Highschool DxD: Crawling x Chaos
Chapter 61 - 60: Fallen x Felled

Chapter 61: Chapter 60: Fallen x Felled

~3rd Person~

Boooooom!!!!!

The entire world seemed to still as overwhelming amounts of demonic and holy energy poured out of Yuta’s body. As if a nuclear explosion had happened, flames of gold and black reached the skies.

Both Kokabiel and Kuroka turned their gazes to the source. Kokabiel’s eyes widened, especially as he recognised just what exactly the sight in front of him really was.

"Oi oi, I knew the heaven system was broken, but I didn’t expect a fucking devil of all things to hold the Durandal! You’re not even a holy sword user!"

A large humanoid standing over 2 meters tall, its flesh resembled armour, like a holy knight from the fairy tales, if it weren’t made of hardened flesh to resemble armour. A crimson glare seeped through the visor, accompanied by two large horns fused into the helmet that revealed the real identity behind the armour.

Fshhh!

Steam poured out of the joints and gaps of the armour from the immense heat under the surface from being burnt alive and regenerating at the same time. A pure white holy aura covered the devil despite the impossibility of it, and it was mixed with the black aura emanating at the same time. Impossible yet in front of their eyes. The tattered red cape behind him seemed to move of its own will as it fluttered without wind.

But the most distinctive part was the magical power of the Devil, which was comparable to that of Kokabiel.

The Devil lifted the Durandal with one hand before pointing it at Kokabiel.

"Ahaha! So you think just because you managed to get your hands on Durandal you can challenge me!? Did you not see-?"

Kokabiel’s words were cut short as the devil crouched, his legs visibly grew in size with large veins and muscles bulging against the hardened flesh before he pushed off the floor and vanished.

Clash!

"Grrrh!!!"

Kokabiel barely had a moment to raise his sword in response before Durandal crashed into it, as the Fused Excalibur and Durandal clashed and locked into a struggle, Kokabiel’s eyes widened in panic.

’He can match me!? No, he is weaker, but not by that much.’

"You filthy devil! You think you can match me!?"

Kokabiel poured more holy energy into the sword as he pushed Durandal back with a smirk, as he saw the devil being unable to resist his strength. But that was before when the Devil suddenly let go of his sword.

"Huh!?"

As if moved by a foreign pull rather than his own wings, Yuta moved to the side of Kokabiel’s slash due to the barrier of Durandal being gone, cutting the entire forest in half and sending Durandal flying.

As Kokabiel was overextended from his slash and Yuta was in a perfect position at his side, he clenched his fist and drew his arm back.

His arm bulged to over 5 times its size, muscle fibres tearing from the sheer power being repaired by regeneration as veins strained and tore.

Bulk Up

The armour covering the hand cracked apart, but instead of falling off, it morphed into a different kind of armour. The hardened pieces grew large into spikes, some digging into the flesh to reinforce it further, while others grew into spikes covering the outside of the fist.

Natural Weapons

And Yuta punched.

Crack! Doom!!!

"Graaaahhh!!!"

His fist slammed into Kokabiel’s face as the distinct sound of his nose and jaw shattering could be heard all over. Kokabiel was launched back, his body surpassing the speed of sound several dozen times over as his body ripped through a hundred trees and kept flying until his body crashed against his own barrier.

And Durandal, as if pulled by some magic returned to Yuta’s hands. Trying to force words out of his mouth, he faced Kuroka who looked at him with a shocked and blushing expression.

"Kuroka."

"That’s so fucking hot- oh uh I mean what nya? "

Yuta gripped his sword harder, trying not to let his words shake from the pain, trying to inject as much solidity into his words as possible.

"Match my pace. If you help, I can kill Kokabiel."

Kuroka saw the look on those eyes behind the visor and recalled all the times he had that look as she spied on him. That absolute unshakable confidence. And that insurmountable resolve like an all-burning flame. She didn’t even need to think.

"Got it nya, leave it to me!"

An explosion of holy magic power careened towards them like a divine meteor as Kokabiel ripped through the forest with an enraged expression, holding Excalibur tightly enough that veins were visible on his hands.

"You! I was going easy on you, but not anymore! I will mount your head on my throne! Rapidly!"

Kokabiel’s form blurred as Kuroka rapidly wrote several words in the air in succession to invoke her Youjutsu.

Clash! Slash! Slash!

"Ahahaha! You cannot defend yourself can you!?!?"

Kokabiel’s blade clashed with Yuta’s, the powerful clang of metal meeting metal ringing out each time, but as they clashed over and over it was clear who had the upper hand. Not only was Kokabiel better at swordsmanship by several magnitudes but he also had a massive speed advantage, for every time their swords managed to clash, Kokabiel slashed his body 3 times.

Yet despite that, Yuta’s body kept regenerating at extreme speeds, even though the wounds wouldn’t close due to his nature, he wouldn’t die now.

"How can you wield Durandal if you can’t- Gugh!!!"

Kokabiel was interrupted by several blue flames striking his back and chains emerging from the ground beneath them, snaring his limbs. Allowing Yuta to slash across his chest, creating a deep gash.

"Graaaah!!!! How dare you!!!"

Kokabiel, boosted by the power of the Excalibur, blasted raw holy power to break his binding before clashing with Yuta again, sending him back with the power of his swing.

"You’ll need more than that if you want to try killing me! You are a thousand years too young!"

Kokabiel summoned a building-sized spear in his hands and hurled it towards Kuroka, but before it made it even halfway, it was cut in half by Yuta swiping at it from afar, a mere spear of energy meant nothing before the all-cleaving Durandal. They locked eyes.

Kokabiel’s red sclera met Yuta’s red sclera as they both glared red. Madness and pure hatred carried in Kokabiel’s gaze clashed with Yuta’s filled pure and unadulterated determination.

Both of them crouched onto the ground, Yuta’s legs bulked up as Kokabiel used Rapidly from his Excalibur once more.

Wooossshhh!!!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

The sound of metal meeting metal rang out over and over as both Kokabiel and Yuta moved at extreme speeds, their blades meeting over and over. Occasionally scoring a blow on the other.

Their forms were blurs, no one there other than Kuroka could catch sight of their sheer speed. The afterimages and the terrain being shredded by their clashes were the only signs of them moving from location to location.

Spears burst from the ground but Kokabiel hacked them apart before they reached him as Yuta took the opportunity to land a cut on his cheek. But then was sent into the ground by Kokabiel’s wings smashing into him.

Yuta righted himself on the way down and instead used his full strength to swing Durandal at Kokabiel, the burst of Holy Energy sending him into the sky.

Yuta felt the blood leaking down from his lips, eyes, nose and every orifice there was. His body would not last much longer. Even regeneration stopped healing him, it was just pulling his body together to keep him alive. But he didn’t have the energy to last more than 20 seconds.

He opened his mouth, his tongue did not want to move but he forced it to, putting all of his strength into his voice. Letting out a demonic roar that shook the earth.

"KUROKA! HOLD HIM DOWN!!!"

Kuroka’s eyes widened before she nodded resolutely and drew upon all of her magical power. Conjuring dozens of chains out of her Youjutsu and Senjutsu that flew towards Kokabiel. She knew it was a stupidly risky manoeuvre but...

She knew she could trust Yuta.

"Kuh! You think these can hold me down!?"

Kokabiel clashed with his sword against the chains, breaking over half of them, but the rest managed to capture his wings and bring down his strength slightly with the curses they were imbued with. Yet even Kuroka’s full strength was not enough to reign in Kokabiel fully.

But it restrained him enough.

At the same time, Yuta crouched. And unleashed his maximum power, drawing upon the maximum power of the Durandal.

"Graaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!"

He felt himself burn up to ash. His skin was being seared off, his blood literally boiled and his organs tore themselves apart. His body could not handle that much holy power especially when he was even more vulnerable towards it thanks to Devil Trigger.

His body swelled up to twice its size, his armour getting more jagged as he turned every ability to the max, Bulk Up, Regeneration, Natural Weapons, and Devil Trigger.

Dooooommm!!!!

The entire barrier shook as he pushed off the ground and appeared before Kokabiel in the blink of an eye, his sword held up high, ready to be swung down.

"DURANDAL-!!!"

The amount of holy energy contained in Durandal was enough to split Kuoh in half a dozen times over but Kokabiel smirked as he tore off the chains binding his arm-

"Useless! It is my victory!"

-And stabbed Excalibur clean through Yuta’s chest, piercing and destroying his heart.

"!!!"

Yet to Kokabiel’s horror, that did not stop him. The sword was still poised to strike. Ready to cleave through him and this world.

As those red eyes bored into his eyes. The last thing Kokabiel felt was true fear instead of glory.

He swung down.

"-EXALT!!!!!!!!!!"

The world went white as the holy sword wielded by the devil split the cadre and the entire barrier covering Kuoh clean in half.

DOOOMMM!!!!!!!

All of Kuoh and the surrounding cities shook from the sheer amount of magical power that was swung. The entire city was bathed in holy light that blinded all else. It took more than several seconds as the holy glow died down.

’Trigger... off...’

The holy sword fell out of his hand as Yuta’s transformation wore off, revealing a charred, lacerated, torn body with a hole in the chest as the outer shell of the devil trigger fell apart. Shattered pieces of Kokabiel’s barrier fell like snow as Yuta looked up.

’I guess I’m dying again huh?’

Yet a smile was on his lips despite the dying agony.

The last breath escaped his lips.

Yuta Yukimura had died.

Except...

In front of Yuta’s eyes, the world around him froze completely in place and he couldn’t help but smirk.

’It sure took its time.’

The image of a translucent imaginary heart appeared above his lifeless body.

Ygdar Orus Li Ox.

A skeleton hand appeared out of the ether and grabbed ahold of the heart, squeezing the transient heart as blood dripped down onto Yuta’s body. The hand kept squeezing the blood out of the imaginary heart like a fruit getting its juices squeezed out.

You

Only

Live

-Once-

The hand kept squeezing the heart until every drop of blood was forced out and imbued into Yuta’s body as he took a breath, the hole in his chest was recovered fully. And so were every lethal wound on his body, leaving behind only non-lethal injuries.

The skeletal hand let go of the heart, leaving behind a dried-out heart that crumbled into dust as Yuta gave a nervous smile.

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You have cheated death

You have lost the trait [Elite - Ygdar Orus Li Ox]

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And moments later, time returned to its normal flow with Yuta plummeting through the air. Absolutely devoid of any stamina or magical energy.

Yet a victorious smirk was plastered on his face.

Feat Achieved! Kill Kokabiel with Kuroka’s help

+1x Legendary Ability Gacha Ticket

Feat Achieved! Cheat Death

+1x Platinum Trait Gacha Ticket

Feat Achieved! Save the Occult Research Club and Sona Sitri

3x Random Gold Gacha Ticket

A/N: DURANDAL EXALT! Man, I loved writing this fight so much. Yuta really nailed his balls to the walls and used actual suicide charge as an ability. He was not strong enough to kill Kokabiel himself but thanks to Durandal’s whole schtick being able to cut anything he managed to. What did you guys think about the Kokabiel fight? Ygdar Orus Li Ox came in the most clutch.

Holy gacha is here alongside the first-ever Legendary Ticket. And a bunch of tickets. Yuta is getting showered in gold and after this is when things are going to start getting really chaotic. I hope you guys look forward to what’s going to happen next.

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