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  Otlefield, Kooujou was locked in a fierce struggle against the Cerberus.

  Despite her incredible physical strength, she specialized in cle bat, making the hellhound's vicious fmes and multiple snapping jaws difficult to handle.

  The fight had reached a stalemate.

  Watg from the sidelines, Xenovia Quarta couldn't hide her surprise. Rias and the others had dealt with their own Cerberus oppos so effortlessly, yet Koneko was still struggling?

  Realizing the situation, Xenovia made her decision.

  "Right now, we're allies, and we have a on enemy. It's only right that we help," Xenovia muttered, tightening her grip on Durandal before charging in.

  A moment ter, Irina Shidou, wearing a flicted expression, followed suit, raising Excalibur Mimi both hands.

  Koneko nded a powerful punch to the Cerberus's gut, sending it staggering backward.

  Seizing the opportunity, Xenovia and Irina struck simultaneously—two fshes of light, and in the instant, the Cerberus's left and right heads were severed.

  Koneko exhaled, gathering her Demoniergy before activatirump card—Eight Gates Release!

  Her small fists ched as a surge of raw power coursed through her.

  "Haaaaah!!"

  With a final devastating punch, she obliterated the st remaining head.

  The Cerberus vulsed, twitg as blood sprayed across the ground—until it colpsed, lifeless.

  ....

  Up above, Kokabiel watched the ehing unfold. And instead of anger—he ughed.

  "Hahahaha! Impressive! I thought you'd at least be injured after dealing with my 'pets,' but you've fihem off so easily."

  His crimson eyes gleamed with twisted amusement.

  "You're not just some minor brats—you're shaping up to be amongst the Top Underworld's New Geion. How… delightful!"

  Kokabiel was not angered by the easy defeat of his Cerberuses. Instead, he was even more pleased and found the situation quite amusing.

  I rolled my eyes. 'Keep ughing, You won't be smiling much longer.'

  ....

  Meanwhile.

  Oher side of the battlefield, Kiba Yuuto was locked in bat against a Stray Priest wielding a Holy Sword, while Valper Galilei stood at a distance, watg with a smug grin.

  "Heh, I heard one of the test subjects escaped… and to think he became a Devil. How pathetic." Valper chuckled, shaking his head.

  "But I should thank you, failures. Without your sacrifices, my research wouldn't have succeeded."

  Kiba finished off the Stray Priest with a swift slice of his Demonic Sword before turning to Valper, his face grim.

  "Succeeded? What do you mean?"

  "inally, the factors possessed by those of you with aptitude weren't suffit to mahe ability to wield a holy sword. So, I came to a clusioract the adaptation factors from those with the aptitude."

  "What?!" Kiba's voice dropped to a low, dangerous growl.

  Ign Kiba's rising fury, Valper pulled out a small white crystal from his pocket and twirled it between his fingers.

  "And then, we successfully crystallized the adaptation factors we extracted from you. What I'm holding in my hand is a crystal made from those factors. Of course, this is the st one. If you want it, you have it. It's mass-produow, anyway." Valper sneered.

  He casually tossed the crystal at Kiba's feet.

  Hearing this, Xenovia turo Irina, shocked. "Isn't that what Holy Sword wielders receive during their blessing, impnted into their bodies? So, it was an item used to supplement insuffit adaptation factors."

  Irina's face paled as the realization hit her.

  She had been enhanced with the same factor that had been stolen from Kiba and his panions.

  Guilt ed in her gut as she turoward Kiba, her grip tightening around Excalibur Mimic.

  Kiba, staring at the crystal in his hand with an agonizing expression, seemed to recall his former panions. Tears welled up in his eyes.

  Their dreams. Their voices. Their lives—taken so cruelly.

  After a long moment, Kiba gred at Valper with unbridled rage, shouting, "If that's the case, Why did you have to poison us? Why did you destroy their dreams?"

  Valper simply ughed. "Why? Hahaha, you were nothing more than experimental materials—garbage, It's only natural to discard materials after they've served their purpose!"

  Kiba's grip on his Demonic Sword tightened, veins bulging along his forearm. His entire body shook with an untrolble fury. "Valper… yoing to die."

  In a fsh, Kiba lunged.

  "W-Wait! You 't—AAAAHHH!!!"

  Before Valper could react, Kiba's bde tore through him in one motion.

  The old priest's body split apart—his lifeblood spilling onto the cold ground.

  Kiba stood there, panting heavily, blood dripping from his bde.

  "I've finally... avenged you all..."

  Kiba looked down at the crystal in his hand, recalling the past, and tears streamed down his face.

  Suddenly, the crystal emitted a faint white light, which then enveloped Kiba. Finally, many figures radiating a pale blue light emerged from the crystal.

  Kiba looked at them, and lowered his head sadly, his voice a mix of longing and sorrow. "I've always... always wondered if it was really okay... for only me to have survived."

  "And now... Is it really alright for only me to live such a peaceful life?"

  A faint, melodic hum filled the air, and one of the spirits—a young girl—stepped fently tugging on Kiba's sleeve. then smiled at him.

  Kiba turo look at the little girl, and his eyes filled with tears.

  The spirits began to circle him, their voices eg in the wind:

  "It's okay..."

  "As long as we're together..."

  "Accept it! Accept us!"

  Hearing their voices, Kiba's tears flowed freely, but a happy smile spread across his face. "We... we are ohank you, everyone!"

  Finally—the spirits transformed into specks of light auro Kiba's body.

  ....

  Everyone presehe warm and holy light, and they all smiled at Kiba.

  Asia was moved to tears.

  Kiba took a deep breath, then suddenly raised his Demonic Sword—

  "Sword Birth—!"

  A surge of divine radiance mixed with demonic darkness, fusing together into somethiirely new.

  His bde transformed, its new form exuding both holy and unholy energy—a perfect bance of light and shadow.

  "Bance Breaker—Holy Demonic Sword of Twin Supremacy!"

  Everyoared i Kiba's neon.

  I sed the se, and seeing that everyone was looking at Kiba and his sword with fusion and surprise—I expined with a smile, "That is Kiba's Bance Breaker: Holy Demonic Sword of Twin Supremacy. He has overe the shadows of his past."

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