It was prime time for some programming in the underworld. Night had fallen in the human world as everybody had gathered ready for the match in the Occult Research club room. Asia was wearing her blue nun outfit while Xenovia was strapped down in her erotic latex battle suit. Issei walked behind Xenovia as he ran his finger down the back of her outfit. He stopped when he got to her hips and pulled his hand away "Still using your church approved BDSM outfit?"
"It's something familiar." She answered as Issei looked around seeing everybody else in their school uniforms.
"Alright that's enough," Rias called out as Akeno formed a magic circle "It's time for us to go." They all gathered in the circle as Asia stood next to Issei as she grabbed ahold of his hand. He felt the warmth of her hand, 'I am so going to beat the shit of Diodora.' He said to himself as they teleported away.
When they arrived on the battlefield they were in a chain of islands floating in the sky. But something was off, something wasn't quite right. Issei clutched his hand and when it closed completely that's when he knew it was over. "We have a problem." Everybody but Rias turned around and saw that Asia was missing.
Rias looked back and saw that Asia was missing "And that makes two. This is nothing like any type of game we should be in." As she said that the sky lit up with magic circles all containing the random crests. Thousands of them appeared in the sky as Kiba drew his sword "That's not the Astaroth crest."
"None of them are." Akeno said as electricity began sparking off her as it pooled in her hands.
Rias started glowing dark red "They are devils…..But if the intelligence reports are correct then they should belong to the Old Maou faction." They watched as more and more people poured out of large magic circles flooding the sky.
"That's the sister of the fake Maou." "I WILL MOUNT HER HEAD ON A PIKE!" Just some of the voices they heard from the devils.
"Issei help!" A scream came out as they saw Diodora holding Asia up by her ankle.
Diodora was grinning from ear to ear as he looked down upon them "Rias Gremory and the filthy dragon, I will be taking Asia Argento what's rightfully mine now.
"You Coward!" Rias screamed at Diodora "Not only do you defile the spirit of the game you side with the Khaos Brigade. Your death will be front-page news about how much of a sleazy traitor you are."
"Ha hah hahaha." Diodora crowed out "Who cares about the game this is MY game now. And no matter how powerful you are you will never survive this onslaught of middle and high-class devils. You will die here today as the sister of a fake Maou."
Issei was clapping his hands as he tilted his over as he looked at Diodora like he was a psychopath "And here I was looking forward to playing a little game." He held up his right hand and pointed it at a large swath of the devils in the sky. "But now it looks like I get to cut loose for real." A large ball of energy formed rapidly and was sent into the sky in a matter of seconds. When it impacted with the first devil it blew up disintegrating him instantly as it exploded taking out an easy hundred. "What was that about not surviving?" Issei stared down Diodora.
Asia struggled to get free from his grips as he waved his free hand around "Kill them while I make her mine." He shouted as he teleported away.
"Ise Ascalon." Xenovia shouted.
"Right." The boosted gear appeared and soon Ascalon rocketed out of the gauntlet as he passed it over to Xenovia.
As they prepared to slaughter everybody in their way Akeno let out an ear shrieking scream. Everybody looked over to see that an old man was holding up the back of her skirt looking at her ass. "Black with sex appeal yet they hold in the supple and curvy ass. The joys of being young."
Issei reached over and grabbed ahold of Akeno pulling her into his arms "Why are you harassing her, better yet…."
"Lord Odin, why are you here?" Rias asked, interrupting Issei.
"Hummmm." Odin scratched his beard. "Too long to explain it all, but the game was taken over by the Khaos Brigade. Diodora Astaroth allied with the Old Maou Faction, we believe his power-up was from one of Ophis's snakes. The Khaos Brigade force teleported you here instead of the real match and this zone is covered with a barrier that needs to be taken down before others can help."
"Wait how did you enter then?" Xenovia asked.
Odin moved the hair from his left eye revealing a crystalline structure that covered his left eye. "Long ago I gave my eye to the Mímisbrunnr, the lake at the bottom of Yggdrasil for knowledge. And for that, I'm familiar with most magic spells and even demonic power. I was able to slip through the barrier with no issue because of it."
"Look boys we get to kill Odin!" A Devil shouted out as they started throwing spells of all different varieties.
Odin tapped his cane on the ground as a barrier appeared around them as the spells impacted with the barrier. When the attacks ceased the dust slid off the barrier as he dropped it. "Take this." He handed a device to Rias "That brat Azazel said to give it to you. Before, for now, head towards that shrine while I deal with these miscreants."
"Don't uhh dislocate a hip." Issei said he smiled "You know Frigg might want something from you."
Odin ignored that last part as they all ran off, "GUNGNIR!" A staff with a golden Halfmoon and a triangular point in the center appeared in his hands. He pointed it towards some of the devils as an aura built up in the tip and fired at them. Unlike Issei before Odin carved out a larger hole in the crowd "Well now, who wants the head of the leader of the Norse?" He asked as a large pack of the devils charged towards him.
As they were nearing the base of the shrine the device vibrated as Azazel's voice came out {You kids alright? If you can hear me that means you at least ran into that old man Odin.} Many things wanted to be voiced but now wasn't the best time for it. {Look I know things haven't gone to plan. Right now we are receiving a two-front assault from the Old Maou Faction and the Khaos Brigade. In the devil society, those related to the current Maou have been at the forefront of some problems. Rias and Sona have seen Kokabiel, the former heir of Glasya-Labolas died in a so-called accident but that person was murdered. And now Diodora revealed to be the turncoat we expected him to be.}
{Just like Katerea Leviathan was the mastermind beforehand we now have the old Beelzebub and Asmodeus causing problems. Their hatred for the current government is enough to cause the whole world to want to kill them and in return they want you.}
"Why tell us this now?" Rias spoke into the device.
{All the factions agreed on a plan to deal with them, and unfortunately, you got used as bait. But for now, you need to find a safe spot and hide till we can get to you.}
"Diodora took Asia." Issei said as there was a pause from Azazel.
{Leave her to us. There's too many of the Old Maou faction for a group your size. There is a basement in the shrine hide in there till we get you.}
Issei tapped his foot "I think you misheard me. I'm going to lop off Diodora's head."
"He right, If we don't use our powers to aid in the removal of suspicious people within the faction then what are we?" Akeno brought up a valid point.
{Fine. This is a one-time thing. Deal with Diodora with no restrictions. There is no retirement system here so keep that in mind.}
Rias looked at Koneko "Can you find Asia for us?"
She looked around and pointed towards the shrine "I can sense Asia somewhere in there."
Upon hearing her directions they ran towards the shrine. As they started climbing the stairs Azazel's voice came out once again {We don't know why they chose this field. All we know is they have some plan.} Clothes tearing and flesh burning was heard as he stopped talking. {You will have no backup once you walk in there.}
Once they reached the shrine and entered it they opened the doors peering into a large spacious but empty place. Large pillars made in the fashion of the Greeks were supporting the roof but yet that's all there was. As they walked through the shrine a voice was heard "Rias Gremory and her pathetic servants." Everybody looked to find the source of the voice "Don't bother you will just look like idiots searching for me. I'm currently in another shrine waiting. But for now, we are going to play a little game…. A rating game substitute."
"On your right, I will be sending my eight pawns and 2 rooks." A platform appeared that led to another area. "Each of my pawns has been promoted to Queen, but that is more than fair. So it's eight Queens and two Rooks. However, whoever you send through will not be allowed through to the next portal. Have fun." Diodora's voice faded out.
"Issei Xenovia Koneko and Gasper deal with it." Rias said pointing at the platform "If he wants to play games then we need to beat it into his thick skull how powerful we are."
The four of them walked onto the platform as they were teleported to a similar area but with an open roof. They saw ten hooded girls standing across from them, Issei looked over to Xenovia who had Ascalon in her hand "Cut the tip of my finger." He asked as she moved the blade over and poked him with the tip of the blade drawing blood. With the blood dripping out of his finger he looked at Gasper and held out his finger.
Blood dripped out onto his tongue, once Gasper closed his mouth his body was covered in an aura. His eyes glowed red as power circulated throughout him. "Well, that was more than I expected. I guess Azazel was right." Issei saw that the girls were running towards them. "Xenovia deal with two rooks. We will deal with the others." He said as she was pulling Durandall out of the storage spell. "If they die then oh well."
Xenovia raised Durandal in the air. "I know I can't suppress Durandal like Kiba can, but there is something I know I can do very well with no limits." An aura formed around the blade "But I can increase its destructive power." She lifted Ascalon into the air crossing them over as some of the Aura from Durandal was siphoned off into Ascalon.
The two Rooks charged towards Xenovia but their fates were sealed from the moment they woke up. "I will save my best friend!" Xenovia shouted as she slammed both blades into the ground. The Raw power the attack released caved in the ground near her as it launched forward destroying the floor in a line in front of her. The Rooks were knocked down from the quake but by then it was all too late, both of them were engulfed in a pillar of light. Screams were only heard for a moment but ceased as every cell in their bodies was pierced by holy light shredding them apart and turning them to ash.
Everybody saw her raw destructive power as she killed them with no issue. Sweat was pouring down her body as she started inhaling large amounts of air. One of the pawns drew a short sword from under her robes and charged towards Issei whose attention was focused on Xenovia. As she neared him she leapt into the air and drove the blade towards the side of Issei's head. Issei tilted his head back ever so slightly so the blade would miss as he reached out with his right arm and grabbed a hold of her neck.
He didn't clap down too hard to choke the nameless girl but just enough to suspend her in the air. With his other free hand, he grabbed onto the blade pulling it out of her hand. Looking over the craftsmanship of the blade he saw that the other girls got closer but stopped when he looked over. "Tell me why I shouldn't clench my fist and choke you to death?" He asked the girl as she struggled to get free.
Three girls broke off from the group as they rushed towards Koneko. That left four more that were ready to strike at Issei or Gasper. "Gasper, can you do it?" He asked with his head tilted back to Gasper.
"Yes!" His eyes glowed red once again as patterns formed inside of his pupils.
Issei watched as all the girls were frozen in places thanks to Gasper's sacred gear. "Timestopping is amazing." He placed the tip of the sword between the girl's breast and turned the blade around like he was digging a hole by spinning the blade but didn't apply to much pressure. "Isn't this fun? I'm just playing with you while your master sent you to die." Issei let go of her as she fell to the ground. As soon as her butt hit the ground a magic circle appeared right where the sword was previously and went off, her cloak shredded to pieces as followed the rest of her clothes.
Issei bent over and jammed the sword in the ground between her legs as it narrowly missed cutting her genitals. She clammed up covering her body as fluids leaked out as she was now utterly terrified of Issei, he walked over to the remaining girls and placed a magic circle on the rest of them that were frozen. The girls Koneko were fighting stopped and watched the madness that was Issei. Issei stood next to Gasper giving him a nod as he released his powers, the girls continued as if nothing happened but that's when Issei snapped his fingers and just like that clothing shredded apart falling to the ground stopping them in their tracks. Just as the last girl they all covered up the best they could.
"You monster." One of the remaining girls said.
Koneko nodded her head "That's evil."
Issei was looking at the scraps of clothing that were scattered around as there was a bra somewhat still intact. He picked it up and looked at the remaining girls "Oh this could have been much worse. You little shits are terrorists, I was hoping you would have given up after Xenovia blasted those two into dust." He looked at the tag on the bra seeing the brand name "But nooooooooo, and here we are stopping you, idiots, without killing you. You eight might go to prison forever but Diodora will die for this." He looked to gasper "Hey Gasper who makes your bra and panties?"
"Wacoal for the most part." He said quietly embarrassed to answer it "Why?"
"Why are you asking her about…" One of the girls said.
"He." Issei corrected the girl as he threw the broken bra at her face. "I ask because your stingy ass master can't even buy his whores a semi-nice bra. But yet he can set up shit like this."
Xenovia and Koneko shoved the remaining girls into a group forming a magic circle under them. Binds formed around them holding them in place so they could be transported at a later time. A portal appeared allowing them to meet up with the others. As they walked through the portal they came up behind Rias Akeno and Kiba who were already at the next opponents. The lead woman of the group pulled off her hood revealing a blue-eyed older blonde woman "Welcome Rias Gremory I am the Queen." As two other girls appeared behind her.
Akeno stepped forward "I guess I will be fighting."
"Kiba is more than enough for the knights, so I will fight as well." Rias moved next to Akeno ready to fight.
"Awww I thought I would be enough." Lightning buzzed around Akeno
"And you plan to use it?" Rias asked.
The Queen was getting pissed as she was being Ignored. Koneko grabbed the seam of Issei's shirt and tugged on it pulling him down whispering in his ear. Issei nodded his head hearing what she was saying. Once she finished he placed his on her head and rubbed her head like he was petting a cat "Ladies." He got Rias and Akeno attention as they turned around and looked at him. "Whoever beats them with no problem…." He looked down at Koneko "You think this is gonna work?" She nodded, Issei shrugged "Beat these girls and the winner gets a date with me."
A blast of wind roared through the area as the two girls glowed with power. Rias had a deep crimson aura around here. Akeno had lightning circling her with a smile on her face, "I can have a date with Issei." She kept generating more and more power.
"Ise!" Rias called out "You have me! Yet you still ask her out." Her eyes were tearing up as she said that. The downside was Issei caused a fight between the girls
"It's proof that he loves me the most." Akeno was happy as she could be.
"Look at you!" Rias said "You're sparking over the chance of a date."
"Issei has taken his stance and is willing to show his love."
"He already loves me," Rias said as she got embarrassed. "He he he touches…."
"What did he touch?"
"He touches me at night." Rias' face was now almost as red as her hair.
"Of course he does, you smother him in bed."
"YOU DUMB WHORES!" Diodora's queen yelled out "Stop arguing over his dick and fight us!."
Rias and Akeno gave her a death stare. "SHUT UP!" They both yelled as they raised their hands forming large magic circles and both launched a large salvo of magic at the girls. The sheer volume and speed of the magic caught the Queen and Bishops off guard as they were impacted by their attacks before they could put up barriers.
Rias and Akeno went immediately back to fighting "Issei knows everything about my body and I know all of his."
"That's because you hog him all the time. But unlike you, I'm not willing to hide it in the human world."
Akeno hit a nerve with that "We can discuss this later, Asia is our priority."
"Agreed we need to save her." Akeno agreed with her, setting aside their argument for the time.
As the smoke from attacks was clearing they saw that large chunks of the area had been destroyed. They saw three people on the floor. The Queen had a large hole missing from her ribs "I don't think she's getting up." Issei said as he moved towards one of the bishops as Kiba looked at the other.
"She's dead as well." Kiba said as there was a pool of blood coming out from many holes in the body.
Issei moved some of the final girl clothes around. "He's dead as well."
"He? Don't you mean she?" Rias asked, confused by his words.
"No…." He moved what was remaining of the clothing back "This is a man." He pointed to each area as he said "Flat square chest, rounder face." And then he pointed to the crotch "Last I looked, vaginas don't have two balls and a shaft." He looked at Rias and Akeno "Unless there's something you forgot to tell me about?"
Rias had a look of disgust as he said that "Not only does he have a thing for nuns he's into men?"
A set of stairs appeared "Nuns are Nuns." Issei said as they moved up the stairs.
As they climbed up the stairs they came to a large room as it smelled horrible. "Yahoooooooo, been a while!" A voice came as the shadows as a familiar person came out.
"Oh hell, You're still alive?" Issei asked
Kiba moved to the front of the group "Alive is far from the right word."
Freed tilted his head "I bet you're looking for two knights?" He pointed over to the shadows as they lit up. Two corpses were mangled and chewed up and blood everywhere. "I FUCKING ATE THEM!"
"He stopped being human." Koneko was disgusted with the smell of the room.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, After that shit, Vali took me back to the Grigor and then I was fired by Azazel." Freed's body began to swell up as his clothes ripped "After that the Khaos Brigade picked up me and gave me these sick powers." His body gained hundreds of pounds of flesh as he bulked up as a batwing shot out of his back. "They turned me into a sick ass Chimera!"
They watched as Fangs grew in his mouth and his face elongated like a dragon snout. "Did you know that Diodora has a special taste in women? Every member of his peerage was once a member of the church and he broke them and made them his whores."
"Yeah, that was kinda obvious after she told us. That and he's kinda creepy." Issei said as he was about to step forward.
Kiba blocked him from going anywhere. "Save your energy for Diodora. I will deal with Freed and finish what I should have back then." Kiba walked towards Freed drawing his Sword.
Freed saw the sword in his hand "Your that jackass who hurt me, I guess it's time I return the favor. My fancy new body is much stronger and durable than before. Now I'm invincible."
"It's better if you would no longer exist." Kiba fired back
"Now now don't get cocky" Swords popped out of Freed's body as he charged towards Kiba.
Kiba disappeared in a flash as everybody heard flesh tearing and the metal of the swords breaking. When Kiba reappeared blood spewed out everywhere as Freed was sliced at every joint. Freed's head rolled on the floor near Kiba "Shitty devils your all the same, but you don't know the truth of the Longinus."
Kiba twirled his blade and held it above Freed's head "Talk to the Grim Reapers in hell." He slammed his blade through Freed's forehead killing him permanently. Everybody headed off to rescue Asia now that the final obstacle had been cleared.
Meanwhile, Azazel had just finished killing a large number of devils from the Old Maou faction. He saw that the golden orb that housed Fafnir was acting up. He saw a small girl dressed in an all black one-piece dress floating above him. "To think you of all people would come here." He called out the girl.
She looked down at Azazel and let out a small laugh "It's been awhile Azazel."
"Last time you appeared you were an Old man. Now you look like a small girl, but what are you plotting Ophis?"
"Only watching, Observing the changes."
"Your sightseeing in this place?" He asked."If I defeat you will the world finally be at peace?" Azazel formed a light spear and pointed it at her.
"You can't beat me and you know it."
The ground around Azazel shook as a massive dragon landed "How about the two of us?"
"Tannin." Azazel called out as he saw him staring at Ophis.
"The younger devils are fighting for their future yet you are here." Tannin said to Ophis. "You have stayed out of the flow of the world yet now you stand in the way of progress. What changed?"
"The world of silence." She answered
"What?" Azazel couldn't make sense of what she said.
"I want to return to the dimensional gap and regain the silence, That is my reason."
"So your homesick for the gap, but yet in the gap lies…."
"Yes, Great Red is now in the gap. There is also something else I wish to see." Ophis said.
They finally arrived at the last stop in Diodora gauntlet. They saw a large device on the back wall with Asia hooked up to it. "You doing alright Asia?" Issei asked her as he noticed she was in a different set of clothes.
"You finally made it here." Diodora appeared from the shadows behind the device.
"Issei?" Asia called out as she was crying.
"Oh great, you made her cry." Issei said "What did you do to her? Did you tell her how much of a sick fuck you are? How you are no better than Freed?"
Diodora's face lit up with a wide smile "I told her everything. I even told her about how I broke my peerage. Even when I'm going to do to her after all of you are dead."
"Funny how you think you can kill us." Issei smirked, "I know your power-up isn't natural, and without it your nothing."
"Oh but that's where you're wrong. With my power, I can do anything. And when I'm done here I plan on cucking you. Might even bring your corpse in to watch as she called out your name."
"You are sick Diodora," Rias called out as she looked to Issei "We can beat him together."
Diodora had a deep black aura bubbling around him "The power Ophis gave me is more than enough to kill you." He got cockier as he was engulfed in the aura.
"Don't think so Rias." He stepped forward. "Ddraig I think it's time."
[WELSH DRAGON BALANCE BREAKER!]
Dust fell from the ceiling as the room shook from the transformation. While in his red armor Issei was enveloped in a thick red aura shocking the girls as they thought they had seen his power before. "You know what it's time for Ddraig?"
[It's time for you to take what is yours and rip and tear him from limb to limb]
"I have the power of Ophis you dumb fucks. I can kill you in….." Diodora bravado didn't last long as his speech was stopped as Issei dashed towards him landing a swift right hook into his stomach silencing him. Issei's fist reappeared as he pulled it out only for Diodora to spew up blood all over the floor. Lifting his right foot he pushed Diodora's head down into the blood and held it there "What's that? You're not so powerful after all."
Diodora dragged his head out from under Issei's foot as he fired multiple salvos of black energy bullets at him. His confidence wasn't high as he was grasping his stomach with his other arm. "I am a High-Class Devil. A blood relative of the current Maou Beelzebub. You are nothing but a filthy reincarnated devil."
Out of the smoke came Issei as his armor was just as pristine as it was the moment he dawned it. Diodora backed up creating a barrier that spawned the whole room dividing it up "Just because you came out the same twat as your brother doesn't mean your hot shit." Issei got close to the barrier and placed his index finger on it "All power no composition." With the dragon claws that engulfed his hands, he ran the index fingernail down barrier carving out a huge swath of the barrier like nails on a chalkboard. Parts of the barrier peeled with it proving that there was no structure to it.
"You can't dare break through this barrier. You will be trapped on that side forever." Diodora tried to keep his confidence up. But Issei knew the best way to break it down as he punched right through the barrier as it shattered like glass. However, the momentum didn't stop there as his fist kept traveling until it impacted with his face.
Diodora was back on the ground again holding his face as his nose was bleeding and tears were in his eyes. "It hurts, why do I feel this pain? WHY!" Through his crying and screaming, he peered out through his hand and looked at Issei "I hit you with my demonic power yet nothing happened. My power was drastically increased with the power of Ophis."
Issei didn't bother to answer him as he lifted him by his shirt. Another strike landed in the stomach once again as blood pooled in his mouth. Diodora was fuming at this point he raised his hand to Issei's face and let loose an attack point blank "I will not be defeated by a rotten dragon like you."
His attack did nothing as Issei's voice rang out "Then I will show you real power." Issei threw him into the ground making a small crater. A few flinches were had from the onlookers as they heard bones popping and cracking from the impact. With a quick stomp from Issei, he shattered one of his legs. "What's a matter where all that bravado, where's Ophis power?" He said as Diodora screeched out in pain from the broken bones. "You talk about power yet you can't even take these basic hits."
"This must be a joke. I can't be beaten, I won against Agares!" He screeched out.
Issei pulled out a sword hilt from behind his back as a blade shot out from it. He stabbed it into Diodora's right side hip and left it there and it sank into the ground partially "Stick around." He left Diodora stuck in the ground as he made his way over to Asia. Diodora went to grab the sword as he tried to pull it out only when he touched the hilt it burned his hand.
Issei stood below the device that Asia was chained up as metal beams coiled around her arms and legs holding her in place. "Hey, Asia."
As he said that she started crying once again "You came."
"Of course I did." His voice was calm as it was reassuring her "I said I would save you."
He tried pushing the metal without hurting her. As he tried moving her arms to see if he could slide it out. "It's useless." A weak voice came from Diodora.
"Oh, it's not useless." Issei looked over to Diodora "But you better start talking if you want to live."
"It was made that she would be released once the device was activated."
Issei nodded "Uh huh." He looked and saw Kiba was walking towards Diodora. "Kiba, he's got a perfectly good left hip and you can make plenty of swords. I'm thinking a fire one should do the job."
Kiba understood loud and clear as he summoned a rapier-like sword but with a thicker blade that was engulfed in flames. He pointed the sword at Diodora "This isn't exactly my style but it's best not to anger a dragon."
Diodora was quick to talk as the threat was real. "The device is a barrier created by a Longinus possessor." Issei rolled his eyes when he heard that "The barrier around this field was also made by him."
"So that rules out a few of the Longinus. So what one is it?" Issei said
"Dimension Lost, It creates ultimate barriers. The possessor created a barrier at the center of the field and spread it to the edges and it seals everything inside and prevents teleportation. Once the barrier is created it can't be stopped unless it's activated."
"And the requirements for activating this device? And what does it do?" Kiba pointed his sword closer to the chest this time.
"The requirements are myself or somebody affiliated with us tells it to start, or if I was defeated. The device will increase the power of the restrained person and reverse their abilities."
Realization set it when he said reverse, being first-hand recipients of what reverse could do everybody now knew that the fallout here could be catastrophic. "And the range of this device's power?"
"It's this whole field."
"Hey remember how I said I was going to kill him?" Issei asked, "I changed my mind. It's going to hurt a lot more after I get Asia out of this."
"So this plan started back when we fought Sona." Rias understood the extent of how deep this was going.
"Slightly, her match only proved that the plan would work."
"Ddraig let's break this."
[Dimension Lost is a higher tier Longinus that the Boosted gear. If we activate its balance breaker then it may be too late. Stronger Longinus do exist.]
"Did you all just hear that?" He asked everyone "Did Y Ddraig Goch, the Red Dragon Of Domination. One of the most feared things in the world, the same dragon that caused armies to quake in their boots and took the combined strength of a three-way war to take down just tell me that we can't break some metal."
The helmet on the armor reappeared as Issei grabbed a hold bars holding Asia's arms up. He started pulling on them as the Boosted gear was charging.
[BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!]
Parts of the shrine were quaking from the raw power Issei was exerting. Rocks were shaking, dust was falling from the ceiling but the sound of metal bending was heard. All the jewels on the armor glow green "More." Issei said as another waved of boosts came.
[BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!]
The green glow was shining even brighter as Asia closed her eyes from how bright they were.
[EXPLOSION!]
The power surged through his body as Issei sent a massive pulse wave through the device. The metal bars splintered freeing Asia from her prison, but they also went through clothes as well as destroying them in the process. Issei grabbed a hold of her before she fell to the ground. Her naked body was covered by his arms as he walked over to Akeno. He handed her off to Akeno "Can you do the clothes thing? I don't have any in her size prepared."
"I can," Akeno said as she placed her hand about her head forming a new set of clothes on her.
"Look for spells on her as well, please. I don't trust anything right now."
Rias got his attention "Why did you destroy her clothes as well?"
"Because I asked the bars real nicely to let go of her and the clothes decided to jump ship as well." Issei made some fun.
"Why are you so much of a pervert?" She was slightly embarrassed around him sometimes.
"You know you like it." Issei playfully said "But I did use the idea of the dress break to destroy everything touching her. I didn't expect her clothes to go as well." Rias didn't look too enthused "Would you want to be caught wearing what she was?" Rias refused to answer that question.
Issei headed off to Diodora as he grabbed ahold of his sword ripping it out of his side. "Well, Diodora your in luck." Issei swung his sword getting the blood off of it. "Sense Asia is alive and well you have two choices here maybe." He looked back to Akeno "She clean?"
"Yes, I don't see anything." Akeno replied.
"Even in her vagina? Best place to hide something like that." Issei asked as he looked over his shoulder.
"Yes, Issei." Akeno tried to reassure him "I don't see anything."
"Well, you heard her." Issei looked back at Diodora. "So pick one of these two options." He held up one finger "One I kill you here and now. It saves us plenty of time and the possible anime-style redemption arc." He added a second finger to his visual presentation "Or two we let you live."
"What?" Multiple voices were heard from behind him.
"You didn't let me finish. You get to live besides whatever the satans decided to do to you. You have to wear a chastity cage permanently till the end of time. And it's the smallest one that can be fashioned." Issei took his sword and tapped the flat edge on Diodora's crotch. "You know the punishment for ruining all those girls' lives and ultimately causing their deaths. Well, that and the one man."
"That's quite cruel for somebody like you." A new voice came from the ceiling "But we learned something here today, mainly that Longinus users can destroy other Longinus users' creations."
"Who are you?" Rias asked as the man with long brown hair and matching eyes as he descended. They saw that he was covered in a black cloak with a purple jewel in the center holding it together.
"This is the first time meeting you, sister of the fake Maou. I am Shalba Beelzebub the true heir of the Beelzebub title. Unlike the relative of the fake one I am on a whole new level." He looked over and saw Diodora in the shambles he was in "Diodora Astaroth, I lent you my power and look at you now. Even with the Ophis' snake you beat Agares yet ruined my plans."
Issei was wishing he had somebody else who was powerful enough to back him up, somebody like Azazel right now. "Shalba Please help me." Diodora called out "With you here, we can kill the Sekiry…" Issei and Kiba lept away from Diodora landing near everybody else as they saw a glimmer come from under Shalba's robe. A spear of light struck Diodora in the chest as his body dissolved away. "You ruined my plans, I even told you about the girl and yet here we are. Can't find good lackeys these days." Shalba moved his right arm out from under his cape as there was a small cannon-like device attached to his arm.
"What kind of shit is that? Power of light from a devil?" Issei saw it but didn't understand how it was possible.
"It's not possible Devils can't use light, it's poisonous to us." Rias eyed the device on his arm. "Unless that thing is converting his power into light."
"Sister of Sirzechs you will die here. I know it's sudden but know that killing every blood relative of the fake Maou is our goal." Shalba's voice was cold as ice as he pointed his cannon at Rias.
"You killed Glasya-Labolas and Astaroth just to get a chance at killing me." Rias was trying her best to stand up to him.
"Yes, it's that simple. We cleanse your stain and deal with the rest of the family. Once we regain our namesake nothing else matters." Shalba sighed as he said that "Yet there is incompetence all around. I never once expected to see the boosted gear win against the creations of Dimension lost. But it's something to note when we see the next possessor of the boosted gear. Anyways I'll be taking your head as a souvenir to show to Sirzechs." He fired another spear of light at the group. Everybody dodged in different directions scattering to the winds not wanting to become dust.
Issei knocked the spear into the ceiling as a new light source shined down. He held the blade up nicking a small part of his skin as blood dripped down the blade. As the blood ran down the blade he started a chant "Μέσα στο χρόνο και τη θάλασσα, και το σούρουπο και την αυγή. Ο χρόνος θα καταστρέψει την αντίληψή μας για την οικογένεια. Και οδηγήστε μας σε αυτό που χρειαζόμαστε περισσότερο." (Through time and sea, and Dusk and dawn. Time shall shatter our perception of family. And lead us to what we need the most.)
Shalba was now interested in what just happened. Issei threw the sword towards Kiba. The blade floated in the air waiting for him to grab it. "Take the sword and follow it. And if it speaks to you don't ask questions. You all need to leave now."
"I am not leaving you here all alone with him." Rias tried to argue
"Yes, you are. Asia was the main target, now you are. Don't be dumb and get some help." Issei watched as Kiba grabbed ahold of the sword as it lit up.
Kiba soon moved over towards Rias slinging her over his shoulder. He looked towards Xenovia "Grab her. We're leaving." Rias struggled to get free as they left with Akeno and Koneko in toe.
Shalba tried to fire a volley of blasts at them but Issei fired a blast of energy at Shalba before he could do anything distracting him. "Oh, what's a matter scarred that your easy target left. Nothing to goad Lucifer with?"
"I'll make sure to torture you in front of that harlot."
"I grew up getting my ass beat by Ares. I doubt your tickle attacks will hurt me."
Shalba wasn't happy as he held his left hand out forming a Green magic circle with a B in the middle. Out came hundreds of flys that darted towards Issei. Issei breathed in a large breath of air as a slit in the helmet opened up for when he exhaled a large ball of fire towards Shalba. Like a moth to the flame, all the flies flew into the turned to ash. The fire continued up as it almost engulfed Shalba but caught his cloak on fire. As he dumped the cloak it revealed that he was wearing a blue-purple body armor that had no helmet attached as he descended to the ground.
"You rat." Shalba fired multiple light spears at him. Issei dodged them by running towards him zig-zagging when necessary. As Issei neared him he swung his right fist landing punch in his ribs.
"Checkmate." Shalba's right hand was free as he moved it near Issei's head preparing to fire an attack point-blank.
[BLADE!]
Ascalon rocketed out of the gauntlet and into Shalba's forearm and the device. The bottom of it sparked as the glass in the front cracked. Issei retracted the blade as blood spewed out of his arm as it punctured through the vein and the bone.
Shalba retreated grasping his arm trying to stop the blood loss. He looked at Issei "Damn you."
"What's a matter? Don't tell me that you can't fight without your little light cannon."
Shalba ripped the cannon off his arm throwing it on the ground. He stuck out his left hand and as soon as the magic circle appeared three beams launched out twisting around in flight like a snake. The longer they traveled the faster and faster they accelerated towards the target. Issei tried to outrun it but it was pointless. He guarded and did the best he could and tanked the hit.
As he got hit by three he noticed they didn't hurt as much as they should have. But that's when a light from above shattered the roof and slammed into Issei. Shalba's one-two punch came in as he formed a fourth attack and dropped it on Issei when he was too busy to notice it.
[DIVIDE!] [DIVIDE!] [DIVIDE!] [DIVIDE!] [DIVIDE!] [DIVIDE!]
As the smoke was clearing a set of glowing green eyes peered out from the smoke. "That kinda hurts." Issei said as he walked out of the smoke with a white right gauntlet on his armor.
"What kind of freak are you?" Shalba was surprised to see that his attack did little to no damage to his armor. "You're able to survive my attack and you not even in the juggernaut drive."
Issei thought about those words "I'm going, to be honest with you Shalba. I don't think I can kill you."
"Its because you're soft." He fired a small volley of attacks at Issei.
Issei shrugged them off as they exploded all around him "Far from it, I planned to stall you and wait for Odin to deal with you. Hell, maybe even Sirzechs or Azazel. But at this rate, I don't see that happening. I had to use the divide on that attack." With a pink magic circle in hand, he slapped his left shoulder revealing a mark. "You tried to kill Asia, then Rias. And for that, I give you 60 seconds to live. Make your peace."
"What makes you think you can kill me in a single minute? I am a pure-blooded devil, heir to the Beelzebub name. You just admitted that you can't beat me."
But that's when it changed a deep crimson aura gathered around Issei as he chanted "I, who am about to awaken, Am the Heavenly Dragon who has stolen the principles of domination from God." The armor bulked up once he started the chant. "I laugh at the infinite, and I grieve at the dream I shall become the Red Dragon of Domination."
A pair of wings popped out his back but this time each of the joints was encrusted with green jewels and there was no webbing between each of the limbs.
"And I shall sink you to the depths of the crimson purgatory!" A vicious roar came out as a countdown started on the mark. Issei's strength and speed were all ramped up due to the transformation. The hulking form took two steps and closed the gap between them in the blink of an eye as he grabbed a hold of Shalba's right arm, ripping it off.
Blood gushed out what was left of his arm as he screamed out in pain. The jewels on his body glowed bright green as they were generating power.
{(50)}
Issei's right hand formed a large sphere of condensed red energy. Pointing it at Shalba "Can you survive it?" He asked with a distorted voice as it detonated destroying what was left of the shrine.
Everybody saw the large explosion where they knew Diodora was. The shockwave that followed shook the whole field. Kiba and the group finally made it to where the sword leads them. They were standing in front of four people three of them knew but one was unfamiliar to them. "Lord Lucifer." Kiba said as he put Rias down.
"Brother, Issei he." Rias rambled on trying to convey her thoughts.
"There's seven of you here and Issei's missing." Sirzechs said as he looked at all of
"Issei gave me this," Kiba said as held out the sword as Azazel took it out of his hands."He's currently fighting Shalba."
"I was wondering if he was going to show up," Azazel said as the sword glowed and pointed towards Issei. Azazel pointed at the blade "I think it wants us to go to its owner."
"Yes, it seems so. Shall we?" Sirzechs said as Azazel took the lead.
As they were flying towards Issei's location Azazel was examining the sword "Divine weaponry always bothered me on how it can do some of these things."
They neared what was the shrine they saw a large crater, large slabs of stone and rubble scattered all through the area. Issei was still fighting Shalba as magic attacks flew out of the crater one by one. A flap of Issei's wings caused a huge gust of wind as the tips glowed as they were gathering energy.
[BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!] [BOOST!]
"It's time we end this Shalba!" Issei shouted as six balls of energy formed on the wings. One by one each one made pinpoint laser strikes to different parts of Shalba's body immobilizing him as he took each hit.
The boosted gear rattled off the boost chant as it was inaudible to how many times it was multiplied. One his armor, the chest armor split open as a large ball of energy formed there. "DIE A COWARD'S DEATH!"
[LONGINUS SMASHER!]
Out fired a massive beam of red and green energy at a rapid pace. Shalba tried to retaliate with an attack of his own but it was too late. His attack was engulfed by the sheer power of the Longinus smasher and only added to what was about to hit him. Soon Shalba was encapsulated by the beam leaving nothing behind.
Everybody watched the end of the fight as the Longinus Smasher tore a hole in the floating island. As the fight ended they walked over to Issei, his armor was dispelled as he crashed to the ground. Out of energy, he laid there as the seal on his arm took over, a rose vine sprouted out of the seal as it coiled around his left arm. It constricted down drawing blood and glowed a light pink the vine turned from a green to a purple color as it detached from his arm. Soon after it was struck by a bolt of lighting turning it to ash.
Asia ran over to Issei and started healing him. She saw he was bleeding from most places on his body. The aura her sacred gear produced encompassed all of Issei as he glowed greed. The cuts and gashes sealed up "Issei how are you?" She asked
"Everything hurts." His eyes were closed as he laid there with Asia healing. A tear in the space around them appeared as Vali, Arthur and Bikou came out of the rip.
"That explains everything." Vali said as he saw Issei on the floor. Ophis appeared as she stood over Issei's head looking down on him.
Issei opened his eyes as he saw a new girl standing there. He saw things he was not expecting as she spoke up "Ddraig." She pointed to Issei.
"No…" He dragged it out his eyes peered back and forth between. "Do you know the saying if you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you?" He asked.
"Yes," Azazel replied "Nietzsche brought up the idea of turning into a monster. What about it?"
"I just saw things." He looked up to the girl standing about him. "Miss while I appreciate the view, could you wear panties next time?" She was confused by his request.
She cocked her head to the side as she pointed to the sky. The sky shattered as a gigantic creature appeared floating through. "Look Carefully, Hyoudou Issei. That is what I wanted to see." Vali said as they watched it float through.
"There are two red dragons in this world." Tannin's voice was heard by all-around "There is the Welsh dragon Ddraig. Then there is the other one recorded in the book of Revelations. The true God Emperor of this world the Apocalypse dragon Great Red."
"It chose to make its home in the dimensional gap and it roams around for an eternity. Today we confirmed that it is true." Vali continued on "Rating Game fields are inside the dimensional gap with a barrier around it. Ophis's goal was to confirm this, Shalba's plan was expendable."
Issei got up off the ground "Why is he here then?"
"Who knows but Ophis goal and my own align, I want to defeat great red."
As Great Red floated through the sky Ophis pointed her finger at him "I will regain my silence." He merely flapped his wings not caring about anything happening below.
"Was Creuserey Asmodeus dealt with?" Vali asked Azazel.
"Yeah, Sirzechs dealt with him rather quickly. With the leaders of the OSF gone the rest should disband naturally." He noticed that Ophis made no movements upon hearing that. "Aside from Vali's team, there is only one more faction of power. Something along the lines of a 'Hero faction'."
Ophis turned around and walked away, the air around her shimmered like a heat haze "I will be going home." She said as she disappeared in the haze.
"Look as if we will be retreating as well." Vali looked at Issei "Do you want to defeat me?"
"I still see no reason in it but I doubt fate will allow that." He said as Rias came over to hug him from behind, Issei's face went from tired to a somewhat re-energized form. "I have my own goals. And one of those is not to tear myself apart fighting my 'rival'."
"Yet you have no issue fighting for what you see as the greater good? Even if that conflicts with who your opposite is?" Vali asked him. Issei nodded giving him the answer he was seeking. "You are a strange one and yet amusing. Get stronger Hyoudou Issei."
As Vali was walking away with Bikou "I think I'm gonna call her Switch Princess."
Arthur opened a portal for them "Kiba Yuuto and Xenovia." He called out getting their attention "I am Arthur and one day I want to have a duel with you two." He disappeared as fast as he introduced himself with the others.
"I need food and a week's worth of sleep." He turned around and saw all the girls behind him as he was dead tired. "Home please." He asked as Azazel formed a portal returning them home.
True to his word Issei got what he desired as when he awoke there was a red blur next to him.
"Mother I think he's finally awake." A young child's voice called out.
"Milicas, I have asked you not to call me that in front of others."
Issei sat up rubbing his eyes as he saw that the blur was Milicas and not Rias. "That's not what I expected to see when I wake up."
Grayfia handed Issei a glass of water "Drink up it's been a couple of days."
He drank some of the water "What day is it?"
"Monday it's almost noon. You have been out all weekend." She handed him a small device as it activated.
"Welcome back." Sirzechs voice came out.
"Yes, my slumber was much needed."
"That's good to hear. But we need to get you caught up on some things. As of right now some of the elders are not pleased to hear that an heir is dead let alone that he defected."
"Not surprising considering how they act. But let's play some softball." Issei said "It's too early for hardball or information dumps. Knowing what we know about terrorism what's going to happen with Rating games."
"Very well then. As of right now, the last two games are in the planning stages. Sitri vs Agares is a strategy game that people want to see. And Sairaorg vs Rias just as many people want to see the raw power games especially the children. As for the games themselves were increasing security in both physical and magical areas."
"When we win I want that box." Issei said as both Sirzechs and Grayfia knew what he was talking about.
"I'll see what I can do. But for now, the first commercial went out and its been quite the success. I'm already working on another song as it is."
"How bad is it in the underworld?"
"Bad?" Sirzechs asked "I think you're misunderstanding this. People who want to see you are people who would only watch obscure matches at best would only be clips of when a monster or a Youkai or somebody like Tannin would be fighting. Children want to see more of you and the show isn't even out yet. I'm getting requests for clips of what happened last week that don't exist. Your popularity is inspiring people and it's that push we have been looking for to get us out of this depressing rut of a society."
"So you want me to take on the mantle of Oppai dragon then?"
"Nobody is going to force you to but it would be nice. Anyways today is the school festival. Grayfia please send him to school."
"Understood." She said as Issei got out of the bed. Grayfia formed a magic circle under him as he was sent away.
When he came out on the other side he was already dressed for the occasion. As he walked around he saw Asia getting ready for the race. They got laced up and headed to the starting line. Once everybody was ready they heard a loud pop signifying the start of the race. As they walked in sync the pace picked up as they were passing people. Issei's legs were far from the best condition as he limped here and there before they crossed the finished line.
As they walked off the track Rias pointed towards the gym and gave a wink. Asia guided Issei back behind the Gym as she placed her hands on him. Her signature green aura flowed through Issei as she was healing him. "Ise." She said as she stood on the tip of her toes. Her lips touched his as she kept healing him. "I will always be with you."