Vergil Is Back-Chapter 29 - 23: Echoes of Power

Gremory Territory – Occult Research Club

The sky above Kuoh distorted, just for a moment.

A ripple of silver and violet light streaked silently across the atmosphere, unseen by most—but not unnoticed. Every devil, angel, and dragon sensitive to power felt it in their bones, like the universe itself had inhaled and forgotten to breathe.

Rias Gremory nearly fell to one knee.

Her vision blurred. Her magic surged in panic. The very air seemed heavier—twisted with something ancient and unknowable.

"Rias!" Akeno rushed to her side, catching her just before she collapsed.

Rias's hand trembled as she pressed it to her chest. Her heartbeat was wild, her blood rushing with instinctual fear. But it wasn't fear of death.

It was awe.

"I felt it," she murmured, voice barely audible. "Leon."

Akeno stiffened. "That was him?"

She nodded. "His energy... it's not the same anymore. This wasn't a power spike. It was a metamorphosis."

Rias rose to her feet slowly, her crimson hair swaying in the still-electric air. Her eyes, wide and thoughtful, stared at the fading glow in the distant sky.

"He's not walking the path of any devil, angel, or dragon. He's forging something new... Something beyond even the Vergil he once mirrored."

She exhaled, almost shakily.

"I don't know whether we've gained an ally—or awakened a god."

System Realm – Simulation Chamber

The world glitched.

Asia Argento had just landed a clean hit on the simulation's generated opponent—a clone of Leon's Devil Trigger—but suddenly the space around her flickered and stopped. The program froze.

No warning. No system prompt.

Then, without a sound, her Sacred Gear flared with uncontrollable light. A brilliant electric surge—mixed with something else. Something like soul fire.

She fell to her knees as visions she didn't understand danced behind her eyes.

[System Broadcast Interruption]Source: Host Leon

Leyline Core AbsorbedSystem Overclocking...

Ego Presence Detected: Resonating

A single frame of Leon appeared on the simulation screen—standing in a crater of glowing crystal, eyes closed, wings of void stretching outward in silence.

Asia reached toward it instinctively.

"...Leon?"

The screen shattered.

Her chest ached, her fingers trembling as the pressure faded. She didn't know where he was—but she knew, with every fiber of her being, that he had passed a point of no return.

And she feared not what he had become...

...but what he might still choose to be.

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