Masaru returned home after his meeting with Azazel and Odin since it was still quite early because the discussion went throughout the night, although his trip to China was planned, there was still a few more things he had to arrange for the safety of his girls. But just as he was about to enter the house his surrounding changed as if he was teleported to a different dimension, his vigilance rocketed when he began using several detection magic only to realize he was indeed within the dimensional gap. And he was not alone, in front of him was a handsome young man whose looks was charming enough to even make Masaru flinch for a moment, luckily Masaru had many contacts with beautiful people so he had some resistance to it.

    The young man was wearing an azure robe with dragon scale patterns, long black hair and azure coloured eyes that look similar to cat pupils. "So you are the current host for Byakko huh?" The young man looked at Masaru with a sneer, from the pressure this man was giving Masaru it appears he was in the Mid God Class which was a realm higher than where Masaru was currently. "It won''t hurt to introduce yourself won''t it?" the handsome man looked at Masaru before snorting, "If you were not his host I would have killed you for being disrespectful towards me, My name is Meng Zhang also known as Azure Dragon one of the four direction Gods of China"

    Masaru who heard this did not expect to meet a god from China this soon, "My name is Masaru Belial, current heir of the Belial Family---" Before he could continue Meng Zhang already appeared in front of Masaru, Masaru immediately equipped his sacred gear just b?r?ly dodging the palm strike that was aimed at his heart. ''That was close...'' [BOY! Activate your Balance Breaker! You won''t stand a chance against him as you are now] Masaru nodded before activating his balance breaker mode [WHITE TIGER EMPORER BALANCE BREAKER!] When Meng Zhang heard this his face show a shocked expression as he never heard of anyone managing to unlock the balance breaker for Byakko.

    Masaru was wearing a white shirt, silver pants with a white robe over his shirt with a decorate pauldron over his left shoulder held together with a decorated belt around his waist that held the attached Avalon Scabbard and Deadheart sword at his side. His right hand was covered with a fingerless glove which is his sword arm and his left arm was covered with a silver gauntlet, his eyes became amber coloured slits like a cat, a black scaled tail resembling a cat''s tail appeared behind him. It was only his cat ears that were still the same, "Could it be my racial change caused a mutation?" [Correct] Masaru pulled Deadheart from his waist as he enters a battle stance. "I would never expect that the current host would be able to achieve this much, you are certainly the most compatible... But so weak"

    Meng Zhang sprinted towards Masaru who dodged his strikes while diverting the ones with his sword which he could not dodge, the battle became fierce as the surrounding barriers were even showing signs of cracks but it soon repaired itself. Meng Zhang was getting angry at this weakling that keep up with him in speed and his reflexive sensitivity allowing him to react faster than normal, [go melee style boy!] Masaru swiftly sheat this blade while slamming his right elbow into the ?h?st of Meng Zhang causing the latter to back away a few steps. Meng Zhang was breathing heavily in rage, his anger reached the peak the moment Masaru managed to land a hit on him.

    Before Masaru could react Meng Zhang drove a fist into his abdomen, air explosion occurs behind his back from the sheer force the punch contained, it has been several years Masaru felt the sensation of real pain but Masaru held onto his consciousness as liquid metal covered his fingers on his right hand forming claws as he scratched the left side of Meng Zhang''s face drawing blood, "ARGH!" Meng Zhang roared in pain and anger as he drew back, Masaru was wheezing from the pain he was feeling within his stomach but he held on. Immediately he materialized thousands of Magic Circles that layered across one another before releasing a massive ray of energy towards Meng Zhang who was looking at the blood in his hands.

    When the beam struck Meng Zhang the entire area shook as the barrier began to break revealing the dimensional gap outside, Masaru was keeping his focus on the enemy in front of him. He knew that this was a Mid Class God, not something he can take on alone easily. "You bastard!" Meng Zhang roared out in rage as the surrounding cloud disperse just from the wave of his dragon aura, even Masaru felt pressured by the sheer power this enemy was holding. "I will kill you!!!" Meng Zhang lost his sanity as he blasts off towards Masaru entering another fierce combat, at first Masaru was not certain but now he was... Another God was here.

    It was after a full two hours of close combat that Meng Zhang began to regain his sanity while Masaru was breathing heavily, Masaru could not count how many times he dodged the strike of instant death Meng Zhang sent towards him but this was definitely the most dangerous battle he ever faced in his life. When Meng Zhang struck out his palm, Masaru gripped his wrist pulling him towards him while he himself leapt forward driving his knee into Meng Zhang''s chin but Meng Zhang grabbed his leg swinging him till he released Masaru who crash-landed into the ground far away. Masaru could feel his body was severely damaged, it was a miracle he was still holding this long against a powerful enemy but he knew it was because Meng Zhang was too arrogant and looking down on him that he lived so far.

    Meng Zhang stared at Masaru and was about to attack but Masaru suddenly disappeared, when he saw this his rage exploded once more breaking the surrounding barriers but before he could continue someone pulled him and teleported the two of them out of the Dimensional gap. Meanwhile, Masaru who used his grimoire to teleport him out of the area crash-landed in the Sitri Family''s most advanced hospital reception area, the nurses screamed but all of them immediately began to move Masaru towards the operation room to treat him while his family were all contacted. It was not even half an hour the entire hospital was on lockdown while the entire Belial Family were at the hospital, all of Masaru''s Fiancee''s, Mother, Grandparents and Damian were watching over the sleeping Masaru.

    "What the hell happened?" Diehauser spoke with Azazel, Azazel looked at the door leading to the medical room Masaru was currently sleeping in. "He was attacked but we are currently investigating who, Sirzech you got any reports?" Sirzech shook his head, "No, but the enemy was definitely a God as there are still traces of Divinity around Masaru''s house. Ajuka speculated that it was Loki or some Gods that ?ssisted him to escape" Hearing this Azazel already had a culprit in mind, "Masaru was scheduled to visit China to see what is going on there while also investigating who ?ssisted Loki, I would never expect them to make the move first" Odin ??r?ss his beard while handing over a nectar towards Diehauser, "Have the boy drink this and he will be fine by tomorrow" Diehauser bowed to thank him before leaving.

    "Well, we have to take this seriously since it seems that some enemies are really against peace" Odin spoke clearly while looking at the door, Azazel nodded with a serious expression. Meanwhile, in the hospital room, the girls were crying as this was the first time, after all, their fear struck them harder as they never realized how much Masaru was a pillar of strength and faith for them. Diana was still calm as she already scanned that Masaru''s condition was only physical so he was still fine compared how he was when she met him the first time, but she still felt rage towards those who dared to raise their hands towards her favourite son.

    Sona was the one to sit the closest while holding Masaru''s hand not daring to let go, her eyes were red while looking at the sleeping face of Masaru. If Masaru were to see the girls he would tease them all for worrying about such small wounds but he would admit, if he did not escape back then, he would have been in serious danger. "Wake up soon..." Sona muttered softly.

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    "You fool!" a Beautiful woman wearing a flame pattern kimono smacked the back of Meng Zhang''s head with a furious looking face but she still looked so beautiful that she could topple cities with just her face not to mention her lean body, she looked at the handsome young man sitting with his knees on a steel plate instead of a washing board, but this steel plate had special characteristics that ignore defence so it feels the same pain as a normal human feel from dogeza on a washing board. "You were supposed to only test him! Why the hell did you become so hell-bent of killing him!?"

    Meng Zhang simply snorted ''Hmph! If Wang Long was to know I had the agenda to kill the one who will stand in our way from expanding the influence of our Mythology he will make sure to kill me instead'' He thought but answered "He shown disrespect towards me who is the leader of the four" The lady simply snorted at Meng Zhang looking at him with disdain "Leader!? Ptui! Leader your head! Yellow was the leader of the five not four! But Since Yellow left China for so long how are we supposed to find her!?" She bellowed out of rage, the original plan was to see how far the current host of Byakko progressed to see whether the host can become a suitable chess piece to use in their current internal strive, however, Meng Zhang made a mess of it all and now their own path was to extract Byakko instead.

    "You will not get involved in this matter anymore! I will handle this" The lady snorted one last time before leaving the trembling Meng Zhang whose eyes were burning with fury thinking of how this woman humiliated him like this if it was not for the man in the shadows who advised him to keep calm he would have already killed her instead. What Meng Zhang did not realize was that Samsara was currently watching over his actions, although Samsara the god of Life and Death remained neutral over the current strive he still kept watching over the situation. "Byakko''s host huh?" Samsara squinted his eyes when the orb changed and revealed a sleeping boy in a hospital room surrounded by women, "I see, so unlike the other hosts who preferred Dignity over Guardian... This one chose Guardian over Dignity... How interesting"

    /

    Next morning Masaru slowly began to regain his consciousness, his eyelids were trembling which alerted the girls who slept over the night. "Masaru!" All of them called out to him while Masaru only ?r??n?d while opening his eyes, as his eyes open the view of the hospital room filled with familiar beautiful faces entered his sight. a Warm smile appears on his face while he was looking at the girls, when he tried to sit upright Diana and Sona ?ssisted him as his bones were still recovering. Azazel and the other higher-ups were all notified so they too soon arrived in the room when Masaru saw that everyone was here he began to explain what happened.

    After Masaru explained Azazel nodded, "So it''s true, I always wondered why the sacred gears linked with the Chinese Mythology was not recorded was because they were managing it to ensure it will remain within their lands" Sirzech sighed, "Well I am glad your safe, but to go up against a Mid Class God I can only say that you have done great" Serafall nodded, "As expected of my greatest rival! The Demon King Masaru" When everyone heard this they began to laugh happily, Masaru looked at Azazel "From the looks of it they approached me for a reason but I am not sure, something is going on there and being the host of Byakko I need to be there"

    "You can do so" Ajuka entered the room wearing his disguise which Masaru immediately picked up, "Teacher" Ajuka smiled warmly at Masaru, "I''m glad you recovered although you would have recovered anyway, you are correct to say that you do have a part in the internal war. There is an event that takes place only when the Host of Byakko has lived for longer than 14 years, that time the four directions have to meet each other in the centre. Other than that, I have no idea since most information about them is quite vague. But I am certain depending on the four directions and the centre will be able to decide if they will be our allies or enemies"

    Masaru nodded, Azazel turned to look at Masaru "For now, we will focus on catching Loki before you and a few others will head over to China." Masaru agreed with this plan as he too would prefer not to let Loki free again, everyone continued to chat while Masaru was looking at Sona and the girls. "What''s wrong girls?" Hearing this question most of them jumped onto the bed causing a commotion to break out, even Diana and his grandparents moved away allowing the girls to completely surround him in a group hug. Masaru kept silent but gave each of them a kiss on the forehead, "Sorry that I worried you all" He spoke with a smile allowing the girls to feel more peaceful since Masaru would recover perfectly without the need of the hospital any further he was sent back home where the girls slept together with him peacefully.

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    "So the four direction Gods began making their moves huh?" Falbium was looking at the report, even the Shinto gods and varies smaller groups of Mythology were attending the conference which is held by Sirzech, Michael and Azazel, currently, they were discussing who will be going to China together with Masaru but instead the varies mythologies were inquiring about Masaru who was only 16 years old and already being able to face a Mid Class god although he lost, in the end, was still too frightening.

    Sirzech explained the process of how Masaru told them how he fought against the Azure Dragon with this they realized that the Azure Dragon was not even going full out as he will need to transform himself into his dragon form to unleash his full strength. With this, they all calmed down feeling that Masaru was indeed far away from reaching their level, so they continued to talk a bit more till it was agreed that a Representative from Norse Mythology will be following Masaru in his trip to China together with a Representative from the Fallen Angel side. When the conference was over, Sirzech turned to look at Michael who nodded "I will have Uriel come as Angel''s representative" Sirzech breath a sigh of relief, with this, the group set up was complete and it will not be that dangerous for Masaru.

    Next morning Masaru went to school with Bandages, the sight of the Demon King being injured caused many people to feel surprised, some even laughed but after getting beaten by Masaru''s girls they all kept quiet thinking that Masaru should heal up faster so the girls will turn back to normal as they were a tad bit protective over Masaru currently.