A Nexus Devil (Dxd x Multi Crossover)

Ch 21: A Stray Assassin

Ch 21: A Stray Assassin

Suddenly, the summoning circle that the two devils had arrived in started to glow all on its own!

It started to glow brighter and brighter, and Misla looked on, concerned. There wasn't supposed to be anyone in their house besides them, so who could possibly be using their summoning circle to backtrace their teleportation and follow them? She felt like something wasn't right, which was confirmed once Luna spoke up.

"We all need to move to the main chamber right now," Luna said. "This room isn't large enough to fight in." Luna grabbed hold of Sairogs and started leading him out of Salazar's office towards the main chamber.

"What!?" Harry and Hermione exclaimed at the same time. "Who said anything about fighting?" Hermione asked. "And why are we fighting?!"

Harry just had a resigned look on his face; he went back down into the chamber and now he probably was going to be in another perilous situation! Harry figured this is what he got for tempting fate at this point in his life...

The now larger group quickly moved away from the glowing summoning circle and back through the destroyed statue to the main chamber, Ron's still unconscious body being levitated behind them by Hermione as they moved quickly.

"Okay then," Luna said, knowing that they'd be safe for the next minute or so. "Everybody get behind Jake, he'll handle this." She moved behind him and the whole group did as she asked. Harry sighed in relief that for once it wasn't him having to fight!

Jake just smiled at them and took the lead. "Um, thanks for believing in me, I guess?" He said in happy confusion. "But do you mind telling us what's coming, Luna?" Everyone was wondering that as well, especially Misla who knew that somebody had clearly broken into their home and was using their summoning circle to track them. She had an unpleasant hunch, but she hoped it wouldn't be true...

"It's an assassin," Luna said happily!

Harry and Hermione sputtered in shock. "An assassin, for real?" Harry exclaimed. "Well, who are they after?" he asked.

"I'm afraid they're after my son and I," Misla said, to the shock of her young son.

Sairog just looked down in sadness. "Mom, are they after us because I failed to use the power of des- is Dad trying to have me killed?" He had an absolutely dejected look on his face.

Misla was about to comfort her son, but Jake spoke up first. "Hey kid, don't worry about it. I promise that nothing's going to happen to you as long as I'm here! Some measly assassin targeting a 5-year-old is going to be no match for me." He smiled at Sairog as he gave him a thumbs-up.

Jake had now learned ice magic from Serafall and he also had his new spell circles, which cut his casting power requirement down by around 90%. He learned from his battle against the dragon that overconfidence could lead to his downfall, but in this situation, he felt like - no, he knew that he had everything under control.

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After waiting for another minute, whatever was being summoned had finally arrived. From the middle of the chamber, they all heard a grinding noise get steadily closer and closer towards them. Finally, from the busted statue emerged a grotesque creature with literal swords for its arms. The grinding noise was from its sword arm that had been dragging on the stone ground behind it menacingly. This monster had three eyes on each side of its head along with two sets of mouths to accompany those eyes. Its skin was a demented gray and where its legs were supposed to be, were instead replaced by what looked like horse legs, hooves and all. It was a Stray Devil!