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Chapter 25 : Falling Sun.
- Shin –
The light spears decorating the sky above our house looked like thousands of gigantic fireflies illuminating the sky. Only in this case this case the fireflies could turn a low class devil to ashes if they hit.
I took a moment to see and relish the stunned looks of the opponents and the dropped jaws of the allies and then finally the one who made this miracle true….a blonde vampire Dio….mask wearing trap vampire, Gasper.
I am proud of the growth that the chibi Dio has made till now.
Although the barrier around our house could have withstood the damage easily the collateral damage to the surrounding areas would have been huge.
"HOLY SHIT. Dio Brando?" shouted an unexpected person….Kouki Samejima.
So he is a man of culture as well.
This led the eyes to look over to our own resident mini-Dio.
"K-ko-kono G-gapser Da." stuttered an embarrassed Gasper.
Honestly this reply would have made the real Dio die of diabetes.
This is the result of a condition that Gasper has developed during his training.
He still hasn't gotten over his fear of people but he has found a decent way to overcome it temporarily.
When he wears a mask. He can hide himself and become….relatively more confident. Not similar to an alternate personality but quite close.
"Well would you look at that….We survived that attack. Now would you answer our question….what was it again, Croquet-Ball? Cockroach-beak? Aha! Cocky-bill." I gave myself a pat on the back, "That's your name right?"
To my absolute delight, I got the expected result.
The second arc villain exploded in anger….not with his cliché speech.
This is what I was expecting.
One might say that I am an idiot to provoke someone with an army against us when we want to cause as little damage to the surroundings. That would generally be true.
But here is the case right now.
I don't give a flying fuck about the surroundings.
If Kokabiel does too much damage to the humans, he will be hunted down by the Shinto Faction and many other supernatural factions if this causes the secret of the supernatural to be out.
Even as stupid he is he wouldn't do that….not until he is pushed to the absolute corner.
I have however seen his stats. It was one of the first things that I did when I saw the extra pair of wings on his back. This was way beyond canon.
The difference between a Ten-Winged and a Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel is HUGE.
The two hundred levels between the 400s and 600s is a reason why there are over a few hundred Ultimate Class Devils and only a handful of Satan Class Devils.
And Kokabiel was nowhere near the Twelve-Winged Devil.
So….how did he become one?
Observe gave me the answer to it.
Kokabiel
Race : Fallen Angel(empowered with Ophis' Snake)
Level : 130
Rank : Champion
Fucking Khaos Brigade. Putting their noses where they don't belong to.
The Kokabiel from canon would have spat on these methods of empowerment simply because it was not a Fallen Angel's power, but this one prioritized his goal over it and progressed.
This was evident from the fact that he didn't chit-chat like cliché villains and attacked as soon as he disturbed(or thought he did) our states of minds after the news of God's death. Taking advantage of every opening he could get at any moment.
This Kokabiel is sharper, more dangerous and not stubborn enough to let his overconfidence impede his judgement.
This Kokabiel is someone who has survived for millennia and the Great War.
And this Kokabiel is someone who cannot be allowed to retain his cool state of mind and control the field.
Making him angry will be advantageous for me. The first reason is because….
Anger means clouded judgement.
Clouded judgement means mistakes.
Mistakes means openings.
And opening is where I strike.
And the second reason is….
"I mean I gotta hand it to God, he really knew who was the cockiest of his children so he named him accordingly. Kudos Big G. Good work there."
"Y-y-you….."
"M-m-me What?"
While I was thinking about this, I heard a voice from behind me.
"Senpai, I can't hold them back much longer." Gasper whispered to me.
I quietly signaled him to be quiet while I prepared.
What am I preparing for?
Well that is the second reason why I was making Kokabiel angry. So that he targets me and is distracted. I am buying time for Merlin to do what I had ordered her to.
"So tell me Kokabiel? Why is it that you have imp like ears? That's not very….Angelish if you ask me? Did God already know that you are going to roll over the bed one day? Also what is up with all Angels having white or blonde hair and all Fallen Angels having black or brown hair? Did God already know which ones were going to roll over and colour code them or something?" I asked as innocently as I could.
This caused some snickerings around us.
"Preparations are complete Master." came Merlin's voice in my ear.
"YOU TRASH. I WILL ENJOY KILLING YOU SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY AFTER I KILL EVERYONE CLOSE TO YOU FIRST."
"Senpai it's almost time."
Just as Kokabiel was about to attack, I shouted, "Do it Merlin, raise the barriers….NOW."
Gasper hasn't attained his Balance Breaker yet. It was impossible for him to keep everyone frozen permanently.
I had already ordered Merlin to use her magic to make several barriers to isolate the enemies into different groups.
In doing so, any plans that Kokabiel might have had with his army will get severely derailed.
As soon as I ordered for the barriers to be deployed, the sky above us was divided into several areas separated by barriers.
The entirety of the enemy attacking forces trapped inside a barrier powered by infinity.
They are not as strong as the Perfect Cube but still strong enough to hold Ultimate Class beings easily while the stronger barriers can easily hold an all-out fight among a dozen Satan Class beings.
The resistance group quickly took their places too.
I along with Gabriel and Lavinia went after Kokabiel who was isolated alone in a barrier.
Jibril went after someone who looked equally strong and had been hiding all this while probably looking for an opening to attack us when we were caught unaware. He was caught by surprise when a barrier surrounded him as well.
They probably didn't know about the full abilities of our surveillance system.
I cast a fleeting observe on the one who appeared.
Pluto
Race : Grim Reaper(empowered with Ophis' Snake)
Level : 125
Rank : Champion
Fucking Ainz wannabe send his lackeys.
This was something that I didn't calculate at all.
To think he would send someone like Pluto directly. The idiot was extremely spooked by something….but what?
Was it because he saw the artifacts that I could make and wanted to take this opportunity to kill me off?
I knew I was going to attract attention but seriously so fast and sending someone like this idiot.
And what the fuck is up with Ophis' snakes. Everyone gets them like they are candies.
It would have been better if they hadn't summoned the cerberus's right after. Now we have to deal with two hundred more mobs.
Mobs as strong as a High Class devil.
Such a pain in the ass.
"Well would you look at that. Everyone found their dance partners. So in the words of Madara, Let's Dance."
- Gasper –
Gasper was honestly was shit scared at this moment.
He wanted to go back to his room, close the doors and lock himself inside his coffin so he could be alone without any fear.
So many people are looking at him right now. Even more worrisome was the fact that they were looking to kill him.
Oh, he wanted to run so bad.
But he couldn't anymore.
Not because of the barrier around the place.
Gasper could ask Miss Merlin to let him out and she would do it in an instant.
But that was not the reason he couldn't run right now. The reason was because Sakuya-sensei would be disappointed, Shin-senpai and Rias-buchou would also be disappointed.
And….Dio Brando never runs away.
Dio Brando.
The name that changed Gasper's life.
-Flashback –
Gasper had just returned back from the training in Shin-senpai's dimension with those scary undead.
He was also considered an undead….half-undead technically. How that worked...he had no idea.
In the bathhouse he met with Shin-senpai and Kiba-senpai who were resting in the hot water pool.
"Sup Gasper. Come on in. The water is really nice here." came Shin-senpai's voice as he called Gasper and then relaxed back in the water.
Gasper nodded a little embarrassed as he wrapped the towel around his chest(Gasper wears towels like girls) and washed himself before taking a dip in the water.
"You did great today Gasper. Is your training with Sakuya going well?" Shin-senpai asked him with his eyes still closed.
"H-h-hai Senpai. Sakuya-sensei is really good. She is teaching me how to control my sacred gear and also how to throw knives without cutting my fingers."
"Keep up the good work and one day you will surpass Dio for sure." said Shin-senpai.
"Dio?" asked Gasper in confusion.
"Dio Brando? Don't tell me you don't know him? Kono Dio Da. That Dio Brando." asked a very surprised voice.
That response scared Gasper a little.
"N-no Senpai, S-s-sorry. Who is Dio Brando?"
"Blasphemy. This cannot be allowed. Come on Gasper. Today I will teach you how to be awesome."
On the side Kiba-senpai let out a light chuckle.
"R-really Senpai? I can be a-a-awesome too?"
"Obviously. You are blonde. You are a vampire. You can stop time. You are already awesome. I will teach you how to become even more awesome."
"O-oh. I am a Damphir though." Gasper could only nod at it.
"Details." Shin-senpai just waved it off.
That day after the bath Shin-senpai showed him the full series of Dio Brando.
Dio Brando. A poor boy who didn't have a mother and whose father hated him and beat him up. Yet he didn't give up. He didn't cry.
Although he became a villain, which was bad in Gasper's view, he still became very strong and confident.
Later he even became a Vampire just like how Gasper had become a Devil.
Somewhere somehow Gasper couldn't help but relate to Dio on some level. Not the villain part mind you. That was something bad and scary for Gasper. Who would burn a cute dog just like that? That was a big no for Gasper. But the other good qualities of Dio, his charisma, his intelligence, his courage and his power and confidence were some things that attracted Gasper to no end.
He saw every season of Jojo's Bizarre Adventures and read every manga there was.
He even started wearing the Dio Mask that Shin-senpai had given him the first time they met together, during his training with Sakuya-sensei.
He wanted to be strong and confident like Dio so that he can overcome his fear of people.
He practiced Dio's dialogues in front of the mirror and also learned knife skills from Sakuya-sensei.
In his personal opinion Sakuya-sensei can kick Dio's ass anyday. She could be very scary when she wanted to.
During his training and dialogue practice Shin-senpai also helped many times by saying the dialogues of the other person and Rias-senpai also smiled when she saw them like that.
- Flashback End –
This helped Gasper gain confidence in himself and do better in their team training.
That's why when he saw Kokabiel and the others throwing light spears at him, he didn't hesitate and did what he wanted.
Z- Za warudoooooooooo!
And now he is in this situation.
Surrounded by dozens of Cerberus.
He saw an especially big Cerberus coming towards him. Red Eyes in all three of its heads and fangs longer than Gasper's own arm.
Scary Scary Scary Scary Scary.
But he can't run.
Dio would never run.
Dio would stand confidently and say….
"H-ho y-y-you are a-approaching me."
"Roarrrrr"
"Hiiiiiii." Gasper jumped in fright before getting his composure back with much effort.
"I-I-instead of r-running away, y-you are coming r-r-right to meeee."
Several roars sounded around him.
"Oh ho! T-then come as c-close as you l-l-like."
With that he takes off to the air.
"Z- Za warudoooooooooo!"
And the world stops.
Quickly flying above the biggest Cerberus, he pulled out his trump card.
A bracelet with Dimensional Storage.
With few words the trump card appeared above the Cerberus covering it with a massive shadow.
The time starts again.
"Roaad Rollerrrrrrrr Da."
BOOOOOOOM.
The Cerberus was buried under the sheer weight of the massive vehicle which had spiked rollers that can completely crush anyone under it.
The surrounding Cerberus too stunned to react to the cloud of smoke that appeared backed away a little hesitating to take another step as knives shot out of the dust cloud hitting each of their eyes and piercing through, ending their lives in an instant.
Yes. Gasper has it under control.
He can finally be useful to his friends.
"Wryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy."
- Rias –
The past few months have been one big dream for Rias Gremory.
A few months ago she was on the verge of being sold to a devil trash and was doing everything in her efforts to find a way to escape it.
Now, she is engaged to the love of her life and waiting to marry him as soon as she can.
Strange how much things can change in just a few months.
She was way stronger than anything she could hope or even imagine to be at this point of time, and it was all due to her love Shin.
This was a life that she had wanted.
A peaceful life with a person she can love. Grow stronger and work towards her dream. Even her peerage is happier right now.
And right at this instant some CRETIN is trying to ruin her dream life.
Unforgivable.
ABSOLUTELY UNFORGIVABLE.
Her power of destruction flared around her as a deep crimson aura came to light causing the hundred or so Fallen Angels to back down in hesitation.
Back away. Who allowed you to back away now?
You came here to destroy my happy life and now you want to leave.
Keep Dreaming.
Small spheres of the PoD manifest all around her as her magic flares and pressures the Fallen Angels even more.
"She is just one person. We have hundreds on our side. Why are you afraid of a little girl?" shouted a Black Haired Fallen Angel as he let out eight of his wings and took charge.
An 8 Winged Fallen Angel.
One of the High Ranking Forces of the Grigori now siding with the rebels.
Obviously she knew how strong he was when she chose this section.
How can she vent her anger by only destroying trash mobs?
The spheres of PoD kept on increasing, filling the whole sky around her.
"Y-yeah…she is just one disgusting devil. We can take her down."
"L-lets show her how the Fallen do it. Attack. Maybe we can even have some fun before she die…."
The words were never completed as a sphere of PoD ripped a hole through the speaker's skull. It took a few moments for the body to realize what had happened before it fell down from the sky.
Rias, who was already trembling with anger at the situation, was now pissed off because of those words. She let loose her own wings.
Ten Dark Devil Wings adorning her back as she took to the sky herself. Her crimson hair flowing behind her as her turquoise eyes flashed a light similar to her lover's emerald eyes.
The Fallen Angels barely had the time to realize what had happened before….it rained.
….
But unlike water, this time it rained spheres of PoD.
Each sphere strong enough to rip a hole through anything they touched.
Man, metal and the earth itself felt the wrath of the Crimson Haired Ruin Princess as she literally rained destruction on her enemies.
"T-t-ten Wings? How? She was supposed to only be a High Class Devil? How did this happen?" the leader of the group cried out in disbelief.
"Did you think that you could walk over to this territory and have your way with us, defile us and kill us as you want….AND WE WILL LET YOU DO IT?"
Her voice was not loud but the sheer intensity behind that soft yet cold voice that carried nothing but utter apathy as if looking at a lowly insect which had dared to bite her made all the Fallen who were desperately struggling under the constant barrage of her PoD to feel a chill down their spines.
They remembered the stories of the Flaxen Haired Madame of Extinction and The Silver Haired Queen of Annihilation who had single handedly suppressed the rebel forces in the underworld. They remembered the Crimson Satan who was also called the Strongest Satan and Destruction Incarnate who shared the same crimson hair with the one in front of them.
Rias Gremory was no naïve girl as they had heard.
Their information had been completely wrong.
This woman was every bit as dangerous as the other two ladies of her family.
The simple victory that they had thought they would achieve had turned into a fight of life and death because this girl, this princess….no such a person can no longer be called a princess.
The Crimson Haired Queen of Ruin was not going to let anyone leave easily.
"ATTAACKKKK."
Just as the first shower of destruction ended, the leader gave a command to attack before she could prepare another barrage of her own.
The Fallen Angel rebels who had survived the first attack flew towards the Devil with all their might gathering their magic powers in their light spears in an all or nothing clash of life and death.
But just as they neared her, the ones in the front heard sounds from behind them.
The rain that had skewered more than half of their numbers….began rising from the earth back to the sky. The spheres slowly surrounded Rias as they revolved around her at extreme speeds creating a tornado of sorts, tearing down any that dared to come close.
The Fallen who had reached close enough threw their light spears to try and get a hit. Anything….any hit would be a boon at this moment.
However their hopes were crushed.
The spheres collected around her forming a crimson skeletal cage. The light spears that touched the cage didn't break or shatter….they were completely disintegrated at the point they touched it.
Soon more spheres of destruction joined this skeletal frame as a massive goliath slowly formed in front of the Fallen Angels.
This was a move that Rias had been working on since the moment she had enough power to sustain it. The Susano'o.
Which self-respecting Otaku has never wanted to recreate the moves of their favourite anime at least once in their life?
For Shin, it was extremely easy with his hax-like ability with the PoD, for Rias however, it took her hours upon hours of hard work in the Room of Requirement.
Rias knew from the initial tries that she was not a technique type.
She had worked hard enough for that but still fine control on the level of Shin and her elder brother was something that was just not her forte.
So she chose her own path.
Naruto had shit chakra control but he still became as strong as he did so why couldn't she do the same?
So she carved her own path.
Shin was there helping her and advising her every moment. Not once did he try to force her to do anything against her will. This was something that she could appreciate. Shin loved her for who she was. If she couldn't work well with techniques and fine control then she just has to make her own path.
Simple advice and yet it brought about the creation of one of her favourite anime moves ever.
Was it hard?
Obviously.
Just getting the skeletal frame right took her two weeks with hours piled up daily.
Was it worth it?
Absolutely.
As she stood within the head of the Gigantic Crimson Susano'o of her own and looked down at the terror filled eyes of her enemies, the same enemies who had confidently marched into her house with the goal to destroy her happy life, the same enemies that had laughed at her and wanted to defile her, the same enemies that wanted to separate her from her Shin, she felt that it was completely worth it.
The terror slowly turning into hopelessness before transforming into utter resignation while she looked down on them was damn well worth it.
"As my love already said just now…...Let's Dance."
The Susano'o let loose.
The gigantic arm getting a hold of the eight winged Fallen Angel leading the group as he cried when he was being destroyed by the mere touch of the PoD.
She held him in front of the Fallen who he was leading a moment ago before…. tearing him into two along with the hopes of the rest inside the barrier.
The sheer brutality of the moment making their despair even greater as the Susano'o then goes on a rampage cleaving it's way into the enemy crowd without any care as it slaughters every last one of the Fallen inside.
This attack will be a message towards any who plan to attack her and her love in the future.
They shall face only….destruction.
- Akeno –
"Ara Ara ufufu Rias is going all out. She looks like she is having a lot of fun." giggled Akeno as she looked at the barrier beside hers where Rias was fighting.
The Crimson giant wreaking havoc on her enemies while she looked at them with apathetic eyes. Oh, she loved this new Rias. Not that she hated the normal Rias previously but this one just tingled her Sadistic senses a lot more.
The way she tore that Fallen into two was absolutely stunning.
She looked towards her own opponents.
Grim Reapers.
She had to internally frown a little.
The God of the Dead, Hades was involved.
This matter was no longer a simple Kokabiel trying to cause another Great War. Now that Hades had intervened himself, this could lead up to something a lot worse than that.
Grim Reapers were stronger than normal Fallen Angels. Even the lowest ranked Grim Reaper was as strong as a Mid Class Fallen Angel. No wonder that Kokabiel was so sure as to continue this reckless plan of his even though it was revealed beforehand. The amount of wings he had were also increased but then again after staying with Shin for the past few months, that was something that she could easily understand. There were many ways to do so. Even if they were not as good as Shin's methods, it didn't mean that there were no methods at all.
The Grim Reapers were however different from Fallen Angels. Them being strong was not the only reason for their reputation.
It was the weapons they wielded.
The Death Scythes.
They don't normally kill opponents. They destroy the life force of the ones they strike thus reducing their lifespan.
Obviously they hurt the normal way too but the wounds made from the Death Scythe are therefore much more dangerous than normal wounds.
Bright Golden lightning crackled around her as she looked at the opponents she was facing.
While she had originally hated this power of hers, she had come to understand that this was HER power. The blood in her veins belonged to both her father and mother. She had a long talk with her mother after her talk with Shin and her mother too explained to her that giving her power up was giving up a part of her own being. She had given birth to her and she loved her for who she is. Her mother would never blame her for anything let alone detest her blood if she used 'that' power. This had lifted a big weight from Akeno's shoulders.
Akeno had subconsciously blamed her mother's death on her own self. If she had not been there maybe her mother would have been able to flee or she could have been safe. But now that her mother herself accepted her, it was as if she had been set free.
And with that freedom came the massive increase in strength.
She took out a hundred yen coin between her fingers.
"Let's see how much your lives are worth?" Akeno's words were followed by the crackling of golden lightning around the coin between her fingers.
The Grim Reapers not waiting for anything rushed to attack her as they felt danger from her attack. A relatively stronger one taking the lead.
It was only when a grim reaper reached within ten meters of her did the coin shoot with a massive blast breaking the sound barrier and piercing through anything in its path leaving a trail of molten metal in its wake.
"Ufufufu I guess Rias and Shin fawning over these moves do have their reason. So who wants to test their worth next." smiled Akeno as thousands of coins came out of her Dimensional Storage as they levitated in the air around her, each crackling with golden lightning.
(AN : Imagine a railgun version of Gates of Babylon.)
The grim reapers separated, not wanting to group together and get slaughtered.
The previous display of brutality by Rias did leave a great impression on their own minds and now the attack by Akeno chilled the spines of many because it was too fast for even a stronger Grim Reaper to react.
Unfortunately, it was all for naught.
"Well then let's start."
With those words the coins shot towards the Grim Reapers mowing down their numbers at an extremely fast pace.
Each coin shot forward with a blast as it broke through sound barriers causing massive destruction in its path.
It continued for a few minutes until the only thing left in that barrier was Akeno flying in the middle of the area covered with craters and buildings looking like Swiss cheese.
"Twenty Thousand Yen. That is quite expensive. Next time let's bargain for a better deal. I will try to kill you all with Ten Thousand Yen." said Akeno, licking the corner of her lips as she appreciated the destruction caused by her move.
She still couldn't control this skill of hers as good as she wanted but then again indiscriminately attacking the entire area is not that hard after all.
She will get better in time.
For now it is time to finish this battle.
She can't let Rias take the entire spotlight after all.
- Vali –
Vali was watching the fights as he was left in a barrier around the house itself. To protect the non-combatant force.
It had to be because of that bastard's orders. He knew that Vali liked to fight and so had him do the guards duty.
Thought he would have to say that watching them fight was not a half bad deal in and of itself.
The Gremory Princess and that Giant made of the PoD was phenomenal. Completely crushing the will of their opponent through sheer power.
The lightning girl was another surprise.
Barakiel had always been worried about his daughter and it was only his guilt for the death of his wife that kept him away from his daughter when she denied having anything to do with him the first time.
However his wife was somehow back?
That one had struck hard for Suzaku.
He had informed Azazel that very same night about this development. Safe to say that Azazel went blank for a while.
THAT was extremely rare too….okay screw it THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
He was then handed a mission to protect Shuri Himejima and Akeno Himejima at all costs. The death of Shuri had also weighed heavily on Azazel's mind because it was due to his orders that Barakiel had to leave for that mission and even if he didn't show it to anyone, Azazel cared more than anyone else.
And for that reason, Vali was now stuck off doing the guard duty for the house where Shuri stayed.
As for Akeno, taking another look at the crater filled ground and Swiss cheese like buildings, he had to ruthlessly crush the urge to fight her. That skill of hers was amazing as well. Coins shot at velocities of 2000 m/s and above augmented by Holy lightning, he felt his spine tingle with a frightening chill at the thought of it.
That thing could tear apart his Balance Breaker if enough power is used. Though the Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker is known for its speed, it would still be hard to dodge attacks at that speed.
As he was flying in the sky above the house, he saw the scene below.
That….weird blonde girl was sitting on the roof surrounded by small animals as she watched the fights.
Honestly he was quite unsure about the girl. He knew that she didn't mean any harm at all. She was too much like Lavinia for him to be comfortable with. Lavinia was just….troublesome.
It was better to avoid her lest he gets dragged into another one of those weird tasks.
Shaking his head to let out the thoughts, he looked towards the blonde vampire.
Honestly his performance was the most enjoyable one here but if someone asked Vali if Gasper Vladi was as good as Dio Brando, his only reply would be….Daga Kotowaru.
Vali refused to accept that sissy vampire having anything to do with someone as awesome as Dio Brando.
The guy who rose from a nobody to become one of the most awesome villains of the manga, Dio was in a completely different league.
Even if that Road Roller move was awesome.
He was still a hundred years too early to match Dio Brando.
If however he became truly worthy to rival that person, Vali would like to recruit Gasper into his own Vali team.
That bastard sure knew how to train them properly.
He was waiting for his rival's fight right now.
To be perfectly honest, he was happy with his new rival.
She was a hard worker and she was strong. She belonged to a youkai race with a unique heritage of her own and was training under that infuriating Kageyami bastard.
Say what you will about him, he knew how to train people.
There is no way in hell or any of the other dimensions that he knew of someone that could have trained the Gremory Princess and the other members of her peerage to this level in such a short amount of time.
Her brute strength was already better than most of the people present here and that was when she was not using the Boosted gear and that was something that interested him.
Why was she not using her sacred gear while fighting?
"It is because she wants to grow stronger on her own. I can respect that. It seems that the Red One truly got a great deal out of this whole exchange. You will have a good rival to face Vali, we will increase your training even more."
"Yes."
"There is something going on down there." Albion's voice sounded, diverting his attention from his thoughts.
A few dozen of the enemies had reached around the roof of the house. The blonde girl however….looked like she didn't care.
Dammit. Have some sense of survival, would you?
He flew at his fastest pace to intercept the light spears that were thrown at her, barely making it in time.
Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide
The attacks were withered down till they were smaller than needles and finally broke apart.
He shot out a blast of Demonic Magic with the power he had just absorbed, completely obliterating the enemies in front of him.
It was when he looked back that he was overcome by a sudden urge to shout.
The girl was still smiling like always.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING SMILING LIKE THAT? DO YOU THINK THIS IS A PICNIC? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ANY OF THE SPEARS HAD HIT YOU? Oh right, you wouldn't be able to do anything because you would be dead. HAVE SOME SENSE DAMMIT."
"I wouldn't have gotten hurt silly~ The heliopaths already told me so and I knew you would save me. I think I understand what Lavinia said back then. Hmm. So this is what tsundere means."
"What heliopaths are you talking about? And I am not a tsundere, stop calling me that."
"You are not?" the girl tilted her head cutely.
Cutely?
Where did that come from?
"You are not a tsundere? Did I get the meaning wrong? I will have to ask her again then. Oh, Heliopaths are spirits of fire — huge flaming creatures that gallop across the ground burning everything in their path. They sometimes tell me things which might help me. They told me that there is a barrier around the house which the enemies cannot break so I wouldn't have gotten hurt."
"What barrier are you talking about? I can come here as easily as I want."
"That is because you are not an enemy silly~"
"There is a very strong barrier around the house Vali. It seems that you were allowed inside and that is the only reason that you can pass through. The girl is speaking the truth."
Suddenly Vali, the great grandson of Lucifer and the strongest white dragon emperor ever ….had an urge to dig a hole and jump in it to hide.
They needed no help?
What the fuck was he doing then?
He could have easily joined the fight.
No.
In case the barrier broke or someone somehow slipped inside, then he could help….
Growl!
The small animals beside the girl suddenly stood up as it looked towards the bushes around the house.
Its aura completely changed which made Vali put up his guard and he was correct to do so because the wolf and the cat slowly changed their size, increasing and becoming bigger and only stopping when they were bigger than a horse.
The Lion sparkled with lightning as it roared towards the sky while the wolf almost vanished in a burst of speed towards the bushes where there were a few Fallen setting up some kind of magic. It was over in an instant. The Fallen were completely torn apart while the magic circle was crushed by a bolt of lightning.
"That was very pretty Gold, Silver." The girl walked to the lion and the wolf who were licking their paws as she started brushing their fur earning soft purrs from both of them as they rolled onto their backs for her.
Safe to say that Vali Lucifer was confused as fuck.
The only words echoing in his mind at that instant were….
Okay, what the fuck was going on here?
"Those are?"
"Oh, they are Gold and Silver. They are Morgiana's and Meredith's familiars. They stayed back here to protect me. Aren't they both cute." the girl smiled cutely again.
Cutely.
What the fuck was happening to him?
This girl was too much like Lavinia. Slaughtering a mass of enemies and still smiling innocently like that. These kinds of girls are….too troublesome.
One Lavinia was enough. Vali didn't need another one behind his back.
So Vali did the next best thing he could think of.
He walked up to the corner of the roof and sat with his legs hanging from the sides and watched the ongoing fights.
Even if he couldn't fight today, the least he could do was enjoy the show.
- Jibril –
Jibril was having the time of her life.
Actually she had been having the time of her life since the time she was summoned in this world by her new Lord and Master.
The Disboard was bound by the rules of The One True God, Tet and they couldn't fight anymore.
That kind of world was like a cage for Jibril and her kind who were created by Artosh, the God of War.
Their entire beings being made for war.
This was especially true in the case of Jibril, The strongest of her kind.
After the Ten Commandments were applied, the world of Disboard became….boring.
They couldn't do what they were made for.
Reluctantly taking over other hobbies to keep their urges contained.
Jibril chose to collect knowledge. That was what was the most in demand in the world after the Ten Commandments, so she started collecting it.
The more knowledge she had, the more people would come after her, trying to defeat her for a chance to gain that knowledge.
Her plans were successful, not that there were any doubts about that.
But even then, challenges could only be through games and not battles.
She always felt that there was something missing and yet after several hundred years, she had almost forgotten exactly what it was that she was missing.
It was only now that her new Lord and Master summoned her here that she realised what it is that she was missing.
She was missing the thrill of War. Flügels were called the Angels of Death in Disboard[1] and now she had the chance to fight once more for her new Lord and Master.
And what better than to fight against an Angel of Death of this world to prove her superiority.
With that thought in mind, she looked at her prey in front of her.
"A mere two Winged Angel. Then again you seem quite different than the other doves. You are half bat. The Biblical God is sure dead or else abominations like you wouldn't even be allowed to exist in the world. Let me do a favour to your dead Lord and wipe you off the face of this world." said Pluto as he faced Jibril.'
And apparently that was the wrong thing to say.
Overwhelming pressure enveloped the entire barrier as the low level grim reapers got crushed by the sheer pressure of magic coming out of the 'mere two Winged Angel-Devil abomination'.
Even Pluto had to take a step backwards as his glowing red eyes widened underneath his hood.
Name : Jibril
Title : The Strongest of the Flügel
Level : 132
Rank : Champion
Race : Flügel
There she stood with two gigantic white wings….twelve black Devil wings stretched behind her, making the amount of power she was releasing even higher. The cannon fodder grim reapers were now unable to stand or even crawl for that matter as they were literally being crushed against the ground by the sheer amount of magic power that Jibril was releasing.
She had grown stronger since she turned into a devil. The training in the dimensions that her Master brought them to was increasing her strength at a very fast rate. If it was before then she would have been slightly stronger than her current opponent but right now, she was sure that she could crush him like a bug.
"Hoh, then let's see what you are made up of. I hope you aren't all bark and no bite….then again knowing who your master is, I wouldn't be surprised if you had no muscle on your bones." replied Jibril as she used her magic to form a black Scythe of her own.
It was a type of destruction magic that Flügels used in Disboard.
She got the intended result for her words as the Grim Reaper let out a growl and raced towards her, his Death Scythe drawn back in a wide swing.
She didn't hold back either as she took flight, reaching her full speed in a matter of moments as she swung her energy scythe against the grim reaper's Death Scythe, the clash sending the grim reaper flying down.
The Rook Piece had enhanced her strength and defense to a whole new level. In matters of physical power, she was only harmed by Morgiana when she entered her Half-Red Lion mode and with her powers boosted to her maximum limit and even then it was not enough to defeat Jibril.
The shockwave from their attack causing massive destruction inside the barrier as the cannon fodders were all scattered by it. The place where the grim reaper had fallen had become a gigantic crater covering half of the barrier.
She didn't let up her attacks. She charged as she gathered her magic power in her scythe making it bigger as the surrounding air crackled with energy and swung it down on the grim reaper who had just gotten to his knees and barely defended with his raised Death Scythe.
The resultant shockwave shattering the bodies of anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby to and get caught in it, while the crater under the grim reaper became even bigger and deeper.
"It seems that I was correct that you don't have muscle on the bones."
"Y-y-you…."
BAAAAAAAM
Another strike from Jibril prevented him from completing what he was going to say.
BAAAAM BAAAAMMMMM BAAAAAAMMMMMMMM BOOOOOOOMMMM
The strikes however didn't stop. Jibril continued raining one hit after another against the legendary grim reaper and Pluto….well he was barely holding his Death Scythe in a desperate attempt to keep himself alive as he endured the enhanced strength of the Flügel who could separate an ocean with barely 5% of her powers previously.
"What was it? Didn't you say that you were going to wipe me from the face of this world? Was that all an empty threat? Aww and here I was expecting to have some fun. You are such an….utter disappointment."
"W-what exactly are you?" the grim reaper shouted in frustration.
"Me? I am the Angel of Imperfection, Jibril and you can call me…. your end. Extinction Ray."
The grim reaper barely tilted his Death Scythe to the side and he rolled away avoiding a direct hit by the powerful destruction beam but even then he was not completely unscathed. His robes completely tattered. pieces of his leg and an arm missing as his skeletal visage was completely on display.
The fight had started too fast for him to use any of his special skills. Jibril had barely given him any time to use them after all.
"Aww, I missed. I still have to master this magic. My own magic is too dangerous to use in this place….and you are not worthy."
"YOU DAMMED ABOMINATION, LORD HADES WILL NEVER LET YOU GO FOR THIS. HE WILL KILL YOU AND HE WILL KILL YOUR KING AS WELL." shouted the grim reaper letting his frustrations finally sound out.
"Ho oh, so you are not a stray after all. Good good. Master would have been disappointed with me if I hadn't gotten it out of your mouth. Then again Lord Hades you say? A mere God of the Dead will kill my Master, the one who is the champion of Lady Death herself. AHAHAHAHA you really say the funniest of things."
THAT cooled down the raging grim reaper.
"You Lie." said Pluto.
Jibril just shrugged, "Not my problem if you believe it or not. You are going to die here anyway. Your opinion no longer matters in the slightest."
Jibril raised her hand after that statement as she formed another Extinction Ray but this time the grim reaper made replicas of himself as they all spread in different directions.
"Oh, so we are playing hide and seek or is it tag? I have played games for a very long time and I am extremely bored of them so can we cut down to the end?" she said as she dispelled the Extinction Ray and instead soared high in the air.
A few replicas followed her.
"I cannot use my strongest magic here but then again you are not really worth it so be happy with this one….Air Strike."
Air Strike is a miniature version of Jibril's Heaven's Strike. This one however only consumes her magic….which she can easily replenish with a mana potion.
Even though we say that it is a miniature version of the Heaven's Strike, it can still easily erase an entire city from the face of the map and leave a kilometers deep crater in its place.
And right now, Pluto was flying directly into it.
Jibril's body shone with bluish-white light as flames of similar colour surrounded her, shaping like a spear which then descended completely annihilating anything in its path.
The whole cube shaped barrier was filled with white light as all matter in the barrier except Jibril herself was vapourised.
That was the end of the legendary grim reaper Pluto.
"Huh, so much for a legendary grim reaper? Morgiana's kicks and Merlin's extinction rays were better than this."
- Shin –
Okay, Jibril really needs to know the meaning of holding back.
There is no way anyone missed the fight in that barrier. Merlin must have made that one especially strong knowing who was going to fight in it.
"Why must you do this Kokabiel? Don't you see that the three factions are recovering even now after the last Great War? Why would you risk the lives of so many just to cause a war?" pleaded Gabriel trying to show reason to a completely insane idiot.
"And that is why you are foolish Gabriel. The Fallen Angels were at the top when the Great War ended and would have easily won the war had Azazel not been the incorrigible coward that he is. He wasted his time playing with the toys left by Father instead of taking advantage of the weakened states of the other two factions. Devils were involved in a civil war while Heaven couldn't make any more angels while the Fallen Angels were not limited by any such rules. We could have been the strongest of the factions by now, but instead we are behind the devils who started reincarnating humans, Heaven who has collaborated with the church to make enhanced exorcists. And what did Azazel do? NOTHING. We kept decaying all this time without doing anything at all? This war will bring everyone to their sense and give the Fallen Angels their rightful place….at the top."
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap*
"Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. That speech was really something, so much so that I couldn't help but clap….at the level of stupidity you were spewing."
Their eyes were drawn to me so I started doing what I do the best….bullshit.
"You say that Azazel is a coward who didn't do anything?" I said as he narrowed his eyes but didn't say anything so I continued. "Azazel researched ways to make artificial sacred gears and trained a team of sacred gear wielders who the Grigori can fall back to in difficult cases. I am pretty sure that few in the supernatural world don't know of the Slash Dog team anymore. This has stabilized the strength of the Fallen Angels by….a lot. Now I ask something….what is it that you did Kokabiel?"
I could see him gritting his teeth.
"Neither did you train anyone to support a faction, nor did you train yourself. Even that last pair of wings that you have gained is through external means….that begs the question. Just which orifice did you use to ingest that snake?" I smiled at Kokabiel.
"YOU…."
"Me. I know I am awesome but this is a question about YOU cocky-bill. What have you done other than cause unrest in the governing body of the Fallen Angels? Right now the power of Devils and Angels are recovered….you accepted this yourself and yet instead of increasing the power of the Fallen Angel Faction, you go out and cause a war that will end your entire race….just because you are a little bitch who has a massive inferiority complex about having a micro penis. You couldn't stand that Azazel was still liked by the majority of the Fallen Angel even with his lazy attitude….or that he or Shemhazai or Barakiel are still stronger than you even while being peace loving ones that they are. You are jealous of the fact that you could do NOTHING to them even when you are called a cadre and have a ranking similar to them yet they command much more respect than you. YOU ARE JUST A LITTLE JEALOUS CHILD WHO WANTS TO OVERTURN THE BOARD JUST BECAUSE HE IS LOSING A GAME."
I didn't get to say more as light spears rained down on me, making me Shadow Walk out of the way while Gabriel and Lavinia took their stances and defending themselves.
The sky gets covered by thousands of magic circles each bringing a light spear into existence as they shoot forward without any rest and I use the shadows to the full effect blinking between the spaces while shooting shadow daggers of my own.
The amount of strain my Senjutsu is experiencing right now is insane. To predict the light spears from just the energy and no visual confirmation takes a lot of toll. The anime characters make it seem so easy but the amount of multitasking involved in these simple maneuvers is completely insane. The shadows shield me from many of the attacks that cannot be dodged.
Gabriel apparently realized that the situation is getting fucked up beyond repair so she took out her weapons as well. Her body gets adorned by a sliver battle armour as spears of light appear in her hand.
Lavinia summoned her Sacred Gear and started making ice walls as well as sending barrages of ice spears towards Kokabiel doing both defense and offence at the same time.
I fly towards Kokabiel as I swat a light spear away with my Touki infused hand and make a Spear of shadows of my own to clash with Kokabiel.
Gabriel is preparing a spell and Lavinia is right behind her as she defends her from the light spear attacks.
My Shadow Spear devours the light as Kokabiel is pushed lightly back. The Touki enhanced strength is helping me keep up with him if only barely.
It was at that moment that I felt danger from my Senjutsu and blinked back a few hundred meters avoiding the sword attack from Kokabiel's other summoned sword.
That sword.
Observe
Excalibur(Incomplete)(3 Pieces)
Skill : Excalibur Blessing
Increases light and holy damage by 100%.
Excalibur Rapidly
Increases DEX by 100%
Excalibur Transparency
Makes the user transparent on use.
FUCK.
But apparently Murphy hadn't had enough yet.
"AHHHHHHHH."
I heard a cry behind me. On taking a look I saw Gabriel clutching the side of her stomach with a dagger pierced in it and a black miasma radiating from it. The spot where the dagger was pierced started turning black and that spread over her wings.
The Archangel Gabriel had fallen.
Lavinia, who has tears in her eyes, looks towards Kokabiel, "I did what you said, now return Tobio back."
"HAHAHAHAHA YES yes you did. I am nothing if not a man of my words."
He summoned a black haired pale skinned guy and threw him towards Lavinia who caught him before he could crash.
All the while my head was running at an overdrive.
"Tobio TOBIO, wake up PLEASE WAK….ughh." Lavinia who was hugging Tobio shivered a little.
It was at that moment that I realised what was wrong with the situation.
….
I couldn't feel any lifeforce from Tobio Ikuse.
Instead he felt like….death.
Observe confirmed my suspicions.
Tobio Ikuse (Dead)(Zombified)
Lavinia Reni was stabbed too. I saw her Sacred Gear turning towards her but it faded away before it could do anything.
Gabriel had fallen and Lavinia was incapacitated and we were merely minutes into the fight.
But most importantly, Gabriel had fallen.
THAT IN ITSELF WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE A WAR.
And it was at that moment that I realized….
We were never Kokabiel's targets from the very beginning.
It had been Gabriel all along.
This was his trump card to start a Great War.
The fall of the Archangel of Innocence.
- Omake (It all started with a Big Bang)–
Luna gets attacked by the Fallen Angels and Vali dives in to save her. Pushing his Balance Breaker to the full limit he barely reaches her.
Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide Divide
The attacks were withered down till they were smaller than needles and finally broke apart.
It was when he looked back that he was overcome by a sudden urge to shout.
The girl was still smiling like always.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING SMILING LIKE THAT? DO YOU THINK THIS IS A PICNIC? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ANY OF THE SPEARS HAD HIT YOU? Oh right, you wouldn't be able to do anything because you would be dead. HAVE SOME SENSE DAMMIT."
"I wouldn't have gotten hurt silly~ There was a barrier around the house. It would have stopped the attack anyways….but thank you. So, this is what Lavinia meant by a tsundere. Hmm Hmm. I understand now."
"I am not a tsundere. Stop calling me that." shouted Vali trying to hide his embarrassment and salvage any manner of dignity possible in this situation."
Suddenly the two pets near the girl woke up and looked towards the bushes. Vali felt it too. The Fallen were trying to cast a spell on the house.
He was about to go when the girl stopped him.
"Wait, I want to use a spell I learned." said Luna as she took out her wand and transfigured her clothes to have a Witch's Hat on her head and her wand transformed into a Magic Staff while an eyepatch with a cross symbol appeared on one of her eyes, and then she started chanting.
"The tower of rebellion creeps upon man's world…
The unspoken faith displayed before me…
The time has come!
Now, awaken from your slumber, and by my madness, be wrought!
Strike forth…
EXPLOSION!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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Vali stood there watching the scene with an indistinguishable expression on his face, unmoving for a few moments, until he regained his senses and walked towards Luna.
His Balance Breaker dispelling and his eyes only concentrated on the girl in front of him as he reached in front of her and….kneeled.
- Scene Change –
Kokabiel is fighting Shin when he suddenly hears a blast.
In surprise, he slips and falls on the Excalibur and it pierces through his neck.
Kokabiel couldn't even understand what happened in that instant, "H-how?" he uttered through the blood seeping through his mouth.
Shin shook his head as he looked towards his home and remembered the last time the spell was used by the said person and spoke, "I am afraid that you have invoked the wrath of the crimson demon."
With those words Kokabiel died and the attack ended in the victory of the defense forces.
- Scene Change(Many Years Later)-
A silver haired middle aged man closes the book and hugs his children while his blonde haired wife hugs his arm as he completes his story.
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"And that children, is how I met your mother."
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Author's Note :
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1. It was actually written in the wiki and I am not making this up.
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So, the new chapter was completed ….and in one week.
Phew I have had to juggle a lot to get it done in time.
But hey, I promised that I will not let you all hang on that cliff for long so…..I prepared a new cliff for y'all to hang from. Banzai!.
I had a lot of fun writing this chapter.
Especially the one sided annihilation part.
Oh yeah.
I had been waiting for that for a while.
The Gasper part was honestly super fun to write as well.
How many of you guessed Gasper's trump card move. 'ROAD ROLLER DA'.
Also I would like to clarify some points.
Rias saying that the enemies wanted to separate her from Shin was due to the fact that she thinks that they are after Shin because of his artifacts. Partially true as Shin had already discussed this with her and this was one of the main reasons that she wanted to become stronger so as to not drag Shin down anymore.
I thought of making moves that will depend on control and having Rias improve her control over the PoD to do pinpoint attacks but then I realized that Rias has always been a power type and not a precision type. It will be too forced to have her change to precision type and make it seem that she became good overnight. Too forced, not really my style.
So I tried something new.
If she is a power type, why not use something that would look cool and kick butt at the same time.
I started writing and this is what it turned out to be.
I am personally happy with it.
Did I copy Madara and every other slightly strong Uchiha?
I did.
Do I care?
Nah. They copied the jutsu's of the entire shinobi world and didn't give a fuck, so why the hell should I?
Akeno becoming a Misaka and Gilgamesh hybrid was also something that came up on the spot.
I am actually proud of it.
Now comes the controversial fight.
Jibril vs Pluto.
I know this already that many people would flame me about Pluto being defeated so easily even after being buffed to high heavens.
There are actual reasons for that.
First, Jibril bitch slapped or rather bitch slashed him with full power right at the start.
That was not something he was expecting, that on top of underestimating her due to her single pair of Angel wings until it was too late.
Second, she didn't give him any chance(like most of the stupid anime characters do *cough* Vegeta *cough*) and kept beating the crap out of him and thus giving him no room to counter.
Second, Jibril was 7*6=42 levels higher than Pluto.
That is a LOT considering the levels they were at.
Jibril is almost at the Super Devil Level after her training and boosts from the Rook Piece.
Do remember that this same Jibril had divided an entire ocean with only 5% of her power and now she was buffed.
Second Air Strike is OP.
No other words for it.
Read Jibril's wiki page for her Heaven's strike.
Last, well Gabriel fell and Lavinia was stabbed.
*cries*
Poor Shin is trapped in the corner alone against Kokabiel and the Great War seems inevitable.
Now, some people might say that Shin was provoking Kokabiel unnecessarily. I would say that he was doing it to keep him angry and unfocused.
Do remember that Kokabiel is someone who has lived for millennia already. He has had to have a few tricks up his sleeves.
I will clear a few more parts in the next chapter.
But as we look at the situation right now. Can it get worse?
Well we will have to wait and see.
Enjoy the chapter.
Also, I remember someone asking me about my frequency of uploads dropping. I have had some family matters to take care of for the last month and a half and my workload is another thing. So, I am trying not to overwork myself.
Have fun.
Good Day, Peace Out.