The Cloud-Raised Brave Man's Travels

One of Koya's few shortcomings is that he is not good at rejecting beautiful girls, so in the end Xenovia and Irina still moved into Rias's house. When Rias came home from school, she was surprised to see the two members of the Holy See sitting on the sofa watching TV at home. At noon, they looked like they would never cooperate with the devil, so how come they moved into her house in the afternoon?

Grayfia cleared up her confusion, but she was a little surprised by how quickly the Vatican acted. The theft of the King's Sword was a terrible thing, but they had actually used it as a way to gain access to Koya. They had even deliberately provoked Koya at school, and even after figuring out Koya's true strength, they had managed to make Rias lose her guard against them. It was terrifying... truly terrifying.

"But... the risks of doing this are too great. How could they possibly have the confidence to rely on Koya's personality to break the deadlock? And how did they encounter you after leaving school?"

"Taking a small risk to get close to a Demon Lord-level being is not unacceptable. As for why they later ran into Koya on the commercial street... one, it could be a coincidence; two, they secretly left something behind during their battle with Koya; three, they relied on the power of ordinary people. Of the three of us, the Vatican has the closest relationship with humans, so it wouldn't be surprising if the Vatican asked this country's government to provide them with some assistance."

"Alas, those people in the Vatican are not simple."

In this way, Xenovia and the others stayed at Rias's house, and there was naturally no need to hide the matter of the Sword of Kings, but Rias still would not take action. As she said before, given her status, Grayfia would stop Rias if she wanted to take action, but it didn't matter if she just wanted to listen to some information.

"The one who attacked the Vatican was the Lost Priest, Friede. He possessed one of the Excaliburs stolen by the Fallen Angels. He is incredibly powerful, and with the Excalibur, he can kill even high-ranking demons. Therefore, he hunted down all the people sent to investigate this town. The information we have is the information our last priest desperately passed on."

"Does that mean a lot of your church members have died in Juwang Town? Tsk, what a hassle! You're doing all sorts of things in my territory, and I'm completely unaware of it."

"You demons, don't you think about how long our Church has been rooted in the human world? Aside from the places protected by the Eastern Court, our Church has strongholds in every corner of this world."

"So the target now is that Fried, right?"

Koya quickly brought the topic back to where it was going. What they were discussing now was how to solve the Sword of the King, and they shouldn't talk about anything weird.

"Yes, but we don't know his location. As a defector, he is well aware of our Vatican's methods, so we only know that he is in Juwang Town. We don't know anything more."

"As long as it's here, is there a picture of him or something?"

Koya's divine domain can cover a medium-sized town. The divine domain skill is probably Koya's most proficient skill now. After all, if this thing is not controlled, it will continue to expand outward. If Koya releases the restrictions, the divine domain will cover the island country under his feet in about a year, and the entire earth in fifty years. In order to prevent its expansion, Koya has been consciously controlling the divine domain. In conjunction with the effect of the first talent skill, Koya's ability to control the divine domain may now be stronger than the Black Dragon itself.

"Of course there are photos, but Freed is just a small fry after all. While it's our mission to capture him and destroy the King's Sword in his hand, it would be more trouble than it's worth if your actions, Koya, alerted the Fallen Angel leader."

"It doesn't matter. If that fallen angel cadre is in Juwang Town now, I can find him."

Under the divine realm, nothing can hide. If this fallen angel cadre's strength hasn't reached the level of a demon king, Koya can even use the divine realm to imprison or even kill him. After all, even Rahmu was annihilated by his divine realm. Oh, by the way, in this world, the demon king level is roughly level twelve.

"The Fallen Angel cadre's purpose for coming to Juwang Town is quite clear. He's a pro-war faction among the [Son of God's Watchers], and he's always hoped that the ancient war between the three tribes would start again. He went to great lengths to steal the King's Sword and then came to Juwang Town specifically to make some noise. He definitely won't leave here just because of Friede, so—we can recover the Holy Sword from Friede."

Because she didn't know Koya's true strength yet, Xenovia didn't plan to attack him directly, but instead planned to retrieve the holy sword from Friede's hand first.

"Xenovia...are you really that smart?"

"Hmm? Even though a lot of people call me dumb, I've always considered myself quite intelligent. Otherwise, I wouldn't have become the wielder of the King's Sword. Irina, on the other hand... you're really quite dumb."

"I--"

Shido Irina was speechless. Even back when she was in the Vatican, the bishops had praised her intelligence, and even told her to hide and look after Xenovia during missions. So how could someone so obviously smart be lectured by someone so obviously clueless? Oh, Lord, have you messed up something?

"But we can't make a big deal about Freed. It's best for us to handle it. Koya, for now, it's best for you to stay behind the scenes and protect Rias and Sona Sidi. After all, that Fallen Angel cadre is definitely targeting the sisters of these two Demon Kings."

Xenovia once again showed her clever little brain. Shido Irina beside her had already laid down to accept this fact. After taking the photo handed over by Xenovia, Koya's divine domain instantly covered the entire Juwang Town. The fallen angel cadre was completely exposed to his eyes. Judging from his strength... Level 11, which is even higher than Koya's current level. As long as Koya does not deliberately expose the ability of his divine domain, the fallen angel will not be able to realize that he is being monitored at this moment.

The fallen angel is currently in a barren mountain. He hollowed out a deserted mountain and used it as his base. Beside him is a middle-aged man who looks like a scientist, who is constantly debugging various instruments. However, these instruments are not connected to any high-tech things, but a magic circle. In the center of the magic circle are several holy swords of various shapes. Because he had observed the Holy Sword of Destruction in Xenovia's hand closely, Koya easily judged that the swords in the center of the magic circle were the Holy Swords of Kings.

In addition to these, Koya also found that in a hollowed-out "room" next to the magic circle, there were many humans soaked in large jars. Their vital signs were healthy and there was no sign of anything being extracted. Koya didn't know what these humans were going to do, but these humans seemed to have the same power as Xenovia, Irina and others. Are they members of the Holy See?

As for Fried—

Koya took the map of Juou Town from Grayfia and pointed at a street.

"That Fried is here now, all alone."

"Irina, let's go!"

"Take a map with you, don't get lost."

After Xenovia and the others left, Koya's Divine Domain remained with them. Although the Divine Domain's feedback showed that Xenovia was stronger than Friede, and Irina was weaker than Friede, a two-on-one fight was a sure thing. However, they were afraid that the Fallen Angel leader would suddenly come over...

Wait, something unexpected happened.

"Rias, that Lin Fei appeared next to Kokabil and provided him with a lot of Phoenix Tears."

"What--"

·Dividing line·

"Is the experiment going well, Kokabil?"

"Not bad. I didn't expect Balpa's research on the holy sword to reach this level. It seems he's really made some progress. To be honest, when he first joined my battle, I was quite skeptical of him."

"The Holy Sword Factor... is indeed quite good. I wonder if he can create a Holy Sword Factor that can also adapt to me."

"Then it depends on your luck. At least with Phoenix's tears like you, ordinary people can fully withstand the injection of an overdose of Holy Sword Factor. If you think you are lucky enough, I can give you an injection now."

As a half-demon, Lin Fei wasn't favored by the divine artifacts. His bloodline purification ability wasn't a divine artifact ability, as rumored, but rather a system. Unable to obtain the divine artifact he desired, he began to plot other things, such as the Holy Sword. He was a half-demon, and while his demonic bloodline had been purified to the point of pure blood, his human bloodline still remained. Naturally, his resistance to things like the Holy Sword was stronger than that of ordinary demons.

Most importantly, he was familiar with the plot and knew that in the original work, there was a demon who had gained the ability to create from the holy sword.

"Has the analysis of Kiba Yuto's constitution been completed? Is the Holy Sword Factor in his body sufficient for him to wield the Holy Sword?"

Yes, in the original work, Yuto Kiba was intercepted by Lin Fei in advance and never appeared next to Rias from beginning to end. He was also the reason why Lin Fei was confident in completing the transformation of the Demon Holy Sword Factor.

"This little fellow is truly miraculous. Right now, the demonic power and the Holy Sword Factor within him aren't conflicting with each other, but they're also restraining each other. If only the Holy Sword Factor existed within him, the King's Holy Sword restoration operation would have begun long ago."

Balpa stopped debugging the instrument and walked to Lin Fei and Kocabil. He looked at Yuto Kiba in the culture dish with great satisfaction. He opened the sealing lid and poured a few drops of Phoenix Tears into the culture medium.

"Actually, the Holy Sword Factor is now quite stable. Even if injected into a demon, there wouldn't be much of a rejection reaction. After all, the God is dead, right? That's wonderful! Thanks to his passing, many impossible things have suddenly become possible. Holy power and demonic power, which would normally explode upon contact, now coexist peacefully within the same person. Kiba Yuuto, he will definitely be my finest creation."

"Then I'll be leaving first. Be careful of the Sekiryuutei next to Rias. He has problems."

"Hmph, I get it."

In fact, Lin Fei recognized Koya's true form. After all, he had played Monster Hunter before, and he must have heard of the unique Calamity Dragon in the game. But he was not sure whether this Koya was a time traveler like him. After all, the most obvious feature of a time traveler is the name that is incompatible with others. For example, among all the Western names, Lin Fei, Koya Constantine was too normal, so normal that he did not look like a time traveler at all.

What's more, there is no reason for two time travelers to exist in the same world, so he now thinks that Koya is just a half-dragon with extraordinary talent, who just happens to have a similar appearance to the Black Dragon. After all, if it was really the Black Dragon, why did Koya use his breath to fight him instead of Monster Hunter's most iconic dragon chariot!

·Dividing line·

Koya's divine domain currently lacked a monitoring function, but he would work on it in the future. However, the most important thing now was that Lin Fei had established contact with Kokabil. If they could prove his connection to the radical Fallen Angels, Koya could kill him on the spot, and the Phoenix Family would have no problem saying anything.

"Grayfia... could you please notify Hell to thoroughly investigate Lin Fei's relationship with the Fallen Angel?"

"I see."

Now the three tribes are dominated by doves. After all, they have not yet recovered from the aftereffects of the three-tribe war. If another three-tribe war breaks out, all three tribes will be finished together. Only a real madman would expect the war to break out again.

After hearing that Lin Fei might have a connection with the radical fallen angels, Grayfia wanted to run back to hell to inform Sirzechs and the others. Now, after receiving Koya's order, he couldn't wait to open the teleportation circle and leave here.

With only Koya and Rias left in the room, they could finally openly discuss how to solve the problem of Lin Fei.

"First of all, judging from the situation with Kokabile, Lin Fei must have taken advantage of the 'script' to do a lot of things, and some of them must be things that your hell can't tolerate."

"So the most important thing for us right now is to collect evidence, right?"

"Yes, the fallen angel Kokabiler might be our breakthrough point. I won't touch him for now. Let's see if he has more contact with Lin Fei. At least from the current point of view, their cooperation is still ongoing."

“This is great news for us!”

"Yeah, it's really the first time I've felt so frustrated while doing a mission. It's clearly an ant that can be easily crushed to death, but I just can't kill it."

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me—"

"I came here to do the mission to help you solve the problem, not to create trouble for you, so there's no need to say sorry."

Chapter 215: High School DxD: Xenovia and Irina's Decision

Elsewhere, on the street Koya pointed out, Xenovia and Irina spotted the corrupted priest, Fried, wandering the street like a pervert, sword in hand. The street was near an abandoned church, with no nearby residential areas, so it was deserted. The moon was dim tonight, and only the streetlights struggled to function.

When Fried saw Xenovia and Irina, a morbid smile appeared on his face, just like a hunter seeing his prey caught in a net, happy and full of desire to kill.

"Oh my! I finally see you again. One day, two days—ah, it's been ten days since I've met anyone from the Vatican. It's been so boring!"

Fried's tone was filled with joy, but neither Xenovia nor Irina had any interest in talking to him. They drew their holy swords and rushed towards Fried from the left and right. Irina's mimicked holy sword turned into a rope and shot towards Fried like a snake, while Xenovia brandished the fluorescent holy sword of destruction and rushed towards Fried with the force of splitting Mount Hua.

"Wow~~ This is so dangerous, has the Church finally started sending people with holy swords? But~ what a pity, the holy sword in my hand is the Holy Sword of Sky Flash, which allows me to move very quickly, just enough to restrain you two~~~"

Fried's voice rang out beside Irina, and the next second the sword light cut through her black robe.

"Wow~ You have a nice body, miss. How about I play with it for a while before handing it over to the boss?"

Fried stood where Irina had been, holding the holy sword in one hand and Irina's tattered robe in the other. He brought the robe to his nose and took a deep breath.

"Pah, pah, pah, why does it stink so much! Hey, you haven't taken a shower in a few days!"

Fried was devastated. She was clearly a beautiful girl, but why did her robe stink so badly? The smell was almost as bad as the canned herring, pickled puffin, and pickled shark he'd smelled in Europe! It was horrible!

"Hey! What do you mean? How can you say that about a beautiful girl?!"

"You call me a beautiful girl? I think you're just a native of the garbage dump!"

"Xenovia... is it really that smelly?"

"After you bought that painting, we didn't eat for three days and slept on park benches for a week. As for this robe, it hasn't been washed in about two weeks. The smell must be very strong, but we've gotten used to it."

"Ah this."

"Tsk, looking at your disgusting appearance, I can't bear to let my precious sword cut through you. I've decided that this time when I go back, I'm going to exchange a sword with the old man."

Irina and Xenovia ignored Fried's nagging, and then saw Irina looking at Xenovia with a look of despair, and said uncertainly -

"Have we always appeared in front of Rias, Koya and the others like this?"

"Yes."

"Ahhh, we've completely disgraced the Holy See. Lord, what should I do—"

Ding--

"Hmm, you took the bait so quickly?"

Irina and Xenovia switched instantly. Freed's Holy Sword, Sky Flash, possessed a single ability: speed. Unparalleled speed, allowing those wielding it to strike with the force of a flash. Both Irina and Xenovia's holy swords were countered by Sky Flash, but there was a countermeasure: to imprison Sky Flash at the moment it launched its attack. Sky Flash merely granted its user speed, almost like a flash, but it wasn't a true spatial skill. Imprisoning Sky Flash rendered its use useless.

So Xenovia and Irina used a very clumsy acting to trick Fried into coming over, and when he was off guard, the Mimic Holy Sword transformed into a net to imprison him and Sky Flash.

"This kid's brain is really not working well. He took the bait as soon as I threw it out."

"But we do stink, let's go back and take a shower."

"I agree!"

On the way back, he did not encounter any sniper attacks from Kokabil. Perhaps in his view, Fried was just a chess piece thrown out casually in order to collect experimental subjects. As for the Holy Sword of Sky Flash in his hand, it was just a redundant product, a replica made by Balpa. The real Sky Flash was still in the magic circle.

Putting aside Balpa's character, if we only talk about his abilities, he is definitely one of the world's top scientists. He created the Holy Sword Factor that allows ordinary people to wield the Holy Sword. After the Holy Sword was broken, he used the fragments to forge a number of Holy Swords with different uses. In addition, he has many commendable achievements, but because he violated the doctrine and used living people for experiments privately, he was expelled from the Vatican.

But Kokabil didn't care about these at all. He was a fallen angel who longed for war. What was wrong with using living people for experiments? He would like to see more of them.

·Dividing line·

Ten minutes later, Koya was soaking in the bathtub. In fact, with his current body condition, there was not much difference between soaking in lava and soaking in hot water. He could only feel the warmth in both. However, the warmth that wrapped his whole body did make him feel comfortable. At the same time, he also understood why the dragons in the Orario stories always liked to build nests in volcanoes. It turned out that it was because soaking in lava was very comfortable. Moreover, considering the sticky texture of lava, it might be even more comfortable than taking a hot bath.

Just when Koya was thinking about whether he should run into the lava one day to see if there was any difference between running in the lava and soaking in the hot springs, the sound of a door lock turning suddenly reached his ears. He subconsciously thought that it was Grayfia who came back, but when he turned his eyes, it was Xenovia and the others. Xenovia dragged Irina, who looked tangled, scared, and shy, in. Moreover, they were even more powerful than Grayfia. They walked directly into the bathroom in the most blushing and heart-pounding way...

"You two...didn't you notice there was someone inside?"

"We found out, and we know it was you."

Xenovia unabashedly showed Koya her body, which was much better than her peers'. It was plump where it was right, thin where it was right, a beautiful figure. She pulled Irina to sit on a small stool, then picked up the shower head and began to bathe.

Irina looked at Koya with a deathly pale face, then resigned herself to taking a bath with Xenovia, and Koya heard everything she said clearly.

"It's over... I have no choice but to marry Koya now. What should I do... Never mind. It's not a loss, Irina..."

As if hypnotizing herself, Shido Irina kept repeating that it was not a loss at all.

"I've read your teachings. Doesn't it say that you nuns should remain pure and serve God?"

"Irina and I are not nuns. We are combat members of the Church, responsible for operations such as suppressing heretics and eliminating apostates. Combat members also believe in God, but we don't have as many requirements as nuns. After all, our mortality rate is quite high, so we have relatively free time in the Church. Besides... getting close to you is also our mission."

"Let me make it clear, I won't refuse meat that's delivered to my door. If you want to run, now's the time to do it."

"In fact, I would have come in even if there was no mission requirement."

"why?"

Xenovia handed the shower head to Irina, washed her body with shower gel, and then spoke in a somewhat cold tone.

"The average life expectancy of Vatican combatants is thirty years old. This figure was slightly raised thanks to those old bishops who parachuted in. The actual average life expectancy of our frontline personnel is about twenty-five. Because of the Holy Sword Factor, Irina and I may not even live to be twenty-five, so I want to have a child so that I can leave some mark on this world. However, I won't just pick a husband and have children without thinking. I want my child to be stronger than me, so I'm looking for a strong man to mate with!"

"Xenovia, don't say such obscene things with such pride!"