Chapter 104: Challenge
"Issei, you take Raynare back first." Yasuhiro said to Issei.
Issei nodded.
He knew that with his strength as a middle class devil, he wasn't qualified to participate much in what was to come.
Even though he had the boosted gear and was the current red dragon emperor, these titles didn't change the fact that his strength was weak.
After they both left, Yasuhiro's gaze fell upon the fallen angel who had slowly descended to the ground.
"It's the pursuit of the strong to do as they please," Yasuhiro said nonchalantly.
"The way you speak and act doesn't seem like a member of the church. You seem much more like a devil." Baraqiel noted.
"This isn't the first time I've heard that," Yasuhiro replied.
Whether it was Rias, Sona or even Akeno they all said similar things.
This was the consensus among everyone who knew him.
"Baraqiel, what Yasuhiro has done is for the heaven and church. It isn't up to you or grigori to comment," Gabriel stated.
She stood by Yasuhiro's side without hesitation.
Regardless of whether his actions conformed to the rules of heaven one thing was undeniable.
He was a member of the church and a holy knight.
"Lady Gabriel, it's been a long time. This is our first meeting in the human world since the great war." Baraqiel spoke respectfully when he saw her.
Although he had fallen from an angel in heaven to a cadre of grigori due to his own desires, it didn't mean he harbored resentment towards his former superiors.
He still held considerable respect for the four seraphs who ruled heaven.
"You came for them," Gabriel pointed to the fallen angels and stray exorcists lying on the ground.
Baraqiel continued. "Whether it was trying to kill the current red dragon emperor or occupying the local church to plot their own schemes, these were all actions secretly orchestrated by Raynare."
"They had nothing to do with grigori. In addition, these people were just ignorant accomplices. I hope you can just let them off this time."
"Besides, Raynare has already received the punishment she deserves."
Speaking of Raynare's punishment, Baraqiel glanced at Yasuhiro meaningfully.
"If I'm not mistaken, Raynare has become an ordinary human, and even her lifespan has become exactly the same as one."
"You didn't just make her forget her past, you reshaped her personality, erased her light power and identity as a fallen angel."
Hearing Baraqiel's explanation, the bound fallen angels and stray exorcists showed expressions of horror.
They had felt that Raynare seemed to have become an ordinary person, but at that time they thought they were just imagining things or that she was experiencing a short period of abnormality after having her personality rebuilt.
They never imagined that he would strip away her power, turning her into an ordinary human.
"If my actions have made you dissatisfied, you're welcome to try to let me understand."
"I've long wanted to test your strength." Yasuhiro said as he looked at Baraqiel.
"The saint who embraces darkness. Your name is renowned far and wide."
"Even though you haven't been active in recent years, I still often hear my colleagues talk about how terrifying you are," Baraqiel shook his head.
If the two of them were to fight, it would cause a massive conflict between the church and grigori, which wasn't what he wanted to see.
In particular, he could clearly sense the saints terrifying strength, knowing he was far from being a match for him.
Compared to Vali and the other wielders of longinus, this person was far stronger.
The two were on different levels and couldn't be compared.
"The saint who embraces darkness?" someone muttered.
Baraqiel knew Yasuhiro's true identity due to some special reasons.
Otherwise, given that Yasuhiro had deliberately hidden his true face for so many years, not only Baraqiel but even the four maou had never seen an image of his true appearance.
Baraqiel was able to calmly reveal Yasuhiro's true identity but the rest couldn't maintain their composure anymore.
The look in their eyes as they stared at Yasuhiro was filled with terror.
Especially those stray exorcists, who unlike the fallen angels didn't just understand this saint through hearsay.
Before being excommunicated from the church.
They had experienced the deeds of this person every day, and some had even followed him to clean up the battlefield.
At that time, they were looking down on the fools who dared to oppose the church and the saint who embraces darkness.
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