Chapter 11

[Ezekiel Pov]

Donned in White Dragon Armor with blue jewels, on the individual's back were white Dragon wings, with eight energy "feathers" the original form of the sacred gear. But this person seems to have already mastered the balance breaker since they donned the armor. Out of the sacred gear to face it had to be a Longinus and one of the more trouble some ones at that. Divine Dividing, also known as the White Dragon Emperor's Light Wings (Hakuryūkō no Kōyoku) is a Sacred Gear, and one of the eighteen Longinus, wielded by Vali Lucifer of the Vali Team. It has the spirit of the Vanishing Dragon, Albion, sealed inside it. I've done extensive research on all known sacred gears to combat them and their users should it come to that.

In the past, Albion fought against his arch-rival, the Welsh Dragon, Ddraig, in an intense battle that was interrupted by the Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels, who were at war during the time. In anger, both Dragons attacked the leaders of the Three Factions, which led to their bodies being destroyed and their souls being sealed into two separate Sacred Gears, with Albion being moved into the Sacred Gear Divine Dividing.

The Divine Dividing has the ability to Divide the power of its opponents by half after coming into physical contact with them every 10 seconds. The halved powers are then added to his/her own powers. If the added power exceeds the amount that the wielder can safely contain, the excess energy is then expelled out through the wings, which allows the user to always be at their highest potential. It can also repeatedly reduce the power of attacks in half.

Divine Dividing Light Wings is the initial form of Divine Dividing in which the user has the ability to Divide the power of their opponents by half after coming into physical contact with them every 10 seconds. The halved powers are then added to his/her own powers. The wings also provide the user with the ability to fly.

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Divine Dividing: Scale Mail Also known as the Armor of the White Dragon Emperor, is the Balance Breaker of Divine Dividing, which creates a White Dragon Armor with blue jewels that covers the user's body and strengthens the user's powers and abilities. When active, the user is able to absorb power without the 10-second limit, this also applies to later forms. Divine Dividing can also halve the size of objects and living beings through the use of Half Dimension, this ability does not require the user to make contact with the target. The Scale Mail also allows its users to survive in the Dimensional Gap.

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Now while this sacred gear and its' counterpart are indeed formidable they are not without weaknesses. With Albion sealed within the Divine Dividing, its possessors become vulnerable to Dragon-slaying magic, swords, and curses as if they themselves were Dragons. The continuous use of the Divine Dividing's Divide ability will drain the wielder's stamina to a significant degree. If the user has no way of expelling the excess stored power, they will be forced to endure the strain of carrying the excess power and it can stop Scale Mail from functioning temporarily.

I knew I should have brought Ascalon. But I still have that other blade on hand. But a battle between us right now would be inconvenient. The collateral damage from the previous fight with Kokabiel-wait a minute. There was a report a few years back that the current generation White Dragon Emperor is working for the Fallen and is Azazel's direct subordinate. However, there were no further reports to cement the claim or evidence to back it up so it was dismissed. But if it is true and holds weight then he should be hear for Kokabiel, most likely to apprehend him and bring him back to Azazel for punishment.

As he slowly floated forward until he was a few meters in front of me I rested my left hand on the handle of my sheathed blade, ready to draw it at a moment's notice.

"Seems I was too late," he said as the helmet retracted revealing a handsome young man with dark silver hair and light blue eyes. He had a smirk on his face amused by the situation.

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"Right, so you weren't waiting just outside Kokabiel's barrier."

He chuckled"Your battle was quite impressive. The strength and precision of each strike, the speed and footwork that allowed you to outpace and outmaneuver your opponent, and a well of holy energy at your beck and call ready to empower your blade allowing you to strike down your foes. Azazel was right the Church might just be returning to the way it was when the very mention of its potential wrath drove its enemies to cower. "

"Is that so? While I appreciate the compliment, I must ask. Since the obvious reason for you being here is now ashes. What now"

"Straight to business, I see. Very well. Usually, I would challenge you to a battle, but you are a strong foe and Azazel has me on the clock so I'm in a rush so to speak. So I'll give him the recording of the fight I took and we will have this battle another day"

I narrowed my eyes a bit. A recording...It didn't matter that was not my full arsenal on display not even close.

"Then I suppose you should be on your way" he chuckled in response

"To quote Azazel"The recent moments of the church have become more and more hidden. Their crumbled leadership has been reaffirmed. It would seem my brother has finished weeping. And the field commander of the Heavenly Host and the strongest archangel in all of Heaven and creation is back to his old self...things are about to get interesting". Warriors of your caliber are reminiscent of the warriors of old."

He turned around"Until next time" with a flap of his wings he became a trail of blue light across the sky. I turned around and walked towards, the approaching Xenovia and Irina. Irona was dragging an unconscious mad Bishop with a transformed Excalibur Mimic as a rope.

"Who was that Sir"

"A problem for another day. Good work. Let's head back to the church rest and we'll head for the Vatican in the morning...All of us"

The duo smiled, knowing that he meant he was going to handle the situation with Asia when they got there. They nodded with a smile on their face. As we prepared to leave.

"STOP" shouted Kiba Yuuto the knight of Rias Gremory. Yuuto is a handsome young man with short blond hair, blue eyes, and a mole underneath his left eye.

He wears the Kuoh Academy boys' school uniform, which consists of a black blazer with white accents over a white, long-sleeved dress shirt with a black ribbon on the collar, matching black pants, and brown dress shoes.

He was injured, as he clutched his bruised ribs with his left hand and had a sloppy grip of his sword in his right. His clothes were in shambles. His pants were torn and his shirt was gone.

"Leave him behind," he said pointing his sword at the unconscious mad Bishop.

"He must pay, I must avenge them, I will have my vengeance," he said franticly. I notice pieces of sealing paper with demonic runes on his stomach covering the area where the wounds I gave him should be. I recognize the runes as suppression runes. Which means that none of them were cured of the holy poison. And seeing as the seal on him is destroyed he'd be unconscious in 5 minutes and dead in 30 perhaps faster with the wounds he sustained tonight. I notice the rest of the Gremory peerage matching over in varying degrees of disarray.

"Kiba stop we need to get you back to the Sitra hospital your condition is no longer suppressed" shouted Rias his King who is exhausted but uninjured.

"Listen to Buchou pretty boy this is not the time" added The Red Dragon Emperor sporting a few cuts and bruises.

"No, No, NO I can't miss this chance not I-I-I survived because of them I need to make this right. He needs to die"

I adjusted my glasses."Gremory I would suggest you get your household under control or are we having a rematch" Every member of the peerage and their King shuddered at the thought of a rematch but Kiba pushed through the fear with the rage and adrenaline fueling his body.

I sighed the boys' rage was valid, but we could not just give him Valper Galilei. Valper Galilei was the person in charge of the "Holy Sword Project" and performed human experiments on children, such as Yuuto Kiba and Tosca to find people who were able to use the seven pieces of Excalibur, and disposed of those who were not capable of doing so. Due to this, he was excommunicated from the Church. Seeking revenge from the Church, he allied himself with the Fallen Angels.

I remember Sensei Strada voicing that imprisonment or death would be better but he was outvoted. Which showed the mad Bishop still had friends, But that was back then. The church was no longer the same, not since he had awakened and took the reigns leading us once more. The corruption now purges we are not the force of good that protects the weak, we are what we are supposed to be. And the many wrongs we have committed must be righted and Valper Galilei was one of them.

"I understand you rage boy, a member of my unit was a part of that accursed project and now that I think of it she did mention you but she called you by another name...Isaiah"

His eyes widened wondering who else could have survived. Stuck between hoping it was true and not wanting false hope in case it was not.

"Her name is Tosca"

"Tosca survived n-no you're lying" he lunged at me but his leg gave out and he fell to one knee."She died so I can life sh-she's gone." 

I walked towards him and a picture materialized in my hand in it you see an image of myself and 7 other people standing in front of Vasco Strada wearing clothes that have the symbol of the holy cross in front of the Roman numeral for 13. However, Kiba ignored all of that and focused on an individual a young woman about 20 years old with white hair twin tails, and green round eyes wearing a battle nun outfit and gauntlets.

"I found her when I was looking into the project with my sensei. Her dormant sacred gear was activated and placed in a barrier that not only protected her from harm but suspended the time within. Uses classified tech we got her out and took care of her, to our surprise she didn't hold any anger toward us just towards Valper and those who allowed him to do what he did. we trained her and taught her to use her abilities. She joined the 13th division and has taken down every member involved with the project, just the mad bishop remains. Nut she didn't kill them, beat them with an inch of their life, yes but not kill them, she left their punishment up to the church those to be executed were and those to be imprisoned were."

I gave him the picture he dropped his sword and grabbed it like it was the greatest treasure. 

"She hoped you were alive but could not find you and neither could we, it was only after our recent encounter and you fitting the description of how we estimated you would look after these years. That I did more digging and realized the time frame when the Gremory princess got her knight and you escaped matched." 

I signaled to Irina and Xenovia to prepare to leave.

"Ca-can I see her"

I look at him, at his eyes filled with hope so bright the darkness of his former vengeance failed to compare. How could I deny such a simple request? I grabbed my chin with my thumb and index fingers.

"There is to be a meeting between the factions soon. She and I will be there" he smiled as tears fell from his eyes. Rias and the other peerage members were crying as well.

"Now get patched up. She wouldn't want to see you like this"

He nodded his head and smiled sheepishly before passing out with a smile on his face. I walked toward Irina and Xenovia and we teleported away with our quarry.