章 62: Chapter 62
"You mean my [Flame Spear]? It's a simple Tier 1 Lesser Fire Magic spell." The man sounded confused.
"Lesser Fire Magic? Tier? I've never heard of any magic using those terms before." The frown on her face deepened, making Sona look a lot more intimidating.
"Eh? But both Himejima-san and Heiress Gremory over there used Tiered Magic too; [Dual Thunder Call], a Tier 4 spell, and [Lesser Destruction Blast], a Tier 2 spell, respectively." The Gamer responded slowly, a hand rising to cup his chin in thought. "Maybe it's some sort of categorisation system unique to the [Gamer's Gear]?"
"My spell was weaker than Akeno's?" Rias arched an eyebrow.
"It was lower ranked. That doesn't necessarily mean it was weaker." Sona corrected her. "The Bael Family's magic, [Power of Destruction], wasn't given that title for nothing."
"Correct." The Gamer nodded. "In a direct contest of power, I suspect even my most powerful offensive spells, [Flame Bomb] and [Earth Shot], would be defeated by the weakest spell that any wielder of the [Power of Destruction] could manifest. Himejima-san's spell was the highest ranked spell I have seen since my Sacred Gear granted me the ability to see the names and Tiers of the spells and skills people around me use. Still, is that the strongest spell you can use, Heiress Gremory?"
"It isn't a spell so much as I shape my [Power of Destruction] into a blast, the size of which depends on my target, and I just fire it." The Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess stated with a shrug. "That's all I've needed to do so far."
"That won't work against someone who is strong enough, Rias." Sona warned her friend. "A Phenex, just as an example, would shrug off your blasts thanks to their immortal regeneration."
"The House of Phenex is another one of the noble houses of the Underworld. They have similar abilities to that of an actual Phoenix, including the ability to almost endlessly regenerate damage, create healing tears, control wind, heat and fire and their wings are always made of shaped fire rather than standard solidified magic." She added as an aside to the Gamer.
"Why would she have to fight a Phenex? That sounded as if you were trying to make a point to her." He asked curiously, his helmed gaze moving slowly between the two heiresses.
"My parents have engaged me to a Phenex, their youngest son in fact." Rias stated sourly. "He's a shameless rake with absolutely no respect for women and an ego that suffocates everyone around him. I'm currently trying every trick in the book to get free of the engagement, but my last option is to face him in a Rating Game, a fight where our Peerages battle one another while in an arena that has spells on it to prevent death or serious maiming. He has a full Peerage and I do not, plus he is an experienced battler in the Rating Games. Add in his Phenex regeneration and it's almost hopeless."
After a moment where he stood stock still, the Red-Armoured Man muttered something under his breath and a window appeared in front of him. With deft, experienced touches at fast speeds, he searched through to find something. It would have looked very weird if they hadn't been able to see the screens he'd manifested.
When he stopped, he chuckled.
"Ha…immortal my foot. A Phenex's regeneration is not almighty. Hit him with some Holy Water and his regeneration gets reduced by three-quarters." He said in triumph.
"Illegal in Rating Games." Sona shook her head.
"Huh…well, there are ways of taking down regenerators in games. Presumably they would work here too." The Gamer mused. "Care to hear my ideas?"
"It's worth a shot." Rias shrugged.
"Well, the first idea, use the weakness of the regeneration, isn't possible because of that rule. So then, the second is to hit him hard enough and fast enough that his regeneration can't keep up with it. I assume that in a Rating Game, taking the opposing [King] down equals defeat for the entire Peerage like it does in chess?"
"That's true, but Raiser isn't a fool; he'll send his Peerage out to fight and only emerge if he catches sight of Rias-buchou." Akeno shook her head. "By that point, ether she'll have been forced to move due to us being defeated or Raiser will have no pieces left and we'll be greatly weakened."
"I'm just stating strategies. It's up to you to work them into your plans." The Gamer shrugged. "Another commonality with regenerators is that often, the regeneration doesn't kick off until whatever made the wound leaved the flesh, so assuming Kiba-san here can sprout swords from the ground to impale this 'Raiser' at the right moment, that should restrain him and prevent his regeneration for a time."
"He'd burn through them with his fire." Sona countered.
The armoured man paused, and quickly looked back down as a new screen appeared. "Kiba-san's Sacred Gear "Sword Birth" allows him to create swords with unique enchantments yes?"
"Correct." Kiba agreed.
"Then why not create swords that nullify or are immune to fire or heat?"
Kiba and Rias both paused to blink in surprise, before Rias slapped a palm to her forehead and started muttering to herself. Kiba himself looked pensive, closing his eyes for a moment. A second later, a longsword with a blade seemingly made from ice emerged from the ground handle first.
"This is called [Flame Delete]. It nullifies any flame magic and acts as an amplifier for ice magics. It's usually a bit more difficult to craft enchanted swords. I've never tried doing that with anything other than a normal steel sword." Kiba stated thoughtfully. "Though it is certainly possible, especially if I'm only creating a single type multiple times. It's definitely something I can work towards."
"We'll work out a training program for that when we get home." agreed Rias with a firm nod, still internally cursing herself as an idiot, before turning her attention back to the Red-Armoured Man. "Any other ideas?"
"Make the attacks so painful that they cause his mind to shut down." The Gamer suggested. "I don't care if he can regenerate, his mind should have an upper threshold for the amount of pain he can feel."
"True." Rias agreed thoughtfully, a small vindictive smile forming on her lips. Her distaste for her so-called fiancé probably made the idea far more appealing than it should. "Regeneration aside, Raiser is an average young Devil, cocky and arrogant. Most people who face him expect to lose because of his Phenex abilities, so the chances are that he has rarely had to suffer much in the way of pain. Combined with fire-nullifying swords from Kiba to pin him down and we may have a plan."
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