Once the mist vanished, Alex saw several people standing in front of them. There was Cao Cao, Seig, Leonardo, a blond woman he knew was called Jeanne, a guy wearing Mage robes he thought was Georg, and a big muscular man he guessed was Heracles. He then spoke to the others,"Azazel you and the Sitri peerage focus on protecting Yasaka and Kiryuu but provide support when needed, Kiba and Xenovia should take Seig since he uses demonic swords, Irina take the blonde because she uses holy swords, Rosswiesse the guy in mage robes is a genius with magic so he"s yours, I"ll take Cao Cao, Leonardo, and the buff guy. You all read the report I put together about them so be careful, they all use sacred gears." They all looked at him and nodded, then turned to their opponents. Xenovia pulled out her new durandal, with Excalibur attached to it with alchemy, and swung it to create a ma.s.sive holy aura attack.
"The first strike wins." She said simply, as the attack devastated the entire area. Alex sighed, as the dust cleared to show the enemies still standing behind a shield of mist as if nothing happened. He looked at Xenovia, and said,
"I was trying to prevent us from losing any stamina we might need for the fight, I already knew that attack wouldn"t work." She looked sheepish at his words and didn"t say anything. Then they heard movement from the other side.
"That attack, I feel like I might get a good fight from you now, user of durandal." Sieg said with excitement.
"So that was a taste of the holy power of durandal and Excalibur?" Georg said as if he saw something mildly interesting.
"Oh, I hope miss angel is as entertaining!" Jeanne said with enthusiasm. Leonardo didn"t say anything, and Heracles just grinned at Alex with antic.i.p.ation. Everyone started towards their own fights, and Alex dispelled his extra gravity and activated balance breaker as Heracles started running towards him. Heracles then readied a punch while he covered himself with his explosive aura, and Alex used his dragons scales under his armor. The two met head on, and as their fists met there was a shockwave.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A crater was formed and Alex was covered in an explosion from Heracles sacred gear. The hero was grinning as he held his arm, b.l.o.o.d.y from the force of the hit, expecting to see Alex"s mangled body. What he didn"t expect, was that Alex was not only fine, but launched a counter attack and kicked him back with all his strength before bathing him in dragon G.o.ds flames. As the flaming hero flew back, Alex looked at Cao Cao, and simply said,
"Next."
The spear user didn"t smile, as he prepared to engage Alex a second time. Leonardo then started to create his shadow monsters, while Cao Cao moved to attack Alex. He summoned Ascalon, and used one hand to fend off the spear, and the other for creating flame serpents to combat Leonardo"s shadow monsters. Once he was sure the shadow monsters were held in check, he turned his attention to Cao Cao. Alex then engaged in a battle of martial prowess with the hero, using the sword only to defend against the spear.
As the two traded blows the battles around them continued. Unlike the original series, the Sitri peerage took part in the current battle and provided support when needed. As a result they were slowly but surely gaining ground on the other heroes. Jeanne used her ability to summon a giant dragon made of holy blades, and Irina was backed up by Saji who went into dragon king mode. Sieg was holding off both Kiba and Xenovia, until they were helped by Sona"s knight Tomoe, who was able to keep his third arm busy long enough for Kiba to deal some damage.
Rosswiesse was still going strong against Georg, as it was a magic genius against another genius. The two were trading ma.s.sive amounts of magic attacks back and forth constantly, however Georg was slowly gaining the advantage until Sona"s bishops Momo and Reya stepped in. That left her rook and Azazel to provide protection for Yasaka, Asia, and Kiryuu, who looked ecstatic at the fight before her. While they were slowly gaining ground against the other heroes, Alex was still trading blows with Cao Cao.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this fight?" Cao Cao couldn"t help but think, as they continued trading blows against each other. He already knew that the gravity wasn"t increasing like the fight before, but still couldn"t displace the bad feeling he was having. There was something off about the blows Alex was dealing against him. Cao Cao looked back at Heracles, wondering when he"ll get up, before it clicked.
"There"s no weight to your attacks." He said to Alex as they separated. Alex smirked and held up his hands as he said,
"Alright, you got me. I wasn"t fighting serious." Cao Cao was dumbfounded at Alex"s words, and couldn"t help but ask,
"Why are you not fighting seriou- wait! Now that I look back your skills have been increasing during the time we"ve fought. Don"t tell me, you"ve been using me to train?!" Cao Cao couldn"t believe the words coming out of his own mouth, but as he saw Alex continuing to smirk at him, he knew he made the right guess. As his words spread across the battlefield, everyone else looked back at them with confusion, until Alex explained,
"All the strength I have is useless unless I apply it correctly. There"s no master martial artists around me, so I purposely drew out our fight to learn as much as possible. Now then, shall we keep going "teacher"?" Cao Cao was conflicted, he used the spear but was blocked with the sword. His martial arts were useless, so how was he supposed to keep the fight going?
As he was thinking about this, an unfamiliar magic circle spread near the battle field, and a young girl appeared followed by a giant golem. At the same time a noise penetrated the battlefield, as a tear opened up from the dimensional gap. As it did an oriental green dragon emerged from it, with the small figure of an elderly man riding it. Alex grimaced, it appeared his training time was up.