Ch 266: We march to War!

"…and you lying bastards are asking for it!" shouted Apollon, his face red with fury.

"You dare accuse our Valkyries while sending your Myrmidons to burn our villages, such a lame trick. Like it has never been done before. A tactic so common the humans even invented a word for it, 'darvo'. I am getting sick and tired of your bullshit!" replied Thor with his voice almost vibrating with sheer anger, barely refraining from summoning Mjolnir.

Serafall Leviathan rubbed her temples tiredly. Apollon and Thor were both the foreign policy representatives of their respective Pantheons, just like she and Michael beside her were for the Devils and the Angels. She knew they were both experienced in politics and should have more self-control. But the slow increase in hostilities in Europe between the two Pantheons was quickly exhausting their patience.

"Have you considered the possibility that some of your troops on both sides might be going rogue and act without orders?" asked Michael, and Thor snorted.

"I can't answer for the Greeks, but we keep a close eye on our Valkyries. During several of the dates and hours they claimed they were attacked, all of our Valkyries were present and accounted for. It can't be them."

"Many of the survivors described the Valkyries who attacked them, and their descriptions of two of them correspond to the appearances of Brynhildr and Sigrun, two of the strongest ones." spat Apollon. "They even heard the third one call the silver-haired one using the name 'Brynhildr'. They were your Valkyries, and if you claim they couldn't be there, that can only mean that you're lying to cover for them, and their attacks are sanctioned by Asgard."

"You fucking piece of…" started Thor, actually summoning his hammer, and only stopped when Michael slammed his hand on the table.

"This is a place of peace and negotiations, Thor. Unsummon Mjolnir. What do you think you will achieve if you attack Apollon?"

Thor reluctantly nodded and made his hammer disappear.

"Thank you, Thor." said Michael with a conciliant tone. "I have a suggestion. I can request for Noah Enfield to help arbitrate this issue. I hear he is able to know when someone is lying."

Apollon glared at him for long seconds, then left the room.

"I think this means 'No'…" sighed Serafall.

"That must be proof Apollon is lying through his teeth, if he refuses to be in the presence of someone who can detect lies." concluded Thor. "Thank you for your time, Serafall, Michael. Too bad this turned into a joke."

With those words, Thor left the room as well.

"I will contact Noah anyway." sighed Serafall. "Maybe we can investigate the Valkyries, at least."

"Yes. I will leave it to you, Serafall. Thank you."

…

"…still deny any involvement, claim it can not possibly be their Valkyries despite the many witnesses, and claim we are only accusing them to justify alleged attacks by our Myrmidons."

"I checked again on our Myrmidons." said Ares. "None of the regiments close enough to reach the villages they accuse us of pillaging have left their post in the last month."

"What if we are played by a third party?" asked Athena. "Maybe someone who could use hypnosis to interfere with the survivors' testimonies?"

"There is no third party who would profit from it." frowned Hera. "The Angels, Fallen Angels and Devils have little interest in Europe, and the Hindu and Aztec are isolationists.

"Michael has suggested bringing that newcomer Noah Enfield to the arbitration, claiming that he can detect lies." added Apollon.

"Do they think us to be fools?" growled Zeus. "Michael, Azazel and Odin have been seen often together recently, and Odin bribed Enfield with a Valkyrie. He will pretend to be neutral while lying in their favor. This whole thing must be an attempt to extort concessions from us as 'reparations'!"

"This is also what I think, and why I left the arbitration." nodded Apollon.

"If this is their goal, why attack our villages?" frowned Athena. "They could keep pretending that our Myrmidons are attacking theirs, and have Noah arbitrate in their favor."

"…Probably to force us into negotiating. Else we could have simply ignored them and their ridiculous claims." suggested Hades.

Athena nodded dubiously. No matter how much she disliked her uncle, she had to admit that Hades's argument made sense.

"We are going to teach them the consequences of playing with fire! We are not sheep to be fleeced!" shouted Zeus, standing, and thunder roller over Olympus.

"Hades, gather your Reapers. Ares, mobilize the Myrmidons and the Spartans. Athena, your War Maidens. Artemis, your Huntresses. We will show Asgard what the Myrmidons really are like, and we will crush Asgard's deities and their accomplices!"

"Let it be so, my brother." nodded Hades, carefully hiding his glee.

"We march to War!" yelled Zeus, lifting his right hand with his fists clenched tight.

"We march to War!" replied the other deities of Olympus.

…

"It feels so big." complained Rossweisse as the gingerly touched the base of the steel butt plug filling her trough the layer of the dark blue latex bodysuit covering her body from the neck down.

"You will grow used to it, Rose." smiled Noah, hugging her and kissing her, and she moaned sweetly, melting into his arms.

"Hands behind your back, my favorite Valkyrie."

"Mou, you only have one Valkyrie so far." fake-pouted Rossweisse as she obeyed.

"Right. But even when I get my hands on your battle sisters, I think they would be hard-pressed to take your place at the top." grinned Noah, taking from his inventory a black leather armbinder.

"Top of the Valkyries, maybe. But how does that compare with the rest of your women?"

"That, my dear, I will never tell, even under torture." chuckled Noah, slipping the armbinder up her arms and tugging on it until her hands settled into the bottom pouch. He fastened the belts across her torso and shoulders to keep it from slipping, then laced the laces tight, until her elbows touched.

After several days, and nights in her soul space, Rossweisse was now well acquainted with bondage and latex, and as far as she was concerned, the tighter, the better. The "Bondage Bunny" curse of the Thrall Crest on her back helped with that as well. He could already hear her breathing pattern accelerate.

"On your knees beside the bed, Rose. Next, we will keep training your oral skills."

"Yes, Master." smiled Rossweisse as she gracefully left the bed only to get on her knees.

"Good Girl." smiled Noah, removing his clothes, and Rossweisse wasted no time engulfing his semi-hard cock.

As she worked on making him rock hard , Noah gave her a few pieces of advice, and kept his right hand on her head, gently rubbing her scalp as he guided the rhythm of the fellation.

Noah's phone rang, and he sighed.

"Keep going, Rose, but quietly." said Noah, and Rose nodded, slowing down and focusing on making no noise.

"Hello? Serafall?"

"Hi, Noah. How are you doing? I hope I am not disturbing you."

"Not at all, Serafall. I am doing well, and it is nice to hear from you. Are you filming your show's next season?"

"Not right now, and I am not doing bad, but there is a big issue, and I'd like your help…"

"Not with Sona, I hope?" frowned Noah.

"No, it's the Greeks Gods and the Norse pantheon. The situation is going down the drain, and fast. Both sides are accusing the other of burning villages around their borders, and they're running out of patience. Since you can detect lies, I hoped that you could help us figure out what is really happening."

"…Can you contact Odin and tell him that I will teleport to him in, say, one hour with Rossweisse and Grayfia?"

"I will. I'll be there as well. Thank you, Noah." cheered Serafall.

"I think I have seen stopping wars being somewhere in my job's description, I believe. This is only part of what I am paid for. See you soon."

"Later, Noah."

"Bad Girl." smiled Noah. "You paused when I mentioned Odin. I will punish you for that when we return."

Rossweisse groaned lustfully as she resumed her ministration, but Noah could see the burning curiosity in her eyes.

"You can stop, Rose. A good thing you have just recently obtained my abilities. That demonstration we promised Odin might happen in the very near future."

"What is happening, Master?"

"I will tell you while we shower. I am half tempted to bring you to visit Odin in your current attire, you know? I wonder how the other Valkyries would react in seeing you like this."

"Please no, Master. I would never live this down." smiled Rossweisse, knowing that he wouldn't do it.

Noah smiled as he unbound and unlaced the armbinder, releasing her arms far sooner than he had anticipated, and they both went to the bathroom.

…

When they teleported to Odin, Noah, Rossweisse and Grayfia appeared inside a large throne room. Standing near Odin were Thor, a blonde-haired, two-meter-tall man with muscles on his muscles, wearing steel cuirass, bracers and greaves, and a brown leather battle skirt.

Beside Odin, sitting on a slightly smaller throne, was Freyja, his wife, an extremely beautiful woman with gray eyes and long wavy brown hair dressed in a green dress.

Standing on Freyja's right was a middle-aged woman with blue eyes and gray hair, dressed in a dark blue robe.

Finally, lined up in front of the throne were six young women who, by their outfits looking almost identical to Rossweisse's armored dress, must be some of the Valkyries.

"Noah! Thank you for coming so fast." grinned Serafall. "And Hi, Grayfia, Rossweisse."

"Greeting, Serafall, Odin-sama, Freyja-sama, Thor-sama. and…" nodded Noah with a pilot smile.

"Ah, let me introduce you." grinned Odin. "This is Gondul, our oldest Valkyrie."

Gondul nodded to him, then walked to Rossweisse with a bright smile and hugged her tightly.

"Grandmother!" beamed Rossweisse.

"How are you doing, Rose? He is taking good care of you?"

"Yes. I am very happy, Grandmother." smiled Rossweisse.

"Good. So I will not have to kick his butt." replied Gondul with a fierce look at Noah, who chuckled softly.

"It is nice to meet you, lady Gondul. Feel free to come and kick my butt any time Rose complains about me."

"I will take you up on this, young man." nodded Gondul. Noah saw cautious approval in her eyes.

"Ahem, moving on, Here are the Valkyries squad leaders." grinned Odin, gesturing toward them. "From left to right, Brynhildr, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Grimgerde, Schwertleite and Sigrun."

Brynhildr had turquoise blue eyes and long pale blue hair. Helmwige shoulder-length golden hair and green eyes. Ortlinde had golden eyes and long black hair. Grimgerde possessed brown eyes and short brown hair in a pixie cut. Schwertleite seemed to be the youngest, with slightly wavy, shoulder-length, silver hair partially gathered into two side tails, and some of her bangs were turquoise blue just like her eyes. Lastly, Sigrun had long deep blue hair in a ponytail and blue eyes.

"It is nice to meet some of Rossweisse's battle sisters." smiled Noah.

"Likewise. We heard a lot about you." smiled Brynhildr, speaking for them all.

"So, to business." said Thor, not liking the way the Valkyries were looking at Noah with hopeful eyes, and aware that they weren't hoping for exoneration only. "The Greeks are accusing our Valkyries of attacking some of their villages, while nine of our own villages have been attacked. Our survivors have described the attackers as a group of fifty Myrmidons, easily recognizable due to the armor, shield and sword they all use. The Greeks claim that their own survivors have been attacked by three Valkyries, and they even claim that the physical descriptions of two of them correspond to Brynhildr and Sigrun. They also claim to have heard the names 'Brynhildr' and 'Sigrun' as the so-called Valkyries were talking to each other."

"What about the third alleged Valkyrie?" frowned Grayfia.

"They said she had long black hair and blue eyes. Which could describe roughly a tenth of our Valkyries." shrugged Odin.

"Okay." nodded Noah, turning to the Valkyries. "Ladies, I am going to ask you a few questions, and I would like you to answer by yes or no. Please understand that I am not accusing you of anything, and I would be very surprised if you weren't innocent."

"Yes, please ask away." nodded Brynhildr.

"Brynhildr, did you attack any village in the past year, or have any knowledge of other Valkyries doing so?"

"No." replied Brynhildr firmly.

Noah nodded and asked the same question to every Valkyrie. He then turned to Odin.

"Odin-sama, did you sanction or order any attack on villages under the jurisdiction of the Greek Pantheon lately?"

"Not in the last two centuries." replied Odin, and Noah nodded before asking the same question to Thor and Freyja. Without surprise, their answers were negative.

"No lie has been told by anyone present." concluded Noah. "I would like to interview some of the survivors from your side, to make sure they aren't under any kind of magical compulsion, and then I think I can go visit Olympus to continue the investigation."

"Most of the survivors have been gathered into the same village to rebuild their lives. A have a few Valkyries guarding them, just in case." said Odin. "The Valkyries will lead you there, you can use the teleportation array."

"Yes, thank you, Odin-sama. Serafall, I will call you later to give you an update."

"Thank you." nodded Odin and Serafall.

"Please follow us, Noah-sama." gestured Brynhildr, leading them outside.

Noah looked around at the large city sprawling under his eyes, its white buildings topped with orange roofs. He now stood on a large balcony paved with white marble, part of a massive white castle. Valhalla, as was its name, really was a beautiful city.

While Asgard and Olympus both had a lot of influence over Europe, their physical locations were actually in the Underworld, on the west of the Devil-controlled territory. Both Pantheons kept the technology level on their territories to a medieval level, something that Noah wasn't entirely satisfied about, but since magic was practiced openly in the Underworld, he wanted to gather more information about things like available healthcare and life expectancy before deciding if and what reforms would be needed.

The Valkyries walked to a large magic array.

"We will use this magic formation to travel to the village, Noah-sama." said Brynhildr.

Noah nodded as he, Grayfia, Rossweisse and the other Valkyries stood at its center, and they were teleported to a clearing in front of a small village. A few people noticed them immediately and watched them approach.

"Valkyrie-sama?" asked the closest one to Brynhildr. "May we help you?"

"Yes. We would like to see some of the people who were recently added to the village."

"I understand. Please follow me to the village Chief…"

…

Noah was in the middle of interrogating the refugees, having found no trace of tampering so far.

On the side, the Valkyries were subjecting Rossweisse to a rigorous interrogation, and Rossweisse answered most of their questions, sometimes blushing, sometimes demonstrating some of her new abilities.

when his phone rang. It was Serafall.

"Serafall?" asked Noah, frowning. If she contacted him before waiting for his report, it probably wasn't to tell him good news.

"Noah! The Greeks are attacking Asgard, and they're going all-out! They're advancing with four separate armies!"

Noah hadn't activated the speaker, but Grayfia was close enough to hear, and her expression hardened.

"Shit." cursed Noah. "Can I teleport to you?"

"Yes. I'm heading toward one of those armies, Michael toward another. and the Asgard Gods are about to face the largest two of them, led by Zeus and Ares."

Noah nodded and ended the call.

"Grayfia, please teleport to any of the Sisters back home. I am declaring full mobilization. They are to travel to our worlds to inform the Sisters working over there and warn all the other members of our faction who share my abilities. I want everyone to create the best sets of armor and weapons they can for themselves, then teleport to me in less than 5 minutes.

"Ophis, Suzu and Kaede as well?" asked Grayfia.

Noah thought about it for a second and nodded.

"Yes. Maybe Ophis's presence will act as a deterrent."

"I'll be right back." nodded Grayfia, disappearing.

"Noah, what is happening?" asked Rossweisse. Her battle sisters beside her were tense, their previous teasing behavior gone.

"The Greeks are attacking. Rossweisse, I want you to teleport to Odin and ask him to delay the fight if he can. Brynhildr, and everyone else, please touch Rossweisse's body, and she will teleport you with them."

"Understood, good luck!" nodded Rossweisse, taking the other Valkyries with her.

Noah teleported to Serafall. She was alone, flying south-east.

"Noah! Thanks for your help!"

"Let's land for now in this field and tell me what you know." said Noah, pointing to a large empty field.

Serafall nodded and made a dive for the ground.

"We heard the news just two minutes before I called you. The Greeks have launched a synchronized attack on four fronts."

"The first and smallest army is led by Athena, Artemis and Hestia. Athena is fairly reasonable most of the time. Artemis and Hestia are hot-heads, but we still get along well. Usually. I was hoping to be able to talk some sense to them. Their troops are all female, Athena's War Maidens and Artemis's Huntresses. Hestia has a much smaller number of Guardians of the Hearth, all pyrokinetists."

"The second army, the largest one, led by Zeus, Hera and Poseidon, if our reports are accurate, is made of half of their Myrmidons and Spartans, and a bunch of Mermen."

"The Third army, the other half of the Myrmidons and Spartans, seems to be commanded by Ares, Apollon and Hephaestus.

"Finally, there is Hades and Aphrodite, commanding the Reapers." Michael has summoned Raphael and Gabriel and had gone to try to stop them."

"And Asgard's response?"

"I asked them to leave Athena's group to me." admitted Serafall. "I was rather confident that you would be there to save my butt, if it came down to violence."

"Any time." nodded Noah.

"Odin, Freyja and Balder are facing the Greek's second army. Thor, Heimdall and Tyr the third army. Vidar and Hel are with Michael. All of them are mobilizing the Einherjars and Valkyries, but they will need a bit of time for the Einherjars to reach their full numbers."

As she was talking, Grayfia teleported back to him, with greaves, chest armor, and bracers now added to her maid uniform. Then Asuna. Then Ren and Fubuki, accompanied by Fenrir. More and more of Noah's girls teleported in quick succession.

"We're going to war?" asked Ren.

"A war has just started, and we're going to end it." nodded Noah.

"Who?"

"The Greek Pantheon is attacking Asgard. I'll tell you more when everyone is here."

In just a few minutes, the field was crowded with thousands upon thousands of beautiful girls, most of them Sisters wearing black plate armor with gold accents.

Noah nodded and flew upward a few meters to be seen by everyone.

"Everyone, we had just started investigating a situation where both Asgard and Olympus were accusing each other of destroying villages near their borders. I have determined so far that Asgard is innocent, but I do not know yet if Olympus is guilty of those crimes, or if a third party is trying to get them at each other's throats."

"However, the Gods of Olympus have just launched an all-out attack on Asgard, and we're going to put a stop to it. I want you girls to divide into three roughly equal groups, commanded by Ren, Venelana, and Grayfia. Ren's group will teleport to Odin. Venelana's group to Thor, and Grayfia's group to Archangel Michael. Misaka 9982, you'll stay with me and Serafall to ensure quick communication."

"Your goals are, in order of priority: Keep each other safe, force a stop to the fighting, and try to keep the killing to a minimum."

"Should we take cute captives, Master?" asked Raynare with hopeful eyes.

Noah hesitated for a moment, then shrugged.

"Even if the Greeks are innocent in the burning villages matter, they still started this war, so some measure of punishment is warranted. But keep it within reason. Good luck, everyone. I'll revive anyone who dies, but try not to make it necessary."

The girls all nodded, quickly organized themselves into three vaguely equal groups, each of them representing more actual combat power than any Pantheon could gather, and they started teleporting away.

Unbeknown to Noah, most of his girls' definition of 'within reason' now basically meant 'no more than one each'.

Noah took Misaka 9982 in her arms since she didn't have a way to fly, only jump in the air or glide, and turned to Serafall.

"Misaka, remind me later to create actual flight magic and teach it to everyone."

"Misaka enjoys being in Master's arms, but Misaka understands." nodded Misaka 9982.

"You have a lot more experience in diplomacy and personal connections to them, so Misaka and I will stay in the background." Said Noah, looking at Serafall.

"Yes, thanks." nodded Serafall, deploying her devil wings again.

They resumed their flight, with Misaka 9982 giving an update every minute or so.

So far, none of the armies had made contact with each other. Zeus, Thor and Michael had agreed to let Noah's faction act as a buffer between them, relieved by the sheer number of reinforcements they had received. Odin made some envious comments about the size of Noah's harem, which the girls pointedly ignored. Freyja didn't ignore them and socked her husband.

The first to face the Greeks were Noah, Serafall and Misaka 9982, as they didn't have to wait for ground troops to get properly organized and march.

Noah observed them carefully as he followed Serafall to land a few hundred meters before them. Serafall had chosen to land as a diplomatic courtesy, as she didn't want to appear like she was looking down at the three goddesses.

The three goddesses were leading a small army walking with ranks already formed, made of maybe three thousand women armed with large silver bows and short spears, wearing close-fitting green leather armor that would camouflage them fairly well in a forest, and three thousand women in Greek-style blue leather armor, each of them armed with a one-handed Xiphos sword, a round shield with an Owl emblem called an Athenian Aspis, and a short horn bow and a quiver full of arrows on their backs.

Near the front of the army was also a group of about fifty young women dressed in red robes, each of them having their heads uncovered.

Most of their attention, however, was on the three Goddesses leading this army, and as expected, they were gorgeous.

Artemis was a green-eyed woman with waist-long blue hair, most of it tied with a white ribbon into a complex style that started as a braid and ended as a ponytail. Her face was framed with two long bangs stopping past her shoulders, and she was dressed in a blue and white outfit whose skirt stopped mid-thighs. Brown leather boots covered her feet part the knees, and she held a golden bow, but had no visible arrows. She was riding a white unicorn.

Athena had purple eyes and black hair stopping just past her shoulders, and wore a golden version of the armor equipping half of the Greek army. In her right hand was a large spear. on her left arm was a round shield, Aegis, engraved with the pattern of Medusa's head. The pattern was enchanted, with the many snakes spouting from medusa's head seemingly moving slowly. Medusa's eyes were closed. Athena was riding a giant Owl, white aside from the blue tips of its feathers.

Finally, Hestia had brown eyes and long, wavy, crimson hair, and was dressed in a crimson robe that seemed to constantly move like flames. She wasn't riding any mount, but each step of her feet, bare aside from the flames that seemed to wrap around them, covered several meters of distance.

Serafall waved in greeting, and Athena waved for the army to stop as her Owl landed, and she approached with Artemis and Hestia.

They stopped thirty meters from Serafall, Noah and Misaka, and their eyes were angry.

"Hey guys, I understand that you angry, but can you please stop your attack? We're making progress in the investigation, and…"

"This is Noah Enfield, right?" cut in Artemis, glaring at Noah.

"I am. It's a pleasure to meet you all, although the circumstances…"

"Just answer this question." cut in Hestia in turn. "Do you acknowledge Asgard's guilt in the attacks of our villages?"

"No, they are innocent, as far as…"

"Then that settle it." nodded Athena. "Serafall, we are so disappointed in you. We didn't think you would stoop so low. In respect of our past friendship, we will let you go. Never show your face in front of us again."

Serafall paled, and her face contorted like she had been struck by a dagger in the heart.

"You guys, can't you see I'm only trying to help?" protested Serafall.

"Help them scam us, yes." spat Artemis. "You think we don't know what you're trying to do?"

"How about you tell me what you think we're trying to do?" frowned Noah.

"You attack our villages to bring us at the negotiation table, claim we attacked yours, then bring in a corrupt arbitrator to claim we are the ones lying, and extort 'reparations' out of us. But we won't stand for it!"

"Hey, I don't take claims that I am corrupt lightly!" said Noah with a sharp tone. "You should know better than to accuse someone without evidence, and..."

"How's that for evidence?" barked Artemis, lifting her bow and drawing the string. She fired an energy arrow at him.

Noah hurriedly created a Hole and a half-dozen light barriers in front of it. The arrow went through the barriers, barely slowing down, but was absorbed by the hole.

"We know that Odin bribed you by giving you one of his Valkyries, you perverted scum."

"I'll admit to being pervert, but I'm an honest pervert!" countered Noah, right before he suddenly leaned to the side to avoid another arrow.

"And I swear, Artemis, if you fire another shot at me, you're getting a spanking!" shouted Noah.

He was hoping that his threat would make Artemis pause, but it instead seemed to rile her up, and she fired three more in quick succession, causing some serious damage in the land far behind him.

"Why was a pervert like you chosen to be the pet of a goddess in the first place? She must be a pervert as well!" spat Artemis, irritated that he kept dodging her arrows. She could actually do something about it, but her trump cards should be kept in reserve.

"I would retract that statement and apologize if I were you." said Noah, evading yet another arrow. "Lilith isn't the kind to tolerate disrespect."

"And why would we care about the honor of a Goddess who didn't even come to face us directly? Not only a pervert, but she must also be a coward as well." said Athena.

Noah started to feel Seifuku vibrating in her sheath.

"Apologize to Lilith, now!" ordered Noah. "Or there will be consequences."

"You really should apologize to Lilith." said Serafall, alarmed. "I met her Avatar, and she's not..."

"Shut up already and go away, Serafall!" said Hestia. "A so-called Goddess too cowardly to face us is only worthy of our contempt. Just like you, after the way you tried to trick us."

Seifuku stopped vibrating. instead, she summoned herself, appearing near Noah, clad in her white and gold armor.

"I am an Avatar of Lilith." said Seifuku in a cold voice, staring down her nose at the three Goddesses who looked unimpressed.

Noah noticed that Seifuku was deliberately suppressing her divine aura, and guessed that she was angry enough to want the other three to stick their hands deeper into the grinder.

"You have been badmouthing me a lot, it seems. But do you have the guts to repeat those words to my face?"

"I'll repeat them as much as you want, you pervert!" snorted Artemis. "What do they say about weak dogs barking the loudest? …Well, since you're a female dog, I should call you a loud bitch instead."

"A bitch of a Goddess indeed, pretending to be just and fair while letting her Champion accept bribes from other Gods." shrugged Athena, challenging Lilith. She had heard that Lilith's domain was related to carnal pleasures, so she surely was a weak Goddess, compared to herself who was known as the Goddess of Wisdom, War, and Handicrafts.

"A loudly barking bitch of a Goddess. A promiscuous pervert who hides behind an Avatar like a coward rather than come in person." added Hestia. She was the most prude of Olympus's Goddesses and felt personally offended by Lilith's very existence.

"Oh dear…" muttered Noah, now watching the train wreck with morbid fascination. This was going to end up with so much more than a spanking.

"Ah…. Ahah… Ahahah…" started laughing Seifuku, her shoulders shaking.

Noah shivered, as that laugh sounded like a textbook villain's laugh.

It stopped suddenly, and Seifuku smiled coldly at the three Goddesses. Without looking away from them, she spoke.

"Noah. I have a mission for you. No, not a mission, an order."

"Yes, Lilith-sama?"

"I have just put three special items in your inventory."

Noah quickly checked and spotted the new additions.

"Blue Bitch's Collar."

"Black Bitch's Collar."

"Red Bitch's Collar."

"I see them." nodded Noah. Each of those items had a description and clearly weren't normal items, but he didn't have time to read it right now and stopped at the mention of them sealing the wearer's powers.

"The first part of your mission is for your faction as a whole, so listen well, Misaka. Those six thousand two hundred and twelve followers of those three bitches. Capture them all. And you, my Champion, will deal with the three bitches by yourself. Show them the gulf that exists between them, and you, who doesn't possess one percent of my power."

"Who the hell are you calling a bitch?" shouted Hestia, creating a house-sized fireball that Seifuku swallowed with a large Hole.

"I understand, Lilith-sama." nodded Noah, taking an Eclipse from his inventory and activating Augment.

"Huh, Lilith-sama? Please, if I can convince them to apolo…" started Serafall, only to freeze when Seifuku gestured to her to stop talking.

"As a reward, I will revive all the Sisters, sparing you the time and cost to do it yourself. I have better uses for your time than to have you grind endlessly."

"Thank you, Lilith-sama."

"Do it now." ordered Seifuku.

…

As soon as Seifuku gave the order, the Sisters made their move.

Suddenly, Misaka 9982 wasn't alone anymore. She had been transmitting to the Sister's Network in real time, and all of them, save from three who remained behind for communication purposes, teleported to Misaka 9982. They immediately used Shunpo to spread well away from the fight starting between Noah and the Goddesses, cautious of any stray projectile, and headed toward the small army of War Maidens, Huntresses, and Guardians of the Hearth.

…

The Goddesses' followers hadn't been close enough to hear the conversation, but seeing violence erupting between the Goddesses and that man, and the thousands of armored women, all identical-looking, suddenly charging at them weapon in hand, left no room for misinterpretation. They immediately sent volley after volley of deadly accurate arrows toward them.

All of their projectiles were deflected, however, by multiple layers of overlapping golden shields suddenly appearing in front of the armored women. They switched to their spears, swords and shields at the last moment, but the women were unnaturally strong and fast, easily deflecting their weapons, and whenever one of them touched them with a bare hand, the Huntresses and War Maidens were paralyzed by electric shocks. Those armored clones badly outnumbered and outmaneuvered them, and in less than a minute, all the Guardians, War Maidens and Huntresses were disarmed, had their power sealed, and had their wrists shackled behind their backs.

…

"Do it now." ordered Seifuku.

Noah nodded and used Shunpo, suddenly appearing near Artemis. Before she could react, he beheaded the unicorn, seized her left ankle, and strongly pulled. Artemis screamed as he made a full turn on himself, building up centrifugal force before throwing her toward the sky.

Athena was charging him with her four-meter-tall Owl, her spear ready to strike when the Owl would lower its head to try to bite him, and her Aegis pointed toward him, the Medusa head on it opening glowing white eyes.

Noah brushed aside the system notification and used Shunpo again to go past Athena and the Owl and reach Hestia. He struck her abdomen as she was about to create a wall of flames, and she folded around his arm before she was sent flying away with a strangled scream.

He followed her, taking from his inventory the red leather collar, and as she was crashing on the ground, opened it and pressed it against her throat. He lightly threw his Eclipse into the air to free his left hand, and fastened the collar close.

He grabbed his Eclipse as it fell and turned to face Athena and the giant owl, ignoring Hestia's scream of anger and indignation as she grabbed at the collar.

When the owl tried to bite, Noah instantly jumped to the left, slashing upward to cut through the owl's left eye while seizing the shaft of Athena's spear and tearing it from her hand. The owl jerked back with a terrible scream of pain, throwing Athena off. As she fell, Noah wrapped her in chains of hardened light, stuck his Eclipse on the ground, took the black collar, and fastened it around her neck.

An arrow of blue energy screamed toward him, and Noah leaned left to evade it. He was caught by surprise, however, when the arrow suddenly curved toward him, and hurriedly blocked it with his right forearm.

Half of his forearm was torn off, exposing the bones, but the arrow was successfully deflected away from his torso, and Noah gritted his teeth as he used Shunpo to appear in front of Artemis, tore the golden bow from her hand, and swept at her feet, making her fall. Before she realized, he was pinning her with a knee on the small of her back, held both of her wrists with hands of hardened light, and was using his left hand as well as another light hand to fasten the collar around her neck.

"Get off me, you bastard!" screamed Artemis.

"Try adding 'please'." replied Noah, glancing at his surroundings as his forearm was healing.

The Owl, enraged, charged at him, and Noah killed it with a dozen Light Swords.

The fight between the Sisters and the Greek troops seemed to be going in the Sister's favor, overwhelmingly so. Which was hardly surprising when they had an almost two to one advantage and were much faster than their opponents.

Hestia and Athena were both struggling on the ground, screaming and trying to tear something from their body, and Noah saw black and red… was that latex?

He glanced down at Artemis, and deep blue latex was oozing from inside the leather collar, crawling down her body.

He glanced at Seifuku, who smiled.

"What have you put on me?" raged Artemis, feeling the latex stick on her skin and crawl under her clothes. When Noah released her limbs, she tried to tear the latex away, but the material only stretched and returned to its original shape as soon as she let go of it.

"I am not sure, actually." said Noah, looking back at Seifuku.

"Not too bad, Noah, but the fact that you let Blue Bitch hurt you proves that you were too complacent. You need to work on that."

"Yes, Lilith-sama. I shouldn't have given her any opportunity to shoot in the first place."

"Remove those things from us! The other gods of Olympus will… mmmphon!"

Athena's words were muffled when some latex burst from under the black collar and covered her lower face, from the bridge of her nose to just under her ears. There was a visible, round bulge that suggested that her mouth was filled by a rubber ball, or worse. The other two goddesses were similarly gagged before they could react.

"Indeed, you should have expected something like this." said Seifuku, returning her attention to Noah. "Still, the way you crushed them was satisfying enough. You were wondering what those collars were. They are made of two parts: The leather collar seals the Bitches' powers and force an immutability property on their consciousnesses."

"As long as they wear them, no matter how much time passes, they will remain extremely reluctant. They will not grow used to being bound, not grow to accept anything you do to them. They will still be just as they currently are even ten or a hundred years from now, so keep them bound at all times."

"And the latex that was stored inside the collar's small inner dimension, is going to create a high collar, sleeveless leotard around their bodies. One that will tease them mercilessly while preventing them from rubbing themselves. The leotard can also form a mask and gag, as you noticed. I actually got the idea from watching some of your more creative uses of Golems. That was a nice one, Noah."

"I… see. So they will experience a lot of denial play, while becoming unable to learn to like it. That is quite cruel, Lilith-sama."

"Ah! Cruel? Just wait until you hear the rest." coldly laughed Seifuku, looking at the thousands of War Maiden, Huntresses and Guardians. She snapped her fingers, and they all disappeared.

Another snap, and it was the three horrified Goddesses who disappeared.

"I am keeping the followers in statis for now. Noah, here is the last part of your order. You will make the three Bitches, now currently in some cells in your basement, watch as you personally tame each and every single one of their followers, one after another, and make them submit to you. I will take them out of stasis one by one and send them to you whenever you ask for one. You will not delegate this task to your own followers, although you can involve them in the training and have them play a role as assistant trainers. Emphasis on the word 'assistant'."

"Only after the last of the followers submit to you, will you remove the Bitches' collars and replace them by normal ones that will allow them to fall and accept their fates. Only then will you be allowed to call them anything other than Blue, Black or Red Bitch."

"Each time one of the followers swears loyalty to you, the three Bitches will get an orgasm. You will also make Red Bitch into a nymphomaniac with a fetish toward exhibitionism, give Black Bitch one about… let's say tentacles, since the snakes on her shield made me think about it, and you will give Blue Bitch a foot worship fetish."

"Foot worship? I'm not much into…" started Noah, only to shiver when Seifuku's gaze hardened.

"I understand! Foot worship it is, Ma'am!"

"Better. And do not worry about the island, I will expand it."

"Much appreciated, Lilith-sama. How long do I have to do it? Six thousand plus women to train, in addition to some I already have my eyes on… And I'm supposed to be away for a while in a few years."

"I do not care if it takes you a thousand years or more. In fact, I order you to not make those women your priority. Feel free to take breaks whenever you want, and any other girl takes precedence. Like the Valkyries or those who will come back with Akeno. It looks like a lot of them will still be completely untrained by the time the Grand Quest is over."

"And if, at any time, you want to use the Bitches, feel free. The leotard part will retract on command. You can even make them cum. Just remember that they will not feel any gratitude for it, that they will harm you if they see any opening, and to not call them by their former names until you are done with them all."

"…Lilith-sama, can I please be allowed to call them just Red, Black or Blue? Calling women Bitches, even if they deserve it, isn't really in my nature. I can force myself to, but I won't be comfortable with it."

"…Fine, as long as you still call them Bitches from time to time, especially at the beginning…" nodded Lilith.

"Thank you, Lilith-sama."

Seifuku nodded, and returned to her sword form, rematerializing in her sheath.

The Sisters silently gathered around him.

"Phew. Please remind me to never get on Lilith-sama's bad side, Noah." breathed Serafall, her face pale.

"Yeah. It's a terrible idea."

"We are returning to our assigned positions. The Reaper army is close." said Misaka 12714, from the number on her hairpin.

Noah nodded, and the Sisters all disappeared save from Misaki 9982.

"Hey, Noah." hesitated Serafall. "You mentioned earlier that you had your eyes on several people. That doesn't include my sister, right?"

"Are you afraid that I'd take her from you? You do know that she almost volunteered herself during that barbecue party, right?"

"I know, and I don't approve! I won't let you sink your fangs in her, Noah." threatened Serafall.

"You're so cute, Serafall." smiled Noah. "But to answer your question, I will add Sona and her peerage to my harem in the not-so-distant future, but any separation will be temporary, because you are also on my list."

"…I'd like to say I'm surprised, but not really. You have no restraint at all when it comes to cute girls." sighed Serafall. "Just, be gentle with us, okay?"

"Yes. I will be gentle until I figure out you girls' preferences, and then I will be as gentle or rough as you want me to be. Heaven knows I now have plenty of unwilling partners to be rough with if I'm in the mood for it. Let's go to Odin, before he starts worrying."

Noah extended his hands to Serafall and Misaka 9982, and they took them. They reappeared near Odin.

"Ah, you're there." nodded Odin. "One of your girls told me you dealt with the Artemis, Athena, Hestia and their troops, but she declined to give me details. She only told us why the Greeks were attacking us, those blind fools."

Ren, Asuna, Fubuki, Chiyo and many of the others had gathered closer.

"Well…" sighed Noah. "Those three idiots offered insult after insult, not only toward me, but toward Lilith-sama. They repeatedly referred to her with the B word, among other things."

"Oh dear." gasped Asuna, her eyes wide. She wasn't the only one to react like this, while the Sisters were sharing a satisfied smile.

"That's exactly my reaction when they were doing it. As punishment, and after the Sisters and I defeated the lot of them, Lilith sentenced both the three Goddesses and all 6212 of their followers to eternal servitude in my service. But she specifically instructed me to do it in such a way that the three Goddesses will suffer for several centuries at least, before their turn comes."

"Oh my. We are going to need name tags after all." shrugged Ren.

"Yeah. For them at least."

"Master, The fight against the Reapers is starting." said Misaka 9982. "And Hades is beyond furious that we are here. Misaka thinks he is suspicious. Grayfia is asking us to capture him."

"Ren, Fubuki, go assist them, please. It looks like nothing is going to appear here for a few minutes." said Noah, watching a cloud of dust far into the distance.

"Thank you." smiled Ren, immediately disappearing. Fubuki nodded and followed suit.

"How is it going, Misaka? Are more people needed?" asked Noah.

"No, Master. Some have suffered a few cuts, but we are immune to the reapers' curses, and they are healed already. We are overwhelming them."

"Remember to not kill more than necessary."

"Yes, Master. We are focusing on destroying their scythes. And the hostile Gods have been captured."

A minute later, a massive group made of Sisters, other girls of Noah's faction, as well as Valkyries, Michael, Raphel and Gabriel, Vidar and Hel, teleported around Noah.

Ren was holding the end of a heavy chain covered in Stop runes, most of its length wrapped around the struggling Hades. He was dressed in thick bone armor and had a skull with glowing red eyes in lieu of a head. Grayfia was carrying the similarly bound Aphrodite in her arms. The golden-eyed, strawberry-blonde Goddess was loudly protesting at the odious treatment.

When she saw Noah, the representative of an alleged Goddess she loathed due to her domain being too close to her own, she exploded in invectives. And at some point, she referred to Lilith as a thieving cat who couldn't even get her own domain.

[User, a new item has been placed in your inventory.]

[I don't even need to ask.] sighed Noah.

He flew closer to Grayfia and Aphrodite, took the yellow collar from his inventory, and wrapped it around the chained Goddess's neck. As soon as he was done, she was immediately teleported away.

[My champion, since Yellow Bitch's offense is lesser, you will be allowed to train her properly after she sees ten of the others' followers submit to you. Make sure Blue Bitch, Black Bitch and Red Bitch watch as you conquer her.]

[I will do as you wish, Lilith-sama, and thank you.]

He snorted slightly as a thought stuck him. Had either Artemis's or Athena's hair been white, he would have been able to refer to the four unfortunate Goddesses as the RWBY group. Thinking about the RWBY fiction, he made a mental note to add a few names to the list of people to be revived, and snorted at himself again for being so endlessly lustful and greedy.

He turned his attention to Hades, who was watching him warily.

"Hades, do you have any knowledge about the culprits behind the attacks on the villages on the border?"

Hades knew, of course, but he also knew that Noah could detect lies, so he shook his head.

"How dare you accuse me of those crimes? Who do you think you are?" shouted Hades, putting as much intimidation as he could in his voice and glare.

"Someone who can detect lies even when they are not verbal." replied Noah with a cold smile. "You DO know who is behind those attacks. You can speak now, or I will torture the crap out of you until you do."

"…Damn it!" cursed Hades. Then he looked around. "You! help me, or I will make sure you fall with me!"

Noah blinked for a second before he understood that he was asking for an accomplice to help him, and he watched around carefully, ready to stop any attempt to free or silence Hades.

But nothing happened.

"…Whoever your accomplice is, it seems he isn't willing to risk saving you."

"That cowardly bastard!" spat Hades.

"So, speak now, or torture?" asked Noah, materializing a dozen large needles of hardened light and bringing them close to his chained limbs.

"I'll admit it! I had fifty Reapers disguise themselves as Myrmidons and attack a bunch of Asgard villages over the last year! And Loki did the same to Greek Villages with cloned Valkyries!"

"Loki!" cursed Odin. The other Asgard Deities didn't say a word, but the expressions on their faces showed that they were more than fed up with Loki as well.

"Cloned Valkyries?" asked Noah.

"He took the DNA of a few Valkyries two decades ago, and made a few clones already. He wanted to weaken Asgard with a conflict against Olympus, then grow his own Valkyrie Army to take it over in the future."

"And you? What do you gain in this?"

"A few of my rival gods dead, and Olympus would have snatched a quarter of Asgard's territory, if not for you making a mess of our plans! I would have supplanted Zeus eventually!"

"I see." nodded Noah, turning to Odin. "It seems that I really need to pay a visit to Loki. You do not mind if I kill him, right?"

"We don't, but do you even know where he is hiding?" asked Odin. "This pain in the butt has been skulking around and we haven't seen him in decades."

"He can't hide from us. I'll go with, let's say, Asuna, Rias, Lizel, and Elisabeth."

The girls he designated nodded. Noah teleported, and they teleported to him a second later.

Loki apparently had a way to observe the events, because he was already launching a spell when Noah appeared in front of him.

Unfortunately for him, he still wasn't fast enough, and Noah, having learned a painful lesson earlier, didn't intend to rely on Hole or his other usual defensive measures. He immediately used Shunpo to move to Loki's right and slashed away, severing the god into a dozen parts.

It wasn't an android this time, and Loki died, the spell he was preparing fizzling out.

Three 'Valkyries' cried out and attacked him, using both swords and spells to try to kill him, but he easily dodged, and when his girls arrived, it only took seconds for the three fake Valkyries to have their abilities sealed and their bodies restrained.

Only then did Noah take the time to look around.

They were in a large cave partially turned into a throne room, and there were several openings leading to other rooms.

"Lizel, Elisabeth, Azuna. Can you bring those three to Odin as proof that Brynhildr, Sigrun and whoever else had been cloned are innocent?"

"Understood." nodded the girls, disappearing with their captives.

"You're going to keep the clones, right?" asked Rias.

"Of course. They aren't exactly innocent, but if all they've known from birth is being under Loki's thumb, they are also victims."

"Not that you wouldn't have taken them anyway if they weren't, and you get more opportunities for twin plays." grinned Rias.

"You know me so well." smiled Noah. "Still, I hope we won't find any more clones."

They quickly explored the place, finding what was likely Loki's personal quarters, the laboratories, fortunately empty, which they thoroughly trashed, and finished with what had been the clones' quarters. There were a few personal belongings. A notebook full of drawings, a dried flower, a few books, an old bear plushy, and so on... Rias didn't wait for Noah's instructions and carefully took everything in her spatial ring.

"Let's return to the others." said Noah, taking Rias's hand, and she nodded.

When they reappeared near Odin, two Greek Gods and a Goddess were already talking with him. Noah easily recognized Poseidon from the trident he held, and the other man with golden lightning bolts on his chest armor had to be Zeus.

"We're back, and Loki is dead." announced Noah, showing the head he had taken as proof.

"Good riddance. Thank you, Noah." nodded Odin.

Rossweisse flew closer to Noah with a complicated expression.

"Noah, the black-haired one. She's a clone of my grandmother." muttered Rossweisse.

"Ah?" blinked Noah, taking a closer look. Now that she mentioned it, she could see the likeness with the gray-haired Valkyrie.

"…I'll admit that we were fooled." conceded Zeus. "We'll pay some reparations for the fields we trampled on the way in. But we didn't attack any village, so don't expect it to be much."

"Yes, that would be fine, and we can leave this misunderstanding behind us. Thankfully, it seems no one died today, aside from Loki." nodded Odin. "Can you inform Ares and the rest of your troops?"

"Already sent a message to Hermes. Our troops will march back toward Olympus within the hour. I want Hades and those clones, though. They have crimes to answer for."

"I do not care about Hades, but I am keeping the clones." declared Noah. "We will thoroughly reeducate them and make them do humanitarian work to compensate for their past actions."

"…I guess that's acceptable, if they do some of that work within Olympus territory. But I will hold you responsible for their actions if they commit any more crimes." frowned Zeus.

"Yes. Having them work in your territory is a good idea." nodded Noah.

A young blond man with small wings sprouting from his sandals appeared with a perplexed expression.

"I couldn't find Artemis, Athena, Hestia, or their army. There are traces of a battle, but not a single corpse and only a few bloodstains."

"Yes, about that." shrugged Noah. "Artemis, Hestia, Athena and Aphrodite all uttered severe insults toward my Goddess, Lilith-sama. And Lilith-sama does not tolerate disrespect. So she took them away along with all their followers and sentenced them all to eternal servitude."

"What?" exclaimed Zeus and the Greek gods in fury and outrage.

"Lilith isn't a Goddess like you guys. She is literally the one who created this world, including the Underworld, Soul Society, and Hell. She is far, far beyond your level of power, and insulting her is never a good idea. She can be quite creative in her punishments when provoked."

"…Can we negotiate for their return?" asked Zeus.

"If you pray to Lilith, maybe she will answer. But I wouldn't count on her agreeing… Now that this crisis is over, me and my subordinates will return home. We have more humanitarian work to do in various worlds."

"Wait, Noah." smiled Odin. "I am grateful for your help, but I need another favor. Please take Brynhildr, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Grimgerde, Schwertleite and Sigrun with you. They kept complaining that they didn't have a boyfriend and were jealous of Rossweisse, and I am sick and tired of hearing about it."

"With pleasure, Odin-sama." smiled Noah, seeing the happy and eager reactions of the aforementioned Valkyries.

And considering the envious faces of the hundreds of Valkyries watching them, Noah guessed that Odin was going to hear a lot of complaints in the near future.