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Originally Posted by backbone

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Hmm people can think that everything is done out of chance, convenience. But for me its basically a case of cause and effect.

1) Gremory and Sitri makes the academy their base
2) Bad guy Kokabiel wants to send a very strong message to the devils and angels
3) Using Freed, Kokabiel gets the attention of the church and tries to lure them to devil territory
4) Irina and Xenovia show up for angel's side
5) By destroying the HQ of 2 devil nobles (or maybe even murder of said nobles), Ignite the fuse of a giant time bomb and make open war involving all sides

Its just this bad guy's plan all along. He has to show himself, being a very high ranked fallen angel, to now finally force the others to move. He is attempting to break the stalemate.

P.S.

Spoiler for summary:

1) Ise group chase after Freed.
2) Freed isnt working alone, he has that bald priest guy who helps him and teaches him to use the holy swords
3) The 2 bad guys escape, and the 3 swordsmen (kiba, xenovia, and irina) chase after them (while the others just gave up or didnt care)
4) Out of screen the 3 are actually defeated and Irina's excaliber is stolen
5) Rias and Sitri group finally grow worried (i think they failed here) and go out to look for their missing swordsmen
6) They find Freed and his master Kokabiel who basically has bigger plans than just stealing excalibers and murdering priests.