"HOW?!"
Issei and Ddraig were screaming in horror. They knew how powerful their attacks were, yet why was Riser completely unscathed?!
Or rather, why did Riser become stronger?!
This was completely unreasonable!
If Riser knew what they were thinking, he would say that they had the same existence, too, as they had become as strong as him after a moment of reincarnation. Yet, even if Issei was as strong as him, it didn't mean that Issei could defeat him. Instead, as Issei grew stronger, he also grew stronger.
However, more importantly, his abilities were much better than Issei's.
Issei's ability came from Ddraig and a god from another world, Chichigami.
Ddraig's ability was as simple as it was only a flame and a physical enhancement. Meanwhile, Chichigami's abilities were all perverted abilities.
Those abilities weren't bad, but facing Riser, they were meaningless.
Riser had so many abilities that he might rarely use some of them, and all of them were powerful!
With the "Ruler," all the attacks he received would be reversed and turned into healing and fortification.
With "Agni," he could amplify something near-infinitely.
With "Full Country," he was able to reflect on all the attacks he received, double its original.
With "Sunshine," he could become stronger under the sun.
With "Satanael," he could create a nuclear fusion reaction in his body, creating an almost unlimited amount of energy.
Lastly, Riser also devoured the Great Red and made him able to inherit all the abilities owned by this dragon.
So, whatever the attacks that Issei sent him, all of them were meaningless. Instead, the more he fought, the stronger he was.
In the beginning, Riser only had a slight advantage, but the more they fought, the more advantage he had!
"Why?! Why?! Why?!"
Issei was scared silly as he faced Riser since all of his attacks were meaningless. Instead, he was the one that was being pushed. His body was full of injuries, he was bleeding all over, and he started to lose this confrontation. Even worse, he started to feel that death was coming!
At this moment, he was filled with fear, wondering whether he was going to die once again.
If so, then what was going to happen?
If that was happening, could he reincarnate?
When his thought was drawn into the abyss, Ddraig's voice woke him up.
"Partner, use my ability!"
"Your ability?"
"Penetrate!" Draig said strongly. "This is one of my ultimate abilities!"
Like Albion, who had "Venom," a poison that was capable of erasing every being, Ddraig, as the Heavenly Dragon, also had a unique ability. Naturally, he had two abilities; one was penetration, and the other was ultimate fire, but there was no doubt that the ultimate fire was meaningless to be used against Riser, but penetration was different!
This was his strongest ability!
An ability that was capable of penetrating anything!
With those words, Issei didn't hesitate and used this ability. Even though he had never used this ability as a protagonist, it was natural that he was able to master every ability like he was breathing, so all the defenses on Riser's body were directly penetrated.
"We did it!" 2x
Issei and Ddraig felt happy, but what they didn't expect was that Riser's body would become a light, and Riser would suddenly appear on top of Issei and then smash his head.
*BOOOOOOOOMMMM!*
Issei felt like his skull was cracked, and his face was melting as he was smashed by a powerful force that caused an earthquake in the entire eastern Europe.
As the space that was created by Riser using "Duelist," "Dimensional Lost," and "Innovate Clear" was destroyed by Issei, it was impossible for his fight not to cause damage to the surroundings, but if there was someone that was blamed, it could only be Issei, right?
Yet, Riser couldn't help but frown as he didn't expect that his space could be destroyed as the Great Red was unable to do so in the past.
Naturally, their fight attracted the attention of many, and the Greeks and those from the church who were closer naturally came to see what was happening before they were dumbfounded by the aura exuded by Riser.
Due to Riser's aura, no one dared to get close, and all of them could only bow their heads in fear. Some of them even directly died as their souls were unable to endure the pressure from Riser's aura.
Yet, those things didn't matter for Riser as it was their fault for coming.
"Get away from here, or you will die."
Still, Riser reminded them, as he didn't want many to die, after all, but if they didn't listen, then that was it.
Nevertheless, this fight was going to end, even if Issei had gained Chichigami's power; Issei wasn't his opponent.
Riser is ready to give a finishing blow, but suddenly, a powerful force envelopes Issei and forces him to back away. His eyes became stern when he saw this pillar of light before he turned his gaze and saw Gasper from the future.
'This guy...'
Riser didn't expect this guy to be like a cockroach that was so hard to kill. He had taken out the Sacred Gear from this guy's body, but somehow, Gasper was able to come back once again.
Was it because Gasper had been using his Sacred Gear for so long that the ability of the Sacred Gear had become innate?
If so, then how do you kill Gasper?
Gasper couldn't die as he could return to the past as long as he wished to, returning from death.
Yet, if Gasper thought that he could do whatever he wished to, he was wrong.
Riser directly invaded Gasper's mind by using the ability he gained from the Great Red before he devoured him. If he couldn't kill Gasper, then he might as well devour him and take all of Gasper's abilities since he had to say Gasper's ability was nice. Still, as expected, when he took Gasper's ability, something happened to Issei.
Issei, who was about to die at that moment, felt like his body was being invaded by something.
"You... Who are you?"
In his mind, Issei saw someone like himself, but he seemed much older and even had a goatee. It was like he was looking at his future self.
"I am you from the future."
"Yo-You are me from the future?!"
Issei and Ddraig were dumbfounded when they saw Issei from the future.
"Why are you here? What do you want to do with my body?"
"Calm down. I am here to help you."
"Help me?"
"Yes, I will help you to defeat Riser, and after I clear him up, you will be able to get everything, so will you entrust everything to me?"
In other words, Issei from the future was going to take over his body.
If it was someone else, Issei might hesitate, but this was "him" from the future, and he could even see himself from the future to show such an expression.
Only he knows himself the best.
So, Issei's answer was obvious.
"Please defeat him for me."
Issei knew that he couldn't do anything against Riser. Even if he had become powerful, his cowardly heart couldn't be erased so soon, so at this moment, he decided to entrust everything to Issei from the future.
"You don't need to worry. I will defeat him."
At that moment, another transformation happened on Issei.
The black color suddenly mixed with the crimson and white dragon armor worn by Issei.
"DDD!"
"DIVINE DIABOLOS DRAGON!"
Once again, Issei became even stronger.
"......." Riser.