teleported to the coast. Having decided that walking would probably be perceived as the least threatening behaviour to adopt in the Norse's territory, Bellerophon made his way towards the closest concentration of magical energy.

Concentrating on the magical signature he recognised traces of divinity in it, leading him to believe that a Valkyrie was close by. Having decided that hiding would serve no purpose now that his fight with Midgardsormr probably alerted the entire Norse Pantheon, Bellerophon made his way over to her. After dredging through the snow he came upon the Norse warrior, who seemed to have been waiting for him for some time. He carefully approached the covered figure before the Norse warrior lunged at him and planted a fist in his gut, throwing him back against a tree. Winded from the punch, he barely brought up his sword in time to stop the Valkyrie's own weapon.

As soon as the Norse woman got into casting position, giving him a breather, he equipped his armor and cast a fire spell with the intent of pushing back the woman. After questioning her on the reasons for the unprovoked attack and receiving no response, Bellerophon decided to beat the answers out of her. The two immediately began trading blows and spells alike, surprising him that she could keep up with him. Swinging his sword at the ground he created a wide fissure under the Valkyrie, making her lose of her footing, before leaping at her and slicing her pole weapon and punching her head, knocking her down. Before she could regain her bearings she found the enemy's sword pointed at the nape of her neck.

Stating that this was her last chance to answer, Bellerophon asked what her purpose was and why she attacked him like that. A couple of moments passed before she told him that she was sent by Odin to follow him for as long as he stayed in Scandinavia and make sure he didn't cause any trouble, receiving a disbelieving stare in response. Muttering to himself, he removed the blade from her neck and began to walk towards the nearest town without waiting for her.

Several years passed in which Bellerophon travelled all throughout the peninsula in search of interesting things, and all of them in the company of Göndul. While their relationship was frosty in the beginning it gradually got better, to the point where they begun trading lessons in combat and magic alike.

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita...
In year 1676 Bellerophon finally decided to move on and visit a new place, satisfied with what he had learned in his time among the Norse. After bidding his new friend goodbye and promising to return one day, he teleported to his new destination: the Underworld. Re-materialising close to a forest he decided to explore the shadowy woods in search of a hideout, should he need one later on.

As he walked through the woods he concluded that this must be one of the famous forests in which Familiars dwell. He began walking in earnest while keeping his senses primed for the most interesting ones. After a while he dodged sideways just as a black blur shot past him, disappearing in the forest ahead. Smelling the scent of a Dragon he began jogging while tracking the little animal. Feeling it about to take another pass at him he grabbed his cape just as a purple bolt whizzed past his head, throwing the cloth in the Dragon's trajectory only to see the little being nimbly dodge it and fly away. By now Bellerophon decided that that Dragon would be his no matter what and ran after it with an excited grin.

After an hour of running after each other he decided that a more heavy-handed approach would be necessary, even though it would probably attract a lot of attention. As soon as he felt the diminutive creature initiating another bombing run he summoned a blue cylindrical barrier across on his position, trapping them inside. Knowing that it wouldn't be long before someone came checking, Bellerophon lunged at his prey, grabbing it by the tail and keeping it suspended while smiling in relief, before dodging a point blank blast of purple fire.

Flipping over the little Dragon while dispelling the barrier, he looked it in the eyes before the diminutive form licked his hand. Taking that as a sign of approval he performed the ritual to bind them together before placing the small animal on his shoulder, feeling it drape itself over it. Immediately he noticed a presence getting closer and cursed himself for having lost his awareness while chasing the newly named Moeru. Bellerophon quickly sent the small Dragon away from the area while he prepared to confront the incoming threat with his Abyssal Armor already on and Dragonfang resting against his shoulder.

The massive form landed with a tremor before standing up at about 15 meters tall. Introducing himself as Tannin he asked for his name, to which Bellerophon responded that he would tell him if he managed to defeat him. Grinning in anticipation at the offered challenged, Tannin put himself in ready position and began studying his adversary, something that Bellerophon quickly mimicked. After staring at each other for minutes they quickly lunged at each other with flame breaths ready in their mouth, clashing with red and black fire.

After a while their fight was interrupted by the arrival of a blue western Dragon that immediately engaged both while shouting angrily at them for disturbing her peaceful rest. Concluding that this was Tiamat, Bellerophon joyfully declared this to be a three way battle from now on, with Tannin enthusiastically agreeing. Eventually the fight ended, with the three Dragons laying down on the grass to recuperate. Having shifted to her humanoid form Tiamat finally asked who he was, to which he finally responded by giving them his name and claiming to be Vritra's son. Having suspected this they merely acknowledged the claim, before Tannin departed saying that it had been a pleasure fighting him.

A scant few seconds passed after he left before Bellerophon gave Tiamat the reason for his visit in her apparent domain, summoning Moeru as proof of his word to her. Giving him a sly smile she stood up before telling him that he'd do well to visit her again before walking away. Smiling in response and telling her that he'd definitely do that, Bellerophon rose up and departed in the opposite direction.

The Land of the Rising Sun
In the year 1823 Bellerophon finally reappeared in the human world, after having visited most of the Underworld and many other dimensions, including the one housing the Hindu deities. Arriving to the city of Kyoto he felt the presence of a leyline under the city and deduced that there must have been Yōkai around. Once he located them he made his way over there while evading the armed forces that patrolled the city. Sensing a barrier he entered without bothering to bypass it and was soon after approached by a squad of Karasu-Tengu that demanded what his business was in the Yōkai capital.

Not believing his claim to be a visitor they made to arrest him, claiming that they would bring him to the palace. Amused he decided to follow their lead. Once at the palace he was swiftly brought in the presence of the the leader of their faction, who turned out to be an old Tengu. Sitting down he inclined his head to the old crow before him, who had yet to say anything. After a staring contest that lasted for a few minutes the Yōkai eventually commented on Bellerophon's impressive ability with senjutsu, to which he smirked saying that he had a good teacher.

After dismissing the guards the old man finally asked his reason for entering into his city. Stating that he had planned to visit this land for a while but never actually got around to doing it, Bellerophon asked if there are any places that he should definitely visit. After a game of shōgi and several more hours of discussion, the two parted ways for the night. Having no actual need for sleep, Bellerophon equipped his cloak and left the city headed towards the closest temple outside of Kyoto to continue his journey.

After leaving the confines of the city he decided to confront his stalker, who turned out to be a child. The shrouded form asked him to bring her with, making him snort. Feeling in a good mood he decided to ask the girl for a good reason for bringing her with him. The girl quickly told him that she could hunt and could train him in senjutsu, but was met with failure. Having almost given up she offered her help as a guide, which interested him. He finally said she could come but only if she told him why. Before she could answer a man showed up on the road and quickly making his way over to them. The young girl hid behind Bellerophon and he figured that the reason just showed up.

He decided to deliberately act clueless to piss the other man off and was rewarded with a glare. Claiming that the girl was his he demanded her back and Bellerophon turned around, ignoring him, and asked the child to explain the situation. She went on telling him that she was a slave in all but name, with the other man denying it and threatening him to move. Extremely amused, Bellerophon made a face and gestured for the man to come to him.

Pulling out a pistol, the man pointed it at him before firing. Being caught by surprise by the unknown attack Bellerophon barely dodged before covering the distance between them in the blink of an eye and slamming his head down, killing him. Ignoring the cries of the girl he picked up the weapon the man used, inspected it and put it away before setting the corpse on fire and leaving, telling the girl to either follow or not.

In the following years they travelled all of Japan, visiting shrines and training. As the girl was actually a Nekoshō with black hair and yellow eyes, Bellerophon decided to change her name into Umbra on the grounds that her previous life was over and that she had a penchant for trying to sneak up on him, although never actually succeeding.

Their relationship over the years became the father-daughter type, with Umbra having decided to follow him through his travels around China, after Japan was thoroughly explored. Eventually she decided to go back to Japan and settle down, something Bellerophon wasn't too enthusiastic about but understood. Kissing her forehead, they finally parted ways after exchanging a pair of platinum rings. In the year 1883 Bellerophon decided to explore the islands in the Pacific Ocean. After reaching Vietnam he felt a powerful draconic signature headed his way and he swiftly summoned his gear when a red armored figure landed in front of him, preparing for the eventual fight.



After deliberately provoking Belzard they began trading blows while Bellerophon used a telepathic link to meet with Draig, who seemed surprised by the intrusion and at the fact that a Dragon such as him missed his notice for so long. The fight kicked up a notch when the human began firing blasts of energy and the Dragon responded by trying to bind the enemy down with his Umbrakinesis. Trading insults for a while the confrontation finally devolved into a deathmatch when the Boosted Gear user entered Juggernaut Drive and Bellerophon unveiled his new form: a partial transformation which allowed him to fight on par with his now insane opponent.

When the fight resumed the collision between their fists sent tremors in the air and quaked the land. They soon began to fly higher and higher, still trading blows and spells while they moved away from their original fighting ground, eventually grappling and smashing down on a volcanic island.

Having decided that the fight had gone on for too long he decided to end it with a final attack. Flying quickly into the air he began the process of powering up, before gathering Anti-Magic into a spot before his fingertip above his head. Finally he revealed a massive white sphere that he sent crashing down against the form of the Red Dragon Emperor, who uselessly countered with a Longinus Smasher before he was again smashed onto the volcano, destroying the island in a titanic blast that caused the mountain to erupt, submerging them in ash and lava. Seeing as his opponent's presence vanished he deemed the fight concluded and teleported away.

The Black Dragons
After a few years he finally decided to visit Umbra, who was an old woman at this point. Reuniting with his daughter was a bittersweet event for him, who unlike her didn't age at all and maintained his youthful appearance. They talked for days on end about his adventures while she mostly spoke of her family and current situation around the globe, which seemed to be in the middle of another World War, something which caught Bellerophon by surprise.

Parting ways for likely the last time, Bellerophon made his way west with the intention of traversing the sea and landing in Korea, then traverse the land until he reached Siberia. His plans however were interrupted when an extremely powerful dragon made itself known to him. A man with black coat, black and blonde hair as well as heterocromic eyes. Recognizing him as the Evil Dragon Crom Cruach, Bellerophon hazarded a guess that he was here to fight him. Getting a nod in response Bellerophon dashed forward, receiving a borderline maniacal grin from Crom before colliding.

Finding this opponent much more challenging than his previous one made Bellerophon laugh in delight. Their fight went on until they hit the ground near a city by the sea. Making space between themselves to study their enemy anew, Bellerophon noticed a black dot moving in the distance, descending rapidly towards the ground. Fascinated by it, Bellerophon was unprepared when the object suddenly exploded in a massive flash, blinding him and making him deaf from the volume of the explosion. The two of them spent a couple minutes on the ground before Bellerophon sat up, finding his eyes destroyed by the flash of light and heat. He was caught unprepared by the other dragon suddenly lunging at him and resuming their fight but despite the obvious blindness, he keept up with his opponent by pulling out Dragonfang.

Their fight came to an end however when the Evil Dragon suddenly snapped his head up and gave a growl of displeasure, telling Bellerophon that they would fight again in the future. As soon as the heterocromic man left Bellerophon teleported to the Dimensional Gap and proceeded to discard his damaged body by evolving into his True form, deciding to sleep for a while and wait for Ophis to return.

During his time inside the Dimensional Gap Bellerophon trained extensively to better control his power in his True form, while at the same time developing an alternate version of his Dragonoid form that used his divine powers instead. Although Ophis, who now sported a decidedly different form, liked to spend her time over his body while he was meditating, he noted that she left the Gap much more often than she used to. Whenever they talked she seemed to bring up her desire for silence much more often too, until he finally asked her what her deal was.

As soon as she told him of her creation, named Khaos Brigade and the kind of members that composed it he stilled, before bluntly telling her that she was the most naive person he ever met and warning her that her subordinates would turn against her. Smiling, she told him that it was impossible and he scoffed, telling her that time would agree with him, before falling again into a deep slumber that lasted for many years. He slowly woke up to find his familiar, Moeru, taking a nap with her head on Ophis' legs, who once again was resting on his stomach.

A few moments later Bellerophon was in his depowered form, floating close to her and Moeru before he hugged her from behind. Suddenly he asked her where he should travel next and Ophis chose America for him, on the grounds that he never went there despite hearing of its discovery so long ago. With his mind made he spent some more time with Ophis before teleporting towards the northern part of the land. Once there he decided to visit the closest city before a blizzard covered everything in snow, making it extremely difficult for him to see where he was going. Using his senjutsu to navigate the storm, he barely dodged in time the creature that snuck up on him, identifying it as a Manticore.

Summoning his blade with a grin on his face, the warrior beckoned the beast to come to him. Looking out for the tail, as soon as the beast lunged he dodged to the side while slashing out with Dragonfang at the right paw, slicing it off and earning a shriek of pain from the animal. Driven by rage the beast tried again to bite him while trying to corner him with its stinger, which was promptly cut off. Finally he decided to end their fight by impaling the roof of the Manticore's mouth, ending its suffering.

After taking a few of its teeth and incinerating the animal he set off towards the closest town he could find. Once there he was astonished by the sight of cars that moved without any magic involved. He observed them and the people inside, trying to garner as much information on the contraptions without appearing as a simpleton. Once satisfied he went to a local tavern and ordered something to fill his stomach, but as soon as he began eating a melodious voice asked if the booth was free to sit in. Although he had sensed the presence of an Angel nearby he had hoped that he'd be left alone.

Beauty and the Beast
Sitting down in front of him Bellerophon saw a beautiful blonde woman with curly blonde hair an angelic smile on her face. He wasn't the only one to notice but a quick application of magic forced the other patrons to concentrate on something else. He cleaned his mouth before taking a guess at her identity, claiming that with that much power she could only be Gabriel, and saw her face light up.

Introducing himself he asked what the Seraph was doing here on Earth, and specifically across from him. She told him that she was in the area when she suddenly felt a powerful presence appearing nearby and decided to investigate, which led her to him. Feeling playful he asked for her conclusions, to which she adopted a thinking pose before answering that she regarded him as a neutral being, who was both light and dark but who kept his true self hidden, even from himself.

Smiling, but not acknowledging whether her analysis was correct or not, he decided to tell her that he planned on travelling this continent out of curiosity, seeing as he had never done so before. Smiling she told him that she too wanted to go on an adventure but her duties wouldn't let her. Jokingly, he told her that he wouldn't mind the company, if she asked her Father for permission. Her smile faltering a bit she responded that she would, before taking her leave.

Quirking his eyebrow at the Angel's behavior he asked the bartender what the best method for travelling south was. Having spent the night here, as the blizzard still went on outside, Bellerophon headed for the bus stop with the intention of using one of these vehicles he was so curious about, only to see a very familiar blonde waiting for him outside the door. Giving him a childlike smile, Gabriel explained that she was allowed to travel with him but that she'd have to go back if her presence was required. Not having expected it, he stared for a moment before shrugging his shoulders, commenting that it's been a while since he travelled with someone. Jumping on the large vehicle, the couple began speaking of nothing and everything until they dismounted and began their journey on foot.

Bellerophon concluded that Gabriel had a presence to her that made his whole life feel lighter, suspecting it to be due to her angelic status, compounded by her personality and carefree demeanor. They spent the following years travelling from place to place, meeting new people and learning their customs. Eventually they crossed the border and entered the southern part of the American continent, intent on traversing the vast Amazonian jungle and meeting the local tribes and missionaries. During their travels they found themselves more often than not sleeping together in the same tent, although nothing ever happened as Bellerophon knew that he risked making her fall.

Deal with the Devil
One night he felt a distinct feeling originating from the ring he gave Umbra. Telling Gabriel that he'd be back soon he teleported close to the ring's matching pair. Right in front of his eyes was a spit copy of his foster daughter running while firing spells at an army of Devils. Deciding to trust his instincts he quickly shot off a barrage of Light Magic bullets, attracting everyone's attention in the process. Turning fully towards the Devils, Bellerophon asked them to convince him not to kill them all, and they told him that they were tracking a stray that killed her master after going insane from using senjutsu.

Without looking he asked the girl behind him what her version was, to which she answered that she killed her master because he was going to harm her little sister. Feeling that both sides were telling him the truth he decided, in Umbra's memory, to tell the Devils that he would be dealing with her and that they should take what they could get.

Ignoring the warning they resumed their approach, causing him to sigh before generating six magic spheres and shooting them around them, before triggering the barrier spell, Red Lightning Formation, which caused a Crimson hexagonal barrier to rise around them, leaving the girl outside. After forming innumerable magic circles around the Devils he proceeded to blast them away. Once everyone was dead he turned to the Nekoshō and she jumped away from him, asking what he wanted with her, to which he pointed at her ring before asking her if she knew what that was.

At her head shake he responded that the ring was his gift to his foster daughter Umbra and that she was a descendant of hers, which was reason enough for him. Calming down slightly the Nekoshō introduced herself as Kuroka and asked him if he would save his little sister too, which she had to leave behind. Without answering he went back to Gabriel to explain the situation. Understanding where he came from she told him that she knew he was a good man deep down, earning a playful shove. Agreeing to meet here again in a week Bellerophon travelled back to the Underworld and began tracking Kuroka's sister.

Using a mixture of scent and senjutsu, Bellerophon finally arrived at the building where her fate would be decided. Infiltrating it easily he found out that there was a hearing going on to determine the child's fate, and he used that time to sneak in the holding cells. With Shirone in hand he made his way for the exit, only to equip the Abyssal Armor as he ran into a red-haired Super-Devil on the way out. Using Umbrakinesis to mask his identity, Bellerophon told the man to leave before causing a flash of light, using the blinding glare to slip away from the Devil's presence.

Once alone inside a room Bellerophon grabbed the white haired girl and forced open a Black Dragon Gate, headed towards Kuroka's last position. With relief flooding her voice, she hugged her little sister with tears in her eyes and thanked him for looking out for them. Telling her to go to Mount Sumeru and drop his name to the old monkey if she had nothing better to do, Bellerophon bade her good luck before walking through a portal, looking forward to concluding his unexpectedly pleasant trip with the female Seraph.

As soon as Gabriel arrived they resumed their trip through the Amazon Forest. A couple years later, when they finally reached the tip of Patagonia, Bellerophon decided to give Gabriel a gift to commemorate the trip. Telling her to turn around and close her eyes, he placed a pendant around her neck that he had crafted during their travel, made from the teeth of the Manticore he slew before meeting her. Smiling and giving him a peck on the cheek, Gabriel invited him to a tour of Vatican City with her and since such an occasion would hardly return Bellerophon accepted the offer. After reaching it they began their tour, meeting Dulio Gesualdo, the wielder of Zenith Tempest, Vasco Strada and Griselda Quarta, two of the strongest exorcists currently alive.

After parting ways Bellerophon decided to visit the land of Egypt, specifically old structures like the Pyramids. Having arrived after dusk he decided to head straight there and enter them under the cover of the night. As he infiltrated the old structure, looking for hidden rooms or magic sources, he soon enough detected the presence of both. Homing in on it, he teleported into place only to find himself face to face with a Sphinx. The mythological beast immediately stared at him, while he jokingly asked if they still asked riddles to visitors.

""I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.""

- The Sphinx to Bellerophon.

After posing the riddle it sat back on its haunches, waiting. He also sat down and repeated the riddle to himself, pondering its meaning. Eventually he told the beast that the answer was "tomorrow", at which the Sphinx nodded. Leaving the animal be he took one of the corridors, following its winding nature farther and farther from the surface. After what must've been hours Bellerophon reached a large room with a book on a pedestal in its center. Wary of traps Bellerophon used his senjutsu to study the chamber, finding several which left the pedestal in the middle of a minefield of traps.

Deciding to risk it he used his telekinesis to reach for the book but as soon as he lifted it the corridor behind him started shaking furiously before an avalanche of sand was released from the top of the stairs with the intent of blocking him here. Summoning a barrier around himself, Bellerophon sat down and began to read what he discovered to be the original Book of the Dead. Having lost his sense of time while immersed in the book, Bellerophon had stopped reading when he reached a section he couldn't decipher. Having concluded that there was some kind of magic involved he scanned the tome until he found what he was looking for. A composite magical circle, whose parts lay hidden in different pages, which prevented mortals from reading past that point.

Seeing as this was as good a time as any, Bellerophon put the book back on the pedestal before taking a step back and being enveloped by black and gold dust. Once it settled Bellerophon emerged as a massive and powerfully built humanoid, clad in black smoke that was continuously blown off from his form. He has long ram-like horns that twisted in the symbol for infinity and eyes that burned with a fierce inner light, shrouding the area around him in shadows and sucking out all ambient sound. Taking back the book he saw that the second part was now clear for him to read.

Once he terminated the Tome and felt reinvigorated from all the knowledge that was added to his ever-expanding mind, Bellerophon was ready to discard his Demigod state when a vision struck him: a blonde haired girl, a crucifix, black feathers and a red gauntlet with green gems. Once the vision ended he reverted to his depowered form and tried to make sense of what he had seen. Given his ability to control time he guessed those visions to be a premonition. He recognized the girl as a nun and the gauntlet as the Boosted Gear, but he had no idea where either of those things were at the moment. While the girl was uninteresting, it was the Sacred Gear that would attract the most attention from the supernatural.

A Night to Remember
Just as he was about to leave the chamber his necklace began to act up. Knowing what it meant he left intending to find out what Gabriel wanted, finding her alone on a balcony in the Vatican with a sad expression on her face, which immediately brightened when she saw him appearing. Embracing each other, he put his chin on her head and asked what got her so down. Being told that a child of the Church, a nun with a Sacred Gear to be specific, had been banished for healing a Devil because of her kindness, she told him that she was worried about her being picked up by undesirables, after going to Japan all alone. Immediately he thought of his vision, specifically the crucifix and black feather, and offered Gabriel to check up on the girl for her in order to make sure she was alright.

Her face melting into a warm smile, Gabriel reached up to him and kissed his cheek, telling him that he really was a nice person. After telling him where the nun, Asia Argento, was going to she embraced him again, thanking him from the bottom of her heart for his help. Replying that he’d be back quickly he teleported to Kuoh Town in Japan. He decided to scout out the place before the nun arrived while keeping a close eye for the Devil signatures he felt. After finding an abandoned place to occupy for the moment, he donned his Cloak of the Revenant and left towards the Devils currently living in this town, intent on finding out if they were aware of what was happening. To his surprise he recognized two of them immediately as Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri, sisters of two of the Satans. Bellerophon went towards the Church in order to check its condition, as it was the most likely place for Asia to go to, only to sense numerous Fallen Angel signatures.

Not liking the situation one bit, he decided to go back his apartment when he sniffed a Dragon's presence, although a weak one. Summoning his familiar Moeru, he wasted no time in instructing her to track it down. Once they arrived he found that the presence actually came from a human boy who held the Boosted Gear and was currently dying. Just as he was about to approach and heal him a red sigil appeared, from which Rias Gremory appeared and soon began to chant before pushing what looked like chess pieces inside him.

Promptly unsettled by what he had just witnessed, he decided to sleep it off. At dawn he woke up and left for the train station, intent on catching the nun as soon as she arrived but also to make sure that no other being was there to monitor her arrival, as that could tip him off to some greater plot and unfortunately that seemed to be exactly the case. As soon as the young nun dismounted the train a Fallen Angel began to follow her at a distance, making him sigh.

Deciding to see how the situation evolved he stalked them while keeping an eye on the poorly disguised Fallen Angel. When they reached a nearby park the boy he could have sworn died yesterday night in that precise spot met up with the nun. At this point the Fallen decided to brazenly reveal herself in front of someone who she had apparently killed the night before. After summoning Moeru and telling her to stalk the boy and report what Rias decided to do, Bellerophon left in the direction of the Church, intent on finding out what the Fallen Angels had planned.

Bellerophon managed to effortlessly infiltrate the old building and overhear their plan to extract the Sacred Gear from the nun come midnight, while the girl was sitting on a bench with a crestfallen expression on her face. Without being noticed he extended a shadow tendril towards the nun and planted a tracking rune on her before disappearing. Once he regrouped with Moeru and learned that the Devil in charge wouldn't step in, he teleported into the heart of the Vatican looking for Gabriel, who however was not here. Unwilling to go to Heaven he instead found Vasco Strada. After telling him what was happening and making him promise to report this to Gabriel immediately, Bellerophon left his familiar in Vasco's company and returned to Kuoh.

Just before midnight his familiar Moeru came back with Gabriel's message: bring Asia back to the Vatican. Once he reached the church he began sensing signs of battle between the Fallen Angels and the Devils, who seemed to be advancing towards the ritual chamber while another group was mopping up outside. Deciding to take advantage of the mayhem he used his Umbrakinesis to create a Shade and sent it to engage the targets outside without killing them.

After watching the Shade propel itself at the targets he began sprinting towards the church before shoulder-checking the wall, having decided to forgo all subtlety on his way to Asia. Once he reached the inner sanctum he let loose his shadows, binding everyone down, while he sprinted up the stairs and smashed the Fallen Angel's head it into the wall, decapitating her. While he brought the girl down from the crucifix the devils managed to free themselves and began approaching, before he summoned a Blue Flame Formation around them.

The boy who died yesterday, Issei Hyōdō, began screaming Asia's name before punching the barrier and igniting his hand. Ignoring them he telepathically greeted Draig, who recognized him before asking him if he was here to kill his host, which he denied and told him not to reveal his true identity to them yet. Bellerophon and Asia immediately left the premises and reappeared in front of Vasco Strada and Gabriel, who immediately sighed in relief before greeting the nun, telling her that she'd be bringing her back with her now. Thanking Bellerophon again she left with the still shell-shocked teen in tow, while he began filtering the knowledge the Shade acquired during its fight, noting that no one was permanently harmed.

Bellerophon decided to go to the Familiar forest and spend some time with Tiamat, who over the course of the years became a good friend of his, even lover, and acted as his informant in the Underworld. After parting ways with her he decided to take a walk throughout the forest and think about what to do next when he detected Zatouji, the Familiar Master that guided the young devils in search of the most suitable familiars, and the Gremory group. Having nothing better to do he decided to follow them and see what happened. Apparently their trip was for naught as the person who needed the familiar, Issei, failed miserably at finding a suitable one.

Still interested in what Draig's current host was doing, as he never had a Devil host before, Bellerophon reappeared in Kuoh Town and headed towards the Academy, even though he sensed a Satan-class Devil in the area. Once he felt the presence leave he bypassed the sensing wards in place and sat outside the window to spy on them. As soon as he reached his apartment, which he decided to finally get around and buying it, he decided to remove his cloak, as it would make it impossible for the girl to track him down, and draw a suppression seal on his body, since consciously suppressing it for weeks on end would be tiresome.

Spy Games
The following morning he noticed a phoenix staring at him from the window before blasting off, presumably to its Master, and he set Moeru on it in order to avoid his presence being discovered. Deciding to get some breakfast instead of waiting around, Bellerophon went to a nearby café and ordered something to eat while he waited. Roughly half an hour later Moeru joined him on a roof and told him that Rias' peerage was going to fight in a Rating Game in a little more than a week, and the result of it would decide if Rias would marry the phoenix's master or not. Taking advantage of their leaving for a training trip, Bellerophon decided to infiltrate the Occult Research Club with the intent of combing for intelligence.

Having found nothing of importance he opted to spy directly on their training to get a better idea of Issei's capabilities. When he got there he found Issei in the middle of a sad excuse for a sword fight and gave a pained groan at the display before leaving the area. Checking over the rest of the peerage he learned that Akeno Himejima was the Queen and an Fallen Angel/human hybrid before her reincarnation, and that her usual position was magical bombardment via lightning, while the swordsman was the holder of the Sacred Gear Sword Birth. Thoroughly bored, he returned to the Dimensional Gap to spend some time with Ophis, remembering to bring her a bag of cookies.

After the first time he received visions, his ability to perceive someone's Fate had increased to the point where he could get a general direction of it even without entering his Demigod state, although it was extremely vague. Focusing on Rias and her Peerage he sensed that the future of this group was bound to be very interesting and decided to stay around for some entertainment. The day of their match Bellerophon shadowed them and saw Akeno with a broken expression on her face, leading him to believe that the fight didn't go so well.

From up close he finally recognised the powerful presence from the other day as Grayfia Lucifuge, Sirzechs' wife and Queen. As soon as they closed the window he placed a listening rune on the outside wall before leaving the area, intent on listening in. He learned that Rias' peerage would attend her wedding with Raiser Phenex, minus Issei who was still wounded. That night he felt Grayfia's presence appear close to Issei and decided to investigate, learning that she planned with Sirzechs to have Issei crash the wedding. Amused at the prospect, he looked forward to what the Red Dragon Emperor would do.

Infiltrating the palace unseen, Bellerophon skulked in the shadow of the rafters, watching the proceedings from afar. It didn't take long for Riser to show up and as he began making a speech he focused his senses on the outside, feeling Issei had arrived through the portal Grayfia prepared for him. Suddenly Issei bust through the doors while the guards were occupied with the rest of the peerage, letting the boy proceed.

That was when he loudly proclaimed that his King's virginity belonged to him, which made Bellerophon choke on his own spit, almost letting the Devils discover him. When he finally came to he heard Sirzechs agree to Issei's condition of returning Rias in case he won in a one on one fight against Riser. After transporting them to a disposable arena, Issei and Riser began to fight, with the former immediately going into Balance Breaker state.

Although he was seemingly stronger, his inexperience was his downfall and ultimately couldn't beat Riser before his Balance Breaker ran out of time. Even after Issei revealed that he gave Draig his left arm and boosted a flask of holy water before throwing it at Raiser, Issei was still unable to defeat the older Devil. Disappointed by the show, Bellerophon uncaringly decided to teleport away to Tiamat to let her know of the recent developments.

The Angel of the Stars
Since returning to Earth he decided to dedicate himself to his own guilty pleasure, which was learning everything he could on the world, but instead of focusing on magical research as he had always done he decided to read human's Science books, which is something he had never done before. Bellerophon immediately set off to find a library and once there a quick application of magic allowed him unrestricted access to all the knowledge contained in the library, which he greedily began to absorb.

Losing his sense of time while reading, he felt someone trying to summon him but he remained rooted on the spot. Some time later a soft hand placed itself on his shoulder, which he initially didn't notice, until it gently grasped his chin and moved his head around. He was met with the concerned gaze of Gabriel, who immediately asked him what was wrong. After a moment he sorted out his thoughts and replied that he got lost in thought.

After finding out that he had been here for more than a week and that Gabriel had called him several times through his necklace, he asked her why she was looking for him. Staring at him for a while, Gabriel hugged him and told him of a worrying new development. Apparently while he was away someone, presumably Kokabiel, attacked several churches and stole the pieces of the Holy Sword Excalibur contained within. Commenting that this was probably a prelude to the next Great War he felt Gabriel's head nod under his chin before she told him that they had Intel that placed his possible area of operations at Kuoh, to which he tensed.

Telling him that they already deployed two exorcists with a shard of Excalibur each, plus someone else, Gabriel asked him if he could look out for them. Chuckling at her hopeful tone, he told her of his new developments in Kuoh before placing a kiss on her forehead and leaving for Japan. Reappearing above the tallest building in Kuoh, Bellerophon began to scan the town in order to locate interesting signatures, immediately locating Kokabiel's. Approaching the area without being detected, he saw Kokabiel up in the air while Rias and Issei were on the ground with an unknown exorcist.

After proclaiming that he would destroy the Academy in order to lure Sirzechs out and start a Second Great War, he emitted a strong flash of light and departed in the direction of the School. Although worried that Kokabiel would destroy the whole town, Bellerophon was confident that he would play around a little first. Knowing this he decided to take a risk. He immediately summoned Moeru and told her to locate the rest of the Church group still in town while he would stalk Kokabiel.

Once he arrived he saw Sona Sitri's peerage maintaining a barrier around the school grounds while Rias' was inside fighting against several Cerberus. Bypassing the barrier undetected he made his way to the battlefield, where he saw Xenovia Quarta fighting the beast with Asia healing anyone that received damage. Soon though he felt a Holy presence coming from the ground and saw that several pieces of Excalibur had been fused into one, albeit shoddily, and a massive array on the ground.

Recognizing what it was, Bellerophon decided to forego direct intervention in the fight and instead disarm that seal. While he worked on it he telepathically told Moeru to go to the Vatican and tell Gabriel to come here before Kokabiel did too much damage. Feeling a peculiar sensation, he saw that Kiba had obtained his Balance Breaker by forming a Holy-Demonic sword, which Bellerophon knew to be impossible unless the God from the Bible perished. His train of thought was derailed when Xenovia started chanting before summoning Durandal and destroying Freed Sellzen's fused Excalibur.

While the others took on Kokabiel, Bellerophon disarmed the spell while listening as Kokabiel confirmed that the God from the Bible was dead just like the original Satans. The news seemed to shock everyone, with the Church party being the most affected, bar Asia who seemed to already know of it. Seeing that Kokabiel effectively destroyed their will to fight, Bellerophon finally decided to intervene and take on Kokabiel by himself. Shooting through the ruins of the building with his armor on and sword drawn, he landed right in front of Kokabiel before engaging the Fallen Angel into a frenzied sword duel. Feeling Gabriel's presence approaching he executed a risky manoeuvre that ended with his free arm severely injured and Kokabiel's legs cut off above the knee.

"It was a mistake for you to even try."

- Bellerophon to Kokabiel



Before he even fell to the ground Kokabiel was punched in the temple, knocking him out. Turning back towards the school he proceeded to remove his injured arm, rather than healing it, by cutting it off with Dragonfang, much to the horror of everyone. Before anyone could even speak, the Seraph Gabriel finally appeared outside the barrier erected by the Student Council and smashed right through it, heading for the Academy.

Not recognising him but smelling the scent of Dragon, the Seraph pointed a light spear towards him before demanding his intentions, only to receive a tortured growl hardly resembling human speech. Pulling herself together Rias stood up and told the Angel that the entity defeated Kokabiel. Glancing at the Devil from the corner of her eye, Gabriel asked for the being's intention once more but this time instead of receiving a response she saw the Dragon-blooded Knight open a Dragon Gate under himself and fade away.

Having recognised the Dragon Gate employed, Gabriel sighed in relief and deactivated the light spear before turning towards the group behind her and asking if anyone was gravely injured, receiving a negative in response which brought a smile to her angelic face. It wasn't long before Sona Sitri and her Peerage joined the other group to investigate what happened and found the Seraph with the group from the Church. Seeing as the situation was under control Bellerophon let out a sigh before returning to his studies.

The Peace Summit
Bellerophon's feverish studies were once again interrupted by the arrival of Gabriel, however this time she came with Asia as an escort. Gabriel explained that she was reincarnated as an Angel through a new system Heaven created called Brave Saints, which was their own version of the Devil's Evil Piece system.

Gabriel then proceeded to inform him that there would be a meeting between the higher ups of the Biblical Factions to formalize a peace agreement but also to dissuade the other pantheons from warring against them in case news of her Father's death came out. When she was done Bellerophon crossed his arms and the woman asked him to keep an eye out since the chances of someone attacking during the meeting were high and he was unaffiliated.

Sighing loudly and jokingly commenting on how bossy she was with him, getting an innocent smile in return, Bellerophon gave his affirmative. Telling him the date of the conference and giving him a hug, Gabriel and her escort left the area. Once alone he went back to the Dimensional Gap to speak to Ophis and make sure she had no plans to interfere with the meeting, to which she said that she didn't care about it. After sharing with her a bag of sweets he bought on his way back, the two once again conversed for a while before he decided to sleep until the time of the meeting, with Ophis cuddling with his sleeping form.

The day of the meeting Bellerophon teleported on the rooftop of the academy and placed himself against a wall. As the conference progressed he studied the signatures of those present, feeling Rias and Sona's Peerages, Azazel, Serafall, Sirzechs, Grayfia and the White Dragon Emperor. His observations were abruptly cut when he sensed mages setting up some kind of barrier outside the academy, making him sigh. Feeling the barrier solidifying around the building and a strange power setting around the area, Bellerophon identified it as the power as the Sacred Gear Forbidden Balor View and used his Chronokinesis to stop its effect.

Just as Rias and Issei performed Castling towards the location of the Forbidden Balor View user, he felt a magic circle opening in the room, spawning a woman he recognized as Katerea Leviathan. Immediately after being summoned she caused the building to explode while the other occupants cast a barrier around themselves. While she talked to the leaders and revealed her faction's plans for them and the world, Bellerophon equipped his Abyssal Armor, now with a tattered crimson cloak and a scarlet ponytail on the back of his helmet, and used his Portal Creation by entering his arm and making it reappear on Katarea's stomach, detonating a ball of energy against her skin and causing her to crash through a nearby building.

"Worms like you should stay flat on the ground! Your insolence just sealed your doom, mongrel!"

- Bellerophon to Katerea

It didn't take long before several magic circles appeared behind him, spawning blasts of Light Magic that were neatly dodged, only for them to home back on her, forcing the Devil to take flight. Seeing as she couldn't outrun the powerful attacks, Katerea raised her palm up and was quickly enveloped by black snakes, which Bellerophon recognized as Ophis'. Leviathan's follow-up attack was much more intense, blasting the magical missiles from behind her before she fired some of her own towards Bellerophon.

"Fascinating...for a mere beast you are keeping me quite entertained. We haven't had this much fun in a while, eh Moeru?"

- Bellerophon to Katerea

Seemingly unperturbed, Bellerophon summoned and mounted Moeru before blasting off in the sky, chased by the serpentine black blasts. After a brief chase he shot them down before chasing after Katerea, who seemed to have trouble with Moeru's speed. While they traded blows the barrier around the school went down, distracting his opponent and giving him the opening he needed for Moeru to accelerate and bite her arm off. As he turned around her remaining her arm transforming into tendrils and latching onto his left arm, which caused her to laugh while declaring that she wouldn't die alone. Recognizing the self destruct spell and knowing that at his current power he'd be unable to cut through her extremities, Bellerophon dismissed Moeru and began chuckling, before he brought his other arm to bear and unleashed a massive beam of light at his opponent, completely destroying her and continuing on its path before detonating against a mountain in the distance with a great flash.

Before he could settle down he twisted around and blocked a blow from the White Dragon Emperor, before firing a multitude of spells after him to create distance. Azazel had a complicated expression on his face before asking him if he was part of Khaos Brigade, which Vali confirmed as true. After telling everyone that he was a descendant of the original Lucifer, Vali began taunting Bellerophon who answered by generating a massive dome of magical circles around the Devil, telling that he was in no mood to play around with a fool. Their confrontation was interrupted by a monkey Yōkai, who proclaimed himself as Sun Wukong's descendant before taking Vali and teleporting elsewhere. With the fight ended Bellerophon gave a glance towards Gabriel before teleporting to the Dimensional Gap.

Young Devil's Gathering
Once back to the Dimensional Gap, Bellerophon went looking after Ophis with the intention of informing her that one of her cronies attacked him, hoping to impress on her the importance of what happened. Unwilling to put her through the grinder or worse, send a livid Ophis on a hunt, he put his arm on her head while reassuring her that he was all right. With Ophis seemingly placated he settled down and asked her when Vali had joined Khaos Brigade, among other things.

Sometime later Bellerophon decided to visit Tiamat and learned that there would be a gathering between the young Devils, and although she wouldn't participate she told him that she was sure that Tannin would. Weeks passed since he began spying on the Devil's training sessions and the night of the gathering he showed up to meet with Tannin, who was in charge of Issei's training for the duration of the break. As soon as Rias' and Sona's peerages arrived he nodded to Tannin and melded with the shadows on the ground, speeding off towards the location of their eventual meeting while remaining completely undetected.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel he decided to challenge his stealth abilities and enter the building while remaining undetected for the duration of the event. After a few hours of squatting on the ceiling he was fairly disappointed to notice that only Tannin detected him, although he said nothing but looked extremely amused at the whole thing. His game however was over the moment he sensed two powerful Yōkai outside the building, recognizing the presences as Kuroka and Bikō. His interest piqued Bellerophon decided to go towards the exit, shadowing Issei and Rias.

It didn't take long for the duo to reach the clearing where the black-haired Nekoshō was waiting. After a few terse words between them Kuroka erected a barrier that sealed everyone away from the outside world, but not before Tannin flew inside and engaged Bikō in an air duel. Meanwhile on the ground Kuroka flooded the forest with a mist that seemingly dropped everyone it came into contact with on their knees, other than Issei and Bellerophon, who was still hidden. Kuroka then created copies of herself with yōjutsu before attacking Issei with senjutsu bullets, making him crash against a tree with his body bleeding.

However after he got up he finally achieved Balance Breaker by poking Rias' breasts. Bellerophon missed the resulting fight by the sheer stupidity of what he witnessed and only refocused when two powerful Holy objects appeared nearby. After Kuroka's group left the others went back to the building, leaving Bellerophon alone sitting on a tree branch while trying to come to terms with what happened.

The Old Satan Faction
Several days later, after receiving a call from Gabriel, he teleported to the Vatican. Once there he was asked to watch over Asia and Irina when they'd be sent to Kuoh in exchange for tomes on Holy constructs and Sacred Gears. After accepting he bid her a good day and left for Japan. A few days after the Angel duo arrived at Kuoh Academy a Devil named Diodora Astaroth approached Asia and confessed his love and wish to marry her for saving his life. As he reached for her hand, Bellerophon appeared close to them in a burst of speed and grabbed the offending appendage, snapping the Devils wrist and sending him kneeling before placing a finger on his temple.

"Who gave you permission to gaze upon her, Worm?"

- Bellerophon to Diodora Astaroth

Before the Devil could retaliate Irina returned to Asia, forcing Diodora to leave and leaving the others in a confused state. Refusing to elaborate on the matter beyond telling them to keep their eyes on him, the trio left for Issei's house that had been renovated during the summer break. Once there they found Rias and her group, together with Azazel, studying the Rating Game that had been held between Diodora and Seekvaira Agares. While studying the recording he noticed a familiar power-up enveloping Diodora, which made him scowl. Bellerophon gave a glance at Azazel who narrowed his eyes at him.

The day of the Rating Game Bellerophon inconspicuously placed a runic stone in Asia's robes, set to signal him if Asia was ever in danger. When Rias' group entered the Magic Circle that would transport them to the Rating Game arena he felt something off and realized that Khaos Brigade was attacking now, having trapped them inside a space-time created through the Sacred Gear Dimension Lost.

Before he could follow the group he felt Ophis' presence and decided that it took precedence, taking off in her direction to confront her. When he reached her position he was met with the sight of Azazel, Tannin and Sirzechs getting ready to face off with Ophis and Creuserey Asmodeus. Just as Sirzechs engaged the other Devil, Bellerophon approached Ophis and asked her what she was planning, before being told by her that she was only spectating. Seeing the familiarity between the two Azazel entered his Balance Breaker state, followed by Tannin who looked ready to explode at him in anger.

Just as they were ready to come to blows Bellerophon felt Asia's runic stone activating and he teleported there. Seeing her unconscious form being tethered to an unknown device, with Diodora busy connecting her to it, he grabbed the back of the Devil's outfit and hurled him behind himself. Swinging his hand at Asia's restraints, he cut space-time and sliced through them. As soon as she was freed Rias' peerage arrived and engaged Diodora' own group, while he woke up the Angel. He was about to leave when he sensed a powerful Devil heading their way, before he saw Asia being enveloped by light and disappearing.

Just as he was about to lunge at the newly arrived Shalba Beelzebub he noticed that the connection to Asia's runic stone was still present and he teleported away, only to find an unconscious Asia floating inside the Dimensional Gap. Just as he reached her he found himself face to face with Vali, Bikō and the wielder of Caliburn. Remembering that Asia couldn't survive for long inside the gap he settled for lowering at them before leaving towards the other's position. Once he arrived he found himself confronted by an Issei who had activated Juggernaut Drive just before unleashing a Longinus Smasher against his opponent. Seeing his rampaging form he already gave up on saving him, passing Asia to Irina before preparing himself to engage the insane enemy.

Before he could leap at him Vali and his team appeared, explaining that Issei's transformation was only partial and could still be reversed. At this point Xenovia delivered a projector prepared by the higher ups that started playing the Oppai Dragon Song, leaving Bellerophon with a deer in the headlights expression on his face. At this point Vali, in Balance Breaker form, divided Issei's power before Rias offered her breasts to Issei, which managed to bring him back, sending Bellerophon into a fit of laughter. His laughter was interrupted when he sensed the Great Red appearing through a hole in the dimension, with Vali proclaiming that it was both his and Ophis' aim to defeat him.

Immediately after this declaration Ophis appeared as well, before Azazel and Tannin also showed up while pointing a light spear at Ophis, who looked unconcerned before approaching Bellerophon from behind and jumping on his shoulders, much to everyone's shock and confusion. Making an exaggerated sigh, Bellerophon cheerfully bid everyone goodbye before vanishing together with the other Dragon.

The Norse Faction
Several days later Bellerophon decided to visit Göndul and her niece Rossweisse. Once he got there he was immediately attacked by Göndul, who seemed particularly irate at him, more so than usual. When he finally got too close to her house the old woman switched from spells to sword combat, which he countered with a blade of light. After disarming the Valkyrie he learned that she was informed by Odin that he had joined Khaos Brigade, much to his consternation. Once he managed to calm her down he explained that he was friends with Ophis, and not her subordinate or member of her group. In the meantime Odin appeared at the woman's house only to find Bellerophon there, who quickly defused the situation by getting him to sit down and explain his connection to the Ouroboros Dragon.

Once the God was placated, Odin decided to tell him that he'd be going to Japan on official business soon and that he'd better be present as his official escort to explain his stance to everyone else. Immediately the two began snarking and trash talking like usual, before switching targets and ribbing Rossweisse about her love life, much to her displeasure.

When they finally got to Kuoh Town Bellerophon and Rossweisse had to follow Odin when he decided to go to the Red Light District, with Baraqiel following behind while glowering at everyone that crossed his path. When they finally arrived they found Issei and Akeno standing outside a love hotel, and Baraqiel made his displeasure known to them. When Issei caught sight of him he began yelling about him being a member of Khaos Brigade, only to be ignored in favor of Draig, who told him that Issei had burned through his life force to the point that at the moment he only had about a century left as opposed to the ten thousand years a normal Devil could live.

Once the arrived they were escorted to the VIP lounge where Akeno served tea while Rias kept sending him glares, much to his amusement. After Odin and Azazel left, Bellerophon decided to begin studying the tomes Gabriel gave him on the couch. Several days later he received a message from Rossweisse telling him that they were attacked by Loki and Fenrir, requesting his support for when they'd inevitably be back. When they finally got back to Issei's house Bellerophon noted that Vali's team and Sona's Peerage were also there. Although it seemed that Kuroka and Shirone recognized him they said nothing. He was also introduced to Albion, who had apparently been brought up to speed by Draig.

Disregarding Vali's stare at him, the discussion soon switched to what strategy to employ against Loki and Fenrir, with Bellerophon declaring that he'd take Loki on his own and leave the other to the rest of them, before leaving the room. Having said his piece he tuned the others out and left the room. Later that evening he learned from Kuroka that the others used a Dragon Gate to summon Midgardsormr's consciousness in order to obtain information on how to stop the Evil Norse God and his wolf, before she thanked him for helping them all those years ago.

The day of the fated confrontation everyone assembled above the rooftops of Kuoh, and as soon as Loki and Fenrir appeared everyone was transported inside a special barrier in order to fight them. Once there Bellerophon produced an array of Magic Circles, blasting Loki and Fenrir away from each other before rushing after the Norse God, confident that the others could take care of Fenrir on their own. As soon as he reached Loki they started exchanging volleys of magical blasts. Despite his knowledge of various styles the difference in power between the two became clear when Bellerophon was overwhelmed by his opponent. Ignoring Loki's taunts he discarded his armor and began powering up, blasting apart his surroundings with a shockwave of force.

As soon as he was done he flexed his legs before exploding towards Loki and kneeing him in the gut, crashing against a cliff before striking Loki's back and sending him crashing against the lake. While waiting for the God to emerge Bellerophon focused his attention on the other battlefield, only to find Kuroka in the process of binding Fenrir with Gleipnir. He turned his attention to Loki just in time to dodge the forms of Sköll and Hati that were barrelling against him, only to see that they were heading to free Fenrir while Loki summoned copies of Midgardsormr against him.

After vaporizing them within a dome of scorching black fire Bellerophon refocused on Loki, who was in the air charging an attack. Once he fired it Bellerophon coated his body with Anti-Magic and flew straight through the beam, punching Loki away in the other group's direction before flying after him. When he reached him he saw that Loki was trying to stand on his legs, only to be caught by a kick that embedded him on a nearby cliff.

"Was that really all that you had? What a laugh."

- Bellerophon to Loki

Seeing as his opponent was about to pass out he decided to finish him with a powerful uppercut that sent him flying through the air, before appearing behind him and digging his elbow in Loki's spine, sending him crashing on the ground. When he turned his attention on Fenrir's sons he grabbed Loki's head with his tail, holding him up, and told them that if they didn't surrender Loki would perish, forcing them to back down. Curiously he noted that neither Fenrir nor Vali were present. Seeing as the fight was over he placed several seals on Loki's body before throwing it at a slack-jawed Rossweisse and teleporting away.

Dragon-Slaying Heroes
As soon as he reached the Dimensional Gap Bellerophon went looking for Ophis to make sure that Loki truly was acting on his own, but caught sight of the Great Red nearby and decided to go talk to him instead. When he found him he saw the True Dragon performing his usual tricks and, much to his horror, humming the tune of the Oppai Dragon Song. After catching sight of him the Great Red stopped and rudely asked what he wanted, with Bellerophon telling him that Khaos Brigade was finally beginning to cause problems and that he would be involved soon.

His warning given the two drifted apart, with Great Red resuming his stunts and Bellerophon returning to his human form while he waited for Ophis to return to the Gap. After several days spent in meditation, during which he ignored the True Dragon's ceaseless noise, the duo felt a powerful calling. With their curiosity piqued the Dragons decided to focus their attention on the phenomenom and Bellerophon realised that the summoning call was for the Great Red, with Draig's and Vritra's powers fluxing on the other side together with many other signatures he didn't recognise.

Having decided to answer the call himself, Bellerophon opened a portal and slid through the other side only to find Sun Wukong and Yu Long playing around with a group of humans and fighting a Kyūbi respectively, with the tired and bloodied forms of the rest of the group spectating. The fights came to a close when his armored form emerged from the Magic circle, to the surprise of everyone involved. It didn't last long as Cao Cao ordered Georg to proceed regardless and subdue him. While the young man began chanting under his breath the others converged once again on Sun Wukong.

Looking around while ignoring Georg's attempts to mind-control him, he focused on the fight between the mind-controlled Yōkai and the Dragon King. Deciding that he had seen enough he swivelled his head at Cao Cao's group just as the True Longinus extended towards him, having recognised that mindcontrolling him was not possible. After successfully deflecting the strike with a gauntlet Bellerophon released a wave of black fire in the Heroes direction, clearing out the land in front of him with the resulting heat. Deciding to test his enemy he contained the Devils inside a Blue Flame Formation before forming two blades of darkness and engaging the swordman Siegfried.

Despite the others leaving the duo alone while they fought against Sun Wukong, Bellerophon was forced back because his blades couldn't stand up to Siegfried's Gram and its Dragon slayer abilities. Pinning the human down with his shadows he lunged forward and grabbed Balmung from its sheathe before punching his opponent away and reengaging. After a few minutes of fighting with an even playing field they created some room between each other and Bellerophon decided to take advantage of the reprieve to ask the humans what their aim was.

"To unite together beneath the banner of protecting humanity from evil beings? I praise your efforts. But warriors... did you not understand? All dreams come to an end when the dreamer wakes. Therefore, I shall show you the harsh reality of your existance, Heroes! Awaken, Chaoseater! A stage worthy of you has been set! Look up and behold! ENUMA ELISH!"

- Bellerophon to the Hero Faction

With an approving voice, Bellerophon decided to show them what they were up against if they continued down the path of their dream. After throwing Balmung back to Siegfried he opened a burning portal underneath him from which the form of Chaoseater emerged. Disregarding their unsettled looks he grabbed the hilt and flew up in the sky. Raising Chaoseater high in the sky Bellerophon proceeded to chant the activation of its overloaded state. The faces on the blade began glowing crimson while creating a shrilling howl as soon as Bellerophon commanded it to "wake up", while the sword itself was enveloped by raging crimson energy emitted by the mouths on its flat side.

As soon as he finished the chant an aurora of power was blasted from the weapon as it began attacking reality itself, grinding at its laws with its power by creating rips in space-time that extend from not only the earth but also to the sky. With the very nature of the World itself being attacked, and everything that was hit by the blast being swallowed and crushed by the void of the Dimensional Gap, it wasn't long before Dimension Lost failed and everyone found themselves in the Dimensional Gap.

Ignoring everyone's calls Bellerophon decided to leave the area in search of Ophis. Several days later while meditating he received a vision, recognising the Gods Indra and Hades as well as two clashing crimson and golden armors resembling the Balance Breaker Scale Mail of the Boosted Gear. Remembering that Rias' group was supposed to fight against Sairaorg Bael he concluded that the presence of those two Gods definitely warranted his own.

The day of the fight Bellerophon hid his presence while observing the stadium from the shadows. He could feel the presence of many deities, including some from the Greek Pantheon, Indra and Odin. During the match between Issei and Sairaorg, the former revealed a new ability which seemed to be close in power to the Juggernaut Drive, minus the insanity, and pit it against Sairaorg, who was clad in a golden armor made from the Sacred Gear Regulus Nemea. Bellerophon approached Indra undetected and heard the King of Gods brazenly declare to Azazel that he knew about Cao Cao and the True Longinus' whereabouts but opted to do nothing about it. He then warned Azazel to keep Issei in line or he would dispose of him. After Azazel left Bellerophon approached Indra and spoke with the Hindu deity about Issei and his involvement with Cao Cao.

The Trio Became Duo
Having learned everything he needed he opted to return to Ophis but once there he met Vali and his team speaking to her, only for her to turn her head towards him and greet him with a small smile. Asking what this was about, Ophis told him that she wanted to speak to Draig, since she wanted to ask what he wanted to become. Before she departed with Kuroka, Shirone and Le Fay Pendragon, Bellerophon gave Ophis a runic stone in case anything happened. Once she left he confronted Vali on his true intentions, receiving a smirk before he told him that she would be targeted by Cao Cao and that he planned to lure him out, making a mention of a supposed "Dragon Eater" the human had in his possession.

Although skeptical that Cao Cao could truly get his hands on Samael, who should still be sealed in Cocytus, Bellerophon realised that if true he couldn't approach the beast with his draconic powers in display. A few days later he felt Ophis' beacon flare up and decided to get there already in his Demigod state, which heavily suppressed his draconic powers by channelling exclusively his divine energy. Although he found access more difficult than usual he still managed to break through the world created via Dimension Lost, using his Chronokinesis to accelerate time around himself in order to calmly assess the situation and formulate a plan.

He saw Ophis being held inside a black construct connected to Samael and felt that her powers were decreasing fast. The Gremory and Vali's teams were almost out of the fight, with the Vali and Issei incapacitated on the ground while Cao Cao was brandishing his True Longinus while surrounded by several spheres. His course set he accelerated his body and slammed directly on the thing holding Ophis while generating a sandstorm on the entire area and lashing out at Cao Cao with tendrils of darkness. Feeling Samael's curse still draining his draconic powers even while in Demigod state, Bellerophon punched the prison while channelling his sand powers, causing the object to disintegrate.

Before Georg could force Samael to retract its tongue he grabbed it and jerked it viciously, tearing the being away from the summoning circle beneath it and slamming his foot against the cross, caving in the ground underneath and crushing Samael's midsection, weakening it enough to allow Bellerophon to use Erosion of Time, dragging it inside his body and annihilating its existance. Turning towards Cao Cao he was hit with the shaft of the True Longinus, which released a beam of light that tore through his shoulder, blowing it apart before it reformed, making the human group decide to regroup teleport away.

Although he still felt them inside the barrier he decided to not pursue them immediately. Dismissing his enhanced state Bellerophon headed towards Ophis but before he could get to her he sensed the influx of a great number of Grim Reapers near the human's location, concluding that Hades allied himself with Khaos Brigade and lent the Hero Faction Samael. When Hades' minions charged Azazel engaged Pluto while he guarded Ophis, witnessing Issei absorbing energy beams from Rias' breasts and using them to blast away the opposition with his shoulder cannons. Bellerophon sat down sighing next to Ophis before giving her a pointed look. Just as he was about to ask her what happened he was interrupted by the arrival of Shalba Beelzebub, who declared his intention to wage war on everyone before revealing the wielder of Annihilation Maker from underneath his robes and forcing him into Balance Breaker, which created several monsters before teleporting them to the Underworld.

After the dimension started collapsing the human trio summoned a magic circle to teleport away but Bellerophon managed to follow them. As soon as he arrived he generated a Red Lightning Formation barrier around the area before positioning his hands close to his face and firing out a flash of light that blinded everyone. Rushing towards Cao Cao he landed a punch to his abdomen which propelled him away, and teleported his hand to Georg, pulling him through the portal and knocking him unconscious. Slowing time around Leonardo he chased off after Cao Cao and reengaged, eventually subduing him. Rising up with the human on his shoulder he felt Ophis' marble give out a pulse to him. Grabbing the unconscious trio he teleported to Ophis, who told him that Draig's host died.

Sitting back he removed the Sacred Gears from the humans' bodies with the intent of studying their abilities and replicating them. Once he believed himself to have a sufficient grasp of their concepts he decided to test it out and create a permanent Dimension for himself, which he called Aetherius. To avoid it being found and invaded by others he created a set of linked portals, one on the inside of it and one hidden on the far side of Luna, to avoid it being discovered by accident, before he cut it off from the Dimensional Gap. As the Dimension would undoubtedly collapse on itself if he left it for an extended period of time he created an artifact that would act as an energy source, illumination and as a repository from which Dimension Lost could operate and maintain Aetherius stable.

Strangers in the Night
After making sure that it was stable he left Aetherius and went to visit Rossweisse, with whom he began to discuss the more obscure spells and styles they knew of. Eventually she built up enough courage to broach the subject of reincarnation, namely Rias' offer to turn her into a Devil. Giving her a hard stare he stayed silent for a while before he asked her thoughts on the subject. Realising that the real issue was that she felt her benefits as a Valkyrie were insufficient, instead of her actually wanting to become a Devil, he advised her to look for a position that would grant her the benefits she was looking for without compromising herself.

Thanking him for his advice but still looking down he decided to cheer her. After asking her to keep it a secret between the two of them he brought her to the lunar portal and they entered Aetherius. During the following hours he discussed with Rossweisse potential plans and improvements to apply in the near future, including an active form of defence.

Days later she announced him that she would be sent to Kuoh as a liaison to the Biblical Factions and he congratulated her on her achievement, before deciding to accompany her there to get a feel for current events. Once arrived he met Griselda, who came to visit Xenovia, only to be interrupted by an escort of Vampires that came asking for Gasper's help in exchange for a peace treaty with the Vampires once their situation was resolved, while revealing that the other side possessed the current user of Sephiroth Graal. Forcing out a cruel laugh Bellerophon decided to finally speak.

"So...the Vampires had a Longinus all along...and the Sephiroth Graal at that!? The mere idea that a Holy Relic has been tainted and abused by your ilk makes my skin crawl...perhaps it is time I paid you a visit."

- Bellerophon to Elmenhilde Karnstein

When he was finished he teleported towards Romania. Once there he sensed a powerful draconic presence flying towards him, which prompted him to transition to his Dragonoid form before he clashed against Grendel. Deciding that he had no time to waste he engaged the other Dragon with Anti-Magic flames, which greatly damaged Grendel with every hit, until eventually he summoned the True Longinus and decapitated him before resuming his flight.

Just before he reached the castle Crom Cruach appeared before him and began attacking him in earnest, intent on finishing their fight from long ago. During their clash he told him that both Rizevim Livan Lucifer and the other Ophis were present at the castle, together with the user of Sephiroth Graal. Realising the urgency of the situation Bellerophon sealed Crom inside a Red Lightning Formation before accelerating to the castle and smashing through the walls. Once inside he met Marius Tepes just as he finished extracting Sephiroth Graal from Valerie Tepes, before he blew his head off with a photokinetic projectile and watched with fascination as it regenerated. While the man gloated he froze time around the room, strolled up to the Vampire and ripped the golden cup from his hand before vaporising him.

Just as he was about to destroy the castle he sensed Rizevim approaching with Lilith from one direction while others came from the opposite one. When they got there Rizevim cheerfully explained Khaos Brigade's ultimate plan to unleash Trihexa and assault the dimension from which the Chichigami comes from. The mention of Trihexa got him extremely interested and the prospect of fighting someone on the same level as Great Red excited him, but ultimately he felt the chaos and destruction the Imperial Beast would unleash on the world would be too much. He noticed that Lilith kept staring at him and he couldn't help but notice that she looked exactly the same as Ophis, except her eye color was violet like his own and her hair more spiky, figuring that Samael must have absorbed some of his power too before dying.



Realising that only Rizevim's group knew where the Beast was held, Bellerophon decided to wait until its location became known before killing the Super Devil. While Rizevim was distracted by Vali, Bellerophon approached Lilith and they started talking. Having had a lot of practice with Ophis he managed to convince their spawn to leave the Devil's side and come with him to meet with her other half. Right before teleporting away he performed a summoning through a humongous magic circle in the sky and invoked Heavenly Insertion Hammering Star, which destroyed the castle and the entire surrounding area although without killing anyone important.

Trouble in Paradise
A few days with Ophis and Lilith after having brought them to Aetherius Bellerophon completed the first successful iteration of Aetherius Sentinel. While he checked over the new quasi-mechanical creature he felt Gabriel's necklace giving off a pulse and he decided to interrupt his work and go check. After telling Ophis he was going out he passed through the lunar portal and tried to use a Dragon Gate to get there, only to find that he couldn't reach her. Recognising that Heaven likely closed off its connection to the human world and the implications of it he opened a rip in the space-time fabric leading to her location.

Once there he found her with the other Seraphs holding the gateway of Sixth Heaven and asked her what happened. Learning that Qlippoth was attacking Heaven he left a Shade with her before setting off towards the location of the Garden of Eden, which was the most probable entry point considering its connection to Purgatory and Limbo, which meant that Hades once more aided Khaos Brigade. As soon as he reached Fourth Heaven he had to defend himself from Crom Cruach, who lunged at him like a man possessed while shouting that they wouldn't be interrupted this time.

While the two of them fought he kept throwing glances around and saw Rizevim smugly beating around them members of DxD. Summoning the True Longinus he blocked Crom Cruach's kick while firing a blast towards the Super Devil, forcing him to dodge. Dematerialising the spear he shifted into his Demigod state and engaged both Crom and Rizevim at the same time, trying to grab the latter's limbs in an effort to pull him close and break him but finding his efforts thwarted by the Evil Dragon. The stalemate was interrupted when Micheal engaged Rizevim alongside the Outraged Fafnir, allowing Bellerophon to concentrate on Crom who in the meantime transformed into his Dragon form.

When he received the dead Shades' memories and noticed that he couldn't sense Rizevim anymore he deduced that he had managed to escape. Growing angry he renewed his assault against Crom with his entire arsenal, forcing the surrounding Angels to flee the area. Realising that the fight was escalating he summoned a Red Lightning Formation around themselves, powered down in an effort to calm himself and summoned the True Longinus before their fight resumed. Eventually Crom began accumulating too many injuries and started slowing down, which gave Bellerophon the opportunity to use senjutsu to gradually whittle down his strength until he couldn't stand anymore.

With the fight over Bellerophon proclaimed his victory before using senjutsu to realign Crom's inner energies. When the Irish Dragon finally managed to sit up after transforming back to his human form he asked him when he got that weapon and Bellerophon gave him a tiny smirk before confirming that it's a recent development. Getting up he joked that one day they'll have a rematch before he dropped the barrier and walked up to Micheal and the recently arrived Gabriel, who finished checking up on the members of DxD. Asking them what Qlippoth was looking for Micheal told him that Rizevim was looking for the apples from the tree of Eden.

After leaving Heaven he decided to visit Tiamat to keep her appraised on the general situation, including his construction of Aetherius and the location of the lunar portal. During his visit the Dragon King informed him that his Familiar had laid an egg but that the air of the Underworld was bad for its maturation and could possibly rot it away before it even hatched. Telling him that Tannin was currently taking care of that he thanked her and went looking for him. Once he found him the old Dragon explained than he gave the egg to DxD since the human world had the best conditions for the hatching of a Spectre Dragon and they could protect it.

Taking his leave he went looking for Moeru before teleporting with her to Kuoh to inspect the situation and found both Ophis and Lilith staring at the egg inside the late Issei's house. When asked what the were doing Ophis responded that she never saw a Dragon hatch before and was curious, with Lilith nodding along. Deciding to take advantage of the situation he searched for Rossweisse, who told him the current on-goings after the attack on Heaven and that a splinter group of the Church lead by Vasco Strada, who became dissatisfied with how the Angels allied with both the Devils and the Vampires, was now looking for a confrontation with DxD.

Deciding to leave Ophis and Lilith be for the time being he decided to go and spectate the fights between the two groups as soon as they started. Although witnessing the abilities of Dulio's Balance Breaker was extremely interesting, he found himself awed by the skills shown by Vasco Strada who was effortlessly engaging the rest of DxD with abilities he never expected from an 87-year-old human. As soon as the fight between Vasco and Arthur finished he began clapping and praised the swordsmen's abilities before refocusing his sharp gaze on Xenovia and ordered her to face off against the old exorcist.

During the following fight he sensed the approaching presence of Walburga but decided to hide in wait. Once she got there he appeared behind her as she was distracted by the others and used a senjutsu strike to put her out of commission. As soon as he kicked her form towards Dulio he noticed that a small purple flame remained on the ground and recognised it as the independent Longinus Incinerate Anthem. Picking up the Sacred Gear he nodded towards Vasco and melded with the shadows, leaving the area.

Once he got back to DxD's base he was met with the sight of Ophis and Lilith hugging the egg while Crom Cruach was standing with his back to the wall, seemingly waiting. Shrugging his shoulders he dropped off a few bags of food he acquired and gave a pair of bananas to the Dragon Gods before sitting back deciding to begin studying Incinerate Anthem, but quickly realising that he had little use for it. A few hours later Azazel entered the room and asked to speak with him alone. After throwing a glance at the others he rose up and followed the Fallen Angel, wondering as to what he wanted from him.

Once they reached an empty room Bellerophon cast a silencing rune and sat down on a chair with a smirk, nodding for the other man to do the same. After a few moments Azazel cut to the chase and asked him to help against Qlippoth before they could awaken Trihexa, but Bellerophon retorted by asking him why he should help in the first place, as rogue Devils were something their alliance should clean up on their own. Suddenly he was struck by a thought and told Azazel that he would assist in exchange for giving him custody of Jeanne from the Hero Faction, who was imprisoned after the attack on Ophis.

With a narrowed gaze Azazel asked him why he should do that but Bellerophon ignored the question by stating that it was the price for his collaboration. Mulling over it for a time Azazel finally acquiesced his request and gave him the coordinates for the base before calling ahead to tell them Bellerophon would come by to pick up a prisoner. Shaking the Fallen's hand Bellerophon created a portal and stepped through it, emerging in front of the holding facility.

As soon as the gates opened he entered and was met with the sight of the same Cadre he had met so long ago in England, Penemue, although it didn't look like she recognised him. On their way there he cracked a crude joke which finally broke the ice, only for her to retort with an even cruder reply. Laughing the duo walked down the hallways, trying to one up each other by using increasingly darker humor with the occasional flirt. As soon as they reached the holding cell he turned to her and told her that she hadn't changed any, and as soon as a confused expression blossomed on her face he equipped his Cloak of the Revenant before giving her a cheeky smile and walking in.

Once inside he closed the door to Penemue's weird expression and placed an array of runes to guarantee their privacy. Turning to the prisoner he noted that Jeanne looked worse for wear and sported a slightly vacant expression on her face, despite looking confused by his appearance, and he decided to partially remedy that with senjutsu. Now looking decidedly more aware and wary of him he removed the hood and asked her if she'd been appraised on the current events. Seeing her shake her head he sighed and proceeded to tell her of what transpired during her incarceration and when he concluded his retelling he asked her a question.

""Knowing all this, what do you make of this situation? If you were still out there, what would you do? What would the Hero Faction do? If you truly are an hero as you claimed to be, as you all claimed to be, then look me in the eye and tell me your thoughts." "...I had a lot of time to think during my stay here. I thought to myself, what is a hero? We thought that being the possessors of a certain hero's blood or a Sacred Gear we would be heroes ourselves, but we were wrong. Those who determine heroes are the people without power. Because they do not possess power they will seek those that do and decide who the heroes are. We all played a game of pretend...after all, we are only human. But if I were still out there I think I'd walk my own path, with my head held high, and strive to become the hero the masses claim for. That is my answer." "...Splendid. The path of the hero is a great labor. Do not ever mar it. You passed my test Jeanne.""

- Bellerophon and Jeanne

Smiling at her incredulous expression he told her that now they would depart the facility and that he was looking forward to see if she would succeed, before he sobered up and asked her to regroup with her faction as quickly as possible for the final assault drew near. Before leaving he took her hand and closed its fingers around Incinerate Anthem, claiming that it would be ironic for the Maiden of Orléans to possess the power of the burning cross.

The Book of Revelation
After leaving the area he went to Aetherius in order to finalize the design of its Sentinels and once done he started the production process, before traversing the lunar portal and teleporting to Kuoh. After getting there and having checked out the egg he was approached by Rias who told him that new intelligence just came in. Once they reached the main room the debriefing started and Kuroka told everyone that she just got back after confirming the approximate location of Agreas.

As soon as he got the location he looked Azazel in the eye and grinned before walking through a portal that led to Agreas' main plaza. Once there he saw the massive number of Evil Dragons flying overhead and decided to cull them with his own troops by opening a Promethean Rupture and having a few dozen Aetherius Sentinels pour through before ordering them to engage the enemies overhead. Dismissing the portal from which they came through he equipped the Abyssal Armor and True Longinus before he began running towards what he remembered being the Government's Building but he halted halfway there when he smelled the presence of a nasty Dragon nearby.

Changing direction he headed towards the Dragon he recognised as Níðhöggr and skipping the pleasantries he extended the shaft of the spear towards him and followed up the other's dodge with a punch that sent him flying through a line of buildings. Not wasting any time he jumped after him and reengaged whilst ignoring everything the latter said. Seeing as the Evil Dragon couldn't stand up to him at all he decided to finish the fight and stabbed the latter with True Longinus before firing off a beam of Holy Light from it, killing him. Without sparing him a thought he turned around towards the Office building only to be interrupted by a heavy hit from behind that sent him flying.

Looking back up he saw Níðhöggr standing tall without a scratch on his body before he started exuding a black miasma. Recognising the effect of the Phoenix tears he slashed at the latter with the spear and cut off a leg before he used Etherion, killing him. After he made sure that he truly was dead Bellerophon headed back towards Rizevim's aura, only to feel it disappear. Seeing as the Super-Devil left the area Bellerophon had no interest in continuing further and sat down on a boulder to better witness the fight between his Sentinels and the Dragons. Just as he was about to teleport to Kuoh he felt Vali's aura flaring against Rizevim's at the edge of his senses and by concentrating on the area he felt a response from the Sephiroth Graal, indicating the Trihexa was close by. Deciding to head there and make sure the Super-Devil stayed dead before the Imperial Beast awoke, Bellerophon summoned True Longinus and teleported there.

Once he got there he saw that Vali and Azazel were badly hurt while Rizevim still looked relatively fresh. Extending his anti-Teleportation field he flew at him with the spear extended, only for it to disappear upon contact with his opponent. After taking a punch to the chest that sent him flying he pulled back and studied his next course of action. As Rizevim began taunting him he ascertained that Trihexa was still sleeping in the next room before he gave the Devil a grin and asked him if he wanted to see "something cool". Seeing as Lucifer was playing along he positioned his arms with the bottom of his hands meeting and his little and index fingers pointing outwards before beginning his invocation.

"Unravelling seal, releasing limiters until maximal power has been achieved."

- Bellerophon unravelling the Power seal.

After he finished chanting the invocation he put his right hand on his stomach and twisted. Immediately after his power began to palpably climb and his body started cracking and bleeding all over while he maintained a disturbing grin on his face while staring at Rizevim, who had stopped laughing and began firing blasts at his form which he dispelled by covering himself into a thick aura of Anti-Magic flames. After he passed the level of Heavenly Dragon he began convulsing and finally exploded, revealing his True form in its humanoid state.

At this point his mere presence was enough to make the others pale and break out into a cold sweat. Before Rizevim started speaking he was already behind him with a hand outstretched, having ran it through the Devil's abdomen with the intention of forcing him to call upon the power of Sephiroth Graal to heal himself. When the other finally summoned it he ripped off the arm holding the cup and stomped on his head, shattering it on the ground. Ignoring the other two he turned the corpse into dust and walked inside the generator room only to find the sleeping Trihexa in its middle. When the other two joined him a recording of Rizevim's voice started and the Imperial Beast began waking up.

{Note: I probably won't continue further until vol 22 gets translated.}