Volume 10 Chapter 576 - Omen
"…Lilith?" muttered Kisuke with a serious expression.
Akeno nodded her head and said, "Yes. According to Vali, she was the power that was stolen from Ophis."
Kisuke started tapping his finger on the table as his other hand rubbed his chin in contemplation. Serafall, Akeno, and Irina didn't say anything else and waited for Kisuke's response, 'Ophis' spawn is it? Hmm… Should I have gone with them after all? If I was present, I could have snatched her from this Rizevim… No… I couldn't compromise my plans for that. Besides, it's no use regretting my actions now.'
Since Kisuke didn't have much time to actually search and chase after Rizevim's traces, he decided to give up for now, 'If she's Ophis' spawn and the figurehead of the Khaos Brigade, she should be fine for a while.'
Kisuke then looked towards Akeno and said, "Please continue."
Akeno nodded and continued. After Marius Tepes had extracted the Grail from Valerie Tepes, the leader of the Tepes Faction was 'dead' due to the burden of the extraction, similar to what happened to Asia. Due to this, Gasper went into another berserk state and started attacking and devouring Marius, along with his allies, using his darkness.
The group was able to retrieve the Grail and checked Valerie's status. Thanks to her Vampire blood, she was able to survive the extraction but fell into a coma. Returning the Grail should have solved the issue, however, even after putting it back, nothing happened.
It was at this point that Rizevim appeared along with Lilith to introduce himself. After declaring the new faction within the Khaos Brigade, he also explained that Valerie's Sephiroth Graal is a sub-species which gave her a total of three Grails instead of one.
As he had already extracted the first one beforehand, he told everyone that she couldn't take the burden of her second Grail being extracted, so even if they returned it to her, it was already too late.
As Vali had a past with him, he attacked him in a rage. However, before he could even approach, Rizevim suddenly disclosed a secret regarding the enhancement that was used on the Vampires using the Sephiroth Graal. Controlling the Grail in his hand, the remaining force of Tepes Faction rebels suddenly transformed into Evil Dragons, losing their minds.
Rizevim then commanded the Evil Dragons to wreak havoc before leaving after declaring his goal of unleashing the Beast of the End.
At that time, only Azazel and Rossweisse knew anything about this 'Beast of the End', and the former shook in rage. However, both of them didn't explain anything to the rest of the group and Azazel commanded them to split into multiple groups to intercept the rampaging Evil Dragons and evacuate the Vampire civilians.
The only one who didn't follow Azazel's order was Vali as he chased after Rizevim, but Azazel couldn't do anything to stop him so he let him be.
And after some time of battling the Evil Dragons, Euclid Lucifuge reappeared in front of Issei, revealing an imitation of the Boosted Gear, created from pieces of the armor and gems that were destroyed when Ophis smashed Issei awake from his Juggernaut Drive.
As a result, Ddraig was extremely displeased and proclaimed that he and Albion were the only Heavenly Dragons. Albion, who's with Vali chasing after Rizevim, resonated with the thoughts of his rival and Issei was able to reactivate the gem that he stole from Vali.
But instead of consuming his lifespan, the gem manifested small white dragons that carried the power of Dividing, overpowering Euclid with his fake Scalemail. Also using Issei's gift transfer ability, Gasper was able to strengthen his darkness form and devoured the large majority of the rampaging Evil Dragons.
But before Issei could fully defeat Euclid, Rizevim suddenly appeared with Vali behind him, saving Euclid. But even with Vali, Issei, and Gasper's cooperation, they couldn't even touch Rizevim with the ability he used and called, Sacred Gear Canceller.
While mocking the entire group, Rizevim left with Lilith and Euclid in tow, not caring about the chaos he'd sown in Romania.
"After that, the Carmilla and Tepes faction had to come to terms and join the Alliance to receive the much-needed aid. Valerie Tepes, on the other hand, became a bit better after Issei gave her the candy you gave him. Thanks to that, she was able to wake up but only for a few minutes a day. However, Gasper is already thankful for that," Akeno ended her story.
"Currently, Valerie is resting in Issei's place," Irina added.
Kisuke immediately understood the undertone within Irina's words and thought about it for a moment before replying, "Alright, let's go."
"Hmm? Are you sure?" asked Serafall.
While standing up, Kisuke replied with a grin, "Isn't this a great chance to extort a lot of things from that Governor?"
"…I shouldn't have asked," Serafall sighed while Irina smiled wryly and Akeno chuckled softly.
"By the way, where's Ophis-chan? You didn't leave her in that place, right? You know she won't stop even if she's done."
Kisuke nodded, "I know. That's why I left her in Claire's care."
"Well, that's good."
Kisuke, followed by the three girls, went towards Sona's peerage members who're doing their best to survive and counter-attack and shouted at them, "You've got another 24 hours! After that, you're free!"
Thanks to that, everyone got motivated after seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and became more energetic.
Kisuke was about to teleport the four of them out when Akeno suddenly interrupted him, "Ki- Urahara."
"Kisuke is just fine. What is it?"
"Well then, Kisuke… Please let me join them." requested Akeno.
Hearing that, Irina immediately raised her hand and said, "Ah, me too!"
Kisuke looked at them with wonderment and asked himself why they wanted to take this, 'Do they not want to be left behind? But they should have more experience than Sona's peerage and have been in more dangerous situations. Although it'll improve them, not as much as Sona's peerage.'
"Are you sure? It looks rough, but I can assure you that it's a lot worse than that," replied Kisuke.
" "Yes!" " Both of them answered simultaneously.
'Hmm… They are at least serious about it,' thought Kisuke as he looked into their eyes, 'But where is this motivation coming from?' Unlike his egging on the Student Council members using Sona, Kisuke isn't so sure of their motivation. He thought it was about for their comrades, but somehow, it feels different from that.
Without much choice, he asked curiously, "But what for?"
"For myself!" answered Akeno.
"For the future!" answered Irina.
Kisuke could only scratch his cheek. He knew that he wouldn't get any answer beyond that. And since he still had some spare dummies and it wasn't much trouble, he agreed, "Fine… But don't go crying after me if it traumatizes you, alright?"
Both of them nodded seriously.
Since it's already decided, Kisuke set up another set of dummies, away from the Student Council members, and explained to Akeno and Irina the rules. He then left them behind after starting the dummies.
But before he could reach Serafall, he already heard some additional screams of agony, "Let's go~."
But instead of replying to Kisuke, Serafall looked at Akeno and Irina with suspicion, "It can't be… right? Are they planning the same thing?"
"What's up?"
Serafall immediately shook her head, "Nope! Nothing! If there is something, we'll know it before you leave!"
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