Issei Hyoudou hung on the cross, his life hanging in the balance. Surprisingly, he wasn't dead. Luo Guang decided to infuse a little life essence into him to prevent him from dying. After all, he had taken the Red Dragon Emperor's Sacred Gear. As for their future, he still wouldn't have any contact with him.
Besides Issei, Luo Guang also detected another life signal. Pushing open the door that was hidden by the ruins, he found a young blonde girl sleeping quietly inside. Her long golden hair was spread out beneath her. Her face was slightly immature and clearly European. The commotion outside didn't seem to have affected her; she just had a tight expression on her face, suggesting she wasn't sleeping well.
Luo Guang recognized her. Asia Argento. She was a former saintess of the Vatican Church, but she was excommunicated after it was discovered that she had healed a devil. With nowhere else to go, she was targeted by Raynare, who decided to bring her to the church in Kuoh to strip her of her Sacred Gear.
Luo Guang became even more skeptical of Raynare's intelligence. In the original story, this woman traveled a great distance just to bring Asia here to strip her of her Sacred Gear. It seemed she really understood the meaning of "doing something for nothing."
"You've slept long enough. It's time to wake up." Luo Guang said. He then used his Immortal Arts to lift the sleeping spell on the girl.
Asia slowly woke up, rubbing her forehead and letting out a soft cry of pain. Anyone who had been asleep for a few days would have a headache.
"Where... where am I?" Asia looked around blankly after she came to. Everything was so unfamiliar. She remembered getting off the train not long ago, and then the Fallen Angel had taken her to the church. She couldn't remember anything after that.
"You've been asleep for a million years. The outside world has already become a wasteland." Luo Guang said.
Asia was startled by the sudden voice. She looked up and saw the man's clean, fair face with its well-defined features. His expression was cold, and a faint smile played on his lips. The moment she saw him, Asia's fear of the unfamiliar environment disappeared. She stared blankly at him. Even an angel's face seemed to lack his handsomeness and his divine elegance.
Asia then looked through the open door and saw the bloody scene outside. The ghouls, aside from their kagune, looked exactly like humans. Luo Guang had shown no mercy, and the entire underground ritual hall was filled with severed limbs. Asia instinctively retched, but since her stomach was empty, she could only dry heave.
Luo Guang saw that she was doing fine and left her alone.
Then, with a bang, the entrance to the basement, which had been buried by debris, was broken from the outside. Koneko was seen lifting a huge rock and smashing the opening, clearing away the piled-up debris. Her small body contained an immense amount of muscle power, creating a sharp and cute contrast.
"What... what happened?" Rias smelled the heavy stench of blood from the opening. Akeno and Koneko, who were with her, also held their noses. The chaos in the city center had been quelled by the time they got there, but to be safe, they left Yuuto Kiba to liaise with the government. The three of them then rushed to the church. Shortly after the ghouls' riot, Rias's familiar, which was stationed nearby, had detected an abnormal power fluctuation. Rias had been keeping an eye on the Fallen Angels who had infiltrated Kuoh City from the very beginning, just waiting for the right moment to act. When this happened, they immediately split up and hurried here.
"Fallen Angels!" Akeno Himejima shouted, seeing the three Fallen Angels huddled in the corner.
Rias and the others immediately prepared for battle, but they realized that the three Fallen Angels had no desire to fight. They were huddled together, looking in fear at the depths of the ritual hall. It was clear that there was something even more terrifying in the depths. Combined with the numerous ghoul body parts, it was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here.
"Yo." However, they soon saw a familiar figure emerge from the depths.
When Rias got a clear look at the man's face, she was a little dumbfounded. "Lu... Luo Guang, what are you doing here?"
When she came, she had already spoken with Yuuto Kiba. She learned that Luo Guang had dealt with the ghouls who had started the riot. But when Yuuto got to the scene, he couldn't find Luo Guang. Rias thought he had gone home, but she didn't expect to see him here.
"I guessed." Luo Guang tapped his finger on his temple and said with a straight face.
"All these ghouls... were killed by you?!" Rias's eyes scanned the scene. She noticed a figure splattered like mud on a wall and could vaguely make out from the broken head that the dead man was none other than Tatara, a high-ranking member of Aogiri Tree who was on the wanted list. He had died here?! Her face was filled with awe, and Akeno and Koneko both took a sharp breath. From the ghoul corpses, they could see what kind of treatment they had received. It was a complete and utter physical annihilation. In this narrow environment, even they would not have had an easy time dealing with so many ghouls. After all, besides Koneko and Yuuto Kiba, Akeno and Rias were not devils known for their physical strength.
"I didn't know you were this strong." For some reason, Rias's eyes seemed to hold a hint of resentment. Luo Guang's performance had once again completely shattered her perception. It seemed that every time she saw this man, he brought her a new surprise.
Of course, she knew this wasn't the time for small talk. So she asked, "Luo Guang, can you tell me what happened here?"