Are you trying to get in my way!?] “Either way, that body of yours won’t last that long. Hurry and get your body changed.”
[Shut uuuuuup! It was finally getting gooooood!] Grendel still snaps even with his half remained head. However, Crom Cruach simply gives a sharp glare at him. “If you want your opinion to go through, then you must defeat me. —That’s how it will turn out, you know? Will you fight me? I won’t mind if it turns out like that.”
[…………!!] Not only us, but even Grendel becomes speechless at the man’s intensity. After a moment of silence, Grendel speaks. [Chi. I don’t plan to fight you here. If I have to, I want to do it when I’m in my best condition. Alright, I’ll change places with you.] ……That Grendel actually obeyed him. It proves how great and how much strength that man possesses. —! Then the man disappears immediately. We get shocked and look around us. Crom Cruach appears near Grendel—which is right in front of us without us noticing him. When the man clicks his fingers, a teleportation magic-circle appears below Grendel. He’s planning to teleport him! Xenovia releases the aura from her holy sword as if she won’t let him get away, but it gets blocked by Crom Cruach. While he disappears within the teleportation light, Grendel howls. [Oi, you shitty brats! You guys sure don’t have luck. You guys won’t be able to defeat Boss Crom even if you go at him all together. Well, if you survive, then let’s fight again. A battle to death that is, you know? Guhahahahahahahahahahahaha!] Saying only that, Grendel disappears due to the teleportation magic-circle. Crom Cruach who still remains says it to us. “I can’t have all of you go past here.”
……We make our stance. Looks like I have no choice but to turn into True [Queen]. Or else, it seems like we can’t even become his opponent! It happens when I was about to chant. I can feel a strong presence descending down to this basement! [—! He’s here, partner!] Ddraig also reacts! The one who descended down here at high speed destroys the door violently and flies in here! A flash arises within this spacious field! A bright flash swirls beside me. The one who is standing after the light disappears—is Vali! He’s already wearing his armour. Vali stands next to me and gazes at Crom Cruach. “You must be Crom Cruach.”
“Yes, indeed. The current Hakuryuukou.”
Both of them glare at each other speechlessly. An unexplainable battle of aura is emitting out of their bodies and it gets even thicker. Sensei then says to Vali. “Vali! You are late. You left the Carmilla’s territory before me, but why did you arrive late?”
It’s exactly like Sensei said. We were informed about Vali before we came here. And I was feeling doubt since he wasn’t here till now. Then Vali says. “A lot happened. I was interfered with on my way here. By that man from Lucifugus, Euclid Lucifugus that is.”
—! Euclid Lucifugus! Is the reason why Vali couldn’t come here till now is because he was facing that man? Sensei asks him once again. “Where are Bikou and the others?”
“……The group of Maverick Magicians, “Hexennacht”, was it? I got caught by the possessor of the Holy Cross who is affiliated with them. So they are taking on that woman.”
“So the Holy Cross is also officially cooperating with the Khaos Brigade as well…… I truly am disgusted to hear the relic being involved in such a situation. Now all of the relics among the Longinus are connected with the Khaos Brigade, God of the Bible……!”
Sensei spits it out as though he is truly disgusted. ……So even the Holy Cross possessor from Hexennacht is cooperating with Khaos Brigade! All of them such as the Holy Spear, the Holy Grail, and the Holy Cross are being misused! ……I even want one of them to come to our side! In order for that to happen, we can’t hand over the Holy Grail at all cost! Vali asks me who is having new determination. “—Hyoudou Issei, do you have the confidence to beat Crom Cruach?”
“Judging from the aura covering his body……I do realise that he’s insanely strong.”
“At this current point, he’s clearly above you.”
Yeah yeah, I pretty much thought so. I don’t know why, but having this guy tell me something I already know pisses me off. “You can say that I have a chance to defeat him but at the same time I also don’t.”
……Now that’s rare. For this guy to rate himself low. That proves how strong the humanoid Dragon front of us is. Vali then continues. “—But, I……have some business with the one who will probably be present at the place after this. So I don’t want to waste my energy as much as possible. ……I was after this Dragon as well, but that’s a different matter. Right now I need to meet the other one. That’s why—”
So Vali also doesn’t want to waste his energy. So he’s after Rizevim rather than Crom Cruach? The one who is supposed to be his grandfather. I did hear that he holds resentment towards him. I do realise what Vali is trying to say. “So you want to fight together?”
“You don’t want to?”
“No, that may not be a bad idea. I was having a hard time in order to save Gya-suke’s friend. The truth is I also don’t want to waste my stamina against this guy.”
I honestly don’t want to fight an Evil Dragon. Peace is the best. My body will be lost if I fight against a brutal Dragon like him. There’s no way……I can allow something foolish such as to lose my body before having sex with Rias, Akeno-san, Xenovia, and Irina! Vali smiles while not knowing what was going through my head. “So we have an agreement.”
Yeah, we sure do. The last time was against Loki. Sensei then says. “……If these guys can’t beat him, then there’s nothing else we can do. Rias, we should recover our stamina that we wasted against the guys we fought before. Let’s leave this to the Two Heavenly Dragons. We will have these two use their power!”
“……I would want to fight alongside with them, but it would be better if I take a little break in order to shoot that again. Either way, if the Two Heavenly Dragons are going wild, then our support will become a hindrance to them instead.”
Rias nods reluctantly to it. After I confirm that, I start my chant. —This is the part where I will give my all! “—I, the one to awaken am the Sekiryuutei who holds up the truth of the King up-high! Holding the infinite hope and indestructible dream and walking the road of righteousness! I will become the Emperor of the Crimson Dragon—”
“And I will lead you to the path of Heaven glowing in deep Crimson light!”
My armour turns red and is overflowing with strength. Alright, I’m fully prepared now! I’ll go at my fullest strength against Crom Cruach then! That guy Vali……isn’t turning silver. Well, I did hear that form of his wastes more energy than this form of mine. So he must be thinking of using that against Rizevim if he has to use it. “……I’m sorry, Hyoudou Issei. I can’t use Juggernaut Overdrive. Just before, I already wasted so much stamina that I can’t use it now.”
—! Seriously? So he already used up the stamina he needs to change into that form before he came here!