Chapter 36: 36- Sacred swords
When Issei arrived at his house, everyone was gathered. "Issei, you arrive just in time, I've just been informed that a stray devil entered the city."
"We have to go and eliminate it." Rias said.
Akeno was already preparing the magic circle, after Issei left the painting in the room.
We went to kill the stray devil. We arrived at an abandoned building, it was a factory that was not in use.
Perfect place to hide, Rias told us. "Issei, Koneko, and Kiba are going to enter, you will try to kill the devil if you can."
"If the devil manages to escape, Akeno and I will be outside the building and cut his escape line."
"Is it clear?" Rias Asked.
We all answer that yes, except Kiba, he seems to be distracted.
"Kiba!!!" "Did you hear what I said?"
"Oh, yes, sorry, I was distracted," Kiba replied.
Then the three of us entered the building, Koneko as always and her way of opening the doors with a knock to knock them down.
Once inside we started looking for the devil, and there was no need to find her, the devil alone appeared.
She was a woman again, she poked her head out and then threw herself at Koneko. As she transformed into a monster.
Koneko dodged the attack by jumping backwards, issei spoke to Kiba. Who seemed to be distracted.
"Kiba, move, stop thinking and attack."
Kiba barely reacted and took out his sword ready to cut, but he arrived late, Koneko was beaten by the devil.
The devil tore some of Koneko's clothes, but it wasn't like that blow hurt her.
After Kiba reached the devil transformed into monsters, with his sword he managed to cut off her arm.
Issei continued to attack with magic, he used a fireball to hit her on the back. The devil screamed and tried to escape through a window.
Upon leaving the place, the devil was greeted by a lightning bolt from Akeno, she was completely knocked down.
After Rias, seeing that the devil no longer had salvation when losing her master, her mind breaks and she lets herself be carried away by her desires, becoming a monster.
Rías killed the devil with the power of destruction. Turning it into ashes.
After completing the task, Rias approached Kiba and slapped him.
"Have you woken up yet?" "How come you're distracted at a time like this?"
"Someone could get hurt." Rias said scolding Kiba.
No one could say anything in defense of kiba, after all, being distracted in a mission is not good.
Kiba just apologized and then walked away.
"Kiba, if you need help or something bothers you, don't hesitate to talk to us."
"We are friends and colleagues, you helped me when we saved Asia, I have never forgotten that gratitude." Issei said.
Waiting for Kiba to be more honest with his thoughts.
"Thank you for the words issei-kun."
"But this is something that only I can carry, I can't enjoy life until I fulfill my revenge." Kiba said, and then walked away.
Everyone turned to see Rias in case she was going to do something, but she shook her head, Rias knew Kiba's problem.
So she told them him story so they could understand.
"Kiba was a survivor of the church project, they wanted to create an artificial carrier of a sacred sword of Excalibur.
"He suffered a lot during the project, they experimented with him and other children, but no one came up but Kiba."
"That's why seeing the photo of Issei, where there was a sacred sword, made him remember those times."
"Give it some time and it will pass." Rias explained, to which everyone agreed.
After everyone returned to their homes, Kiba continued walking to his house.
Maybe it's fate or a coincidence, but Kiba met a not very friendly acquaintance.
On the street was a priest being stabbed by exorcist Freed Sellzen. He mercilessly took the life of a person from the church while laughing.
Kiba saw the lunatic with a peculiar sword, "you are the exorcist who was with the fallen angels."
"How are you still in the city?" Kiba said surprised to see him.
"Ahahaha." "That's why I can't help killing the Heretics of God." Freed said.
"Now that you're in front of me, I'll have to kill you too." And the exorcist attacked Kiba with his sword.
Kiba defended himself by creating a sword, he tried to use his sacred gear to break Freed's sword.
But he couldn't why, Freed's sword began to shine, "the same trick won't work, this time I have a sacred sword."
"An Excalibur!!" Freed said.
When Kiba heard that it was a sacred sword, he got angry, and carelessly attacked Freed.
Freed took advantage of Kiba's outburst and managed to cut a little on his left arm. Making Kiba scream in pain.
"Hahaha." This sacred sword is the natural enemy of the devils, and you attack me that way."
"If you want to die so much, I will help you." Freed said.
Kiba already with the pain of being cut by a sacred sword, began to cool his head.
This time I exchange blows with the sword in a safer way. Not getting carried away by anger.
Luckily for Kiba, the exorcist was ordered to withdraw, so he threw a light grenade to disappear from the place.
Kiba cursed his luck of encountering a sacred sword and being injured by an oversight.
But it was said that next time it won't be the same.
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In the church of the city where the fallen angels once met. Two women arrived with robes that covered her whole body.
Both women were bearers of sacred swords.
"This church is in a bad state." Said the blue-haired woman.
"Well, if there is no one in charge of taking care of this church, it is obvious that it will be in these conditions." The orange-haired woman replied.
"And with the little money we have, it's not like we can afford a hotel, so we'll have to settle."
Then the two women lay down on the church benches and fell asleep. They had to rest to fulfill their mission in the city.