Dragon’s Bloodline

There was a gigantic hole in the surface of the wasteland.

With a diameter of approximately thirty kilometers, it truly was a gigantic hole. The was the former location of the Imperial Capital. No traces of that remained.

In the sky above it, there were seven figured.

Three to the west: Ria, Carla, Serge.

Three to the east: Ars, Ferna, and a man they hadnt seen before.

Looking at him with Dragon Eyes, his level was beyond 200. Ria thought that he would definitely bring Rei along like how hed done with the meeting, but she was busy with the demon armys management.

Between the two groups was a woman whose hair was colored like a blazing fire.

Fire Dragon Ohma. The youngest and most inquisitive of the God Dragons.

Its a bit different than we arranged?

Receiving Rias gaze and hearing her question, Ohma smiled.

What, theres no way I could miss out on such an interesting contest, right? Besides, you need someone here that could stop you if it gets too far.

(So thats Ars insurance?)

Unlike Ria, Ars knew the value of his own life. He judged that Ohma would be able to stop the match before he was killed if he lost the match.

For Ars, this match was something that was unnecessary. Doing something like fruitlessly risking your own life was foolish.

Meanwhile, would Ohma make a move if Ria were about to lose?

No, would Ars even try to take Rias life to start with?

It felt like he wouldnt. How to put itArs felt like the kind of human that made use of lives efficiently.

If someone was going to die, hed make the most use out of it happening. Even during war, the demons army hadnt annihilated their enemies.

Ars held the resolution of a king. Different from Ria.

Ria was a human who lived for the sake of fighting. Valis herself had chosen an utterly unqualified person to be her own successor.

Ah well, its fine.

Whatever the results would be, for now, she just wanted to fight.

Shall we get to it?

With that, Ria drew Nagasone Kotetsu.

Oi hold up, that katanas weird! Why isnt its blade chipped after taking hits from an orichalcum holy sword!?

After exchanging a few blows, Ars shouted out in surprise.

Because its Nagasone Kotetsu.

Whys Nagasone Kotetsu in this world then!?

Because I made it with genesis magic!

She attacked with her Level 9 Swordsmanship skill once again. And she came to realize something.

Ars swordsmanship was inferior to Rias. To be more precise, he was worse at close combat.

She wondered why it was like that despite living for a thousand years, but he was probably concentrating on other things. If things kept on as-is, Ria would be able to end this without Ohmas intervention.

Her instant-kill stab found its mark within Ars bosom.

At that moment, Ars figure vanished. Not surprised in the least, she sent a flying sword slash upwards.

Rias body moved in accordance to her sixth sense.

A sword made its way through her Dragon Fighting Spirit and sent her shoulder armor flying.

The two barely passed by each other as they took a small distance, facing each other off.

Teleportation, huh

Ars had used teleportation magic, something that shouldve required an incredible amount of concentration to pull off, in an instant.

Correct. Its a trump card of mine, but it looks like that wasnt enough.

She could see how relaxed Ars was. Seeing as how it was a trump card of his, he probably still had two or three more.

It appears as though Im at a disadvantage in close quarters, so Ill just

In that instant, a barrier surrounded Ria. Immediately afterwards, he invoked a certain magic.

Thermonuclear Darkness Exploding Hell.

He was attacking Ria with a destructive force even more condensed than the one Carla had used.

I did it or not.

Along with Ars mutter, the barrier was torn and she dashed out of it.

Ars was hit by Rias reverse cross slash, his body flying upward into the sky.

The abyss comes, returning all to eternity

Together with a short incantation, a darkness spread from within Ars hands. No, it wasnt darkness?

It was a magic that returned everything to nothingness. Its the spell that the present hero had used when he fought against him.

Ruin.

A power of nothingness scattered about, eating away at space as it approached Ria. It immediately became apparent that this wasnt something that her Dragon Fighting Spirit could even hope of defending against.

She dodged with all she had. Her left arm had disappeared, eaten by the darkness.

Let there be light

Meanwhile, Ars continued speaking.

Divine Retribution.

This time, a beam of light attacked Ria at what was literally the speed of light. This attack, however, was cancelled out by her Darkness Dragon Fighting Spirit.

Id expect no less of the Demon King.

Giving a ghastly smile, Ria looked up to Ars.

Her left arm had already been regenerated. Even the endurance it took to do so was regenerating at a rapid pace.

I thought I was going to die for a moment there.

That Ruin magic was my second trump card though

Despite sweating down his back, Ars still didnt break his act of playing the fool.

He was at a disadvantage in close combat. Having said that, not even his magic attacks had any effect.

This girl was stronger than the Hero.

Even if she was a reincarnated individual, her just being able to reach Level 230 was strange. Even Ars, someone whod lived a thousand years, was just barely under 300.

And there was such a difference between the gap in their levels and how well they could fight.

Moreover, she even had a Gift that was more amazing than Hero and Demon King.

This was Dragons Bloodline? To be honest, she was even stronger than the Demon King hed fought a millennium ago.

She alone was giving him the same kind of tension it took the five Black Cats to give. A literal monster. Only she could succeed Valis.

He felt that he could beat her if he hit her with Ruin directly. However, she wouldnt give him any chances like that.

Its no use. You really are stronger than me. Ill just lose if we keep this up.

Nonsense. I know that youre still hiding something.

No, you really are stronger. I truly do still have trump cards, but they are things meant for the Great Collapse.

So youll just sit there and die?

Rias murderous intent thickened. Ars looked toward Ohma, but she didnt look like she intended to step in, given the grin on her face.

Oh well. Ill just have to show you, then.

Ars prepared himself.

Ria truly was stronger than Ars. However, as there were no holds barred on what they could use, Ars could use his trump cards.

Summon.

A short sword was drawn from the Machine Gods arm. An ultrasonic vibration sword. This was a blade of destruction that could even tear through orichalcum.

Ria evaded at full speed. This robot was, despite its size, beyond quick. Guineveres golems performance was simply incomparable to it.

After she evaded, it took out another weapon with its other hand. It was a small warhammer compared to its massive build, but even so, it was plenty large enough to crush Ria.

Standing still in midair, Ria tried to catch its blow, but even with her Superhuman Strength Gift, it was impossible for her.

Blasted away several kilometers, she smashed into the ground.

Do you like it? This thing is mass produced in the Demonlands. Well, their overall performance is a bit lower, but they can even withstand the blast of a nuclear explosion.

Ria could hear Ars voice from somewhere. Spitting out the dirt that got in her mouth, she quickly stood back up.

She put Nagasone Kotetsu away. No matter how much she strengthened it with magic, it probably wouldnt have been able to tear through the golems armor.

Ill use my trump card, too.

Ria placed her hands together in front of her chest. Separating them slowly, a pitch-black sword appeared in the space between her palms.

Born from the Dark Dragons fang, this was the worlds strongest weapon. The katana by the name of Gallach.

Nows the time for us to really get this going.

She flourished Gallach. With that swing, the atmosphere itself was sliced through and a mountain some distance away was destroyed.

Thats new.

Ars muttered in a shaky voice.

Now then, lets see how youll stop THIS!

A clash between a giant robot produced through the synthesis of all of the Demonlands technology and a godsword forged through the Dwarves work on the Dark Dragons power.

Wasnt this something that could be called the reproduction of the age of legends?

Haaaaaaah!

Together with a terrifying vigor, Ria slashed at the Machine God. It protected its body by using its wings as a shield, but the blade tore through them, continuing to marr its armor.

Ruin.

A magic formation appeared on the Machine Gods armor as the emptiness of ruin assaulted Ria.

Ria deflectedrather, flicked it away with Gallach.

Why didnt Ruin work!?

Even while shouting that, Ars shot a countless amount of nothingness at Ria.

Soaring at a high speed, Ria flung out a shock wave caused by Gallach.

Subspace Barrier.

The shock wave disappeared.

Reverse.

And reappeared, this time aimed at Ria.

Hahah!

Laughing, Ria cut through it.

A spear shot out from the Machine God towards her, followed by a battle axe that used the instant she dodged to attack.

Uraaaah!

That giant black battle axe was cut in twain.

Physical attacks didnt make their way to Ria. Neither did magic.

It was the same for Ria, though, as her flying slashes didnt land. Neither was she able to close the gap again to make an attack.

Defeat would be met by whoever first ran out of mana or endurance. That was the situation.

However, the first one to make a move in this deadlock was Ars.

He threw his sword at Ria. She deflected that giant mass of metal with Gallach.

The opening produced by that was slight, but that opening was exactly what Ars desired.

Seal Release.

The Machine Gods armor was blown away from within.

What the golem turned into was a giant of light that absorbed mana from its magic stone.

What manifested was something previously sealed by the dragons, another worlds God.

Wha

What the hell is what Ria wanted to ask.

Its mana far surpassed her own. Not even her Dragon Eyes could see its capabilities.

After shedding its armor, its body had expanded to being several kilometers tall. Its head pierced the clouds.

Its a God that fought against this world three thousand years ago. Maybe youve heard of it?

This world had Dragons. It had Gods as well.

But its said that virtually all of those gods fell three thousand years ago, the rest sealed away.

Sacred City worshiped those sealed Gods, but in this world where Dragons were absolute existences, the faith towards those Gods was incredibly small.

Even so, those Gods still existed. And now, one stood right before her.

And now Im out of trump cards. Its your win if you still have something, though.

This katana here was my only trump card. Ill stop it with this.

Still holding her katana, Ria looked up at the God.

Something like that seriously got left out I mean really, hows he even controlling it?

No one was next to Ohma to hear her mutters.

But in the next instant, something appeared.

It must have been a God that was sealed in the demons area. Its probably being controlled by that magic stone there.

She had silvery hair and Dragon Eyes.

Wind Dragon Terrew. An entity that existed anywhere and everywhere within this worlds atmosphere.

Not surprised at her sudden appearance, Ohma felt admiration.

Wooow, the human race is awesome. They can even subjugate Gods?

Thats because hes the Demon King.

Terrew-sama, Ohma-sama.

When they looked over to who called them, it was Carla with an unusually desperate expression on her face.

Could you two please stop this fight with your power?

Unlike the disinterested Ohma, Terrew gazed straight toward Carla.

I saw it back that but you truly do seem to draw from my bloodline as well as the bloodline of the fallen gods? What an interesting lineage

Not granting Carlas wish, Terrew put her hand up to her chin.

Carla grew fretful seeing Terrew mutter to herself, but the first one to respond was Ohma.

Dont worry about it~. Its not over at aaaall~!

But what Carla was seeing happen was Rias figure be tossed this way and that through the Gods power.

He had decided to be an observer. However, she couldnt bear to lose Ria.

Even if Ria didnt want her to, even if it was just her ego, Carla believed that she had to stop this fight.

Just wait and see, the real things about to kick off. Kishishi.

Ohma laughed.

The Gods power was overwhelming.

Even when she scratched it with Gallachs blade, it repaired itself immediately.

Could not even this fang of darkness beat this mass of light?

Its gigantic arm and the wind pressure it brought about striking Rias body, her body, something that she had definitely reinforced, was being ripped apart.

That arm soon enough struck Ria down, embedding her into the ground.

Ah

Her limbs were smashed. Her internal organs ruptured.

Her skull had cracked.

Was this it?

This God, it was probably weaker than Valis. Even so, it was far stronger than Ria. Even those at the top still had to gaze up to others.

Did she not have any ways to beat this thing?

Even if she held Gallach in her hand, if Ria herself ran out of strength, it wouldnt be able to demonstrate its might.

Was this not enough?

To start with, this wasnt a match where she thought about winning or losing. This was just her selfishly wanting to draw a line within herself.

She couldnt win against something like this. She went this far, so her friends and family on Earth should be able to forgive her.

Had her obligations not already been fulfilled? It should be fine if she closed her eyes and slept.

However, there was something that pleaded her.

Gallach.

The sacred treasure born from Dark Dragon Valis fang.

It was pleading, pleading to not stop there.

If you think I still have power, please, tell me where it is.

Blood.

The blood flowing within your body. What constitute your body and soul.

Your Dragons Bloodline.

Gallach and Ria formed a resonance. Her tattered body reconstructed itself.

A new strength was born.

The God that had pummeled her into the ground lifted its fist.

Black scales. Elongated neck. Extended wings.

Fangs. Claws. A tail. Dragon Eyes.

What had emerged from beneath that fist was a Darkness Dragon.