Dungeons and Devils 2 (Chapter 15) (Patreon)

"Well... it looks like our training has come to an end." I smile as I look over the group. "To those that trained under me... you've left me impressed. Each of you learned more than I thought you would. Good job."

"Thank you for all you did." Kiba nods.

"I'll remember what you said and not lose hope..." Sari whispers.

"Fox Abs." Issane drools.

"Hey... Argo?" The tiny white haired girl begins. "Do... you think maybe we could hang out after this?"

"Hn? Sure. Why not." I shrug as I turn and walk away, arms folded behind my head. "Anyways, I'm off to watch the big game with Serafall and her hot rook. I believe in you all. Just keep observant and I know you can win... keep an eye out for Phoenix tears, they'll certainly be using them and there's no rule saying that they can't be used on yourself if you manage to steal them."

I turn back to look at the group and point at Rias. "Oh. By the way... Rias... a bit of Trivia for you... my name's an anagram."

"W... wait is Argo not your real name?" The red head blinks.

"Later." I wave as I disappear.

Koneko stiffens as I hide myself from even her Senjutsu.

Ahhh so fun to mess with... alas I've got a 'Story Quest' to sift through.

"Issane... this is your consciousness... Rias said that she'd show you her boobs if you all win the rating game." I echo, my voice ominously passing throughout the surroundings as I add in some 'spooky' ghost noises like 'ooooh and 'boooooo'.

"REALLY?!" The girl gasps. "HECK YEAH! LET'S BEAT THEIR ASSES!"

Rias, who was looking a little stunned at my revelation shakes her head in amusement and nods once. "Yes, Issane... that's right."

**Linebreak**

Gremory Trainer:
What's this? Your favorite target for trolling is about to be married to some devil in the underworld?! If that happens she'll be forced to go back there and you won't be able to mess with her anymore! HOW DARE THAT EVIL BASTARD GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR TEASING OF THAT IDIOTIC RED HEAD?! SHOW HIM THE WRATH OF A D&D MUNCHIN! Besides! Serafall is paying you! And as a slave to the almighty dollar bill, you've gotta put your 110% in!

Objectives:
Train Rias and her Peerage: [x]

Bonus Objective 1: {Comparison} {100% Completion}
Peerage Members are stronger than they would be at this point in time in 'canon': [x]
Rias: [x]  
Akeno: [x]
Kiba: [x]
Koneko: [x]
Issei: [x]
Asia/Asia Replacement: [x]

Bonus Objectives 2: {Locked Away Powers} {76.6% Completion}
Have one of the sacred gear wielders achieve Balance Breaker: 0/1 [-]  
Get Akeno to use her Holy Lightning: [x]
Get Koneko to use Senjutsu: [x]

Bonus Objectives 3: {Overall Strength} {71.5% Completion}
Have at least one of the peerage become twice as strong as normal: (5/1) [x] (Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Issei, Asia/Asia Replacement)
Have one of the peerage become three times as strong as normal:  (4/1) [x] (Akeno, Koneko, Issei, Asia/Asia Replacement)
Have one of the peerage become five times as strong as normal: (2/1) [x] (Issei, Asia/Asia Replacement)
Have one of the peerage become ten times as strong as normal: (2/1) [x] (Issei, Asia/Asia Replacement)
Have one of the peerage become twenty five times as strong as normal: (1/1) [x] (Asia/Asia Replacement)
Have one of the peerage become fifty times as strong as normal: 0/1 [-]
Have one of the peerage become one hundred times as strong as normal: 0/1 [-]

Bonus Objective 4: {Taught powers} {100% Completion}
Teach a person in the peerage beside Koneko Touki: (2/1) [x]
Teach Koneko Senjutsu arts she doesn't know: [x]

Bonus Objective 5: {The Supernatural Scale} {50% Completion}
Have one of Rias' Peerage become 'Medium Class': (5/1) [x]
Have one of Rias' Peerage become 'High Class': 1/1 [x]
Have one of Rias' Peerage become 'Ultimate Class': 0/1 [-]
Have one of Rias' Peerage become 'Satan Class or beyond': 0/1 [-]

Rewards: 98000 Electrum, Special Quality worth up to 100,000 Electrum, +1 Tail

'h-huh?!'

You have gained an additional tail. +5 to all stats. +2 to Enchantment and Illusion spell Dc.

Randomizing Special Quality:

Rings of power Admixture:
You may wear up to 10 total magic rings instead of merely 1 per hand, additionally, magic rings on one hand may have their effects combined at your behest to generate new and potentially more powerful effects.

I-I know that sort of went all in with this quest, but... nearly one hundred thousand electrum?! ANOTHER TAIL!?

I'll reach nine tailed status at level twenty one now...

I can apparently get tails aside from leveling up, so I may reach it even sooner.

'Purchase a level up, system.'

Cost to become level 10: 16,200 Electrum

Would you like to level up?  
(Yes) (No)

'yes.'

Confirmed.

I watch my hard earned electrum slowly lower.

'Give me another level up.'

Cost to become level 11: 40,000 Electrum

Would you like to level up?  
(Yes) (No)

'WOAH! Holy shit it more than fuckin' doubled?!

Well, I mean, yeah, I'm going to buy it again.

Confirmed.

Annnnd the next level?

Cost to become level 12: 48,400 Electrum

"…"

I glance to the left where my electrum is sat.

Current Electrum: 42,669

'fucking- wait... I have that twenty percent off coupon...'

Am I really willing to spend this item that I may not get another of just to get to a nice even six tails?

Of course, I am! Those six tails might save my life soon when Kokabiel rears his VERY ugly head!

Cost to become level 12: 38,720* Electrum

Would you like to level up?  
(Yes) (No)

'yes.'

Confirmed.

You have gained an additional tail. +6 to all stats. +3 to Enchantment and Illusion spell Dc.

I allow my tails to appear behind me as I glance back. "Huh... two tails in one day? That's... certainly some sort of record."

I wonder what Yasaka's expression is going to be? She knows that I have three tails... a year ago she was under the assumption that I would only have two when Kunou arrived...

She more than likely assumes that I have improved yet again and have gained four tails...

The six snake-like appendages lash out behind me as I smirk.

The fact that I've doubled my tails will be a real shocker.

I invisibly tear through the streets, leaping from rooftop to rooftop as power swells within my body.

Jumping across entire streets are Childsplay to my current power.

I scale the outside of my apartment complex quite easily and swing myself onto the walkway leading to my door.

I dispel all illusions and hide my tails as I slide my key into the lock.

The door opens as I strut inside. "Honey I'm home~"

Nothing happens for a few moments.

A blonde girl smashes into my chest and wraps her arms around me, she sniffles slightly. "Nagure!!! I missed so SO much! Why'd you have to go train that red haired bitch's peerage?!"

"Because Serafall asked me, is paying me...  and... oh. if she's being molested by her husband I can't gaslight her anymore."

She gives me a stare that just screams 'Really?'

"I'm a kitsune~ what do you expect?" I hum as my tails appear, one sweeping her leg and causing her to fall into my waiting arms.

My tails disappear before she can focus too intently on them as I carry her into the living room.

"W-Well, I expect to be held and comforted." The girl pouts.

"Perhaps that could be arranged~" I hum as smirk down at the girl and sit down. "Want to watch a rating game between an arrogant devil who thinks he's immortal and the group I spent the last two weeks beating into shape?"

"Hn. Normally I'm not too big into rating games, buuuut I believe I could make an exception this time~" she replies as she continues to sit on my lap, slowly sitting up from her lazy position and kissing me on the lips.

She pulls away after a moment. "But watching a rating game isn't all I want right now, Nagure."

"I'm so fucking pent up! I spent two WEEKS without sex, and I want to change that right fucking now-"

*Flash*

A teleportation circle appears on the floor a short distance away as Serafall teleports into the room, Neo at her side.

"Naguuuure! I missed you!" The woman sobs as she flops against my side.

"I missed you too Serafall... and you too Neo."

The multicolored girl simply sits on my other side and presses her face into my shoulder.

"Mnnnn." Mittelt lowly growls as she shoots a pouting glare at the two girls who just got in her way.

"Oh! Rias' game is starting!" Serafall exclaims as she holds out a hand towards the wall.

A large screen forms on the wall.

"You may begin."

**Linebreak**

Pov: elsewhere.

Two figures rush into the Gym.

"Issane. They are already here." The tiny white haired girl observes.

"Well well well, if it isn't the pathetic peerage of that stupid weeb~" a black haired girl scoffs. She has fair skin, blue eyes, and wears a qipao dress, her hair is tied into two Chinese style buns on each side of her head.

Beside her are three figures, the first two are identical, two children with lime green hair wearing white T shirts and black bloomers, they each have a school bag

The final girl is petite blue haired girl with brown eyes, wearing a white Japanese-style coat underneath an open red overshirt. In one hand she wields a bronze colored bo staff, her hair is the strangest part about her, it seems as if it is styled after an Axolotl.

"We should introduce ourselves." The blue haired girl smirks. "I am Mira, and I am a pawn."

"I'm Xuelan... Lord Riser's rook." The black haired girl picks up.

"I'm Ile and I'm a pawn!" One of the twins exclaims.

"I'm Nel, and I'm also a pawn!" The other finishes.

"Issane. Hold off those three." The white haired girl orders as she blurs forwards with a sudden burst of speed.

Riser's rook lunges forwards, matching Rias' expertly.

"Oh? You're not too bad. Huh, maybe those two weeks of training did SOMETHING!" With the final word fire coats her fist as she punches towards Koneko.

She avoids the first two punches effortlessly, merely tilting her head out of the way of the two jabs, as the Chinese girl shifts her stance and lashes out with numerous side kicks, her foot engulfed in flames.

Over towards the side, the three Phenex pawns rush at the Gremory pawn, the two little girls drawing chainsaws from their bags, causing the brown haired girl to let out a scream of terror as she turns on a dime and begins running away from the two girls as they cackle and rev their weapons of mass destruction.

"Huh?" The brown haired girl blinks as she looks over her shoulder. Seemingly noticing just how far away the two girls now are... and just how slow they move in her eyes.

Over at the battle between rooks, Koneko leans out of the way of a punch, her arm becoming nothing more than a blur as she does a cartwheel to regain her balance.

"GUACK-" the black haired rook gasps as her knees shake, she falls to her hands and knees and begins heaving on the gym floor.

Koneko uses her earlier sideways momentum to twist through the air and kick towards one of the pawns.

She covers the remaining twenty feet between her and her target in a matter of moments, her leg scything out and crashing into the face of the blue haired girl, forcing her to do an impromptu backflip as she is launched backwards, her head thunks against the wooden gym floor, crashing through the boards.

She glows blue as Koneko turns her attention back to the rook who is shakily getting to her feet.

A white outline surrounds the girl as she blasts forwards and kicks the rook in her stomach.

"Riser Phenex's first pawn has been retired."

The black haired girl rolls across the floor as Koneko appears in her path, grabbing the back of her head and slamming her head into the floor as her hand begins to faintly shimmer and crackle.

*CRACK*

The white haired girl slowly rises, staring down at the prone rook as she takes a deep breath, regaining some of her expended energy through brief meditation.

Xuelan begins to glow, and with a flash she disappears.

"Riser's Phenex's first Rook has been retired."

The gremory rook looks to the side just in time to see her brown haired companion step in between the two girls with chainsaws, grab the backs of their shirts and with one simple motion rip both off. "GET NAKEY!"

""KYAAAAAAA!""

The white haired girl stares at the wielder of the boosted gear with a look of disgust and violent confusion.

"Three of Riser Phenex's pawns have been retired."

The two small girls scream in embarrassment as Issane whirls around, grabs the back of their shorts and tears them off as well.

The two green haired girl sniffle as they cover their body with their arms, discarding their chainsaws.

"W-What is wrong with you?!" One of the twins ask.

"Your loli bodies are hot and I respect it." The brown haired girl announces as she proudly places her hands on her hips.

"Y-You're insane!" The other shouts.

"PERVERT!" Echoes her sister.

A voice speaks up from the magical ear piece. "Koneko are you two done?"

"Yes."

"Good. Move towards the principal's office to give Issane a Promotion." Rias commands.

"Rodger." The girl nods as she turns to look at the two now nude girls, pointing a finger at one of them.

Her thumb comes down like the hammer of a gun, sending a bead of senjutsu energy rocketing towards one of the twins.

It strikes the back of her head, causing the girl to let out a cry as she flops forwards, her body glowing as she fades into unconsciousness.

She does the same to the other girl.

"Two of Riser Phenex's pawns have been retired."

"Let's move, Pervert." The girl commands as the two of the Gremory peerage turn and rush towards the gym exit that leads into Kuoh academy proper.

As they leave, the white haired girl freezes, turns around and lunges for the brown haired girl, fluffy cat-like ears appear atop her head and two tails drift behind her.

An aura of touki surrounds her as a red glow begins shining right outside the doorway.

*BOOM*

A blast of magical power strikes Koneko's back, carrying her through the air.

An enormous explosion wipes out the wall of the gym as Koneko flips through the air and lands with a small slide.

She lets out a quiet huff of annoyance, tossing the brown haired girl in her arms aside.

All in all... she's alright.

She took a glancing blow from the explosion magic.

With touki and her rook durability it was nothing more than a rough shove.

It didn't even tear her clothes which is a miracle considering how utterly fragile Kuoh academy uniforms seem to be.

She'll chalk it up to her Touki.

"Oh? You dodged that?" A woman hums in amusement as she floats up in the sky, now visible through the hole in the gym wall. "Tch. Next time I won't miss."

Her head snaps up suddenly as she conjures a magical barrier.

White lightning smashes down on the shield spell as she grits her teeth letting out a groan as her hands shake. "HOLY ELEMENT?!"

She eventually manages to power through the attack, being left exerted and panting, she glares at a floating black haired girl, on her back are four wings, the upper two black and feathered, and the lower ones leathery and bat-like.

"A fallen angel?!"

The black haired girl in a shrine maiden's dress glares hatefully at her fingertips as she lets out a quiet sigh. her next words lack any of her normal amusement and mischievousness, being blunt and businesslike. "Koneko, Issane. Go ahead. I'll take care of this."

"Of course, Rias would take in someone like YOU of all people- KYAAA!" The queen of riser shrieks as three more bolts of lightning strike her.

She nearly falls from the sky but rights herself moments before hitting the ground below.

"You... YOU BITCH! I'LL PLUCK THOSE UGLY WINGS OF YOURS!" The purple haired bomb queen snarls.

Seeing that they are now more or less ignored, the rook and pawn of Gremory rush forwards and get into the main Kuoh Academy school building.

They see flashes of light outside, it appears someone is fighting in the baseball field.

It isn't Akeno and Yubelluna. They can hear the cracks of lightning and explosions from above.

Koneko shakes her head. It is better to focus on the task at hand before trying to help her peeragemates.

"Come on." Koneko orders as the two girls begin rushing through the halls.

The white haired girl slides to a halt, eyes wide as she cautiously stares at two figures at the end of the hall.

"See. Told you they wouldn't be enough." A woman hums with an amused smirk, hiding her smile behind her fingertips.

Beside her is a brown haired mustached man wearing a suit, at his side is a sheathed sword.

Those two aren't in Riser's peerage.

Koneko raises a hand to her earpiece. "Rias! Riser traded out some of his pieces for his parent's-"

She cuts off abruptly as the mustached man appears in front of her, blade arcing towards her side.

"WHAT?!"

In one split moment, Koneko moves, her fist cloaked in senjutsu energy as her hand comes up and punches the sharp edge of the blade.

Her gauntlets gain a deep gash as the man's sword arm is blown back.

He takes a single surprised step back to regain his balance as two orbs of demonic power shoot over his shoulder.

Koneko shifts her stance narrowing tilting her head around the blast as she sweeps one of her companion's legs, moving her head out of the way of the orb as she falls onto her ass.

"Issane RUN." She orders as she lunges forwards, bringing a hand up to her ear and crushing her communication device.

She can't afford to have her focus anywhere else but on this fight.

"Riser Phenex's first Bishop has been retired."

She needs to defeat at least one of these two... otherwise they are going to lose.

She ducks a slash, her fist punching for the man's center of mass.

He twists, bringing his rapier up to guard with the side of the blade.

He is shoved back, eyes widening once more as his shoes squeak on the wooden floor. "You have some power, girl. But it is tarnished. unrefined."

She allows her hands to fall as she shoots the guy a half-lidded glare.

He lunges forwards again with great speed, running along the wall for a moment to try and leap over the girl.

She responds by leaping at the wall and using it as a foothold to jump up and kick the guy, but he just blocks the attack again, the man gritting his teeth as he turns midair and softens his landing on the opposing hallway wall.

The rapier he wields is actually shockingly durable. A total contrast to its flimsy appearance.

Two blade-like blasts of water shoot towards Koneko's open side, she twists her body, narrowly avoiding both as they scrape along her touki aura.

She rolls across the floor, dodging a stab from the knight.

These two... are good.

They're in sync.

The knight and bishop from Riser's father. Both are probably high class in their own right... heck, judging by their age and the time they have been reincarnated they might be even stronger than Riser himself.

"You are... tiny..." The man observes. "You aren't very old, are you? Thirteen? Fourteen perhaps? You will achieve great things surely if you are this strong at this age... but we are not people you are capable of facing."

The man disappears with a blast of speed.

Blood flies from Koneko's mouth as she is stabbed through the stomach.

"This is where you retire." The man frowns down at the short animal eared girl.

Koneko snarls, her touki flaring as she grabs his wrist, blood drips from the corners of her mouth. "Maybe... but you're coming with me."

All of her Ki pools in her fist as the man rips his hand free and steps back out of range, leaving his sword stuck through the stomach of the girl.

Her arm comes up like a snake and strikes towards him.

His eyes widen as he ducks to the side, avoiding a blast of glowing air that shoots from her fist.

"That was dangerous." The man observes as he tugs his blade free with a simple motion, minimizing damage to the white haired girl as he pulls straight back. Koneko falls forwards, her shirt now being stained red with her own blood.

"AGH-"

The knight whirls around to see the bishop down the hall knocked flat, a spray of blood shooting from her mouth as her stomach looks as if she were punched by a fist the size of a basket ball. Her bones snap like twigs under the full force of the touki infused air punch as Koneko's ki detonates.

"It went that far?!" The knight gasps as he lunges towards his ally, his hand slipping into his suit pocket.

"I'm sorry Rias..." The girl whispers as she collapses to the floor. "I... failed..."

Her ears quirk up as a figure rushes into view.

{EXPLOSION!}

Her gaze is drawn to the brown haired girl who stands before her, gauntlet on hand, a white aura of power billowing off of her as she glares down the hallway.

"Kokeko... I'LL MAKE YOU BASTARDS PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER!"

Issane can wield touki? Since when?

The man reaching the end of the hallway drips some form of liquid onto his companion.

A speck of power appears in front of her gauntleted fist as she punches it.

A titanic beam of red and green shoots down the hallway just as the knight turns.

Koneko closes her eyes and smiles.

She can leave it to Issane. She's got this.

With a flash she disappears from the rating game.

"Rias Gremory's rook has been retired."

The prone bishop raises a hand, conjuring several barriers.

They are all broken through as the beam reaches the end of the hall and explodes bathing the brown haired girl in a red light.

Her eyes snap to the side as she moves her hand and catches a kick from the knight with her gauntleted hand.

"Wh-" the man begins only for the girl to let out a roar.

She whirls around and slams him into the floor, ragdolling the more experienced knight as she does it multiple times in a matter of moments. "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR HURTING THE NEKO YOU FUCKING BASTAAAAAARD."

She lets go of his ankle and goes to stomp on him but a beam of magic pieces completely through her stomach, causing the girl to gag as she is blasted back.

"Having trouble, Bali?" The bishop questions as she walks through the smoke, revealing that she is slightly scuffed and scorched but otherwise fine.

What? She was unaffected by that entire blast?! No. She must have dodged it or done something else.

"I'm fine." The man scoffs as he picks himself up and brushes off his shirt. "Her strength and speed just caught me briefly off guard... for a second there it even surpassed that white haired brat."

Issane strikes the floor with a dull wet thud, panic lancing through her body.

Blood... s-so much blood! This is the most blood she has ever seen before. Oh god- ow- oh fuck- she's dying. Blood is meant to stay inside. Why is it all outside?!

"Rias Gremory's pawn has been retired."

She disappears with a flash.

**Linebreak**

Pov: outside.

Things aren't going well...

Riser took some of his parent's peerage as his own for this rating game?! That's a lowly trick.

Koneko and Issane fell to them... all he can do is pray that those two did some lasting damage. Those two were probably the heaviest hitters in Rias' group, and he saw that titanic flash of light. If he's lucky he will be able to take them down.

A blonde boy deflects a slash from a large greatsword a scowl on his face as he steps forwards, his body cloaked in that strange energy he can barely comprehend.

With one slash a large cut appears on the ponytailed girl, causing her to let out a gasp as she falls back, glowing brightly.

"Riser Phenex's first Knight has been retired."

"You can use touki, nya?" A blue haired cat girl questions as she lunges forwards.

"A pretty face, hot body, you're totally my type nya~" the other pipes up from behind as she lunges for the back of his knees, her hand lashing out as she grins maliciously. "You a youkai?"

Kiba flips backwards above the pink haired twin, his sword slashing out and scraping across her body as a white outline surrounds her.

"Nyaha! We can do it too!" The blue haired Nekomata grins as touki flares around her body.

She punches at the Gremory knight but he narrowly avoids the strike, the other girl coming around and sweeping his legs.

He flips through the air with a grimace, holding up a single hand and conjuring a sword with his sacred gear.

It shoots from his fingers, causing one of the cat girls to let out a gasp of surprise, ducking out of the way of the stab.

The blade cuts a slim gash on her side as an aura of white billows around Kiba.

He lands and with a flash of movement, his blade cuts through the two youkai's barrier of life force and inflicts grievous harm.

"Gah!" "Nhhh!"

Across the field, a blonde girl is fighting with a brown haired woman with a biker jacket and a mask that covers half of her face.

The blonde narrowly avoids a punch as a gecko-like gauntlet shoots out its tongue.

It wraps around the rook's wrist causing her to darkly chuckle and grab onto it.

She twist moving her arms as if she is swinging a large sledge hammer down onto the ground.

What would normally send the Gremory knight flying if her sacred gear was nothing more than a rope... does nothing as she simply lets out more line.

Sari grins victoriously and using her enhanced knight speed rushes in a circle, wrapping the line around the torso of the rook, pinning one of her arms to her sides.

That training with Argo really paid off, she can feel the power of this girl... it's greater than her own, but... Absorption line's wires are quite a bit more durable than you would expect. With her arm like that, she can't build up enough strength to break free.

Now all she needs to do is do what Rias said. Drain them of their power and give it to either her or Akeno when the time is right.

"Grh-" the rook growls as she struggles, the way absorption line is wrapped now pinning her legs together. "You little-"

A fire ball appears in front of her extended hand as she carefully turns to aim it.

She is knocked flat as Sari abruptly tugs on the line of her sacred gear.

Ninty percent left.

This girl's a BIG battery! She might even reach her maximum before she's out of power.

There's a boom of lightning overhead as a smoking body falls from the sky, it is a woman with purple hair and a tattered blue and white dress.

She glows brightly moments before hitting the ground.

"Riser Phenex's queen has been retired."

Behind her, Kiba finishes up his fight as well.

"Two of Riser Phenex's pawns have been retired."

"Are you alright, Sari?" Kiba calls over.

"Yeah." The blonde girl replies over her shoulder. "I think I've got this covered."

"LOOK OUT!" He shouts suddenly.

The girl without hesitation or question lifts her gauntlet in defense of her body.

A sword crashes into the line of her sacred gear, cleaving through it completely, but it did its job and blocked a majority of the force from that slash, allowing her to flip out of the way.

"Damn." The mustached man wielding the sword lowly growls.

Kiba appears at the absorption line wielder's side as he slashes towards the knight.

His sword breaks on the side of the man's rapier.

"I've heard of you, the knight that summons fake demonic swords." The man observes. "I've heard that you got trained by one of Lucifer's knights? How disappointing if this is all you can manage."

Another sword appears in his hand as he slashes again and again, tapping into the full force of his touki.

This man is incredibly dangerous. He keeps up with Kiba's new speed, deflecting the blow with a smile.

A cone of tiny threads spew from the mouth of Sari's gauntlet as the suited gentleman widens his eyes, he lurches backwards, narrowly avoiding the shotgun blast of draining thread.

Numerous swords sprout from the earth beneath his feet, cutting his back leg slightly as two bat-like wings sprout from his back.

The prone rook nearby isn't so lucky to avoid the stabbing swords.

"Riser Phenex's second Rook has been retired."

The man is carried into the air with a single flap of his wings, he glares down at the two Gremory knights as thunder rumbles behind him.

He smirks suddenly, disappearing from sight as he avoids a blast of white lightning.

Sari collapses backwards as a gash appears on her back, a large cut appears in Kiba's side as his mouth begins to taste of copper.

What?! He couldn't even see him move.

"Rias Gremory's first Knight has been retired."

The blonde teen grits his teeth as he begins to fall forwards, taking a single step to stabilize himself as he hears a cry.

Akeno falls from the sky, horrid burns on her left arm and side.

"Rias Gremory's Queen has been retired."

"Hn?" The voice of the man echoes out in front of him. "Pfft, you're still standing? Seriously?"

"I... haven't been beaten yet." Kiba lowly growls. "My blades... can match your own."

The suited man lets out a single laugh and gestures to his sword. "This is a genuine magic sword. One with a legend around it. Précieuse. You are telling me that a bunch of fake swords from a weak sacred gear can match a blade that was listed in the song of Roland?!"

His mind is hazy, he is losing a lot of blood.

"Who decides... that fakes must be inferior to the original?" The blonde questions with a small ghost of a smile.

He is starting to understand what Argo meant about the mentality of a swordsman.

Power thrums to life deep in his core as he glares at the opposing knight.

Something awakens within him as a simple katana appears in his offhand.

"A holy sword?! What the hell?!" The man snaps to attention as Kiba's hand falls to the blade. "I thought your sacred gear was sword birth!"

Focus.

Touki flares around the boy as he takes a single step forwards.

The opposing knight disappears, moving at speeds that the Gremory knight can barely track.

Cut him.

The sword explodes from the sheathe, shrouded in a holy light as he draws it.

As he completes his slash a hand gripping a sword flies through the air.

"AGH-" the knight behind him roars. "YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

Kiba's eyes drift closed as a foot smashes into his wounded side.

"Rias Gremory's second Knight has been retired."

The Phenex knight writhes for a moment on his knees, clutching the stump of his arm and letting out a quiet hiss.

"Wow~" the bishop hums. "He sure got you good."

"Silence. That white haired brat turned your ribs into shrapnel." The knight hisses as he weakly goes over to his hand and picks it up, pressing it to his stump.

"Eh, true. The Lord was right in putting us here. That could have gotten dicey for the young master." The woman hums as she retrieves a Phoenix tear from her storage.

The man's injuries heal as the liquid drips onto his forearm.

"Rias Gremory has chosen to forfeit. The match goes to Riser Phenex."