Then, what happened if you accelerated his stealing power and gushing-out power at the same time? He stole so much power that he couldn’t process it, and at the same time he spat out power by the time it was excess. As a result, the Vanishing Dragon Scale Mail stopped its functions! [—! What a thing…! Vali, regain your posture at once!] Vali reacted to Albion’s voice and tried to defend by crossing his arms, but—. Bagan! I closed my left fist that was filled with Ascalon’s power and easily destroyed Vali’s defences including the gauntlets of both his arms, and thrust a blow to this abdomen. The white-shining Vanishing Dragon Scale Mail was not enough and shattered. Is this the dragon-slaying power!? It was as if the opponent’s armour were made of paper! Goboh…
Fresh blood flew out from Vali’s mouth. He stepped back unsteadily while holding his abdomen. As blood poured down from the edge of his mouth, Vali smiled as if in joy. “…Hahaha, amazing! My Sacred Gear was blown off! So you can do it if you try! Just what I would expect, my rival—”
Gan! My merciless straight entered into that guy’s face. “…I made it reach and hit you. You’re the only one I won’t be satisfied with if my fist can't hit you.”(!) Alright! For now, I’ve paid him back for that stupid thing about my parents. However, Ddraig clicked his tongue. Because while I was doing this, Vali’s armour once again returned to its previous state. No way, the broken part was fixed! Impossible, so I can never beat him no matter how many times I break it!? [The battle doesn’t end until the host is made incapable of fighting. It’s no use at this rate. You’ll make no progress. It’s next to impossible for you to defeat him within the limited time of the control unit. The best plan would be to run away, but you can’t do that, can you?] Of course! There’s no way I could leave Buchou behind! Or rather, where could I escape to within this barrier!? [Then, what will you do? The difference in power is still wide. You could do something thanks to the control unit, but with the limited time it’s out of the question. —Will you surrender?] ……What do I do? At that time, something within my field of vision reflected in the background. At that instant, an idea appeared in my mind…Shall I test it? No, this thing is a test. Anyhow, my time will run out and I’ll lose at this rate! I have to do something before that! “Hey, Ddraig. The Sacred Gear responds to feelings and evolves, right?”
[Yeah, that’s right, but…Why?] I picked up the thing lying at my feet—a jewel of the [Vanishing Dragon]. Earlier, when I hit him, his armour was damaged and this thing flew out. His body’s armour seems to have restored the destroyed section including the jewel, though. As far as Vali is concerned, this jewel will turn to trash as time passes, so it’s inconsequential. However, there should be at least a little of the Hakuryuukou’s power lodged in it. “I’m transmitting my image to you. —Let’s try it!”
I transmitted the thing I imagined in my brain to Ddraig who was inside me! I imagined hard! If this image is possible, I—. [—. …Partner, you’ve sent me quite a dangerous image. But, it’s interesting! We may die, but do you have the resolve?] “I can’t die. I haven’t taken Buchou’s virginity yet. —If it hurts, I’ll endure it! If I can just exceed this damn bastard in front of me with that!”
[Fuhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Nice resolve! In that case, I’ll also resolve myself! This isn’t a notification of my character, but—I am the Red Dragon Emperor that was called a mass of power! Let’s show them that we’ll live and exceed them together, Partner! No! Hyoudou Issei!] “Yeah!”
“What do you intend to do?”
Vali asked that, seeming interested. “[Vanishing Dragon]! Albion! Vali! I’ll be taking your power!”
I smashed the Sekiryuutei jewel that was on the back of my right hand into pieces, and drove into it the [Vanishing Dragon] jewel that I picked up before! —Your power of vanishing! I’ll transplant it into my Sacred Gear! While fighting, I had remembered a scene within my mind. It was the battle with Kokabiel the other day. In that battle, Kiba had achieved the so-called impossible fusion of holy and demonic. A silver aura sprang forth from my right hand and wrapped around the right side of my body. A phenomenon from the jewel? Dokun. Something throbbed inside me, just as a difficult-to-describe pain circulated throughout my body from my jewel-implanted right hand in an instant…! Guh…Ah…
“Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Damn it! What is this!? “Nugaaaaaaaaaaaah! Ah, ah, ah, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
My thoughts soared in overwhelming pain. Owowowowowowow! Compared to this, the damage from the spear of light before was…Guh, ah, gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! “---! You intend to take in my power?" Realising what I was trying to do, Vali showed a shocked expression. [What a reckless thing to do. Ddraig, we are existences that oppose each other. That is nothing more than an act of self-destruction. —Do you intend to annihilate yourself by doing such a thing?] Albion spoke indifferently. [Guooooooooooooooooh!] Ddraig was also leaking out agony. So the dragon emperor lodged in my Sacred Gear also tasted pain? However, while Ddraig let out a scream, it contained laughter as well. [Albion! You’re as inflexible as always! Over countless eons, we’ve lodged in hosts and continued to fight each other! It’s a repeat of the same thing each and every time!] [That’s right, Ddraig. That is our destiny. Even if our respective hosts are different, the way we fight is the same. You raise power, I steal power. The side that skilfully uses its Sacred Gear deals the finishing blow and it ends. This is how it always has been, and always will be.] Ddraig gave a fearless laugh at Albion’s words. [Since meeting with this host—with Hyoudou Issei, I have learned one thing! —That anything is possible with determined stupidity!](!) Stupidity is fine! If I can’t win with ability anyway, I’ll excel through stupidity! “Respond to my feeliiiiiiiiiiings!”
[Vanishing Dragon Power is taken!!] My right hand was wrapped in a dazzling white light! A pure white aura surrounded my right arm! Then—. A white gauntlet appeared on my right arm. “…Hehehe, so this is [Dividing Gear]?”
Though, having only white up till my right arm’s elbow on my red armour looked awkward. [Impossible! Such a thing is impossible!] Albion let out an astonished voice. “No, it’s only a little, but it’s possible. My friend fused together holy and demonic, and produced things like holy demonic swords. It seems it was possible to achieve it because balance has collapsed from the non-existence of God. Well, if I borrow the words of the leader guys, it is a state where there are things like system errors or program bugs? I just utilised it a little.”
[…So you mean you nudged the imperfections of the “Sacred Gear program” and achieved this?