Everything was still stopped when he returned as he fell out of a hole in reality...time hadn't moved...he could still save everyone.

He had thought about this over and over again as the maddness attempted to consume him. He would win. He would not give up till he defeated him. Till he tasted of suffering.

As the book dropped from his fingers time restarted quickly with Riser approaching with his peerage, Eto slowly getting torn to shreds, Hinami crying from her working eye, and Touka lying unconscious with her parents fresh remains cooling as the knights approached her...

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Eto's kakuja eye caught a glimpse of a violent whirlwind of movement as a radically changed Issei sliced and clawed into one of the pawns attacking her. He had changed. No longer was he a short teenage boy. He had transformed into a tall beastial man with long flowing white crudely chopped hair down to his knees and harshly glowing green kagune. His clothing appeared near disintegrated leaving only short black remains of his sweatpants. His skin was covered in lopsided and crawling scars mismatched over his athletic physic. The eyes contained an unchecked rage and terror shook her soul for a brief moment as she remembered the demons of old fighting during the Great and Terrible War.

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Issei found his first target in the pawns, all beautiful women hand picked by Riser, and felt as his hands found the first one and the sweet pop of blood. He had flown forward and slammed her in the back with his tail before leaping onto her form and forcing his fingers deep into her eyes. Ripping them out he slowly sucked them off his fingers and groaned deep as the taste was divine compared to the rotten taste of some of the things from the library...quickly taking in his surroundings and feeling the boost of having a quick bite he dug deeper as she screamed and tore out her crushed brains.

Uncaring of the brains now sliding off his fingers he immediately moved to the next two slightly stunned targets and sliced with the tips of his wings clawing through their necks and reaching his third target who he promptly shoved his head and horns through, almost tearing her in two. Immediately completing the motion by bringing up his hands and ripping her the rest of the way in half he quite enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood and guts now coating his almost naked torso. Just like taking out lesser tenticle spawn.

The last four pawns quickly backed away from the now wounded kakuja form Eto and rushed him trying to buy time. Spinning in place quickly he wrapped his wings around his form and deflected the punches now thrown his way. Completing the spin with his hair flying in front of his face and crouching low the spines on his back moved faster then the advancing pawns could account for and shot out crudely. All the four pawns could do was try to block before the spikes impaled deep into their bodies and killed the two still recovering from being deflected instantly as their heads erupted into a fountain of gore and bone.

The two remaining tried to run as terror filled them but were bleeding severely as the spikes had pierced them in the forearms stopping just before their heads. A low rumble alerted them just before the spines grew into spears and pierced them both in the head throwing brain matter and viscera everywhere.

Quickly turning and growling low again still on all fours Issei focused on the knights advancing on Touka and yanked the new spears crudely out of the pawns impromptu skull sheaths. Leaning back quickly he threw his body forward and released one before rushing with the second toward his next soon to be aware target. The first spear pierced through the unaware bishop and severed her spine while spreading her guts over the top of Touka. The second bishop seeing her fall turned around just in time to see a white blur with a green spear flying and pierce her chest.

"Bad Knight...trying to take what's mine," she heard from the monstrous face in front of her as he twisted the spear in her chest and grinned wickedly at her as blood flowed from her dying lips.

Flinching quickly at his distracted toying with the knight a hellfire spear pierced his back between his spines and flew straight into and past the dying bishop and him. Feeling his legs fail as his spine burned he fell and clawed his hands into the ground turning his upper torso to a series of terrible cracks as his upper body turned regardless of his lower body.

Seeing the look of triumph and terror in the look from Riser he nearly broke his face with his bloodthirsty grin. Concentrating on his now useless legs and spine not caring for the pain they snapped out and back into position before roughly healing and leaving more scars along his spine. Seeing the now pure terror from Riser and his sister the bishop he growled low and strong.

"Come to play old friennndddd."

Snapping his head to the side he flowed more and more energy into his horns making the glowing crystal shot appear between them and start to rotate...

"Suffering."

The shard shot off as Issei plunged his hands and feet into the ground to stay steady against the blowback. As it neared Riser he tried to throw burning hellfire flames against it but it flew straight enough and pierced his leg having been thrown off course.

"Aaaahhhhhhhhhh," came the sweet screams to Issei's ears as the effect hit Risers body full force. He would make him suffer before he died that was clear to him. Never let it be said he didn't enjoy playing with his food...

Straightening he ripped his feet from the ground where they were dug in and slowly walked like a predator going for his next meal toward Riser. The hellflame still burning around Riser gave him no pause as his body burned and charred as he walked toward his prey. Having been torn apart and tortured in hunts for a few hundred years he felt little should effect the hunt...especially of this prey...

Wrapping his quickly blackening hand around Risers screaming throat he felt jubilation at the feeling of flesh against his palm.

"Fuck you useless reincarnated piece of..."

"Suffering."

"Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh you piece of shit I'll..."

"Now did you have anything to do with the power failing in the safety wards?"

"Fuck you you fucking piece of..."

"Suffering."

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh I ain't gonna tell you shit you piece of tra..."

"Suffering. Suffering. Suffering."

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...yes...I paid the bastards to shut them off ok? Now let me forf...," Riser tried to say after shaking and spitting up blood.

"No more use for you then."

Issei poured every once of power into his next words.

"Balance Breaker: Endless Suffering of the Damned."

Riser convulsed under his grip as tears of blood and fire leaked from his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, every atom of his body attempting to escape from the unending agony as Issei slowly lost the blinding glow in his eyes and kagune. Issei looked into his eyes and watched the light slowly fade as blood vessel's burst and pain become an endless tide of true agony.

He smiled as he watched Riser die. Dying in a way which wouldn't allow even a phenex to emerge as the endless suffering didn't allow the magic to create rebirth, it only allowed pain, endless agonizing pain. Dying in complete loss, terror, and suffering. Like he deserved. Like all his enemy's deserved. Any who dared stand against him would soon learn...

As the flames died and the blood slowed, his kagune now a dull green, he dropped the body carelessly on the ground and turned away. Risers sister cried out in pure despair at the state of her half brother. The only one who cared for the bastard child of phenex and protected her from the plans of her father to sell her to the highest bidder. He may have been a bastard but he kept her safe from being a fancy plaything.