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 of the 7 of the Morea, and he was conscripted in the army whose aim was to restore 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 opponents 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 that deserved to vanish from the face of creation. 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 quickly 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 she revealed the reason for his supernatural abilities: being 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, Rune Symbols and Transformation Magic, together with Supernatural History and Creatures.

In the spring of 1425, while he was out hunting game, the cottage was attacked and, once he returned, Bellerophon 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 magical trail for a few days he finally reached their lair, a decrepit cemetery that currently housed the vampires underneath the catacombs. After using his magical knowledge to animate bone golems as helpers, Bellerophon immediately proceeded to flood the caves with the intention of forcing the undead outside and fight him at the mouth of the cave. After massacring the entire cabal in a rage, children included, he decided to quickly leave the area and travel with the intention finding a direction for his life. Bellerophon travelled along the Silk Road towards the far East, occasionally working as a mercenary and supernatural exterminator, while seeking to further his instruction in the magical arts.

In 1439, after sensing a powerful and familiar presence, he witnessed the Prison Dragon Vritra flying in the distance, headed towards the Himalayas. Determined to meet and question his supposed "father" in regards to his disappearance, Bellerophon made haste towards the snowy peaks.

Once there however he was met with the sight of a slain Vritra underneath a triumphant Indra, who recognised Bellerophon's presence and called him out to speak. After learning that his draconic father was blocking the Himalayan 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 usually born to weaker members of the Dragon race, him being the first to be born to such a powerful Dragon, making him "bound to be interesting". Before departing with Vritra's carcass, the King of Gods gifted the Greek warrior with the Dragon's stinger, declaring himself curious as to what he would do with it, and told him to travel to Mount Sumeru and to look for "a monkey".

After almost a year passed since he spoke to Indra, Bellerophon finally reached the peak of Mount Sumeru and found the "monkey" the Hindu deity spoke of. Introducing himself as Sun Wukong, the monkey-looking Buddha asked for Bellerophon's purpose and, when the warrior said that Indra sent him, he told him that his was not a purpose but something he was told to do by another. Despite this, the former Yōkai allowed the half-Dragon to remain in the temple until he found his purpose in life, eventually teaching him advanced combat techniques, how to meditate and use senjutsu, how to make and dispel various barriers and runes and more. After years spent at the temple with the Yōkai-turned-Buddha and occasionally the Dragon King Yu Long, who instructed him in his more 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 quickly identified his as a fellow God, theorising that the Titan's blood must have reacted with his body because of his ancestry.

Nevertheless, he proceeded to forge him a new sword, which he named Dragonfang, and armored suit from the carcass of Vritra, quenching the blade in Kronos's blood to cool it down, thus giving it both God- and Dragon-slaying abilities.

Having decided to wander the world yet again in an effort to reconnect with humanity after his long absence, Bellerophon packed his things and teleported towards Western Europe, which he always wanted to visit but couldn't because he was being pursued by the Church.

Once he reached England under the cover of his cloak he quickly set off towards an area close by where he smelled a previously 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.

After resting for the night at the local inn he quickly set off towards the most likely place where he could find the responsible entity: the limestone gorge known as Troller's Gill. Before even arriving he was met with the pungent smell of sulphur, no doubt signifying the nature of the accused. The assailant made itself known as Barghest.

Quickly summoning Dragonfang, Bellerophon made swift work of the spectral hound and after collecting whatever ingredients he could from the corpse of the beast he made his way towards the town, without noticing that he was being watched.

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. Bellerophon however sensed that this person was a wizard, and coupled with the gem on his sword shining from the malicious intent he decided to humuor him. As soon as they left the borders of the countryside the man cast a sleep spell on the Dragon God who, feeling terribly amused, decided to play along to see what the warlock planned. After "waking" up he was subjected to the warlock monologuing about his plans for the town and how much pain he'd inflict on the wanderer, before the door to the hovel exploded in splinters and an armored figure came inside. The garments leaving no doubt to his identity, the exorcist immediately lunged at the magician with the intent of killing him. While the two figures traded blows and spells respectively, 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 eldritch power while casting a sleep spell on the slack-jawed exorcist. He immediately began looking through the mage's library for Grimoires on Black magic and the likes, immediately finding a few behind a shoddy concealment rune.

After a few hours of study however 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, with an aura that screamed Devil.

As soon as he saw the magician he was contracted with dead on the ground and a hooded man staring at him with nonchalance, 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 whatever patience he had, the Devil surreptitiously summoned a barrier around the hovel before attacking the unknown killer with low-level spells. Dodging the assault the Dragon switched the cloak for his new armor, which he dubbed "Godslayer Armor", before leaping at the surprised Devil, who had by now recognised the power of the armored figure and began using his Power of Hole to redirect the enemy's magic back at him.

The effort was for naught however as the warrior quickly covered the distance while distracting the Devil with weak blasts of fire, stabbing him in the leg with Dragonfang. The now downed opponent with his face contorted by pain and fear began pleading for his life, which Bellerophon acquiescenced in exchange for the knowledge he'd have imparted to the dark mage and the specifics on his Power of Hole. Having gotten what he wanted he let the snivelling man leave before removing the sleep magic from the exorcist and tampering with his memory, making him believe to have killed the warlock by himself.

After changing into his cloak Bellerophon left the town on foot, headed North, before a holy presence made itself known to him.

Having guessed that this was in response to the relatively powerful Devil he dealt with earlier, Bellerophon decided to adopt a wait-and-see approach out of curiosity. He waited patiently over a rock by the side of the road, letting the other entity scout out the hovel. After a while a figure with ten jet-black wings emerged from the house, looking around before spotting his masked visage staring at her.

Calmly making her way over to him, the figure revealed herself as a slim but curvaceous young woman, with long, dark blue colored hair and golden eyes. Introducing herself as Penemue she immediately asked him what had happened in this place, to which Bellerophon responded that he didn't know. Smiling knowingly and pointing out the still lingering traces of blood in his footprints, Penemue amusedly asked him if he was sure.

Chuckling at his blunder and commenting that he must've gotten rusty without practice, Bellerophon gave her an overview of what happened, omitting all the details of his actions, and asked he in turn what she would do now. Having felt no deceit from his words but still disbelieving over the fact that a powerless human got the best of a Devil, Penemue asked for his name but only received a smile in return before the masked figure began fading backwards, breaking down into cubes.

Penemue immediately left the area to report about the event at the Grigori HQ, while thinking about how she couldn't feel anything from that person.

The Land of Snow
Having sorted out his business in England and being unwilling to remain so close to where he first 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 finally 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 identified him as a fellow Dragon and asked what the masked figure was doing, before falling asleep mid-sentence.

Having decided to test out his new equipment and see what it could do, Bellerophon blasted the Dragon's form with a weak blast to wake him up before reequipping his Godslayer Armor and Dragonfang, before leaping towards the Dragon King. Countering the Dragon's fire breath with his own black fire, but 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. In an attempt to make the other Dragon release him Bellerophon wreathed his body in cursed black fire, forcing the opponent to let go of him or incinerate his mouth.

The fight ended after the Black Swordsman plunged his blade into Midgardsormr's body. In pain for the Dragon-slaying blade that was stabbed into his side, the Dragon King decide to pull back and observe his adversary, who levitated above water. Declaring that their fight was boring him, Bellerophon reequipped his Cloak of the Revenant and bid the other Dragon a good day before teleporting to the coast.

Bellerophon pondered on what approach he should take next, sure that at least one Norse God saw him fight the Dragon King. Having decided that walking would probably be perceived as the least threatening behaviour to adopt in foreign land, Bellerophon made his way towards the closest concentration of magical energy, which was a couple dozen kilometers away.

Trying to get a better idea of what he was going up against he concentrated on the magical signature and recognised traces of divinity in it, leading him to believe that a Valkyrie dwelled 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 the Valkyrie.

After a few hours of dredging through the snow he came upon the Norse warrior, which seemed to have been waiting for him for some time, if the amount of snow on her shoulders was any indication. Making his movements deliberately noisy he carefully approached the equally covered figure, jokingly commenting that she was stealing his look but receiving no response. Before he could react the Norse warrior lunged at him and planted a fist in his gut, throwing him back through a tree. Winded from the punch he barely brought up his sword in time to stop the Valkyrie from bisecting him at the waist.

As soon as the Norse woman got into casting position, giving him a breather, he reequipped his armor and began casting a firestorm spell with the intent of pushing back the woman.

After questioning her on the reasons for the unprovoked attack and receiving no response, Bellerophon concluded that he'd have to beat the answers out of her. The two immediately began trading blows and spells alike, surprising him more and more that she could keep up with him, estimating her to be at least a High-level Dragon, probably more. Determining that at his current power he'd be unable to win the fight in a timely manner, if at all, he swung his sword at the ground, creating a wide fissure under the Valkyrie.

Having been caught by surprise at the loss of her footing she was unprepared for the black swordsman's leap, who cleared the distance before slicing her pole weapon and hitting her head with his gauntlet, knocking her down and forming a crater. Before she could regain her bearings she found the enemy's sword pointed at the back of her neck.

Stating that this was her last chance, Bellerophon yet again 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, uncaring of what happened to 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: she taught him Norse magic and he taught her bits and pieces of several magic schools he researched throughout the years.

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 here. After bidding his Norse friend goodbye and promising to return one day, he teleported to his new destination: the Underworld. Bad memories of his time in Tartarus kept him away from here before but now he felt it necessary to confront his personal demons. Rematerialising 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 sensed abnormally powerful signatures and concluded that this must be one of the famous Familiar forests. Given that a familiar could prove useful in the future, as a pet if nothing else, 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 and purple blur shot past him, disappearing in the forest ahead. Smelling the scent of Dragon he began jogging while tracking the little animal.

Feeling it about to take another pass at him he grabbed the cape just as a purple bolt whizzed past his head, throwing the cloth in the Dragon's trajectory only to see the little being dodge it and fly away. By now Bellerophon decided that that Dragon would be his no matter what and accepted the creatures challenge 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 the attention of every sensor in a dozen kilometers radius. As soon as he felt the diminutive blur initiating another one of its bombing runs he summoned a blue cylindrical barrier a hundred feet across on his position, trapping them inside. Knowing that it wouldn't be long before someone came checking Bellerophon lunged at the vanishing form of his prey, grabbing it by the tail and keeping it suspended while chuckling 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, noting that they were the same color as his own, before the diminutive form licked his hand. Taking that as a sign of approval he placed a small rune on the back of its head to act as a summoning anchor before placing the small animal on his shoulder, feeling it drape itself over it. Immediately he noticed a presence prodding his own and getting closer. Cursing himself for having lost his awareness while chasing the newly dubbed Moeru, Bellerophon quickly sent the small Dragon away from the area while he prepared to confront the owner of the draconic aura. As his cloak proved mostly useless against the Sleeping Dragon Midgardsormr, Bellerophon decided to confront the individual that was closing in on him with his Godslayer Armor already on and Dragonfang resting against his shoulder.

The dark purple form landed, creating a tremor upon impact, before standing up at about 15 meters tall with yellow horns. Introducing himself as Tannin, former Dragon King, he asked what what his name was, to which Bellerophon responded that he hadn't decided yet but 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 the Chaos Karma Dragon Tiamat, Bellerophon joyfully declared this to be a three way battle from now on, with Tannin enthusiastically agreeing.

Eventually the fight ended after what seemed like hours, 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 claim 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, walking away swaying her hips. Smiling in response and telling her that he'd definitely do that, Bellerophon rose up and departed in the opposite direction while wearing a smile on his face and the Cloak of the Revenant on his body.

The Land of the Rising Sun
In the year 1823 Bellerophon finally reappeared in the human world, after having visited the entire Underworld, including the Realm of the Dead, Limbo, Purgatory, Malebolge and the river Cocytus, plus many other dimensions including the one housing the Hindu deities. Deciding to visit the Far East, Bellerophon opted to start from the land of Japan. Arriving to the city of Kyoto he quickly found that cutpurses were a thing even on the other side of the planet. Having felt the presence of a leyline under the city he deduced that there must be Yōkai around and began sniffing the air for their location. Once he located them he made his way over there while evading the armed forces that patrolled the city. Sensing a barrier he deduced that he was in the right place and entered without bothering to bypass it. Soon after he was approached by a squad of Karasu-Tengu that demanded what his business was in the Yōkai capital, to which he responded by saying that he was but a wanderer that came to visit the land.

Not believing him they made to arrest him, claiming that they would bring him to the Leader of their faction in Kyoto and that he would render judgment on whether he was lying or not. Amused he decided to follow their lead. Walking through the city he quickly attracted the attention of many Yōkai, especially female ones to which he flirtatiously winked now and then. 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. Taking his measure of him, Bellerophon quickly concluded that this must be one of the Great Yōkai that are said to rival Ultimate-class Devils in power.

Sitting down the way Sun Wukong taught him so many time ago 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 control with senjutsu, to which he smirked saying that he had a good teacher. After dismissing the guards, much to their protests, 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 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 finally decided to confront his stalker, who turned out to be a child. The shrouded form asked him to bring her with, to which Bellerophon snorted. Feeling in a good mood he decided to ask the girl to provide him a good reason for bringing him with him. The girl quickly told him that she could hunt, to which he responded by saying that he didn't need to eat. Her offers to train him in senjutsu were also met with failure. Having almost given up she offered her help as a guide and company for the journey, which interested him. He finally said she could come but only if she told him why. As she began to speak a man showed up on the road, human, quickly making his way over to them. The young girl hid behind Bellerophon's frame and he quickly understood that the reason just showed up.

Putting on what passed for a welcoming smile he greeted the man, remarking on the weather. The other person stilled for a moment to process those words before he saw the child and began glaring. Claiming that the girl was his he demanded her back, before Bellerophon turned around ignoring him and asked the diminutive form 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 telling him to move or else. Extremely amused at his blustering, Bellerophon made a face and gestured for the man to come and get it, to which he obliged.

Pulling out a strange contraption of wood and metal, the man pointed it at him before fire propelled a sphere of metal at him. Being caught by surprise by the unknown attack, Bellerophon barely dodged the bullet before covering the distance between them in the blink of an eye, grabbing the man's face and slamming it down in the ground, killing him. Ignoring the cries of the girl he picked up the weapon the man used, inspected it and put it away in his reequip space 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 (ウンブラ) 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 in Tokyo, something Bellerophon wasn't too enthusiastic about but understood. Kissing her forehead and hugging, they finally parted ways after exchanging a pair of platinum rings with an inscription that he had acquired some time before.

In the year 1883 Bellerophon took to travelling again, having decided to head south and explore the islands in the Pacific Ocean, starting with Indonesia. After reaching Vietnam he felt a powerful draconic signature headed his way and he swiftly summoned his gear, preparing for the worst. In front of him landed a red armored form with green jewels claiming to be Belzard, the strongest Red Dragon Emperor who had defeated two White Dragon Emperors by himself. Sneering at the posturing he told the other man to quit his boast and fight him already, to which he obliged. They quickly began trading blows while Bellerophon used a telepathic link to meet with Draig, who seemed surprised by the intrusion and at the fact that such a powerful Dragon missed his notice for so long.

Outside the fight kicked up a notch when the human began firing blasts of energy and the Dragon responded with his own arsenal, while 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 began to chant and Bellerophon removed his armor, beginning to power-up. While the human finally entered Juggernaut Drive, Bellerophon unveiled his new form: a partial transformation which allowed him to reach Heavenly Dragon-class and 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 they grappled and smashed down on an island in what he assumed to be Indonesia.

Having decided that the fight had gone on for too long he determined to end it now by using his full power in that form. Flying quickly into the air he began the process of powering up, surrounding himself into a cocoon of Anti-Magic Aura just in case his opponent thought of interrupting him, before gathering all his powers into a spot above his extended fingertip. Feeling a blast smashing into his barrier to no effect he began cackling maliciously.

Finally the process was complete and he revealed a massive white sphere that he sent crashing down against the form of the Red Dragon Emperor, who was again smashed onto the volcano, destroying the island in a titanic blast that blinded him with its glare and finally causing the mountain to erupt, submerging them in ash and lava. Seeing as his opponents presence vanished he deemed the fight concluded, but unnerved at the scale of the damage they had caused Bellerophon swiped his clawed hand and tore a hole into reality, headed for the Dimensional Gap to think about what to do next.

The Black Dragons
After a few years in which Bellerophon perfected his Dragonoid from he finally decided to leave and 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 after kissing her on the forehead 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 draconic presence made itself known to him, forcing him to equip his fighting gear with a sigh.

It wasn't long before 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 told him to wait for a moment, during which he removed his gear and entered his Dragonoid form. Receiving a borderline maniacal grin from Crom the two quickly sped forwards and collided, generating a powerful shockwave around themselves which ripped the land to pieces.

Finding this opponent much more challenging than his previous one made Bellerophon cackle in delight before praising Crom's power and ability, who returned the compliment. 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, up in the sky and descending rapidly towards the ground. Fascinated by the fact that he couldn't sense any kind of aura coming from it, Bellerophon was unprepared when the object suddenly exploded in a massive fireball, blinding him and almost making him deaf from the volume of the explosion.

The two of them spent a couple minutes on the ground before Crom Cruach got up with bleary eyes and saw that Bellerophon had sat up, although his eyes were destroyed by the flash of light and heat. He was caught unprepared by the other dragon suddenly lunging at him and resuming their fight despite the obvious blindness, although it became clear that he was no longer capable of keeping up with his opponent, something that he remedied 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 to determine who is the strongest between them, getting an enthusiastic reply from the other man. 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. During his time inside the Dimensional Gap Bellerophon trained extensively to better control his power in his True form, while also 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 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 so called "subordinates" would make her pay for it. Smiling, she told him that it was impossible and he scoffed, 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 she felt the body she was resting on shrinking and evaporating, leaving Bellerophon in his depowered form floating close to her and Moeru, before he placed his hands on her shoulders. Suddenly he asked her where he should travel next, and she told him to go where he had never went yet. Being a toss-up between the American continent and the African one, Ophis chose America for him on the grounds that he never mentioned going to the continent ever since he heard of its discovery so long ago.

With his mind made he spent some more time with Ophis, just talking and catching up with what the other one had been doing, before setting out by teleporting towards the northern part with the intention of descending. 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. Channeling his senjutsu to navigate the storm he barely dodged in time the tail of the creature that snuck up on him. Deploying a barrier to keep the snow away he got his first look at the enemy being, 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 him 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 dance 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 concentration of humans he could find. Once there he saw something he didn't expect, carriages without horses that were still capable of moving without any magic involved. Dumbfounded he observed them and the people inside, trying to garner as much information on the novel contraptions without appearing as a fool. Once satisfied he went to a local tavern and ordered something to fill his stomach, as soon as he began eating his steak 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 but no such luck.

Beauty and the Beast
Sitting down in front of him Bellerophon saw a beautiful blonde woman with curly blonde hair, voluptuous figure and a truly 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. Turning back to the blonde, who still hadn't stopped smiling, he cleaned his mouth before taking a guess at her identity, claiming that with that much power she could only be Gabriel, and seeing her face light up he must've guessed right.

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 she decided to investigate, which led to him. Feeling playful he asked for her conclusions, to which she adopted a thinking pose before answering that she felt him as a neutral being, who was both light and dark but who kept most of his persona hidden, even from himself.

Smirking, but not acknowledging whether her analysis was correct or not, he decided to tell her that he planned on travelling this continent for a while, seeing as he had never done so before and he was curious. 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 but only 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 paid for the meal with some currency that he had appropriated before asking the bartender what the best method for travelling south was. Having decided to spend the night here, as the blizzard was still going on outside, Bellerophon headed for the "bus stop" with the intention of trying out one of these vehicles he was so curious about, only to see a very familiar blonde head waiting for him outside the door.

Giving him a childlike smile Gabriel went on to explain that she was allowed to travel with him but that she'd have to go back if her presence was required. Not having expected her being actually allowed 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 for hours before they noticed that everyone had already left and the driver asked them where they were planning to dismount. Deciding that this city was as good a place as any to kickstart their journey, Bellerophon and Gabriel dismounted the bus and started walking around the city, taking in the sights.

Bellerophon concluded that it was very nice to travel again with someone, and Gabriel in particular. She had this presence to her that made his whole life feel lighter somehow. He suspected it must be because of her angelic status but maybe it was just her personality and carefree demeanor, but either way he found himself not caring one bit. They spent the following years like this, travelling from place to place, meeting new people and learning their customs. The spiritual life of the Native Americans was interesting although they themselves didn't follow it so much anymore, which was a shame. If there was one thing he didn't like about the technological progression humanity went through was the "death" of all these small cultures in favor of a massive globalised one.

Eventually they crossed the border and entered the southern part of the American continent, intent on traversing the vast Amazonian jungle and maybe meeting a few of the local tribes. During their travels they found themselves more often than not sleeping together in the same tent, although nothing ever happened as Bellerophon knew not to push that way unless he wanted to either alienate her or worse, make her fall, while Gabriel seemed to regard him as a great friend of hers and nothing more.

Deal with the Devil
One night before going to sleep he felt a distinct feeling originating from his ring, the one he gave Umbra more than a century and a half ago. Telling Gabriel that he'd be back soon and to wait for him he teleported close to where he felt the ring's matching pair and saw a sight he'd never imagined. Right in front of his eyes a spit copy of his foster daughter was running in tears and firing spells at an army of Devils. Deciding to trust his instincts he quickly formed a small bullet at the tip of his index and middle fingers, shooting it right through a Devil's head and attracting everyone's attention in the process.

Gesturing to the Nekoshō to get behind him, to which she reluctantly agreed with a wide-eyed expression, he turned fully towards the Devils and asked them to convince him not to kill them all. Although still angry at the death of their companion they also recognized the power of the individual in front of them, opting for diplomacy instead of force. They told him that they were tracking a fugitive that killed her master and his entire peerage after going insane from using senjutsu.

Being a nearly unrivalled master of the art he had his doubts such a thing would happen and asked the girl behind him what her version was, to which she answered in a trembling voice that she killed her master because he was going to experiment on her little sister and she couldn't let that happen. Feeling that both sides were telling him the truth he decided, on the grounds of his ties towards Umbra, to tell the Devils that he would be dealing the appropriate punishment himself and that they should take what they could get.

Feeling insulted they resumed their approach, malicious intent filling the air, causing him to sigh before generating six spheres of light and shooting them around the Devils. Before they could reach them he activated the barrier spell, Red Lightning Formation, which caused six beams of red light to shoot towards the sky before the actual barrier emerged from the ground, boxing them in.

Then he switched from his cloak to the armor and initiated his inexorable approach, which ended with him destroying the opposition with just his fists and kicks, all the while insulting their ability and calling them worthless in several languages, to better get the point across. Once everyone was on the ground he made sure not to have killed someone by accident before he grabbed the Nekoshō and took her to Kyoto, where she could take a breather for a while without Devils breathing down her neck.

Immediately upon arriving she jumped away from him, asking what he wanted with her, to which he pointedly looked at her ring before asking her if she knew what that was. At her uncomprehending expression he responded that that particular ring was his gift to his foster daughter Umbra and that her having it, along with looking like a spit copy of her, means that she is a descendant of hers and that 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.

Telling her that he'd make sure she wouldn't die, but nothing more than that, they parted ways. Kuroka heading fast towards the Yōkai side of the city and Bellerophon going 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 ruined mansion where Kuroka told him she used to reside in with her sister.

Tracking the small Yōkai with a mixture of scent and senjutsu, Bellerophon finally arrived at the building where her fate would be decided. Infiltrating it easily with the Cloak of the Revenant he quickly found out that there was a hearing going on to determine the child's fate. When a recess was called he decided to persuade the judge in charge, which coincidentally was the same Super-Devil he met all those years ago.

"Who i am is not important. My message is."

- Bellerophon to Sirzechs Lucifer

Sneaking up on him from behind, Bellerophon greeted the Devil while sitting on a balcony nearby, making him jump slightly at the voice. Turning around Sirzechs saw the hooded figure and summoned up his power of destruction asking who he was and what he wanted. Telling that it wouldn't be a smart idea to dispose of the child, he asked the Satan if he truly didn't have a better idea. Still unnerved by the fact that someone with no apparent presence could sneak up on him, Sirzechs responded that he had a plan. Inclining his head the stranger broke up into cubes and disappeared, only to reappear on the ceiling of the room where the child, Shirone, would be judged. None being the wiser the hearing proceeded until the judge decided that he would be taking care of the Nekoshō personally.

Curious he followed undetected until it was revealed that his little sister, Rias Gremory, would be taking her into her own Peerage with an Evil Piece. Making sure that Sirzechs could see him one last time before leaving, Bellerophon teleported back to Kuroka and told her what transpired. With relief flooding her voice, she hugged his midsection and thanked him for looking out for her little sister, hoping that Rias would be a better master than her own. Telling her to go to Mount Sumeru and drop his name to an old monkey if she had nothing better to do, Bellerophon bade her good luck before rising in the air and flying away, looking forward to concluding his unexpectedly pleasant trip with the female Seraph.

Since there was plenty of time left yet he decided to take the scenic route and fly over the islands on the Pacific Ocean on his way to South America. As soon as Gabriel arrived they immediately resumed their trip through the Amazon Forest. A couple years later, when they finally reached the tip of Patagonia and embraced each other, Bellerophon decided to give Gabriel a gift to commemorate the splendid 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, while keeping its twin himself.

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 in good faith. After reaching the Holy place they began their tour undisturbed, given who the woman was. They even met Dulio Gesualdo, someone who was fast-tracked to becoming the strongest exorcist, Vasco Strada and Griselda Quarta, two of the strongest exorcists currently alive.

The Ancient Land
After parting ways Bellerophon decided to visit the land of Egypt, specifically the old structures like the Pyramids. Having arrived after dusk he decided to head straight away to the pyramids and enter them under the cover of the night. Careful not to be seen he infiltrated the old structure, looking for hidden rooms or magic sources and soon enough he detected the presence of both.

Homing in he used his Dematerialization Space Migration to arrive into place, only to find himself face to face with a Sphinx. The mythological beast immediately woke up and 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 for Bellerophon to answer, give up or fight. 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 chamber from which he had begun, and proceeding more and more downward with each step he took. Eventually, after what must've been hours, Bellerophon reached a large room with a pedestal in its center, and atop of it what seemed to be a book. Wary of traps, Bellerophon began channeling his senjutsu to study the chamber, finding several spears and runes on the walls, ceiling and floor, leaving 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, almost as if an avalanche of gravel was released from the top of the stairs with the intent of blocking him here. Summoning a basic barrier around himself to stop the flow of rock from reaching him, together with the spears and runes, Bellerophon sat down and began to read what he discovered to his delight 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, no matter how many translation matrixes he used. Having concluded that there was some kind of magic involved here he began to scan 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 to unveil his newest transformation, Bellerophon put the book back on the pedestal before taking a step back and being enveloped by what looked like black and gold dust. Once the dust 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 as day 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 white haired girl, a crucifix, a black feather 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 it wasn't farfetched to consider those visions a premonition. He recognized the white girl as Shirone, and that gauntlet was definitely the Boosted Gear, but he had no idea where either of those things were at the moment. While the girl was interesting because she was one of the last of her race and a member of Rias Gremory's Peerage, it was the Sacred Gear that would attract the most attention from other supernatural beings.

Just as he was about to leave the chamber via teleportation his necklace began to act up. Knowing what it meant he left intending to find out what Gabriel wanted. He reformed and found her alone on a balcony in the Vatican, with a sad expression on her face, which immediately brightened when she saw him appearing, telling him that he had perfect timing and embracing him. Not feeling like telling her just how he knew when to appear, he put his chin on her head and asked what got her so down.

Apparently a child of the Church, a nun with a Sacred Gear to be specific, had to be banished for healing a Devil because of her kindness. She told him that she was worried about her being picked up by Fallen Angels, 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 girl, Asia Argento, was going to she embraced him again, thanking him from the bottom of her heart for his help. Not used to these displays, Bellerophon got flustered and replied that he’d be back quickly with news as soon as he learned of what was going on. Teleporting to Kuoh Town in Japan before he made a fool of himself he immediately dove into a lake outside town to calm down.

Once he was done he decided to scout out the place before the nun arrived, while keeping a close eye for the Devil signatures he felt at the edge of his senses. After finding a nice apartment to occupy for the moment he donned his Cloak of the Revenant, just to make sure, and left towards the Devils currently living in this town, intent on finding out what kind of beings they were. To his surprise he recognized two of them immediately: Rias Gremory and Shirone. Now convinced that his vision was indeed a premonition, 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, albeit extremely weak ones.

Not liking the situation one bit, he decided to go back his apartment when he sniffed a Dragon's presence, and a weak one at that, here in Kuoh. Surreptitiously summoning his familiar Moeru, he wasted no time in instructing it to track down the dragon. Once they arrived in place he found that the presence actually came from a kid, a dying kid with the Boosted Gear at that. Just as he was about to approach and heal the human a red sigil appeared, from which a familiar figure emerged, and soon began to chant something before pushing what looked like a bunch of chess pieces inside him.

Promptly unsettled by what he had just witnessed, he decided to sleep it off and figure it out tomorrow. 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 very young nun dismounted a disguised Fallen Angel began to follow her at a distance, making him sigh.

Deciding to see how the situation would evolve he stalked the nun while keeping an eye on the poorly disguised fallen. Who she thought she was fooling was beyond him at this point, as she wasn’t even trying to suppress her presence. When they reached a nearby park things got more interesting when the boy he could have sworn died yesterday night in that precise spot met up with the nun. His baffling reached previously unknown limits when the Fallen decided to brazenly reveal herself in what was clearly a Devil-held city, right in front of a Devil who apparently she had killed the night before.

Once she was done mocking him the woman left flying in direction of the dilapidated church with Asia in tow. After summoning Moeru and telling her to stalk the boy and report what his master decided to do, Bellerophon left in the direction of the holy place intent on finding out what the Fallen Angels had planned.

A Night to Remember
Bellerophon managed to effortlessly infiltrate the old building and overhear their plan to extract the Sacred Gear from the nun come midnight, while the child was sitting on a bench with a crestfallen expression on her face, looking like someone who gave up on life and was waiting to die. Having heard enough he swiftly accelerated through the Aisle of the church, planted a tracking rune on the nun and disappeared without anyone seeing anything, which was pretty sad in his opinion.

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 for this he instead sought out the Exorcists from his last visit, finding 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.

Once there he decided to return to his apartment and wait for midnight, or until the rune he placed on the nun gave a signal. Just before midnight his familiar Moeru came back with Gabriel's message: bring back Asia to the Vatican. Grinning he equipped his armor and sword before calmly leaving the apartment, likely for the last time. Once he reached the church though 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.

Sprinting towards the church with his sword drawn, helmet on and mantle fluttering in the wind, Bellerophon decided to forgo all subtlety and smash through walls and opposition alike on his way to Asia. Once he reached the inner sanctum he let loose his Umbrakinesis, binding everyone to the floor while he sprinted up the stairs, catching the brunette Fallen Angel's face with his gauntlet and smashing it into the wall, causing her head to explode in a shower of blood.

Before anyone gathered their wits he summoned a Blue Flame Formation around the crucifix while he worked to take the wide-eyed nun down, whispering to her that God heard her prayers and sent him to save her, causing her to cry. While this was happening, the devils finished the fight and approached the barrier, together with Rias Gremory and another unknown girl.

The boy who died yesterday, Issei Hyōdō, began screaming Asia's name before punching the barrier and igniting his hand, that luckily for him was protected by the Boosted Gear's gauntlet. Telling them all to calm down, Bellerophon simply told Rias that "someone high enough in the food chain" wanted Asia back in the Vatican. Hearing this Rias acknowledged his explanation with a nod, but Issei wouldn't hear it.

Exasperated 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. Before leaving he stared at the Yōkai for a moment before shaking his head and saying aloud that she really looked nothing like her sister, making her eyes widen and Rias' narrow.

Bellerophon and Asia immediately left the premises only to reappear in front of Vasco Strada and Gabriel, who immediately sighed in relief before Gabriel greeted the nun, telling her that she'd be bringing her back with her now. Giving Bellerophon a warm embrace she left with the still shell-shocked little girl in tow.

Let's get down to business...
After getting his business sorted out 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 though he never told or shown her his actual powers. 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 wannabe-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. At least he got the opportunity to better study the group, and Shirone in particular, confirming that she truly wasn't using youjutsu or senjutsu, not even passively. Making up his mind he decided to go visit Rias tomorrow in order to explain what happened the other day and maybe find out why a Nekoshō wasn't using her natural weapons.

When he finally felt ready for it, Bellerophon reappeared into Kuoh Town and headed towards the Academy, even though he sensed an abnormally powerful presence inside the Occult Research Club, around Satan-class if he had to give an estimate. Deciding to explore the grounds better while he waited for that presence to leave, Bellerophon found out that the other group in the academy was lead by a Sona Sitri, and if Tiamat wasn't wrong that meant that the sisters of two Satans attended school in the same town. The potential for disaster was definitely there, all the more reason for him to hang around.

Once he felt the presence leave he teleported just outside the club, bypassed the sensing wards in place and knocked at the door. After waiting for a while, no doubt to figure out why no one sensed anything, the door opened to find a blonde kid behind it. With a guarded expression the blonde asked what he wanted, and Bellerophon replied that an audience with person in charge of this territory would be nice, giving a grin. Staring at me in askance for a moment, the teen finally moved from the door and admitted him entry to the building, announcing his presence to Rias.

Finally entering the room he found Rias Gremory with the raven-haired woman beside her. Greeting her Bellerophon wasted no time by explaining that he was here to give her a better explanation of what happened the other night at the church. With a look of realization she identified him as the Black Swordsman from the other night, to which he nodded before telling her that he was sent as an agent in order to retrieve the nun from the Fallen Angels and bring her back to the Vatican unharmed, advising her to tell that kid with the Boosted Gear that she is safe for his peace of mind.

After receiving a nod of acknowledgement Bellerophon, still with his hood on, told her that his next question was a personal matter for him, and proceeded to ask her how Shirone was doing. Watching her eyes imperceptibly widen before narrowing, Bellerophon immediately sensed the power increase coming from the red-head, the tensing of the other girl's frame, the blonde pulling out a sword and the stillness of the girl in question behind him. Pulling up his hands in the universal sign of peace he explained to them that he wanted to reassure himself that her master was better than Kuroka's.

Seeing the uncomprehending expression on her face though made him stop, before asking what they were told of the incident. Receiving a blank expression from Rias he decided to try his luck with the petite girl behind him by slowly rising from his seat and crouching in front of her. By this point the King too had risen, ready to protect her servants from the Hooded Man if necessary, but he had no intention of doing anything of the sort, instead repeating the question to the wide-eyed Nekoshō.

After a moment of silence she quietly responded, almost whispering, that her sister went insane because of senjutsu and massacred her King and peerage both before fleeing. Turning around to Rias he asked if she too heard the same thing, and seeing her not he released a sigh before standing up and speaking to her again.

"Well, the bad news is that Kuroka DID kill her King and Peerage, marking herself as a Stray. The good news is that the reason for her doing so is vastly different from the official one."

- Bellerophon to Shirone

Before leaving he commented that the likelihood of a Nekoshō going insane from senjutsu usage is about the same as a Devil developing a Halo. Laughing at his own joke he told a shell-shocked Yōkai that if she wanted to learn senjutsu she could ask him for help before he left the city. Before teleporting away he tipped his head at everyone and then broke up into cubes.

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.

...to Defeat...the Phenex!
The following morning he got up from bed and immediately noticed the Familiar staring at him from the window before blasting off, presumably to its Master. Now either nothing would happen, he'd be attacked, he'd be summoned to the ORC and "forced" to speak of what he knew, or he'd be visited by Shirone asking for training. Deciding to get some breakfast instead of waiting around for them to decide, Bellerophon went to a nearby café and ordered something to eat while he waited.

Roughly half an hour later he pulled on the hood just as a small white haired girl plopped down on the seat in front of him, silently watching her hands and not saying anything. Pushing a brioche her way, he decided to wait until she built up some courage and asked her question. After nibbling the treat away the Yōkai finally decided to look him in the eye and told him that their peerage was to fight in a Rating Game in a little more than a week, and the result of it would decide if Rias would marry someone or not, and from her tone he gathered that this someone was hardly a good choice for her Master. Finally she asked him to train her in senjutsu for the match and, after explaining that in so little time he could only teach her the basics, Bellerophon and Shirone, or rather Koneko, left for the Familiar forest.

Once there Bellerophon reequipped his training robes, revealing his face to Koneko and introducing himself as Bellerophon. Giving the girl more appropriate training garments the two began their long training session, where Bellerophon not only taught her how to use senjutsu safely, which came naturally to her, but also advanced combat techniques and the theory of using her inner energies to achieve a variety of effects, such as generating flames or forming an invisible aura around her body that can extend the range and force of her physical attacks.

After the timeframe given to her was almost up, the two of them returned to Rias in order to meet up with Rias and train team formations. When the two of them emerged, Bellerophon with his hood on, they found Issei in the middle of a sad excuse for a sword fight. Giving a pained groan at the display, Bellerophon approached Rias with Koneko in tow and announced that the girl was now capable of using basic senjutsu, before asking if he could stick around for a while.

Giving him a nod she took Koneko to another training ground to ascertain her progress, while Bellerophon remained behind with Akeno as a spectator. Since watching the Red Dragon Emperor get his ass kicked was only entertaining for a few minutes, Bellerophon decided to strike out a conversation with the raven-haired teen beside him.

Asking what her position in their peerage was, he learned that Akeno was the Queen and that her usual position was magical support and bombardment. His interest piqued Bellerophon launched himself into a very enjoyable and thorough discussion with the girl, which ended at dinner time with him teaching her tips and tricks to make her skills more efficient. When Rias called her he promised them he'd show up tomorrow to demonstrate to her what he meant by increased efficiency. Smiling with a flirtatious face, which by now he considered her default expression, Akeno left for dinner with her friends while he returned to the Dimensional Gap to spend some time with Ophis, remembering to bring her a bag of cookies.

The next day Bellerophon reappeared close to the Gremory's mansion only to find both Rias and Akeno conversing together by the entrance. As soon as they noticed him they stopped speaking and turned his way. Making his way closer to them he greeted them with a nod and asked Rias if she planned to attend their "lessons", to which she responded that she wanted to see if Akeno really found a magician as skilled as she made him out to be. Grinning at the intellectual challenge, the trio began to discuss various things related to the arcane until lunch time came, and Rias invited him to attend.

After lunch Rias and Akeno retired in order to study possible strategies to employ against Riser Phenex, who must've been her husband-to-be, Bellerophon decided to check up on Koneko, who was beating up Issei without any effort. While Issei was busy Bellerophon decided to speak to Draig about his new host, among other things. When Issei was done he decided to step in and continue the girls training for the rest of the day.

During dinner they resumed their discussion on magic, with him throwing in some ideas on how to defeat a Phenex without resorting to Holy weapons or materials. Before retiring for the night Rias decided to approach him alone on the balcony, while wearing a very thin nightgown, with the intent of offering him a place in her peerage. Knowing that it would be impossible anyway, both because he was simply too strong and a God, he respectfully declined and was pleased to see that the girl didn't push the argument.

After the first time he got them, 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 make Rias an offer: allow him to become her contract magician, with the condition that either of them could break the contract if they so wished at any time. Rias stared at him with a clouded gaze before Bellerophon told her to think about it with her [Queen] and give him an answer by tomorrow at midday.

Nodding slowly, Rias made to leave before she witnessed his form break up into small cubes and disappear. Although he was sure that his knowledge of the arcane tempted her, he also knew that his mysteriousness would be detrimental to her acceptance. The next day, which was when their match was supposed to start, Bellerophon showed up at midday in front of the mansion only to see both Rias and Akeno waiting for him. Walking up to them, they had a little stare contest before Rias declared that she would only agree to the contract if he'd show them his face. Reluctantly he pulled down his hood and was pleased to notice the positive response from them.

They shook hands and he followed them inside to meet with her peerage, only for Issei to start crying and cursing at the sight of him. Perplexed he looked to the others, before Koneko told him that he was a pervert who dreamed of having a harem and considered him a natural enemy because of it, making him chuckle before telling Issei not to worry as everyone here was far too young for him anyway.

How to Crash a Wedding in 5 simple steps
Knowing that a Rating Game could last for many hours on average, Bellerophon decided to look around the town until the group came back. Just as he was about to conclude his patrol of the city he felt a burst of demonic energy at the ORC and he decided to go there and take stock of the situation, even though that annoyingly powerful presence was there too.

Once there he saw an open window with Akeno staring outside with a broken expression on her face, leading him to believe that the fight didn't go so well. Letting her see him, Bellerophon jumped and landed silently on the windowsill, only to see that everyone else was more or less in the same condition, minus Issei who looked almost worse than the night he died and Rias who, while unharmed, was staring into nothing while crying.

Entering the room his eyes finally landed on the powerful presence, recognizing her as Grayfia Lucifuge, Sirzechs wife and Queen. Removing his hood he decided to at least make himself somewhat useful and revitalize the contenders. Approaching each one of them he patted their back, using his senjutsu, which made them perk up at the sudden energy within them.

After concluding his rounds he calmly walked to stand beside Grayfia, who had watched him like a hawk, and quietly told her that he was Rias' new pact magician before asking her what had happened at the Rating Game. He quietly listened to her account, frowning at several points in her narrative, before asking her if she could show him where the toilet was with a pointed look, which she caught before escorting him out of the room.

As soon as they closed the door behind them he placed a silencing rune on the door to prevent the occupants from overhearing them. Turning back to the silver-haired woman he immediately asked if Sirzechs already had a plan B in the works, otherwise he'd have to improvise himself to help Rias out. When Grayfia asked him why he would even care, as their contract would not change in the least, he summoned up a picture of Rias' crushed face and pointed out his many reasons for helping out, such as his reputation taking a hit if his first contractor committed suicide, dealing with a permanently depressed person would suck, helping her would be the act of a good Samaritan, his opposition to arranged marriages, her being in his debt...

Staring at his uncovered face Grayfia seemed to mull over something, if the unfocused expression was anything to go by, while he unabashedly took in the sight of the admittedly beautiful woman in front of him before she regained her senses. Finally she spoke up and told him that a plan was in the making and that it hinged on Issei, making him ask if it involved the kid crashing the wedding ceremony and challenging Riser to a 1vs1 fight, receiving a nod in response which made him grin.

After a while they re-entered the room and Grayfia announced that they should begin preparing while Bellerophon took care of Issei, who was still out of it. Seeing Rias finally get up and kiss his forehead before murmuring something in his ear, he immediately understood that those two have somehow bonded over such a small period of time. After the group left with Grayfia, Bellerophon took Issei to his house and put a compulsion spell on his parents to keep them away until tomorrow.

After erecting a barrier to make sure that he couldn't be detected from the outside, Bellerophon proceeded to heal Issei before placing a sleep rune on him and contacting Draig to share his plan with the Dragon. If he was correct, even by giving his arm to Draig the kid would be unable to remain in Balance Breaker mode for more than a few seconds, which would prove useless in the face of Riser's greater power and experience. To fix that he he injected some of his energy in Issei's body and promptly sealed it away from Issei's direct control, before linking it to his Boosted Gear in order to act as additional fuel required to maintain that heightened state for longer.

His job done, he decided to look around the house to kill the time until Grayfia came back here. Finding Issei's school books he decided to check out what kids learn nowadays, only to find himself entranced by a volume on mathematics which he proceeded to devour. Completely losing his sense of time, he only noticed the maid when she showed up in front of him. Regretfully putting the book down he inquired if everything was ready and after receiving a nod he walked up to Issei to remove the sleep rune. Once that was done he summoned a bucketful of water above the kid to wake him up before teleporting to the marriage location.

Showing the guards the necessary identification as Rias Gremory's own contract magician, Bellerophon was admitted inside the building and promptly decided to lean on the far wall, watching the proceedings from afar. He had to admit, Rias looked amazing in a dress but then again she must've looked amazing in everything. It didn't take long for Riser to show up, obviously in a showy conflagration wearing an attire that might've belonged to a circus performer.

He wasn't listening to his speech but rather focusing his senses on the outside, waiting for Issei to arrive through the portal Grayfia prepared for him. As soon as he felt him arrive he looked at Rias and smirked, winking. Her uncomprehending expression soon gave way to an elated one when she saw Issei bust through the doors. The guards tried to apprehend him but the rest of the peerage intervened in his favor, 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, with tears streaming down his face as the two opposed needs for breathing and laughing made him crouch down, gasping for breath even as a guard placed a hand on his shoulder to make sure he wasn't actually dying.

When he finally came to he heard Sirzechs agree to Issei's condition of returning Rias in case he won in a fight against Riser. Seeing recognition in the Satan's face as he caught sight of him, Bellerophon bowed his head and stood back, since the Devil was currently busy organizing the next fight. After transporting them to a disposable arena Issei and Riser began to fight, with the former immediately going into Balance Breaker state.

With the advantage of greater speed Issei lunged towards Raiser, missing him by quite the margin and crashing into a tower, before shooting out of it and punching the Devil, making him cough out blood instead of regenerating the damage and leaving Bellerophon perplexed. As soon as he was done he immediately opened his hand to reveal a cross pendant, which he probably got at the ruined Church in town. Bellerophon was certainly impressed by his quick thinking.

The fight didn't last much longer, especially after Issei revealed that he gave Draig his left arm and boosted a flask of holy water before throwing it at Raiser, which left him screaming in pain on the ground. The end of the match came when his sister teleported between them telling Issei to stop. As soon as he got back to Rias, Issei flipped the paper Grayfia gave him and a black Dragon came out, Moeru.

Initially they planned to use a griffin but he argued that Moeru was unknown and superior in every aspect. As they jumped on the Dragon Bellerophon telepathically commanded her to bring them to Kuoh, which she did by taking off at tremendous speeds, disappearing in the night sky. With his job done he nodded to Koneko, who had noticed him after seeing Moeru being summoned, before teleporting away in order to evade Lucifer's unwelcome questioning.

The Angel of the Stars
Since he had nothing to do for now he decided to dedicate himself to his own guilty pleasure, which is learning everything he can on the workings of the world. However instead of focusing on magical research as he had always done he decided to read up on human's science books, which is something he had never done before but Issei's book piqued his curiosity. Deciding that there was no better place to start at than the TIB, Bellerophon reappeared in the German city of Hanover and immediately set off to find the place. 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.

He had no idea how long he had remained here, only that several times he was asked by the guards to leave the building because it was closing time, to which he responded by manipulating their memories and setting up a ward around himself to keep them away and prevent them from seeing him. The information contained here was certainly interesting and it gave him many new ideas to work on, not to mention that it complemented his arcane knowledge.

Several times he thought he felt a tug, probably someone trying to summon him but he remained rooted on the spot. That is until a soft hand placed itself on his shoulder, which initially he didn't even notice until the hand 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.

Finding out that he had been here for more than a week and that Gabriel had called him several times through his necklace was a shock but he quickly apologized for worrying her, promising to tweak the spell he had placed on the necklaces to allow for better communication, before asking 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 them. 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 the possible area of the first strike at Kuoh, to which he tensed before muttering something she didn't get.

Telling him that they already deployed two exorcists with a shard of Excalibur each plus someone he met once before for a scouting operation, Gabriel asked him if he could give them a hand. Chuckling he told her of his new developments in Kuoh before telling her not to worry as he would take care of the whole issue by himself. Seeing her smile he leaned in and placed a kiss on her forehead before giving her one last hug, dematerializing in Japan's direction.

Reappearing above the tallest building in Kuoh, Bellerophon began to scan the town in order to locate interesting signatures, immediately locating a powerful signature. As nothing exploded yet he decided to keep the cloak on and approach the area without being detected. Once he got there he saw Kokabiel up in the air with an unknown girl in his grasp while Rias and Issei were on the ground with an unknown exorcist.

After throwing the girl down towards Issei, Kokabiel proclaimed that he would destroy the Academy in order to lure Sirzechs out and start a Second Great War. Emitting a strong flash of light the two enemies departed in the direction of the School. Although worried that Kokabiel would step up his game at any moment and destroy the whole town, Bellerophon was confident that he would play around a little first. Knowing this he decided to do something a little risky. He immediately summoned Moeru and told her to locate the Church party still in town while he would approach and only intervene when Kokabiel got tired of playing.

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 massive increase in Holy energy coming from the ground and saw that several pieces of Excalibur had been fused into one, although shoddily from what he could seen, with a giant array on the ground.

Immediately 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 teleport to the Vatican and tell Gabriel to come here before Kokabiel did too much damage. Feeling a weird sensation he looked outside and saw that Kiba had obtained his Balance Breaker by forming a Holy-Demonic sword, which Bellerophon knew to be impossible as the God from the Bible would prevent that, unless...his train of thought was derailed when Xenovia started praying before summoning the legendary Durandal and destroying Freed Sellzen's fused Excalibur, proving to him that the process used was truly a shoddy one.

Valper Galilei seemed to have an epiphany regarding the Holy-Demonic sword but before he could verbalize it he was interrupted by a light spear through his chest, followed by Kokabiel landing on the ground and ordering them to fight him. While the others took on Kokabiel Bellerophon completed the disarming of the spell, which was now on standby and linked to him instead of the Fallen Angel. After he stood up he heard Kokabiel confirm his previous thoughts, 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 using his Demigod state. Immediately he removed the cloak and began to power-up, surrounding his body with black and golden sand. The power increase did not go unnoticed as everyone looked at the destroyed ruins of the gym.

As soon as he was done the world begun losing color, darkening, and all ambient noise seemed to disappear from the vicinity. Suddenly his black form shot through the ruins of the building and landed in the middle of the courtyard, right in front of Kokabiel, and said something but the words were unintelligible, almost as if spoken backwards. Quickly Kokabiel summoned a light spear but before he could bring it to bear he found his enemy standing behind him with an arm extended to the side, having ripped right through his abdomen. "It was a mistake for you to even try."

- Bellerophon to Kokabiel

Before he even fell to the ground Kokabiel was grabbed by shadowy tentacles and pulled inside the deity, with his presence disappearing completely. Dissolving the barrier the humanoid turned back towards the school, much to the horror of everyone, however he simply waved his hand at the area before everyone saw the ravaged land pulling itself together as if nothing had happened. Before anyone could even speak another Holy presence, even bigger that Kokabiel's, appeared outside the barrier erected by the student council and smashed right through it, heading for the academy.

It wasn't long before the luminous object revealed itself as the Seraph Gabriel, who pointed her light spear towards the divine being in front of her before demanding its identity and what had happened to Kokabiel, only to receive a garbled answer in response. Pulling herself together Rias stood up and told the Angel that the entity killed him before consuming his body. Glancing at the Devil from the corner of her eye, Gabriel asked for the being's intention but this time instead of receiving a response she saw the creature turn into dust and fade away.

Although surprised at the occurrence, Gabriel sighed 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 having collected the trio from the Church before turning to Rias and telling her to ask her brother about what Kokabiel said. Meanwhile, from a nearby rooftop, Bellerophon observed the ongoings before he saw Gabriel teleport away with her group, letting out a sigh and deciding to return to his studies until he was needed again.

The Peace Summit
Bellerophon's feverish studies were once again interrupted by the arrival of Gabriel, however this time she came with an escort. In addition to Asia he could see that Xenovia too was there, although she emitted an Angel's signature instead of a human's. His query was answered by Gabriel who explained that both girls were reincarnated as Angels through a new system Heaven created called Brave Saints, which was their own version of the Devil's Evil Piece system. In their case Xenovia was reborn as a Jack while Asia as an Ace.

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 war in case news of her Father dying came out. When she was done Bellerophon crossed his arms and wondered aloud about what Gabriel could want from him. Seemingly not understanding his tone the woman asked him to come as well in the quality of an armed escort just in case the conference was attacked, which was actually a given.

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 him be for the rest of the day. 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. 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 inside the room and placed himself against a wall. It wasn't long before Rias’ peerage entered the room and stood near him. As the conference progressed he saw that Rias and Issei were holding hands, with him blatantly staring at her breasts. Shaking his head he started looking at the other occupants of the room, ignoring what was said, while focusing on a young man with silver hair who, if he wasn't wrong, was the current holder of Divine Dividing. His observation was abruptly cut when he sensed mages setting up some kind of barrier outside the academy, but before they could complete it he calmly reported that the conference was under attack.

No sooner had he said that than he felt the barrier solidifying around the building and a strange power setting around the area, freezing the weakest individuals in the room while magicians began appearing outside. Identifying the power as the Sacred Gear Forbidden Balor View, which in its Balance Breaker state it said to be capable of blocking time for anyone around the user below a certain power threshold, he used his Chronokinesis to stop its effect given that the Cloak of the Revenant restricted his power too much for him to remain unaffected.

He was pleasantly surprised to see that Xenovia and the other Angel, Irina Shidō, were not frozen after summoning Durandal and Excalibur Mimic respectively. Likewise, Issei, Rias and Vali were also unaffected by the time manipulation. After approaching Gabriel he asked for her thoughts on the matter, seeing an uncharacteristic frown on her face. Just as Rias and Issei performed Castling towards the location of the Forbidden Balor View user, a magic circle spawning a woman he quickly recognized as Katerea Leviatan, forcing him to re-equip his Godslayer Armor, now with a tattered crimson cloak and a scarlet ponytail on the back of his helmet.

Immediately after being summoned she raised her staff and 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 used his Bunkai Teleport on his arm by making it reappear level with Katarea's stomach, detonating a ball of energy against her skin and making her crash through a nearby building. After following his arm through the fissure he declared that he would take care of her, summoning Dragonfang and flying up in the air.

It didn't take long before several magic circles appeared around him, spawning snake-like blasts of energy that were quickly destroyed by his own spells. Seeing as her attacks were easily bested by the Black Swordsman, 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 but he still dodged it easily, reappearing behind her and mockingly telling her that borrowed power wouldn't make up for her lack of ability, enraging her even further.

While they traded blows the barrier around the school went down, distracting his opponent and giving him the opening he needed to slash at her stomach. As he turned around he saw her arms 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 began chuckling before bringing his sword to bear and cutting off his own arm, much to Katarea’s surprise.

Dropping his sword he brought his right arm up towards the Devil and began the charge-up Light magic, before unleashing 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. While he attacked Katerea he felt the armor shift and pierce his stump with thin barbs, aimed at keeping the wound isolated and stopping the blood loss, because if his body received too much damage the seals on it would automatically unravel and he'd wipe out the surrounding region by transforming into his True form.

Before he could settle down he twisted around and parried a blow from the White Dragon Emperor, who sent him crashing to the ground. Once he stood up he saw Vali standing in the air with Issei screaming at him, while Azazel had a complicated expression on his face before asking him if he was part of Khaos Brigade, something Vali confirmed as true, catching Bellerophon by surprise as he himself didn't know, which meant it was either a very recent development, Ophis keeping secrets from him, or Vali having decided to join right now and treating this as some kind of initiation.

After telling everyone that he was a descendant of the original Lucifer, Vali began taunting Issei, sending him in a rage. Although Vali was stronger, Issei was surprisingly clever and turned Vali's dividing against him before hitting him with Ascalon and breaking his Scale Mail. The surprises didn't end as Issei grabbed a piece of Vali's Sacred Gear and absorbed it into his own.

As their fight continued Bellerophon decided to remain as an observer in order to get a feel of their power, and while they weren't the strongest entities he's ever fought they had all the cards to reach the top. Sadly their fight was interrupted before Vali could activate Juggernaut Drive by a monkey Yōkai falling from the sky, who proclaimed himself as Sun Wukong's descendant before taking Vali and teleporting elsewhere.

With the fight ended, Gabriel finally run up to his still downed form before crying about his missing limb, with him telling her not to worry as it wouldn't be a problem. His thoughts were interrupted when he noticed that his sword, impaled in the ground a little distance away, was behaving strangely as black fire and vibrations shook its frame. Rising up he said his farewell to everyone before picking up Dragonfang and teleporting to the Dimensional Gap.

Young Devil's Gathering
Once back to the Dimensional Gap, Bellerophon was forced to release his hold on the sword when it began smoking and cracking, with light being projected from the fissures. It wasn't long before it destabilized enough for it to finally explode in a shower of fiery fragments, and what laid before his eyes was completely unexpected.

His longsword was gone and in its place was a titanic broadsword, unlike any he had ever seen before. The power it was radiating was incredible, towering above what Xenovia's Durandal could ever hope to unleash. It had no handguard but only because the blade itself was extremely thick and wide, with demonic faces sculpted on the flat side of it. Indents and notches were marring its viciously honed edge, which looked like it could slice through the thickest dragon bone as if it were candle wax.

During his observation he noticed that he felt a peculiar connection to the weapon, which only increased when he wrapped his gauntlet around the thick grip. As he did so he laughed, having realized what had happened when he looked at the blade again. Apparently after his divine blood came into contact with Dragonfang it forced the blade to undergo a similar process to the True Longinus of legend, in which a normal spear was coated in the blood of Jesus Christ, the son of the God of the Bible. Although his divine part was weaker than God himself by a certain margin, Dragonfang was a powerful weapon even before the exposure, unlike the spear Longinus used against the son of God.

Additionally it seemed as if the sword had developed a conscience of its own, although not on the same level as Canis Lykaon. Still grinning he tried to swing it, only for his mood to darken again when he remembered that his other arm had been lost. Putting the newly dubbed "Bloodrust" into a pocket space Bellerophon went looking after Ophis before fixing his arm, hoping that it would impress onto her the consequences of her silence.

When he found the Ouroboros Dragon he stood in front of her but kept his silence for now, waiting for the "girl" to make the first move. As soon as she sensed him she turned towards him but stopped when she saw his missing arm, staring at it for what felt like hours. Eventually she looked him in the eye before staring again at the missing limb, pointing at it and asking what happened, to which he replied that this is what happened when secrets were kept.

When her face showed that she didn't understand he told her that one of her cronies attacked him, resulting in the loss of his arm. Although not strictly true he hoped that it would impress on her more the importance of what happened, and he wasn't disappointed when he saw her face contort in a variety of emotions that a century ago he could only imagine. Deciding that it was good enough and unwilling to put her through the grinder or worse, send a livid Ophis on a hunt, he put his remaining 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, before regenerating his missing limb. Sometime later Bellerophon felt a tug on his connection and realized that Rias wanted to speak with him. With the chance of it being about his display of power against Katerea Leviathan, Bellerophon prepared himself to summon both Bloodrust and his armor at a moment's notice, while simultaneously readying several spells just in case Sirzechs decided to show up and be forceful about it.

Once he reached Rias he found himself at the foot of a large bed, inside a massive and scarcely illuminated room that contained many of Rias' Peerage members, her included. What drew his attention however was Koneko, who was sitting on the bed with her ears out. Since he was wearing casual attire everyone could see his smirk when he told the Nekoshō that it was about time to stop hiding her true self.

Ignoring Issei's screams about handsome men or something along those lines, Bellerophon shifter his attention back to Rias and asked her what she wanted from him. When she told him that she wanted him to return to training Koneko he grinned and asked her to give him access to her family's library on Alchemy, to which she agreed after thinking about it for a moment.

His smile not wavering he approached Koneko and gave her a burst of energy with senjutsu, before taking her and teleporting away in the Familiar's forest. As soon as they got there their training resumed, continuing the advanced senjutsu lessons from last time together with advanced hand to hand training, with Bellerophon forcing Shirone to remain in her true form to acclimatize herself with the power that came with it. Weeks passed since they began their session and the girl had improved exponentially, with senjutsu coming naturally to her and youjutsu not far behind. Inevitably their training attracted Tiamat to their position, who seemed especially cross with the girl. He suspected it was a territorial behavior, either aimed at the forest or maybe himself, he wasn't sure where they stood in regards to that.

Once done with the training he brought Shirone back to the Gremory mansion, in order for them to prepare and catch up with each other. The night of the gathering, where Rias' and Sona's Peerage's would clash, he showed up to send them on their way when he felt Tannin's signature moving towards their position. He soon learned that the Dragon-turned-Devil was in charge of Issei's training for the duration of the break, with Tannin greeting him and he returning the salute.

The groups seemed surprised that they knew each other, until Tannin revealed that Bellerophon was the son of the Dragon King Vritra. The silence that followed that announcement and the flabberstagged looks on their faces was extremely amusing but it was soon interrupted by Issei screaming yet again about something and Draig expressing his surprise at knowing that he was Vritra’s son, prompting Issei to yell yet again about the Heavenly Dragon knowing him.

Not wanting Draig to reveal his true power for all to hear, but pleasantly surprised at the fact that he kept his word and didn't reveal it to his host, Bellerophon started laughing boisterously at his gig being over. Still shocked at the reveal, the peerages said nothing but kept throwing glances at him. After the groups jumped on Tannin and his group's backs they left towards the hotel that would house the event, with Bellerophon remaining on the ground. Once they were out of sight Bellerophon donned his trusty cloak and melded with the shadows on the ground, speeding off in the same direction while remaining completely undetected.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel he found Rias and her group entering through the doors while Tannin flew up, presumably to enter through another entry given their size. Cracking his knuckles and releasing an amused chuckle, Bellerophon decided to challenge his stealth abilities and enter the building while trying to remain undetected for the duration of the event.

After a few hours of squatting on the roof he was fairly disappointed to see 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 with senjutsu two powerful Yōkai outside the building, recognizing the presences as Kuroka and the descendant of Sun Wukong, Bikō, while he saw a small black cat enter the room. Perplexed but excited, Bellerophon decided to follow Koneko when he saw her go towards the exit, with Issei and Rias right after her.

It didn't take long for the white Nekoshō to reach the clearing where her sister was waiting her. After a few terse words between them, with Koneko visibly torn between anger, joy, sadness and a myriad of other emotions. Eventually Kuroka proposed to take Shirone with them but Issei was determined to stop them. Soon after Kuroka erected a barrier that sealed everyone away from the outside world, but not before Tannin flew inside, engaging 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 youjutsu before attacking Issei with senjutsu bullets, making him crash against a tree with his body bleeding, however after he got up he did something that left Bellerophon stupefied. He finally achieved Balance Breaker, and he did it by poking Rias' breasts.

Bellerophon missed the resulting fight by the sheer stupidity of the situation, and only awakened when he sensed two powerful Holy objects nearby. After the trio from Khaos Brigade 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. Sometime later he sensed a powerful divine presence back at the hotel together with Sirzechs, Azazel and other powerful individuals but opted to remain in the forest.

The Old Satan Faction
Several days later he teleported to Gabriel, who was waiting for him in the Vatican with her brother Michael, after receiving a call from her. Once there he was asked to watch over Asia, Irina and Xenovia when they'd be sent to Kuoh in exchange for tomes on Holy constructs, including Holy Swords, and Sacred Gears. After accepting he bid them a good day and left for Japan. A few days after the Angel trio arrived at Kuoh Academy, a Devil named Diodora Astaroth, someone Ophis told him about, approached Asia and told her that he loved her and wished to marry her because she had saved his life. As he reached for Asia's hand, Bellerophon decided to act by appearing close to them in a burst of speed and grabbing the offending appendage, twisting the Devils wrist and sending him kneeling before placing his extended finger on his forehead.

"Leave before I kill you, mongrel. You won't get another warning."

- Bellerophon to Diodora

Before he could retaliate the other two Angels returned to Asia, forcing Diodora to leave but not before giving him a glare, leaving the others in a confused state. Refusing to elaborate on the matter beyond telling them to keep their eyes on him, the quartet left for Issei's house that was 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 another Devil. While studying the recording he noticed a familiar power-up enveloping Diodora, which made him scowl and unintentionally exert a certain amount of pressure on the surrounding occupants of the room.

He was brought out of his anger by Moeru's familiar form wrapping around his neck, much to the other's relief. While a few girls were busy cooing at how cute Moeru was, Bellerophon gave a glance at Azazel and opened a telepathic link, telling him that the power-up was one of Ophis' snakes, meaning that Khaos Brigade would soon make a move. After seeing Azazel nod at him, although with narrowed eyes, Bellerophon decided to leave for now and visit Tiamat.

The day of the Rating Game Bellerophon showed up just as Rias' Peerage was about to leave and placed two runic stones in hers and Asia's hands, telling them to break them in case they needed help. Nodding to him, her group entered the Magic Circle that would transport them to the Rating Game arena, but as soon as he felt something off he realized that the attack would be happening now. Following their connection he soon realized what had happened: they had been pulled inside a construct created with the Sacred Gear Dimension Lost.

Before he could follow Rias' 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 must have believed them allies because 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 himself being summoned by Rias' runic stone breaking. Once he got there he saw Asia tethered to an unknown device, with Diodora on the ground telling them that if the device activated it would amplify and reverse her Sacred Gear's powers, killing everyone held within the dimension unless she was killed, as he deemed the restraints unbreakable since they were made with Dimension Lost. Since he had promised to Gabriel that he would keep them safe, and he really wanted to try out his new sword, Bellerophon decided to summon Bloodrust, which emerged from a fiery pit on the ground.

The mere presence of the blade seemed to terrify the others so he decided to be quick about it. With a smirk he pulled the sword from the ground and swung it at Asia's restraints, seemingly cutting apart the fabric of space when it made contact with them. As soon as she was freed he placed the blade back in the pocket space while complementing it on a job well done, much to Bloodrust's delight.

Just as he was about to leave 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 opponent in anger he noticed that the connection to Asia's runic stone was still present, signifying that she was still alive. Without telling anyone 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.

Glowering at them he prepared himself to rip them to pieces but remembered that Asia couldn't survive for long inside the gap, so he opted to take her and leave towards the other's position. Once he arrived however 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 Shirone before preparing himself to engage the Juggernaut Drive user.

Then was when Vali and his team appeared, telling them that Issei's transformation was only partial and could still be reversed if he heard a song to calm him down. At this point Xenovia and Irina flew in to deliver a secret weapon prepared by the higher ups for an occasion such as this, revealing it as a projector that started playing the Oppai Dragon Song, leaving Bellerophon with a deer in the headlights expression on his face. At this point he saw Vali in Balance Breaker dividing Issei's power before Rias offered her breasts to Issei, which managed to bring him back, sending Bellerophon into a fit of laughter that sent him rolling on the floor with tears coming out of his eyes. 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 declaring that the head of the Old Maō Faction was cut, 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 God.

The Norse Faction
Several days later Bellerophon decided to visit Göndul and her niece Rossweisse. Once he got there he was immediately attacked by bombardment spells from 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 he projected from his fingertips, since Bloodrust was far too powerful for a fight such as that. After disarming the Valkyrie he finally 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 only friends with Ophis and not her subordinate or anything of the sort. In the meantime the Norse God had appeared at the woman's house only to find Bellerophon here, who quickly defused the situation by getting him to sit down and explain his connection to the Ouroboros Dragon, while giving him the names of the members he knew of and the ones that took Ophis' snake.

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

When they finally got to Kuoh Bellerophon and Rossweisse had to follow Odin when he decided to go to the Red Light District, with Baraqiel following behind while glowering at everyine that crossed his path. When they finally arrived they found Issei and Akeno standing outside a love hotel, and Baraquiel made his displeasure known to them. When Issei caught sight of him he began yelling about him being a member of Khaos Brigade, however Bellerophon brought him to the side and whispered something in his ear that seemed to convince him, if his touched expression and enthusiastic handshake were anything to go by. While they went back to Issei's house Bellerophon telepathically spoke to Draig and learned that Issei had burned through his life force by using his Dividing Gear and Juggernaut Drive, 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 Rias and Akeno served tea, although Rias kept sending him glares much to his amusement. After Odin and Azazel left, Bellerophon decided to catch a nap and fell asleep on the couch with Shirone using him as a pillow for her own nap. Several days later Odin decided to relieve him of his bodyguard duties, since the situation had been cleared up with the higher-ups, however a few hours after they had left 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, much to his pleasure. Although it seemed that Kuroka recognized him, going by the slight change in her chakra, she said nothing to him. He was also formally 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 on one of them on his own and leave the other to the rest of them, much to their outrage and indignation, but they calmed down when Draig vouched for him.

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 out Shirone like he had promised all those years ago. Their reunion was cut short when Bikō ran in the room shouting about how "the old man" was going to kill him.

The day of the fated confrontation everyone assembled above the rooftops of Kuoh, with Tannin flying high above, and as soon as Loki and Fenrir appeared everyone was transported inside a special barrier in order to fight them. Once there Bellerophon rapidly produced an array of Magic Circles with his knowledge of Ancient Egyptian Magic, blasting Loki and Fenrir away from each other before rushing after the Evil God, confident that the others could take care of Fenrir on their own.

As soon as he reached him Loki looked at him incredulously for a moment before asking him if that was indeed Ancient Egiptian Magic, only to smile when he received a nod in response from Bellerophon, leading to the two of them starting to exchange volleys of magical blasts. Despite his knowledge of various styles the difference in power between the two became clear when Bellerophon was overwhelmed byhis opponent, who smashed him inside a lake. Jumping out of the water he ignored Loki's taunts before discarding his armor and beginning to power-up, blasting apart his surroundings with a shockwave of force.

Soon his frame began to grow in height and girth, before developing wings, a tail and armored plates all over his form, much to the trickster's stupefied horror. As soon as he was done he flexed his legs before explosively propelling himself behind Loki and kneeing him in the gut as soon as he turned, crashing against a cliff before performing a double axe handle attack on Loki's back that sent 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, but when he made to engage them he saw that they were heading to free Fenrir, while Loki summoned many copies of Midgardsormr which he proceeded to unleash against him.

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

"Look at you, wasting and gasping for air. But you don’t get to go yet. When your plans lie in ashes, then you have my permission to die."

- 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 with a snapping sound, sending him crashing on the ground. When he turned his attention on Fenrir's sons, who were sporting several injuries, he grabbed Loki's head with his tail, holding him up, and telling them that if they didn't surrender then Loki would perish, forcing them to back down. Curiously he saw neither Fenrir nor Vali, but assumed that the powerful spike in the White Dragon Emperor's power he felt earlier was the cause of that.

He also felt the presence of his father Vritra on the battlefield, likely held in Saji Genshirō's Sacred Gear. 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 sought out 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 caught sight of 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 might come to be involved.

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

Having decided to answer the call in the other's stead 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 Issei's tired form spectating while Asia healed the bloodied forms of the rest of the group. The fights came to a close when his massive form crashed on the ground to the surprise of everyone involved. It didn't last long as Cao Cao ordered Georg to proceed with the experiment and subdue him. While the young man began chanting under his breath while facing him, the others converged once again on Sun Wukong.

While he curiously looked around, ignoring the man, he focused on the fight between the mind-controlled Youkai and the Dragon King. Deciding that he had seen enough he raised his tail and smacked the flat of his stinger on the Kyūbi's back, crashing her on the ground and knocking her unconscious, before he swivelled his head around and pointed it at Cao Cao's group, who in the meantime made his True Longinus extend with the intent of stabbing him in the eye.

After a white lens slid out to cover his eye, successfully deflecting the strike with no visible damage, Bellerophon took a deep breath and released a deafening roar in the Heroes direction, clearing out the land in front of him with the shockwave. Seeing as his enemy was taken care of, with many of them unconscious and with their ears bleeding, Bellerophon decided to forcefully collapse the dimension by emitting a massive pulse of energy. Unfortunately they teleported away just after the collapse, dragging everyone left inside of it in the Dimensional Gap.

While ignoring everyone's calls Bellerophon decided to leave them in Sun Wukong's hands, who proceeded to gather them before teleporting everyone back to Kyoto. Seeing as Great Red left the area Bellerophon decided to enter a meditative state that favored the occurrence of his precognitive abilities, and soon he received a series of flashes: a red armored figure fighting against a gold armored figure, a man with an aloha shirt and a buzz cut, a Rating Game arena and a skeleton.

Quickly he recognised the man as Indra and the skeleton as Hades, but the armored figures were still unknown to him, although the red one resembled the Balance Breaker Scale Mail of the Boosted Gear somewhat. Then he remembered that Rias' group was supposed to fight against Sairaorg Bael soon, and he decided that the presence of these two Gods definitely warranted his own.

The day of the fight Bellerophon hid his presence through a mix of senjutsu and seals, in addition to the Cloak of the Revenant. Observing the stadium from the shadows he could feel the presence of many deities, including the top three in the Greek Pantheon, Indra and Odin. The Rating Game between the two peerages was proceeding smoothly until Sairaorg went up against Xenovia, Rossweisse and Kiba while using Tōki, which allowed him to dominate the fight against the trio, despite being forced to use Phoenix Tears.

The surprises didn't end there as soon, during the match between Issei and Sairaorg, Issei revealed a new ability which seemed to be very 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. The impressive fist fight that followed almost made his control slip from the excitement it brought him, and concluded with the Bael's defeat.

Re-entering the shadows Bellerophon did his best to approach Indra undetected but he stopped when he saw Azazel approaching him first, only to hear the King of Gods brazenly declare 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, otherwise he would dispose of him, and remembering Issei's newfound power Bellerophon he had to agree with the Hindu deity, although he was wary of Indra's involvement with Cao Cao.

The Trio Became Duo
Having learned everything he needed he opted to return to Ophis, instead of confronting Gabriel who seemed to be nearby, since his current position with the Biblical factions was shaky at best. Once there he was met with the sight of Vali and his team speaking to Ophis, 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.

"Is this about the whole breast business? Because I'm pretty sure it's all Draig's partner's fault. Draig is pretty broken up about it all, so much that he starts crying whenever his partner dows anything involving breasts. Witnessing a Heavenly Dragon cry is the saddest thing I've ever seen."

- Bellerophon to Ophis

Before she departed with Kuroka and the little witch Le Fay Pendragon towards Issei's house, Bellerophon gave Ophis a small rainbow colored marble that acted as a beacon to him in case anything happened. Once she left he asked Vali what was really going on, receiving a smirk before he told him that she would be targeted by Cao Cao and that he planned to lure him out to act as bait, making a mention of a supposed "Dragon Eater" the human had in his possession. Although shocked at hearing that name, Bellerophon schooled his features and declared that he would be leaving the Dragon God's safety in his hands.

Although skeptical that Cao Cao could truly get his hands on Samael, who should still be sealed in Cocytus, Bellerophon quickly realised that if it was true then he couldn't approach the beast with his draconic powers in display unless he was looking for death or the complete eradication of his surroundings when the Power Seal eventually broke. Several days later he felt Ophis' beacon flare up and decided to get there post-haste in his Demigod state, which was nigh-invulnerable to dragon-slaying powers since it channeled exclusively his Godly energies. Although he found access more difficult than usual he still managed to break through the dimension created via Dimension Lost, quickly using his Chronokinesis to accelerate time around himself in order to calmly assess the situation and formulate a plan.

He quickly saw that Ophis was held inside a black construct connected to Samael and felt that her powers were extremely low. 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 full force on the thing draining Ophis while generating a dense sandstorm on the entire area and lashing out at Cao Cao and his men with tendrils of darkness. Feeling surprised that Samael's curse could actually drain so much of his draconic powers even while in Demigod state, Bellerophon countered it with senjutsu before he punched the prison with all his might while channelling his sand powers, which caused the artefact to disintegrate completely.

Before Georg could force Samael to retract his tongue he grabbed it and jerked it viciously, tearing the being away from the hastily formed summoning circle beneath it. Once it got close enough he slammed his foot on the cross, caving in the ground underneath and bisecting the screaming Samael, who was weakened enough to allow him to drag it within him, annihilating its existance.

Just as he turned towards Cao Cao he was hit with the extended shaft of the True Longinus which released a beam of light through his shoulder, blowing it apart before it reformed to everyone's shock, making the human group decide to regroup teleport away. Although he still felt them inside the barrier he decided to not pursue them immediately an tend to the others before they returned. Dismissing his enhanced state, Bellerophon ignored everyone's shock and headed towards them, using his senjutsu to revetalise their bodies.

Before he could get to Ophis and Vali's team he sensed the influx of a great number of Grim Reapers near the human's location, concluding that Hades allied himself with Khaos Bringade and lent the Hero Faction Samael. When Hades' minions charged, Azazel engaged Pluto and while he guarded Ophis and Vali's downed form he witnessing yet another one of Issei's stunts, this time absorbing some kind of energy beam from Rias' breasts and using it to blast away the opposition with his shoulder cannons.

Having gotten used to witnessing weird things coming from Issei, Bellerophon simply sat down sighing next to Ophis before releasing a heavy sigh and before giving her a pointed look, receiving a miffed stare in return. Just as he was about to ask her what exactly happened he was interrupted by the arrival of Shalba Beelzebub, who loudly declared that he would be waging war on everyone before revealing Leonardo, the wielder of Annihilation Maker, from underneath his robes and forcing him into Balance Breaker state, which created several monsters before teleporting them to the Underworld to wreak chaos.

After the dimension started collapsing the human trio summoned a magic circle in order to teleport away but Bellerophon managed to redirect them to an uninhabited section of the Underworld before following. As soon as he arrived he quickly generated a Red Lightning Formation around the area before summoning Bloodrust and charging the human trio. Although Cao Cao was indeed an extremely skilled opponent the same couldnt be said for Georg, who mostly kept back with Leonardo while occasionally taking potshots at him. After a few minutes of exchange Bellerophon jumped up and positioned his hands close to his face with the fingers spread toward his eyes, before firing out a blinding flash of light that blinded everyone except him.

Rushing towards a blinded Cao Cao he managed to land a punch to his abdomen which propelled him away, forcing him to drop his spear. Just as he saw Georg pointing a magic circle towards his direction he teleported his hand to him and pulled him through the portal before slamming a series of suppression and sleep runes on his body, taking him out of the fight. Rising up again he took a step in Leonardo's direction before he felt Ophis' marble give out a pulse to him. Tsking he grabbed the unconscious Georg and teleported to Ophis, finding her on top of Great Red with the Boosted Gear Scale Mail nearby, only Issei was not inside of it.

After learning of Ophis' plan to create a body for Issei using her powers and the True Dragon's flesh he asked the red Dragon for permission before sitting on his back and beginning the process of removing Dimension Lost from the human's body, with the intent of using the knowledge of Sacred Gears he gleaned from Gabriel's books in order to study and possibly replicate the abilities of the Sacred Gear.

Several days passed during which Bellerophon divided his time between studying Dimension Lost and conversing with the other passengers of this unlikely ride. Once Issei's new body was finally ready he transferred his soul to it and the four of them emerged from the Dimensional Gap into the Underworld near the site of a battle between Sirzech's peerage and one of the monsters created with Annihilation Maker. Telling them that he would leave this one to them Bellerophon flew off to deal with the others, transforming into his Dragonoid form on the way.

Extending his senses at their maximum he could feel signatures over a large swathe of the Underworld, including the the presence of the various monsters created by Leonardo, zeroing in on the closest and biggest one. As soon as he got into visual range he summoned Bloodrust and made a flying slash at the beast, bisecting it at the waist and cutting off the top of the mountain range in the distance.

In order to keep the bystanders away he used tōki to pulse his aura and blow them away before summoning a Red Lightning Formation and tackling the monster against it, electrocuting and disintegrating its hide before getting kicked off. The creature immediately fired an eye beam that he dodged before wrapping himself inside his wings to block the detonation against the walls of the barrier, which deformed before safely discharging upwards, remaining undamaged. The exchange of blows went on for a while longer before Bellerophon got bored.

"Is that really all that you have? It seems you still want to dance but...your step is weak."

- Bellerophon to the Jabberwocky

Using his Umbrakinesis to keep the creature still he formed a light blade from the tips of his index and middle finger, slashing the beast's eyes and impaling it's head. Once its movements ceased Ancalagon summoned forth a mountain-sized meteor which proceeded to fall on top of the Jabberwocky, crushing it. After dismissing the barrier he accelerated away towads the next target, with the soldiers following.

Once all the monsters were defeated Bellerophon noticed the presence of a familiar signature behind him and turned around to see Gabriel, greeting her with a sardonic grin before slowly floating closer to her, much to the displeasure of her subordinates who however decided to remain silent. Not wanting to be overheard he quickly cast a barrier around themselves to stop eavesdroppers and lip-readers before the duo began to talk, eventually ending with Gabriel smiling and inclining her head to him before he teleported away.

Strangers in the Night
Several days later Ophis called him to Issei's house to tel him that she would be living there for now instead of the Dimensional Gap which prompted Bellerophon to ask Issei for a room to share with Ophis, although both of them knew he wasn't really asking for permission. The next few days were spent with the Dragon duo hanging out with the Devils and Angels, with Bellerophon instructing Ophis on how she was supposed to behave in polite society, between friends, acquaintances and on how many things she shouldn't learn from the Devils, making a point that she absolutely should never pick up their habit of sleeping in various states of nudity in the same bed.

After a week of them living there with the others Kuroka and Le Fay showed up at the doorstep, telling everyone that they would stay at Issei's house from now on. Eventually Rias decided to contact Mephisto Pheles in order to obtain a list of possible magicians for her peerage to form a contract with, not needing one herself since they still had theirs. The following days were spent carefully screening and analising possible candidates for contracts while Ancalagon alternated his teaching sessions between Rossweisse, Rias and Koneko.

After Griselda came to visit and they caught up, to Xenovia's horror, an escort of Vampires came to Rias' group asking for Gasper's help in exchange for a peace treaty with the Vampires after their situation was resolved, putting Rias in a corner. Since they came in the room his old anger at Vampires had been mounting but the last declaration forced a laugh out of him, and not a nice one, before he decided to finally speak.

"Out of curiosity, now that you told me the location of what I was looking for, what exactly IS stopping me from...killing your little entourage, paying Romania a visit and apply my special brand of localized genocide before taking the Sephiroth Graal?...I'm waiting."

- Bellerophon to Elmenhilde Karnstein

Bellerophon ignored the incredulous and scandalized looks from the other occupants of the room in favor of staring at the Vampire in front of him, before the others began shouting at him. Ignoring them again he he nonchalantly flexed his fingers, making Elmenhilde give out a choked gasp as her bodyguards dropped to the ground, before asking his question again. Seeing as she wasn't processing his words, probably because she wasn't expecting such a reaction, he reclined back on his chair and in no uncertain terms told them to leave.