"The Mazoku and the Dragons" artwork-4
5. Ordeal

   "All of you seem not to understand how serious the situation is."
   A bitter voice came, and other threes fell silence. It was obvious that the member who spoke last was the most powerful one among the members. But the voice was of a boy. Filia thought that it was the voice of Val before it had changed.
   She struggled to raise herself up, but someone pushed down her shoulders.
   It was Xelloss. He was holding her head on his knees, and sitting aside from the four archdevils, preparing for the orders to come.
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   "Who told you that news?" Grawshellar asked.
   "Garv sent a messanger to me. Now, I open the communicating line between him and me." Fibrizo said, and he made a sign with his fingers, concentrating. Soon, there appeared a black ball in the middle of the four archdevils, and on the surface of it, they could see Garv's face.
   "Well, well, Garv. It's been a long years since we met for the last time. Now, please tell us what is going on out there." Fibrizo said.