Meanwhile, as Rias was dealing with the Eight-Winged Ultimate-Class Fallen Angels, Akeno and Shirone, together with two Disciple Executioners, were slaughtered their way through the hordes of rogue exorcists and weak trash Fallen Angels that were here and there.
Most eye-catching in this fight was Akeno, with her Holy Thunder she inherited from her father, Baraqiel. While she had not a good opinion of her father, bordering on the level of hatred, her mother convinced her to learn how to use her greatest strength.
If not, she would not be graduating from the Imperial Magic Junior Academy as the best of her class.
Every time she cast a spell, a group of the Fallen Angels and rogue exorcists were blasted to death. None of them could stand against the destructive power of the Holy Thunder.
Meanwhile, as Akeno was doing large-scale damage to everything around with her destructive spell, Shirone was disposing of Fallen Angels one by one in close-quarter combat. Due to her enormous physical strength, every punch took the life of one rogue exorcist or Low to Mid Class Fallen Angel.
These rogue exorcists were only humans; their bodies were just only three or four times stronger than that of an average human due to strengthening from the Holy Power; usually, humans in terms of physique were always weaker than supernatural beings if they were both at the same Class.
Shirone fought in her true form, which was her Neko-mode, meaning it increased her physical strength even more, as she was in the so-called sage mode, by tuning herself with the energy of the world, gaining a significant boost to her power.
Her strength got to increase, and she was healing faster from injuries, and her stamina regeneration was several times more quickly, meaning she could fight for a prolonged amount of time. Additionally, it could even speed up the regeneration of the Demonic Energy.
In the Empire, there were only a few Senjutsu Masters, as it required specific aptitude to learn, mostly found only in Youkai, monsters, or magical beasts. Though, it didn't mean that Devils or other species could not learn it or its advanced form of Touki.
After several minutes, both managed to eradicate over a hundred rogue exorcists and Fallen Angels that were protecting the area.
"Akeno-senpai, a large group of more than fifty rogue exorcists and ten Fallen Angels, is approaching from the fortress."
Stated Shirone as she sent the last rogue exorcist flying with her punch.
***
At the same time, Vali and his officers.
Vali took his officers to the place where the several Eight-Winged Ultimate-Class Fallen Angels were waiting in ambush under the leadership of a Lengednary-Class Fallen Angel.
"Be careful; there may be some traps already prepared for us, though I doubt it as Fallen Angels are not smart enough, especially those under the leadership of Kokabiel."
He reminded his people as they nodded in agreement, though it never hurts to be careful.
Soon enough, they quickly found several Eight-Winged Ultimate-Class Fallen Angels, numbering more than 10, and among them were two Legendary-Class Fallen Angels, though all of these Fallen seemed to be a bit different in appearance.
They were all pale like a sheet of paper with black lines through their entire face, probably a whole body.
'Artificial Elevation of Mighty Stage God, pretty crude apparently the god who did it regarded them as pawns to be disposed of, so he didn't bother to do a proper job.'
Thought Vali the moment he saw the Fallen Angels. He instantly realized that Kokabiel either must have struck some deal with Melvazoa or became his subordinate, and either of them was bad news and a reason to kill him the moment he left his hole.
Both Pantheons of Evie and Etoulde have the means to mass-produce strong powerhouses through artificial elevating as they have enormous amounts of Divine Crystals. While those powerhouses have an expiration date, as the rituals are not perfect to not waste additional Divine Power on them, they will die within several years after the ritual. Still, till then, they could cause enormous damage to the Empire.
'Wait for my command and ambush them.'
Vali sent a telepathic message to his lieutenants.
They were under concealment spells, so they could silently ambush those Fallen Angels and kill them as soon as possible because Vali was cautious. Now that he had confirmed the connection between Kokabiel's forces and Melvazoa and his Evies, who knows if there weren't even some powerhouse from the Evies.
It could easily be some Greater God or even Mighty Stage God of early-stage somewhere here, and even though Vali was strong, he was not an opponent for someone like that.
Evies and Etoulde were dangerous foes that Empire was facing, and they were maximally cautious when dealing with either of them. Each one of those factions was strong with deep roots, and god knows what they were hiding.