The boosted gear gauntlet appeared on Issei's left arm, and he immediately began doubling his power.
"Boost!"
"Issei, you take the pawns and I'll take the rook", Koneko told him.
The pair of twins took out a chainsaw each and attacked Issei, a short distance away Koneko and the Chinese looking lady started exchanging blows, it was like a martial art contest, small shock-waves erupted after each blow. Koneko jumped and threw an axe kick at Xuelan, the girl jumped backwards and Koneko's foot slammed on the ground cracking it.
Xuelan dashed at koneko trying to make use of her opening, throwing multiple swings and chops. Koneko still managed to dodged some and block some, but the force behind Xuelan's attacks were still hurting her even if they weren't clear hits.
Milla swung her staff dramatically and shot toward Issei, at the same time he heard the roaring of chainsaws from both sides and he instinctively ducked, two chainsaws passed above his head moving in opposite directions from each other. Issei jumped again, trying to escape Milla the girl with the staff and shoulder tackled one of the twins sending her flying.
He jumped to create some distance, "Boost!".
Milla had chased him with her staff again, he twisted his body to dodge her attack again, then jumped back again to dodge a vertical swipe from a chainsaw.
"Argh! Stop moving", one of the twins said.
"He's like a cockroach!"
"HEY! who are you calling a cockroach!"
Milla dashed again, spinning her staff in her hand. Ile and Nel, the pair of twins flanked both his sides to try and cut off his escape route. Flames erupted from from their chainsaws as they closed the distance with Issei.
"Oh SHIT!"
Issei stopped moving backwards and that gave Milla the opening to hit him with in his stomach with her staff, then a shockwave erupted and Issei was slung away, he flew and hit the wall, making cracks in it.
Ile and Nel jumped him, trying to finish him off.
"Boost! Explosion!"
A large energy beam shot out of Issei's Boosted Gear, forcing all three Pawns to move away. And this opening was all Issei needed. A wicked grin appeared on his face. He moved and, with both hands, tapped the shoulders of Ile and Nel, then shot forward at high speed toward Milla.
She had already regained her footing and tried to intercept his attack by spinning her staff and trying to form a sort of shield. Issei didn't stop, now that he had doubled his power three times, he was way stronger than before. He just punched the spinning staff, broke it, and pushed Milla to the ground with one hand.
Before he could use the opening, the pair of twins jumped toward him, Issei moved away creating distance.
"Aright! now for my ultimate move! Dress Break!". With a snap of his fingers the clothes of Milla, Nel, and Ile were tore to shreds, underwear included. Issei's eyes snapped open trying to save the view in his mind.
"Eeeeeeeekk!"
"What!"
All three girls crouched on the ground trying to hide their private parts.
"Hah! how do you like my ultimate technique, all I had to do was Imagine your clothes being torn to shreads and strip you naked!", he was very proud of his himself that's for sure.
Koneko had already dealt with Xuelan, one of Riser's rook, she looked disgustingly toward Issei.
"You're even worse than I thought", she said plainly.
"Hey but I won right, that's whats important."
Then Rias's voice echoed from their communicator, telling them to leave the gymnasium. Issei and Koneko nodded to each other and ran away from the building.
Milla, still crouching on the ground asked her teammates, "hey, what are they doing? this is an important position, why are they leav-"
Before she could finish her sentence.
BOOOOOOMMM!
A bright light flashed in their eyes and a gigantic pillar of lightning descended on the gymnasium destroying it and eliminating all four of them.
"Take that", came Akeno's voice.
"Three of Lord Riser's pawns and one of his rooks have been eliminated."
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Inside the student council, laughter echoed throughout the room.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!", Adrien was laughing his ass off as he watched the fight between Issei and the three girls.
"What an absolutely disgusting technique, he's the enemy of all women", Tsubaki was glaring at the holographic screens.
"Yeah but it's genius, no woman could be able to fight when her clothes are torn off, well... maybe not all, but most", Adrien said as he remembered a girl he once met.
"He's right," Sona nodded, "Though it is kind of rapey."
"Akeno's strong as always, there's a reason she's called the Vestal of Thunder", Tsubaki said.
"Though it was a smart move from Rias, she sent Issei and Koneko from the back entrance knowing that Riser would have positioned pieces there. Then they would keep them occupied and buy Akeno time to prepare an attack," Sona said.
"Yeah, she's playing her cards right. But they're still vastly outnumbered".
"Hey," Sona turned to Adrien who was still watching with an amused expression, "do you think Rias will win this?"
Adrien remained silent for a while then answered expressionlessly, "Nah, she might eliminate his pieces but she has no way to defeat him."
Silence settled again on the room, they knew he was right.
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Boooom!
Just as they were about to move to the next part of the plan and ear-rendering sound of an explosion erupted. Issei was thrown meters by the shock-wave, he rolled on the ground for a few times then came to a stop. He stood up brushing dust of his clothes and looked toward his teammate. Koneko was lying on the ground, smoke rising out of her body. Issei immediately ran to her side and took her in his arms.
"Konekoooo!"
"Take that", a voice echoed from above them.
A voluptuous woman with long, wavy purple hair that fell all the way down her back, floated in the sky, wings extended. She was wearing a mage's outfit, a navy blue tunic top with gold accents and a pale blue skirt with open sides. The top revealed much of her cleavage and she wore a golden choker with blue and red jewels. She was Yubelluna, Riser Phenex's Queen and the strongest member of his peerage. She was also known as the bomb queen.
"fu-fu-fu, the best time to attack someone is when they lower their guard after a minor victory. Now that you're down a Rook your situation is really bad, why don't you just give up?"
Koneko looked at Issei and Akeno with a sorry expression then her body flashed a bright light. She turned transparent before disappearing completely, as she muttered, "I'm sorry..."
"Lady Rias Gremory's rook has been eliminated."
After a participant sustain enough damage, they would be retired from the game and transported to recieve medical attention.
Issei was seething was rage, his body trmebled. Just as he was about to challenge Yubelluna, Akeno flew toward her lightning spear in hand. Yubelluna released an explosion forcing her to stop her momentum and fly back.
"Oh dear. It seems I am your oponent bomb queen," Akeno said in an amused manner.
"Please don't call me that name Vestal of Thunder."
They both glared at each other, a queen vs queen matchup was about unfold.
Akeno looked toward Issei who was still trembling in rage on the ground, "Issei you have your own role to play, I'll take care of this here."
Issei tried to argue but with one look from Akeno he immediately moved away. At the same time, Grayfia's voice echoed throughout the battlefield.
"Three of Lord Riser Phenex's pawns have been eliminated".
It was Kiba who had easily dealt with them in the trap filled forest.
"Tsk, useless", Yubelluna said.
In the next second, Akeno's wings beat once, and she flew at her enemy at high speed. A golden aura surrounded her, It was her Demonic Power leaking as she started moving it through her body. A dark purple aura surrounded Yubelluna, and she flew at Akeno.
A magic circle formed in front of each of them, a ball of water and a demonic explosion collided in midair.
Boom!
Steam burst throughout the area. They both moved back at the same time. Yubelluna flew below the steam, and Akeno flew above it, then both of them cut through it. A staff appeared in the Bomb Queen's hand, while a lightning spear formed in Akeno's. They collided in midair. Akeno thrust her spear forward, while Yubelluna spun her staff, forming a shield.
They collided once, twice, thrice, each time moving slightly backward, then attacking again, cutting through the steam.
Yubelluna charged an attack, and a huge magic circle formed in front of her staff. Akeno knew she couldn't stop this attack with water, so she formed a two-layered barrier in front of her that took the brunt of the attack. A big explosion hit Akeno's defense, it's shock-waves scattering the steam created previously.
Booom!
The shock-wave flung her away, but she wasn't really hurt. While spinning, she manipulated the clouds to condense, and a lightning beam, considerably smaller than the one she used before but still pretty strong, tore through the sky toward Yubelluna.
Crack!
Yubelluna immediately formed a two-layered barrier of her own to block the attack. The beam hit her head-on, the beam broke both layers and hit her but it had already weakened and didn't injure her too badly. Parts of her clothes were burnt off and burns could be seen on her skin.
"Argh! Annoying pest!"
"Fu-Fu thank you!", Akeno replied.
Yubelluna shot through the air again toward Akeno, her staff pointed at her neck. A magic circle formed in front of her staff, and multiple condensed explosive spheres shot at her opponent. Akeno, who had just used an attack, couldn't muster more than a single-layered barrier. She flew toward Yubelluna, weaving around the spheres and just barely dodging them.
Then, when she had closed the distance enough, she shot upward through the sky, but one sphere changed direction and tracked her down. Akeno didn't manage to notice it in time, and it collided with her barrier, shattering it. It reduced some of its power, but a portion of it still hit Akeno head-on. An explosion erupted, hiding Akeno within it's smoke.
A smirk appeared on the panting Yubelluna, but it disappeared just as quickly as it had formed. Akeno shot out of the smoke, smoke rising from her body and leaving a trail behind her. A good chunk of her shrine clothes had been burnt off. Lightning cackled around her body, boosting her speed.
Before Yubelluna could fully block the attack, Akeno's palm slammed into her stomach. Electricity coursed through her body, and she was flung to the ground at high speed.
Whoooosh!
She tore through the forest, slamming into tree after tree until she stopped, her back resting against a trunk.
A long trail of destruction cut through part of the forest. Akeno flew toward her and hovered a few meters above the ground.
"Ara~ is that all you've got?" she asked through heavy breaths.
Yubelluna didn't respond. She only smirked wickedly and took a flask from her outfit pocket. Akeno tilted her head in confusion. 'Tricks won't help you. After I recover a bit of strength, I'll go help Rias, and we'll defeat Riser. What is that, anyway?'
The smile on Yubelluna's face widened. "Recover a bit of strength? I don't think you'll have time... You fell for the trap after all."
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"She had a good run, but their trap was very meticulous." Tsubaki Shinra, sitting in the student council, said.
"Yes, but Rias should have predicted that they might use Pheonix tears.", Sona responded.
"Eum... what happened, what are Pheonix tears chairwoman?", a blonde boy sitting across from Sona asked, and no it wasn't Adrien obviously. The boy was Sona Sitri's new pawn Genshirou Saji, who had joined Sona and Tsubaki in the clubroom a few minutes earlier.
"Phoenix Tears are a rare healing potion made by the Phenex Clan. They can heal injuries almost instantly and restore a person's condition very quickly. Because they are so useful, many people want them. However, they are also extremely expensive, since the process of making them is very difficult," Sona answered.
"So Yubelluna sought out Akeno, knowing full well that even if she loses she has a life line. The plan was executed perfectly, she did her upmost to tire Akeno out then restored her strength and fought a weakened oponent." Tsubaki finished explaining Riser's plan to Saji.
"Hey but isn't that like... cheating?"
"There are no rules that forbid the use of healing potions in a Rating Game, in fact I think what they did is a wonderful strategy. A battle between queens was inevitable here so Rias should have just predicted this situation and prepared Akeno beforehand," Sona turned to Adrien "What do you think... huh?"
Adrien was sprawled on the sofa head resting his against it's arm, he was still wearing sunglasses but now he also wore air pods.
"Who's that, chairwoman? Why is he lying like that as if he owns the place", Saji asked pretty annoyed at the stranger lying in their clubroom.
Sona smiled gently which took Saji aback, his chairwoman rarely smiled after all, "He's just a friend of mine."
"Tsk... I'm getting more and more annoyed as I watch Hyoudou". Tsubaki said, as she watched the scene on the holographic screen.