A/N: This story is rated M for mature content not suitable for children.

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Chapter 34: Heroes Never Give Up

Khaos Brigade Main Base

Heracles vs Greyfia's Clones

"Oh me oh my, it seems the hero Heracles has no aim and blows his load prematurely," one of the Greyfia said loudly as she dodged a barrage of missiles sent her way by Heracles' sacred gear balance break.

"Yeah, with how quickly he shoots out his bullets, he wouldn't be able to satisfy any woman," one of the other clones said, freezing some missiles sent her way and firing back a stream of flames at the hero.

"With his personality, I doubt he would be able to attract any woman to him at all. So sad, he might die a virgin unless he is a rapist like his loser ancestor," the last clone said, making Heracles, who was dodging a flame attack, scream in frustration. He made a huge explosion to disburse the flames that were aimed at him.

"Shut your mouths, you whore. I will kill you all, and then I will slaughter the original and fuck her skull for this slight against me," Heracles exclaimed. The hero was basically fuming at the mouth with rage.

The clones decided to push the hero to his limit to see if he inherited anything from his ancestor Heracles besides his arrogance.

Covered in armor made of Toki, the clones of Greyfia started to attack the hero with vicious blows that created explosions, partly due to Heracles' sacred gears and the power behind the silver-haired devil clone's fists.

While not a master of using Toki Greyfia had learned how to use this ability from her husband who made her learn it in case her magic was unusable for some reason.

As it turns out, Toki is something anyone can learn; it just takes intense training and talent to an extent. The more talented you are, the faster you can learn it. But in her case, she lacked the natural aptitude for it, so it took her years to be able to use it in battle.

"How dare you do this to me, devil," Heracles exclaimed, his clothes bloodied with his own blood. The clone's ruthless assault had done real damage. The hero's face looked horrible; his left eye was swollen, and his lip was bleeding.

The clones watched with interest as the hero started to shake before his body glowed and he grew in size. If the hero was 7 feet before, he was now over 12 feet. It seemed the blood of Heracles, the Greek hero's blood, had awakened in his descendant.

Jeanne vs Greyfia's Clones

Jeanne looked terrified at the three clones of Greyfia as they froze and destroyed her dragon made of swords. She felt helpless against the clones of the devil, who looked at her as if they were waiting for her to put up more of a fight.

"Stay away from me," Jeanne screamed as she jumped away to make distance between her and her enemies, she fired a barrage of swords at the clones hoping that it would buy her time.

"You can do better than just throwing swords at us and running away," one of the clones stated as she dodged the hail of blades and closed in with the other clones on Jeanne's position.

Jeanne watched in horror as the clones seemed to be moving away from her, and no matter what she did, they wouldn't stop advancing.

"No," the female hero shouted and released more swords, but none hit the clones. Soon, the clones engaged Jeanne in close-range combat.

Jeanne screamed as a fist caught her in the face, breaking her nose and spraying blood everywhere. The female hero tried her best to defend herself against the three ruthless clones, but no matter what she did, it was useless. More and more attacks landed on her.

Greyfia's clones watched the female hero put up a pathetic resistance, and it made them almost feel sorry for her. However, they sensed a hidden power within Jeanne and wanted to bring it out.

They had been holding back their power so they wouldn't kill the hero, but every attack had enough power to break bones and cause major pain.

The clones did a combination attack, throwing punches at the vital point of the female hero, making her vision go dark as she hit the ground.

The injured hero could only look at the identical faces of the clones in pain and helplessness. Jeanne knew she couldn't win at this point, but she didn't want to give up. She is a member of the Hero Faction, and she believes in their cause: to defend normal humans from the rule of the supernatural.

"I won't give up, no matter what," Jeanne declared, trying and failing to get up. Her nose, right arm, and some of her ribs were broken, and she had trouble breathing. She was at the end of her rope.

Jeanne felt her consciousness slipping, but she desperately tried to stay awake. "I will not be defeated here. I will protect humanity from all of you supernatural beings who just see us as cattle."

Greyfia Clones sensed something inside Jeanne had changed as she was engulfed in flames, but she wasn't burned. Instead, the female hero emerged in a new suit of armor, wielding a spear with a flag attached to it.

"Interesting, so it seems the spirit of the original Jeanne has awakened inside you," a clone said as she could practically feel the difference in the hero's aura from earlier to now.

Siegfried vs Greyfia's Clones

Siegfried clashed with the clones over and over again, but throughout the battle, he came to the realization pretty quickly that he couldn't win this fight no matter what he did.

This realization would normally break the fighting spirit of anyone who came to this conclusion, but for Siegfried, it made him fight harder to overcome the foes in front of him.

"You are talented with your demon sword," A clone said as she swung a blade of ice made with magic at the hero who blocked it with one of his swords, "but you lack the raw power necessary to defeat us."

And that was the true Siegfried admitted to himself, all his attacks were more skillful than Greyfia's clones but they lacked the power to do lasting damage to them.

If he had held a holy sword, something that devils are naturally weak against, it might have made a difference, but all his blades were demon swords, so their power affected devils like regular magic swords.

Siegfried then sensed Jeanne getting her ass kicked if her weakening magical power was any indication, so maybe having a holy sword wouldn't have made a difference.

"You are a powerful devil, perhaps the strongest opponent I've ever faced, but I will not lose," Siegfried declared with determination in his eyes as he charged at the three clones.

"You have the right attitude, but as you said, I am stronger, stronger than you, at least, so how can you possibly win?" one of the clones asked, wanting to see if the hero was just putting up a front.

"I will burn the rest of my life force in exchange for more power," Siegfried said as his aura started to shift. "I am an artificial human created by the church, but they wanted to eliminate me for being a failure. However, I survived and gained power, and now you will have a taste of it."

The clones watched as Siegfried's skin turned red with white veins all over, his eyes pure white glowing with power, his six arms became more muscular. All in all, he looked really powerful now.

"Let the real fight begin," Siegfried exclaimed as he charged toward a clone. The ground under his feet was destroyed by the sheer force of his high-speed movement.

Georg vs Greyfia's Clones

Georg was growing frustrated by the way his battle was going; the silver-haired devil's clones were playing with him. They would teleport out of his attack range every time, something he found both ironic and laughable.

Georg couldn't believe the nerve the clones had to use space-time magic to combat him who holds the most powerful space-manipulating sacred gear.

Greyfia's clones used their Devil Gear powers to predict and teleport using darkness away from any harmful attack while also launching attacks of their own.

Georg would use his sacred gear to teleport all the clones away from him. As the battle stood, it was a stalemate, with the hero using his sacred gear to defend and attack, and the clones using their devil gear to predict attacks before they happen and teleport away.

"Will you bitches stay still and just die already," Georg exclaimed in frustration. He used his sacred gear in the form of a mist and elemental spells in the form of dragons made of ice, water, fire, lightning, and wind to attack the clones from all directions.

"You are really rude, human. I bet you're not popular with the ladies," one clone stated mockingly. Her words ticked Georg off, as he was, in fact, not good with women or people in general. "So, Mr. Virgin, give up now, and we'll make your death painless."

"Fuck you bitch, while I may not have been able to land a direct attack on you, but none of you were able to get to me, so as far as I can see, this battle is going in no one's favor," Georg said, but he started to focus, "but that is going to change right now, Balance Break."

The clones watched with interest as George activated his balance break. A barrier covered the entire area, trapping the clones inside it.

Dimension Create

"Now that you are trapped in my balance break, you all will not be able to escape, but worry not, I will kill you all before I leave," Georg declared confidently, "I will give you a taste of my magic prowess."

Multiple magical circles appeared, the clones were impressed, Georg had magic spells from Norse, Demonic, Fallen Angel, Fairy, Black, and white magic aimed at them.

"I am impressed," a clone stated as she watched the magic circle glow brightly. "It is rare for a human to learn magic from so many different mythologies."

The clones glance at each other before nodding as if they came to an agreement. Then, another clone spoke."

"We decided that we don't want to kill you anymore," one of the clones stated, "We have something else in mind for you and your friends."

"Don't talk like you've already defeated me, you dirty devil," Georg shouted in anger at being underestimated. "I will kill you all, then i will go do the same to the original if Cao hasn't finished her off yet."

"Then stop talking and show us what you've got," a clone said with a bored look, even with all those different magic attacks aimed at them.

Georg gave the clones a hateful look before he unleashed his magical attack, creating a massive explosion.

Cao Cao vs Original Greyfia

Cao Cao watched as the female-turned-male devil dismantled his warriors' summons with his sacred gear as if they were made of wet paper. It seemed that her male form boosted her physical attack power.

Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin: Gahapatiratana

Cao Cao created more warriors. He needed them to buy him some time, so he came prepared with his sacred gear's second strongest ability.

Polar Night Longinus Chakravartin: Parinayakaratana

Cao Cao also noted that when he clashed with Greyfia, she made sure his spear did not touch her, which is understandable since it had the power to exorcize a high-class devil with a single stab, and its effect would take longer to work on someone of Greyfia's level, but she would be purifying her eventually.

"You seem to be thinking a lot for someone in a life or death battle," Greyfia said as she casually ripped one of the summon warriors apart with her bare hands.

"Hahaha, you should focus on yourself, devil," Cao Cao said as he was waiting for his sacred gears ability to activate.

Parinayakaratana has a special requirement that one must meet before it can be used: He must gather his energy for one full minute, and he must be facing an enemy that none of his other abilities can defeat.

From the way Greyfia was defeating his summon warriors, it was clear that none of his other abilities would work on her, and he had been standing still for almost the whole minute required to use Parinayakaratana.

"You supernatural beings have all enslaved and used humanity for your own gain for as long as man has come into being, but we, the hero faction, will put a stop to it by destroying all supernatural races," Cao Cao exclaimed with passion as he felt his power activate.

"But aren't you part of the supernatural world?" Greyfia questioned, her head titled to the side in confusion. "Humans with sacred gears could all be considered demi-gods in their own right."

Cao Cao looked stunned at the silver-haired devil for a second. He had never considered what she said before, and as much as he wanted to deny the fact that he was a part of the supernatural, he couldn't. He was more powerful than a normal human could dream of being, with the power to remake the world.

"That doesn't matter, even if I am part of the supernatural world, I am a hero, a protector of man, while you devils enslave them," Cao Cao said after regaining his composure. "Enough, take time to die."

"Parinayakaratana activate," Cao Cao shouted, and a massive power came from him. Greyfia prepared herself for what was to come: "Have a taste of my divine power, Devil."

Soon the area where they were fighting was consumed by a bright holy light that killed many low to high-class devils that were close to Cao Cao.

Chapter End

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A/N: Next chapter is the end of the battle with the hero faction and the beginning of the battle with Mephisto and the angel faction.

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