Becoming a Shadow in the New World

After a struggle and hesitation in her heart, Raisa still stood up shakily and rushed towards Rias's direction, giving up the idea of ​​eliminating Claire.

He was terrified of Claire. Even though Claire was unconscious and lying on the ground, he didn't dare to rush up and eliminate her. He was afraid that Claire would suddenly wake up when he wanted to eliminate her.

All he wants to do now is find Rias as soon as possible and eliminate her. That way, even if Claire wakes up, he will have already won and won't need to continue fighting.

The Phoenix bloodline had been pushed to its limit by his dozen or so resurrections, and had temporarily lost its healing and immortality abilities.

Even so, the Phoenix bloodline is still one of the fastest to recover, and in just a short while, Lysa regained a little bit of his strength.

With that remaining strength, Lessa found his last "Phoenix Tear" and ate it.

Although the Phoenix Tears he ingested couldn't restore him to his peak condition, they did slightly revitalize his dormant Phoenix bloodline, restoring some magic power and physical strength.

With the help of magic, Raiza quickly returned to the place where he had defeated Rias, only to find it deserted ruins and a destroyed magical barrier.

Rias carefully hid herself, trying to keep her breathing as quiet as possible to avoid being discovered.

Because of the sudden battle between Lessa and Claire, Lessa's retinue went to support her, and in a moment of carelessness, no one was left to watch over her. This gave her an opportunity to use her last bit of destructive magic to shatter the barrier and escape.

"I wonder how Leisa and Claire are doing now? I haven't heard either of them being eliminated, so they must have both suffered heavy losses."

Breathing weakly, Rias asked herself questions while adjusting her condition, trying to restore the magic power in her body as quickly as possible.

Hearing the announcement over the loudspeaker that all of Lysa's familiars had been eliminated, and knowing that Claire was now the only one left of her familiars in the arena, Rias easily figured out who had caused the explosion that had covered half of the alternate dimension.

During her battle with Lessa, she deeply understood how troublesome Lessa's phoenix bloodline was. Even a Demon King (SS) would likely die if he dared to take that wave of dense and violent explosions head-on.

However, there is a certain chance that Lessa can survive. The Phoenix bloodline can revive, and as long as the revival time is well timed, Lessa has a high probability of making it through.

To put it simply, it means our damage output is excessive, but the enemy has a resurrection item.

Judging from the broadcast after the explosion that only Riza's family members were eliminated, and not either of them, it seems that both Riza and Claire were killed.

Even with the Phoenix's resurrection, after taking such a powerful blow, Lessa would definitely be severely injured.

As long as Claire is still able to move, then the crippled Raisa is Claire's prey, and she can cut her up however she wants.

It's understandable. Such a powerful attack exceeded Claire's entire limit, so it's normal that she was knocked down afterward. This move is probably a double-edged sword that hurts the enemy a thousand but also damages herself eight hundred.

In other words, the outcome of the match now rests on her shoulders. If she can recover faster than Lysa, she can defeat Lysa and win the game.

"Bro, is this what you meant by 'guaranteed to win'? Can you please stop being a riddle-maker next time?"

Under pressure, Rias looked helpless and gave a wry smile as she complained about her brother.

Rias knew that her brother wasn't lying. With Claire's attack, if she had known beforehand that Claire had such a powerful attack, she could have set up an ambush in advance and used this attack to eliminate all of Raiza's familiars in one fell swoop, leaving at most a half-crippled Raiza, provided... she knew.

A wave of heat came from the wall behind Rias, who sensed it in advance and rolled to the side to avoid the explosion behind her.

Once Rias regained her balance, Raiza, whose wings were much smaller than before, flapped his wings and flew in awkwardly.

How did you recover so quickly!

Seeing Lessa like this, Rias was secretly surprised; Lessa's current state was completely beyond her expectations.

Although Lessa is indeed much weaker now than she was at the beginning, the degree of weakness is even less than when she had taken longer to recover.

"Leza..."

"Rias..."

Enemies meeting are bound to be furious. Without time to ponder why the other had recovered so quickly, Rias and Raiza exchanged a glance before immediately gathering magic power in their hands and launching a simultaneous attack.

The phoenix's flames collided with the destructive magic bullets halfway through their flight. The powerful magic impacted the ground, stirring up bursts of white mist, which grew increasingly dense within the arena.

A dark figure flashed through the white mist, throwing a punch at Rias with lightning speed.

Destructive magic erupted from their hands, enveloping their arms in a magical aura. The two collided, and flames and destructive magic spread outwards from them, destroying the surrounding ground.

Raisa flew into the air with all her might, gathering all the magic power in her body to form a fireball, which she threw down at Rias, and then plunged straight down along the fireball.

Dodging the attack, Lysa's other attack arrived. Trying to gather destructive magic in his hand to fight Lysa head-on, he swung his arm, but the magical aura surrounding his hand disappeared halfway through the attack. His magic power... couldn't keep up.

"boom!"

Without the aid of magic, Rias's clash with Raiza ended with Rias being sent flying, blasting a large crater into the wall.

"Crack... Snap!"

Under the influence of gravity, Rias fell from the large hole in the wall with a loud thud.

After this series of attacks, Rias vomited a large amount of a mixture of acid and blood, and could only let out weak cries.

Seeing Rias in this state, Lessa felt no pity whatsoever. He strode forward, conjuring flames in his hands, intending to eliminate Rias.

Still failed.

As Rias looked at the flames so close at hand, this thought flashed through her mind.

To be honest, she wasn't upset about the result, because Lysa was stronger than her, so her chances of winning were low.

Although she might feel a little disappointed, she probably won't be dissatisfied with the result.

Even when she was defeated by Lysa and only Claire remained among her followers, she had already resigned herself to her fate.

If... if... if Claire hadn't eliminated all of Lysa's familiars and given her hope, she would have truly resigned herself to her fate.

So why... why give her hope only to take it away! Wouldn't it be better to just let her accept her fate?

If… had I known Claire possessed such immense power, if… I could have successfully persuaded Akeno to unleash her other half of her power, if… she could have found a way to get Gaspar (the cardboard vampire) to reveal his true strength, if…

There were too many "what ifs" in this match; she had too many chances to win, and all of that turned into a denial of her potential.

It was at this moment that Rias truly began to regret her actions.

Although apart from Claire, who has reached SS-rank power, none of the others can truly decide the outcome, at most they can only affect the balance of power, Rias, who is currently in a state of regret, has completely ignored this point.

Driven by intense resentment, Rias disregarded everything and decided to sacrifice her own life to forcibly extract destructive magic power and trigger a self-destruction, eliminating Raiza along with her.

This scenario, where both sides' kings are eliminated simultaneously, has never occurred before. She cannot guarantee whether the final result will be a loss based on the order of elimination or a tie based on simultaneous elimination.

But she couldn't calm down and think it through now. Driven by her unwillingness to accept defeat, she decided to take a gamble. If it ended in a tie and they could have another chance, she would definitely win now that she knew Claire's information.

"Snapped!"

At the critical moment, an iron sword flew out from the side and hit Lessa squarely, sending him flying along the trajectory of the sword.

The flying sword's attack wasn't strong, but it was enough to knock Leisa away.

This sudden turn of events caused Rias to instinctively stop her self-destruction.

"Crack, snap, snap!"

Footsteps approached, and Sid appeared at the scene, dressed in clothes stained with blood, his skin charred and bleeding from numerous wounds.

Chapter 105 Are You Ready to Die?

"Why are you here?!"

Getting up from the ground, Lysa gasped the moment she saw Sid. She instinctively turned to look around, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Claire wasn't there.

He would never forget that it was because he hit the guy in front of him that the crazy woman, who was originally just a bit difficult to deal with, suddenly became incredibly powerful, causing him to experience more than a dozen deaths.

Yeah, how did I get here?

Upon hearing this question, Sid couldn't help but ponder: what was his reason for coming here?

"You're just a human who's not even a low-level demon, how dare you show your face?"

Having confirmed that Claire was not present, Lessa's fear, dread, and anger stemming from Claire erupted in front of Sid, whom he saw as the culprit.

Ignoring Lysa's taunts, Sid picked up the silver sword from the ground and pointed it at Lysa without saying a word.

"Hey, hey, hey, you don't think you can beat me because of my current state, and you want to play the hero and save the damsel in distress, do you?"

Let me tell you, even in my current state, I can still defeat you, a human, with just one punch. So I advise you to get out of my way and stop getting in my way.

Why am I here?

Was it because of this (shadow curse) in front of me that I had to unleash a magical explosion within my body, inflicting a fatal wound on myself?

Then I really shouldn't be here. It's just a minor, fatal injury. If I hadn't deliberately suppressed my body's recovery ability, it would have been healed already. I'm not such a petty person.

Sid loosened his grip, and the silver sword he was holding fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Ha, you're quite sensible. Looks like you're not without merit."

No, this guy in front of him (the one with the vulgarity of a shadow) isn't worth all his effort to think about. So why is he here?

It must have been out of a teacher's trust in his student that I was stalling for time for Cao Cao, hoping he would make his move sooner. This was a perfectly suitable reason for him.

Sid glanced at the white mist drifting around him, nodded, and clenched his fist slightly.

"Since you're so sensible, I'll take good care of you after I marry Rias. That crazy woman just now said your name is Sid..."

No, no, no, I can't say I trusted Cao Cao and the others that much.

Moreover, a Shadow-level expert wouldn't entrust their hopes to someone else. My backup plan is always to transform into a shadow and wreak havoc on the venue so I can escape. That's in line with the style of a Shadow-level expert.

So why am I here?

I figured it out!

I must be regretting that I only managed to use the fifteenth move of the "Forty-Eight Forms of the Extra's Secret Technique" that I painstakingly researched last time, and I didn't get to use the remaining thirty-three moves. I want to take this opportunity to complete this extra achievement.

Moreover, Lessa's current condition is perfect for him to complete this achievement. He is too weak to be killed in one move, so he might be able to complete the entire achievement here.