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In chess, the strongest piece is the Queen.
Triaina was, as Azazel assessed, close to a Mutation Balance Breaker, but this was different. It could be said to be a complete upgrade over Triaina in every way, and unlike Triaina, it had no particular weak points.
And the potential Issei reached in this state, capable of specialized attacks like in Triaina.
The true Queen.
The power completed by Hyodo Issei by pioneering his own royal road, not the cursed power of the Vanishing or Bilingual Dragon. The path of walking the royal road of dreams with comrades and everyone.
No, that's not the end.
"Shalbaaaaaaaaa!"
This form was not Hyodo Issei's power alone. It was the result of the bonds of the Gremory servants and the form of dreams. Fallen angel wings sprouted from Issei's back. Akeno, the Queen of the Gremory servants, is a half-human, half-fallen angel....
It wasn't just emitting the characteristic of a Queen; he could now borrow the power of his servants.
Issei flinched momentarily at that. Because fallen angels, in any way, were bound to remain a trauma for Issei. For some reason, he even had the illusion that Raynare was sneering at her from behind.
This was an illusion.
But even if he rationally knew it was fake, an illusion, his emotions were separate.
After a moment, Issei looked back to confirm the illusion, then looked forward again.
'....It might have been a joke to you, but I was serious.'
Raynare's actions toward Hyodo Issei might have been the fallen angels' characteristic malicious prank. But Issei was serious. He treated her sincerely and even thought about sharing a future with her, even if it was just a fantasy. That's why it remained a trauma, and her illusion still remained in a corner of his heart.
'But I can't keep moping forever.'
He couldn't dwell on the past forever.
For better or worse, the living must move toward the future.
Living in the present, together with his current comrades.
'Goodbye, my first girlfriend.'
Swish.
With that, the illusion of Raynare that remained in a corner of Issei's vision disappeared. The lingering attachment that had settled in a corner of his heart vanished, and now he could truly look forward and live.
Borrowing Akeno's power, Issei, who became lightning itself, pierced through Shalba's reaction speed and succeeded in tackling him.
"What are those filthy wings?! A devil with fallen angel wings? Disgusting!"
"Says the one using light power!"
As if telling him not to be ridiculous, Issei shouted.
Shalba used the power of light through fallen angel technology. It was an attack effective against devils and could easily be used against Satans. For that same person to say such a thing could only be thought of as the height of hypocrisy.
"What descendant of Satan?! What proper Underworld?! You just want to satisfy your filthy lust for power! Don't drag everyone into your ridiculous lust for power!"
"That is the proper Underworld! Lower devils obey higher devils! And I, the true blood relative of Satan, am the true devil! That is what a Satan is!"
"Don't make me laugh! Get over your anachronistic thinking!"
Issei declared.
"Maybe what you say was correct in the distant past, but that's the past, not now! Everything is different now! The Underworld's noble families, its form, a new devil society system has been created! Times always change! They transform! You, who can't keep up with that change and only cause trouble, are just a relic of the past!!!"
It wasn't just devil society.
Animals, humans, other non-humans.
Everything has changed according to the times and values. Countless things happened due to those changes, and devil society was just late; from the world's perspective, this was a common occurrence.
"Nonsense!"
As if telling him not to be ridiculous, Shalba, while being pushed back by Issei's tackle, created an特大 magical power bullet. A strike that would sweep away everyone present and leave nothing. The expressions of Kiba and Xenovia, who had been disturbing Shalba with speed, hardened.
They could dodge, but Rias, Akeno, Asia, Gasper, and Koneko could not.
Issei ran through between them.
"Kiba! Xenovia! I'm borrowing them!"
Issei grabbed their Durandal and Holy Demon Sword as he passed by.
Originally, Issei had no talent with swords. The Ascalon in his left hand was closer to being a minimal variation rather than something to be used with swordsmanship. But just as he could borrow Akeno's power by becoming a true Queen, he could now borrow their power too.
Issei holding dual swords in both hands.
He crossed the swords with Knight's speed and slashed.
Not only Shalba but also the watching Gremory servants were surprised at that spectacle.
"Amazing...."
"That's Issei's new power."
Issei shouted.
"Going in for more!"
He immediately threw the Holy Demon Sword and Durandal back to them as if returning them and charged. To intercept such Issei, Shalba fired a large number of magical power bullets this time, but against Shalba's attack, Issei used the power of the Rook this time.
The Rook was Koneko.
A Nekoshou, the power of Senjutsu.
How excellent Senjutsu was could be seen by looking at Kuroka or Mifu, who had reached the pinnacle of Senjutsu. Even then, Kuroka specialized in technique, Mifu in close combat. Of course, what Issei's preference was goes without saying.
Strengthening his body, already enhanced by Rook, further with Senjutsu.
The enhanced defense ignored Shalba's magical power bullets and succeeded in reaching before him, and the elbow's Boosted Gear Scale Mail rang out, sending Shalba flying into the air.
"You garbage dragon!!!"
"Says the one who borrowed the power of the dragon you look down on to get stronger?!"
"None of that matters! I came here to kill the false Satan's blood relative anyway! I have no intention of playing with the likes of you!"
"This bastard?!"
Shalba, perhaps judging he couldn't rashly defeat Issei, sought a moral victory.
He immediately created an特大 magical power bullet larger than before and filled the surroundings. An unavoidable, unblockable strike. If that strike hit, everyone would be in danger.
"A power contest? Just what I wanted!!!"
Immediately, stabilizers emerged from his heels to fix his posture, and massive cannon barrels revealed themselves on his shoulders.
Borrowing Asia's magical power affinity, crimson magical power gathered in the shoulder cannons.
No, dark red magical power.
───The Evil Pieces were Rias Gremory's. Her magical power, remnants, and bonds were with Issei through the Evil Pieces.
"Crimson Blasterrrrrrr!!!"
The old Satan's full power.
The Red Dragon Emperor's full power.
The two magical power bullets collided, and the dark red magical power bullet pushed back the特大 magical power bullet created by Shalba. Shalba looked on as if he couldn't believe the current situation, and soon he was swallowed by the destructive magical power, his form disappearing.
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