Author's Notes: Sorry about the lack of updates my personal problems haven't stopped and I hardly have any free time to work these chapters. Now for the reviews.
The Storm Master 567: Those are some interesting ideas to keep in mind. But for this chapter, I'll just say things gets very chaotic for Vince.
Reader: Sure no problem.
ARSLOTHES: Thanks, I try my best.
Zarroc789: Glad you like the beginning.
MrSpice: Thanks, that's good to know.
ZeroSaga: Things are heating up.
Cobalt Striker Gundam: Yeah, but that barrier is getting in the way.
Keybladewielder97: True. To Rena, Vince can be unpredictable when he wants to be. You might get the answer on how he'll deal with it in this chapter. Yeah, it's funny but a little sad at the same time. Well, magicians are cannon fodder but in the eyes of the Hero Faction gaining Vince will be a big boon for them. Siegfried is stronger than Vince, however he doesn't have to be stronger in order to keep up. Thanks, I do have an idea or two for an arte from the Tales of Series, nothing concrete though. This is my first time hearing about Blazblue Central Fiction. I'll have to look into it in my spare time. Final Fury is an interesting arte, I'll keep it in mind, thanks.
That's all for the reviews. I apologize again for the long wait but I have been very busy lately. Enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Highschool DxD or any other references or elements I may put in the story. They all belong to their respective owners I only own my OCs.
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Siegfried got up from the ground with some difficulty, with a somewhat surprised expression. "Urgh... To think that you've grown this strong already. It's quite a pleasant surprise."
"I'm not fighting for your amusement." Vince stated in an irritated tone as he dismissed the greatsword, leaving behind the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi in his hands.
"Regardless, I will not lose to you Vince Reinhart. Dainsleif!" Swinging the sword, Siegfried sent a massive ice pillar that shot out from the ground from where Vince was at.
His eyes narrowed as he tossed his weapon far away and within a moment's notice and disappeared as soon the pillar finished rising.
Vince reappeared on top of the hilt of the katana and sighed. (Too close for my comfort. Hmm... I can either destroy those six dragon arms to decrease his power and strike him when he's busy making another batch or I can just dodge the best I can and get a good hit in to take him out. Which should I do?)
"You can't keep evading my attacks forever Vince Reinhart. Balmung!" He brought his sword forward and did a thrust at Vince with a dragonic arm of his, a drill-shaped demonic aura went towards him, creating an even more powerful whirlwind from the sword that swept down on him, ripping into the atmosphere around him and tearing the ground in the process.
(Shit. Looks like I'll have to work around the range of his attacks.) Vince thought as he tossed his katana like boomerang, it narrowly avoided the devastating attack as it landed near Siegfried along with Vince as he disappeared moments later before the attack struck.
He picked up the sword and charged forward going for a thrust, however Siegfried's dragonic arms parried the attack. "That attempt won't work again, Vince Reinhart. Tyring!" A large amount of demonic energy gathered in the demonic sword in his dragonic arm right before slammed the blade into the ground, Vince extended his hand, summoning the various weapons that encircle him before to act as a shield. Siegfried slammed the blade into the ground, making an even bigger crater in comparison. The shockwave from the sword itself send Vince quite a few feet away.
"Urgh..." Despite being sent several feet away a large majority of the damage being absorbed by the weapons. He got up and regained his bearings as the shield disappeared. (I had to put more energy into that to avoid taking damage. I don't like this the longer it drags out the more tired I get and my injuries are dragging me down. If this keeps up, I won't last. I was saving this for at a later date when I had a chance to practice this, but I guess it's now or never.)
"Impressive, to only take a minimal amount of damage from Balmung. However, I will be ending this now. Dainself!" Slamming his sword into the ground, several ice pillars shot up from the ground underneath Vince.
Frowning a bit, Vince jumped back as far as he could to avoid the ice pillars as Siegfried continuing his attack. (Dammit! I'll have to use Asteraafter his attack. I need to find an opening first.)
He tried to evade the attack however Vince got caught immediately in the whirlwind and sent flying towards an ice pillar after being cut up repeatedly by the harsh winds. Despite the pain he felt Vince extended his left and grabbed the ice pillar to spin around it, using the momentum from the whirlwind after spinning around the pillar twice he let go and went straight for Siegfried with his entire body spinning with the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi. "Take this!"
Siegfried brought all of his swords up in defense however to his shock Vince slightly adjusted himself to the left side and slashed right through his dragonic arm, in addition to the side of his ribs.
"Gaaaaargh!" One of his swords dropped to the ground as his wound poured out a lot blood.
To stop himself from spinning any further Vince tossed katana near the ground Siegfried was at and reappeared near the hilt, breathing heavily. "This ends now!"
"Raaaaah!" Vince kicked him in the spine and followed up with a rising slash in the same area where he kicked the spine.
Siegfried coughed up a lot of blood as he looked at him. "I-Impossible..."
He felt the floor, bleeding as his dragonic arms disappear, causing his demonic swords to fall the ground as a result.
Seeing him his katana aimed at his neck and ready to strike, Jeanne clapped with a smile, getting his attention. "That was really good Vince-kun, I didn't think you would take out Sieg-kun. But now it's over. You really can't keep going with those injuries."
"T-That's what you think..." Vince took out a vial from his pocket and quickly drank it as he reverted back to normal.
Upon seeing his injuries heal, Jeanne's eyes widened before she smiled. "That's really sneaky of you, Vince-kun. Saving up that vial of Phenex tears until the very end. But that's not going to get your energy back up, you're still very exhausted."
Vince immediately turned back into his angel form, via a magic circle that appeared underneath him momentarily. "You'd be surprised how much stamina, I have."
"Oh? I'm looking forward to finding out how long you can keep going then." She replied with a smile.
"I'll probably outlast you." Vince stated.
Jeanne smiled as she unsheathed her rapier. "I doubt that Vince-kun."
(Tch, she's right. I barely have the energy to keep going and turning back to normal just to take the Phenex tears and going back into my angel form just made it worse for my stamina... I don't think I have enough energy to even switch with a different weapon. Still, I can't lose here.) Vince thought as he rolled out of the way to avoid a several swords that shot up from the ground underneath him.
Several swords more shot out of the ground, frowning a bit he got up after rolling and sprinted towards her while evading the swords that continued to shoot out of the ground.
Seeing him close in on her quickly she brought up her rapier and parried the attack with it, making a loud clanging noise as a result. Jeanne giggled a bit as she saw him breathing heavily. "What's wrong Vince-kun, out of steam already?"
"Screw you." Vince applied more pressure as the holy-sword discharged small sparks from the blade.
Jeanne smiled as she easily overpowered him. "Nice try Vince-kun. Your holy-sword has a lot of power behind it, but you certainly don't, you've reached your limit."
His eyes widened greatly as she broke through the attack and nearly impaled him with a thrust, if it wasn't for him moving to the side. Looking down, he frowned as he saw that the blade pierced through a portion of his shirt and the side of his ribs. Vince grimaced in pain as he jumped back, but just as he did he fell flat on his back panting. "D-Dammit..."
To Jeanne's satisfaction and Vince's dismay the wisps that radiated holy-energy along with the holy-energy that radiated from his body vanished completely with no trace.
Another smile appeared on her face as she walked towards him with her rapier pointed at him. "Looks like you lost Vince-kun. You're coming with me."
"Like hell I am..." Vince slowly got up and held on to his katana like a crutch.
"Don't be like that Vince-kun. I don't want knock you unconscious, not when I have to drag Sieg-kun back in his condition so just surrender." Jeanne commented with a pout.
His eyes widened greatly as he started to scream in pain, catching Jeanne off guard. "Haaaarggh!"
Jeanne's eyes widened greatly as his left arm painfully morphed from a human's arm into a draconic arm that radiated both Ddraig and Albion's power, in additon his hair turned completely white while his eyes black colored his changed into a crimson red color.
Vince ignored the unusual sensation in his body and picked up his katana. To both his and Jeanne's shock, the draconic arm morphed into a spear-like appendage.
"I won't surrender!" He instinctively jumped into the air and did a rolling slash. Jeanne jumped, back and narrowly avoided getting slashed as she brought up a wall of swords that shot up from the ground in defense. Not being finished just yet, Vince pierced right through the swords with his spear-like appendage and into Jeanne's shoulder with a single thrust. He then ended by transforming his appendage into a draconic fanged mouth that shot out water cannonball that blasted her directly.
"Aaaah!" Jeanne yelled in pain as she was sent back by the force of the attack and due to her earlier injury.
Vince's arm transformed back into the original draconic arm, as he gasped for air. "I-I did it..."
He fell down on the ground and panted as he looked at his arm. His eyes narrowed as the power from Ddraig and Albion started increasing even more. "Damn, I gotta take care of this..."
Jeanne got up and held rapier with a fake smile on her face. "That wasn't very nice Vince-kun. Now, you're going to come back with me, unconscious."
Vince ignored her as his draconic arm started to shake violently as it released more power, of Ddraig and Albion. He closed his eyes as a sharp pain shot out of his body. "Uwaaaah!"
A red and white aura shot out of Vince's draconic arm, to his relief and disbelief his arm returned back to normal as did his eyes along with his hair. However the two auras formed two enormous red and white dragons that greatly resembled both Ddraig and Albion, with the exception of their eyes being void of any pupils. The two towering dragons easily broke the magic barrier with a massive roar, loud enough to make both Vince and Jeanne wince in pain.
"The two Heavenly Dragons... No, it's not the same." Jeanne muttered, her eyes widening in shock before she turned to Vince. "What did you do Vince-kun?"
"Hell if I know... Urgh..." Vince slowly got up from the ground as he staggered a bit, he frowned a bit as he turned to his Sacred Gear. "Hey Yume, if you're asleep now I need you to wake up now."
After noticing a few moments of silence, Vince cleared his throat and took a deep breath. "WAKE UP!"
Jeanne winced in pain again as she rubbed her ears. "Geez Vince-kun, I didn't know you could yell like that..."
Vince rolled his eyes at the comment as Yume yawned a bit and rubbed her eyes. [Vince-kun...? What is it?]
"Yeah... You mind explaining why two dragons resembling Ddraig and Albion came out of my arm?" He asked as he saw the two dragons immediately started fighting with each other.
[WHAT!?] Yume yelled out in shock, making both Vince and Jeanne rub their ears in pain.
"Geez, my ears hurts..." Jeanne muttered with a pout.
[How did this happen? And I worked so hard to seal them too...] Yume commented, sounding somewhat annoyed.
"Yume, I know that you've been constantly holding back Ddraig and Albion's powers for a while and it's been straining you enough to put you to sleep for twenty-hours, only for you to repeat everything all over again. But you mind explaining the rest?" Vince asked with a frown.
[Y-Yes. Those two dragons are the amalgamations of Ddraig and Albion's powers. As you already guessed this is the result of Ddraig and Albion's powers not naturally mixing well, in addition your rejection of your Sacred Gears and their powers distorted everything.] Yume explained as the two dragons attacked each other in the background.
"Dammit..." Vince clenched his fist in anger. He took a deep breath and exhaled to calm down. "Yume, is there a way to put them back in and how did those two powers form into dragons?"
[Yes. But it's going to take some time. I also need you to be within range of seeing them. Otherwise it won't work. But knowing them they'll fly away soon. As for how they got out, they used that arm of yours as a conduit to escape. It's also why your arm has been turning into a dragon's arm lately.] Yume explained in a serious tone.
"Son of a... Tch. Alright then, give me a signal. I'll go deal with them and make sure they won't leave." He replied with a small nod.
"Wait. You're going to confront them like that?" Jeanne asked, looking at him in disbelief.
"Yeah, I made this mess and I'm going to clean it up. You on the other hand need to leave and take Siegfried. It's too dangerous for you." Vince said simply as gripped his katana tightly.
"I can't do that Vince-kun, I'm still going to take you back by force." Jeanne said smiling as she pointed her sword at him.
"Alright then. So much for being polite then..." Vince walked to Siegfried and pointed his katana into the wound on his spine. "Take Siegfried and leave or else, him bleeding out is going to be the least of your worries."
"You wouldn't dare-" Jeanne's eyes widen as Vince took the tip of the blade and lightly shoved it into his injury and applied pressure, making him scream in pain.
"I don't have time for this bull. Pick him up and his crap and get out of here, or I'm going to pierce right through his spinal ligaments." Vince stated with a cold look in his eyes.
Jeanne's eyes widened even further before she nodded. "Okay, I understand. Just take the sword off of Sieg-kun."
"Not until I see both of you underneath a magic circle." He replied as he kept a close eye on her.
She nodded as magic circle appeared underneath herself, Siegfried and Vince. He quickly got out of the circle's range and extended his hand as the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi disappeared in a burst of light and reappeared in his hands.
Seeing the magic circle glowing his demeanor immediately changed from a cold look to a smirk on his face.
Jeanne saw this and frowned a little. "You tricked me!"
"Yeah and you might want to cover your top on the way back. That attack from earlier must have destroyed some parts of your top. Though, this does show me that you're a bright pink, kind of plump too." He replied, his smirk slightly widening.
"Eh?" Looking down her face turned bright red as she covered chest, realizing that her chest has been exposed. "Kyaaaa!"
"Have a nice trip Jeanne." Vince commented as he saw her disappear along with Siegfried and his demonic swords.
He then turned his attention to the two enormous dragons fighting. Raising an eyebrow at the white dragon dividing the red dragon's power while the one in question constantly boosted it. "Now to deal with these two. Tch, I can't believe I made a mess this big."
[Vince... Please, don't do anything reckless.] Yume said in a concerned tone.
"I know that Yume. If something happens to me then we won't be able to seal them. I'll just keep a close eye for now." Vince stated as he sighed a bit, watching the two dragons fight it out.
His eyes widened as he noticed them flap their wings, indicating that they were about to take off. "Not on my watch."
Vince extended both his hands and in a burst of light and demonic energy both the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and Arondight appeared in his hands, he stumbled and nearly fell. But he quickly regained his footing. "Tch, I didn't think it would be this heavy..."
[Vince, what are you doing? You've never used Arondight and the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi together before. Using them together might be risky.] Yume warned.
"I know. But I need to deal as much damage as possibly can to those things so they don't fly off. It's sink or swim Yume and there's no other way around it. Besides, if Kiba can use both holy-demonic energy together then I should be able to the same." He said as both swords radiated a lot of holy and demonic energy.
Seeing the energies about to collide he brought the swords together and smashed the two blades together, rather violently to disrupt the flow of energy. "Calm down and work together, or no amount of alchemy or help from a deity will be able to fix what I'll do to you two."
Seeing the two swords radiating holy and demonic energy from both swords respectively, Vince sighed and smashed the two blades together in an even more brutal fashion than before, causing the energies from the two blades to be immediately disrupted.
Both swords calmed down and instead radiated a regular amount of holy and demonic, albeit Arondight purposefully radiated more demonic energy than the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi radiated holy energy.
"Tch, I hate cleaning up messes... But I gotta do what I gotta do." Vince said as he ran towards the two dragons with blades in hand.
Making his way over to the red dragon as fast his legs would take him. He jumped on top of his tail and ran on top of it as far as he could. Vince gasped for air as he sighed. "Ugh. So tired..."
Taking a second to take a breath of air and to compose himself, he gripped both of the blades tightly and smirked as he made his way up to the top of the dragon's back carefully, making sure to stay out of harms way from both of the dragon's attacks on one another. "Stay down!"
Without hesitation he plunged both blades into the back of the red dragon's back making him roar in pain. Despite wincing in pain, he slided down the massive dragon's back purposefully and painfully dragging the blades with him through it's flesh as both holy and demonic energy burst out of the blades and on to the wounds.
The red dragon thrashed in pain as it was forced to land on the ground. The white dragon took advantage of the development and dived in, clawing the other dragon in the face directly.
Despite roaring in severe pain the red dragon lunged forward and bit into the neck of the other making it howl in pain.
[Divide!]
The White Dragon glowed a white aura as it halved the red dragon strength and Vince's too. However to his surprise, he shrugged it off easily. "What just happened?"
[Remember Vince, you're very exhausted and you have no energy left. So Albion's divide can't really affect you because there's hardly anything to divide.] Yume explained with a smile.
"Gonna file that interesting bit of information for later." Vince spoke as he slid down the red dragon's entire body, dragging his swords with him just as the red dragon gained a red aura as it glowed.
[Boost!]
The power of the red dragon went back to normal as it went to fight the white dragon, despite it's injuries.
Vince jumped off the body and landed on the ground. He breathed heavily as he saw the two dragons fighting. "Sheesh, I don't even have any enough energy to do a simple lightning blast or a small water blast. The only thing keeping my body going is Arondight's ability to increase my combat abilities... Yume, are you done yet?"
[No, I'm half-way done. Please hold out until then.] Yume said.
"Alright then." He took a deep breath before sprinting towards the white dragon. (Hopefully my size can keep giving me cover until Yume's done.)
The white dragon lashed out and clawed the red dragon in response to it slashing the white dragon's neck with it's claws. The tail would have smacked Vince if it wasn't for him ducking underneath, he barely held on to his footing due to the force of the attack. He shook his head and took the chance to jump on the tail.
He ran up the dragon's tail as fast as he could up until the top of his back. A smirk spread across his face as he plunged both swords into the dragon's back. "Suffer!"
The white dragon roared in pain and thrashed around, even more so when the red dragon took advantage and slashed it's face.
"Shit!" Vince nearly fell off the dragon, however he held on to the swords and plunged it in as far as he could, before he started running down the dragon's back, dragging the two swords through it's flesh as both holy and demonic energy were released from the swords.
He pulled out the two swords and clumsily landed on the ground with a few bruises and scrapes from the impact. "Ow..."
The two dragons then noticed Vince and turn their attention to him. Vince frowned as the white dragon glowed a white aura.
[Divide!]
Despite Vince's energy being halved, he shrugged it off and responded by getting up and sighing. "Looks like they found me out Yume. Almost done?"
[Just a little bit longer Vince!] Yume exclaimed.
Vince sighed and nodded. "Ugh... Fine."
The red dragon roared loudly as it flew up into the air and dived down on Vince with his claws aimed at him. His eyes widened as he saw a small opening. "Aha!"
Without wasting any time he bended down and slide underneath the red dragon's body. He repeatedly slashed the dragon's body fiercely before bringing before swords together and slamming it into the dragon as hard as he could with both sword releasing an intense amount of holy and demonic energy.
The red dragon was knocked a few inches into the air before it came down and slammed on the ground hard making a massive shockwave as Vince outstretched his left hand, holding Arondight, breathing heavily.
The white dragon glowed a white aura again, directing it's attention to him.
[Divide!]
Vince easily ignored that and ran towards the white dragon while gasping for air. The dragon then raised it's clawed foot in an attempt to crush him. Sighing seeing no time left. He tossed both of his swords as high as he could and ran away from being within range as fast as he could.
Both sword nailed the white dragon's clawed foot directly as it roared in pain. The pain further intensified as it's foot hit the ground, which result in both sword being plunged in further.
"This would be a hell of a lot more easier for me if I had a ranged weapon." Vince commented with a worn out and ragged look as he extended both of his hands as both of Arondight and the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi appeared in his hand in a burst of demonic and holy energy respectively.
(Hopefully Albion's power will fall for this. I'm putting all of my remaining energy into channeling their powers, after this I'm done.) Channeling both holy and demonic energy into his respective weapons until it completely enveloped the weapon in their auras.
The white dragon noticed the weapons radiating their respective energies and glowed a white aura.
[Divide!]
Both auras of the weapons were halved immediately after the aura's were divided Vince tossed both of the swords as hard as he could at the same time. "Take this!"
The white dragon once again glowed a white aura as it halved both of the swords and tried to fly away, however the injuries sustained previously kept it from moving. Both of the blades pierced right through the dragon's chest as a noticeable hole remained. It then collapsed on the ground, making a large shockwave that sent Vince a few inches away.
Despite practically gasping for air. Vince extended both of his hands as both the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and Arondight both dismissed themselves in a burst of holy and demonic energy respectively after reappearing in his hands. "I-I did it..."
[Unbelievable... You did a great job Vince. I'm sealing them both up right now.] Yume spoke as he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally!" Vince fell on the ground and lied there, taking in deep breaths. (For a moment, I thought that wouldn't work but it did. Making sure that both swords were putting out a lot of energy on purpose and even if it halve both of the swords, it was enough to do some damage. That probably wouldn't have worked out as well if I didn't aim it at the chest.)
Vince's Element Brand glowed as several large ropes made up of Sacred Darkness, shot out of the Sacred Gear and bounded both dragons. Upon grabbing them the red dragon turned into a red jewel as the white dragon turned into a white jewel as well that both radiated a powerful aura. Which were both grabbed almost immediately and were dragged into his Sacred Gear, leaving no trace of their powers.
Vince lied on his back and breathed heavily. "O-One last question Yume..."
[Yes, Vince?]
"How exactly did they get flesh for those bodies if they're just powers of Ddraig and Albion when they're fighting? I know they used that dragon arm as conduit but that doesn't explain the flesh." He questioned.
[As I said earlier, they used that arm they corrupted as conduit. It was perfect enough for them to use it to escape and as a means to form their body.] Yume stated.
"...That's disturbing to hear." Vince said as he closed his eyes.
After a few minutes of him not responding Yume sighed. [Geez. I didn't think Vince would ever fall asleep in a place like this. He's really exhausted from all that fighting. Even if those Ddraig and Albion's amalgamations were fighting like mindless beasts they were still very powerful. At least their rage has been quelled... for now.]
Yume's eyes widened as she saw a magic circle appear moments later and to her surprise, Jeanne came out from the circle, wearing a fresh set of new clothes.
"Oh? How convenient for me. Not only is Vince-kun knocked unconscious but he took care of those two dragons. You never fail to surprise me." Jeanne spoke more to herself as she walked closer to him.
She stopped after being within a few step away from him. Jeanne noticed his expression and giggled a little. "You do look cute when you're asleep. That's rare."
Before she could reached out and grabbed him, several ropes of Sacred Darkness shot out of the tattoo found on the back of his hand and lashed out towards Jeanne.
She quickly jumped back and slashed them with her rapier that she unsheathed, however to her surprise. They remained intact, despite the blade going through part of the way. "Oh? Well this is interesting..."
"Yeah, it is. But I'd stop if I were ya." A woman's voice spoke gaining her attention.
"I insist as well that you stop." Another woman said, right next to the other one.
Jeanne looked around and saw an extremely beautiful woman with curly blonde hair and a voluptuous figure, wearing a white angelic robe. While the woman next to her was a contrast opposite, having long hot red-yellow hair, keeping her hair up in a high pony tail. She wore a very revealing bikini top with a denim jacket over it, a white scarf tied around her neck, shorts, stockings and brown boots.
An unusual trait that Jeanne immediately noticed was the red tattoo above her breasts and the other on her stomach. "Oh? That's a weird tattoo. You must be Shura-chan, the exorcist that uses the demon-sword."
"Yeah, I'd like it if you ditch the honorific." Shura said deadpanning a little.
Looking at Vince's condition Gabriel's expression saddened. "Oh dear. I've never seen Vince in this condition before. We have to get him treated."
Her gaze then turned to Jeanne and blinked twice. "I recognize you. You're the descendant of Joan D' Arc."
"Huh. Then that means she's in the Hero Faction." Shura commented.
"Yup. Got that right and don't worry, we'll take very good care of him over there. He'll be a great asset in the Hero Faction." Jeanne commented with a smile.
"Yeah... Change of plans here. He's coming with us. 'Sides, incase you didn't get the memo he didn't agree to joining." Shura said nonchalantly.
"I will not allow to take Vince of his own will." Gabriel spoke as twelve wings appeared from her back.
Jeanne's eyes widened before she pouted. "Geez. First Shura-chan and the seraph Gabriel-chan? Just how many women do you know, Vince-kun?"
"Sucks to be you. But like I said earlier, we'll be taking him now." Shura replied smirking.
"No. Neither one of you will take Vince-sama." Another voice spoke, gaining their attention.
Turning to the source of the voice, they saw Claudia her eyes purple and her long hair now green, tied up in a ponytail. She wore a white bodysuit that is open in the middle, exposing her stomach and the underside of her breasts. Her sleeves detached and are white and black entirely, in which the gauntlets she wore covering the majority of her forearms with ease and holding a white metallic spear, fashioned in a similar color to her clothing.
What caught their attention the most was the amount of demonic energy she radiated, along with the six devils that came out of her back. Each radiating a purple aura. Claudia held her spear and frowned a bit. "Vince-sama will be coming with me, I will deal with all of you if I have to."
Shura let out a low whistle. "Quite a bit of power ya have there. I'm surprised Vince found someone like you around."
Jeanne sighed and pouted. "Geez, Vince-kun knows so many women it's shocking."
She then smiled and took a few steps back as a magic circle appeared underneath her. "I'll be leaving now. Tell Vince-kun when he wakes up that I'll be back to snatch him."
"And what makes ya think you're going anywhere?" Shura said as she took a step forward before Gabriel shook her head.
"Please let her be Shura. There is no need to fight as of now." Gabriel spoke as her wings disappeared.
"Really? Geez. Vince wasn't kidding when said you were as soft as a marshmallow." Shura commented, shaking her head.
"Soft as a marshmallow?" She asked tilting her head cutely.
"Forget it." Shura replied sighing a little.
Before the two could go to Vince, Claudia stood in front of them in a defensive stance. "I will not allow either one of you to take Vince-sama."
Just then a ropes of Sacred Darkness that still resided there went back into Element brand. [Claudia, please wait!]
"Yume?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
[They don't mean any harm. This is Shura Kirigakure and Gabriel, Vince knows both of them well and Shura is one of Vince's teachers from back then. They're also the ones who helped Vince develop his Leviathan spell.] Yume explained.
Claudia's eyes widened before she nodded and turned to them. "I apologize. Shura-sama, Gabriel-sama. For a moment I thought you were potential enemies. I am Claudia the head maid of the Valefor clan, it's a pleasure to meet you too."
"Likewise and I wouldn't worry about it. Just cut the honorifics and call me by my name. I ain't a fan of them." Shura spoke with Claudia giggling a little.
"I can see where Vince gets his dislike of honorifics from." She stated with Shura rolling her eyes a little, but grinning a little.
"It's nice to meet you too, Claudia." Gabriel spoke with a smile before her attention turned to where Vince, where Yume spoke.
Seeing this Shura raised an eyebrow. "Something wrong Gabriel?"
"That voice... Yume was it? Are you Lai-"
[A-Anyway! We should get Vince treated as soon as possible. He used up all of his energy fighting.] Yume spoke abruptly
"Oh right! Vince has to recover first." Gabriel spoke in a concerned tone as Claudia went to pick him up after putting her spear away. "I will be taking Vince-sama to a place where he can recover quickly."
"Oh. That's probably that Valefor Manor. Mind if we tag along? We have a few things to talk about with Vince." Shura asked.
Claudia then raised an eyebrow. "How do you two know about that?"
"We've heard about it from Azazel." Gabriel said with Claudia looking somewhat annoyed at hearing that.
"Yeah. The whole Valefor thing spread around the Three Factions like wild fire." Shura commented nonchalantly.
Claudia nodded before turning to Gabriel. "By the way, would you happen to be the Gabriel one of Seraphs?"
"Why yes, I am. Why do you asked?" She asked looking slightly confused.
Claudia's eyes widened as she slightly bowed, due to her holding Vince. "I apologize for my rude behavior earlier, Gabriel-sama."
Gabriel however smiled. "You don't have to apologize Claudia."
"Yeah, now let's get goin'." Shura said with Claudia nodding.
"Agreed. Follow me."
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Despite turning around a bit in a large bed. Vince couldn't and groaned. He opened his eyes and winced a bit. "The hell happened to me...? Ugh. I feel so tired and sore."
Turning to his left he saw Gabriel sleeping next to him. Further looking around the room, he noticed that his entire arm was engulfed by her large chest. (Why is Gabriel here? Better question yet, where the hell am I...?)
Vince turned around to try and get out of bed but Gabriel yawned a little before grabbing him and closely hugging him. As a result of this action, his face is currently in between her large chest with his hand cupping a portion of her breast. He blinked owlishly before shrugging. (Not exactly what I was expecting but I'm not complaining.)
Gabriel suddenly turned over, which as a result placed him directly underneath her. A small blush appeared on Vince's face as he felt her body rub against him, her face just a few centimeters away. (I need an adult... Or a cold shower.)
The door then opened, both Claudia and Shura walked into the room. Claudia's eyes widened before she gained a mischievous smile while Shura smirked.
"Didn't know ya liked gettin' cozy with Gabriel, Vince." She replied, still smirking.
"Very funny. You mind getting her off me?" He asked with a deadpan expression.
Seeing her still smirking, Vince extended his free hand. However, to his surprise neither a drop of water, nor a small bolt of lightning appeared. (I can't use my magic. Did I really waste that much energy?)
Sighing a bit, he opted to shake her a bit. "Hey Gabriel, wake up..."
"Mmm..." Gabriel hardly responded and instead rested her head on his neck, making Shura snicker and Claudia smile.
His eye slightly twitched before shaking his head. "Gabriel! I'm about to commit a sin and give into my lust to do what Adam and Eve did to populate the human race to several different women!"
Her eyes suddenly shot open as she grabbed him. "You must not give into your lust Vince! You must be in love before doing such a thing!"
"Oh. So that's what it took to wake you up." Vince spoke dryly.
"Eh?"
Shura then busted out laughing as Claudia giggled. "Oh my, I certainly wasn't expecting that. Tell me Vince-sama, are you two together?"
"Together?" Gabriel asked looking slightly confused.
"It's a way of asking if we're in an intimate relationship like Adam and Eve. Or in a similar relationship to a married couple. It's because you're on top of me in an intimate manner like how a couple would act on their day of marriage." Vince explained in detail.
Gabriel paused for a few moments before she quickly got off of Vince with a noticeable blush. "I-I'm sorry Vince."
Vince shrugged and got off the bed with a small shrug. "I don't mind. But does this make us similar to Adam and Eve?"
The blush on Gabriel's face deepened as Shura laughed loudly and Claudia giggled. "O-Of course not!"
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Author's Notes: Finally done with the chapter as you can see, Vince was really put through th ringer. Working on it was a bit difficult for a lack of free time and a few writer blocks but I managed. Hopefully everyone likes it.
Siegfried is stronger than Vince and he's more refined in his swordsmanship, however there's more than one way to win a fight.
As for Vince's changes... Well as you can see Ddraig and Albion's influence are more potent in his appearance and incase anybody was wondering, that attack Vince did on Jeanne is Dragon Fang from Fire Emblem, Fates.
For the issue regarding Divide not really affecting Vince, it's simple. If he has little to no energy to halve then I'm pretty sure there won't be much to halve.
Just to further clarify, the reason why Vince was able to fight and deal that much Ddraig and Albion's powers is mainly due to them being more focused on each other in the earlier half and Arondight's ability helping him and just took advantage of the situation. There's also the fact that they're fighting on pure instinct, nothing more. Despite that, Vince still came out of the fight pretty tired and banged up.
Yume's origins will be revealed very soon. I won't say exactly when.
The reason why Shura and Gabriel are there will be explained in the next chapter.
That's all I have to say for now, I hope everyone enjoys this chapter and take care.