Her tail was divided into nine, and overall she looked even bigger than Fenrir. This was the legendary youkai -- the nine-tailed fox! Fenrir's figure had slim shoulders and a narrow waist, and was beautiful as a drawing, but the kyuubi leader's form was just as entrancing. Tannin-ossan's dragon poise was also very cool. Do all legendary monsters have such charming figures? ...No matter how you look at them, those eyes had no emotion at all. She must be being controlled... Are we able to persuade her? Will we have no choice but to fight Yasaka-san in her current state? I questioned Cao Cao sternly. "Cao Cao! Making this replica Kyoto and controlling the kyuubi leader, what kind of conspiracy are you planning!?" Cao Cao tapped the shaft of the spear against his shoulder audibly as he answered. "The existence of Kyoto itself is actually a large scale magical device surrounded by powerful leylines. The various places known as famous sights are the power spots, abundant in spiritual, youkai and demonic power. The ancient yin yang masters (onmyoji) hoped to mould the city itself into a kind of massive 'power.' Well, precisely because of that, all sorts of existences have been attracted to this place... Our current pseudo space is located in the dimensional gap, both infinitesimally close to and infinitely far away from Kyoto at the same time. The power of the leylines is now flowing here. As the strongest level of existence amongst youkai, the nine-tailed fox is said to be on the level of the dragon kings in power. The relationship between Kyoto and the nine-tailed fox is also intricately linked in a variety of ways. That is why our plan must be carried out here." Exhaling, Cao Cao continued with shocking words.
" --Using Kyoto and the power of the nine-tailed fox, the plan is to summon Great Red to this place. This would normally require a dragon gate as well as multiple dragon kings, but gathering several of them by force is virtually impossible even for god and buddha -- So Kyoto and the power of the kyuubi will have to do as substitutes." --...W-What are you saying...? "Great Red? Why do you want to summon that massive dragon? That fellow, all he wants to do is swim and fly around in the dimensional gap, but he is harmless to everyone, right?" "Correct, that dragon is essentially harmless. -- But to our boss his existence is an obstruction. It makes going home very troublesome." -- Ophis? Ophis' appearance as a young girl floated into my mind. The boss of the terrorists. From the perspective of the three great Bible factions, an existence like a final boss. To fulfill her wish of returning to the dimensional gap? But doing that could cause adverse effects to the entire world? It's no joking matter! "...So you are going to summon Great Red and kill it?" Cao Cao shook his head at my question. "Well, maybe we won't go that far. Anyway, we will catch it first before we decide what to do. There are so many unknowns with its existence, and there is so much to be learned. For example, what effect the Dragon Eater will have on the Apocalypse Dragon. Anyway, no matter what, it's just an experiment to see if we can summon a powerful existence." -- The dragon eater? It was a term I heard for the first time. I was surprised, but for sure it will be an ominous character. "...I don't understand these things, but I am sure bad things will occur after you capture that gigantic dragon. Also, the kyuubi leader must be returned." I had hardly finished my sentence, when Xenovia had already pointed her sword at Cao Cao. -- The sheathed Durandal, the various parts of the sheath began to move and transform. Woosh! With a violent sound, the mobile portions of the sheath began releasing a large amount of holy aura! It covered the entire length of the sword, and the massive aura shaped itself into a blade! This is the new Durandal? The offensive aura was not affecting the surroundings but was wrapped around the sword instead. Even standing next to it, I could feel the powerful pulse of the aura from behind my armour. I see, so the new Durandal has combined with its sheath? The sheath was keeping Durandal's power under control very well. "Like Ise said, your conspiracies may be very deep, but no matter what, you will bring disaster to us and the people around us. --Eliminating you all, right here, is the best solution." Kiba nodded and agreed with Xenovia's declaration of war. "I also agree with Xenovia's opinion." "Me too!" In response, Irina created a sword of light in her hand. "It's always a battle to the death when the Gremorys are involved." Saji sighed as he spoke. Sorry Saji, this kind of stuff is what we get into all the time...
"Fine, this is for everyone at school and my friends anyway --"
Many black snakes appeared from Saji's arms, legs and shoulders and began to entangle his body. As his body was covered entirely with black snakes, a large black serpent also appeared under Saji's feet. The massive serpent presented itself next to Saji and formed a coil, its whole body emitting black flames. Saji's left eye turned red and resembled a snake's eye. Saji's presence was unbelievable! Sensei, you upgraded him way too much!? This, this guy, even in normal mode, was completely different from that time during the Rating Game in the Underworld! "...Vritra, I'm sorry but please lend me your strength. Hyoudou please support me from the side. Today we will fight to our hearts' content!" As Saji muttered, huge black flames appeared all around. The huge serpent began to speak in a deep voice! "Ah my other self. Where is the prey? Is it that holy spear? Or that fox? Either is fine. It's been so long since I last appeared, I feel great right now. How about this, no matter who, let me just consume everything with my black flames?" Wow... what a scary speech, this snake of flame. By the way, its consciousness recovered to the level of acquiring speech, eh? So this is part of the dragon king. A completely different feeling of pressure compared to Tannin-ossan. It's a bit scary and horrifying. It was said that Vritra excelled at capturing the power of opponents. Just as I was about to order "OK, let's capture youkai-form Yasaka-san first", at that instant --
Wooooosh! It was the sound of Xenovia raising Durandal to the heavens and a massive aura gushing forth from the blade! Expanding to over fifteen metres tall in an instant, the blade of holy aura appeared before my eyes. It looked as if it was about to pierce the heavens. Sooooooooo long! Sooooooooo cool! Sooooooooooo amazing! Before, the Durandal plus Ascalon combination also produced a great aura. At the time, there was a pulse of spiritual energy like a pillar of light, but it's nothing compared to the current spectacle. But then this time, the offensive aura was not diffused or spreading around like before. I could see that most of its power was concentrated together. I say, Xenovia-san!