Gasper who was charging straight towards him from the front dodged just in the nick of time — the buildings behind him had all collapsed from the impact of his punch against the air! “—This can’t be real right!? That’s the aftermath of his punch alone!? That’s on par with Sairaorg isn’t it! ?”
Rias expressed her amazement! It’s just as she said! Aside from Sairaorg-san, there’s actually another person who can destroy objects with only the shockwaves from their fist! On top of that, this was a human, and also a jiji! Xenovia said to us
“His Eminence’s punch is known as the [Holy Punch]. Even his punch contains holy energy! Be careful everyone, Devils will suffer immense damage from that if they’re hit!”
In such situations, one could only make a wry smile! Gasper evaded the punch, and charged towards his body! Seeing this happen, Strada raised Durandal for the first time. A dense holy aura radiated out, and enveloped the entire sword! Gasper began punching at his large body! Each of these attacks carried enough power to send an ordinary Devil flying! However, that old man Strada used the body of Durandal’s replica or shifted his own body to easily parry each of these attacks! He was using power to counter power…! Gasper wanted to supress Durandal — but instead he was overpowered and pushed back by its immense holy aura! A portion of the darkness covering him peeled off, and a small part of Gasper’s flesh could be seen. “—What’s going on, that holy sword actually has this much power…! ?”
Gasper’s darkness was extremely tough, and couldn’t be stripped off by any ordinary holy aura. After all, he was known as the incarnation of the Demon God Balor. Even in a short period of time, to be able to peel off Gasper’s darkness was evidence of this old man being beyond common sense. “Well, I’m coming next!”
Saji was wearing jet-black armour, and ignited black flames, then extended out numerous lines! Strada, who was hit by these lines simply swung Durandal with a light horizontal motion — everyone present felt a momentary chill, and then ducked down! Something flew over our heads at high speed! I turned my head to look behind at the replica buildings in this artificial space. Perhaps the waves which he released were too sharp, thus the buildings didn’t collapse at all, and there was only a horizontal line across the buildings. Even the glass windows had not been shattered from it…how sharp was the wave that he released to leave behind just a horizontal line…! Saji’s lines had also been cut cleanly in two, and even the black flames had vanished for now after the release of that holy wave! “Damn it!”
Saji fearlessly continued to release vast black flames! So long as it hit, the curse would take effect, and the flames which never died out would burn the opponent! Alternatively, it could also drain the strength of the opponent! However, all of Saji’s black flames were erased by a light swing of Durandal’s replica! Even with the shockwaves of his punch, Saji’s black flames could be blown away! Saji determined that direct attacks would be useless, so he created a black wall of flames surrounding Strada on all sides! This was Saji’s best barrier! But, that jisan turned around, and using the momentum of his rotation to swing Durandal, he effortlessly split the wall of flames in two! Seeing all of his black flames being extinguished, Saji cried
“What is this, that jiji! ?”
Exactly! What exactly is this, that jiji! This could be called unreasonable, or that it exceeded common sense, and against all the reason, he supressed them with just brute force! Strada shook his head as he said
“It’s because you rely too much on these powers given by God — Sacred Gears.”
He raised his fist, and declared
“There is no particular reason for my strength. But my own flesh and blood is the result of constant training, and the experience of countless battles. As long as you always maintain your faith in God, and do not forget to care about your body, power will be built in your soul. Children — is there any power within your soul?”
……Even if you say that, we also have things that we cannot back down on. We’re also known as attackers of the power type. Moreover, his words emphasised power, known as [Power Idiots?? lit. (muscles even in the brain)], this was an obvious challenge to us of the Gremory household! Everyone seemed to have the same thoughts as me, and the rising energy inside them could be seen from the expression of their faces. We’ve fought until now, even if we stayed silent, we were also able to tacitly match this guy’s fighting style! “Jisan, I also need to get serious.”
After I announced this, I began the crimson chant! “—I, who is about to awaken, am the Sekiryuutei who holds the truth of the king up high! Holding the infinite hopes and unbreakable dreams and walking the path of righteousness! I will become an Emperor of Crimson Dragon—”
“And I will lead you to the Path of Heaven, glowing in deep crimson light—!”
[Cardinal Crimson Full Drive!!!!] Wearing crimson armour, I opened my dragon wings, and flew to the front! I already knew very well that even if I moved around in mid-air as I tried to get closer that it would be meaningless! In that case, I might as well just use high-speed to close the distance in an instant, and then simply go for a direct attack! I changed my right arm into the Welsh Dragonic Rook’s, and then attacked! [Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost!!] I increased my power and concentrated it into my right fist! A huge amount of dragonic power was gathered! [Solid Impact Booster!!!!] Close combat — this single strike was of the highest level! With my right fist raised high for this heavy blow, attempting to block it from the front was not a good idea! He didn’t intend to evade, and instead opened his stance! However, if my deduction was correct, this old man would — that’s right, this old man with such power was called Vasco Strada, he would actually…would actually! Defend against my punch head on! He held the Durandal replica in front of his chest, blocking my fist! My Solid Impact fiercely collided with the Durandal replica, and the aftershock of our collision blew away everything in the surrounding area! …The force of my punch…had been completely nullified by him! What kind of joke is this! I just unleashed a full-powered attack! That jisan was actually able to withstand that blow using the replica of Durandal!? The two people who just clashed and blocked each other naturally jumped backwards to increase their distance. At the same time that I finished my attack, Kiba and Irina charged forth again! Then Koneko-chan and Akeno-san also came to assist! Kiba and Irina repeatedly slashed at him, but Strada-jisan did the same as he did before, using minimal movements of Durandal or his body to dodge or deflect the assault!