Life 4. The Seven Deadly Sins, Part 3 –Gluttony & Wrath–

Part 1 – Gluttony

I, Rina Kushihashi, have members of the Five Principal Clans with me, namely Subaru Himejima, Tsubasa Shinra and my cousin, Seiryu Kushihashi. In front of us is The Sin of Gluttony, Salvon Beelzebub.

"We're finally face to face again, huh, you dirty Devil."

Seiryu says that to Salvon, clearly being enraged over the events from last month when Tsubasa was killed. Salvon, on his part, appears to be unimpressed.

"It's ironic. You're calling me dirty for being a Devil, yet, the comrades you're with are also Devils, and to make matters worse, you're currently serving the [Great Satan] Lucifer. It's inappropriate to insult me in such a way considering all those factors."

"Don't twist my words! I'm just here to purify you, the evil spirit that once defeated Oryu, Byakko, Suzaku and Genbu! As the only Inheritor of the Four Sacred Beats who hasn't been defeated by you, it's my duty as the Blue Dragon of the Kushihashi clan to defeat you!"

Taking the chance he must be distracted, I summon my dad's shakujo and fire a bullet of light towards Salvon!

"No use!"

Salvon says that as he creates a magical barrier, blocking my attack. It's clear his reflexes are better than I thought. Right after that, Salvon charges at Seiryu! A tokko covered on fire thrown by Tsubasa and Subaru charges right at Salvon, but he blocks it by creating another magical barrier.

Salvon finally reaches Seiryu, and prepares to hit him with his bare hand! However, just before that moment, Seiryu took out a Japanese-styled sword. And now that Salvon is about to attack him, the blade is covered on blue energy appears, blocking Salvon's punch!

All those actions, they happened in less than a second. Just how incredibly fast are they…? Seiryu, not looking at Salvon's eyes, speaks.

"This is the Spirit Sword Seiryutoh, which was owned by Guan Yu. After some negotiations, I was able to obtain it. This sword is able to canalise the purification power of Senjutsu and amplify it many times."

The Spirit Sword Seiryutoh, I remember having read about it. Normally, Seiryu wouldn't want help from other mythologies because of his pride as the Blue Dragon of the Kushihashi clan, but seeing as Salvon has severely hurt his pride, it's logical he looked for it now. But to think someone as powerful as he got such weapon…

Suddenly, Salvon gets surrounded by fire wall, clearly created by Subaru. Tsubasa creates gauntlet with his gold mysticism to cover his hands, so I summon many tokko to attack. We're preparing to take Salvon by surprise.

Right in the moment the fire wall was called off, we charged at Salvon! While I had the misfortune of facing Salvon face to face, since my attack was blocked by a magical barrier, Tsubasa attacked from behind and landed his hits on Salvon!

Taking the chance Salvon was attacked; Subaru jumped high and launched many fire balls from above! Right in the moment they hit Salvon, Seiryu created a blast of water mysticism, also hitting him!

Right after Seiryu's attack, Salvon reacted, kicking Tsubasa who was right behind him! Tsubasa was sent flying by that kick, which once again shows Salvon has great hand to hand prowess.

"I won't let you!"

Seiryu shouts that as he charges at Salvon, slashing him with Seiryutoh! Salvon tried to counter attack by launching a demonic energy ray at zero distance, but in that moment, Seiryu summoned the Blue Dragon, who tanked the attack in his place!

As Salvon and Seiryu took some distance from each other, Subaru launched a fire blast at the same time Tsubasa used his tokko to attack!

"It won't work!"

Salvon said that at the same time he created two magical barriers to block their attacks. Right after blocking them, he launched a demonic energy ray at Seiryu, who simply cut it using Seiryutoh!

"… You're smart, avoiding eye contact with me."

Salvon said that while looking at Seiryu, who is directing his sight to a different direction, but it was only logical he does that. After all, we perfectly know the effect of Salvon's self-created magic.

Salvon's ability, [Absolute Order], is able to manipulate anyone who sees him right at his eyes. Once affected, that person will be controlled by Salvon unless he's over 50 metres away from him.

If we're caught under its effect, it'll be game over for us. No matter what, we need to avoid eye contact with Salvon.

"However, I wonder how you'll work under pressure. The pressure of I attacking your family."

As he says that, he charges at me! I use the shakujo to block his incoming fist! Right in that moment, both Seiryu and Tsubasa charged at Salvon, but he evaded their attacks, and instead launched a demonic energy ray at zero distance towards Tsubasa!

"Tsubasa!"

Subaru yelled that as he started launching many fire balls towards Salvon, but all of them were blocked by a magical barrier or evaded.

"If my target shouldn't be the cousin, I'll attack the Himejima."

Salvon charged at Subaru after saying that, but Subaru, who covered his entire body with fire, also charged at Salvon! Once they reached each other, they started exchanging blows! Despite being powered up by his mysticism, Salvon clearly has the advantage on this exchange!

Subaru tried to take some distance, but Salvon took that opening to launch a demonic energy ray at zero distance once more! It's clear repeating those attacks at zero distance to deal as much damage as possible is his strategy.

I try to attack by shooting more light bullets towards Salvon, but he blocked them with a magical barrier, while getting closer to Subaru to deal the finishing blow!

The Blue Dragon appears from a side of Salvon, launching a power blast of water mysticism towards him! Nonetheless, Salvon tanked the attacked, heading towards Subaru once more. Seiryu and I move in front of Subaru to protect him from Salvon's attack.

"Get out of my way."

Salvon said that before launching a demonic energy ray at me! Its power sent me flying close to Subaru, who is lying injured on the ground.

I slightly lift my head to look where Salvon and Seiryu are, and something terrifying gets into my view: Salvon's eyes. I saw his eyes, which means I'm under the effect of [Absolute Order] now.

"Stand up and get away from Seiryu."

I stand up and take distance from them. I'm unable to move on my own will, so it must be Salvon's fault too. Now I leave everything on your hands, Seiryu.

"My friends, they were hurt by an evil spirit like you, dirty Devil, once again…! I won't forgive myself, from being such a useless Inheritor…!

Seiryu summons the Blue Dragon and is covered on an intense blue aura after saying that!

"However! If I defeat you now, everything will be fixed! Not only my pride, but my friends and family; you have hurt them, Salvon Beelzebub, and as such, you must be purified! That's my duty as the Blue Dragon of the Kushihashi clan!"

This power, I never saw something like this from him before! This isn't his typical strength, the strength to fight for his own pride, but the strength to fight to protect other people!

"This battle no longer involves [Team Morning Star], Lucifer or the world's future; this battle is between you and me, Salvon! Come, I'm the one who will defeat you!"

With Tsubasa and Subaru severely injured, and with I unable to move, Salvon faces his last opponent: Seiryu. Salvon fires a demonic energy ray at Seiryu, but the Blue Dragon shoots a blast of pure blue energy to block it!

Seiryu charged at Salvon with an incredibly high speed, slashing Seiryutoh right over him; however, Salvon created a magical barrier and blocked it.

Right in the moment Seiryu took some distance to prepare another attack, Salvon prepared a demonic energy ray at zero distance! If that hits, Seiryu will be in big troubles!

"… Got you!"

In that instant, the Blue Dragon suddenly appeared and received the attack in Seiryu's place! Taking the chance Salvon was distracted, he jumped with Seiryutoh, clearly directing it at Salvon!

"Game over, you lose!"

A huge amount of water mysticism was concentrated on the blade of Seiryutoh, which slashed diagonally starting from Salvon's shoulder! And then again, and once more, Seiryu slashed Salvon countless times using Seiryutoh before falling to the ground!

Once Seiryu touched the ground, he focused a huge amount of Touki on his left leg and kicked Salvon, sending him flying! Then the Blue Dragon appeared behind Salvon and swallowed him!

The Blue Dragon focuses his gaze towards the sky, and launches a huge blast of purification energy! The blast is so intense it gets lost in the sky. From the sky, Salvon falls to the ground right in front of Seiryu.

"… I accept my defeat… you win, Seiryu…"

After hearing those words, Seiryu felt to knees. Given that I'm not under Salvon's control anymore, I got close to Seiryu, only to see he's crying.

"I did it… the pride of the Five Principal Clans has been restored… the deed I, the Blue Dragon of the Kushihashi clan, had… has been achieved…"

By whipping his tears, Seiryu stands up again and look at me.

"Come with me, my dear cousin. There are other evil spirits we need to purge."

Seiryu runs towards another monster after saying that. He called me… his cousin. I'm so happy we can remake our relationship, Kaname.

Seeing Subaru and Tsubasa are too injured to continue fighting, I follow my cousin on our mission, the mission of the prideful Five Principal Clans.

Part 2 – Wrath

I, Jin Lance, am with Goldentime, Edelross and Oryu. The Sin of Wrath, Magnus Belial, is our opponent. I already summoned my Hydra, Sprite Dragon, Undine and Storm to fight, while Goldentime activated his [Balance Breaker].

"Demonic Valkyrie Edelross, last time we faced each other, we couldn't finish our battle. Now that we can fight once more, I hope our unresolved battle can come to an end."

"This conversation is unneeded, Magnus. [Team Morning Star] has the obligation to defeat the Seven Sins, so we're going to accomplish that! Do it now, Jin!"

As Edelross called off Magnus' proposal, she ordered me to use my special technique, so I chant!

"Arise, fierce beasts who inherited the blood of supremacy. Come with me and make the heavens whirl, [Fusion]!"

A blue aura covers my body as the 4 Familiars I had summoned earlier became one with me. My skin turns dark blue and my teeth become fangs. My hair turns yellow and grows until it gets to my waist. My body grows until I turn 7 feet tall.

"Amazing transformation, but I know you have something greater under your sleeve."

"You're talking about my [Ultra Beast Mode]? That transformation consumes a lot of stamina, so I'm instead using this: [Beast Mode]."

Yeah, unlike my [Ultra Beast Mode], [Beast Mode] gives me a great boost in my power (not as big, however) and consumes a lot less stamina. Considering our opponent is a member of the Belial clan who make my attacks [Worthless] as long as he knows how they work, I'm going to need stamina.

"Well then, given you're ready, let's start."

Magnus says that before charging towards us! In that very moment, Goldentime also charged towards him! It looks like he already knew what Magnus was going to do.

The two exchange a fast series of blows before withdrawing. Oryu covered himself in Touki and charged towards Magnus! Magnus also charged forward and exchanged blows with him instead!

"You are good, but too immature!"

Magnus said that before dealing a blow covered with demonic energy right at Oryu's head! Oryu endured the attack, but felt half knelt to the floor. Oryu had a little bit of blood on a side of mouth, but he didn't turn a hair.

Magnus entire body is now covered with a red aura made out of an intense demonic energy. This is his special technique, [Devil Full Cowl], which recreates the effects of Touki by using the immense demonic power he got from the [Great Satan] Belial.

"Unlike my comrades, I'm a Devil who fights using his body and nothing else. The immense demonic power I was born with, I have blended it with my hand to hand techniques. When it comes down to just physical strength, no member of the Seven Sins compares to me. I hope you can fight with your full power, because you'll need it if you want to stand a chance against me."

Magnus said that before charging at Edelross this time! Suddenly, Oryu gets in his way and exchange attacks Magnus! And to top that, Edelross appeared behind Magnus and also attacked him!

Magnus' speed is just ridiculous at this point. He's keeping with Oryu and Edelross, who are attacking from two different directions. Not only that, but he also deals great damage to them with each blow that hits.

I need to catch his attention! I launched a ball of Fairy magic towards him, so he took distance from Oryu and Edelross (who also took distance from him), and put his hand in front of my attack, nullifying it!

"I have trained with Fairies before, their magic is [Worthless] against me."

Edelross and Oryu appeared at my sides. It's clear this man is a monster when it comes to hand to hand combat, but given his [Worthless], close combat is the only way you can face him. A perfect combination of abilities, that's what we're facing against.

Suddenly, Magnus charged at Oryu once more, so both he and I charged at him to exchange blows! His strength is clearly beyond my expectations, but now that I'm fighting him face to face, I can feel his hits deal a lot more damage than I thought!

We continued exchanging blows until he took distance from us. Damn it! This fucking guy, every time he takes distance from us, it's clearly to think who will be next target. And lately, he seems to have some fixation towards Oryu, probably because it's easier to win against him in a blow exchange due to his immaturity.

And in that moment, the bastard charged at Edelross! Magnus charged at her and exchanged blows once again! Seeing him fight against another person showed me that his strength, which I believed to be insane, has reached new highs to me after feeling it first-hand!

"I'll help you!"

Oryu summoned the Golden Dragon and it launched a blast of mysticism towards them! They both take distance from the attack, but Magnus charges at Oryu and deals a single punch filled with demonic power, crashing him against the ground and a creating a giant crater!

"I repeated the same strategy many times against you since that way you'll think I'll always repeat it… you have great potential, but your lack of actual fighting experience made you naïve."

So his constant attacks towards Oryu actually had that propose. I charge once more at him to avenge Oryu! On my way, Goldentime appeared on my side, so we exchanged blows with Magnus at the same time!

Goldentime was covered on an aura of Touki, which only got bigger with time. If I remember correctly, doubling is the power of [Critical Scale Armour], so maybe that's what he's doing. And now that his Touki reached insane heights, we both dealt a blow to Magnus' face, sending him flying! This is the greatest damage we have dealt him so far.

Oryu, who was still on the ground, absorbed energy from the earth, allowing him to stand up again. He and Goldentime stood at my sides, and Goldentime spoke to me.

"Jin, it's time to use your strongest technique. We need to win this battle, I promised so to older brother, so if we need to use our most desperate efforts to win, we'll do it."

By using a Senjutsu technique, Oryu transferred energy to me at the same time he absorbed it from the floor, and Goldentime used the power of [Critical Scale Armour] to double the amount of energy Oryu transferred into me.

This energy I'm feeling inside of me, I never felt anything like it before! This is a power I have never had! As I feel earth's power overflowing inside of me, all my Familiars appear behind me! This is it! I'm going to chant my ultimate technique!

"Manifest, violent beasts which devour the gods' flesh and blood. Let me cut the cloudy heavens, [Fusion]!"

As my power explodes to its limit, I turn into [Ultra Beast Mode]! Not only has that, but aside from my normal red aura, now a second, golden aura covered me! With my Familiar's power + earth's power + Goldentime's doubling, now I'm stronger than ever!

Oryu gets Dragon traits, Goldentime doubles his Touki to its limits once more, and Edelross comes to our side on a fighting stand! We're ready!

"Well, let's finish this! Oryaaaah!"

With my war growl, we charged towards Magnus at the same time! And at the same time, he charged with an evil grin on his face!

"I'm not going to hold back anymore, so let's see if you can keep up with my full strength!"

Edelross and Oryu reached him first and exchanged blows and slashes with him from his sides! Goldentime caught up to them and joined from behind! And in front of him, I appeared to exchange blows!

As we're attacking him from all directions at the same time, we're able to land multiple attacks on him! However, because of Magnus' absurd speed, it feels like he has 8 limbs, as he's able to keep up!

"Do it now!"

By Goldentime's order, he, Oryu and I landed a powerful hit on Magnus' head! Given his stun, Edelross slashes on cross pattern right to his torso, destroying his armor!

Goldentime, Oryu and I landed blows on Magnus' stun body, dealing great damage while he's unable to react! I take some distance from Goldentime and Oryu, who keep hitting Magnus, to be able to concentrate a huge amount of energy on my punch!

"Finish him!"

As Goldentime said that, he and Oryu took distance from Magnus, and I charged at him, landing my powered punch on his torso! I, and pretty much everyone on this area, could hear the sound of his ribs broking. With that final punch, Magnus was sent flying, ending this battle.

As I consumed all my energy on that last attack, I lost my transformation, and I'll be lucky to keep fighting after all the damage Magnus dealt to me.

"… My strength… it was everything to me… but now… I lost… I was right… when I said… you're strong opponents…"

"Well, keep fighting without me. I'm going to rest from that… exhausting battle."

As the group who helped me went to fight against monsters, I reflexed about Ram's words after my battle with Satanael. It turns out she was right, maybe if I can keep my cool during a battle I'll be able to win more frequently.

Suddenly, something disturbing happened. Blood red light dyed the entire place while it started shaking, and an absurdly immense power suddenly appeared at the same time!

"… He did it… the Dragon of Supremacy has appeared…"

Hearing Magnus' odd words, I looked around to find the source of the power. When I found it, Magnus' words suddenly made sense. What I saw was the figure of a red Dragon that boosting a power bigger than anything I have ever felt.

"Gugyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

With that powerful growl, everything around the Dragon was destroyed! The Dragon suddenly disappeared from my sight thanks to its fast movements! An incredibly powerful red Dragon, don't tell me this is the Devil King they've been talking about…!

"… Price has been my friend… since we were children… and now… I finally see… his most powerful form…"

That means the red Dragon on the sky wasn't the Devil King, but Price Lucifer?! Rito, Silverage, Akai and Tatsuya, I wish you luck; if that abomination is your opponent, you'll need it.