Author's Note: Alright folks, we're coming down to the end. I finally reveal one of the last surprises in this story. This is also one of the final chapters in this story and it will conclude in the next chapter. I won't be saying anymore so please enjoy this chapter.
Published 5/28/2016
Chapter 21:
Secrets of the Boosted Gear
"That light was so blinding. Wait! What is this place?"
Rias awakens and finds herself in a strange dimension. This place does not look like Earth or any other place she has visited before. The sky is filled with many shades of color and there are bubbles floating everywhere. Rias also realizes that she is floating in midair.
"Huh? Buchou-san? You're in here too?" Rias hears a familiar voice from her left.
"Asia? Where is everywhere else? What is this place?" Rias notices Asia also suspended in midair.
"I don't know Buchou-san. The last thing I remember was us trying to recover Issei-san. Maybe something happened in between."
Rias and Asia suddenly feel a large impact. It appears that they have reached hard ground. Rias then gets up and looks around hoping to find some clues. However, no matter which direction she faces, all she sees is barren ground with no vegetation or civilization.
"Did that witch connect us to another dimension? Maybe this is her version of 'Dimension Lost'. We were probably sent to an endless dimension filled with nothing but a barren ground." Rias feels that Grias is playing a smart trick on Asia and her by isolating them in this dimension.
"Let's look for help Buchou-san. Maybe there is someone else who can help us here."
"That sounds good. I'm pretty sure we're not the first ones to arrive here," Rias agrees with Asia.
Asia and Rias both start walking. As they move ten steps, the ground suddenly rumbles. In front of them, the ground breaks apart and a dragon flies out of the ground. This dragon is red, wearing crystals and scales that look familiar.
"Wait! That green jewel and those crimson scales. This isn't any ordinary dragon. You must be the Sekiryuutei Dragon."
The dragon speaks. "Indeed you are correct. I'm Ddraig, one of the heavenly dragons and the main power source for Issei Hyoudou. If my knowledge is correct, you must be Rias Gremory or shall I say 'Switch Princess'."
"Geez," Rias blushes as Ddraig calls out her unwanted nickname. "It's so embarrassing to be walking around with that title."
Ddraig then turns his attention to Asia. "…and you must be Asia the Panties Sister. As least… to Fafnir that is…"
"Uhh… That kind of seems interesting but weird at the same time." Asia does not know how to respond to such an embarrassing title. Compared to Rias, Asia gives a confused look.
"Well, Ddraig," Rias continues. "Let's forget about all that for now. Right now, I would like to know where we are. No matter where I look, all I see is emptiness. Is this some trap set up by the witch?"
"Good question, Rias," Ddraig answers. "I was the one who brought you here, not that 'witch'. What you see here is the inside of Issei's Boosted Gear."
"Boosted Gear? I didn't know this sacred gear had some kind of dimension inside." Rias is puzzled by Ddraig's response. Sacred gears are supposed to be extra abilities. Having some kind of world inside is unusual. The Boosted Gear is an exception since Ddraig is sealed inside it.
"Anyways, I brought Asia and you inside for a reason. There is a vampire device that is attacking the Boosted Gear and I am unable to gather enough power to eliminate it. As long as that vampire device is inside Issei, there is no way he'll be able to recover."
"A vampire device? What could that be?" Rias is unsure about the vampire device but knows that it must be one of Grias's acts. Only she would put such a device inside Issei.
"What is going to happen to Issei-san if we don't remove it?" Asia is worried about Issei and asks Ddraig.
"The vampire device is slowly sucking Issei's life away. If we don't hurry soon, Issei will die." Both Asia and Rias gasp. They understand why Ddraig pulled them into his dimension. Both of them are determined to destroy the vampire device.
"Please follow me. I'll show you where there vampire device is. Thanks to Issei achieving Balance Breaker, I have full access to his heart and soul." Rias and Asia follow Ddraig along a visible winded trail. As they both walk towards the vampire device, signs of activity slowly appear on both sides of the trail. On the left, Rias sees toddler Issei playing with his toy blocks.
"Aww, that's little Issei. He's so cute that I want to pet him."
There is another Issei to the right listening to a pervert story from an old man on the street. The Occult Research Club feels that this event led to Issei's perversion.
"Buchou-san, that's Issei enjoying the Kaben Rider Pinky II from his friends." Asia points to another Issei far ahead of them.
"I wonder how much porn Issei has went through before I came along," Rias chuckles.
As they continue down the path, they notice more activity on both sides of the trail. Warmer colors such as red and orange dominate the sky. Asia feels as if they're moving closer towards Issei's soul.
"Hey Asia, take a look over there. You'll be in for quite a surprise." Rias has Asia look at a diorama resembling the girl's locker room. Here, Asia sees Issei with Matsuada and Motohama at the benches. She could also hear what Issei is saying to them.
"So, why am I doing this again?" Issei asks Matsuada and Motohama.
"We're friends. Friends should help each other out no matter what. It's not fair that you're getting your doses of real women while we're stuck with porn videos, games, and magazines. It's time that that you share the wealth. Please let us see Asia get dressed for PE. It isn't much."
"You always let me take the bait when something bad happens. Also, Asia is too pure for you."
"Well then, how about we treat you to nice visual novel that we bought in exchange. It explains the truth about pure girls like Asia. You'll learn lots of good knowledge. Come on, let's make a deal."
"Alright, but you better not bail on me when something goes wrong!" Issei, Matsuada, and Motohama sneak into a locker located right next to the one Asia uses. They mess with the lock to make the locker unusable. Later, Asia, Xenovia, Irina, and other female students come in; all three of them were able to get premium shots of the church trio.
"Geez, Issei-san! Why do you always have to do this? You could just ask me anytime and I'll show you. I'll show my body to Matsuada-san and Motohama-san too if that's what makes you satisfied." Rias smiles at Asia's complaints. As they move further down the path, Asia spots another interesting scene.
"Hey Buchou-san, take a look over there." Rias finds another diorama with Issei in the bath. Apparently, he had another stressful day at school. Hoping to earn tickets to a famous strip club in the red light district from Matsuada and Motohama, he paints a large portrait of Rias for them. While the art teacher was impressed by Issei's painting techniques, the rest of Issei's classmates beat him out of jealousy. In the end, Issei's ticket was ripped and voided.
"Man, what a tiring day. Maybe I should have just offered them small Rias sculptures instead. Oh well, I wasn't able to make time to attend the strip club with Matsuada and Motohama anyways. Who knew that Rias' mother and cousin were going to visit us here on Earth today? Hopefully, I'll find another time to go out with them."
Issei washes himself with a few more buckets of water. Suddenly, someone else enters the room.
"I'm sorry about your loss Issei-kun. We forgot to tell you about the meeting. How about you let me make it up?" Rias and Asia are shocked by what they are seeing.
"A… Akeno-san? What are you doing in here?" Issei turns around and sees Akeno ready to jump into the bath.
"Oh my! I was planning on taking a bath too. I didn't know you were already here. After listening to you about your day at school, I think it's best if I join in too."
"Wait! Right now? What about Rias? Will she get mad?" Issei is concerned.
"Don't worry about Rias. She's currently out with Asia at Flower Garden. Why don't we do something together while they're out?"
"OK," Issei reluctantly agrees. In no time, he finds himself already in the hands of Akeno.
"Say Issei-kun, why don't you make an art piece of me? It's not fair that you're only making portraits and sculptures of Rias. Is there anything wrong about my figure?"
"No! It's just that I don't know your figure as well as Rias's!"
"It's never too late to learn. Why not now? This would be a perfect time." Suddenly, Rias and Asia see a shocking scene in front of them. Akeno is using every opportunity to seduce Issei in the bath. Whenever Akeno asks how Issei is feeling, Issei nods like one of Akeno's lapdogs.
"Say Issei-kun! Let's do something that will bring everlasting memories between us. This will be much better than that strip club you were going to attend."
"Sure!" Akeno moves her fingers out and prepares to touch Issei in a sensitive. As she makes one stroke, BOOM! The diorama explodes leaving only a small crater behind. Asia turns around and finds Rias surrounded by an angry red aura.
"Issei does not need to retain this memory. Also Akeno, you better give me a good explanation about this. It was you who made him unresponsive for four hours after I return home with a nice present." Asia smiles at Rias's jealousy.
As they move down the trail, Rias and Asia find more dioramas with Issei on the sides. One diorama shows Issei climbing up the mountain with a heavy load while another diorama shows Issei at a karaoke box with Asia and other classmates. Asia and Rias both enjoy the diorama with Issei's mom sharing photo albums with everyone.
Suddenly, they approach a series of dark clouds. The clouds seem out of place compared to the rest of the atmosphere.
"We have approached the central part of this world," Ddraig speaks. "This is where Issei's soul is located. If you can feel it, these dark clouds indicate a problem. I don't know where these clouds came from, but I'm very sure the vampire device has something to do with it."
"Let's go check it out Asia!" Rias wastes no time and pulls Asia into the dark clouds. After a series of footsteps, they see a dormant soul in front of them. It appears that Issei's soul miraculously shut down.
"Huh? What's going on with Issei's soul? Why is it like that?" Asia questions Rias but Rias does not know. Then, they witness dark ghosts circling around Issei's soul. The dark ghosts are chanting words at them.
Ddraig follows behind and gives Rias and Asia all he knows so far. "These dark ghosts are a serious problem in Issei's body. They're keeping Issei's soul asleep by chanting negative thoughts and using this opportunity to suck life from it. If you have some way to power Issei's soul up, he might wake up and shield himself from all these ghosts."
"We'll do that," Rias answers. "Asia, why don't you use your healing powers on Issei? Maybe that'll provide him the necessary energy to wake him up."
"OK!" Asia follows Rias's advice and heads for Issei's soul. As she prepares herself, the ghosts begin to attack Asia.
"Stay away from our property. Issei is ours!"
"You worked with Rias Gremory to torture him. Go back to her gang."
The ghosts channel negative thoughts at Asia. Asia quickly becomes dizzy at the thoughts as she tries to refute those claims. "No! I'm with Issei-san too! So is Buchou-san!"
Rias helps Asia by eliminating the ghosts with her Power of Destruction spheres. However, more ghosts appear. Some of the ghosts also attack Rias.
"Why are you here? Didn't you love the head handyman?"
"No! No! No!" Rias fires more spheres. As the ghosts continue to reappear, she notices that the ghosts are coming from the same origin. Rias heads toward it and finds the main culprit: the red globe from Grias. Rias suspects that the globe must be the vampire device Ddraig is talking about.
"Asia! Keep working on Issei's soul! I'm going to destroy the globe that's causing all this. Don't worry about the ghosts. Stay strong and ignore their words!" Asia listens to Rias as she reaches Issei's soul. The ghosts try to make silly faces to intimidate Asia, but Asia closers her eyes as she works on reviving Issei's soul.
At the red globe, Rias fires a series of Power of Destruction spheres at it. However, the globe doesn't budge. Ddraig also tries fire, but the globe gives a quick flash and weakens his body. He forgets that he is linked to Issei's soul and affected by the ghosts. As he lets Rias finish the job, he gives her an important message.
"The globe is protected by a magical force field. Find a way to destroy that first,"
"Roger that!" Rias tries to fire larger and more powerful power of destruction spheres but to no effect. The globe responds by unleashing more ghosts at Rias. The ghosts send her stronger hate messages.
"Issei won't go back to you anymore! He loves Grias!"
"Issei sold his virginity to Grias. He doesn't regret it."
"He's destined for a perfect family life in Grias's dream world. Go home, head handyman lover!"
"No I won't!" Rias becomes desperate and aimlessly fires Power of Destruction spheres at the red globe, resulting in few misses. The red globe fights back by glowing brightly to blind Rias's vision. Rias manages to avoid looking directly at the globe as she continues her attempt to destroy the red globe. When the brightness attack no longer works, the globe unleashes beefier ghosts. The ghosts carry metal in which they throw at Rias.
"Issei is Grias's favorite servant. We'll do anything to protect him."
"Your feeble attacks aren't causing us any harm. You're just an annoying pest."
"You'll probably spend 10,000 years worth of life energy before you realize that you'll never defeat us."
Rias reaches her breaking point. She now looks like a red fireball from a distance. As she prepares an extremely large and destructive Power of Destruction sphere for the red globe, she hears more insults from the ghosts.
"You really are a baby. Did mommy spill your milk?"
"Where's your bib? Oh no! You're crying… Wah! Wah!"
BOOM! Rias's powerful attack shatters the force field protecting the red globe. However, the globe activates the secondary defense system by toughening up its surface. The globe demonstrates its defense by having its top layer shatter into small fragments. Underneath is another layer of panels.
"How do you think you'll defeat the globe? It's made of many layers that constantly regenerate underneath one another. This is why we're better than you 'cuz we think."
"If Issei can make the unimaginable become a reality, I can do so too!" Rias continues to dodge the ghosts and attack the red globe. The red globe continues to recover panels. It also sends out more ghosts at Rias.
Then, the atmosphere suddenly changes. The clouds alternate between black and white. Rias turns to Asia and sees that her efforts are starting to pay off. There is some twitching in Issei's soul, indicating that the soul may be awakening.
"Keep doing it Asia! Wake Issei up! The ghosts and the vampire device are starting to fall apart!"
"Yes!" Asia continues to heal Issei's soul with her powers. As Issei's soul makes more movements, the globe attempts to retain its competitive edge and shut Asia's efforts down. Rias sees the globe unleashes a variety of ghosts every second. The ghosts carry many different weapons ranging from dark matter to fire. The ghosts all head over to Asia in attempt to scare her off. Rias could hear Asia scream.
"Asia, don't worry! Hang in there. This just means that the globe is panicking. If we keep our efforts up, it will disintegrate completely," Rias calls out to Asia.
"I'm on it!" Asia, encouraged by Rias's words, pushes forward despite all the weapon and debris thrown at her. As Issei's soul makes more movements, the globe tries alternative attacks. Rias and Asia finds the clouds flashing, alternating between black and white. The globe also emits loud static noise at them. Asia and Rias push forward despite these annoyances.
Finally, data circulation activates at Issei's soul. As the soul slowly takes control of its body, Rias and Asia find the soul creating an invisible shield from the ghosts. As the globe realizes it no longer has control, the globe goes on full vengeance against Asia and Rias. The globe unleashes hundreds of ghosts per second at both of them. The globe also manipulates the gravity around them, throwing Rias and Asia up in the air and sideways multiple times. The globe also creates several black holes, hoping to use them to disintegrate Rias and Asia.
As the globe fires a red beam to destroy Issei's soul, fire creeps up to the surface of the globe. Rias and Asia find Ddraig behind them. "Thanks to you two, I am able to regain some of my powers back! However, it won't last as long as this globe is active. Rias, you must destroy it before it regains control of Issei's soul once again. My fire has just removed as many layers off the globe as it can. However, the layers will regenerate soon. Hurry and destroy the core."
"I will do that!" Rias is creating a large extinguish star for the red globe. As she launches it, the globe tries to regenerate as many layers as it can to absorb the attack. Thankfully, Ddraig continue to burn the new layers with his fire. When Rias's attack reaches the red globe, Rias finds all the ghosts around them vanishing. The dark clouds also turn into pixels. Finally, Asia could hear shattering glass everywhere. As they wait for the red globe to disintegrate, they're left with harsh parting words.
"Grias is life. Grias is the power source of our world."
"You can't defeat Grias. You'll die if you do."
"The whole world will collapse along with all your friends."
"You'll regret your decision forever."
The red globe finally disintegrates, releasing large amount of light. The light blinds both Rias and Asia. As they wake up, they find themselves back in a familiar place. They also hear many people calling for them.
"Rias! Asia! Are you OK?" Rias and Asia wake up to find the entire Occult Research Club. Rias looks further and finds Grias.
"Huh? We're back in the dream world? What happened?" Rias appears confused.
"I don't know. Asia and you passed out for over 30 minutes. We thought you were killed!" Akeno replies.
"I didn't get killed. Neither did Asia. We did get a nice dream while we passed out."
"Me too!" Both Rias and Asia keep their adventures with Ddraig and the Boosted Gear a secret from everyone else.
Suddenly, an explosion could be heard. They look towards the explosion and find members of the Student Council fall. Saji lands to the right of them while Sona lands to the left. As they look further, they find all of Sairaorg's peerage on the ground. Grias lands on top of a hill and starts laughing.
"That got boring so fast. It was fun while it lasted, but it's time that you join all your loser Occult Research Club buddies and become permanent residents of my world."
Rias and Akeno rush over to Sona while Kiba and Koneko rush over to Saji. Neither Sona nor Saji look healthy.
"You too Sona?" Rias asks her.
"We're defeat. That green dragon quickly learned all of our abilities and found ways to work around them. When Saji became a purple tornado, the green dragon flashed light at Saji and blew pure clean winds at him. The winds washed away the dark energy, making Saji's attack useless. She was also able to control the direction of her attacks, making Tsubasa's attack useless. Right when Tsubasa forms her mirror, the green dragon would change direction of her power and make it flow parallel to the mirror. As soon as our defenses were destroyed, the green dragon would launch a surprise attack from behind. My water attacks created pathways for the green dragon to send electrical currents at us. It also caused many thorn-based plant monsters to rise from the ground. They grabbed all of us and sapped our energy."
"What about Sairaorg?" Rias looks over to Sairaorg who is being seen by Rossweisse.
"They were unable to stop the green dragon too. The green dragon formed a small twister at one point and deflected all their attacks back at them. She was able to manipulate gravitational forces to have Sairaorg's touki forces sink down into him."
As the Occult Research Club, the Student Council, and Sairaorg's group regroup to devise a perfect strategy to bring Grias down, Grias comes over to them with pride.
"What's with the wait everyone? Did all of you run out of tricks? That's OK. It's my turn anyways. It's time to see how great I am as the god of this world. Watch and weep! My next attack is so powerful that it will only drive your jealousy up!" Everyone watches as pink flames form in Grias's mouth.
"From now on, I declare all of you as my permanent slaves. Take this! Celestial Net!" Everyone tries to brace for the attack. However, after a few minutes, they realized that nothing has hit them. They look up and find Grias looking at her hands and body.
"That's weird! Why did my power suddenly drain away? I remember that I had plenty of supply left to defeat all these idiots here. What's going on?"
Suddenly, red light emits from nowhere. Grias looks toward the direction of the red light and sees another dragon floating in the sky. This dragon looks like the dragon form of Grias but with the colors switched.
"Wait! You're not supposed to be up and alive! You're my SLAVE! Got it? SLAVE! Now, get down and do your part!"
The Occult Research Club and Student Council are confused by Grias's behavior and also look at the other dragon.
"Buchou! That's Issei!" Xenovia points out the mystery.
"Issei!" Rias smiles as she watches the red dragon powering up. Now that the red globe is destroyed, Issei is no longer restrained. More importantly, he's also not a servant of Grias,
"Obey me your master! Performing actions not authorized by me is forbidden." Grias has no idea what Rias and Asia did to Issei and still thinks Issei is her servant. Soon…
POW! The red dragon moves right up to Grias and gives her a series of punches and kicks. Grias counters by tying the dragon to the ground.
"Now, you shall be a good servant and go to sleep." Instead, the red dragon burns open the ropes and flies in the air. It shoots several shards made of green jewels at Grias.
"Did the globe malfunction? That's impossible. There are so many layers of security inside that red globe. The secondary system should have kicked in if those losers tampered with it. It is also programmed to repair the first system as well. Based on the design, it should have been impossible to fail and break down!"
"Garr! Garr! Garr!" Those were the only sounds that Grias could hear from the red dragon. Now that she is aware of destroyed red globe, she seeks alternative tricks to bring the red dragon down. Grias starts by using her powers to modify the environment of the dream world and make it inhospitable for Issei and the red dragon. The red dragon screams in agony and makes jerky movements. He also randomly spits out fireballs everywhere.
"That's more like it. As long as it's my world, you're powerless against me. I'll simply use the remaining energy I have to weaken you. Once you're weak enough, I install another red globe into your body. I will make sure this globe is twice as powerful as my previous globe, complete with tougher anti-destruction systems. After that, nothing will stop me from total domination. I'll make everyone else suck in my rainbow globes as well, making all of you a permanent resident of my world. Say goodbye to your freedom forever!
"Aah! This is painful!" Saji, who wields a dragon named Vritra in his sacred gear, also feels the pain. Fortunately, he is far away from Grias and the dark energy hurting dragons seems to be emanating from Grias herself.
"Saji! Are you alright?" Sona asks Saji.
"Umm… Yeah. I'm OK. Since I am far away from that green dragon, I'm probably not receiving the full effects of the attack. I'm not sure how Issei feels, but it's most likely a more potent dosage. Whatever it is, it's not surprisingly that the green dragon is trying to play dirty tricks on us again."
"Ah I see." Sona then turns her attention to the two dragons. "Based on what I've seen so far, it looks like the green dragon is fighting Issei in a different style compared to how she fought us. When Rias, Sairaorg, me, and our peerages fought her, she would quickly learn our techniques and easily form appropriate defenses to make our attacks ineffective. It doesn't look like that's the case for Issei."
Rias thinks for a moment. She believes the destruction of the red globe had something to do with it. Based on Ddraig's words, Grias must have been powering herself up with Issei's energy using the red globe. Now that the source has been cut off, Grias is struggling, trying to restore that connection to Issei's supply of energy. Grias isn't learning about Issei's attacks and finding ways to effectively defend against it. Instead, she is more focuses on suppressing Issei as quick as possible. Rias knows that Grias's energy may soon run out.
Learning about the inherent advantage, Rias calls out to the red dragon. "Issei! Don't worry about the attack. We've been through many situations worse than this. The witch is weak from her inability to control you! You can defeat her!"
"Issei-san! Believe in us. Your body is no longer being controlled by her," Asia calls to Issei too.
Hearing those words, loud "Boost" calls can be easily heard from the red dragon. The red dragon glows red, indicating his exponential growth in power.
Grias confronts the red dragon. She acts as if she still has the upper hand. "Don't forget that my powers came from you, meaning that I share the same set of attacks as you. I can boost too. Even though I lost the connection to your energy source, I am smart and understand how to use my limited resources to the fullest extent. You may have more energy than me, but you're just going to waste it all. Hohohohoho!"
"Explosion!" The red dragon quickly disappears from sight. The speed also allows the red dragon to weather through the harsh anti-dragon aura. Grias tries to track the red dragon's movement until she suddenly feels someone pushing her up. She looks down and finds the red dragon grabbing onto her tail. The red dragon swings Grias around and throws her to the side. Grias crashes through many unfinished houses in the fields.
"How is this possible? The anti-dragon aura shouldn't have allowed him to do such maneuvers," Grias doesn't believe what she sees. "Don't be afraid. I can still win. This is my world! I can change the environment to something unfavorable to the red dragon and favorable to me. Take this!"
"Ow! What is that witch trying to do?" Everyone else including Rias and Sona suddenly feels their weight increasing. They also find it difficult to move around. Grias uses her powers to increase gravity and air density to make it difficult for the red dragon to navigate. It will give Grias a chance to seize the red dragon.
Grias smiles. "Do you understand what I mean about 'using it to the fullest extent'? Even with limited energy, I can still restrain you like this. Pretty soon, you'll have no choice but to surrender. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts." Little does Grias know, the red dragon is moving towards her at a constant pace. Grias doesn't realize it until she feels the intense aura coming from the red dragon.
"No worries! I haven't lost yet. There are still plenty of tricks available to stop the red dragon." Grias modifies her dragon body to make herself more aerodynamic against the harsh environment. She quickly moves out of the red dragon's reach.
"Too bad your body doesn't fare well against this environment. Why don't we have more fun and add some more sparkles to this?" Grias shoots a series of black fireballs at the red dragon. The first one manages to hit the dragon, but subsequent ones miss. Grias laughs as she watches the red dragon suffer damage from the black fireballs.
"It's game over Issei! Your short rebellion against me has come to an end." As Grias circles around the red dragon watching him suffer, she hears voice coming from the red dragon. At first, she thought the voices were groans. She feels as if the black fireballs have finally brought the red dragon down to the ground. As she moves closer with a laser lasso to secure the red dragon, she starts to wonder if those voices were really groans. The voices become clearer as she moves closer.
"Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!"
Grias mistakes those words. "What's that? Oh I understand; this dragon malfunctioned after my attack. It's time to bring poor old Issei in for repairs. Ooph! Wait!"
Suddenly, Grias finds herself in the grips of the red dragon. "No way! That black fireball was supposed to sap you of all your energy! It's not over yet, I still have plenty of energy left. Since that I'm this close to the dragon, I'll just land more black fireballs on this monster."
Before Grias has her chance, the red dragon throws Grias to the ground. With Grias dizzy from the impact, the gravity and air density begin to fluctuate, Rias and the others find themselves flying up and down as the gravity destabilizes. The red dragon quickly grabs Grias before she unleashes her powers and restores her harsh environment. He throws Grias up in the air and blows a series of fireballs at Grias. Then, he sends Wyvern Fairy Knights at Grias and has them keep Grias in the sky. After a few "Divide" attacks, the knights move out of the way to let the red dragon give one final punch. Grias lands on the ground in battered state. Without a conscious mind, Grias is unable to manipulate the environment once more.
"Uhh… I am better than the dragon. I am better. I can do it. Recover."
It's too late. The dragon comes out from the ground and catapults Grias towards the sky. Rias and the others are not prepared for what happens next.