Standing before him was a colossal black dragon with three heads. Aži Dahāka looked towards Vali with a welcoming expression. [Yo—, you came, white one.] [Yahoo ☆]
[You’re late!] Then, Aži Dahāka cast his gaze to the area behind him. Indeed, the place he was looking at was the location of the battlefield where [DxD] and their allies were currently fighting against the Evil Dragons. The forest had been frozen over, and many blades grew out of the ground. There were also many black Evil Dragons and red fake Sekiryuutei flying about. There were explosions occurring all over the place. The mountain ranges had already become something completely different—. Aži Dahāka seemed displeased about it. He was using magic to view a projection, through which he watched the Trihexa in various locations, and the battles between the army of Evil Dragons and the various factions. He continued to watch it while asking Vali
[Say, Vali Lucifer. This place and the worlds of other mythologies are facing a scene of destruction — you could call it the scene of the Apocalypse. What do you see?] [What do you think?] [Honestly speaking, how does it feel?] The two dragon heads on each side laughed as they asked Vali. Vali didn’t reply, but Aži Dahāka nonchalantly continued
[If it was an ally of justice, they would’ve said something like “what the hell did you do!” or “Unforgiveable! I’ll definitely defeat you!”, right? On the other hand, if it was someone evil, they’d say something like “Wahaha, this is a truly marvellous sight!” or perhaps “Behold, this is the end of the world that I desired!”.] [I imitated exactly what Rizevim-kun or the Old Maou Faction would have done!] [Please don’t get angry!] Thinking that he would proceed while continuing to laugh, the next thing that he said was actually succinct and expressionless. [I am different. —Well, so be it. …That’s just my impression.] [Fufufu]
[That’s the same as what I was thinking!] [This so-called destruction started from the era of the gods, and it’s something that never changes. Furthermore, most of the destruction stems from what the gods or monsters like me cause. What’s been done this time isn’t merely the mass destruction of mythologies, it could be said to be something far exceeding that. Anyway, if this goes on, the world will be led to its end.] While saying that, Aži Dahāka looked up at the sky, and far into the distance. It was as if he was imagining a place that did not exist in this world. [So, I thought that if another world existed, then there might be existences far beyond my imagination.] Aži Dahāka turned his head back towards Vali, and said
[—A world where mechanical life forms known as [ExE]fight against spirits. Regardless of legends or literature, something like that has never been described before, could it be completely uncharted territory? Currently, all that is known is that there exists the Benevolent God that governs the spirits, Resetoras and the Malevolent GodMelvazoa who is responsible for the mechanical life forms. That world is divided in half and dominated by those two gods.] —[ExE]. This was the first time that Vali had heard about information of another world. Mechanical life forms and…spirits. It was also the first time that he had even heard of the names of the gods from that side. Aži Dahāka laughed cheerfully. [Kukuku, the world known as [E] is actually located beyond the existence known as [DxD], Great Red, don’t you think that’s something rather interesting?] Upon seeing the legendary Evil Dragon laughing like a child, Vali couldn’t stop himself from laughing. “Heh, I never thought that you were like a child who adored fairy tales. A legendary Evil Dragon is actually talking about things from an unknown world.”
Aži Dahāka acted almost like a child when he spoke about things from another world. Aži Dahāka then smiled mischievously as he said
[—It doesn’t matter what kinds of fancy words those guys say. Conquering the world, remaking the world, just listening to it makes me laugh. They’re just immature selfish brats with a grand words and are lost in their delusions. I am no different. But, my line of thought is even simpler. I just want to have a fight with strong foes, and if I’m able to see something rare, then that’s even better. If that is called evil, then I’m satisfied with being evil. As an Evil Dragon, that’s enough.] [Darkness Dragon!] [I – am – evil ♪]
“……”
Vali was caught up with an indescribable feeling. His opponent was evil. An absolute Evil Dragon. Yet also a legend among legends. He was known as one of the strongest Evil Dragons amongst all Evil Dragons. But why? The malice that he felt in front of him felt more fascinating and dangerous than anything he had felt before. Regardless of whether it was the Old Maou Faction, Hyoudou Issei, Cao Cao or Rizevim, they did everything for the sake of their beliefs or ambition. Their actions held no regard for their own limitations. However, Aži Dahāka…no, Apophis was probably also the same, these two Evil Dragons clearly understood themselves, and used this as a foundation to purely pursue destruction. What Vali had just said to him simply caused Aži Dahāka to mock and laugh at himself. [Heh, you said I was like a little brat. Indeed, I get told that a lot.] But, Vali shook his head. “…No, don’t get the wrong idea, but being so pure and so simple makes me like you a little bit, Aži Dahāka.”
After hearing Vali’s reply, Aži Dahāka laughed with joy. [Kukuku, Vali Lucifer. Shall we go at it once again? Let’s have a bloody deathmatch. I can’t help but feel excited as soon as I think about my opponent being one of the Two Heavenly Dragons!] [The one who defeats the Heavenly Dragon gets a medal for being the strongest!] [Evil Dragons are the strongest!] After saying that, silence fell between the two of them. Aži Dahāka erased the projection, and aura seeped out from his entire body. His scorching hot aura caused all of the surrounding snow to melt. After a few seconds — both sides disappeared from their positions. They re-appeared in the sky. Vali released several waves of his aura at Aži Dahāka. His opponent put up a strong defensive magic circle and blocked all of the attacks directly. He then released several light magic attacks as a counterattack. Vali had inherited half of his blood from a Devil, so ordinary light magic was much less effective against him, but his opponent was an extraordinary existence, which made things a completely different matter. The light magic that Aži Dahāka released was a product of highly compressed magic, so if Vali took a direct hit, he would definitely be injured. Vali evaded them at high speed in the air, but the light magic seemed to have a will of its own as it continually chased him from behind. Vali planned to use the Hakuryuukou’s ability, and halve their power. But, in order to obstruct Vali, Aži Dahāka continuously released light magic, making it impossible for him to determine the target. [Reflect!!]