My stats as a Devil were still low. I wanted to get stronger…… I was definitely going to survive this battle! Then I was going to get even stronger and become the “Ultimate Pawn” that Buchou was talking about! GARUUUUUUUU. Ummmm, I could hear a dangerous howl…… I turned around with scared thoughts and……
“There’s another one! ?”
Another Cerberus appeared from the darkness! Don’t joke around! It’s not a joking matter that another one appeared! GAAAAAAAAOOOOO! It made a howl and it came towards me and Asia! Crap! Should we run!? The boosts won’t get reset as long as I don’t attack and receive any attacks! I had to run while carrying Asia! But it seemed like there was nowhere to run to in a school field like this! “Ise! Just use the boost to increase your powers!”
Buchou gave me the permission to use the boosted power. That would be the best choice. But if I used it here, then it seemed like it would be used just to run away! But it couldn’t be helped if it was to protect Asia! It happened when I was about to do it. SLASH! One of the heads of the Cerberus that was coming at us went up into the sky. It was cut! By who? Kiba? But the person who appeared was the one who wielded a long Excalibur. It was Xenovia. The head of the Cerberus that was cut turned to dust. “I have come to back you up.”
STEP! After saying that, Xenovia went on slashing towards the Cerberus' torso. The Cerberus howled in pain because it lost one of its heads. GAAAAAAOOOOOOO!! The Cerberus’ torso split in half after receiving a fatal strike. There was smoke coming out, and the Cerberus started to vaporise. It was the effect of the holy-sword. “The strike of the holy-sword. It gives critical damage to creatures.”
STAB! Xenovia thrust her sword deep into the Cerberus’ chest to finish it off. That moment, the Cerberus’ body turned into dust and disappeared. My gauntlet started to flash. It hadn’t even reached the limit. But what was this phenomenon? I was feeling doubtful when Ddraig talked to me,
[It’s telling you that it has reached the stage where the Cerberus can be defeated if you transfer it to Rias Gremory or Himejima Akeno.] Are you serious? Since when did it get such a convenient system? [It means that both you and the Sacred Gear are evolving day by day. It has made possible what you desired. As you can’t tell the power difference between you and the opponent, you didn’t know how many boosts you needed. It has started to tell you now.] I certainly thought about that, but it actually responded to my weak point? So it means it can respond to the power difference between me and my opponent now. That’s certainly a good thing! I shouted towards Buchou and Akeno-san who were flying up the sky. “Buchou! Akeno-san! I have got enough power to take down Cerberus!”
Hearing that, Buchou and Akeno-san looked at each other and nodded. Both of them came down to me at the same time. “Ise! You increased the strength of the cross and holy water in the battle against Raiser, right?”
“Eh? Ah, I certainly did.”
“So it’s possible to increase both of us at the same time then! Please transfer the power to Akeno and I! Ddraig. It was all of a sudden that time, but is it possible? [Yeah. If it’s just two at the same time then it’s possible. Except that I can only transfer 70 to 80 percent of the boosted power.] I explained that to Buchou and Akeno-san. The two of them were okay with it. “I think that would be enough.”
“Yes. We can do it.”
[PLEASE!] Buchou and Akeno-san replied at the same time. I put my hand on Buchou’s and Akeno-san’s shoulders and activated my Sacred Gear. “Let’s do it, Boosted Gear!”
[Transfer!!] HEARTBEAT. An enormous amount of power went to Buchou and Akeno-san through my body. They instantly gained an enormous amount of demonic-power. Both of them were shocked at the amount of power that was overflowing from them. “……We can do this.”
Akeno-san nodded to Buchou’s daring smile. “Akeno!”
“Yes! Thunder! Resound!”
Akeno-san pointed her fingers to the sky and started to control the thunder. Her fingers were aimed towards the Cerberus. ! The Cerberus tried to run from the spot as if it predicted the upcoming thunder! STAB! Countless swords pierced through the Cerberus' limb! The swords were coming out from the ground! This is……
“I won’t let you escape.”
The person who appeared was our “Knight”! It was Kiba’s Sword-Birth! That guy came at a good time! FLASH! The thunder went down at Cerberus after it lost its movement due to the demonic-swords. The lightning was so big that it couldn’t be compared to the one before! The lightning covered more than half of the school grounds! RUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEE!! “!”
The howl of the Cerberus was overshadowed by the sound, and its body turned to nothingness from the lightning. Because of its major power up, the potential demonic-energy got used up rapidly responding to the strength of it. Even if it was Buchou and Akeno-san, continuous shots would have been hard for them as well. The moment the big dog disappeared, Buchou pointed her hand towards Kokabiel! “Take this! Kokabiel!”
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN!! There was a gigantic mass of demonic-power that shot out from Buchou’s hand! “It’s huge!”
I slipped my words. It was more than 10 times bigger than the usual shot Buchou fires! It gained high velocity and went towards the leader of the Fallen-Angels who was sitting up in the sky! The power of destruction fell on top of Kokabiel! Perish with that! But… He just stretched one of his hands to the front. BAAAAAAAANG!! He was blocking Buchou’s shot with only one of his hands! You must be joking! He stopped a gigantic shot like that with only one hand!? GUUUN! Kokabiel faced his palm towards the sky. The shot that was fired by Buchou changed its direction and went up to the sky and disappeared. Kokabiel showed his malicious smile after seeing the smoke coming out of his hand. “I see. Rias Gremory’s power would grow this much because of the power of Sekiryutei. Interesting. This is very interesting indeed. Kukuku.”
Kokabiel started to laugh by himself as if he find it funny. “…It’s complete.”
Balba’s voice. Then the four Excaliburs that were placed on the center of the school field started giving out incredible amounts of light. What is it? What was happening? Kokabiel started applauding. “The four Excaliburs are going to become one.”
It started giving out divine light that spread throughout the school field. Because of its brightness, we covered our faces with our hands. When I stared at the center of the school field, I saw that the four Excaliburs were put on top of each other. Excalibur that was originally one. It was split into seven, but four of them were going to become one. When the bright lights were gone, there was one holy-sword at the center of the field giving out a blue-white aura. “Because of the light created by the Excalibur when it turned into one, the spell on the ground is also complete. This town will collapse within 20 minutes.