High School DxD: Return of the Crimson Dragon Emperor

Chapter 339: Chapter 329 Vasco Strada took his sword in hand again

Even if it is something they cannot accept, it is precious to us.

We fight for what we believe in, together with our comrades.

Hearing our voices, Vasco Strada smiled with satisfaction.

”I see. You have good eyes. Princess Rias Gremory. You possess excellent ’Knights’.”

”Yes, they are my pride and joy.”

Then, Irina-san stood beside us.

”Your Eminence Strada, Your Eminence Teodoro. I also believe there are bad Devils. I believe there is evil that must be destroyed. However——there are good Devils, too. There are Devils with warm hearts. There is good, and there is evil. That is the same for humans... and in other mythologies, there are good gods and evil gods.”

Hearing Irina-san’s words, Vasco Strada laughed heartily.

”Hah-hahahahaha! I see, I see. Warrior Irina. To think that you, who became an Angel, would speak of pagan gods... Is this the result of the alliance, does it signify the dawn of a new era? However——”

Vasco Strada took his sword in hand again.

”Once a weapon is raised, a place to lower it must be found. Your Eminence Teodoro, please stand back. I shall show you this old senile fool’s final Durandal.”

”Enough! I have had enough! Just seeing you, His Eminence Cristaldi, and the warriors fight for us... the moment I was able to convey my feelings, my dissatisfaction, directly to these people, I should have withdrawn. ...People of 『D×D』, I will take the punishment! I will atone with this life!”

The boy Cardinal, Teodoro Legrenzi, shouted.

An expression of strong determination.

This boy has resolved himself to accept all punishment.

Vasco Strada smiled gently and patted the boy affectionately.

”Children voicing complaints and dissatisfaction happens in any era. Your plea was more precious and pure than anything. That is precisely why we took up the sword. And, more than anything, I wanted you to see them. See the ones created by pushing aside the will of you and the warriors. They did not reject us at all; they accepted us, understood us. And they received our feelings head-on. The moment they accepted our feelings without trampling on them, we had already lost.”

”——Gh.”

Vasco Strada smiled at the boy Cardinal and the warriors, then said to us.

”For this incident, let us beg forgiveness from Heaven with the heads of myself and Cristaldi. His Eminence Teodoro and the warriors are still young. I was the one who incited this uprising. Punishment for this old man alone is sufficient.”

At his confession, the warriors screamed.

”You cannot, Your Eminence!”

”Your Eminence, if it is our lives you need, we will gladly offer them!”

”We are prepared to go to Purgatory!”

The warriors were all shedding tears, trying to stop their master.

It was the same as with Ewald Cristaldi.

This old Cardinal is respected and adored to this extent.

Vasco Strada said he would take the punishment, but we also feel... that no more is needed.

We clashed our feelings against each other.

Neither Azazel-sensei nor Michael-sama desires their deaths.

Rather, they likely share the same feelings as the warriors.

”Your Eminence Vasco Strada. We are——”

Former President Rias began to speak.

It was then——.

”I’ll just kill you all, ’kay?♪”

Suddenly, the voice of a third party, belonging to no one here, echoed!

We turned our gaze toward the source of the voice——standing there was a woman dressed in Gothic fashion, holding an umbrella.

Former President Rias shouted her name.

”——Walburga of the Purple Flame!”

Everyone took a stance, glaring at her.

So Qliphot’s interference has come after all...!

Walburga laughed delightfully.

”At the very very end, I’ll snatch away the tasty part from the side♪”

As she said that, countless magic circles began to deploy at Walburga’s feet!

These are teleportation circles!

I recognize this sight!

This is——.

The light of teleportation ceased, and what appeared was——a swarm of mass-produced Evil Dragons!

Easily numbering over three digits, enough to dye the surroundings black, they surrounded us!

”First... let’s have the Evil Dragon-kuns do some work♪”

With an evil smile, Walburga prepared to send orders to the Evil Dragons.

”——We expected you to do that.”

Rossweisse-san snapped her fingers.

Instantly, the entire field emitted a silver light!

Buildings, roads, everything in this space shone silver!

”...What is this... what does this mean?!”

Walburga was shocked.

Because——the moment the field shone, all the teleported Evil Dragons collapsed on the spot as if they had lost their power.

Is this... the trap she mentioned in the briefing beforehand?

Rossweisse-san said with a fearless smile.

”We anticipated that you would intrude here and summon Evil Dragons. Based on the analysis of the mass-produced Evil Dragons that Asia-san tamed, we set up a special barrier in this field. I wove in a spell formula that halts their movements upon my signal.”

I see... come to think of it, they were investigating in Heaven.

To think those four Evil Dragons Asia-san tamed would be useful like this...

Seeing this, Walburga looked frustrated——or so I thought, but she was still smiling.

”Oh my, oh my♪ I seeee. Having the Evil Dragon-kuns stopped was unexpected, but I still have cards to play, you know♪”

She snapped her fingers just like Rossweisse-san.

Multiple teleportation circles, different from the previous ones, appeared in the sky.

More are coming...?!

The light of teleportation illuminated the surroundings, revealing——countless red figures.

Armor mimicking a red dragon...!

”Don’t tell me, copies of Issei-kun?!”

Akeno-san shouted.

Walburga traced her cheek with a finger, wearing a nasty smile.

”Yes, yes♪ Uncle Rizevim created them based on the data Asem-kyun possesses♪ Furthermore——”

Behind her, an exceptionally large teleportation circle was deployed.

From the magic circle emitting a dark, bewitching glow, something black slowly emerged.

It revealed its massive body from beyond the magic circle!

『GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!』

The monster roared!

The scream shook the field and destroyed the surroundings!

Feeling like our eardrums would burst, we covered our ears with both hands and looked up at it.

In a word, it was a gigantic dragon.

Its body length was about a hundred meters.

Bared fangs, massive wings, a tail split into three, and four arms.

Its huge, goggling eyes locked onto us.

Walburga spoke.

”This is, you see, a super big Evil Dragon-kun made by enhancing the Grail with a copy of the Red Dragon Emperor-kun♪ By the way, we used the monster Bel-chan made as a reference♪”

Unbelievable...!

Qliphot... Rizevim created even something like this?!

Incorporating the power of a God from another world, creating something so huge...

If this gets mass-produced, another Devil Beast incident might occur!

Rizevim would definitely do something like that!

”Well then, let’s get fired up with moe. After all, the one taking the tasty part is M-E♪”

Everyone present was frozen before the mighty evil in front of our eyes.

This is too much...!

The massive Evil Dragon’s mouth opened and glowed red.

Clink.

Suddenly, a metallic sound rang out.

It was a small metallic sound that no one would usually pay attention to.

In the next instant, the massive Evil Dragon stopped moving.

The red fire accumulating in its mouth vanished, and the light disappeared from its glaring eyes.

A small line appeared in the middle of the massive Evil Dragon’s head.

That line gradually grew larger.

And then——raining down bright red blood, the massive Evil Dragon split in two.

The split halves of the colossal body collapsed with a ground-shaking thud.

Faced with a phenomenon far too unexpected, not only Walburga but even we stood with mouths agape, unable to utter a word.

The battlefield fell silent.

There——.

”Sorry ’bout that, little lady.”

It was a male voice.

The ones who reacted to that voice were us, the Occult Research Club members.

Looking toward where we sensed the presence, there stood a middle-aged man.

Wearing a fluttering white cloak, in his right hand was——a sword.

I was flabbergasted by the man’s appearance.

Because I never imagined he would be here——in this world.

”——Taking the tasty part is just my style.”

The strongest swordsman of the other world, Ast-Ahde——”Sword Saint” Maurice Noah, wore a fearless smile.

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