Winds of Change (DxD)

Volume 7 - Chapter 8 - Vampire Galore

Word count: 42k

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Third Person Point of View

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Ayumu Doumon sat on a chair, waiting for time to pass by. He had finished all his preparations, and was waiting for the Vampire faction's side to have theirs done too. He, along with the remnants of the 'Connected Harmony', now called 'Exiled Harmony', were going to proceed with a joint operation with Kecate Tepes, the leader of the Vampire faction.

As he sat there, he smiled to himself while spinning a pocket watch by his side. That item—the pocket watch—was his Artificial Sacred Gear he received from Satanael; it was a strange weapon as it relied heavily on one gimmick, which he had his whole life. Which was his luck.

He stopped spinning it and brought it up to his face. "You guys really are geniuses. Whether we live or die, let's make the vampires and some of the clans suffer with this final act, fufu," he muttered.

The door to the room he sat in opened, and in came one of the remaining members of Exiled Harmony.

"Ayumu-sama, Kecate-sama, and the other vampires with the remaining Super Vampires are nearly ready. She's asking along with a few others when we'll launch our attack?" asked the member.

"Let's see...how about in three days? Can everyone gather by then?" Ayumu asked while standing up from his chair. He put his pocket watch in his pants pocket while walking towards the man.

"According to 'him', it should be possible. However, bringing over the other two might take a bit since they've gone off by themselves," replied the man.

Ayumu laughed and patted the man on the shoulder. "It's fine; if necessary, we'll make it in four days. However, everything else should be ready. I'll help Kecate realize her dream," he said and walked away.

"Dream...?" muttered the man, confused.

Ayumu Doumon hated humans. He hated the Five Principal Clans and wanted them to perish. However, he knew that they had a close relationship with the Middleman and the Dual Dragon Emperor, which is why he decided to help Kecate.

If the 'Vampire that Transcends Gods' became even more powerful with his help, he could use their amicable relationship to take them down instead; if not, he could cause enough damage to make them regret their old ways.

Even though he knew that they were taking new steps because of the new clan heads, to him, it was too late—just like the late Hanezu Himejima. While he himself won't target everyone for his exile and wrongdoing, he will more or less take out his anger on the elders and executives of the Doumon clan. As for his other members, he will give them free rein; that was Ayumu's belief.

He would also like to see his little sister one last time since he was quite proud of her as she had inherited the current Sacred Beast, the Black Tortoise, Xuanwu.

As he walked down the hallways of the Khaos Orders' base, he laughed. "We'll have a little reunion soon, my little sister~"

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Kecate Tepes. The leader of the Vampire faction of the Khaos Order, a pure-blooded vampire and bastard child of King Tepes. However, because of her betrayal and constant leaks of information about their faction, most of the Tepes faction of vampires perished, only ever leaving some survivors.

The ratio between male and female vampires was about 1:9, or even less for the males. Those who had run away or secluded themselves had started to reappear again because of the new faction for the vampire race and the unity they're trying to reach.