“Is that so, Albion. But there’s no meaning if it doesn’t hit!”
Just as he says, I won’t be able to even graze him with my skill. Damn it! If it’s like this, I should have learned more swordplay from Kiba! Next time I’ll train seriously! In this Balance Breaker state, it’s temporarily possible to use my doubling ability whenever and however I want. [However, every time you use it your stamina or magical power will be consumed. The doubling ability will proportionally take away stamina to how high it is. That’s my original Balancer Breaker ability. Although this is a temporary Balance Breaker state, wouldn’t you just be committing an act of folly by exhausting the power that maintains your armour with just one use? Even the bracelet you got from Azazel has its limits. Every time you use it, the time for using Balance Breaker will decrease.] So even just maintaining this state uses up stamina! Vali’s side must have a lot of surplus! [Your opponent Vali seems to have a tremendous amount of magic power. As a paired existence, the Hakuryuukou will also shave off power every time he uses his ability, but if the host’s stamina is great, then the time in which he can use it will also be enormous.] Tch…! What an unpleasant reality! The difference in power between me and Vali is decisive! As I thought, I’m a lot weaker! That’s obvious. He has a complete Balance Breaker. I on the other hand got a lot of help and have a Balance Breaker that is severely limited. No, before that, me and that guy—our basic specs are too different! Don! Guhah…! At that instant, I choked. A heavy-fisted blow hit me in the chest! Heavy! Rather, it was too fast for me to see. What a shot! My legs trembled from just this! T-There was also a crack in my armour! If I receive many of these kinds of hits, it'll abruptly be over! “So this is my rival! Hahahaha! How embarrassing! Weak! Too weak!”
Vali harshly made fun of me. But, I really did feel that way. “Ise!”
Buchou seemed worried as she watched me. I don’t want to show an uncool appearance in front of the woman I fell in love with! I was born between parents from ordinary families, was reborn as a devil, and by chance obtained the power of a dragon. He was born with the lineage of the Old Maou and got the power of a legendary dragon. There is no talent in me. And in him, there is an overflowing amount of talent. The strongest host that can control the power of his Sacred Gear, the ideal existence. That is certainly Vali. [Divide!] I heard a voice from the Hakuryuukou’s gauntlet, and my power instantly vanished. Did he have my power!? Was it activated from the blow I received to my chest before!? [Boost!] However, I also activated my own Sacred Gear and my power was restored. [Partner, the power that was halved was restored by my power, but—. The [Vanishing Dragon]’s other ability is troublesome.] Ddraig, what do you mean? [That guy halves his opponent’s power and then adds the decreased portion of power to himself. In other words, you’re power is taken away and turned into his own power. Stamina can’t be recovered. It’s only power to the end.] T-Then, even if I reset from the minus, that guy will become plus!? [That’s right. However, no matter how amazing the host is, he has a limit. Power that goes beyond his capacity is released from the wings of light on his back and he keeps maintaining his power limit without destroying his body.] So then he always kept his power at its peak without bursting and destroying himself…
“Come on, come on!”
Seeming to enjoy himself, Vali fired a seemingly endless number of magic bullets. I couldn’t run away as I wished either. The rounds after rounds of bullets he lightly fired left heavy damage. I could easily imagine that I had become completely covered in bruises. Kuh…I’d like to shower him with my own blows somehow. If not, I won’t be able to restrain this dark thing that has been born in my heart…! As Vali continued attacking, he resumed his irritating tone. “Your attacks are also dull. You just plunge in. It’s meaningless in that case. What a waste of a treasure. Your use of your power is also unskillful.”
Ah, is that so? I’m unskilled, am I? If it’s that, I know. “At this rate the rival showdown between the Hakuryuukou and the Sekiryuutei will be—”
Gooooooooooooooooon! Before he could finish talking, I made magic power suddenly spout from the jets on my back and plunged into the barrage of bullets. The magic bullets entirely struck various places on my body. It hurts! But, so what! Just one shot—. Just one shot is fine! I strongly clutched my left hand. Power on just this single point here is enough. Besides, I don’t need any power to turn! I’ll also throw away all defences now! The magic bullets were shot at my armour, and my armour was destroyed little by little. My face area was also hit and the mask part was also shattered. “So you’re charging? You really know nothing of combat, to go as far as repeating the same tactic. Something like that—”
Vali deployed what seemed to be a shield of light in front of him and tried to defend, but—. “Ddraaaaaig! Transfer power to the stored Ascalon!”
[Understood!] [Transfer!!] Dokun! A surge of massive power flowed into my left arm. After all, I don’t have any sword knowledge. In that case, I can only lodge the power into my fist while the sword is still stored in my gauntlet! If it’s just hitting, even I can do it! Gon! My fist destroyed his shield of light with no trouble and I made his face eat a sharp blow. “—???????? ?”
Whether it was because he received an unexpected blow or not, that guy’s posture was violently bent. Baki…
Cracks spread from the edges of the mask on the Hakuryuukou’s helmet, and part of Vali’s face peeked through the crumbling portion. —This is it! I grasped my hand around the base of the Hakuryuukou’s wings of light that were said to gush out excess power. “Apparently the effect of your Sacred Gear comes from here. In that case!”
[Transfer!!] I transferred my power to the Vanishing Dragon Scale Mail before it was in excess. At that instant, I was struck by the feeling that power had suddenly been removed from my body. So it consumed a fair amount of stamina and magic power! But, it’s fine like this! “I’ll raise the power you absorb and the power you emit all at once! To the extent that you can’t deal with it!”
“Kuh!”
Biiiiiiin! All of the Vanishing Dragon Scale Mail’s jewels started to nonsensically glow white, red, blue and yellow over and over again. As it did so, the dragon power that I had felt from his body, to the extent of being absurd, vanished.(!) I had forced him to activate the special ability of his Sacred Gear. His ability stole the opponent’s power and used it as his own fuel. However, since the limit of the power he adds was already decided, it depended on the capacity of the host. Power that goes beyond the limit was gushed out from his wings of light and disposed of.