The Rating Game was a system that the devils had used to gauge their abilities for centuries. They would challenge other devils with their servants that they had acquired in their long lasting lives. Every victory and every defeat proved just how high a standing a devil could be. Whether they would be respected and revered or mocked at and ridiculed.

In fact those who were ten strongest and most skilled in this Rating Game were considered heroes amongst devils, with the top 3 having almost equal powers to that of the current satans. In fact 'The Emperor' Diehauser Belial has never lost since his first battle, making him the true champion of this game.

However, despite this there is one group with power and skill that would easily stomp over 'The Emperor' if they wanted. Yet for some reason their King refused to do so. It is unknown why he decides to push away a chance of getting the highest social standing in the Underworld.

Many called him and his peerage foolish, mocking him and labeling them as cowards. Some couldn't handle the fact that one would be dumb enough to reject the chance of fame and power.

Though for the King, power wasn't an issue for him.

But let's wind back a bit and start a bit light, shall we? Let's begin with who exactly is this King, and the members of his peerage.

The King himself is something you would call, abnormal. At first glance, his well-mannered attire of a well-tailored suit with black dress pants and a red tie would make it look like he was normal. This is what most people first notice whenever they meet him. Of course then his height, which could either tower over trees or stand a head taller than the tallest man in room would be the second. Then his appendages, arms that were long and dangly with it ended with claw-like hands, or the tall stretching legs he had. And finally his most bizarre trait his face, which was nothing more than a blank white head, with no eyes, or ears, or nose or anything.

Some would even say that his existence was wrong, as if he should have been conceived and was a mistake. Others would remark on how he was a failed creation and that the world couldn't destroy because of how much it had grown in power. Though, the one thing that all would agree on is that whatever he was, they were scared of him. Not that their pride would admit it.

The name of this King was unknown, as he himself stated that he awoke with no memory regarding his identity. So he decided to make one himself. In the tales of old, way back in during eras of Knights it was said he was the creature in the tale 'Die Geschichte Der Ritter' where he was portrayed as a faceless creature that stole away kids. During that time he was called 'Der Namelose' or The Nameless. Something that he had commented was rather tasteless.

Supposedly he was having 'fun' as during that time, as the children he had stolen away, peaked his curiosity of human life. After he was 'wounded' by the blade of the knight Der Ritter, he vanished, leaving behind a child. When asked whether or not he was beaten and wounded (By a human no less) he responded that he had grown tired of dealing with the people of that era and decided that the knight was good excuse to leave. Questions about the child however were met with stunning silence, followed by them getting choked out to those who tried to insist in that question.

Afterwards reports of a strange tall man began showing up everywhere, in legends, in pictures and even stories. Apparently he admitted he had gone a bit too overboard. Of course that small mistake gave him his new names, some of which gave a rather chilling vibe. From the Operator due to his ability over technology as well as him leaving static residue in the air, Fear Dubh meaning the 'Dark Man' a legend in Scotland, and Slender Man one of the most spoken name for him.

Despite the numerous other names that others would've chosen, he took the name Slender Man, much to the surprise to some devils. He stated he choose the simplistic name because of how easy it was for others to relate to his legend, also so it would be easier for his peerage to form a closer bond with him.

His peerage however is one thing he was mocked and ridiculed for, despite him easily having the ability to crucify them without a second thought. While most devils had fellow devils in their peerage, Slender Man's was exclusively human with the exception of his Queen.

It was a huge shock to the devils when he returned with two humans in tow, both of which were fully human. They were downright pissed that he had sullied their pure system when he brought in mortals. Slender Man paid them no mind, instead focusing on helping his peerage grow stronger.

Thing only got worse when he introduced more and more humans into his peerage, some felt insulted when one of his piece which was a Rook, one of the most powerful pieces in a game, was a human child. It was there they had enough.

A higher level devil challenged him to a Rating Game, though there was no Noble Demon spirit. No the devil wanted to put him down, to spit in his body and dance on the graves of his peerages afterwards. Many supported this, while Slender Man accepted.

During that time he merely had a Bishop, a Knight, a Rook and two Pawns. He was outnumbered by his opponent who had a full number of fifteen pieces, added with the King's supposed immortality. It seemed that defeat for the Slender Man was imminent. Devils were stronger than humans by a ridiculous margin, so when the fight started they expected the battle to short and bloody.

It was short and bloody alright, and the aftermath left the fifteen pieces of his opponent as well as the King himself traumatized. Any devils who were watching were quaking in their boots. They had expected a bloodbath, but it was supposed to be delivered TO Slender Man, not BY him. Those humans he had, moved like they were possessed, inflicting more damage than one could thought of with their mundane arsenal. The hatchets of his Rook, the random items that his Pawns were using like scissors, or rocks, and at one point pull out a gun.

But the Knight and the Bishop, there were the worst. They didn't think that any could use a Knight's speed that way, how he charged right into enemy lines, punching, kicking and causing chaos and disarray. It looked like a technique some had seen during the human wars. The Bishop however, he was an old man standing on his own, a perfect target that was ripe for the taking. He jabbed the two girls that were going to slice him to bits, they disappeared for a second, before they both returned, with the man unharmed, but the girls bleeding all over.

Whatever those things that were in Slender Man's peerage, they weren't human.

But those humans were nothing compared to their King. It was nothing like they had expected when they saw the tall figure get into battle. They expected his tall stature to impede his way during the Rating Game. They expected that he would be slow due to his abnormally long limbs. They expected him to be frail due to his rather thin stature. What the din't expect at all, was his claw like hands nearing tearing up the marble floor of the their battleground, black tendrils to suddenly protrude from his back to impale any sucker that got too close, to take a blow from the Queen and King himself without even flinching and for him to suddenly throw the opponent King like a rag doll that had gotten too dusty.

After that no one decided to question his choice of peerage, as such his peerage continued to grow, until he had used all of his pieces. His Queen piece was given to an entity that was similar to him called the Observer. Oddly enough, even before he welcomed him into his peerage, the Observer was already treating him like a superior. His remaining Rook was given to a teen with scars, two of his Pawns were used to allow a man with a theatrical mask to join, while he used the rest to bring in two more humans, both of which seemed to hate each other, his final remaining piece a Knight was given to the only girl in the peerage, he said that he took pity on her when she got lost in the forest.

Now with a full peerage, no one dared to go against the tall figure. Not after what they had seen what his Queen could do. Sure they still called him names, mocked them if given the chance, but neither of them wanted to face the Slender Man and his Proxies.