Modern World Warlock

It was a beautiful Saturday morning, and Dante was having breakfast with his roommates.

The atmosphere in the house was a bit tense since everyone knew that the raid on the Blood Dragons would happen that night, so everyone ate their food in silence.

"Why is everyone so worried, Asher?" The little harpion girl asked her twin.

"Don't know," the boy replied, stuffing his face with diced fruit.

"Hey, big brother. Why is everyone so worried?" Amara directed her question at the warlock.

"We are killing Astaroth tonight… It's normal for humans to be anxious about things like that," Dante replied without gazing at the girl.

"Hehe, don't worry humans. The three of us siblings can easily handle our kind!" the girl exclaimed proudly.

"I'm not a demon…" Dante commented, wholly unamused.

"Huh? But you said that humans feel anxious, and you are not anxious at all, big brother…" Amara continued, making the warlock exhale tiredly.

Sophia noticed Dante's discomfort and interjected the conversation, saying that since Dante had fought many demons, he didn't feel anxious like the other humans.

The blonde knew that the warlock didn't like it when people thought he wasn't a human. Even though it wasn't something that he had discussed with her, she could tell by his demeanor that he genuinely despised being called a demon.

"Bleeh, dumb Amara, we already knew that!" Asher mocked his sister, sticking out his tongue.

"Sh-shut up!" the girl yelled, preparing herself to fight with her brother.

Suddenly, the twins felt a set of eyes placed on them that froze their bodies. When they turned to the side and noticed Dante's cold stare, they sat back down in silence and continued eating.

"Umm, take care, you guys," Victoria said, gazing at Zac.

*Gulp* Zac swallowed his food. "W-we'll be fine!" he said, trying to look brave in front of his crush.

In reality, Zac was the one who was the most nervous at the table, as he could barely get any sleep when he thought about all the different demons that were named by the succubi.

'Wraiths, a banshee… a fucking behemoth! Dude, all I have is a bat…' Zac thought.

At noon, the entire group went to Camille's skyscraper to prepare themselves for the mission.

All non-combatants were staying at the building for that night, which was a safety measure as most of their security personnel would be attending the raid at Highpoint Town.

When they arrived, the Omega Team went to the laboratory, where Paige gave them a black robe with a hood, which was a copy of the one the people at Highpoint were wearing.

"From the images Trinity took, we saw that all of the people in town are wearing these… I suppose it is to identify each other as part of their cult," Paige explained.

Since the Omega Team would be infiltrating the town, she thought it would be useful for them to meld with the crowd.

"Hmm, this could work… But there is still a problem," Dante commented as he inspected the robes.

They would be infiltrating a town with demons who could see umbra and determine a person's intentions, so the robe would only work to disguise themselves from other humans.

Dante was able to suppress his umbra and make it seem like he was one of the random cultists. However, neither Zac nor Megan knew how to do that, and their umbra was much more powerful than an ordinary human.

"As soon as a demon takes a good look at them, our cover will be finished," Dante continued.

"Good point… I suppose you have something in mind?" Paige asked.

The warlock smirked confidently and said that he would get started right away, entering one of the testing rooms and summoning his shadow well in the center.

First, he synthesized the soul shards that they needed to give to the succubi at Highpoint Town.

Then, he produced a small soulstone that glowed with a dark-green hue, which he put inside his pocket.

After that was done, he grabbed the three robes, folded them, and placed them inside the bowl atop the shadow well, making the fabric produce a strange shadowy energy that quickly dissipated.

"I placed a suppressant on the robes. It will make Zac and Megan's umbra look weaker, so it won't be easy for a demon to know their intentions…" Dante explained.

Still, he said that if a demon stared at them for long enough, they could potentially see through the spell, so they still had to keep a low profile.

"What about the green stone?" Paige inquired.

"Oh, I made a soulstone with 'dispell' on it… Just in case we need to free someone from Nihilor's mind control," the warlock replied.

Nihilor was still trapped inside Dante's Torment Maiden, and they didn't want to end the demon's life yet since it could put the people of Highpoint in danger, so they decided to leave his execution for later.

When Dante made the shadow well disappear, Zac and Megan poked their fingers to smear a little bit of blood on their soul shards and had Lilith call Zarina to pick them up.

"Break them at 9 pm…" Camille said to the succubus, who understood her task and returned to her previous location.

After they were done with their preparations in the lab, they went to a large meeting room where all the combat groups were gathered.

Camille wanted Dante to give everyone a brief description of the demons they could encounter at Highpoint Town, along with their weak spots.

Not all bullets were effective against demons, but the high-caliber ones were enough to hurt them and halt their movements for a bit.

"A demon's head is their biggest weak spot, so always aim for that… Some demons have multiple hearts, so targeting their chests is useless. Besides, they can have skin as tough as steel," Dante explained.

The combat teams listened closely to the warlock, and even Alice and June attended the meeting. However, they wouldn't be joining the raid as Camille didn't allow it, saying that they needed to rest and would stay with her at the skyscraper.