Rossweisse-san was trying to avoid us from getting hit by the missiles' explosion--
"Haha! What a great woman! Trying to draw my attention to avoid getting your companions caught in the explosion! Fine! I will get duped this once!" Heracles happily laughed with excitement. Having left Honmaru Palace, Rossweisse-san turned around in mid air and conjured numerous magic circles! Heracles' missiles were prepared to fire, and he shot them all at once--
Like I'm going to let you succeed! I aimed at Heracles' direction with my left arm, and prepared to fire Dragon Shot! In the instant that Heracles fired his missiles I will strike down as many as possible! But just as I was about to fire Dragon Shot--
"Hey, your opponent is me." Cao Cao swiftly appeared in front of my left arm! Fine, you can taste it yourself! Fire! The Dragon Shot left my hand -- Crash! Cao Cao lightly lifted his spear and deflects my arm upwards. Dragon Shot fired out of my hand and disappeared into the sky! At the same time, Heracles' numerous missiles flew towards Rossweisse-san --
Kaboom! As the innumerable missiles struck the magic circles conjured by Rossweisse-san, a massive explosion was created in the air! The violent wind swept across the entire area! Appearing out of the smoke was a figure! Looking closely, Rossweisse-san was covered with wounds but she landed in a stable manner. Despite the defence provided by the Rook and her defensive magic, she still suffered significant damage. Worse of all, her magic which could take out a city seemed to be ineffective against this Heracles. Did this giant surpass Rossweisse-san in both offence and defence? Or did he have some kind of advantage in attacking and defending against magical attacks? No matter what, the first priority was to recover Rossweisse-san's injuries! "Asia, recover!" I gave the order to Asia. Smack. The green aura was sent to Rossweisse-san's body! Asia had fired her healing aura towards Rossweisse-san. Rossweisse-san made a thumbs up as thanks. Looks like she was almost completely healed! Well done, Asia! "Ha! Recovered! Well, that's all right with me!" Heracles also seemed to have happily accepted Rossweisse-san's recovery. What a battle maniac. Heracles began to run, charging in Rossweisse-san's direction! ...Damn it. No matter who, all these bastards are going Balance Breaker, every one of them! As if he read my thoughts, Cao Cao laughed joyfully. "Isn't it great? This is a Balance Breaker free for all. Without a little inflation, how can humans compete with you supernatural existences?" As Cao Cao spun his spear in his hands, I distanced myself slowly... Though it looked like there were many openings, I knew that rash attacks will be countered. It was only my instinct, but that guy was most likely a master of techniques. If I attacked recklessly, then like just now, Cao Cao will use the smallest movement to parry and render the attack useless. This was very scary. "Aren't you going to Balance Break like the others?" I asked but Cao Cao shook his head. "No need no need. We can win without going that far. However, today is my chance to really have a good look at the Sekiryuutei's power." "...Looks like we are being looked down upon. However, it doesn't sound like a joke." "Ah, I was just thinking about how to draw our power, and have a satisfying battle." This guy is just like Vali. The relaxed version of Vali. While the other guy uses force to measure my power, this one here is watching my every move with amusement. Cao Cao raised an index finger. "My companions came up with a theory on how to defeat you. The proposal was to attack you with a time accelerating Sacred Gear. The Balance Breaker timer will be shorted, and the armour will release prematurely. We already have such a Sacred Gear user, and is very effective against Sacred Gears with time limits like yours. Accelerating time in an instant, to waste the time limit. However, it has no offensive or other special abilities. Just time limit control. Still, targeting the time limit will be a decisive blow against you. -- However, that is probably not enough to defeat you." ...What was he trying to say? I couldn't discern Cao Cao's intention behind telling me this. "You have been trying to enter the depths of the Sacred Gear to understand it. For example, if you were to release Balance Breaker voluntarily and switch to using the normal ability of power doubling every ten seconds along with the accelerated time, what would happen...? You would become a horrifying existence that could multiply power in an instant. Of course, it is still unknown whether the time acceleration effect will affect the normal mode Sacred Gear if it was applied during Balance Breaker. But for someone like you who has reached the depths of the Sacred Gear, it was very possible." "What on earth are you trying to say?" I couldn't help asking. Cao Cao shrugged. "What I'm saying is, rather than using these indirect manners, it's probably best to defeat you with direct attacks. --You have a great wariness of technique types, so I was thinking those types might not be able to handle you." -- Yeah right, it was me who can't handle the likes of you. We just met and yet you've already analysed me so thoroughly. This man was really scary. "But then, Hyoudou Issei, you have two decisive weaknesses -- the dragon slayer as well as light. Dragon and devil, possessing these two attributes can make you more deadly, but naturally at the same time, it increases your number of weaknesses. These weaknesses are very conspicuous to me. It makes me feel like wanting to prove to the world that a truly invincible being does not exist. Well, that's enough talking. --Let's begin." Cao Cao raised his spear and pointed the sharp tip at me... Then I must begin to fight. The first was promotion... Knight? Or Bishop to power up Dragon Shot? ...No, better stop trying to train on a real battlefield. Let's go all out. "Asia! Promotion to Queen!" "Yes!" With Asia's approval, I promoted to Queen! Power flowed into my body! Ever since last time, I have insisted on training all along! I have already reached the point where I could make use of the traits of the various pieces! Then let me show off the results of my training right here! I spread my dragon wings, ejecting magical power strongly from my back boosters! GOOOOOooooOOO! [ Jet! ] Extending my fist, I used my extreme speed to give Cao Cao a punch! After considering many plans, in the end, a straight punch was best! I accelerated strongly forward! Cao Cao spun his spear dexterously, and lightly dodged to the side just before my fist struck! --! He can handle my charging! If so--
I changed trajectories with my boosters, and charged once again, in the direction that Cao Cao evaded! I gathered magical power in both hands! Predicting the instant Cao Cao will dodge, I was going to fire Dragon Shot at that bastard--
Whack!