The VIP room was silent, no one had expected this change of situation, this power level was a sure victory ticket for Riser but the bloodline now was a major shock. Serafall was sure, she has to have a good relationship with Riser even if he doesn't marry Sona.
The audience was curious about the peerage of Riser who he trusted so blindly. Meanwhile, in the virtual space, Issei, Koneko and Kiba were moving together, while Rias and Akeno were on the rooftop of the Occult Club. Ingvild along with Shea and Asia came infront of Issei, Kiba and Koneko respectively and on the other hand, Katerea and Ravel arrived in front of Rias and Akeno.
On the ground,
Ingvild looked at Issei and said," I am Ingvild Leviathan, the last true Leviathan.",
Shea looked at Kiba and said, " I am Shea, my master's cute, little rabbit." and Asia looked at Koneko and said, " I am Asia Argento, Holder of Twilight Heal and Riser-kun's ...." Asia blushed, steam coming from her head and fiddling with her fingers.
"Yesssssssss, so many oppai, I will win with my new technique." Issei shouted and charged at Ingvild while Kiba and Koneko rushed at their respective opponents. Ingvild being a Leviathan with her aunt was very good at water magic and it increased as well as included ice element after becoming Riser's peerage. She used her ice magic to hold Issei and used her sacred gear to restrict his sacred gear.
"I can't use the boosted gear, she seems to be able to suppress my gear." Issei said with a horrified expression. Koneko and Kiba were shocked, they were counting on Issei for this match but this news is troubling, they have to solve than girl but their opponents were too troublesome, Shea was a monster with her strength and hammer, she destroyed all of Kiba"s sword while Asia using Tsunade"s strange power was a match of Koneko and there was no clear outcome between the two.
"It's no use, my sacred gear can control and restrict dragons and command sea." Issei widened his eyes, she is his natural enemy, he can't win this without other's help.
The audience was intrigued, a original mou decendent was serving Riser, and a one with powerful gear at that. Many had greed in their eyes, a Leviathan with a strong sacred gear is a must have but looking at Riser Phenex standing on the clouds, they dismissed this thought.
The Mous furrowed their eyebrows, they knew Ingvild was in deep sleep and couldn't wake up, they only didn't knew her location, looks like Riser does have some secrets.
In the virtual space, Shea utterly crushed Kiba not giving his any chance to counterattack. No matter how many swords he made, she destroyed them all with a swing of her hammer. As expected, after some time, a announcement echoed in the virtual space, ' Knight of Rias Gremory was eliminated'.
And a little behind her, Asia also finished her fight, although she and Koneko were equal in strength but she can heal while Koneko can't, so she won. 'Rook of Rias Gremory was eliminated' and Issei was frozen by Ingvild as Riser told her not to kill him and bring Issei to him.
As the trio started walking toward the club building, Katerea and Ravek were holding back Anekal and Rias, this was quite difficult, if she is not careful, she might eliminate them by mistake.
Rias was pissed, she lost two of her chess pieces and by the looks of it, Issei was either fighting or got captured. She had a headache dealing with Katerea who was a strong magician specially the ice spell, and Aneja despite the heavy rain and thunder couldn't control the clouds for her attacks. She was stuck, stuck in a trap set by Riser, despair was visible on her face.
As the two red and black beauties were colliding, the trio of Riser's peerage with Issei in hand arrived at the scene. Rias seeing Issei was horrified, her hope to win against Riser, her wild card was captured and looking at the three girls, they didn't clash for too long which means they are stronger than her peerage.
Just then, a thick bolt of lightning struck the ground near her enemies and Riser along with Valerie appeared, hands in pockets and walking leisurely. "My, oh my look who it is, the famous Gremory heiress, reduced to getting ganged up by some low rank devils." Riser mocked her, causing her to fume and launch an attack on him which was blocked by Katerea.
Riser threw Issei in front of her and said, " Your trump card was a failure for sure, Rias. Now, stop resisting, you are too weak to even scratch me."
Rias looked at Issei who had already fainted and finally realised the power gap. Her peerage was a thousand times weaker than Riser's and she was also incompetent.
But, she decided to give it her all, she won't marry Riser no matter what.
Riser seeing this, said " Girls, back down, you are no longer need. Just wait and watch and yes, Asia you stay back, in case I need healing."
The girls obeyed and retired from the match but Ravel suddenly realised, Riser didn't need healing, he was a Phoenix. She and the other girls decided to deal with him after the match.
Meanwhile, in the match, Asia was in Riser's hand and was blushing, meanwhile Rias and Akeno had grim expressions as Riser was no push over.
Akeno tried to attack but Riser's storm powers always disrupted her mana even before she could attack and Rias was dancing among the falling lightning to prevent getting an electric shock while Issei was processing what just happened. If he loses, his Buchou will be married to the blond bastard, he refused to accept this.
Suddenly, a red aura surrounded Issei and his eyes started glowing red, Riser smiled seeing this, crushing Rias started to feel boring, maybe Issei can bring a twist. The audiance held their breath, waiting for what was about to transpire, Phoenix vs Dragon.