End Of The Match

(A/N: Like you already know, this is an OC DxD universe. sligthly different magic system, different progression, different scaling, more powerful antagonist. With this, come change to not only some ability, but spells too. I will not hide the fact that I simply find the lack of some ability in certain bloodline and how characters use their innate magic or sacred gears very dumb and bland. *Cough* Annhilation maker *cough* there's even a fuckin fanfic about it, go read it. Also, *cough* sword creation *cough*. No, the possesor of the former will not be buffed to all hell, because he's dumb. Anyway, end of the rant. Enjoy the chapter.

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A magical shield could be seen being risen by Ravel just before the impact, but it proved no uses as it simply melted upon meeting the attack. The two girls didn't even have the time to scream in pain as they were immediatly expulsed from the battleground so fast they were vaporized by the lightning strike.

The world shook for a bit, a meters wide fuming crater the only thing remaining of the place the bolt struck.

"Quick, finish them! We haven't got much time!" Rias cried out as she accurately shot little bullets of PoD at the remaining ranged user. Finishing her off.

Shaken and disorganized, the rest of Riser's peerage were made quick work off with the additional help of Akeno who harassed the remaining melee users with earth and winds trick. Seemingly conserving magical energy.

So, it was in a matter of seconds and the use of good coordination that their opponent were picked off one by one. Any tricks they could have negated by the pressure put on them.

The last one of them fell just fell that everyone felt the temperature rising by a few degrees, a booming voice resounding as Riser appeared on the air quite a bit away from them. Two enormous wings of fire adorning his back as he faced them and looked down on them all. "I let you time to prepare and that's how you repay me? With striking from dark like coward? I thought better of you Rias."

Shaking his head in dissaproval, Riser's face remained proper and his tone even. As if his entire peerage hadn't just been eliminated.

"How many time will I have to tell you Riser... I will never marry you." Rias spat venemously, surveying from the corner of her eyes the position of each members of her team.

"Oh, but you will. I just hope the humiliation I let you brought upon me today will quench your anger and your frustration and let you make your piece more easily with our marriage. Though a rebelious wife does sound interesting to tame." Riser smiled.

His smile suddenly vanishing as if it never even was there in the first place, his face took a dark turn. "Now, it's time for this farce to e-"

"NOW!" Rias roared as she launched a huge beam of PoD at Riser. But it wasn't all, as Akeno, Issei and Kiba also lauched their own attack at the right side of his body, where his heart was located.

So, two sizzling beams of different shade of red, an arching and buzzing lightning strike and a gleaming sword all found themselves slicing through the air at the speed of sound and higher toward the same target.

Riser, while taken by surprise, still easily dodged all the attacks by flashing a dozen meters to the right.

Smirking derisively, he mocked. "Wow, what a good plan, Rias. Very well timed. Is that all?"

"No."

Riser found his limbs being restricted, gazing to his back with some difficulties. His eyes went wide. "How."

"I'm very sneaky." Koneko replied, currently locking Riser's arms and legs in a lpck with her own, her pupils were slitted and she had white ears of fur on her head.

Riser found himself unable to immediatly wrench himself from her iron grasp as Akeno suddenly flew before them and with her physical stat as a queen high- kicked Riser to the ground. Koneko still on his back to make his flight unstable.

Both of them crashed unto the ground, unhurt by the impact. Riser achieved to throw the Koneko off him as he light his entire form on fire.

Back on his feet in a blink, Riser tried to take to the sky again but found himself unable to as shackel of electricity bound his limbs and his wings.

Seeing that fire had no impact on the lightning, he only had time to break one those on his arms with his strentgh before he was back on the ground from an hard blow to the head.

Stunned for a split second, Riser had no time to get back his composure as the world suddenly got dark and something very heavy landed on his stomach and cut off his breath.

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Seing Riser kept in a stunned state by Koneko and shackled by Akeno's chain. Rias — who was high the sky above Riser with the rest of the crew preparing their big move — gave the get go.

"Give it your all."

Kiba nodded solemnly and lifted his hand.

"Blade creation... Damocles Sword."

A mundane, black sword materializing in his hand. Kiba did nothing else but let it drop from the sky on Riser. Slumping in exhaustion afterward.

The sword fell in a straight line, picking momentum until it was nothing but a blur. At the end of its short flight, it embeded itself in Riser's torso and melted into his wound. Riser's body began to constantly rot and regenerate in an endless loop as a result of the sword effect.

Immediatly after came Rias turn. Placing her hands above her, she sweated in efforts and formed a swirling sphere of PoD.

Throwing it down with all her power, she screamed. "Scarlet tomb!"

The attack impacted Riser barely a second after being thrown, but instead of exploding or expanding in area like such a spell would normally do. It condensed upon meeting its target, taking the form of Riser's body. Rapidly burning it to nothingness.

If because of Kiba, Riser was already a campfire so much his body was trying to burn away his injuries. Now he was akin to a fiery inferno. But despite the damage he was taking and the one he already had healed, he still wouldn't die.

Riser's had finally broken free from his chains after the last attack , but he couldn't see anything with the illusion spell Akeno's had cast on him earlier. And with Koneko still tossing him around, he couldn't do anything but try to fried her with wild jets of fire.

Despite everything going to plan, Rias couldn't keep herself from frowning as she tiredly swept off her sweat. Something told her that something was off.

In the end, she didn't say anything as both Akeno and Issei prepared their own sure kill technique.

"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!" Issei body shook from the strain of accumulating so much enhancements.

Akeno, as for her simply fuelled the rest of her mana in her spell.

Having finished their preparation, they both waited for Koneko to do her thing and smash Riser into the earth another time to unleash their attack.

"Full Powered Dragon Nova!"

"Anima Discharge!"

A hundred ligntning bolts and a monstrous beam of energy entertwined together in the air only to meet each other at the point of impact.

Half of the dimension was razed as the deflagration of the attack deafened everyone and almost push them back from where they were in the sky.

"Did we do it?" Issei panted.

Koneko silently joined them, back into her non powered up state. Staying in that form for that long taking quite the toll on her.

As the aftermath of the attack settled down, Rias' heart dropped to her stomach.

Grayfia voice didn't sound out, meaning that the match wasn't over. And that Riser was still in the game.

But Rias didn't understand, nothing was left of the area beneath them.

Nothing but ashes.

*EEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAH*

A pheonix cry resounded, a pillar of flame reaching to the sky.

Having to dodge, the group formed a circle around the pillar. Their expression becoming grim as it faded away, revealing a completely healed up Riser.

Riser seemed perfectly relaxed, not looking the slightest bothered from just having been vaporised.

A wicked grin slowly rose on his face at seeing Rias and the others so exhausted.

"Ah, such a shame, my dear Rias. You were sooo close to achieving victory. At that, really." He drawled, drawing his tumb and index an inch from each other.

Seeing everyone stay silent and Rias clench her fists, his smile became even more vicious.

"I wonder, Rias... How does it feel to throw your everything at something, and still failing at the very end?"

Opening his arms, he followed. "Do you feel it now, the insurmontable gulf between our strength. This is the difference between rank, and this is why you should be mine."

"Stop your bullshit! If it weren't for us not knowing about your ability to come back to life. We would have won! We would've beaten your ass easily!" Issei was the only one to speak back in defiance, grtting his teeth with anger. He knew the chance of them winning was low from the start, but with how well they had done, with how close they had been. He felt angry, robbed, powerless.

Riser turned his eyes to Issei and gazed him down in an aloof manner, shaking his head pitifully at his words. "Ah, back at it again with your delusional mouth, little slave?

"In my generosity, I wanted to spare you of the truth and spare the little pride you had left. But now that you slander my name of weakness, I will have to spell it to you."

His face becoming cold, Riser vanished and reappeared before Koneko. "I could've eliminated her the very instant she touched me."

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~Monitoring room

Seeing Riser appear before Koneko, Julian's expression became serious, a dark undertone rising in his eyes.

"You were the one that let yourself be beaten up by her you fuckin masochist, so you better not take revenge." He whispered to himself, saying it as a sort of prayer for Riser.

"Did you say something?"

"Nah, should have been the wind."

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~Back to the match

Giving weight to his words, Riser raised his finger and barely letting Koneko register what he said, unleashed a burst of white flame that completely vaporised her. Making the ambiant temperature rises by a few dozen degree in the process.

Hearing the name of the white haired girl sounding loudly through the air. Everyone startled as Koneko was eliminated in the blink of an eye.

"I won't let you!"

"BOOST!"

"Argh!" Issei screamed in pain and coughed out blood as he boosted himself one too much time.

Struggling to stay in the air, Issei unwilling but sluggish eyes met those of Rias before he fainted and fell from the sky. But not before mouthing a last 'sorry' to her.

"Issei!"

"He has a good will, I'll give him that. But he should know to give up before his better. Don't you agree, my dear Rias?" Riser was suddenly in front of Rias, smiling to her with a satisfied smile.

"Pawn Issei Hyoudou, from team Gremory, has been eliminated."

"Queen Akeno Himejima, from team Gremory, has been eliminated."

"Knight Yuuto Kiba, from team Gremory, has been eliminated."

Only coming to her sense at the sound of his voice, Rias realised that Akeno and Kiba had been disposed off by Riser. And that in the time of a mere second.

Not answering to him, Rias closed her eyes strongly and bit her lips hard enough to almost draw blood.

Her body shook one time, two time before she calmed down and opened her eyes them again.

Staring calmly into Riser dark blue eyes, her own blue-green eyes didn't flinch as she called out to the referee, and everyone watching the game.

"I surrender."