Quickly regaining his footing Issei backed up to get some distance and time to think but instead was forced to deflect a barrage of light spears from Raynare,
which Dohnaseek then used to once again close the distance between two of them.
Again Issei was forced onto the defensive as the more experienced male counterpart pressed his advantage while Raynare continued taking pot shots at the teen.
Dodging another of Raynare's spears Issei grinned as he saw it accidently hit her teammate and immediately used the opening to inflict a deep stab wound in the Fallen Angel's side.
Dohnaseek cried out in pain before he retaliated by cutting at Issei's legs in an attempt to cripple him.
Thankfully, both attacks were blocked by Issei's lance but it costed him a spear to the shoulder courtesy of Raynare who was still flying above the two fighters.
"Well it would seem you are the better fighter of the two," commented Issei as he ducked under Dohnaseek's spears again before thrusting with his own.
"Trust me kid you haven't seen anything yet," replied the Fallen Angel as he deflected the red lance,
cracking his first spear in the process and used his second spear to make a shallow cut along Issei's shoulder.
Grunting in surprise more than pain Issei brought his lance down on cracked spear and shattered it as the blood red lance inflicted a similar cut along the Fallen Angel's side.
Dohnaseek's eyes widened as he saw his cracked spear shatter but before Issei could take advantage of the sudden opening he was forced to bring his lance up to deflect another spear from Raynare.
Using this distraction Dohnaseek quickly flew upwards to get some distance between the two of them and summoned a replacement spear.
Issei just watched the two Fallen Angels hovering above him with a calculating expression as he weighed the chances of fighting the two of them at once.
He could feel his body beginning to tire from the constant abuse it was taking and knew that he couldn't afford for this fight to go on much longer.
Thankfully, he still had his ace up his sleeve but if he tried to use it on one of them, it would leave him exhausted and easy prey for the other.
Issei's inner debate was cut short as Dohnaseek swooped down upon him with his two spears, causing Issei to growl as his arms struggled to hold back the Fallen Angel's strength.
Before Issei could return the attack however, Dohnaseek flew back into the air before beginning another swooping attack and sending Issei flying into the air from the impact.
Seeing his opponent's helpless position Dohnaseek quickly swooped towards the human like a raptor as he readied his spears for the killing blow.
Realizing this Issei stabbed his lance into the ground, halting his flight before twisting in midair and using his momentum to remove his weapon from the ground and swing the lance like a bat at the Fallen Angel.
Unable to turn or stop in time Dohnaseek's eyes widened and he brought his two spears up to block the incoming blow as his momentum literally carried him towards the lance.
The two light spears briefly held back the red lance before they both shattered and Dohnaseek cried out in pain as the lance inflicted another narrow cut along his chest and sent him crashing into the ground.
Seeing an opening Issei jumped towards the downed Fallen Angel with his lance thrusting towards Dohnaseek's heart.
However seeing this and realizing that he didn't have time to summon his light spears to block the Fallen Angel reached up and grabbed the shaft of Issei's lance just as it was about to pierce his heart.
The lance hovered there just above Dohnaseek's chest as the two of them attempted to overpower the other, one attempting to push it away while the other tried to impale his opponent.
Eventually the deadlock was broken as Issei heard Raynare approaching from behind and yanked his lance backwards, carrying
Dohnaseek along with him as the Fallen Angel failed to anticipate the sudden change in their tug of war.
The male Fallen Angel was once again sent flying and crashed into Raynare which sent the two of them tumbling to the ground,
only for them both to roll to either side as they dodged Issei's red lance stabbing where they had been laying seconds earlier.
The two Fallen Angels quickly took to the sky as they began to reappraise Issei who was meeting their gaze, a bloodthirsty grin on his face as he picked up Dohnaseek's fedora that had fallen to the ground and placed it on his head.
"What is up with this kid?" muttered Dohnaseek as he tried to ignore the pain from the numerous wounds and summoned his spears.
"I don't know he wasn't anything like this before he summoned that Sacred Gear," replied Raynare, equally wary of the boy.
"Is that even a Sacred Gear? I don't recognize it, do you?" he asked with a frown.
Raynare shook her head, "no I don't but it has to be a Sacred Gear, what else could it be?"
"I don't know but I keep getting the feeling that he's holding back against us, like he could end this in a single attack if he wanted to," answered Dohnaseek with a concerned frown.
"Don't be ridiculous Dohnaseek he's just a human he doesn't stand a chance against the two of us," scoffed Raynare.
Dohnaseek remained silent as he just stared at Issei's lance and frowned as his battle hardened instincts kept screaming at him to run from that demonic spear.
The reports had said that the boy had a draconic Sacred Gear not a demonic one and while it was possible for the reports to get it wrong, Dohnaseek couldn't escape the feeling that this wasn't the case.
"Oi are you two done yet? I thought you were supposed to be on a limited time frame?" commented the smug human.
"You smug little shit! I'm going take great pleasure in killing you," snarled Raynare.