Here I present myself with a new translated chapter!

This time, I present to you the end of this battle. And with this, there is only one more chapter left to finish this arc.

As you know, it's time for the reviews:

Cobin Michael: I don't think there's a word that defines Thor better than " scumbag". I tried to do it in a different way than the comic book image everyone knows, as well as likening him to the Thor from God of War, although this one is even more annoying. I mean, the Thor in this story doesn't respect anyone, while in God of War you could see that he had some respect for very specific people. All in all, it's good to have gotten that unpleasant feeling when talking about this God, because that's just what I was going for.

Now it's time to get started.

Enjoy!

"I can't believe you forced me to use all my power."

Issei's eyes grew completely wide as he felt Thor position himself behind him as he delivered a death glare with his one good eye.

He didn't even have time to turn around as a large amount of lightning bolts pierced through numerous parts of his body and completely shattered his armor, causing him to fall to the ground in a dull thud.

Issei slowly turned his face as blood began to adorn his figure. His eye parked on the raised hammer that was beginning to concentrate a large amount of lightning.

"I must admit that I have underestimated you, but you certainly can no longer continue to fight. After all, I doubt you can move, and if that's not reason enough, remember that you're bleeding from your shattered arm." The God declared earnestly, then frowned.

"This ends here."

Tiamat and Penemue were already preparing to jump into the battlefield as they noticed that such an attack would easily end Issei's life.

But just before they interrupted the battle, a huge hologram distracted everyone, including Thor himself, who stopped his attack.

"The 15 minutes have already elapsed. Now, I will proceed to show you the position of Rossweisse." Odin declared, then revealed an image in the hologram that left everyone silent.

That was because Rossweisse was in the only place that had not been destroyed by the battle.

That place was the subway.

"So that's where she's hiding?" Thor smiled, but that moment of distraction cost him dearly when he felt someone approaching on his back.

To his luck, the God had enough reaction to use his ice arm to parry the attack that probably would have left him somewhat dazed, since he wasn't wearing his distinctive armor.

"But how is it possible that he can keep moving in that state?" Thought the God in complete disbelief as he saw Issei standing a few meters away with the Triaina form activated.

"Don't you dare go after her when our fight isn't over yet." Issei stated in a halting tone, though he looked good posture.

A rather strange smile crossed Thor's face after hearing those words.

"In fact, I've come up with a wonderful idea." Declared the God as his large armor returned to his body.

"What...?" Issei couldn't probe any further, as he felt Thor grab him tightly by the neck and began dragging him at a great speed through the rubble without him being able to do anything about it.

"Here's the stop!" Shouted the God with a huge grin as he slammed Issei's body with great forcefulness on the rubble, getting the whole floor to shatter into a thousand pieces.

That action caused them both to fall to the subsoil, and Issei caught Rossweisse's horrified and worried look when he saw her.

"I-Issei..." She couldn't help but cry with great horror at the sight of the deplorable condition her future lover was in, as part of his armor had been broken off by the god, thus leaving his shattered arm and various small, not very deep holes in his shoulder and one of his legs exposed.

Finally, the protagonist fell like a sack of potatoes to the ground, being several meters away from Rossweisse. He simply got up as if nothing while regenerating his armor.

Issei fixed his gaze on Ross for a short second, and the Valkyrie couldn't help but feel her heart clench with great pain.

That bitter feeling was because of what the man who cared for her so much did...

Despite the deplorable condition he was in, he gave her a bloodied smile before materializing the helmet.

All the debris caused by the commotion was suddenly destroyed as Thor emerged from it, holding his typical arrogant grin.

"I suppose the most fitting punishment for people like you is not death, but snatching that which they desire right out from under their noses." Declared the God with smug airs.

CHAPTER 69: GLORY TO THE SEKIRYUUTEI!

"I don't know what you mean by that, but I'm not going to let you take her." Issei declared with absolute seriousness, getting the God to widen his smile a little.

"So you don't understand? Perhaps I should express these facts to you in a more visual way so you can understand what I want to convey." Thor replied as he folded his arms, causing Issei to look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"In a more visual way?" He asked him.

"It is a fact that brute force is not a way I can talk sense into you. For that very reason, I will have to show you the difference that exists between your misguided way of living and mine." The God raised his hand, pointing at Rossweisse.

"There is the proof of it." God declared with a huge grin on his face.

"But what the hell are you talking about?" Issei ranting, as it was impossible for him to understand such twisted thoughts of the God.

And, in fact, those thoughts were far more twisted than he would have liked.

In part, Issei could sense that was a fact due to the God's emerging sickly grin that tensed his entire body.

"What I mean is that I have no weaknesses, while you have a very pronounced one..." Issei's gaze widened slightly as he vaguely understood what he was talking about.

"And I mean..." The God's grin widened in a sinister way as he buried his hand in the ground.

"TO THIS ONE!"

Rossweisse's eyes widened in sheer stupefaction as she witnessed a massive amount of spiky ice heading towards her at an inescapable speed, so she could only close her eyes and wait for the impalement.

The sound of ice crashing against something other than her body echoed through the shattered subway, forcing her to open her eyes as she felt hot liquid crash against her face.

Her face covered in shock and surprise slowly changed to one completely horrified at the sight she was witnessing.

Droplets of blood were falling non-stop from Issei's armor as he remained with his gaze downcast. His only functional hand was holding a huge chunk of ice that was piercing his abdomen while the other parts of his body were affected to a lesser extent by the rest of the attack, but at a glance one could see that the attack had dealt him damage that bordered on irreversible.

Rossweisse could not even cry at such an image that was being engraved in her head, and just hearing Issei's agitated breathing only made her terror and helplessness grow to unsuspected levels.

But she could only sit there.

She could not decide for herself, as had happened in many parts of her life.

She was simply left to sink under her own misery because of that foul God who cared only for himself.

Even she could do nothing when she saw how a person so close and important to her was utterly determined to die to save her...

"You see? This is what caring about someone other than yourself breeds." God declared earnestly. "The only thing it breeds is despair, worry and anguish."

"Hey..." Issei coughed blood, drawing Thor and Ross' attention as he dematerialized his helmet.

Issei slowly turned his face away, not caring a bit at the God's words.

"Are you alright? That's a relief..." Rossweisse's eyes couldn't get any bigger at such a statement from the protagonist, who was giving her a big smile despite his pitiful condition.

"Why are you looking at me like that? This is just scratches!" Issei tried to laugh, but failed miserably as he coughed up quite a bit of blood.

Rossweisse's eyes began to well up with tears, and just as she was about to say something to him, her eyes widened in horror once again as she noticed how a silhouette suddenly rose up behind Issei.

The protagonist was jolted by a resounding blow that shattered all the ice and sent him to the ground immediately, causing him to vomit a large amount of blood in progress.

"I hope you enjoyed your talk." Declared The God with a huge smile covered in glee as he grabbed Rossweisse by the ass and hoisted her over his shoulder as if she were a mere sack.

"Because this will be the last time you will talk to her!"

The God shouted with great jubilation as a huge column of ice was created lowered his feet, functioning as an elevator before Issei's frustrated gaze and Rossweisse's gritted teeth from the helplessness of not even being able to move.

"ROSSWEISSE!" Issei shouted and his armor regenerated, spreading his wings in a poor attempt to catch up to the man as his speed was very uneven due to the condition he was in.

"ROSSWEISSE!" Issei shouted again as he extended one of his hands.

"JUMP!"

Thor couldn't help but look over his shoulder at such a stupid statement.

"Have you forgotten the rules already, you bratty idiot?" The God sneered with his typical smug laugh as he continued to climb his way up to reach the outside.

Rossweisse's gaze lifted slightly after hearing a strange sound.

Her eyes slowly widened as she saw the beautiful pendant that had detached from her neck and fell over her eyes.

At that moment, all time seemed to stop for her.

"The first time we came to the fair I noticed you had looked at it a lot. I hope you still like it."

The strong memories hit Rossweisse's mind.

"Don't worry, I can pay. I can see you've worked hard and you don't have much money, so don't worry about this. It's just a detail, a way of saying thank you, since, even if they are fake dates, I really had a great time with you."

The memory of Issei handing her a toothy smile popped into her mind.

"I hope we'll do it again!"

The most recent memory of Issei saving her from that cowardly attack by the God struck her mind as she related it to his words in the past when they had just met.

"What?! I don't want to be stronger to be more of a man!"

Issei leaned against those railings of Asgard as he smiled fondly as he watched Tiamat and Penemue having fun training together.

"I just want to become stronger so I can protect them. So I can protect all those people who are important to me. I want them to be well, I want them to be very happy..."

Issei looked at her for a short second, giving her a toothy smile.

And at that moment, the image of Issei's bloodied smile as he saved her from Thor's attack came back into her head.

"And you too are among those people I wish to protect!"

Rossweisse's hand slowly lifted towards the pendant as the memories still continued to pound in her mind.

"Do you think he can also save me from myself in the future?"

Rossweisse asked with great sadness to Odin, who immediately became serious at her words.

The god seemed to ponder his words, so it was easy to see that he was thinking of a correct answer.

"Before I believe that he can save you from your future with my son..."

In those moments, the memory of the kiss the two of them shared shone in her mind as never before.

That was a reality she had wanted to bury deep in her heart.

But the truth was that she had loved that kiss.

She had loved it because she loved Issei with all her being.

Odin looked at her, frowning slightly at the last words he was about to say:

"First you have to free you from yourself, and that is something only you can do."

At the time she had not understood her adoptive father's words.

But now...

Now that her hand was brushing against that pendant that held all those wonderful memories together with that man she loved so much...

Now was when she could understand them.

She had spent so much of her life in silence because of this foul God.

Now...

Would she continue to act that way when the man she loved was tearing his body apart for the simple purpose of trying to reach her?

The answer was obvious to her.

It was so obvious, it was all summed up in one simple but blunt word:

"NOOOOO!"

Thor fell to his knees in complete disbelief as a massive amount of ice crushed him on his back, and the one who had caused that was Rossweisse herself, who jumped straight at the collar to catch it in her hands.

"ROSSWEISSE, JUMP!" Issei shouted again with his hand outstretched, watching as Rossweisse peeked out from the edge of the huge pillar of ice that had abruptly stopped its growth.

"ROSSWEISSE!"

The Valkyrie clung to the collar with all her might and tears began to stream down her face without stopping.

"ROSSWEISSE!"

But this time they were tears of relief that took care of burying those hundreds of years she stood in a corner completely silent.

"ROSSWEISSE!"

And that bitter, suicidal pressure on her soul collapsed just as her body did when she let herself fall into the abyss.

Then, a few last words emerged from her desperate and emotional lips:

"ISSEI!"

Answering her call, the protagonist cradled her in his arms as carefully as possible, as if she were the most fragile thing in the world.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to let anyone hurt you ever again." Issei comforted her in a tight embrace as he felt the Valkyrie vent on his chest.

But, such an emotional moment must always be interrupted by heartless beasts.

"GIVE HER BAAAAAAAACK!"

Thor screamed with a madness and anger never seen before as a huge amount of chains were shot straight towards Issei that didn't seem to differentiate between his target or Rossweisse.

Issei gritted his teeth hard at his words and began to dodge all the chains by a miracle. In a moment, his face was tilted upwards, watching as the God descended from the huge column of ice.

At that moment, the God's word resounded again in Issei's head like a drum.

"IS WANTING TO BE HAPPY SO MUCH TO ASK FOR A VALKYRIE QUEEN?"

Those heartbreaking words coupled with Rossweisse's smiling and completely broken face made his eyes widen beyond measure.

"Fucking asshole..." Issei whispered with a tone of death as his teeth gnashed in great fury as he continued to dodge the chains.

"BOOST!"

"BOOST!"

"BOOST!"

"SHE'S NOT A FUCKING OBJECT!"

Issei's scream echoed throughout as Thor approached him, coming inches away from delivering a blow that would likely kill him.

"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHAT YOU SAY!"

Roared the God in anger, but just before the blow impacted...

Just at that instant, Issei's figure moved at a speed completely abnormal to that demonstrated so far.

"BOOSTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

A huge crimson blast spread throughout the subway that destroyed everything in its path.

"What the...?!" Tiamat's eyes widened in complete shock at what she witnessed.

"That was only generated by a burst of pure power!" Penemue confirmed the dragoness' suspicions.

"Albion?" Vali remained unmoved as he felt the overwhelming power bristle his skin.

"That's right, Vali." Was the dragon's simple reply.

"After a thousand years of the Boosted Gear's creation..." Vali declared to himself, watching as a flash of crimson emerged amidst all the dust.

Rossweisse slowly opened her eyes, and her shock soon hit her when found that Issei was wearing armor she had never seen before.

"Finally someone managed to awaken the purest state of the Welsh Dragon, the Second Evolution." Vali concluded, seeing how even Issei himself was quite surprised at the change he felt about his body and armor.

Rosswell rose from his seat with the intention of stopping the Ceremony, but Odin denied him passage when he raised his hand.

"But Lord Odin, she broke the rules..." The albino tried to explain himself, but the God interrupted him with his voice.

"She was finally able to make an important decision when that choice had been denied her for hundreds of years." Odin gave him a sidelong glance, then frowned slightly.

"You're going to deny your own sister this moment?"

Rosswell stood completely static at the god's words. The albino finally came to a decision and returned to his seat to see how this all ended.

A large amount of debris flew out of the depths of the large crater. Amidst all the dust and destruction could be seen as Thor made an appearance with a rather unique condition, as he was now missing not just one arm, but both.

"I couldn't do it, so no one can do it..." The God whispered words coated in madness to himself in an attempt to convince himself that he was absolutely right.

"Least of all a being who is so much inferior to me!" Thor exclaimed in a final flash of anger, creating his two arms of ice after such words as his gaze focused beyond the large crater that had been generated by the collapse of the subway.

"DO YOU HEAR ME?!"

The God screamed at the top of his lungs as the coating of ice became more and more prominent on his body with no sign of stopping.

Issei made a somewhat forced landing in an attempt to keep Rossweisse as safe as possible in his arms.

"Issei, your body..." The Valkyrie looked at him with enormous concern as she saw how even blood ran through his armor.

"Don't worry, we can all rest once I'm done with this." Issei dematerialized his helmet to give her a smile as he set her down gently.

Just as the Valkyrie Queen touched the ground, Issei grunted at the sudden pain and fell to his knees.

"After this, I'm going to be really screwed." Declared the young man with a small laugh.

With that comment he not only sought to soothe Rossweisse, but also himself.

No one knew his body as well as he did, and he knew how far he was going beyond his limits in almost every way.

"At least let me treat your wounds a bit before we go on..." Rossweisse approached him as she created a large amount of ice in her hand.

But before he could do anything, all the ground and debris began to crack, an event that Issei caught instantly.

The protagonist took the Valkyrie in his arms and leapt away, watching as the entire ground where he was standing before began to sink.

Issei left Rossweisse and landed in front of her protectively at the same time as he watched a huge ice colossus emerge from the large crater.

"The time has come to end this." Thor declared with a terrified look, who was commanding the colossus from the center of the head.

"That's why it was that size when I first saw it." Issei thought aloud as he saw that Thor's hammer had taken on a much more prominent size than a few moments ago.

The protagonist raised his hand and took several steps forward as he watched Rossweisse out of the corner of his eye.

"You stay here. I'll handle this." Was Issei's request, who continued to move forward until he was just a few meters away from the colossus.

"I hope you're ready to taste the bloodlust of my hammer." Declared the God in a solemn manner at the same time as a great amount of lightning began to surround the entire colossus. "Just so you know, even I am far from being able to dodge Mjolnir's lightning bolts."

"Had that been the case I would have been in big trouble before..." Issei gave him a big feral grin just before materializing his helmet.

His thin armor glowed with great energy as he extended his one good hand upwards.

"But I know this new armor is much more than just a pretty design!"

Thor's eyes narrowed for a second.

"THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN!"

A large number of lightning bolts shot towards Issei as the hammer swung violently to the front.

The lightning bolts reached their target so fast that almost no one could notice their trajectory before they hit the ground.

It was natural for everyone to think that Issei would have no business with such speed.

But those who could follow such speed did not overlook what actually happened. Even Thor himself noticed, and his expression reflected it.

Or rather, he hadn't exactly realized what had happened.

Therefore, he could only think of one word in the face of such an event:

"He disappeared?" The God said to himself in utter disbelief due to the fact that he lost track of Issei almost instantly.

The God didn't have to look much further for his target, as Issei's figure appeared between the colossus' legs like a ghost. Thor couldn't even react and only deigned to be shocked when Issei delivered a powerful kick to the colossus' pelvis that shattered his lower half and sent him flying into the sky.

"Awesome!" Was all Azazel could say as he watched the huge ice colossus split in half fly high above the battlefield completely destroyed.

Issei followed it in flight practically instantly with the intention of taking advantage of that moment of bewilderment on the God's part, but his run was cut short when he felt his entire body throb with pain, forcing him to cough up a large amount of blood.

"It's not time to rest yet, body!" Issei shouted to himself, but it was too late.

Thor regained his sanity upon himself and the colossus burst out of icy power. His body was decorated by two large propellers on his shoulders that kept him in flight while his lower half regenerated.

"THIS IS OVER NOW!" Roared the God just as the entire colossus was adorned with a large amount of lightning bolts along with several very dangerous ice shards spinning around it.

Seeing Issei approaching at an enormous speed, the God didn't hesitate and swung his hammer violently, causing a huge stream of lightning, ice and energy to decorate the battlefield. But that only lasted a short second, as all that demonstration by the God was completely overshadowed by the strong crimson light.

"Impossible!" Was all he could think as he felt the colossus' arm being completely shattered by Issei's katana.

"I have to regenerate fast...!" The god invested a large amount of magic in rebuilding his arm almost instantly.

But the word almost was the key.

For that small instant was enough for Issei to position himself face to face before the massive colossus, causing Thor's eyes to blink in utter amazement.

"AAAAAGAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" Issei screamed in agonizing pain as he found strength from deep within his spirit to move his shattered arm in order to grab the katana with both hands.

And just at that moment, a huge burst of power suffocated the god completely.

Issei's teeth clenched until they almost broke as he gathered all possible strength in his arms.

And in that instant, a large amount of crimson magic burst from the edge of the weapon.

"BLOODY TWILIGHT: THOUSAND LIGHTNING BOLTS!"

The myriad of magical ripples created darkened the sector for moments, causing the ice colossus to glow noticeably just before these attacks smashed into him.

Huge blasts echoed over and over again at an incredible speed, causing the ice colossus to shatter into smaller and smaller pieces until all that was left of him was the God who was completely bewildered at what had happened.

"Mjolnir!" The God called out his hammer in one swift motion, but could only use it to cover his face as he saw that Issei was already in front of him.

Thor's one eye lit up as Issei's entire arm was decorated by a very thick crimson energy.

That same eye trembled with great horror as his hammer began to crack from the protagonist's fist.

Then, the following words resounded before the great blast:

"SEPULTURE OF ICEEEEEEEEEE!"

The hammer shattered into a thousand pieces and the blow impacted full on the face of the God, causing his face to contort in an abnormal manner. Just at that moment, a huge burst of crimson energy emerged from Issei's fist that generated a great shockwave of destruction that shook the entire surrounding area.

Tiamat and Penemue stood up with a huge proud smile that was impossible to hide after seeing the techniques their student had used.

"I can't believe it!" Azazel thought in utter disbelief as he covered himself in the large amount of dust and small debris that reached even his position. "The brat just used two destructive magical techniques of a superlative level!"

Everyone watched in complete silence as the dust began to slowly disappear. The first thing that could be witnessed was a huge amount of ice that had a person on top of it.

That person was Thor, and for obvious reasons almost everyone's jaws dropped at the sight of him.

The God was lying on top of the rubble with his eyes rolled back in his head and his open mouth that wouldn't stop bleeding from all his missing teeth.

"Issei!" Rossweisse called out to him with great concern as he was nowhere to be seen, but she didn't have to wait much longer.

She and everyone watched as an already armorless Issei emerged through all the dust, standing in front of the Valkyrie.

The protagonist raised his cell phone to show the photo of the fair in which she was smiling.

And then, at that moment Issei's words came back to Rossweisse's mind.

"I just want you to smile again like before."

A big smile covered with happiness covered the Valkyrie's face as she cried nonstop, and that gesture was more than enough for Issei to hand her a weak smile.

"I had said that the first time I was able to talk seriously with you." Azazel thought, watching as the brown fell unconscious in Rossweisse's arms.

Azazel smiled, remembering those first encounters with the one who was like an adopted son to him.

"I knew you would grow up to be amazing, Issei."

END OF CHAPTER!

I hope you enjoyed it!

And here ends one of the most important fights, if not the most important. Thanks to this Rossweisse was finally released and can express her true feelings.

All short, Issei is going to have to get ready in the next chapter to have his first official mistress.

Leaving that aside, the next chapter is the end of the arc, and there will be a lot of good and bad things.

That's all I'm saying, I just hope you continue to enjoy each and every update.

Thank you so much for the support, and thank you so much for reading!