I’m coming, Xenovia!”
It was Uriel’s Ace who was dressed up like an American superhero — Nero! “Nero huh, I won’t hand over the ball!”
“Nonsense, I will take it!”
Xenovia and Nero engaged in a fierce battle for the ball. After Nero snatched the ball away from Xenovia’s arms, Xenovia snatched it back! Xenovia swung Durandal and Nero dodged. Nero unleashed a fierce kick as Xenovia turned about and dodged. This offensive and defensive battle for the ball was heating up more than I had expected. The other Angels followed by closely and tried to pin us down. The person marking me was — Dulio. Whilst Dulio’s body was inside a bubble that rendered the weather ineffective, he laughed at me. “It’s begun, Ise-kun.”
“Yeah, I won’t lose to you.”
Offense wasn’t absolute in this game, the most important thing was who held the ball. “Xenovia, pass!”
Following my instructions, Xenovia — threw the ball to Bova who was closest! After Bova caught it, Nero instantly changed targets and rushed towards Bova! “Kuh!”
Bova reflexively used his giant claws to swipe at Nero…. But Ravel shouted
“—! Bova-san, you can’t just attack Nero-san like that.”
Just as Ravel finished, Nero’s body emitted a green-white light after being pushed away by Bova! The aura enveloping his body also strengthened a bit. “…Not a bad attack, dragon! But, thank you for your that!”
Nero seemed grateful for Bova’s attack. The reason for that was Nero’s Sacred Gear. “…Nero’s Sacred Gear is[Sturdy Saint].The more he’s attacked, the greater his defence will rise. So long as the wielder isn’t defeated, the effect will continue to work. In other words—”
The more Nero was attacked, the sturdier his defences became! Although it was a rather simple ability, the threat of that was beyond measure if it was used correctly against someone with higher physical abilities! “This isn’t all I have! His Eminence Strada gave me—”
A holy aura gathered at Nero’s fist, and then he instantly thrust it towards Bova! “Holy Fist!”
Bova took a direct hit from the aura of the holy fist, and the ball was loosened from the grip of his claws. After throwing a punch at Bova, Nero laughed loudly
“Hahaha! This [Captain Angel] is the owner of a steel body and a holy fist that has become the most powerful weapon!”
While Nero laughed, Nakiri quickly recovered the ball from the side, and then rushed towards the goal—. “—Go!”
It went in! Numbers appeared in the air above the field, and what was originally [0 – 0] had become [5 – 0]! —We had scored the first goal of the game! Gooooooaaaaaal! The first to score is the new member of the [Sekiryuutei of Blazing Truth] team, Nakiri-senshu! Nakiri-senshu has a piece value of five, so he has scored five points!>>
The ball that had been used to score would be returned to the team that scored; so after Nakiri recovered the ball, the buzzer to indicate a resumption of play rang out and a battle for the ball began again. The next goal that appeared was displayed by the projection device, so we had to rush over to that area whilst we did everything we could to guard the ball. Like this, a hell-like endurance battle began—. After we scored the first goal, both sides scrambled for the ball, passed the ball, scored goals and we continued to repeat this many times. The score was currently at [88 – 85], so we had a small lead…. Everyone’s breathing had become quite laboured. Even though less than half the time limit had gone by, running around across the vast field as we battled for the ball was certainly draining on our stamina. Dulio would also cause changes in the weather occasionally to exacerbate our side’s physical exertion. Even when it came to hydration, Dulio could allow his team members to drink rainwater, so there was no need for them to go to specific areas for replenishment. Dulio’s ability sure is convenient! In front of the new goal, Irina and Shinra Kiyotora-san competed for the ball. Irina wielded her holy sword while Kiyotora-san wielded a katana, both of them were sweating as they clashed with their swords to try and snatch the ball off each other. We had arrived into position so that we could receive the ball at any time while we continued to shorten the distance between ourselves…. However, the Angels’ movements seemed strange. Diethelm-san, Mirana-san, Nero and Dulio were in a certain formation…. Ravel noticed, and she alerted us of it. At that moment, Irina managed to grab hold of the ball and fly towards the goal—. Diethelm-san, Mirana-san, Nero and Dulio all cried out at the same time! ““““Five Card!””””
In an instant, a blinding flash of light was emitted from Diethelm-san, Mirana-san, Nero, Dulio and Irina! This was the special technique that reincarnated Angels could use! The announced yelled
Unbelievable! The Angel team’s bodies are emitting light! Could this be the rumoured combination attack of the reincarnated Angels!? Also! Although she’s clearly on the opposing side, the Angel team and — the Sekiryuutei team’s Shidou Irina-senshu is also resonating! ?>>
Indeed, it was the opposing team that initiated the attack — but they had somehow included Irina in it as well. Irina was completely surprised by this. But it seemed as though Dulio knew that this would happen, so he used this characteristic of reincarnated Angels to increase his own physical abilities. He snatched the ball away from Irina with incredible speed, and then used that momentum to throw it into the goal! And it’s a gooooaaaal!!!!!! They’ve made use of the card combination effect of the reincarnated Angels to score a goal! An impressive result!>>
The announcer called out. …We were also astonished. Irina…she was actually used by the other team because of her characteristic! Their odd formation was all so that they could successfully use this ability! Irina seemed quite shocked about it herself. She had actually assisted the other team. …[Five Card] was a combination that used a set of four identical cards values, with the fifth card being a Joker. It was a powerful combo. …It was still so hard to imagine that they were able to score like that so easily…. We were all surprised. At that time, the announcer asked Beelzebub-sama beside him
But, Beelzebub-sama. Not only did they use the Angel team’s players, they also used the Sekiryuutei team’s Shidou Irina-senshu’s card value to activate that effect, is that right…?>>
Hmm. I would like to say that it’s a coincidence that they were able to achieve the conditions required to activate that card combination by combining the members of both teams. Even if they belong to different teams, they are still reincarnated Angels.>>
And then Dulio revealed a proud smile. “Well, even if we’re on different teams, as long as thoughts involving a desire such as ‘I want to attack’ or ‘I want to protect’ can resonate, that will satisfy the conditions to activate the card combination.”
…So something like that was possible! On that topic, was that something they were aware of?