Chapter 148: Pawns

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Grabbing the bottle of phoenix tears in his arms, he immediately darted to the ground. Instead of pulling up, he went full speed into the dirt.

The earth fairy ghosted into the dirt harmlessly, but the bottle of phoenix tears wasn't so lucky.

It broke open, spilling its precious contents onto the ground.

Phoenix tears became impotent when mixed with anything, so they lost any power from this.

Yubelluna just stared with wide eyes, trying to comprehend what had just happened…Did a fairy just jack her phoenix tears?

"Ara ara. Chikyu-kun did very well," Akeno spoke up from where she was still being tended. Sending a victorious at Yubelluna, Akeno added, "Looks like this is checkmate for you, Bomb Queen."

Yubelluna snarled in response, but her mind was already racing.

Considering the healing her opponent is undergoing, she wasn't in any shape to take on Akeno in her current shape.

She needed phoenix tears to win this. Her own were now gone, but someone else had some.

Her solution found, Yubelluna turned her back on Akeno. She then started flying as fast as she could in the direction she had repeatedly seen fire from. She needed to find Ravel.

Thankfully the two battles hadn't been too far from each other, so she arrived there in under a minute. She was astonished by what she saw.

Ravel Phenex was in bad shape. She was on her hands and knees, looking to weak to stand up. She was looking upwards at a blonde who was flying above her.

Yubelluna immediately recognized him as the rook that had insulted her king. He looked somewhat worn.

Much of his clothes were burned or torn, and his skin sported a number of light burns. Despite that though, he looked unbothered.

His posture and air of confidence showed that he was still ready to go.

Yubelluna was shocked that her master's younger sister looked to have been defeated by, who they all believed, had been a arrogant rook with more bark than bite.

It meant there was another heavy hitter on the enemy team. Just another reason she needs those phoenix tears.

Quickly acting to save Ravel, Yubelluna launched the most powerful attack she could in her weakened condition at the back of the blonde.

Naruto sensed the attack just a moment before it hit him. Moving to the side, he narrowly avoided the attack from connecting perfectly.

Instead of hitting his back, it connected with his left wing.

The resulting explosion not only removed the appendage, but sent Naruto tumbling uncontrollably out of the air from losing the wing and the shockwaves of the explosion.

Hitting the ground heavily, his body dug a short trench before coming to a stop.

Naruto cursed as he struggled to his feet. Okay, that had hurt. The overall damage was little though.

The attack had not only been off target, but had lacked much punch. He would have survived a direct attack.

As it is, the only real damage was the destroyed wing and a few scrapes. The wing would regenerate.

They were more natural manifestations of demonic power than physical limbs. He'd be relegated to the ground for a few minutes, but that isn't much of a problem.

Once he got back to his feet, he looked for the culprit behind the sneak attack.

So he quickly found the enemy queen alighting next to Ravel. She looked to be in rough shape.

"Yubelluna," Ravel exclaimed in relief at the sight of her ally.

"Ravel-sama. Quick, I need your phoenix tears," Yubelluna declared quickly.

"What? What happened to yours?" Ravel questioned in confusion.

"…A fairy took them," Yubelluna answered after a second of hesitation. That really just sounded like a bad excuse.

"…A fairy?" Ravel asked, looking to be unsure whether to be disbelieving or bewildered.

"Ah, so Chikyu managed it. Good man," Naruto commented, drawing the attention of the two. Shrugging, he pitched in helpfully, "He's one of my familiars."

"You! You own that little monster! He spit dirt in my eye!" Yubelluna raged as she pointed at her eye that was still closed.

"Yeah, he does that," Naruto remarked in amusement. It was funny when it happened to someone else for once.

Yubelluna looked like she wanted to strangle Naruto, but instead to turned to Ravel and said, "So I need your phoenix tears, Ravel-sama."

"O-Of course," Ravel stuttered out as she finally managed to digest the situation.

She had basically been beaten into the ground, and the ally who saved her was in bad condition herself.

Ravel created a magic circle to summon the phoenix tears. Naruto prepared to run to prevent her from handing it off, but he didn't need to.

A dark crimson beam of energy shot from somewhere behind Yubelluna. Narrowly missing the queen, it headed towards its true target.

Ravel and the phoenix tears. The arm holding the phoenix tears and a good third of her torso was annihilated by the attack.

Ravel's regeneration ensured the attack didn't overly harm her, but it still took something important.

Ravel stared with disbelieving eyes at her regenerated hand. A hand which had previously been holding the bottle of phoenix tears, but was now empty.

Relaxing, Naruto called out with a grin, "Great timing, Rias-chan."

Yubelluna spun in disbelief to watch as Rias appeared from thin air. The illusion that had been hiding her dropping.

It wasn't just that either. Her demonic power had appeared from nothing just a second before that attack shot off.

Rias smiled in satisfaction as she replied happily, "Thank you, Naruto-kun. I barely made it in time."

"What the hell is happening?" Yubelluna screamed, not understanding what had just happened.

Rias grinned smugly, crossing her arms under her breasts as she explained, "After I dispatched the three pawns at our base, I went to the school yard where you and Akeno were battling. Between my illusion and the seal Naruto developed to suppress demonic power, you never even noticed me."

Naruto now took over, "See our original plan was this. After Raynare and I defeated the group that confronted us, we would wait for Yuuto and Koneko to join us.

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