Chapter 157 - Last Four Fiend

"Poh-kun? Is that this boy's name?" Natsume asked curiously.

"Poh!"

Just as Natsume asked, the demon opened its large mouth that was hidden under the mask. From the sharp fangs lined up in its mouth, it let out a scream that sounded like "Poh".

"From the cry of Poh, he became Poh-kun," Shigune said as she embraced her Sacred Gear warmly.

Drako took a mental note, swearing to himself that Shigune was forbidden to name one of his descendants. He didn't want to have a boy or girl named "Waaah" or anything like that.

Seeing Mordred leaving, Valina complained directly to Drako.

"I want to go fight Satanael too."

Of course, there was no way Drako would let her do that.

"To fight someone of that calibre, you must first learn to wear the armour."

The armour Drako was talking about was nothing but Valina's Balance Breaker.

At Drako's words, the intrepid smile on Valina's face faded, and her expression became uncharacteristic.

"Kuh, I understand."

Drako smiled as he saw that Valina was no longer insisting.

"Shigune, where's Koga?"

Drako asked her, but he already knew where the last Shi Akuma was. In fact, he had already located all the people within the forest.

"Mordred, be careful. Satanael is not alone, it's probably the members of the Abyss Team who are with him."

"Don't worry! I just have to crush them all!"

Well, Mordred shouldn't have much trouble escaping the place if the situation gets complicated.

It seemed that that boy, Koga, was fighting the remnants of the Utsusemi Agency right now, which was upsetting Drako.

Koga was stealing Drako's exp!

While Drako was thinking that, Shigune was pointing in Koga's direction.

"I came from that mountain over there. On the way, Koga-kun stayed on the mountain to oppose some scary people..."

They all nodded and headed in that direction.

......….

About ten minutes later, the group was moving along a country road that passed through rice fields.

As they shone their flashlight on the road, they headed for the mountain.

"We walk and walk and walk and walk, and all we see is nothing but rice paddies," Kouki complained.

He was not the only one upset, as Drako wanted to hurry to where Koga was so that he could kill those people. However, Thalia was in his way. He had to finish the mission without anyone dying, but he did not know if that was the only goal she had to accomplish.

Tobio and the others were under stress, and the constant "Crunch Crunch" was not helping. Munch munch" by Poh-kun.

According to Shigune, Poh-kun is a glutton. Apparently, his stomach is always empty, so she has to feed him constantly.

It's strange, since Sacred Gears shouldn't need the food...

Shigune's Sacred Gear was feeding off the emergency rations Tobio had bought for his companions.

Shigune's stomach let out a sound at the same time, so he was provided with a type of gelatin drink that Tobio and the others had brought for their own use. It was to provide energy rather than food, but Shigune ended up drinking it all.

Then she began to eat the nutrition bars.

Natsume then shared some anecdotes about Shigune. It seemed that she, like her Sacred Gear, was a glutton at school. Maybe that was a little connection between the two.

But what drew Drako's attention was the conversation Shigune had with Natsume afterwards.

"Nanadaru-san, there's one thing I'd like to ask... Why did you refuse the Governor General's help? We didn't hear that you refused cooperation with Azazel and were acting on your own..."

That was what Baraqiel and Azazel had explained to the Shi Akuma.

All emotion faded from Shigune's face.

"The truth is that Koga-kun and I were temporarily captured by the enemy."

The students were surprised, but the rest already knew about it.

"Were you temporarily captured by the Utsusemi Agency? But you're perfectly fine..." Natsume said, surprised.

It was normal for her to be surprised, as she had seen what the Utsusemi Agency was capable of.

Shigune shook her head.

"It wasn't the Utsusemi Agency. Those who captured us were Khaos... they called themselves 'Those who were forced to create chaos'"

This was something new to Drako, something he didn't know about.

Could it be that Satanael and Augusta were the founders of the Khaos Brigade?

And... could it be that the Chaos has something to do with the creation of that criminal organization?

Drako doubted that it was Ophis who actually created the organization, so he did not know who did. But it made sense if it was Satanael who created it.

"Locking themselves away is a place that's kind of like a research institution somewhere, they wanted a means to extract a Sacred Gear... to extract Poh-kun... They subjected Koga-kun and me to something, some kind of experiment, several times. Finally, I think he was a great reformer there or something... he was a beautiful man, that person came to an "agreement" with Koga-kun."

Koga had made a 'deal' with a man who was the leader of the hostile Khaos organization...

"As for what Koga-kun did for him, it was becoming a bit frightening..."

Shigune was hesitant to talk. Her expression had been so realistic.

Samejima asked.

"What, so Koga-kun turned into something scary?"

It happened just when Shigune seemed about to answer Samejima's question.

A thunderous roar of "Goooon! It echoed from the direction of the mountain!

Everyone simultaneously turned to look in that direction. It had come from the precise direction they were headed... but the sound at this point was not quite usual.

Shigune squeezed out a voice as she embraced "Poh-kun".

"... Koga-kun, so you became that again...!"

Shigune shuddered. This supernatural wave... the aura that could be felt from the mountain, Drako knew that this was something very powerful.

The whole group rushed to that spot. Even Thalia and Valina had a grave expression on their faces.

As they headed toward the place where Koga seemed to be, sounds of explosions and powerful impacts began to be heard.

Koga had been dragged into a fight with someone strong.

Asking the spirits of the forest a quick question, it seemed the boys from the Utsusemi Agency were giving it their all to fight Koga.

Valina started to mumble at that moment.

"What? Why? What the hell? Is that really true?"

She seemed to be talking to Albion, and the conversation was shocking enough to make her lose her temper.

"Valina, did you learn anything?" Natsume asked.

(AN: I'm surprised at how many times Natsume speaks on this novel.)

"It seems that maybe I should speak so that everyone here can listen."

A majestic voice was heard from Valina. Drako, who had heard it before, recognized it as the voice of Albion.

"Hello, Drako. This is the first time I've spoken to the others."

Looking closer, the mouth of the stuffed dragon placed on Valina's shoulder moved, and from there came the voice of Albion!

"What's that?" the students asked in surprise.

"I am one of the Two Heavenly Dragons, the one known as Vanishing Dragon, the White Dragon Emperor, Albion. Allow me to express my apologies for my late introduction."

"H-Heavenly D-Dragon..." Thalia muttered in shock.

It seemed she didn't expect to hear the voice of one of the most powerful beings in the world.

"Since there are many things Valina is inexperienced at, I use this device to make my voice heard by those outside. Since Drako is a dragon like me, this device is not necessary for us to communicate."

"Albion, I'd rather you didn't say so much," Valina said with some dissatisfaction.

"Hmph, it's like that. My apologies."

Drako interrupted the conversation between Valina and Albion.

"Albion, what have you noticed?"

"Just now, the huge mountain aura before us was extremely similar to a certain phenomenon."

Drako frowned at Albion's words.

"When a Sacred Gear and its owner achieve a drastic change in body and spirit, they achieve a totally different mastery."

Drako knew what Albion was referring to at this point.

"Balance Breaker."

The first and only Balance Breaker Drako had seen to date was Tobio's. But he was a special case, as he was born in the Balance Breaker state.

"Yes, the wave of this aura was extremely similar to that phenomenon," Albion confirmed Drako's words.

"Koga-kun said that man also called it that way..." Shigune added.

Natsume asked at this point.

"So Koga-kun was able to evolve his Sacred Gear to the point that it transcends ours?"

"No, that doesn't seem to be the case. I have a good knowledge of Balance Breakers. Consequently, I find the aura incomprehensible..."

It seemed that even Albion, who knew a lot about Balance Breakers, was perplexed by the aura.

Drako had a suspicion, but they had already reached the location of Koga.

Lavinia produced light using her magic and illuminated the surroundings.

As for what was there...

"Ugh!"

Natsume and Sae's involuntary reaction was to puke.

What was revealed by the magical illumination was a horrible scene covered in blood.

All over the area, there were men in business suits who had been turned into gruesome corpses. Some were cut to pieces, some were missing limbs, and some had no heads.

It was an extremely gory scene.

Among all the bodies, there was only one living boy.

The boy had unkempt black hair with gold highlights here and there, and an indescribably sinister thing curled up around his body.

[Inspect Status]

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[Koga Hyousuke]

Race: Human

Status: Normal

HP: 75/98

Strength: 21

Defense: 14

Magic: 10

Agility: 26

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He was Koga Hyousuke.

He wore his old school uniform, and there was a gauntlet on his right arm that worried Drako.

That was... very similar to Issei's Boosted Gear.

As Koga looked into the light, he was wiping away the blood that had splashed on his face with his hand.

Koga noticed that Shigune was there, and said with a cheerful expression.

"Oh, it is Nanadaru. Then you returned. Something is happening... different from this, of course."

As he noticed Tobio and the others around Shigune, he began counting them one by one.

"Let's see, Ikuse, Same-chan, Minagawa and Toujou... and four foreigners. Did the Four Fiends lineup, by any chance, end up becoming the Eight Fiends?

Next to them was a body that looked like a mass of deep black fur.

Under a closer look, it looked like a black furry dog. With a mouth protruding like a dog and four limbs with claws, the creature seemed to embody the characteristics of a dog... but with the fur covering the area around the eyes, its face was imperceptible.

Koga seemed to have noticed the look of the group on the creature, so he said:

"Aah, this is Blitz. He's what you would call my Sacred Gear."

As expected, this was the last of the Shi Akuma.

Directing his gaze at Jin, who stood beside Tobio, Koga was stunned.

"That dog... is exactly like my Blitz. Are Ikuse or Toujou, by any chance, one of the Shi Akuma?

Tobio shook his head.

"No, Sae and I are not of the Shi Akuma. Jin is my Sacred Gear."

Hearing that, Koga looked at Jin with great interest.

"By the way, your clothes are... quite unique. Though I cannot say that they are not to my liking."

It seemed that Koga was speaking truthfully when they said he liked it. He was going to continue, but Drako interrupted him.

"Well, I think we can talk later. Right now we have guests to attend to."

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For those who are saying that Thalia is stronger than Mordred.

No, she is not.

Just go to chapter 122 and compare Mordred stats to Thalia's.

Not only that, Thalia is not going to continue leveling up as fast as Mordred.

Yes, Percy Jackson's characters are going to be boosted.

Why?

Because you can't compare Percy's universe with DxD.

Still, they are not going to be too strong. For example, Thalia is only a little bit stronger than an Ultimate Class, not even at the level of a Cadre.

Well, someone has noticed that I had deleted the power level auxiliary chapter.

This are the official and definitive power levels.

Low class-Egg-Baby

0-100

Mid Class- child

100-300

High Class-Dragon

300-700

Ultimate Class-Dragon King

700-1500

Cadre-Great Dragon King

1500-3000

Archangel-Great Dragon King

3000-6000

God-Ancient Dragon

6000-12000

After those come the Top Gods, Evil Dragons (DxD), Heavenly Dragons, Ophis and Great Red.

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