Fear, Regret, Loneliness
Nogi woke up in front of a disused wooden building. Seeing a few faded crucifixes painted on the wall, he guessed it was an abandoned small church.
He could hear a few rats scratching around on the floor.
This must be the building where Freed had imprisoned Asia. However, there was no sign of either of them. There seemed to be a trapdoor at the far side of the building, so perhaps Freed was hiding underground.
However, it would be futile to run in after him at the moment. Since Issei and the other Devils were nearby, it would be safer to seek them out for support. So his first task was to find Issei, who would probably recognize him.
He took a short path through a small garden towards the nearest street, where an occasional car passed by. He looked nervously for any sign of the priest's car, but didn't see it. At least he got here before the priest, and if he hurried then it might be possible to accost Freed before the priest could arrive to give support.
A red-haired girl walked past him, seemingly in a rush. Was she a Devil?
"Hey!" he shouted, "Are you looking for-"
"What is it?" she snapped, her glassy blue eyes glaring straight into his own.
In her glare, he was suddenly overcome with nerves, and wasn't sure how to reply. Obviously, if she was a normal girl, then talking about Devils and exorcists would come across as strange.
While he tried to find words to reply, his gaze was distracted by her large breasts. She reminded him of Akeno, and he wondered if they were related. He watched as she put her hand to her hip in frustration, and then he rose his eyes up slowly towards her eyes again, pausing to stare at her curved waist which had stiffened up in annoyance. Her skin seemed pale in the moonlight, and he had to stop himself from letting his eyes roam across her body. It was clear that he couldn't make eye contact, as he would have liked to have done, because if he tried to raise his eyes to hers then he would fail and get stuck looking at her breasts.
"S-sorry," he stammered, looking at her upper midriff, and quickly walked away in the other direction.
As he retreated, he suddenly realized that he could have just mentioned that there was a girl trapped in the building. It was an obvious response, and if she was a Devil then he could probably tell by her response. Even if she wasn't, she might at least find his concern sympathetic, and not judge him too harshly. By now, she probably despised him.
But it was too late now. Looking over this girl had made him almost completely forget about Asia, and this is why he hadn't considered the option.
Walking further across the street, he finally found something which seemed promising. A scrap of paper on the ground, drenched in tears, which had Issei's name in the top corner and writing scrawled across it. Picking it up, Nogi saw that it was a poem written by Issei, which he had seemingly torn out of a notebook and thrown onto the street. It had no title, but written above it was, 'Oh God, Akeno said that I could not be a harem king? My life is over!'
Issei's poem went like this:
**
Cleanse my invalid flesh from the earth,
O, Heavens, wash away my disgusting tears,
For they could not gain her sympathy, and
My love for her plagues me like a burning sore
Even after seeing her claimed by my foe. Alas,
Deny me my adulterous pleasure, and sanctify
The patch of Earth upon which I stand, my God,
Do not let one so unworthy of you, and her,
So unworthy, such a failure, such a freak, as I,
Do not let someone whose love is a discredit
To her fair skin, whose hopes are calamities
Yet to occur, do not let me wander listless
Upon this Earth that so innocently cries beneath
My feet that have made it suffer and bereave.
**
Clearly, Akeno's words had had a strong effect on him.
Since the paper was dropped here, Nogi guessed that it might be worth looking for Issei nearby. Continuing down the street, he saw occasional traces of blood which must have fallen from Issei due to the injuries from the fight with the priest and ensuing. defenestration. Following these, he finally found an empty building which Issei seemed to have walked into, probably to inspect it for any sign of Asia and Freed.
At the entrance, he found a clump of Issei's hair and shirt lying torn on the ground, next to what looked like a rusty hook. Seemingly this building had been booby-trapped, in case the Devils entered it? But it looks like Issei had at least forced his way through the door.
Searching inside, Nogi heard Issei's pained screaming from a room to the left. It seemed that Issei was screaming something about Akeno, but Nogi couldn't make out what. Cautiously finding his way in, he saw that Issei was hanging from the roof, from a hook piercing painfully through his upper back. A large, metallic spike passed right through his left shoulder from behind, holding him in place. While he was clearly in pain, he was keeping one foot perched carefully on top of a table, so that he wasn't suspended in the air where he would probably have died.
As Nogi burst in, Issei didn't turn his head to look, because of the concentration required to keep his foot in place. However, on hearing Nogi's expression of concern, Issei guessed that it was an ally and called out, "The lever! The lever!"
There was a lever in the corner of the room, beneath what looked like an open trapdoor. Seemingly, Issei had opened the trapdoor, and as it opened the lever had swung to trigger this trap. It was a fairly lax trap, but since Freed wasn't hiding in this building it's not that surprising that it was done hastily. It was just a speculative attempt to dissuade any Devils poking around the area.
Walking to the lever, Nogi almost tripped over a couple of items on the floor. When Issei was trapped, seemingly a bunch of items had fallen from his person, and Nogi bent down to look at them more closely. The wooden floor of this room was slippery, seemingly having been coated carefully with some olive oil. He couldn't risk tripping over some unexpected item, and falling into the trapdoor, where for all he knew there might be further booby-traps.
Looking across the floor, Nogi saw that he had nearly stepped on Issei's mobile phone. Picking it up, he saw a message from someone named 'Rias Gremory' on the screen, who had sent a kiss mark emoji. While Nogi would have wanted to scroll up and see the message history, he felt uncomfortable doing that with Issei looking on.
"Alright, I see the lever," Nogi said. "Seems like you dropped some items here, might be worth picking them up after."
Issei was having breathing difficulties, and found it difficult to respond, so Nogi continued towards the lever. He dodged around a few items of Issei's, including a brooch, a few condoms, and a small periscope which was branded, 'Neighbour Boob Viewer.'
Reaching the lever, he tried to pull, but found it difficult. He noticed that Issei's body had almost gone numb in the air, though still with one foot tenuously balancing on the table. Issei's face seemed filled with resignation, and Nogi heard him whisper something like, 'It's fair, it's fair.' Issei's knuckles relinquished a piece of paper which he was holding carefully, and it floated like a butterfly towards Nogi, who saw that it was another poem:
**
Ah, my love, Akeno —
dressed pale in perfect stillness and abused innocence.
O, witness this wretchedness that cannot speak,
this monstrous grave of your sympathy,
my heart!
And shall you ever forgive me
now that it is seen?
Your beauty taunts logic's capacity for scrutiny,
and I cannot question my deeds
— O, ravished beauty, whose black hair
whirls in disgust —
I cannot question my deeds,
although your shocked eyes bid me to.
My eyes have seen you try to push me away
in a hundred ways.
Blasphemous eyes! Why do you strand upon fair skin,
that bends so beauteously away from you,
and away from your hands, that ravished it.
A thing of beauty is lying bereaved,
and its stare haunts me forever.
**
Seemingly, Issei was still reeling from the thought of not becoming a harem king. It explained his numb, resigned posture as he hung in the trap. Nogi could hear Issei's will to live weakening, as his foot scraped slowly off the table. If it did, then Issei might not survive for long.
Realizing that Issei was on the verge of giving up, Nogi redoubled his effort. Using his sword wedged against the trapdoor as a lever of sorts, he finally managed to turn the lever and the hook dropped Issei on the ground. Nogi desperately held the lever down, waiting for Issei to climb off the hook and dislodge the metallic spike. As Issei crawled across the ground for safety, Nogi finally let go of the lever, and the hook lifted up once more, though nobody was in its tow this time.
Looking back tiredly, Nogi saw an unfamiliar female standing at the door, hand over her mouth as if surprised and worried by the scene. She had strange, blue-green hair, white skin which seemed strangely oily like the floor, and he found her eyes piercing. He realized that she had been watching him in hope, and wondered if she was impressed with him.
He didn't have to wonder for long, as she slowly calmed down, and her hands fell by her sides. With a renewed composure, she rushed up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oh my God," she said, "what happened? Thank you, that was so brave!"
He felt her breasts pressing heavily against his back.
"Um, this place was, um, booby-trapped, miss."
"I see. Well, I'm Xenovia. I was worried that I got here too late to save Issei, but fortunately there was a hero to save him."
"Alright. I'm, um, Nogi."
Issei slowly lifted to his feet. "Thank you, I'm surprised to see you again. Xenovia here is a part of the Church, but she fights on our side."
"No problem," Nogi said. "But we have to hurry. Asia is trapped in the abandoned church nearby, with Freed Sellzen. I can show you the way."
"Alright, I'll tell Rias," Issei said, as he picked up his cellphone.
"Oh my, you know where Freed is? Lead the way, man!" Xenovia said, swooning slightly. She seemed impressed, but Nogi noticed a slightly aggressive undertone to her voice, and he wasn't sure why.
"Yeah, of course," Nogi said. "Who's Rias?"
"Another Devil," Issei said. "She's red-haired, and has massive - um, popularity in our school."
Nogi's heart sunk on hearing this. If Rias told Xenovia what a perv he was... But he hid his bitterness.
"You guys go to school together?" Nogi said.
"Yeah, being Devils is, like, our extra-curricular activity," Issei joked.
Xenovia laughed, and walked out of the building's door. The other two followed her.
Nogi felt a slightly pang of unease on realizing that he had never seen Xenovia arrive here, or heard her enter the building. The wooden tiles near the door were loud, and creaked loudly as each of them left. In fact, it had been completely silent outside, because this part of the street seemed to not be very crowded. How had she found her way here unnoticed, just as soon as Issei was free?
But as they walked, she pressed up against his side and her hand fluttered near his right pocket. He soon forgot his doubts, and tried to focus on hiding his erection.
This didn't work. As he guided them towards the abandoned church, on a road which curved to the right, Xenovia stopped as she saw Rias running over from the other side of the street. As she paused, Nogi - who hadn't noticed Rias - kept turning to follow the road, and Xenovia's hand got caught on the front of his pants. Her fingers ran over his erection, and he saw her mouth open slightly in surprise. However, her hand flicked his penis softly as she moved it away, and he ejaculated awkwardly into his pants. To his surprise, she didn't seem to say anything about it, and just giggled slightly.
"Hey, guys," Rias said, "I just walked on the other side of the road because I wanted to make sure that I didn't run into some perv who -"
She paused, on seeing that Nogi was with them.
"Ahem," she continued. "Well, who's this? Is he a friend of yours?"
She sounded cross, but was mostly confused about why Nogi would be with her companions.
"He saved Issei from one of Freed's traps, it was really impressive," Xenovia said.
"Oh, did he?"
"Yeah, it's okay," Issei said reassuringly. "I've met him before, he's on our side. He's leading us to where Freed has imprisoned Asia, apparently there's an old church somewhere here."
"Yeah, that sounds like somewhere Freed would hide," Rias said. "But does this guy have to - nevermind, let's go. Who knows what Freed might be doing as we speak?"
She reluctantly joined the group, and they followed Nogi towards the church.
Xenovia now walked behind Nogi, with Rias beside her. Although Xenovia was still affectionate, and would occasionally lean her breasts forwards coquettishly until she saw Nogi blush, her and Rias seemed to be whispering between them and Nogi guessed that it was about him. He sensed Xenovia slowly becoming slightly more distant from him.
Well, so much for winning her over.
Eventually, they crossed the garden, and entered the abandoned church. A few rats scurried away from them.
"I tried calling some others, but they're way out on the other end of the street," Rias said.
"Yeah, no time for them to come," Issei said. "I was checking the building where we had fought Freed before, but he wasn't there. In fact, that was only a day or so ago, and there were no traps then... How did he get the time to set these traps, and in a building that he didn't even need to set traps in?"
"Well, he must have stopped off there, before coming here," Rias said.
"He couldn't have. When we heard that he had taken Asia, we began to swam across this area. He wouldn't have had the time to go trick-or-treating in every house without getting caught. And would he have carried Asia there?"
"Maybe he did it before capturing Asia?" Nogi offered.
"Nah, certainly not. We chased him out of here very quickly, he went into hiding downtown since he has criminal connections. But I guess one of you must be right, right?"
Issei seemed bemused, but let the matter rest.
As they cautiously approached the trapdoor, a few high-pitched sounds emerged from below the floorboards.
"That's Asia!" Rias exclaimed. "Ugh, what's happening down there?"
"Well, we'll have to find out, sadly," Issei said. "But first, check for any traps."
"Oh, Ise wants me to bend over so he can watch my ass again?" Rias said teasingly.
"No, not like -" Issei began, but then stopped as he watched Rias bend down onto the floor and carefully inspect the trapdoor.
"Alright, wait, there's a small contraption here that's triggered if we open this," she said.
She placed her hand softly through one hinge of the door, and a metallic contraption dissolved under her touch.
"Other than that, I guess we're fine. But I'll check again once it's open."
Issei helped her to drag the wooden trapdoor open, revealing a dark tunnel beneath. Rias crouched down low, leaning into the tunnel, and through her red skirt Issei and Nogi gawked at her anal cleft. She occasionally gave a cautionary look backwards, but it didn't really stop them.
"Ugh, you pervs..." Rias sighed. "Well, there's a net trap here, but it only triggers if we step on the floor of the tunnel. I've just got rid of the trigger, though, so we'll be fine."
As she started to rear her body up from the tunnel, suddenly the net from below spread out and rose quickly in her direction, catching her and pulling her towards the roof of the church. She screamed and swore loudly from inside the thick net.
"Ack! What the heck? It just rose up, no trigger or anything!" she screamed.
"Are you sure you got rid of the trigger?" Issei said.
"Of course she would, she's an expert," Xenovia chided, though her voice seemed slightly drowzier than usual.
"Yeah. Someone must have triggered it manually. But I've checked, there's no cameras here, there's no-one else around, how would Freed know that we're here? He's deep in the tunnels somewhere."
"True. Well, can you find a way out?"
"No... I don't know why. If it was just Freed enchanting it somehow, then I'd be able to get free easily. It's too strong. It must be that 'Priest Evol' - is that his real name? - that you mentioned. There's also something else, like Demonic power but - different. Gr, I don't know how to get out of it, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. You guys go ahead and get my revenge."
Issei nodded. "Understood."
Since Rias was trapped, he quietly tried to get a glimpse of her breasts between the strings of the tight, glowing net. But, as Xenovia tapped him on the shoulder, he snapped back to his senses and led the rest of the group into the tunnels.
Hearing Asia's voice, he guided the group on in the direction of Freed Sellzen.
The tunnels were a maze, and they occasionally went down dead ends, but it wasn't entirely labyrinthine.
The sound of Asia's voice became louder and louder.
Soon, they saw a chamber ahead of them where a large, vertical wooden slab was erected, and Asia was tied to it. There were thick nails going through her fingers.
Freed Sellzen was penetrating her, as she screamed out. Her legs were tied in the air beside her shoulders, and she was forced to lean onto Freed's penis for support.
"Doesn't it feel good?" Freed cried. "Doesn't it feel good to learn the truth about the church? You're a pious girl, you must like it, right? You must like it in your behind!"
Nogi found the use of the mild word 'behind' strange. He didn't realize that it was because Freed Sellzen was an Exorcist, driven by his fanatical faith in the Lord, and therefore didn't swear because it would be against the ways of the Lord.
Freed continued to copulate with Asia, fondling her breasts and pressing tightly against her skin. He played with the crucifix pendant between her breasts occasionally. Issei was shocked by such treatment, with Freed's thrusts pressing Asia higher and higher against the wooden slab while forcing her to balance on his penis. It was no way to treat a young girl.
Nogi, however, was even more perverted than Issei, and stood in place watching entranced.
As Freed saw them approaching, he drew out a remote with four buttons on it, and pressed one.
The ground beneath the group gave way to a pit trap. While Issei and Xenovia leapt far enough to avoid falling in, Nogi was too busy watching Freed's antics and fell straight into the pit. While it wasn't that deep, it would take a few minutes to get through.
"Ugh, one down," Issei said.
However, there was no time to wait for Nogi to return. Issei surged forcefully forwards towards Freed, with vehemence in his eyes.
He was interrupted by a loud vibration in his pocket, and a loud ringtone playing. Nogi recognized it, it was 'Sex on Fire' by Kings of Leon.
In actual fact, it wasn't the one by Kings of Leon. It was written by Kings of Leon, produced by Armin, and performed by Mikasa.
But whatever.
Issei had bought a phone that vibrated heavily, since it helped him to expel his pent-up sexual desire around Rias without having to go to the trouble of getting off in public. He had his friends and parents phone him at occasional intervals - which wasn't hard, since they were worried about him of late due to a few injuries and bruises he had picked up, as well as brief disappearances - and this made it easier to remain calm in Rias' presence and not do anything rash. But it threw him off as he ran, and he had to pause to pull it out and stop it.
However, as he pulled out his cellphone, what he saw made him freeze in his tracks. The priest had somehow got his phone number, and SMSed him a photo of Akeno's positive pregnancy test. Letting out a pathetic, high-pitched cry from his throat, he stood still and his eyes glazed over.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" he shouted.
He could dimly make out Freed Sellzen, who seemed in no rush, and calmly held up Asia's crucifix pendant towards the onrushing Xenovia.
Issei suddenly felt a strong punch to the side of his head, as Xenovia turned on him. After a couple more hits from her, he went down.
She looked down on him with empty eyes, and a hint of pride. "Curse you, Devil! Stay away from Asia!"
"I mean, that would be difficult, since he's a Jap," Freed Sellzen said confidently. "Truly a subhuman race. You know what's worse than a Jap? A Jap that's Issei. You know what's worse than Issei? A weeb. And what's worse than a weeb, you ask? Ha ha, Issei, of course!"
"But how can Issei both be worse than a weeb and less -"
"Do not ask such questions, it is the way of God. Have faith, and remember the words of the Apostle Paul, 'But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.'"
"Yes, master."
As Nogi tried to dig his way out from the pit, he started to realize what had happened. Xenovia was a member of the church, and Freed or the priest had somehow groomed her until they could put her into a hypnotic trance with religious symbolism, and have her follow their commands as long as she was in this state.
As he reached the edge of the pit, he saw that Xenovia had drawn out a cellphone, which contained a message from Freed. Perhaps she had messaged Freed before and indicated the group's position, allowing him to manually trigger the trap which caught Rias? But that still didn't fully explain how the trap was able to resist even a powerful Devil like Rias.
And Rias had mentioned that something like Demonic power was involved... What Devils more powerful than Rias could have been conspiring with an exorcist and the priest?
But right now, he tried to edge his way out of the pit. However, Xenovia briefly raised her skirt, showing a brief glimpse of her panties, and this was enough for Nogi to lose his grip and fall back to the bottom of the pit.
"Come with me, Xenovia," Freed said. "Let us leave these perverse unbelievers here. I'm sure they could have great fun together!"
"Homosexuality is a perversion against the Word of God!" Xenovia said stubbornly, refusing to move.
"Well, fine... We'll give them another girl to play with," Freed said. He had smiled throughout most of this ordeal.
"We must take Asia, and claim her for Father Evol."
"I know," Freed said. "Asia will absolutely go to our old friend Jorge Bergoglio, or, as he styles himself, Ioannis Kalogeras Evol, Father Evol. What a man, he sends some cheap impersonator to be Pontifex in his stead, and instead graces us with his presence! The Church has never been in surer hands. Don't you think so, Xenovia?"
"Yes, and I would desire to be in his hands as well," Xenovia said. "He shall guide me to righteousness."
"Precisely. Wait, the other one is currently getting out of the pit, please deal with him."
"Yes, master."
Xenovia walked over to Nogi, and sat on his face as he got up. He was shocked, and began to lose balance. She reached over and grabbed his hands, and he could tell that she was much stronger than he was. With a slight frown, as if she regretted what she was doing to him, she lifted his hands and let go of them lightly in the centre of the pit, dropping him back down there.
"NOOOOO!" he shouted as he hit the bottom of the pit again, channelling the great hero Luke Skywalker himself to make this noble proclamation.
"Now come, Xenovia," Freed said.
"But we cannot leave these two men here to fornicate," Xenovia insisted.
"Ah, yes. Well, I have a solution. An ingenious one! One that the pontifex himself said was inspired! He helped me to capture a young girl, a friend of yours, Xenovia. Do you remember her? She is named Irina. She will also be trapped here. Look out, here she comes!"
He opened a large door on the right side of his chamber, which seemed to lead into another Church. Light filtered in from the opening. From the pit, Nogi could catch a glimpse of what was happening. A thin, brunette girl was tied in ropes and looked to be drugged like Akeno, lying on the ground with ropes spreading wildly around her. The priest had placed a pristine white flower in her mouth, and it seemed that its smell was keeping her even more tired. She seemed to writhe slightly, but was generally too close to unconsciousness to resist.
"Haha! Well, I had to go through quite an ordeal to catch her," Freed said. He calmly lifted the back of his outfit, revealing a long vertical scar next to his spine. "But it was quite worth it, I must say. And I'm sure that these men will enjoy her being here, maybe if they work together they can get out, right?"
"I think that would be quite unlikely, master," Xenovia said. "The Pontifex himself shall seal the exits, and I doubt that they can overpower him. Plus, he says that he has help from spiritual powers, so I think it is more likely that they will be trapped down here for some time without hope of escape. During that time, since these two men are horny apes, it is likely that they will go crazy from their confinement here, and will take out their every disgusting desire on poor Irina. In fact, they might even begin engaging in homosexual intercourse. And so I am not sure if we should take this course of action."
"Well, if they had the choice and chose to sin, like Adam and Eve, then is that my responsibility? Who could stop these men from sinning? As the good book says, 'Am I my brother's keeper?'" Freed said, with a shrug.
Asia had seemingly gone unconscious. Watching her idol Issei come so close to saving her and then fail was too much for her.
"Wait, but should we listen to that? Isn't it Cain who -"
"How dare you question the very Word of God!" Freed said. "God handed down every word of the Bible to man, you have no right to question the Lord!"
"It is as you say, master," Xenovia said.
"Very good. Now, let us leave these men to a fate of which Dr. Strangelove would be proud." Freed grabbed Irina, who struggled lightly and seemed to swear beneath her muzzle.
From the dark cave, the light outside made Irina look almost blonde. However, once inside it, her hair became darker. She was wearing a tight, black outfit, which Nogi liked the look of.
Xenovia walked up slowly to Freed, who had bundled Asia up and was carrying her while using her crucifix to keep Xenovia under hypnosis.
"Father Evol is on his way," Freed said. "Still, we should wait until he arrives and seals the exits. In the meantime... well, why not fellate me, Xenovia?"
The sound of a car engine could be heard from outside the church which Irina was in.
"That would be vile fornication, master," Xenovia said. "We should not engage in such sin."
"Ah, but let's say that I, as a male, am not fully versed in the feminine virtues which the Virgin Mary embodies and which are essential to Christian belief. Surely, as a sterling young woman, you must, so to speak, educate my stubborn heart in these virtues by spreading your femininity over my dick - for instance, in the act of fellatio?"
"Master, fornication is not a valid way to catechise or instruct believers," Xenovia said, with a serious expression. "What is important is that you direct your affection towards God, not your sexual exploits."
Freed sighed. The hypnotized Xenovia was stubborn. How was Father Evol able to get her into so many positions? Well, he could always try to compromise here, so as not to lose face in front of Nogi and the barely-conscious Issei.
Issei was still weakened by the impact of the priest's SMS, and wasn't close to regaining movement for at least an hour.
"Well, where is the seat of the affections?" Freed tried.
"The penis, of course," Xenovia replied.
"So then perhaps you should stimulate my penis towards the great feminine virtues of the Virgin Mary?"
"That is true. Very wise, master."
She walked up to him, and stroked her hand across his penis, giving him a handjob. He cried out, "Oh God! Good God!" as she stroked, while she played her part by averting her gaze slightly to the side and taking on an innocuous, slightly youthful expression that almost turned her face pale. She giggled slightly as he ejaculated. She then let him go, satisfied that he had learned enough.
"Have you learned sufficiently, master?" she said obediently.
"I have begun to learn, because you are a good teacher," Freed said. "But we can continue the lesson outside. For now, let us leave this place."
He walked calmly out with Xenovia, who helped him to lift Asia out as well. Coming back for a moment, he kicked Irina into the tunnels, and reached down to press the flower further into her throat until she passed out. He then untied her carefully.
Behind them, Nogi could just about make out Father Evol. Once the Christians had left, Father Evol cast a spell with Holy energy, and a white wall of energy appeared blocking the exits to this tunnel system. Strangely, Nogi could make out a sacrificed goat lying by Father Evol's feet, which seemed to have enhanced his powers even further. Did Christians sacrifice goats? It was a strange sight.
But soon the doors had been closed, and Nogi, Irina, and Issei were sealed in the tunnels.
Nogi wasn't completely surprised. After all, the priest must have realized now that killing Nogi would only mean that he would return swiftly. And since the priest was seemingly abducting a host of powerful females, including in all likelihood Rias Gremory who could be retrieved from the trap, it would be highly impractical for Nogi to show up and disrupt proceedings. Besides, dealing with Nogi must get tiring. But if Nogi was locked down here, then he would no longer be a problem...
However, surely he would die here at some point, if trapped in a cave. So what was the priest's endgame? He didn't know.
He crawled out of the pit, exhausted by the effort of climbing it multiple times. He walked over to Irina's unmoving corpse. While he was too tired to have sex with her, even though it was an opportune situation, he jacked off over her unconscious body in a Shinji-esque fashion until he fainted.
Although unheard by the now-fainted Nogi, the laughter of Satan resounded through the tunnels.
But it wasn't all over for our protagonist. As this chapter shows, he has slowly grown into his role as a hero, channelling such greats as Luke Skywalker and Shinji (whatever his full name is, idc). Surely this shall put him in good stead for the future, as he obstinately continues to resist the wicked Church? Although he is trapped for now, his journey of heroism has just begun.