Life.Heroes The Strongest Spear of the Man Who Couldn't Become The Leading Actor
Cao Cao’s group, the Hero Faction, was the first to come in contact with the enemy’s main force after being transported to the pseudo-space that resembled Urakyoto. Near the small river in the east, both the Hero Faction and Erebus’ group were glaring at each other from the opposite banks of the river. Cao Cao quickly identified the head of the enemy’s group.
—Sonneillon, a former member of the [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King] team.
He possessed a powerful ability based on pressure — [Crushing] (it seemed like Hyoudou Issei and the others were the ones to name it, so they continued using that for the sake of convenience). Although the aura that was emitted from his body was filled with evil intention, it was also childish in nature. However, judging from the amount of his aura alone, it clearly surpassed that of an Ultimate-class Devil and was around the level of Maou-class Devils. Even if he were to release his violent aura jokingly, a typical being would be destroyed. Cao Cao, who tapped his spear on his shoulder, thought ‘Now, I wonder what should I do’.
The enemy’s number was far larger than Cao Cao’s group, and all of them had the power of a High-class Devil. Well, the ones to be transported here were those who were quite powerful. The rest of the members were left to defend the Urakyoto. The brown-haired male higher-up — Perseus asked Cao Cao,
“So, what are we going to do with the enemies? How are we going to fight them?”
“The enemy’s got no plan as well. We just have to deal with them one by one and make sure that they are defeated.”
“Oh, so we are free to do what we like?”
“Yeah, but don’t leave even a single enemy behind. I’ll take care of the leader.”
Perseus responded to Cao Cao’s words with ‘You’ve really changed’. —Suddenly, they felt something nostalgic. They felt a familiar presence next to them—. As they turned their heads, Lint Sellzen was standing next to them. For a moment, she somehow resembled Siegfried. Lint Sellzen then said,
“Wow, the Devils’ group are on a full line-up huh, Cao Cao-sensei.”
“...Hmph.”
Cao Cao couldn’t help but smile.
“Ohoho, did I just say something weird?”
“Nope, but I do want to ask you something first. Why did you want to fight alongside us?”
Lint Sellzen did a thumbs up and said with confidence,
“I’ll act as the substitute for Sieg-sensei! Although I won’t be able to do it exactly like him, I’ll do my best!”
“Well, it’s true that you won’t be able to do it exactly like him, but…you made us feel nostalgic for a second there.”
Lint Sellzen tilted her head in response to Cao Cao’s words… As such a conversation ended, the Devils who were on the other side of the river bank screamed,
“The fuck? We were about to destroy a Hero Show, and yet we got transported to this pseudo space here…”
“And here I was hoping to see the face made by the brats who adore [Oppai Dragon] while screaming…”
“Won’t they cry ‘Oppaaaaaai’ or something like that?”
[Gyahahahahaha!]
The Artificial Devils laughed vulgarly. It seemed like they were born perfectly, but in terms of education, it seemed like they had none. Cao Cao had the thought that Balberith and Verrine might be the ones to receive a special education first, while Gressil and Sonneillon were being educated next. The others were raised roughly — no, they must be just placed there. —Heracles then took a step forward whilst looking angry.
“For fuck’s sake, don’t just ruin the kids’ fun.”
The talk just now must’ve been a taboo for him now. It was something unimaginable until last year. For that man who enjoyed going crazy against supernatural beings to change this drastically… As they had that thought, Sonneillon pointed his finger at the Hero Faction. It acted like a signal for the artificial Devils as they shouted and charged at them—
[OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!]
Cao Cao silently stuck his hand forward. The Hero Faction’s powerful members also jumped out from their current position upon seeing that. Both groups clashed in the middle of the river! Cao Cao’s group heightened their power and activated their Balance Breaker at once!
[Balance Breaker!]
Jeanne, Heracles, Perseus and all the other powerful Hero Faction higher-ups activated their Balance Breakers at roughly the same time.
“All right, let’s go!”
A Dragon made of Holy Swords manifested next to Jeanne, which she controlled to deliver huge damage to the artificial Devils whose weakness were Holy Swords. Jeanne’s sub-species Balance Breaker — [Stake Victim Dragon] of her Sacred Gear [Blade Blacksmith] enabled her to create Holy Swords that had various attributes added to them. The artificial Devils writhed in agony and turned to dust upon receiving the attack of the Dragon made of Holy Swords. Holy Swords were still something that a Devil couldn’t take easily even if their raw power was that of a High-class Devil. Especially [Blade Blacksmith] with its Balance Breaker activated, was on a whole different level. Jeanne herself was defeating the artificial Devils one after another with the Holy Sword in her hand. The artificial Devils had the worst compatibility with her. On the other hand—
“Oryaaaaaaaaaaaa! Flyyyy uppppp!”
Heracles had bulges all over his body, with each one of them turning into a missile that knocked away a group of artificial Devils. It was the Balance Breaker of Heracles’ Sacred Gear [Variant Detonation] — [Detonation - Mighty Comet]. His original ability would damage and explode upon the moment of impact, but his Balance Breaker’s ability allowed him to create explosive missile-like objects on his body that could be fired at the enemy. He went all out and discharged a huge amount of missiles from his body. As a result, the Artificial Devils were blown away one after another.
“Take this! Don’t you fucking cause any trouble for the people of Kyoto!”
The one who was fighting like a knight with his longsword and shield was Perseus, who had left the Hero Faction before the Kyoto fight. After leaving the Hero Faction due to differing views, he returned once again and wanted to redo things from scratch following Cao Cao becoming Sakra’s vanguard. He also participated in the Rating Game World Tournament as a member of the Hero Faction group with a pure goal like [As someone who carries the blood and soul of a hero, I would like to challenge other supernatural beings head-on]. His Sacred Gear was a giant shield with a carving of Medusa’s face on it — [Aegis Mineralization]. Once the eyes of Medusa’s face on the shield opened, the people covered with its light would be turned to stone. If the person entering the range of his shield was weaker than him, then there was no way to fight this almost instant-death level ability. In addition, Perseus was about to activate his Balance Breaker.
“O Queen of Snakes, I’m counting on you!”
The carving of Medusa’s face on his shield moved as if it had its own will while simultaneously, its face — no, its head detached from the shield! The detached head got bigger quickly and turned into a giant face of Medusa. Its countless snake hairs were squirming. The giant head began to float in the sky and started to fire petrification light at the enemies, instantly turning the large area with the artificial Devils to stone. The snake carvings on Perseus’ sword also became alive and gave off an evil aura. Medusa’s head that was flying around the sky along with Perseus, who fought as if he was dancing, destroyed the enemies. Those who got slashed by Perseus’ sword endowed with Medusa’s aura were also petrified. It was his Balance Breaker — [Caput-medusae and Mineralization Knight].
“S-Shit! These guys are strong!”
“Aren’t these guys Humans!? How are they this strong!?”
The artificial Devils whined. The higher-ups of the Hero Faction more or less wrecked the group of Artificial Devils one-sidedly. High-class Devils just weren’t a match for the higher-ups of the Hero Faction. That was a testament to the experience and training they had accumulated so far. Also, the enemies were only High-class Devils in terms of raw power. They weren’t trained in using their power. This was an easy win.
—Well, there are still some miraculous guys who could manage to beat us even though we’re already like this though…
Cao Cao remembered last year’s fight. Among the powerful people in the Hero Faction, there was one person who played a remarkably active role, turning the Artificial Devils into dust one after another. It was the reincarnated Angel with silver wings.
“Well, well, this purple flame is super deadly falling in love with the Devils.”
As Lint Sellzen released her purple flames all around her, cross-shaped pillars made out of flames started appearing everywhere and turning the artificial Devils into dust. Her Sacred Gear, the Longinus [Incinerate Anthem], was one of the relics, the Holy Cross. Due to it being a relic, it was something far more dangerous and deadlier than a Holy Sword to the Devils. If one did not have sufficient power to dodge or guard against that, he/she would just be turned into ash. As a matter of fact, the purple flames that she released annihilated the artificial Devils similarly. Upon looking at Lint Sellzen’s simple way of fighting, Cao Cao thought “That simple-mindedness is cute”. He slowly walked on the battlefield while his comrades were fighting. After that, he hummed.
“Oppai Oppai, Oppai Dragon.”
It was the [Oppai Dragon Song] from the [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] show—. Because he had heard it numerous times, he had completely memorised it. At that moment, he just felt like humming that song.
“He must be the boss!”
“We just have to kill this guy!”
The Artificial Devils then came after Cao Cao!
“Zoom Zoom Iyaaan.”
Cao Cao struck his Holy Spear forward at an imperceivable speed whilst singing that song. Simultaneously, the artificial Devils were turned into dust. Cao Cao’s Holy Spear was said to be the strongest amongst the thirteen — no, eighteen Longinus currently. It was also said to be the first Longinus in addition to being the top of the top amongst relics, a Sacred Gear that was said to be able to pierce not just Devils and monsters, but also Gods. Devils who weren’t that powerful would be annihilated just by being pierced by it.
“Oppai Dragon also pushes today.”
Cao Cao continued to walk while singing, defeating the artificial Devils that came at him with ease. He even walked in accordance with the song.
… This way of fighting, I wouldn’t even have considered it in the past.
—I thought I could become this world’s protagonist.
At that time, within me, I had the Holy Spear, one of only thirteen incarnations in the world that could even destroy a God. That’s what made me think that I was chosen by the world. People who had the same line of thought assembled, and I, who was trying to reach my supernatural goal, felt that I was the center of the story. We stood
together, thinking that my comrades who came to me could also become heroes—. But, I was wrong—.
The faces of Hyoudou Issei, Vali Lucifer and Ikuse Tobio popped onto his head. There was a noticeably different Devil with a vast amount of aura blocking his way, who was walking and destroying the Artificial Devils with his Holy Spear.
“Hahahahaha! So you’re the leader of the Hero Faction, Cao Cao! The user of the Holy Spear! I am different from these guys! I can even match Sonneillon and Gressil!”
“I see, so what?”
“Heh! Smile while you can! My specialty, [Long—”
As he let out a large amount of aura from his body and tried to release his specialty from his hand—.
“—Slow.”
Cao Cao instantly thrust his spear several times, creating holes all over the body of the Devil with the large amount of aura. After that, due to the effect of the Holy Spear, the Devil turned into dust. It seemed like the Devil just now was quite strong among them, after he was utterly defeated by Cao Cao, the other Artificial Devils started trembling greatly and none of them dared to get close to him. Cao Cao thought.
...Those who are able to become the protagonist of a story are those who are able to create miracles. They’re those who are chosen by the miracle. Those who are able to cause miracles every time.
Cao Cao realised that through his own experiences.
I am…no more than the son of villager A or B that just happened to have this strong spear.
He then remembered his first comrade-in-arms that became his comrade. The first friend who went around the world together with him—.
—Hey, Siegfried. Did you believe that you were able to become the protagonist even until your very last moment? If you did, was it really happiness? Would you be happier if you were to meet Hyoudou Issei rather than me? Would you end up not dying? That’s what he had been thinking all along. Suddenly, there was a red aura pillar created far in the pseudo-space. That had to be Hyoudou Issei’s aura attack. While looking at that, Cao Cao remembered the conversation that they had yesterday.
—Well, I guess it wouldn’t hurt having a friend like you.
Cao Cao couldn’t help but laugh.
“Friend, huh. That’s a strange thing. For me to be this assured when he’s on the battlefield with me. —I see, so this might be what a ‘Friend’ is.”
He was also assured when Siegfried was beside him—. There was one Artificial Devil who laughed whilst the others were afraid of Cao Cao’s existence.
“Kukuku… It’s the user of the Holy Spear…”
He was a thin man with a clearly different aura from the rest — Sonneillon. Upon engaging with Cao Cao, Sonneillon was silent at first, but then suddenly spoke.
“Snap.”
Cao Cao quickly realized it was his special ability and responded by stepping back, dodging the invisible force attack. The ground Cao Cao stood on distorted as if it were crushed.
… I shouldn’t get hit by that. Cao Cao couldn’t afford to be hit by the supernatural beings’ abilities as he was a human. Due to him still being a human, there was a limit to his body strength (although there were people like Vasco Strada who was on a different level). If he were to get hit, he would suffer a severe injury. But it was good as long as he didn’t get hit. Cao Cao spun his spear and waited for Sonneillon to charge. On the other hand, Sonneillon charged a large amount of aura and reached out his hand. A moment later, Cao Cao quickly skipped about as he felt an unusual atmosphere flowing around him. Sonneillon’s [Crushing] ability fell onto Cao Cao in waves one after another. However, Cao Cao easily dodged all of them. Although he wasn’t as fast as Kiba Yuuto, he still managed to dodge Sonneillon’s attacks.
“...Why does it not hit? He isn’t supposed to be fast.”
Sonneillon felt something weird as his attacks didn’t connect with Cao Cao. Cao Cao had fully grasped Sonneillon’s habit and area when he used his ability [Crushing] from his match recordings. After experiencing it firsthand, Cao Cao’s analysis became more exact and therefore heightened his predictions. Sonneillon would always look at the place where he would execute his attack. Although he was able to use his ability continuously due to the raw power that he had since he was born, he still had to look at the place where he wanted to activate it, creating a gap of several milliseconds, and the attack itself would take around one second. Cao Cao was able to easily guess where the attack would land just by looking at his eye movement and body gestures. Even if he was in his attack range, it was still easy to dodge it as he still needed another second for the attack to land after looking at the target. Which meant—
“Why, why did it not hit!?”
Sonneillon screamed as he was annoyed due to his attacks not connecting.
“Even though it hit against the Holy Demonic Sword user! Why is it!?”
Hopeless — that being said, he must not be able to understand it. Sonneillon, who was just born, didn’t know that he lacked experience. There was also one big gap. Cao Cao tapped the spear on his shoulder and said,
“You are a genius. There’s no mistaking it. Unfortunately — it seems like I am the better genius.”
“...”
Sonneillon looked angry. Sonneillon was a genius in terms of both demonic power and physical aspects. But, that was all. Those things were common in Cao Cao’s circle. —The truly scary ones were those who were able to cause miracles continuously. A genius was like a joke to Cao Cao, who had seen someone getting a power-up continuously with just women’s breasts numerous times.
“If you had five years of experience, I don’t know if I can say the same thing though.”
Sonneillon became furious at Cao Cao’s taunt, scratching his head and screaming furiously.
“...That guy with quick feet, and now it’s you… Why do troublesome people keep appearing before me…?”
—.
Cao Cao knew that Sonneillon was heightening his aura. Sonneillon’s aura that kept being charged finally exploded, and a vast amount of aura was released into the surrounding area.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
The pressure and the shock of the demonic power made the whole area tremble. In contrast, the aura that Sonneillon was giving off exceeded that of an Ultimate-class Devil. … He has the aura of a Maou-class Devil, was what Cao Cao thought deep in his mind.
Whilst giving off a powerful aura throughout his body, Sonneillon directed his bloodlust and hostility to Cao Cao. As he stretched both of his hands out,
“Snap!”
Cao Cao felt an absurd scale of pressure being released along with his scream. He quickly made his spear stand on the ground and instantaneously extended the tip, jumping high to the sky. A very large area of the place where Cao Cao was standing was compressed to the point that it looked as if it was excavated. A giant hole was made on the ground, and on top of it were the rocks, earth and trees that were compressed extremely into a ball. The compressed ball then fell onto the giant hole.
—If I take that, I’d be done for. Cao Cao smiled as he thought of that. It was starting to get interesting. Sonneillon looked at Cao Cao who jumped to the sky and tried to activate his [Crushing] there. If he stayed there, he wouldn’t be able to move in the sky and would be crushed to death. —Yet, Cao Cao silently said,
“Balance Breaker!”
He activated his Balance Breaker. A halo-like thing started to appear behind his back along with seven orbs the size of a bowling ball. Cao Cao stepped on top of the orb with the levitation ability — [Hatsutei Ratana] and dodged Sonneillon’s attack to the sky. The Halo that shone divinely and the seven orbs — [Seven Treasures] were the sub-species Balance Breaker of the Longinus [True Longinus], [Polar
Night Longinus Chakravartin]. Each of the [Seven Treasures] orbs floating around him had its own ability, endowing the user with seven new abilities due to the Balance Breaker. Although the sub-species differed from the [True Longinus]’s original Balance Breaker, since it granted the user seven new abilities, there were times when people in his circle and rivals would say that [It’s unfair for you to have seven more abilities!].
Cao Cao thought, ‘Looking at the growth of the Two Heavenly Dragons, as well as their comrades’ strength, I wonder if the addition of these seven abilities would actually impact them?’ He sincerely believed that their constant miraculous power-ups were way more terrifying. Cao Cao descended to the ground and declared to Sonneillon,
“The ones who were able to defeat my Balance Breaker were only either God-class beings, or those who could cause miracles. —Now, what about you?”
“Even though you’re just a weak human, you’re annoyingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!”
Whilst enveloping himself in a violent and vast amount of aura, Sonneillon activated his [Crushing] ability at his surroundings. Cao Cao ordered his comrades with his eyes and hand “Don’t come closer! I’ll defeat this one!”, keeping them from entering the range of Sonneillon’s ability. They responded by nodding their head.
Cao Cao threw his orbs at Sonneillon. The [Seven Treasures] flew at a high speed, and while Sonneillon tried to use his [Crushing] ability to destroy the orbs, Cao Cao used the [Atsusa Ratana], the orb with the ability to teleport things the wielder chose, to teleport the other six orbs, evading the attack. Although [Atsusa Ratana] was compressed and destroyed, Cao Cao quickly recreated it from his body once
again, returning it to its original state. Six of the [Seven Treasures] now surrounded Sonneillon.
“Shit!”
Sonneillon quickly responded and reached his hand out towards the orbs, but — one of the [Seven Treasures] orbs lit up and created numerous Cao Cao clones. It was [Kahabatei Ratana], the orb that created clones. Sonneillon became confused upon looking at Cao Cao’s clones, leaving him open. His sight also started to get blurry. Not only that, one of the [Seven Treasures] kept flying around him and made him lose his consciousness. The orb changed form and turned into that of a thorn whilst attacking Sonneilon. It took all of Sonneillon’s focus just to dodge all of those. On the other hand, the clones of Cao Cao’s clones wielding spears came to attack Sonneillon. Sonneillon tried to compress all of them at once as he released a huge amount of aura continuously. Even if the clones were to be compressed, it didn’t actually damage Cao Cao or his [Seven Treasures] due to them being mere phantoms.
“Shit! Shit! Shit! What’s wrong with these phantomsss!?”
In the middle of that situation, one of the phantoms — no, the real Cao Cao slipped into his clones and attacked Sonneillon with the tip of his spear before Sonneilon could realise what had happened. Sonneillon’s right shoulder was thrust with the tip of the Holy Spear. A moment later, a large amount of smoke started to float up from the wound.
“G-GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
Sonneillon screamed due to the unbearably excruciating pain. The sound of agony could be heard in response to the absolute damage inflicted by the Holy Spear. To Devils, the damage from the Holy Spear must be on a whole different level. As the damage from the
Holy Spear went through his right shoulder, Sonneillon’s right arm fell onto the ground. Still, Sonneillon couldn’t bear its pain and was on his knees, lying with his face downward. His consciousness seemed to be hazy because of the pain, rendering him unable to do any attacks.
“Hmph, even though I already activated my [Seven Treasures], it seems like we’re about to get to the end with just a few moves. I don’t have to use the complete [Balinayaka Ratana]’s abilities.”
Even for Sonneillon with his Maou-class aura, he was in his current position because of the damage from the Holy Spear. The ones who were able to deal with this spear with endless burning fighting spirit — the Two Heavenly Dragons, Sairaorg Bael and their comrades, were on a whole different league. ...Although it might be the case that Sonneillon was sensitive to pain due to him just being born not long ago… Still, Cao Cao’s rivals consisted of people who were a cut above the rest, making him both enchanted and happy.
“...”
Sonneillon, who regained his consciousness, glared at Cao Cao with eyes full of bloodlust and tears. Once again, he heightened his aura and tried to use his ability, but — Cao Cao mercilessly struck the left arm of Sonneillon who was already on his knees.
“GUHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
Upon receiving the excruciating pain for a second time, Sonneillon collapsed to the ground whilst suffering from the pain. Cao Cao realised that the match was more or less decided after looking at that.
—Cao Cao was unscathed. Sonneillon seemed to have lost his will to fight as his tears came out flowing from his eyes. Cao Cao finally looked at his comrades. As most of the Artificial Devils were
defeated, the fight here was completely won by the Hero Faction. Cao Cao said to Sonneillon,
“Now, what are you going to do? Do you want to be turned into dust with this spear, or do you want to surrender? I was told by my higher-ups that I can let you live if you surrender though.”
Starting from Maou Ajuka Beelzebub, whose position was to guide [DxD], the researchers from various mythologies also had a special interest in the Devils that the Mother of Devils, Lilith, gave birth to, especially Balberith, Verrine, Gressil and Sonneillon. Therefore, he received the order that he could spare their lives if they were to surrender.
—It was at that time. There was a communication magic circle deployed next to Sonneillon’s ear.
Judging from the magic circle’s pattern, it was that of old Olympus magic, so the one who contacted him had to be either Erebus or someone close to him.
“...”
Sonneillon was surprised upon receiving the contact and slowly regained the malice that he lost. He laughed and muttered,
“... Kakakakakakakaka. I figured out the real Urakyoto’s coordinates! I figured it outttt!”
Following that, Sonneillon charged his demonic power on his left arm and fired it at Cao Cao. Cao Cao dodged by jumping backwards, but Sonneillon quickly changed the trajectory to a certain direction.
“And Boom!”
The place he activated it was the pile of the Artificial Devils’ corpses. The corpses were gathered and fixed into one place using
Sonneillon’s power. A flesh-sphere was made out of the compressed corpses of the Artificial Devils. Blood and flesh were spurted out as it was being over-compressed.
“You compressed your friends!? What are you planning to do!?”
Following Jeanne’s surprised words, a transportation magic circle was suddenly deployed below the sphere made out of corpses. This was also a transportation magic circle made using old Olympus magic. Sonneillon screamed,
“I will use my remaining aura to create a Demonic Power Bomb using the small fries’ compressed bodies! —I will teleport this to the Urakyoto town!”
—.
The contact just now had to be from the primordial God Erebus telling him to help prepare the attack as they already found out the coordinates. Although they shouldn’t be able to easily teleport things from this pseudo-barrier space that Georg created… The pattern of the transportation magic circle was that of old Olympus’ magic. The Primordial God Erebus might’ve activated the magic through Sonneillon.The chance of it getting through was — certainly not low! It was when the Demonic Power Bomb made out of corpses was about to be engulfed in the transportation light after the activation of the transportation magic circle.
“YOU SHIIIIT!”
Heracles went after the magic circle whilst making his [Balance Breaker] missiles appear throughout his body and stood facing the Demonic Power Bomb. He must’ve done that to cancel it out using his Balance Breaker attack. Heracles’ Sacred Gear and the Demonic Power Bomb created a giant explosion that created a big blast and an earthquake.
“Heracles!”
Cao Cao was surprised in response to his friend who sacrificed himself. He was worried about Heracles’ body. A big crater was formed in the place where the transportation magic circle was deployed. Heracles’ collapsed body could be seen inside that crater. There was smoke coming out of him, but even though he took quite the damage, he was still alive. Sonneillon’s eyes twitched upon looking at that.
“What an idiot. He tried to cancel it out by receiving it head-on.”
Heracles was smiling despite the heavy wounds all over his body.
“... Like hell I’d let you do it. There are people who look forward to the show, you know…”
Heracles fainted on that spot. His comrades quickly rushed to him. On the other hand, Sonneillon with his malice still boiling—
“I’ll make another one!”
He reached his hand out, but when he tried to gather the corpses of the Artificial Devils—
Slash! His left arm was suddenly cut down with a swing from the Holy Spear.
“A-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Sonneillon screamed in agony. Cao Cao pointed the tip of his spear towards Sonneillon with a cool expression.
“You don’t get another chance. Also, you—”
Cao Cao’s spear was thrust deep into Sonneillon’s chest.
“—will disappear here.”
“E-Even though you are a mere hu—”
Before he could finish his words, Sonneillon turned into dust. After taking care of Sonneillon, Cao Cao quickly rushed to Heracles’ place.
“Are you okay, Heracles?”
Heracles, who was being treated, smiled at Cao Cao,
“Well, considering the trouble that I caused in Kyoto last year…I had to at least do this much.”
Cao Cao had that thought,
I’ve caused a lot of trouble to my comrades and many people because of my selfishness. Despite that, my comrades returned to my side once again. Even those whom I had parted ways with returned to my side. The bad things that I did were tremendous. I have to pay for them for the rest of my life. Still, Siegfried — listen to me. I have my comrades. And there are also people who want to be my [Friend]. I am starting to feel that it might not be bad to use this spear for the sake of those people—.
SLASHDOG. To Become an Irregular Blade Of Endless Night at the Limits of the Dim and Distant
Team [Slash Dog] was already engaged in battle against the group of Artificial Devils — Erebus’ group in the mountain that was located at the west side of the pseudo-barrier space that resembled Urakyoto. The [Slash Dog], a.k.a Ikuse Tobio, who was an agent of Grigori as well as a member of [DxD], was facing the giant Devil — Gressil in an open space inside the woods. The shockwaves caused by the clash between supernatural abilities and demonic power due to the fight between his comrades and the Artificial Devils could be seen in the distant sky. Gressil smiled and said to Tobio who was facing him,
“You know, I wanted to fight the Holy Spear guy. If my body can remember the damage from that Holy Spear…doesn’t that mean that I’d be one step closer to becoming the strongest?”
Tobio shrugged upon hearing that statement.
“Well, you’re lucky. If you were to be sent to Cao Cao’s place, then you’d be turned to dust in no time.”
Cao Cao, a pure technique-type, would attack him quickly as he knew about Gressil’s specialty. He was a guy who focused solely on his opponents, so he must have roughly figured out how to deal with his enemies. Gressil’s special ability was called [Resistance] among Tobio’s comrades. Tobio also knew about it. The large jet-black Dog who was standing next to Tobio — Jin was glaring at Gressil. Jin was Tobio’s Sacred Gear — the Longinus [Canis Lykaon] itself, as well as Tobio’s partner and clone/other self. Tobio said this,
“I don’t have any intention to play with you for a long time.”
He quickly recited the powerful spell—.
<<——Behowlest the slaying of one thousand mortals>>
Ikuse Tobio and the black dog were enshrouded in a jet-black haze. It then spread, covering everything in the surrounding area.
<<——Besingest the slaying of ten thousand goblins>>
Their limbs gradually dissolved into the darkness and turned into something with an abnormal figure.
<<——Mine name, immersed in deepest darkness, tis the Imitation God traversing the Polar Night>>
Tobio’s entire body was enveloped in darkness.
<<——O ye, perishest by mine own black blade>>
Although his figure retained some human resemblance, it had become something that differed from a human.
<<——Fools ye art, oh deformed Creator Gods>>
Simultaneously after Tobio recited the last stanza of his chant, his black dog — Jin howled with a clear voice.
‘OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!’
What appeared there was the humanoid imitation of the God of the Blade that was covered in darkness. After reciting the spell, Tobio’s form changed into something that looked like a dog. He also had six tails growing on his back, and his whole body was emitting the aura of darkness. Next to him was the <<Dog>> Blade emitting darkness from its jaw—.
—Balance Breaker, [Night Celestial Slash Dogs]. Tobio, who had transformed into a hunter, took out a weapon that was longer than
him. —A giant scythe radiating black light that was giving off the aura of Darkness. The Longinus [Canis Lykaon] was considered an independent avatar type among Sacred Gears, making the user’s other self (in Ikuse’s case, it was Jin) to have its own will, which enabled its master to instruct and control it from far away. He could also make various blades appear from shadows and darkness. The giant scythe that Tobio took out was due to the second ability. At the same time, Jin also took out a sword from his own shadows and held it in his mouth. The unusual pattern on the blade part of the sword that Jin had was emitting light. The thing that was carved onto the blade was the forbidden spell. Tobio spun his giant scythe and walked slowly towards Gressil. He said,
[You are really lucky. Not only you didn’t meet Cao Cao, but you also got to save your life when you fought against Hyoudou Issei as he couldn’t go all out.]
Gressil let out a smile.
“You’re talking about his black armor, Dragon Deification, right? Well, that’s the one I wanted to fight. If my body remembers the attacks from that, I’ll surpass even Balberith and Verrine.”
[...What are you going to do once you surpass them? What is it that you seek beyond strength?]
“I don’t know. I was just born, you see. I don’t know any other choice other than rampaging around if I were to become strong. It seems like Bal and Verrine have something they like other than fighting, but I don’t understand them as of now. But…”
Gressil clenched his fist and smiled ominously.
“It’s fun to beat the fuck out of both the strong and the weak, you know. I have this thing called overwhelming violence since I was born. That’s why I love going on a rampage.”
[So that’s why you went on a rampage in Kyoto, huh? You know that there were a lot of normal people there, right?]
“? What about them? There are a countless number of Humans, aren’t there? Plus, even though they are weak, they reproduce easily. Although I am not Sonneillon, it’s not a big deal if we kill them like popping bubble wrap (beep) right?”
[...Every person in the town has their own life. That being said, even after explaining that to you, you wouldn’t understand, huh?]
“? Do you want to become a teacher or something? Sorry for you, but I was superior ever since I was born. I don’t need things like a teacher.”
Tobio prepared himself. There was no need for further questions.
[There are some things that we’d like to know about your birth. However, there is a possibility of your evil intention being fulfilled and harming the people precious to me. That’s why, I will cut you down.]
Tobio — began to recite an additional chant.
<<—Behowlest the slaying of principles and tens of thousands of goblins>>
Darkness started to appear in the surrounding area of Tobio and Jin, which then spread, covering the area.
<<We are the imitation of the Polar Night in the farthest abyss>>
The ground, the sky of the pseudo-space of Urakyoto, and everything was engulfed in Darkness that not a single ray of light could reach.
<<We are the Blade God. The Evil Beast. We will become the revolting blade of the endless night in the limits of the dim and distant>>
Black beasts that looked like Jin appeared near Tobio and Jin. They kept appearing one after another, increasing in number until they were the size of a large group. Plus, the countless number of dark Jin that appeared from the ground were also engulfed in Darkness. Among the group’s members, Tobio with his scythe and Jin with his sword heightened their aura explosively. This form was acquired through the polishing of his Balance Breaker, [Night Celestial Slash Dogs], which resulted in the achievement of the Abyss Side. —In other words, Balance Breaker Abyss Side — [Perfectus Tenebrae Lykaon et Fortis Densus Laelaps].
Originally, he’d change his form from his human form by using a special chant, but he was now able to change from his [Night Celestial Slash Dogs] by reciting an additional chant. The previous Governor of Grigori, Azazel-sensei, had suggested some possibilities regarding the Balance Breaker of a Sacred Gear.
There was [Crest Side], which was your usual Balance Breaker, including the sub-species ones, with the abilities to either strengthen or evolve. Then, there was [Abyss Side], a phenomenon where the Sacred Gear and its user became one, which happened after the user polished themselves and the Sacred Gear to its limit, and if the user kept wishing for it. The last one was [Ex Side], a new variation that couldn’t be categorised into either of those two. The one Tobio had was [Abyss side]. Gressil’s expression changed upon looking at that. He became so aroused that his body trembled.
“...You’ve also used this form in a match, right? I’ll surely kick you Longinus users’ asses! It’s often said to be the incarnation that can kill even Gods! But still!”
Gressil heightened his power explosively,
“Ha!”
At the same time he shouted, the aura enveloping his body was increased dramatically. Tobio knew that he had just removed his limiter. Judging from his aura alone, there was no mistake that he was at least Maou-class. Gressil clenched his fist, took his stance and said,
“That’s what makes it great! It makes me truly feel aliveeeee!”
As he released his aura to his surroundings, Gressil jumped out of his current position. His kick to the ground was so powerful that he managed to make the darkness that was engulfing the ground disappear for an instant. Gressil tried to punch while dashing faster than the ones he did in the match. An unbelievable amount of aura also filled his fist. Tobio and Jin quickly evaded that and swung the large scythe from the side. Jin also followed his partner up by attempting to slash Gressil with the sword of Darkness in his mouth. Gressil jumped mid-air and managed to evade Tobio’s giant scythe. The sword came after that, but — Gressil stopped the Dog’s sword by clasping his hands. After stopping Jin’s sword, he reached the ground and threw it violently. Jin fixed his stance mid-air and arrived at the ground without any problems.
—It seems like his physical abilities increase every time he fights.
That’s what Tobio thought of Gressil deep in his heart. He managed to easily dodge the combination attack of Tobio and Jin. He must’ve become familiar with his moves after watching the recordings of the Rating Game World Tournament matches. Whilst Tobio had also seen Gressil’s match…he felt like Gressil was stronger compared to that time. Tobio directed his index finger and middle finger towards Gressil. As he did, the beasts that looked similar to Jin — no, the
group of black beasts that exactly looked like Jin started to charge towards Gressil. Like Jin, the black beasts were also holding swords with spells engraved on them using their mouths.
“Hah! Interesting!”
Gressil took the beasts who charged at him with high-speed head-on and sent them flying using his fists and kicks that were filled with a big amount of aura. The beasts who were sent flying disappeared into the shadows, but they soon reemerged and attacked Gressil once again. However, Gressil was able to dodge the attacks of the black beasts who came at him with high speed and his great defensive body movements. On top of that, he took the initiative and annihilated the first black beasts that came at him as he adapted to the situation.
“Oryaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Gressil charged an enormous amount of aura and punched the ground. The powerful force made the darkness disappear and shattered a wide area of the ground. Tobio and Jin flew to the sky as the ground trembled severely due to the vigorous force.
—An unbelievably giant crater was created below them. The violent punch that was filled with aura managed to create this much force… If that punch were to be repeated several more times, the ground would surely change.
As Tobio and Jin descended to the ground, they hid their presence silently and approached Gressil. Tobio lowered himself and raised his scythe that almost touched the ground upwards. Jin also went towards Gressil’s back and swung the sword in his mouth in a straight line. Gressil responded by deflecting Tobio’s scythe first and managed to evade nicely as he turned and rotated his body in order to avoid Jin’s attack. Gressil continued by trying to punch Tobio with
his left hand, but Tobio quickly jumped backwards and disappeared into the darkness. The same went for Jin as he suddenly jumped into the darkness and hid himself. In response to the two beasts that hid their presence, Gressil widened his field of view and looked at his surroundings. Suddenly, Jin flew towards Gressil at a high-speed from behind him like a black bullet. Gressil grasped his slight presence and rotated his body a bit as he tried to backhand chop Jin. However, Tobio knew the situation from the darkness and made a distorted blade appear between Gressil and Jin, securing Gressil’s blind spot for a moment.
“This won’t stop me!”
Whilst the blade was destroyed by a single punch from Gressil, Jin had already disappeared from that place. It was because the moment before Jin attacked, he slipped into the darkness along with the appearance of the blade.
“If that’s the case, then I’ll destroy the whole thing!”
Gressil gathered an enormous amount of aura and punched the ground that was covered in darkness. The vigorous punch made the darkness disappear at once and shattered a large area of the ground like before. The ground then trembled and a giant crater was made once again thanks to Gressil. The Beast of Darkness — Tobio jumped upwards and descended down whilst holding his scythe! Gressil tried to welcome his enemy on top of him with an uppercut. But the body of the Beast of Darkness, aka Tobio, seemed to disperse into the darkness, and once it re-emerged from the darkness, it turned into a number of his other self, aka Jin. Of course, all of them were holding the swords with a forbidden spell engraved on them in their mouth. Gressil’s uppercut managed to only hit the sky as Tobio’s body was dispersed and turned into several Jin. All the Jins then slashed, slashed, slashed, and slashed Gressil with their swords!
“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Gressil screamed in agony as he didn’t expect a number of Jins to slash him. That being said, Gressil quickly regained the will to do a counter-attack and tried to attack them with his fist filled with aura, but — a moment later, the Beast of Darkness — Tobio emerged from the ground of darkness on his side. Tobio, whose appearance made Gressil dumbfounded, jumped at him whilst rotating his body and slashed Gressil’s body in a circular direction. The attack from Jin before plus Tobio’s circular slash left out scars on Gressil’s whole body. Blood gushed out from throughout his body.
“Shit!”
Gressil who was damaged tried to kick Tobio’s middle body, but as he dispersed his body into the darkness once again, the attack missed.
“Wow, my attacks aren’t connecting at all!”
Gressil’s anger was shown on his face. He was slowly losing his cool as his attacks weren’t connecting at all. Even if they hit, Tobio would just disperse and turn into beasts of darkness, leaving him unscathed. The darkness gathered and created Tobio’s form. Tobio spun his scythe and said,
[Those who are able to damage me are either real Maou-class or God-class. Those below them won’t be able to surpass my darkness.]
“...!”
Gressil became so mad that his veins showed on his face in response to Tobio’s provocation. However, Gressil let out a sigh and managed to regain his cool. He then smiled and said to Tobio,
“But still, my body has remembered your blade, you know? Your attacks won’t work on me anymore.”
Gressil forcefully closed his wounds using his muscles, stopping the blood from coming out.
“Ha!”
Gressil enveloped his body with his aura and jumped out from his place vigorously. Tobio took out another scythe from the darkness below him and prepared himself against Gressil using two scythes. Gressil punched Tobio with a giant swing, but Tobio dodged sideways. However, the shockwave due to the aura from his punch sent the darkness, as well as the trees and the scenery behind Tobio, flying. Gressil continued by landing a kick on Tobio’s torso, but Tobio managed to avoid it as well by lowering his body to the point where he almost touched the ground. Gressil tried to punch downwards, but yet again, Tobio rotated sideways and managed to evade that. Once he fixed his stance, Tobio attacked Gressil by swinging his two scythes at the same time.
Gressil, whose body had remembered Tobio’s blade thanks to his [Resistance], took it head on with a relaxed expression. —However, Tobio’s two scythes damaged Gressil and left an X mark on his body. The X mark that was engraved deeply into Gressil’s chest gushed out a big amount of blood.
“A-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Gressil screamed out in pain. He looked surprised whilst supporting his chest that kept bleeding out.
“Wh…!? H-How did the blade go through!?”
Tobio stuck one of his scythes to the ground and created another scythe with his hand. The aura that it was emitting was different from the first ones. Tobio said,
[My blades have plenty of aura wavelengths, you see. The one that you remembered was just one of them. —Well then.]
Tobio once again held two of his scythes and slowly walked forward. A pack of his other self, Jin, appeared behind him. Tobio gazed sharply and said,
[I now know the conditions for my blade to work on you.]
It was not only Gressil who was able to remember the enemy’s attack or specialty, as Tobio could also change the quality of his blades depending on the enemy. After all, his blades were able to cut even Gods, and were even said to be able to [cut all kinds of things]. A cursed black and crimson flame started to appear in Tobio’s scythes. Lykaon, the king of the Paradise [Arcadia] of Greek mythology that was said to be the true ancestor of werewolves, as well as the Godly Sword that appeared in Japanese mythology [Ame no Ohabari], dwelled in his [Canis Lykaon]. Those two had distorted and merged into a Sacred Gear, becoming a Longinus. Because of the distortion, he had turned into a dog instead of a wolf—. He had turned into a false God—. The cursed black and crimson flames that dwelled in his scythe was the same as the one that dwelled in [Ame no Ohabari] when it cut the God of Fire Hinokagutsuchi. It was said to be the byproduct.
As Tobio walked towards Gressil, the pack of Jin charged forward like bullets, attacking Gressil. Gressil, on the other hand, defeated one after another with his punches and kicks, but he was still overwhelmed by the group’s attacks and received some of the attacks thoroughly. There were cuts all over Gressil’s body. Following
that, Tobio prepared to finish off Gressil with the two scythes that were enveloped in the dense cursed flames.
[Your [specialty] is on a whole different level. But…]
Gressil’s body was attacked countless times by the two scythes at a unperceivable speed. On top of that, the black dog — Jin simultaneously cut down in a straight line as he descended from the sky. A moment later, countless cuts could be seen on Gressil’s body.
[—Our blades can cut anything.]
Gressil let out his last words.
“...So I…couldn’t become like…Balberith or Verrine, huh…”
Bo! Gressil collapsed as his body was badly injured due to the countless cuts and was incinerated by the cursed flames. Tobio said whilst looking at Gressil’s last moment.
[Power-wise, you’re already like them. However, you can’t become a true [Transcendental Being] just by raw power and demonic power alone.]
After the fight ended, Tobio undid the darkness space that was covering the area, returning it to its former forest scenery.
—As he had such thoughts, it began to snow a little. He also felt cold. It seemed like his comrade, Lavinia Reni, was using her Sacred Gear and had turned the place into a world of ice somewhere. If that’s the case, the total destruction of the group of Artificial Devils was inevitable. As the fight had ended, Tobio’s partner, Jin came to his side. The other Jins had also disappeared, leaving him alone. After Tobio patted Jin’s head, his comrade, Minagawa Natsume’s breathing could be seen as she rushed to his side from far away.
“Tobio! Has it ended?”
[Yeah. I’ve defeated Gressil.]
Once Natsume got closer, she reported to Tobio.
“We’re also finished. Lavinia too. Shiroguronero used a dirty attack on the enemies after all.”
It seemed like they were able to defeat one of the targets, Gressil and the group of Artificial Devils around him. It was at that time after they took a breath and thought of joining the other members of [DxD]. A communication magic circle was deployed next to Tobio and Natsume’s ear, with Georg, who was outside the pseudo-space, contacting them.
[[—!]]
The two of them looked grim after hearing that. Natsume screamed,
“Tobio! The enemy’s Devils have infiltrated the Youkai forest in the vicinity of Kyoto!”
That’s right, the contact just now was reporting the incident that was happening in the human world. The Youkai forest in the vicinity of Kyoto was being attacked—.
Fan
In a Youkai-inhabited village somewhere between certain mountains in the vicinity of Kyoto, a special showroom selling [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] goods for the Youkais and other supernatural beings was set up. The limited goods that could only be obtained in the event venue in Urakyoto were sold here so that those who weren’t able to get tickets to the event could also get them. A long queue to the showroom was made not long after as the youkai fans and other supernatural beings waited for their turn.
The figure of Balberith (he was also wearing his Oppai Dragon hat properly) from team [Black Satan of Darkness Dragon King], as well as his leader, the High-class Grim Reaper Zeno, could be seen among those who were queuing. The reason why Balberith was here was that he wanted to get his hands on the limited action figure goods [Oppai Dragon Dororon Youkai Clear Version]. Zeno stuck with him as he couldn’t let Balberith go by himself. The long queue line that they were in slowly moved. Balberith’s chest throbbed every time he moved.
—Balberith knew. He knew just how hard it was to get a [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] limited action figure. The first time he went to the show event, he wasn’t able to get the limited figure that was sold in the venue. —No, he couldn’t buy it. It was when he went to the store before the show started. They were no longer selling the limited figure. It was completely sold out. He had just learned in that place that he had to queue if he wanted to get the limited figure. He learned that due to the popularity, getting the limited event figure was a competition. When he went to the show for the second time, he quickly went to the venue and queued in line for the first time in his life. However—
“We are very sorry but the limited edition figure has just been sold out.”
“—!?”
The limited edition figure was sold out before his very eyes—. The child was smiling as he was lucky enough to get the last limited edition figure. Balberith’s eyes were filled with envy upon looking at the sight and he grit his teeth watching the thing he wanted most go. That’s right, that was the first time Balberith had experienced defeat. Even when he lost to [Babel Belial] in the Rating Game World Tournament match, he didn’t have the feeling he had right now as he couldn’t even understand the concept of ‘losing’. However, not being able to buy the figure gave him his first taste of defeat. This time, his third time — he had already lined up hours before the shop opened and waited with all his heart. And, it was finally his turn—.
“O-Oppai Dragon…Dororon Y-Youkai Clear Version… Please.”
Balberith’s voice was shaky as he was very nervous in front of the cashier.
“All right, coming right up.”
As the Karasutengu shop assistant received the order, it put his order into a bag and calculated the total price. Balberith then received his items and left the cashier. Balberith was dumbfounded for a moment in response to the real thing in his hands. He opened the bag a little bit and in it was — the limited edition action figure that he had been dreaming of and yearned for. It was not a dream, it was real. Balberith had finally got his hands on the [Oppai Dragon Dororon Youkai Clear Version]. He found that the clear and see-through armor material was beautiful. The happiness and satisfaction that he felt couldn’t be described in words. —Balberith learned the meaning
of victory from the bottom of his heart for the first time on that occasion.
<<Well, let’s return home.>>
That’s what Zeno said after accompanying him until he was finished. It was when they finished their errands and developing a transportation magic circle so that they could return.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A piercing explosive sound could be heard from the village’s entrance. The screams of the Youkai soon followed after that.
“Uwaaaaaa! The Devils are attacking!”
Whilst the Youkai were running and trying to escape, Balberith who heard the ruckus, on the other hand, went towards the place where the explosive sounds continued.
<<H-Hey, Balberith! Don’t act recklessly! We are from the Netherworld! If you do something that stands out, we don’t know what’ll happen later!>>
Even after Zeno desperately tried to stop him, Balberith didn’t mind him and went to the place where the Devils were attacking instead. In that place — the group of Devils enveloped in their own aura were attacking and destroying the shops in the village. Judging from the aura, Balberith knew that these guys were born like the way he was. He believed that they had to be acting on orders from the Netherworld...either from Hades or one of his partners. ...The fact that Gressil and Sonneillon were persuaded by the primordial God Erebus meant that this might have something to do with them. Although Balberith hadn’t heard of this yet, that’s what he felt. On the other hand, Zeno was…
<<Unbelievable, the Lilith Children are here! That means, this must be Hades-sama’s…no, is it the doing of the infamous God Erebus?>>
That’s what he said. However, Zeno had a confused look on his face. That being said, Balberith had small interest in the current condition. He thought that he’d capture one of them and get some information. But it was at that time when he had such thoughts.
“Uwaaaaaaaan! My Oppai Dragoooooon!”
He could hear the children’s screams.
As he looked over that way — one of the Devils stepped on the [Oppai Dragon Dororon Youkai Clear Version] figure that the kid just bought and broke it to pieces. In that instance — there was something within Balberith that increased drastically. The feeling he couldn’t hold back any longer raised up from within him. —Balberith knew. He knew just how hard it was to get a [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] limited action figure. Balberith understood the indescribable happiness and satisfaction that one felt after getting that. However, the Devils were laughing unpleasantly in response to the Youkai kid whose figure was destroyed.
“He cried just because his small figure was destroyed.”
[Gahahahaha!]
Suddenly, Balberith stood before the group of Devils.
“Hey!”
Balberith called upon the Devils with a raised voice.
“Huh? What do you want?”
The Devils made a provocative face. Balberith asked the Devils whilst pointing at the destroyed figure.
“That figure, do you guys know just how important it is?”
The Devils were surprised in response to his words, but a moment later — they had a big laugh.
[Gyahahahahahahahaha!]
“What’s wrong with this guy? The fuck is he saying?”
“This guy has a screw loose!”
They ridiculed Balberith’s words. Whilst sneering at his words, one of the Devils gathered aura on his hand and tried to fire it at Balberith.
“He’s a strange guy. Well, whatever. Let’s just send him—”
Pow! Before the Devil could finish his words, Balberith punched him. The Devil who took Balberith’s punch was sent flying backward quite far away. A dense aura started oozing out from Balberith’s body as he asked the Devils.
“I’ll ask once again. Do you guys know how important that thing is?”
One of the Devils seemed to find him familiar after looking at Balberith—.
“Hey, I’ve seen this guy—”
Before that Devil could finish his words, he was also taken out by Balberith’s punch. The Devils started to shudder after looking at Balberith, who took out two Devils with just a punch. However, Balberith’s anger hadn’t abated.
“Don’t call it ‘small’. This thing… do you guys know how important this is for those who bought it?”
“S-Shit! W-What are you say—”
This was the third Devil who was sent flying backwards by Balberith’s punch. The match was one-sided. This emotion — the anger that Balberith couldn’t hold back manifested and trampled the group of Devils. He sent the Devils flying away with his punches, kicks and aura bullets. Those who were afraid of Balberith’s strength and tried to run away were also shot down by the aura bullets that Balberith fired from far away. The group of Devils was totally annihilated within a minute or two.
<<Unbelievable…! How should I explain this to the higher-ups? He secretly came to buy a figure and this turned into trouble!?>>
His leader, Zeno, was thinking about the situation and expressed his confusion. —It was at that time. There were several figures who descended in the middle of the village from the sky. A humanoid monkey youkai, a humanoid pig youkai, and a mountain man youkai. Balberith had seen them before. They were members of the [Journey to the West] team who also participated in the Rating Game World Tournament, Victorious Fighting Buddha [First-gen Son Wukong], Cleanser of the Altars [First-gen Zhu Bajie], Golden-bodied Arhat [First-gen Sha Wujing]. They were the beings who were said to be essential research subjects by Zeno. The monkey youkai — First-gen Sun Wukong looked around the village, smoked from his pipe and said,
“Kakaka, it seemed like the artificial Devils have been annihilated while we were not here.”
The fat pig youkai — First-gen Zhu Bajie let out a sigh.
“Yeah. We came here because we heard the village was attacked. Did Nezha come and help to defeat the Devils around this village?”
The hermit youkai — First Gen Sha Wujing put the amulet that seemed to function as a way to communicate on his ear and said.
“Hey, it seems like they’ve also finished quickly over there. The artificial Devils won’t stand a chance against Nezha.”
The three Youkai seemed to be bored. —Suddenly, there was a Devil who tried to run without anyone noticing him. However, First-gen Sun Wukong extended his Ruyi Bang without moving his body and defeated the Devil with just one attack. Even Balberith knew that these three youkai were so strong that he couldn’t find even the slightest opening. First-gen Sun Wukong seemed to have noticed their presence as he looked over at Balberith and Zeno. The moment Zeno was looked at, he could be seen trembling in fear. First-gen Sun Wukong said,
“Aren’t you guys… the members of the team with the long name? What are the people of Netherworld doing here?”
Zeno desperately answered,
<<W-W-We came here to buy a figure!>>
“What is that?”
First-gen Zhu Bajie tilted his head curiously. First-gen Sun Wukong looked at the youkai kid’s figure that was stomped to bits by the Devils.
“Is this what a figure is? Why does a Grim Reaper want such thing? You guys must have some connection to the Devils that attacked here, right?”
<<N-No, no, no, no, no, no, no! I completely don’t know anything about them! I-It’s true! Balberith and I just came here to buy a figure!>>
Zeno panicked after being asked by the well-known main figures of the Journey to the West. On the other hand, Balberith didn’t mind
Zeno’s situation as he started to move on his own and walked towards the youkai kid who was crying due to his figure being destroyed. The kid was afraid upon looking at Balberith’s intense aura, but—. Balberith gave out the figure that he had just bought to the kid.
“—Here. Take it…”
—Balberith knew. He knew just how hard it was to get a [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] limited action figure.
“What?”
Balberith responded to the surprised kid.
“This…I give. That’s why…don’t cry.”
Balberith wanted to give his own figure to the kid. The kid was also a fan of [Oppai Dragon], and he also lined up in the same queue… He was the same as Balberith. That’s why Balberith thought of giving his figure to him. The kid received the unboxed figure and asked.
“...Is it okay?”
Balberith nodded.
“Yeah. This [Oppai Dragon] figure is a very important thing. I understand that. You worked hard and lined up in the queue. It’s only obvious that you should have this. That’s why, don’t cry.”
The kid finally smiled in response to Balberith’s words.
“Thank you, onii-chan!”
The youkai who seemed to be the kid’s parents came rushing.
“U-Uhm, thank you very much!”
As the parents expressed their gratitude, they took the child and went to the village. After the kid disappeared from his eyes, a feeling inside Balberith welled up. —A certain feeling inside Balberith arose in his heart. Balberith, without a doubt, had just lost something important to him right now.
“...”
Balberith was—. He couldn’t hold back the feelings that filled his heart.
“...Uuuuu, uuuu.”
An endless stream of tears came out flowing from his eyes. He was finally able to buy the figure. After having his first taste of defeat (completely sold), he made an effort so he could win (buy it).
And then, he gave away the beautiful figure that he had. However, he thought it was okay. He wanted to believe that it was okay.
—My body is bigger than the kid.
The one with the bigger body had to endure it. And above all, the kid was also an [Oppai Dragon] fan like him. Still — Balberith wasn’t able to hold back his tears. This was the first time Balberith felt [Sadness] in his life. [Chichiryuutei Oppai Dragon] made him, an artificial transcendental being, taste various feelings—. First-gen Sun Wukong said after looking at Balberith,
“... I don’t really understand... I don’t really understand, but Grim Reaper-san, I’ll believe what you said.”
Balberith and Zeno weren’t questioned any further. Plus, the only report made to the people of [DxD] was that the village was saved—.
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