CHAPTER 301: CHAPTER 300-DEALS DONE.

After a whole round of explanations, Azrail found himself back in the same room as before with Lyx seated in front of him, and he now had a deeper understanding of the structure of the place, leading him to formulate his next actions.

’Things have turned a bit more complicated than I thought, but this is still good’

As Azrail planned before, he has a collection of different ones all within his hands, fully serving him, all of them helplessly at his command with loyalty that only lays in him, which means his plans still stay to insert each of them into said faction for his own gain, not as spies but as ones that will get him more control.

’And now I have the perfect way in’

Azrail mused, his mind sinking in deep, with the connections that Seraphel has made, it would be easy to introduce his own elements into the paths he wants and thus forming his own range of power, the best part would be that, his power rising in the camp is still unknown, not to mention that Nayan still gets contract works.

As the infamous genius and holder, he will always get his fair share of people giving him ’rare’ products that he can use, several powerful organizations still want things from him and several things flow to him too, that was Azrail’s first way in, perhaps now with this added knowledge Azrail will be able to fix the holes in his plan correctly.

’This all came together better than I thought, which is good’

The sudden reason for such risky moves by Azrail was precisely for this, thanks to the ’book’ of Heavenly Opposers, he has more knowledge, secrets and understanding of the working of several pantheons than others could understand, which means there were a lot of paths in which Azrail could have struck.

But he took this route directly because he mainly had to deal with due to the gift he got because of Nayan, leaving aside his revenge, now that he has this power, he wanted something to which he will be able to move and control things and the data, and information being held here, the hidden players are the next best thing Azrail could find.

It was a risky action he had to take. Azrail had all the information he possibly could hold on to about Oblivion’s Embrace, and that information led him to play this long con, with already the blessing from Death itself, this would be the best place he could slowly take in all the powers he would need.

Azrail also remembered the speciality of Seraphel, who held the rage against Thanatos, the perfect one to start his plans with, but first he needed to know more about how well her faction worked, the book just had the phrase of how powerful and well done the place is but Azrail had to see it and experience it all with his own eyes before he could make a move.

And now that he has focused all that this place can give him, it has opened up a whole lot of new avenues and things he could try to get things done. This would perhaps be the first place from which he could make the big move towards spreading the power and people he needs.

’But I have to be careful about how I do it’

Azrail’s eyes narrowed in the darkness, this was a dangerous game he was playing, for all he thinks and plans, the ones he is playing with are old relics being more cunning and dangerous than him, not to mention the ones that worked here aren’t some small time idiot, they are people playing at the cosmic level, one small mishap or wrong impression and he will be out on his ass hunted everywhere.

’Weakness seen and weakness given’

Azrail smiled at that thought as he looked at Lyx, who sat in front of him in quiet silence as he stared at him, thinking, the fact of it is that Lyx is more team Seraphel than team Oblivion’s Embrace, he being more special among the disciples of Seraphel and someone Seraphel trusts to get things done.

’More older than me and someone old enough to sniff things out’

Musing on that thought, Azrail leaned back against the chair, the two of them just sitting there hidden, Lyx behind her mask and Azrail behind his cloak, the two of them with their thoughts and problems, so for a moment later Lyx asked.

"So, what do you think?"

"Fabulous will be an understatement"

Azrail replied, a small bit of awe at his words as he spoke.

"I can see why the whole faction of Oblivion’s Embrace still stays this strong, with you supporting all this, everything really does run smoother and perfect. I can say that this place is the backbone of everything working together"

Azrail could even get the death around getting lighter at his words, the real awe and appreciation of his words having brought at least a small level of good feeling from Lyx and just as he was about to speak, a connection rang into him, his system ringing with the call from Seraphel. Seeing this, Azrail looked at Lyx as he spoke.

"It has been a wonderful time spending and knowing more like this. I hope later down the line, we can get to know each other better"

"Same for me"

Lyx replied and got that confirmation. Azrail disappeared from the room by accepting the invitation link, after which he appeared right back in the room he was discussing with before, with Seraphel still seated in the same position, her face giving nothing off but that lady charm enough to ensure anybody to give her anything she wanted.

’She went through her own information and made a decision’

With all that data at her disposal, it wouldn’t have been hard for her to go through what she wanted, trying to use what she has still now on Azrail to get more background on him but sadly for Seraphel, she won’t be getting anything at all, he has already given her 2 weaknesses so far and while he holds hers, now it would be time to know that they both hold an equal position.

’A decision has been made, it seems’

Playing with those thoughts, Seraphel spoke.

"Let’s make a deal"

The words were sweeter than honey for Azrail as he replied.

"Let’s"

A dangerous smile filled Azrail’s face. Funny enough, the small smile filled that of Seraphel. The two of them were playing their own games, and it would be late enough to see who would be the one who would finally come out of this with the most benefits.

’Guess it’s time to play’

...

Azrail’s eyes slowly opened as he found himself back in his room, he slowly waking up from the bed and stretching his body, the deal with Seraphel was done, and for now Azrail said his leave and left, but not before sending personal messages to each elders that he would later at mentioned times tour and understand each of this faction.

The timings were all set, and all that is left is to make sure that everything works out well. On his merchant side, his loyal members are already working through each deal and growing. DeathMark has already now made his stance very clear with his power, earning enemies and friends.

’Hera is playing her role well too’

And now the deal for the vast information and data has been made.

’Things are working out very well’

Azrail smiled, and now it was time to focus on reality and build up what he should have done some time ago.