Reincarnated into the Multiverse, but High School DxD

However, using the power of the gods required a special summoning ritual in advance: the Flame Dance.

Yet the yokai attack had come too suddenly, leaving her no time to prepare.

"Dying by my hand is an honor for a human like you."

Satanael grinned viciously.

The eight black wings behind him were like the curtain falling at the end of a play, filling Suzaku Himejima with a trace of despair.

Just then, a cold mechanical voice suddenly rang out.

"ClockUp!"

The cold mechanical voice rang out abruptly.

Satanael instinctively turned around, but his naked eyes saw no living being.

Yet in the next second, alarm bells blared in his mind. A deadly sense of danger abruptly descended, forcing the sword he had intended to swing at Suzaku Himejima to sharply change direction and block before his own neck.

Clang—!

Orange sparks burst through the night.

Even the arm gripping his sword went numb from the tremendous force.

Satanael was shocked. What had happened just now? Who was attacking him?!

But before he could think further, that same sense of mortal danger descended again. This time, the source of danger was his heart.

Satanael swung his sword again, barely blocking the invisible attack. Yet aside from a spray of sparks, the attacker remained nowhere to be seen.

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Suzaku Himejima's Suspicion

If he had not been able to sense a special presence, Satanael would have thought the place was haunted!

But ghosts were utterly beneath notice. Forget fighting him—even standing before Satanael would make them instantly scatter into nothingness!

Bzz—!

A sense of danger came from behind him, and Satanael instinctively swung his sword backward.

The pitch-black demonic sword instantly cleaved out a massive crescent-shaped shockwave, directly destroying everything behind him.

The crescent shockwave did not lose momentum. It even sliced the Inner Shrine estate cleanly in half, dealing devastating damage to the centuries-old structure.

But Satanael knew he had not hit that thing hiding from him.

Boom—!

A tearing sound came from Satanael's side. The shockwave from the explosion and the enemy's excessive speed left him unable to react in time. Amid a thunderous crash, a massive force struck his flank, instantly blasting him away and sending him crashing into the ruins!

Suzaku Himejima braced herself against the rubble and rose, staring blankly at the Satanael who had been blasted away.

What had just happened?

As far as she could tell, it had all occurred in an instant.

Had reinforcements from the Five Great Houses arrived?

But no matter how she thought about it, she could not imagine anyone in the Five Great Houses capable of forcing a Fallen Angel executive into such a state.

Satanael was even more bewildered than Suzaku Himejima.

He knew the Five Great Houses' strength well.

Aside from the Four Gods and Four Fiends, the most threatening forces were the gods worshipped by the Five Great Houses.

But as a Fallen Angel executive, he had already contacted some of the gods after arriving in Tokyo.

They had stated that as long as he did not cause trouble within the shrines where they resided, the local gods would not care what he did.

In contrast, the Five Great Houses that worshipped those gods were extremely harsh toward outsiders.

Satanael stood up. The strike to his flank had hurt badly, and perhaps two ribs were broken, but it was not a particularly serious injury.

He had suffered far worse injuries during the great war between the three factions, injuries that had nearly killed him. Yet he had still survived.

"Come out! Hiding your head and showing your tail like a rat in a sewer."

Though his wounds were not serious, Satanael felt utterly humiliated.

As a dignified Fallen Angel executive, he had been beaten so badly by someone whose face he had not even seen.

That said, Ren would not foolishly reveal himself after landing several hits.

The opponent was, after all, a high-ranking Fallen Angel—perhaps even some ancient monster who had survived the war with Heaven. Facing such an enemy head-on was clearly not a good habit.

Thus, Ren continued using super acceleration to inflict more injuries on Satanael.

The battle had also unfolded much as he had expected.

Even though he had entered super acceleration, a Fallen Angel of Satanael's level could still rely on combat instincts and his perception of aura to make his body counterattack accordingly, even if he could not see Ren clearly.

Although Ren had landed several hits, they had mostly caused only minor injuries.

Of course, Ren did not think Satanael was truly that strong.

After all, the battle had only just begun.

With his current physical condition, he could sustain super acceleration for longer.

The time spent thinking lasted only an instant.

In Ren's vision, the world before him was still slowed down.

Satanael had only just risen to his feet, but his eyes had turned blood-red, seemingly looking toward where Ren stood.

Super acceleration was not some invincible ability. Even in the Rider world, monsters or Riders without super acceleration had found ways to defeat enemies with high-speed movement abilities.

Of course, there had also been famous scenes of the King of Time being stopped in time, or getting kicked into the roadside by an enemy using super acceleration.

One advantage of super acceleration was overwhelming stats. The other was exploiting an information gap.

A battle of attrition was clearly unfavorable to Ren, so he decided to end this fight quickly.

Within the slowed world, Ren appeared beside Satanael once more. He could already tell from Satanael's blood-red eyes that the other had made out his figure.

In the slowed world, Satanael raised his demonic sword and barely blocked Ren's strike aimed at his abdomen. At the same time, however, his face took Ren's fist head-on.

Ren did not hold back, and the punch directly sent Satanael's body flying into the air. But because his time had been accelerated, Satanael was only slowly drifting upward at that moment.

Strike while he was down and take his life.

Ren did not use the Desert Eagle again. Against a Fallen Angel executive, the kinetic force of ordinary firearms could no longer pierce their flesh. Even if he hit a weak point, it would only cause minor injuries.

Unless it was a laser weapon like those used by the mechanical lifeforms from the neighboring EXE World.

The Evil God Legion's technological level far surpassed Earth's. Compared to the DXD World, which had developed a mythological civilization, the technology vigorously developed by the Evil Gods was no less advanced than mythological civilization.

Satanael, who had been knocked airborne, had already reacted mentally. He had even clearly seen who was attacking him.

But while his consciousness had reacted, his body was an entire beat slower.

In less than a second, aside from blocking the fatal blow, countless wounds appeared all over his body.

Even several of his wings had been torn off by Ren.

When Ren sensed that his body was nearing its limit, he could only end the duration of super acceleration.

He could force himself to continue, but that would clearly cause his body to begin breaking down.

"Tch, without that layer of armor, I'm still too weak."

The Rider armors in Kamen Rider Kabuto allowed an ordinary person to endure super acceleration for extended periods without being affected. That was far easier than Ren forcibly enduring it with his body.

After ending super acceleration, Ren once again felt time flowing normally.

The thick smell of gunpowder and dust permeated the air. The cold night wind howled past, dispelling the discomfort caused by Ren's sweat.

At that moment, Suzaku Himejima, who had been completely unable to follow the battle, finally spotted the figure who had saved her earlier.

He wore an unfamiliar combat suit. His black hair and pair of plain glasses added a touch of scholarly refinement.

In his hand, he held a silver longsword.

The silver-white blade emitted specks of silver light that drifted around him like fireflies.

The aura flowing from it felt somewhat sacred, yet it differed slightly from the Holy Swords described in legend.

Suzaku Himejima looked back at Ren's face, but she could not recognize him at all.

She had never seen this person within her family either.

Could he be some hidden master living in seclusion within the Inner Shrine?

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Satanael: Enough! I'm a Fallen Angel!

Suzaku Himejima quickly rejected that conclusion.

If he were a reclusive master of the Inner Shrine, there was no way he would have waited until now to appear.

No matter how much he wanted to avoid the world, he would not wait until his home had been destroyed before coming out, would he?

Besides, the Holy Sword in his hand alone was enough to prove he was not from the Five Great Houses.

There were many exorcists in the Five Great Houses who used swords, but Holy Swords were treasures of the Church. Even if the Five Great Houses possessed one, it would be treated as a heretical demonic sword within their territory.

Beyond that, however, Suzaku Himejima could not guess his identity.

"Could he be an exorcist from the Church?"

"If so, that would explain it."

Satanael had betrayed the Grigori, and Fallen Angels had always been key subjects of the Church's attention.

There had been records in the past of Fallen Angels infiltrating the territory of the Five Great Houses, only to be pursued there by Church exorcists.

That was probably it.

Still, Suzaku Himejima did not dwell on it. The urgent matter was how to deal with Satanael.

With that thought, she gave Ren a slight nod, communicating with her gaze. Before Satanael showed any intention of attacking, she rapidly formed several hand seals, then extended both hands toward him.

Though doing so would completely destroy the Inner Shrine estate, rebuilding did not matter as long as the Treasure of Uji was not there.

Besides, Satanael had already split the estate in two.

"From the south of the four directions, answer my call! Vermilion Bird, master of the fire of the Four Gods!"

Following her clear cry, a massive Five Elements formation appeared above the girl's head.

Crimson patterns expanded alongside red light, and a violent vortex of flames burst forth from within.

Then came another piercing cry. After the enormous Vermilion Bird descended, scorching heat once again filled the surrounding area.

"Go!"

Suzaku Himejima controlled the Vermilion Bird as it flew into the sky.

The giant bird flapped its flaming wings and soared upward. Even the simple motion of its wings released astonishing heat. After rising to a certain height, it dove down like a missile.

In an instant, massive flames swept through the sky above the Inner Shrine.

"You insolent vermin! Do you think this is enough to kill me?!"

Satanael climbed to his feet, his eyes nearly splitting with rage.

Having been beaten into disarray by Ren, he no longer possessed his usual rationality. He raised his right hand high, and a Spear of Light rapidly formed in his palm.

But it did not stop growing when it reached the size of an ordinary spear.

The Spear of Light continued expanding until it was as large as a utility pole, only then ceasing to grow.