Chapter: 87
The sound of steel clashing against steel echoed nearby. I was wondering where Sif had gotten off to considering she took off first. A moment later, I finally saw her. She was facing a teenage blond boy in a duel of swords. Well, I called it a duel, but Sif was thrashing Kiba Yuuto at the moment. Her recent enhancements really gave the woman some combat upgrades.
"Guff!" Kiba grunted in pain when Sif disarmed him before she kicked him square in the stomach. Kiba spat up some blood and his body flew backward and crashed into a nearby tree. With her opponent dealt with for now, Sif ran over towards me.
"Layla! Sorry, I got held up by that demonic child. His sword form was adequate, but he lacked power, and his conjured swords were brittle," she explained and looked proud of herself for besting him so easily. "Was he one of the devil slaves that you mentioned?"
"Yes. He's one of the slaves. His master is the same one who owns my niece currently," I said while pointing up at the fuming Akeno. She was looking at our group with even more fury after seeing Sif so handily defeat Kiba.
"You'll pay for that!" Akeno shrieked. "All Fallen Angels should just die!"
"But aren't you yourself also a Fallen Angel?" Sif asked Akeno. She turned to me and gave me a confused look.
"I'm nothing like them! They killed my mother!" Akeno shrieked as she fired a bolt of thunder at Sif. Sif simply raised her sword to the air and let it attract her attack. The lightning hit Sif's blade before being quickly dissipated.
My eyebrow raised at that move. That was pretty cool.
"My sword is insulated against lightning. I used to regularly spar with Thor, after all, and if my weapon was a conductor, I wouldn't have lasted very long," Sif explained. That made a lot of sense. "Why is your niece so hateful of her own race?"
I shook my head. Akeno had been in the underworld for years now. It wouldn't have been hard for the Devils to poison her mind against her own kind. On top of that, the evil piece inside her made her mind already addled with loyalty towards Rias. My niece was unfortunately a mess that desperately needed that evil piece removed from her followed by a lot of therapy.
A glowing red magic circle materialized on the ground where Kiba's unconscious body was slumped over. In its place, a familiar Red-Headed Devil appeared. I'd give Rias Gremory this–she was extremely beautiful–I still had no trust for devils, though. This dimension wasn't canon, and they were a lot more secretive and ruthless here.
She gave a haughty glare to us before she spoke. "To dare trespass into territory owned by the house of Gremory! Don't think you'll be leaving here alive, Fallen! Especially after injuring my adorable servant," Rias Gremory said as she fussed over Kiba.
"Fuck off, Gremory bitch. Your crazy queen attacked me first and tried to kidnap Asia here," Raynare yelled back.
Hmph. You Fallen absconded with a Sacred Gear user I had my eye on. It's only right that we replace him with the blond girl over there!" Rias said as she pointed at Asia.
"I don't want to be an evil devil…" Asia mumbled as she shrank back in fear. I reached over and patted her on the shoulder to comfort her. Asia gave me a hopeful smile.
"Don't worry about them," I said. "The Devil princess is just spewing hot air. First of all, this territory isn't actually owned by the house of Gremory. It's owned by the Kyoto faction and was supposed to be rented to the Belial Devil Clan. It's strange how there are another two devil clans living here when that was in no way part of the lease, huh?" I said while staring hard at Rias.
She flinched and looked away. "We're currently renting it from them…" Rias mumbled.
"You can't rent out property that you are renting yourself. Everybody knows that… the only reason you haven't been kicked out yet is because of your big brother, so stop acting so haughty!" I scolded her. "As for taking Asia Argento, she has joined the Grigori for now and has no wish to be a slave!"
"My servants aren't slaves!"
"Tell that to my niece over there whose mind has been warped so badly she hates her own race!" I retorted. Rias gave me another glare for bringing up Akeno. Akeno flew down towards the ground and stood next to Rias. I think they were deciding on whether they wanted to fight us or not.
I spread my wings and fully extended my magical aura around me. Next to me, Sif flared hers out as well. The both of us were clearly High Class in strength while Rias and Akeno were both Mid Class at best. The two girls looked like they swallowed lemons when they realized the difference in power. They decided to make the smart choice and back down. "Fine!" Rias spat out. "You can leave. But never come back!"
She'd like that, but I would definitely be back someday for Akeno. "Sif, would you kindly knock those two girls out?" I asked the goddess next to me.
She grinned happily before speeding forward.
"Wha–" Rias tried to speak, but Sif was already upon the girl and clocked her over the head. Rias fell backward unconscious.
"You bitch!" Akeno tried to shock Sif again but was too slow before a fist met her cheek. She collapsed as well next to Rias.
[Congratulations! Quest Complete! You have saved Asia Argento and leveled up! Your Sacred Gear has also awakened its balance breaker!]
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