Chapter 68: Overwhelming
"Don't think you'll be able to escape here easily..." said Vahn, lowering himself into a stance that made it clear he was prepared to lunge forward if Valper didn't surrender.
"I see...you must be the anomaly. The boy who has all three Factions on tenterhooks..." remarked Valper, caressing his chin with his right hand and positioning his left behind him.
"We didn't come here to chat...!" exclaimed Vahn, causing Issei's eyes to widen as he tossed his spear up, grabbed it by the shaft, and hurled it at Valper with all his might.
"Oh, my..." hummed Valper, revealing a rosary with an ornate gold and glass container from behind his back, within which was a piece of bone. As a result, the Legendary Spear stopped half a meter away from him, its momentum seeming to disappear as it dropped to the ground.
"Well, that's new..." remarked Vahn, recalling his Legendary Spear to his right hand.
"It appears to be a defensive reliquary containing the finger bone of a Saint..." revealed Grayfia, causing Sis, who was providing the same exact information, to trail off awkwardly in Vahn's mind.
"Long time no see, little miss Twilight Healing! Mind if I butt—" started Freed, appearing next to Grayfia and Asia, targetting the latter with his weirdly shaped sword.
"No! You imbecile...!" exclaimed Valper, but he was much too late as, the moment Freed appeared, Grayfia's left hand and arm appeared to vanish. The result was Freed's head nearly forming a circle with his feet before he was sent flipping dozens of times through the air, his shoes flying off after receiving an imperceptibly swift backhand from Grayfia. At the same time, without anyone noticing when she had done so, Grayfia nabbed his sword away from him, holding it wrapped in white cloth.
"That damnable fool...!" hissed Valper, his expression forming into one of the ugliest Vahn had ever seen as Kiba dropped down behind him, sword at his neck, and said, "It's over, Valper..."
Raising his hands, Valper snorted and responded, "Fine, fine. I surrender. Go ahead and take me in."
Contrasting his words, Valper dropped a glass orb from his right hand, its impact with the ground causing blindingly white light to fill the area. Kiba instinctively tried to slit his throat, but the same force that prevented the Legendary Spear from piercing his abdomen protected his neck.