Seeing Issei struggling desperately on the verge of death, only to awaken his Sacred Gear just before dying.
It was undeniable that Rias Gremory had been somewhat flustered at first.
After all, although she did not know what Sacred Gear lay within Issei, the fact that he had caught her superior's attention and even prompted an order for her to assassinate him was enough to show that the Sacred Gear inside him might be extraordinary!
However, when the blinding light gradually faded and Rias Gremory saw a gauntlet resembling a bracelet on Issei's hand, she could not help laughing mockingly.
"I thought it was some incredible Sacred Gear, but after all that, it's only the most ordinary Dragon Hand (Twice Critical)."
Dragon Hand (Twice Critical) was one of the most common Sacred Gears. Its effect was to double its wielder's strength for a certain period of time.
A Sacred Gear that could double one's strength sounded incredibly impressive, but among Sacred Gears, it was bargain-bin trash. Especially for someone as useless in combat as Issei, it was completely pointless.
After all, Issei without a Sacred Gear was an ant before Rias Gremory, and Issei with twice the strength was still an ant before her.
After struggling in vain for a while, Issei was once again pinned beneath Rias Gremory's foot and mercilessly mocked.
Just as Rias Gremory, believing that even a mosquito leg was still meat, prepared to use a Spear of Light to pierce Issei's head and extract the Sacred Gear from his body.
The twisted, savage grin on Rias Gremory's face froze as a sharp pain suddenly shot through her abdomen. The next second, her body was sent flying, crashing heavily into the cross in the Church.
The one who saved Issei was not Seiya and Sona, who