Chapter 39
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-With Xenovia-
Fear. Hands trembling and sweaty. Vision dilating.
All Xenovia was able to see at this moment after hearing the clatter of Durandal being tossed away was the menacing and terrifying form of the God Devouring Wolf stalking towards her with saliva dripping from its maw. The beady eyes of a predator stalking its prey, that is what Xenovia saw.
She heard the faint calls of what sounded like her name but nothing made it through to her. The power rolling of off Fenrir was too overpowering.
"Take this blade and reach for the skies where the Dragons roam". It was his voice. Warmth filled her as she heard the whistle of steel through the air.
A cloud of dust covered Xenovia and Fenrir from everyone's view. All they heard was the menacing growl coming from Fenrir before they felt the impact of something heavy hitting the earth. They all knew this was Fenrir pouncing on his prey.
It seemed like the time around the battlefield froze. Even the sons of Fenrir and the Dragon King Midgardsormr froze. The seconds that rolled by as they waited for the dust to dissipate and they felt like hours if not days.
Relief flooded the members of the attack group as they saw Xenovia standing tall with a midnight black katana with a dark red handle. Carved on the handle was a Dragon, the guard consisted of many tiny Dragon wings and a purple hue ran through the glyphs carved into the blade.
"Wait isn't that…" Akeno started saying as a memory came to mind.
"Darastrix Cayosin," the booming voice of Midgardsormr sounded around the mountainy terrain for the first time this battle. His white eyes gained a fleeting colour and began flashing between a plain white and sunset orange though this went unnoticed by the combatants seeing that their focus was solely on Xenovia and Fenrir.
Rage filled Fenrir's eyes as he saw his prey fighting back while newfound confidence and strength radiated from Xenovia. The two dashed towards one another for another clash and as they advanced the spectating group saw what looked like a visage of a purplish-blue dragon forming behind the blade.
"You know that blade?" Kiba asked Akeno, he heard her surprised statement just before Midgardsormr revealed its name and he was mesmerised by the blade. The elegance of the blade combined with the power it radiated could only be achieved by a master smith with techniques and resources he could barely even dream of.
"Yes, just before the Three Faction meeting, Michael asked Natsu about that blade…" Akeno trailed off as she realised what that meant seeing that blade here. A smile formed on her face as she realised her mate was close by and watching over them.
Xenovia brought the blade towards Fenrir's neck while the great wolf opened its maw to once again disarm the blue-haired devil. The sound of metal meeting tooth sounded around the area swiftly followed by an object landing near the others that were spectating this fight.
There before them was one of the God-Killing Fangs. A pained howl came from Fenrir as one of his fangs was broken off.
"Amazing, with this blade I will defeat you," Xenovia declared while spinning around to face the wolf. Her plans were interrupted when Hati and Sköll came to their father's aid. They placed themselves before their shocked father, waiting for him to snap out of it, ready to protect him.
"It seems like you should be the one to die first, and I guess I should be the one to kill you, seeing that you are strong enough to harm Fenrir. This is so tedious," Loki said in a bored tone. He lifted his hand and started summoning magic circles behind him.
"Xenovia, watch out," Kiba called out with the others sharing his concern.
"Not if I have something to do with it," Saji called out from below Loki as black and gold gauntlets that looked like a lizard formed on his hand. From the lizard's mouth, a light blue line shot forward and wrapped it around Loki's arm. The magic circles that Loki formed disappeared as a look of confusion found its way onto Loki's face.
"Looks like I caught myself a big one," Saji said with a grin.
"Saji, great timing, come on guys let's do this," Issei celebrated his friend's intervention and gave a battle cry as he dashed forward to where Xenovia was facing Hati and Sköll. Koneko, Kiba and Irina quickly followed Issei's lead with a battle cry of their own while Rias, Sona, Akeno and Tsubaki Turned back to the Dragon King Midgardsormr. Rosswiesse took this opportunity to confront Loki himself, hoping to stall him while the others deal with the beasts.
Koneko and Issei resumed their assault on Hati, however, their previous success wasn't replicated. Their hits had a lot less impact compared to prior, and that is only the hits that they managed to land. Hati was either snapping at them with its vicious maw or swinging a large paw to intercept their fists.
"Man this guy's tough. I wonder if the others are having the same trouble," Issei said as another blow had been deflected but the wolf's paw.
"Focus," Koneko said as she punched Hati in his head saving Issei from its deadly teeth.
"Right, and thanks," Issei said as he focused on the fight at hand.
-With Xenovia, Kiba and Irina-
"Xenovia, you good in holing the big mutt busy with your fancy new sword?" Kiba asked with a smirk while looking at the girl's look of wonder as she marvelled her blade.
"Yeah, I got this," Xenovia replied with a massive grin that Kiba wondered whether it was only due to the new sword or something else.
"Let's do this mister Knight," Irina said with a smile before flapping her angel wings and summoning a loop of light in her hand. Kiba just shook his head at what she called her and followed her with his Sword of Betrayer in his hand.
While Irina threw rings of light from a range at Sköll Kiba advanced with his sword at the ready. The rings of light served as a god distraction to cover Kiba's advance but unfortunately, they did little to damage the son of Fenrir. Kiba managed to get close while staying low. Once he was close enough he swiped his blade from below at the belly of the beast.
Sköll saw this at the last moment and managed to jump up, avoiding a fatal blow but not the blow entirely. Sköll let out a howl in pain before sending a menacing glare at its enemies.
-With Koneko and Issei-
Koneko delivered a heavy punch to Hati's side causing it to fall down. Issei took this chance to jump up high to deliver a devastating blow from above but he underestimated Hati's resilience. The giant wolf recovered before Issei could deal his blow. With speeds Issei wasn't expecting, Hati brought its claws towards the Red Dragon Emperor and slammed its claws into Issei's side, sending the boy tumbling into the cliff face.
Koneko quickly dashed to Issei's side and stood proud before the advancing wolf. Her heavy breathing showed her fatigue in this fight, she thought that accepting her Nekoshou side would deliver a swift victory but it seemed like it wasn't enough. 'I'm just useless," She thought as her face contorted in anger as Hati pounced.
'You have accepted your past, now we can look to the future, make me proud,' a voice said in Koneko''s head as a warm feeling filled her and her fatigue vanished. She felt a power flow through her that she had feet ponce before as a grin grew on her face.
'Thanks,' Koneko thought with a smile before she unleashed a powerful light blue aura around her.
"Wendy or Asia, can you heal the pervert here please," Koneko asked as she slowly made her way over to Hati while covering her fists in a light blue aura. With a battle cry, Koneko rushed forward and slammed her fist into Hati with increased speed and strength. Hati let out an angered growl before jumping at Koneko.
-With Wendy-
While Koneko was dealing with Wendy made her way over to Issei with Asia following but before they could start healing him they heard surprised shout followed by a pained scream. Wendy quickly turned around to see that Loki had somehow broken out of Saji's hold and send Rosswiesse plummeting to the ground.
"I'm going to help there, you help here Asia," Wendy said to the other healer before she disappeared in the wind.
-With Loki-
Loki formed a magic circle in front of him and took aim at the falling Rosswiesse. Moments before he completed casting the spell a blast of air sent his aim off course and he saw a flash of blue appear next to the falling Valkyrie. A quick green glow followed before Rosswiesse's eyes snapped open.
"Thank you," Rosswiesse said to no one before she turned her gaze on the god above her.
"I wasn't aware you knew healing magic. Doesn't matter since I will just repeat what I just did," Loki said in slight surprise but a dismissive tone took hold at the end. He once again formed the same magic circle. Rosswiesse created a similar magic circle as the two released their respective spells at the same time. Two sets of purple spears shot towards one another, however, Loki's spell quickly began overpowering Rosswiesse's spell.
A green tornado started forming just below Rosswiesse's magic circle and quickly shot upwards. This caught Loki by surprise as his attack was quickly overpowered by the two combined spells. That was when he noticed a blue-haired girl next to Rosswiesse.
"I'm guessing you are the one with the wind magic, maybe this will be interesting," Loki said as he saw Wendy.
"Keep him busy while I heal Saji," Wendy said to Rosswiesse as she ran to the downed pawn of Sona. She received a nod from Rosswiesse quickly ran to heal Saji.
"This taking too long," Loki said as he lifted both his hands to the sky and sent a purple beam up high. A massive magical pressure was felt by the attack group and a sense of fear invaded them.
"What is he thinking, with this power he will destroy the entire area," Rias shouted from her spot where she was trying to deal with the Dragon King Midgardsormr.
"I don't just want to destroy this area, I want to destroy the entirety of hell and the mythological havens. This is Ragnarok," Loki said as a barrage of powerful beams of purple struck down on the entire area. Fenrir, Sköll and Hati jumped to higher platforms to avoid the barrage while Midgardsormr released a powerful blast of fire around him.
All the devils with defensive magic quickly cast whatever form of a shield they could above them. Xenovia spun Darastrix Cayosin above her head as the purple trail formed a barrier while Koneko increased her magic output and formed an aura barrier above her.
Asia was still busy healing Issei and was too slow to cast a barrier. Luckily for her Issei was able to move over her in a protective stance and took the barrage for her, protecting her with his body. Saji was unable to avoid the barrage since Wendy had already healed him and reappeared next to Rosswiesse just before Loki began his bombardment. And Kiba was the last one who was unable to protect himself from the rain of energy beams.
As the barrage stopped Rias and Sona saw their servants down for the count with terrible wounds.
"Take this and heal Saji, I'll go to Issei and Kiba," Rias said as she tossed one of the Phoenix tears to Sona. The Phoenix tears did their job and instantly healed the downed members of the attack group.
-With Natsu and Grayfia-
As they felt the increase in magical pressure just before Loki launched his bombardment spell, a worried look came to Grayfia's face.
"They will survive this, their defensive magic is strong enough and the gifts I gave Xenovia and Koneko will ensure this won't bother them too much," Natsu said with a calming one as he placed a calming hand on Grayfia's shoulder.
"I know, but I will always feel worried for Wendy's safety," Grayfia said with a sigh as she placed her hand on Natsu's.
"I know, her safety is one of my top priorities, however, I believe that she should face ordeals such as these to grow as an individual," Natsu softly said. His attention moved away from the bombardment of purple magical beams to a spot behind him.
"How long are you going to hide there, no need to fear Grayfia, she knows your situation," Natsu said, gaining a questioning look from Grayfia before a black-haired beauty materialized.
"Sorry, just still on edge around devils, especially one so close to the Satans," Kuroka said as she walked up to the two.
"So, what business do you have here?" Natsu asked as he returned his gaze at the battlefield, seeing that Rias and Sona were busy giving their peerage members the Phoenix tears.
"If it was up to me I would be here to talk to you about my sister, but sadly that is not the case, someone on my team is interested in getting a pet so we are here to, let's say adopt one," Kuroka said with a smile.
"I'll get in touch with you once things calm down a bit," Natsu said as Kuroka disappeared through a purple magic seal.
"That will be an interesting pair once you claim them, but did it really have to be someone with such a past" Grayfia commented as the Nekoshou left with a sigh. Natsu only turned to her with a small smile before leaning in and placing a soft and loving kiss on her lips.
"Seems like Odin sent them a gift as well," Natsu said as they separated from the kiss. As a bright beam shone from the sky and a unique hammer descended to the ground.
-With Issei and Rias-
"Please tell me that isn't another attack," Issei said as he sat up. Rias had just given him a Phoenix tear to heal his injuries.
"That is the mighty weapon Mjolnir, weapon of choice of Thor, son of Odin. With this mighty weapon granted to us by the All-Father," Rosswiesse said with a relieved expression as the beautiful and powerful hammer descended from the sky.
"Mjolnir," Loki said with a worried expression. Even though the power of these fools was far beneath him, if they wielded that weapon they stood a chance at defeating him. 'Luckily they don't have anyone powerful enough to wield it,' Loki thought to himself in relief.
Hello everyone, terribly sorry for the long wait. I had a 12-hour car ride on New Year's Day and after that a mixture of other things that had to be done and a bit of laziness, so that is what took me so long. So the climax of this confrontation is almost here and as you can see there are still a few fights to be completed. Let me know what your thoughts are on this chapter with a review and I will see you in the next one.
