Now, at last, I was about to be released from those shackles.
One of the souls of the children said. ("Don't worry about us anymore. Live your life.")
My fallen brothers and sisters didn't want revenge. They'd never wanted it!
Kaiba said. ("But that doesn't mean this is over.")
Unless we struck down the evil before us, similar tragedies would befall many other innocents around the world.
Kiba said. ("Valper Galilei. Your heinous acts end here.")
vHalpersaid. ("Hmph. People have always known that research requires sacrifice. How is my work any different?")
There was no mistaking it; that man was pure evil!
Issei shouts it loud. ("Kibaaaaa! Beat the hell out of that Freed bastard and his Excalibur!")
Issei.("You're a Knight in Rias Gremory's Familia and my friend! You're my buddy! Keep fighting, Kibaaaaaa! Don't let your friends' wishes go to waste!")
He saved me, even without having anything to gain from it. Our master might've punished him for it, but he still...
But Rias said out loud. ("Yuuto! Do it! You need to settle this yourself! You're better than that Excalibur! You're a member of my Familia! You're my Knight! And there's no way that my Knight could lose to a measly Excalibur!"
"Yuuto! We believe in you!") President, Vice President… Rias! Akeno!
Koneko said. ("You can do it!")
After everyone said it.
freed laugh at everyone said. ("Ha-ha-ha! What are you all blabbering about? Are you singing along with those puny ghosts? Argh, I hate that song! Just having to listen to it makes my skin crawl! Stop it! I've had enough! I'm going to carve you up into itty-bitty pieces with this invincible, fused Holy Sword!")
Kiba said. Freed Sellzen. The souls of my fallen comrades reside in you. I won't let you abuse them any longer! These tears will stand as proof of my resolve!
("I will be a sword.")
My brothers and sisters. My comrades, whose souls have become one with mine.
Let's overcome our limits together. Where we failed before, we can succeed, here and now!
("President, everyone, I will be your sword! This is my answer to your faith in me! Soul Birth!")My Sacred Gear and my fallen comrades' souls came together and began to take on a new form.
Demonic power and holy power intertwined.
I knew this feeling. My Sacred Gear, my comrades, they were calling out to me. This was the realization of my abilities.
An artifact of divine brilliance and evil aura took shape as a sword in my hand.
It's complete. Thank you, everyone. ("My Balance Breaker, the Holy Demon Sword of the Betrayer. I will see that you taste the power of this blade that combines the powers of light and dark into one,")
declared as I charged toward Freed.
My strongest attribute as a Knight was my speed! Though Freed tried his best to keep up, all it took were a couple of feints to slip past his guard.
Clang!
Unfortunately, he still managed to parry my first blow. He was certainly a formidable stray exorcist.
My weapon was nullifying the power of his fused Excalibur, however.
After Freed looked and said it out loud. ("—! How is that lousy needle able to outdo an original Holy Sword?!") with the panicked look.
Kiba said. ("If that were the true Excalibur, it wouldn't. But your Excalibur isn't enough to break my friends' will!")
("Tch!")Freed clicked his tongue in frustration before leaping backward.
"Stretchhhhh!"
His Excalibur began to undulate as if it had a will of its own, twisting violently through the air as it closed in on me!
That's the ability of the Excalibur Mimic!
That combined Excalibur possessed the abilities of each of its four parts.
All of a sudden, the blade forked at its tip and surged toward me at incredible speed.
Such quickness could have come from only Excalibur Rapid.
Freed's sword came at me from every conceivable direction. It lunged with short thrusts and swept with long, wide arcs, but I managed to block every attack.
Freed's savage intentions made his moves easy to read, and there was no difficulty blocking them so long as I knew which direction they were coming from.
Freed said. ("What's going on?! Why don't you hit him?! Aren't you supposed to be invincible, Excalibur?! Aren't you supposed to be the ultimate legendary weapon?!")
Freed shrieked. Impatience was clouding his enjoyment.
But before that he said. ("Fine! Then let's add this one to the mix!")
And with that outburst, the tip of his blade suddenly disappeared.
Invisibility? So now he's using Excalibur Transparent's power.
Even an unseen weapon didn't mean much if Freed kept attacking from the same places over and over, though.
Clang! Clash! Ching!
My sword met his in midair, letting off a flurry of sparks. Once again, I'd deflected all the exorcist's attempts on my life.
"—!" Freed's eyes narrowed at the displeasing surprise.
But Xenovia called out, joining my side. She was gripping her Holy Sword in her left hand and waving her right hand through the air.
Xenovia said. ("Saints Peter, Basil, Denis, and the Virgin Mary heed my call!") She'd begun to intone some sort of invocation.
Kiba's mind said. Just what is she doing?
As I stared on in doubt, the air around Xenovia began to warp and twist. She reached into that distortion with her free hand and pulled something out from a space between dimensions.
It was a second sword, one that was emanating an incredible holy aura.
Xenovia said it out loud. ("In the name of the saints who dwell within this blade, I release you, Durendal!")
Everyone was surprised because That was another Holy Sword of legend, one just as famous as Excalibur. Not only that but, from what I had heard, its sharpness was unmatched. I had to wonder how she'd come to possess such an incredible weapon.