Chapter 113: Chapter 24: Training (5)
Day 8
"MEN!! WE DIE FOR THE KINGDOM!!!"
A robust man wearing a black armor that covered his entire body shouted with vigour as he faced the thousands of knights, holding their swords with pride and dignity.
"KILL EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!!"
"WOOOOO!!!!!"
The thousands of knights shouted in unison as the giant gate that encased their city opened, revealing thousands of knights and cavalry charging towards their lands.
"SHOW THEM THE MIGHT OF OUR MOTHERLAND!!"
"CHARGE!!!!"
The thousands of soldier shouted before charging at the cavalry head on without any strategy nor plan, causing Lucias who was watching from above to sigh in disappointment.
"Rias... This is the 26th time that your army was wiped out"
Lucias muttered as he descended down into a crouching red haired maiden who was gritting her teeth in frustration.
"I know but... this is too hard, they clearly outclass us both in numbers and weaponry. What do you expect me to do?"
Rias glared at Lucias who casually landed beside him with a large frown on his face.
"A King must be wise and strategic, if not he will be devoured by the kingdoms surrounding his own and his own subjects. I already gave you an advantage where your ministers and citizens are extremely loyal to you but... you still failed to deliver their expectations and trust"
Lucias said as he walked towards the balcony, watching thousands of loyal soldiers die in the battlefield out of nothing, causing Lucias to click his tongue in disdain from her incompetence.
"I already told you, use everything that you have and know to your advantage. This mountainous terrain is your homeland, why can't you use your soldiers who lived in this land for decades to take advantage of it? Rias, a king must think of every possible outcome thoroughly before making a decision because the lives of the people is in his hands. You, on the otherhand just use your pride to lead them, what do you expect? A miracle to happen?"
Lucias coldly cut her off with a look of disdain as the opposing army invaded their kingdom, slaying all of the citizens without mercy while the nobles tried to avert their attention from the castle to try and create time for the king to flee.
"Rias, in a war, information is extremely vital. You can't just fight them without knowing anything about your enemy. That's the same as facing them with a blindfold on your head. Use EVERYTHING to your advantage, even your own enemies, use them against each other for your benefit"
Lucias advised for the 5th time as he gazed at Rias who was kneeling on the ground while holding her head.
"...*sigh*... If you're like this... I'm worried what will happen to your clan if YOU take over it as the rightful heir of the Gremory Clan. Do you want to see them die because of your rash decisions and strategies?"
"..."
Rias remained silent as her hair covered her eyes causing Lucias to close his eyes before the ministers of her castle came in barging at the door with a frantic expression on their faces.
"Rias-sama you must quic-"
The prime minister tried to advise but was cut off them a large spear pierced his heart, causing him to spat out blood before falling on the cold floor along with the others.
"Look at them Rias... Imagine that they are your family... Do you want them to die from your rash decisions? Are you just going to stand there and use your pride to fight against your enemies? Tell me Rias... Is this what you wanted?"
Lucias said before slashing his hand at the invading soldiers, decapitating them in an instant as their blood smeared on his white gloves.
"No..."
Rias muttered with a pained voice as she watched Lucias instantly kill the invading enemies.
"You have one last chance, Rias. This is the final day that I'll let you use this room because tomorrow... I'll train your coordinations and teamwork so that you can have a slight advantage against Riser"
Lucias said as he snapped his fingers causing the scenery around them began to distort.
"That's why... try your best Gremory, because this will be the last chance that I will give you. Don't disappoint me"
Lucias said as the time reversed back to the start before turning his head to look at Rias who was on the ground.
"... Let's do this"
-with Artoria-
"..."
Artoria while holding her wooden sword stood in the middle of a large field as the wind blew pass her long golden hair, observing her surroundings with minimal effort as she waited for the two devils to attack.
"Koneko now!!"
Kiba shouted as he charged at Artoria while holding a demonic sword in his hand at incredible speed before slashing his blade at her abdomen.
"..."
Artoria who felt his attack immediately parried his sword but unlike before, her attacks only produces small cracks on the demonic sword causing her to smile in satisfaction as Kiba immediately changed the trajectory of his attack towards her right arm.
"You've improved quite a lot, devil"
Artoria praised as she parried each and every single of of his attack with ease causing Kiba's sword to shatter into pieces before quickly creating another with his sword birth with greater durability than the last one as he quickly continued his attack.
Slowly his attacks became faster by every slash, a technique he created himself to compensate his lack of strength and take advantage of his ability. A technique that relies on his proceeding attacks.
"Koneko!!"
Kiba shouted causing Artoria to shake her head in disapproval before dodging the small fist aimed at the back of her head.
"Never scream your allies name when they prepare a surprise attack on your enemy. That's basically telling them where they are you idiot!"
Artoria shouted before swinging her wooden sword around her causing the two devils to jump back to dodge her attacks.
"What did I tell you before? Never explain or give your enemies any information about your self or your ally. This isn't a game or a show, telling them information about yourself is the same as telling them to take advantage of that to kill you!"
Artoria shouted, remembering the teachings of Lucias to her before to fix her incredible sense of chivalry from killing herself and her allies.
"Tch..."
Kiba clicked his tongue before disappearing from his spot and appearing behind Artoria, creating a massive sword weighing several tons above her head causing Artoria to catch the blade of the sword directly and crush it into pieces with her bare hands as Kiba suddenly crouched down, creating another light weight sword in his hand to quickly injure her body.
Kiba smiled but froze when Artoria swiftly moved her wooden sword down, shattering the light weight sword into pieces in great speed before kicking Kiba away from her location. All in a matter of a few seconds.
Koneko who just arrived above her, threw a hook at her head, causing Artoria to catch her fist directly.
"You've improved your speed but... it's still far too slow"
Artoria said as Koneko suddenly kicked her body to pull her fist away from her grip before performing several back flips to create some distance between the two of them.
"... You have the least amount of improvement from the two of you... just because you reject the power bestowed on your body"
Artoria slashed her wooden sword downwards, creating a massive cut on the ground as she stared at Koneko who was glaring at her direction.
"... I wanted for you to manifest that power during our spar but... I guess that isn't possible now when it's the last day of our training"
Artoria stated in a loud voice before catching the demonic blade aimed at her neck with her fingers, shattering it into pieces and giving Kiba an straight punch at his gut.
"Ug-"
Kiba growled in pain before crashing into the walls of the room with great momentum.
"Let's us continue, Koneko Toujo"
-with Lilia-
"[CHAIN LIGHTNING]!!"
Akeno screamed, creating a massive magic circle in her arms as blue lightning came out of the magic circle, electrocuting all of the dummies inside the room in quick succession.
"Very good"
Lilia who was watching by the side applaused with a satisfied expression on her face.
"You have made great progress in this few days but... you're still weak so don't let your pride get over you head like that red haired devil from before"
Lilia reminded causing Akeno to nod her head with a wry smile on her face, fully knowing that most of Lucias so called teammates hate her for unknown reasons.
"Thank you very much for your lessons, Lilia-sensei"
Akeno respectfully bowed her head, causing Lilia to smile as she pulled out a majestic staff out of her dimensional space, placing in in Akeno's hand with a light smile on her childlike face.
"This is?"
Akeno asked as she observed the staff in her hands with a confused expression on her face.
"This is... a gift that Lucias wanted to give you once you've finished your training"
Lilia answered while scratching her head as she still couldn't reveal Shuri's identity when Akeno still hasn't forgiven and accepted his father, a challenge given by Lucias himself before deciding to reveal her mother's existence to the father and daughter duo.
"Ara... Lucias-san, is it?"
Akeno said in a grateful tone as she caressed the staff with a wide smile on her face, causing Lilia to twitch her eyes from remembering such reactions from Lucias' harem members when they received a gift from him.
'... Another nuisance'
-with Sandra-
"[Dragon Slice]!!"
Issei shouted before blasting a powerful wave of green mana towards the mountain inside the simulation room, cleanly slicing the entire mountain in half as soon as the wave passed through the mountain.
"How was that!?"
Issei shouted with a confident smile on his face before turning his head at the succubus who was happily watching him from behind.
"Great Job... With this you have now the basic understanding on controlling your mana, congratulations Issei-san"
Sandra complimented remembering their hardship on trying to create 3 spells for him to use using his Longinus. 3 basic spells that involves the fundamentals of mana control amplified several times by his Longinus, the boosted gear, except for one skill that he learned by accident from overboosting his status.
[Dragon Slice (lvl 10/100) - releases a massive wave of concentrated mana, dealing 1000(+100 per level) (+100% per Intelligence point) of True Damage towards a wide area of attack](Consumption: 1000 Mp/Use)
[Dragon Shot (lvl 27/100) - fires a massive beam of concentrated mana towards a wide area of attack, dealing 27,000(+1000 per level) (+100% per intelligence point) of magic damage] (Consumption: 1000 Mp/Use)
[Mana Burst (lvl 2/100)]
"Yes!!!"
Issei shouted with excitement before grabbing both of Sandra's hands with a wide smile on her face.
"S-Sandra-san!!"
Issei loudly called out with a resolute expression on his face as he stared directly at her eyes.
"C-can we still contact each other after this!?"
Issei asked causing Sandra to gently smile at his appearance before handing him a piece of paper from her cleavage.
"T-Thank you, Sandra-san!!"
Issei joyfully grabbed the paper in his hand with pure excitement written on his face as he skipped from the extreme happiness that he felt.
"Ara Ara how cute~"
Sandra smiled while holding her cheek with her right hand as she watched her childish actions.
"Hmm... I guess his perverted nature is the only downside of his personality. I wonder what should I do?"
She muttered before teleporting out of the simulation room with a gentle smile on her face.
"I'll give you a chance, Issei-san... but I hope you can drop those disgusting habits of yours since it's hard to find someone that wouldn't die when they have sex with a succubus"
Sandra said before disappearing out of the room to prepare herself for the upcoming confession that she will receive from Issei.
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
MissRias
MissRias Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!
Creation is hard, cheer me up!
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