Well, before starting the chapter lets answer some reviews:
Hellspam: I'm happy that you liked the chapter, along with parts with Yuuma. And you're right, you never want to mess with a Sadist or a Yandere.
The Storm Master 567: Well, I was thinking about making it Oc x Mira x Yukino x Hisui. If not it'll just be Oc x Mira.
FallenAngelLover: I think that it was because he was gathering several other Sacred Gear users along with Vali along with Slash Dog. I'm glad that you like Yuuma's character, along with her Sacred Gear and her extreme Yandere personality.
DocSlendy: I'm glad that you liked it, and yea threaten her Lance-Kun and you'll find yourself dead.
Angel-Chan: I understand your concern, I really don't think that I could put Grayfia with Lance.
Houki Minami: I'm glad that you liked the chapter, and I'll try and work on that.
YandereLover: Yea, there first encounter will be something and she just might do something like that. And yea, you never want to mess with the Ultimate Sadist and Yandere. And, yea I could do something like that.
Ran: Thanks.
Insert My Name: I already came up with a character design for the Oc, and I'm glad that you like my story.
Now that those reviews are done, let's get right to the conflict!
Welsh Dragon vs Vanishing Dragon
Occult Research Club
After they regained their vision after being transported inside of the Occult Research Club. They then looked around the room and immediately noticed the Magicians who were inside of the room, were then revealed to be female. The Witches then looked towards them with an annoyed and angered expression on their face.
"Impossible, they've transferred here!"
"Damn Devils!"
"B-Buchou! I-Ise-Senpai!"
They suddenly heard Gasper's voice, they then turned their heads and saw him sitting in the chair and tied up with rope. He was beginning to break out into tears with his eyes glowing bright red, after seeing that he was alright Rias made a relieved expression on her face.
"Gasper! I'm so glad that you're safe."
"Buchou…. It's already too late…."
Rias made a confused expression on her face by what Gasper had said, he then started breaking about into tears and declared with a scared expression.
"It's better if…I die. Please, Buchou, Senpai. Please kill me…. Because of these eyes, I can't make friends with anyone…. I'm only a bother…and a coward…."
As Gasper was shedding tears and declaring to them how worthless that he had felt, but Rias shook her head in disagreement and stated while smiling.
"Don't say such a stupid thing. I won't abandon you, you know? When I transferred you into my family, I said it, right? That now that you've been reborn, you will live for me, and also find a way of life that can satisfy you."
"…I just couldn't find it. For me, who just causes trouble…to have value in living is…."
"You're my servant and part of my family. I won't abandon you so easily. Even though it was finally possible for you to be free!"
"That's right, Gasper! Me and Buchou won't abandon you!"
Both Rias and Issei declared to Gasper, but he was then struck by one of the Witch who then sneered towards Rias declaring.
"You people are so stupid. It's foolish how you treat such a dangerous Dhampir normally. It's just as the Old Maou Faction says. The Gremory Family are as dumb as they are deeply affectionate and overflowing with power."
"Maybe you would have gotten more value if you'd quickly brainwashed this Dhampir and used him effectively as a tool? If you had made his Sacred Gear run out of control while throwing this child into the territory of the opposing Fallen Angels, he might even have taken out one of their leaders as well. Why haven't you done that? Could it be that you intend to treat a servant as a close friend?"
"T-This is…."
Issei started clenching his teeth out of irritation, but before he could charge towards them, he was stopped by Rias who held her hand out. He then looked towards her with a slightly confused expression on his face, but Rias only remained calm.
"I…treasure my servant."
Rias responded calmly, but one of the Witches fired off a magical bullet towards her and made contact blowing away part of her clothing. But Rias remained calm, one of the Witches responded with a hint of jealously.
"What a cheeky mouth you have. Also, I don't like how you're beautiful even though you're a Devil, daughter of Gremory."
"You move and this child dies. Let's have some fun."
One of the Witches smiled sadistically and fired off another magical bullet towards Rias who showed no sign of moving. Issei then stepped in front of her with his arms crossed shielding her from the attack, he then looked forward with a slightly angered expression on his face and mumbled slightly to himself.
"They were aiming for her face."
Rias then looked at him with an appreciative expression and stepped from behind him, while looking towards Gasper with a kind expression on her face.
"Gasper, please cause me a lot of trouble. I'll scold you over and over again! I'll comfort you! I'll never let you go!"
"B-Buchou…I…I!"
Gasper started crying again at what Rias had said, but it wasn't from sadness though from happiness. Issei then smirked and shouted with his voice echoing throughout the room.
"Gaspeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
At Issei shouting towards him, Gasper looked towards him with a confused expression on his face.
"Don't run away! Don't be afraid! Don't cry! Me! Buchou! Akeno-San! Asia! Kiba, Koneko-Chan, Van, your Nii-Sama, Xenovia, Yumi and Jeanne as well! We're all your friends! We will absolutely never abandon you! We won't do something like leave you out!"
The Witches looked towards Issei with a worried expression on their face as Issei activated his Boosted Gear, with it making its announcement.
[Boost]
"Buchou! I'm promoting to Queen!"
Rias nodded in agreement with Issei feeling the power within his body beginning to grow greater than before, he then held his fist up and shouted.
"Ascalon!"
[Blade]
After that new announcement coming from his Boosted Gear, Ascalon's blade came from the front of his gauntlet, with the Witches looking towards Issei with a wary expression on their face. Issei then blade placed Ascalon's blade towards his hand and cut it slightly until he drew blood.
"Ise…?"
"However, Gasper! It's no use if you don't get up on your own, you know? After receiving encouragement by a girl, next is standing up! Come, stand up Gaspeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!"
Issei then extended out Ascalon's blade outwards with the blood at the tip of the blade being extended towards Gasper and fell on the side of his face.
"Drink it. The blood of me who harbors the strongest dragon. And show us that you're a man!"
Gasper nodded in agreement to Issei's words of encouragement, he then licked the blood that was on his cheek. After swallowing the blood, the atmosphere around them had completely changed and started becoming colder and colder.
With a terrifying chill going through the bodies of everyone who were inside of the room. Once they regained their composure they looked forward and noticed that Gasper wasn't tied up the chair anymore, causing everyone in the room to look around with a confused expression on their face.
[Chichichichichichi]
Various odd sounds started coming from around the room, and they realized that it was coming from several bats with glowing red eyes. The Witches looked around with a shocked expression on their face and started firing off magical bullets, but missed each time as hands made from the shadows blocked the several attacks.
"So this is the ability of a Vampire!"
"Take this!"
As they continued missing the bats, the dark creatures started wrapping around the Witches' various body parts and started sucking out their blood.
"You intend to suck our blood!?"
"No, our magic power is also being absorbed!"
The Witches were all having a hard time with the bats, as more and more hands made from the darkness started wrapping around them. Issei looked towards what was happening with a shocked expression on his face, and his mouth opened slightly.
"Ise, that's a part of the power that Gasper was originally hiding. It must have been released from drinking your blood."
"Kuh! In that case, we can only do this!"
One of the Witches turned around towards them while holding out their staffs, and they fired off a magical bullet towards both of them. Before either of them could respond, the magic bullet was stopped in time before reaching them.
[It's useless. I can see all of your movements and attacks.]
Gasper's voice echoed throughout the entire room, with the eyes of each of the bats beginning to glow bright with their gaze being directed towards the Witches in the room.
[I'm stopping you people!]
At that moment, several of the Magician's were all frozen in time and all of them stopped in place, Gasper then directed his attention towards Issei.
[Ise-Senpai! The finishing blow!]
"Leave it to me!"
Issei then charged towards the Witches focusing mainly on the Knight aspect of the Queen ability that he was currently using. He charged towards the Witches with Godspeed attacking each of them with a quick strike to the back of the neck, and he appeared behind them. Once Gasper stopped his time stopping ability, each of the Witches fell forward unconscious. Issei then looked towards Gasper with a thumbs up and a cheeky grin.
"Gasper, together we're invincible."
[Yes!]
Rias looked towards both of them with a smile on her face, once Gasper turned back to normal Issei then placed the bracelet that Azazel gave him on his wrist. Issei then started tying up the Witches who were all defeated, while placing on a magic circle to transport them to the Underworld. As he was doing that, Issei then asked Ddraig.
"By the way, Ddraig, who is Ophis?"
[Ophis. That's a nostalgic name.]
So, who is he? That guy?
[He's the strongest of the Dragon tribe.]
Stronger than Ddraig and the Vanishing Dragon?
[Yeah, because he's stronger than God as well. He's the only existence that God couldn't take on carelessly. He's a true monster with power equal to Infinite.]
"Seriously!? So there was still a dragon stronger than you and Albion!"
[He's the only one. The only one who exceeds us. He's the strongest existence in this world.]
Hah, that's, how should I put it…. Moreover, he seems to be the boss of the terrorists.
The Swordsmen vs. the Magicians
In front of the school building, Xenovia was jumping back dodging attacks from Magicians and Witches with Durandal in her hand. As they were firing off a blast of fire towards her, Xenovia then blocked the attacks from them with Durandal.
And she fired off a destructive holy slash towards them, which immediately sent them flying backwards. Kiba was charging through a crowd of them with his Sword of Betrayer in hand along with Van who had Muramasa in hand, with both of them cutting down the Magicians in front of them.
Elsewhere, Jeanne was charging through the crowd of Magicians with two holy swords, which were created through using her Blade Blacksmith. More of them started surrounding her and fired off several magical bullets towards, she then held up both of her holy swords.
"Mana Void-Chan."
Both of the holy swords she created was changed with a more unique shape and once the magical attacks made contact with the swords they were immediately absorbed into the sword, causing both to be covered with a strong magical aura. The Magicians looked towards her with a shocked expression on their face, with Jeanne beginning to explain.
"Mana Void-Chan absorbs magical abilities and increase their own power. Now, let's go!"
Jeanne charged towards him with superhuman speed with her magically enhanced swords. Meanwhile, Yumi was dodging several attacks from both Magicians and Witches with Masamune in her hand. She then clenched Masamune in her hand and fired off several slashes of holy wind towards them, but they created a barrier that blocked their attacks.
She narrowed her eyes towards the barrier that they created trying to look for a weakness in it, she then smirked and started gathering a large amount of wind around Masamune.
"Divine Tempest!"
Yumi fired off a power whirlwind towards them, but this time when it collided with their barrier it immediately broke apart on contact. Before they could regain their stance, Yumi appeared in front of them and attacked them with Masamune.
Lance & Yuuma vs. Cattleya Leviathan
In the skies, Yuuma was charging towards Cattleya in her Balance Breaker state as she continued firing off a large barrage of demonic bullets towards her. Yuuma then started dodging all of her attacks with speed of lightning, leaving Cattleya almost unable to tell where she'll turn up and she clicked her tongue out of irritation.
"Tch, stop dodging!"
"Heh, then try to aim better. Like this!"
Yuuma then suddenly appeared in front of Cattleya and drove her first deep into her stomach, while she channeled lightning into her attack.
"Gahhhhh!"
Cattleya started screaming as she felt a large amount of electricity being generated throughout her body, and she stepped away from her.
"Y-You little bitch!"
Before Cattleya could respond with an attack, she was suddenly sent flying towards the ground with a kick from Lance. Once she regained her balance, Cattleya pointed her hand towards them and fired off a large blast of demonic power towards them.
"Lance-Kun!"
"Got it!"
Both Lance and Yuuma held their hands up, as both of them fired off a combination between light spear and blue lightning towards the attack. As they started colliding against each other, the attacks canceled each other out, with Cattleya narrowing her eyes dangerously.
"Damn, brat!"
She then reached into her breast pocket and pulled out a bottle with something resembling a snake, causing both of them to looked towards her confused. She then opened the bottle and ate the contents of the bottle, her demonic power then started swelling up more than it was before. Yuuma looked towards her with an astonished expression on her face.
"What just happened, her power just grew."
"That was probably a snake created from Ophis, it's supposed to increase a person's abilities greatly."
"Well, what'll we do?"
"Well, we'll just have to get serious."
Yuuma smirked along with Lance, as both of them started releasing a great aura and charged towards the empowered Cattleya.
Inside of the Conference Room
Inside of the meeting room the rest of the leaders were looking outside of the window looking as they were all fighting against the threat outside. Sirzechs then looked towards them with an impressed expression on his face.
"They're holding their own against several Magicians."
"Yes, they are. Lance-Chan and Yuuma-Chan are holding their own against an Ultimate-Class Devil."
Gabriel was looking outside of the window as Lance was fighting against Cattleya with a look of worry on her face, but she was stopped by Elaine who commented with a cheerful tone.
"Don't worry Gabriel-Chan, Lance can handle himself and Yuuma-Chan is there with him."
"I know it's just that, sometimes I forget that he's not my adorable Angel-Child anymore."
"Oh, don't worry even if children grow they'll still need their parent. Isn't that right, Chris-Kun?"
After Elaine looked towards him with a smile on her face, Chris made a more embarrassed expression on his face as he was checking up on Asia and the others. Azazel then smirked to himself at what happened and he started walking towards the window.
"Can you guys handle the barrier even without me here?"
"Yes, but where are you going?"
"Well, there's something that I'd like to ask the descendant of the original Leviathan, and there's something that I'd like to test out if I get the opportunity."
Azazel then spread his twelve jet black fallen angel wings and flew outside through the window towards the occurring battle. Once Azazel had left the room, there was suddenly a new voice that suddenly showed up in the room.
[Looks like I caught you all at a bad time.]
Everyone's eyes then widened slightly after hearing that new voice, with both Elaine and Chris suddenly narrowing his eyes immediately recognizing who it was. They turned around and saw Xander leaning against the wall, who then waved towards them while smirking.
"Yo, fake God and Maous, Devil Maid, Seraph, Elaine and Chris."
Everyone inside of the room looked towards him with their eyes narrowed, along with an angered expression on their face. But the ones who were giving out the most killing intent were Gabriel, Serafall, Elaine and Chris. Sirzechs then looked towards him trying to contain his anger, and asked.
"Xander, what're you doing here?"
"Oh nothing, I just thought that it was time that one of you here deserve a straight answer about a certain incident a couple of days ago."
His attention was directed towards Elaine, who had immediately entered her War God form and charged towards him with immense speed and summoned Coreiseuse in her hand. After realizing that she was close to slashing him in two, Xander summoned a magical barrier and blocked her attack. As both of the attacks collided against each other, it generate a slight shockwave from the attack.
Her sword soon broke through the attack, but before he was cut he caught the sword with his bare hand and smirked confidently. He was stopped as Elaine drove her fist into the side of his face with an odd aura surrounding her fist, sending him crashing into the wall. Xander stood up from the ground and spat out blood from his mouth, with Elaine shouting.
"You're damn right I want answers…I want to know why Galahad is still alive?! And what the hell you did to him?!"
After Elaine had said that, the eyes of everyone inside of the room made a shocked expression on their face, with Gabriel making a look of disbelief along with Serafall.
"B-But there's no way that…he's still alive."
"Gala-Tan, is still alive."
At their look of disbelief Xander started laughing slightly to himself, while leaning against with wall and shrugging his shoulders.
"Well, in all fairness I never said nor stated that he was ever dead in the first place. You guys were the ones who assumed that for yourself, though the same can't be said about the others, but the data on their bodies did help in my research."
"Don't you mean those inhumane experiments you did on all those innocent people?! What you did is no better than the Holy Sword Project!"
"Hahaha! I'm way better than that idiot Balba, I figured out how to create Holy Sword users when I was in my teens. My experiments make the Holy Sword Project look as easy as giving a shot to children, though I guess you could give him credit of humanity by at least letting them die. And besides, my experiments were essential, how else would I be able to overwhelm six Paladins and beat down Galahad."
"Stop with your nonsense and just answer me!"
"Alright, Elaine. To answer your question, no Galahad didn't die that night. I only made it look like that he died, so I could add him to the Khaos Brigade."
"Why?! What purpose could there have been to do any of this?!"
Xander smirked slightly at what she had just asked, he then looked towards her and answered with a straight face.
"Because, I though it'd be fun. Though it was hard work altering his memories, his appearance so he could fit in this the main members of the Hero Faction. But, he still have the same abilities and strength as when he's an adult. But, that's not all."
"What did you do?"
Chris asked in a low tone with his anger towards Xander beginning to show itself, but light started dancing around Gabriel, while the temperature around Serafall started decreasing who both showed a more darkened expression.
"I altered his memory to the point where he doesn't remember anyone from his past. And even if he were to meet up with any of you, he wouldn't recognize anyone not even his own son. He's basically the same smart alac and battle maniac he was in the past, but this time he doesn't have anything holding him back."
""Shut up!""
Both Gabriel and Serafall shouting with an angered expression on their face, unable to contain the anger that they both had against him. With those who've never seen the angered expression on their faces before, making a shocked expression on their face. Gabriel then clenched her fist and shouted.
"First you tormented my child most of his entire life leaving him with barely any type of good memories of his childhood! And you made him forget about me, then took away his father, you soulless monster!"
"Harming both my Gala-Tan and Lance-Chan, is basically begging to be killed!"
A large number of both spears made from light and ice started charging towards Xander's neck close to almost taking off his head, but he only smirked and stated.
"Fine take off my head, but it'll end up in him being unable to come back."
After saying he said that, both of them stopped their attack with their spears inches from his neck, Gabriel looked towards him with a skeptical look on her face.
"What do you mean?"
"It's apart of my game, which have two endings."
"And how would this game of yours end?"
Sirzechs had asked Xander with his eyes narrowed, Xander then smirked and answered with a straight expression on his face.
"The game ends either two ways: Lance beats me and saves Galahad. Or: Lance loses and I kill both of them."
"There's no way in hell that we'll ever let that happen!"
Chris answered straight away with his anger beginning to boil over at what Xander had proposed to them, but was shocked about him wanting to fight against Lance. Xander was completely unaffected by Chris' outburst, he only smirked and stated.
"Chris you know more than anyone that you won't be able to stand against me, especially since you're no where close to even matching Galahad in a fight."
"Why do you want to fight Lance?"
"Because his very existence is rare, I thought it was impossible for someone to be born with the abilities of a Knight and Magician, but he's also the child of the daughter of God. And besides I've been setting this up since the moment he was born."
"What?"
"From the very beginning, Elaine. I've been planning on having his hate and despise me. Placing him in life-threatening situations time and time again, taking away the good memories of his mother, seemingly killing his father right in front of him just to use him against Lance. All for the purpose of him wanting to dedicate the rest of his life to wanting to kill me, only for him to lose and fall into absolute despair."
Gabriel then clenched her teeth and started looking towards Xander with her eyes narrowed, and declaring confidently.
"Lance won't lose to a monster like you."
"You sure about that, Gabriel? I have decades of experience compared to him, at that point he doesn't even come close to matching me in any way. Now, I wonder who'll win the Hero or me the Villain."
"Wait, Xander why did you join the Khaos Brigade? Someone like you wouldn't work under anyone?"
Sirzechs had asked Xander as he was prepared to leave, he then turned towards them with his red eyes piercing towards each of them.
"Aside from watching my grandson writhing in despair. My true goal merely matches with that silvered haired child of the True Lucifer. Why I joined the Khaos Brigade, you ask? You see my answer is simple, I despise Human beings. They're weak minded, easily corruptible beings and their very existence is nothing more than an eyesore to me along with the other idiots of this world. So, that's why I want nothing more than to watch a bloody genocide of every single race in this world."
After saying that Xander, while laughing with a deranged expression on his face and he finally vanished in a flash of light. Michael then looked towards Sirzechs and asked.
"Child of Lucifer, does he mean…?"
"I'm not surprised that he's involved with them, but that man Xander can't even be considered Human anymore."
"Gabriel, do you really want Lance-Kun to…."
"It's impossible for me to stop him, he's not the type of person who'd surrender to anyone."
Despite saying that with a smile on her face, she was still struck by what she had just heard and wanting nothing more than to keep him from fighting against Lance, but she knew that it was impossible.
Outside of the Meeting Room
As Issei, Rias and Gasper were running outside of the Old School building towards the New School Building, they were suddenly stopped as someone fell crashing into the ground. Once the dust had cleared they noticed that it was Azazel who smirked slightly towards the one who was in the air.
"…Tch. So you're betraying me under these circumstances, Vali. You're going to make Yuuma sad."
"Well, what I want to accomplish is worth it, Azazel."
"The instant you decided on peace, arrangements were made to invoke the Sacred Gear of the kidnapped Dhampir and begin the terrorist attack. The Vanishing Dragon ran wild along with me once we saw a good time. It'd be good if we could bury any one of the leaders of the three great powers. It was fine if the meeting was broken because of that."
The three of them then turned their heads and saw Cattleya who was flying in the air with her devil wings, noticing the woman's clothing was tattered. Yuuma who stopped attacking her, removed her Balance Breaker's helmet and looked towards Vali with sad eyes with Lance flying next to her.
"Vali-Onii-San, why're you leaving now?"
"Sorry about this, Yuuma, but I won't get any stronger and be able to kill that person, while being apart of the Grigori."
"When? When did you decide to do this?"
Vali removed his helmet and looked towards Azazel, while answering him.
"I got the offer while I was en-route returning Kokabiel to headquarters. Sorry, Azazel. This side seems to be interesting."
"Vali, has the Vanishing Dragon capitulated to Ophis?"
"No, I'm just cooperating stubbornly. They gave an attractive offer. 'Wouldn't you like to fight against the Asgard?' When they said that, as someone who wants to test my power, I couldn't decline. Azazel, you dislike the idea of fighting with Valhalla, the Asgard, right? You dislike war."
"I told you to 'become strong', but I should have also said 'don't only make factors that will destroy the world'."
"That's unrelated. I just want to fight eternally."
"…I see. No, I may have anticipated somehow in my heart that you would leave my side. Since the time we met till now, you wanted to fight with strong people."
"The preparations and information outlet for this were thanks to the White Dragon Emperor. It's unusual of you to have left him alone even though you understood his true nature. As a result, you've wrung your own neck."
As Cattleya had sneered towards Azazel, who only smiled bitterly and Lance who looking towards her with an annoyed expression on her face. But, before he could respond Vali looked towards Issei and declared to him.
"My real name is Vali. Vali Lucifer."
At what he had stated, Issei's eyes widened along with Rias and everyone else who were close enough to hear them. Issei looked towards Lance for an answer, who only closed his eyes and answered.
"He's telling the truth, he's almost as impossible as I am."
"I'm a descendent of the previous generation's Maou Lucifer who died. However, I'm a child of mixed blood born from a father who was the old Maou's grandson and a human mother. I obtained the Longinus Divine Dividing, because I'm Half-Human. It was just by chance. However, I, who is a true blood relative of Lucifer and is also the Vanishing Dragon, was born. If there really is such a thing as fate and miracles, I may be that. Just joking."
Once he finished his explanation eight Devil wings came from his back along with his light wings, causing them to make a shocked expression.
"No way…that can't be…."
"It's true. If there is such a ridiculous existence, it's him. He'll become the strongest White Dragon Emperor among those I knew in the past and present, and probably of all time as well."
Issei made shocked expression on his face realizing that there are several others who were the half-breed children of several other strong beings among them. At that moment, Cattleya started releasing killing intent towards Azazel, who only made a plain expression.
"…Tch, that volume of aura that swelled up earlier, what did you get from that bastard Ophis?"
"Yes, he who is the dragon that possesses infinite power. For the sake of the world's reformation, I borrowed a little of his power. Thanks to that I can fight against you. There's even a chance that I can beat Sirzechs and Michael. They're such foolish Governors. So are you."
"…So I am. I may be foolish. I can't do anything without Shemhazai and Yuuma. I'm just an idiotic father and a Sacred Gear enthusiast. But you know, do you really think to the extent that Sirzechs and Michael are idiots? At least they're far superior than someone mediocre like you."
"What nonsense! Very well, I'll deal the finishing blow right here and now. I will destroy you, the Governor of the Fallen Angels, as the first step of the creation of a new world!"
After hearing that from her, Azazel smirked and an amused expression on his face as he pulled an object from his pocket.
"Mind if I take over from here Yuuma?"
"Okay, Tou-Sama. Are you going to test that out?"
Azazel only smirked and pulled out a small golden dagger with a purple jewel out of his pocket, with Cattleya looking at him with a confused expression on her face.
"That's…."
"…I have gone beyond being a Sacred Gear enthusiast. I'm also produce them myself. I've built replicas. Well, almost all of them are garbage. God, the one who developed the Sacred Gears, was amazing. That's the only thing I respect him for. However, they're incomplete. It's because God and Maou died while leaving behind 'bugs' which can just upset the world's balance like the Longinus and Balance Breaker. Well, that's why Sacred Gears are interesting though."
"Be at a peace of mind. Things like Sacred Gears and hybrids absolutely won't be made in the new world. Even without such things, the world functions. Eventually, we'll make Northern Europe's Odin move as well and then the world will have to change."
After Cattleya said that to him, Azazel made a bitter expression on his face and declared.
"The more I hear the more I feel like vomiting at your goals. Valhalla!? The Earth Gods!? So you intend to snatch everything through Odin from the side. Rather than that, the person who steals away what's precious to me go and disappear."
Azazel then held up the golden dagger, which started releasing a bright light and then changed its shape, with Cattleya making an astonished expression.
"I-Impossible! Azazel, you!"
"Balance Break!"
The area around them was then temporarily surrounded with a bright flash, once it faded away Azazel had donned a golden dragon armor with purple jewels covering his body, along with his fallen angel wings unfolded. In the presence of this armor the Sacred Gear's of Vali, Issei, Yuuma along with the jewel that was in Lance's possession started reacting to it.
"I studied the Vanishing Dragon and other dragon-series Sacred Gears and produced this, my masterpiece artificial Sacred Gear. This is Downfall Dragon Spear, in its pseudo-Balance Breaker state Downfall Dragon Another Armor."
"Hah, aside from being perverted, Azazel sure comes up with some awesome stuff."
"That's my Tou-Sama for you."
Both Lance and Yuuma who both impressed by what Azazel had done, while Issei made a surprised expression by the pressure that he was feeling from Azazel's armor, he then asked Ddraig in his mind.
It's like a bargain sale of Balance Breaker! Wasn't that a rare phenomenon!?
[No, that isn't a true Balance Breaker.]
What do you mean, Ddraig?
[He made the Sacred Gear go into a Burst state and did a forced awakening. A kind of running out of control. The Sacred Gear will break after a battle with that. Does he intend to use that so-called artificial Sacred Gear as a disposable?]
Amused by the aura that he was sensing, Vali started laughing with an amused expression on his face and stated.
"Hahaha! As expected of Azazel! You really are incredible!"
"Vali, I'd also like to be your opponent, but…Well, please get along with the Welsh Dragon."
"But, fighting with Azazel seems fun."
"…It's based on a Dragon endowed with power, right?"
"Yeah, I just sealed the Gigantis Dragon Fafnir in this artificial Sacred Gear. I copied it from the Sacred Gears of the Two Heavenly Dragons, the Welsh Dragon and Vanishing Dragon. I've yet to see if it succeeded or not."
"Wait, the Five Dragon Kings? I'm pretty sure I've heard about them before, the Dragon sealed inside of Saji's Sacred Gear was one of them."
[You're right he's one of Five Great Dragon Kings. In additions, there's the Chaos Karma Dragon; Tiamat, the Mischievous Dragon; Yu-Long, and the Sleeping Dragon; Midgardsormr. Though I say that, Vritra was eliminated long ago and sealed somewhere. If what Azazel says is true, then Fafnir was also sealed away. Though originally, there were six Dragon Kings.]
"Wait, you mean that there was originally six."
[Unexpectedly, you might meet them soon. Since Tiamat hates me.]
"Ah, so that's why Michael-San gave a Dragon-Slayer sword to me."
At the pressure that she was feeling from Azazel, Cattleya looked towards Azazel with an angered expression on her face and declared.
"Azazel! Even though you possess that much power, you!"
"Cattleya, you yourself said that you made a pact with the Ouroboros Dragon."
"…The research of Sacred Gears shouldn't have developed to that extent…."
"From that look, it seems that the group that betrayed my organization took out some of the Sacred Gear research. However, it's pointless. Only I and Shemhazai know a portion close to the truth."
Cattleya started making an annoyed expression on her face by what she was hearing from Azazel, she then surrounded herself with a blackish blue aura.
"I am one who is descended from the great true Leviathan! Cattleya Leviathan! I won't lose to an annoying fallen angel like you!"
"Come."
"Don't look down on me!"
She then charged towards Azazel with an annoyed expression on her face at immense speed, but in an instant blood started coming out of her wound. With Azazel appearing behind her with a dense light spear in his hand, with the shock from the attack cracking the ground slightly. Cattleya then held her hand out towards Azazel with them transforming into tentacles and wrapped around Azazel's arm. A pattern started surrounding Cattleya's entire body.
"It isn't over!"
"That is a self-destruct-use technique formula!"
Azazel then started trying to tear away the tentacle on his arms, but to no avail and Cattleya declared with her face slightly distorted.
"Azazel! Even if you try to kill me while in this state, it's useless! Now that you're connected with me, this strong magic will also activate and kill you too when I die!"
"So you'll deal great damage to me with self-sacrifice resolution. It's a tawdry way of thinking, but the result is an enormous reason."
"Tou-Sama!"
"Come on Yuuma, Azazel can handle it."
"Wah!"
As Yuuma was looking towards her father with a worried expression on her face, with Lance trying to get her away from the expression. Their attention was suddenly caught towards Gasper, who suddenly let out a scream as a magical pattern was engraved on his eyes, with Vali stating.
"Sorry, but I'll be sealing that. It's annoying if time is stopped."
Vali only looked towards them with a normal unchanged expression on his face, and he stated.
"But you know, if you're aware of its ability and activation conditions, that Sacred Gear really isn't that great a wonder. It's full of weak-points. There are many techniques like those that seal one's vision. Also, if his magic is drained, it changes into a double-edged sword that submits damage to allies as well."
"That tentacle is a special-make that absorbed my life. It won't break."
At what Cattleya had said without a single ounce of fear, Azazel only shrugged his shoulders and did something that shocked everyone around him. He took the light weapon in his hand and sliced off his own arm along with the tentacles without a single bit of hesitation.
"Y-You cut off your own arm!?"
"I'll give you an arm at least."
Azazel's then threw the spear towards Cattleya, with it immediately piercing through her abdomen and she exploded turning into nothing but dust. Once the battle with her was done Azazel's pseudo Balance Breaker had also vanishing leaving nothing but the jewel behind, which he caught in his hand.
"Tch. So this is the limit of an artificial Sacred Gear. There's still much room for improvement…. As long as the core jewel is safe, I can remake it again. I'll have you keep me company a little while longer, Gigantis Dragon-Kun Fafnir."
Azazel lightly kissed the jewel that was in his hand, but shook slightly as Yuuma appeared in front of him with a deadpanned look on her face.
"Idiot Tou-Sama! Did you really have to cut off your own arm?!"
"Well, what else was I going to do?"
"Ah, just let me see your arm."
Azazel laughed nervously at Yuuma lightly scolding him, as she started tending to his arm and he was immediately reminded of a dark haired women with matching eyes. And Azazel smirked slightly and started petting head, which caused her to make an embarrassed expression.
"W-What was that for?"
Yuuma had asked with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Nothing, my adorable little Fallen Princess."
"As expected of Azazel. However, your armor has been released. So your artificial Sacred Gears still require more study."
Azazel then made a light spear in his free hand, while pointing it towards Vali who flew down towards them.
"Now then, Vali. What will you do? Shall I go at it again? Even if I have no armor and one handed, I can fight with you adequately."
"But don't you think that destiny is cruel?"
"On one hand, there is the strongest existence that one can think of with a Maou + a legendary dragon like me, and on the other hand, there is a mere Human like you which possess a legendary dragon as well. Say what you like, but I think that this accident of fate is cruel. Though we're rivals with the same Dragon-Type Sacred Gears, the gap between the two owners is too great. It possibly would've been more fun if Lance was in the possession of the Boosted Gear."
At what Vali had said, Issei narrowed his eyes towards him, while Lance looking at him with a confused expression on his face and mumbled.
"What's he trying to do? Wait…."
"I investigated you do. Both of your parents were former member of the Chivalric Order, your father the former Paladin and your mother an Arch-Knight. Though that's a factor, your parents were the only ones in your family who were affiliated with the Knights…the gap between our abilities are too great. That's right! How about this kind of setting? You can become an avenger, after I kill both of your parents!"
"Ise, don't listen! He's just trying to bait you!"
Despite Lance trying to warn him, Issei narrowed his eyes dangerously and started clenching his fist tightly, with his Boosted Gear beginning to shine.
"I'm going to kill you, you bastard."
Issei started being surrounded with a killing intent along with a red aura, which shocked Rias slightly along with everyone else who were around him.
"My father became an ordinary office worker who works from morning to evening for our family. Even my mother became an ordinary housewife who makes delicious food for our family morning, noon and evening. They gave up their position they've worked hard to get, just to raise me up to this point. …Kill them? My father and mother? Why should they have to be mixed up in the situation of someone like you and be killed? As if I know anything about things like valuable or destiny!"
[Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker]
As Issei activated his Balance Breaker Scale Mail armor with an overflowing red aura beginning to be released from his body, which pushed away the grass away from him. At the overwhelming pressure being, Vali looked towards him with an amused expression on his face.
"Look, Albion. Issei Hyoudou's power went up by an incomparable amount. The plain and simple reason called rage was the trigger, but this is…Hahahaha, what a Dragon's surge."
[Sacred Gears simply use strong emotions as food for power. Issei Hyoudou's rage is at its genuine limit, and is turned towards you. Only straightforward people can draw out the Dragon's power.]
"I see. So his greater affinity with his dragon is also explained through this reason."
Issei then fired off his Scale Mail's magic jets and flew towards Vali at high speed, both of them then turned into a trail of red and white light. As both of them started colliding against each other they started generated several shockwaves. He then landed on the ground along with Yuuma who released her Sacred Armor, he then looked and noticed the worried expression on Rias' face.
"Ise…."
"Don't worry he can handle himself, though it's going to be difficult for him if Vali decides to go all out."
Issei then summoned Ascalon's blade from his gauntlet and charged towards Vali, who dodged the attacks with slight movements. Once Issei went passed him he turned around and activated his magic rockets, giving him a sudden boost of speed.
He charged towards Vali with this speed and his Ascalon aimed at him, but Vali dodged the attack with the sword slightly scraping his armor. Albion then started making a slightly worried expression on his face, as he sensed the power being released from Ascalon.
[Vali, that sword carries Dragon-Slaying powers. If it hits just once, you'll undeniably receive great damage.]
"Is that so, Albion. But there's no meaning if it doesn't hit!"
Vali continued dodging his attacks with high movements, with Issei making a more annoyed expression on his face.
[Calm down! Your opponent Vali seems to have a tremendous amount of magic power. As a paired existence, the White Dragon Emperor will also shave off power every time he uses his ability, but if the host's stamina is great, then the time in which he can use it will also be enormous.]
Issei was then sent flying towards the ground, as Vali drove his fist into his stomach with light speed movements. He was sent flying towards the ground and regained his footing, repairing the damage that was done with his armor. He then spat out blood from his mouth, and looked towards Vali.
[Divide]
Issei felt half of his power being taken away by Vali who activated his Divine Dividing's halving ability, he then gritted his teeth and activated his Boosted Gear's ability.
[Boost]
[Partner, the power that was halved was restored by my power, but…. The Vanishing Dragon's other ability is troublesome.]
Ddraig, what do you mean?
[That guy halves his opponent's power and then adds the decreased portion of power to himself. In other words, you're power is taken away and turned into his own power. Stamina can't be recovered. It's only power to the end.]
T-Then, even if I reset from the minus, that guy will become plus!?
[That's right. However, no matter how amazing the host is, he has a limit. Power that goes beyond his capacity is released from the wings of light on his back and he keeps maintaining his power limit without destroying his body.]
"Come on, come on!"
Issei looked forward as he noticed a large number of magical bullets towards Issei, who held his hand out and started gathering demonic power.
[Boost Boost Boost Boost]
After increasing his demonic power, he started firing off several Dragon Shots towards Vali's attacks, with the attacks colliding against each other and exploding. Issei then charged towards Vali as he noticed the opening within the array of magical bullets, with some attacks smashing against his armor.
"So you're charging? Something like that…."
But before Vali could finish, he looked forward and noticed Issei appearing in front of him, he immediately created a magical barrier in front of him. Issei then pulled his fist back and shouted.
"Ddraaaaaig! Transfer power to the stored Ascalon!"
[Understood!]
[Transfer]
A powerful surge of power went into Issei's left arm and Ascalon's own holy aura started increasing greatly than before. He then aimed his attack forward towards Vali, his fist immediately broke through Vali's barrier and he started launching several attacks into his armor. With each attacks beginning to break apart his white Scale Mail armor. Issei then reached his hand forward and grabbed a hold of the base of Vali's light wings.
"Apparently the effect of your Sacred Gear comes from here. In that case!"
[Transfer]
Issei then transferred the stored power into Vali's scale mail armor, which caused Lance to look towards him with a slightly impressed look and stated.
"Smart move."
"I'll raise the power you absorb and the power you emit all at once! To the extent that you can't deal with it!"
"Kuh!"
From Vali's scale mail armor's jewels several bright lights started being released from his armor's jewels, which caused it to go haywire.
[What a thing…! Vali, regain your posture at once!]
Vali then started stepping back away from Issei on Albion's advice, but he was stopped as Issei stepped forward with his fist pulled back and he drove his fist into his stomach. The impact caused Vali's scale mail armor to break apart and he flew towards the ground with fresh blood coming from his mouth.
And from Vali's blown apart scale mail armor, one of the blue jewels had fall down landing next to Lance's foot. He then picked it up from the ground and started examining it with an interested expression on his face, and he asked himself as he viewed their fight.
"I wonder, if that could work."
"…Hahaha, amazing! My Sacred Gear was blown off! So you can do it if you try! Just what I would expect, my rival…."
"…I made it reach and hit you. You're the only one I won't be satisfied with if my fist can't hit you."
Vali then started laughing at what Issei had said, he then activated his Balance Breaker, which caused him great shock.
[The battle doesn't end until the host is made incapable of fighting. It's no use at this rate. You'll make no progress. It's next to impossible for you to defeat him within the limited time of the control unit. The best plan would be to run away, but you can't do that, can you?]
Of course! There's no way I could leave Buchou behind! Or rather, where could I escape to within this barrier!?
[Then, what will you do? The difference in power is still wide. You could do something thanks to the control unit, but with the limited time it's out of the question. Will you surrender?]
"Yo, Ise there's something that I'd like for you to try. Don't worry I already modified it."
He turned around and saw Lance throwing the blue jewel from Vali's Balance Breaker armor, which Issei caught in his hand.
"What am I supposed to do with…?"
"Do what you do best…the impossible. You are the guy who achieved Balance Breaker in five days, plus only two things that might happen."
"Which are?"
"One: If it fails, you won't be able to use demonic power or Boosted Gear for at least twelve hours. And two: It'll woke, but it'll hurt like hell. Imagine having a light spear stabbed into your abdomen…only a thousand times worse."
At what Lance had said, Issei started shuddering slightly and mumbled to himself, while unconsciously placing his hand on his stomach. Lance looked towards him with a confused expression on his face, and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know why, but I just got the most ominous sense of Déjà vu."
Issei then shook of the feelings that were inside of him and looked towards his gauntlet with an interested expression on his face.
"Hey, Ddraig. The Sacred Gear responds to feelings and evolves, right?"
[Yeah, that's right, but…Why?]
"I'm transmitting my image to you. Let's try it!"
Issei then transmitted what he was thinking to Ddraig, who then made a slightly worried look.
[…Partner, you've sent me quite a dangerous image. But, it's interesting! We may die, but do you have the resolve?]
"I can't die, not until I…. If it hurts, I'll endure it! If I can just exceed this damn bastard in front of me with that!"
[Fuhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Nice resolve! In that case, I'll also resolve myself! This isn't a notification of my character, but…I am the Red Dragon Emperor that was called a mass of power! Let's show them that we'll live and exceed them together, Partner! No! Issei Hyoudou!]
"Yeah!"
"What do you intend to do?"
"Vanishing Dragon! Albion! Vali! I'll be taking your power!"
Issei then smashed the blue jewel on his right arm, once he did a silver aura started coming from his right gauntlet and he felt an unbearable amount of pain.
"Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
His head started feeling unbearable amounts of pain, Vali then looked towards him with a confused expression on his face and he asked.
"You intend to take in my power?"
[What a reckless thing to do. Ddraig, we are existences that oppose each other. That is nothing more than an act of self-destruction. Do you intend to annihilate yourself by doing such a thing?]
[Guooooooooooooooooh!]
Despite the agonizing pain that was going through him, Ddraig started laughing with an amused expression on his face.
[Albion! You're as inflexible as always! Over countless eons, we've lodged in hosts and continued to fight each other! It's a repeat of the same thing each and every time!]
[That's right, Ddraig. That is our destiny. Even if our respective hosts are different, the way we fight is the same. You raise power, I steal power. The side that skilfully uses its Sacred Gear deals the finishing blow and it ends. This is how it always has been, and always will be.]
[Since meeting with this host with Hyoudou Issei, I have learned one thing! That anything is possible with absolute determination!]
"Respond to my feeliiiiiiiiiiings!"
[Vanishing Dragon Power is taken]
At that new announcement, Issei's right arm was surrounded with a bright white light and it turned white instead of red, with a blue jewel. Issei then made a pained expression on his face, but he smirked and looked towards his right hand.
"…Hehehe, so this is Dividing Gear?"
[Impossible! Such a thing is impossible!]
Lance then started to laugh at what Albion and explained with a smirk on his face.
"Actually it's possible, since Ojii-Sama gave Sacred Gears to Humans, because he knew that they could cause them to evolve further through their own emotions. And when both Ojii-Sama and the past Maou died several more phenomenon could occur like Kiba's Irregular Balance Breaker, Sword of Betrayer. So, I though he should just used that imbalance to his advantage."
[…So you mean you nudged the imperfections of the Sacred Gear Program and achieved this? No, but such a thing is…. Even if you think of that, to actually do it is just foolish. No one knows what will happen with the fusion of opposing powers. When that is something concerning Dragons, you might die, you know? No, it would be natural for you to die.]
"Yeah, it was reckless. But, I survived."
At what Issei had said, Vali smirked at what Issei had did and started clapping his hands together, wearing an amused expression on his face.
"Interesting. Then, I'll also get a bit serious! If I win, I'll halve all of you and everything that surrounds you with the Vanishing Dragon's power!"
Vali then started flying into the air with his arms opened up wide, along with his wings growing wider than they were before.
"Halve? It's different with my power, but what do you mean by halving my surroundings?"
"Ignorance is scary! It might not be bad for you to die without knowing!"
[Half Dimension]
At the new announcement that was heard from Vali's Sacred Gear, along with a bright dazzling aura beginning to be released. He then held his hand out towards a tree, which was literally halved along with several of the surroundings. Lance looked towards what happened with a worried expression on his face, he then smirked slightly and looked towards with an amused expression.
"Lance-Kun what're you plotting?"
"I'm going to do what I do best, Yuuma-Chan. Yo, Ise-Kun! If you don't beat Vali, I'm going to tell the entire Underworld and every other Faction in the world about your infatuation with breasts!"
At what Lance had said, Issei gained a tick mark on his forehead and several thoughts tarted entering his hand. His anger towards Lance increased, and he started being surrounded with strong red aura.
"Y-You kidding me right?! I-I keep telling you several times. I don't have an infatuation with Buchou's breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasts!"
"I never really said it was Rias."
[Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost]
Issei then started boosting his own power several times in both anger and absolute denial, he then directed his attention towards Vali and Lance.
"I'm going to kill you Laaaannce! But before that…."
[Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost]
The powerful aura that was released from Issei's Scale Mail armor started breaking the ground under him, due to the immense pressure along with the windows of the school.
"Ahahaha! What the heck is that!? Seriously! His dragon power sprang up because he's afraid his fetish may get found out!"
"Hahahaha! He's in serious denial."
Issei then pointed his finger towards Vali, which caused the background to be blown away due to the shockwave along with the clouds being pushed away.
"…I'll thoroughly destroy you to the point where you won't be able to reincarnate agaaaaaaain! You halving battle maniaaaaaaaaaaaac!"
"Today is full of surprises. Who would have thought that this much power would explode because of a woman's breasts. But, it's interesting!"
Vali then flew towards him with great speed, but he was shocked as he noticed Issei appearing in front of him with speed surpassing his own.
"Fast! Have you exceeded me in speed!?"
"Ahhhh!"
Issei punched forward punching Vali in the side of his face cracking his helmet on impact, he then started launching a powerful barrage of attacks. He punched Vali in his stomach with a powerful impact, with Vali spitting out bile from his mouth.
[Divide]
The new announcement from Issei's Scale Mail activated, the aura surrounding Vali decreased by half and Issei continued his barrage of attacks. Issei then pulled his fist back, while gathering his aura into his fist and punched Vali in his face sending him crashing to the ground. Vali then started standing up from the ground with his face revealed and with an amused expression on his face.
"…Interesting. Truly interesting."
[Vali, I finished analyzing his halving power. When compared with the control method of your power, you can handle it.]
"Albion, do you think he's worthy enough to show the Vanishing Dragon's Juggernaut Drive if it's the current Hyoudou Issei?"
[Vali, it's not a good choice in this place. If you recklessly enter Juggernaut Drive, Ddraig's curse may be removed.]
"It'll all work out, Albion."
After hearing the name Juggernaut Drive, Lance appeared in front of Issei with a slightly worried expression on his face and Issei made a confused expression on his face.
"Lance what're you…?"
"He's actually going to use Juggernaut Drive and release the full power of the Heavenly Dragon."
He's about to unleash Albion's full power."
"I, who am about to awaken. Am the Heavenly Dragon who has taken the Principle of Supremacy from God."
[Don't act rashly, Vali! Is it your desire to be at the mercy of my power!?]
Despite Albion trying to stop him Vali continued chanting, but he was then stopped as someone landed on the ground in front of him creating a large cloud of dust. Vali stopped chanting looked forward towards a young man wearing a military Chinese styled armor worn in the Romance of the Three Kingdom. The young man looked towards Vali with a smirk on his face and in a cheerful tone.
"Vali, I've come for you."
"So it's Bikou. What have you come for?"
"Isn't that cruel? I made a long journey and came all the way to this island country because my partner is in a pinch, you know? The other guys were making a fuss at headquarters, you know? Because we're joining together to fight the northern country gods, you were supposed to flee and return right away if the mission failed, right? Cattleya failed to assassinate Michael, Azazel, and Lucifer, right? In that case, your observation role is also over. Come back with me."
"…I see, so it's already time."
Issei then looked towards Bikou with a slightly irritated expression on his face and pointed towards him, asking.
"Who are you?"
"He's the descendent of the Victorious Fighting Buddha."
"You mean Sun Wukong from the Monkey in the Journey to the West."
At what both Azazel and Lance had just said, Issei made a shocked expression on his face after hearing that name remembering from that famous story.
"What?!"
"To say it correctly, he is a monkey Youkai that has inherited Son Goku's power. However, it really is the end of the world if even you have joined the Khaos Brigade. No, you're the Son Goku to the Vanishing Dragon. You're also well-matched."
"I'm different from the first-generation that became a Buddha. I just live doing as I like. My name is Bikou. Nice to meet you, Welsh Dragon."
After greeting Issei with a playful expression on his face, Bikou started spinning around a staff that had appeared in his hand and he stabbed it into the ground. Once he did that a darkness started surrounding them and they started to sink into it, but Issei started rushing towards him.
"Wait! As if I'll let you escape!"
Before he could made a move, his Balance Breaker Scale Mail armor was immediately released and he fell down on one knee. Azazel then looked towards him and stated with a knowing expression.
"If you explosively emit that much power in an instant, your stamina will become empty. As you are now, what you are able to store is limited and long battles are impossible. Along with adding Vali's power to your own it seems to have shaved off some your stamina and demonic power."
"I as the White Dragon Emperor was occupied by the blood relative of the old Maou. The enemy isn't just Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils. Eventually we'll fight again, but at that time it will be even more intense. We'll each get stronger…."
After finally saying that, Vali had vanished alongside Bikou with Azazel sighing slightly at the events that had just occurred and he started scratching the back of his head.
Later On
After the battle was finally over, the troops of the three factions started cleaning up the corpses of the dead Witches and Magician, while taking the ones who're alive into custody. Once everyone else had caught up to them, they looked and noticed that Sirzechs, Michael, Serafall, Elaine and Gabriel along with the others who were unfrozen. Once Sirzechs caught the attention of Azazel along with everyone else who were following behind him, he sighed out of relief.
"So you were safe. Thank goodness. Azazel, what happened to that arm?"
"I was caught by Cattleya and nearly self-destructed along with her. I had no choice but to cut it off."
"I see. Her matter was a problem on the Devil's side. About that wound…."
"I also…caused trouble with Vali."
"…So he betrayed you."
"From the start, he was a guy that poured into only power. If you look at it from the results, it's possible to understand and say "Ah, I see". However, it's my responsibility that I didn't stop it from happening."
At what Azazel had just said, Yuuma started patting him on his shoulder and said with a bright smile on her face.
"Don't worry Tou-Sama, I'm sure that Vali-Onii-San will come back eventually after he's done."
"You're probably right, especially since there's one other person in the world who would like what he's doing besides you."
Lance then looked and noticed that there was a distraught expression on Gabriel's face along with Serafall, Chris and Elaine. With a confused expression on his face, he started walking towards them and asked.
"Hey, what's wrong I've never seen that expression on your face?"
"Uh, Lance-Kun there's something that we need to tell you. Xander had showed up in the conference room."
Lance then made an annoyed expression by what Elaine had just said, and he sighed out of irritation.
"I thought I had a familiar feeling of dread, alright what did he…?"
He looked up and noticed they were were giving him a sad look on their face, with Gabriel being the one who had answered.
"G-Galahad-San, you're father is still alive and he's being manipulated by him."
At what she had just said most of everyone's eye widened out of shock, with Issei beginning to shaking his head out of disbelief.
"B-But, I though that he was…."
"Lance-Sama had told us that his dad was dead along with the other Paladins."
"I see."
Everyone were then shocked expression on their face at Lance's reaction, thinking that he would have more of a different reaction than a calm demeanor. Sona then looked towards him with a confused expression on her face and stated.
"Lance-Kun, your father is still alive, but you don't seem so…."
"Shocked? I actually had a hunch that he was still alive, but I wasn't so sure because it was only due to a rumor that I heard."
"What rumor?"
At Sona's question, Lance snapped his fingers and a familiar folder had came into his possession, which Van had immediately recognized.
"Wait, that's the thing that you suddenly overreacted about when you were helping us our report."
"Around a year after that night a female Magician who I was partnered with, who was working close to the director of the Magic Council Mephisto Pheles. She told me that there was a teenage male, who had fought against an entire High-Class Peerage solo and let them live after beating each of them. Each of them said that he wielded a Holy Sword, brown hair that suddenly turned black, and brown eyes that turned green. She also said that he acted similar like me."
"You mean like an overconfident, lazy smart alac?"
"Oh, come on. I wasn't actually going to tell anyone about your fetish with breasts, and besides most of the people here already knew about that."
"He's right about that."
"Yea, it was pretty obvious."
"Ufufu, he's right."
Issei looked towards Kiba, Van, and Akeno with a look of disbelief while looking around and noticed that mostly everyone else had nodded in agreement. Issei's face had turned bright red out of embarrassment, Lance then looked back towards them and asked.
"So what did he say?"
"If you're able to beat him, he says that he'll release Galahad. But…."
"Ha! I'll have to do is that, this way I can kill two birds with one stone. I get to save my dad and kick that bastard's ass."
Everyone deadpanned Lance at how cheerful he was about the situation, despite it being grim situation that it meant for him. Michael then started laughing slightly with an amused expression on his face along with Gabriel and she wrapped her arms around him, while rubbing her cheeks against his.
"Aw~ that's my adorable Angelic Child."
"K-Kaa-San, seriously stop calling me that."
"Unhand my Lance-Chan, Gabriel!"
As both of them started getting into a childish argument, Michael smiled slightly and said.
"Now then, I'm returning to Heaven at once and will work on a plan for the matter of peace and countermeasures against the Khaos Brigade."
"I'm sorry, I had arranged things this time. We who set up the place of this conference feel ashamed."
"Sirzechs, please don't feel so responsible. As for me, I'm just glad that the three great powers are walking on the path to peace together, you know? With this, useless quarrels should also decrease."
"Well, subordinates who don't agree with that will also leave."
Azazel only smirked slightly at what they had said, and stated sarcastically.
"That is inevitable. Because we've been hating each other for a long time. However, it should change even a little from now on. The problem is the Khaos Brigade that we can't assume is good."
"Then let's cooperate and discuss from now on regarding that matter."
Both Michael and Azazel had immediately agreed to what Sirzechs had proposed, with Michael beginning to head back to Heaven.
"Then, I'll return to Heaven at once. I'll come back immediately, so we'll conclude the formal peace agreement at that time. Could you come along Gabriel?"
"Okay, Onii-Sama!"
"U-Umm. Michael-San!"
"What is it, Red Dragon Emperor-Dono?"
Just before he had left to Heaven, he turned around towards Issei who had a wondering expression on his face.
"There's just one thing I'd like to ask of you."
"Very well, there isn't time, but I'll hear this one thing."
"It's because of the system that Asia receive damage when they pray to God, right?"
"Yes. If Devils or Fallen Angels pray to God, the system moves and decides to give them light damage. Because this was included in the system with or without God's presence, it moves naturally. What about it?"
"Can't you make it so that there is no damage when only Asia is praying?"
Michael looked at Issei with a shocked expression on his face, with Chris smiling slightly at what Issei had wanted to do for Asia. Michael then laughed slightly and nodded in agreement.
"I understand. If it's only two people, I may be able to do something about it. The two of them are already devils and can't get near church headquarters. Asia, let me ask you. You know God is absent, right? Even so, will you still pray?"
"Yes, I want to pray even if there is no Lord."
At what Asia had said with a bright smile on her face, Michael then smiled.
"Very well. I'll do that right away when I return to headquarters. Fufufu, it should be fine if there are only one Devil who don't receive damage when praying. How interesting."
"With this, you can pray to God without problems, Asia! …Though he doesn't exist."
"Ise-San!"
Unable to contain her happiness she wrapped her arms around Issei with a bright smile on her face, Michael then reached into his pocket and pulled out a small letter.
"Before I forget this is what I wanted to give you."
"Huh? What's this?"
"It's a letter from your mother."
Asia made an ecstatic expression on her face as he handed her the letter, she immediately opened it and started reading it. As she was reading the letter she started laughing cutely to herself, with a slightly embarrassed expression on her face. Issei then asked.
"What does it say?"
"She told me that she's been watching me since I was little and that she was sorry that she couldn't be there, and that she's proud of me. And…I'm not supposed to say the rest!"
Issei then made a confused expression on his face along with everyone else, as Asia started blushing intensely out of embarrassment. Once she got to the end of the letter, she noticed that were was a cute drawing off a blonde haired women sticking her tongue out playfully and pointed to the next page. And under the picture it read: "Next Page is meant only for Chris-Kun".
"Uh, Tou-San she says that the next page is for you to read."
"Huh?"
Chris made a confused expression on his face as Asia handed him the letter, and he started reading the letter. As he was reading the letter he started sweatdropped with a nervous expression on his face, after finishing he started laughing loudly.
"Hahahahahaha! Even after all this time she's still lecturing me."
"What does the letter say?"
"I'm sorry, mom I can't tell anyone. If I say anything, Angela threatened to bring down a mother's full wrath down upon me."
Both Asia and Chris started laughing at the letter that they had read, with everyone looking at them with a confused expression on their face. Kiba then turned towards Michael and he requested.
"Michael-Sama, about the aforementioned matter, please do as you said."
"Following your advice, I swear on the Holy Demonic Sword you gave us that I will not allow Holy Sword Research to produce any more victims. It was a huge error for us to flatly reject important believers to this extent."
Kiba smiled at what Michael had said, but stopped as he felt his back being smacked slightly by Van who had a smirk on his face.
"That's great for you Kiba."
"Hahaha, thanks, Van."
As all of them were talking with one another, Azazel then turned towards Michael and stated with a smirk on his face.
"Michael, I'll leave the explaining to the Valhalla guys to you. Since it would be problematic for me to move imprudently. Afterwards, you'll have to convey what happened today to Mt. Sumeru as well."
"Yeah, since there would be no persuasive power if either the Governor of the Fallen Angels or the Maou explained, I'll have to tell them. I'm accustomed to reporting to God, after all."
"I have chosen peace. The Fallen Angels won't fight with the Angels and Devils at all from now on. Those who are dissatisfied with this may leave. However, I'll kill you without reservation the next time we meet. Only those who want to follow come with me."
[We will live for the sake of Governor Azazel till the day we die!]
Azazel had smiled at what the Fallen Angel troops had just said, Yuuma then smirked at what they all had said.
"You know for a perverted Tou-Sama, they really look to you."
"Hehe, is that right Yandere Dragon Queen? Well with the treaty between the Three Factions a success, you won't have to stalk Lance anymore."
As Azazel started laughing to himself, everyone else started looking towards Yuuma who was surrounded with a dark aura. She then smirked dangerously and summoned her Sacred Gear in her hand, with it being surrounded with a large amount of electricity. Everyone started stepping away from both of them with a cautious expression on their face, Azazel then started sweating slightly.
"Uh, come on Yuuma."
"Tou-Sama…YOU BAKA!"
Yuuma then brought down a powerful strike of lightning down on Azazel who dodged it, but more and more lightning started coming down on him.
"Ahhh! I'm sorry!"
"You won't be forgiven until you're electrocuted at least a thousand times!"
"Please forgive me!"
"Not after you said that to Lance-Kun!"
Everyone could only watch as Yuuma was summoning several lightning attacks towards Azazel, who continued dodging the attacks. As they were doing that, Sona looked and noticed something beginning to blink in Lance's pocket.
"Lance-Kun, what's in your pocket?"
"Huh, the only thing is this."
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the blue jewel that he was given, which continued blinking with a bluish white light. He looked towards it with a confused expression on his face.
"This is something that was found where Ojii-Sama's belongings where he made the Sacred Gears. It's been doing this since Yuuma-Chan, Vali, Azazel and Issei released their Balance Breakers."
"So it reacted several High-Level Dragons, it's possibly a Dragon sealed inside."
"Possibly, but I haven't gotten a response from it yet. But, I'll eventually find out what's in here."
"Well, I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out."
He only smirked at what Sona had said agreeing with her, but was stopped as Yuuma was walking away from Azazel who was lying down on the ground unconscious.
A/N: And there goes Chapter Eighteen of the Magic Knight, both Issei and Rias had arrived in time to save Gasper from the Witches who were holding him hostage with Gasper showing off his abilities. And switched to the others fight against the Magicians/Witches, then Xander makes his appearance to those who were left in the conference room and explain his game to them, which almost caused him to be killed by Gabriel and Serafall. It switched to Vali's betrayal of Azazel and his match with Issei. Well, not much to say here. So until, next time.
Lancelot's Harem: Yumi, Jeanne, Irina, Xenovia, Le Fay, Sona, Serafall, Rossweisse, Valarie, Seekvaira, Kuroka, Yuuma, Griselda, Yasaka, Lavinia, Liu Bei.
Issei's Harem: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Asia, Ravel, Tsubasa, Aika, Isabel, Katase, Murayama, Mira, Kunou, Kiyome, Elmenhilde, Bennia, Reya.