Chapter 104: Dawn, after the night

Chapter 104: Dawn, after the night

They couldn't do it.

Yes, their battle ended with a failure.

In the beginning, it was a great success.

Facing Freed, who had received a combination of four Excaliburs made by Valper, while it was hard at first, Rias, Issei, and everyone, including Xenovia, who had come to help, could defeat him.

Kiba also gained the power of his dying friends and was able to move on as he gained the power of the Balance Breaker of his Sacred Gear, Sword Birth.

The Balance Breaker, also known as the Forbidden Move, is the evolved form of Sacred Gears in which their full powers can be released.

It was the strongest state of the Sacred Gear, and only a few or even almost none of the Sacred Gear holders were able to achieve this state.

However, Kiba was able to achieve it, giving him the power of a holy demonic sword and destroying the Excalibur sword that had brought him terror and hatred.

Naturally, Kiba wasn't alone as his power was enhanced by Issei's "Boosted Gear" and Xenovia, who had held a holy sword, Durandal.

Yes, Durandal.

Even though Xenovia was the holder of the Excalibur Destruction, she was also the holder of the holy sword Durandal.

Unlike the Excalibur Destruction, the power of the Durandal was on a different level as it was a complete single sword instead of a broken piece crafted into a different sword.

In other words, a Durandal was a perfect sword.

So, in front of Kiba, who had gained the power of his dear deceased friends, giving him the power of Balance Breaker of his Sacred Gear, the Sword of Betrayer, and Xenovia, who held the power of Durandal along with Issei, who had doubled their power with the Boosted Gear, even if Freed held the combination of four Excaliburs, there was no way that Freed was able to defeat them.

Then, with the destruction of Excalibur, Kiba gained peace and salvation.

Moreover, they also defeated Cerberus, the legendary dog owned by Kokabiel, giving them greater confidence to win this battle.

Yet—

"Guwah!"

"Kuwah!"

Kiba and Issei, who had thought of their victory, had their guts suddenly pierced by a spear of light.

"Kiba-san! Issei-san!"

Everyone was panicked, and Asia quickly tried to heal them with her Twilight Healing.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.

Koneko also moved fast by their sides and forced them to drink the "Phenex Tears" as soon as possible.

As soon as the two were healed, Kiba and Issei sighed in relief, but the pain in their guts still remained as it felt like they were burnt.

As a devil, a light was their weakness.

Especially the light of an angel and fallen angel.

"Trash."

Kokabiel looked at the two with disdain as if he were looking at the trash.

"Hahaha... did you see that? You are not our opponent!"

"From here on out, I will start a war! I will take your heads as a gift! Even if it's only me, I will continue from where we left off! I'm going to show Sirzech and Michael that we, the fallen angels, are the ultimate beings!"

With those words, it brought despair to everyone.

Especially Rias.

Rias couldn't help but wish to slap her past self.

Why was she so arrogant?

Why did she not call Riser at that time?

If Riser came, then would this happen?

Even worse, she couldn't protect her life or the others by her side.

She knew that even if Sirzech and Serafall came, their chance to live would be hard!

Yet, her despair was low compared to Xenovia.

As the servant of God who gave her everything in the service, Xenovia realized that she had been deceived. Everything was nothing but a deception. She was being played like a blind, loyal dog so she would still follow the religion like the most loyal servant.

Yet... yet.. the truth?

What was this truth?!

At this moment, she was completely in despair, especially when she knew she might die.

Yet, after knowing how God had died, how could she let herself die in this place?!

There was no way that she was going to die in this place!

Yet, facing Kokabiel, what could she do?

In that moment of utter hopelessness, a certain figure emerged within her mind.

His words suddenly sounded in her mind.

'I just want to help those who are deceived.'

Then, at that moment, suddenly, a blazing flame emerged in the middle of the field.

A familiar crest appeared before everyone.

Then, Xenovia widened her eyes as she looked at the figure which she thought was within her mind.

It was like dawn after the night.

All of their nightmares were like a dream when he appeared.

Xenovia saw hope.

"Did you call me?"

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Finally, the battle!