The woman who met us at the sports courts was an… interesting person.
She had long, tied back reddish-orange hair and rather well-tanned skin with strange, tribal markings painted on with violet. And her body… it was rather erotic. It was well-toned but not disgustingly muscular, and her oppai were HUGE! A low-level D-cup at least! Her clothing was equally erotic, consisting of nothing but a small, iron bra and a leather skirt, and the straps holding that up were thin wires. Held easily in one hand was a large bastard sword.
"I'm the Knight of Riser Phenex-sama, the Queen of the Amazon, Tania! I've become bored of these tedious and wasteful tactics! Rias Gremory's Knight! I challenge you to meet me in battle like a true warrior! If you have any guts or the slightest bit of pride as a Knight, then come out and face me!"
"Since she introduced herself, I can't hide myself both as a Knight and as a swordsman." Kiba walk out, me following after her.
"I'm the Knight of Rias Gremory, Kiba Yuuki."
"I'm the Pawn, Hyoudou Issei!"
The Amazon cocked her head out and laughed. "Kyahahahahahahaha!" Up until that point, I never thought I truly heard someone laugh "uproariously". "Truly you two are amongst the bravest amongst your group! For that, I will be sure to remember your names! The names of my valiant enemies whom I will defeat here and now!"
She lifted her heavy sword with ease. Kiba mimicked her gestured and brought out her own sword.
"The match between Knights. I have been waiting for this. Personally I would like to fight in an intense sword fight."
"Well said! Rias Gremory's Knight!"
They both charge at one another using incredible speed, sparks flying all over the place every time their blades clashed against one another. Kiba seemed to grunt from the force that Riser's Knight put into her blows, but didn't seem overly burdened.
"You seem bored."
When I look at the direction where the voice came from, there was a woman wearing a mask that just covered half of her face. But then, I heard another voice.
"Geez, this only seems like a mud fight since both of them only thinks about fighting and swords, fighting and swords. So many sword freaks."
It was her. The girl who would get Haruto as her servant if we lost. Ravel Phenex if I remember correctly from what Haruto told me. She is the Bishop and younger sister of Riser…Riser made his little sister a member of his harem. That just sounds wrong when I say it in my head.
"Hmm. So this boy is the Pawn that Rias Gremory adores? It seems foolish that she did not make Haruto-sama her Queen… of course if it took Leviathan-sama her Mutated Queen Piece, I suppose it wouldn't have been an option… makes sense she settled for this Pawn instead…" By that point, I grew pretty certain she was talking more to herself than me. I felt oddly annoyed at being forgotten so easily. "I suppose it is good in a way. None of Onii-sama's servants will have to fight and injure my soon-to-be servant, so that's good…"
She trailed off, clearly thinking about something to herself, her cheeks turning a slight pink color while thinking about my brother.
"Hey! Don't just ignore me! Boosted Gear standby!"
[Boost!]
The Phenex girl barely looked at me, only snapping out of her thoughts for a moment. "Hm? Oh yes, you…I'm not going to be your opponent. Isabella, why don't you be his opponent?" She asked the masked girl.
"I was planning to in the first place. Now then, let's fight since we are both bored."
"Ah, yeah. That's ok, but isn't that Bishop going to fight?"
"Ah, don't worry about her." The enemy Rook answered in a surprisingly polite tone compared to the treatment we have received from Riser's other servants. "That girl is special. She will be mostly observing for this fight as well."
"Because she's Riser's younger sister?" I guessed.
"Exactly."
"Now, here I come! Rias Gremory's Pawn!"
The Rook attempted to punch my face, but my quick instincts urged me fast enough so that I could move out of the way. With that close dodge, the punch only barely grazed my cheek.
"I see. So you can dodge a punch like this. Sorry. I was looking down on you a bit." The Rook admitted. "I'll put one gear, no, I will increase by two gears then!"
She makes lots of punches and somehow I manage to dodge them all, even though she is doing them from different angles.
But then! She delivers a kick to me! She keeps delivering punches to my face as I was distracted by the pain in my stomach!
[Boost!]
Yes! I Boosted again! With this, it should be enough! I crossed my arms to guard against her punches. Her punches were heavy even with my guard on! I would retire right away if I continued to receive these hits! I stepped back when she finally ceased her attack. She smiled at me.
"I was taking you lightly. To tell you the truth, I thought I got you when my kick hit you… Looks like Rias Gremory has been training you well. Especially your stamina is magnificent."
My stamina?
"In a serious battle, the most important thing is the stamina. Even idiots can fight. But you need stamina to continue for a few minutes. Battles consume lots of stamina and concentration. Just dodging the attack requires quite an amount of effort. So being able to do it till now means that you have been training your body a lot."
Buchou's training! Its all thanks to her training! Yes, even though it was hard, it paid off!
"Rook Isabella. I am the weakest and the least experienced member in Rias Gremory-sama's group. But still I will defeat you!"
Something then gets my attention, Kiba's Holy Eraser, its been blown away by the Knight of Riser!
"You are a truly skilled swordsman, Kiba Yuuki," The Knight, Tania, praised, seeming truly gleeful at the challenge, "but my blade is one that serves Riser Phenex! I will not fall before any enemy of master! Your Sacred Gear is useless here!" She raised her giant sword with ease and pointed it at Kiba—IS HER SWORD ON FIRE?!
Instead of being bothered by it, Kiba smirked. "Then I will also tell you this. Unfortunately, this isn't everything of my Sacred Gear."
Tania raised an eyebrow, interested in Kiba's claim. "Oh?"
"Freeze."
Saying this, Kiba's blade turns into a blade of ice! An ice sword!
"In front of this sword, Flame Delete, all types of fire will disappear."
"Is it possible?! Do you possess two Sacred Gears to fight me with?!" The Knight asked, seeming more excited than anything at the thought. Seriously! This woman is either a battle maniac or a masochist! Maybe even both!
Tania swung her flaming sword to the side! Her eagerness and excitement was unsettling. The instant her sword touched Kiba's sword, the flame sword started to freeze and turn into a single, solid shape. The top edge broke, but that didn't stop the Amazon woman. Instead, she grinned. She pulled on the hilt of the sword and another slimmer, shorter sword slid out! A sword inside of a sword!
"In that case, I will get serious as well!" The Knight of Riser held out her sword horizontally before her. "We are the members of the all mighty House of Phenex that rule over fire and wind! Show me how you fare against this great whirlwind of blazing fury!" With a powerful swing of her blade, Tania unleashed a great wind of fire around the baseball court with her and Kiba in the middle of it. The hot wind burned my skin.
"That Tania. Has she forgotten that her allies are here as well!?" Isabela complained, raising her arm to guard her face. "I wonder if that other candidate Riser-sama considered would have been any better…"
Eh? So there was someone who Riser intended to have before the Amazon chick? Huh. I guess not all Devils are able to get their first-choice servants.
Kiba's ice sword started to melt after receiving the wind of fire. Even so Kiba still didn't seem to be bothered.
"I see, you are trying to burn us with the whirlwind of fire… But…" Kiba put her blade-less sword in front of her. "... Stop." She said with a strong voice. The wind then started getting sucked into Kiba's sword while making a large noise. "Replenish Calm. It's been a while since I last showed more than two demonic swords for one battle."
"… Multiple Sacred Gears!" Tania stared in excitement. "Are you a Sacred Gear possessor who takes the weapons of other Sacred Gear users and makes it their own!? Truly this ability of yours is magnificent! Where did you attain this power of yours?!"
Kiba shook her head at the nonstop excitement of her opponent. "I don't have multiple Sacred Gears. I also don't take the Sacred Gears of others and make them my own. I created it."
"Created…it?" Tania's excitement changed into confusion.
"Yes, Sword Birth. I can make any type of demonic swords. That is the name of my Sacred Gear and its true ability."
Multiple swords appear from the ground when she put her hand downwards! There are swords with different shapes. Even the blades are different!
[Boost!]
Here it comes! 150 seconds exact! Now I'm also ready!
"Boosted Gear! Explode!"
[Explosion!]
A massive load of energy waves gathers on both my hands. But, I will have to hold back as, I can't destroy the school here!
Dragon Shot! My special move!
A mass of demonic power gets released from my hands. I'm blown back by the force of it!
"Isabela! Don't take it! Dodge!" The Knight, Tania, warned the Rook.
Isabella who was trying to take the attack before changed her action by evading it.
I look at the Dragon Shot that had hit the tennis court and I can't believe what I am seeing. The tennis court it hit, is gone!
"Isabella! Defeat that Pawn! That boy! That Sacred Gear has the power to change the outcome of the battle!"
"Affirmative! Boosted Gear! It will become a big threat if we allow him to use Promotion! I will take him down before that happens!"
The enemy came rushing in at me, starting to kick and punch. I guarded to defend myself from her attacks. Then I put strength in my left arm! I hit her! I sent her flying! I can now use it!
"Burst! Dress Break!"
At that instant, her clothes are blown away immediately! Her naked body became visible. Wow, it's huge breasts! It's really good since her body is tight! I have saved it in my brain's memory!
"Wha! What is this!?"
Isabella reacted by hiding her private parts. Well of course you would react that way!
Here it is! Without wasting anytime, I put forward the small block of demonic power that I created with my right hand! What I imagine is a block of demonic power launching from my hand! I shoot it towards the enemy! It hits her dead one! When it calms down, Isabella is covered in light.
Reset
My Sacred Gear reset itself.
Riser Phenex-sama's Rook retires.
Grayfia-san announced it this time.
"Hell yeaaaaaah!" I shouted with joy because I defeated a Rook. I can fight! I can fight because of you, Buchou!
"Apparently both Isabella and I have been taking that 'Pawn' and the Sacred Gear lightly. Just like I thought, I shouldn't take him as an ordinary 'Pawn'."
I was praised by the enemy Knight. This didn't feel too bad. I felt a bit happy.
"And that technique… Blowing away a woman's clothes…"
"Yeah, I'm truly sorry. I will apologize as well. I'm sorry for our Issei-kun being a lecher."
HEY! Don't apologize to the enemy, Kiba!
"No no!" The enemy Knight stopped Kiba. She placed a hand under her chin, eying me with an examining look. "...to blow away a woman's clothes…" Then a light blush appeared on her face…Then a perverted grin that seemed oddly familiar. Of course. It was the grin I got whenever I saw a girl's glorious oppai! Eh!? The Knight girl is giving me a thumbs up!?... How strange. A girl who enjoyed such a technique? Why would she… It's like she liked… Oh. OH!...
I get it now.
I gave Tania a thumbs up back.
We were kindred souls! We were forever bonded from that point forth due to our love for the naked female body! I never thought I would find a girl who shared such interests! Alas, I'm more interested in someone else.
"... I'm not quite sure I want to fight her anymore." Kiba said, a cautious expression on her face as she edged away from Tania. "I now get why her strikes were always aimed at my shirt." Indeed. Kiba had several shallow cuts to her shirt that revealed embarrassing amounts of skin at certain points… Definitely saving this to memory.
"H-Hey, Enemy Kiba!" Tania said, trying to convince her opponent not to run away. "C-Come on! I know how to keep sexual interests and fighting separate! The location of my strikes was purely coincidental!" She had the same tone I had whenever I had or was about to do something ecchi… In another life, we probably would have been siblings. "But a Demonic Sword wielder… what fortune. I may have a destiny of meeting swordsmen who wield special swords."
"Hmm, so there is someone besides me who uses demonic swords?"
"No, it wasn't a demonic sword. It was a holy sword."
Kiba's expression turned dark after hearing that. "Tell me about that holy sword wielder." She spoke in a low voice, filled with malice.
"Hmm, seems like that swordsman has some connection to you. But since we are swordsmen, talking would be rude. I will answer you with my sword!" Tania seemed excited at the excuse to drag her opponent back into their fight.
"… Is that right. If your mouth can move, then it won't be a problem even if you turn into a state where you are on the verge of death."
H-Hey. That's kind of dark, Kiba. You aren't smiling like you usually do.
"So it's here."
"Huh? Where's Isabella-neesan?"
"Don't tell me she was defeated?"
Lots of Riser's servant girls starts to gather. All of his remaining servants! They were gathering here!
"Hey, the Pawn-kun over there." One of Riser's girls called me. What is it? "Riser-sama said he's going to fight your Princess one on one. See there."
She pointed high to the school building… it's Buchou!
Issei-san! Can you hear me, Issei-san!?
Asia's voice came out from the transceiver.
"Asia! What happened? Is it about Buchou?"
Yes. Right now I'm with Buchou-san on the school rooftop. The opponent, Riser-san, challenged Buchou to a duel and Buchou-san accepted it! Thanks to that we were able to get into the school building without any problem…
"Seems like Onii-sama made a challenge since Rias-sama was doing well in the battle unexpectedly. It would have been our win if we fought normally, so he gave her pity. At this rate, she will be defeated before you fight him." Ravel Phenex said arrogantly. "The sooner Onii-sama defeats her, the sooner I can collect my—I mean—Onii-sama's prize which just happens to be a present to me. I could honestly care less either way!" She said that, but her face was slowly turning a light pink. It looks like Haruto attracted another tsundere.
I sweatdrop as she makes a happy face. But, she then gathers the servants around her! She intends to finish this quickly!
"Tania. I will leave that Knight girl to you, but if you lose we won't fight in one on one. We will defeat him together. Or are you trying to lower the name of Phenex?"
She nods at Risers sister. She then introduces me to her Knight, and Pawns. The Pawns then disappear from sight! I receive blows everywhere on my body in an instant!
"B-Boosted Gear!"
[Boost!]
"Ni! Li! Boosted Gear is a Sacred Gear that doubles the power every ten seconds! From how the chainsaw twins, Ile and Nel, were defeated, you won't be able to take him after he gets his third boost! Finish the fight within twenty seconds."
They then started attacking my legs so I couldn't run away! I was then punched in the face, receiving a heavy blow! Finally I couldn't take anymore and fell to my knees. Buchou, she is fighting Riser right now, she is breathing heavily… she can't lose! I wont let Buchou lose!
"Give me strength! Boosted Gear!"
[Dragon Booster!]
My Sacred Gear makes a red light. It isn't enough!
"More! That time it was Haruto! Now it's Buchou! My desire to allow Buchou to win! Answer these feelings! Boosted Geeeeeear!"
[Dragon Booster Second Liberation!]
The red aura covered my left arm, slowly changing the shape. The gauntlet started to change its shape and form as well. After a few seconds, the change completed. The gauntlet, which was said to be a crystallization of insane power, changed into a new form. The jewel that was on the hand part of the gauntlet also appeared in my arm. The jewels, they are sending information to me directly!
"Kibaaaaaa!" I got up off my knees and rush towards Kiba, filled with a new power and determination "Release your Sacred Geeeeeear!"
Kiba seems confused at my shout, but she put her sword on the ground and howled highly.
"Sword Birth!"
There were lots of demonic swords that appeared from the ground! I touch the ground and let out a cry!
"Boosted Gear Gift!"
[Transfer.]
The whole area becomes like a display area of demonic swords. It increased the power of creating demonic swords and the area around us became a field of blades.
"… Impossible."
"How could this be…?!"
Riser's servants blurt out their anguish. That can't be helped. Their bodies are penetrated by the many sharp swords that are sticking out from the ground. Then their body starts to glow and disappear from the battlefield.
The last one to disappear had been the Amazon, Tania. Despite the fact that her chest and arms had been pierced, she looked satisfied.
"So…this is the power of the Red Dragon Emperor…? Ha…Truly a satisfying battle." Blood dripped from the corners of her mouth. "Hyoudou Issei…"
"Eh?" She still hasn't been retired? No no. Her body was slowly beginning to glow, but it looked like she was resisting its power for one final question.
"... Next time we meet…" She wheezed, her body fading away. "... please teach me that Dress Break… spell…"
Riser Phenex's two Pawns, two Knights, and one Bishop, retires. Ha! Even though you used such a shameful technique before, I applaud your victory, Issei!
That felt vaguely like a backhanded congratulations.
E-Eh…?
Haruto then sounded like he had some sort of shock.
The…She…R-Rias Gremory-sama's Queen…Rias's Queen retires.
Akeno-san has lost!? But, another explosion brings me out of my thoughts… Kiba! She…She was in bad shape. Her body was smoking and there was blood all over her and around her…I knew there was no hope for her to continue when her body began to glow and vanished.
… No…Y-Yuuki…
Haruto's voice completely cracked. He and Yuuki…they were especially close. Seeing her in that—There was another loud shrieking sound followed by a loud thud.
… go…
I heard that vague word and the sound of fast footsteps.
Haruto…
Ah…Please forgive the previous announcement. Ahem. Rias Gremory-sama's Knight retires.
Another impossible announcement echoed through the field, this time from Grayfia-san. I could only stand there in a daze with the continued outcome of unexpected events…