The battle is just beginning, are you trying to break the rules by attacking early again!?
" --Strike first and end the battle. Taste my sword!" As if retorting against the protests in my heart, Xenovia smashed her massive sword of holy light and aura down upon the heads of the Hero faction! Like the felling of a heavy log, the new Durandal crashed down to crush them. Crash! A massive aura pulse engulfed buildings, structures and the entire scenery! The ground split into two, the resulting tremor caused everyone to fall to their knees! After the attack, the entire area -- was a total mess. The massive aura attack had also crossed over Nijou Castle's moat and even destroyed outside buildings and roads further beyond, leaving nothing behind! ...Shocking! What devastating offensive power! "Hoo..."
Xenovia took a deep breath and wiped the sweat off her forehead with her hand. Durandal returned to its sheathed state once again. Was it over with just a breath! And what's with that mission accomplished face! Using a final finishing move at the very start! No no, perhaps this might be a good result! "Hey Xenovia! Isn't that going overboard for a first attack?" I was a bit emotional as I spoke, but Xenovia simply made a victory sign with her hand. "The opening always requires such a strike." "So the battle with Loki also required such a sudden strike as well!? Hey hey hey..."
Talking to her was useless! "Relax. Despite what it looks like, I did adjust the power. If I felt like it I could have swept everything clean. My goal is actually to achieve something like your full powered Dragon Shot, but it doesn't seem to be that simple. Yes, your kind of power type is exactly the ideal battle style that I seek." "Don't just go 'yes' and be done with it! I'm not some kind of destruction freak!" This person was clearly a Knight, but only seeking power... Completely contrasting with Kiba. Perhaps she should have been better off as a Rook? Xenovia tapped the new Durandal. "This new Durandal is the result of combining with Excalibur using alchemy." -- With Excalibur? Really! Irina began to explain. "Let me explain. Basically, they used all the Excalibur pieces possessed by the Church to create a sheath to cover Durandal's blade. Excalibur's power allowed Durandal's offensive aura to be contained. In addition, Excalibur's power can attack at the same time as Durandal's, allowing their powers to amplify each other... and thus producing deadly destructive power!" Irina pointed at the destroyed wasteland. "I see, so Excalibur not only restrains Durandal's aura, it and Durandal also amplified each other's power. So by combining the two holy swords into one was how such a strong attacking power was produced." "Yes, Ise-kun. The fact that Durandal's aura could be applied to other holy swords, Heaven has already started related research on that." "Ah, during the match in summer, Xenovia kept Durandal in an alternate dimension, but could still wrap its aura around Ascalon. In the battle to recover Asia, she used the mutual amplification effect with Ascalon to raise the power of both their auras." "Yes yes. The Heaven faction came up with the idea of a new Durandal starting from that time." Irina spoke as she nodded. Ha... The union of Excalibur and Durandal into a single holy sword. But then, didn't the Church only possess six of the seven fragments, so they only used six to make that sheath? Xenovia raised her sword and muttered to herself.
" --Ex Durandal. This is the new name I give this sword." Ex Durandal. A name without objection. It was similar to the old name. Definitely, it should be a name like this. "Well, if they could be beaten in one hit then we'd have a much easier time." Xenovia shifted her gaze forward. ...I see. I didn't think those guys were inexperienced enough to be taken out by one attack. Clatter. From out of the rubble in the wasteland -- the surface of the ground, an arm rose up. A piece of earth was lifted, and out emerged many members of the Heroes Faction, covered by a thin mist. All of them looked a bit dirty -- but completely unharmed. Did that mist defend against the power of the holy sword? The huge man whose arm was the first to appear, was roughly two metres tall, and was flexing his neck loudly. Behind him, Cao Cao tapped his spear audibly on his own shoulder. They were unaffected by Xenovia's attack. Well, without that kind of power they wouldn't have been able to undertake terrorist activities against the various factions...
Cao Cao rubbed his chin and laughed. "Ah, not bad at all." It was a joyful tone that came from the depths of one's heart. "You guys can already hold your own without disadvantage against the bulk of the upper class devils -- no, the top servants of the upper class devils. Sister of the Maou, you sure have gathered a group of excellent servants. Once you start participating officially in the Rating Game, you should obtain a double digit ranking in no time -- and reach the top in a few decades? What a bright and glorious future. Shalba Beelzebub really underestimated you guys. That guy was a complete fool." Siegfried smiled wryly at Cao Cao's words. "Being bound by anachronistic pride, they couldn't see the new generation rising up to replace the old. That's how I'd put it. This is why Vali did not lend his assistance, and let the Old Maou faction perish. --Anyway, how should we proceed? After taking that attack just now, my excitement feels a little bit funny?" "Oh right. Then let's start the experiment." Cao Cao tapped the ground with his spear -- the kyuubi leader began to glow! What was going on! "Focus power into the force nodes of the nine-tailed fox and prepare to summon Great Red. Georg!" "Understood." On Cao Cao's orders, the youth wearing a mage-style robe over his uniform -- Georg reached out with his hand. What seemed to an endless number of magic circles appeared around him! Magical script and numbers began to spin rapidly within the circles! Matching Rossweisse-san in terms of the number of magic circles summoned! "...From a rough glance at those magic circles, I can see Norse, Demonic, Fallen Angel style, black magic, white magic, fairy magic... Quite a diverse array of spells..."
Rossweisse-san narrowed her eyes and spoke softly. A somewhat amazing mage? But that guy was the mist user? Not only was he a Longinus possessor, he was also a powerful sorcerer! A massive magic circle appeared underneath the kyuubi leader. That magic circle, though its appearance was different, I felt some of the crests to be familiar... Yes, last time when Sensei woke up that enormous Dragon King -- the consciousness of Midgardsormr, the magic circle then was very similar! Roar...
As she roared, Yasaka-san's pupils dilated, her eyes gave off a dangerous light and her golden fur stood on end! It was clearly an abnormal situation! This was going to get dangerous if it continued!? The mist user who is also a mage spoke.