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"Take a look," Kiba said as he spread out what appeared to be a set of blueprints outlining the church. It was very detailed, not something that was done in a hurry at all.
"I thought knowing the layout would come in handy whenever we needed to attack the enemy base," Kiba said with a charming grin even though some venom was hidden inside. The thought of attacking and burning a church feeling particularly great for the young knight after what the Church made him go through.
Getting information of their potential base in his town was a must for this then, the chance of killing anyone associated with the church was simply too good to pass by.
Koneko, meanwhile, looked very disinterested. She was here only because Issei was a member of the Peerage and he wanted t go inside this place anyway.
Besides, she thought that eliminating potential threats to her king was a good thing and if these people were against her king then they might as well be crushed under her hands. To her, these exorcists and fallen angels were just people that she had to crush under her hands, nothing more and nothing less.
Just business as usual for a devil.
"In addition to the main hall, there's also a dormitory on the underground and a shed on the back. It's this place we should be worrying about.
" Kiba pointed to an area on the map. "This hall is more hidden and is spacious enough for the ritual to happen while not being open in many places so their security can be concentrated in fewer locations.
"
"So we can ignore the dormitory and shed?" Issei asked for clarification.
"Probably. They likely wouldn't station any troops in somewhere like that considering they are in the middle of a ritual.
" Kiba said but Koneko shook her head.
"No, I smell someone in the shed in the back. It doesn't have much of a power I can sense, but there is some holiness around him.
" Koneko said and Kiba put a finger in his chin.
"It can be an exorcist sent to safeguard an escape route they prepared. If we leave it be some of the exorcists can escape from there and would make a lot of trouble.
" Kiba muttered. If there was a clear escape path then the exorcists inside could run away when things get tough and who knows what they could do in the town if they are desperate.
An animal is at its most dangerous when cornered, and Kiba had no intention of letting those rats who got kicked out of the church walk away.
After thinking for a short while Kiba spoke up.
"Koneko-chan, go with Issei to rescue Asia. I will deal with the escape path of the exorcists and go help you guys afterwards.
" Kiba said after a moment of thought. He was the fastest amongst the three by a very far margin, as such him being the one that goes deal with the exorcist in the shed sounded like the best option.
What is the worst that can happen anyway? It was just a human, killing him will be simple enough.
With his eyes closed, Soma was recovering his magic reserves quickly. He had spent a considerable amount of his reserves after all and he would need time to get it all back.
But even then he was calm, this was holy ground that would inevitably weaken any demon to a degree. Adding to that, there was clearly a force of exorcists present.
This was likely the safest place to be in right now in this town until the demonic entity was dealt with. He found it rather hard to believe it would decide to attack anyway, this would be far too brazen after all and would only work if there was a huge difference in power.
Thinking thus he relaxed his shoulder, ready to just rela-
DODGE!
Moving out of sheer instinct, opening his eyes while using reinforcement to the limit Soma managed to avoid a sword that was poised to pierce him right through the head.
"Oh, you are good for an exorcist scum. Is it something you've learned back in the church?" Kiba spoke as if he was talking about the weather even as he moved his sword he just tried to pierce right through Soma's forehead.
Soma's face twisted in a grimace, this demon reached him far too fast and Soma was too relaxed which allowed for that situation to happen.
Kiba was about to open his mouth again when Soma reacted first. His hand moved as if a blur, without even taking out his gun entirely from its place on his side Soma moved in what felt like an instant, and five holy bullets were shot at Kiba who evaded them in a hurry, he could feel sweat running down his back since the bullets got extremely close to him.
There were no signs of Soma shooting until it was too late and all shots were aimed at lethal spots with no hesitation.
As for Soma, he furrowed his brows in annoyance. Kiba was far too fast for Soma to face head-on right now, his magic reserves were not fully back yet and his body was still rather weak with him only able to fight now because of the Reinforcement magic, but even that had a limit.
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But, just running away was not yet an option. Kiba was faster than him, running away from him would prove fruitless and Soma did not know what Kiba would do if there were civilians around.
As far as Soma could tell Kiba could kill any human he passed by to gain power by consuming their souls, who knows really.
No, he needed to incapacitate Kiba before leaving. Elimination was preferable but not a requirement since Soma did not know if Kiba had allies around, a possibility since there were exorcists close by and they must be under attack, so if he left kiba seriously injured then his friends would be too distracted treating him instead of pursuing Soma.