Time Chamber In DxD

Chapter 26

Baraquiel froze for a bit in contemplation of Azazel's words. In the end, he sighed.

"I agree to another round."

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"Azazel-kun."

"Yes, Cleria?"

"It's been three days."

"Yes, Cleria."

"And they're still fighting?!"

"..."

Azazel was lost for words as well. Three days ago, both fallen and devil had left the two battle-lovers to fight a third time. Having exited the barrier, Azazel and Cleria went their own separate ways since each party had their own job to do.

It was only through receiving Shuri's call asking for Baraquiel's whereabouts that Azazel realised neither the blonde nor his brother ever returned. So abandoning his work, he went to find Cleria before coming back to the scene.

And the scene right now, was a bloodied Igor and Baraquiel still going at it. Baraquiel had all his wings out but all of them were already shrivelled. It could be guessed that he had already withdrawn all the energy stored within them. Thankfully, they still offered him the ability of flight so he could dodge Igor's attacks.

As for the blonde, his condition was quite terrible. Dried blood hung all over his body. Whether it was from the cadre or himself, it wasn't clear. His hair had already fallen to his sides. The 'last seen' of the rope once holding his hair together in a ponytail was unknown.

While their fight was exuberant on the starting day, their motions had gradually slowed down. Having a body with needs, they gradually tired until on the third day, their blitz-like motions were now degraded to the level of a street fight. When before, they could bound the entire clearing in less than the time it takes to blink, now they could barely run to the other end.

Since Baraquiel had almost exhausted his light energy, it was natural that the blonde was in a similar state as well.

"*Huff* *Huff* *Huff*"

Stretching out his hand, Igor tried to form a ki blast. But the energy in his hand briefly formed before fizzling out like a dying light bulb.

Gruuuuuu

"I'm...so...hungry."

Having been distracted by his growling stomach, Igor couldn't block the punch to the face that Baraquiel released.

Gu!

Staggering backwards, the blonde tripped over a stone before falling on his back. Baraquiel tried to run forward, but the best he could muster was an awkward stagger. The same was true for the blonde. Having fallen on the ground, he was too tired to get up.

At this point, Igor wanted to call it quits. He didn't even have enough energy to fly at this point. Although the blonde didn't have an insanely high amount of ki, he could make up for that with the insane level of ki-regeneration he got after the combination of triggering his divine ki and spirit control.

But all that ki-regeneration came at a cost.

Gruuuuuu

It came with the cost of having a high appetite. To constantly generate or regenerate ki, the blonde became a calorie-guzzler. Although he had eaten the equivalent of three cows before leaving the time chamber, all that energy was already spent.

So his eyelids were threatening to close at anytime, Baraquiel's nearing steps forced the blonde to stay open.

"That's it!"