The Heat

"DIVINE DIVIDING SCALE MAIL!"

Vali screamed all of his might as he created a White Dragon Armor with blue jewels that covered his body.

Yet, even facing this armor, the temperature on Riser's stomp easily melted his armor and made another impact on his body, causing him to cough blood.

However, this wasn't the end, as Riser was crueler than he had imagined.

The blue blade of flame swung on the side, cutting his arm, and was about to cut his body into half, but—

"DIVIDE!"

At that moment, Riser felt that the power of his attack was absorbed and turned into half. Still, he only frowned as he used his Demonic Power to push this power away.

Nevertheless, Vali coughed blood as his entire body was bleeding due to the vast amount of energy that entered his body. Yet, due to this, he could quickly run away by releasing those crazy amounts of energy, which he absorbed from Riser, letting his body be dragged forward by the wing boosters on his back.

Even if Vali appeared ugly, he was no longer under the control of Riser, and he could be set free from Riser's stomping, yet even so, he was unable to escape from injuries as his chest, bones, and all the parts of his body were burnt.

Even his beautiful dragon's white armor melted like a liquid, sticking onto his skin and burnt meat.

His appearance was no longer of that arrogant and mighty dragon. Instead, he was like a beggar, or even worse, as his injuries were horrible.

Vali's body was hurt, and his entire being was shaken by the sheer horror of his opponent.

Yet, could he be blamed?

Vali was the descendant of the real Maou Lucifer. He had the talent and a crazy amount of Demonic Power. Moreover, he was the holder of the Divine Dividing.

With those combinations, who could defeat him?

All of his opponents were ruthlessly beaten as they were told that they were just a bug or worms in his eyes.

Yet... yet... Riser was different.

Vali looked at his chopped arm and knew that he was disabled from now on, especially when there was no way for him to recover that arm since Riser burnt it into ash ruthlessly like it was trash incarnated on the waste combustion.

Nevertheless, Riser was still calm as he had never thought of Vali as an opponent from the beginning.

[How dare you challenge me by relying on your weak power? A bug should know how to act like a bug.]

[Defeat Vali Lucifer.]

[Reward: Reflector.]

Yet, while he was calm, Riser couldn't help but sigh as he thought that living in the human world was so troublesome.

How many times was this?

How many times was he caught in such trouble when he was in the human world?

Still, not only did he make the enemy of the holder of the "Boosted Gear," he also made an enemy of the holder of the "Divine Dividing."

Unlike "Boosted Gear," which gave the ability to double their power every ten seconds, the "Divine Dividing" was capable of half the power of the opponent's power and used it for themselves every ten seconds.

Due to that nature and the origin of the Sacred Gear, the holders of the two Longinus types of Sacred Gear had always been in a fate to fight each other and a rival.

Yet, unlike Issei, who was just a perverted normal boy, Vali was talented. Frankly, even without the "Divine Dividing, he was powerful, especially when he was the descendant of the true Maou, yet adding to the power of the legendary Longinus, his power increased dramatically.

However, facing Riser?

Vali was nothing but a beaten dog.

Also, what time was this?

This should be Riser's resting time, so the effect of "Overtime" was working on him.

Because of that, whether it was his physical ability or demonic power, everything was doubled.

Frankly, Riser had to say he felt invincible at that moment.

Moreover, his newfound ability, "Trick Star," was quite an interesting ability, and it was a good ability to be used for a surprise attack.

Nevertheless, the weakness of this ability was evident as he was unable to use it when he faced a single thing. The reason why Vali was easily beaten was because he had Kokabiel under his foot previously.

Yet, there was no Kokabiel anymore, so such a method couldn't be used once again.

So, it made him wonder whether he should prepare a doll of a normal size so that he could use it to trap his enemy and beat him to death when they weren't prepared.

However, even without such a method, he had thought of several methods on how to use his new ability.

Nevertheless, Vali remained vigilant as he was still unable to comprehend what was happening.

Still, due to the broken barrier, Sona and her peerage members quickly came to Rias and the others.

"Rias! What's happening?"

While Sona was confused, she could feel the familiar heat, then she was surprised. "Huh? Husband?" While she wondered how her husband could appear in this place, she felt relief when he appeared like the wind that swept away all of the dark clouds on her mind. His existence had such a meaning in her heart.

Yet, Rias, who saw Sona, felt a tight grip on her heart.

Watching Riser, who defeated Vali at ease with a method that she couldn't understand, made her heart tingle with excitement.

When Vali was about to be killed by Riser, Rias was even more excited.

Why?

It was because that power made her lustful.

When everyone had given up as they saw the power of the White Dragon Emperor, Riser calmly faced him like another bug on the street.

His valor... his strength... his decisiveness.

I want him! I want him! I want him!

She wanted to be impregnated by him.

Those thoughts occupied her mind, showing how obsessed she was with him.

Yet... yet.. why couldn't she be the one who was by his side?

Rias felt a burst of regret deep within her chest.

Yet, at the same time, she also felt envy and hatred, especially toward the person who had stolen him from her.

"Rias? What's wrong? Why did my husband fight with someone? Who is that? Also, is that unrecognizable, Kokabiel? Did my husband beat him up?"

Sona didn't see Rias' strangeness as she was cornered by her husband's well-being. Yet, she wasn't stupid enough to call Riser abruptly in case she might give him trouble by affecting his concentration, especially when she could see how tense the situation between Riser and the figure in white armor was.

While the figure in the white armor had lost one of his arms, the aura emitted from his body was still intense and powerful, yet her husband calmly faced this figure.

"Sona-sama!" 2x

"Ni! Li!

It seemed Sona didn't need Rias' help that much.

Nevertheless, the most complicated would be Issei and Ddraig.

As the White Dragon Emperor, Vali Lucifer, was supposed to be their rival, they knew how powerful Vali was supposed to be, especially when Dradig had told him how powerful and talented Vali was.

Compared to him, Issei knew that Vali was thousands of times better!

It was also due to this that he asked Riser to give up on Kokabiel.

Anyway, Kokabiel had been defeated, so even if Vali took Kokabiel away, it didn't matter.

Yet, Riser did something outrageous, stomping Vali on the ground like a dead dog, then cut off his left arm.

This should be a good thing as Vali would no longer be a threat to him, yet... yet... why did he feel disappointed?

Moreover, why did he want to cheer on Vali?

Yet, those thoughts couldn't be voiced out, and he just clenched his fists in frustration as he could only cry due to his weakness.

For Vali, though, the thought of the weakling didn't matter to him. Instead, all of his focus was on Riser once again.

He had worn his "Balance Breaker," the strongest state of in the Sacred Gear.

By now, he should be invincible, but—

'What was that technique?'

Vali was still wary of Riser, and due to that, he no longer underestimated Riser. He knew that Riser was a fearsome opponent, especially when the price of underestimating him was the loss of his arm.

Yet, to everyone's surprise, Riser only raised one finger, and in that moment, his finger turned a dazzling white in color.

"Die."

"—?!"

A concentrated beam of fire was shot through his finger.

*BOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!*