--- Chapter 93 ---
Clank!
"Faster!"
Clank!
"I SAID FASTER!"
BAM! CLANK!
Huo Yuhao swung a random twig coated with 1% of his Armament Haki and blasted a blue-haired girl with quite a voluptuous body. She held a two-handed sword with an ax-like guard and odd three-pointed ends.
He waved the twig and commented, "What's the use of your sword if you can't even swing it properly?"
"Excalibur is nothing but scrap."
"It's not even worth mentioning such a sword. No, the only thing famous about the sword is the name." He added, which caused the girl to tremble in anger.
[Name: Xenovia Quarta]
[Age: 17 years old]
[Race: Human]
[Level: Mid-Class Exorcist]
[Equipment: Excalibur Destruction, Durandal(Sealed)]
[Battle Power: Level 41-59/Spirit Ancestor-King(Dual-Wield)]
[Description: A girl with a flawed view of the world, thinking anything related to darkness must be evil and disgusting things]
Xenovia is a young woman with chin-length blue hair dyed green fringe on the right side and bold brown eyes. She's around 166 cm in height with a very bombshell body for a girl her age and a firm physique because of her early-age training, shown by her toned arms and lean yet athletic thighs.
She wore a Church battle suit consisting of a black, skin-tight, short sleeve leotard with pauldrons, fitting fingerless gloves that reached her biceps, and thigh-high boots decorated with straps. It was "neatly." covered under a white hooded cloak with gold and blue accents.
Even though Xenovia is from a church, she shows questionable curves and areas that could lead to sins. It's dangerous for weak-willed men or any teenager with a right-functioning lower head to see such an appearance.
"Take your words back..." Xenovia trembled when hearing Huo Yuhao's remarks. "I can withstand the insult aimed at myself, but you cannot disgrace Excalibur's name!"
She rushed toward Huo Yuhao and shouted, "Excalibur... Destruction!"
"Kid." Huo Yuhao shook his head.
The Excalibur Destruction released an intense golden light powered by holy power, and Huo Yuhao watched the blade approaching him. He added another small amount of Armament Haki, raising it to 1.5%, and swung the twig in his hand.
"Ittoryu: Sanjūroku Pondo Hō."
BAM!
A powerful energy slash escaped the twig and swept over Xenovia's firm abdomen with terrifying force, canceling her Excalibur Destruction ability.
Cough!
Xenovia choked on air and was launched like a cannonball on another side of the field, crashing onto a thick wall reinforced by runes. She couldn't even see because her vision was blurry, fainted while looking at a lonely figure on the training field.
"Xenovia-San!" A young blonde girl stepped onto the training field and approached Xenovia with a worried look. She has two silver rings with green gems on her frail-looking hands.
[Name: Asia Argento]
[Age: 17]
[Race: Human]
[Level: Low-Level]
[Equipment: Twilight Healing(Sacred Gear)]
[Battle Power: Level 3/Spirit Trainee(Weak as fuck)]
[Description: A kindhearted girl with so much anxiety and a young believer of Huo Yuhao's religion(newly converted)]
Asia is a pretty young girl with long blonde hair and green eyes. Her hair flows down to her back, with split bangs over her forehead and a single strand sticking out from the top and sloping backward.
She wore a dark teal nun outfit with light blue accents, a white veil over her head, a brown satchel slung on her right hip, and brown boots with black straps in an X-shaped pattern. She also wore a silver cross necklace around her neck, hidden under her robe.
"Aww, you don't have to be that harsh, you know." Qianye Ying'er commented with a giggle. She was sitting on a chair with a cold smoothie in her hand, watching the spar with an amused expression.
Since Qianye Ying'er was coming from the Vatican, she went to Kuoh City with three other girls. While Xenovia and Asia stayed in the Dragon Nest's Compound, the last girl went to her acquaintance's house to greet them first.
"Sadly, It has to be this way." Huo Yuhao replied casually. "The standard of the Vatican's training is too low to meet my expectation. Not to mention Xenovia's view about this world is too naive."
"No matter how large or small an organization was."
"There are always some rats living inside it."
"No?" He smirked at Qianye Ying'er.
Qianye Ying'er giggled because some people from the Vatican had been bugging her to become the new Saint Jeanne D'Arc. Some specific guys even desired to take her Holy Dragon Battle Flag like it was a lost artifact, but they couldn't because the Saint Flag is her martial soul. In the end, Qianye Ying'er has to use force and beat everyone in the Vatican, taking control of everything from the shadow.
Of course, it's not hard for Qianye Ying'er to spot some rats inside the Vatican and sentence them under close observation. The Vatican is no different than her playground, with some exceptions of Archangels and special people like Vasco Strada, Dulio Gesualdo, and Griselda Quarta.
Everything related to light elements and holy power was "easily." owned by Brahma Soul Bell because Qianye Ying'er could manipulate individuals who practiced them. Even though the golden-haired lady arrived at the Vatican less than a week ago, her influence is on par with Azazel, the leader of Grigori. And no one realized it because Brahma Soul Bell makes everything easier for her.
"I'll deal with them later, Yuhao." She answered, drinking her smoothie.
Huo Yuhao chuckled and returned, "Shishou would beat you in shape if she saw you like this."
Qianye Ying'er immediately used her Observation Haki to peek into the future and sighed in relief because Scathach didn't appear out of anywhere and shocked her.
"Don't scare me like that, Yuhao!" She pouted at him.
"I'm just saying." Huo Yuhao shrugged, which made Qianye Ying'er enter alert mode because Scathach could have appeared at any time.
"F-Fine." Qianye Ying'er groaned and placed her smoothie down. After fixing her sitting position and stretching a few times, she used Universal Breathing Technique to absorb natural energies into Spirit Circuits and convert them into Spirit Energy.
She meditated for two hours and discovered how scattered energy was in the Highschool DxD's world. Unlike Douluo Dalu Universe, the force here is messy and filled with unnecessary components like distinctive aspects of races, while Spirit Energy could support any Spirit Skills without any problem.
"Um, Ying'er." A soft voice is calling her.
Qianye Ying'er opened her eyes slowly and saw Asia standing with half-beaten Xenovia. "Hmm, is there any problem?" She asked with a confused expression.
"Uh, Well... I want to ask about that blue-haired guy." Xenovia suddenly opened her mouth. "Just who's he?"
"Eh..." Qianye Ying'er forgot Xenovia is all muscle with barely any brain to process information kind of girl. Even Asia was speechless because the blue-haired girl hadn't converted to the New Religion.
"Yuhao is quite famous. How could you have never heard about him?"
"Don't tell me you only asked him for a duel because he told you Excalibur is trash."
"Is there any more important reason than that??" Xenovia cluelessly tilted her head, making Asia facepalm. "Now that you mentioned it, Huo Yuhao is a Chinese name, no? And sounded rather familiar for some reason."
"Oh, my lord..." Asia prayed while shaking her head.
Qianye Ying'er stared at Xenovia's soul and discovered that she was clueless. "Xenovia-chan... Huo Yuhao has many titles throughout history, which "entirely." were recorded in the Church's archives. And Blue-Eyed Dragon God is one of them." She said, watching Xenovia's expression change into a shocked look.
"WHAT?!"
"WAIT, SO HUO YUHAO IS THE HANDSOME-FACED SWORDSMAN???"
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"Someone is calling my name." Huo Yuhao casually strolled on the block close to Dragon Nest's compound. Since Qianye Ying'er and others were fully absorbed in their meditation, he decided to try some sweets at the nearest bakery. And Ophis probably would like them too.
"Let's see..." He arrived at the decent-sized shop, having a bold plaque with "Warm Sun Bakery." characters written on it. "Hmm, Xiao Xiao owned a bakery too."
"I should have brought Xiao Xiao to Highschool DxD, considering there isn't much real danger here. Anyway, I was overly cautious because Main Quest is a sudden quest. "
Huo Yuhao reached over the bakery's door handle and met with a small squishy hand of a girl. He looked down and saw a white-haired girl in Kuoh Academy's girl uniform.
"Ah..."
"Hello?" He greeted her awkwardly.
"Hello..." She silently answered back with a confused tone.
[Name: Koneko Toujou(Shirone)]
[Age: 16 years old]
[Race: Nekoshou, Low-Class Devil(Reincarnated)]
[Level: Mid-Level Devil]
[Battle Power: Level 43/Spirit Ancestor]
[Description: A cute cat girl with a complicated past]
Koneko is a petite girl with white hair and gold eyes. The front of her hair has two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose splits hanging over her forehead, while the back has a short bob cut. She also wears a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair.
"My hand." She said while staring at Huo Yuhao's glasses. Yes, he wore Clark Kent's Glasses because walking around would be easier.
Huo Yuhao chuckled and lifted his hand off the door handle, "My bad. I must have startled you."
"Are you going to buy something too?"
Koneko nodded and replied, "This place has the best mochi."
"Try it."
"I see... Then, I'll try it." Huo Yuhao gently opened the door and entered the bakery, leaving the cat girl alone at the entrance.
...
"What was that..."
Koneko looked at her hand and felt Nekoshou's instinct react when Huo Yuhao touched her. There was something primal about this young man with glasses, and she couldn't put her hand on it. Her cheeks reddened because Nekoshou is inherently a lower-classed beast race compared to Huo Yuhao's War Beast with several ancient bloodlines. It's normal for Koneko to feel overwhelmed by this strange sensation. A feeling of facing the Alpha of beasts.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, a black-haired cat girl with striking hazel-gold eyes instinctively shivered because someone had made contact with her sister.
"Nyaa~?!" A cat-like yelp escaped her mouth.
"Hmph! Someone dared to approach my little sister~!"
"How dare you, NYAA~!!"