Placing her left fist over her heart, Yumi Kiba closed her eyes as if in prayer…
"HYAHAHAHAAAAAA!! So you guys are my opponents!? Are the kinda guys who got easily crushed by that cockroach bastard really gonna be enough for me~?"
"… A~nd there's my super-useless former boss too! Why are you still alive?"
"Freed...!"
"...You're as vulgar as ever."
"We'll show you we're not the same as before!"
Xenovia raised Durandal, while Irina and Raynare readied their light swords.
"Hey, hey, just you? What about Kalawarna? Dohnaseek? Mittelt? Don't tell me you used them all as sacrifices and you're the only one who survived? Ewww~, that's just lame~."
"Kuh, you bastard!!"
"Calm down, Raynare! Don't fall for his taunts!"
Ignoring Xenovia's warning, Raynare charged at Freed's provocation. 'No good! She'd lost her cool!'
"Freed, you son of a bitch!!"
"Hya-ha! Hit a nerve, did I? Sooorry~, I'm just an honest guy who can't tell a lie☆"
Raynare swung her light sword down onto Freed's arm. However...
"Kuh... h-hard!?"
The arm, covered in scales, was incredibly tough, easily deflecting Raynare's light sword.
"Hyahaha! What did you expect from someone who lost all her comrades?!"
The two swords in his opposite hand closed in on Raynare. But...
"Like hell we'll let you!!"
"Raynare, fall back now!"
Irina and Xenovia stopped the swords at the last possible moment.
"Y-yes!"
This time, Raynare listened and retreated. The two of them fell back with her.
"I'm sorry, Irina, Xenovia. I..."
Raynare bit her lip in frustration. Irina understood well the rage of having dead comrades mocked.
But...
"I understand you're angry, but stay calm. You have to live on for your fallen friends, right?"
"That's right. Besides, you have us as friends now!"
At Irina and Xenovia's words, Raynare looked up in surprise.
"Xenovia... Irina... You'd call me a friend?"
"Of course! You came with us to save everyone, despite the danger!"
"You saved my ass back there when it got dangerous. I don't know about the others, but I already acknowledge you as a comrade."
"Thank you... both of you..."
Tears welled in Raynare's eyes. Considering what she had done to Issei and the others, Irina understood why some might not think well of her. But there is no sin that cannot be forgiven. God's love is given equally to all...
"PUHYAHYAHYA!! Hey, hey, an Angel, a Devil, and a Fallen Angel playing nicey-nice friendship games!? Give me a break~, I'm so moved I'm gonna laugh my ass off! HYAHHAHAHA!!"
As Raynare stood there silently, a vein throbbing on her temple, her fists trembling, Irina couldn't help but speak up.
"Hey, calm down, Raynare."
"I know! It's just... he was an annoying bastard even as an ally, but he's even more infuriating as an enemy!"
"Yeah... I think I get that."
A wry smile escaped Irina at Raynare's outburst. With a similar wry smile, Xenovia asked Raynare a question.
"Raynare, it seems your light swords aren't effective. What else can you do?"
'Light Swords' were the standard weapons of Angels and Fallen Angels, materialized light, but there was a vast difference in their output. For higher-ups like Governor Azazel, it wasn't as noticeable, but the gap became more pronounced at lower ranks.
Even though Irina's rank was Lower Middle-class, Archangel, and Raynare's former rank was Lower High-class, Principality, Irina possessed greater light power.
This wasn't just due to racial differences, but also because Irina was a [Brave Saint] blessed by Michael.
"Umm, if swords won't work... I'm skilled in earth-attribute magic."
"Earth attribute... Alright. Xenovia and I will handle the main attacks. Raynare, we need you on magical support."
"Understood."
"Let's go, Irina!"
"Right!"
They dashed toward Freed. With that huge body of his, they thought they could overwhelm him with speed. But the instant they thought that, Freed charged at them with speed belying his massive frame.
'Fast! But not too fast to handle!' Raynare thought.
"HYAAH-HAAAAAA!!"
Freed swung down the four swords in his hands.
"Tch!?"
"Kyaah!?"
They shattered the stone floor, the shockwave assaulting Irina and Xenovia. Irina spread her wings and took to the air to evade.
"Hyahaha! Thought just because I'm big, I'm slow? No way, man! I ate both of Diodora's Knights, oh, not in a sexy way. I mean literally. So yeah, my speed's gone way the fuck up!"
"Huh?"
'Literally? Does he mean he cannibalized devils and absorbed their power!? How horrific...!'
"Diodora! Did you hand over your own servants!?"
At Xenovia's furious question, Diodora—who couldn't stand up, his knees shattered by Issei—answered with a pained grimace.
"Wh-what choice did I have!? My Knights confronted Freed over his rudeness, and they got chopped down just like that! If that's how it is, they'd better at least lend their strength to Freed, otherwise it's a damn waste!"
"...A 'waste'!?"
"Freed... you've fallen into a damn beast."
"How cruel... May they at least rest in peace."
Irina offered a prayer for the Knights whose names she didn't know.
Freed's actions, and Diodora's, were utterly heretical.
As one of Michael's Brave Saints, she could not allow this!
Now, a righteous fury against evil burned hotly in her chest.
"Michael-sama, your Brave Saint, Ace of Spades, Shidou Irina, humbly beseeches you. Grant me your blessing…!"
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