First Chapter: Battle Royale

Part 1

2 of July, on that date, an important conference were aired on TV all over the human world, Underworld and Heaven.

Three figures appeared standing on a stage with four chairs behind them. They were a white haired man with blue armour, a yellow haired man with white robes, and a black haired man with a yukata.

One of those men, the white haired one, walked away from the other two, looking at a crow in front of them.

"I'm happy to announce that the three of us have signed the peace treaty. You can rest assured now."

After the man proclaimed that, the mass of people in front of him cheered. These people, or at least most of them, were not humans: some of them had bat wings, other white feathered wings, and the third group had black feathered ones.

"For that, we want to sign a treaty with humanity, to ensure the Three Great Power and humans are at peace."

In that moment, a fourth man entered the stage. With dark yellow hair and a business suit, he represented humanity. The blonde man got close to the human, extending a piece of paper and a pen.

"If you sign this, humanity will accept peace with the Three Great Powers. Now, declare your position."

The man took the pen and proclaimed important words.

"I, Caspar Valeribe, am willing to sign this peace treaty with the Three Great Powers."

As the human, Caspar Valeribe, signed the treaty, the blonde man put on a sincere smile.

"Thank you very much; I'm sorry for taking so much time to sign the treaty with the Devil and Fallen Angels. For these reasons, I, Michael, say sorry to all of you on this moment."

The blonde man with white robes, Michael, looked at the other two men. The first one to speak was the armoured white haired man.

"I, Lucifer, forgive you and the Angels."

Next was the black haired man with a yukata.

"I, Azazel, take your apologies."

The two men, Lucifer and Azazel, took Michael's apology. Right after that, Michael showed a big smile on his face.

"Well then, the good part of this conference starts now."

Azazel said that before sitting on his chair, crossing his legs. Caspar and Michael also sat down on their respective chairs, leaving Lucifer to say his announcement.

"As you should know, the battle against The Seven Deadly Sins last year required of an alliance between Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels and humans named [Team Morning Star]. Now that the Sin of Pride, my grandson Price, is under arrest, we can declare that the evil reign of the Seven Sins is over."

The crow cheers while remembering the horrible deeds said group of criminals, who killed the population of entire countries like the United States, committed. However, Lucifer's announcement isn't over; rather, it hasn't begun.

"Since the four races represented here are on peace now, many would believe the battles between us would be over. However, Azazel and Michael agreed with me that that doesn't have to be the case. As long as it isn't a life or death battle, the Three Great Powers will allow battles between those who are involved in the treaty."

Azazel started grinning, knowing what Lucifer would say next. On their side, Michael and Caspar remained calm.

"Since we want a fair play on these battles, we decided to organize a little game: the [Battle Royale]. Given the nature of the game, we assumed it was the most logical name."

The crow awed in surprise, but also happiness, as an event that promoted the fair play battles between the ones who signed the peace treaty, the [Battle Royale], would be held.

"5 of July, that day, 4 representatives from each race will participate in the battle. The only condition to participate is that the members of [Team Morning Star] who battle against The Seven Deadly Sins last year won't be participating."

While this condition neglected those heroes led by the Phenex clan who fought back then, it was considered the fairest.

"The exact rules will be explained once the day comes. Until then, have a good night."

With that, Lucifer retired from the stage while the crow clapped at him. He was followed by Azazel, Michael and Caspar shortly afterward.

"This is going to be awesome."

After Azazel left those words behind, the transmission was concluded.

Part 2

The same day as before, many Angels were gathering in front of the Vatican. Between them was the Guardian Angel of the Vatican, Giorno Shiobana.

"Oh, such news is a pleasure to my ears. It's a shame Nero won't be able to participate, but winning in the name of God is a must."

The one who said that was a blonde haired young man. Not only there were many crosses on his body, but ten white as snow wings were coming out of his back.

"I'll be one of the participants. Anyone disagrees?"

All the Angels remained silent for a moment. Then, a boy with silver hair, an Angel with four wings, spoke.

"If it is the Joker of Heaven, Virgilio-san, victory will be ours."

Virgilio Baggio. Born as a human, he became an Ultimate-class Exorcist with his great power. Alongside his best friend and rival, Spadaccino Nero, they were considered the greatest Exorcist of this era. While Nero ended up reincarnating as a Devil, Virgilio was given the honour of, not only being reincarnated as an Angel, but to become the Joker of Heaven.

"Thanks for your words, Dist. Of course, I think you should participate too."

Dist Crodel. A High-class Exorcist who is Virgilio's apprentice, Dist was reincarnated as an Angel, specifically speaking, as Michael's Ace of Spades. The reason it would ok for them to join in is because they didn't belong to [Team Morning Star] when they helped on the battle against the Seven Sins, so it is like a legal loop.

"It'll be an honour, Virgilio-san. If only María and Nero-san could join us…"

Dist often regretted that his best friend, María Hernández, had become a Devil. Thinking the [Battle Royale] would be better if she and her master could be by their side, Dist really lamented they couldn't join, even by the Devil side.

"Don't need to think about those two. They made the decision to join the Devil side, and we can't do anything about it. Thinking about Nero, however, there's a certain Angel I would like to add into the team."

"Is it perhaps that one who reincarnated the White Dragon Emperor?"

"Yes, Sachiel and his dense light would be a good addition."

Sachiel. Created by God, he is a High-class Angel known by the density of his light. He even got the honour of reincarnating the White Dragon Emperor, Tatsuya Shirogane, as his Queen of Clubs.

"Hohoho, well, with Sachiel, the four members of the team have been selected."

"Aren't you missing one, Virgilio-san?"

Dist was confused by Virgilio's statement. He, Virgilio and Sachiel, that made up only three of the four members needed.

"No, we're four: you, me, Sachiel and Giorno."

Dist quickly looked at the one who has been brought up. Giorno Shiobana was an Angel who protected the Vatican, so there was no doubt of his strength, especially with his [Sacred Gear], but it was strange he wasn't mentioned until now.

"I believed it was obvious he was going to participate. After all, we need the power both he and me hold between ourselves: the power of the [Longinus]."

Since last year, the official list of [Longinus] went up to 20. [True Longinus], the other 12 original ones, the 5 added some time ago, and these last 2 which had been added just recently. Those were 20 [Sacred Gears] with amazing power. Since 2 of them were present on this very place at this very moment, it was obvious to put them together.

"I won't oppose your orders, Virgilio-dono, winning this game in the name of God will be an honour."

And thus, the members who would represent the Angels were selected.

[Team Angel: Virgilio Baggio, Giorno Shiobana, Sachiel and Dist Crodel on the game.]

Part 3

Three men were standing at the top of a cliff. With imposing aura, it was hard to tell these men were actually human.

"And who are we going to select as the members, Caspar?"

Caspar Valeribe. One of the Three Magician Kings, he is considered to be the strongest magician, while also being the man who made a pact with Lucifer.

"It is easier than it sounds, look here, Melchior and Balthazar."

The other men with him were Melchior and Balthazar, the other members of the Three Magician Kings who made pacts with Leviathan and Asmodeus.

What Caspar showed them were the faces of many different humans from all ages and nationalities.

"What is the word to call humans who fight against supernatural beings? You clearly know the answer: they're called Heroes. That is what I'm showing you, the descendants and reincarnations of legendary Heroes. They're the only ones who can fight against them."

"But Caspar, most of them doesn't know their heritage nor possess any special abilities. It is sure to make them fight instead of taking the matter on our hands?"

"You're not wrong, Balthazar, but that's the reason I'm showing you so many. It doesn't matter how much time it takes, we need to take the warriors to fight for us from here."

With that mind-set, the Three Magician Kings looked for multiple characteristic between the descendants of Heroes.

First of all, the human needed to know his heritage. If the human in question didn't know his spot as the descendant of a famous Hero, then there was no reason for said human to be added.

Second, the human needed to have some supernatural power. It didn't matter if they were Magicians, Familiar Experts, [Sacred Gear] users or wielders of legendary swords; they needed something special on them beyond blood.

And last but not least, the human needed fighting experience. Just because someone was descendant of a Hero and wielded a special power didn't mean they could fight. They needed humans who already knew how to fight.

With those three standards, the list was vastly reduced from thousands to around a dozen.

"This looks like a really good list, however, I'll like to give my special recommendation about someone. Someone my daughter talked me about that'll be really good for the team."

"Who are you talking about, Caspar?"

"Melchior, you'll recognize the name instantly, even if it isn't the name of a Hero descendant."

Once Caspar mentioned the name, it was accepted without protest.

[Team Human: Will Pendragon, Hayato Okita, Rodrigo Díaz and Elizabeth Park on the game.]

Part 4

Inside a huge office somewhere in the Underworld, Lucifer was sitting on his desk, looking at a group of Devils. They were Lucifuge, Agaliarept, Satanachia, Fleurety, Sargatanas and Nebiros, a group of Ultimate-class Devils who made up Lucifer's peerage.

"This game against Azazel and Michael… even when God approved it, I feel this is more like a statement of power for the winner."

Just like Lucifer said, it won't matter who wins, the winner race will feel superiority towards the rest of the treaty members, and if that superiority gets spread to malicious people, those people will take the chance to attack the "inferior races".

"I don't want the mistake with Price to happen again… however, I feel I can control better Devils than any of the other races, so we need to win. Which ones of you want to go?"

Out of the six people present, only two of them raised their hands. The ones who did it were Queen Lucifuge and Bishop Satanachia.

Bishop Nebiros was busy with his researches regarding mysterious financial transactions involving Balzerid Astaroth, while Rook Sargatanas was keeping his guard on the border with the Netherworld, and Knights Fleurety and Agaliarept were dealing with problems on their clans. Those were the reasons they didn't joined in.

"Well, Lucifuge, Satanachia, I'll depend on you. I would join if I could, but Michael and Azazel agreed that the higher ups from each of the Three Great Powers couldn't join in because it would be unfair for humans."

Lucifuge raised his hand, having a question regarding the team representing the Devils.

"Lucifer-san, Satanachia and I are only two, but the teams need four members. Where are the others?"

Lucifer turned on a screen, showing the heirs of many different clans from the 72 Pillars and the [Extra Demon]. The only heirs absent were those from the Phenex and Bael clans due to the condition involving [Team Morning Star].

"Aside from Ram and Seila, these are the heirs from every Devil clan. In a moment of need like this, we need the help from the young Devils."

"The heir of Gremory, Tiffania, shouldn't be an option as shown during your Tournament of the Youth, Lucifer-san."

"And the heir of Agares, Lucius, is still a kid, so sending him won't be a good idea."

Lucifuge and Satanachia stated the reasons for not appointing the young Devils close to Lucifer, leaving the most obvious options out. Satanachia talked to herself.

"The heirs of Lucifuge and Glasya-Labolas, Hilbert and Wanheim, seem like good options… but-"

"And what about the Abbadon clan?"

In the moment Lucifuge asked that, Lucifer looked closely at the heir of Abbadon. The shocking part of it was that it wasn't one heir, but two.

"Such interesting thing. Despite having two children, the Abbadon clan gave both of them the title of heir. Normally only the older one would do it."

The heirs of the Abbadon clan were named Grei and Nias. They appeared to have quite potential and their use of the [Hole] technique was impressive given their age, as they were middle school students.

"Well then, I wouldn't have any problems working with those two if their abilities are what we're being shown."

Satanachia also approved having the heirs of Abbadon as the remaining two members. In that moment, it was decided.

"Well then, you would go after them. Maybe we're leaving the 72 Pillars out, but showing that the power of the [Extra Demon] is something that shouldn't be underestimated will probably be for the better."

And so, Lucifer and his peerage kept looking at skill shows from the heirs of Abbadon.

[Team Devil: Lucifuge Rofocale, Satanachia, Grei Abbadon and Nias Abbadon on the game.]