Chương 157: Gil DxD: Chapter 157

All the shots and magic waves hit Valerie's armor and were rendered useless when it only scratched them. Valerie appeared in front of Walburga who could only widen her eyes when Valerie hit her stomach sending her crashing to the ground. When the dust settled it revealed Walburga on the floor unconscious and badly bruised. Valerie turned back and saw Walburga's Balance Breaker disappear and smiled. However as Valerie smiled in victory her armor shattered as the dagger appeared in her hand.

"I... reached... my limit" spoke Valerie weakly before she began to collapse and was powerless to activate any magic. Valerie closed her eyes preparing herself for the impact that never came. She felt her body become warm as she was enveloped in a hug. When she opened her eyes she saw that she was on the ground with Gilgamesh holding her in his arms.

"I guess I was late" Gilgamesh said as he saw Walburga unconscious on the floor.

"You're right on time" said Valerie smiling.

"What about your fight?" asked Valerie and Gilgamesh pointed a few feet away. There she saw Arthur unconscious as he lay on the ground and Caliburn was staked to the ground in front of her.

"You outdid yourself this time Valerie, I'm proud" Gilgamesh said as he began to use his healing magic to make Valerie recover. Valerie smiled only to then widen her eyes.

"Gil is that normal?" asked Valerie pointing forward. Gilgamesh turned his gaze to where Valerie was pointing and saw that there was something above Walburga's unconscious body. There was an orb of purple flames floating in the air. Gilgamesh quickly placed Valerie on the ground who stood up and positioned himself in front of Valerie to avoid any attack. The orb was floating in the air for a few moments before it moved.

It began to float toward Gilgamesh who prepared himself for a possible attack, but just as it was about to enter Gilgamesh it turned around and deflected Gilgamesh and entered Valerie's chest. Gilgamesh turned his gaze to Valerie who was looking at his chest waiting for something.

"So Gil what happened?" asked Valerie not knowing what was happening. Valerie suddenly let out a scream of pain that made Gilgamesh quickly approach her. Valerie fell to the ground fainting, Gilgamesh quickly went to try to help her but when he put his hand on her he had to quickly take it off.

"It's hot" said Gilgamesh perplexed. Valerie's skin was boiling, Gilgamesh quickly summoned his ice magic and made a small icy aura to cool Valerie who had a look of pain on her face. This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Gilgamesh began to get desperate as he used his healing magic on Valerie but it seemed to have no effect.

"Calm down young master" said Arashi in Gilgamesh's mind.

"Calm me down?! Valerie is being hurt!" shouted Gilgamesh to Arashi who was surprised by the anger in Gilgamesh's tone.

"She will be fine" said Arashi to him.

"What's going on?" asked Gilgamesh quickly.

"The [Incinerate Anthem] is trying to assimilate itself into Valerie's soul" said Arashi. Gilgamesh's eyes widened as he realized what it was. Even among the Longinus the [Incinerate Anthem] is special, it is a Sacred Gear of the independent avatar type, so it can move independently of its possessor just like the [Regulus Nemea] and the [Canis Lykaon], but even among them the Sacred Relic is special.

Incinerate Anthem], unlike other Sacred Gears, can be transferred to another user of its own volition, even if the current user has not yet died. A good example was that the original user of this Longinus was Augusta, a powerful witch and master of Walburga, when Augusta was defeated by Tobio Ikuse four years ago in the events of the novel SlashDog, her Longinus left her body and entered Walburga's body and she became its possessor.

And from the looks of it Longinus came out of Walburga and was trying to turn Valerie into her possessor.

"Don't worry young master, Longinus will adapt to Valerie's soul, although he has a problem" said Arashi worrying Gilgamesh.

"What?" asked Gilgamesh worriedly.

"Because Valerie is part vampire, a being of darkness, she could not harbor the [Incinerate Anthem] due to it being a Holy Relic, but because she is the wearer of the [Sephiroth Grail] it may be possible" explained Arashi to Gilgamesh who sighed in relief. Gilgamesh observed Valerie who calmed her breathing and her expression returned to normal. Gilgamesh sighed relieved to see that Valerie was okay. [Partner behind you!] shouts Ddraig in warning.

Gilgamesh quickly hugged Valerie and placed his body protectively in front of Valerie before someone kicked him and sent him flying into a house. Gilgamesh crashed into a house causing him to fly through it. Gilgamesh rose from the rubble while hugging Valerie protectively. Gilgamesh placed Valerie on the ground and spat out some blood, looking at her belly he saw that he had a piece of iron going through him. Gilgamesh grunted as he pulled the piece of iron out while blue flames healed the wound instantly.

Gilgamesh turned his gaze outward and saw who had kicked him. Whoever had kicked him was a tall man who was wearing a black cloak over his entire body that prevented him from being seen. From the sight Gilgamesh discovered that he was the leader of Walburga and the man who had kidnapped Arthur.

"You" growled Gilgamesh angrily. The man almost seemed to smile.

"Nice to meet you King of Heroes, it is very nice to finally meet you" said the man cheerfully.

"What are you doing here?" asked Gilgamesh as he stood up.

"Well I came to get my ally who acted here without my orders, although it is sad that she lost her Longinus, she is still very useful" said the man. Gilgamesh was surprised.

"You didn't order her?" asked Gilgamesh confused. The man shook his head.

"Well the first attack, yes. For you would have been distracted by the Greek Goddess that Zeus ordered to put a letter from me, although the letter was anonymous, however today's attack was not, I think Walburga was very angry that you came back empty handed and did it today, she was a fool and greatly underestimated you" said the man without feeling any problems as he spoke. Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes at this.

"Well I'm going to ask you a question: do you want to join me?" asked the man surprising Gilgamesh who stared at the man perplexed.

"Do you really think that after attacking someone important to me I will join you?" asked Gilgamesh incredulously.

"Well... yes" said the man as if it was something simple. Gilgamesh stared at him as if he was a clown"I refuse" said Gilgamesh quickly. The man let out a sigh.

"Well that's a shame, I really wanted you in my group, especially after seeing that display of power two years ago" said the man confusing Gilgamesh.

"Two years ago? What are you talking about?" asked Gilgamesh.

"Obviously of your battle against Regulus Nemea and Sairaorg Bael, that display of power when you were so young was amazing" said the man with pure admiration that surprised Gilgamesh.

"You were there that day" spoke Gilgamesh surprised by this.

"Yes, honestly I would have recruited you that day, or maybe done what I did with Arthur, however you were well protected" said the man to Gilgamesh who narrowed his eyes.

"And I was also there when you took the Grail" spoke the man.

"Why?" asked Gilgamesh in doubt.