Kuoh Academy Exterior

"Huh~?" Shi blinks once. "Now that's interesting~" A piece of metal rolls across the floor towards him, stopping directly in front of Shi.

It's the head of Shi's Knight.

"A clean cut, huh Knight Knight-kun~?" Shi looks up. Standing in front of Duval is a blond haired highschool student. Shi recognizes the sword in the boy's hand. "Oh my~ Isn't Gram a bit too much for a youngun like you to handle?"

"It's Kiba Yuuto. I'm the Gremory family's [Knight]."

"Nyahahaha~How proper! As expected of a [Knight]~!" Shi points his finger at Kiba, making a gunshot motion. "You look like lady-killer Kiba-kun~"

"My life exists solely for my master." Kiba answers coolly.

"Kyah~!" Shi mimics a girl swooning. "How cool~!" Shi smiles. "JK~! I don't swing that way~~Though, the two of us do have something in common~" A sheath suddenly appears in Shi's hand. "We both dedicate our lives to the one's who we respect~~" Shi points the sheathed blade towards Kiba. "My name is Shi, one of the [Twin Swordsmen] of [Testament]. For our leader's honor, I'll cut you down." Kiba, in response, shifts his foot backwards, Gram raised in preparation for battle.


Kuoh Academy Interior

"Eh?" Mark looks at the ground. Around his ankle, Sona's hand is gripped tight. "What are you doing?"

"...NOW!" Sona screams. Immediately, a seal appears below Mark.

"?!" Mark's eyes widen in surprise. Black flames explode from the seal, consuming Mark. At the same time, the doors burst open. A massive wolf runs through the doorway, before leaping into the air and slashing Mark. Immediately afterwards, a female reaper rises from the floor directly behind Mark. With a swift movement, the girl slashes Mark's back with her scythe. Mark, the black flames continuing to engulf him, falls to one knee.

"AAAHHHH!" A roar pierces through the air. Suddenly, the roof of the Student Council room explodes. A massive dragon head peers down, its eyes burning with hatred. "BURN!" The black flames around Mark suddenly increase in strength.

"...How about no?" Suddenly, the flames around Mark are dispelled. Mark looks up at the dragon. "The Prison Dragon, Vritra? How annoying." Mark glances his new assailants. "A half-breed and the daughter of a Reaper." Mark snorts. "These new peerages are getting odder and odder with each generation."

"...Die." The wolf says simply, leaping at Mark. Mark, with the calmness of someone doing Tai Chi, draw one of the swords in the ground and slashes upwards. A crimson wave explodes from the wolf's flank as Mark's blade slashes the wolf's skin apart.

"Hiya!" The Reaper, taking advantage of Mark's sudden opening, spins around and slashes with her scythe. This time, the blade hits. Or at least, that's what it looks like.

"...Nice try." Mark says simply. The scythe is frozen an inch from Mark's skin. "But not good enough."

"...crap." The Reaper spits out blood. Embedded in her stomach is a small blade.

In the instant before the Reaper's scythe could touch Mark, Mark had summoned a dagger and kicked it directly into her stomach. Suddenly, ropes explode from the ground and grab at Mark's body. "Hmm?" Mark tilts his head slightly. Suddenly, he feels his strength beginning to drain. "Oh!"

"Nice one, Saji-sempai." The Reaper smiles, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth. "Drain this man's power and drag him to hell!"

"[Absorption Line]?" Mark can feel the ropes draining his power and blood at an accelerated rate. "How troublesome." Mark, to the horror of the Sitri peerage, effortlessly pulls his right arm free from the ropes.

"What the-"

"I guess I don't have a choice anymore." Mark sighs. "This is your fault for not just letting me kill you immediately." Mark's body begins to emit an ominous light. "Awaken, my [Neo-Longinus]!"

Neo Longinus?! Sona, barely conscious, feels her body tense at those words. With great effort, she opens her mouth. "Servants, run-"

"[Phantom Blades]." The words barely leave Mark's mouth before the entire room is bathed in light.


Kuoh Academy, Exterior.

Shi's and Kiba's blades clash. The very earth cracks with each impact. Gram, glowing with its unholy light, unleashes waves of fire and brimstone with every strike. Shi's sheathed sword however, easily parries and negates each of Gram's waves.

"You're pretty good~" Shi laughs, parrying another attack. Suddenly, swords explode from the ground, aiming to skewer Shi. "Ne~" Shi hops into the air, dodging the surprise attack. "How scary~"

Kiba jumps backwards. Sweat is flowing freely down his face. His breath is coming out in short breaths. Kiba could feel Gram hungrily draining his life force. At any moment, Kiba's legs would just give in.

Shi on the other hand, was casually swinging his sheathed blade around in a circle.

"Awwww~Is that all you've got~?" Shi asks casually. "I haven't even released my sword yet~!"

"Ha-Ha-" Kiba breaths deeply in an attempt to regain his energy. His vision is getting blurry from exhaustion. "I..can still fight!" Kiba roars, launching himself forward.

"Ahahahahah~! That's more like it!" Shi's face splits into a massive grin. "Come on~! Play with me more~!"

Kiba, using all his strength, swings Gram. A gigantic wave of destruction erupts from the blade's tip. The wave, far larger than the previous ones, tears up the earth as it flies towards Shi.

Shi, like a cat, jumps straight into the air, easily clearing the wave by a few meters. "Nyancat Jump~!"

"...got you." Kiba mumbles, spinning around and releasing another slash.

"Aiyah~! I can't dodge~!" Shi cries in alarm, having realized his inability to dodge in midair. "No choice then~! [Chaos Style: Rainbow Spectrum Nyan Super Slash]~!"

A rainbow tinged wave of energy explodes from Shi's sheathed sword. Upon converging with Kiba's wave, the resulting explosion sends Kiba flying backwards.

Shi on the other hand, effortlessly flips in the air, before landing softly on the ground.

"Ahahahahaha~! That was pretty good ne~! I didn't think I'd have to use an actual technique~! Well, if you consider that an actual technique~!" Shi giggles.

Kiba on the other hand, doesn't answer, having fallen unconscious after releasing his final attack.


Kuoh Academy, Interior.

"Huh." Mark looks around the room. The bloody remains of the Sitri peerage are splattered all over the walls. "That was...fast."

"Cough." A single cough emits from the ground. Mark looks down. At his feet, Azazel is lying.

"Oh, you survived the first wave? That's pretty impressive."

"Gah! That was-that was." Azazel gasps for breath. "That shouldn't be possible! The [System] shouldn't be able to-" Azazel's voice trails off. "...it can't be?"

A gigantic grin suddenly appears on Mark's face. "I see you've figured it all out, Fallen Angel leader."

"You-You're insane!" Azazel spits out blood. "Messing with that?! Do you even know what could go wrong-"

"For a mad scientist, you're surprisingly narrow-minded." Mark bends down and pats Azazel's head. "Of course we know what we're doing. We're cleansing the world of its filth."

"You're insane! If you use that Lon-" Before Azazel can finish, Mark palm crashing down onto Azazel's head.

The ground beneath Azazel cracks from the insane force of the blow.

"Well that was anti-climatic." Mark stands up and stretches. "Though he should be arriving soon. I hope he'll prove to be more entertaining than this."