Despite the fact that it was home to one of the two big organisations that would happily kill execute him for all the heinous crimes he'd committed, Odin quite liked Era. The rune knights weren't really much of a threat anyway, not after so many of their number had left to join the holy knights, and beyond that Nerva's Inquisition. The sudden emergence of those groups had severely crippled the police force in Fiore, with so many blindly following the words of the church or of the mad zealot and completing forgetting their vows. It was quite disgusting, if Odin was honest. He had never particularly feared the rune knights, but he had at least admired their perseverance to keep the peace in the turmoil of Fiore in its current state.

However, even in their own town there were locations that the knights refused to visit. An area within the police's own headquarters that was more like Oak town than Era: a place full of the social rejects, the dark and shady characters of Fiore. It was a place Odin felt comfortable in as it was these people -the people the rest of society had thrown out or tried to exterminate- that had been the most accepting of the Lich in Fiore. They were scared of him, of course, but they wouldn't leave the room if he were present, and wouldn't openly antagonise him. If they did, well then no one else in the room would think of doing the same at least.

And yet, every so often, there were moments in the region that Odin couldn't help but be surprised about. He was used to crime in this area, it was a given, but usually these crimes were limited to petty thefts or maybe a beating, someone would turn up dead maybe once a week. But brutal killings, massacres, they were rare even here. Which is Odin was curious about it.

He had heard the telltales sounds of someone being murdered: the agonising screams of pain coupling with the swish of a weapon swiping through the air in a beautiful symphony. Odin had followed them, and eventually found his way as a head rolled out from a side street and into his path. The bloodied trail led into an explosion of crimson, with what looked like a little girl in its centre, her otherwise beautiful dress completed coated in the blood of whoever she had killed. Odin didn't even bother looking at the corpses, he had no idea they were holy knights, and it wouldn't matter to him if they were. He just had one question to ask this little girl, a girl who's face he knew all too well, despite having one that would not be recognised.

"Yumi?"

In his haste to reconnect with an old ally, Odin had forgotten that she would have no idea who he was. He had achieved his skeletal form long after the disbanding of Grimoire Heart, and he hadn't seen Yumi in any of that time. There was a possibility that, even if Odin did introduce himself, she wouldn't know his name. It was for that reason that he didn't tell her his name, not his true name anyway. If she were to remember him, it would be through the name bestowed upon by Arthurias many years ago. Bowing slightly as a sign of respect to his elder, an amusing sight for any unaware of the situation, Odin spoke, "It has truly been a long time, I am Lucifer."

Then something changed. Odin felt a different air as another man approached them. His face was concealed initially, but he radiated power, as he pulled off a mask with one hand, raising the other to show he meant no harm. Odin found it funny that someone would try and talk to a Lich and a Daemon without expecting trouble, but all thoughts of amusement left him as he saw the face of their new acquaintance. Konstantin Sokolov, the only man to have killed Odin other than Odin himself, and the man responsible for the return to a dark path that the Lich had found himself on.

He spoke with that self-same tone Odin had come to know from his 'friend' as the man offered those gathered the chance to destroy the Illumin faith and the seraphim that protected it. Odin kept quiet as Yumi returned with some comments and the man continued, even offering to fight them if they didn't trust his strength.

The it came. Kon looked towards Odin directly and suggested they 'discuss' what occurred in Orchidia, when the two fought and the Lich was destroyed for the first time. Odin looked into his old friend's eyes, looking for any sign or recognition, but there was none, and so all he said was "I will help destroy the church."

He then looked towards Yumi, to see her reaction to it all. It seemed she had a bit more of a dilemma that Odin, which was to say a lot, and she was communing with her god to find out which path she should take. Much of his former ally's beliefs Odin could not remember, but once she uttered his name, it all came back to him. Malum, a great demon god, a being even Lucifer had feared when Odin had been a vessel. It was through his demon partner that Odin had first learned of the god, and of the terrifying power he controlled. Yumi was someone to be wary of, and definitely someone to stay on the good side of. Luckily for both Odin and Kon, even if the latter didn't know it, Yumi decided to join the group, sowing her own chaos by destroying the faith. Although, in her typical style, she did end by threatening to kill Kon if he got in her way.

A fourth man then came to join them, his introduction a bloody one, as he ripped the head from a knight that ran past him. It was amusing that a knight had stayed to listen to the three gathered, but it was entirely possible the man had been frozen out of fear of being detected, before he was. This new man, who seemed to know Kon but Odin hadn't yet had the pleasure, warned the Nephilim against speaking so freely about the things they wished to discuss. Kon suggested that the free speaking was a ploy to draw out people such as this man. Regardless of why they were all gathered, Odin just stayed quiet as he listened to the three others. From the newcomers demands of assistance in destroying the council and the king, Yumi's excitement at the idea, and Konstantin's admittance that he probably wasn't strong enough to directly oppose the royal family yet, but giving a bit of knowledge that the king was already weakened for the time being.

A multitude of thoughts flashed through Odin's mind as he listened, deciding that it would be best not to reveal his thoughts to the men lest they use those against them. Kon was a former friend turned enemy turned ally; Yumi held her god above all else and would switch at a moment's notice to cause carnage, and then there was a newcomer that Odin had never met before. There was no reason for Odin to trust any of them, and honestly he didn't. He would help them as they were people, for the most part, he knew he should stay on the good side of, but he had his own plans and desires that likely didn't entirely match up with theirs. They all seemed confident in their abilities, and Odin knew they could probably all take out a council member each, perhaps two at a push. Taking down the church, the king and the council with the four gathered would probably be a doable thing. These four, of which Odin was included, had the power to change the course of history.