The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

Chapter 457 - The Nekomata Clan (END)...

[Youkai Territory, Kyoto]

"Hello, my name is Magari, I am the leader of Nekomata Clan" A middle-aged woman introduced herself to Kuroka and Koneko. It was pretty clear that the woman was a Nekomata Youkai but unlike Kuroka, the woman didn't have a verbal tick.

The woman had white hair with black streaks and she had a silvery tiny in her cat-like eyes. She has two fluffy white cat ears with black spots on top of her head. Her ears seemed to be twitching from time to time. 

Magari also seemed to have 7 cat tails. Both Kuroka and Koneko were awed by the woman's power… Kuroka and Koneko had seen a lot of strong people in Reo's House but Magari was a Nekomata. Kuroka knew that Reo and her women were otherworlders and Magari was someone from their own Race, so it was kind of endearing.

Dora's eyes were also glittering in excitement. It was pretty surprising that Dora wasn't having a nosebleed. Nemuri simply stood beside Yasaka and Kunou. Both of them had polite smiles on their faces. 

"It's nice to meet you, nya~. My name is Kuroka and this… Shirone, my sister, nya~" Kuroka introduced herself and her sister. She talked with her sister yesterday and Koneko wanted to be introduced by her old name, Shirone. 

"I might be wrong, are you two perhaps Fujimai's daughter?" Magari asked and both Kuroka's and Shirone's eyes grew wide after hearing that name. 

"Yes, did you know her, nya~?" Kuroka asked in a hopeful tone and a sad smile appeared on Magari's face. 

"Yes, she was a part of our clan. I was against her leaving our clan for a dubious man but she was simply mad in love" Magari said in a disappointed tone while shaking her head. Kuroka and Shirone smiled bitterly after hearing those words. 

"Till her last breath, nya~. She was in love with that vile man!" Kuroka spat out in disdain. Magari could only smile bitterly. Shirone didn't know much about her mother as she was really young when her mother passed away so her reaction was quite tame compared to Kuroka. 

"Can… Can you tell us more about her, nya~?" Kuroka asked in a hopeful tone. Kuroka hated her father, but she loved her mother even though her mother was blindly in love with that hateful man. 

"Of course, I have a lot of stories about young Fujimai" Magari said with a beaming smile on her face. "Do you want to visit our village?" Magari offered and Kuroka immediately wanted to agree with the offer but she knew she couldn't and Shirone simply looked towards her sister. 

Kuroka slowly turned towards Nemuri. Nemuri simply shrugged. "If you want to go with her then it is your decision, I will simply inform Reo of your decision" Nemuri said with a shrug and Kuroka only nodded her head with a wry smile on her face. 

"You don't need to, nya~… I won't be staying there. I simply want to visit my mother's birthplace, nya~" Kuroka said with a small nod and once again, Nemuri shrugged. Kuroka knew that without Reo's help, she would still have the SS-Class Stray Devil status. 

"I don't have any problems with that" Magari said after hearing Kuroka's statement. Dora released a relieved sigh after hearing Kuroka's words but she also wanted to accompany them to this Nekomata village but didn't know how to ask about tagging along that without sounding like a creep. 

"Good… let's go then" Magari said with a smile and started to prepare a teleportation circle. Only after a minute, Magari was done. Kuroka and Shirone stepped into the circle and moments later, the two of them disappeared from the room along with Magari. 

"I am feeling parched… let's have a drink" Nemuri offered and Yasaka started to giggle after hearing her friend's statement…

[POV Kuroka] 

This place is so beautiful, nya~… I couldn't believe my mother grew up here. This place is brimming with natural energy. Now I can understand how the woman in front of me became so strong. 

Nya~, all the residents of this village were Nekomata. I have never seen so many Nekomatas. Until now, mother was the only Nekomata I have seen. I have heard that someone from the Phenex Clan has a pair of Nekomata sisters in their peerage but I haven't seen them. Except that I didn't know about anyone else, nya~.

Everyone was pretty respectful to Magari and it wasn't fear… it was genuine respect, nya~. That is a sign of a good leader. Even though I agreed to come here, I was still keeping my guard up. With my past, thrusting someone all of a sudden had become quite hard. 

"This is where your mother grew up… after she left, someone else decided to buy the house" Magari said while pointing towards a house and I couldn't fault Magari for allowing something like that. 

My mother left the village on her own accord, obviously, her house was going to be acquired by someone else. Magari led us towards a field where the younger generation could be seen practising Youjutsu and Senjutsu,nya~. This is so beautiful, nya~.

Shirone was slightly uncomfortable, so I placed my hand around her shoulder to give her some comfort. She looked at me and gave me a determined nod. "This is where the younger generation learns our arts" Magari said with a smile. I am glad that she didn't ask why Shirone looked uncomfortable. 

"I can feel that you are pretty good at Youjutsu and Senjutsu but you could still learn more if you want" Magari said while looking towards me. 

"I would love to learn more if you don't mind, nya~" I immediately agreed. I knew that Shirone wasn't comfortable with Youjutsu or Senjutsu but Shirone has been working on trying to get rid of her trauma, so I think it will be fine, nya~.

"Very well!" Magari nodded her head with a kind smile on her face…

[POV Reo] 

Almost a week has passed since Kuroka had started to train in the Nekomata village. Surprisingly only after a day, Koneko has also decided to join her sister. Rias and her peerage had returned to the Underworld as Hela had removed her from Kuoh but Koneko had started to live with us. 

Nothing major has happened. Hades is planning to steal the master bolt and Rizevim Livan Lucifer has increased the pace of his plans. Rizevim Livan Lucifer is playing to remove me… hehe… it is pretty amusing to watch him scuttle around. 

His time will come… Well, I should get back to my own training. I slowly closed my eyes and the space around me started to pulse with purple waves. I was trying to increase the concentration of Power of Destruction inside my body without releasing it. 

It won't increase by power or anything and my power is bottomless, I will never run out of power as long as the concept of Destruction exists in this Omniverse. I was simply trying to increase my control over my power. 

The Power of Destruction is chaotic in nature… keeping it under a lid is very hard, that is why Sirzechs Lucifer loses his ability to control after entering his Destruction mode. That was just an example… his ability to control the Power of Destruction isn't anywhere near me. 

Thankfully I wasn't anywhere near any Multiverse… I didn't want to destroy anything accidentally. When I Nemesis I wouldn't have bothered about something insignificant like this but now… guess, I have really changed a lot. Recently, I haven't destroyed anything, I have become kind of tame. 

The whole place started to vibrate due to the concentration of my raw power… After a few minutes, my control finally started to slip so u started to lower my power. I kept repeating the process for an hour until I finally felt someone approaching my location. I slowly opened my eyes and decided to wait. 

"My my my… isn't this a surprise. The great Nemesis training!! This is going to hit the news" A man appeared in front of me out of thin air. The man was dressed in a white office shirt and a pair of black pants. 

He also had a tie hanging down his neck. His shirt was rolled up to his shoulders revealing the tribal tattoos on his arms. The man was also wearing two leather combat gloves. There were small patches of blood on his body. I narrowed my eyes and started to release my power. 

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"Extinction… what a surprise" I said in a dry tone and the man started to chuckle. 

"You are still brooding emo and here I heard that you have changed" the man said with a teasing grin on his face and I simply scoffed after hearing his statement. 

"I have changed… I go by a different name now" I said and the man pulled out a cigarette and lit it up. Yes, we are in Space but it still works because we are Gods or something like that. 

The man took a long puff and released the smoke. "Yes, I have heard. Itsuki Reo. Really? You ducking took a mortal name?? The fuck is going on? The Omniverse is really coming to an end" The man started to cackle. His argument seems to be quite sound. 

"Fair point" I said with a stiff nod of my head. 

"Don't need to be so stiff, big guy… the end is coming. Let's have some fun before everything goes down to shit" Extinction proposed and I simply gave him a blank stare. 

"Fine…" I agreed with a shrug. 

"Good. I know this brilliant place! Let's go for a drink. What do you say?" Extinction asked excitedly. 

"Sure, lead the way" I said and Extinction cleaned all the blood on his body with a wave of his hand and moments later a door appeared in front of us. Extinction stepped into the door and soon as I was about to step in… I froze in shock and surprise… Oh, boy… 

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