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"Whether God lives or dies doesn't matter to me," Kokabiel tinued, his voice rising in a frenzy. "What I 't accept is that they think the war should end just because God and the Satans are dead!"
"I won't tolerate it! I won't!"
Kokabiel's voice became a desperate cry. "If the war had tinued, we would have been victorious!"
Everyone finally uood.
Kokabiel believed that the Fallen Angels were the true victors of the Great War.
He couldn't accept that the three fas had agreed to a ceasefire at the st moment.
To him, it was like handing over the fruits of victory to their enemies.
That's why he was so desperate the war.
To achieve his twisted goal of tinuing the flict.
Roy had heard enough of his story.
He g Esdeath.
Uanding his i, Esdeath drew her rapier, ready to deliver the final blow to Kokabiel.
But just then...
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A sound like shattering gss echoed through the air as a rge hole was torn in the spatial barrier.
'Here we go,' Roy thought.
A white figure emerged from the rift in the barrier and flew towards Esdeath with incredible speed.
Roy intercepted him.
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A deafening csh resounded as Roy's ice rose sword met the newer's attack.
"Who are you?" Esdeath demanded, her eyes narrowed.
"I am Albion," the newer replied. "Azazel has asked me t Kokabiel back. Would you mind handing him over?"
Albion was the name of the White Dragon Emperor's Sacred Gear.
The newer's true identity was Vali Lucifer, Leader of Vali Team of the Khaos Brigade.
"Kokabiel has been causing trouble on my territory. You think I'll just hand him over? Do you think you have that much pull?" Roy scoffed.
Although Kokabiel hadn't caused any signifit damage to Kuoh Town yet, handing him over wouldn't be a problem.
After all, Roy didn't dislike Vali.
But more importantly, Roy wao fight Vali a his own strength.
He hadn't had a ce to go all out yet.
Even he wasn't sure of the full extent of his power.
"However, I will let you take Kokabiel, if you defeat me," Roy decred, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.
Vali uood his iions.
"Very well. Roy Lucifuge, I shall defeat you here and now," Vali decred, pointing at Roy with unwavering fidence.
Roy smirked and flew towards Vali, their eyes meeting in a silent challenge.
"Roy..." Asia csped her hands together, her eyes filled with worry.
"Don't worry, Asia. Roy will win," Saeko reassured her.
"Why not just hand over Kokabiel?" Tsubaki Shinra wondered, gng at the Fallen Angel, who y on the ground, barely ging to life.
It seemed to her that handing him over would avoid a flict with this new enemy, eared far strohan Kokabiel.
"There's no stopping a true warrior's thirst for battle," Esdeath ented with a chuckle. She uood this desire all too well.
Her words enlightehe others.
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In the sky, the tensioween Roy and Vali crackled.
Roy made the first move.
"Secret Art: Ice Princess Rose!"
Two translut ice roses materialized in his hands, one in each, and shot towards Vali with incredible speed.
If they touched Vali, he would be instantly frozen.
However, Vali was incredibly fast. The two ice roses, despite their speed, couldn't catch him. Vali closed the distaween them.
'I 't let him touch me,' Roy thought.
One of the abilities of the White Dragon Emperor's armor was [Divide], which halved the oppo's power upon tact.
And it activated every ten seds.
If hit by this ability, one's power would be quickly depleted.
In the inal story, Kokabiel had fallen victim to this ability, leading to his swift defeat at Vali's hands.
Moreover, the halved power was absorbed by Vali, further increasing his strength.
Without a termeasure, fag Vali was a sure path to defeat.
Roy couldn't let Vali touch him.
"Secret Art: Ice 9-Dragons!"
9 Ice Dragons materialized and charged towards Vali.
But Vali simply flew straight into the ice dragons.
Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!
Ice shards scattered through the air.
Vali had shattered the Ice Dragons.
However, after destroying the sed and third dragons, his momentum faltered, and he was engulfed by the remaining ones.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sound of freezing echoed as Vali's body was encased in ice. He plummeted towards the ground.
"Is it over?" the girls below wondered, seeing Vali frozen solid.
They kneerful this teique was.
No one had ever broken free from it before.
Esdeath stared at the ice with a fervent gaze.
Roy had been teag her this teique, but she hadn't mastered it yet. Her trol over ice was still too crude.
Roy, however, shook his head, hearing their ents.
He didn't believe Vali was defeated so easily.
As if to firm his suspis, a brilliant light emanated from within the ice.
Then, Vali's voied through the air, filled with power and authority.
[Juggernaut Drive!!!!!!!!!!]
Crack! Crack! Crack!
As Vali finished his t, cracks appeared on the Ice Mountain.
Boom!
The ice shattered, and Vali emerged, his Form Transformed.
He had activated his [Juggernaut Drive].
However, it couldn't be maintained for long, as it ed his life force.
Vali, having broken free, didn't hesitate.
He charged towards Roy with eveer speed.
"Secret Art: Ice Archery!"
Roy jured an ice bow and nocked an arrow.
He loosed the arrow, which split into a barrage of icy projectiles.
Vali, however, didn't dodge. He relied on his armor and flew straight through the rain of arrows.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
He broke through the barrage and tinued his assault.
He reached Roy in an instant and threunch.
The rapid series of events left the girls below speechless.
They gasped as Vali's fist was about to ect.
But Roy remained calm.
He summoned his ice rose sword and parried the attack.
The two cshed, their movements a blur.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Their battle was incredibly intense, exging tless blows in a matter of seds.
Roy couldn't shake Vali off and could only rely on his swordsmanship to defend himself.
Vali threw another punch.
Roy raised his sword to block, but...
Crack!
His ice rose sword shattered.
Vali's fist struck Roy.
"It's over!" Vali gririumphantly from within his armor.
He had touched Roy.
"Divide!" the White Dragon Emperor's armor decred.
Roy felt his power diminish, halved by Vali's ability.
Vali, oher hand, absorbed Roy's lost power, being even stronger.
Roy couldn't help but smile wryly.
Despite his caution, he had been touched.
It seems I have to use that teique, he thought.
"I didn't want to resort to this, but I have no choice," Roy decred.
"Mahāpadma!"
The entire space within the barrier was engulfed in an icy blue light.
Everything froze.
Only Roy could move freely.
He had used Esdeath's teique, Mahāpadma.
And his version was even more potent than Esdeath's, as evidenced by its wider area of effect.
"Now, it's time to end this," Roy said with a smirk.
He snapped his fingers.
"Secret Art: Ice Thousand Armed Kannon!"
A thousaer tall Kannon statue materialized, its tless arms raining down on Vali.
Within seds, Vali ummeled with tless blows, driven deep into the earth, the ground crag uhe force of the assault.
When Mahāpadma's time-stop effect wore off, the girls saw that Vali had vanished from the sky, repced by a massive crater.
Only Esdeath khat Roy had used Mahāpadma.
Vali y at the bottom of the crater, his body battered and bruised, his expression a mixture of shod fusion.
He had been so close to victory, having touched Roy and activated [Divide].
But then, he had been pummeled a crashing into the earth.
Even his [Juggernaut Drive] had beeivated.
"What... just happened?" he mumbled, his voice weak.
"Partner, it seems you've entered a time-stopping Sacred Gear," Albion, the White Dragon Emperor, said.
"There's a Sacred Gear that stop time."
"Stop time..." Vali finally uood how he had beeed.
But he was filled with frustration. He was supposed to be the stro White Dragon Emperor in history.
Yet, he had beeed so easily by someone his own age, especially when he had been so close to victory.
His fidence was shaken.
"Hahahaha!" Roy burst into ughter, hearing Albion's assumption.
"I don't have such a Sacred Gear!" he decred, flying down to the bottom of the crater and looking at Vali with a smug grin.
In the inal stasper, when trolled by an enemy, had used his time-stopping ability oans during a meeting.
However, only Koneko and a few others with weaker powers had been affected.
The Satans themselves remained ued, simply because Gasper was too weak.
"No way.." Vali said, refusing to believe him.
"Suit yourself. I'm not ied in revealing my abilities," Roy shrugged.
Vali fell silent.
"Don't worry, someone will e for you soon," Roy reassured him before flying out of the crater.
"Roy-onii-, are you alright?"
"Are you hurt?"
"Roy-sama, you were amazing!"
"Roy-sama is s!"
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The girls surrounded Roy as soon as he heir voices filled with and admiration.
"Haha, don't worry, I'm fine," Roy chuckled.
"That guy is the one who's hurt. He won't be rec for a while," he added, pointing at the crater.
The girls were relieved to see he was unharmed.
Just then...
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Another hole appeared in the spatial barrier.
A dark figure flew towards them.
The girls tensed up, ready to fight.
"Don't worry, everyone," Roy said calmly.
He knew who it was.
Azazel, Governeneral of the Fallen Angels.
He was a Fallen Angel who had fallen from grace to pursue his desires, but he was generally a id-bad easygoing individual.
"Yo! Good evening, everyone!" Azazel greeted them with a casual wave.
"Azazel, Governeneral of the Fallen Angels. Why are you here?" Rias asked, then, notig the barely scious Kokabiel, she uood.
"Well, it's just as you've guessed," Azazel admitted with a shrug. "I noticed Kokabiel's ret activities and inteo stop him, but it seems you beat me to it."
"To avoid unnecessary plications, I asked the White Dragon Emperor t Kokabiel back."
The girls uood.
After all, Kokabiel was a Fallen Angel cadre.
If Azazel, intervened directly, it might be seen as an act of aggression.
And if news of this i spread, it could lead to mistrust and tensioweehree fas.
A new War might even break out.
But now, Azazel had no choice but to e, as Vali, whom he had entrusted with retrieving Kokabiel, had beeed.
"In that case, take them both," Roy said, gesturing towards Kokabiel and Vali.
"Uh..." Azazel was surprised by his easy agreement.
Hadn't Roy said he would only release Kokabiel if Azazel defeated him?
Azazel knew he was no match for Roy. He couldn't even ter that time-stop teique.
Seeing his fusion, Roy chuckled. "I just wao fight that guy. Kokabiel hasn't caused any real damage to Kuoh Town anyway."
"If you don't take him back for treatment soon, he might actually die."
Azazel looked at Roy thoughtfully.
"Thank you, young man," he said with a smile.
He picked up Kokabiel and therieved Vali from the crater.
"I'll defeat you ime," Vali decred, looking at Roy with determination.
"Haha, I'll be waiting," Roy replied with a grin.
Azazel the with Kokabiel and Vali.
"Vali, what do you think of that young man?" Azazel asked.
"He's strong. Very strong. Until I find a way to ter that teique, I'm no match for him," Vali admitted, his eyes closed.
"Indeed, he's quite remarkable."
"Roy Lucifuge, Grayfia's younger Brother, one of the Five Young Kings" Azazel mused.
Vali etched that o his memory.
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