The Twin Dragons

by HolyKnightX

The Heavenly Dragons, the Red and White Dragons are destined to fight from generation to generation. Their current hosts: both Issei and Kazuki Hyoudou, were born opposites, with separate interests, goals, and traits find themselves walking different paths, leading to their eventual destined battle.

40. The Great Battle

Welcome to the next chapter of The Twin Dragons, but before starting. Let us answer some reviews:

altajir95: Thanks. Yep, Kuroka ended up visiting Kazuki and giving them that warning, before moving on to their interview in the Underworld. I'll continue doing that.

nexusplayer: Yes, here is the newest chapter.

1. Theoretically, a Fallen Angel being reincarnated using the Brave Saints might become a Pure Angel, but since Fallen Angel's 'fell' because of their desires that might happen again. So, it more or less defeats the purpose.

2. Considering the canon, I'd imagine that Albion wouldn't want to associate with him and would feel depressed.

3. I have considered it, but am somewhat against it in this one.

4. Well, there might be other people who have more girls than him in canon, Azazel had harems over a thousand years, which makes me wonder why he doesn't have a bunch of children.

5. Well, it depends on what you mean by 'chadly' techniques. XD

6. Well, some techniques in One Piece aren't difficult to replicate, seeing as most of it is Haki and Devil Fruits but ones such as Zoan would be impossible to replicate.

Well, I'll ensure that it's a good one.

Guest: I have received requests like that and would consider that.

YSN Adapt: Well, I will strongly consider that and see what I can do. I often do that because I have other things to do in the story. I did add them onto the MC of my High School DxD story, the Last Amagiri if you're interested in reading it.

streetlife34: Yeah, the fighting that would happen builds up in this particular volume, seeing as there is a lot of stuff to go over. Well, if a Fallen Angel was 'reincarnated' using a Brave Saint, then that would be logical for them to return to being a "Pure" Angel. But, seeing as Fallen Angels have fallen due to their desires, then it would be a bit problematic and easier for it to happen again. Well, same as Evil Pieces, full Gods are immune to their effects, so a Pure-Blooded Devil 'could' be turned into an Angel. It was the same as Akeno, a half-Fallen Angel turning into a Devil. It depends, but the Brave Saints was never said to have the same function as Unused Evil Pieces that can develop with their assigned King.

Spedyalarm: I know, I know. But, I have my reasons. In the Twin Dragons and Magic Knight, there are still more or less interactions between both groups, making it difficult to right interactions with the various characters in more chapters. So, I thought it would be easier to write. In the Last Amagiri, I do have more leeway, seeing as there aren't THAT many interactions between them, meaning that I can expand on events. Like how in the current volume, I did add more about my take on Yasaka's backstory, coinciding with what happens in the Last Amagiri.

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The Great Battle

It was the day of the Rating Game between the Gremory Group and Astaroth Group, something that the team led by Rias Gremory was looking forward to. But, it wasn't the same for others, it was another attempt for them to have a good showing. And there was the fact that their group heard that Diodora had been bothering Asia, who was as close to them as she was to everyone else. So, this would be their attempt at getting revenge for the awkward situation Diodora put Asia through.

However, at the end of Kazuki's team, there was an awkward situation, as days prior, Kazuki and the others had informed Asia about the truth behind Diodora. Hearing such a thing caused them to look sad as the blonde nun's expression dimmed, having heard that her entire desire to heal an injured Devil ended up being a ploy against her. It reached the point where Asia wanted to be alone, meaning she slept alone in her room since hearing the news about Diodora. Seeing such a thing caused a greater fire of hate towards Diodora to be lit in each of their hearts,

Since then, Asia has gone through the motions of waking up and going to school, even performing such acts as making preparations for the upcoming Sports Festival. It was obvious to those close to Asia that there was something up with her, but she gave the usual response of: "Don't be worried, I'm fine", with a smile on her face. Of course, the people close to Asia thought it wasn't the case, but let it be nonetheless.

More and more, those closely involved found themselves looking forward to the situation with Diodora being over and done with. It was surprising for Azazel and the others suspicious about the Devil receiving word from Gabriel about some of the things that Kazuki found out, coinciding with the fact that Vali warmed them through Issei too.

Before the match, Asia found herself sitting outside on a park bench, but she wasn't alone as there was someone who too noticed her change in demeanor. Sitting beside her was Miki Hyoudou, who decided to take on a 'direct' approach in seeing what was wrong with the one who became like family and her future daughter-in-law. Before taking a seat there, Miki bought themselves some tea from a shop that she showed Asia once.

"Hm, I do find myself feeling at peace in places like this," Miki started, bringing an end to the silence. "I recall a lot of times when I brought Ise and Kazuki here when they were children. Ise always ran around without a care in the world, while Kazuki found a comfortable spot to read."

"…."

Asia didn't respond, despite this being one of the situations where she would be interested in something. Instead, she remained in the same position and took a sip from the tea in her hands.

"Hm, you know, Asia-chan, being pregnant isn't the end of the world."

"…pft, *cough* *cough*," in that instance, Asia spat out and coughed up the tea that she drank, sparking the first immediate reaction. "W-What?!"

"Being pregnant for a teenager isn't the end of the world. I do believe that you'll be able to continue with your, then when the baby is born we'll…."

"B-But, I'm not pregnant! I mean, I don't know…me and…."

In that instance, Asia's face turned bright red, as Miki stared at her with a knowing smile, as the blonde had buried her face into her hands.

"Oh, I didn't think that my youngest would be before the oldest, especially considering how forward Rias-chan."

Miki stated, not losing her smile.

"Please, don't tell Ise-san or anyone else."

"Oh dear, I wasn't. I know how Ise is and that would be invading further in Kazuki's personal life. I do know my children more than most," Miki stated, not losing her smile, but showing some disappointment. "I can't say that I wasn't expecting this conversation to be about you being pregnant. Oh, how I was looking forward to us having a granddaughter. I can imagine her name being Aria too."

"That was a name we thought of."

"Oh, wonderful!"

Miki clapped her hands smiling at that information and then found herself glad to see Asia's precious smile again.

"So, mind telling me what's wrong dear?"

Miki asked, leaning forward as her head rested on her hand.

"Um, well, I don't know how to explain this. But, I recently learned that someone I helped in the past was a bad person. And that also caused the situation where I had to live with Yuuma-san. I always told myself that I didn't regret helping that person, but…I don't know if that was right."

Asia explained to Miki as much as possible, not wanting to reveal anything related to the supernatural to the one person who was the closest thing to a mother out of concern for her safety. Hearing those words, as a mother, a thoughtful look formed on mother figure's face taking in those words she heard from the one who became almost like a daughter for her.

"Well, if that's the case, then wouldn't that be what led you to live with us and Kazuki?"

Miki stated.

"Huh, that…you're right."

"Asia-chan, there's never anything wrong with wanting to help someone if you feel as if they're in trouble. You're a kind girl who'd do anything to help and ease someone's workload. It wasn't something that you needed to do, but you helped me do laundry and cooking though I tended to be alright doing it myself. Our family might not be the most religious, but I like the thing that you came here to use was some kind of fate. Bad things happen in a person's life, but that doesn't mean that good things don't happen either. And you coming over to live with us was one of the happiest things to happen to us."

Miki stated, giving a kind smile that made Asia realize that might have been where Kazuki and Issei got that trait from their mother.

"You're right, Okaa-san. I'm the luckiest person in the world to have found such a wonderful family."

Asia replied, feeling as if the sadness and despair that she felt for the last couple of days returned to the light and hope that she felt before.

The female duo found themselves sitting there in a peaceful atmosphere while drinking the tea in their hands as a feeling of relaxation spread across them. At that moment, Asia felt a chilling air, almost as if there was a sense that something was about to happen. During the summer, aside from her physical abilities, she also learned to sense the presence of others. It was obvious enough that someone or something was coming towards them, but Miki wasn't aware of this fact.

"Hm, I wonder what's going to…."

"I'm sorry, Okaa-san."

"Hm, about what…dear?"

In that instance, Asia placed her hand in front of Miki's hand with a magic circle, and then immediately her eyes started becoming drowsier. And then, Miki passed out, but the blonde found herself managing to hold the woman up herself without difficulties. Before someone could arrive there, Asia then activated a magic circle that sent Miki straight to the Hyoudou Mansion where Kazuki and the others should be.

After that, Asia found herself standing up as the presence seemed to be getting closer and closer toward her with a chilling presence. It was then that she placed a barrier big enough to cover the entire location without the slight awareness of what was happening reaching those unaware of the supernatural. Right in that instance what arrived in front of Asia was a familiar-looking slime with tentacles wriggling around. It wasn't one slime either, there was a multitude of them, counting in almost seven.

"…."

Asia felt a familiar chill in staring at them again.

She was aware that there was a barrier around Kuoh Town, where a person's presence would become sensed at the moment of entering the town, with few registered individuals allowed to bypass it. But, then leading them was the same person she saw in the Familiar Forest, Kojirou.

"Hello again, bitch."

"My name is Asia Argento."

Asia stated in a strong tone as she stood there.

"Whatever. I don't care, I'm just here to do what I was paid to do. I was hired by…."

"Diodora Astaroth."

Asia replied before Kojirou could finish.

"Ah," Kojirou found himself stopping as he stared at Asia with an impressed look. "Well, well, it seems as if there is a brain in that blonde head. I honestly thought that most Nun in the Church were a bunch of dumb bitches."

"…."

Asia remained silent as she prepared to fight without hesitation.

"Hm, so someone got stronger than before enough to not be scared in front of me despite being outnumbered, with no allies to protect you. I noticed that you sent that bitch ass Dragon Emperor's mother somewhere else, but it makes me wonder about his father."

"…!"

"I could be lying, I could be telling the truth. You wouldn't know without confirmation, but that lose is at his work at the moment isn't he."

Kojirou stated, finding himself smiling with a sadistic smirk as Asia seemed to lower her hands at that.

She wanted to fight back, but she couldn't fight back at the cost of risking Gorou, the man who treated her almost like a real daughter and supported the family.

"That's it. We'll just go and see your future owner."

Kojirou stated, wearing an arrogant look.

As the slime with their wriggling tentacles started being called off, but didn't send them back in case Asia made a sudden movement. Unbeknownst to Kojirou, Asia found herself pointing her finger in another direction and then a magic circle meant to summon something, or someone appeared. It looked to be a blue dragon magic circle as a small dragon came out, revealed to be Raikou.

"Gaa?"

Raikou looked confused as he didn't see Asia around despite being summoned, then noticed her standing there with Kojirou, whom he recognized from before.

"…gaaa."

As Raikou seemed prepared to attack, he paused as Asia started doing faint signals with her fingers, something he recognized from their summer training. Hearing of her talent as a Dragon Tamer, Tiamat provided some help in becoming better at it, with the faint signals Raikou knew what Asia wanted him to do. As much as he hated it, Kojirou grabbed onto Asia and then teleported somewhere else.

"Gaaa!"

Raikou let out an angry grunt, then started flowing in a familiar direction at high speed.

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Meanwhile, at the Hyoudou Mansion, after getting things prepared, Kazuki and the others were prepared for the upcoming battle. Each one was dressed in their combat attire, then headed downstairs towards the living room to wait for Azazel's and the other's signal.

"Well, this is going to be the chance to catch that bastard."

Kazuki stated, stepping into the living room out of the elevator included in the mansion.

"Yes, this is all going to be over and Asia can return to living her normal life."

Raynare stated, finding herself more than prepared for this mission.

"Is it wrong that I'm looking forward to this?"

Mariah stated as Almace rested at her side.

"No, I think that's the common…huh?"

Ravel found herself preparing to speak, but noticing something odd in front of them.

"What's wrong," Irina asked, looking forward to looking at the living room. "Eh, auntie?"

"Kaa-chan?"

Kazuki stated much to their surprise as Miki was lying down on the couch, then found themselves heading right in her direction without hesitation.

"…."

Kazuki arrived there to find her sleeping, but it wasn't a normal sleep, as there was the presence of magic being used on her.

"She must have been put to sleep using magic, then was teleported here. But, why who?"

Ravel reasoned, but that didn't make sense as who would put someone to sleep then teleport them here.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

The people there heard knocking, or well banging on the door, noticing there was an odd lag between each one. Noticing the familiar presence there, Kazuki found himself walking to the door, then opened it without hesitation, just to receive a head-on headbutt from the individual.

Bang!

"Ouch! Why?!"

Kazuki received a head-on headbutt from Raikou who pulled back at the last second and collided with him which caused the Baby Dragon's scales and harder head.

"Ga?! Ga?! Ga!"

It sounded as if Raikou was trying to explain something to Kazuki, but then it didn't take him long to figure out the incident that unfolded. In that instant, he tightened his fist enough to where it looked as if his veins could be seen and his fist would bleed.

"Kazu-sama?"

Ravel seemed to figure it out for herself, with the others catching on themselves.

"Call Azazel then informed him about what happened. Based on the time, Nii-san and the others should be right at the location where the Rating Game is being held and things would be starting. Iri-chan left a letter behind to explain to Kaa-chan that she fell asleep when she was with Asia after coming here, but we needed to go and do something. Ravel…."

Kazuki explained as calmly as possible.

"I'll tweak her memories as much as possible so that the memories don't seem unbelievable."

Ravel stated, knowing that Kazuki doesn't like manipulating his parent's memories and would do so to the point of it being a believable tale.

"Thanks, I'll be right back."

"Kazuki, where are you…?"

Mariah asked, feeling worried in that instance, but could see that Raikou was directing him to another location.

"I'm just going to check out something."

Kazuki replied, wanting to see whether or not Raikou was leading him to another situation that would make him much angrier in that instance.

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Meanwhile, the Gremory Group arrived right at the location where the next match of the Youth Tournament which would be between them and Diodora Astaroth would be held. Looking around, the members could see they were teleported into a location resembling ancient Greece, standing in front of a shrine with thick pillars made of stone, with the typical white sky. Thinking about the location, the group thought that it would be their base. However, the King, Rias held a suspicious expression as she wondered if there was something wrong with the location.

"…This is weird."

Rias voiced her concerns.

Issei shared the same concern as there wasn't the usual announcement signifying the start of the tournament, as the others shared the same belief.

Shine!

In that instance, the group looked around to find different magic circles appearing around them, making them all think that it was Diodora Astaroth coming in. After seeing that, everyone got into a fighting stance, releasing their auras in preparation. However, looking at the sigil of the magic circles, Kiba immediately realized that it wasn't at all the Astaroth symbol.

"…It isn't the symbol of Astaroth!"

Kiba announced, with Akeno coming to the same conclusion.

"…None of the magic circles are similar. Except," Akeno started, looking around to find that the magic circles were, in fact, all Devils. "They are all Devils. But if my memory is correct…."

Around them, the number of magic circles and Devils appearing around them numbered in the hundreds, not at all stopping at the number ten. There were several hundreds, to thousands of them each of them releasing demonic power rivaling that of a Middle-Class to High-Class Devil.

"Judging from their magic circles, they're affiliated with the Old-Maou faction of the Khaos Brigade."

Rias announced as a red demonic aura surrounded her with a series of eyes, as each Devil released a hostile aura at him intending to murder them. Right in that instance, the Gremory Group realized that it was the same faction of the Khaos Brigade, the Old Maou Faction.

"The blood relative of the annoying fake Maou, Gremory. I will have you perish here."

One of the Old Maou Faction's Devil started provoking Rias, with the others sharing the same feeling.

"Hey, Rias Gremory. And Sekiryuutei."

Hearing a familiar voice, one that the group was planning on fighting against in the first place.

Turning around to face that direction, each of their eyes widened as a surprising thing could be shown. Diodora was floating in front of them through his Devil wings, but in his hands was an unconscious Asia, who was being held by her arm.

[Asia/Asia-san/Asia-chan/Asia-senpai!]

Rias, Issei, Akeno, Kiba, Xenovia, Koneko, and Gasper announced surprised that she was there.

"I will be taking Asia Argento with me."

Diodora stated wearing a refreshing smile, something that sparked greater hatred from them.

"Let go of Asia, you shit! Coward! And what is the meaning of this?! Aren't we supposed to play the game!?"

Issei shouted, causing Diodora to form an evil smile.

"Are you dumb? This isn't a Rating Game anymore. All of you will die here by them, the agents belonging to the Old Maou Faction of the Khaos Brigade. No matter how powerful all of you are, you won't be able to take on this many numbers of High-class devils and Middle-class devils, right? Hahahaha, so die. Perish right away."

Diodora stated, showing more of a spiteful look aimed at them.

"Are you telling me you are connected to the Khaos Brigade? Scum. And you defiled the game, so death would be fitting for you! More than that, you try to take away our adorable Asia away…!"

Rias announced releasing a more hostile red aura.

"If I were to stay with them, then it seemed like I could do anything that I want to whenever I want. Well, struggle as much as you want. I will become one with Asia while you are busy with them then. You know what I mean? I'd hoped that the Hakuryuukou would be here to see me making Asia's mind. If you can follow me, then come to the depth of the shrine. You would be able to see something magnificent."

Diodora announced preparing to leave.

"Ise, Ascalon!"

"Yeah!"

No hesitation, Issei held out his left arm as Xenovia leaped forward using her Devil wings, at the same time, out of Boosted Gear, Ascalon shot out towards them.

"Asia is my friend! I won't let you do as you want!"

Xenovia, with eyes burning with fury, grabbed onto Ascalon, then slashed straight at Diodora, who responded by releasing a blast of demonic power. To avoid it, she turned herself around in the air but still released a wave of aura straight at Diodora. As the Gremory Group was expecting it to land, with the wave being enough to not hit Asia, Diodora moved to avoid it. Noticing that Xenovia clicked her tongue as she landed on the ground beside her King and the others.

None of them could do anything as Diodora gave them another evil smile before teleporting away, causing such an intense amount of hostility to build up within them.

"Asiaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Issei called out, feeling helpless as the person he came to think of as a sister was being taken away.

"Ise-kun! Stay calm! We need to take care of the enemies right in front of us first," Kiba stated, though he was worried too, the group needed to think. "Let's go and save Asia-san after that!"

After receiving those words from Kiba, Issei found himself calming down. None of them knew the reason that she was being targeted aside from heading what happened between Diodora and Asia before. But, none of them had known Diodora would go to these kinds of lengths for Asia, even aligning with the Khaos Brigade meant there was much more going on than that. It made them think of what Kazuki was doing in that instance, as there was not a single chance that he would let Asia get kidnapped.

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But, in that instance, the Old-Maou Faction turned their attention straight at them preparing to release their joint demonic blasts straight at them. It was true that the Gremory Group has grown much stronger throughout the summer break. But, as Diodora said these thousands of Devils consisted of those among the High-Class and Middle-Class ranking, which completely outclassed them. Just as a plan of attack was beginning to form inside of their heads, there was a: kyaa that originated from beside them, recognized as Akeno's voice.

Turning to her direction worried, the Gremory Team looked to find Odin behind Akeno lifting her skirt and with no shame staring straight at her panties and ass.

"Hmmm, nice butt. More than that, the curves only the young ones have is irresistible."

Odin stated while rubbing his beard.

"You shitty geezer! Where did you pop out from? –Wait, you are…..!"

Issei without hesitation pulled Akeno from Odin but then found himself recognizing him.

"Odin-sama! Why are you here?"

Rias asks surprised.

"Hmm. It will be long if I explain it, but to put it simply, this game has been taken over by the Khaos Brigade," a more casual yet serious response came from Odin. "Those from the game committee and those from the various factions are cooperating to take them on. Well, we know that Diodora Astaroth allied himself with the Old Maou Faction from the shadows. He must've received Ophis' snake which resulted in his sudden power increase. Then it will be dangerous for you guys, right? So you lot needed some help. But this game field is covered by a strong barrier. So it would've been hard for normal people to break or go through that barrier. Especially destroying it. We can't do anything unless we stop the one who turned the barrier on from the inside."

"Then how did you enter here geezer?"

Issei asked, surprised that Odin could break through the barrier if that was the case.

"When I gave one of my eyes to Mímisbrunnr, I became familiar with these types of demonic power, magic, and other spells. The same applies to barriers too."

After that, Odin showed them his missing left eye, something that resembled a crystal could be seen, bearing several magical letters that seemed to change. Witnessing such a thing sent a chill down Issei's spine, which is something that reached Ddraig from inside Boosted Gear.

"The enemy is the Chief God of the North! Our name will rise if we take his head!"

Someone from the Old Maou Faction announced, causing the thousands of Devils to unleash demonic blasts at them without hesitation. A sigh came from Odin's mouth as he took the rob in his hands and then tapped the ground without much thought.

BOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBON!

In response to that, the demonic blasts were reflected away and perished with Odin laughing from the attempt on his life, as if it wasn't anything special. Seeing such a thing stunned the Old Maou Faction's Devils and those of the Gremory Group, so many High-Class Devils among them meant nothing to the God standing there.

"Normally, I could break the barrier with my power but I could only enter here…. Hmm, so what kind of enemy did this? Though I was told by that brat, Azazel, to give this to you. To be making an old man work this much, what should I do with that brat afterward…," At that, Odin handed them communication devices and then proceeded to hand them to Rias who handed them out. "Go, leave this place to this Geezer and run towards the shrine. I'm saying this Geezer will be standing in the battlefield to cover you guys. This is a big privilege, you know?"

After doing that, a shallow aura enveloped the members of the Gremory Group.

"That will protect all of you until the shrine. Now, go go."

Odin stated, almost shoeing them away.

"But Geezer! Will you be okay just by yourself?"

Issei asked worriedly.

"For a baby who only lived for a decade or so to worry about me…," Odin found himself being amused and close to insulted by that comment, then replaced the rob in his hands with a spear that manifested in its place, then he pointed it at the Devils "Gungnir."

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!

With that single utterance of its name, the infamous spear Gungnir, an enormous amount of aura was unleashed at the thousand Devils piercing the sky, causing echoes throughout the area. The Gremory Group was surprised about the show of power from God, despite being old and a pervert, Odin wasn't the Chief God of the Norse Faction for no reason. It was insane power on another level.

"You know, Geezers need to work out sometimes too. Now then, terrorist devils. Come at me with all your might. This Geezer here is stronger than you can imagine."

Odin stated, showing this much power without getting serious.

"I apologize! I will leave this place to you," Rias stated, bowing her head, then turned to her peerage. "We will run towards the shrine!"

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Entering the shrine, the group found themselves turning on the communication devices and then heard a familiar voice from it.

[Are you guys alright? This is Azazel. Looks like you received this from that geezer Odin.] Hearing Azazel's voice on the other end caused them to think about what to say next. [I know that there are things you want to say, but hear me out. This Rating Game has received an assault from the Old-Maou faction from the Khaos Brigade. The field you guys are at, and the special field where the VIP room is flooded with Devils from the Old-Maou Faction. But this was something we anticipated beforehand. Currently, all the factions are working together to defeat the Old-Maou faction.]

Hearing those words, the Gremory Group could see what was happening inside and outside.

[Lately, those who are related to the current Maou started dying mysteriously. The ones who were behind it were the Old-Maou faction of the Khaos Brigade. It was told that the heir of the Glasya-Labolas died in an accident, but in reality, it was the Old-Maou faction who killed him.]

Hearing such a thing caused Rias to narrow her eyes.

[And the masterminds behind it are the descendants of Old Beelzebub and Asmodeus. Like Katerea Leviathan, who Kazuki, Lucia, and Lucina defeated before, their towards the Underworld's Government is great. By aiming at this Rating Game match, they tried to shake the World as a start by killing and showing off the dead bodies of those related to the current Maou. There isn't a better occasion to attack than this. We anticipated something bad, ever since the match between Astaroth and Agares.]

"Then the reason why Diodora's demonic power increased more than before is?"

Rias asked.

[He must have borrowed Ophis' power. They must not have thought that Diodora would have used that power during the game. That's why by adding that with the incident with Glasya-Labolas, we anticipated that something would happen in this match. But they didn't change their plan at all.]

Azazel replied.

[To them, as long as they can finish us off, anything is fine I. Even for us, this is a chance we can't normally hope for. It's a good time to crush the Old-Maou faction who seems like they will have a negative influence on the World. Odin, Greek Gods, and Gods from Sakra's side are also planning to annihilate the terrorists. We told the bosses of each faction in secret about the chance of a terrorist attack occurring, and we asked them whether they would participate in this plan. All of them decided to cooperate and were thinking about winning. Right now, everyone is rampaging against the Old-Maou Faction Devils.]

Azazel stated, before sounding more sympathetic.

[I'm sorry, Rias. I said war wouldn't happen that often, but then it turned out like this. We made you guys face such danger. We wanted to have them move before the start of the game. We thought they would appear then, and like we thought that it did. But we certainly sent you to a dangerous zone. I thought about this plan by persuading Sirzechs. I wanted to bring out the Old-Maou faction no matter what.]

"What would have you done if we died in the process?"

Issei asked.

[I was planning to take responsibility for it. If my life is needed to make up for it, then I would have done that.]

Hearing that their teacher planned to die if either of them died made them realize how much responsibility he was taking on as both their teacher and a leader.

"Sensei, Asia was taken away by Diodora! Does Kazuki know about that?!"

Issei asked.

[Yeah, we received word that Asia got kidnapped before you guys teleported here. The same guy who attacked her before snatched her up and it seemed as if Kazuki couldn't come earlier since it seemed as if that guy sent a bunch of monsters near your father's work. And it seemed as if Asia went willingly because of it.] After hearing those words Issei felt his anger building, he wasn't alone as the others shared that same feeling, having gotten to know his father. [Leave Asia to us. It will turn into a battlefield there. The Old-Maou Faction Devils are continuing to teleport their Devil soldiers there. There is a hidden basement in the shrine made durable so hide in there until things are over. This field is made by the Longinus possessor who belongs to the Khaos Brigade. You can somehow enter inside, but it's nearly impossible to leave from there. The High-Tier Longinus, Dimension Lost surpasses other Sacred Gears related to barriers and space. So that geezer, Odin, who specializes in techniques can't destroy it.]

"Are you also here on the battlefield, Sensei?"

Issei asked.

[Yeah, I'm inside the field. It is a really big field, so I'm far from you guys, though. I'd tell Kazuki and the others not to go, but….]

"But?"

Rias asked.

[Aside from the fact that it looked as if Kazuki was ahead of us in suspecting Diodora in dealing with Asia. To be honest, after hearing the full story, I wanted to mince that kid myself. You guys don't know what happened, but it far surpassed the stuff that I'm willing to overlook.] Azazel stated, with them being able to tell he was fuming in that instance. [Well, Kazuki managed to open an entrance with his methods and made it clear that he intends on targeting the guy who targeted your parents, then going after Asia. Hah, bringing me back to what he told me to tell you.]

"What was that?"

Issei asked.

[I planned on having you guys hide as we handled the Old-Maou Faction and Diodora, but then Kazuki brought up a good point. Aside from the fact that Diodora seemed to be obsessed with Asia, he mentioned that the Old-Maou Faction wouldn't let someone like him go about doing whatever he wanted for his pleasures. So, it means that that faction might need Asia for some reason, which was the reason he brought her there instead of somewhere inside a more hidden area. Going by that logic, as we're going about our business fighting the soldiers, it gives Diodora time to do whatever was planned on his end.]

Azazel's explanation, it'd made them see that Kazuki was seeing things from a different angle and made them all. And it meant that there was something else planned in regards to the reason that Asia was brought there which made sense thinking about it.

"We will go and save Asia."

Issei stated with a confident look.

[This time there aren't any restrictions. That is why there isn't anything that will hold your powers back. Go and rampage to your heart's content! Especially Ise! Show the power of Sekiryuutei to that traitorous brat, Diodora!]

"Osu!"

Issei replied with high spirits.

[Lastly, listen to this. It is important. Due to what was discovered, this is a request from Ajuka Beelzebub and also Gabriel, but capture the members of Diodora Astaroth's peerage without killing them. Also, this field is certainly even more dangerous. The Rating Game has stopped, so there isn't any retiring. Even if you guys get in a dangerous situation, there is no way to help you so keep that in mind. Be careful.]

After that, the Gremory Group found themselves further preparing and steeling themselves for the battle that would be happening in a couple of moments. Neither of them knew what Diodora was planning regarding Asia, but that didn't mean that the group would be stopping and would do whatever it took to get her back.

"Koneko, can you find Asia?"

Rias asked as Koneko had long since had her nekomata parts out.

"…I can sense Asia-senpai and Diodora Astaroth from there."

Koneko replied, pointing in that particular direction.

And so, with that in mind, the group found themselves looking forward towards the shrine which was meant to be part of the Rating Game. However, now it was turning into a fight for their lives without the retiring system to function as a lifeline for them.

---

In another location of the Rating Game, Kojirou was sitting around the various monsters that he had put under his control. Similar to the slime and tentacles which were mutated into something far more dangerous than normal, the others had been modified. There, he was simply sitting around to find the numerous Devils from the Old-Maou Faction going about their business.

"Oh, witnessing the carnage caused by the Old-Maou Faction is a real treat."

Kojirou stated, wearing a smile.

As Rias and Ravel managed to find out, despite his talents, Kojirou was a contemptible person who tried violating his King through the tentacles of a modified slime. Of course, he underestimated his female King which resulted in him being labeled a Stray Devil and was on the run. Due to the particular crime aimed at his unique King, he was targeted as a high priority. But, at the same time, the particular King he attacked was kept hidden to keep them from being labeled as "inept".

"Hm?"

However, for those who might have been aware of who he attacked, it meant that he would be attacked once he was recognized. In that instance, Kojirou thought that would occur and found something being thrown straight at him. Without hesitation, one of the slimes grabbed onto it using its tentacles, then positioned it right in front of Kojirou who remained sitting.

"Oh?"

Inside of its gelatinous body was the severed head of a Minotaur.

"I find that monster near my dad's job."

A familiar voice stated, appearing right there in front of him.

Kazuki joined by Raynare, Mariah, Ravel, and Irina appeared in front of Kojirou who remained sitting in the same spot without hesitation.

"Well, thanks a lot, I put a lot of effort into raising and strengthening a Minotaur," Kojirou stated wearing a cocky smile. "I should be glad, I was getting bored just sitting around waiting here. To be honest, I was hoping that my former King would come around and I got to do what I planned on."

"…."

Kazuki didn't respond and simply glared at him.

"Being friends with two Heiresses, I'm sure that you could see that both of them are beauties. You see, mine was the same thing, a beauty and virgin, someone who fits the appearance of a noblewoman. But, it's so funny seeing their reactions to things as ordinarily simple as Japanese culture. Mine was that very same kind of dumb, every time I said anything about Japan, she was sooo interested in it. Of course, other things's also a part of the culture. And who would have guessed that my talents would lead me to this."

At that, Kojirou was referring to the slime with the wriggling tentacles that seemed to be largely attracted towards the women standing beside Kazuki almost on instinct.

"I tamed the monsters I found, collecting the most Familiars that any High-Class and Reincarnated Devils could've ever taken. Not just that, could strengthen and modify them however I wanted, then received all the little praises from my precious King. So, I tried giving her a personal taste of what slime and tentacles could do, that would have been a wonderful first-time experience for me too. I started being able to see my King's beautiful naked body, but when I thought that she experienced that real mind-breaking moment, she broke free and I was forced to run," Kojirou stated, finding himself speaking more and more as he talked about himself. "I've done that same thing to different women that I met, but I kept going back and forth to thinking to my King. I'm a perfectionist like that."

"I was already aware of this, but you're nothing more than a lecherous creep."

Raynare stated, brushing a hand through her head annoyed.

"Come on, there's no need for that. Besides, isn't Rias' Pawn a lecherous pervert who would strip women in front of an entire crowd of people?"

Kojirou asked, finding himself bringing that up.

"Well, can't argue with that Ise-san is a lecherous pervert," Mariah stated, finding herself shrugging her shoulders and wearing a faint smile. "But, there's a limit to what he'll do to someone as little as that happens to be. Though, that still doesn't help this argument does it?"

As Mariah continued acting casually in front of Kojirou, one of the tentacles seemed to have immediately gone right at her without hesitation. But, in response to that, its tentacle and a large portion of its body were erased from the holy aura released from Almace. Despite how causal Mariah was in person that didn't mean that she wasn't at all prepared to attack when she needed to. More so, during the summer training with Kiba's master, Souji Okita, she learned about things like Iaijutsu, adding more to her self-made swordsmanship.

"Such rudeness, I can see the reason why no woman is interested in you."

Ravel pointed out, brushing a hand through her hair, causing it to motion in that direction.

"Ah, what makes you think that I want a normal relationship doing whatever some bitch wants when I can simply break them and do whatever I want instead. From where I stand, I see a total of four women in front of me who I could take pleasure in breaking in. As a human, nothing got my blood pumping more than watching the fire in a woman's eyes going dim, and becoming a Devil gave me the chance to explore it."

Kojirou stated with nothing short of malice.

"And I'm going to take nothing but pleasure in bringing your Evil Piece back to your King's feet."

Kazuki stated coldly without a shred of hate, almost as if a cold fire was festering in his chest.

It wasn't just for Kojirou who was simply an appetizer for the true target of this increased hatred. Also, there's the fact the communication device that Kazuki was wearing had a direct link to the ones the Gremory Group received from Azazel through Odin. So, from their side, he could hear that Diodora insisted on having a Rating Game of his own using Asia as the hostage. To be honest, of course, Kazuki wanted to go straight there, but the fact that Kojirou and Diodora didn't seem to have a simple partnership

Kazuki didn't want to take the chance that Kojirou had a backup plan if Diodora was in trouble and he didn't want to take the risk of Diodora hurting Asia who was a hostage. As much as it pained him, he was going to wait until there was no threat of Asia being hurt and when Diodora wasn't expecting it.

"…?"

Just then, Kazuki avoided an attack from a serrated greatsword, which originated from an Orc. Same as most of the monsters under Kojirou's control, the numbers didn't stop at one or five, instead being an entire squadron of ten Orcs. In their hands was an assortment of weapons much larger than either of the women on Kazuki's side, more so each of the Orcs were men.

"Well, I'm sure that I don't need to elaborate on the Orcs. I tend to give them the 'scraps' that I don't want anymore. I can tell you that neither of them is still alive," Kojirou stated as a sinister smile formed on his face. "Ah, another trope that I love seeing played out in real life. You wouldn't believe the number of times that I tell someone that I'll release them, then…."

Slash!

Kojirou was stopped as the Head Orc and another one beside them lost their upper half as Kazuki unsheathed Byakuren with a white aura wrapped around it. Although it didn't have one person, he received a white scabbard from Musashi over the summer break.

"I think that it's about time that we shut him up."

Kazuki stated as the other women around him agreed, then released their auras. In front of him, the Orcs rushed forward with a roar as one of them swung down a giant hammer straight at Kazuki who wasn't deterred at all, as he swung Byakuren upwards. There wasn't much resistance as the blue blade sliced straight through the gigantic hammer almost as if it were butter. And going with the flow of that attack, he pointed his hand in front of that Orc releasing an empowered fireball, scorching its face and causing it to shout.

"Goooou!"

As the hammer-wielding Orc yelled, Kazuki thrust Byakuren forward with a strong thrust and then penetrated its heart without resistance. Removing Byakuren from its corpse, the other hammer-wielding Orc rushed straight at him with a roar as its muscles tensed. He looked at the ground to find the greatsword resembling a cleaver right on the ground, then picked it up and swung it. If it wasn't for the training over the summer, then it would have been much harder to wield it, but then again he trained with the Strongest Exorcist who was a giant of a man.

Slash!

Kazuki aimed a slash right at the Orc's side, lodging the cleaver into its side. It caused the Orc's hammer swing to be knocked off course, then he grabbed onto its neck using his freehand, flung himself above its head, and then beheaded that Orc using Byakuren.

"Six left."

Kazuki stated as the fourth Orc landed on the ground motionless.

As Kazuki was fighting against the Orcs, the other women were fighting against the other monsters who were all under Kojirou's control. Raynare manifested particles of light in her hands, manifesting light spears in front of her, then fired them at the monsters in front of her, piercing their bodies and leaving holes in them. Mariah and Irina worked in tandem using their swordplay, having worked together for years and could coordinate without needing a single word.

In Mariah's hands, Almace instead of releasing holy wind as if it did before, it'd released lightning as it penetrated and burned the monsters it touched. In Irina's hand was a light sword she created, learning more and more about the light powers that she acquired, replacing Excalibur Mimic. Remaining in the air, Ravel released the Phenex's flames from her hands, scorching the ground and monsters in front of her without touching her allies. Added onto that, she released her clan's wind, causing the flames to rise in intensity almost turning into more of an inferno.

The Youngest Phenex's target was the Slimes whose tentacles she avoided while knowing full well their main weakness was intense flames. And leaving Fire Dragons aside, the Phoenix's flames which could scorch even their scales were second to none in terms of intensity. In front of Kojirou, the monsters that he raised were being defeated and killed without much resistance.

"Hahahaha, I still have more than that. Diodora wasn't the only one who received something from Ophis," Kojirou said as his demonic power started rising showing that he too received Ophis' snake, then a magic circle started to manifest in front of him. "Let me show off a personal prize of mine among the slime that I found."

Shine!

Coming out from the magic circle, a special kind of slime came forth from it, with a giant slime coming forth from it, shining with seven different colors. Just like the others, tentacles were sprouting out from its multicolored gelatinous body, releasing a stronger presence compared to the others.

"A rare Rainbow Slime that appears in only rare locations with the attributes of fire, ice, wind, thunder, light, and darkness. It's resistant to those same elements, so good luck finding an element that can affect this Slime which I enhanced using my demonic power, which is empowered all the more with Ophis' snake! So, let's see what you bitches can do against it!"

Kojirou shouted in an almost manic tone without hesitation, almost showing as if he was losing his mind through his arrogance.

"*Sigh* I think that someone so interested in cliché in media would know that lines like those are the biggest kind of red flags there is."

Kazuki started finding himself dealing with the final Orc, with its weapons being tossed aside, as Kojirou glanced at him with a glare.

"Ah, you're right. But, let's see if that'll happen this time!"

Kojirou shouted without the slightest hint of hesitation as demonic power rose from him without hesitation, then found himself rushing right at him.

---

In the Pseudo Rating Game hosted by Diodora Astaroth, the first round finished with Issei, Xenovia, Koneko, and Gasper winning against the eight Pawns who were promoted to Queen and the two Rooks. During this, the bluenette unleashed a powerful assault from the combination of Durandal and Ascalon, resulting in a strong resonance between the holy swords. Because of the comment from Azazel beforehand, she dimmed the power as much as possible as the two Rooks were defeated without resistance despite not being weak themselves. Nonetheless, the holy aura still dealt severe damage.

After that, Akeno wrapped the two using demonic power which sealed their powers and kept them unable to even move an inch. Going right to the second match, Issei, Koneko, and Gasper fought the next team of eight Queen-promoted Pawns. Due to not being an official match, Issei was granted permission to use his finishing move, i.e. Pailingual against them, despite one of them sealing their 'heart' to keep it from being read. But, this proved to be useless as Issei was instead reading their 'breasts'. So, with the combination of Dress Break and Gasper's time-stopping eyes managed to beat them with the aid of Koneko who knocked them out using Senjutsu.

However, as per the norm, the perversion behind Issei's techniques and methods earned him a punch right in the side of the Nekomata. Same as the Rooks, the Pawns were detained, causing the Gremory Group to move to the next round of the Pseudo Rating Game.

"Let's get going."

Rias said, witnessing that things there were said and done, causing them to move to the next fight.

In the second location, the enemies numbered three as the Greek shrine seemed to be a more open space as the battles from outside could be seen in greater detail. From the slightest glance, the Gremory Group could see several explosions and shockwaves from the distance caused by the battle against the seemingly endless number of Old-Maou Devils' soldiers with those from the other factions.

But, then their attention couldn't be focused on anything other than the opponents standing in front of them with a prepared look.

"…If my memory from the video is correct, they are the two Bishops and the Queen."

Kiba stated looking forward to them.

Issei wondered how Kiba could do that considering that the three of them were wearing the same robes and their faces were covered most of the time. But, that didn't matter as it didn't change the fact that the three in front of them were a dangerous trio. It made them wonder whether or not Diodora planned on sending all his strongest servants first, because of the first round. However, the remaining servants were two Knights, neither of them was on the same level as Kiba.

"We were waiting for you, Rias Gremory-sama."

Diodora's Queen stated, removing her hood to reveal a blonde-haired, blue-eyed older woman around the same age as Rias and Akeno. Next were the two Bishops, a younger woman and a man based on what Issei could recall based on the previous Rating Game recording. In terms of demonic power, the two Bishops were much stronger than Gasper, with them being the same kind of support type.

However, the strongest of Diodora's peerage was, of course, the Queen who during the Rating Game defeated Seekvaira's Queen and won in a head-on fight. In terms of demonic power, hers was most focused on fire, which was memorable to those who watched the recordings.

"Ara, Ara. I will be going then."

Akeno stated without fear as she smiled at the Queen standing in front of her.

"The remaining two Knights would be enough with just Yuuto. I will fight as well."

Surprisingly, Rias found herself stepping forward alongside Akeno, believing that Kiba would have no trouble in dealing with the next opponents. After witnessing the two Great Ladies of Kuoh Academy, the King and Queen duo standing side-by-side made the others feel the assurance of winning without trouble.

"Ara, Buchou. It would be enough with just me."

Although the others saw them as an undeniable duo, Akeno found herself almost shoeing off her King without the slightest hint of desire for a team-up.

"What are you saying? Even if you learned how to use Holy Lightning, overdoing it is taboo, you know? Rather than receiving damage here, it's better to go at them with more power to minimize our damage."

Rias reasoned.

A combination of Power of Destruction and Holy Lightning would be something that no one would want to face at the same time. But, it seemed as if the two of them couldn't reach an understanding of whether or not they would be working together this time around. As if noticing this, an idea entered Koneko's mind as she poked Issei's side to gain his attention.

"Hm, Koneko-chan?"

Issei asked glancing at her, then noticed Koneko signaling him to kneel and whispered into his ear.

"Just that?"

"…Yes. Akeno-san will power up with that."

Koneko replied, finding herself giving a thumbs up with a causal, but assured look.

Although Issei could see that Koneko was confident about that suggestion, he almost doubted that something like this would work at all. Nonetheless, he found himself going along with it and looked forward to the duo of Akeno and Rias.

"Akeno-san," Issei called out, causing Akeno to turn around to see what he wanted. "Hmm, if you were to defeat those people with ease, let's go on a date next Sunday! Will this work Koneko-chan? I don't think Akeno-san will get stronger with just having a date with me…."

Despite being unsure that something like going on a date with him would work, Akeno found herself smiling and shuttering with those words echoing in her mind. And then….

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

Lightning started sparkling around Akeno, then it started spreading around the entire area without seeming as if it was being held back. It was then that the Queen became enshroud in Holy Lightning something that she couldn't have accomplished before without Issei's motivation.

"… Ufufu. Ufufufufufufufufufu! I can have a date with Ise-kun!"

Akeno said, with a smile that was full of intensity.

"You are horrible, Ise! You have me, and yet you only ask Akeno out!"

Rias, on the other hand, didn't find herself amused by that suggestion in the slightest and found herself becoming immediately jealous. It didn't end there as the assumed betrayal caused the crimson-haired King's eyes to be full of tears from the building emotions.

"Ufufufu, Rias," Akeno found herself placing her hand in front of her mouth as she laughed. "This is proof that my love has finally been received by Ise-kun. Seems like you have to give up now, yes?"

"W-W-What are you saying," Rias questioned, standing in front of Akeno with an enraged look. "I don't want it to be said from the vulgar Akeno who sparkles her lightning from just a single d-d-date!"

Instead of the King and Queen facing off against each other instead of the trio of Diodora's Queen and Bishops, something which caused the three to look on becoming irritated from the incident.

"What did you say? I don't want it to be said from you, who doesn't seem like you will be getting love from him anytime soon."

"T-That is not true! E-Even a while ago he…..!"

"What happened a while ago?"

"…He touched my breast a lot on the bed."

"…Isn't it just that Ise-kun had a bad sleeping posture and that happened?"

"…We also k-kissed. Twice."

As Akeno and Rias found themselves having a back-and-forth as their Holy Lightning and Power of Destruction continued raising and enshrouding their bodies; with the most latest flustered comment from their King making her sound cute.

"Then I will tongue kiss him right now. Three times, right in front of you, Rias."

"Akeno! No! I don't even want to imagine your tongue going inside that boy's mouth! His mouth belongs to me!"

At that, Akeno and Rias got right in front of one another's faces almost seeming as if the two of them would then attack one another instead of their opponents. Both of them were releasing a combined aura that made it seem as if it would explode right then and there. As Issei, Koneko, Gasper, and Kiba seemed to be preparing themselves for such an explosion, the Queen lost her patience as she surrounded herself in an aura of fire.

"You two! Stop this, for god's sake! Don't ignore us for fighting over a man…!"

Diodora's Queen stated.

[Shut up!]

Rias and Akeno started unleashing their combined attacks straight at the Queen and Bishops without the slightest hint of remembering Azazel's previous comment. But, the Bishops seemed to create a conjoint barrier using their demonic powers alongside the Queen. However, it was immediately destroyed with the two powers enveloping their bodies without much resistance. In the aftermath, the Queen's and Bishops' bodies were releasing smoke as the damage made it impossible for either of them to continue fighting. Instead of being the result of the match, it was the consequence of intervening in Rias' and Akeno's argument.

"To begin with, do you even know all of Ise's body, Akeno!? I know it even to the tiniest details, you know!?"

"You just know it, but you haven't touched it or received it. Rias is always talk! I'm already prepared to accept him whenever and anywhere!"

It seemed as if their winning the second match didn't stop their argument, but then there was something more important than their rivalry.

"Ngh! …Well, I will stop at there. I will discuss this with you slowly after we save Asia. Asia's rescue comes first."

"Yes, I know. Asia-chan is like a little sister to me too."

Rias and Akeno agreed to terms of how Asia became an important part of their lives despite not being a member of their peerage. Despite it seeming impossible for either of them to continue fighting, Akeno still detained them as requested.

---

Running towards their third and final match before reaching the so-called final boss, the King, Diodora Astaroth, Issei, and the others found themselves in a more indoor location. There, the last member of their team, Kiba was supposed to be fighting against the two Knights. However, instead of them, there was a familiar face that neither of them wanted to meet again.

"Ya, it has been a while."

It was revealed to be Freed.

"Freed?!"

Issei couldn't stop himself from shouting that out loud.

The last time either of them saw Freed, was during the Excalibur Incident, but that ended with Freed being cut down by Kiba and everyone thought he was dead.

"You thought 'This guy was alive?', isn't that right, Ise-kun? YES YES. I'm so stubborn that I'm alive very clearly you know?"

"Stop reading through my mind!"

Issei shouted as his long annoyance for the rogue Exorcist returned.

But, the fact that he was standing there instead of the Knights made them all wonder why he was standing there and not them.

"Hmm, are you perhaps looking for the two Knights," Freed asked, with a sickening smile on his face without the slightest hint of goodness behind them. As the group became sickened by him, it didn't help as it seemed as if he was chewing something in his mouth, and then spitting out something in front of them. Looking down, a disgusted look appeared on their faces as it was revealed to be a finger. "I ate them."

"…?!"

Issei couldn't utter a single word as he seemed more and more confused and disgusted. It was then that Koneko sniffed the air, then became disgusted by what she smelled around Freed.

"…That person has "quit" being a human."

Koneko replied, covering her nose.

"Hyahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! Right after I was slashed down by Kiba-kyun, I was saved by that shit Valiiiiiii! And I got fired by that rotten Azazeeeeeel," Freed explained, then his body started doing an assortment of odd movements and started swelling up, ripping about his clothing, not stopping as he continued speaking. "The ones who picked me up after I lost my place are the guys from Khaos Brigade! They…! They said that they'd give me powers, and what did I geeeeeet?! Kyuhahahahahahahaha! To turn me into a Chimera! Fuhahahahahahahahahaha!"

Right in front of them, Freed transformed into a form where he had a horn and bone proportions grew out of him, with his body, arms, and legs becoming thicker. From his body, a gigantic arm grew alongside a single bat wing, his face changed in such a manner that it was doubtful that Freed was ever a Human, seeming to almost look a lot like a Dragon.

There wasn't a single member of the Gremory Group who wasn't looking at him with anything that was beyond a disgusted look. Neither of them considered Freed 'Human' in the first place, but being modified in such an insane manner made them wonder what was going through their minds.

"Hyahahahahahahahahaha! By the way, did you know? Diodora Astaroth's hobby that is. His hobby is beautifully crazy, and just listening to it makes your heartbeat," Freed started as he started going into more detail about Diodora, almost as if he was aware of it. "Diodora's taste in women. That rich boy certainly has great taste. He has a fetish for girls affiliated with the Church! Yes, the ones you call Nun!"

Hearing those words, each member found themselves thinking about those words, the word nun made each one of them think of Asia.

"And the ones Diodora preys on are the passionate and strong believers. Do you know what I am trying to say? His servant devils that Ise-kun and others defeated just earlier are former believers of the Church! The same could be said for the girls at his house! Each one are famous Nun and Holy Maidens from various areas! He's something, don't you think!? The Devil boy seduced the women from the Church and made them into his toys! Oh wait, that's why Devils exist! He speaks with sweet words to the passionate Holy Maidens and makes them fall for him! I guess that's what you call a Devil's Whisper! Hahaha, he got a kick out of watching that other male Bishop raping Nun in front of him just for the hell of it."

"Wait. Then Asia was…."

Issei asked, stunned about what he was hearing right then and there.

Neither of them needed more confirmation about those words as the answer entered their minds, with Issei who was unable to process someone could do something like this.

"The one who wrote the scenario of Asia getting kicked out of the Church is none other than Diodora Astaroth. It goes like this. One day, a Devil boy who loves to have sex with Nun finds himself his very ideal, Bishoujou Holy-maiden. He couldn't help but want to have sex with her ever since he saw her. But he thought it would be hard to take her away from the Church, so he used a different plan to make that girl his," Freed kept on going without hesitation. "The Holy Maiden is a very kind girl. I got advice from someone knowledgeable about Sacred Gears that hers can heal even Devils. So the rich boy put his attention there. And he thought, "Maybe she will get kicked out of the Church if another believer sees her healing me"! Even if a scar is left, it would still be alright if I could have sex with her! That's how that rich boy lives!"

Hearing those words caused Xenovia to tighten her fists after hearing those words, she was a member of the Church. She learned to sympathize with the situation that Asia was in, learning how kind and compassionate she was to other people. And to her Asia, as well as the other Nuns and Holy Maiden who shared the same beliefs being brought into such a terrible situation.

Xenovia wasn't alone as Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Issei, and Gasper felt an intense emotion of rage building up in their stomachs.

"She will get exiled from the Church which she believed in, then her life will get ruined and she won't believe in God, and then she will come to me. That's what he was thinking. Hyahahaha! Even the painful experience for the Holy maiden is a spice for that rich boy! He will save them from the depth of despair, and then rape them! He will rape both their body and heart! And that was the best and ultimate entertainment for him! He had been raping and making the girls from the Church his very own! And he won't be changing even from now! So the rich boy, Diodora Astaroth-kun, is a Devil who loves to fuck strong believers of the Church! Hyahahahahaha!"

Freed continued shouting without hesitation, not catching onto their building anger.

Issei couldn't help himself from starting to move forward as the young girl he thought of like a sister was put into a situation such as this. But, then Kiba grabbed onto Issei's shoulder.

"Ise-kun. I know how you feel. But, I'm the person who failed to get rid of him last time."

Kiba calmly said, but then Issei glanced at him back.

"Are you telling me to be silent about…?"

As Issei stared back at Kiba, he stopped before a single action could be made. In Kiba's eyes, there was nothing aside from anger and hatred.

"I will fight. I will stop that vulgar mouth of his."

Kiba stated as he started walking forward without hesitation as an aura radiated from Kiba.

Despite not being the Knights that Kiba was supposed to fight, there wasn't a single person who stopped him in the slightest. Then stood in front of the transformed Freed, creating a singly Holy-Demonic Sword in his hands.

"Hey hey hey! You are the rotten Knight-san who cut me down back then! Thanks to that I went through a lovely model change such as this! But! You know I also became quite a lot stronger? I even ate Diodora's two Knights easily. I also got their traits as well! So now I'm an invincible monster, so let's get along, Casanova!"

Freed stated, but Kiba ignored those words.

"It would be better if you don't exist anymore."

"Don't get all cooooooocky!"

In that instance, Freed grew an assortment of blades started growing out, then started rushing at Kiba without the slightest belief he'd fail in slaughtering him. However, in a single moment vanishing from the eyes of those who were watching them, Kiba moved forward. And in an instant, Freed was the one who ended up being cut in pieces with not a single hint of resistance.

"What the heck…. You are too overpowered…."

Freed with his dismembered head on the ground found himself cursing out loud.

Despite being modified into a much stronger form and having the attributes of the Knights inside of him, in front of Kiba he was nothing aside from a nuisance.

"Hihihi. Well, you won't be able to stop Diodora's plans or defeat the guys backing him. More than that you don't know the true horror of Longinus possessors…. Hyahahaha…."

In his final moments, Freed ensured that his words would spit nothing aside from spite, however, Kiba appeared in front of him and stabbed his head. After retrieving his sword, Kiba removed the blade from the blade through a single swing without the disgusting blood staining it no more.

"You can continue howling to the Grim Reaper in hell."

Kiba stated with a level of coolness behind it.

"Let's go, everyone!"

Rias declared, not wanting to hesitate a single moment long, with everyone agreeing with those words.

---

As the battle continued, Azazel who entered the battlefield, found himself heading to the location where 'that' person would be. Like the others from different factions, the members of Grigori were fighting. His search for this person wasn't due to his very own intuition, but instead from Fafnir, who was sealed in his Artificial Sacred Gear reacting. He and others managed to teleport there due to Odin's power, however, some managed to accomplish the same feat through Serafall's Queen.

It was limited to the amount of time she could pull if off, but with the aid of others, Lucina could let several people enter. Despite not being experienced or on the same level as Odin, the fact that she could do such a thing was notable enough.

After finding who he was looking for, Azazel stared at Ophis, who was sitting down watching as things unfolded, while standing on one of the rock formations. She had a graceful and beautiful face, but the fact that she was the literal Strongest being in the world and the leader of the Khaos Brigade didn't enter his mind second.

"I never expected for you to come here personally."

Azazel stated.

"Azazel. It has been a while."

Ophis responded with a faint laugh.

"Didn't you take on the appearance of an old person before? Now that you have the appearance of a Bishoujo-sama, you have my respect. What are you plotting, Ophis?"

Azazel asked, knowing that a fixed form wasn't a part of Ophis' unique nature and could assume whatever gender and form she wanted without limitations. However, for Ophis herself to show up, it might have meant that there was something of interest here.

"Observing. Just that only," Ophis replied, but then something more important entered her mind. "Also, Kazuki is here too. So, I'm here."

"Ah, yes. I'm still surprised that the almighty Dragon God found interest in someone over a doughnut," Azazel in that moment was still amused about recalling those words, then pointed the Down Fall Dragon Spear at her with no fear. "Sightseeing from such a good place, aye…. But, for the Boss to appear, huh? Will the World be peaceful if I defeat you here?"

"Impossible. Azazel can't defeat me."

Ophis replied, showing no hostility, simply bluntness.

Despite that, Azazel was well aware that he had no chance against Ophis who represented "infinity" itself, even if he donned the armor with Fafnir's power it wouldn't matter much against her.

"Then how about with the two of us?"

A familiar voice came in the form of Tannin.

"Tannin!"

Azazel called out with surprise, then glared at Ophis.

"The young devils are betting their future, and they are standing on the battlefield. I don't like the fact that you came to interfere in it! For you, who didn't take any interest in the world to become the boss of the terrorists!? What made you become like that!"

Tannin stated.

"Azazel and Tannin, still can't beat me."

Ophis stated, with the same bluntness that would hurt the pride of the two men who stood with pride among the particular groups the two belonged to.

"Still, I have to agree with Tannin, for someone who never showed interest in this world. How come you decided to come out and do all this," Azazel questioned, still not losing his fighting stance. "Killing time. Don't tell me such a dull reason like that. Because of your actions, there are casualties in each area. And that would also include Kazuki, who you seem interested in."

At that, Ophis for the first time turned to Azazel and Tannin, almost seeming as if it was a threat.

"Kazuki, won't die. Both those Devils, Diodora and Kojirou who took my snakes are too weak to threaten Kazuki."

Ophis stated with the same bluntness, but showed more interest in Kazuki nonetheless, surprising the two men.

"Seriously, a doughnut was enough for Kazuki to earn Ophis' attention. I don't know if I could call him luck or not. Still, the Dragon God herself is after him."

Azazel though, with Tannin thinking the same thing.

"The Silent World."

Ophis stated, with Azazel and Tannin hearing that word which made them feel confused.

"Huh?"

Azazel asked.

"I want to return to the Dimensional Gap and attain silence. That is the only reason."

Ophis replied, surprising them.

Both of them were well aware of what the Dimensional Gap was, it was the dimensional wall that existed in between the worlds such as the Human World, Heaven, and Underworld. It was a world of nothingness where the Dragon God in front of them was born.

"…I would laugh because your reason is being homesick, but the Dimensional Gap, huh? If I remember, over there at the Dimensional Gap…."

Azazel stated, knowing there was another Dragon comparable to Ophis living inside of the Dimensional Gap.

"Yes, Great Red is there."

Ophis replied.

It was then that Azazel received his confirmation, but it meant that Ophis intended to get rid of Great Red in an attempt to 'reclaim her silence'. It meant that was the purpose of the Khaos Brigade in the first place, wanting to gather strong allies and granting him her power to get rid of Great Red.

"Huh, fighting against the Great Red himself. Of course, if Vali heard such a thing then nothing more would be enough to convince him."

Azazel stated, knowing full well that Vali couldn't miss such an opportunity.

"Hey, Azazel."

"Huh?"

Azazel was surprised as Ophis called him.

"Kazuki."

Ophis started, finding herself tilting her head to the side as if in deep thought.

"What about him?"

"What would he do, if I asked if he wanted to be my mate?"

Ophis asked.

"…!"

"…!"

Azazel and Tannin made a stunned expression, unable to voice even the slightest reaction.

"I, shouldn't?"

Ophis didn't seem to think much about their voiceless response.

""Eeeeeeeh?!""

Azazel and Tannin shouted.

"Too loud."

Ophis said, finding the conjoined shouts from the Governor General and former Dragon King as annoying, as she wondered more about her thoughts. If it wasn't for the fact that Kazuki was there, she wouldn't have had the slightest hint of personal interest in anything around her. She could sense that he had promptly finished up with Kojirou, and could feel his anger.

"Should I kill Diodora Astaroth for him," Ophis who planted the snake in Diodora, it would be simple enough to detonate the power and kill him? "Hm, what did the Witch Girl say?"

'Well, Ophis-sama, sometimes if you feel like you want to help a friend with something. There are times when they should sort it out themselves. Onii-sama said that it'd be better if they handled things for themselves from time to time.'

The Witch Girl in question was Ley Fay who was giving Ophis a lesson on 'emotions' and 'friends'.

"I'll let him handle him."

Ophis had stated, finding herself assured about that thought, not knowing that someone else from the Old-Maou Faction appeared. It was Creuserey Asmodeus who then teleported there to avenge Katerea Leviathan while killing Azazel. Well, it wasn't that Ophis didn't know that he teleported there, it was simply that she didn't care. If Kazuki was in sight, then nothing else seemed to register in her mind. Even after Sirzechs also came to handle the situation, it didn't register.

---

Arriving at the main shrine, the deepest part where Diodora was supposed to be, once the Gremory Group came there, there was something odd there. There was something that looked like a gigantic device, it spread across the walls, with gems located at various parts alongside mysterious symbols and letters. However, at the center of it all, there was Asia, who seemed to be wrapped up in it all. But, there wasn't the slightest wound

"Asiaaaaaaaaa!"

Issei called out.

"You finally came."

Diodora who was sitting on the throne beside the device called out.

Issei wanted to start the countdown of his Balance Breaker but didn't activate knowing that there was someone who deserved to beat him most of all.

"…Ise-san?"

Asia called out, turning to face them.

It was then that they could see that her eyes were reddened almost as if she spent a long time crying.

"…Diodora. Did you tell Asia about the whole thing?"

Rias asked as she tightened her fists.

"As much as I wanted to talk about what I did to her, it seems as if Filthy Hakuryuukou ruined that big reveal that I was planning all this time. So, instead of that, I went into detail about what I did to the other girls from the Church that I collected without leaving anything out. Look, I left the video of it. Should I play it? She had a splendid face. The expression of the women affiliated with the Church falling, no matter how many times I see it, I never get bored of it."

Diodora stated amused.

"…how could you do that to everyone?"

Asia asked, feeling nothing short of empathy for the people that Diodora hurt and the thought that she would've been one of them didn't help it.

"Ah, because he saved Asia, my plan turned into a failure. I was supposed to have killed those Fallen Angels and then would come in and save her. I thought that bastard wouldn't win, even if you were to interfere. Then I found out he was the Hakuryuukou. It's an interesting occurrence. Thanks to that my plan was postponed quite a lot, but she finally returned to me. Now I can…."

In that instance, something slammed right through the stone walls, and then a steam of blue light slammed right into Diodora. Before he could react, a fist slammed into his cheek, mushing it deep into its flesh forcing his head in another direction before knocking him into the stone wall.

"You have no idea how long I have waited to do that."

It was revealed to be Kazuki who stood there with his Divine Dividing's light wings unfurled.

"Kazuki-san!"

Asia called out, feeling the light returning to her eyes.

[Kazuki/Kazuki-san/Kazuki-senpai!]

Kazuki was called out by Issei and the others, but in that instance, he flew straight for Asia at high speed through his Divine Dividing.

"I'm sorry that I'm late, Asia."

Kazuki stated smiling as his hand brushed her cheek.

"It's alright. I'm sorry that I haven't been talking to you all lately."

Asia said, seeming as if she were going to start crying again.

"It's fine, for someone as selfless as you, I doubt that anyone would complain about something like that," Kazuki said, not losing his smile for Asia and wiping the tears away. He then sensed that Diodora was raising his power to get back up. "Give me a moment, I'll get these off of you then we'll be able to go home."

"Alright!"

Asia replied, smiling as Kazuki leaped to the ground and floated down where he punched Diodora before calling off his light wings.

"B-Bastard! How dare some lowly Human turned into a softhearted Angel strikes me?!"

Diodora stood up back off the ground as blood dripped down from his mouth as he released killing intent straight at Kazuki.

"Rias-senpai, Nii-san, everyone. Please don't interfere."

Kazuki called out, ignoring the killing intent Diodora released at him.

"There's no question about that."

Rias found herself uttering without the slightest hint of intervening in this fight, which was meant for Kazuki and no one else to handle.

"Hell yeah! Kick his ass!"

Issei called out, feeling hyped watching his younger brother fight.

"Hey, Albion, you think he deserves to see our Balance Breaker?"

Kazuki asked, speaking to Albion and no one else.

[Not in the slightest, this ingrate has shown nothing short of disrespect and contempt towards us. Instead, show this worthless Devil how much weaker he is.]

Albion replied, finding himself unamused by Diodora's presence.

"Alright. Let me show him then."

Kazuki stated with a smile.

[Hahaha, yes, show him how strong the current Hakuryuukou is.]

It was one of the times that Kazuki could hear Albion laughing and feeling amused by something such as this.

"Ahahahaha! Amazing! So this is Hakuryuukou?! I thought so, you're nothing more than a worthless Human lucky enough to have been born with a Longinus! But, I'm a nobleman born among one of the 72 Pillars. And powered up with the snake Ophis gave him! I can kill you instant…."

Before Diodora could finish, Kazuki covered the distance between them in an instant, then struck the Pure-Blood Devil with a backhand strike. His face was sent in another direction without the slightest hint of resistance, with a good deal of force behind that strike.

"…!"

Diodora couldn't even react, feeling himself being stunned by the strike, but then he started receiving a strong combo as a punch from the opposite direction knocked his head in the other direction. In a swift motion, Kazuki unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at Diodora that continued pushing him backward without resistance, then he grabbed onto the Pure-Blooded Devil's block, then threw him straight into the wall beside them causing it to crack. But then, Kazuki covered his fist in light, appearing in front of Diodora, and punched him straight in the stomach causing deeper cracks into the walls.

"…Gaahah!"

Blood escaped out Diodora's mouth as his face distorted from the punch's power and the light which right in that instance was impacting him the most. His insides felt as if they were on fire as the light was influencing him more despite the empowered demonic power.

"And the instant kill you were talking about?"

Kazuki asked, not seeming impressed in the slightest.

"Ku! With something like this! I'm a High-class devil! The blood relative of the current Maou Beelzebub!"

Diodora shouted out loud, releasing a black demonic power from his body, and causing Kazuki to step back.

"Hm?"

In that instance, he unleashed almost infinite demonic bullets straight at Kazuki without caring where the attacks had hit as long as his opponent was one of them. Instead of seeming worried about it, Kazuki avoided each of them without seeming as if he was attempting to. Rather than the movements seeming to be straining, it looked almost as if Kazuki was flowing similar to a dance without the slightest hint of stress.

There were instances where he deflected demonic bullets using either his hands or kicking them back without his actions seeming nothing more than a dance.

"Hm, being born weaker than a normal person seems almost like a dream. I can feel nothing except gratitude for His Eminence and Tiamat-san for training me as hard as they did. I can handle situations such as this without activating Balance Breaker, let alone Divine Dividing."

Kazuki stated wearing a surprised look once again at his performance not showing much of a reaction to being attacked right then and there.

[Of course. I didn't expect to find a Human as strong as that Exorcist, I have no doubts he's the strongest among Humans despite not being born with a Sacred Gear and could even defeat a Longinus user if he wanted to. But, a big part of it was the training and endurance that you have been building up since childhood. From him, your base states combined with the Dragon heart have raised your physical abilities more than what you could imagine. And with Tiamat, you have learned the Dragons' original combat form, increasing your dragon power. If you used Balance Breaker with these base stats, then you would completely outclass Diodora Astaroth. Surprising that you managed to be trained by the Strongest Exorcist and the Strongest Dragon King.]

Albion replied, giving both Vasco Strada and Tiamat the respect that the two deserved.

"I have been wondering something. Lately, before the summer break, around the time we fought against Kokabiel, it almost feels as if I'm recovering faster than I should be, especially after sleeping."

Kazuki thought, finding himself recalling those instances where he recovered faster than he should.

[Hm, well, we can talk about it later. I do believe there's one reason for that.]

Albion stated.

"Ah, right," Kazuki stated, recalling what Diodora said before. "Now that you mentioned the Maou Beelzebub. He did give me a message to tell you."

"Huh?"

"He said," Kazuki started off retrieving Centurion and Imperator, then started unleashing light bullets from them, shooting down the demonic bullets. "'Diodora, I am disappointed in the information that I have complied and even received. You have shamed me and the entire Astaroth. At this moment, you have been forever stripped of your birth name, Astaroth. Each of your poor servants has been taken to receive the proper rehabilitation to forget about you. In the end, no one, not even the servants forced into joining your peerage would remember you as the worse scum to bear the Astaroth name. So, at this point, you're nothing but an enemy of the Underworld and not even a High-Class Devil anymore.'"

"Y-You…."

"Wow, to receive such a reprimand from the Maou, Ajuka Beelzebub himself. So, if you're not a High-Class Devil anymore, then does that mean you're lower than a Low-Class Devil? Wait, you can't even be classed as that."

Kazuki stated, taunting Diodora whose anger was boiling.

But then, Kazuki rushed straight at Diodora who felt as if his entire world was starting to crumble apart. He, who was a High-Class Devil lost his title and standing among the Astaroth Clan, and couldn't even refer to himself as such a thing.

"No, no, no, no matter what anyone else, believes, I am and forever will be, Diodora Astaroth!"

Diodora declared, creating barriers in front of himself to keep Kazuki from hurting him.

"No, you're nothing more than a scumbag who believes he's more than he is!"

Kazuki stated, raising his hand in the air as a series of light swords appeared right above his head, each one had a strong amount of light behind them. Each light sword penetrated the barriers without the slightest hint of issues as Diodora felt as if his options and tactics were thinning as time passed. One of the light swords kept sailing as it severed his right arm, causing it to fall on the ground and disintegrate to nothing.

"…It hurts. It hurts. It hurts! Why?! Why?! My demonic power! I was supposed to have had my power increased drastically with Ophis' power!"

Diodora shouted and complained as he touched his lost arm.

Kazuki approached him without the slightest hint of rushing, finding himself stepping in front of Diodora, and then he aimed a forward kick.

"Guah!"

Diodora received a kick straight into his abdomen, sending him straight into the air as bile and blood escaped out of his mouth. Before he could fall to the ground, he performed a straight uppercut, aiming right at his chin, then lifted him straight into the air.

"Do you think you have the right to talk about pain? Baseless power you didn't earn, useless talent that made you believe you could do whatever you wanted. In that Rating Game, your peerage supported you without you doing anything aside from charging in like a moron high on his granted power. And it was that dumbass move that got you caught by the Three Factions."

Kazuki started and grabbed Diodora by the neck.

"Urgh!"

Diodora received a punch to the abdomen with a light-coated punch.

"You abused countless women and made them lose their place in the world just for the hell of it. To make matters worse you even raped them until they were nothing but shadows of their former selves."

"Gah!"

At that, Kazuki kneed Diodora straight in the stomach, causing him to spit up bile from his mouth.

"This pain is nothing compared to what you put them through!"

Kazuki stated, staring straight into Diodora's eyes with the burning hatred feeling his soul, seeming to be also reflected onto them. Witnessing such a thing caused the former Astaroth to almost feel as if he was experiencing the first hint of fear in his life.

"I won't be defeated by a damn rotten Dragon like you!"

Despite that, Diodora didn't want to ever believe that he could lose to anyone like Kazuki, holding out his hands in front of himself. From them, a stronger wave of demonic power was released almost forcing him to be released from Kazuki's grasp. In that instance, Diodora created a wall of dense demonic power that separated himself and Kazuki, then made a confident and deranged smile.

"Ahahahahahaha! Did you see it?! I have much higher demonic power than those behind you! There is no way that you could break this barrier!"

Diodora stated as Kazuki knocked on the barrier without seeming as if he were attempting to break it through a show of force.

"Hah, again you have no tactical sense. If I wanted to, I could use Divine Dividing and whittle down this so-called barrier without stressing myself. But, instead, I want nothing more than to wipe that disgusting smile off your face just for the hell of it," Kazuki stated, raising his right fist into the air. "Also, I might as well test out something that I learned over the summer."

Over the summer break, from Vasco Strada, he learned to manipulate his Aura leagues above what he could do before. And from that, as he said before, instead of the infamous Holy Fist which Mr. Durandal was most famous for in the Church, Kazuki developed his version. Getting into a fighting stance with his right fist raised in the air, he coated his first in dragon aura, concentrating it into his fist until the air didn't radiate. It didn't end there, as in response to the building dragon aura, white scales could be seen manifesting on his right fist.

"You know the one problem about making a barrier this big? Even if there's demonic power poured into it, it doesn't mean that it'll be a tight defense."

After that, Kazuki leaped into the air with his fist reeled back, and then he found himself aiming a fist forward at a point of the barrier that Diodora concentrated his demonic power into. A clash occurred as a shockwave was produced from the colliding powers with Diodora believing himself to be successful in the end. However, cracks in both the barrier and his pride began manifesting. As Kazuki said before, the barrier was manifested from a concentration of demonic power for overall defenses. But, the area it was most focused on was right in front of his face where a normal person and an average fighter would expect to be attacked.

"Dragon Fist!"

"Ah…."

Break!

After a collision, it looked as if Diodora's barrier was lost to Kazuki's Dragon Fist, which was a dense concentration of power focused on a single limb.

"This must be a lie! There is no way I will be beaten! I won against Agares! I'm also planning to win against Bael! There's no way I will lose to the untalented heir of the Great King! I'm Diodora from the House of Astaroth!"

Not giving up, Diodora unleashed several circular blades manifested from demonic power, then released them at Kazuki who didn't seem fazed. With his Dragon Fist still active, he found himself striking the circular blades with no effort while avoiding the ones he couldn't strike. Even as the blades turned back around to hit him from a far different angle, he simply struck them down.

"W-Why, why aren't I…?!"

Slice!

"Ahhh!"

Diodora almost felt his world crumble as Kazuki stopped activating Dragon Fist, but instead coated his hand in light which shaped a blade and cut off his other arm. After that he pointed his hand at him as light particles simply amassed around Diodora before manifesting as bindings around his torso and legs, with crosses manifesting on him, causing an intense burning sensation that wouldn't cease.

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

Diodora screamed as Kazuki knelt in front of him and stared him straight into his eyes.

"Come on, what happened to that pride and confidence of yours? Did you use up all your tricks?"

"Hah, ah, I, I, I…."

As Kazuki stared down Diodora, it didn't seem as if fighting spirit remained in his eyes anymore as if he decided to surrender himself right then and there. He was bested, there was no doubt or question about that. His plan to gain Asia failed. His plan to defeat Rias Gremory and her peerage failed. His plan to kill Kazuki Hyoudou failed. He lost anything and everything that he had in his possession. All of it failed due to the intervention of the very Hakuryuukou he looked down on, who didn't even use his basic Divine Dividing or Scale Mail.

[His heart is already crushed. His eyes are those of one who has become ingrained with the fear of Dragons.]

Albion stated as Diodora was even brought to tears at those truths being pushed down his throat.

"Good, but he broke too quickly. If you can't take the punishment, then you should commit the crime."

Kazuki stated, finding this situation to be pathetic.

"Kazuki, aren't you going to finish him off," Xenovia asked, seeing as things were over, and pointed Ascalon at the frightful Devil. "He might approach Asia again. Don't you think it will be better for the future if we cut off his head here?"

"That's true. As much as I want to cut off his head, it would be too easy. It seems so much worth it to see him lose every single thing that he's built up so far and seeing his name smeared and hated by the people who had any kind of expectation in him," Kazuki stated, then glanced at the device Asia was attached to. "Besides, whatever those assholes planned seemed connected to the device Asia is strapped to."

At the mention of that, Rias and the others couldn't help agreeing with that as none of them even recognized the device or letters. At that, Xenovia found herself sighing in agreement, then stabbed Ascalon into the ground.

"…I understand. If Kazuki is saying that, then I will stop. But…"

"Yeah, that's right."

Both Kazuki and Xenovia pointed their Byakuren and Durandal at the cowering Diodora.

""Don't ever come and talk to Asia again!""

Both of them demanded as Diodora nodded his head in agreement as tears continued strolling down his face.

"Now explain what that device is before I let Xenovia cut off your third arm."

Kazuki threatened as Xenovia seemed prepared for that as a 'yep' escaped from Diodora's mouth, then began to explain things as clearly as possible.

"That device is one of the special barriers created by a Longinus possessor, the same one who made the strong barrier protecting this field. Dimension Lost, the Ultimate Barrier-type Sacred Gear spreads an ultimate amount of mist, then seals everything inside its zone and teleports it into another dimension. After reaching Balance…."

"I heard about Dimension Lost already, just get to the point."

Kazuki demanded not wanting to hear a long-winded explanation about a Longinus he already knew about.

"…the device Asia is trapped to can be activated by me or someone affiliated with us. Or, if I was defeated. This particular barrier increases the power of the one being restrained, in this case Asia, then reverses its effect."

At that, Kazuki and the others immediately remembered a similar incident during Sona's Rating Game, Reverse, an ability that accomplishes the same thing. So, thinking about that, with Asia's Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing, a rare healing-type Sacred Gear that can heal anyone no matter their species with a powerful effect. If that was to be amplified and reserved into one meant to cause damage to all species, then—

"Those bastards used Sona's Rating Game as the basis for this plan. The traitor from Grigori might have granted them Reverse because Azazel didn't know about it until he saw them using it," Kazuki stated, his aura continued rising at the thought of the women he loved being used like that. "But, this isn't the kind of plan that could have been thought up on a whim. Besides, the previous Heir of the Glasya-Labolas Clan died before the Youth Tournament, which was the reason Zephyrdor Glasya-Labolas took his place. They thought of this plan before Sona's Rating Game, because you know about Asia's Sacred Gear, but the first round proved them right."

"Y-Yes."

Diodora meekly replied.

"…The leaders of each faction might be eliminated!"

Rias stated, knowing that without being amplified, Asia's Twilight Healing had enormous potential, so if it were to be amplified further through the device, and then reversed then it would be disastrous.

"Ddraig, can't you do something about this? You are also a Longinus, right?"

Issei asked.

[No, Dimension Lost is a higher rank Longinus than the Boosted Gear. And if it reaches Balance Breaker, it's near limitless. Please remember it. Longinus more powerful than the Boosted Gear exists.]

"…Shit! Damn it…! What should we…."

Issei cursed, finding himself unable to think of a solution.

Activating Divine Dividing again, Kazuki floated up, appearing in front of Asia who heard the entire thing with her seeming to be thinking about something.

"…Kazuki-san, I…."

"Hey, Asia, do you trust me?"

Kazuki asked, smiling at her as his hand touched her cheek.

"Of course!"

Seeing that look on Kazuki's face, seeming to see the confidence and hope that could be seen in his eyes as Asia remembered seeing and believing in those words.

"Balance Break."

[Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker!]

After that utterance, Divine Dividing let out that announcement as a mass of white aura radiating from him, then it took shape as the infamous white Scale Male of the Hakuryuukou. In that instance, Rias and her peerage felt as if their skin was gaining goosebumps from the presence released from his Balance Breaker which was greater in comparison to Issei's Scale Mail.

Placing his hand on the portions of the device which Asia was attached to, then tightened his grip on it, before he activated Albion's infamous ability.

[Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!]

He halved the power contained in the device Asia was strapped onto, weakening the power poured into it by the High-Tier Longinus, Dimension Lost. In response to this, his power continued rising without the excess powers being released through the light feathers.

"Half Dimension!"

[Half Dimension!]

At that announcement, Kazuki concentrated and activated Half Dimension, causing the space surrounding Asia, in particular, to focus on the device attached to her. Half Dimension functioned on 'halving' all things in the literal sense of the word but worked based on distorting the space that it existed inside of. Instead of focusing on 'halving' the restraints on Asia, he twisted them around causing their shape to distort. As Dimension Lost was a Longinus focused on barriers and space, it meant that Half Dimension should in theory be able to interfere with it.

Crack! Crack! Break! Break! Shatter!

After some effort, Kazuki broke the device and restraints that bound Asia, causing her to be freed and fall into his arms with him removing his Scale Mail armor, and wrapping his arms around her.

"Kazuki! I believed in you…. That you will come to rescue me."

Asia said, wrapping her arms around Kazuki without hesitation with tears of happiness.

"Nothing would have stopped me from coming here, you know. He said some things, didn't he?"

Kazuki asked as he used Divine Dividing to bring himself and Asia to the ground.

"I'm alright. I was shocked that time, but I had Kazuki with me."

Asia replied, bringing herself closer to his chest.

"Asia! I'm glad! If you were to disappear, I…"

Xenovia, who had tears streaming down their face stated.

"I won't go anywhere. Since Kazuki and Xenovia-san will protect me."

Asia stated, smiling as Xenovia like a saint.

"Yeah! I will protect you! Definitely!"

Xenovia stated, with both of them hugging one another with the kind of friendship and bond that became almost unbreakable.

"Buchou. Everyone. Thank you very much. For doing this for me…."

Asia stated, bowing her head, causing Rias to hug her.

"Asia. It's okay for you to not call me 'Buchou' outside of school, you know? You could always think of me as your older sister."

"Yes! Rias-oneesama!"

Asia stated, hugging her back.

"I'm so glaaaaaad! I'm so happppppppy that Asia-senpai returned!"

Gasper stated, letting tears escape from his eyes.

But, not a single person could comment about it, seeing as Issei, Akeno Kiba, and Koneko found themselves all tearing up in that instance.

"Well, that was something Kazuki."

Issei stated approaching his younger brother.

"Well, that's what training can lead you."

"Ah, well you're not the only one who has been training. I won't let my little brother remain in front of me to recover, that's my job as the older brother."

Issei responded finding himself giving a wide smirk at his brother and raising his hand in the air.

"Yeah, well, at the same time, a big brother should expect his little brother to run ahead of time sometimes."

Kazuki replied, back raising his hand in the air as the two slapped one another's hands.

Slap!

Both brothers high-fived with the thought of neither of them letting the other run ahead of the other, which would be the first time in history that the Sekiryuutei and Hakuryuukou competed with one another as equals.

"Asia-chan?"

Akeno called out, causing them to notice Asia standing in front of the broken Diodora.

"…Asia-chan?"

Diodora questioned, feeling fear in himself as Kazuki and Xenovia were still there, with the two being serious about not letting him near Asia anymore.

"You hurt and made those poor Holy Maidens and Nuns go through something that no one should ever have to go through. All for no reason other than to make yourself feel strong and entitled without remorse, even laughing as I cried for them. You've shown no remorse for the slightest thing you've done. For that, I'll never forgive you," Asia started, with her arms and fists trembling from the memories of what she heard and experienced echoed in her mind. Hearing those words made no one step up, seeing this as the chance for Asia to walk forward. "But, at the same time, I'm standing with them because of you, which is the one thing that I'm grateful for."

Asia said, thinking back to what she talked to Miki brought before being kidnapped.

"It'll take a long time for them to recover from the things you did to them. But, they'll recover, I'll even help them heal their broken hearts. And they'll become stronger because of it. So, pl…no, never approach me or them ever again, Diodora."

Asia stated, staring straight at the cause of her pain, but who gave a blessing in the form of the people who lived in her life. And like Kazuki, she stared him down with a strong and determined look without showing the slightest hint of fear.

"…!"

Diodora couldn't utter a single word. He had been a long time breaking and hurting Holy Maidens and Nuns more than he could even count, but Asia's eyes regained their light and hope. And witnessing someone that he could never break was the final nail in the destruction of his pride. Ajuka stole his name and rank, Kazuki sole his pride in his acquired power, and Asia stole his pride in what he referred to as a hobby.

At that, Asia turned from him and stepped away from Diodora without turning back around and simply continued to walk toward her family.

"Now, Asia. Let's go home," Kazuki started before thinking back to the others. "Well, we first need to help the others. After I beat Kojirou, the monsters under his control started going berserk with the power he poured into them, with that Rainbow Slime being the biggest trouble among them."

"Yes! But before that, I need to pray," Asia stated, before clasping her hands together and looking as if she were directing her prayer to the sky. "Lord. Can you please listen to my wish? Please protect Kazuki forever. And also, please allow me to continue living with him and everyone. And let the children we bring into the world live a free and wonderful life."

After finishing, Asia found herself giving a bright smile.

"Asia. What did you pray for?"

Kazuki asked, smiling causing Asia to look shyly.

"It's a secret."

Asia replied, with a wink.

"Well, let's…huh."

In that instance, Kazuki immediately activated Divine Dividing and then rushed straight toward Asia without even the slightest hint of hesitation.

FLASH!

Just then, both he and Asia became covered in a bright light, manifesting as a pillar of light bright enough that all of them had to cover their eyes. However, once it vanished, Issei, Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Xenovia, and Gasper all looked forward to finding that the two of them were gone.

"…Kazuki…? …Asia?"

Issei asked, looking forward and wondering where his brother and Asia went.

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A/N: And there goes the next chapter of The Twin Dragons, well, I'm sure that this was a long-anticipated chapter with the start of the great battle. It started with Asia still being kidnapped, but this time going willingly to protect her adoptive parents. Things continued with the start of the Great Battle during the Rating Game that was supposed to have been between Rias and Diodora. There was the addition of Kojirou being involved, with more of him being shown, being no different from that of the Asshole Astaroth in what he does with his monsters, making the two the most hated partnership.

But, I'm sure the thing that people were most interested in was Kazuki giving Diodora the punishment that he deserved. And I hope that I wrote something enjoyable for those who reading it because I thought about a lot of things that Kazuki could do to Diodora. For someone who prides himself as a relative of Ajuka Beelzebub and a High-Class Devil, receiving news that both his name and status have been taken would be a massive shock. Also, receiving a beating from someone without them getting serious was a massive blow to his pride. And in the end, seeing as Asia remained strong and undeterred was another shock to him.

Next, there are two more chapters before the end of this volume. But, there's more than that, next chapter would be the end of the Twin Dragons' Rewrite.

Also, there was the reveal of the technique that Kazuki developed after training with both Vasco Strada and Tiamat, Dragon Fist. It might seem simple, but there is going to be some more development for this special technique in the future based on the things he learned.

Issei's Harem: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Lucia, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Aika, Elmenhilde, Yasaka, Kunou, Bennia, Roygun, Ingvild.

Kazuki's Harem: Sona, Raynare, Asia, Irina, Lucina, Mariah, Kuroka, Ophis, Rossweisse, Ravel, Le Fay, Gabriel, Jeanne, Lint, Tiamat, Lilith, Valerie.