Five days, Five days is how long it had been since the death of Rizevim. In that time chaos was sewn across the land. Deep within the Devil city of Lilith, a meeting was being held. Azazel was there, Sirzechs had to attend to the duties of his people while Shemhazai did the same for Azazel. Trihexa tore its way through the supernatural world a large percentage of the Fallen Angel's labs were attacked and losses were staggering. Heaven was no better as Trihexa tore its way through anything and everything it wanted. Losses of senior members were high and injuries were even higher.
They watched as there was a video of the attack on Heaven as flames burned everything as Trihexa had multiple heads spewing destruction wherever it looked. "Asgard is currently burning from Trihexa's wrath." Barakiel said as there was a video coming in of the attacks.
The only bald Satan Falbium was watching the video "It seems as if there are using Azi Dahaka's powers to move wherever they want. There are no signs of teleportation or any warning that would alert them to an intruder is coming. They might even be using the basic powers of Boost and Transfer to increase Azi Dahaka's powers to overwrite the systems in place."
"The evil dragons are just rampaging around there's no pattern to their attacks. Unless that is their plan." Serafall said watching the monitor.
"I've already contacted Zeus and asked them to watch Hades. With the rumors circulating that he was in contact with Apophis, you can't be too sure. And if Hades were to attack the underworld while everything was in chaos then it would be disastrous. Even then the Greeks would have to be the front line for some time in dealing with Hades if he did attack." Fabian pointed out.
"I guess Issei's suspicion of Hades all this time has fallen on deaf ears then. Even if we did have an intimidation session a while back to keep him in line. He could still be planning something." Azazel said as they were fixated on the Tv.
They saw Trihexa spewing out as members of the Hindu faction were fighting off Trihexa's advances. They watched Rossweisse using her deactivation spell disabling many of the evil dragons around making it so there were fewer enemies to fight. The problem was everything was replicating from Evil Dragons to fake clones of Issei's armor. No one could figure out how it replicated as they watched Trihexa disappear off to someplace else.
The door to the room they were in opened up as there was a voice "It seems as if Asgard has been saved."
"For now Sirzechs." Azazel said as he turned to look at Sirzechs.
"We still don't know what they're doing with these hit and run attacks. Are they even battles at this point?" Serafall asked looking to anyone for an answer.
"It's the holy grail isn't it?" Fabian asked as that alone brought up more questions.
"Trihexa powering the Holy Grail would be an easy explanation as to why it can replicate so many units. Priority would be to take it away if we wanted to mount any form of defense then." Azazel said to them.
"That can wait." Sirzechs interrupted Azazel. "We have to do the hard part first." Serafall headed over to Sirzechs as the two of them disappeared.
It didn't take long for the two of them to show up on Underworld TV. Sirzechs and Serafall had the unfortunate job of explaining the last five days to the underworld and even the rest of the supernatural world who would see their broadcast. They were sitting down at a table as Sirzechs spoke to everyone. "The underworld and all of the Supernatural world is facing an unprecedented crisis currently." Azazel watched as Sirzech began to recount the last five days of what happened. From how Rizevim was behind everything who the current attacks on the Grigori Heaven and now Asgard.
"Like most, you heard the conversations in the battle with Rizevim there is always more to the story." A video appeared on the screen. "This here is Trihexa the Imperial Beast. And he was just fended off in Asgard not long ago. This is not just a fight for Devils, it's for everyone. There are no opposing factions in this game, only the supernatural world versus Trihexa. The scale has already surpassed the Demonic beast riots from a few months ago. But fortunately, we already have hope." The screen changed once again as the video showed the Video of Rias and Issei's peerage in Asgard and a photo of Issei smiling in his armor. It then shifted to show Sairaorg, Dulio, and others who were involved in the fighting. "The anti-terrorist team of DxD is hard at work."
"And when Trihexa shows up next I'll be heading to the battle." Serafall said as she was smiling. The broadcast continued as they continued to talk about things that were happening in politics and the rating games.
Explaining everything to them took some time but eventually, they finished as Sirzechs returned to the war room this time with another person. "Elmenhilde?" Azazel asked seeing the blonde vampire girl with her crimson eyes.
She extended her hand to Azazel handing him a USB stick "This is all of the data we have collected that Marius Tepes hid."
"Most interesting," Azazel said as he took the USB stick from her. "I've had my thoughts if Marius was even capable of removing the Holy Grail or if Rizevim was manipulating him the whole way. But Research on the Grail right now could prove useful."
"Marius Tepes had a human that he engraved information onto him. Once we found him he was quite talkative about things that happened before Rizevim Lucifer came to Romania."
"Most interesting, I'll get to reading this later today as you have been a great help in these past few days." Azazel had a great idea come up. "Say I'm about to go see the Issei, the Red Dragon Emperor do you want to come? He's at Serafall memorial hospital not far from here."
Her face turned a slight shade of red. "Why bring up his name? He has nothing to do with my job."
Azazel nailed it right from the start as he confirmed his suspicions. There wasn't anything that Issei couldn't attract to some extent or another aside from human girls. "Suit yourself then."
"I'll be taking my leave." She said as she made it quickly out the door.
"I'll be seeing the kids once again to see if any progress has been made." Azazel said to Sirzechs.
"Very well then, I need to talk to my peerage about that…" Sirzechs took off as Azazel did the same.
Five days, five days of the same thing. A battle would finish and then they were right back in Serafall Memorial Hospital in the middle of the underworld. The plans didn't change as every day they came back and watched Issei as he was in the hospital.
The powers he unlocked put such a strain on his body that it was painful to see the results of it. His heartbeat but for the first day that was about it. Asia's healing powers were next to useless and a ventilator was the only thing keeping him breathing. Asia cried most of the time as nothing she could do would help his condition. But they still had a job to do while Azazel was in charge of figuring out how to save Issei.
Azazel's first order was a glass box around Issei's size and enough breast milk to fill it up halfway. There were some questions at first but once it was explained that it was for Issei there were no more questions as that volume of liquid was sourced from all around the underworld. Along with five vials of the phoenix clan specialty tears and mixed into the glass box. The final step was to place him in it the mixture and let him soak in it. The Doctors were skeptical but Azazel knew that with the flesh of the dreams and the power of infinity there had to be so, something outside of the box that traditional medicine couldn't fix.
With the mixture made they lowered Issei's body into the liquid and let it soak in. After a few minutes, they heard machines coming to life as his vital signs were coming back to acceptable conditions. "How? This makes no sense. This shouldn't even work. This is madness that defies medicine." The Doctor said to Azazel wondering what was happening.
"Issei isn't normal and his body hasn't been exactly human or devil in a while."
"I doubt this would work on a dragon." The Doctor asked as he was looking Issei over.
"It's classified for the time being. That's the best I can do." Azazel said as he saw outside the window as the girls were watching on and crying seeing that some progress was him as he wasn't going to die. Unfortunately for them, their skills were needed elsewhere and Issei could only rest for now. Public appearances were needed to raise the morale of the citizens.
A few hours passed as they returned there was no longer a glass box but they saw Issei alive and breathing on his own as if he was talking to others in the room. "Issei!" They heard Rias yell out as the door opened up and everyone piled in the room seeing him.
He waved his hand at them "Afternoon." It didn't take long for the words to come out his mouth as he was surrounded by them wanting a piece of him.
Rias had grabbed his right hand "You've fought too hard lately. The fact that you gave Rizevim a fatal wound shows that much."
"The TV was showing that he died. And you just said I didn't kill him so Vali did?" Issei asked as he was still out of the loop.
She shook her head "No Fafnir did."
"Huh." He thought about that for a moment "I can see that one happening. Fafnir really likes Asia so going to that extreme. What about Nidhogg?"
"Crom humored him for a while."
Issei was blinking as he looked around at the girls and saw that their chests were blurry like they were censored. "Is something wrong Ise?" Asia asked seeing his discomfort.
"Yeah umm…." Issei reached out to Rias and tried to touch her breast, but as his hand got close his head started to throb with some unbearable pain. He had to back off and grab his forehead "I can't see your br… ahh fuc…" He was grabbing his head harder as he was breathing hardened.
They looked around at each other as they didn't know what was going on. "What about this?" Gasper asked as he held up a magazine and placed it on the bed.
Issei looked at it and saw nothing but a blurry mess as if vaseline was smeared all over the cover. "The whole thing is blurry."
"All of it is blurry?" Rias asked making sure she was understanding what was happening.
That's when it clicked "Ise that's a porn magazine." Ravel said to him "And you can't see or say anything related to intercourse?"
"Ti.. As...Twa...Pus...Coc...Bre…" He tried saying words but they only stopped before he could finish them.
"Summon a doctor" Rias said.
"I already did." Akeno said as she stepped away from a buzzer.
It didn't talk long but the door opened up as a Doctor and a nurse showed up alone with Azazel. The doctor and nurse got to work looking at Issei seeing if they could find anything wrong with him. While Rias relayed to Azazel what just happened. "This has to be a side effect on his body from Dragon Deification. He cant see women's breasts and he can't say things related to breasts. He's pulled a rabbit out of his ass he's done it through the power of women's breasts. Something of this caliber has to be the drawback because of the power of infinity. Think of Women's breasts as food for his soul and right now it's poison in his state."
"Is it temporary?" Rias was quick to ask.
Azazel only shrugged hearing that "It's impossible to know, it might be it might also be permanent there honestly no way of knowing. My guess is this is a side effect of an imperfect Dragon Deification. But it's far too risky to use it a second time as we don't know what the effects of doing it again will be."
Rias went over to Issei and grabbed ahold of him and place his head on her chest as she hugged him. "You poor baby, always in so much pain." Unfortunately for Rias, it went in one ear and out the other as he started to scream in pain.
"It hurts so much when I touched them." He said as she let him go.
"Please don't do that again." The nurse said splitting the two of them apart. "Stimulation is not a good idea."
"Oh." Rias looked like she was hit with the worst news possible hearing that.
It only got worse as while the TV in the room was on it wasn't that prevalent before. But and all familiar tune that started to play over the TV. Living in the edge of a certain country There is an oppai-loving Dragon
Issei laid back on the bed as he breathed harder as it felt as if needles were inserted into every nerve on his body.
The Dragon goes for a walk...
"Nope nope nope not have that shit." Aphrodite took the remote in her hand and change the channel before the rest of the theme to his show could play. But it was far too late at this point. Issei was crying as if he was reacting just knowing what would happen in the theme and his body reacted negatively to it. His head hit the pillow and his body stopped as they heard him fall asleep.
Issei one thing he loved in life truly was poison to him. It took a few hours for Issei to wake back up but when he did Azazel had some things to say. "You can't use the power of the Dragon God's again there's just far too much of a risk. As for your two Balance Breakers, they were originally a phenomenon that was thought to be impossible but now that God no longer exists there seems to be more and more of them. There use to be very few of them through humanity and now there are even more in the last twenty years than usual. This could be a good thing and a bad thing, however. But with You and Vali obtaining so many forms the rules are changing every few days now. BxB for your Balance Breaker CxC for Cardinal Crimson and DxD For the Diabolos Dragon form granted by Ophis's power. And the rate you have obtained these forms your original and now improved body can't keep up with them. You turned a staircase into a three easy steps program." Azazel sighed saying that "I guess this is somewhat my fault as well. I wanted to see how far the Sacred Gears could advance but now we can see that there is a limit to everything."
"Azazel" Aphrodite called out to him "I understand all too well. But you have turned him into a better fighter than he could be. Let alone better than any of us could do."
"Then you understand what is to come of everything."
She nodded "Yes we will all have a role to play in one way or another."
"Then you know the role he is to play?" Azazel asked vaguely.
Aphrodite only smiled hearing that "Only one far greater than what we could ever do."
"Hold on." Issei interrupted them trying to wrap his brain around everything that was just said. "Is AxA and ExE even possible from what you said?"
"I don't know, only you know that. It might not be tomorrow or next week but it's a path for you to find out. For now, your Balance Breaker and Cardinal Crimson are good to use, and stay away from Dragon Deification. I have some other things to attend to, Rias Akeno Kiba Gasper and Rossweisse can you all come outside for a moment." He asked as he left the room.
They followed him out of the room and over to a spot where they saw some people waiting for them. It was Tobio as there were a few others that they didn't recognize. "Good now that everyone is here." Azazel said getting their attention.
"We will be heading out on the front lines with all of you. It's time that my team and I step out of the shadows and onto the front lines." Tobio informed them.
Out from the group a tall woman with long black hair red eyes and an all too familiar smile yet only older "Hello Akeno." She said.
Akeno's eyes were as wide as dinner plates hearing that voice as she walked over to her and gave her a huge. "Suzaku."
She rubbed Akeno's head "It's good to see you again. I was worried about you after everything that happened."
"Long time no see Suzaku." Rias said to her.
"Yes, it has been quite some time. I had to silence some people in my family and take leadership. But I've been working with Tobio and will be joining you in the upcoming battle."
"That's good to hear that we will be receiving extra forces in this time of need." Rias said to them. "The Himejima clan was in disarray not long ago and having some semblance of normalcy returned to something is better than the current state of affairs."
"So Tobio you finally come out and ready to fight?" They heard Vali as he was walking towards them.
"Depends is your revenge tour finally over?" Tobio asked only getting a slight smile from Vali "Well then our team is heading out to assist in the combat against Trihexa."
Vali had a laugh hearing that "And you will use your true abilities in such a long time. I need to see that again."
"I see you haven't forgone that habit of fighting."
Vali however saw something else behind Tobio "Why did you bring her here?" He asked.
There was a woman with a tall pointy hat with long blonde hair and a smile on her face. "Va you're being so selfish." She reached over and grabbed a hold of Vali "You betrayed the Grigor and went to find Rizevim all on your own. You need to be a team player for once."
Vali was somewhat docile in her grasp, whether it was because of her powers or something else there was much to be discovered. "It's so funny to see him like this Nya." They heard Kuroka as they saw Bikou next to her.
"Vali generally runs away if he notices her. But it looks like he got careless or her skills have improved at a rate that Vali cant detect her." Bikou told them.
"She is Lavinia Reni, witch of Grauzauberer subordinate of Mephisto Pheles. They also call her the Ice Princess as she is the wielder of Absolute Demise." Tobio informed them as there was some out of the loop on who she was.
"Oh yes I have heard that name a few times, never see a face to match it, however." Rias understood full well who she was now.
"By the way is the red one okay?" Kuroka asked quietly
"We wanted to come here earlier but with all the battles happening lately it made it hard." Le Fay followed up.
It was natural that the two of them were worried about him as they had gotten to be good friends with him over the time they had been staying with all of them. "He's fine now, but I'll tell you all the details later."
"Right now that you all are here." Azazel said getting their attention. "Situation is getting critical so we need your help. Every mythology is under attack and everybody has come together to put this threat down. To defeat Trihexa we will need Rossweisse and Gasper's help as we have obtained some new information in the last few hours. As for everyone else get some rest but be on standby for anything to come. Head to Lilith city for everything else."
There was a sound of running in the hallway as a man in a black suit came put to them as he barely stopped in time sliding on the floor. "Sir, Trihexa and the evil dragon army have made their next move."
Everyone was surprised to hear that as some were groaning as well as they had just returned from combat. "Where was it this time?" Rias asked the man.
"Mount Olympus."
"Then we will be heading out." Rias said as she was interrupted.
"That's not all, Trihexa was spotted on Mount Meru and Egypt and Celtic lands as well."
"How is that possible?" She asked
Azazel figured it out "Trihexa split itself into several bodies to sew destruction all at once."
It was a day full of surprises as there was one new shocking revelation after another. "If it has seven heads does that mean it has seven bodies?" Rias asked Azazel.
"I don't know about that. I wasn't alive the first time it appeared but at this rate is highly possible."
Akeno leaned over to Rias "With something like that we will need all combat capable members who are dealing with the unrest in the underworld to fight that."
"Good point, Where is Sona and Sairaorg, even Seekvaira would be good to know." Rias asked if anyone knew.
"The Bael and Sitri Peerages are currently in Bael territory. They are protecting the city from Rebel attacks." It seemed as if the runner was full of information on things happening outside that they were not.
Meanwhile over in the Bael castle, it was thrown into disarray as Magdaran Bael the half brother of Sairaorg was heading through the halls with a group of guards. As they walked down the halls they came to an opening as they saw a figure clad in black armor. "If I'm not mistaken that is one of Sona Sitri's peerage members." He said as they advanced towards him.
Saji lowered his helmet as he heard the voice. "Your Sairaorg's brother right? The next family head correct? I'm Saji Genshirou pawn of Sona Sitri."
"Didn't expect we would receive help from Team DxD, but at this rate, I can't complain."
"Is there anyone else in the castle? We need to get you out of here." Saji asked him.
"Just us in a lonely house with no lord."
Hearing that Saji went with them as they went through the escape route. It spanned a tunnel that leads them to a gate at the back of the castle. Unfortunately, not all was as it should be a man was laying on the floor with grey hair and lightly armored in a small pool of blood. "Sectass are you okay?" Magdaran asked as he was concerned about the well-being of the man.
"You need to get away from here." There was a faint voice as Saji extended out a few of the tentacles from his Sacred Gear and picked the man up and brought him to the back where the other guards could tend to some wounds that were possible.
That's when they heard clapping as it was getting closer "To think that somebody from that Great King family would display such emotions." Matching location to the noise they saw a man walking from the gate where their escape route was. He had on a Nobel attire as he had on blonde hair the standard look for somebody in high society. "Good day."
"Bedeze Abaddon." Magdaran said knowing full well who was impeding their escape as it was the number three of the rating games.
"To think that I would only find the second son here. Do you think you can take me to where the current head and previous generation Bael's are?" He asked.
"Nobody is home as traitors are not met by the Great King Bael." Hearing that there was a smile from Bedeze "What is your purpose for coming here?"
"Oh you know I wanted to have an exchange with the Great King. After Diehauser exposed everything I want to show that dark pit to everyone."
Magdaran spoke quietly so only Saji could hear him as there was still some distance between everyone. "How far away is the rest of Sona's peerage?"
"In the main courtyard, my guess now fighting his peerage." Saji said as they could hear the loud sounds of combat coming from the front of the castle. "Sairaorg will be arriving here soon."
Bedeze didn't care for their discussion that was ongoing as he pointed at Saji. "You are from the Sona Sitri's peerage correct? The black aura seems familiar, I remember seeing it on a recording. But to think that the Bael family is allowing such a thing. Tell me does the sister of Serafall plan on competing in the games in the future?"
"Of course, she plans on competing in the games, that's her dream. She will have to obtain merit in the games so she has the credibility to teach."
"Yes, that is a valid point. You need to have a grasp on how strategy and tactics work and how to change everything on the fly. But let me tell you this. I have had personal experience fighting those who have abnormal power. And for this Generation, the person closest to that is the Red Dragon Emperor. But Even then he along with all of the others of the Rookie Four is still inferior to the monster of Diehauser Belial. Normal people can't even dream of touching him. Only those like Sirzechs and Ajuka can. But that is not out of the realm of possibility."
That's when it clicked for Magdaran "So that was your reason for using the King Piece."
"Exactly" A smile came on Bedeze's face as Magdaran knew exactly what it was. "I have the status and power but I lacked the talent needed to become an Ultimate class devil. So I seized that opportunity for myself and became the third-ranked in the games. I gained the honor of it and was granted, Ultimate class. Was it through illegitimate means? Who cares I got what I wanted and that's all that mattered. But many matches in the games were never up to spec as there were back door agreements." What he said was already explained to everyone but there were still some doubts circling about the events. "Yet here we are, twist a few words and now the public is on my side and the Bael's are running. So I will do the civilians a favor and remove the true culprit behind all of our problems." He held his hand out "But will you join me in the fight for Honor?"
For Saji, all the signs of red flags were tipped off "Pass. Your method is unacceptable. Champion Belial has already brought the truth out to the light. Your idea is far too simple and yet ridiculous that if you carried it out and were successful you would only cause more strife."
Bedeze laughed hearing that "That's all that is needed for the civilians. But you are friends with the Red Dragon Emperor or the Oppai Dragon as the public loves to call him. Yet he is a pawn in the games the Maou are playing to bring them favor. Yet it's sad because he would have an interesting career in the games. Yet he isn't a Nobel and thankfully I'm a noble with wealth and power."
"You look down on my friend? He's done everything for this world that you should have been doing. Fighting against Evil Dragons and every other threat where the underworld supposed greatest fighters skimped on." The black aura from Saji was leaking out "You have no right to complain."
"I can do whatever I want. And first I need to deal with the Great King family."
That aura broke as it turned into black armor with tentacles extending from the armor. Saji sent the tentacles from towards Bedeze. But he didn't react as they got close enough a hole open up as the closed cutting the tentacles off.
Saji stomped his foot on the floor as the tentacles retracted and his armor was lit ablaze with black flames. All he did was wave his hand around as flames were sent everywhere scattering around. More holes appeared as they ate the flames as the grass was seared among things. Magdaran watched seeing as the holes opened up where they pleased as it explained how Bedeze was able to infiltrate so deep into the Bael castle lands.
With all the fire that Saji threw around Bedeze opened a single hole and threw all the flames at him. But as it hit his armor the flames soaked into the others as if he never spent any energy to use them. But a fist was sent flying towards him through the hole as Saji was able to react in time to the strike but another hole appeared behind him as he felt a kick in the back as he was sent tumbling over. That was only the first of things to come as many more holes were opened up across the battlefield. Anything Saji could throw at Bedeze was redirected and a new attack would come at him from any direction. It didn't matter from where there were far too many possible attack vectors.
And that's where Saji was stuck at taking a beating from Bedeze assault. His armor would break and repair it and then soon be broken once again. But this took a toll on his body as he was taking the beating Bedeze was giving him. Saji was kneeling on the ground breathing heavily as parts of his armor were broken and his helmet was gone. A shockwave rattled the area as it didn't come from Saji or Bedeze as they could feel power approaching them. That's when in front of Saji a man wearing golden armor appeared. "Is this all you can muster Saji?" It was Sairaorg.
"Master Sairaorg." Saji saw seeing the man in front of him.
"Well well well." They heard a burst of laughter from Bedeze. "If it isn't Sairaorg Bael, the strongest King among all of the youth fighters."
"It's not too late to turn back and leave this place Bedeze. You don't have to let your reputation be dragged through the mud."
"I'm sorry." He was surprised to hear Sairaorg say that "Do you think you can beat me? You might be underestimating me far too much."
Sairaorg clenched his fist and took his fighting stance hearing that "If that's how you want to handle it then. I will have to assume my role of a member of Team DxD anti-terrorist uint."
"How interesting, a Bael and the strongest youth." Bedeze said as the holes focused on Sairaorg.
Out of them came waves of Bedeze demonic energy as Sairaorg shifted his shoulders ever so slightly as the attacks grazed past him. One attack came dangerously close to Sairaorg as he flicked his wrist and shattered the energy. With a single step, Sairaorg was able to close the gap between the two of them with no waste in his movement as he threw a single punch towards Bedeze's face. Bedeze was by no means an amateur and able to sidestep the attack while tilting his head giving him some more room. For years of combat experience, none of this was unexpected as Sairaorg continued on the assault with kicks and punches.
Bedeze was not just going to just dodge attacks from Sairaorg all day as he up the effort value. Behind Sairaorg a hole appeared as a dark blue wave of demonic energy appeared. Sairaorg was able to sense that there was something behind him as he shifted his body to the right to dodge. But as he did he felt something latch onto his left leg as it dragged him down. Bedeze had grabbed hold of him as his hand was in a hole and Sairaorg was struck in the back by the demonic power. His armor on his back crumbled as blood was running down his back. A quick counterattack was executed as Sairaorg swung his fist towards Bedeze but a hole appeared engulfing his hand. On Sairaorg's left side a fist came out of nowhere and hit him in the face. "Stop hitting yourself."
Sairaorg could only laugh as he stood up "I can say that is the first time that I have been hit by my own fist. I understand why Issei Hyoudou said it's quite effective."
Between Saji and Magdaran there was plenty of concern in that fight that was happening. "I've been told that I have Maou class strength. If I wanted to I could wipe away this whole area away with one massive hole. But there's no fun in that approach. But a simple attack of sending some energy through a hole and the fact that you are still alive shows that you devils of DxD have plenty of strength. I have experienced many battles of life and death and those are always the best way to become stronger. Yet I am somewhat respectful of the situation that your team is in. However, it's not too late to join me. Once everything has been cleaned up will be crowned the new Great King. The Rating games will be cleaned up as it was always meant to be entertainment for the upper class, not for the low-class scum who lack talent and wealth."
"I'll be passing on that." Sairaorg was quick to answer.
"Excuse you?"
Sairaorg got up as the armor reformed protecting his back. "I have walked a path in life and you expect me to throw it away. Throw everything that I worked hard to obtain. That is nothing but a false reality. Many of us value hard work, myself, Saji Genshirou and even the Red Dragon Emperor Issei Hyoudou got where he is because of hard work. And you expect me to throw that all away bust because you got caught. I will defeat you here and now."
"Sairaorg! Please win" Magdaran shouted out.
Sairaorg gave a thumbs up hearing that. "That boy is going to be the next head of the family. But you Bedeze Abaddon you will experience the true power of hard work. Regulus!"
-If your body and soul wills it then it shall be done- They heard the deep voice of Regulus.
Around Sairaorg his white aura began to ramp up as it flooded the area. "This body, this soul, even if it falls into an endless ravine!"
-My Lord and I, we will exhaust this body and this soul to rise up the endless royal road!-
"Raze, triumph, play, and shine!"
-This is the body of a Demonic Beast!-
The wind picked up sending Sairaorg's aura into a frenzy as it went everywhere it could as it turned from white to purple. The trees in the area shed their leaves as they added into the purple swirl. "Dance!" -Dance!- They both shouted. "-Bloom!-" The voice mixed as one.
"-Breakdown The Beast, Climb Over!-"
The ground shook as the wind died letting all the purple petals float down the ground. Sairaorg was in a new colored armor as it was part purple and gold. There was a dense purple aura surrounding Sairaorg as it was so thick it was almost solid.
Bedeze was surprised to see the power of this level "So this is your supremacy as you call it."
"Regulus Rey Leather Rex Imperial Purpure the Beast of Supremacy. This is what happens when I push my destruction powers to the limits. I will show you true destruction." Nobody saw Sairaorg lift his leg as he vanished from sight.
Bedeze was fast enough to see it as he held his hand out as a barrier was crafted. It was thin but layered with thousands of small layers that created a solid barrier. Sairaorg's fist slammed into the barrier shattering it with ease as if it was glass. The problem was Bedeze didn't care that the barrier was shattered as he made a hole to absorb the impact.
As Sairaorg's fist hit the hole there was a crack sound as the hole spiderwebbed out from his fist. The ground shook the earth trembled the castle swayed from the impact of his fist, a crater was made as all the ground was thrown up into the air. Bedeze had to back away as he was in awe of what just happened. "You destroyed my hole with a single punch?"
"My fist is destruction. If I punch something it will be destroyed. This is the power of training, what you can do with your body when train." Sairaorg disappeared once again as he let out a flurry of punches and kicks as Bedeze had to dodge whatever he could and use his holes to absorb any possible energy to divert it elsewhere. The shockwaves were no joke as they were putting sonic booms to shame as the castle rattled and parts of came down. Sairaorg's raw power engulfed anything Bedeze had learned in his time in the Rating games as a Technique-type player.
Bedeze was kneeling on the ground as he was breathing heavily "How? How is this possible? Nothing I do is working."
Sairaorg was in no better shape as that raw power affected him as well. Blood was coming out of his armor as this new for was no different than the Juggernaut Drive. "I didn't pay for my talent, unlike you. I have honed my skills where you faked them. There is a clear difference."
Hearing that magic appeared under Bedeze as he was going to escape. But as he went to move his hand they were pulled back in a manner of being restrained. Black tentacles wrapped around his wrists and his ankles holding him in place.
"The hell is this." He looked over and saw Saji and some tentacles attached to him.
"Don't bother trying to escape." Saji said as he could see the tentacles tightening around as they heard a pop sound as Bedeze's wrist popped from the force put on them.
"Vritra's tentacles…"
"Just because your a top-rank player in the rating games doesn't mean you can't see past simple tricks." A crack of heard as Bedeze face finched from an unseen hit. A tentacle made itself visible as it was in front of him. "But yet you make fun of us. You tried to make fun of my friend Issei Hyoudou a man who has done everything to make sure we come out on top of every battle. And yet here you are at our mercy." Black flames shot down the tentacles as Bedeze was lit on fire. "Even if you escape your body will burn until I say so."
Sairaorg walked in front of Bedeze as he looked down on him, he raised his right first. "Your ambition was overrun by greed and it ends today."
Bedeze laughed hearing that as there was some cracking of the flames "And what is your one fist going to do, you look weaker than I am."
There were on extra words as Sairaorg drove his fist down into Bedeze's chest driving him into the ground. It was one final hit that shook everything that toppled Bedeze as it sent him into the ground and shook the castle once again. "This is how we fight for something precious to us." Sairaorg told Bedeze but they weren't sure if he was awake to hear any of it.
After a few minutes, Sairaorg and Saji released their armors as there were plenty of injuries from the fights. It was all quiet as if the fighting in the front of the castle stopped. That's when they saw a woman walking towards them, she had light pink hair with two horns protruding from her head that went up over her bangs and pointed out. She held her hand up seeing them "I'm not here to fight." She saw that Bedeze was in the ground "I came here to stop him from doing something stupid. But it seems as if you already beat me to it." She looked down at Sairaorg "Tell me, King of Lions, do you enjoy the Rating games?"
Sairaorg opened his mouth but words didn't come out. "It was a rhetorical question, I understand that you like them. Diehauser and I are no different. But unfortunately, the three of us ruined it for everyone else." Saying that she seemed sad to even speak of the event that transpired. She reached down and pulled Bedeze out of the ground and tossed him over towards the guards "See to it that the Satan's deal with him. I'll be dealing with this rebellion."
She disappeared off into the distance as there were other things to deal with. But they heard the sounds of swords and armor clanging with boots hitting the ground. "Sairaorg Magdaran!" They heard guards shouting as they saw them.
"What's going on?" Sairaorg asked as the guards looked to be nervous.
"It's Trihexa… it appeared in the human realm in Europe and off the coast of Japan." There was a silence that dawned on them.
Back at the hospital, Issei was in his room getting dressed. He wasn't in peak shape but he didn't have much of a choice. As he was getting dressed he saw Asia asleep on the bed but he couldn't wake her after all she had done for him.
On the TV he heard children speaking. "Oppai Dragon will beat all the mean nasty monsters!" "Switch Princess will be there with him!" "Angel girl is strong as well. She's friends the Oppai Dragon."
Issei got a chuckle hearing all the kids talking on TV. They had their trust in Issei and all of his friends to deal with the crisis at hand. He stepped out of his room but there was a hushed silence in the hospital as the aches and pains of his body were much louder than the hospital was but it was just something he was going to endure. Rias tried to persuade him in getting rest but even she knew it was useless. Issei put his finger to his ear "Can you come to Serafall memorial? Yeah, it's about them can you get them for me? Thanks." He said as he rounded the corner seeing someone familiar.
"So you are already dressed, that means your going to fight then." It was Vali as he was waiting for Issei.
"Of course I am." Issei said as Vali started laughing hearing that
"I expected you to answer that way."
"You gotta do what you gotta do, I take it you're going to wherever it is in Europe?"
"Yeah."
Issei nodded hearing that "Trust me I'd rather be groping some…" He was quick to grab his head as he groaned in pain. "Than doing this, but it has to be done."
"You really are a freak." Vali laughed at him again as they walked through the Hospital. "Just don't die I still want to fight you."
"Hello, pot name is kettle." The door opened leading them outside "the color is black. I still don't understand your battle fascination." There was a group of people outside as everyone was ready to leave off to their battlefields. "Hello everyone!" Issei smiled and waved to all the girls.
"Are you alright to fight?" "Darling are you serious?" Xenovia and Irina ran up to him asking questions.
"Yes, we have to protect our home from Trihexa."
Rias shook her head hearing that "There no stopping you, I take it."
"No of course not. We have to do everything we can."
Akeno giggled hearing that. "We can but you can't be reckless."
"Yeah yeah, I get it."
Azazel smiled hearing that from all the girls "Nobody expected you to just stay in bed while this was going to down."
"Here" They heard Ravel as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a vial with a red top to it. "I made a Phoenix Tear for you."
He swirled the tear around "Ohhhh."
"I uh made this for you as well." That got Issei to look up as Rossweisse had a small square piece of wood in her hand as she handed it to Issei. "I made a Norse style amulet into a Japanese charm. It will protect you from the smaller things but not the effect of Dragon Deification." He saw that her face was turning red as she watched him accept her gift.
Issei looked around to see who was going to be next on the list of people. That was when he saw red eyes coming from a taller female figure. "Oh, what are you doing out of the house Valerie?"
"I was called her by that Older Fallen Angel man." Valerie said as she moved over to Gasper.
"She's been given some freedom to move about, you know during when you were." Gasper said as he looked towards the Hospital.
Issei looked over at Azazel for some more information. "Gasper and Valerie are going to be traveling to whatever battlefield is holding her Holy Grail. They don't have much time outside of the barrier but we have already calculated how long it can be. The plan is to take the grail back and have them return with it. "
"Did you find out how they controlled the grail?" Vali asked hearing Azazel's plan.
"Kinda, we came across some information about the Grail from the Vampires, and with it, we might be able to help them recover. We got the information from someone who cooperated with us while we were over there." Azazel looked over to his side as everyone followed him. They saw a small girl with a hood on.
She pulled it down revealing it to be Elmenhilde Karnstein. "Hello there, Red Dragon Emperor Issei Hyoudou."
"Show him." Azazel said as Issei watched as Valerie pulled a purple cross out of her breast. "The Holy Grail was unstable, but with Holy Cross is also dangerous. So we let the two of them synchronize and it helped her condition. This was something that was eluded to in Marius' research. He found that the Holy Grail is far from stable and used a fragment of the Holy Nail. With all of his research, we were able to quickly figure out that we could use any other Holy Relic to stabilize it."
"Wait the vampires had a fragment of the Holy nail? The one they pinned Jesus to the cross with? I guess the Catholic church was slipping if they let something like that disappear."
"Yes well, we vampires were investigating the Christin religion for as long as they have been hostile to us. The Tepes faction was able to obtain that fragment long ago. Only the royal family was aware of it but it was never documented." Elmenhilde informed Issei.
Azazel laughed a bit hearing that. "Yes well, the Vatican was delighted to hear of the delivery of the fragment. Many relics disappeared during the war, it's unknown if anyone else is holding onto some artifacts."
That's when it clicked "Wait you're letting the Grail cease outward function by combining holy relics."
"Bingo, The Cross has adjusted and if we can get them close enough to the other part of her Grail should cease mass production of the evil dragons. That should also remove the fake Red Dragon armors. We believe that the Grail will be on Trihexa's head we just don't know what one it is yet. But we expect Azi Dahaka or Apophis will be there with them."
"I will be taking Valerie to Trihexa. I will retrieve Valerie's Holy grail so all of this can be over." Gasper said he finally started acting like a man.
"Oh yes." Azazel said getting their attention "Aside from Valerie, nobody should touch this version of Incinerate Anthem. It's lethal to everyone aside from her. Anyways as of right now, Trihexa has appeared on Greek Hindu, Celtic, Egyptian, and in a mountainous area of Europe and off the coast of Japan. Six locations with, fortunately, Indra can deal with the Hindu section. And considering how stubborn Indra is this will do him some good. As for everything else, there have been some casualties but no permanent soul loss, so it will take some time to regenerate some of the gods." Azazel swiped his hand as a video was playing "This was taken within the hour."
The video showed one of the US aircraft carriers off the coast of Japan launching strike missions as ships all around were opening fire on Trihexa as fighter jets were firing missiles at the beast. It flipped over to Europe as the same thing was happening there.
"I guess we can no longer hide in the shadows."
"This is going to be a problem for Issei later on now that there aware of his red armor." Rossweisse said as she was watching the video.
"It's possible that this was one of Rizevim's last tricks." Ravel said, "He was quite interested in Ise."
"I can go straight to the Crimson armor from my base form. But it still does pose issues."
"I don't like splitting our forces because we don't know who has the Grail." Bikou said as he was worried for once.
"Reports should be coming in soon about who has it." Tobio looked over to Bikou trying to reassure him.
"Anyways" Azazel looked over to Vali "You and your team are taking Europe for reasons."
Issei looked around as Kuroka Arthur, Le Fay gathered up with Vali and Bikou as he saw another blonde woman who he didn't know who it was. He heard Kiba whisper in his ear "Lavinia Reni possessor of Absolute Demise, member of Slash Dog and under the mentorship of Mephisto. She is like an older sister to Vali apparently." Issei nodded hearing all of that as the last part intrigued him.
"Right now we have a barrier set up and waiting to be used…" Rossweisse started to explain.
"Sorry to interrupt but word came in, the Grail is in Japan." Tobio interrupted her.
"You heard the man let's move." Azazel said as everyone started to group up as battle was upon them. "Support will follow soon to the battlefield that is in the most critical state. Whatever you do, don't die." Magic circles were activated as the two groups were sent off fend off Trihexa.
Issei's parents watched him leave as they sat down on one of the benches outside. After a few minutes of sitting around, they saw a man approach them with red hair. "Afternoon." It was Zeoctius.
"Issei just left." Gorou said seeing Zeoctius.
"After everything that has happened in the past year, I can't say I'm surprised. But I'm not here for him, I'm here for the two of you."
"Us? but he just left to fight the beast of the apocalypse." Gorou was confused with everything that was going on.
"That's expected for the hero of the underworld. Issei is important to all of us and especially my family. But I can't let the two of you return to Japan even if you are a goddess." He looked over at Aphrodite. She nodded understanding everything that was transpiring. "It's soon to be dinner time, we can make food for everyone when they return, does that sound good?"
On the other side of the teleportation, they arrived back on earth on an island out in the middle of nowhere as there was only water as far as one could see. But on the beach of the island, there was a good amount of people already gathered there. They saw Sona, and Seekvaira and their respective peerages along with a contingent of Brave saints. But they were far from the only ones there were many other High-Class Devils who managed territory in Japan and the surrounding areas had joined in along with forces from Japan's supernatural forces. Members of the Five Great Families brought support with them.
"Ise we are here as well." He heard a familiar voice of a small girl with foxtails.
When he looked over he saw the much older version, her mother Yaska as well as she bowed in front of him. "Hello Sekiryuutei, I brought all kinds of Youkai under my command here so we can fight off this threat to our homes."
Issei had a small laugh as he was rubbing his head from the pain. "I told you Issei was fine."
Rias was standing next to him "This is going to be a pain dealing with Trihexa. But I don't plan on giving up as this is my second home."
"Graduation will be soon as well, then the third year for me."
"I plan on Graduating from that school. Sona, Tsubaki, Akeno, and I all look forward to university you know?"
He nodded hearing that "Yeah but where are you going to take your trip to?"
"We haven't decided yet, Okinawa or Hokkaido maybe both."
"That should be easy then." Issei told her.
"Yeah, but we want to travel by plane. Take in all the experiences of the human world." She winked at him as she grabbed his hand. He could feel that it was shaking and he wasn't surprised at all. After all, she was just a normal girl for the most part. Issei was not much different as they looked like two stupid kids looking at each other as they were the power couple that nobody could touch. "If I'm honest I don't want you to fight here. But I knew well that was never going to happen."
"I didn't come here to die, nor do I plan on letting anyone else die."
Rias laughed hearing that "Yes that's the Ise I've come to expect. I feel as if somehow you have more rungs to climb."
"Rungs?" He asked as a shadow was cast over the island.
Fighting broke out as Evil Dragons with black scales blotted out the sun accompanied by clones of Issei's scale mail armor. Everything flew into the air from fire and lightning to bodies as the fight began. Yasaka transformed into a giant fox she started swinging her claws swiping many enemies out of the sky.
Xenovia and Irina were the first of the group to begin the battle as they sent holy energy into the onslaught. It didn't take much for them as with a swing of the sword for them to turn anything they came across into ash.
In Kiba's hand, he was holding onto gram as he summoned up his Dragon Knights as each one of them held onto one of the Demonic blades. "I will assist you." It was Koneko as there was a white ring of fire around her as she hurled them into the hair.
"Oh I can do fire as well, that's easy and fun." It was Ravel as she threw balls of fire into the air as they exploded coating the dragons in flames. It was weird seeing the three of them fighting as one team but it was working.
"Ise" He heard Rias call out as his body turned into his Crimson armor. "Let's do that again." Wyverns crawled out of his gems as they flew over to Rias and latched onto her body.
As her armor was forming Rossweisse was in the back crafting magic circle preparing for something. Issei looked over Katase Murayama and Kiryuu "I don't know what you three were doing in the last few days combat wise but don't die.
"Burn!" Saji shouted as black flames scattered around burning the Dragons. Out of the ocean rose a serpent of pure water as it flailed around knocking things out of the air and dragging them down into the depths of the ocean.
Issei lifted his hand as energy compressed formed as he let it loose into the air. It detonated near a group of armors destroying them with ease as they turned to metallic flakes and evil dragons caught in the blast hit the ocean.
Dulio extended his wings showing off five pairs of wings as he floated in the air as bubbles surrounded him. Raising his hand in the air the was the sound of thunder as Dulio's power spiked rapidly. "Balance Break" The air around him dropped to arctic levels as the bubbles rushed around to anything they could find and froze. Dulio however changed as his 5 sets extended to a sixth and four halos were intertwined with each other. More and More bubbles came as the sky was starting to show light as Dulio was able to sweep up thousands of enemies as second with the bubbles. "Flagello di Colori del Arcobaleno, Speranza di Briscola. Divine punishment."
Everything was falling out of the sky as there was a collective push as they got closer to trihexa. Impressive but foolish They heard from Apophis who was standing on top of Trihexa's head. The Grail in his hands lit up as in the sky the sun started to disappear again as more evil dragons and fake red dragon armors appeared.
"Screw this! Kill that thing!" Someone in the crowd shouted as attacks went flying towards Trihexa and explosions rang out through the area. Many of the newly summoned reinforcements were caught in the crossfire but that was fine as a thick smoke covered the area. Through the smoke, a fireball was sent back towards them as many people were able to dodge it but it zipped through the air slamming into the ocean as steam rose and water quickly rushed in to fill the hole.
A pillar of light was coming towards Trihexa as it was pointed at where Apophis was standing. It crashed into Trihexa as Apophis had already moved from there. "Don't tell me you have already given up."
Next to Issei, a man in a black suit and coat appeared "Crom Cruach and Cao Cao, I was not expecting that." Issei said surprised to see them
They could hear knuckles popping as Crom was flexing his hands "Yes well I have to repay Tannin's kindness. And if you or Vali Lucifer were to fall in battle there would be issues."
Cao Cao leaped off Trihexa and over towards Crom. "If the only person who could beat me in a duel died I would be troubled."
"Look there's more!" Another person shouted as they saw a green dragon and an older man riding on top of it. It was the Dragon King Yu Long and Sun Wukong.
"Wukong is dragging us old folks out here." They heard another person say there was an old fat man with a pig head who hopped off Yulong along with another monk with a necklace made from skulls.
"Wujing Bajie don't act like that in front of the youngsters." Wukong told the two of them.
"That's the members of Journey to the west." Rias said in awe as the three of them disappeared all at once as holes in the enemy line appeared.
*So all that talk earlier was a lie* Yu Long laughed at them.
"Shut up!" The three of them shouted at the same time.
"Thank you for the ride young man." Issei heard as he looked down on the island as Sairog was with his peerage and Strada. "Look at all the young kids putting your lives on the line to fight this threat. Retirement is far from my reach as it seems there is always another crisis that drags us into it."
"Issei" Rossweisse called out to him as he dropped down to the ground hearing her call out to him "The trap is almost ready, but I'm worried about Apophis and his movements. Also being closer to Trihexa would make this easier."
"Okay, I understand I'll see what I can do."
Cao Cao pointed his spear up "O Spear. The true Holy Spear which pierces through God. Suck the ambition of the King of Domination sleeping within me and pierce through the gap of blessing and destruction. You announce the will, and turn into a glow." The holy energy the Holy Lance was producing was strong for everyone but Devils were no better off there was no escaping it. "Truth Idea!"
Cao Cao pointed the Spear at Apophis as waves upon waves of holy energy were sent at him. The pain! To think a Dead god commands such power!" Apophis said as his hands were burning as he dropped the Grail while fleeing from Trihexa.
"NOW!" Rossweisse shouted as the area around Trihexa was covered in a solid wall of magic circles. The Barriers overlapped on each other creating a finely knit mesh pressing down on Trihexa. There were screams as each one layer tight end on Trihexa immobilizing it as it fell to the ground.
There was cheering as they watched as Trihexa struggled but got nowhere. "Gasper, Valerie!" Issei shouted "Get the Grail and get out of here."
There was a beast of darkness carrying the two of them that leaped over the army as it rushed over to Trihexa. The beast landed on the barrier as a hole opened up allowing them access to the head section of Trihexa. "Get ready for round two! Apophis is mine!" Issei shouted as the horde was coming.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world deep in the mountains of Europe, the fight was getting ready to begin. Vali's team along with Slash Dog team, an armada of mages from all of the magical organizations and even the vampires of Romania. The Vatican rounded up all the warriors they could with a round up from the surrounding areas and other church sects. There was no lack of people joining in as Ultimate class devils who lived in the area and even Tannin was ready for a fight.
Winter was still in full force as the mountain peaks were still covered in snow. But it's not as if that mattered as Trihexa shot a fireball that when it hit the mountain it vaporizes it turned all the rock into nothing. It was just the opening shot as evil dragons followed. Vali looked around and saw a few things while smashing through a few clones of the Red Dragon armor."Azi Dahaka is here but he's lacking the Grail."
One of the Grendel-type evil dragons near Vali was cut in half from head to toe by a large black sword. "Vali don't you need to deal with the other problem?" It was Tobio who asked him as the blade was pulled out from the dragon. "Too much destruction can cause problems for the town nearby."
"I understand quite well." Vali said as a wave of dragons in front of him were frozen solid. As they fell out of the sky slamming into the ground shattering on impact. With a path formed Vali knew what he had to do. Everyone was there for him as Kuroka, Arthur, Bikou, and Lavinia kept a path open for him.
Tobio looked down at Jin, his dog. "Well boy, the Heavenly dragons have chosen their paths and now Vali is going to show the world his path as Lucifer. Now it's time to show them ours." Jin let out a loud bark as he wagged his tail. Around them, a black fog appeared engulfing the two of them. Behowlest the slaying of thousands of mortals and principles. Besingest the slaying of tens of thousands of goblins and evil omens. The fog had taken the two of them as it turned into a black paste that had arms and legs coming out of it. Mine name, which reacheth unto the farthest abyss, tis the Imitation God beguiling the Polar Night and the Midnight Sun A creature formed that was neither man nor beast. Body of man, head of a wolf with long legs of man and feet of a wolf. Thou shalt be exterminated by our own jet black demonic blade Reaching down into the muck it was able to pull on a shaft as it drug something up Thou art merely ephemeral, oh paranormal Creator God A massive black scythe was pulled out of the muck. A single swing of the blade was all it took as everything in its path was sliced up as a death from a thousand cuts was laid upon the Evil Dragons.
Vali made his way over to the peak of one of the mountains he didn't find Trihexa but Azi Dahaka \He's Here!/ \He's Late/ \But he's here/ The Heads of Azi Dahaka argued with each other. \Say Vali Lucifer, this is what they called the Apocalypse./ \Do you like it?/ \Its fun right?/
Vali didn't answer them \It's the end of the world just as he desired./ \It's just as Rizevim would have wanted./ \I don't think he's happy hearing about Rizevim./ The heads laughed at each other. \What if another world with strong lifeforms./ \ExE with new mechanical life forms, world to reak havoc on./ \Uncharted territory with many strong gods to fight. All ruled by Melvazoa, a mechanical life form./ \ExE/ All the heads spoke at the same time. Vali listened on as he was somewhat intrigued as there could be a God of some sort out there from another dimension that ruled worlds. \That world is located far beyond our Existence./
A laugh came from Vali. "The more I hear you talk about it the more it sounds as if you're into Fairy tales."
Azi Dahaka sighed hearing that \It's unfortunate that you see it that way./ The heads began to swing back and forth \I AM EVIL!/ They said in unison as smiles appeared on the mouths. \Let's fight again./ \See who is stronger./ The Heavenly Dragon or the Evil Dragons./
Azi Dahaka's body flickered away as if it was in a heat haze. All around snow started to melt as the power Azi Dahaka was giving off was quite potent. Vali swung his arm down to his left side as for him it was the hottest part as he released a wave of energy to go with it. A barrier was seen as the energy smashed into it. Above Vali, there was an array of elements falling like energy rain. It was just the start as everywhere he looked there was a magic circle primed and ready to fire something.
Stepping up his game Vali ramped up his power as he stuck out his hand {HALF DIMENSION!} The space around them contorted as Azi Dahaka let some of his attacks go as they fired off and other went off from failures. The few attacks that did hit him bounced off his armor as if they were rocks in the wind. There was a crack a Vali's armor shattered as he looked behind seeing a smaller circle that hit up from the power of light. The power that Azi Dahaka was impressive with the powers of a master of magic.
Vali was in pain as the light was poisonous to him but still strong enough to shake most of it off. \It's time!/ \For a technique that is far from Ordinary/ \Show me if you can beat it./ New magic circles formed with ancient runes dating back from the dawn of humanity. The circles emitted a glow as the light in the area was distorted with purple flames shaped like skulls floating around cyclones of black-lighting. Everything evil that happened through the world's cycle appeared in some aspect or another.
Vali didn't bother looking deeper into the images as he spoke a chant "I, who is about to awaken, Am the White Dragon Emperor who will take the law down to the darkness. I walk the road of domination with infinite destruction and by piercing through the imaginary dream. I shall become a pure Emperor of White Dragon And I shall have you obey the silvery-white illusions and the perfect evil ways!" {JUGGERNAUT OVERDRIVE!]
He spread his arms out as he focused his power into his hands as they radiated pulses of energy. [Compression Divider!] Everything around them shrunk drastically as Compression Divider was an upgraded version of Half Dimension, the ability that he reduced Pluto to nothing with. And now Azi Dahaka magic whether it be audio or vision based was being reduced to nothing. It shattered like glass as Vali rushed Azi Dahaka but using the form and ability to break the magics were incredibly stressful on his body as he was heavily breathing. {That was Azi Dahaka's forbidden magic. He has already ascended to the level of a Heavenly Dragon. My guess is Apophis is no different.}
\Impressive but show me more./ \Show me Albion's true power./ \The power of the poison that no one is said to survive./ The heads started to chant a name \Gwiber Gwiber Gwiber/
{That power and name were sealed away long ago.} Albion told Azi Dahaka.
\The pure white body of a dragon and deadly poison./ \Something that was rare even for those times./ \Show me!/
Vali could feel that Albion was rattled from how Azi Dahaka was talking about the past. The past was always going to be difficult for the two of them. \I always thought that Welsh and Vanishing were no different from each other. The two of you have some driving reason, it's not pride but women./ Azi Dahaka was talking directly to Vali.
Vali had a laugh hearing that "She's not a lover if that's what you're asking. Just someone who has been there for me. I'm not into protecting everyone that needs it, it's not my thing."
\Yes, it was quite obvious. Why do you think we chose such a place?/ The landscape around them shifted as a new reality was forming. Vali got ready for round two but this wasn't some attack that you can defend against as he was sucked into a vision. A whole new world that Azi Dahaka crafted himself.
Vali found himself lying on a bed in a room he wasn't familiar with. He felt something push down on him as he saw a young boy on top of him shaking him. "Big Bro wake up."
He looked happy as he looked down at Vali as he heard another voice. "You can't wake him up like that." This time it was the voice of a girl. Vali looked over and saw that she looked just like him, only slightly younger and female.
"It's time to eat!" The little boy was excited as he was pulling on Vali.
"Right…" Vali said as he was confused as to what was happening. He got out of bed and followed the other two kids down some stairs and towards the kitchen as he could smell food cooking.
When he entered the kitchen he stopped at who he saw. "Oh Vali your already awake, you were up late last night studying. I didn't think you would be up so soon." It was none other than his mother. Vali understood everything that was happening when he saw her. This was an illusion crafted by Azi Dahaka. The boy and girl for earlier were an illusion of his family. "Here I have some food ready." She placed a plate of food down as well as a few as the kids piled in.
As they sat down for breakfast he watched as they started to eat. Vali felt different eating the food, he felt a warm feeling deep in the core of his body. \So he understands./ Vali Heard Azi Dahaka's voice in his head. \A False world based on what your heart desires the most. This is what you desire./
"Come play with me!" He hear the young boy shout as he was pulling on Vali's arm.
"No, he was going to help me with school work." The girl did the same vying for his attention.
"Calm down you two. No need to hurt him." His mother told the two kids. Vali could feel his heart was breaking for just seeing everything around him. It was something he always wanted but the thing he could never have.
Vali stood up seeing the family around him as there were some tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry but I have to go now." He quickly left and headed to the front door and put his hand on the handle. The three of them were right behind him watching him. "I know that your not real… you are but not like this. I know that I will never see you again in a fashion like this, and I'm fine with that. Mother, your life is different and free from the suffering that he caused. But I'll protect you from afar so you can live your new life." Vali turned the handle and opened the door and only saw a white void. "Goodbye." He said as he stepped into it.
Around him, Vali returned to the normal world as he saw Azi Dahaka in front of him. \Nice dream?/
"It was the best."
Azi Dahaka looked at him \Even so I must apologize for the use of that technique. It is a lowly technique that I have in my arsenal. And to use it on somebody who is the most worthy opponent./
{Vali.} he heard Albion call out to him. {That Illusionary world was quite helpful. Even I saw things that once discard can be renewed again.} Vali's armor began to glow giving off a white hue.
But he heard something familiar. 'Vali can you hear me? Hear my voice?' It was Ophis as she called out to him. 'Ise and I have made a chant together. Now that you have accepted it so it's your turn.' Vali shrugged his shoulders hearing that if something like this was going to happen then it must be amazing. 'This power is different from the time Ise used it. But you and Albion have recognized yourselves as what you are. All this is possible because you took me with you.'
"The pure White Dragon dwelling within me, rise up from your supremacy" Vali's white armor began taking on jet black parts as scales appeared.
{The silvery-white Morning Star I possess within me, claim the throne of Dawn} What were once blue wings of energy changed to jet black as a second set appeared.
'The jet-black God of Infinity' "The mysterious and unfathomable father of Devils" Twelve jet black devil wings popped out from Vali's back
{"We shall transcend the limits to accept the oath"}
{"'Thou shalt kneel down before our bright and glorious existence!'"}
{Dragon Lucifer Drive!} Vali's aura flooded the area as a dazzling light illuminated the area blinding everyone around them. "The power of the Vanishing Dragon Albion Gwiber, and the powers of Satan Lucifer. This is what you desire to see as one Azi Dahaka and with it I will defeat you.
Azi Dahaka was happy to see Vali's new form in front of him. \The Red Dragon was able to obtain the power of Dragon Deification. Then the White Dragon was able to have the same power but only for Satan's powers./ \The Ultimate power, Rizevim, is only an imposter by what is in front of us. The True Power of a Lucifer./
Vali Spread out his wings creating a more imposing figure over Azi Dahaka "I am Vali Lucifer, true inheritor to Satan's blood." Saying that Vali flapped the devil wings as the air pressure sent all the snow on the ground into the air as it turned to water once it was in the air.
He closed the distance to Azi Dahaka as he thrust his fist towards him. Vali let out demonic energy as it tore a hole in the ground from the sheer power. Azi Dahaka had to dodge by teleporting away. When Azi Dahaka reappeared he saw the mountain behind them was gone. \Impressive power./
There was a repeating sound of an L that came from Vali as his wings were glowing as they separated from his body. They were no different from the Wyverns that Issei controlled as they morphed into wyverns. "Go" Vali pointed at Azi Dahaka as energy went flying around from the Wyverns.
Azi Dahaka was able to dodge them as he sent fireballs at the wyverns. {Reflect} was heard a few times throwing his attacks back at him.
\How about this then!/ Azi Dahaka sent thousands upon thousands of magic circles into the air as they rained down all types of elemental magic. \There's even more!/ He shouted as it kept raining elements.
Vali raised his hands to the sky as it was stuck by plenty of attacks, but in his hand, he was building up energy as it rose higher and higher. Azi Dahaka could see that something dangerous was about to happen as he move away. The wyverns moved around near Azi Dahaka as they began to emit a white pulse {Half Dimension!} They wyverns called out as the area around Azi Dahaka was cut in half in a second.
\Those little things can use an advanced technique./ \It matters not./
That was far from wrong as Vali fired a black orb up towards them as it detonated. Silver and white beams of energy came out from the center as all of the magic circles were destroyed. {Satan Compression Divider!] Ai Dahaka's body felt the weight of a thousand times gravity as the space around him was being compressed.
\This is bullshit./ Azi Dahaka was muttering to himself as they saw a few evil dragons rushing over to them. \Do not interfere with my battle!/ He shouted but it didn't matter. The evil dragons were turned into ash from the pressure alone from Vali's compression. There was only one that was just far enough away to not get caught.
Vali looked at it "You wanted to see it, Azi Dahaka." He told him as one of the wyverns broke off towards the evil dragon. {Venom} was heard from the wyvern as it flapped its wing and it spread an ooze over it. They watched as the skin melted and boiled off as it slid down the bone, it was coughing up blood as it fell over and died while the body dissolved away. "That is the power of Venom. It can reduce things to nothing.
{My Body can reduce anything. As long as it lives it can be cut down and chipped away bit by bit. Yet only the Welsh Dragon Ddraig Y Goch was able to make it look as if it was nothing there.}
\And you're not going to use it on?/ Azi Dahaka laughed seeing it.
Vali shook his head. "There's no need. Our current power is more than enough to deal with you. Or are you not satisfied with that answer?" Azi Dahaka laughed hearing that "Then I should end you then."
Vali gathered as much energy as he could within himself as a slot in his chest opened up. Behind him, twelve black wings appeared as there was a humming noise. "This is your end Azi Dahaka" There was pulsing lighting from Vali's chest.
{SATAN LUCIFER SMASHER!}
Out from Vali fired a Silvery white and black beam of energy. It tore the earth apart holes in mountain ranges as the blast went on for as far as the eye could see and even further. Azi Dahaka was in no shape to fight back. All of his scales had been peeled back and two of his heads had been ripped off as blood was gushing out of the holes. \That was a wonderful attack./ Azi Dahaka said with a smile on his last remaining head. His arms and legs were flaking away as he turned to ask. \Be it two or three thousand years from now, I will be reborn again. When that happens let's fight again./ Like a hollowed out log, his body fell apart turning into a pile of ash.
Vali looked on at the destruction that was caused "I look forward to that fight." He said as he looked on as the ash was scattered in the wind. It took a few minutes for him to return to the battlefield. Trihexa was motionless as he saw everyone cutting through what was left of the forces. "Their forces aren't increasing anymore?" He asked himself as he looked around at the battlefield.
"That's correct." Vali heard as he turned around and saw Azazel behind him. "Reports came in that Gasper and Valerie succeeded in taking the grail back. All battlefields are reporting no new reinforcements."
Vali blinked a few times making sure everything was real. Azazel however looked at Vali's new armor. "That is an interesting appearance you have chosen. It looks more like Lucifer than Rizevim ever did."
Back in Japan Issei was hovering over one of the smaller islands and in front of him Apophis. He carried the look of a young man but had the unmistakable aura of a dragon. So my opponent is you of all people. A great honor to fight the Red Dragon Emperor.
"Apophis, opponent to Ra and one of the strongest Evil Dragons aside from Crom Cruach."
Far Stronger than the last Evil Dragon you faced Grendel. Such a brute that one was, now all he's good for is fodder.
Issei held up his hand and generated a Dragon shot and fired it head on at Apophis. He didn't bother defending or dodging as the shot got close; it disappeared into a black void. "Soooo is it like the Abaddon devils or…" Issei asked, looking around to see if the attack was going to fly back at him. He fired off another two blasts at Apophis and got the same thing. Darkness encapsulated the attacks as he watched them disintegrate away. "Ohhhhhh...Shit." Issei fell as the darkness around him closed him. Parts of his wings scraped the edges as they were torn off.
Apophis pointed at Issei as he fired off pellets of the darkness at him. Issei had to dodge everyone thing as he continued to fire back. Direct hits were useless at the rate they were going as the Darkness was going to death into his armor with ease. Seems as if our compatibility is quite poor.
"Excuse me for being a direct fighter."
Apophis laughed hearing that I was referring to the fact that I am the opposite of you. I don't deal with direct attacks so well, so if you were to hit me I would take a large portion of the damage. That is why I use an ability like this to protect myself.
Issei was surprised to hear him admit that. "To think an Evil Dragon would have such a glaring weakness."
I enjoy fighting but not to the extent that those brutes Grendel and Nidhogg. What do you think of another world Red Dragon Emperor?
Issei was confused "What like mars?"
You know what I'm referring to, the world beyond this dimension. Apophis knew how to cut through Issei's lie.
"Oh, that world...it's interesting but not as interesting to me as you might be in it. But I don't feel like dealing with Great Red to just have an attempt to see it."
I see, but it's only a matter of time before the cross happens. Apophis held out his hand Unfortunatly time is not on my side so I need to take this swift victory. The area around them turned pitch black. Issei was quick to react as he fired off a few attacks but they were destroyed in an instant. An island of this size only takes a few seconds for me to make my own world of it.
Apophis' body was shrouded in the darkness as if he became one with the surroundings. It was like he was a solar eclipse that blotted out the sun. There were hundreds of gems that lit up with a silver glow outlining an Eastern Dragon and on the head, there were three eyes that looked down on Issei. The aura he let out was extremely powerful as it was near the levels of Crom Cruach. [Apophis is no different, he trained his body to our level] Ddraig said to Issei, as Apophis had obtained the level of Heavenly Dragon.
"I don't have much of a choice then now do it?" Issei asked Ddraig "Crimson wasn't enough for Rizevim and this is beyond him." There was something that was off. The water continued to flow as he watched it crash upon the shore but it was blackwater black sand. It was most likely still deadly but that was only the smaller issues at hand. Apophis had yet to attack him and that bothered him. "You just did your big reveal and you haven't attacked? That's generally how this works." Issei said as he looked at Apophis.
Yes but you have a much stronger form, are you not going to use it?
"Wait, you're going to give me time to transform?" Issei was puzzled by hearing that.
This is a duel between dragons, you gave me the time to create this field. So I can wait for the time needed for your transformation. No need to ruin the potential of a good fight.
Apophis was no different than Crom Cruach. Looking for a fight but still prideful enough to not throw it all away. Issei shook his head "Naw not gonna use Dragon Deification."
Then let's begin!
Issei smacked his hands together as Ddraig was heard [Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!] He let loose a few Dragon shots to see what would happen as he got closer to Apophis. But it was the same thing over and over. As Issei got within striking range Ascalon popped out of his Gauntlet [Transfer!] The aura on the blade merged as he slashed down at Apophis. It did nothing but at the same time, the blade was in the same state as before. He rocked his left arm back with Ascalon still extended as his arm gained a large chunk of armor. [SOLID IMPACT BOOSTER!] [PENETRATE!]
The impact hit Apophis as he could feel physical contact was made. But Apophis did nothing, no counterattack or recoil from the hit. Issei could hear what he did as the sound of rushing water came from under him as water from the ocean was thrust up to them making Issei dodge. The black water took a new shape of whips as they lashed out striking Issei breaking off parts of his armor. He swung around his arm trying to cut anything he could off be he just continued getting him. But the water kept hitting him and some of it turned into small fists and punched him breaking large parts of his armor.
Issei backed away as he was bleeding from many of the impact spots. He pulled out his Phoenix tear and looked down at it. The red liquid had turned black, Issei didn't know if he had canceled out the ability or if he turned everything into darkness.
He stashed the tear away "Fine" Issei said as he knew what he had to do. "The Crimson Red Dragon dwelling within me, awaken from your dominance"
'The Crimson Heavenly Dragon I possess within me, rise up to become a King and roar. The jet-black God of Infinity' The gems on his armor let out a black aura.
"The glorious Red God of Dreams"
"'Watch over the forbidden existence we shall become that transcends the boundaries'" The armor changed from its Crimson hue to jet black as the Issei power spiked flooding the area. "'We shall dance like radiance with the inferno!'"
['D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D'] The Gems reverberated the infinity as Issei felt it penetrate all through his body. ['Dragon ∞ Drive!']
"This is my last Dragon Deification then."
Apophis saw the Jet black armor that Issei was in Truly amazing, this aura is far more impressive than the other one.
"If you can feel it that means your already going to die." Issei swung his fist at Apophis. [D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D] Echoed as it hit Apophis. His darkness didn't register that anything was coming as he was hit sending him stumbling backward.
The darkness did nothing, How interesting. Apophis was quick to retaliate by spewing darkness from his mouth as it looked like a lava flow. Issei fired off a few Dragon shots as it split the attack apart but it kept coming. The darkness at the armor was quickly regenerated.
[I told you he was already at the Heavenly Dragon level. Nothing was going to be that easy.] The two of them went at it sending punches and kicks at each other as the shockwaves destroyed what little there was of the island below them. "Yeah, I figured this was going to happen."
Issei spread out his wings as cannons appeared on them and pointed at Apophis. Let's finish this then!
Apophis let out a massive ball of darkness from his mouth as the cannons gathered energy. [D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D D∞D] The gems on his armor flashed the infinity symbol as there was a red glow in the space they were in.
"Let's GOOOOOOOOO!" Issei shouted as the cannons let loose. [∞ BLASTER!]
The power that Issei generated sent him recoiling back as it hit the darkness. Apophis fired off three more balls of darkness to back up the first one as the two attacks tore each other apart. An explosion sent the two of them apart as Issei's armor began to shift, the chest plate shifted and the midsection reconfigured as a cannon appeared. Massive quantities of energy pooled in Issei's chest "This is the end Apophis!" [LONGINUS SMASHER!]
The Longinus Smasher lit up the world of darkness as the wing cannons joined in on the assault. The Red aura dyed the area red as Issei was breathing heavily as the barrier around them had yet to disappear, but it was fading as light from the outside was starting to drip in. Apophis smiled as his body had large chunks of flesh missing and blood seeping out. That was a splendid fight, Red Drag… No Issei Hyoudou. It's been a long time since I was able to fight like that.
"You are evil and yet you wanted an honest duel. Who goes to such lengths for something like this." Issei asked him as he was still breathing heavily.
Azi Dahaka and I are Evil dragons. Evil Dragons follow the confrontation of a hero. It's how it has been and we kept it that way. Evil is how we become complete so this is an acceptable outcome. Come back and fight me in time Apophis said as his body turned to ash and it scattered to the wind.
Issei looked around seeing that the barrier was still up. He looked around for some way to get out of the barrier. It was not as if it mattered as the barrier was ripped apart from the outside as he saw a creature floating above him as the power it was producing stripped what Issei and Apophis could produce. "Is that…"
[This is Trihexa. But it has a different form, why it took on the form of a young boy is beyond me.]
There wasn't much of a choice for Issei in this state. He pulled the Phoenix tear out and saw that the vial had its red liquid in it, as he drank it. He felt the effects of it as it went to work repairing the wounds on his body. "Alright let's go." He looked up at Trihexa.
"Don't you think you could use some help?" Issei heard as a red magic circle appeared near him. Out popped out Sirzechs.
"Somebody else actually came?" Issei asked as he saw Sirzechs ready to fight. "Could have used some help a few minutes ago. Apophis is dead but that drained a large chunk of power to kill him."
"Sorry about that, but we had to finish up some chores in the underworld. But I did hear that you were fighting Apophis before I arrived.
"So why is Trihexa here? And not messing with everyone else?"
Sirzechs took off his cloak and dropped it, letting it float down the ground. "My guess is it has to do with the powers of Ophis and Great Red so it came here." He looked around at what else was there. "It seems as if it is interested in you."
"I can see that. So let's kill the damn thing already."
"Oh?" Sirzechs looked at him "You have a plan?"
"I'm sorry have we ever had time for a plan to work? Just rip back some of its scales, we can hit its insides."
"That could work… here." Sirzechs waved his hand as the air turned black ripping apart the outer layer of trihexa's skin.
"Let's use that Ddraig." Issei said as he started to build up power.
[Yes that, the attack that is my ultimate finishing move. The power of Ddraig Y Goch.] Issei inhaled a massive amount of air as Sirzechs backed away from Issei as something was about to happen. He blew out all the air he had taken in as he mixed it with that power. Out came black flames that stuck to Trihexa like napalm and coated everything around him even the island below. [Blazing Inferno of Scorching Flames. The Flames can incinerate anything and will only go out when they burn whatever is hit to ashes or I say for them to stop.] They watched as Trihexa's flesh was burning off as it flowed like water off its body and regenerated only to be burnt again. [No god can survive that maybe only Ophis and Great Red. This shows that Trihexa is an incredibly durable opponent with vast regenerative abilities.]
What didn't help was Issei's black armor broke as Ddraig was flapping the wings keeping him aloft. His power was drained further than even he expected. "I guess we have to do that then." Sirzechs snapped his fingers.
Around them, a group of people appeared as Issei looked at them "The Lucifer peerage has arrived." They said in unison.
"Barriers are in place, and Trihexa is being held."
"Unfortunately some of the cores are loose and regenerating in other territories. Techniques that locked it in place are unraveling in other areas."
Sirzechs heard updates from his peerage members. "Then we have to use that plan. Everyone understands?" There was a collective nod from everyone. "Grayfia." He motioned for her to come closer
"Yes?" She said as Sirzechs raised his hand and tapped her on the forehead with a magic circle.
"What… was that…." Her speech began to slur "Why…"
Sirzechs looked down at her as she looked as if she was falling asleep. "Technique Azazel taught me for Hypnosis. It's best this way, our child needs a parent."
Grayfia grabbed onto him as she was crying all while her strength faded. "That… not… fa…" She didn't get to finish as her body slumped over as he picked her up.
"I'm sorry you all had to see that." Sirzechs said to his peerage.
"She would have followed us if you kept her out of the loop." Souji Okita said shaking his head.
"Issei." Sirzechs called out to him. He could see that he didn't have much strength left in his body. He tossed Grayfia at him as he caught her. "Do whatever it takes to see that she is happy." He could only lift his hand to give a thumbs up as his eyes were fluttering. It didn't take long for his eyes to close as he fell down hitting the sand while holding onto Grafia.
Next to them, a few more magic circles appeared as Serafall and Fabium appeared. "Preparations are set, we are ready to go." He heard Serafall.
"Good, everyone said their farewells? There's no turning back after this."
"If I said Goodbye Sona would cry, and I don't want to see that." Serafall told him.
"My Queen has been informed of what is happening as will be staying behind." Fabuim was somewhat cold as he told them.
"Grayfia will be staying behind as well."
"I think it's for the best that she was left out of this." Serafall said seeing the fact.
"It's time we go." Sirzechs said as he pulled out an envelope and dropped it. The white paper with red seals on it sank to the ground as it floated towards where Issei was. "It's time we did what is needed and create a better tomorrow."
There was a distinct odor in the air Issei smelled in the air as he opened his eyes slowly. It was the smell of a hospital and the cleanroom smells that permeated everything. "So your finally awake." Issei heard Vali's voice.
He rolled over and saw Vali sitting there on a chair watching him. "Your voice is not what I want to hear when I wake up."
Vali laughed hearing that. "Well, you can't help that, after they confirmed that you were alive and everything was normal, the other members of DxD left to deal with the aftermath of the battle. We however were confined to this room so we could get some rest."
"Aftermath? What happened? Better yet why am I alive I used Dragon Deification to kill Apophis and Trihexa."
"About that…" Vali said as Issei felt the bed he was on move
Out from underneath the bed came out a woman with long black hair in a gothic lolita dress with huge tits, tits he could see aside from the x's in tape over the nipples. "Ise woke up?" Then another one came out this time a smaller and yet more expected size. "Awake? Awake?" The two girls looked at him.
"You originally suffered repercussions of Dragon Deification but Ophis adjusted the side effects. Now she bares the side effects of your usage." Vali said to him.
The taller one pointed at herself "I Ophis, do you know recognize me?"
Issei looked at her. "Your taller, the face is the same but just grown up." Issei pulled his hands out from under the covers and reached for her breasts. He grabbed ahold of it and gently squeezed it as they felt like the real deal. "I can see them, I can touch them and even feel them. Are you Ophis, the grown up version is kinda cool if so."
"You overused Dragon Deification, so your existence became vague. Ophis had to deal with the after effects that you can see." Vali motioned to her. " Inside of you is the power of infinity and the power of Dragon Deification through the power of Great red's flesh. The fact that you are part human makes it impossible for you to withstand it. So she adjusted how much your body and mind could withstand."
Issei looked at Vali "Are you aware of what happened in the gap?"
He shrugged his shoulders "Maybe."
"Your power is limited now." Ophis said pointing at him "You're not the full strength anymore."
"So a partial or pseudo transformation?" Issei asked as Ophis shook her head no.
"Your power has spiked far too much in one year." Vali said as he pulled an envelope out and handed it to him. "This was also with you, I assume it's for you."
Issei took hold of it and stashed it away in a magic circle. "Enough about this, what about outside?"
"Sirzechs Lucifer, Serafall Leviathan, and Fabium Asmodeus as well as most top-ranking Gods stepped into another dimension and sealed themselves in it to fight Trihexa." Vali said as he watched Issei's eyes go as wide as they could hearing that.
"That's what they were planning? All that work Rossewisse was doing was on a barrier to keep Trihexa sealed."
"Azazel went in as well." Vali said as Issei didn't move after hearing that. "Odin and Thor. Zeus and Poseidon, Brahma and Vishnu as well as Michael Raphael and Uriel. The Satans and Saints took their peerages aside from the Queens and Aces. Other factions have joined in the fight to repel Trihexa."
"How long?" Issei asked as he covered his face as he tried to process the information.
"That Valkyrie said it will be a few thousand years, maybe even ten thousand. It's difficult to judge how long it would take something down that took all of God of the Bible's power to seal away."
"Thousands of years…"
"Yes…" Vali's voice was quiet saying that "He left us to do whatever he wanted. Yet for all, he taught us he just leaves in the end." Even Vali wasn't handling it well. Azazel was the only father figure Vali had in his life and now he's just gone.
"Beyond the gap, there is another world. Great Red is keenly aware of it but the door is locked. But what lies beyond the door he isn't sure of. Their goal was to fight what was ever on the other side of the door. Who knows how strong they are."
Vali looked at him "Are you implying that we go?"
Issei shook his head. "No, WE need to be strong enough to deal with what lies beyond. WE need to be strong enough to deal with the Hindu problem that is bound to come. If we reach a high enough level then we can remove this Trihexa problem."
"You're far too optimistic."
"Have you looked at how far a year has gotten us? I can use Ddraig's black flames now, think of what thirty years will do for us. The ability to transform into Giant Dragons? There is no limit, now there is a reason to become even stronger."