Coming of the Enemy

"Why are you telling me this?"

To be honest, Sona doubted the veracity of the story and was confused as to why the other party was telling his biggest secret to herself, who was a complete stranger.

"Why, huh? I even kept my Reincarnator identity a secret from my family…"

Akira pondered for a moment, he himself didn't know why he told Sona his biggest secret. Perhaps, the biggest reason to lighten his load. Precisely because the two of them did not know each other, he could speak more freely.

If he revealed the fact that he was reincarnated to his family, Akira was worried that their attitude towards him would change. Akira vividly remembered the manhwa called [The Beginning After the End], when the protagonist told it that he was reincarnated, his parents' reactions changed from affection to disgust and hatred.

Akira didn't want to experience the same thing, so he kept the fact that he was a Reincarnator a secret from his family. As for telling Sona? It didn't matter, as long as his identity was never revealed.

"Hmmm... I know, it doesn't matter if you know my secret or not. In the end, you don't know who I am."

"That is not certain, nothing is absolute in this world. Maybe in the future I can find you."

Sona denied Akira's statement while pushing the glasses on the bridge of her nose and showing a confident expression.

"Oh, if you really manage to find out who I am, I will grant you one wish." Akira said casually, he was sure Sona would never know who he was.

If it weren't for special cases like this, Akira would not have come into contact with the DxD World's people. So, the chance of Sona knowing his identity is almost zero.

"For example?" Sona asked.

"Isn't your dream to open a Rating Game school that is open to all regardless of their status? Those old-fashioned nobles must really challenge this and try to get in your way, then I will remove the obstacles for you."

Akira makes a bold statement against the ancient nobles.

"How did you know that?"

Sona's brow wrinkled slightly, only a few people knew her dream.

Putting a finger to his lips, Akira said with a smile: "Secret!"

"Forget it, I will fulfill my dream with my own hands. I don't need the help of suspicious people like you." Sona says firmly.

"You are so confident... Um, do your best."

"I will do without your needing to say it."

This chat makes Sona sure the other party is not a bad person, but not a good person either. Even though the two of them were only a few meters apart, she couldn't see his face under the hood, Sona suspected that some camouflage magic prevented her from seeing the other party's face.

"By the way, Sirzechs or Serafall aren't coming?" Akira said suddenly.

"What are you talking about?" Sona said this without changing her expression.

Glancing at her calm expression, Akira said lightly:

"Don't play dumb, Rias must be trying to contact her big brother and your big sister. Don't you think it's strange that after we talked for so long, no one came?"

"You sealed the communication network and space."

As an intelligent individual, Sona guessed the reason for Sirzechs and Serafall's absence.

"Bingo!"

"It turns out that you are a careful person."

"Even though I'm not afraid of fighting the Maou, I don't want my fight to become more difficult. You better go strengthen the barrier, I'm afraid it won't last long."

Akira saw a barrier starting to form surrounding Kuoh Academy. He remembered that Vali in Balance Breaker mode could destroy the barrier and catch Kokabiel.

"I hope you don't cause too much damage." Sona reminds.

"Tell that to the people who come later." Akira shrugged.

Then Sona left the rooftop. Through that brief conversation, she had obtained a lot of information. Such as characters, objectives, secrets, etc.

Not long after Sona left, Skadi manifested her material body.

"Is it okay to tell that girl your secret?"

"Yeah, it doesn't matter that she knows. After all, it's useless for her to know if she can't determine who I really am."

"You are too confident, Mastet. As that girl said, There are no absolutes, it is possible that she will find out your identity."

"You worry too much, Skadi. Even if she did find me, so what? Will Maou catch me and imprison me? As if they could."

In his opinion, the strength level at DxD High School was lower than that at Little Garden.

"If Master is so certain, there is nothing I can say. By the way, why did Master choose this place to be the battlefield? Why wasn't the island uninhabited before?" Skadi asked curiously.

"I don't want to destroy nature."

"Hah?"

Akira's answer was so unexpected, Skadi was stunned to hear that.

Seeing Skadi's reaction, Akira explained why.

"Until now, Hashima Island has become a topic of world conversation because of the discovery of ice that cannot melt and many researchers coming from other countries who come to research the ice."

"Master can't blame me, you left too soon before I destroyed the ice on the island."

After hearing this, Skadi felt a bit embarrassed. She didn't have the habit of erasing traces of her battles.

"I don't blame you, Skadi. On the other hand, I like that the ice that the Primordial Rune creates is so strong, it's hard to melt even with magic."

Akira once visited Hashima Island secretly, he knew that there were some people with supernatural abilities coming to melt the ice. For example, the Himejima Clan, the Doumon Clan, churches, etc.

As a result, to melt a single centimeter of ice, they were consuming their magical energy.

"Hmm, of course. Odin sacrificed an eye to obtain the 18 Primordial Runes. How can a modern wizard melt my ice?" Skadi said so proudly.

"I am grateful for summoning the Caster class, especially summoning you, Skadi." Akira said honestly.

Skadi is proficient in many Magecraft from the Age of Gods, which helps Akira greatly. For example, seal communications and space so Sirzechs and Serafall don't know about the current situation. It was all done by Skadi using Primordial Runes.

"It's good that you know that."

Skadi looked away to hide the blush on her face. After living together under the same roof for quite a while, she has developed good feelings for Akira.

"The main reason I chose Kuoh Academy as the battlefield is because no matter how much damage I cause, they will restore it." Akira said with a smile.

"If these Devils find out you're treating them as construction workers, I don't know what they'll say."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Her embarrassment disappeared and was replaced by a serious expression after feeling the spatial fluctuation.

"Master, they are coming."

"Finally, I got tired of waiting. Let's see who comes."

Akira followed Skadi's gaze and prayed that there was no Saitama among his enemies.

On the roof, not far from where Akira and Skadi were standing. Space distorted, then several figures emerged from the void.

There were five people in total, and Akira recognized all the identities of the other four people.

Standing in the center, Su Xiaoxiao folded his arms across his chest and his expression was smug, as if no one was worthy of his eyes.

"Luo Cuilian, Shirohige, Esdeath, and... Goko Ruri?"

Looking at the short, black-haired girl in gothic clothing and holding a black umbrella, Akira was speechless.

"Gurararara... I have come to avenge Marquis Voban's death."

Shirohige looked young and in his prime.

"Hmph! That old thing disgraced the Godslayer's name, he deserves to die." Luo Cuilian said coldly and called Marquis Voban an old thing.

"Proute before the fallen-angel in front of you!"

Goko Ruri struck the Chuunibyou pose, and behind her back appeared twelve jet-black wings.

"Don't expect you to die easily after killing one of our members."

Recalling Marquis Voban's death, Su Xiaoxiao felt ashamed and furious. When he returned to his world, he wanted to return to this world with a line of stronger people. Unfortunately, there was a certain power that prevented the Super Dimensional Guild from intervening in this world for one month.

Su Xiaoxiao could only patiently wait for this day to come to wash away his embarrassment.

On the other hand.

Sona and Rias were next to each other, the two of them being the main core in charge of maintaining the barrier.

"Where did these people appear from? And that fallen angel has twelve wings!"

Rias was shocked to see a group of people appear in front of Ars Nova.

"That girl has twelve wings?!"

Sona had some information from the previous conversation and wasn't too surprised to see the appearance of those people.

"Rias, strengthen the resistance of the barrier. I'm afraid it will be a tough fight."

"I know."

Rias orders Akeno and Koneko to mobilize more magic energy. Sona also did the same, besides that she had prepared a tape recorder to record the upcoming battle.