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Chapter 22

—Ed. Prudence is a good advantage in a battle. But abusing it can cost you your life—

Roland to Edzard in 194 C.E.

Asia's eyes were wide. In front of her was a middle-aged man in his forties with dark silver hair and hazel eyes. His hair was long and he had a goatee-shaped beard. Furthermore, he possessed a bottomless and creepy aura around his body. He wore a white robe with silver armor with gold trim and decorations, and underneath a blue suit.

Asia began to rise slowly while her eyes remained fixed on both Valerie and the stranger. She knew that he was very strong, since otherwise he would never have been able to send Edzard flying.

"Wow. I didn't expect to find a human around here." said the stranger with a smile.

Asia looked at the stranger as she tried to analyze his power level. Her eyes widened when he realized that he was ridiculously more powerful than her. In fact, his power level was on the same level as Edzard's.

"Don't look at me so much, you'll make me blush."

Asia blinked in confusion. She didn't understand why this guy was saying that.

"Who are you? What do you want with Valerie?" demanded Asia.

The stranger raised an eyebrow and showed a smile.

"You really have the guts to speak to me like that. You don't really understand your situation. But hey, I'm in a good mood. So go before I change my mind."

After speaking and without giving any importance to Asia, he began to walk away. He was walking in the direction of where Euclid was unconscious.

Asia watched as the stranger began to walk away. When she felt the effect of the potion she had drunk end, she got up and started running after the stranger. When she could see it, she raised her right hand and released a fireball.

The fireball quickly traveled the distance that separated Asia and the stranger. When the spell was about to hit him, the stranger dodged like nothing, then turned and dropped Valerie's body abruptly.

"Did you really miss your chance to run away?" The stranger said with a smile on his face. "Well, better for me."

After saying that, the stranger appeared in front of Asia and kneed her in the stomach.

"Gahhh." Asia spat out a bit of blood thanks to the force of that blow.

After hitting her, the stranger grabbed her by the collar of her robe and slapped her hard. The blow sent Asia flying, ending up skidding on the ground. When she stopped, she stood up as her legs trembled. Extending her hands, she began to gather a large amount of restoration magic, which took the form of a golden sphere. The sphere transformed into hundreds of rays of golden light that traveled at high speed towards the stranger.

"Wow. What a beautiful attack." The stranger said as he raised his left hand and created a gray magic circle. This circle successfully stopped Asia's attack.

"Now. It's my turn." Said the stranger as he created another circle, from which a large magic bullet came out. This magic bullet was headed straight for Asia.

Asia quickly created a ward as a magic bullet quickly approaches her. The magic bullet slammed into the ward, creating an explosion. The explosion caused Asia to jump back to avoid being hit by it.

When she was several meters away, Asia had to start dodging the blows that the stranger made. She dodged the attacks for about a minute, until a punch hit her face. The blow sent her flying until she ended up hitting the outer wall of the castle.

Asia's mind was on the brink of unconsciousness thanks to the amount of physical damage she had just received. Opening her eyes with difficulty, she could see the stranger slowly approaching.

"The truth is that I am surprised that you have managed to endure so much damage." The stranger said with a smile.

When he was in front of Asia, he took her by the neck of the robe and raising his left hand, he created a magic circle in front of Asia's face.

'I'm sorry, Ed. Looks like you'll have to raise Marie alone.' Asia thought sadly as she watched the circle begin to glow. Closing her eyes, she waited for the end.

However, that end never came, since in less than a second, she no longer felt her robe being grabbed. Opening her eyes, she saw that Edzard was facing her with his fist outstretched.

"Ed?" Asia asked in amazement.

Edzard did not respond verbally, but instead moved his right hand and made Valerie float towards him. When the Dhampir was in front of him, he threw her into Asia's arms.

"Phew." Asia growled when she caught Valerie's body. After that, she laid the Dhampir's body on the ground.

Edzard reached into his bag and pulled out an object. Wasting no time, he threw the object at Asia.

Asia caught it and her eyes widened when she saw what it was. In her hand was a gold-colored key. The key was in the shape of a cross and had an emerald on its head.

'This key has an aura very similar to the…'

"Ed. This key is a…" said Asia, understanding what object it was that had been thrown at her.

"Yes, it is a Shadowkey. I was thinking of giving it to you in Saturalia. But the current situation has forced me to give it to you ahead of time." Edzard said as he looked ahead. "To activate it, you just have to infuse it with magic and think about the place you plan to travel to. Then you place the key in front and the portal to that place will be created. So take Valerie and get out of here."

"No. I'm going to stay to help you." Asia answered trying to get up, but could not, since her body did not respond well.

"No, Asia. You must leave. Your body is badly beaten, your magic reserves are very low. So you better get out of this place and take Valerie with you." Edzard said as he helped her up. This he did without dropping his guard.

Asia looked at Edzard and bit her lip. She wanted to stay and help him, but she also knew that she would be a burden in this battle.

'It's the same again. I have to flee while Edzard is left to fight alone.' Tears began to form in Asia's eyes thanks to the helplessness she felt. However, despite her current emotions, she got up and with difficulty carried Valerie. Raising her left hand, she used her new Shadowkey. The space in front of her vibrated for a second and then a portal opened.

The portal showed a clearing that she knew very well, since it was the same place where she, Edzard and Marie lived when they arrived in Romania. Wasting no time, she walked towards the portal. When she was about to cross it, she turned her head and saw Edzard standing in front of her.

"Ed. Don't die." Asia said.

Edzard turned his head and looking at Asia, he nodded.

Seeing this, Asia turned her head and walked through the portal, which closed a second later.

"Why did you stay without doing anything?" Edzard asked seeing the stranger standing in front of him.

The stranger put on a smile and then spoke. "There is no need to rush. Many preparations are yet to be completed to make use of the Dhampir's sacred gear. So by letting her go I make sure that I will have something to do so as not to get bored in the future."

Edzard looked at the stranger and frowned. The blow he had dealt him had inflicted some damage on him, which had added to the wounds he carried from his battle with Euclid. So, to mitigate that short-term damage, he had to drink three potions.

'I haven't been forced to drink a potion since I defeated Alduin.' Edzard thought, since in order to be in the best condition for the fight, he had to drink a healing potion, a magic potion and a stamina potion.

"You know. I'm amazed you're still alive after that blow. After all, I used much of my strength." Said the stranger looking Edzard up and down.

"I see. So, you still have more strength to use."

"The same can be said for you."

"What do you mean?" Edzard asked raising an eyebrow.

"I've been watching your entire fight against Euclid." The stranger replied. "I was very surprised that you could give him a fight and much more that you could defeat him. You are not a normal human, are you?"

Edzard smiled under his mask. "You have no idea."

The stranger smiled. "Hahaha. You are interesting boy. Unfortunately, you are a variable that can intrude on my plans. So I will have to kill you. No hard feelings, right?"

Edzard shook his head as he raised his hands disinterestedly. "You are not the first person to tell me."

"Oh. Is that assurance or arrogance? Well, in the end it doesn't matter. Since you will die today anyway."

"Okay. Assuming I died today. You can tell me the name of whoever killed me."

The stranger smiled and then raised both arms and extending them, introduced himself. My name is Rizevim Livan Lucifer. Son of the original Lucifer and I am the being that will rule another world."

Edzard's brow rose for a second, as he had seemed to see lightning the moment Rizevim introduced himself. Taking a defensive position, he decided to introduce himself. "Well, since you've taken the decency to introduce yourself, I suppose I'll have to introduce myself too. My name is Ysmir. And I'm the one who will kill you today."

The smile on Rizevim's face died when he heard what Edzard said.

'From the looks and the smell, this guy is a devil. And from the aura that he emits, he is much more powerful than Euclid. I must be careful. Luckily, Asia and Valerie have already left. So, I can fight more comfortably without having to worry about them.'

Edzard's guard did not drop at any time as he waited for his enemy to make a move.

As Edzard and Rizevim prepared to fight, neither realized they were being watched. In fact, they couldn't feel it, as they were being watched by a being from another plane. Sitting on his throne, Sheogorath watched the battle soon to begin.

"Oh. What a thrill. Little Ed will face someone powerful this time. This battle will be a lot of fun. " Said the prince of madness making appear several platters with cheese and bottles with a lot of wine. However, a second later his eyes widened. "I just had a great idea. Because I have to be the only one who enjoys this battle. It would be much better if I shared it with my descendant's friends."

After saying that, he struck his staff on the ground. Thus, in many places in Tamriel, several portals that served as screens were opened, which began to show the debris created by the battle between Edzard and Euclid.

In the main hall of Jorrvaskr, they were, the current Herald, Vilkas next to Aela, who had Serana sitting on her lap, Farkas and the other members of the Companions. The group was quietly drinking after their workouts.

"Brother. What's going on?" Farkas asked when he saw the portal open.

"I do not know." Vilkas answered without knowing what was happening.

"Waiting. The one on the screen is not Ed." Aela said seeing Edzard in front of Rizevim.

"By Shor's beard. You are right." Vilkas said looking at the screen.

"What trouble did he get into now?" Serana asked slapping her forehead.

At the College of Winterhold, Tolfdir was giving a lecture on the study of magic in general, when he saw a portal appear in the middle of the Hall of the Elements.

Arch-mage. What's going on?" asked a student upon seeing the portal.

Tolfdir frowned at the portal; however, his eyes widened at the sight of Edzard on the screen.

"What the fuck? What is Edzard doing there ?!" Yelled Onmund.

"I do not know. But it looks like he's about to fight someone." Tolfdir replied seeing his predecessor on the screen.

In the Ragged Flagon all the members of the thieves' guild were gathered. They were drinking and counting the profits from their latest robberies.

"Hey Brynjolf. How much have we earned this week?" Vex asked as he held up a cup of mead.

"A lot of money. We have raised more than one hundred thousand septims. "

Brynjolf's response drew cheers from his fellow guildmates. However, these cheers turned to whispers when they saw the portal appear.

"What the fuck is this?" Brynjolf asked as he approached the portal.

"No idea. But it seems that it is only an observation portal. " Delvin replied as his hand traversed the portal.

"Waiting. That is not Edzard." Sapphire said pointing to the screen.

"By Nocturnal." Karliah said worriedly.

More portals appeared in Edzard's old houses, Fort Dawnguard, Raven Rock, Skaal Village, and finally, the emperor's personal quarters. Edzard's former housecarls tried in vain to try to get through the portal. The members of House Redoran looked on expectantly. The Skaals sent a prayer to the creator to protect Edzard. Members of the Dawnguard looked at the portal and began to bet on what would happen. Maximilien who was meeting with Decius and Darryn receiving the reports from the latter. When they saw the portal, they put that aside and began to see what would happen.

The wind had died down as Edzard and Rizevim stared at each other without moving. A small rock swayed on one of the castle's broken walls. Gravity did its job, causing the rock to fall off the wall. When it touched the ground, Edzard and Rizevim lunged at each other.

When they were face to face, Edzard threw a punch, which was repelled by a punch from Rizevim. The impact of both fists generated a great shock wave. After that, Rizevim walked away and raising his hand, created several magic circles. Several magic bullets shot out of these circles and sped towards Edzard.

Edzard saw the magic bullets approaching and started running around the place. Using his speed, he dodged all the spells, and when there were no more enemy spells, he spread his hands. From these arose several ice spears, which traveled the distance between Edzard and Rizevim with great speed. The devil seeing this, created a magic circle to protect himself. The impact of Edzard's spell caused Rizevim to skid a few feet

"Not bad boy." Rizevim said as he moved his hands, as Edzard's attack had caused him a bit of pain.

After saying that, the devil moved quickly against Edzard. Already in front of him, he launched a combo of punches. These blows were blocked by Edzard, who responded by doing the same. After a quick exchange of blows, the two of them parted and spells were cast. Rizevim released a great blast of ice, while Edzard responded with a torrent of flames. The impact of both spells caused a great explosion that made both of them had to move away in order to escape unscathed.

"Hahaha. You really are strong, boy. It seems that I will have to use more of my power to defeat you." Rizevim said with a smile.

Edzard responded by closing his eyes for a second. When he opened them, both eyes turned golden.

'This is the second time this day that I will have to use almost all the power I have in my human form.' Edzard thought as his gaze was fixed on Rizevim. 'Besides, it seems that I will have to change my fighting style.'

After thinking that, Edzard changed his posture to a looser one.

Rizevim raised an eyebrow as Edzard shifted posture. Without caring it, he lunged at him.

Edzard watched as Rizevim disappeared and reappeared in front of him. Seeing a punch aimed at his head, he dodged the blow by moving his slightly to the side. After dodging the blow, Edzard responded quickly with a powerful blow to Rizevim's solar plexus. The blow was so strong that it created a huge shock wave and ended up sending Rizevim flying.

The devil managed to stabilize in the air, this made him not end up crashing against a wall. However, he had to get back on the defensive when Edzard appeared in front of him and started attacking him. Every attack by Edzard was aimed at fatal areas on his body.

Tolfdir stared in amazement at the battle on the screen.

"Amazing. It seems that guy uses those circles to generate his spells. " The Arch-mage said as he had a hand on his chin as he watched Rizevim cast spells with his magic circles.

"You are right, master. However, I would like to know something? " Onmund asked.

"What thing?"

"I wonder if you knew that Edzard could fight like this hand to hand?"

"The truth is that I did not know." Tolfdir replied. "What kind of martial art will that be?"

"J'zargo believes that Edzard is using the Vrin-Thak." J'zargo said.

"Vrin-Thak? What's that?" Brelyna asked.

"It is also called Goutfang. It is a Khajiit fighting style characterized by the speed of its arrhythmic attacks that can be reinforced with elemental magic. It is itself a fighting style designed more to knock out your opponent than to kill him."

The assembled mages nodded at the Khajiita's reply.

"Hahaha. I never thought Edzard could fight like this in hand-to-hand combat." Brynjolf said with a smile.

"Good thing we never challenge him to a fist fight." Delvin said with a sigh. Those words received the nod of all the guild members.

"Waiting. He's changed his posture." Vex said seeing Edzard take a different posture than the one he was using previously.

"It's true. Why did he do it?"

"Do not know. But we'll find out if we continue to watch the fight." Brynjolf said.

Darryn's eyes widened when he saw Edzard punch Rizevim in the chest.

"By the nine. You really know how to use that fighting style."

"Darryn. What's going on? Why are you so pale?" Decius asked.

"It's that style of fighting that Edzard uses. That is the Ziz Kurah."

"Ziz Kurah?" Maximilien asked.

"You can also call it Whispering Fang. It is a Khajiite martial art exclusively designed to kill your opponent's quickly and efficiently."

Maximilien and Decius's eyes widened in shock.

Rizevim winced when he used his arm to stop Edzard's kick. He didn't know how, but every time he parried a blow from the human in front of him, his demonic power dropped slightly and his body began to weigh more.

"I just found out how you could so easily defeat Euclid." Rizevim said as he spread his twelve wings and took flight. "Somehow your blows deplete my demonic power and my physical energy. So the best way to kill yourself is to do it from a distance or to force yourself to be defensive."

After saying that, Rizevim created ten magic circles.

"Dies!" Rizevim yelled as he made the circles shoot rays of magic at Edzard.

Edzard watched as the rays of magic approached him. So, putting their hands together, he used a spell. Ten magic vortexes appeared above Edzard's head. Pointing his hands at Rizevim, Edzard released the spell. Each vortex generated an elemental attack.

Rizevim's magic rays struck Edzard's elemental spells creating a great explosion that engulfed much of the castle. When the explosion ended, a large cloud of dust covered the castle ruins. Rizevim took advantage of that to try to attack Edzard by surprise. Using his speed, he appeared in front of Edzard and punched him.

Edzard put his arms in X so he could defend himself from Rizevim's punch. The force of the blow made Edzard skid several meters.

'Shit. That blow was more powerful than the previous ones.' Edzard thought, wincing in pain.

"You seem to be using more power than before." Edzard said when he managed to stop himself.

"So is. So feel praised for forcing me to use so much power." Rizevim said as he charged Edzard.

Rizevim began to launch punches at high speed at Edzard.

'Dammit. If this continues, it may soon overwhelm me.' Edzard thought through clenched teeth as he dodged a blow aimed at his head. The force of this blow caused his hood to drop down, exposing his hair and eyes.

Rizevim grinned as his punches kept Edzard on the defensive. With a feint, he managed to land a blow to Edzard's stomach. The force of the blow sent Edzard flying through the air. Rizevim lunged quickly, chasing Edzard.

When Edzard managed to stabilize himself, Rizevim appeared in front of him and using his wings managed to cut into his armor.

'Don't fuck with me. Can his wings do that too?' Edzard thought looking at his armor and seeing how a little blood began to come out of the cut. 'That attack has managed to pierce the dragon scales.'

Rizevim's attack had accomplished that feat thanks to Edzard's armor being weakened from his battle with Euclid.

'Dammit. Looks like I'll have to use the Dragon Aspect Thu'um. But how many words do I use? One? two? Three?' Edzard thought worried, since he didn't know what power level to use. This was because, if he used a single word and it was not enough he would be in trouble, but if he passed it he could destroy the place and cause the battle to spread outside this area and endanger the nearby human towns.

"You shouldn't get distracted!" Rizevim yelled as he threw a punch at Edzard.

Edzard responded to Rizevim's blow with a punch.

Both blows collided and Edzard began to skid as Rizevim forced him to go backwards.

"Ugg ..." Edzard growled as he used more force to stop himself.

'Dammit. I have no choice. I will have to fight with all my power in human form and use some Thu'um to keep him at bay.'

Edzard had managed to stop himself and with a leap had separated from Rizevim. When he landed, his braid had come undone and covered his eyes in the wind.

Vilkas's eyes widened and he dropped his jug of mead when he saw Edzard's eyes, feeling a chill run through his body as he remembered a certain event from the past.

"What's up brother?" Farkas asked concerned. And he was not the only one, as all the Companions around him were also looking at him with concern.

"Dammit. You're really going to do it Edzard." Vilkas said with fear and concern in his voice, as his friend's eyes began to shine.

Damn it, Vilkas. What's going on? Why are you so scared?" Aela asked seeing her friend scared.

"Edzard is going to fight seriously."

The eyes of those present were shocked when they heard that.

"What do you mean to fight seriously? Is he going to use the dragon aspect?" Serana asked.

"No. I do not think so."

"Then why do you say that Edzard will fight seriously?"

"Easy. He's going to start using the Thu'um. He will not use the dragon aspect directly. First, he will fight without using that power. If things continue to get complicated, he will use that Thu'um. "

Edzard ducked slightly and prepared to attack. He had decided not to use his dragon aspect, at least not until he knows what the power limit of his enemy is.

'This is the first time since I came to this world that I am going to fight seriously.' thought Edzard.

Edzard took a deep breath and began to increase the amount of magic he sent to his limbs. The amount of magic caused an aura of frost and lightning to form on his hands and feet. After looking at his hands, he shouted. "WULD!"

Rizevim's eyes widened in pain as he received a powerful blow to the stomach. The blow was such that it made him vomit blood before flying through the air. And it is that Edzard had used the kinetic force of the Thu'um to increase the force of the impact of the blow.

Wasting no time, Edzard ran at high speed and using the rubble and ruins of the castle towers followed Rizevim. When the devil stabilized in midair, Edzard appeared in front of him and with an ax kick sent him flying towards the ground. The force of the blow was such that it caused Rizevim to create a crater when he hit the ground.

"Hurts. Dammit." Rizevim said through clenched teeth in anger. That damn human was getting stronger and stronger. "The games are over. I'm going to kill you with all the power I have."

After saying that, Rizevim stood up and created hundreds of magic circles.

"Dies!" Rizevim yelled as he unleashed a barrage of spells on Edzard.

Edzard saw the spells arrive and decided to jump into their midst. Extending both hands, he created a ward. When the spells were about to hit the ward, Edzard closed his eyes and activated his dragon-skin power.

Rizevim had a smile on his face when he saw how his spells began to impact Edzard; however, that smile faded when he saw Edzard emerge almost unscathed from the attack. This because Edzard no longer wore the upper right part of his armor, since it had disappeared thanks to the power of the attacks it had received.

"Damn ..." Whatever he was about to say was cut off when Edzard punched him across the face. The blow sent him flying through the air.

"WULD! NAH!" Shouted Edzard. The shout made him appear behind Rizevim's back. Taking advantage of this, Edzard delivered another blow to the devil. Using the same Thu'um repeatedly, he began to disappear and reappear. Every time he did, he would hit Rizevim, who began to move like a ping-pong ball.

Rizevim felt his demonic power drain with each blow he received. Furthermore, his body was also already badly beaten. So, flapping his wings, he managed to rise as high as he could to escape Edzard's attacks.

Edzard saw Rizevim fly and stretched his hands up to the sky. A large amount of magic began to gather. The magic was released in the form of various birds made of fire. These birds began to chase Rizevim, who began to fly around the place trying to avoid them.

As he dodged, Rizevim did not realize that he had flown close to the ground. His eyes widened when she saw Edzard appear in front of him.

Edzard threw a punch into Rizevim's face, which narrowly avoided him.

"Tch." Edzard growled as the fire birds passed by him. This spell was a variant of the flaming familiar spell. The difference was that it summoned birds and not wolves.

The birds chasing Rizevim exploded when their lifespan in ran out.

Rizevim saw Edzard and summoning several magic circles, began to bombard the terrain with magic bullets. These bullets were the size of pickup trucks. And every time they hit the ground, they created huge explosions.

The ground began to fill with craters as Edzard dodged Rizevim's attacks. As he ran, Edzard saw a slope and running towards it, he shouted as he jumped.

"WULD! NAH! " The power of the Thu'um caused Edzard to propel himself far enough to reach the height that Rizevim was flying. Taking advantage of the speed at which he was rising, Edzard tried to kick the devil, but he moved quickly so he could dodge the blow.

Rizevim smiled when he saw Edzard pass by him. "Idiot. How will you dodge my attacks now ?!"

After yelling that, Rizevim created a great magic circle. From which emerged a great beam of pure demonic power.

Edzard saw the beam of demonic power approach and taking a breath, he shouted.

"YOL! TOOR! SHUL!"

The torrent of flames that Edzard expelled from his mouth neutralized Rizevim's attack and continued on its way towards the devil.

"Damned!" Rizevim yelled as he created a magic circle to protect himself from Edzard's fire breath.

The fire breath caused Rizevim to crash into the ground, causing a huge explosion. When the explosion dissipated, a very badly injured Rizevim could be seen lying on the ground. His robes and silver armor had completely disappeared. Furthermore, his wings, part of his chest and arms showed severe burns.

When he got up, he had to use his left forearm to defend himself against a kick from Edzard. The impact created a crater at the devil's feet, who began to clench his teeth in pain, anger and frustration that he felt, as he realized that his demonic power was very low.

With one swift movement, Rizevim grabbed Edzard's leg and proceeded to smash him to the ground several times. In response, Edzard kicked him in the face using his free leg. The blow made the devil release him. As he fell, Edzard steadied himself enough to send Rizevim flying with a blow to the face.

Upon landing, Edzard had to turn on the ground to avoid a lightning bolt. Looking up, he could see that Rizevim was the one who had launched the attack. Wasting no time, Edzard lunged at Rizevim, who responded by doing the same.

The rubble of a tower began to move allowing the person who was trapped in it to get out. Euclid managed to get out of the rubble with great difficulty. He currently wore rags and had a hard time standing. The sounds of fighting had awakened him.

When he looked ahead, he was astonished to see his lord and Edzard fight. His lord was moving very fast, becoming almost a blur at the sight of him. Edzard, on the part of him, was slower; however, he defended himself very well from the attacks he received. Furthermore, each hit generated shock waves so strong that they sent the castle rubble flying through the air.

Euclid narrowed his eyes to better see the battle before him. His eyes widened in horror as he saw Rizevim gasping for air. Furthermore, he also felt his demonic power levels drop with each exchange of blows. Understanding that his lord was in danger, he quickly created a magic circle and pointed it at Edzard.

Edzard dodged a spell from Rizevim by jumping back. When his feet touched the ground, he reached out his right hand and shouted.

"WULD! NAH!"

Rizevim smiled when he heard the shout, because after several attacks received, he already knew how to counter it. Raising his right hand, he created a magic circle and fired a magic bullet towards Edzard.

Edzard's eyes widened when he saw the spell heading his way. Without wasting a second, he opened his mouth and shouted. "FEIM!"

The scream made Edzard ethereal, and Rizevim's attack pierced him harmlessly. Seeing that he was safe from that point-blank attack, he summoned the shehai sword and prepared to slash Rizevim from his hip to his shoulder.

Rizevim saw Edzard avoid his attack and summon a lightsaber. Seeing this weapon, he was filled with fear, as he believed it to be a holy sword. So he instinctively backed away; however, it was very slow and that caused Edzard's sword to hit his arm.

Edzard's sword slashed at the elbow of Rizevim's outstretched arm, slicing through skin, flesh, and bone easily.

"Arghhh!" Rizevim screamed in pain as he clutched the stump where his right arm had been seconds before.

Edzard steadied himself and prepared to finish the job by cutting off Rizevim's head; however, he was unable to do so, as he was struck by Euclid's spell. The force of the spell sent him flying several meters. When he looked up, he saw how Euclid stood next to Rizevim and helping him, he created a magic circle at his feet.

The circle flashed for a second and then both devils disappeared.

Edzard slowly got up and started walking towards the place where both devils had used magic to teleport. Upon arrival, he could see Rizevim's arm thrown away. Crouching down, he picked it up and looking closely saw that there was a ring on the index finger. Without thinking twice, he took it and put it in his bag.

After that, Edzard took his shadowwkey and opened a portal to the clearing where he had lived the first days of arriving on Earth. This was done as a precaution, since this way he could mislead possible observers.

Sheogorath was grinning from ear to ear as he finished sipping a glass of wine. Edzard had put on a good show for him. Although, being honest with himself, he knew that Rizevim had lost because of his own arrogance in believing that he could fight Edzard without using his full power from the start. Edzard, for his part, had been very stupid not to use the Thu'um from the start. If he had, it was quite possible that the battle would not have lasted as long. If not for the passive abilities of the destruction magic it was very possible that Edzard would have died. Fortunately, he had survived and that reassured him, as there would be more spectacle in the future. Slamming his staff to the ground, he closed the portals in Tamriel.

'You did well, but don't trust yourself. This time you were lucky that your enemy was entrusted. Your next battles with beings of that caliber will not be so easy.' Sheogorath thought with concern, but then put on a smile. His descendant is not someone who makes the same mistake twice. The next time Rizevim and Edzard saw each other, the devil would have to fight an Edzard in his full power.

Everyone who saw the battle at Tamriel began to gossip about what they had seen. The housecarls chatted with their partners about what was seen. The mages of Winterhold began to make theories about the magic that Rizevim used. Members of the Thieves Guild and the Dawnguard were celebrating or lamenting the bets they had made. The Companions were arguing about whether they could have fought Rizevim without using enchanted items. Maximilien, Decius, and Darryn were simply rubbing their temples in concern over watching the battle.

Edzard left the portal while seeing the place that was his temporary home. The house was a three-story house painted white with a red roof. Each floor had three windows per side. on the first floor was the living room, the dining room and the kitchen. In the second, there were four rooms with a bathroom each. The third floor was completely empty. And that was good, since that was the site he planned to use as a study to research a way to heal Valerie's soul. The landscape around the house was large green grassy hills, which surrounded a large lake of crystal-clear water. He had decided to rent this house for a month.

As he walked, he saw Asia leave the house and start walking towards him. From the way she walked, it was obvious that she had healed her wounds. As he continued walking, Edzard gritted his teeth at the pain he felt all over his body. However, from one moment to the next, he felt his legs give out. This caused him to end up falling flat on the ground.

'Dammit. It seems my body has reached its limit.' Edzard thought as he lost consciousness.

In the place where Tepes Castle had been, a purple vortex appeared. From this vortex appeared a dremora. This dremora started searching the rubble for a long time. After an hour of searching, he found Marius's body and Rizevim's arm. Taking them, he dematerialized himself from the Earth and returned to Coldharbour.

When the dremora returned to Oblivion, he walked towards the palace of Molag Bal. After walking for a long time, he reached the hall of the palace.

"Have you fulfilled your mission?" asked a daedra looking at the dremora.

The dremora nodded, then dropped Marius's body to the ground and revealed Rizevim's arm.

The daedra nodded and summoned other lower-ranking daedras and ordered them to bring the body and arm to Vile Laboratory for study.

"Our lord wants you to go to the Wailing Prison and order the jailer to release these subjects." Said the daedra handing the Dremora a scroll.

The dremora nodded and left quickly. When he arrived at the prison and delivered the order, he followed the jailer to the cell where both subjects were.

When they reached the designated cell, they opened the door and entered. Once inside, he was able to see the subjects. They were a man and a woman. The man was a tall, muscular Nord with black hair. The woman was a Breton with rust red hair. Their eyes glowed a pale blue.

The dremora approached them both and ordered them to follow. The prisoners followed him without saying a word. The group walked back to Molag Bal Castle. Once inside, they were taken to the throne room where Bal himself awaited them.

"My lord. I have brought them."

Bal looked up and his bright blue eyes fell on the subjects. He looked at them for a moment and then started laughing. Bal's voice made the two subjects flinch for a moment, but then they were quiet and still as statues again.

Bal smiled cruelly when he saw them tremble. He then he beckoned and summoned another Dremora. "Take them to the Black Forge to have weapons and armor prepared for them. His equipment must be of the highest level."

The dremora nodded and led off the two subjects.

Bal smiled cruelly as he watched them go.

'Soon, Dovahkiin. You will soon know what true despair is. '

Asia was looking at Edzard resting on the bed. It had already been two hours since he had arrived. After he passed out, she had brought him into his room and placed him on the bed. After a quick examination, she could see that he was suffering from exhaustion and that he had passed out from the accumulated damage that he had suffered in the battle that he had. Fortunately, that damage had been minimized thanks to the enchantment of the armor and the potion he had drunk.

Asia saw Edzard's eyes widen and used her hand to prevent him from getting up from the bed.

"Don't try too hard. You are not fully recovered yet."

"Asia?" Edzard asked as he felt his senses slowly return.

Asia nodded as she handed Edzard a glass of water. Edzard took the glass and drank its contents in one gulp. Then he looked at his wife and asked.

"How are you, Marie and Valerie?"

"I'm fine, I was able to heal my wounds quickly thanks to a potion and my sacred gear. Marie is sleeping in her room. She was crying nonstop when she saw you covered in blood and all beaten up." Asia replied. "Valerie is sleeping in the room we had prepared for her in advance."

"I see. I suppose you want to know how the fight was, right?"

Asia nodded.

Edzard proceeded to tell Asia what happened in the battle. As he spoke, he felt his heart clench slightly. Without paying attention to that, he continued talking without knowing that the past that he believed to have buried was about to resurface.

Author's note:

To those who have made it this far, Thanks for reading. Because being honest, I don't know how to write much in English and I'm relying on Google translators and the dictionaries that come with office 2019.

This chapter ends Valerie's rescue mission. Also, Edzard has defeated Rizevim and caused his plans to be delayed and have to be changed. Also, one of the main antagonists of this story appears.

Now, about the fighting styles that Edzard uses, these are two variants of the claw dances that the Khajiit monks use. While they are several different styles, I have only been able to find information on a few. So I have had to restructure those types of fighting so that I could best include it in this story.

About Asia's battle with Rizevim. She is not yet at the level of facing a Super Devil as the son of the original Lucifer. That being the reason why she was easily outmatched by Rizevim. Also, there are some abilities of her Balance Breaker that Asia doesn't know about.

12gaSword

Thanks for the review. Yes, I have always been aware that I have problems translating from Spanish to English, but it is something I try to work on every time I write this version of the story. About getting a beta, the truth is that I had never thought about it. And that's not because I think I'm the last desert water bottle, but because I didn't know if anyone would be interested in being a Beta for this story. But I see that it's not a bad idea. Now the serious problem getting one.

jhsilver123

No, you haven't missed anything. Those vampires were there like the typical random characters with no names that show up to fight.

Fleece Johnson

I'm sorry I didn't answer the previous review. What happens is that I just discovered that I have moderate Review. And I found your review there. So sorry for that.

The outcome of the Riser arc is the same as that of the canon. I mean, Rias manages to break off the marriage engagement. But, there are things that change. To begin with, Edzard will not participate directly in the rating game, in fact, he will not even know about it until the day it takes place and it will be thanks to a third party who will appear in a few chapters later. And no, he won't come in to save the ORC, let's just say Issei will have an ace up his sleeve. XD

That scene in canon seemed super weird to me. What mother in her right mind wants to do that? However, she is going to want to do the same here, but she is going to find out that Edzard doesn't like that kind of thing.

Yes, sadly I need Euclid and Rizevim alive for some parts of the story.

The power of destruction is a terrifying thing in itself. In fact, Edzard would have serious trouble fighting Sirzechs for that reason. Also, the reason Marie reacted that way is because she is still a very young child. Asia reacted that way because she had a bit of a panic from fighting with such terrifying power having her daughter so close to her.

scyfly

Yes, well the truth is that those were my first chapters and I did not know how to express myself well. In fact, I feel like I've improved my writing a lot since then. Although I changed many things when I rewrote it, there were some paragraphs that remained almost intact and had no variations from the originals.

Well, I apologize for any misspelling. Do not forget to leave a review if you liked the chapter or if there is something that needs to be improved or if you have any questions about the story. With nothing more to say, until the next chapter.