Better to be prepared if you need a weapon to eliminate them. " Soma admited as much after he noticed the gun the man had under his jacket, it was a similar model to the one he had just bought so Soma deduces the man was most likely someone sent by this world's church to exterminate the demons that infiltrated this town.
He could have left it to this man, he looked like the type that would go out of his way to get rid of whatever dark beings were in this town, but Soma would still rather be at least able to act as well if there was an emergency. They had already found his house, after all, its better to be over-prepared than to not have any preparations set in place.
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"I see, I see, I see, You want to execute the big G's justice on some devil scum. Why didn't you just say that earlier? Well, whatever, you can't enter since we are kinda in the middle of something but tell you what, you can go to the hut on the side to do your shit.
It should work for whatever you are doing and we won't need to kill you for intervening. Just, if you try and make any moves against us, we will kill ya and paint the walls with your blood, hahahaha!" After saying as much Freed closed the door and Soma shrugged over the mention of his possibly being gruesomely murdered by this demented priest.
He has heard worst for thousands of years now, that was nothing special.
Leaving the front door of the church Soma moved about and looked for the said shed until he saw it.
It was a small little place that had some junk in it and was close to collapsing, it was situated quite close to the back of the church. Entering it Soma started his work.
First with the trench knives, with alchemy, he began carving almost microscopic runes throughout the entire knife. They were anti-demonic centered runes, they were taught to him by Scatatch when she explained how she made Gae Bolg.
Of course, the knife was not anywhere near as dangerous to demonic existences as the legendary artifact, but that was mostly due to the lacking materials. Finishing with the runes Soma proceeded to the process of blessing the weapons using the methods the Church was used to according to his teachers.
When the trench knife was completed and working properly as it should Soma nodded to himself. It was no Black Key, but it would work well enough.
After this he did the same for all knives he bought, making each of them as powerful as he could. Nodding at the final result Soma took off his hoodie, with the bible in hand he proceeded to rip off pages of the bible and stitching them into the hoodie in layers while putting runes for protection in between the pages.
Taking off the remaining bottle of water he bought Soma together with the cross he put the two close together and proceeded to bless the water to turn it into Holy Water. The turning water into holy water demanded being in sacred grounds to be more effective but the process Soma was doing was foreign to the world he was at.
Its power of purification was much more intense than the regular holy water others had, it didn't work as if acid to devils or fallen angels, instead it was more a poison to hurt their very demonic energy, as such it didn't have much of an effect in Fallen Angels but was extremely effective against devils, not that Soma knew that.
He was just using this to bless this simple bottle of water before splashing said water into the hoodie and using it to finish the enchantings over the clothes. It would most likely not completely stop a demon, but it would protect him more than if he did not have such precautions.
Nodding to himself after having finished the process of making basic weapons and some degree of protection Soma then took out one of the rings he had bought. It was a simple silver ring with nothing special about it besides the material, but the simple fact it was made of silver made it of good enough quality to be of use for him.
Thinking for a while Soma began the necessary process to turn it into as good a mystic code as he could manage. It would not be an over-complicated thing, just a simple depository of mana for him to be able to use in case of emergency.
He had a limited amount of magic energy he could use or produce, he would need to make several mystic codes to serve as batteries for him to when his energy depleted.
The process ended after around half an hour of intensive work to put the several runes and modifications needed Soma released a sigh, he was quite tired after all this and could really use some rest. Thinking thus he reclined against the wall of the shed and closed his eyes, he was soon fast asleep but still ready to jump into acting at a moment's notice.
Something he was taught was to always be careful and he was trained to be able to react to any sound, vibration, magic signal, or killing intent even during sleep so he could react when needed.
As such, Soma closed his eyes, not knowing what was to happen soon enough.
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It was growing dark outside as the time the streetlights usually came near. The three devils —Kiba, Koneko, and Issei — were watching the church from a distance.
There had been no sign of anyone entering or leaving for the last few minutes they have been there.
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Nonetheless, the closer they got to the place, the greater their unease grew. It was especially so for the newest devil, Issei, who was practically drenched in his nervous sweat.
According to Kiba, this sensation was proof there was a fallen angel nearby.
'Right, so the enemy boss must be inside' Issei thought, his hands clenching at the thought of what they could be doing to poor Asia at this moment.