( Yuuki's POV )
In a desperate move, Mila Rose tried to fall with Issei, but he dug the claws of his armor into the ground and put a stop to the Arrancar woman, Issei then threw his body back and threw Mila Rose out of the platform's domain, Koneko and Matsuri engaged in combat and Issei turned around to help his teammate but Mila Rose stopped in midair and tried to fly back to the platform and that's when things flip completely.
Explosions shook the mountain and the screens focused on the participants who were not at the top, Ranni and her team made another unexpected move when they started cutting and destroying the highest platforms and above the angeloids began to destroy the platform they were standing on making the platforms that were already under their control the tallest, stretching the gap between the points piled up and securing Ranni in the number one spot, a bold but completely valid move.
The others didn't understand what was happening at first and just panicked when they saw the leaderboard but before they could act on that, the coliseum siren sounded again and the competition ended.
The final results were the moon order in first place receiving one hundred points and the other two teams tied for second place receiving fifty points each, the arena returned to normal and in the center was Ranni with a smug expression, very pleased that her plan had worked perfectly, The others weren't happy about it but they'll be able to use that feeling to inspire them in the next round.
The teams left the arena and the digital roulette wheel appeared again in the sky, and when it stopped the next competition was decided, that was capture the flag and the participating teams will be the zombie elimination squad, the fallen angels team and my team.
When that was decided I got down from the observation booth, The people in the stands burst into applause while the participants in the arena stared at me as I was one of the most dangerous opponents in the competition.
Kokabiel: It seems I'm in luck today, I didn't think we'd meet so soon.
Yuuki: You sound confident as always. I hope your training gave you the results to support that confidence.
Kokabiel: You'll see soon enough.
The Coliseum created a perfect stage for the competition and this time we were absorbed into a pocket dimension, My team and I appeared in a castle within a vast forest that stretched as far as the eye could see and tall trees that hid the other castles, while I was admiring the view, Sakuya's voice sounded throughout the place and she began to explain the competition.
Sakuya: [ There is no limit to the number of participants in this competition; flags will appear randomly in the forest, they will emit a light and the stronger it is the more points it will give, each team has a castle and only the flags inside the castle will count towards the final score, If the castle is destroyed it will result in immediate elimination. ]
When Sakuya finished her explanation we had a moment to set up our strategy, I quickly divided our forces into three, Takao and Atago will be defending the castle, Rhym, Sif, and Grimm will be in charge of collecting flags and Mythra, Pheliss, Pyra and I, with that he decided, we waited for the start siren and when it sounded some lights turned on in the forest, hose were the flags and immediately my two guard dogs and Rhym jumped out of the castle.
Mythra and Pheliss transformed into their Blade forms and Pyra and I left the castle in search of enemy bases.
Pyra: Master, wouldn't it be better if I did some aerial reconnaissance?
Yuuki: I wouldn't recommend it, with Stella on the other team I wouldn't be surprised if Saya's first move was to make the whole place a no-fly zone.
That wouldn't be a problem in a normal fight but Stella could take out my shield in two or three good shots, and on a more selfish reason I wanted to face Kokabiel again.
With aerial inspection off the table I opted for a more basic baiting tactic, collecting one of the flags scattered throughout the woods, I put them at the end of my bone tails, and I stick them in the ground as if I were fishing, I waited patiently for someone to appear and luckily I didn't have to wait long.
Xenovia and Raynare appeared to collect the flag and when Raynare grabbed one I pulled and brought her in front of me.
Raynare: Ugh Master, why did I have to run into you?
Yuuki: Your words hurt me, Raynare, I am happy to see you.
Raynare: no, you're not, you want to know where Kokabiel is, well let me make things easy for both of us he is-
Xenovia: Wait, if you want that information, you'll have to beat us first.
Raynare: Hey, that wasn't part of the plan.
It seemed like there was a little conflict in the fallen angel team, I released Raynare and she flew behind Xenovia.
Raynare: Hey, you know we don't stand a chance against him, let's let Kokabiel take care of him as planned.
Xenovia: I have some pending business with him.
Raynare: Then you're on your own, there's no point in both of us losing here.
Xenovia: Oh, that's fine by me. I wanted a one-on-one anyway.
Raynare did not hesitate to leave Xenovia behind and continued with her main mission, Mythra and Pheliss took their human form behind me and in my hands were replicas of their Blade forms.
I was giving her the one on one she wanted and Xenovia summoned her colossal sword Durandal and grabbed from her back another sword covered by a white bandage, That was one of the new kabane swords developed by Soue.