Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 7 - Chapter 7 - Rambunctious Valkyries!*

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Third Person Point of View

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"The entire village is surrounded, Silphia. What do we do? As far as I can tell it's people from Ningguang's pantheon, but they haven't infiltrated us yet. They've only stayed around the perimeter of it; do you think they're waiting for more backup?" asked one of her subordinates.

The members of [Tiles of Dog City] were in a remote village in China—their last stronghold. They had built their base near a mountain side that also connected to a large underground stronghold.

Silephia had four trusted individuals with her. The aforementioned Zi Xia was one of them, as leaned against a wall near the entrance as the other three crowded around a table with a 3D hologram of the village that also showed a live feed of their enemy.

"They know we're looking at them," said another. Countless people looked directly at their magical cameras and waved at them. "Are they mocking us?"

Silphia squinted at the members of Ningguang's side. While she felt a bit anxious about the situation, she didn't feel helpless—in fact, her gut told her that this was a good thing...all that she had to do was use her wits and smarts to pull out of it alive and intact.

She knew that they were reasonable, and out of the 'evil' organizations, her group was the least threatening. Even if they did cause trouble for the supernatural from time-to-time, it had changed from when her adopted father and mentor used to lead it.

'If the Middleman comes here, I can probably speak to him and maybe...come to some sort of agreement?' she thought. "We'll wait."

"What!? Why?! Why don't we—" Another member started to say, but a single glare from Silphia shut her up.

"Do you think wish our members we can take them on? If they enlisted the Middleman's help, and God forbid—Team [DxD], do you think we'll be the winners?" she asked her subordinate. They did not have an answer to that as they regrettably stared at the ground.

"We have to be smart about this—think of it logically and with a clear head. The Khaos Order, The Vortex Bunch, The Z-Team and us—The Tiles of Dog City. Out of all the groups, which one of us has caused the least amount of trouble?" Silphia asked the room.

The members looked at one another, but the first to answer was Zi Xia. "Us, obviously. The Khaos Order is one thing—they're number one enemy for everyone. The Vortex Bunch was full of idiots, but still caused trouble and [DxD] had to respond, and recently, the [Z-Team] was defeated. All that's left is us."

She opened her eyes and they glowed. "Granted, we still did bad things, but we didn't do them out of maliciousness. We did it to help ourselves and this village, but they don't know that, only us. So if we explain ourselves to someone reasonable, then maybe we'll get out of this situation intact."

"You...you want to ally with them? Is that even possible? What the hell can we even offer to them?" asked another member.

The room fell silent as they couldn't think of one. Zi Xia walked over to them and laughed, confusing everyone.

"Why not appeal to the Middleman?" she asked and grinned. She tore open her top revealing her bra. "You know what I mean?"

"...I am not whoring myself out," another member deadpanned. The others agreed.

Silphia sighed and shook her head. "Have we not heard of the rumors? That he's not like that—he won't just target any woman with a pulse to add to his harem."