While it was true that Rias had indeed been caught off guard, and seized by an ability of the six tailed Retriever that focused more on forcefully driving the target away in exchange for dealing dismal levels of damage, the young Game Master had barely been carried far for long.
It was also unfortunate for the contenders that Rias had seen everything that had happened in his absence through the crows' eyes, and with this knowledge...
The young heir, now standing beside the pillar of green flames again, after reversing time on himself, raised his large sword – which now, unlike when it possessed the Sky Watchers' abilities, looked like a generic black hilted, and silver bladed saber – and pointed it where the damage to his stack of glass plates was.
The bulging white eyes on his sword shook, and as if nothing had happened to them at all, they stood firm, restored from the treacherous damage they had taken!