Jack POV

Arcee and her team were preparing to disembark on their mission when suddenly the sound of two jets caught my attention. Those jets were Dreadwing and Skyquake and they just launched a barrage of missiles that seemed to be infused with demonic magic. Fortunately, the magic defense circles that had been placed around the castle activated resulting in the missiles failing to do any damage to the castle. Several of the magic circles that had been placed as traps to help ward off attackers soon activated and started firing concentrated blasts of demonic magic while Arcee, Chromia, and Flare Up activated their blasters, which they infused with their demonic power, and began shooting at Dreadwing and Skyquake forcing them to retreat back to their base.

"Shouldn't we pursue them?" Flare Up asked.

"No that attack was just meant to try and both weaken and test our defenses which means Vali may soon be launching his real attack on our base," I answered.

"So I take it my unit won't be leaving then," Arcee said.

"Not yet for now you and your team stay back I don't want to risk your team getting caught in the middle of the fighting. When Vali makes his move against us we will look or create an opportunity for your team to sneak away and carry out your mission," I replied.

"Understood," Arcee said.

Suddenly a loud sound could be heard from the forest. It sounded like a bunch of motorcycles.

"The enemy is coming straight from the forest," Lavina announced as several magic defenses could be heard activating.

"They appear to be a horde of anti monsters just like the ones back in Kyoto but instead of legs they just have one big wheel to move on," Le Fay announced.

"Cynthia take Bova, Saphira, Xenovia, Sento, Samus, and Mirajane eliminate the anti monsters quickly and watch out for any of Vali's servants they may be planning an ambush," I ordered.

Cynthia, Bova, and Saphira simply nodded their heads before flying off from the courtyard in their dragon forms while Sento and Mirajane activated their balance breakers and flew off with them while Xenovia and Samus brought out their devil wings and flew out with them.

"Do you really think their is an ambush?" Kiyome asked me.

"It's a possibility that can't be ignored. These anti monsters are barely different from the ones we had to deal with in Kyoto. Vali could have easily had Leonardo create far stronger monsters which means…"

"He is only sending these anti monsters to both weaken and distract us which would also allow him to move his servants more covertly since we can't ignore them," Ravel finished.

Break

Third Person POV

Bova, Cynthia, and Saphira let out a powerful stream of fire from their mouths obliterating a good portion of the horde of anti-monsters while the ones that survived and were unleashing beams of light at them most of which missed them while the ones that managed to hit them barely did any damage.

While Bova, Cynthia, and Saphira flew back around to destroy more of the anti-monsters Mirajane and Sento went to the front of the battle in the air. Mirajane unleashed her darkness streak destroying more of the anti-monsters that were coming from the edge of the forest while Sento unleashed a barrage of holy-demonic bullets destroying most of the anti-monsters that had mange to evade Mirajane's attack.

Suddenly Gogmagog emerged from the forest taking those fighting the anti-monsters in the front by surprise.

"How did the heck did that golem get here without any of us spotting it earlier?" Saphira asked as she dodged Gogmagog's laser beams.

"I remember hearing Le Fay mention something about Gogmagog being able to shrink similar to Bova in order to move around more quickly without being detected," Mirajane answered as Cynthia flew towards them.

"In any case that golem needs to be taken down quickly and you should reserve more of your strength for the time being and this provides an opportunity," Cynthia said.

"Opportunity?" Saphira asked.

"Yes I've been wanting to see how well you would fight against a powerful opponent after all the training you've been through and this is the perfect opportunity to see how far you've come," Cynthia replied.

"I see in that case I'll do my best not to disappoint," Saphira said.

"I know you will Saphira. Now then, Sento and Mirajane, I want the two of you to focus on the anti-monsters and any more of Vali's servants that may be lurking around," Cynthia ordered.

"Understood," they replied.

Break

Third Person POV

Near the gate of the castle Xenovia was obliterating all remaining anti-monsters that had slipped by the onslaught with Ex-Durandal with Samus assisting her.

[Four familiars belonging to Lord Jackson's peerage have retired.]

The announcement took both Samus and Xenovia by surprise. Xenovia then created a magic circle to try and contact her familiar to confirm her suspicions.

"I can't reach him," Xenovia said.

"Maybe one of Vali's servants is blocking the communication," Samus replied.

"I was able to talk to him before without any problems when I was checking in to see if he had spotted anything," Xenovia stated before quickly turning around and flying right about the castle walls after destroying more anti-monsters.

"The familiars that are guarding the castle are still there which means that the familiars that were retired were the ones we had acting as surveillance," Xenovia stated after landing.

"Shit that's going to make it difficult to go on the offensive," Samus cursed.

Suddenly one of the traps that had been laid out surrounding the entire castle, a hidden wall of fire, activated briefly catching the attention of both Samus and Xenovia.

[One of Lord Vali's Bishops have retired.]

"So it looks like Jack was right to warn us to be cautious," Samus remarked before she resumed fighting more of the anti-monsters with Xenovia.

"Samus!" Xenovia shouted trying to warn Samus.

Unfortunately her warning came too late for Samus and powerful beam of magic hit Samus from her left side before she could react in time.

[One of Lord Jackson's Pawns have retired.]

Xenovia then looked towards where the direction of the attack came from and spotted the assailant.

"So judging from what I overheard your friend said earlier it would appear your teammates have predicted our strategy fortunately some of us among Lord Vali's peerage excel at hiding our presence. Though it is unfortunate that Connla got defeated by a mere trap I guess I'll just have to pick up the slack for him then," Mystogan remarked.

Xenovia then pointed Ex-Durandel towards Mystogan.

"You won't need to worry about that since I'll be defeating you soon," Xenovia proclaimed.

A/N: Sorry for the delay but I've been busy anyway I will be heading back to college soon and I have decided to focus on making a rewritten version of Issei Sitri and writing more chapters for the Millicas the Shota Harem King (Adopted and Rewritten).

Poll Announcement: The poll about whether or not to add more evil pieces is still up however I will be taking it down in a week or two. I have also changed my mind about letting guests vote as long as they use a name when they vote in the review section I will count it.

Jack's Peerage (Please note that all pieces except Xenovia and Ravel are mutated)

Queen: Yasaka

Rook: Mirajane

Rook: Kuroka

Bishop: Ravel

Bishop: Ultear

Knight: Erza

Knight: Xenovia

Pawn: Le Fay

Pawn: Lavina

Pawn: Kiyome

Pawn: Samus

Pawn: Sento Isuzu

Pawn: Arcee

Pawn: Chromia

Pawn: Flareup

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Vali's Peerage (Please note that all pieces are mutated)

Queen: Cao Cao

Rook: Gogmagog

Rook: Heracles

Bishop: Connla

Bishop: Mystogan

Knight: Arthur

Knight: Tobio

Pawn: Bikou

Pawn: Fenrir

Pawn: Leonardo

Pawn: Perseus (He is a character that is set to appear in Highschool DxD)

Pawn: Dreadwing

Pawn: Skyquake

Pawn: Laxus Dreyar

Pawn: Tien Shinhan