My sacred gear takes the form of a red, armored bracer with yellow accents and a green jewel on top of my palm i looked at my right hand quite astonished at just the shape of it and the absurdly close connection that i now have with it it's flashing green after appearing wait is that the same green light from Issei incident does it belong to Issei and why did it crept on my arm if it already had a user i , what does it even do .
I smiled smugly and looked to the president for some of these questions answers but i found the three of them looking at each other then at my hand or my sacred gear to be exact with a weird surprised kinda look at least that's what i thought .
So what sacred gear is this president ? i asked trying to focus some of their attention back at the subject at hand and it worked well as Rias began to regain her calm demeanor and explained : congratulation Tetsya you bonded with the sacred gear successfully your sacred gear from its shape it should be twice critical a gear that double its user power for a certain amount of time that's the only sacred gear you currently awakened maybe you have another one dorment as it's not common but there have been cases about certain individuals owning more than one sacred gear but be cautious there's also some groups of people that are ready to do anything just to get their hands on one .
I said enthusiastically : So if activate that sacred gear power i can be twice as powerful and that include touki and demonic power as well as enhance my body even more but that green light is the same green light that was on Issei's hand yesterday it can't be a coincidence right president ?
With some training it will certainly do to answer your second inquiry that's why i said bonded successfully you see Tetsya your friend Issei was on the verge of death and his sacred gear which is linked to his soul was already going to disappear and to find a new host that was the plan we even began to believe that the fallen angel was sent to ensure all of this happening in the first place as their are some rumors about the actions of some of the fallen angels circling around in the underworld the rumors is about them attacking and even disposing of sacred gears user or even those suspected to have one that's why your friend was attacked and it should have succeed but the only variable was you appearing Tetsya and as the first thing you tried to do was to help the dying Issei and it might have been something that influenced the sacred gear to choose you as its new host maybe its previous user will or anything else as sacred gears as you could already tell a strange wonder in itself and weirdly after i healed you , you was still sleeping we guessed It's either from tiredness or the sacred gear trying to bond with you came Rias voice as i found myself marveling on all of these new information and got some relief from finding out that i wasn't the reason for Issei's misfortune .
But still felt bad stealing Issei's chance of ascension and i guess my disappointment in myself was written clearly on my face or maybe she is actually reading my mind she came to me and patted me on the shoulder and continued : don't be hard on yourself and remember you are a devil now and having a sacred gear is not always a blessing a matter of fact it could bring doom and suffering to its user and even if it didn't become a curse a few human individuals could really awaken their sacred gears and as you saw yesterday if a dorment sacred gear user was to be attacked his chance of survival is up to fate and if the supernatural is involved his chance of survival is almost zero so you really could have done him a favor by taking that burden of his chest .
I will tell myself that and president you have my sincere gratitude president but what would happen if that fallen angel decided to attack him again oblivious to the fact that the sacred gear is not in his possession anymore ?
Don't worry we already asked for the help of the students council president Sona Sitri and her peerage and told them most of the details they will keep an eye on him and believe me they weren't happy with it you need to thank them probably when you see them answered Akeno this time i really need to show some sincerity when i ran into the students council president and any of her peerage .
Koneko asked feeling left out : president said that you unlocked a new stage in controlling your touki do you remember how did that happen i answered by telling her about how i just increased the amount and the speed of the touki circling inside the paths that was previously unlocked and i felt more powerful and more flexible than ever i didn't say anything about how i tried to check Raynare using touki and almost puked at her disgusting aura .
After i finished talking Koneko looked at me deeply and said : you successfully shrouded your self with touki for the first time try remember that feeling and try to do it a few times if possible but don't overdo it as the consequences of missing with your life force is dire i nodded at her words and was going to do what she said she is the expert here after all .
Do you mind if i ask about something president ? I said and she gave me a nod i asked : what did you do to Issei exactly ?
She asked : Why is there something wrong with him ?
I nod and told her about how his aura changed and about him moving out then she began saying : we removed the part of had occurred from his memory and modified it to some normal events but you can guess that being that close to death is bound to leave its mark on that person so maybe him leaving Kouh is best thing to do .
I find myself agreeing with her logic even the memory altering process it's used as a mean of covering up huh .
Then the teleportation circle flashed and my shining knight Kiba appeared from it he looked at me and said with a friendly smile: are you doing okay Tetsya ?
I nod and offered my hand and said : thanks to you i'm okey , he shaked my hand and said with a smile : i thought you were afraid of me beating you at the movements machine for the third time in a row .
I broke the handshake and said amused at his taunt : who was the one losing in every shoot game we played and kept gritting his teeth at the end of the day .
Kiba was going to argue back but a cough from the president was all it took to get his full attention as he bowed to the president and began saying :
I found its location president and at your orders i came to report .
Rias : good work Kiba and he nodded at her praise .
Am i the only one confused i looked around in the room and i guess i'm really the only one clueless about that it so i asked the president and her answer was : that's the second important matter we are here for you will see and a teleportation circle appeared under us and we teleported to an abandoned factory building the air is for some reason heavy here and isn't devils able to see at night why the depth of the building is shrouded in darkness and i can't see anything but pitch black what are we doing here .
We got information about a stray devil appearing and inhabiting this place and began wrecking havoc in my domain and even begun to use some weak-willed humans to hunt other human for him and this can't continue we are here to annihilate it completely as it's now confirmed from the aura that the escapee servant had already become a stray devil Tetsya you will watch from some distance i trust you already know your orders and be careful .
A stray devil i didn't see one before so this was the it that Kiba and the president mentioned i nodded at Rias orders and entered after them .
A disgusting creature appeared to be fighting with Koneko it has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a mix between a goat and something wicked that looked like a mix between a spider and a centipede and it's able to actually able to tank most of her attacks in her human form Kiba rule is to find opening for Koneko to land her hits that's why he keep moving around the stray devil and Akeno and Rias are watching keenly from the sidelines i'm all fired up to join the battle but at Rias orders i shall stay put so let's keep watching for now .
Koneko began to transform to her cat like appearance and blasted the stray devil away while Kiba appeared at its back with a red sword and i almost missed him moving and he hit the stray with his sandanzuki a three burned scares appeared at the place the attack hit but it really have a thick skin but right where did Kiba got his sword from i didn't see him holding a scabbard either as if answering my doubts Rias said :
Kiba also own a sacred gear his gear is called sword birth its main ability is to create a variety kind of swords even special swords that have their own attribute as well and with his swordsmanship and the traits of the knight piece it gave him almost a perfect boost , they should be able to wrap this up quickly .
I saw the stray devil gets right up and began to my utmost surprise speaking he or it said : oh can't even have a normal meal in peace anymore well might as well kill the party wreckers first .
Vice is your name right surrender and your death will be painless resist and you will beg me for it , thatwas what Rias said .
Don't kid me Gremory brat after all of that happened there's no point in negotiating it either you or me , said the enraged Vice as he began to dash to Kiba who created another blue sword instead the red one from before as Vice tried to catch him first but Kiba chopped one of his arms and with a turn the other arm is chopped as well Koneko then proceed to punch Vice in the stomach which throw him off his feet as he crashed on the ground with Akeno finally joining the battle as she began to stir his demonic energy and conjured her favorite yellow lightning spell and unleashed on the incapacitated Vice and it caused him to scream in agony while begging Rias to end his misery while Akeno still grinning innocently .
And Rias did listen to his plead as she urged her demonic power and a small red orb touched Vice and that was it his screams stopped as he himself turned into nothing literally as if he never existed in a blink of an eye .
I said to Rias : so strays can still feel fear and even talk can't they be put in a special prison or something like what is the reason for sentencing them to complete annihilation .
Rias : it'll be hard to believe but in the underworld trust and respect is still needed beside strength ofcourse and the strays are those that not only escaped from their master but some of them even hurt their own master so can they even be trusted again so strays are sentenced to complete annihilation because they left no other options to the people in authority as they endanger not only themselves but the stability of the whole supernatural world .
I nodded at her explanation it is cruel yes but this how devils manage their world but i still found Koneko shuddering at the mention of complete annihilation don't tell me that accident she mentioned have something to do with the strays i really hope not .
so what are we going to do now are we going to clean up or something ?
Rias looked at me amused and said : ofcourse not silly you are free to do what you want but i hope you invest your free time in either training or completing contracts and there will be someone to clean this mess and with that we teleported back to the club room .
I kept playing with my sacred gear for some time i feel like if i willed it well lend me its power a cool feeling like a kid who found his favorite toy but then i remember that if i used that power it only works for some time then it will need to cool down or something like that so i stopped playing to not accidentally do anything reckless .
The club members got busy some left and some heading to do some contracts Kiba in particular as i got to know have many female contractors that ask for his service especially at night i guess i will try to do some contracts as well my weekend is officially cursed if their a god for the weekends or something like that in the supernatural i'm going to beat him but for now let's just keep working on doing what devils do best .
I got accepted a contract and headed there using the teleportation circle in the club and in mere seconds i was in front of the client house i was about to knock but found the door already opened i tensed and debated whether to go in or not and finally decided to just go in i can leave at anytime i like probably .
I entered the house and a stench kind of smell assaulted my nose my devil enhanced sense of smell gave me a hint about what could it be and another hint would be the pool of red liquid on the floor
It was someone blood .