Reincarnated into a Multiverse, but It's High School DxD

The man's face showed surprise.

"I believe my companions and clansmen can hold back those yokai, and reinforcements from the Five Great Families are already on their way. Whether they're remnants of the Void Cicada organization, Oz's magicians, or the people you brought, dead or alive, we'll capture them all."

"Please don't take offense. After all, you're the ones who have been causing trouble all along."

Suzaku Himejima raised her right hand, and a cluster of crimson flames rose from her pale palm.

"You Five Great Families really haven't changed. You only ever come up with countless excuses when defending yourselves. Still, I don't intend to kill you today. I'll leave the rest to others."

As soon as she finished speaking, a teleportation magic circle appeared beneath the fallen angel Satanael's feet.

"Trying to teleport? I won't let you get away with it."

Suzaku Himejima had already been on guard. The flames in her hand shot swiftly toward Satanael.

Seeing the girl's attack, Satanael merely waved a hand and dispersed the fireball.

However, Suzaku Himejima's real intention was not to attack Satanael, but to destroy the teleportation magic circle beneath his feet.

Crack!

The magic circle was instantly destroyed by the flames. Satanael, who should have left, could only remain where he was.

"Tch. Humans really do love their little tricks."

With the barrier created by Oz's magicians blocking the outside world, Satanael's own teleportation magic was temporarily unusable.

Realizing that he could not escape, Satanael finally showed displeasure on his face.

"Before superior races, humans naturally need to be smarter if they wish to survive. But I don't consider that some little trick."

Suzaku Himejima spoke without fear.

Judging from the current situation, letting Satanael leave was clearly the best choice.

After all, the situation outside was unclear, and Suzaku Himejima was worried about her companions' battle. If the barrier around the Inner Shrine had not been broken, she would never have left the front lines.

But the Treasure of Uji sealed within the Inner Shrine, along with all sorts of important treasures, had been stolen.

If only ordinary artifacts had been taken, or records related to history or ancient texts, Suzaku Himejima would not have rashly kept Satanael here.

But the remains of the three most important yokai were gone.

As the Himejima Family's heir to the clan head position, she knew very well that the three great yokai had not completely died.

As long as their seals were undone and they were given power again, they could be revived. Forget destroying the world—even destroying the land of the island nation would not be a problem.

The Five Great Families had also dealt with the Fallen of the Abyss, led by fallen angels, in the past.

They paid extraordinary attention to Sacred Gears.

Combined with the fact that the Grigori had even established an institution to research Sacred Gears, Suzaku Himejima could not help making an ominous connection.

Perhaps this fallen angel officer intended to use the heads of those three great yokai, together with knowledge of Sacred Gears, to do something special.

She did not know exactly what it was, but it could not be anything good.

Suzaku Himejima launched the first attack.

The aura that had merely spilled around her body suddenly surged in an instant, transforming into roaring flames that enveloped the girl.

The temperature in the air abruptly soared. Even breathing it into one's lungs caused a searing pain.

Then she swept her right arm toward Satanael.

A blazing wave of fire shot out at once.

Boom—!

A scorching pillar of fire blasted toward Satanael. The terrifying heat ignited everything along its path without even touching it, leaving a long charred trail across the ground.

"As the Himejima Family's princess, you're quite capable. You truly deserve to be called the youngest outstanding talent of the Five Great Families!"

Within the flames, Satanael was protected by powerful light energy.

Suzaku Himejima's attack had been utterly ineffective, not leaving even the slightest burn mark on him.

Suzaku Himejima's expression did not change.

She raised her right palm upward, and the flames swiftly condensed into the shape of a Vermilion Bird.

With the screech of a living creature, the flaming Vermilion Bird flew straight toward Satanael.

It was as fast as the wind!

Satanael finally stopped deliberately showing off.

Though the difference between them was still obvious, Suzaku Himejima was, after all, the host of the Vermilion Bird spirit beast.

Satanael could look down on Suzaku Himejima, but he could not ignore the Vermilion Bird's power.

Hummm—!

The atmosphere trembled as Satanael condensed a thick spear of light in his hand.

Suzaku Himejima's expression shifted slightly. Without a second thought, she threw herself away from where she had just been standing.

Boom—!

The next second, the spear of light shattered the flaming Vermilion Bird with swift, violent force, then blasted apart the spot where Suzaku Himejima had stood moments ago.

If she had not dodged in time, she would already have been blown to pieces.

After landing, Suzaku Himejima pushed her aura to its limit, but her eyes were filled with unprecedented gravity.

The terrifying power Satanael had displayed was enough to inspire fear.

If anyone else from the Inner Shrine had fought Satanael, they might already have been defeated in that brief exchange.

How can I win?

For Suzaku Himejima alone, there was simply no hope of victory.

But if she could hold on until reinforcements arrived, perhaps there would be a way.

Yet on second thought, the attack on the Inner Shrine had clearly been planned thoroughly. Every one of them had an opponent they needed to deal with.

Fallen angel officer Satanael was the enemy who existed outside that arrangement.

Satanael also knew that he was stronger than Suzaku Himejima. Having no intention of lingering, he decided to kill the woman obstructing him—or capture her outright.

After all, the spirit beast dwelling within her was also highly valuable for research.

The next second, Satanael erupted into motion.

His body became a black afterimage. As he moved at high speed, the air gave off a piercing shriek, and he drove a fist toward Suzaku Himejima's chest!

Bang—!

Suzaku Himejima's body was immediately sent flying. Fortunately, she had formed a flaming barrier in time. Otherwise, that single blow alone would have taken away all her ability to fight.

Humanity's weakness compared to other races was far too obvious: their physical bodies were simply too frail.

Ambush

Chapter 29

Suzaku Himejima struggled to prop herself up. Although she had blocked the nearly fatal blow, the impact had still injured her body.

If she had not trained her body regularly, she would have found it difficult even to stand again.

Though she had recognized the gap between herself and Satanael, her position meant she could not simply watch him leave.

The moment she rose, several more firebirds in the shape of Vermilion Birds shot out. But Satanael once again shaped a sword of light from holy light and, with a few swift slashes, tore the flames apart.

"As expected of the Himejima Family's princess. Your courage is commendable, but that is the only thing I can praise about you."

Satanael's voice did not conceal its delight or mockery in the slightest.

He did not know where the heads of the three great yokai had been taken, but capturing a lone member of the Four Gods was not a bad consolation.

If he extracted the Vermilion Bird from her body and placed it within an artificial Sacred Gear, could he create a Sacred Gear comparable to a Longinus?

With that thought in mind, Satanael's smile widened further.

But at that moment, enormous pressure suddenly descended upon Satanael.

It was as if a mountain were pressing down upon his head, forcing his feet a third of the way into the ground.

A closer look revealed a crimson Five Elements magic circle beneath his feet. Suzaku Himejima gritted her teeth and recited an obscure incantation.

"By the Nine Purple Fire Star, become the flames of Mars!"

A powerful aura surged from Suzaku Himejima's body.

That aura quickly took the shape of the Vermilion Bird spirit beast behind the girl.

Compared to the one she had condensed in her palm before, this Vermilion Bird was much larger. Its clear, ringing cry could vaguely be heard!

Satanael felt a faint sense of dread. The gravitational suppression was nothing much, but the magic circle beneath his feet gave him a terrible feeling.

Then, in the next second, a massive pillar of fire suddenly erupted from the magic circle that covered over half the room.

The blazing heat relentlessly scorched the surroundings. With nowhere to retreat, Satanael was instantly struck, and a violent explosion and deafening roar erupted across the chamber.

The pillar of fire even shattered the ceiling of the underground altar and pierced through the ancient-style roof of the Inner Shrine's main hall.

"Is that the main hall?"

"What happened?"

"That's Lady Suzaku's spirit beast fire!"

"Damn it! Have enemies already infiltrated the main hall?!"

The battle erupting at the very center of the Inner Shrine made the exorcists' faces turn grim, while the yokai and Oz's magicians only fought with greater excitement.

The situation favored them! As long as their respective leaders dealt with the Four Gods and Four Fiends, the Five Great Families would meet their destruction today!

Explosions and cries of alarm rose one after another as panic swiftly spread across the entire area.

Fortunately, amid the chaos, the Four Fiends Sacred Gear wielders accepted by the Five Great Families managed to stabilize the situation. Still, no one knew how it would end.

Meanwhile.

At the underground altar of the Inner Shrine, Satanael, who had been tricked by Suzaku Himejima, was now charred all over. His combat suit beneath his black coat was melted in countless places, smoke rose from his pale skin, and even his hair—which had originally resembled Sephiroth's—had turned into a black afro!

Ren watched from the side, suppressing a laugh. Still, Suzaku Himejima's full-force attack had failed to kill Satanael. Was this fallen angel officer's strength not a little too ridiculous?

Before his transmigration, when he watched the original anime, the fallen angels had seemed like minor fry compared to the powerhouses of other factions. They looked impressive, but in reality, any strong opponent could easily crush them.

Yet now that he had encountered one in reality, he was this fierce?

Ren thought that even if all Four Gods were tied together, they might only be able to fight Satanael to a four-six split.

The reality of the situation also made him think of Akeno Himejima's background.

Her father was also a fallen angel officer, Baraqiel, and among all fallen angels, he was known as the "Lightning Flash." In terms of destructive power alone, he was even stronger than Azazel.

Yet even so, after he left, the Himejima Family had driven Shuri Himejima to death and later sent people to hunt down Akeno Himejima.

Had the Himejima Family not feared Baraqiel returning for revenge before doing all that?

Of course, the truth was that Baraqiel had not taken revenge on the Himejima Family afterward.

Though Satanael was not dead, he had suffered considerable injuries.

But such injuries were nothing to a fallen angel officer.

More than his wounds, he was enraged that he had actually been tricked by some little girl!

A dangerous expression appeared on Satanael's face.

He looked at the lone Suzaku Himejima and revealed a cruel smile.

Accompanied by a clear metallic tremor, Satanael pulled a long sword sheathed in a scabbard from thin air.

The blade was completely black. Its edge, which should have been silver-white, was instead covered in countless ominous blood-red patterns, continuously radiating a soul-shaking frenzy and demonic aura.

The instant Suzaku Himejima saw that sword, she felt a killing intent lock firmly onto her.

Though she still formed hand seals, barely a tenth of her spiritual power remained. There was no possibility of continuing the battle.

Although she was the Himejima Family's heir to the clan head position, her control over the Vermilion Bird spirit beast was not perfect. Moreover, the reason she had become the heir was because she was the only shrine maiden in the Himejima Family capable of summoning the god Fire Kagutsuchi.