High School DxD Chapter 180: Last Life... Poetic Justice

"…"

I — Azazel, have infiltrated the interior of Agreas, and have also successfully arrived at the rear area, but a girl dressed in a black gothic style dress was now standing before me. That girl was standing in front of the two great iron doors to the power room as she waited. In front of me was an extremely wide open space. —The girl who was waiting there was Ophis' spawn, Lilith. It really wouldn't be very good for me to fight against her. Moreover, if I actually did attack, I would be easily defeated. Having said that, I do have work to do on the power generator behind…. Because a map of Agreas was prepared in advance, things had gone smoothly since I infiltrated this place. Although there were traps laid by the enemy on the way here, they were meaningless against a trap lifting specialist like me. Sure enough, it was right for me to come here alone. If I was with other people, a lot of time certainly would have been wasted with the traps. I stood in front of Lilith and scratched my cheek with one finger.

"…Hey, you really won't let me through huh?"

"Impossible. Rizevim said, here, Lilith has to defend it."

"Is it impossible not to fight?"

"Fight? Lilith, strong. Very strong."

"…Well, it's as you say."

Lilith quickly extended and retracted a cute punch. The gesture was rather cute, but I was afraid that every single blow contained an extraordinary amount of power. Ah, this was truly a problem. What should I do? At a time like this, Ise would be particularly useful…. After all, he is really popular with children. And if it was Asia, what would happen then? Given that she's such a rare dragon tamer who was originally a nun, if it was Asia, I wonder what she would do against this dragon? …Thinking about that, I suddenly had an idea. I took out a bar of chocolate from my pocket which I had brought along as an emergency food supply. I tore off the packaging, and then exposed the chocolate bar. I extended it towards Lilith.

"Well, I'll give you a snack."

"—Mmn!"

As soon as she spotted the snack, her expression completely changed! Mmn! Ophis also had a poor resistance against snacks, so could it be that it was the same for this spawn? I moved the chocolate bar around, up, down, left and right. Lilith's eyes followed it as it moved. From the looks of it, she was very interested in it. Speaking of which, Ise and the others had met this girl in the town of the Tepes faction, and they also entertained her with a nice meal. …Were dragons greedy?

"Do you want to eat it? It's very tasty and sweet, you know?"

As soon as I said that, she silently and expressionlessly swallowed.

"..."

Her eyes were spinning about chaotically. You're making me feel as though I'm doing something bad here!

"…If you let me pass, I'll let you eat this. If you don't let me, then you don't eat. So, do you want to eat it?"

"…Want. But, can't let you pass. …Lilith, what to do?"

The girl tilted her head very cutely as she answered me. …What should be done in the end?

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I sighed. …So I really won't be able to pass. I extended the chocolate bar in my hand towards Lilith.

"…You don't need to look at me with eyes like that. I know, I know already. Anyway, I'm giving it to you. You can think about whether you'll let me pass after you eat it."

Lilith received it.

"..."

She silently placed the chocolate bar into her mouth. …She appeared to be very satisfied. I then lowered my head, and held both my hands up. Well, what should be done next? By using snacks as bait, would that be able to lure her away from here? This approach could be quite easy…she is unexpectedly very stubborn.

"…Really, that bastard who made you turned you into this without thinking about anything at all."

Well, there isn't much time left. I was currently considering my strategy in front of this dragon girl. Folding my arms, I nodded my head as I thought of different battle plans. At that time, the sound of someone's footsteps was heard from the corridor that I came from. After a short while, even a voice could be heard.

"...Damn it! That shitty Sekiryuutei brat…!"

Emerging from the corridor while saying that was — that bastard Rizevim, with a ragged look! He, with his head down was muttering and grumbling to himself.

"I really should use Lilith's power…. No, there's too much uncertainty so she can only be my shield. If the current Lilith encountered the Two Heavenly Dragons, she may even be killed. Precisely because of this, it was necessary to strengthen and re-adjust her by examining the real one…. …Well, I can only use that then. …Uhehehehe."

After the sound of his unpleasant laughter, he cried out.

"Lilith! Lilith, where are you!?"

Whilst calling for Lilith, that bastard finally noticed me.

"I was just thinking that my time was running out, and now you show up."

I laughed at the state of Rizevim body. That bastard didn't intend to lose to my wicked laughter and returned a grin at me.

"…Oh – oh – if it isn't Azazel-ojisan? Of course it was you, to get to the power generation room of Agreas first. And of course you were also able to avoid all of the traps on the way here."

"Truly, you deserve it, Rizevim. To be beaten by Ise and Vali like that. Well, I predicted that it would turn out like this anyway."

"…To see such an outcome and not be surprised, you are indeed the guiding hand who directs the Two Heavenly Dragons."

Comparing Ise and Vali to their predecessors, their strength has been rising rapidly and unexpectedly. I couldn't help thinking that it would one day become like this.

"Regardless of how powerful they are, the people who cause trouble in front of them always have unexpected events occur, and they're eventually eliminated. For you, that may eventually be the case. It's just a matter of time. But I put a lot of effort into calculating and minimising our losses that would be caused by you."

Regardless of whether it was Shalba or Cao Cao, both of them caused some kind of trouble, and were then eliminated. If there's a first time, then there'll be a second time, which is why the thought that Rizevim would end up like this naturally became stronger and stronger. Rizevim's mouth bent into a crooked shape, and he had a look of displeasure.

"…Your words are truly infuriating."

"No, it seems your malice still exceeds some of my expectations. You have both the Holy Grail and the Forbidden Fruit. However, you're too impatient. Reaching this point, it isn't an exaggeration to say that you seem too eager to make this sudden move. Could it be that this is related to the dark eye circles on your face?"

He had dark circles around his eyes. A lack of sleep? For a political agitator like him, is there such a thing that could cause him to lose sleep? Besides, he isn't the type of person to toss and turn uneasily at night just because the path ahead was uncertain. —But contrary to my expectations, he laughed to himself again.

"…Surprisingly, I'm also a delicate person. …Ah, damn it. You were actually thinking of the same thing as me. The most troublesome is not Sirzechs, nor is it the Sekiryuutei or Vali and their kind, and neither is it [DxD]. …But the one in front of me…"

Rizevim narrowed his eyes, and then eloquently stared at me. …Even after suffering such heavy injuries, what was he trying to play at? Just when I had a question to ask — a flash of bright light suddenly appeared within my field of vision. With a closer look, as the entire vast open space was illuminated by that bright light – a Dragon Gate opened! There were also two of them! Both of them were mainly black in colour. Appearing from there was — a colossal winged and three-headed black dragon, as well as a handsome brown-skinned youth who was wearing black vestments. The colossal black dragon with three heads was the [Diabolism Thousand Dragon][1] — Aži Dahāka. Although the brown-skinned youth emerged in the form of a human, I was afraid that he was the [Eclipse Dragon][2] — Apophis. The youth — Apophis said towards Rizevim with a surprised expression

The three-headed dragon — Aži Dahāka then laughed.

[It would be better to say that your mental weakness actually brought you here.]

[Mental strength like that of tofu!]

[All you've got is an arrogant attitude!]

Right after the middle head spoke, the heads on the left and right sides began to mock Rizevim. In the face of the two Evil Dragons who were renowned and powerful, Rizevim smiled wryly again.

"...Well if it isn't Apophis-kun and Aži Dahākkun."

Upon seeing Rizevim's injuries, Aži Dahāka ridiculed him with even more pleasure.

[Ah—, Rize. You don't look too bad as a salty plum right now.]

[You really look magnificent ☆]

[Ha serves you right!]

Aži Dahāka's attitude caused Rizevim's anger to flare up. But, it was interrupted from the side by Apophis.

Apophis extended one hand forward, and then created a magic circle. A certain object then appeared from the centre of it. —A single cup, it was Valerie's Holy Grail.

Chapter end