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Roy casually dodged Katerea's attacks, then reached out with his right hand.
"Secret Art: Ice Archery."
An iaterialized in his hand, and he drew back the string, nog an icy arrow.
The arrow shot forward, pierg through Katerea's magic circle in the blink of an eye.
It then split into tless arrows, raining down on Katerea.
Katerea's expression ged as she hastily erected a defensive magic circle.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The barrage of ice arrows struck her defenses, but they didn't cause much damage.
"Damn it!" Katerea roared, summoning even more Magic Circles.
tless magidrils shed out at Roy.
"Secret Art: Ice Mountain!"
Roy extended his hand towards the tendrils.
An ice mountain materialized, instantly freezing the tendrils solid.
He then turned his attention to Katerea.
"Secret Art: 9-Ice Dragons!"
Nine ice dragons emerged, coiling around Katerea.
Caught off guard by this unfamiliar attack, Katerea was instantly frozen.
But Roy didn't rex.
He knew Katerea still had the power she had received from Ophis, the Ouroboron.
As expected, bck magic surged from within the ice, shattering the nine dragons.
"Hahahaha!" Katerea ughed triumphantly.
Her body was now enveloped in snake-like tendrils of magic, her pnifitly amplified.
However, Ophis's power wasn't easily trolled. She couldn't fully utilize it.
"Prepare yourself, Roy Lucifuge!" Katerea sneered, pointiaff at him.
She then fired another massive magic bst.
"You haven't learned your lesson, have you?" Roy taunted.
He jured another ice mirror.
Katerea's attack struck the mirror and was reflected back at her.
"What?! How is that possible?!" Katerea dodged frantically, shocked.
She had thought her increased power would allow her to overwhelm Roy, but reality proved her wrong.
Her magic bst was once again reflected.
Katerea quickly ged tactics.
She summoned more magic circles, and thicker, more powerful tendrils shed out at Roy.
It seemed she had learned her lesson and wouldn't use magic bsts anymore.
These magidrils were far strohan before, and Roy didn't dare let them touch him.
"Secret Art: Ice Thousand Armed Kannon!"
Roy had no choice but to resort to this teique.
The Kannon's tless fists struck the tendrils.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The magidrils and the Kannon cshed, each regeing instantly whehey were destroyed.
It became a battle of attrition.
But Katerea, with Ophis's power supp her, wasn't afraid of a drawn-out fight.
Roy smirked. "It seems I have to use that teique."
"Mahapadma!"
The entire area around the new school building was frozen in time and space.
Even Sirzechs and the other Maou-Css, who hadn't been affected by Gasper's time stop, were frozen solid.
Roy chuckled.
He didn't waste any time.
He jured his ice rose sword and appeared before Katerea, decapitating her with a sirike.
Then, time resumed.
Sirzechs and the others sehat something had happened.
They saw that Roy had already killed Katerea.
"Were we... frozen in time?" Michael asked, his voice filled with disbelief.
"It didn't feel like time manipution," Azazel ented, uo recall any Sacred Gear with su ability.
"Roy-kun must have do," Serafall said, looking at Roy in surprise.
Sirzechs remained silent, but he was shocked.
He er Devil, surpassing even Maou-Css.
Yet, he had been frozen in time without even realizing it.
His brother-in-w's power was unfathomable.
While the leaders were reeling from their shock, Vali's eyes lit up.
He had been waiting for this opportunity, the moment Roy used his time-stop ability.
Without that teique, Vali was fident he could defeat Roy.
And such a powerful ability must have limitations.
He wasn't worried about Roy using it again so soon.
Vali burst through the window and flew into the sky, fronting Roy.
"Vali?" Azazel frowned, watg Vali's as.
"It seems the traitor among us is him," Michael said, his eyes narrowed.
"Sorry, Azazel, but this seems more iing," Vali replied, gng at them.
Azazel sighed.
"Vali, there's something I o ask you," Azazel said.
"Hmm?" Vali looked at him questioningly.
"Shemhazai, my Vice-Governor, discovered a group gathering dangerous individuals from the three fas. I heard it's called the Khaade, led by Ophis, the Ouroboron," Azazel revealed.
Even Sirzechs and the others were surprised.
"Ophis, the Ouroboron?"
"One of The Stro Dragons, feared even by God?"
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"It's true that I'm w with Ophis..." Vali admitted. "But I'm not ied in ruling the world. I just want to fight strong oppos."
He looked at Roy with a sharp glint in his eyes.
"I thought you might have joined forces with Katerea. After all, both of you had your positions stolen. You must have a lot in on," Azazel ented.
Seeing that Vali wasn't allied with Katerea, Azazel was relieved.
He had raised Vali since childhood and sidered him like a son.
He didn't want Vali to stray down the wrong path.
His words surprised Serafall and the others.
Vali ignored Azazel.
"White Dragon Emperor! Bance Breaker!" he roared, activating his [Bance Breaker].
"Vali, feeling fident again, are we?" Roy chuckled, his arms crossed.
"Hmph! This time, I will defeat you!" Vali decred, charging towards Roy without further ado.
"Vali, do you really think I'm helpless now that I've used that teique?" Roy asked with a pyful grin. "Let me show you something iing."
He reached out with his hand, summoning a magic circle.
He then pulled a sword from the magic circle.
It was As, the [Dragon Syer] sword.
Vali's eyes widened in surprise.
"It's a Dragon Syer sword. You'll be injured if you're struck by it," Albion warned him.
"Then I just have to avoid getting hit, right?" Vali replied fidently.
He charged towards Roy.
Roy met his attack with his sword.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
g! g! g!
They cshed, exging tless blows.
With the Dragon Syer sword in hand, Roy felt ris.
His powerful swordsmanship overwhelmed Vali, who couldn't risk a direct csh with the Holy Sword.
The situation was pletely reversed from their previous enter.
Vali was now the one on the defensive, desperately dodging Roy's attacks.
Uo ehis any longer, Vali activated his [Juggernaut Drive] once again.
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[Juggernaut Drive!!!]
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With his Juggernaut Drive active, Vali's speed increased dramatically. He appeared before Roy in an instant.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The tide seemed to have turned.
Vali moved with incredible speed, relentlessly attag Roy.
Roy could only defend himself, uo terattack.
But a prolonged defense was bound to fail.
If Vali mao nd a si, the bance of power would shift pletely.
Roy uood this, so he closed his eyes, calming his mind.
His as fused Sirzechs and the others.
"Is Roy giving up?" Azazel wondered with a chuckle.
He would be happy if Vali won, after all.
"Is he no match for the White Dragon Emperor without his time-stop ability?" Michael mused.
"I believe the White Dragon Emperor has already lost," Sirzechs decred fidently.
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When Roy opened his eyes, his expression was calm and serene, as if he could see through everything.
Vali's movements, though still incredibly fast, seemed to slow down in his eyes.
Roy could see through every attack.
He had activated the Transparent World.
This was a state achieved by Yoriichi Tsugikuni in the Demon Syer world.
It was the "Transparent World" reached only after pushing oo the absolute limit and enduring immense pain.
And now, Roy had mastered it.
He effortlessly dodged Vali's attad casually struck him with the Dragon Syer sword.
"No way!!" Vali gasped, feeling the wound on his chest.
"Damn it..." He didn't dwell on how he had been hit. His Juggernaut Drive wouldn't st much longer.
He charged at Roy again.
But Roy's sword seemed to anticipate his every move. As Vali threw another punch, the Dragon Syer sword effortlessly sliced through his armor, creating another wound.
"Vali, your Juggernaut Drive is reag its limit. If you tinue, you'll damage your life force," Albion warned.
But Vali ignored him and attacked again.
Thwack!
The same result. Another wound appeared on Vali's body.
This time, Roy added a kick food measure.
Vali was sent flying, crashing to the ground.
Roy nded beside him.
"Well, Vali, do you yield?" he asked with a smirk.
Vali was in a worse state than before, his chest covered in deep wounds.
His Juggernaut Drive had deactivated.
"Why?" he asked, his expression bnk.
"There's no need for 'why.' I am simply strohan you.," Roy replied with a shrug.
"And by the way, I use that teique more than once."
Vali's eyes widened in shock.
He had assumed Roy couldn't use his time-stop ability secutively, so he had tried to take advantage of that.
But Roy had just told him he could use it repeatedly.
This was a devastating blow to his fidence.
Just then, the sky shattered like a mirror.
A figure desded.
"Bikou, what are you doing here?" Vali asked, looking at the newer.
"I came to retrieve you for the battle against the Nods in the north. It seems I arrived just in time," Bikou replied, surprised to see Vali's injuries.
"Is it time already?" Vali asked ftly.
"Who did you fight?" Bikou couldn't help but ask, curious.
"Isn't he right there?" Vali g Roy.
Bikou followed his gaze.
"Oh? He doesn't look that strong," Bikou ented skeptically.
"Let's go. We have to leave now."
"Alright."
Bikou helped Vali to his feet and prepared to leave.
Roy didn't stop them.
"I'll defeat you ime," Vali decred, looking at Roy with determination.
"I'll be waiting," Roy replied with a smile.
Bikou and Vali then teleported away.
Roy looked up and saw that the barrier had vanished.
It seemed Esdeath and the others had succeeded.
He returo the feren.
"That was Bikou, wasn't it? I didn't expect him to join the Khaade," Azazel ented.
"Yes," Roy firmed.
"Now that there are no more interruptions, we sign the peace treaty."
Sirzechs and the reed.
The three fas successfully sighe peace treaty.
Just then, the door opened.
Esdeath and the irls entered.
"Roy, we've taken care of all the Magis outside," Esdeath reported.
"Good work," Roy said with a nod.
"Are these Roy servants? They're quite impressive," Azazel ented, the girls.
Sirzechs also nodded in approval.
"Roy, what exactly happened earlier?" Rias asked, her curiosity overflowing.
She had been too focused on the peace treaty to ask when they were released from the time stop.
"We'll talk about it ter. Just know that the three fas have successfully signed a peace treaty," Roy replied with a smile.
"Ah, that's right." Rias decided not to press further.
The three fas had reached a peace agreement, but maintaining that peace would require the tinued efforts of those present.
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