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Mars vs. Colt & Jade is a battle fought between Substitute Devil, Mars Lin against the supernatural businessman, Colt Ryder and his aid, Jade. It takes place in the Gleaming Lighthouse, and across Wonderland's coast at the conclusion of the second volume.

Prologue
Following the arrival and subsequent retreat of the Khaos Brigade, Colt appears on top of the school as he sarcastically claps at the effort made by Rias' Peerage. When goaded by Xenovia to come down and face them, Colt remarks that his intents lies within Mars. The Fiend hops down from his resting point and starts slowing walking towards the group. Within a moment, Kiba moves to attack and brings a downward slash from above, causing a massive wound to appear on Colt's chest, with him replying that it was going to be a issue for his drycleaner to fix.

The swordsman attempts to deliver a sideways strike but is quickly swatted away by a force blast from Colt. Right behind him, Xenovia appears and swings Durandal with the intent to decapitate him in a single blow. A cloud of dust a kicked up as she struck, but its revealed that Colt defended himself with a blade of golden energy. He kicks her to the side and starts to look slightly irritated by these attacks. He says that he's not here to fight them, just Mars, and that any retaliation from him will be made with killing intent.

Just as expected, Mars arrive to the scene, slightly exhausted from the past few minutes of fighting. He looks to the Colt, who's shaking his head in disappointment, noting that Mars' stamina needs some improvement. Before he could respond, Azazel shows up in front of Colt's face, asking why a human would work with the Khaos Brigrade. Colt explains he'd did just to get Mars out here, and now that he is, phase 2 was next.

Rias comments that he wouldn't stand a chance against her and her peerage, with them coming all to the offensive. Colt points out he wasn't planning on fighting them and soon activates a magic seal he'd placed on Mars prior to the invasion. Mars is teleported away within moments, at the shock of everyone in the area and Colt explains his plan, before being teleported away in a flash of lightning.

Across Wonderland, Mars shows up by a cliffside, tumbling down from the shock of the teleportation. Confused, Mars sees Jade, the bounty hunter that had thrown him from the clock tower. He notes vividly remembering the moment where his bones broke and he nearly died, and begins to charge her before being thrown back with a swipe infused with lightning magic from Heavenly Imperial Storm. Colt appears by the Sacred Gear user, reminding her to tone down her attacks, as he like to keep Mars alive and well.

Battle
Mars notes Jade referring to Colt as 'Sir' and takes notice of her reserved expression around him, confirming him to have been the one to have ordered his assassination attempt. Mars dashes towards the duo while wielding knives he'd made from nearby stone and demands that Colt explain why he was doing this. Colt scoffs at his demand and begins talking about the tactical advantage of knives on the battlefield. At the same time, he manifests he Ivory Bow in his hand. He takes aim and fires multiple rays of light towards Mars.

Mars attempts to weave his way through the barrage of light but get struck in the shoulder and the shin, causing him to drop his knives while he tumbles onto the ground. Colt

Aftermath
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