The area Grayfia chose this time was not within Fallen Angel territory. It was in the southern part of the Underworld, a vast stretch of untamed wilderness where jagged terrain and endless plains swallowed any sign of civilization.
Her previous hideout had been exposed in a remote corner of Fallen Angel land. After that, isolated regions like these naturally became prime suspects.
The Gremory House, the Phenex House, the Sitri House, and, of course, Sirzechs' faction all deployed a significant portion of their forces to comb through distant and uninhabited areas.
The reason they had not searched this place was simple. Grayfia's location had already been exposed before their forces could extend their search to this stretch of wilderness.
"Grayfia, give up. There is no way you'll escape this time."
Hovering in the air, Venelana spoke as powerful winds swept across the wilderness, her brown hair flowing behind her. Her long white and black dress fluttered with the current. Her gaze remained locked on Yusuke, who was held firmly by the waist in Grayfia's arms.
"Let Yusuke go. It's not too late to fix this."
To Venelana, Yusuke's safety mattered above all else. As for matters like sharing him with other women, she did not dwell on them. As long as her daughter accepted it and she herself could enjoy Yusuke's company, nothing else concerned her.
While yanderes were often known for extreme possessiveness and an inability to tolerate sharing, Venelana had grown up in an environment where her father and male relatives all kept harems. She herself had once been part of one, and was even the woman who managed her husband's harem. Because of that upbringing, she found it far easier to accept the idea of sharing Yusuke, provided her daughter was truly fine with it.
Bang!
Venelana's words were answered by a barrage of massive lightning arcs crashing down from the sky, each bolt thicker than five meters. They descended straight toward her, only to be met midair by a crimson magic circle. From it, dense Power of Destruction surged upward, colliding with the lightning and crushing it into scattered sparks.
"The audacity! Yusuke is not something to be shared with you. He belongs to one woman only, and that woman is me!"
Grayfia was the complete opposite of Venelana. Sirzechs had only ever taken her as his sole wife. Even her late father had only her mother as his wife.
In her heart burned an extreme possessiveness and an obsession toward Yusuke that bordered on madness.
She wanted him entirely for herself.
That obsession twisted her deeply. She began to resent even her husband and her own son for existing, as their presence marked her past, which would forever remind her that she was no longer untouched and pure for her Yusuke.
She gradually distanced herself from her son as well, only easing that coldness after noticing that Yusuke showed affection toward him. Only then did the child stop feeling like a stain in her eyes.
An enormous array of magic circles unfolded across the sky, so vast they covered the entirety of the flattened mountain below. From them poured a storm of spells. Lightning speared down, firestorms roared, shards of ice rained like spears, and massive boulders crashed toward the battlefield.
"Sweetie, stay still. Don't run away, okay? Once I deal with these filthy sluts, we will finally live together in peace."
Grayfia descended quickly and put Yusuke gently on the ground. A barrier formed around him at once. She leaned down, pressed a kiss against his lips, then rose back into the air without hesitation.
"Alright," Yusuke replied calmly, playing the role of a powerless jade beauty straight out of a cliché Chinese novel.
All this time, he had allowed Grayfia to do as she pleased without resistance.
Once she left him within the barrier, he simply stood there, hands at his sides, watching the fight between Venelana and Grayfia happening high above.
He tilted his head slightly and met Sona's eyes. The two of them smiled at the same time, 'All according to keikaku!'
Everything was unfolding exactly as planned. Let the two insanely powerful milfs tear into each other while the other girls supported Venelana from the sidelines. All that remained was for something conveniently unexpected to happen at the perfect moment, 'B2, be ready once I give the order.'
[Yeah, yeah, I am all ready and prepared for you! Just say the word! Hahaha! This is going to be fun! Catfights are the best!] B2 replied with wild, sadistic laughter. The only part she truly enjoyed about her job was watching yanderes rip each other apart. It was so sweet! So satisfying!
"…" Yusuke decided not to acknowledge her and ignore her misleading words.
Rumble!
BOOMM!
BOOMM!
On the other side, the battle between the two yandere milfs escalated further. Venelana and Grayfia exchanged blows at a rapid pace, their attacks increasing in magnitude by dozens of times. Any single strike carried enough power to erase an entire city. They moved like blurs across the sky, colliding again and again in devastating clashes. If this fight had taken place in Japan, the country would have already been wiped off the map.
As the battle dragged on, it became apparent that Grayfia held the upper hand. She was stronger than Venelana. That fact alone was not surprising. Even before all of this, Grayfia had been powerful enough to fight Serafall for ten straight days, and to this day, no one truly knew how that fight ended.
Later, with her strength further enhanced by the Queen Piece, it was only natural that she stood at such a terrifying level.
The title Silver Haired Queen of Annihilation was not an exaggeration.
Venelana was far from weak. She was absurdly strong in her own right. An Ultimate Class like Kokabiel would get trashed by her in just a handful of moves. However, in the end, she still fell short of Grayfia.
There was also another difference. Grayfia had remained active all this time, constantly fighting and honing herself. Venelana, on the other hand, had stepped away from the battlefield long ago. It had been hundreds of years since she last engaged in a serious fight.
Bang!
"Hmph!"
A massive ball of fire grazed past Venelana's side, scorching her shoulder. Fabric and skin burned away together, the straps on her shoulder incinerated along with her bra. The right side of her chest was left completely exposed, her large breast bouncing freely in the air.
She paid it no attention.
Instead, she thrust both hands forward. From her palms erupted dozens of dense crimson spheres of destruction. Each orb was linked to the others by crackling strands of crimson light that sizzled like lightning, forming a web that expanded outward. The blazing net shot toward Grayfia at high speed, aiming to bind her.
At the same time, Venelana raised one hand high above her head. Another magic circle ignited in the sky. From it descended an enormous sphere of condensed power. It rapidly compressed into a smaller, denser form as fractures of black crimson lightning snapped and crackled across its surface, the energy within growing more violent with each passing second.
"It's useless! I won't let you!"
Grayfia's wings spread wide as she twisted through the air, narrowly evading the incoming net.
The web of destruction shifted direction instantly, chasing after her like your cringy past.
She accelerated toward Venelana instead, unleashing a barrage of spells as she advanced, waves of magic crashing down from above.
Venelana once had the title Brown Haired Ruin Princess for a reason. It came from the overwhelming devastation she could unleash upon her enemies. Her signature technique was this very attack, Orb of Annihilation.
It concentrated the Power of Destruction into a massive sphere wrapped in a swirling crimson and black aura. The orb possessed terrifying, destructive properties, capable of reducing anything it touched into nothingness. It could also pursue its target and even drag them toward it by force. Its only drawback was the time required to fully form and compress the energy.
Grayfia understood that weakness well. That was precisely why she rushed forward without hesitation, intent on interrupting Venelana before the Orb of Annihilation could reach completion.
"I won't let you!"
Rias's cold voice rang out, scraping against Grayfia's ears like that one spiteful bitch who keeps whispering poison into your girlfriend's ear until she finally dumps you.
A crimson sphere tore through the air straight toward her.
"Venelana-san isn't fighting alone. We're here too!" Sona's voice followed. As she spoke, her Telekinesis activated, an invisible force distorting the air around Grayfia to hinder her movement. At the same time, a massive spear of light formed above Sona and shot forward.
It was true that all of them combined, without Venelana, still could not defeat Grayfia. That much was obvious.
But that did not mean they were useless.
Even if they could not win outright, they could create openings, apply pressure, and disrupt her timing. That alone was reason enough for them to be here. Otherwise, why would they have come at all?
Three pairs of wings erupted from Kalawarna and Raynare as they soared into the air, taking cover behind Tsubaki, who braced herself to use her Sacred Gear to block Grayfia's attack.
The two fallen angels conjured dozens of Holy Spears, joining Akeno, who unleashed torrents of Holy Lightning aimed at Grayfia, attempting to lock down her movement entirely.
Even if these attacks could not injure her, slowing her down would still count as a victory for them.
Aika inhaled deeply and unleashed her Fire Dragon Breath, while Murayama manipulated her Sacred Gear with Telekinesis, attacking Grayfia from a distance.
Ravel, Isabella, Yubelluna, and Eleonora, though weaker, still threw themselves into the fight, launching their own attacks.
The only ones left standing, biting their lips in frustration, were Irina and Xenovia. They watched the battle from afar, their eyes occasionally flicking toward Yusuke in the distance. They wanted to fight, but what had happened to Xenovia earlier made them painfully aware that they were nothing more than a burden in this battle.
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