Streets of Lilith
"[Shichijou Taisou: Muonken]!" Seven balls of white energy appear in front of Takamichi.
"Strike down my enemies." MacGregor orders his Demonic Energy to manifest itself. "[Dark Justice]." The energy molds itself into an orb, that MacGregor fires at Takamichi.
"Fly!" Upon Takamichi's order, the balls turn into beams and counter MacGregor's spell. "[Shinchijou Taisou: Muonken]!" Takamichi summons another seven balls and fires them at MacGregor.
"[Dispel]." MacGregor waves his hand, making the beams disappear. "[Supreme Emperor of the Flames]." A gigantic fireball, many times the size of Takamichi, appears in MacGregor's hand.
"Muh!" Takamichi looks at the gigantic fireball. "[Senjou Senzoku: Muonken]!" Hundreds of small orbs appear around Takamichi. "Cut!" The orbs explode forward, each one a tiny laser beam aimed at MacGregor.
"[Rune of Extinction]!" A black mass of demonic energy, far darker than MacGregor's, appears in front of MacGregor. Takamichi's attack is absorbed into the mass, sparing MacGregor from any damage. Takamichi glances at Rias, who is kneeling on the sidelines. Sweat is pouring from her brow. Obviously it had taken a lot to block Takamichi's attack.
"Thank you Lady Rias!" MacGregor voices his thanks, before turning his attention to Takamichi. "Now burn until nothing but ashes remain!" MacGregor flicks his hand towards Takamichi, causing the fireball to streak towards him.
"GAH!" Takamichi screams as his entire body is engulfed in flame. As MacGregor and Rias watch, Takamichi collapses to his knees. A few minutes later, Takamichi's body is no longer visible among the flames.
"Is it over?" Rias walks over to MacGregor. "Is he dead?"
Fallen Angel Territory, Underworld.
"Mgghn!?" Sahariel is jolts awake as the various monitors begin to beep. "Whazsup?!"
"I don't know sir!" One of the Fallen Angel technicians cries. Obviously he doesn't know what's going on. "All of the machines suddenly went haywire!" Sahariel glances at one of the monitors. His eyes widen as he reads the data.
"Quickly! Get me connected to Azazel now!" The technician scrambles to prepare a magical seal. There's a crackle, and Azazel's face appears in the circle.
"What's up?" Azazel asks, the stress evident in his voice. "I don't have much time since I need to help evacuate the inhabitants of Lilith."
"[Incinerate Anthem] has been activated." Azazel's eyes immediately focus onto Sahariel's words.
"When, where and who?"
"About twelve seconds ago." Sahariel checks the data. "It seems to have originated somewhere within Lilith..."
"So one of [Testament]'s members has it? Shit!" Azazel curses. "I need to tell the other Maou. Monitor the situation and tell me if it deactivates!" With that, Azazel disconnects, leaving Sahariel to carry out his orders.
Streets of Lilith
"I believe so-" Suddenly, Xenovia tackles MacGregor and Rias to the ground. "What the hell!?"
"Get down!" As Xenovia cries her warning, a wave of holy energy, comparable to that of Ex-Durandal, flies directly over Rias' head.
"Huh." Takamichi steps out of the flames. Save for the loss of his shirt, he's completely unharmed. "That was pretty hot. Probably would have killed me had it not been for this." Takamichi points to his chest. At the base of his neck is a tiny red cross. "[Incinerate Anthem]'s ability to purify and nullify Demonic-based attacks is definitely useful."
"So you're the one who killed that Devil in the clubroom!" Xenovia summons Ex-Durandal from its pocket dimension. "To think the culprit was next to us the entire time!" Xenovia slashes with her sword, firing a wave of holy energy at Takamichi. To everyone's surprise, Takamichi catches the wave with his hand.
"Powers containing either holy or demon are completely useless against me." Takamichi waves his hand, causing the energy to disappear. "Your [Supreme Emperor of Flame] is 90% demonic energy and 10% fire. [Incinerate Anthem] simply turned the 90% demonic energy into nothing. My Kankaho took care of the remaining 10%. For holy energy however, [Incinerate Anthem] does something else." Takamichi points his finger at MacGregor. "[Mercy]." A bullet of light shoots out of Takamichi's finger and strikes MacGregor in the chest.
"Gah!" MacGregor falls to his knees, his mouth covering his mouth as he coughs out blood. To Rias' horror, MacGregor's body begins to slowly turn to ash.
"That bullet contained all the holy energy from your blade's attack, just compressed into a smaller form. The bullet is slowly releasing all that holy energy inside your body, causing you to be purified. " Takamichi points his finger at Xenovia. "[Mercy]." Xenovia is struck in the shoulder.
"Argh!" Xenovia roars in pain, her shoulder immediately begin to decompose.
"You bastard!" Rias summons hundreds of bullets made of [Rune of Extinction]. "Turn all before you to dust!" The balls fly at Takamichi.
"[Light of God]." Takamichi raises his hand above his head. A powerful wall of holy energy explodes from his hand, causing the bullets to disappear. Rias feels her skin burn from the ruthless light. From inside her agony, Rias hears Takamichi's voice.
"[Mercy]." Rias closes her eyes, feeling tears begin to flow.
"Goodbye, Issei." Rias says. "I love you-" Just as the bullet is about to hit her, Rias hears a voice scream.
"[Sword's Birth: Light Eraser]!" The agonizing light is immediately blotted out. Rias opens her eyes.
"Are you alright Buchou?" In front of her, like a [Knight] is shining armor, is Kiba.
"Yes." Rias answers, wiping her eyes with her sleeve. "Yes, I'm fine."
"Good." Kiba turns to face Takamichi. It is only then that Rias notices that Kiba's hands are bandaged.
"Your hands-"
"They're fine." Kiba smiles. "Asia-san healed them." Rias can see that he's lying. Kiba's hands were shaking from simply holding his swords. "Now stand back please." Kiba raises his two [Light Erasers]. "I need to kill this guy."
"Alright." Rias can tell that there is nothing she can say to stop him. "But I forbid you from dying!" Rias can't see Kiba's face, but she could swear he is smiling.
"Yes Buchou!" Kiba replies, dashing towards Takamichi, his swords posed to strike.
"So you're next." Takamichi points his finger at Kiba. A light appears on the finger's tip. "Ready to die?"
"Steel yourself, Takamichi Takahata!" Kiba roars in reply. "I, Kiba Yuuto, claims your head as my own!"
Streets of Lilith.
"Hahahahahah!" Shi laughs in glee, Clarent nothing but a blur in the air. "You're really something you know!?"
"As are you." Okita's face is calm, his sword matching Shi's speed with ease. "It has been a while since I had the honor of facing such a powerful swordsman."
"Hahahahaha! That's an honor, coming from you!" Shi stabs forward with Clarent, which Okita parries with ease. Across the street, another equally fierce, yet at the same time quite different, battle is taking place.
"Die already you old hag!" Blake slashes wildly with his twin sabers. "Beast-lady! Fat sow! 40 year old virgin!"
"40 year old virgin?!" Sister Griselda roars, her broadsword parrying Blake's slashes with incredible speed. "I'm only 27! And I'm a nun, so of course I'm a virgin!"
"Really? Are you sure you and Father Sebastian didn't have a fling together? He was looking at you with lusty eyes!"
"He's dead by the way. By my hand." Sister Griselda says a matter-of-factly.
"He is?" Blake sounds genuinely surprised. "You killed him for looking at you with lust full eyes? That's harsh, even by my standards."
"Fa- no Sebastian Michaelis was allied with Khaos Brigade. I killed him for being a traitor." Sister Griselda jumps backwards. "And I will kill you for the same reason! [Smite Evil]!" Sister Griselda's broadsword immediately glows with holy energy as she swings downwards.
"Is that the best you've got?!" Blake taunts, moving his sabers to block her strike.
"It's all I need." Sister Griselda replies, her blade breaking Blake's sabers and dealing a critical blow to his body.
[Smite Evil] deals damage based on the System created by God. If the System deems the victim to be evil, the damage is increased.
It also had the ability to strike intangible beings such as ghost and spirits.
And elemental bodies.
Streets of Lilith
Takamichi steps backwards, dodging the powerful slash of the child-no the [Knight] known as Kiba Yuuto. "You're quite good!" Takamichi comments, firing multiple [Mercy]s from his fingertips.
Kiba, in turn, counters them all with his dual [Light Eraser]s. A blur to Takamichi's left alerts him of the incoming attack.
"Teh!" Takamichi jumps into the air, dodging the catgirl's punch. Judging from the sound, the punch is infused with senjutsu. "How dangerous!"
"...stay still." The catgirl, who Takamichi remembers is called Koneko, jumps into the air and throws a cross at Takamichi's stomach.
"Guh!" Takamichi feels the senjutsu infused punch strike him deep in the abdomen. It reminds him of a similar punch he had taken in a tournament a few years back. "Good one!"
"[Light Eraser]!" The [Knight] appears on Takamichi's left, his twin swords drawing an X in the air. Takamichi, with no time to dodge, increases his aura in an attempt to stop the blow. The swords, upon touching the aura, immediately consume it.
"Crap!" Takamichi curses as the swords slash gashes into his arm. "I was careless!"
"And for the finale!" Kiba announces, spinning around and aiming for Takamichi's front. At the same time, Koneko side steps past Takamichi's guard and aims a fist at his ribs.
Time slows down.
Takamichi can see the swords and the fist traveling towards his body. He knows he can't block in time.
And just like that, it becomes clear. The method of achieving it.
[Balance Breaker].
Takamichi, despite the situation, smiles.
And he utters four words.
"[Balance Breaker: Purifying Conflagration]."
Streets of Lilith
"Ha-ha-ha-" I breath heavily. Around me, the broken remains of seven Shogun units lie trashed on the ground.
"Ha-ha" Akeno-sempai is also breathing heavily. Suddenly, she burst out laughing. "Ararara, is this what is going to feel like after we've made our first child? Covered in sweat and panting?"
"Eh?" Akeno-sempai says something erotic out of nowhere!
"Ufufufufufu." Akeno-sempai places her hand on my cheek. "Maybe we should get started..." Started on what Akeno-sempai!?
"Um..." I don't know what to say! A part of me wants to fall into Akeno-sempai's oppai, but another reminds me of Buchou! Akeno-sempai, as if sensing my indecisiveness, takes my head and buries my face in her oppai!
"Whatever my Issei wants, I'll do~" Ohohoho! Is Akeno-sempai's M side appearing?! "Are you ready Issei? I'm-" Akeno-sempai is interrupted by a sudden rumbling sound. In the distance, a pillar of light rises into the sky, before branching into a cross. At the same time, a wave of holy energy hits us, sending us stumbling backwards.
"What was that!?" I shout in alarm, looking at the pillar of light.
"This holy energy..." All of Akeno-sempai's sexiness is gone as she analyses the energy. "It's as powerful as Sensei's energy..." What!? As powerful as Sensei?!
"Such powerful holy energy..." I look at the cross. "I wonder who it is..."
"I don't know." Akeno-sempai admits. "But I doubt that their appearance is a good sign for us."
Streets of Lilith.
At the centre of the street, the air begins to distort. The surrounding Devils look away from their scouting. The vast majority of [Testament] soldiers were dead or dying, with only small pockets remaining.
"What do you think this is?" One of the Devils ask.
Might be a teleportation portal..." Another answers in an unsure voice.
"I've never seen one like this before."
"Hold on, someone is coming out!" Sure enough, a figure steps out from the portal.
"Where are we?" The figure, a tall man with black hair and glasses asks. His eyes are emerald green, making him look quite feline. Upon noticing the Devils, the man walks over. "Excuse me, you wouldn't happen to know where we are would you?" The Devils, completely taken aback, aren't sure what to say.
"We're in the Underworld Cartwright." Another voice speaks from the portal. A massive man, easily seven feet tall, steps out. With his buzz cut and robe, he looked like a warrior monk. Upon his appearance, all the Devils took a step backwards. "In the capital city, Lilith."
"Oh so we're actually here Law? Does that make these people in front of us Devils?" Cartwright peers through his glasses.
"Yes Cartwright." Law answers. "They're Devils."
"So they're our enemies then?" Law sighs.
"Yes Cartwright, they're our enemies." By now, the Devils realize that two members of [Testament] are in fact standing in front of them.
"Oh." Cartwright nods his head. "Then I should [Trial] them." Cartwright then disappears, only to immediately re-appear behind all the Devils. " Trial complete. [Verdict: Death by Thread]."
Before the Devils can react, Cartwright pulls his hands forward, causing the threads around the Devil's necks to tighten. With a simultaneous snick, all the Devils collapse to the ground, having all been cleanly beheaded.
"[Execution complete]." Cartwright announces. His threads have also disappeared, leaving no trace of the weapon. To any bystander, it looked as if Cartwright had simply ordered the heads to fall off.
"As clean and concise as ever." Law hasn't moved an inch. "Wonder knows why I'm here."
"Because Daemon knows I have a horrible sense of direction?" Cartwright looks around the now corpse-littered street. "Hmmmm...it looks like Takamichi reached [Balance Breaker]."
"No duh. What gave it away, the huge cross in the sky?" Law points at the cross.
"Oh...I didn't notice that." The sad thing is that Law knows Cartwright isn't joking. "Should we go there?"
"We probably should." Law begins to walk down the street. "That's probably where the Maou, as well as the remainders of both [Testament] and [Revelation], are going."
"So that's where the party is?" Cartwright trots next to Law.
"Yes Cartwright." Law smiles at the thought of the upcoming battle. "That is indeed where the party is."
Blake and Shi are battling it out! And Blake just got slashed! (Sorta)
Kiba is being a bad-ass with Koneko in tow!
Takamichi's revealing his true power, plus has just achieved Balance Breaker!
And finally, two members of [Testament] have made their first actual appearance! (I think...)
I've got a lot to write for the next one! Look forward to it!
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