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"Siegfried?" Shuri repeated. "I've heard of you, you're the Devil Exorcist. Also considered to be one of the best warriors among all the factions, the Chaos Edge Sieg."

Rias told her about this guy one time quite some time ago.

"A traitor exorcist who is fairly renowned." Gabriel added.

Siegfried spread his arms out. "Let us put an end to the introductions. Now then, shall we?"

Kuroka fired off a powerful pink ki wave at Siegfried, whose eyes slightly widened as he quickly used both Gram and Balmung to block her attack. When his blades made contact in an attempt to defend himself, the force behind Kuroka's energy wave sent Siegfried flying toward the other side of the bridge.

By the time Siegfried stood up from the ground, Shirone had appeared directly behind him. The traitor exorcist had no chance to even consider reacting as he was sent flying again from the white Sage Nekoshou's kick. She held back a lot since she did not want to kill the enemy so soon. It's not everyday they get involved in situations like this.

The silver-white haired exorcist landed and skidded hard against the ground. A grunt of pain escaped him as he pushed himself back to his feet. "Damn, I didn't even sense her presence behind me and she's scary powerful. If she wanted to she probably could've at the bare minimum gravely injured me with her attack." He glanced at Shirone.

Becoming a bit more serious, Siegfried brought out his Sacred Gear known as Twice Critical. His silver dragon arm is holding Nothung.

"That must be his Sacred Gear." Shuri said.

"It is, this is Twice Critical. I'm wondering if I should just activate my Balance Breaker already." Siegfried replied.

"Ara~ whether you do or don't, it won't make a difference I'm afraid." Shuri unleashed multiple blasts of black lightning at the exorcist.

Explosions could be heard in the direction of the battle between Rias and Cao Cao. The leader of the Hero Faction was running while shooting off continuous blasts of light-based attacks.

Rias either dodged or deflected his attacks while sending low-powered orbs of her Power of Destruction back to him.

Cao Cao, preferring not to get hit by her destructive energy, dodged and jumped high in the air and landed on the tail of the bridge.

"So this is the peerage of the famous Rias Gremory, not bad it seems that your master has an eye for high-talented individuals. Never would I have guessed that the woman known as the abomination of the Himejima Clan, would be a servant of the Gremory heiress. You were declared dead by the Himejima Clan years ago, Shuri Himejima." Cao Cao gazed at the hybrid Fallen Angel.

"Oh? Seems like my story is more popular than I expected." Shuri responded, not bothered in the slightest by that title her former clan stamped on her.

"That is correct, it's not everyday you hear about a human woman suddenly becoming half-Fallen Angel without any external sources at work." Cao Cao replied.

"What exactly is your goal in all this?" Kuroka questioned as Rias landed next to her.

"Why, Miss Nekoshou, our objective is simple: we want to unearth humanity's full potential. Devils, Dragons, Fallen, Angels, Angels and among all other races. Humans have always been the ones capable of eliminating the ones who are at the top. No…humans must always be the ones to do so. A kernel of hope for an otherwise beleaguered race. Case in point, I want to see how far we can push forward, while completely remaining human." Cao Cao answered.

"That's a very respectable goal and all, but doesn't humanity already do that everyday? I mean between technology and your race being born with Sacred Gears. You guys are constantly evolving and improving as a race. Hell, even the unnecessary wars you guys have humans profits from them." Rias said.

"You…make a valid point." Cao Cao acknowledged. "Regardless, I want to see how far humans can rise in strength within the world of the supernatural." He jumped and landed between Georg and Leonardo. "Well then, shall we continue?"

"No." Rias suddenly appeared in front of Cao Cao and landed a clean blow to his face, sending him flying.

She did not bother looking at the shocked Georg and Leonardo.

Cao Cao sat up from the ground and wiped his cheek. "Heh, I didn't even notice her move. What a monster indeed."

"Ready to give up yet?" Rias knew the Hero Faction were about to retreat.

"Not even close, however we shall continue this another time. Tonight, Chaos Creator, we shall use a powerful force field by the name of Kyoto and its leader, the Kyuubi headmaster herself and conduct a grand experiment at the Nijou Castle! Please do attend our festivities." Cao Cao declared.

"What did you say?!" Kunou shouted.

The purple mist of Dimension Lost is spinning around the Hero Faction members in a tornado, suddenly it began to rapidly spread out everywhere.

"We shall meet again." Cao Cao smirked as he and the members of the Hero Faction all teleported away.

Almost immediately everything became normal again, leaving Rias and her group still on the bridge.

"Do not worry Kunou, the next time we confront them you will be able to reunite with your mother." Rias comforted and assured the blonde Youkai.

Truthfully, she could get Yasaka at any moment she chooses. Right now she's going along with the events enjoying herself, plus she has Ciel watching over Yasaka at this very moment. Rias knows that the older Kyuubi is not in any real danger.

The Hero Faction may or may not know yet, but all of them could've been easily killed within seconds by everyone in Rias' group excluding Kunou.