A few minutes after the otherworldly transfer, multiple other magic circles were seen, belonging to various factions and races. Of those races included, Human, Devil, Angel, Fallen Angel, and even ones from admittedly outside their actual place of residence like Norse and Greek.
The first to materialize was of the Devil's circle and who came out was a man with crimson hair and formal robes. The next was of the Angel's circle, a man with red and golden robes and a gentle, yet worried disposition. The next was from the Fallen Angel's circle, with a middle aged man that had a dark golden tint on the front of his hair and a goatee. Then from the Norse and Greek circles appeared an old man with a long white beard that flowed down a little past his knees and a man with yellow hair and beard (though certainly not quite as long) and blue eyes.
These individuals were each leaders of different factions; Sirzechs Lucifer, Michael, Azazel, Odin, and Zeus respectively. Of course, there were those from the human side that finally materialized out of their magic circle, but there was also another one that was similar to Sirzech's circle, a devil's circle.
The first was the human circles, 3 precisely. When they materialized, there stood Calca, Max, and Lavinia. From the devil circle, who materialized was a young man seemingly in his early 20s, hair a mix of faded blue and red, and heterochromic eyes, right one blue and the other red.
[Mephisto Pheles Image]
Azazel was the first to speak, "Well now, looks like we've got one hell of a party here. Even the Greeks and Norse showed up. You felt that power all the way from your territories," he asked with a raised eyebrow.
Odin nodded seriously, "Indeed. I was in my throne room when I felt that magic power. It wasn't something I've ever felt before, so I had to investigate."
Zeus also nodded and gave his own 2 cents, "Same with me. I was in Olympus when I felt this magic power, but it felt so foreign. I don't recognize the signature. I'm guessing none of you know either," he asked.
Everyone shook their heads, "I'd be surprised if anyone did recognize this signature," said a voice.
Everyone turned to the source, which was the heterochromic man, who looked incredibly serious. Sirzechs' eyes widened a bit, "Mephisto Pheles? Do you recognize this energy signature," he asked with a hint of curiosity.
Mephisto shook his head, "No. This energy signature escapes even my knowledge, though I do recognize that it bears some similarity to an extremely advanced teleportation spell."
Odin nodded his head, "Yes, I also sensed the same. But there are only a few I know that could cast this and since this signature is unfamiliar to me, we don't have much to go off of," he said solemnly.
Calca closed her eyes and started to spread her magic sense, but when she opened them back up, she narrowed them, "Sargon. He's not here. I can't sense him anywhere, but I did sense some magic signature within the building," she said with a hint of worry and urgency.
The name raised eyebrows from everyone who wasn't the 3 humans and Mephisto, "Sargon? Who's that," questioned Michael.
Mephisto shook his head again, "We can talk about that later. Calca, lead us to where you sense the magic signature," he ordered.
Lavinia looked concerned though, "What about the humans? Since this happened during this school's class hours, there's no way they could ignore it," she said seriously.
Mephisto held his hand out, "I'll handle that."
A moment later, a pulse was emitted from his hand which passed through the school building. He then put his hand back down, "I've put all of the humans in the building to sleep, we'll worry about their memories after we solve this problem. Calca," he looked towards the woman.
Calca nodded, "Follow me," she said, to which everyone did.
A couple minutes later, they arrived close to the classroom doors. Calca looked at the lower wall in front of the doors and under the windows and emitted a pulse from her hands. Then revealed a small magic circle. Calca's eyes widened, "This is Sargon's signature, but it's coded for some reason," she said seriously.
Mephisto looked at the circle, "This could be an important key as to what happened here. Let's worry about that later, for now, we need to wipe everyone else's memory of this phenomenon. Calca, save the magic circle, we're going to try to decode the encryption. Lord Odin, would you be so kind as to lend me your aid in this," he asked.
Odin simply nodded. They then made their way to the top to perform the advanced memory wiping spell. Lavinia thought to herself with determination, "Don't worry Sar-kun, we'll find you, one way or another.
[Transition - World of Tortus]
Inside a church building, a light was shown brightly within the room. Once it dissipated, a bewildered and stunned group of teenagers appeared.
"What? Where? Where are we," asked a random student.
"I don't know. This is so bizarre," replied another one.
Then another voice spoke, with a calm yet welcoming tone, "Welcome, brave heroes from another world."
Everyone turned to look at an old man in pope attire. His welcoming statement threw everyone off, brave heroes?
The old pope stroked his beard as he said with a gentle tone, "I know all of you are most likely still confused about the situation here. If you would be so kind as to follow me, I'll offer the best of services I can offer and also answer any questions you may have," he said with a mysterious gaze.
[Timeskip - Close to half an hour later]
"Absolutely not!"
This was the outraged scream of the Social Studies teacher, Aiko Hatayama. After the pope, who introduced himself as Ishtar Langbard, explained the situation to everyone at the table and how he, the Holy Church, and the Heiligh Kingdom, wished for the brave heroes they had summoned to fight for their cause against the demons. But Aiko, being the responsible teacher and adult that she is, refused to allow her students to be sent off into war.
"Do you even know what you're asking of them?! Of us?! You send us away from our home world and expect us to just agree to your demand of fighting a war?! No! I can't allow it! I won't! Just take us back already," shouted Aiko.
Ishtar sighed as he stroked his beard again, "Unfortunately, I am unable to send you back. You were brought here by the grace of our Lord and savior, Ehit. Only he has the power to bring you back. If you were to accept our proposal and fight for humanity, I'm sure Ehit will reward you with being able to return home," he said solemnly.
This, however, only seemed to enrage the petite woman even more, "Seriously?! Why?!"
Everyone looked at the interaction between Aiko and Ishtar and smiled. Their teacher truly had a good heart, fighting to protect her students. Even so, some of them thought the prospect of becoming heroes was very appealing, one person especially liked the idea.
"It's fine, sensei," said Kouki with his ever present charming smile. "There's a reason that we were all called here, to save humanity. If we have the chance to be heroes, then I'm all for it!"
Aiko looked at Kouki with a shocked, almost betrayed look, "What?! Kouki, what are you saying?! You can't just–"
"I agree with Kouki," said Rintaro, further fueling Aiko's shock.
"*Sigh* It can't be helped," lamented Shizuku.
"Et tu, Yaegashi," squeaked Aiko.
With Kouki as the person whom everyone practically looks up to as a leader and role model, there weren't a lot of people willing to oppose or question him. Well, except one.
"Are you sure about this Amanogawa," asked Sargon.
Everyone looked towards him, yet he continued, "You do realize what he's asking us right? Even if I did like the prospect of becoming a hero for this world, you don't honestly think it'll be that easy right? He's expecting us to go to war. You know what happens in war right," he asked carefully.
Rintaro immediately went to defend his friend, "So you're saying that we should just abandon these people to their plight?! What are you, a heartless coward," shouted Rintaro.
Sargon looked at Rintaro, unfazed by the outburst, and shook his head, "I'm not necessarily saying no. I'm saying to actually think about this more. Once again I reiterate, Mr. Ishtar is essentially sending us to war with a race that we currently know only the surface level of information on, while we have no prior training or significant background. Agreeing to something like this will mean we will most definitely be facing those who not just wish to do us harm, but to kill us."
His words echoed deeply, tension in the room thick enough to be cut with a knife, "And we, in defense, may have to kill them. I know you wish to uphold justice Amanogawa, but how far are you willing to go to do that? Are you prepared to kill someone in the name of justice? All for people you don't even share the same world with, let alone know personally? Death tends to happen quite frequently in a war, after all."
Kouki, shaken by the prospect and his words, falters for a bit as does everyone else's resolve. Rintaro however, still doesn't back down, "You're just saying that because you're scared. If you are, then we don't need a cowardly punk like you. I stand with Kouki's decision to fight for this world," he said passionately.
The encouraging words of his friend refills Kouki with determination. Meanwhile Sargon looks on with disappointment, 'It wouldn't kill him to actually think for once, would it,' he thought.
"It'll be fine, Kaze. We'll get through this. In the name of justice, we will prevail," Kouki said with renewed determination.
Now everyone, seeing Kouki back with his resolve, also cheered in excitement. However there were those who either didn't share the same sentiment or were impacted by Sargon's words.
Aiko for the former, and Shizuku and Hajime for the second. Seeing everyone else in such high spirits, Sargon sighed and decided to let the matter go. For now.