True High School DxD

Volume 3 Chapter 4

Life.4 As the Deterrence for the World —AxA—

I, Hyoudou Issei, teleported to the pseudo-space barrier along with Rias, the Gremory peerage (+ my peerage!), and Yasaka-san (+ the Youkai who were confident in their strength), and we have already started fighting against the group of Devils from the Realm of the Dead! The place we teleported to was an ancient ritual spot located in the northern part of pseudo Urakyoto. There were stone altars, pillars, and huge boulders with Shimenawa attached to them. I knew it because I visited this place when we were exploring the real Urakyoto a little, and I heard that this was the place where the leaders who managed Urakyoto had been telling fortunes of good and ill omens and receiving revelations from Gods and Buddhas revered in Kyoto for generations. In other words, although it was a pseudo-space, we had teleported to a very important place in Urakyoto. Immediately after teleporting, we encountered a group of enemies and entered a state of combat, beating up the Artificial Devils. The combination of the two swordswomen, Xenovia with her Dual Swords style using the Holy Sword Durandal and the Holy Sword Excalibur, along with Irina, who used the Holy Sword Hauteclaire, was slaughtering the Artificial Devils in an excellent combination of sword attacks.

"It's my specialty to hunt Devils after all!"

"Saying that as you are now is kind of amazing!"

"They are our enemies, so that's not a problem!"

Saying that, she vastly increased the holy aura around her blade and started cutting left and right, turning the Artificial Devils into dust. Meanwhile, Akeno-san was wearing the Oni mask while lightning covered her body.

"Ibaraki-Dōji-sama, Ura-sama, please show us all of your powers."

The legendary Onis that Akeno-san had contracted with — Ibaraki-Dōji and Ura, crushed, smashed and kicked the flying Artificial Devils with their monstrous strength. In addition, there was holy lightning, lightning with a great deal of light added to it fired by Akeno-san pouring down, so I guess it's not something you can withstand!

"Fafnir-san! Do your best, please!"

[Asia-tan is cheering for me. I will give my super best.]

The golden Dragon King Fafnir, summoned by Asia, mowed down the attacking Devils with his tail and blew them away with an aura blast from his mouth. There was a limit to the use of Fafnir in Rating Games, but if it's a real fight where there were no such rules, he could go on a rampage. With cheering (and panties) from Asia, it looked like he would do his best infinitely!

"Disappear!"

Rias unleashed a dense sphere of aura that compressed the Power of Destruction towards a group of enemies! Cladding herself with the Power of Destruction, as her words suggested, she would erase the Artificial Devils. This time, as Gasper was in the real Urakyoto, she wouldn't be able to use [Forbidden Invade Balor the Princess], so she had her whole body clad in Dividing Wyvern Fairy's [Crimson Extinct Dragonar] armor (so this time, Xenovia was not wearing the Wyverns' armor). Rias originally had a lot of talent and participated in the tournament, experiencing battles with strong enemies, so the power of her destruction aura increased. The Sekiryuutei's power was also added to that. Manipulating the Power of Destruction, she shot out an extra-large lump of aura above the enemy and rained small spheres down on the group of Devils. The Artificial Devils disappeared without being able to do anything when attacked by the rain-like Power of Destruction. It was a feat that could be done because it was densely packed.

On the battlefield where my comrades defeated the Artificial Devils, something super-fast instantly turned the enemy into dust. It was Kiba, who ran through the battlefield at a speed that couldn't be captured by the naked eye. He had activated [Blade Blacksmith] and had created a single Holy Sword brimming with holy aura with his Sacred Gear, hacking the Artificial Devils at great speed. Knights wearing armor resembling a Dragon followed him.