…Although countries throughout the human world have dispatched their own troops, they definitely won’t be able to stop the advance of Trihexa. If this continues, one of them will reach Japan, and the other will wreak serious destruction onto the cities of Europe.”
The Japanese Youkai, Angels, warriors of the Church, and even the Vampires and humans were launching their attacks, but were still unable to stop the march of Trihexa. …Even though there were obviously god-class beings assisting in combat, and our combat strength was more than ten times what it was during the [Demonic Beast Riot], we were still unable to stop the enemy; clearly, the strength of the enemy far exceeded that time. Sensei raised two fingers. “Generally speaking, in order to carry out the operation to stop the Holy Grail, Valerie needs to be together with [DxD]; so we should work in two separate groups, where one group goes to Japan, and the other to Europe.”
Bikou of the Vali team asked sensei
“Do we still not know whether it’s Aži Dahāka or Apophis who is holding on to the Holy Grail? If we can’t figure that out, it’s not a good idea to split our forces.”
Indeed, it was as Bikou said, we would be much more efficient in battle if we knew that. If we didn’t know which side it was and brought Valerie along with us, it would simply add to the danger of it. Ikuse Tobio-san said
“Former Governor Azazel has already discussed this with me, and my nakama are currently investigating. It’s almost time for their report…”
As expected of sensei! He tasked the Slash Dog team with finding the Holy Grail since the beginning. Sensei continued
“Valerie and Gasper will be together, and it’s possible that they move between both sides. As soon as they find out that one side doesn’t have it, they’ll immediately transport to the other side with a teleportation magic circle. In the worst situation, it would still be twice as dangerous.”
Although Valerie tilted her head in confusion, Gasper maintained a calm expression. If Valerie wasn’t here, Gasper might have been so afraid that he wouldn’t be able to even move. Anyway, I personally…want to stop the Trihexa which is moving towards Japan! That place is where I was born and raised. That is also the place where people need my help! Whilst having the same thoughts, Rias looked into my eyes, and then laughed softly. Rias solemnly asked sensei
“I wonder if the [DxD] members responsible for the defence of Japan will be the Occult Research Club?”
Sensei laughed
“Well, I knew you would say that. Anyway, Gasper, Valerie, Rias, and the others will stay together first. After the subsequent reports afterwards, we’ll have to decide which side to go to. First, we’ll head out to battle with the members we have right now.”
Well, which side is the Holy Grail on…. Rias then asked Vali
“Vali, which side are you guys going to?”
Vali replied
“I’m going to the Trihexa which has appeared in Europe.”
Bikour, Kuroka, Arthur, Le Fay and Fenrir also agreed as they nodded. “In that case, we’ll go over to that side too.”
Ikuse-san was going together with Vali and the others. …I looked over, and saw a blonde woman that I had never seen before…. It was an extraordinarily beautiful onee-san! Ah, she looked up, and smiled at me! —Ouch, uh, owww! My head hurts again! Damn it, I just thought about it instinctively, and my troubles have begun again! If this lasts forever, I may really be finished! I hope I get well soon! Kiba quietly told me
(“That woman is a witch under Mephisto-kaichou, Lavinia Reni-san, the possessor of the Longinus [Absolute Demise], and is also a member of the Slash Dog team. …By the way, she’s an existence like Vali’s onee-san.”)
No way!? A Longinus possessor! Indeed, I had heard that Mehphisto-kaichou had such a person under him. I didn’t expect that it was such a beautiful onee-san! And she’s also like Vali’s onee-san!? That bastard, he clearly said that he wasn’t interested in women, yet he has such a beautiful onee-san!? Also, since he already has such a beautiful woman, he naturally wouldn’t look at the bodies of the women on his side…. At that time, Ravel raised her hand, and inquired about the strategy. “If it split itself according to its number of heads, shouldn’t there be seven heads? But, only six of them have appeared right now…. So where is the remaining one?”
Trihexa had currently appeared in six different places. There was also one which we didn’t know the whereabouts of…? Sensei replied
“It appeared in the Dimensional Gap. It should be looking into Great Red’s condition, or perhaps seeking their long-awaited aspiration, the gate to another world. In any case, the level of danger hasn’t changed, and each faction has deployed their forces to begin the battle.”
The remaining one was in the Dimensional Gap…. It was quite lucky that it didn’t show up in the Underworld where the Devils were…. Perhaps reading my thoughts, sensei continued
“If this goes on, Trihexa will also appear in the Underworld. For now, barriers which prohibit the use of teleportation magic have been activated at the places where Trihexa has shown up. I don’t know how long that barrier will stay effective for, and if isn’t able to stop it, Trihexa will definitely appear in the vicinity of the Underworld.”
…It was just by chance that it didn’t appear at the Devils’ side this time. That’s right, there were seven heads, so if those seven were transported again, one of them would definitely appear in the Underworld. We couldn’t afford to be careless in the current situation. Rossweisse-san also added something to the briefing on the operation. Rossweisse-san was a major contributor to the research for sealing Trihexa. “This is a strategy to stop the Holy Grail. All seven of the Trihexas which have appeared in the various territories and the Dimensional Gap will be bound by the special restraining barrier which Azazel-sensei and I have developed simultaneously. Although it has a time limit, it’ll definitely be able to stop that monster. It was originally only for the two which were in the human world. But, it is unknown what the remaining five will do. In order to prevent them from making any moves, we’ve decided to stop all seven of them at the same time. …However…”
Seeing Rossweisse-san pause in her speech, sensei picked up from where she stopped
“At present, that barrier will only work once before it becomes useless. If it has to be used again, we’ll need to rebuild a new barrier from scratch. It will also develop a resistance towards barriers. Also, the barrier is only effective against Trihexa, it doesn’t have any effect against the army of mass-produced Evil Dragons or fake Sekiryuutei, which makes it very dangerous.”
There was only going to be one battle. …There was no room for failure. Hearing that, I couldn’t help becoming nervous…! Vali said
“The real battle starts once Trihexa is stopped, right?”
Azazel-sensei nodded.