Wang Xiaoming couldn't help but laugh, watching Xenovia's slightly agitated state. Good, his little 'vaccination' was working.
"It seems you're not quite ready yet. Since you're not prepared, I'll stop here for now."
Wang Xiaoming finished speaking and got up to leave, making Xenovia so angry she almost grabbed her sword to chop him.
Just as Xenovia restrained her urge to kill and prepared to continue practicing, Wang Xiaoming's voice drifted from behind.
"Remember, this world is never beautiful."
I'm gonna chop you!
584. Go Witness the Truth of This World
In the end, Xenovia didn't chop him down because Wang Xiaoming had already run off. Although his voice lingered, he was gone, so even if Xenovia wanted to chop him, she couldn't.
Furious, Xenovia could only suppress her anger and vent her frustration from being inexplicably bombarded with riddles into her daily training, swinging her sword with all her might to release all her power.
This situation lasted for many days. Wang Xiaoming would find Xenovia every day, saying all sorts of nonsense in front of her, just being a riddle-spouting weirdo. Xenovia was annoyed to no end by Wang Xiaoming, but there was nothing she could do. Every time Xenovia wanted to chop him, Wang Xiaoming would run away. Once, Xenovia even prepared to attack Wang Xiaoming as soon as she saw him, but Wang Xiaoming dodged while rambling on and on, leaving Xenovia completely numb.
Finally, one day, Xenovia couldn't take it anymore and decided to leave the church to wander around. After arriving in Kuoh Town, she had been staying in the church because she was really not good at investigation. Therefore, Irina took over the investigation, and Irina was happy to do it, but whether she really investigated was another matter.
Wang Xiaoming would definitely not tell Xenovia that her companion was using the excuse of investigation to flirt with her childhood sweetheart.
Unable to contain her anger, Xenovia left the church for the first time, wandering aimlessly around Kuoh Town, going anywhere as long as it wasn't the church.
Because as long as she wasn't in the church, she wouldn't have to worry about Wang Xiaoming saying strange things in her ear again.
But what she didn't expect was that she was attacked not long after leaving the church, and the Destruction Sword was stolen!
Light spears descended directly from the sky, attacking her. It was an attack from a Fallen Angel. With her back to the light spears and angered by Wang Xiaoming, Xenovia didn't pay attention to her surroundings at all and was directly hit by the light spear, sending her flying. The Destruction Sword fell to the ground and was immediately snatched away by the Fallen Angel who descended from the sky. The entire process was witnessed by Wang Xiaoming through the Aerial Communication. After watching the whole thing, Wang Xiaoming shook his head helplessly.
In the original plot, Xenovia was ambushed by that madman Freed and had the Destruction Sword stolen. But now, although she didn't encounter Freed, she was attacked by a Fallen Angel's light spear. Is this really a Church Knight? Are you guys really okay with your combat abilities?
Wang Xiaoming was too lazy to complain. It's always the case that everyone is useless when they're not around the protagonist.
Complaints aside, Wang Xiaoming still set off immediately to rescue Xenovia.
When the Fallen Angel, holding a light spear, was about to finish Xenovia off, Wang Xiaoming walked directly out of a space crack, scaring the Fallen Angel away. Appearing through a space crack like that definitely meant he was a big shot. Her goal was only the Destruction Sword. If she could kill her, that would be great, but if not, it wouldn't be a big deal. Now that she had the sword, she didn't need to risk her life fighting an unknown big shot. Her own life was more important.
Wang Xiaoming ignored the Fallen Angel, watched her leave, then picked Xenovia up from the ground and walked into the space crack. The space returned to its original state, leaving only a large pit on the ground to prove that something had happened here.
Wang Xiaoming brought Xenovia back to the church, put her directly on a pew, and then called Asia.
"Asia, come here for a moment."
"Coming, Xiaoming-sama."
Asia, who was in the back of the church, heard Wang Xiaoming's voice and immediately rushed over from the back.
"Xiaoming-sama, is there something you need?"
Asia was full of respect for Wang Xiaoming, who had taken her in and vowed to create a righteous knight order.
"Help heal her. She was attacked by a Fallen Angel."
Wang Xiaoming pointed to Xenovia, who was unconscious on the pew, and requested.
"Ah? Knight Xenovia was attacked by a Fallen Angel?"
Asia was very surprised, but after the surprise, she immediately nodded.
"Yes, I understand. I'll heal her immediately."
Asia approached Xenovia and immediately activated the power of her Sacred Gear to begin healing Xenovia.
Accompanied by a warm light, Xenovia's superficial injuries began to recover quickly. Her injuries weren't very serious to begin with; she was mainly knocked unconscious by the impact of the explosion, and her skin was scratched by some of the exploding gravel, so she was quickly completely healed.
Wang Xiaoming could also heal. With his healing ninjutsu, he could also heal easily, but Wang Xiaoming was too lazy to slowly deal with these small wounds that were everywhere, so he directly asked Asia to come over, so that Asia could also know what Wang Xiaoming was going to do next.
Xenovia, who was being healed, slowly opened her eyes.
"Knight Xenovia, you're awake. How do you feel?"
Asia asked happily as soon as she opened her eyes.
"I... I was attacked?"
Although she was still a little confused, Xenovia recognized the fact that she had been attacked.
"That's right, you were attacked by a Fallen Angel. She attacked you from behind with a light spear. Fortunately, the other party's attack wasn't very accurate and only exploded on the ground at your feet, not causing you direct harm."
Wang Xiaoming explained from the side.
"But your Destruction Sword was taken away by the other party."
"What!"
Xenovia immediately screamed and sat up. That was the Sacred Gear the church gave her. She couldn't lose it!
However, she sat up and felt around, and found that it was really gone.
"My Sacred Gear!"
"Remember what I told you before? Your Sacred Gear was sent here by the church. You're just a delivery person."
Wang Xiaoming immediately added to his previous riddle-like statement.
"You...."
Xenovia wanted to chop him when she heard Wang Xiaoming start again, but she didn't even have her Sacred Gear in her hand. Was she supposed to summon the Sacred Gear Durandal from space to chop Wang Xiaoming?
"Irina's Mimic Sword should still be in the hands of the Fallen Angels. Next, what they're going to do is fuse all the Sacred Gears together to recreate the former Sword of Promised Victory."
"Do you know who did this?"
Xenovia stood up from the pew and asked Wang Xiaoming loudly.
"I know."
Wang Xiaoming smiled and nodded.
"Who is it!"
"The answer to that question, you'll know if you go to Kuoh Academy in town. There's the answer you want."
Still a riddle-man! Just won't tell you!
Xenovia glared at Wang Xiaoming fiercely, then immediately turned around and rushed out of the church. She was going to Kuoh Academy to find out what was going on.
Wang Xiaoming watched Xenovia leave, a grin spreading across his face. Under the surveillance of the stasis field, Kuoh Academy was now in the midst of a great battle, with fallen angel cadres attacking.
“Asia, prepare yourself. We might be going out.”
“Eh? Xiaoming-sama, are we going out too?”
“That's right!”
Wang Xiaoming nodded earnestly.
“We're going to witness the truth of this world!”
585. God is Dead
Wang Xiaoming's cryptic behavior didn't elicit the same aversion from Asia as it did from Xenovia, because Asia's personality was inherently gentle. She only showed a brief moment of doubt before immediately nodding to show she would listen to Wang Xiaoming without question.
Thus, Wang Xiaoming took Asia and Meili, and they set off from the church.
Kuoh Academy was quite lively at the moment.
The fallen angels were doing everything they could to gather all seven holy swords forged from fragments of the Sword of Promised Victory, hoping to recreate the original Sword of Light.
The Sword of Promised Victory had a huge influence in this world, and its power was unmatched. Otherwise, the Church wouldn't have used even the fragments to forge new swords. Even the holy swords forged from fragments possessed considerable power, so much so that not just anyone could wield them. This led the Church to create holy sword factors, injecting them into people to create holy sword knights capable of using the holy swords.
If the Sword of Light were to be recreated, the fighting power of the fallen angel side would be greatly enhanced, because light is inherently a strong counter to demons, and the Sword of Promised Victory was the holiest of holy swords, incredibly powerful.
Although the fallen angels had fallen, they were still angels, and they still used light-attribute power, which inherently countered demons. Add to that this incredibly powerful Sword of Light, and their strength would increase dramatically.
In that case, they could launch another war!
Yes, the fallen angels' goal was to restart the great war between the three factions!
In essence, the fallen angels weren't qualified to start a three-way war, because their strength was truly relatively weak, with only one twelve-winged angel and the rest being ten-winged.
But there were those who took themselves seriously. Kokabiel, this ten-winged fallen angel cadre who had survived the previous three-way war, felt that these peaceful days were too boring, so he wanted to initiate a war. After failing to snatch the holy sword from Michael, he could only think of ways to obtain holy swords from the Church.
And now, after spending a great deal of effort, Kokabiel had finally collected all seven holy swords.
And upon obtaining the holy swords, he immediately launched his plan!
Since Michael was staying in Heaven and wouldn't come down, in order to start a war, he would first drag the demon side into it!
Kuoh Town wasn't too big, but it wasn't too small either. Within Kuoh Academy, there was Rias Gremory, the heir to the Gremory family, and Sona Sitri, the heir to the Sitri family. These two heirs' identities weren't particularly important; what was most important was that these two heirs were the younger sisters of the demon kings Lucifer and Leviathan, respectively.
Currently, the younger sisters of the two great demon kings of the Underworld, especially since both of these demon kings were sis-cons, if their sisters were to die, then these two demon kings would definitely take action. At that time, a war between demons and fallen angels would definitely erupt.
And that was what Kokabiel craved: war!
And now, his goal was about to be achieved!
In the skies above Kuoh Academy, Kokabiel held the holy sword in his hand, looking at the Supernatural Research Club below, which had been reduced to ruins, with a triumphant smile on his face.
“Hahahaha! Do you see? This is the holy sword containing light, possessing absolute lethality against demons!”
As a fallen angel, he could inherently use light-attribute power, so Kokabiel had no problem holding the sword.
“Do you know how much time I've spent preparing for today? After spending so much time, I've finally obtained all the holy swords!”
Holding the holy sword in his hand, Kokabiel laughed wildly.
“Having obtained the holy sword, I will become even more powerful, and you will become the first batch of sacrifices to this Sword of Light!”
The original Supernatural Research Club had already been reduced to ruins, and on the ruins were the disheveled Rias and the others. Also disheveled were Sona Sitri and her peerage, who were also active within Kuoh Academy.
Not long ago, they had suffered an attack from the fallen angels. Although Sona Sitri and Rias were now high-class demons, there was still a bit of a gap compared to Kokabiel's power. Before reaching the ultimate class, the light attribute's restraining effect on them was still too obvious.
Therefore, facing Kokabiel, who was holding a holy sword, they could only watch him hover in the sky, looking down at the demon boys and girls with a smug look on his face.
“You dare attack us? Aren't you afraid of causing a war!”
As the future head of the Gremory family and the manager of Kuoh Town, Rias directly brought out the ultimate righteousness to suppress Kokabiel, trying to make him retreat.
“I am the future head of the Gremory family, and there is also the head of the Sitri family here. As a fallen angel cadre, if you kill us, aren't you afraid of being sanctioned for inciting war!”
“Our lives aren't worth as much as yours.”
However, these words not only failed to make Kokabiel retreat, but instead made Kokabiel laugh excitedly.
“Hahahaha! The future head of the Gremory family, the future head of the Sitri family, so what!”
Hearing Rias's words, Kokabiel only felt extremely happy. Consequences? That was the consequence he wanted.
“You're right, as long as I kill you and that Sitri woman, then the demons and fallen angels will definitely start a war. At that time, I just need to drag the Church in as well, and the angels won't be able to ignore it. At that time!”
Kokabiel opened his arms as if embracing the sky.
“At that time, the magnificent scene of the three-way war will reappear.”
“You're crazy!”
Xenovia, who had come to find Issei Hyodo, also was in the crowd, her imitation holy sword having been stolen. She looked at Kokabiel in the sky, who said he was going to drag the Church and the angels into the war, with a face full of shock.
“Aren't you afraid that God will know? God will definitely punish you after he knows!”
As a holy sword knight of the Church, Xenovia still firmly believed in the existence of God.
“Is that so? God will punish me?”
Kokabiel grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp, shark-like teeth.
“Then, has anyone told you the truth of this world?”
“The truth of this world?”
Xenovia and the surrounding demons were all dumbfounded. What truth?
At this moment, a fallen angel flew over, bringing the Sword of Destruction stolen from Xenovia to Kokabiel.
“Very good, the last holy sword has also been collected.”
Holding seven holy swords, Kokabiel was extremely happy now.
“Then let me tell you the truth of this world!”
At this time, Wang Xiaoming happened to arrive with Asia and Xenovia. As soon as they arrived, they happened to hear Kokabiel say those three words.
