Normal: Dialogue, Narrations
Italics: Thoughts
Bold: A/N, Quotes
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Previously we saw Gasper and the rest of his friends end up going to the Tepes Territory where they meet his father Lord Vladi and his brothers, Issei and his friends except Gasper meet him for the very first time, when Lord Vladi asks them the purpose of his visit, Issei informs them that their actions caused them to be here, Gasper then asked for his mother's location from his 'father' to which the latter along with his children except Gasper started laughing much to Issei and his team's anger, Lord Vladi said in a mocking tune that he killed her and consumed her after Gasper ran away. This caused looks of disgust at them and some even wanted to kill Lord Vladi for his actions, Gasper wanted the man in front of him to suffer, immediately activating his balance breaker he and the rest of Issei's team crushed Lord Vladi and his vampires with Gasper torturing Lord Vladi to death after that was done, they proceed inside while killing any Vampires that attacked them, they were then suddenly ambushed by Raynare's old friends with the order to stop the intruders. Raynare and Chara agree to stay back and deal with Kalwarner, Dohnaseek and Mitlett who had been enhanced and revived by the Sephiroth Graal, they then begin to fight with Raynare personally taking on Kalwarner and Dohnaseek while Chara deals with Mitlett. The fight was evenly matched with the duo of fallen angels pushing Raynare to her utmost limit, but Dohnaseek makes the mistake of going after her family which pretty much seals his fate against Raynare, as she easily kills him, she then focuses on Kalwarner, as she did she remembered how they abandoned and killed her simply because their ideologies did not match, Raynare then takes her down once and for all as she has become pretty much a threat to her family, after killing the duo of fallen angels, she lies down out of exhaustion, where she meets up with Chara, Chara then proceeds to tell her how she dealt with Mitlett, she taunted her and then proceeded to slash her into multiple pieces causing her to explode into a flurry of feathers resulting in her defeat. They then decide to go inside to check on their friends. Thirty minutes earlier, Issei and their remaining people head inside where they see the conversion to evil dragons. Elmenhide is shocked that some of the vampires were males from her own faction, they had betrayed the Carmilla faction in a desire to obtain more power and not be repressed by the opposing gender from their faction. After leaving knowing that they needed to stop the source of the transformation, they head further inside only for them to come across Crom Crauch, the crescent circle dragon, Tiamat stays behind in order to deal with that evil dragon, the latter getting excited to fight against the strongest dragon king. After having a conversation about the situation, they begin their fight, since Crom could care less about Rizevim's goals he only wanted to fight strong opponents
The battle between Tiamat and Crom had started, they were almost evenly tied despite Tiamat being the strongest dragon king that had once pushed Issei into revealing his apocalyptic powers, she was unable to defeat him with relative ease, she for the first time was struggling against the evil dragon. Crom then taunted the female dragon
Crom: What's the matter Tia, can't keep up
Tiamat: How?, How are you this strong Crom?
Crom: I trained myself to this point, I saw the fight between Balor and Lugh and decided, that was the day I will train myself to the point of becoming as strong as Draigg and Albion one day
Crom did not think twice, he knew that this was the time of his life, he looked at a shocked Tiamat with a smirk, he did not realize that he had become as strong as a freaking Dragon king. He enjoyed every single moment of that fight. Crom then responded with a fire breath strong enough to kill an ultimate class being
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Tiamat barely dodged the flame attack, she staggered behind knowing that if the flame would have hit her she would have been damaged heavily, she countered using her own flames, Chaos Flames
It was a direct hit, Crom Crauch had blocked the flames with his own hands, given that he was an evil dragon, it gave him a bit of a masochistic personality, he wanted to experience those flames, the flames that could kill god itself, he then responded
Crom: Not bad Tiamat, you do live up to the title of the strongest dragon king, I am having the time of my life, let us continue
Crom then charged at Tiamat and started punching Tiamat who also used her own skills in hand to hand combat in being able to deal and counteract Crom's Punches herself, even in this category both were evenly matched. They flew up using their wings and continues their assault on each other trying to get an upper gain on the other
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But the outcome was the same, they then took opposing sides and they charged their strongest attacks on one another, this resulted in Crom and Tiamat's clothes being slightly torn, they then once again charged given a punch to each of their faces causing them to move backwards
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Crom and Tiamat then went a few steps backwards, that was Tiamat then spoke to Crom
Tiamat: Why are you fighting for Rizevim, why give your loyalty to someone like him?
Crom: He promised me tougher fights, he told me that if I can work for him he would give a much stronger opponent
Tiamat: He lies, Crom, he always lied, he never cares about your dream, he only cares about himself and nothing more nothing less.
Crom stops and returns back to normal, ever since he joined the Khaos Brigade, Rizevim has only told him that his time will come, but it never came, his desire is to only fight stronger opponents in order to relinquish his battle maniac nature, but he never intended to care or work for Rizevim and his idealogies or goals.
Crom: You, you are right Tiamat, he lied to me, he promised me tougher fights, but never came to fulfil his promises
Tiamat: That is because he is known to be a manipulator, and a good one in fact, Issei who became my master treats me like a family member rather than anything else, he is the one that played a founding factor is my relationship with Draigg
Crom was surprised on what Tiamat just said, she knew that this boy became strong enough to manage to get Tiamat on his side, Crom wondered how and why did Tiamat chose to fight along side the three factions when she did not want anything to do with them. He then asked
Crom: What kind of a man is this Issei?
Tiamat: He is actually the red dragon emperor, but not only that but he is the one who brought me to his side. He is a kind man who will always fight for his friends and his family. If he would end up facing against god, he would still win and come out victorious
Crom: How strong is he?
Tiamat: Strong enough to overwhelm me and bring me to his side
Crom had a huge grin on his face, he knew that Tiamat is not a liar, but to manage to overwhelm a dragon king and bring her to his side takes a lot of strength and skill. He wondered how strong this Issei is, his battle maniac urges wanted him to fight Issei right now, but he knew that his time would come where he would come face to face with him. Crom then responds
Crom: Alright Tia, I see no reason for getting in your way, I would love to fight this Issei of yours when the time is right.
Tiamat then smiled in response, she knew that Crom would listen to her eventually, she knew that he does not stand for deception.
Tiamat: Alright then let's go and help the others.
Tiamat and Crom then head inside the castle to help with dealing with the other evil dragons as well as Vampires that may have turned into evil dragons thanks to the Holy Grail
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Tepes Castle, 45 minutes ago
While the clash between Tiamat and Crom Crauch was going on, Issei and the others proceed to go even inside the castle to find Valerie before it is too late, on the way an unexpected guest shows up, he throws a fire breath at the team pushing them back for a while until Issei and Sona manage to pull them back to their original position using their powers
???: Ah it is been so long since I came back
The figure that attacked them is a 15 meter tall Western Dragon with black scales, bright silver eyes, horns, wings, and thick limbs, uniquely being a Dragon who stands on his feet. He has been compared to a Giant with Draconic features, describing him as "possessing a form close to a human, with the wings, head and tail of a dragon." He exudes a dark and ominous aura, filled with hostility and killing intent.
Everyone recognized this dragon as the crime force dragon, Grendel, the dragon that was once slain by the knight Beowolf, seeing him here was not surprising to most of the team given that they did face against Grendel before in the previous timeline, multiple times, even successfully managing to seal the evil dragon courtesy of Rias's signature move Extinguished Star.
Grendel: So, who is my opponent? He's here, right? The insanely strong guy that I love so much!
Grendel said looking at Issei, he could sense a strong aura from this boy in front of him, he could see that this boy was the red dragon emperor, he licked his lips in glee as he finally found a worthy opponent. Grendel then began his attack on the team, Issei and Saji immediately entered into their balance breaker forms and started fighting the dragon. They were able to even match the dragon with the dragon not even trying to dodge their attacks, instead he was socking them up like a behemoth and he was enjoying it
Grendel: More!!! More!!!! MOOOORRRREEEE!!!!
Grendel was screaming maniacally as the teams began their attack on the Crime Force Dragon. Everyone present were confused as to why Grendel was not dodging their attacks and soaking it like it was nothing.
Issei began to increase the intensity of the attacks, but Grendel was enjoying every bit of the assault, until-
Grendel: AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
Issei and Saji managed to snap one of Grendel's claws, much to his shock, despite being enhanced by the Sephiroth Graal just like the others, he still felt pain. But being an evil dragon gave him an advantage, the dragon had massive pain tolerance so an arm snapping was not going to stop him anytime soon. He continued to press the advantage on to the teams. Gasper then stopped him using his time stopping abilities, enough for Issei to punch him square in the face. Grendel then made a perverted grin much to everyone's surprise
Grendel: OHHHHH, THIS IS SO GOOD, GIVE ME MOOOORRRRREEEEE!!!!!
Everyone sweat dropped at Grendel's masochistic side, it even put Akeno's to shame. Issei always knew that his SM tendencies surpassed that of regular masochists. They had no idea how to put this dragon down for good.
Saji: Any ideas on how to deal with him once and for all.
Vali: I think, I might have one, looks like it is about time to go to the next level
Vali then began his chant for the Empireo Juggernaut Overdrive
Vali: I, who is about to awaken,
Am the White Dragon Emperor who will take the law down to the darkness.
I walk the road of domination with infinite destruction and by piercing through the imaginary dream.
I shall become a pure Emperor of White Dragon
And I shall have you obey the silvery-white illusions and the perfect evil ways!
Empireo Juggernaut Overdrive!!
Issei on noticing this has a smirk, he knew that since Vali is taking it to the next level, he also shall do the same
Issei: Well looks like I should do the same then, eh Vali
Issei then began his chant for the Cardinal Crimson Promotion
Issei: I, who is about to awaken
Am the Red Dragon Emperor who holds the truth of the king up high
Holding the infinite hopes and unbreakable dreams and walking the path of righteousness
I will become an Emperor of Crimson Dragon
And I will lead you to the Path of Heaven, glowing in deep crimson light!
Cardinal Crimson Full Drive!!!
Both were standing in armors relating to their juggernaut drive but with the only difference being that their colors were different. Both these armors had immense glow that radiated power. Grendel could only have a maniacal smile that meant he was ready to engage the duo in vicious combat
Sona and the others were shocked, given that Issei had removed his pieces from his body, Sona then asked him
Sona: How were you able to access Cardinal Crimson, did you not remove the pieces?
Issei: About that, you see Azazel gave me a evil piece that was created specifically for dragons and other mythological factions, this evil piece works different allowing me to access my Cardinal Crimson Promotion without the need of a master or someone else to approve.
Vali: Wow!!!, You have grown strong, You owe me a fight after we deal with the Khaos Brigade
Issei: Geez, I will humor you battle maniac first we need to deal with this Masochist over there
Vali and Issei got ready in their battle stances, they knew that they only had 3 hours before Rizevim gets his hand on the Holy Grail, they needed to stop him before it is too late, Grendel at this point is only acting as a distraction, they then begin their fight as both Issei and Vali charged at the Crime Force Dragon who was taking up the hits like it was no problem at all.
Vali then used his divine dividing to divide the energy from Grendel, it only slowed him down as Grendel used his claws to damage Vali sending him across with his armor being damaged. Issei then called out to him
Issei: Vali are you alright?
Vali: Yeah I am fine, Albion try to repair the armor
Albion: Got it Vali
Albion began to repair the armor as Vali once again got ready to fight against Grendel, he and Issei once again charged against Vali, both of their sacred gears were announcing
Divide!!! Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!!Divide !!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!! Divide!!!
Grendel started to lose his power little by little, the evil dragon had gritted his teeth, that was when he heard another voice
Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!!
Fang Blast Booster !!!!!
Two cannons started to appear on Issei's back they were charging the beam from Issei's boost ability, they then fired a canon blast at Grendel
Crimson Blaster !!!!
(A/N: Replace Saiaorg with Grendel)
This blast coupled with some rendering with Issei's Durandal made it possible to damage Grendel with relative ease, who despite being enhanced by the Holy Grail had a tough time being able to take the blast without any enjoyment. He was in immense pain due to taking a direct hit from it, coupled with his energy being divided by Divine Dividing.
Issei could see that Grendel is half blown and the remaining half is still present, Issei could see a faint smile on his face, much to his surprise, he seemed to enjoying this fight. Issei thought that he must give him credibility to be smiling in such pain does take a lot of Tenacity which Grendel had it in him, he said while regenerating the remaining half of his body
Grendel: OH YESSS YESSS, THIS FEELS SO GOOD, SUCH POWER THE DRAGON EMPERORS ARE STRONG YESSS, GIVE ME MORE, MOOOORRRRREEEEE!!!!
Sona then responded
Sona: His masochism makes Akeno look like a saint
Back at the camp
Akeno: Achooo!!!!
Akeno sneezes causing the others present to get alerted
Rias: Is something wrong?
Akeno tries to answer but Frisk responds
Frisk: Something horny is going on inside that brain of hers, Rias
Akeno cheeks start to heat up, she responds
Akeno: Th-that is not true, i-it is just someone is re-remembering or talking about me!!!
Rias: O-okay
Back at the mansion
Issei then notices that there needs to be something that can stop this masochistic dragon, but before he could say anything Grendel fires a breath of fire at the team causing a massive smoke screen
Grendel: HAHAHAHA, LOOKS LIKE YOUR FUN IS LIMITED-
But before Grendel could continue
DIVIDE!!! DIVIDE!!!
A sound is heard from the smoke screen, there was a barrier created courtesy of Sona, Saji, Elmenhide and Issei, Vali had divided most of the fires of Grendel with relative ease. The barrier was then dispelled.
Vali: Thanks for the juice, pervert
Issei: Hey!!!
Issei responded to that comment with an angry tone, he only recieved a smirking Vali who looked at him with a 'what are you gonna do about it?' face
Grendel: How are you able to survive the flames, these were enough to kill a god
Issei: Well you underestimated us, hey Vali let's show this masochist who the real dragons are?
Vali: You got it
Both Vali and Issei, decided to not hold back, they immediately charged at Grendel with the former dividing Grendel's power while the latter boosting his own power, Grendel suddenly felt weak and he felt a sudden surge of power heading towards him.
Issei charged a dragon shot into him dazing him for a while, even a healing factor has some limits, Grendel knew that he would not be able to take another Crimson Blaster from Issei, he knew that he had to end it before it is too late or else, he would be as good as a goner.
Issei and Vali saw Grendel's changing expression they started to figure out that the attack was Grendel's last chance, they needed to find out a way how to deal with his healing factor first, Issei then told Vali
Issei: Remember how you took out Pluto?
Vali looked at Issei and understood what he needed to do, Vali's wings then come out and the divine dividing announces
Compression Divide!!!
Vali started to half Grendel's powers and abilities, he started to lose most of his power given that the divine dividing is constantly halfling his power until Grendel is reduced to nothingness. However it was taking a strain out of Vali, Issei knew that he needed Vali to deal with Rizevim, he knew what he had to do. The boosted gear then announced
Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!! Boost!!! Boost!!!!
Longinus Smasher !!!!!
Issei fired a Longinus Smasher, at the crime force dragon, the beam coupled with the dividing ability from Vali's compression divide was too much for the Crime force dragon to handle, Grendel screamed in pain, even the most masochistic and pain tolerant have their limits, he could not take it anymore as he started to Vanish from existance
Grendel: AAAAHHHHHHH, YOU WILL NOT WIN, I WILL KEEP COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD AS LONG AS HE RECIEVES MY SOUL
Vali then looked at the foolish dragon and responded.
Vali: My compression Divide coupled with the Longinus Smasher will put you out for a while, even if your soul somehow survives this, it will still take a long time for you to come back into your original body since most of it will be destroyed by this point
Grendel: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Grendel screams as his remains were completely disintegrated by the two attacks, Vali then dissolves his armor panting, he was exhausted from the assault, Issei thankfully had a Phenex tear with him which he used it on Vali, in a matter of minutes Vali came back to his regular state.
Vali: Thanks Issei
Issei: Not a problem
They look at the others who were surprised but nevertheless happy that they were able to deal with the Crime Force Dragon. That was when Raynare and Chara joined the gang, Raynare smiled when she saw her lover, Chara on the other hand had an annoyed expression on her face
Chara: Aw, man we missed such an amazing fight
Issei: Worry not lil sister we will get more fights as we go on ahead, after all we need to rescue some people down there, we might run into some evil dragons as well as some stray vampires
Issei and the others, now joined by Raynare and Chara then headed down where there were several Vampires and human subjects tested and trapped inside containment cells, Issei noticed several flasks that contained Pure HATE inside of them, he flinched when he noticed what these cells are, these are human beings, each of them had their soul traits forcibly activated.
They realized that this is what the Khaos Brigade were doing right now, they were experimenting on innocent human beings to see how HATE worked on them making them mindless killing machines, Issei wanted to destroy the lab and release the innocent souls trapped in those jars, he needed to figure out a way to do so.
Issei: These.....
Chara: They are the different human souls Issei, right now we have seen Integrity, Perseverance, Bravery, Kindness as well as Determination so far. The Yellow soul is Justice and the Light Blue soul is Patience
Raynare: These science experiments, it seems so inhumane.
Issei: Indeed it is Ray, I have fallen to HATE before and it ain't pretty, I am telling from personal experience, it felt like it's own entity trying to eat my own sanity, you completely lose yourself to it and by the time anyone realizes it is too late.
Vali: But Issei look, some of these souls have still not been corrupted there might be a way to safe them.
Sona: Hope so, they are pretty close to being corrupted, we can still bring them out to their regular state
Raynare: Is this what they were supporting I cannot believe it
Sona: By 'them' are you referring to your friends
Raynare: They are not my friends Sona, they never were, they threw me away over a simple argument.
Raynare shuddered but was calmed when Issei held her hand, she was happy that she had her family by her side. That was when a voice was heard on the other side.
???: I cannot let you free them, I am afraid
The voice sounded way to familiar, the gang immediately recognized who this was, Grayfia's younger brother Euclid Lucifuge
Euclid: For Rizevim-sama, you cannot free these Humans, we need to experiment on them
Issei: I will not ask you again, free these human souls Euclid or you will regret it
Euclid: I am not scared of you red dragon, I will kill you for my Lord, so who is going to be the one to fight me.
Euclid said that with a smug smile, he assumed that Issei and the others must be weakened by the distractions set by him and Rizevim, but little did he know that Issei had a surprise waiting for him. Issei responded with a smirk
Issei: Oh I am not going to fight you Euclid, they are
A portal suddenly opened up revealing Rias and her peerage, along with Frisk and Flowey, Rosswiese as well as Saiaorg Bael and his peerage, they all were eager for a fight since all they have been doing is waiting, they are itching for a fight. Euclid lost his smug smile
Rias: So this is the guy we are fighting Issei, Grayfia still wants you back y'know, she still cares for you
Euclid: She betrayed us for that traitor, I will never support Sirzechs
Saiaorg: Fine then your choice
They all charged at Euclid, who had been unable to take the combined assault of both peerages as well as Frisk and Flowey, the latter transforming into his Omega form, Euclid was being beaten constantly as he could not keep up with multiple attacks coming from different angles, Issei and his team also decided to join the fight, with Asia healing any injuries that Euclid managed to put on them. By the time this was over Euclid was on the ground panting, he was bleeding in multiple locations, he was barely even able to move.
Euclid: This........THIS IS NOT OVER I WILL BE BACK AND YOU WILL SUFFER RED DRAGON.
Euclid teleported to a different location, away from the teams, they all lowered their guard down as they now focused on what was happening here, everyone was terrified as the souls were going to be experimented on if it was not for their timely interventions, they release most of the souls that were about to be corrupted by them. Saiaorg and his team volunteer to return the souls back to their respective locations thanks to the Identification Cards as well as Wallet locations and other belongings present with them.
Rias and her team along with the others, except for Saji, Issei, Vali and Gasper stayed back and decided to deal with any Vampires and/or evil dragons that may attack them, they then head inside further where Marius had held Valerie hostage. They all knew that she needed to be saved, only two hours remain before Rizevim gets his hands on the Holy Grail
Gasper: Hang on Valerie, I am coming to save you, just wait a little longer
*Scene Break*
(A/N: Bang that's it for this chapter, the next one will be the confrontation as well as the conclusion of this arc)
Please let me know in the comments on how to improve and I will catch y'all later
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