Chapter 127: Vicious

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The Knight also found himself forced to cover his eyes as he was buffeted by explosive winds and to prevent any dust from hampering his eyesight.

It would be a shame if a swordsman like himself fell simply because he got some dust in his eye as a result of his allies' own trap.

Observing the area as the dust began to settle, a vicious smile graced Kiba's face.

The plan was a success, or so it appeared for the moment.

Lelouch blinked as time restored itself around him, a slight smirk coming across his face as he beheld the destruction surrounding himself, Koneko, and Gasper.

"Eight of Lord Riser's Pawns, two Rooks, one Bishop, retired." The shocked voice of Grayfia resonated over the battlefield as she announced the casualties. "Lord Riser's Queen, other Bishop, and two Knights remain alongside Lord Riser himself." Lelouch frowned at the proclamation, that was… not ideal.

His goal had to been at least take out all eight Pawns and Riser's Queen so that the strongest Piece and those with the potential to become the strongest would not become a factor once everything was completed.

Lelouch grunted slightly as he felt his connection to Ketsu become severed, the Blood Raven announcing his intent to retire to his home in the Familiar world to recover.

'Maintaining such a complex illusion for that period of time was exhausting Master, I'm sorry I won't be able to be of more assistance to you and your friends.

' The normally perverted bird's final words before vanishing were the truest sign of his weariness, given that they were not nearly as perverted as damn near every other sentence out of his mouth.

Swaying slightly, Lelouch took a seat on some of the rubble that had once been part of the fake gym. "I can't believe how well that worked.

" He murmured to himself as Koneko pulled him up by his arm, placing it over her shoulder as she dragged him away from the battlefield as Kiba and Akeno began fighting with Riser's remaining Pieces.

Gasper was quick to follow the Knight and Rook as they retreated to take a breather, in order to get away from the angered roars of Riser's Peerage and Akeno's creepy giggling.

The small Dhampir shuddered as a tingle of fear went down his spine, making a mental note to never get on Akeno's bad side.

"You okay?" Koneko asked her friend as she helped Lelouch steady himself against a tree, some distance from the battlefield. Gasper was keeping a lookout as she checked up on her friend. "You look pale." Her observation drew a chuckle out of Lelouch.

"Ketsu drained me of quite a bit of blood to make sure he had enough power to do what he did, I'd be worried if I wasn't pale." Lelouch ignored the sweat that dripped down his face as he took a few deep breaths.

Ketsu was a Blood Raven and the consumption of blood was something integral to his species for various reasons. The one that was the cause of Lelouch's temporary anemia was one of the more common ones, though it wasn't typically done willingly.

Ketsu's power was related to the eye-like symbol on his feathered back, but it wasn't nearly strong enough to affect every member of Riser's Peerage without some significant boosts in the Raven's own meager reserves of energy.

And that was exactly what Lelouch had offered his Familiar before they departed through the shadowy portal crafted by Mika's own power.

With Lelouch's blood sacrifice, Ketsu's illusion had managed to capture every member of Riser's Peerage, including the man himself. And all it had taken was Mika's ability to travel through shadow and Lelouch drawing everyone's attention to him with an outrageous claim of Promotion.

Upon hearing a voice that had snuck up behind them, every single Piece of Riser's Peerage caught sight of the blood red eye on Ketsu's back, its effectiveness multiplied by the amount of blood the Raven had consumed from his Master, and once they bore witness to that red flash it was the beginning of the end for them all.

The first step was tricking them all into falling into the illusion, the next was making sure they began chasing "Issei" across the battlefield towards the area that would ensure they took the most damage.

One of Riser's Bishops was quite the budding tactician and had attempted to send a few of the Pawns away so that they could Promote themselves, resulting in an even more complex illusion which made it appear as if they had followed her orders and made them believe they had broken off from the main group pursuing him when in reality they were all still following him.

Some actually managed to get ahead and found themselves in the gym before the trap could be sprung and that was where Gasper came in.

He froze them in time, ensuring that nothing was revealed before it was far too late for anyone on Riser's side to do anything about it.

Lelouch was not the most physically gifted, but with the speed the Knight Piece granted him he had managed to stay at least one step ahead of everyone in Riser's Peerage, with a little illusionary help from Ketsu just to be on the safe side, and he led them all into the gym.

After catching sight of him, Gasper cheered and accidentally released Riser's Peerage from his power.

And it was at that moment he ordered Akeno to strike. And threw up the largest shield he possibly could for himself and his allies.

Lelouch clenched his fist as he slowly began to recover, forcing himself to stand up from his prone position against the tree.

Being forced to cast such a powerful shield before he shouted for Akeno to complete her portion of the plan and Gasper had been forced to freeze time with Lelouch in his field of vision. Permanently ensuring his shield remained while he was frozen with it active.

It had been a risky decision, but once it became impossible for them to escape and still have all the members of Riser's Peerage in the gym barring the Phenex himself it was one he needed to take.

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