DxD 47 – Assaulting the Cultists (3)

"Black Gate huh, it is not wrong to say I am part of them, but at the same time I am not part of the Black Gate~ I mean not officially. Now then, I think I shown enough respect for dodging my attack, now then, try blocking this."

The moment the teenager said that, is the moment the teenager disappeared from where she stood, and rapidly appeared before the High Human at a monstrous speed!

Lucky enough, the High Human managed to react in time, as he parried the masterpiece level sword in her slender hands. However, the moment the two swords parried, the teenager easily managed to create an opening, by pushing down Crimson Sea locking with her sword, only to use her free hand to hit him on his chin.

'This bitch!' Feeling dizzy by the sudden attack, by her slipping through his defence. He cannot help to cursed at this teenager inside his mind, which is why he used his Crimson Sea, to create blank range water based attack at the teenager and leaped backwards to make some space between.

However, while the High Human made distance between them, his eyes widen in pure shock. When he saw the moment his attack, made of red crimson water was about to hit her.

A smirk appeared on the teenager's flawless lips, when she faced the red crimson water slash, and simply pointed her beautiful silver-white sword towards the incoming attack.

And the moment this masterpiece level sword pointed at the red crimson water based attack, was the moment it become completely frozen in ice, only to shattered a second later.

"Why the surprise? There nothing my Gladius Glacialis isn't capable of freezing, especially if they made from magical particles, of course, that not all it is it is capable of." When the teenager said that she pointed the silver-white longsword above her.

And the moment the sword pointed upwards, she slashed above her, and when she did, several spikes made of ice formed out of thin air, and with a snapped of her fingers, like a trigger, they all flew towards the High Human!

"Shit!" Cursing while seeing the upcoming spikes of ice heading his way. The High Human raised his Crimson Sea, his Sacred Gear before him, and used it as a median to block the incoming icy spikes heading towards him.

With a barrier of water as crimson as blood formed by his Sacred Gear, the High Human cannot help to clicked his tongue feeling his Magical Power draining, as he took on the storm of icy spikes.

However, while he was blocking the incoming icy attacks, his eyes widen when he sensed something inside the barrier, but it was too late. As he only could look in pure disbelief when an icy spike appeared within his barrier, that stabbed right into his right leg!

"Argh!?" Feeling the pain of his right leg pierced, the High Human looked at icy spike through his leg before he chopped both ends of the icy spike but kept the middle part inside his right leg.

After all, if he were to remove it, he has to suffer with blood loss, which is why he left it in, only cut off the ends, so they wouldn't interfere with his movements.

After cutting off the ends of the icy spike, the first thing the High Human did, was to create further distance between him, and the unmoving teenager who just watched him made more distance between them.

"Wise choice, however, isn't this all you capable of? Don't tell me you already at your limits?" When the teenager said that with her blue hair and eyes could be seen, the High Human's eyes widen slightly, as he saw uninterest within those sharp predator-like gazes of hers.

"Y-You! How did you managed to get pass my barrier!?" Asked the High Human, as he truly didn't understand how he could be wounded by an attack within his own barrier.

"Oh that? Simple, you still in my 'domain', by the way, watch the next one~ It is right behind you this time as well." In a sadist tone, the teenager simply went before she simply snapped her fingers, and when she did, the High Human felt a rush of Magical Power behind him!

Luckily enough, the High Human by a paper thin level, dodged the spikes formed behind him. But the moment he dodged, his eyes widen, as he felt the teenager rapidly appeared behind him.

"How simple." The teenager went with a smirk, and with a mocking voice, the blue haired and eyes hooded teenager simply slashed her sword so fast, that the High Human is unable to see it happened right before his eyes.

And before he knew it, blood spattered between them, and someone's arm flew within the mist of blood that appeared out of nowhere.

"Eh??" Confusion could be seen all over his face, as the High Human looked at the arm spin in the air, with a blank look. Before he knew it, reality soon washed over him, as a overwhelming level of plan assaulted him, making him realise, the arm that fell to the ground is his own.

"Arrgghhh!?" Pain overwhelms his reasoning, as fear and madness mixed together. The first thing the High Human did, when assaulted with pain, fear, and rage. Was to slash his Crimson Sea at the one who slice his own arm off!

The teenager said nothing, as she simply and effortlessly stepped to the side, avoiding the crazy and sloppy attack of the High Human before her. And the moment the High Human went past her, was the moment she kicked him in his abdomen, only to blasted several meters away from her.

"T-This!" Upon being thrown away by the force of that teenager's lean legs. Without delay, the High Human used his beloved Crimson Sea, and stabbed it into the ground, only to prevent him from falling to the ground.

With the distance between them yet again increased. The High Human cannot help to feel his spine numb in coldness, as he looked at the teenager before him.

It clear as day, be strength, speed, skill, the teenager is better than himself, this made me felt both uneasy and uncomfortable, seeing such a monster before him.

It is to the point, the High Human doubted if she even took this fight seriously, as if she has been playing with him all this time. Pushing him to his limits, like a cat that hunts down a mouse, they wouldn't kill it first, no they must play with the mouse for their own entertainment, before they devour and kill it.

That is how the High Human felt, facing those blue eyes looking at him. He felt he was the prey, that being merciless played with by this predator, that now losing her interest.

But either way, it didn't matter to the High Human, he shows a grin full of madness and hatred, as he looked at the teenager before his madden eyes.

On the other hand, the teenager, who beginning to feel bored, have her eyes shine with slight interest, as she saw the madness in his eyes. Her sadist side, that most of her tribe seems to develop over time, looked at those eyes, that seems to not lose any hope.

She knew instinctive, there is a reason why this High Human hasn't thrown the bucket yet. As madness and opened hatred in his eyes, either shows, he has unending willpower, even with this hopeless situation.

Or maybe, there is a reason why his willpower hasn't diminished. In other words, there still a card left for this High Human hasn't played yet. And of course, this very card that he hasn't shown was of course…

"Balance Breaker!"

Balance Breaker, or also known as Forbidden Move. It is the special ability that nearly every Sacred Gear has within them.

One cannot access the Forbidden Move sealed within the Sacred Gears, unless they have full control over their Sacred Gear, or the egos inside the Sacred Gears formed a pact or agreement with the current host of the Sacred Gear.

Besides those two ways, the only other way to use the Forbidden Move, Balance Breaker, is when the host of the Sacred Gear experiences a dreadful situation, just like this one.

Which is why, when the owner of the Crismon Sea experienced his own arm being cut off and feeling the door of death before him. He madly grinned, knowing it is now to activate the true power of the Crimson Sea.

The reddish blue sword disappeared with a bright crimson sinister light. And the moment it flashed red, waves of crimson water like blood came out of the red sinister light.

Floods of red water covered the space around them, before the crimson sea water formed into a sea serpent.

The moment the red crimson sea serpent formed, the first thing this 12m long and 1.3m wide snake did, was to shield its host, while its two red crimson orbs, that acted like eyes, not once removed itself from the girl before it.

The teenager, who watched it formed, narrowed her blue eyes, as she could sense an imposing aura, that could rival a High-Class Dragon.

'It has a Dragon aura… but it not strong as real Dragon's aura, maybe a hybrid?' Thought the teenager, who admired the red sinister orbs as eyes staring at her.

"You fucked… fucked I say! Hahaha!" Hearing the madness of the High Human, the teenager soon snapped out of her thoughts, as she turned her blue eyes towards the High Human, who pointed his finger at her.

"Don't kill her right away! Make sure to ripped her legs and arms off before she slowly bleeds to death!"

With a madden roar, the High Human ordered his Sacred Gear in its Forbidden Move state, which caused the orb red eyes to brighten, before the sea serpent rushed and went to bite the hooded teenager in one bite.

However…

"How foolish." Instead a look of despair, like the High Human thought the blue haired teenager will have. Instead, another smirk appeared on her lips, with a sense of mockery as well, which only gave a bad feeling to the High Human, as he watched his Crimson Sea in Balance Breaker state, about to bite her.

"You brought a water based attack before me, a Gladius, how foolish can you be, especially before my Gladius Glacialis."

When the hooded girl said that she simply just stabbed the masterpiece level silver-white sword into the ground, right before the teeth of the Crimson Sea could pierce her.

An overwhelming aura of winter blasted from the sword that stabbed into the ground, and from the sword itself, everything around the sword begin to rapidly freeze, be it the air, the ground, or even the dead High Humans on the ground.

Everything around the ten meters of the girl and the sword frozen besides the sword and the girl, even the Crimson Sea, something that cannot be frozen by normal Ice Elemental Magic, became solid within the frosty ice wasteland around the girl, before it shattered into pieces.

"Argh…!?" Both in pain, due to the backlash of his Sacred Gear breaking temporarily, and shock seeing his attack, that is capable killing High-Class Devils were frozen and shattered like it was nothing.

Fear soon overcame the High Human, as he looked at the teenager who looks around 15 or 14 years old.

Like it was said, Crimson Sea is not a normal water based Sacred Gear, especially in its Balance Breaker state, freezing his Crimson Sea till the point it shattered in piece, is something that not even High-Grade Spells are capable off!

So, it no wonder why the High Human felt confusion and fear upon seeing his prideful Crimson Sea, that he so proud to be its welder, became useless before this monstrous teenager.

Than it snapped, in his fears and confusion state, he recalled the words of the teenager he has heard more than once now.

And that was Gladius Glacialis.

Among the High Human based Factions, no, most of the Factions within the Supernatural will heard of the name Gladius Glacialis least once.

After all, Gladius Glacialis is not your normal weapon, it not just a Divine Weapon, that could be compared to Sacred Gears and Holy Swords.

It is one of the Seven Divines. The Seven Divines, referred to the strongest Divine Weapons created by the Gods of another world.

They are so powerful, to the point even their creators fear these weapons. But they were created for threats when humanity face was god-level threats.

Not to mention, the Seven Divines were also the personal weapons of the Seven Heroes, the very first High Humans in this world, that came from another world, along with their allies.

It is a famous story when Demon Lords fled from their original world, along with the Seven Heroes, and their people who followed them to face the fleeing Demon lords.

Who will thought, the simple cat and mouse chase between the Demon Lords, and the heroes, would end up in another world?

And to make things more complicated, they just happened to land in this world, in the middle the Great War between the Devils, Heaven, and the Fallen Angels were happening all cross the whole three worlds.

In the end, Gladius Glacialis is a weapon that could be said to be on pair compared to the Longinus level Sacred Gears.

So, in a way, for a sword that capable of killing Gods, it no wonder why his Crimson Sea became frozen by a sword, that is capable of freezing anything.

However, it wasn't just the sword that taken the High Human by surprise.

Because if everyone knew the history of Gladius Glacialis, they also knew Gladius Glacialis only could be welded by a single clan among the High Humans.

The Gladius Clan, not only they are a High Human Faction that based in the coldness parts of Russia. They also known to be related to one of the Seven Heroes, which is why only a Gladius could be chosen by Gladius Glacialis.

Not much is known about the Gladius Clan, besides they keep to themselves, and most of them are warriors, who known to have this crazy obsession with strength.

Besides those things, and the fact they named their clan after their beloved Gladius Glacialis, is each person who related to the Gladius Clan has a bloodline ability.

Much like those High-Class Devils, the Gladius Clan has the ability to control and weld Ice itself.

They are a clan known to have very high affinity with Ice Magic, to the point, what a normal Magician will learn in ten years, a Gladius will learn in a year. And that just normal standards.

Even the elites of this clan are famous to have the ability to control Ice Magic casted by others. Which is why, among the Supernatural that knew about the Gladius Clan, will never use water or ice based attack against a Gladius, who are blessed by 'Winter' itself.

"Does this mean… that the Gladius Clan has sided with the Black Gate?" Asked the High Human, as he looked at the teenager before him. It is both unsettling and shocking, to see that Gladius Clan has sided with the Black Gate Faction.

After all, how else will they be so willingly to let go the welder of their beloved Gladius Glacialis? Especially to another faction, like the Black Gate Faction.

"Oh? You seem to know about my tribe, what an honour it is, but what a shame it is, it seems we ran out of time." When the hooded girl, with the blue hair and eyes said that, with her cold eyes, the High Human felt something is wrong.

Like that, the High Human finally looked at his surroundings.

Because he was too focused on the hooded High Human girl, to noticed he was being surrounded by more of those soldiers that he almost killed earlier. This time around, they didn't have knives, no they all have strange looking firearms, that all pointed at him.

Looking at the dozen or so firearms pointed at him. If they were normal firearms, the High Human wouldn't think much about it, even in his current injured state.

However, these are no way normal firearms.

They are the firearms of the Black Gate Faction, one of the main reasons why this faction became both famous and infamous lately. Is all because of these firearms, that capable of killing Supernatural Beings, if they are mere humans themselves.

That is why, the High Human felt his spine gone cold when is he being pointed by such murderous weapons.

However, as he focusses on the weapons, and bitterly laughed under his breath. He failed to notice someone appeared behind the High Human, and with their metal dark armoured hand, they smacked the High Human back of the head.

"Wouldn't killing him be better?" As soon the High Human mind went blankness, the hooded teenager turned her blue eyes towards the one, that knocked out her prey.

It was no other than a First-Class Dark Knight of the Black Gate Faction, different compared to the other soldiers of the Black Gate, who wore black tactical armour, that been magical modified.

First-Class Dark Knights looked more like black knights, due to their magical powered armour they wear, that gives off a futuristic vibe to their looks.

In normal cases, a First-Class Dark Knight has higher status compared to the other Dark Knights of the Second-Class and Third-Class, they normally act like captains in units of Dark Knights, and the hands and legs of the Dark Commanders themselves.

Meaning this Dark Knight has higher status compared to the High Human girl before him, who hasn't officially joined the Black Gate Faction yet.

However, at the same time, this Dark Knight who faced the girl, who only around 15 years old, knew she is chosen by someone of a higher status compared to himself. The hooded teenager is someone who personally been chosen by the Demoness of the Twin Swords, Mary Aveline herself.

Offending this girl before him, is showing disrespect towards a Demon within the ranks of the Black Gate Faction.

When it comes to ranks, those that titled as Demons within the Black Gate Faction, has higher status even compared to Dark Commanders, which is the second highest rank in the Dark Knight Order.

Only the Supreme Dark Commander, or Dark Commander with titles of Demons, has the same or higher rank than a Demon has within the ranks of the Black Gate Faction.

Which is why, the Dark Knight carefully chosen his words, not to offend the third strongest member of the Black Gate Faction, who is this girl's backer, and teacher.

"One of the policies of the Dark Knight Order, stated by his lordship himself, the Abyssal King, if anyone shows a potential Sacred Gear, and they too are our enemy, if possible, not to kill them, but capture them."

When the Dark Knight said that some of the Dark Knights, that been pointing their firearms at the now knocked out High Human, carried the very same High Human away from hooded teenager, and the First-Class armoured knight.

"I see, I think I remember teacher told me something like this before." The teenager nodded her head in understanding. She doesn't know what it is, but it seems the Abyssal King has a personal use for any enemy that has a Sacred Gear.

Maybe they taste better when he devours them? Or maybe they power him greatly compared to those without Sacred Gears?

The teenager has no clue, nor she is interested. Her goal is to fight the Abyssal King one day, due to the rumours of him being very strong. She has no desires to know how his powers work.

To a Gladius, strength is all that matter, survival of the fittest. It doesn't matter what method they used, that is the way of the Gladius Clan, her beloved Clan, and their beliefs that this teenager held to her heart.

Instead, there something else, this teenager became curious by, and turned her gaze from the High Human being took away in the darkness, and back to this armoured Dark Knight.

"I noticed, we fight quite a bit, shouldn't the others notice us, right?" Asked the hooded girl, there no way those inside the warehouse wouldn't noticed or sensed the Magic Power that has been used between herself, and this High Human.

Which is why she asking the Dark Knight before her, she has a feeling what it is, but still asked to confirm her thoughts to be right or wrong.

"We had setup barriers around the warehouse without them noticing us. Which is why, they didn't hear nor sense you were fighting with them. However, it will be a matter of time, those from the inside will notice something wrong, when no one from their portal teams hasn't return yet. Which is why we must all return back to our current positions, until the time the operation officially begins."

When the Dark Knight said that the hooded teenager didn't say any other word, instead she took a look at the warehouse, knowing her target, her goal that she found when she left Gladius, lies somewhere inside that warehouse

A smile formed on her lips, as she eagerly awaits to meet the monster known as the Abyssal King.