Tale of Discovery

Chapter 224: Morning ; Strange Group ; Friendly Grand Battle

Early morning, I'm awakened by the sound of a blaring alarm.

I raise my body, causing the blanket covering me to slide off. In this position, I look around the room for the alarm, only to find Misa's phone a short distance away from the bed, ringing vehemently.

Using telekinesis, I hurl the phone toward myself before I slide my finger across the screen.

With the alarm disabled, I telekinetically move the phone away before looking over at Misa who's lying on the bed beside me, deep asleep.

Her long golden hair is sprawled out on the pillow and sheets, causing me to lightly chuckle before running my hand through it.

A few minutes later, Misa groans a little as she turns over and gradually opens her eyes.

"Good morning," I say before moving my hand to her cheek and stroke it.

"Jerk," she mutters before turning backing around, seemingly not intending to get out of bed.

Already used to her antics, and aware of why she would need more sleep, the smile on my lips grows as I begin rubbing my palm against her soft butt. As a response to this, Misa lifts her leg a little, giving me the opportunity to place my hand between her soft thighs.

"Misa," I call out, "Let's take a bath together."

---

Upon exiting the Arena with Misa after, I proceed to leave the room and make my way to the kitchen as she follows close behind.

"Good morning," I say in a merry tone as soon as I step into the kitchen.

Everyone present in the room greets me back in their own way, with Saturnus' being the most vibrant one.

Misa and I both take a seat at the dining table before I look over at the bunch in charge of preparing breakfast. Once again, Sora, Siesta, and Saturnus are the ones up for the job.

I suppose this will become the norm now.

"So," Nao says after a few seconds, "did her power act up again?"

Hearing this, I nod my head and state, "Yes. Thanks to my presence, however, it was easily settled."

Nao squints her eyes a little before shifting focus to her phone, which is right in front of her on the table.

Letting out a sigh of relief, I patiently wait for breakfast to be served while using Clairvoyance to check on the city's state of affairs.

Finding nothing abnormal, I shift my sight over to the academy, only to be met with a rather intriguing sight.

Standing outside the academy is a small group that consists of rather peculiar-looking individuals.

From the looks of it, the group has a designated leader that's practically brimming with arrogance as he gazes at the academy.

The 'leader' is a good-looking man that seems to be in his mid-twenties. His attire consists of what seems to be a school uniform and a rather odd piece of clothing that seems to hail from ancient China.

He seems to be a cocky individual. As for the others

Before I can get a good grasp of the group, a blonde-haired girl wearing a long hat waves her arm, causing a bright light to cover the group before they all simply disappear from my sight.

"How interesting," I subconsciously mutter as I shift my attention back to the dining table.

A short while later, breakfast is prepared and is placed on the dining table before Saturnus leaves the kitchen, while Sora and Siesta take a seat at the dining table.

Soon after, Koneko and Ayumi arrive in the kitchen, and we begin to eat breakfast, during which Nao begins asking Ayumi questions regarding school.

As such, the breakfast goes on without any trouble. Or, so I hoped...

"Here, have some more," Misa says as she places some meat on my plate.

Her action causes Nao to throw a suspicious glance at us, while Ayumi stares at Misa with furrowed brows.

"What is it this time?" Misa says in an irritated tone.

"Big Sister Misa is being nice to Brother Yu. Is it because Brother Yu taught Big Sister?"

Hearing her question, I smile and say, "What are you saying Ayu? We can't be nice to one another for no reason?"

The moment my words fade, Nao's brow furrow as well as she asks, "Since when were you so thoughtful?"

"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" I ask while acting confused.

"Haru..." Sora's voice suddenly reaches my ears.

Looking over at my sister, I find her with her head lowered as she slowly cuts a piece of meat on her plate. Siesta, who is sitting right beside her, is trying to put some distance between them with a slightly anxious look on her face.

Hah~ How troublesome. Well, I was expecting something like this to happen already.

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"Who?" I dubiously question upon casting a glance at the short male devil that's dressed in female clothes and is hiding behind a sofa.

I more or less remember him. Nothing about him stood out much apart from his appearance, so his name didn't properly settle in my mind.

Anyway, why is he here? Is Rias planning to have him participate in the battle?

"Your Holiness, I hope that my servant, Gasper Vladi, can join us as a spectator today."

Spectator, huh? Well, there shouldn't be any problems with that.

"Sure," I dismissively say before invoking, "Arena."

The next moment, we all appear in the familiar and desolated city of Dubai.

"Father!" I hear Gabriel's voice from above me as she slowly descends with the rest of the angels.

None of the other angels greet me. Instead, they've all adopted serious expressions, including Asia and Aruru.

Even Irina and Xenovia who seem to be more than excited about this event are doing their best to maintain a serene expression.

Good. They're taking all this battle seriously.

"Before we begin," I say in a loud and firm voice, "I will have you know the objective of this battle."

Raising both of my arms, I exclaim "You're going to be killing me."

My words cause a few brows to twitch as Rias' expression turns dour.

"You are to not hold back in any way. Am I clear?"

"Yes, All-Father!" the group of angels all exclaims at once. I suppose that's their 'formal' way of referring to me now.

"Understood," Rias says a few seconds later while her peerage nod their heads. Then, Rias points somewhere and says, "Gasper, go watch from there."

"Okay!" he responds before doing as he was told.

Gift:

-Insight

-Immortality

"Then, let's begin," I say before leaping into the air and utilizing Flight.

---3rd POV---

Seeing Victor fly into the air, Gabriel appears right in front of him as hundreds of light spears form all around the two.

Unfazed, Victor simply grins as he gazes at Gabriel who hurls the light spears at him with the wave of a hand.

Every single one of the light spears immediately disappear as soon as they seem to reach Victor, startling Gabriel.

The next moment, a horrified expression appears on her face as she witnesses light shining all around Victor's body as all the light spears get reflected with their trajectory changed.

As a response to his, Gabriel raises her right arm, resulting in a huge shield to form in front of her, blocking all the spears coming her way.

As for the devils and angels that are on the ground, they hastily spread out to avoid the light spears raining down from above.

A few moments later, Victor appears right behind Gabriel and says, "Not bad."

Then, he pulls his arm back, intending to punch her back, but before he can do so, two light spears are thrown at him from the either side, causing him to promptly back away.

Victor looks over at his assailants, only to find Raynare and Kalawarner both surrounded by a few dozen light spears as they gaze at him.

---1st POV---

So, they're trying to overwhelm me by constantly attacking from all sides, huh?

The only ones that would pose me a threat in that regard would be Aruru and Gabriel. As for the rest, they would most likely act as decoys.

Well then, time to see how much progress have my angels made.

I take this chance to access the database before producing an ordinary sword.

Wielding the sword, I directly dash toward Raynare as she hurls a multitude of spears at me, which I easily dodge.

Once in front of her, I raise my sword before swinging it down, resulting in her torso getting sliced.

No- Something is wrong.

The moment the thought appears in my head, Raynare's 'body' fades away as time seems to slow down.

I immediately shift my body to the right, just in time to avoid getting pierced by a large sword made of light.

Using my senses, I notice that Asia and Aruru are nowhere within sight, while the rest of the angels and devils are trying to surround me.

Kiba is dual-wielding two swords while looking for an opportunity to strike me.

That's going to be troublesome if I'm caught off-guard.

As such, I utilize Godspeed and Blink to appear right beside Kiba and use Holy Slash to split his body apart horizontally.

A pained groan escapes from his mouth as he falls down, meanwhile, a barrier of light forms all around me.

Gripping my sword, I slash at the air with as much force as I can muster, resulting in the barrier to shatter.

Upon exiting the barrier, I notice that everyone has moved closer while Akeno has arm raised.

The next moment, my surrounding seems to as blue sparks form on Akeno's palm.

Before she can release her attack, I utilize Holy Slash to send a wave of light in her direction, causing her to cancel her attack and dodge.

At this moment, a strange sense of exhaustion overwhelms me. Using my senses, I find Xenovia who is floating close to me as a variety of runes on her upper right arm glow brightly.

Suddenly, I feel a stinging pain in my legs, causing me to look down, only to be startled by the sight of many light spears protruding from them.

"Mittelt," I subconsciously mutter upon sensing the assailant that's right below me.

The next moment, a shiver runs down my spine as I swiftly move away from my location, as a gigantic spear of light passes by.

Deciding that I need to get serious, I take this chance to access the database and create dozens of holy swords and aim them at Rias and Akeno.

All of a sudden, I feel a gentle hand on my back as AI's voice resounds within my head.

{Immortality is disabled.}

Shit.

Looking back, I find Irina with a wide grin on her face as she pulls her arm back, revealing a glowing cross at the center of her palm.

---3rd POV---

"Ready?" Aruru asks while looking down.

"Yes," Asia responds as she changes the form of the Excalibur given to her by Victor to a bow.

Then, an arrow of light appears as she pulls the string back. Aruru, who is standing right behind her, places her hand against Asia's hand as a surge of energy gets conveyed to the light arrow.

Currently, the two of them are about three kilometers up in the sky.

"Will this truly work?" Asia timidly asks as the light arrow continues to receive energy from the two angels.

"Sister Gabriel said that it will," Aruru responds in a serious tone.

"Okay," Asia says as a resolute expression appears on her face.

A few seconds later, Victor's Rework gets undone as Asia's right eye changes from green to silver as light emanates from its corner.

Seeing this, Aruru nods her head once before the snake-like symbol on her arm begins to glow in an eerie purple.

Immediately after that, the light arrow which was yellow changes to violet as Excalibur begins to shake, seemingly unable to handle the arrow's energy.

---1st POV---

Koneko lets out a cry as she gets plunged into the ground by my punch.

Due to Xenovia weakening me and Irina disabling my immortality, this fight was a little tougher than I was expecting.

Nevertheless, all the devils, as well as Irina, are now out of the battle. Mittelt has for some reason decided to move them far away from here.

Whatever, I'm now left with Kalawarner, Raynare, Gabriel, and Xenovia.

Just as I'm about to utilize Holy Slash, realization dawns upon me - Where are Aruru and Asia?

The next moment, I hear Gabriel's voice as she exclaims, "Now!"

Before I can react properly, a ball of light surrounds me, as another ball of light forms around it.

The next thing I knew, my senses act up as I notice attacks aimed at me from all directions.

Assuming that the attacks are light spears and light swords, I use Blink to appear a few meters above where I was, successfully dodging all the attacks.

Looking ahead, I see that Gabriel and the others have flown quite a distance away from me.

Why? Are they preparing a trap?

At this moment, I sense a slight shift of temperature behind me.

Confused, I turn around, only to be appalled by the sight of what seems to be a purple meteor coming my way at a pace that's much faster than what I'm capable of.

-Time-Stop!

{Unable to employ outside of Platforms.}

Fuck. What do I do? From the size and speed of that thing, escape is impossible in my current state.

{WARNING: The attack must not reach the ground.}

Seriously?! Shit. I have to face it after all.

-Deification

Upon the activation of the ability, my body swiftly transitions to my 'deified' form as I prepare to face the meteor-like attack.

Taking in a deep breath, I activate Ittou Shura before leaping right toward the oncoming purple meteor and punch at it with everything I've got.