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Long Time No See~~
Firstly, sorry it took so long to finish this chapter. I have my reason.
I've been trying to working on with my very own first STORY these past days, weeks, and even months. I spent too much on the story line, names of the characters and so on. I'm still not done yet though.
Though there may be some delays but there you have it! Chapter 4!
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"… …" – Speaking
'… …' – Thoughts
"… …" – Spoke Mentally/Telepathically
{… …} – Ddraig speaking
(Replica of Occult Research Club)
Today's the day where Rias will have her match against Riser and this match will decide her future. Whether she will be free from the accursed marriage or not is all up to result of the unofficial Rating Game.
"Mou, just what is Onii-sama thinking?"
Rias looked out the window with her brow furrowed. Floating above the replica of Kuoh Academy, was a big throne-like seat. A single person was sitting on the throne was none other than the brown-haired young man, Hyoudou Issei, the True Maou. Standing next to him were Gabriel, Raynare, Asia and his three loyal followers, Sebas, Elise and Sasha.
She couldn't understand why her older brother had prepared such seat for Issei. Is Issei an acquaintance of his? Is he some kind of important person? She couldn't come up with a conclusion no matter what she thought. All she knew was that her older brother looked perplexed after he had a 'spar' with Issei. She narrowed down the cause of it was perhaps the talk between man, but her brother just wouldn't tell her what they had talked about and it frustrated her.
"…This is so embarrassing."
The True Maou grumbled in a low tone while his right hand was desperately trying to cover his embarrassed face.
"You brought this upon yourself. "I am the very first Devil, Sirzech-kun. I am Satan." You just have to tell him, don't you?"
Gabriel said it in a cold tone as she glared at the embarrassed Maou like he's an insect. Her glare was so scary that caused Issei to twitch a little.
"K-khh…it was inevitable…"
"Inevitable? You dare say it's inevitable?"
"G-Gabriel? W-wait, calm down! I'm still a Devil you know?! If you summon that much holy power, even I will die!"
"Good. You can think about your actions in the next life."
Veins popped out from Gabriel's head as she raised her hand up into the sky and summoned a light harisen on her hand. Issei started to panic and tremble in fear when he saw the harisen. He tried to defend himself but Gabriel ignored them all with a cold smile. She was about to smack Issei's head with all her might, but stopped when a sudden announcement was made.
"Hello everyone. I am Grayfia, a maid from the House of Gremory and today I will be the arbiter of the Rating match between the House of Gremory and the House of Phoenix."
"T-time out! The game's staring now!"
"Tch…Fine."
Gabriel squinted her eyes a little and removed the light harisen on her hand, allowing the young man to let out a sigh of relief. The others who were next to them could only watch how the two of them interact with dry laughs.
"…But don't think that this is over."
Gabriel's last words left tons of cold sweat on Issei's face but he pretended not to hear it.
"In the name of my Master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will be keeping my eye on this match. By using both Rias-sama and Riser-sama's opinion, we created this battlefield which is a replica of the school, Kuou academy, which Rias-sama attends to in the human world. The location where both teams were transported will be their base. Rias-sama's base would be the Occult Research Cub's clubroom located in the old school building. Raiser-sama's base would be the Student Council's room located in the new building. For the Pawns to use Promotion, please head to the enemy's base to do it."
Grayfia broadcasted the information.
"This match shall now begin and will end at dawn in the Human time."
*Ringgggggg~*
An alarm went off which indicated that the game had begun.
Sasha then brought out a map of Kuoh Academy out of nowhere and analyse the situation.
"Hmmm…From what I can see from here…the only way to get to the new building is through the gymnasium then the sports ground."
"That would be what Riser's aiming for. If I'm him, I will send some of my people to the gymnasium. Using Rooks or Pawns are best when it comes to fighting in a building."
"And then, there's the forest."
Sasha continued.
"As for the forest…Riser will send his expendable pieces to the forest knowing that there will be traps."
"Why would he do that?"
Raynare asked.
"He's a cocky guy. He wants Rias to have a slight taste of victory before he makes the blow from behind."
"Tch. Such low method...To think that he called himself a High-Class Devil."
Raynare had a disgusted expression.
"It's not low. It's just a part of a strategy to lower your opponents guard. But I too discourage such method."
Issei said it with a sigh as he rested his head on his own hand.
(In the Occult Research Club)
"Looks like the game has started. Gasper, you know what to do."
Rias turn her attention towards her Bishop after she looked out the window and gave out her order.
"H-hai, Buchou! I-I won't let you and Ise-senpai down!"
With his eyes filled with confidence that he used to lack, he took out a tiny glass veil that contained red liquid from his pocket. The dhampir drank the red liquid after he popped open the veil. Though he drank the content gallantly, the after taste of the liquid caused him to make the sour-face expression and teary eyes.
"Ughh…I still hate blood…"
Though he complained, Gasper instantly transformed into a flock of bats and exited the clubhouse through the open window. His bats have been scattered throughout the entire map.
"Gasper, you are our eyes in this game. So I need you to tell me everything you see alright?"
Rias spoke to her Bishop through the earphone transceiver they were using.
"Hai, Buchou!"
"Buchou, I have finished planting the traps in the forest."
Kiba who had just entered the room reported the completion of his task.
"Good work, Yuuto."
"Buchou! Three people had entered the gymnasium!"
Gasper reported.
"Alright, Gasper. Good job but stay out of sight. Koneko, go to the gymnasium and deal with them."
"…Hai Buchou."
(At the Gymnasium)
"Mou, just when will our opponent arrive?"
A young girl with blue hair and a wooden staff on her hand whined as her patience's running thin.
"Mira, lower your voice and stop complaining."
A well-endowed young woman with Chinese-style buns on both sides of her head.
"Xuelan-sannnnn~ We wanna split someoneeeeee~"
"Split! Split! Split!"
Two extremely young girls with turquoise hair and blue eyes also whined for being bored.
*Bamm!*
*Gashann!*
The gym door was suddenly burst opened and the door flew straight towards the girl with the wooden staff.
" " "Mira!" " "
The blue-haired girl had already passed out when her teammates rushed to her side. Her body started to glow and she vanished into thin air.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Pawn, Retired."
"…One down. Fifteen to go."
The bun girl, Xuelan and the turquoise twins turned their attention towards the entrance of the gymnasium to see Koneko standing there cracking her knuckles and her neck from left to right.
"You'll pay for this! We will split you apart!"
"Split! Split! Split!"
The turquoise twins brought out their weapons, chainsaws. They swung the chainsaws from different directions when they gotten close to Koneko. But what surprised them was that Koneko evaded those attacks easily with minor steps.
"…Slow."
Koneko was surprised when she noticed that her speed of reaction was way faster than her opponents even though they were supposed to have the advantage in terms of speed. What she didn't realize was the werewolves that were used in her training were at least five times faster than these Pawns in front of her.
Koneko lowered herself and swiped her right foot, kicking the twins' feet. Her attack managed to disrupt their balance which caused them to fall towards her. Seeing her chances, Koneko did an upward palm strike at the twins' chin with both her hands. The twins rotated in mid-air a couple of times before they hit the ground hard.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 2 Pawn, Retired."
"Wha– How did this happen?!"
Unable to comprehend what just happened, Xuelan lost her cool. Koneko wasted no time and charged towards Riser's Rook. She thrusted her fist towards the Rook's face, but the latter one managed to dodge by a hair's breadth. Xuelan quickly made a distance between Koneko and herself.
"Tch. Looks like I have to do this seriously."
After taking her stand for a few seconds, Xuelan charged towards Koneko and performed a combo of punches and kicks. Koneko however simply shifted her position here and there to avoid from being hit.
"Quit moving around!"
Feeling frustrated for not able to land a punch or kick, Xuelan ignited her fist and tried to jam it into Koneko's chest–
"!?"
–But what surprised Riser's Rook was that the midget actually stopped her attack with her bare hand!
"What?!"
"…Weak."
Koneko pulled Xuelan's arm and nailed her right fist deep into the Rook's abdomen.
"GuHaaaaaah!"
The impact made Xuelan let out a cry of pain. She took a few small steps back to reposition herself and tried to kick Koneko in the head with a right swing of her foot. But Koneko saw that coming and ducked. She then clamped her hands together and swung them upwards, hitting Xuelan's chin.
"G-ghh…"
The shock from the impact caused Xuelan to stagger which left her completely opened for an attack. Koneko kicked Xuelan in her knee making the latter one to kneel before her and hit the latter's forehead twice with her small fists. Left, right, and the Rook's out.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Rook, Retired."
"…Buchou, all done."
"Riser Phenex-sama's 3 Pawn, Retired."
Koneko reported to her master through the earphone. Additional announcement has been made while the Rook was reporting.
"Good work, Koneko. Yuuto had also completed his part. Meet him at the Storage Room."
"…Hai, Buchou."
Just when Koneko was about to depart, their scout, Gasper reported.
"B-Buchou! I saw someone hovering on top of the gymnasium!"
Koneko closed her eyes for a moment to concentrate.
"…It's the Queen."
A busty woman with long, wavy purple hair and matching eyes spoke to herself as she reached her intended destination, the gymnasium. She had a staff-like sceptre on her hand.
"To think that seven of our people had been taken down. Riser-sama's fiancée's servant sure have some talent. But we still have the advantage in terms of numbers. Since that single Rook had to go against four of Riser-sama's servants, I bet she's pretty tired even though she had won."
The busty woman was Riser's ace, the Queen, Yubelluna. When she saw Koneko exiting the gym a mischievous smile lit up on her face. She pointed her scepter at Koneko from the above and–
*KaBooooom!*
An explosion erupted at Koneko's position.
"Fufufu. It's just as Riser-sama said, hunting preys are best when they had accomplished something because that's when they lowered their guards
"Ara ara, if it isn't the Bomb Queen."
Riser's Queen loured when she heard that nickname. She raised her head a little and saw Akeno in a miko dress hovering before her.
"Please to meet you, Priestess of Thunder."
Yubelluna offered a fake smile to Akeno which the latter one replied with a smile as well.
"It's too bad that you just lost your midget Rook."
"Ara ara. Koneko-chan doesn't like it when someone called her midget. She'll get grumpy you know?"
Akeno placed her hand on her cheek as she said that without losing her smile and that confused the Fried Chicken's Queen. Akeno then continued by saying something unexpected to her.
"And I have to agree on what you said."
"Huh?"
"Hunting preys are best when they've lowered their guards."
"–!?"
At that moment, Riser's Queen intuition made her shifted her gaze towards the position where she bombed Koneko. Her eyes expanded when she saw a tree was flying straight towards her.
"K-kuh!"
Riser's Queen agitated for a moment but she managed to react on time. She lifted her wand and blasted the tree away. When the cloud of smoke in front of her had clouded her visibility, Koneko swiftly appeared in front of her with her clothes a bit tattered but unharmed. The white-haired midget frown as she raised her right leg above the Queen's head.
"How is that your–"
"…You ruined my school uniform and called me a midget."
*Prangg!*
*Bham!*
Koneko brought her leg down with no mercy and though the Queen had created a magic barrier in front of her to block the attack but it got shattered by Rook's blow by paper thin glass.
"Kyaaaaaaaah!"
The Queen spun a little as she fell from the sky but managed to regain her position just before she hit the ground.
"…?!"
She had a sensation that something had dripped down from her forehead. When she touched it gently, she saw red fluid on her palm.
"M-my face…how dare you…"
She clenched her fist tightly and her entire body was shivering violently as fury built up in her body. Her demonic power had spiked as well, but it didn't affect Akeno and Koneko at all.
"Koneko-chan, leave her to me. Go to Yuuto-kun's side."
"…Okay."
"You think I'm just going to let you go? After what you did to me–!?"
*Bzaaaam!*
Riser's Queen aimed her wand at Koneko but lightning attack struck around her. The attack prevented her from attacking Koneko.
"How dare you get in my way, Priestess of Thunder?!"
"Ufufufu. I've always wanted to you, Bomb Queen."
"Quit calling me that name!"
Yubelluna roared and pointed her sceptre at Akeno.
*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*
The battle between both Queens had started.
"Koneko-chan, over here."
"…Yuuto-senpai."
Kiba signalled his teammate while he hid in the storage room.
"I see that things were going smoothly on your side."
"…Nn."
Koneko made a small nod. Kiba then noticed Koneko's tattered school uniform. He could actually see her brassiere. Koneko saw where Kiba's eyes were and frowned a little.
"Yuuto-senpai pervert."
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose."
As Koneko covered her chest part, Kiba panicky looked away.
"Koneko-chan, Yuuto-senpai."
The two servants turned their head when they saw a bat flew into the storage room through an open window.
"…Gya-kun."
"Ah, Gasper-kun. How's the surrounding?"
"E-enemies had surrounded the area. Their positions aren't far from ours."
"I see…Our opponents from here onwards will be 2 Pawns, 1 Rook, 2 Bishops and 2 Knights. Though I'm confident that we'll do just fine, let's not drop our guards. Let's do this together for Buchou."
"…Nn."
"H-hai!"
Not long after that, a feminine voice could be heard just outside the storage room.
"Knight of Rias Gremory-sama! I am the Knight of Riser Phenex-sama, Karlamine! I have come to challenge you into a duel!"
When Kiba slid open the door a little and saw a female knight standing in the middle of the field. Hearing that, Kiba couldn't help but let out a small chuckle.
"Since she's announcing herself as a Knight, there's no point of me hiding in here anymore."
The Knight of Gremory was about to leave but stopped when someone pulled his sleeve. He looked and saw Koneko looking at him with her brows furrowed.
"What's wrong, Koneko-chan?"
"…It could be a trap."
"T-that's right! It's very suspicious!"
Koneko and Gasper were smart to think that but Kiba ignored it and went out anyway.
"…What the heck is he doing?"
Issei's left eye twitched when he saw Kiba boldly exited the storage room.
"He seemed to have accepted the Knight's challenge, Ise-sama."
Sebas explained.
"Yea, I get that but why would he do that?"
"Perhaps he's following the Knights Code of Chivalry?"
"You meant the 'Never to refuse a challenge from an equal' and 'Never to turn the back upon a foe'?"
"Yes."
Issei narrowed his eyes while continue to spectate Kiba with a serious expression.
"…I guess he's still a naïve young man after all. There is no honour when one is in a battlefield. Sasha, I want you to nail that idea into Kiba once this game is over."
"Hai, Ise-sama."
"I am the Knight of Rias Gremory, Kiba Yuuto."
"…Rook, Toujou Koneko."
The female knight, Kalarmine smiled when Kiba and Koneko stood before her and introduced himself.
"Please to meet you two. I am really happy that there are warriors like you in Rias Gremory's group. Normal people wouldn't come out into the open this easily. They would probably take me out if they see this as a chance."
"I can understand what you mean."
Kiba scanned at bushes and trees behind Kalarmine.
"You don't have to worry about them. This is a fight between two Knights."
Both Knights drew their sword and got into their stances. They began trading blows where swords were creating sparks here and there just by clashing with one another. Koneko was standing in the middle of the field while looking at the match with a plain expression.
"You looked bored."
Koneko turned and saw a woman walking towards her with a mask on her right face. Behind her were twin cat-girls. One with red hair and blue eyes while the other was blue hair and red eyes. After that, a young girl with kimono which Koneko speculated her being a Bishop, a tall young woman with long black hair. She carried a Zweihander on her back.
"We will be your opponents."
Every single one of the girls charged towards Koneko as the latter one braced herself for the fight.
*Poom!*
The ground shook a little when something crashed into it in great force.
"K-kuhh…"
Yubelluna lifted her upper body up weakly. Her clothes were a bit ruined.
"Ara ara. You seemed to have a little bit of trouble, Bomb Queen. Ufufufu."
Akeno hovered above the air and chuckled a little as she studied Yubelluna's poor condition.
"You're…stronger…than I thought…"
"I did some training."
"But are you ready for Round 2?"
When Yubelluna brought out a small veil from her cleavage, Akeno saw her opportunity.
"Gasper-kun, do it."
"Ahi, AKeno-senpai!"
A single bat flew out from the tree and shined its eyes at the Queen. Freezing Yubelluna's hand.
"W-what did you do to me?!"
Yubelluna panicked when she realized she can't move both her hands. Akeno happily took her time and floated towards Yubelluna.
"Thank you for the treat~"
"T-that's my Phoenix Tears!"
Akeno playfully winked and thanked Riser's Queen after she took away the latter one's important item.
"Not anymore~"
Akeno ascended to the sky and gathered demonic power around her hand.
"T-this amount of demonic power!"
Yubelluna was startled because the amount of demonic power Akeno was emitting could be considered as a High-Class Devil or above!
*Bzzt! Zzzt!*
Black lightning began to form around Akeno's hands.
"W-what is that?! That's not a normal lightning."
"Ufufufu. That's right. This is my ace that was taught by someone else."
"Who?!"
"He's watching our watch just over there."
Following where Akeno was pinpointing, Yubelluna was shocked to see it was Issei.
"That guy?!"
"That's right. He trained all of us and this is why we will not lose to you people. Goodbye, Bomb Queen."
"Wai–"
"Chaos Bolt."
*BZAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!*
With her demonic power reaching its pinnacle point, Akeno unleashed the black lightning at Yubelluna. The lightning enveloped the Queen whipping her presence out completely, leaving nothing but a huge crater and clouds of smoke.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Queen, Retired."
"Nya!"
"Nyoo!"
The cat-girls twins continuously performed a combo of attacks on Koneko. But none of the attack managed to hit her. Koneko simply dodged, sidestepped and parried all the attacks.
"Can't land a hit-nya?!"
While others were busy fighting a beautiful, young girl wearing long, pink dress with white frills came out last from the bush. She had dark blue eyes and long blonde hair tied in twintails with large, drill-like curls. Koneko caught a glance of the young girl and recognised her instantly as the daughter of the Phenex Clan, Ravel Phenex.
"You don't have to look at me. I'm merely spectating in this game."
"… …"
"Hmm…Seems like Ni and Li are having difficulty in fighting the Rook. Isabela, why don't you go assist them?"
Hai, Ravel-sama."
Under the blonde girl's command, the woman with the mask joined the fight.
"Siris, go help Karlamine. She's having some hard time."
"Ravel-sama, Siris! Please let me take this fight alone!"
Before Ravel could reply Kalarmine, Siris responded back with stern tone and expression.
"Karlamine, may I remind you that you're talking to Ravel-sama. And this fight is important to Riser-sama. Do not be so selfish."
"Tch."
Karlamine clicked her tongue and parried Kiba's attack at the same time.
"I'm sorry, Kiba Yuuto. Looks like I can't disobey my mistress's wish after all."
"Not a problem. After all, this is a warm up to me."
"What?!"
Karlamine was shock when Kiba said that with a refreshing smile. She has been sweating a lot and was having a hard time catching her breath from their fight. She noticed that her body's getting heavier and her movements were slower than usual.
"HeYaaah!"
Siris came in between the two of them by swinging her big sword down at Kiba's head. Kiba bent his back a little and he took a small leap to maintain a distance between him and Riser's Knights.
"Haihh, haihh, haihh."
Siris frowned her eyebrows after she took a glance at her teammate who was both sweating and breathing heavily.
"Karlamine, are you alright? You seemed really exhausted."
"I'm…I'm not sure myself…my whole body feels…heavy for some reason…"
Hearing that, Kiba smiled. He publicly cleared their confusions by pointing his sword at them.
"Your current condition is due to my. My demonic sword, the Heavy Combo. This sword increases the gravity around my opponent each time he or she was hit by it. The moment we started exchanging blows, you were already losing your speed."
"So it was you who did this to Karlamine!"
Siris dashed towards Kiba and swung her sword from left to right with full strength. Kiba took a few steps back and avoided it but Siris's swing was strong enough to generate a gust of razor wind that sliced off a part of his school uniform, surprising the Knight for a moment.
Kiba stabbed the Heavy Combo to the ground and created another sword on his hand. This time, it's a violet sword with a flat point. The width of the sword was a lot thinner compared to Siris's Zweihander.
"Another Sacred Gear?"
Siris's eyebrows rose.
"I suggest you avoid this sword as well. Don't even try to parry this sword."
Siris subconsciously took a step back upon hearing Kiba's warning.
"Hmph. Like I'm going to fall for that!"
Both Knights went off head to head and when the swords clashed and sparks erupted–
*BaShiin!*
Kiba's thin violet sword cleanly cut off Siris's big sword like a hot knife through a butter. Half of Siris's broken sword spun in mid-air and landed into the ground close to them.
"M-My sword…"
Siris's hand were trembling while she's still holding onto her remaining broken sword.
'His blow is heavy…heavier than mine…'
Siris then noticed an odd condition on her sword. The broken part where it was hit by Kiba's sword left signs of corrosion. She sent a glare to Kiba while the latter one looked at her with an apologetic smile. Kiba then explained to her what had happened.
"Sword Eroder. This sword will corrode any sword that it came in contact with."
"Just how many Sacred Gear do you have?!"
"Not how many. I have the capability to create any demonic sword I want with my Sacred Gear, Sword Birth."
Placing his hand to the ground while announcing that proudly, Kiba poured his demonic power into the ground. A fairly large size magic circle appeared beneath Siris and Karlamine as the ground rumbled a little.
" "!?" "
*BaShan! BaShan! BaShan! BaShan! BaShan! BaShan! BaShan! BaShan! BaShan!*
Sound of metallic objects bursting out from the ground could be heard clearly and countless numbers of different swords emerged from the ground with blades pointing towards the sky.
"KuHaah!"
Karlamine whose movement became dull failed to evade on time. The sword easily pierced through her knees and abdomen.
"Karlamine!"
Floating above those sword with her bat-like wings spread behind her, Siris cried out for her teammate who faded into thin air after her body glowed.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Knight, Retired."
"Bastard!"
Siris turned her attention back to Kiba…which was no longer in his previous spot.
"I'm right here."
"!?"
*Busu!*
Faster than she could react, Kiba was already behind her and he drove his sword right through her back. Siris's eyes widened beyond normal.
"H-how did you…"
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Knight, Retired."
"Looks like it's over. Koneko-chan, I'm done on my side."
After talking to himself, Kiba waved at Koneko to signal her at the same time, another announcement was made.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Queen, Retired."
" " " "!?" " " "
Ravel and the rest of the servants were all confounded when that announcement was made.
"Yubelluna lost?! Impossible?!"
Ravel couldn't believe on what she heard. She also looked at Kiba in disbelief.
"He also took out Siris and Karlamine like it was nothing…"
"…Time to finish this."
"Eh?"
Koneko released blue lightning under her feet.
"…Instant Lightning: 1st Step – Lightning Steps."
"What–"
"…Bye bye."
Koneko sent her fist towards Isabela's right cheek. Smashing her mask along the way. Koneko pushed forward, the momentum and force itself sent Isabela back into the bushes like a skipping stone.
"Isabela!"
Ravel squealed.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Rook, Retired."
By the time they saw the trace of blue lightning, Koneko was already in front the blue-haired cat-girl.
"Nya–"
Koneko delivered a liver shot to her opponent with her elbow, making Ni bending her upper body downwards. Her legs wobbled as they lost strength and she fell onto the ground after lights had faded from her eyes. Few seconds had passed and the girl started to disappear into thin lights.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Pawn, Retired."
"Ni! I'll make you pa– Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Without letting her finishing her words, Koneko grabbed Li in the face and threw her into the air. With her current speed, Koneko was already waiting for Li with her hand above her head, and clamped together.
"…Hei."
She hammered Li back into the ground with no hesitation.
*Dommm!*
Crashed into the field, Li who lied in the crater had already lost her conscious.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Pawn, Retired."
Koneko landed herself before the miko Bishop and delivered a harsh back kick to the back of miko's head, making the latter one kissing the floor.
"Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Bishop, Retired."
Ravel could only stood there stunned by what had happened in front of her eyes. Her big brother's entire peerage had been whipped out.
"N-no way…"
(At the Roof of the New School House)
Rias and her servants appeared before the remaining member of Riser's peerage, Riser Phenex himself.
"This is it Riser. Apart from your little sister, all your servants had been defeated. You are the only one remaining. Give up now."
"Hmph! You think that's going to scare me? I am the proud Riser Phenex!"
After declaring that out loud, Riser spread out his flame wings and flew directly towards Rias.
"Akeno, Yuuto, Koneko, Gasper! Buy me some time!"
"Are you running away from me, Rias?!"
Rias ignored Riser's taunt and closed her eyes. She began to concentrate while emitting the crimson aura from her body.
Koneko was Riser's first opponent. Both of them pulled their fists back while closing in their distances between on another. Riser ignited his fist with his proud phoenix flame.
"Low-Class Servants like you should get out of my way! Rarghhhh!"
The fists collided but both of them were sent flying backwards. Kiba easily Koneko caught and at the same time, Riser successfully regained his posture.
The cocky Phenex looked at his broken arm which seemed to be in the process of regenerating. He was first surprised by Koneko's monster strength but he didn't worry much because of his confident in his regenerative ability. He thought that Koneko's hand would be burned severely from his flame but what surprised him even more was that–
"…It burns a little."
–Koneko frowned while looking at her hand which was burned red a little.
"Impossible…"
"My turn."
"!"
When Riser muttered to himself quietly Kiba suddenly came into his view and the next thing he knew, his left hand was spinning in the air.
"Tch. Annoying little Knight, get away from me!"
Kiba backed away from the intense heat created by Riser's flames.
"Ara ara. You need to cool off a little."
Akeno created a magic circle and unleashed a torrent of water at Riser.
"Gough! Gah! Blegh! Gaha!"
Though the water had put out Riser's flame, more flames were erupted from his body due to his anger. He also dried his clothes at the same time.
"Guys! I'm done with my preparation!"
A large magic circle appeared beneath the school and shined brightly for a brief moment before lights dimmed down and faded away.
"What was that?"
Riser looked at Rias for a moment before Kiba caught his attention once again. The Knight took a big leap forward and thrust his sword forth.
"Heh. You're a fool. Your attacks are useless to me. My wounds could heal in an instant–?!"
Riser was about to mock Kiba but he bent his neck in pure instinct and narrowly dodged Kiba's sword. But the point of the blade managed to scratch his cheek and from there, a single drop of blood dripped out from the wound.
"W-what is this?! Why is that I'm not healing?!"
"The preparation is complete."
"What preparation?!"
"The reason why I asked my beloved servants to buy me some time is so that I can prepare the magic seal around this school house to seal off your immortality!"
"You what?!"
Riser's body was ignited in flames as he's infuriated. Hearing his master declaring that loudly and proudly, Kiba continued his assault. He did an X attack on Riser's chest. He first swung his sword from the bottom left to upper right and with a quick spin, he brought it back down from right to left.
"G-ghh!"
Riser took a few steps back after he's been attacked. The wounds he received weren't fatal but he's still bleeding a little. He then noticed the flames around him had been diminished.
"Is this your doing?!"
Riser glared at Kiba with pure hatred and anger. The sword Kiba used against Riser was a demonic sword, Flame Delete. A sword that devours flames.
By bringing his hand to the side, Riser created a large fireball and threw it at the Knight. Kiba removed his Flame Delete and two new similar swords. The swords were coated with water. The length of the water blade increased when Kiba poured his demonic power into the twin swords. The Knight steadied himself and braced for the fireball. When it's in his range, Kiba swung his sword with all his might.
*BuShuuuuuuuu~*
Huge amount of steams were created after the collision between the large fireball and the twin water swords. Kiba may have stopped the fireball, but his swords were destroyed along with the process.
"Tch. Can't see a damn thing at all."
Flame wings spread out from Riser's back and he flew up to get a better view.
"…Instant Lightning: 1st Step – Lightning Steps."
Koneko never once let Riser slipped past her eyes (Like a cat watching its prey, the bird), was unleashing blue lightning around her feet silently. She then launched herself into the air. While she's in the air, she kicked the air with her lightning coated feet to allow herself to move in mid-air. She did this continuously around Riser in extreme fast movement. Riser tried to follow Koneko's movement, but she was too fast for him. So fast that all Riser could see were the afterimages of Koneko and the blue lightning.
"A Rook?! This fast?!"
"…Hei."
*Dommm!*
"BuHaa–"
Koneko swung her left leg with full strength to Riser's right side. Her blow was so strong that the sound of Riser's ribs being broken could be heard clearly along with the impact sound. The attack sent Riser back to the school roof. No, he went through the roof and continued crashing down to the ground floor.
"D-damn it…"
Riser grabbed the side of his abdomen while doing his best to endure the intense pain he's feeling for the first time in his life. Blood's coming out from the edge of his mouth. He looked up and saw Akeno had already prepared to strike him down. He tried to move but his movement was halted by a single bat flapping its wings in the hall.
"What?!"
"Ufufufu. Thank you, Gasper. Lightning Hawk, go."
The lightning took a form of a big hawk and dived down from the hole created during his falling and it hit Riser.
*Bzaaammmmm!*
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"
Riser's screamed echoed around the school. Smokes were coming out from his body.
"C-curse…it…!?"
When Riser lifted up his head, he was blown by the fact that he was surrounded by countless numbers of spheres of destruction. He's been caged by Rias.
The crimson-haired young woman descended from the roof and stood before the man.
"This is the checkmate, Riser. You may have survived their attack. But you will never survive my power of destruction without your ability to regenerate. Surrender now!"
"There's no way…"
"Resign now!"
"K-khh…I…I resign…"
" " " "… … …" " " "
Rias and Riser waited for Grayfia's official announcement, but no announcement has been made.
"Buchou! Come out quick! Something weird is happening!"
(At the School Field)
Just when all had ended, everyone looked at the sky after they felt some weird sensation. Above them, the sky deformed for a moment from there, a group of six people appeared while standing on top of mist.
"…Who are they?"
Rias looked at the group curiously.
"What are the lowly human beings doing in the middle of our match?"
Riser's pissed when he saw those people floating above them.
"George, are you sure she's here?"
The handsome young man with short black hair asked a young man beside him with black hair and spectacles. The handsome young man wore a combination of Japanese school uniform and ancient Chinese attire. He wielded a spear which he tapped it occasionally on his shoulder.
"Yes, Cao Cao. I am confident that she's here."
The young man, George fixed his glasses as he answered calmly.
There were several people behind the two black-haired young men. A silver-white haired handsome young man with several swords sheathed behind his back. Next, a beautiful young girl with blonde hair. She had a rapier on her waist. The other one who stood out the most was a two meters tall man with a well-built body. And lastly, a small young boy who stood beside George.
"Cao Cao, who's that over there?"
The tall man pointed at Issei who was sitting on the floating throne.
"No idea. But stick to the mission for now."
The silver-white haired young man set his eyes on Rias.
"There she is."
Rias couldn't help but shivered in fear when she saw all six of them set their eyes on the same person…her. The group vanished and reappeared between Rias and Riser.
"Looks like we crashed the Rating Game between the Phenex Clan and the Gremory Clan."
The leader, Cao Cao said it smugly as he looked at Riser then back to Rias.
"I presume you are Rias Gremory?"
Cao Cao asked.
"Who are you?"
Rias answered him by asking him a question. The two meters tall man did not like her way of answering.
"Hey hey hey. Leader is asking you the question here lady. Does the High-Class Devils know no manners?"
"I do not answer question of someone I never met or knew."
"Oh? So you want to know who I am first, huh. Then allow me answer it in this way, Ojou-sama."
Cao Cao placed the spear he's holding in front of Rias. At that moment, the entire Devils who saw that spear trembled in fear.
"T-that's the–"
"Oh, you recognize this spear? Good good. So you know who I am now? I am the wielder of the True Longinus. Now, can you answer my question, Ojou-sama? Are you Rias Gremory?"
Rias couldn't move her lips so she simply did a nod with her head.
"Good. You'll be coming with us."
"Oi! What the hell is going on here?! Why are you lowlifes interrupting our match?!"
The group of human turned their heads and stare at the Riser whose expression was mixed with fear and anger.
"Ara ara. The Fried Chicken-san sure is noisy."
The young girl with blonde hair looked said that jokingly. Taunting and mocking Riser at the same time.
"What did you call me?!"
"Fried Chicken-san."
"You dare say it again, you bitc–"
Albeit Riser was about to curse the young girl, he didn't the chance to finish his sentence when a sword came out of nowhere and impaled itself into the Phenex's chest.
"What is– GuHaaaah!"
"Onii-sama!"
Riser suddenly felt an intense pain on his chest. He could felt that his wound's burning hot. Ravel rushed to her brother's side worriedly.
"I-it burns…What is this…"
"Hold on, Onii-sama. I'll– O-ouch!"
She tried to pull out the sword, but her hands were burned when she touched it. She then finally understood.
"Don't tell me this is…"
"Bingo~ Fried Chicken-san's imouto is smart. That sword is a Holy Sword~!"
The young girl said happily knowing what Ravel was going to say. Kiba's expression darkened when he heard the word "Holy Sword". At that point, something inside him clicked. In a blink of an eye, Kiba stood before the girl and swung his sword horizontally. However, before the sword could even reach her, a sword intercepted it.
"You should be more careful, Jeanne."
"Ara ara. Thanks Sieg-kun~ This Knight-kun sure is scary."
The silver-haired man blocked Kiba's attack and had a casual short chat with the girl.
"That is…"
Kiba was surprised when he saw the sword that the silver-haired man was wielding.
"Yup. This is the Demonic Emperor Sword, Gram. The demonic swords created by your Sacred Gear are nothing compared to this legendary demonic sword."
Kiba's sword shattered instantly after the clash between his sword and the silver-haired man. The Knight retreated immediately upon knowing he stood no chance against the wielder of the Strongest Demonic Sword.
Rias knew that the people in front of her were dangerous. She analysed her situation for a moment and came out with an idea.
"Gasper, freeze their movement!"
"Hai, Buchou!"
Flock of bats appeared in front of them and their eyes shined.
"Grayfia, quickly! Take us out of here!"
"Don't bother asking help from the outside, Rias Gremory. Georg had already cut off all communication from the outside."
" " " " "!?" " " " "
Everyone was shocked when they saw Cao Cao and his group were able to move freely with no restriction at all.
"How did you–"
"Georg is also a wielder of a Longinus, the Dimension Lost. He could simply create mist to block your vampire's attack."
"Another Longinus wielder…"
Rias's body trembled more when she found out another Top-Tier Longinus wielder stood before her.
"As I said before. Please come with us, Rias Gremory."
"You think we will let you touch our master?!"
Akeno shouted in anger as she, Kiba, Koneko and Gasper gathered before Rias. Though she too was trembling under the presence of the True Longinus, she released the black lightning she'd learned from her training as a warning saying "Don't come any closer!"
"Hou."
Instead of feeling threatened, Cao Cao smirked as if he found it amusing.
"P-please remove the Holy Sword from Onii-sama! It's hurting him!"
Ravel pleaded to Jeanne while she tried to support her big brother who was enduring the burning pain coming from the Holy Sword.
"Auu don't be like that Ojou-sama. It was your big brother's fault for not watching what he's saying."
"I-I'm sorry for what he said. Please, please remove the Holy Sword."
Ravel begged further more with teary eyes.
"Ara. If Ojou-sama cry, I'll be troubled wa. How about this? I'll remove the sword…"
"Thank you! Thank you very–"
"...and you take his place instead."
"Eh?"
Ravel thanked Jeanne with all her heart when she thought the later one had agreed. She showed a dumbfounded expression when she head the final part. Jeanne was looking her with a grin on her face while she waited for her reply.
"I-I…"
"Ravel…don't be stupid…"
Ravel wanted to reply but her brother stopped her weakly. He's fading fast.
"I-I'll do it!"
"Nice answer, Ojou-sama."
Saying that with a grin, Jeanne removed the Holy Sword on Riser's chest with a sway of her hand and created another one above her. The new sword was pointing at Ravel's forehead.
"Here's your reward, Ojou-sama."
Jeanne motioned her finger towards Ravel and the sword flew towards her.
"R-Ravel…"
"It's alright, Onii-sama. It's alright."
Even though she knew she was about to die, Ravel smiled at her brother fearlessly. She closed her eyes and awaited her end. But nothing happened.
"…?"
When she timidly opened her eyes, a brown-haired young man that stood before her stopped the Holy Sword's movement.
"Yare yare. To think that the girl who carries the Spirit of the Maiden of Orlean, Joan of Arc would do such a thing is quite a sore eyes."
Saying that, Issei broke the Holy Sword into two with ease.
"Who are you?"
The silver-haired man pointed at Issei with his Demonic Emperor Sword, Gram. Issei put on a ferocious expression when he saw the silver-haired man.
"You dare point your blade at your master?!"
"What the hell are you talking about? You're not my master."
"I wasn't talking to you brat. Sword of the Sun or, the Demonic Emperor Sword, Gram! Hear my voice! I am the one who created you, I am your one true master! Return to my side once again!"
On the silver-haired man's hand, Gram began to shake and shine brightly.
"Gram is responding to that guy?! Why?!"
Gram ejected itself from its wielder's hand and flew to Issei's side. The sword stabbed itself to the ground vertically in front of Issei.
"Hmph. Good sword. Now, why don't we show them your original form?"
Saying that with a small smile, Issei lifted Gram up with his left hand and the Demonic Emperor Sword began to glow, the appearance of the sword began to transform. When the changing stopped, everyone looked at Issei and Gram with their eyes wide opened.
The new or original Gram was a single handed large and heavy double-edged jet-black sword that's about as tall as Issei. The blade of the sword and it's hilt were in dark red colour with an oval-shaped pommel that leaded up to the hand-guard, which took the appearance of an crescent shape with a line going horizontal with two circles on the hand-guard. The blade seemed to have a triangular shape as it's wide near the hilt and shortened out into a sharp point at the tip. (Sword Art Online's Black Iron Great Sword)
"…Welcome back, Gram."
Issei's smile widened even more as he took his time to look at Gram with a mix feeling of affection and nostalgia.
"Gram has an original appearance?! I didn't know that!"
"Of course you wouldn't know. A brat like you using this sword is simply like a toddler receiving a car from his parents as a gift."
A scabbard with black leather belt on it appeared on Issei's right hand and Gram was sheathed in it. Issei placed Gram behind his back.
"You thief!"
"Hold it right there brat. This sword was originally mine. I didn't steal alright? I'm simply taking back what's rightfully mine."
"What the hell?! Gram has been passed down to me by my family. I am the successor of using Gram!"
"Your family? Wait…don't tell me you're the descendant of Siegfried."
"That's right! I am Siegfried, a descendant of Siegfried of the Nordic legends!"
"Fufufu. Now I understand why you have Gram. The buffoon Siegfried who was desperate to become a hero made a deal with me by selling his soul to me in return I lend him Gram."
Issei said it softly so that only he himself could hear what he's saying.
"You there. The guy with the True Longinus. What's your name?"
"Please to meet you. My name is Cao Cao."
"Hou. The descendant of Cao Cao. I see."
"Jeanne, Siegfried and Cao Cao…what is this? A Hero Party?"
Issei asked them with a snicker at the end. He then set his eyes on Georg and Leornado and stare at them for quite some time.
"I see. So you're the possessor of Dimension Lost and Annihilation Maker."
"!?"
Cao Cao was surprised when he heard that but his facial expression remained calm.
'Perhaps he saw Georg's mist or overheard our conversation. But how did he know about Leonardo's Annihilation Maker?'
Cao Cao could guess how Issei may knew about Georg's Longinus but he couldn't figure out how he knew about Leonardo's Longinus. Cao Cao tightened the grip on his spear a little when Issei's people surrounded them.
Gabriel, Raynare and Asia were next to Rias and Akeno. Sebas was next to Kiba. Elise and Sasha were next to Koneko and Gasper. Issei signalled them by twitching his neck asking them to leave. Gabriel, Sebas and Elise nodded their head and raised their magic to create a force teleportation.
Once they're gone from the artificial dimension, Issei asked Cao Cao with a grin on his face.
"So what business do you have with Rias-san?"
"Why do you want to know? Don't you know curiosity kills the cat?"
"Ara ara. A brat like you is threatening me? Hahahahahahaha! Kids nowadays are so eager to die young."
Cao Cao and the other members tilted their head in confusion. Because in front of them was a young man who looked at least their age but talked like an old man.
"You seemed to have a plan which requires her and from what I can see, the way you treated that Fried Chicken. I believe you brats are up to something no good."
Ignoring Riser's protest for calling him a Fried Chicken, Issei stood there waiting for the other side to take action.
"Leonardo, do it."
The little boy nodded his head quietly. Underneath him, shadows appeared under his feet and expanded rapidly. As the shadows grew, it reached the level of covering the entire school field. And then they expanded and gradually took shape.
" " " " " "Groaaaaa…" " " " " "
Monstrous creatures with thick long arms, wide mouth with sharp fangs and masculine figure were created before Issei, Ravel and Riser. About hundreds of those creatures were created just like that. They've totally surrounded Issei and the Phenex siblings.
"…?"
Issei looked down after feeling someone grabbing his clothes tightly. It was Ravel whose body was shaking heavily in fear. Tears even accumulated on her eyes. Seeing her expression, Issei smiled and patted her head lightly.
"Don't worry. It'll be over soon."
Saying that, he created a barrier around Ravel and Riser.
"You're protecting the siblings instead of yourself? Re you trying to be a hero?"
Cao Cao asked.
"Me? A hero? Hahahahahahahahaha! Please, don't make me laugh so hard. You'll be shock once you know what I'm capable of."
With a daring grin, Issei's eyes shined in red and the ground beneath Issei instantly cracked when he unleashed the heinous, dark black aura from his body.
*Prank!*
The ground began to tremble. The sky of artificial dimension cracked right away like a broken glass.
"Oi oi oi. This guy is dangerous!"
"This guy is a monster."
"This is bad. We need to retreat. Georg, get us out of here!"
"I'm already on it."
Georg raised his hand and a cloud of mist began to surround them while they're withdrawing from their position. All monstrous creatures however charged towards Issei. Without any fear, Issei raised his left hand up into the air and gathered immense amount of demonic power on it. Once the dark demonic energy sphere was charged to his satisfactory level, Issei compressed the sphere with his hand and nailed his left fist into the ground.
*DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!*
The entire artificial dimension got enveloped by the explosion.
When smokes had dispersed, all the artificial dimension had left a hugeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hole with a bottomless pit. There was nothing left. School, trees, field, everything had been destroyed without a single trace being left behind. The artificial dimension was basically on the brink of collapsing.
"I guess their gone huh. Too bad I didn't get to know what their intentions are. Now, you guys wanna head home?"
Satisfied with the outcome, Issei looked at the Phenex siblings and asked them. The brother and sister could only nod their heads in the protective barrier while looking at Issei with amazed expression.
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