Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Alluring Angel. Enjoy the 3000-word chapter. I don't own DxD, Ichiei Ishibumi and a few others do.
Corvus could never have been said to be a person without bad choices.
Fighting Riser despite not being fully healed? That qualified, but Corvus hated people who would harm or abuse others.
He wasn't stupid. He knew that Riser only wanted Rias because of her beauty and title, he had seen people like that, being part angel.
Corvus looked at Rias, he had no idea why she slept so… Sparsely, then again, Corvus had spent days without a shirt for example since his wings would rip through any normal clothes and his wounds often meant a lot of bandages.
He climbed out of bed and walked outside. Corvus had overheard a few things before he was out cold.
One? He couldn't use lethal force, Corvus rolled his eyes at this. Riser was the only one Corvus was thinking about ripping apart.
Two? This wasn't a demonic rating game since Rias had told both her brother, a high-ranking devil, her parents, who also told Riser's family… That Corvus wasn't a devil.
"You're up surprisingly early for someone who so willing to stick their nose in someone's business." Riser said while he reclined on top of the statue in the courtyard.
"Only because I can't sleep knowing your still only marrying someone because you think she looks pretty and because she's famous… You don't love Rias; you're just lusting after her like a slug." Corvus paced back and forth while Kiba, Akeno, and Koneko stood on the other side of the battlefield.
They were joined by Rias not a moment later as with Grayfia teleported in with her brother. She didn't have to look hard for her parents and Riser's.
Rias sighed; she should have just teleported away… Then again, THIS was the most meat headed thing she had dealt with so far.
"You should know I don't even consider this a warmup for me and the kid… He's fought rouge Devils, Fallen Angels, a few giants… On behalf of the kid and as his metaphorical consciousness? I'm going to give you one chance to walk away, save whatever pride is gushing up your ego… And everyone wins. The kid might not be fully healed up? You're still playing with fire and the kid being a little run down only evens this out a little." Sol stated. Sirzechs blinked before Grayfia outlined the rules.
"This match will be determined when either side is exhausted or unconscious and unable to battle. No use of lethal force is allowed or it will result in direct disqualification." Corvus hummed and cracked his back.
"Don't worry, I only plan on knocking some sense into that thick skull you have there, you pathetic playboy." Corvus said while Riser chuckled.
"This will be amusing, fighting for the hand of the lovely Rias, don't you agree?" Sol and Corvus shared a look.
"The hell are you talking about, turkey bird?" The dragon asked before Riser chuckled.
"The only way to annul the engagement… Is to challenge her for her hand in marriage… So, by fighting me, you are asking to marry Rias in my place." Corvus cutely cocked his head and blinked as Sol hummed.
THAT was a curveball neither saw coming, they hadn't even seen her family and THAT was how they decided this would be? Sol could already tell this was going to be SUPER awkward if they won considering Corvus didn't know the first thing about romantic love. He knew what he had seen from helping families, which was mostly cheating, hearing about divorces, affairs… 'The kid always got the sewage of the Angel jobs', Sol thought.
"Hmm… Didn't see that coming… Kid, you good?" Sol asked and Corvus blinked once more before nodding.
"Yeah, just thinking… Anyway, if ANYONE wishes to leave before we do this? I'm only knocking the snot out of Riser, unless you want to dogpile me, I have no desire to fight through you all just to get to the smug jackass… Just a heads up before we start this." He was greeted by them preparing for a fight.
"Worth a shot… may we engage in battle, please?" Sol asked. that was greeted by a barrier encasing the courtyard before Sol spoke up.
"Kid, no Ember blasts, no stabbing and no killing, remember that… Even if you already know like I know." Corvus hummed.
Then he extended his wings from his back and flew forward. Everyone had to shield their faces from the gust of wind.
Mira was knocked back from a kick that sent her skidding all the way towards the barrier which if knocked through? Instant ring out.
Corvus landed in the center of the group and stood up. He cracked his knuckles. He didn't want to fight the entire group… But if they forced his hand?
Then again, Corvus would rip through entire armies. He was just too nice and gentlemanly to hurt any girls, elders or anyone who didn't deserve a fight.
"Like I said, LAST chance to leave before I get serious." Sol stated.
"That's a very powerful hybrid… And yet, very courteous for someone who you said had very little formal manners, little sister." Sirzechs saw Rias blush as the fight began.
Shuriya launched a kick which was stopped by one of Corvus's angel wings before he sent her skidding along the ground with a flick of his fingers.
"You're being a real piece of work hiding behind a group of innocent girls, Riser!"Corvus stated before Marion and Burent launched into a barrage of punches and kicks.
Corvus took only a half-step back before leaping up and tossing them to the ground before battering them down with his wings.
"This coming from the one who's trying to act like their so holy when they're clearly showing some feelings for Rias!" Riser shouted before flying towards Corvus.
Corvus sidestepped him before grabbing his foot and skidding him along the ground. He rose, his face bruised as his healing restored it.
"Dude, I've barely known her for a few days… You're the one trying TO GET INTO HER SKIRT!" Corvus yelled.
He went to engage the King, only to sense danger behind him. He decided to stop holding back.
If only to end this quickly, he could batter the entire group. They were forcing his hand.
He finally drew Bazyli, he never used the sword unless it was for a good fight. He would have used a Light Sword otherwise.
But just for the purpose of showing them how out of their league they were? This would be an exception.
"Is that one of the legendary swords?!" Riser yelled before Corvus stopped Siris and Karlamine's blades at the same time.
"Like I said… You should have run away with your tail tucked between your legs… I doubt you have anything to lose considering how arrogant you are. I'm done holding back. I just gave you several opportunities to back down and let me fight Riser head on…" Corvus turned and sighed. He repelled them and put his sword on his back.
He rushed past the duo; grabbed their arms and spun them around before letting go after reaching the zenith of his climb.
This tossed the two knights to the ground before he rushed forward.
"REGENT REPEL!" he released a wave of his energy which was used to back people off… It didn't hurt anyone since Corvus never committed to using the move to its fullest.
The shockwave ripped through the ground and sent the sextet out of the zone. Rias and the others gasped at how quickly and effectively Corvus had defeated half of the Peerage.
"Kid? If I may recommend…." Corvus nodded and hummed.
"BALANCE BREAKER…" That was before a massive explosion consumed him.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't allow you to win…" Yubelluna said with a smirk as Riser chuckled.
"CORVUS!" Rias yelled before Riser hummed.
"He'll be fine… But I suppose this means that this is…" Riser was cut off as the flames dispersed.
"EMPEROR OF EXTINCTION!" Corvus walked out of the flames and cracked his knuckles.
His body was incased within dragon like armor as his wings had turned from black to glowing with veins of red, his gold angel wings mixed with blue flames. He flexed his duel arms which ended in spiked claws. His elbows ended in bladed metal.
There were several red orbs on his arms and legs along with a bigger one on his chest. Corvus looked at Riser with a sadistic grin.
Riser stared into the haunting eyes; one was now deathly blood red as he flexed his talon clad feet. His tail whipped back and forth.
"I'm done wasting my time with you, playboy. This ends now." Corvus growled out before turning over his shoulder.
"And you're going to pay for that, lady. I'll give you credit for actually hurting me before I could power up, though." He rushed forward.
Yubelluna launched another spell. Corvus rocketed through it before slamming the queen into the ground and drawing a Light Spear.
He slammed the weapon into her chest as she hissed in pain before he ripped out the weapon and threw her out of the arena.
"I really hate having to hit girls. You don't get the damn fact that your screwed. Your loyal, I'll give you that." He heard chainsaws and blinked.
IIe, Nel, Ni and Li rushed at him as he sighed.
"I enjoy a good fight… Honestly, I enjoy fighting." He said.
He rushed forward before blocking the chainsaws with his armored grieves.
"I don't like hitting girls." He said before he knocked their weapons aside, chopped their necks and threw them into Ni and Li.
Then he aimed his right hand at them.
"Dragon's Roar." He launched a fireball from his palm which knocked the duo up and out of the arena where they rained down before vanishing in bursts of light.
"Your skilled, I'll give you that… But your arrogant, you all seem to have tasted victory so much you don't know what defeat is. I'm only using all this power to show you how royally screwed you are when I decide to fight for real." He said before rushing forward.
Isabella and Xuelan braced themselves before Corvus slammed wing first into them. his speed bolstered by small jets on his legs, arms, shoulders and arms.
Corvus slammed his arms into their stomachs before using his wings to hit both of them.
They rolled backwards, knocked out. Corvus walked towards the others as Ravel looked at her brother.
"How is this possible for us to be losing this bad?!" She asked before Sol hummed. Corvus panted and wheezed for a moment and then managed to restrain himself.
"Because your cocky, you rely too much on battering the enemy down without a single attempt to take the opponent seriously. The kid is cocky, yeah, but he will get serious the damn SECOND he feels like it. You keep acting like you're on such a high horse because of your vanity… I can smell all that cheap garbage you call beauty products. The kid's right, you're only lusting after Rias because of her looks and a desire to continue the family bloodline. You don't not because you love her brains or personality or even her, don't you?" Sol asked before Corvus continued to walk towards them.
He looked at the Bishops, the only thing keeping him from his target.
"Unless you'd like to get knocked out? I'd move, your loyalty means nothing…" Sol watched the other girl grab the blonde-haired girl before throwing both of them to the barrier.
He ignored the cries of the girl as he flexed his wings, he panted again and this time? Corvus saw Sol hum.
He looked at Riser and cracked his knuckles.
"Now we end this, you cowardly chicken." He growled out while Riser rushed him.
"Do you even know what the hell your fighting for?! If I lose, the bloodline of Pure-Blooded Devils dies out!" Corvus caught his right punch.
Riser slugged him with his other hand, leaving scratches on the armor which healed as Corvus punched him in the stomach hard.
Riser coughed up blood before Riser ripped himself away and blasted at Corvus with a barrage of fireballs.
Corvus crossed his arms before Riser grinned. Corvus flexed his wings and dispelled the flames on his body.
"You don't command fire, Riser… I do… Second? Rias is nice, you're a piece of trash. I don't know about that other stuff." Corvus stated before he rushed forward.
He grabbed Riser by the throat and lifted them higher into the air.
Riser went to punch him only for Corvus to grab his arm. He twisted it to the side as Riser roared in pain.
"You don't love Rias. I can see she doesn't love you, you're just a cocky jerk." Corvus threw Riser. Rias and the others watched him slam into the statue which broke into pieces.
Riser gasped as his powers repaired his arm. Corvus slammed into him and wretched his other arm behind him. Riser growled with pain as Corvus wretched his arm further back.
"Let's see if you can survive being bent into a pretzel." Corvus said before he powered up an Emperor Ember blast.
"CORVUS, HE'S HAD ENOUGH!" Rias yelled. Corvus looked at her and cocked his head again.
"They said no lethal force… I wasn't going to kill him." Corvus saw Akeno giggle and realized he had a genuine fear of the girl.
"Are you sure?" Corvus asked. Rias nodded and Corvus sighed before another blast which wretched him in burning light occurred.
Corvus grunted in pain but grabbed Riser by the face with one hand, he lifted the man into the air.
"You touch her, you die. You try to force your crap on her? you die. You bother her again, I hurt you… Badly, got it?" He asked before he threw Riser to the floor.
"You damn…" Corvus hummed.
Then he kicked Riser in his lower regions, skidding the man through the ground and out of the arena. He chuckled as the man and his peerage left, possibly to lick his wounds.
"Heal that, you over…" Corvus heard the sound of the match being over.
"Kid?" Sol asked before Corvus turned back to normal, minus his arms.
Then he spat up a spray of crimson onto the floor and collapsed to his knees. Rias watched his skin rip along his arms, back and chest.
"Damn it, you pushed the limit!" Sol watched Corvus stumble backwards before collapsing to the ground.
"KID!" Sol yelled as Rias and her group flew over.
"Why did he just collapse?!" Rias looked at the boy and remembered what she knew about scale mail.
"Damn it, the kid must have pushed his stamina too far… UGH, he always strained himself… He'll live, his energy is stuck like that. the kid mastered the imperfect Scale Mail, but his stamina must have run out. He needs to go and rest again for a few days, kid pushes himself again? He's going to rip his body apart, healing or not." He blinked before he realized something.
"I think the kid risked it for you." Sol stated. Rias blinked before watching Koneko and the others carry the exhausted and wounded Corvus away.
"Corvus always fights harder if it's to help someone. He fought harder if he cared about them. I'm going to guess all that crap Riser said fired the kid up, he can be ruthless, but he never drags a fight out unless he's eager to enjoy it." Rias hummed and looked at the blood on the ground.
She went to touch it and hissed as it burned at her fingers.
"The kid has my blood in him when he uses that armor. He has a lot of fire power… Heh, the kid basically has a nitro boost for a bit till it burns out and Corvus tires. He needs rest, his healing is tough, but he's hurting. I can feel it." Sol stated before Rias looked at her hands.
"Rias? The kid doesn't know the terms of that annul, he knows your safe and probably thinks you guys just have some agreement to sort this out now. I doubt the kid knows you and him are engaged now because he beat him." Rias nodded.
"I know, he can be very childish considering how he keeps not understanding a lot of things. He doesn't know more than the church showed him, did they?" She asked while walking home.
"Cars, planes, money? nada, he doesn't know that. the kid only knows religion, their views on marriage… Yeah, the kid doesn't know much more then what he's bottle-fed. You plan on telling him what beating him means for you guys? I think he knows a little bit about annulling, but not about the severity of it." Sol stated.
"Once he wakes up… I'm going to keep an eye on him." She was about to go inside before she heard a voice clear their throat.
"We need to talk about your new fiancée, little sister." She heard.
She turned to look at her brother. She sighed and nodded.
(Outside town)
The hooded figure continued to walk forward and looked up at the city
"The Fallen Angel… Led here…" She started walking forward, not knowing what to think.
This was Xenovia Quarta… Hunting a Fallen Angel and her friend… Corvus.
She blinked and hummed with amusement.
Author Note
Phew, another chapter done! I want to apologize if the fight was too one-sided, next arc will be tougher. I also don't want to rush the romance between Rias and Corvus. You're see it set up more next chapter. next chapter will be on Saturday or so next Saturday and will show Rias talking to her family and caring for Corvus while setting up Xenovia's appearance. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!
