Gram and other malevolent weapons only allowed themselves to be wielded by since I was the only other person who could bring out so bit of potential from them, but if they were in the presence of soone who could bring out their malicious intents with his own bloodlust, they would eagerly jump ship.
Ha~ what a pain.
...
My thoughts were interrupted as the sound of the door slamd and I turned to find both Momo and Akeno lightly panting as they took the mont to catch their breath.
"Okay, we have good news and we have bad news." Momo wiped the sweat of her brow as she talked. "Which do you want to hear first?"
"Let's hear the bad news first so that we can get it over and done with." I said in a dry tone.
"Okay then." Momo took a deep breath before speaking. "It looks like the exorcist's information is true. They have taken over the entire academy grounds and set up a lot of traps just to make sure that we can't get in without disabling all of them. Akeno managed to remove the ones at the front gate at least so that we could use it to get in, but the amount of holy spells around the area is ssing with our magic."
"So that would likely be where the exorcists and I co in, to remove them for you guys." I said while raising my eyebrow. "And the good news?"
"At the very least, we were able to evacuate everyone within a two mile radius of the school, just in case sothing goes wrong. Also Akeno went to alert Sirzechs-sama about the situation."
"Akeno!" Rias turned to her Queen with a terrified expression.
"Rias, I know you do not want to bother your brother, but this is not the ti to be worried about it." Akeno looked at her while using her na. "You know we would need all the help we could get."
"By any chance the maid is on the way? No offense, but I don't think she takes to well." I replied laly while thinking back to our previous eting. Don't get wrong, she was certainly packing a lot of firepower (or 'ice' power for that matter), but I was not certain if I could trust her that easily and vice-versa.
"Err, don't think Grayfia-sama is coming." Momo tilted her head in confusion. "Considering Lucifer-sama is considering on arriving himself, I think she would not be needed. She would however insist on coming based on principle so…"
"Assu she is coming over. Got it." I let out a sigh as I stood up and stretched a little.
"Well then, let's go."
...
"Well isn't this a big surprise?" I let out a dull remark as I looked at the big pillar of light that was coming from behind the academy, the ominous light throwing an eerie shadow around the area in a manner that reminded of Julius's Shadow Creed.
"Man am I glad that Kaichou made us write all those charms and placed them around the school?" Tsubasa sighed heavily as she looked with an indescribable expression. "I will be honest, I thought she was just paranoid at the idea of an attack coming at night. To think that the illusion charms would be useful this ti round."
"Well then, you will not complain the next ti this situation cos up." Sona quipped with a serious tone.
"If we have a next ti." Momo muttered softly while looking at the light.
"Okay, the holy charms that are in the general area are removed." Griselda spoke as she and the other two exorcists ca to us with a few broken charms in their arms. "How about your bit?"
"I have disabled the traps for the inner periters, but I can't deal with the ones in the building unless I am physically there." I replied as I motioned with my hand. "But as it stands we should be outside most of the ti. So what's the plan of attack?"
"First things first, let's set up a proper barrier around the academy. If Kokabiel really is coming to crash the party we don't want the neighborhood to wake up from such a situation." Rias looked to the Student Council with a stern face. "Can I ask you to help out with that? We will deal with Galilei and the exorcists."
"If you are thinking about Kiba then that is fine. But please note we do not know the circumstances on his part." Sona warned her friend but Rias brushed her off with a hand.
"I know that, but I will not be satisfied until I know what has happened to my junior, and I will not let anyone get in my way!"
"Well then." I wryly smiled while pointing in the distance. "Start backing up those words with that guy." Everyone turned to find a figure with a black coat and a red mask making his way slowly to us, stopping just a few feet from us and the gate. For a mont he looked at us while turning his head, then he spoke.
"So you have co." Lyle's voice reverberated in the area as he remarked stonily. "So you still think the info is bullshit?"
"Better milk it while you can, this girl is not going to answer you anyti soon." I gestured to Xenovia who was now resembling a ripe tomato at that reminder. It was sowhat gratifying to see haughty individuals get knocked down a couple of notches.
"You there, answer ! What have you done with my child?!" Rias stepped forward with a fair of Prana radiating from her, the loose rocks and sand rising from the ground and pushed away from the force.
"Kiba Yuuto is currently at the courtyard together with Creed and Galilei. No doubt you have been told about him being mind-controlled, so my advice is to not hold back against him. He will be going into this fight with the intent to kill every one of you." Lyle answered in a tone that was sowhat chanical as though he had faced this type of situation so many tis he had beco sowhat annulled to it. "Kokabiel is arriving shortly and the ritual is going at full speed. I believe." He paused to check his watch in a manner I knew was going to aggravate the others. "In ten minutes tis the shards would be made whole again."
"Then why are you here?" Griselda asked with narrowed eyes.
"My orders are simple. To deter any interference from this area by any ans necessary, particularly for your group I am to use lethal force." Lyle answered in a heartbeat. In response, the others got into battle stances with hardened glares at him.
"You must be damn confident that you can take us all on." Xenovia growled as Excalibur Destruction glowed in anticipation of cutting her opponent down.
"Quite the contrary, this is a really ssed up idea that Galilei had thought up." I almost felt sorry for the guy as he let out a very heavy sigh that clearly showed how frustrated he was at his superior. "This is clearly sothing that a person should logically avoid at all costs. Common sense tells you that one normal human against devils, exorcists and a magician is insane."
"Even if I could easily beat most of the group within five minutes."
And~ that just made the current atmosphere more tensed and awkward.
"So then, let's do this thing!" Ise and Saji got themselves pumped up by activing their separate Sacred Gears, only to be halted at the sight of Lyle holding his hand up.
"I did say most of you, the remainder are those who are able to give a hard ti if pressed." Lyle started to move his head slowly as he looked at each and every one of them. "There are the two heiresses with their separate peerages, the Red Dragon Emperor, the apprentice Exorcists, one senior Exorcist and an unorthodox magician." He lingered on Griselda for a mont before continuing. "There is the possibility that I could get held up by even one individual who is able to push back long enough to let the others slip by and get to the courtyard to stop the ritual."
"Of course." His eyes stopped to look at . "That's provided soone is able to do so willingly."
… This guy was not too subtle about it was he?
"Right then, let's see if you could huh? Shirou?!" Ise tried to step up to the plate only to look at as I walked right past him and stopped roughly a few ters from Lyle. With a flick of my fingers, several staves with charms stabbed the ground, separating and Lyle from them.
"Sitri-san, use these to create the barriers. They may not be as strong as yours, but it should be sufficient enough to withstand a few explosions and keep the illusion intact." I kept my eye on Lyle while preparing my ntal trigger. "The whole lot of you are to go after the priest and the other exorcist and stop that ritual."
"Wait, we cannot leave you alone with this man…"
"You will got to the courtyard, you will find Kiba and you will leave alone with this guy." I looked at them with a hard expression. "If this Kokabeil is as crazy as everyone has set him up to be, then every one of you should deal with this as soon as possible." I turned back to look at Lyle who was patiently waiting for to finish up. "This guy wants for so reason, and that is good enough for us. Get going."
"… Very well then. We shall head off." Griselda grabbed the shoulders of the two princesses and steered them towards the courtyard. "We hope for your swift return then."
"Wait one minute here! We are not!" The others tried to protest only for a loud voice to interrupt.
"Enough!"
It was only when the others looked at that I realized I was the one who shouted that.
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