NOVEL SIMPLE It is not a pleasure to meet you, Brother-In-Law!
Issei who listened to our advice goes into his strongest state right away,“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 the Emperor of the Crimson dragon! And I will lead you to the path of Heaven glowing in deep crimson light!”
[Cardinal Crimson Full Drive!!!!]
I ponder his chant and think that his words of leading them to the path of Heaven with crimson light might have something to do with me in the future? Will we be a team going forward? This might be the case with Phis around me......
Issei turns his arm into his pile driver mode and cracks Grendel in his chin. But the Evil Dragon just grins.....
[Grendel had one of the hardest scales among the extinct Dragons. A halfhearted attack won’t work, partner.]
Issei complained,“We can’t use big moves like Dragon Blaster nor Crimson Blaster here.”
While he was talking, the huge dragon tried making a perverted pancake! [Brouhaha! Get squashed!] The stomp from the giant foot misses and cracks the ground, which then shakes the whole field!
[Dragons are the strongest creatures. Among them, the Dragon Kings, and those in classes which surpass them are such powerful foes that they will become a threat. Don’t forget that, especially the [Evil Dragons] and those close to it are violent as well as being tough!]
Grendel Is a combination of a Rook and a Knight, with low Satan-class strength based on what I am seeing. Both of them have been exchanging blows and I can tell even promoted Issei is barely hanging in there with him. Even with all of his Boosts it seems Issei is at his max limit with this guy. And Kris is not here to give him boob power-ups so that is the weakness of breast powers.
[I’m enjoying this! You can exchange hits with me despite being small! I can’t get enough of THIS!] Issei is putting in a lot of effort and he has to dodge fireballs from Grendel on top of the fistfight....
[The damages are definitely going through to him, partner! But, that guy was originally a broken dragon who had screws missing in his head from the beginning. He even enjoys receiving damage!] Yup Akeno would love to fight this guy for sure! her 'S' side would get a work out.
Issei fully Boosted gives the Evil Dragon a mighty uppercut that would have dropped an Ultimate-class opponent! [Solid Impact Booster!!!!] And Grendel's head was half crushed!
[That hurts! It hurts, to the MAX! But, that was a good punch! Brouhaha! Interesting, it sure is interesting! This pain makes me realize that I am alive! The real thing will start from here! Fight to the death, fight to death I tell ya! You and I! Let’s fight until one of us dies by having our body shattered! Ddraig!]
[He still stands with joy even with that damage he got right now! Damn crazy Dragon!] Issei looks dumbfounded as well.
My gear warns me of an attack coming my way, so I wrap Ascalon's power around my claws and prepare to retaliate. My team around me sees my position and also goes on alert! Defensive shields go up from Ingvild and Rose for the group.
Then Grendel makes his stomach three times bigger! Another fireball looking like he would shoot Issei but...?! I became cautious, then Grendel changed the direction of his body and faces in my direction.
[But before that, there’s a change of plan! All of you, it’s decided all of you will die!] He shot several fireballs towards me, well I was ready for this!
I extend my dragon claw and activate my [Fire Manipulation] ability and my eyes glow, then the several fireballs froze in midair and then immediately return to hit the Evil Dragon, surprising him greatly! This was the signal for my group to go all out on this lying bastard!
Asia, looking like a true heroine, points at Grendel and declares,“Alright, let’s begin! You will be fighting as well, Fafnir!” The wingless gold dragon stands in-front of Asia and glares at the Evil Dragon.
[Asia, protect.] Fafnir releases a blast of aura shining in gold from his mouth at the Evil Dragon. The price of panties are worth this for sure! OK maybe he is not so bad?!
Saji makes a magic circle made from black flames appear in front of Grendel, it captures Grendel’s legs! “Vanish!” He starts to trim away the power of Grendel with Vritra’s ability. The black flame is eating away Grendel and it’s trying to weaken him.
Yubelluna points her staff and says,"Well I don't want to fail my Kings expectation as his Bomb Queen so....[Explode!]" She smiles and pours in a massive amount of demonic power into her attack at the dragon's head.
BOOOOM!!!!!!! A clear hit on the dragon's face! I see a few teeth go flying..... Nice! I will reward her later for looking hot!
Issei, who stupidly trusted the Evil Dragons words, looks taken aback at Grendel and points out,“You! You said this was a one on one! Why did you attack my comrades!?”
[My bad, I just like killing after all. I can’t maintain my tension if I don’t kill something now and then. But, it looks like I failed. They are strong, your comrades that is. So I will kill all of you! Hit! Torment! Stomp! Bite! Then I will make all of you into ashes!]
Before he could follow through with his threats, I used my power of [Wingless flight] along with my powerful wings to appear behind him and then I raked my dragon claws down the center of his back inflicting the wounds with the [Bleed] effect. Then I moved back and used my [Weakening] dragon's breath on him. A cloud of grey mist with gold flakes in it, entered his lungs and he coughed a bit.
Just as he turns to punch me for my sneak attack.... His body stops, and we come to know that reason right away. That’s because a black shadow is wrapping around Grendel’s foot. Gasper is standing there who has creepy shadows appearing around him. He has his red eyes glow bewitchingly, and his body looks emotionless. The darkness wriggles, and is heading towards Grendel. He’s emitting a very terrifying aura. The darkness spreads even further, and it seems like it’s trying to devour this whole space. My gear tells me that there is no maliciousness directed at us from this power, but only at the Evil Dragon and the silver roved man.
[What is that? Also my wound won't stop bleeding?! Never mind. Is it okay for me to kill that as well? It’s okay right!? There are so many strong shitty brats here! This is a good era! It’s worth destroying it! Huh? It seems I have gotten a bit weaker?!] Yes my weakening breath weapon is less effective on strong foes, but it still worked.
The man wearing the robe stops Grendel,“No, Grendel. Please stop right there. It seems the experiment has been a success. We could have had a better investigation if Kiba and Akeno was also here, but this should be enough. Also use the Phoenix Tear to stop that bleeding... It is a strange wound?!” Yup it also had Holy Dragon-slayer on it so it was hella effective.
The Evil Dragon crunched something that was in his mouth and all the wounds he received vanished like a lie! Ah It was the fake Phoenix Tears! Everyone looked nervous about that development.
[Don’t stop me! It starts from here! I will slaughter them all! The real thing starts when both sides become high to the MAX! Let me battle them! I’m going to discard my regret from back then! This time I will finally eat, get eaten, break, get broken, and kill!]
The man wearing the robe then says it to Grendel with cold words,“Do you want to return to being a corpse? You are still in the tuning stage. If you overdo it-”
[Chi, damn, can’t help it then. Since you brought that up. Then I only have the option to stop.] He put his fist down.
A communication circle appears near the ear of the man wearing the robe. The man listens to it, and then nods his head.
“Good news, Grendel. It seems like they are having a really tough time against the White-one. Let’s go to aid them this time.”
[Oho! So it’s Albion this time! I can’t get enough of this!]
Hearing the man wearing the robe, Grendel puts on a grin,[Ddraig the shit, Vritra the gloomy, Satan Dragon the bastard, and the panty whore. My playtime with you will be on hold. Next time. Next time, it’s that. I will kill you all. I will kill all four of you together, okay? Brouhaha!] The Dragon Gate opens, and it envelops Grendel while having the circle emit dark-green color. Then he vanished just like that!
And with the giant dragon gone, the man wearing the robe takes off his hood. The one who appears under it is a youth with silver hair, the youth’s face looks familiar. It seems like I saw him somewhere before? I then remember the face of the woman I live for, who always takes care of me.
The silver-haired man then says. “I am Lucifuge. Euclid Lucifuge. It is not a pleasure to meet you, Brother-In-Law!” I revert into my normal devil form and glare at this bastard...
It seems like Sona realized something after hearing the man,“I see, so the one who intruded into this town and brought the magicians inside is you, correct? If it’s someone with the same aura as sister Grayfia, then it may not be weird for you to pass through the barrier.”
Hearing that, Euclid says it with a cold voice,“Please tell this to my elder sister, Grayfia Gremory, who went so low as to become a servant of the Gremory. [If you are living as you like by abandoning the role of Lucifuge, then I also have the same right to do so.]” My angry brother-in-law glares at me and then vanishes in the silver-light of teleportation magic. Sigh! I see, this is the past of Grayfia I must deal with. Husband vs brother, this must be hard for her....
At the same time, this field starts to collapse as if it has fulfilled its duty.
The space crumbles as if a piece in a puzzle is missing. The kaleidoscope view which is a trait of the Dimensional Gap becomes visible. This place won’t last long.
Gasper who unleashed his mysterious power has collapsed on the floor.
Rossweisse alerts us to move,“It looks like this place will collapse! Let’s evacuate through the teleportation magic circle!”
Confirming that our group is all present we vanish from this crumbling space. I am having a bad feeling about how he looked at Rose as he left. My gear is telling me to protect her well.
Euclid Lucifuge
