56 The Beat Up Church
Rias and Sona were prepping up for the arrival of the people from the church. It was a hectic job as they knew that if their talk did not take the turn they hoped for, things could get dirty real quick.
"Do we have anything that we can counter them with?" Rias asked. "I know that they are not coming here to fight, however… If things take an unexpected turn, are we prepared enough?"
"We do not have anything to counter holy power." Sona answered honestly. "As long as they are only using the light element, we will be fine. But if they do possess the holy element… We will be in trouble."
The heiresses hoped that such a situation would never arise. They focused on coming up with ways to keep the discussion civil and not take any unnecessary steps.
As long as the church was not responsible for taking the first step by harming or insulting them –they were not going to do anything either.
"They will be here soon." Sona figured. "They might be from the church but this is still our turf, we possess the upper hand –not them."
Rias agreed. They had the authority in this land and if the church attacked them in Kuoh, it would be no less than declaring war.
They were aware that all they had to do now was to wait.
Wait for the guests to arrive.
Or that would have been the case if Momo did not run inside the room with a scared expression.
"P-President!" She rushed inside, a look of horror on her face. "The church people are fighting with Saji and Kento."
And this was exactly the bombshell that they were trying to avoid.
"What!"
…
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<<Opponent has a blessing!>>
<<Opponent has an advantage over host>>
<<Herculean Strength Activated!>>
<<Hermes' Celerity Activated!>>
<<Atlas' Will Activated!>>
<<Athena's Insight Activated!>>
<<Coeus' Perspicacity Activated!>>
Standing against Kento was a beautiful blue haired girl with a few greenish locks. Her hair was cut short, unlike the other girl with light brown hair.
Both of them were gorgeous, with the blue haired girl adorning a tomboyish personality while the brown haired one had a very feminine way of talking.
However, all of their beauty was overwhelmed by Kento's dislike for arrogant and stuck up people.
'And what kind of church allows such scandalous clothing?'
He did not know whether to be amused or to be disgusted.
Kento knew that the church did have some questionable people. He remembered multiple news articles regarding the popes from his past.
'The ones of this world seem no different.'
The girls in front of him were dressed in skin tight latex bodysuits that barely went past their hips. Even the stockings and arm sleeves were made of latex which did make him wonder as to who came up with the design.
'I am no Christian, but I believe they have some rules about dressing modestly for both men and women.'
"In the name of the holy father, I shall teach you a lesson for standing against the servants of God!" Xenovia declared but Kento was not amused by this one bit.
"I have seen many people who believe their religion to be better. And I can respect their opinion." Kento said. "But when they start insulting others for their religions and beliefs, that ticks me off."
"Kento!" Saji shouted. "Be careful! They might possess holy weapons and powers."
Kento smiled at the boy. "Don't worry, Saji. I don't have the issue that you have with such powers."
This immediately made Saji remember. 'He is a human!'
Most people often forget that Kento was just a human because of his strength and courage to stand up against supernatural beings. Humans tend to show fast growth, but what Kento showed wasn't just fast growth –it was monstrous growth.
"D-Don't hurt yourself, K-Kento." Asia requested.
This made Kento wink at her. "Don't worry, they cannot even scratch me."
This taunt worked as Xenovia frowned and pulled out her sword. "You truly believe you have the ability to stop a servant of God?" She asked. "It is a waste to use this against you but beating a heathen with a weapon of God is the best lesson for them."
She pointed the large blue sword with golden edges at the human.
"Durandal shall have your head for insulting our belief."
Kento raised an eyebrow hearing this. Truthfully, he never insulted her belief but even that did not matter.
Because his attention was drawn by the sword.
'Isn't durandal the sword of Roland? Charlemagne's paladin?'
But he knew that the weapons from those stories were much stronger in this world, which meant that the sword in front of him was quite special.
He checked if the other girl was ready to strike him as well. However, he found that the brown haired one was a little reluctant.
She possessed a sword that emitted the same kind of energy as Durandal, albeit weaker. And the other difference was that her sword was much thinner compared to the other girl.
'That's a katana.' He inspected. 'Judging from the power it is emitting, it is also a holy sword.'
"Take out your weapon!" Xenovia said. "We won't be fighting an unarmed man."
Kento truly wanted to fight them without a weapon, mostly to taunt them even further. However, he did not want to risk it as he was not aware of the full abilities of those swords.
So, he went with the safer choice.
"Very well."
As he said this, both the church girls had their eyes widened in utter shock
"T-That is a holy sword!" Irina gasped, horrified at the notion of a heathen possessing a holy sword.
Kento's Tessaiga not only made the girls shocked but it also made Saji a little uncomfortable.
"How!" Xenovia nearly yelled. "How do you have that!"
Kento found their reactions comical. But he decided to explain the sword before things escalated further.
"It is not a holy sword." He said. "Instead it is a sword that possesses pure energy and quite a bit of divine power." He smiled. "But it does not lose to a holy sword."
"You are lying." They were not ready to believe that a sword with such purity and brilliance wasn't a holy sword.
But Kento was well aware that Tessaiga was not a holy sword. Despite it dealing massive damage to ungodly beings, it was not exactly related to Christianity nor did it have any holy power in it.
The only part about holy was the statement that it cannot penetrate through holy defenses.
Besides there were many other reasons for it to not be a holy sword. Like the requirement of possessing the holy sword wielder skill which he lacked.
"Then name the sword." He said. "Have you seen this sword anywhere before?"
They could not answer as they had never seen it before.
Kento did not care if they believed him or not as he already explained the situation and now it was up to them to decide what they wanted to believe.
"I believe we were going to fight." He reminded her. "Or do you want to give up after looking at my sword?"
"Very well then." She frowned. "Brace yourself."
She didn't waste a moment and immediately vanished from his sight, before striking towards him from the sky.
She had the speed.
Thus, if it was an average human facing her, he would have been chopped in half by then.
However Kento was not normal.
"Slow."
It didn't take Kento any effort to dodge the strike. He did not retaliate and let the girl continue with her moves.
Xenovia frowned and was a little surprised at the fact that Kento was able to dodge the attack.
'Must be a fluke.' She assured herself, before getting back to her stance and attacking him with a straight stab.
Yet to her shock, he dodged it again.
"As I said." He smiled. "You are slow."
He looked at Irina. "And are you not going to join?"
Irina did not want to join the fight as two against one was not a fair match. But seeing how Xenovia was struggling to land a hit on him –she had no choice but to jump in.
"He is trying to dodge." Xenovia said. "His defense must be weak."
Irina nodded. She understood that she had to slow him down for Xenovia to land a hit on him.
And if Xenovia's guess was correct, that would be more than enough to take him down.
Irina dashed towards him from the opposite side, which made Kento move to the other side to dodge.
And this was what Irina wanted.
As Kento moved to the other side, it was the perfect opportunity for Xenovia to catch him. Because even if he tried to escape towards the other side –Irina was there to stop him.
However, they made a grave mistake.
"That's a cute strategy."
What they did not consider was the possibility that Kento was hiding his true speed.
<<Flash Steps>>
He did not have to use the skill, but he decided to go above and beyond to show the difference in their skill level.
"H-How–"
Xenovia was unable to complete the sentence as a punch to her gut sent her flying.
He did not use any skill, it was just his raw strength combined with the passive.
"Xenov–"
As Irina was about to rush to save her partner, Kento intercepted.
"Don't worry." He appeared right in front of her face. "I will send you to her."
And in the span of a single second, Irina felt a horrendous pain in her abdomen as she felt herself flying.
The brunette was thrown towards her partner, causing her to crash onto Xenovia.
"Don't tell me that it was all you could do?"
The two girls groaned in pain, never expecting Kento to be able to hit so hard.
Even Kento did not realize that he applied a bit too much strength. 'I forgot that I had gotten stronger and that my opponents are still humans despite possessing blessings.'
The girls tried getting up despite the pain.
Kento wondered if he should drag out the fight further, seeing that a single punch caused such damage to them.
"Kento!"
As he contemplated his next move, he heard Rias' voice.
"Stop!" She said. "That's enough!"
Followed by Sona. "The situation might worsen if the fight continues."
Kento was aware of this, but he had to make them surrender as making them lose consciousness was not an option anymore.
So, he thought of something.
He looked at the girls and asked.
"Do you still want to continue?"
The girls thought of continuing but Kento had other plans.
<<Water Manipulation>>
<<Wind Manipulation>>
<<Replicate>>
<<Shadow Claw>>
They wanted to continue until five clones with shadowy claws that oozed ominous energy surrounded them while arrows made of water and wind covered the sky.
"Because I have barely started."
And this was the nail in the coffin as the church duo had never felt so overwhelmed in the past.
They did not want to give up, but Irina realized that they would be the one suffering if they continued –not him.
"W-We surrender…" She said.
<<Quest Complete!>>
<<Show the two church girls that they made a mistake by insulting you!
Defeat the two girls: 2/2>>
<<Rewards Obtained: Points ×300, [A Mother's Chancla (S)]>>
<<Bonus Condition Fulfilled: Humiliate them by not getting hit even once.>>
<<Bonus Rewards Obtained: Points ×400, Phoenix Tears ×2>>
<<Plunder Activated!>>
<<Plundered Opponents Essence!>>
<<Skill Obtained!>>
<<Magic (E): Allows user to use the most basic magic spells.>>
<<Opponents Plundered skill reduced by one grade!>>
<<Plunder Activated!>>
<<Plunder Failed!>>
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