When Riser visited Ni, Li, and Magari, something big happened in Kuoh Town.
First, Issei and his group met the people who had stolen the Excalibur.
Those people were those who had been exiled from the church, such as the crazy priest, Freed Sellzen, and the leader of the Holy Sword Project, Valper Galilei.
Valper aside, since he was just a scientist or just a researcher type of person, Freed was a priest that Issei and the others had met a long time ago.
Freed was a cruel priest who followed the Grigori, killing many people, including torturing Asia when she was just being banished from the church due to a certain incident.
Naturally, their meeting caused a fight between all of them.
Facing the devil group, Freed showed no fear.
—or rather, he was excited?
Freed stuck out his tongue like a dog, wishing to kill all of them.
After all, unlike before, he held several Excalibur swords in his hands.
Yes, several of them.
As Rias explained in the previous chapters, the original Excalibur was broken into pieces due to the Great War previously, but the church didn't give up and used alchemy and magic to create seven swords from the broken Excalibur.
Either Irina or Xenovia, who was known as the ace exorcist, each of them held one.
However, Freed held the three of them!
Nevertheless, there was no way for Freed to handle the combination of Xenovia, Irina, two ace exorcists of the church, and the combination of the devil group.
However, the three Excaliburs, which were held by Freed, were rather special, and they supported him well in this battle.
While Xenovia held the Excalibur Destruction, Irina held the Excalibur Mimic, Freed held the Excalibur Rapidly, the Excalibur Nightmare, and the Excalibur Transparency.
The Excalibur Destruction and the Excalibur Mimic might be powerful, but each of them had only the ability to cause powerful damage, and the other had the ability to transform itself into any shape its wielder desired.
However, Excalibur Rapidly, Excalibur Nightmare, and Excalibur Transparency were different.
One had the ability to increase the wielder's speed, the second had the ability to cast illusions and manipulate dreams, and the last one had the ability to allow the blade and its wielder to become invisible.
Even if Xenovia and Irina were powerful, if Freed wanted to run away, no one could stop him since the combination of those three Excalibur swords was enough to give anyone a headache.
So, in the end, even if they could surround Freed, they couldn't stop him from escaping.
Then, with the disappearance of Freed and Valper, their plan ended in failure.
If they had someone whose ability could see the invisible person, then they might have a chance.
Unfortunately, there was no such a person among them.
No, Koneko, who was Rias' rook, should be able to detect Freed's existence if she could learn Senjutsu.
Unfortunately, in her eyes, the Senjutsu was an evil thing, and it was a technique that would bring ruin to the user.
Nevertheless, with the failure of their mission, no one stayed any longer, and they continued to search for the two criminals who had caused them so much trouble.
Yet, a bigger problem came toward them.
Kokabiel.
The legendary fallen angel that appeared in history also participated in the great war between angel, fallen angel, and devil.
His ten fallen angel wings spread proudly as he looked at them with a condescending gaze.
Yet, even if his existence caused them to feel the sheer terror of the legendary figure that appeared in the bible and book, their expression couldn't help but change when they saw a wounded figure, which he held like trash in his hand.
"Irina!"
Issei couldn't control his emotions.
"You can have her back."
Kokabiel threw Irina away to the ground.
"Asia!"
Issei quickly reminded Asia to heal Irine as he looked at Kokabiel with anger.
Irina was his childhood friend, and watching her being beaten like this, how could he stay calm?
"This is our first time meeting, daughter of the house of Gremory. The crimson hair is beautiful. It reminds me of your brother that I hate him enough to make me want to vomit."
"Nice to meet you, one of the leaders of the Fallen Angels, Kokabiel. My name is Rias Gremory. I will also add one more thing. We and the house of the Gemoeny are a being who is close to the Maou and also further from it. If you are here to discuss politics with me, then it's no use."
Rias narrowed her eyes, then asked, "What did you do to her?" Even if she didn't care about Irina that much, she still needed to ask as she needed to know Kokabiel's purpose.
"She just visited our base. This is your gift for our meeting. Nevertheless, I wouldn't do something as stupid as talking with a Maou. Well, if I rape and kill his little sister, then Sirzech's anger will be pointed at me. That won't be bad."
"Then, what's your purpose for contacting me?"
"I will be rampaging this town using your base, Kuoh Academy, as the starting point. Then Sirzech will also appear, right?"
Everyone was shocked by Kokabiel's words.
"If you do something like that, the War between God, Fallen Angel, and the Devils will begin again, you know?"
"That's what I'm wishing for. I thought that Michael would start a war if I stole Excalibur. But what he sent was a grunt. Excosits and two holy sword wielders. It's boring. I'm really bored indeed! That's why I'm going to rampage at Sirzech's sister's base. See? It looks fun, right?"
"...you crazy."
Rias made a clicking sound with her tongue, feeling extremely pissed.
"Yeah, that's it! I was bored and bored after the war between the three sides! Azazel and Shamza weren't that keen on the next wary. They then started to collect something boring like Sacred Gear and started to do some weird research. Something useless like that won't be of any use to us! Well, it's a different story if it's a "Boosted Gear" like the one the brat over there has. But it's not something you can find so easily."
"Are you guys also after my Sacred Gear?" Issei asked with a complicated gaze, wondering why he had always been caught in such trouble.
"At least, I'm not interested in it. But Azazel might be. His collection hobby is crazy. Either way, I'm going to be starting a battle involving the holy swords, Rias Gremory. To start a war! A school where both little sisters of Sirzech's and Levithan's go. It must be filled with Demonic Power so that I can enjoy the chaos! It's also the best place to release the real power of Excaliburs! It's a good place for the battlefield!"
Kokabiel's expression was that of bliss and excitement, thinking of the bloodbath that would happen soon.
"Hyahahaha! Isn't my boss the best? His craziness is the best! So I'm also eager to do it. He even gives me treats like this."
Freed, who was by Kokabiel's side, took out four Excaliburs!
"The one on the right is "Excalibur Rapidly." The one on the left is "Excalibur Nightmare." The one on my hip is "Excalibur Transparent." I also received "Excalibur Mimic" from the girl over there! I also feel like getting "Excalibur Destruction" that the other girl has. Hyaa! Am I the first person in the world to be in possession of his many Excaliburs? I also received an element from the Geezer Valper that allows me to wield holy swords. Right now, I'm in a hyper mode that allows me to wield all of them, you know? I'm invincible! It's wonderful! I'm the strongest! Hyahahahahaha!"
Freed laughed as if he found it really funny.
"Valper's holy-sword research. It's the real deal if it shows this much result. To the truth, it seemed suspicious when he joined my plan."
Those words made Kokabiel and Valper laugh together.
"What are you planning to do with the Excaliburs?!" Rias asked with a frown.
"Hahaha! Let's have a war! The little sister of Sirzech Lucifer, Rias Gremory!"
Then, a blinding light illuminated the surroundings, blinding them for a moment, and when their sight recovered, Kokabiel, Valper, and Freed had already disappeared.
"We have to go to school!"
"Yes!"
They knew after this, they would face a battle against the leader of the Fallen Angel.
Yet, what they didn't know when this war happened was that a more serious problem might appear, and it might involve one that didn't want to be involved.
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Riser was watching and listening to the training made by Magari to Ni and Li, but then, he couldn't help but raise his brows.
After all, had someone tried to summon him?