AN: Hello and welcome to next chapter of The Road of Domination.
Now it's time to test the skills of Issei's members and what better way then fighting against some of the well trained warriors of Asgard the Valkiries.
This is the one of 3 chapters where Issei's group will face the music with the 3 chapter being Issei vs ? (hehe you will found out who is going to be his opponent.)
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It was the morning that will prove to be the one of the most challenging one so far. With Issei and his gang still in the rooms, provided by the Norse God's sleeping, in the Great Hall of the Norse, Odin with a few other God's, Valkyries and some Asgardian's discussed their course of action.
"So, my children what do you think about this turn of events?" Odin asked in his serious voice, taking this seriously as it should be.
"Father, I think we should just send them back. The dead should stay dead." The one with long golden hair dressed in golden armor and holding a large hammer said to Odin.
"That would normally be the best choice Thor, but we aren't talking about any mortal. We are talking about the strongest Valkyrie that ever-lived with power and battle prowess even excides mine. Not to mention she is also a champion of Lord Perun, and I don't think that he will be pleased to hear that there was someone willing to revive his champion and we didn't help or at least point the way for them." The Valkyr said. She was the woman in her late 40's with long silver hair and ruby eyes.
"I agree with Göndul. We aren't talking about someone unimportant, we are talking about Elsha. And the host of Red Dragon Emperor looks strong enough to actually serve as our ally if need be. Also, I'm sure that it's not wise to piss off a dragon, especially a Heavenly one." Frigga said as she leaned in her throne seat a bit.
"How can you be sure that he is strong mother? I didn't feel that he is that strong." Thor said with a bit of irritation.
"I'm certain that he is, but how about this, we put him and his companions to a test? Let them fight against some of our stronger members to gauge their strength. If they manage to survive say 10 minutes in the battle against our warriors will that be enough for you Thor to acknowledge their strength?" Frigga told him, making Thor grunt a bit.
"Fine b..." Thor said before he was cut off by Göndul.
"BUT, to make it fair the Red Dragon shouldn't fight a God, that would be an easy victory for any God that fight him. He is only what 15-16 and he didn't have time to gather enough experience to fight someone who had millennium of it." Göndul quickly said trying to at least be fair to the youth.
"That is reasonable Göndul. Thor, since you doubt the Sekiryuutei strength, I will let you choose his opponent, as for the girls, Göndul I will let you pick, it's only fair to have you as our current commander of Valkyrie's to choose." Odin finally spoke getting a nod from the two.
"As you wish." Both Thor and Göndul spoke before they departed to seek their fighters for the upcoming test.
With the departure of the two, Odin turned his attention to the other's present.
"Now, I wish all of you to behave as normal, I don't want to hear anything or see something that will tarnish our name is that understood? Loki that specifically means to you." Odin sternly told everyone, making everyone nod while Loki the white-haired man in white suit grumble a bit before he nodded under Odin's fierce glare.
"Yes father." Loki grumbled a bit before walking off somewhere no doubt to scheme something about Ragnarök.
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It was noon when Issei and his harem woke up after yesterday's long and gruelling march from Skjolden to Asgard, as they were escorted by some guards to the Great Hall they were greeted by a large amount of food and the God waiting for them to have a nice meal before the serious stuff could begin.
"It's nice for you to finally join us, do take your seats dears, I'm sure you are hungry, we are going to eat first before we get down to business." Frigga said, as she mentioned to them to seat down and start eating which they did as some of the God's were already too into eating to notice them or they simply didn't care. With their stomach field full by the delicious food provided by their host's, the real meeting could begin.
"Now Sekiryuutei, what is that you wanted from us, and what is that you have to tell us?" Odin said after the breakfast was over.
"Yes, Lord Odin, what I want is some information on the whereabouts of the weapon that holds Elsha's soul and if it is possible for you to give us, or to instruct us where to look. As for the other information, I was asked to tell you this. The Christian Pantheon is going to meet at a still unknown location to me in a month or two. I was asked to tell you that Lord Lucifer Sirzechs would very much like if you would make yourself present for the peace and possibly alliance. From what I could gather from Lord Lucifer, it looks like that the Christian Patheon would very much like to have Norse faction as their allies, this invitation is also for the Slav faction." Issei told respectively.
"I see, I will tell you my answer in the upcoming days young one about the conference. As for the first part, I know where it is, but since I'm not the supreme god of the Slavs, I can't tell you where to go directly as it would insult them, so you would need to go Slavs first before they themselves decide to give you the all clear, and I can only tell you to whom to go first of them but... first you and your escort need to prove to me and the Gods of Asgard that you are strong enough to see this mission of yours till the end." Odin said calmly, shocking Issei and his group.
Seeing that he didn't have any choice in the matter Issei just nodded his head as he stepped forward a bit.
"Fine by me. I don't care if you hurt me till I'm only a breath away from death, but I will not allow for my friends and people I love to get hurt. So, I will only fight." Issei said as his gear appeared and started boosting his power. While both Odin and Frigga smiled just a tiny bit as his determination to protect and to go all way was easy to see.
"Why you little worm. All of you will fight, don't forget you are in our land and we decide who fights and who not." Thor angrily said as started to make his way towards the young Sekiryuutei.
"And like I said, I don't care if I die here, I will not allow them to fight. Even if you beat the crap out of me and kick me out, I will only train harder and harder until I can match anyone here. And even if that isn't enough, I will even at the cost of my own life to activate that drive. And I'm sure that everyone here knows what happens when its activated." Issei said with determination, as he also started to make his way towards the God of thunder and war. They stopped only a meter or two from each other, both angry at the other. It was a miracle that they didn't attack each other.
To the girls that were with him, it was a mixed emotion scene. While they were extremely happy that Issei will do anything to protect them, hearing him that he will go into Juggernaut Drive was something that made them panic as it was a death warrant for him. So, to stop him Lucy said something that shocked Issei to the core.
"Fine, if that is the wish of God's of Asgard then all of us will fight, name your candidates and we will demolish them, I for one will not stand by and watch my husband and King get ripped apart by battle after battle in my name." Lucy said with fury.
"L-Lucy?" Issei asked in shock.
"She is right Ise, we know that you will go all out without stopping, but we also know that you can go for so long. So, if we have to hurt ourselves to ensure that Elsha is back so be it. Also, we didn't slack around we all train also so we could keep up as much as possible with you." Chelsea said with a smile while Issei looked at them with wide eyes.
"Fine, but if it is too much for you guys surrender." Issei said seeing that he was fighting a losing battle.
While all of this was happening, Odin was very impressed at how the young boy was handling the situation. Sure, what he was doing was disrespectable but at the very same time, it was very honorable. Defending the girls that were very important to him was a good way for him to see his determination and it was very high something that was in Odin's book a very big plus.
Clearing his through Odin announced the first matchup of this test of power.
"Now settle down all of you. Seeing as the girls decided to go with this test. Sekiryuutei you can pick anyone to fight from your side except you. For you we have someone special. Now Göndul did you decided who is going first? Also, there would be no killing in this competition and your chosen warrior needs to last at least 10 minutes when the 10 minutes are up it will mean that they past. " Odin said calmly as he snapped his fingers transporting everyone to an arena of sorts that looked something like a Colosseum.
"Yes, my Lord. Arnett will go first from our side. After that is Asuna, then Ingrid, Theodora and lastly Rossweisse." Göndul spoke as the girls presented themselves to Issei's group.
As soon as they saw the mentioned girls, they could easily tell that they were very strong and beautiful, and Lucy and the girls in Issei's group we're a bit surprised that Issei didn't blush or anything similar to saying something impropriety. They could only guess that Issei was so much angry that even the busty Arnett and Rossweisse didn't make him at least nosebleed a bit.
"Now who will go first from your side?" Odin questioned.
"I will go first." Cassie said as she stepped forward while putting her two swords on her hands.
"You sure about that Cassie?" Issei asked with a bit of concern as he saw her march forward to face Arnett.
"Yes, I am. Think of this as my way of saying thank you for still keeping me around, and this is a good opportunity to show you my power and skill my future King." Cassie said with a wink and a smile while Issei was lost for words at what she said.
"Good luck out there Cassie!" Chelsea yelled as Cassie was making her way to the battle area.
"Thanks." Was all Cassie said before she turned completely serious.
"Ufufufu, looks like I get to chop someone's pretty body with my little dear. Lady Göndul is it all right if I go all out?" Arnett questioned while her eyes started sparkled with a sadistic gleam in them that only intensified when she saw her captain nod her head. Which caused her to laugh in happiness.
"We will see who is laughing when I'm finished with you." Cassie seriously said making Arnett stop her laughter as both girls took their stances and stared each other down.
"Well it will only be fair to intro the two. From Norse Faction the first to fight is Arnett McMillan and from Sekiryuutei's team is Cassie Lockheart." Göndul announced.
Seeing as both fighters were ready, Odin snapped his fingers, giving the go-ahead for the girls to start. Which as soon as they heard the starting sound they both rocketed down at each other with their weapons ready for blood.
As soon as they were close enough, they attacked with full force, as the weapons hit each other with tremendous force it created, earth shakes and a gust of wind. Seeing that they first strike wasn't enough to break their opponent's defense, both girls separated from each other for a bit.
"That was a good attack, tell me, were you an exorcist before coming here as a devil?" Arnett asked as she started spinning her scythe in front of her for a bit before lowering her upper body a bit with her weapon being behind her.
"Yes, I was. That devil saved me in more ways than one after I was excommunicated. So, I owe him a lot, and if it means fighting for him I will gladly do it." Cassie answered as she buckled her legs a bit lowering herself so that she could utilize her greatest weapon her speed with her blades in front of her in a boxer stance.
"Well, that is interesting. But now is chopping your limbs time hehe... get ready time for me to go full force. Hope you can keep up." Arnett said as she grinned sadistically, rocketing at Cassie with much more speed than before, surprising the greenette a bit.
With the element of surprise, Arnett managed to get close hit on Cassie, who barely managed to dodge a strike to her stomach. However, she was cut in the arm, making her scream a bit, though before Arnett could capitalize on her success Cassie spun around with her blades extended making the red-haired girl quickly back away.
"Damn it, she is fast! I need to go all out to beat her." Cassie thought as she charged at Arnett who took a defensive position while dodging and parrying the strikes from ex-exorcist.
"Looks like someone is finally deciding to stop this little shenanigan. Fine by me." Arnett thought as she blocked another strike from Cassie, before quickly sending a strong kick to the latter's stomach sending her back a bit and forcing her to kneel a bit from the impact.
"So, you finally ready to go all out?" Arnett casually asked as she slowly started to walk towards kneeling Cassie.
"Oh, yes. Time to end this little warmup. Hope you are now ready for real speed." Cassie said as she stood up and took her stance again which was followed by Arnett.
"Fine by me, come."
With those words, Cassie again charged at Arnett. But this time, instead of attacking head on, she started using attacks and the tricks that she picked up from her time as an exorcist. As the clash of steel was heard continuously. It was clear to everyone present, that it was only a matter of time before one of those to weapons wielding speedsters would manage to get the hit on the other, and as the attacks went and blow for blow and dealing as much damage to other as possible was the name of a game.
It was a very interesting battle to the Gods of the North, and they were pleased with how the mere mortal could hold the candle to one of the elite Valkyries they have. And it intrigued them to see how powerful other members of Red Dragon were.
While the North Gods were enjoying the battle of speed, the same couldn't be said for Issei who was barely containing himself to enter his armor and charge at Arnett to stop this fight. Both girls had their battle gears in taters with a lot of scars on their bodies, with blood leaking a bit. But he was stopped by Lucy, who was beside him and as she took his hand and squeezed it hard to calm him down. Turning his head so that he could look at her, Issei also saw that she wanted nothing more than to power up and charge in, but she was somehow stopping herself from doing it.
Deciding to turn around to see others in his party that came here, he saw that Chelsea was looking at the battle with a bit of awe and dread mixed in it as she saw Cassie taking a quick slash across her torso with her getting a hit on Arnett's left arm.
Murayama and Katase ,to Issei surprise, was surprisingly calm, as if they saw this kind of battle every day, well now that he thought about it they were captains of Kendo club so sword battles were where they mostly fought so it was only natural for those 2 to be calm about it somewhat. Though they were at awe at the pure speed that the two possessed.
As the battle of speed was still underway they could clearly see that despite Arnett being more powerful in terms of Raw power, her opponent was more of a technique type of a fighter with a speed to easily match her.
As the timer was coming closer and closer to a 10 min mark, Arnett decided to finish this with a big bang as it was her style of doing things. Separating from her opponent, the red-haired Valkyrie took a few deep breaths to get her breathing under control. She honestly didn't expect someone to match her speed and to be so much opposite to her, it was actually fun to fight the green haired girl. But now was time to finish this fight.
"You are really good. I didn't have this much fun in a while, but sadly all good things must come to an end." Arnett spoke with in exhausted tone as she lifted her right hand and pointed it towards Cassie who was also exhausted from the intensive battle she had.
"Same goes for you. And I couldn't agree more, time to finish this."
"Hehehe oh I will finish this off, I usually don't like doing this, but you are too troublesome." Arnett responded as a few magic circulars appeared around her with all of them shining different colors.
"I was wondering when you are going to attack me with magic, looks like I finally got my answer hehe..." Cassie said as she again took a stance getting ready for anything.
"Oh, I honestly don't like magic that much, but if it ensures my victory then I will use it, and with our current state, this battle is mine." Arnett confidently said as she let loose her magic attacks that were elemental.
Seeing the attacks coming, Cassie quickly jumped to the side, but as she did that, she realized how foolish that was as Arnett was on her the moment she moved from her spot. Though luckily for her at the moment that Arnett weapon was a cm from her neck, while her quick reflexes made sure that she would also give a fatal wound to Arnett in the process but the time run out before all of that could happen, thus stopping the fight and the fighters.
Seeing that the battle was a Draw, Odin couldn't help but clap at the splendid fight he witnessed, it was truly glorious to watch it, and of course seeing glorious bodies was a big bonus in his book, though that he needed to keep in himself as his wife was only half a meter away from him and could easily kick his ass, which he wanted to avoid at all cost.
"Very nicely done young ladies, the battle was very nicely fought. Arnett you were as always very much bloodthirsty that much is clear, and I see that you finally used your magic, looks like your opponent was very much capable. You, young lady Cassie, was truly a good match up to Arnett, looks like the Red Emperor got a very nice addition to his peerage. This battle is a victory for Cassie Lockheart by 10 minutes regulation, but in essence, it could be very much said it was a true Tie, who knows what would happen if you two continued to battle." Göndul said as she walked onto the field only to find both girls laying on the ground heavily exhausted, which she found amusing.
"What are you talking about my Lady?" Arnett asked as she was still on the ground with Cassie utterly exhausted.
"It is simple Arnett, had the battle continued both of you would killed each other." Göndul answered shocking the Issei and his group while Arnett was lost for words.
"..."
"Yes Arnett, Cassie may be dead by your struck to her neck, but you would be stabbed through the heart, and both of your "final" attacks were well quite, literally, final." Göndul explained before a magic circular appeared under the two exhausted girls healing their injuries.
With the healing done, Göndul turned to Asuna and mentioned to her to help Arnett which she did, while Murayama and Chelsea helped Cassie up to her feet and towards the other 3 waiting for them. As soon as the girls were near Issei and the other two girls, Katase and Lucy inspected her for any more injuries that might slip by the Veteran Valkyr, and after a whole minute or so of inspecting Lucy brought Cassie into a tight hug.
"Idiot, you don't know how worried we were." Lucy lightly scolded Cassie who just giggled a bit.
"Sorry, I was heaving to much fun fighting Arnett, she is like my White dragon opponent hahaha." Cassie jokingly said making Lucy sigh while the other girls giggle a bit.
"Well that aside at least you are all right now Cas, also don't try to go suicidal if you can help it, okay? Also, we will talk about what you said after this is over." Issei said as he hugged Cassie who blushed deeply from the affection he gave her, but she gladly returned the hug while putting her head softly on his shoulder.
"I will try, and yes we will, I feel ready to tell you all." Cassie said as she got a nod from everyone.
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While the first battle was underway, deep in the mountains of Asgard a lone warrior was making his way towards the city dressed in heavy armor with bearskin over him like robe while having a huge shield and sword strap on his back. As the man looked towards the mighty city, he couldn't help but have a cold bloodthirsty smile that would sent shivers down even the mightiest of God's spines.
He was after all called to come to the capital of the Norse to fight a legendary Red Dragon Emperor, that was something that the man couldn't but not answer, it was so long since he fought against someone that hold the power of Heavenly Dragons, and he could never forget the delight he felt as he fought them, they were much to his licking, strong, independent, brave but what he loved about them was their brutality and in some that he fought pure barbarity that only excited him and made him want more.
As the man walked forward he couldn't be happier that he got this call from Thor and he needed to thank the God of War for this when he see his soon.
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With the first battle over, and a bit of break, it was time for the next match up to come forward, and like the last time, it was up to Göndul to announce who will come from the Norse while Issei would do it for his team.
"For the second battle from the Norse faction its Asuna Yuuki." Göndul said as Asuna step up to the field with her rapier at the ready.
"Then I will go, my name is Murayama Yamazaki." Murayama said as she stepped forward.
"Let's have a fair fight Murayama Yamazaki." Asuna said sincerely as she took her position.
"Yes, lets Asuna Yuuki." Murayama said as she lifted her arm a bit, creating a tear in the air as a sword that looked like a katana with a blood red outline and black hand grip come out of it which she gript in her hand before taking her stance also.
Seeing as the two next fighters were ready, Odin again gave the signal for the battle to start, and with 2 mighty battle cries, the two girls launched at each other.
Done.
AN: Just to note. Murayama doing what Xenovia did isn't that hard if you got training form Lucy and Grayfia, as for the sword it will be mentoned in the next chapter how she got it and all.
For the vote I will leave it until he finish his Norse episode, so you still have time to vote which would you like new or old peerage.
As always leave a review if you like it or not. And if you have any suggestions about how you think it would go with Slav challenges.
Till next time guy bye-bey.