Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Crenin; Yeah, he's gonna be fighting mainly alone, we'll see Vali and Kuroka doing something else during that time. Zenki's prepared for any underhanded tricks that Riser might pull. Vali will be able to get a satisfying fight during all of this.
DnK; It's not win win for Riser, Riser's staking a good number of things on this, his reputation, his standing with not just Astaroth, but also Gremory among other families that have ties to either of those two houses, his families honour, things like that. Riser believes it's for the greater good, but he's putting a good deal on the line for this match.
ShadowUzumaki55; Yeah, it surely freaked out Kuroka alright~ Ingvild could be waking up rather soon~ He is yeah, Zenki's got some plans for what could be happening. Riser is going to have a number of consequences for what's happening in this arc.
Guest 1; Zenki's got plans, don't worry he knows what he's doing. Yeah, lets hope that it works.
Dxls; I could do that yeah~
Guest 2; That's a good idea, thanks for the suggestions!
OechsnerC; Yup, we'll be seeing Zenki taking them out this chapter!
Skull Flame; She did yeah, it seems that Asia's rather innocent in her ways~ He does yeah, Zenki understands that a number of things could be happening and is preparing against them.
Silver crow; Thanks very much! Yeah, Ravel's enjoying herself~ Haha, Kuroka did yeah~ Zenki and Asia will do yeah. I'm not gonna be introducing kids anytime soon. Yup, she'll be waking up soon. Yeah, he cares about Ravel so he wishes to make sure that she's safe. Zenki surely does know how to make his Queen do a few things~ Yeah, it seems that Riser's gonna have a wake up call. That's Isane for you~ We'll see how the fight goes this chapter. Yeah, seems like that clan isn't gonna be getting the love anytime soon. Yeah, Rizevim could mention stuff like that. Yup, they look really great~ I don't nknow when they were introduced. Thanks for the votes! He wouldn't have Decay, but he'd have a cool Quirk. Yup, that's right about Twice's brother. He'll be close with his cousin yeah. Yeah, those Sacred Gears sound pretty awesome to me! He wouldn't have the receding hairline haha. Owning an airship huh, sounds pretty fun. If Zenki's serious then he could do something like that. Yeah, I'm currently doing well, I hope you are as well. Yeah, Twice and his brother would have a great relationship even if they're on opposite sides. Yeah, I'm sure he would be. Re-Destro would be a weird fun father. Yeah, he's quite the scary existence. Yeah, he could know something like that. Maybe it is him yeah. Ingvild could do that yeah, and it's possible that she is her grandmother. Yeah, he probably is from a branch side of the family.
Andrew123456; In the future I'd like to make one yeah. I like that Teigu power, it seems pretty fun to mess around with. Yubelluna, maybe .
Guest 3; I don't know when it will end yet. And yes, I'll continue that.
Guest 4; Yes, I will be doing.
Guest 5; I do like the name yeah. Those elements sound great!
Guest 6; Anime characters I hate in general, tough one. I don't really hate many characters from different anime's, but I hate Diodora for what he's done and his general character, so he'd be one. I can't think of many characters that I truly do hate. Some characters I don't like, mostly because I find them boring, but I wouldn't say that I hate them or anything like that.
guest; That, and just because I felt like doing one really, just had some ideas that I wished to share and keep my love of the series alive. If I left it for that long, then it would be years, I doubt My Hero's ending anytime soon. I think the way I'm doing it leaves a good bit of room for the manga to keep going.
Guest 7; There's a number of stories I'd like to make, maybe a Resident Evil story, Persona's 3, 4 and 5 stories. Black Clover perhaps, I'm getting quite into that series.
SomeDudeThatReads; She'll be having the name Koneko yeah~ His ex peerage members are being taken care of and being brought back to society a little at a time. You're right, something else might happen to that person, or he might not exist.
Guest 8; Yes I will, thanks for the votes!
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Bedeze's schemes part one
"Hah! Hah! Hah!"
Isane was watching Zenki within the training room, and how he was shooting off massive waves of demonic power. The ground around her was shaking, her body was surprised that he could produce such an aura.
She didn't know what to say.
If she should give encouragement or she should be fearful right at that moment. He was training hard, he was having multiple flies come and swarm him which shot off massive waves of aura for his body, attempting to destroy him.
But Isane saw that he wasn't even attempting to block, and took their power on straight.
Isane wondered what he was doing at first.
Though when seeing his shirt being torn off, she wasn't complaining at all.
Seeing his muscles, and how they moved as he trained.
Seeing his body reacting to different things, it only caused her heat to flood into her body. Then he continued fighting off the various flies that were gathering around. Isane even saw that they were shooting off auras that could shake the ground, and tear through it instantly.
Yet Zenki kept tanking the attacks over and over again.
Seeing that, Isane wondered more about the reasons why he would deliberately allow himself to be assaulted like that. The power wasn't even a joke. She knew that if she got hit by even a single one of them, then she'd probably be knocked out at least.
Once Zenki was finished, he turned to Isane who looked with reddened cheeks.
"Something wrong Isane-san?"
Isane shook her head several times, drinking in the form of the young man before her.
"Nope, not at all."
Zenki could see that she was slightly nose bleeding as she looked at him.
He didn't even want to imagine the things that were going through her mind right now.
While speaking to Isane, Ravel came strolling into the training room, looking towards Zenki.
"Zenki-sama, I'm sorry to disturb you."
Zenki shook his head.
"Not at all, what's going on?"
"I just received messages from a number of your supporters."
"Oh, that's quite nice, I'll have to read them soon."
Isane raised an eyebrow.
"Hey Ravel, are there any girls?"
"Actually, they're mostly girls, why?"
Isane developed a cute pervy look on her face.
"Kukuku, if that's the case then I'll have to look and see if any candidates for the harem could be found~"
"Isane-san, you're thinking about that now?" Zenki wondered, seeing the girls expression dipping to more perverted ways. "...Isane-san, you truly do have your mind in that gutter, don't you?" Isane chortled awkwardly, as he gently petted her head. "But, I'd not have you any other way."
"Haha~ Naturally~"
Zenki glanced towards her with a lost expression, trying to discern what truly did go through her head, while Ravel walked closer.
"While she's doing that, have you been preparing Zenki-sama?"
"I believe that I could be ready for the fight ahead, whatever is going to happen. Don't worry Ravel-chan, I believe that myself, and my Otou-sama have thought of the outcomes. Working together with certain people...yes, I'm sure that this outcome is going to be favorable for us."
Ravel looked relieved, sitting down beside Zenki. Placing her head on his shoulder, she didn't say anything else. She kept herself quiet, allowing her thoughts and feelings to swim around her head, as Zenki silently comforted her.
However, as he did, Isane looked down at her arm, and summoned her Boosted Gear.
She then lightly tapped Zenki's shoulder, the boy turned towards her, and saw a small red circle on his shoulder.
"Say Zenki-kun, you don't mind me trying new techniques, right?"
"I guess, but what's with the circle-"
"Then, Clothes Collapse!"
Isane snapped her fingers, causing Zenki's clothes to be blown off instantly.
Leaving him completely nude, his eyes widened as Ravel jumped back in shock.
"I-Isane-sama! W-What kind of technique is-"
"Hahaha! I've been practicing it! I always want to see Zenki-kun naked, so I've developed this move in secret! Now seeing it working, I can't wait to use it more and more!"
Zenki looked down at his nude body, then towards Isane with a small blush on his face.
"You put your talents into doing this?"
"Yup! I'll even make a girl version so I can strip females for Zenki-kun to look at and add to the harem!"
Zenki sweat dropped as Rias strolled into the training room.
"Zenki, I just received word from..." She paused when she saw Zenki naked. "Z-Zenki, y-you're doing things here?"
"No, of course not. Isane-san, striped me with her...new technique."
Rias glanced at Isane who showed the peace sign.
"Ise...honestly, developing a technique to strip Zenki like this..." Rias glanced at Zenki's naked form, then towards Isane, and smiled lightly. "Seems like it could have some potential battle usage. Ise, good work."
Zenki sweat dropped even more as Isane placed her hands on her hips.
"Thank you Buchou! I'll keep stripping Zenki-kun forever and ever!"
"S-Stripping me forever and ever..."
Zenki watched as Isane grinned, looking down at Zenki's member, blood began to leak out of her nose while Zenki covered himself with his hands.
"Come on Zenki-kun, you're already naked! Just allow me a quick-"
"Pervert."
Koneko appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, and karate chopped Isane in the back of the neck, knocking her down.
Zenki chuckled awkwardly, as he stood up. Koneko's, Ravel's and Rias' eyes were drawn to his naked form, and each began to blush deeply.
He snapped his fingers, allowing clothes to appear on his body once more, to the disappointment of the girls.
Zenki looked between them, shrugging his shoulders, and left the area.
The time for the Rating Game had come, and Zenki was fully prepared. With the night settling in, Zenki looked towards the sky, and exhaled slowly, laying down on the roof of his house. He knew that it could be a dangerous time…
But he also knew that he'd have to try his hardest, and make sure that everything would be alright.
Strategies kept going around his mind.
He thought about how would be the best way to handle Riser, how he'd also deal with the other kinds of situations.
As he was laying there, Le Fay came onto the roof, sitting down beside Zenki. She didn't say anything for a few moments, she just sat there with a silence between the two, seemingly enjoying the time that she got to spend with Zenki.
But after those sweet moments, she allowed her voice to come out.
"Zenki-sama, I was surprised to find you out here."
Zenki smiled towards the young girl, leaning up.
"It's a place that I like to be. Seeing the entire town from here...and also, the lights from the stars up above." Zenki glanced at Le Fay, seeing that she was smiling. "Le Fay-san, I promised you something, do you remember?"
Hearing his voice, Le Fay thought that it was rather serious, so she also began to become serious.
"Y-Yes Zenki-sama..."
"Tonight, I hope to make sure that I fulfill that promise. Are you also ready?"
Le Fay adopted a serious face, Zenki offering the girl a kind smile.
"...Yes, with the Minotaur meat, I believe that it will be possible. With the calculations we have also come up with Zenki-sama...this should be able to help out, and cause the curse to be broken...yes, I believe that I am confident in this."
Seeing her slightly nervous face, Zenki gently petted her head, and showed a cool smile on his face.
"Good, so it wasn't for nothing then. Leave it to me Le Fay-san, I'll make sure that I fulfill that promise. And hopefully, we'll make a dent in that bastard as well. Taking out someone like this...yeah, I think it will be alright. I'll just have to make sure it lasts long enough for him to begin his little plan..."
Le Fay couldn't help but smile at the sight before her.
Zenki truly was trying to put her mind at ease now.
"Thank you, Zenki-sama. I know that I've brought unnecessary problems to your door, so please accept my thanks for everything..."
"Don't say that. It's not unnecessary at all. I'm sure that we'll get through this, just keep watching Le Fay-san. I'll also be counting on you to do what's necessary Le Fay-san."
Le Fay put her hands together, and nodded strongly, something Zenki thought was rather adorable to see.
"Yes, leave it to me Zenki-sama!"
Zenki chortled, gently allowing his hand to pet her head.
"Le Fay-san, I'll do my best to fulfill that promise today. I didn't know about it the first time...but, this time, with the information we've received, Otou-chan and I have developed something that even he will be shocked by. And with that meat and our spell...yes, lets do this, together."
Le Fay keenly smiled.
Today was the day.
It was going to be difficult potentially…
But it was a situation that she definitely wished for.
Sometime later, the game was about to begin so everyone went to the places that they were supposed to go to.
Teleporting to the Rating Game space, it was a replica of the school building. Riser didn't seem to care where they fought, and Zenki thought that it would be more at ease if he was at the school to fight, so it was decided there and then.
Zenki was station in his clubroom, and Riser had requested using Rias' clubroom, so that's where he was stationed.
Zenki sat down with Asia as the rest of his peerage were at a different place now. Zenki decided to have Asia be with him, on the off chance that something did go wrong and she'd be able to heal him. And right now, Asia was hugging onto his arm as he smiled towards her.
Riser was sat down in his headquarters as well, with his peerage swarming around him, happily looking on. Though some like Yubelluna didn't seem to be all that pleased right now, she wasn't sure what to think.
Rias, Akeno, Ravel and Isane were sat within a waiting room, looking on with Ajuka, and Sirzechs, the former didn't have a readable expression, and the latter was wondering what was going to become of this.
Many different clans had also attended, with Rias noticing that some of the branch families had also attended.
Ravel also noticed that Bedeze was sat there, looking on with a hint of a smile on his face, something Ravel made a mental note of.
"Hey, where's Le Fay and the others?"
Ise piped up, Rias coughed into her hand.
"I'm sure they'll be arriving shortly, don't worry Ise."
Isane slowly nods, wondering what was going to happen next.
Zenki turned to Asia at the same time, and brought out some tea.
"Tea, Asia-chan?"
"Ooh yes please Zenki-san, thank you."
Isane watched as Asia and Zenki calmly drunk tea. She couldn't get how they were so calm right now, while her heart felt like it was smashing against her chest. It felt powerfully scary right now, she wasn't sure what was going to happen.
Asia then hugged Zenki once more.
"Zenki-san, is everything going to be okay?"
"I'll make sure that it is."
Zenki assured her, with Asia showcasing a cute smile on her face.
"I've never doubted Zenki-san before, so I'll believe in Zenki-san this time as well."
Zenki smiled at the young woman, placing a hand by her face, and gently stroked her cheek. Asia's face flushed at the touch of the young green haired boy, opting to lightly kiss the young man who kissed her back, as Sirzechs smirked.
"Look Ria-tan, it seems that Asia-chan is becoming more bold."
"Y-Yes, I'm aware Onii-sama."
Rias said with slight impatience, though Sirzechs had to continue, he found it amusing to see Rias act cutely.
"But, he's your fiancée Rias-chan."
"Yes, I'm aware Onii-sama."
"Is that all you're going to say?" Rias didn't say anything, showing a cute slight jealous look at the closeness of Zenki and Asia. But, she also knew that she'd be able to spend sometime with Zenki later on. "It seems that you're not speaking to me. But, I don't mind if you don't Rias-chan. I'll just have to assume that he's trying to steal my Ria-tan away from me once more..."
"Geez Onii-sama, don't start on that again."
"I'm not starting! I'm just saying!"
Ajuka rolled his eyes at Sirzechs' words, seeing that Zenki and Asia looked quite content right now.
It caused a light smile to appear on his face.
As they spoke, Vali, Kuroka, Koneko, Yumi and Serafall finally arrived at the seating area.
Isane saw that each of them were rather silent, they didn't even make the single hint that they were going to say anything at all. Serafall leapt forward, and spun around as she dashed towards Sirzechs, sitting down beside him, surprisingly not muttering a word.
Isane found it rather odd that the weren't speaking right now.
"Geez, you're all quiet."
"We're focusing on the match for our King, that's all Ise-chan~"
Kuroka sang out, relieving Isane's worries.
"Yeah, but your King is going to be okay, right?"
Isane added, Koneko glanced towards her, not saying anything but that almost made it more frightening due to how the loli girl was. Isane decided to not look at Koneko anymore, she didn't think she'd be able to take it for long.
Instead, she looked to the other peerage members of Zenki's for answers.
Yumi placed a hand to her face, something that Isane looked sceptical about.
"Don't worry Ise-san, I'm sure that Zenki-kun is going to be okay."
"Y-Yeah, I guess...wait, where's Le Fay anyway? I thought she'd want to watch this."
Bedeze's interest seemed to grow slightly.
Vali scrunched her eyebrows together.
"She's currently with the fox Youkai, that's all. She will be watching it with her."
"O-Oh...I guess that makes sense, since they're in the same fanclub and all."
Vali didn't mutter another word, and merely grunted.
Her eyes shifted to the screen before her as did the others, waiting for the games to begin.
Soon, Grayfia's voice came over the schools intercom's, alerting Zenki and the others to the match ahead.
[Hello everyone. I am Grayfia, a maid from the House of Gremory, and today I will be the arbiter of the Rating Game between Houses Phenex and Astaroth. In the name of my Master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will be keeping my eye on this match. By using both Zenki-sama and Riser-sama's opinion, we created this battlefield which is a replica of the school, Kuoh Academy, which Zenki-sama attends to in the human world.]
Isane blinked.
She didn't know what Zenki and Riser had opted to choose the school, she thought it was just because that's where they were at when the Rating Game was announced.
"I did find it odd that they'd be at the school...but now, I suppose that it makes sense..."
"Actually, Riser didn't really care where they had it, Zenki said that the school would be fine, and he agreed."
Rias added, Isane slowly nodding her head as Grayfia continued.
[The location where both teams were transported will be their "base". Riser-sama's "base" would be the Occult Research Cub's clubroom located in the old school building. Zenki-sama's "base" would be the his own personal clubroom located in the new building. For the Pawns to use "promotion", please head to the enemy's base to do it.]
"So, they'd have to make it to the school building to use promotion..."
Isane murmured, Rias nodding slowly.
"Correct Ise. Now, please watch this fight happen. The Rating Game is an important aspect to the lives of Devils that wish to enter such games, such as myself. And I am confident that you'll be able to learn from this experience."
"Yes Buchou!"
Sirzechs glanced at Isane, seeing her eyes glued to the screen.
[Now it's the time for the commencement of the battle. Also, this match will continue till dawn in the humans time. So, Game starts now.]
As soon as she said it, a bell rang out, the school bell at that. Isane looked to be in alert, while the others seemed to be focused in on something else. Compared to Isane, it seemed that the others weren't as worried about the Rating Game, and instead were focused on something else entirely.
Zenki turned towards Asia who smiled right back at him.
"Zenki-san, what are you going to do now?"
"I guess that it's time for me to make my move. Come on Asia-chan, lets begin."
"Yes, lets go Zenki-san!"
Zenki held onto Asia's hand as they walked out of the school building. Isane also noticed that a number of flies that began to circulate the large school building, creating what seemed to be a large barrier around that area.
Isane became confused, turning to Rias for answers.
"What is he doing?"
"Those flies, are from his clans ability. Like I wield the Power of Destruction, Zenki wields the King of Flies bloodline ability. It seems that he's sealed off the school building...but, I don't know why he's doing that...unless he intends to make sure that Riser's Pawns can't promote to Queen."
"Aah, that would be a significant worry if he had to deal with eight Pawn turned Queens and the Queen herself. Nine Queens would be scary...s-so that's pretty smart of him, right Buchou? Being able to stop his enemies from promoting like that!"
Isane cheered while Ravel furrowed her eyebrows.
Overlooking the barrier space of flies, she wondered if there was more to it than what had been revealed.
But shaking her head, she saw Zenki walking forward as if he was walking in the park with Asia holding onto his hand.
But suddenly, Mira came shooting out towards Zenki, with her staff lit on fire, and rammed it towards his back, doing a sneak attack without saying even a word.
"Zenki-kun..."
Isane muttered, but Zenki merely bent forward, the staff flying above his head as did Mira's body. Zenki slid backwards, standing up as Mira changed her body towards his own, and smirked at the young green haired boy.
"No place to run now!"
Mira snapped, and thrusted her staff at Zenki…
But he grabbed it, and yanked it out of her hand, crushing it under his strength within an instant.
"W-Wow! He broke it with a single grab! And it was on fire!"
Ravel threw a hand up in the air, and quietly spoke to Isane.
"Naturally, Zenki-sama deals with fire a lot of the times. He also deals with my flames. So, it shouldn't be surprising that he can handle the flames of Mira without much trouble."
"No doubt, that girl can be beaten by Asia-chan. She might be the weakest, but Asia-chan is also a cute cuddly monster when she wishes to be. Especially when someone tries to target her, because she has the most dangerous weapon of all nyaaa~"
"And what's that?"
At Isane's question for Kuroka, Vali smirked and answered.
"She has Zenki as her weapon. I'd be worried for the person who tried to harm Asia, Zenki would destroy them. And the same for us as well. We all will protect Asia."
Isane shuddered, seeing that Vali wasn't taking it lightly either.
She was being deadly seriously.
Mira looked at her broken staff, then towards Zenki who smiled towards her.
"M-My staff! I had it reinforced with my power, and yet you broke it without a worry?! What kind of monster are you?!"
"Hey, that's not nice, calling me a monster."
"I'll call you what I-"
Suddenly, he vanished from sight, only for her to feel a sharp pain to her abdomen. It was so powerful that a shock wave erupted around her, creating a crater below her body as she was flung up into the air, the air pressure circulated the young man, spreading out around him like a tornado.
Isane was in shock to see that a punch could generate a wind pressure like that.
"D-Damn, that strike was so fast, I couldn't even see it..."
"To be honest, neither could I."
Rias admitted to Isane, with Yumi agreeing.
"I could just about see it, but it still is dangerous. People tend to think that Zenki-kun might not be dangerous due to his Wizard/Technique type of fighting. But, he's got a good deal of power behind him, being the Maou's son, and Beelzebub's descendant, it's a scary existence, just like Vali is."
"Actually, we're called Miracles."
Isane was surprised to hear a light hearted tone from Vali, it was very rare to hear that.
The light of retirement went around Mira's body as they were speaking, with the young blue haired girl muttering "Only one hit..." before her body disappeared completely, then Grayfia began the announcement.
[Riser-sama's one Pawn, retired.]
With that announcement from Grayfia, Riser ground his teeth while Zenki appeared next to Asia.
"Holy shit! He one shotted her!"
Isane couldn't hide her astonishment.
Rias was quite amused to see Isane's face being like it was.
Akeno sang "So cute~" looking at Isane with happy eyes.
"Mira's the weakest of Onii-sama's peerage members, Isane-sama. Though to be fair, we might be seeing a few of these one shots as you call them. Onii-sama's peerage members...they rarely train like Zenki-sama and the rest of us do. Though there are some exceptions, like Yubelluna and Karlamine."
Isane could see that from the place Riser was, he wasn't so happy with the situation at that moment in time, while Zenki just held back onto Asia's hand.
"Lets keep going Asia-chan."
"Okay Zenki-san."
Like a couple out for a walk, Zenki and Asia continued strolling together once more, while Zenki lightly allowed his fingers to go forward, some flies being created, and shot forward towards the base of Riser's.
Confusion came over the blonde haired nun, she didn't quite get what the flies were for.
"Zenki-san, what are the flies for?"
"Riser and his peerage might not be on our level Asia-chan, but I'd never underestimate him either. A cornered animal can be very unpredictable and dangerous. Even if it's weaker than you are. So, I'm just making sure that everything is going to work out in our favour."
"I-I see...yes, that does sound like Zenki-san~ I'd be worried if Zenki-san wasn't cautious~"
Asia sang out, believing that Zenki was taking a good number of precautions in case things didn't go their way.
Riser on the other hand wasn't pleased, and stomped his foot onto the ground, with flames beginning to shoot out of his body. Some of the peerage members displayed a small amount of concern for Riser, while Yubelluna coughed into her hand, gaining her King's attention.
"Riser-sama, what are your orders?"
Riser's eyes shifted to Yubelluna, and thought about it for a few moments.
"Right...it's time for us to go on the offensive while also making sure that this place has traps layered around. Yubelluna, I'll have you and Mihae lay some traps for Zenki, on the off chance he manages to get here, he could suffer a good deal of damage. While that's going on, Siris and Xuelan will go and cause a good level of destruction towards him. As for the Pawns, we'll go and try to promote to Queen. Mira...Mira was beaten, but even he can't beat eight Queens, including my original Queen and seven Pawns. As for Karlamine and Isabela, I'll have you both be the second wave, and to be backed up by Mihae once she's done with the traps. Yubelluna, you'll stay with me. King and Queen together, we'll be able to take him down if the others have no luck."
The peerage announce "Yes Riser-sama!" and did what was needed to be done.
Siris and Xuelan immediately went to go and confront Zenki and Asia.
Rushing through the fields, they soon came towards Zenki and Asia who were approaching carefully.
"King Zenki Astaroth-sama, and Bishop Asia Argento-sama, it's a pleasure to be doing battle with you."
Xuelan greeted, Zenki smiled, nodding slowly.
"It's a pleasure Chun...Xuelan."
"Chun...Li? Is that what you were going to say?"
Xuelan questioned with a trembling lip.
Zenki cringed "Sorry, it's the outfit, and Street Fighter is..." and saw that Xuelan didn't look pleased at all.
"Xuelan is my name, and I'll show you my kicking technique that's nothing like Chun-Li's at all!"
Siris brought out her large sword that needed two hands to hold.
"Enough babbling on Zenki Astaroth! Show me what the Astaroth family are like!"
Zenki gently pushed Asia back as the Knight made a stance against Zenki. Zenki himself also made a stance, as Xuelan slammed her hands together, igniting them on fire as well as her feet.
"If that's what you want."
Isane continued to watch on as Zenki twirled his fingers around.
"D-Damn, she can ignite her hands and feet on fire?"
"She's from Onii-sama's peerage. They tend to specialize in flames and wind based abilities. I wouldn't worry though Isane-sama, it's going to be fine."
Ravel assured her as Siris lifted her blade upwards, and then swung it down, releasing a huge wave of pressure for Zenki. The air itself became like a blast towards Zenki's own body…
But he merely flicked his hand left, catching the air pressure and with brute strength, flicked the air pressure away which shot into the sky, destroying a number of clouds that had been formed above them, shocking Siris.
"B-But, I didn't hold back at all!"
Siris snapped while Zenki shrugged.
"Yes, it's a good attack, I wont deny that."
"But, not enough for Astaroth? Heh, I did hear you were tied for number one youth with Sairaorg Bael. I guess those rumours aren't a lie. But, strangely, that makes me rather happy. I want to see what you can do!"
Siris charged for Zenki, lifting her blade high in the air, and brought it down towards his shoulder. Pouring her power into the blade, it began to glow with demonic energy, and it was catching the air as it came down, strengthening it more and more…
But Zenki sticks out his hand, catching the blade bare handed, and clutches it so tight that large cracks begin to form in the large blade. Siris attempts to dislodge the blade from Zenki's grip, but the young man keeps a tight hold of it.
"Xuelan! Do something!"
Siris snapped, so Xuelan announced "It's time to fight!" and charged for Zenki. Flanking his right hand side, Xuelan's fiery punches and kicks of fury attempt to penetrate Zenki's body with her attacks. But Zenki moves his hand to intercept every punch and kick that Xuelan goes to deliver again and again, parrying her attacks away from him, and even sometimes causing the feet or fists to hit one another to cancel out the attack on the young boy's body.
Isane was in pure shock that he was handling two people at once like that. Xuelan's attack couldn't even hit him, and Siris couldn't pull her sword away from Zenki's grip, no matter how hard she actually tried.
"S-So, he's really strong huh..."
Isane asked Ravel who pursed her lips.
"Most of Riser-nii-sama's peerage members are around Low to Middle Class Devil, the only exception would be Yubelluna herself, who's around High Class Devil. Though her power pales compared to Onii-sama's. His peerage don't train you see Isane-sama. It's a reason why Zenki-sama is capable of just handling them like this. Onii-sama himself only began training recently, so he's not evolved much of his hidden potential. He's a proud member of the Phenex clan, but he's held back by his own arrogance, at least that's what I think. Even now, he believes that Zenki-sama couldn't possibly be as strong as someone like Vali-sama, but the truth is, they're around the same level of power, and easily, both of them are about Ultimate Class Devil."
Isane was astonished to hear that.
She knew that Vali and Zenki were strong, but to think that they'd be that strong is rather scary.
While fighting them off, Zenki releases Siris sword, so she smirks, pooling her power into the winds that she can create, and channels that around her, ready to shoot off the massive wave of wind that could collapse a building.
But as she releases it, Zenki disappears behind Xuelan who gasps, then he simply pushes her towards the wind assault of Siris', slamming hard against Xuelan's body heavily, digging into her body as Zenki extends his arm, because of the pressure of Siris' attack, she was propelled right into the extended arm so hard that Xuelan's eyes popped out of her head, with the retirement light surrounding her body.
"D-Damn..."
With that last word, Xuelan exited the field.
[Riser-sama's one Rook, retired.]
Ravel's eyes glanced towards Bedeze as that happened, seeing that he was rather calm. She could see the crowds around her were going wild. With the Old Devils excitedly looking and saying things like "That Astaroth boy is a strong one indeed." and ones that were more on Phenex's side kept saying "That damn Astaroth." it was a split between them.
Siris, seeing her fellow peerage member disappear, put on an annoyed face, and gripped her sword, and charged right for Zenki.
Zenki however dashed forward at a high speed. The speed completely blitzed Siris, who barely had a time to lift her sword up, and defend against his punch. But Zenki's fist sailed through the sword as if it was wet paper, and landed against her body, the force of the blow caused her to spit out bile, which hit the floor as Zenki released demonic power into her body, the green light encasing her form, and she was shot into the air.
The retirement light surrounded her form as Zenki walked back towards Asia.
[Riser-sama's one Knight, retired.]
With the announcement from Grayfia establishing that fact, Zenki made it back to Asia, and held onto her hand, as she smiled towards him.
"Yeaaaaaaaaaah! Go Zenki-kun! Obliterate them all!"
Isane cheered happily, Rias gave a curious look as she smiled also.
"Honestly, it seems that my fiancée is being quite wild right now fufu~"
"Ooh I agree Buchou, I can't wait for him to be wild with me as well~"
Akeno giggled out, Rias scornfully turned to Akeno who held redness on her face.
Bedeze furrowed his eyebrows, and began to make a slight movement, something Ravel and Ajuka both noticed. But neither made it obvious that they were looking towards him, instead opting to appear to be looking at the screen.
Meanwhile, the remaining Pawns of Riser's headed for the new school building that Zenki's base would be on. However, as they got close towards the building, they saw a number of flies scattered around the building.
"Eeh, what's with the flies?"
Ni, a cat girl called, Li, her sister, shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, we should just get them nya."
"Yeah, I wanna cut up Zenki Astaroth!"
"Me too!"
Ile and Nel announced while waving their chainsaws around.
The two maid girls and the one that looked like a dancer were a little more cautious, placing their hands out, and shot off some of their aura. As the aura got close, the flies gathered their own kind of aura, and shot it off back towards the maids, and dancer girls attacks, breaking through it, and forced them to dodge out of the way.
"Holy shit! Is he here?!"
Ile screamed, Nel shuddered.
"I-I don't know! But those flies aren't normal, are they?!"
"I-It seems that they're a little weird..."
Ni murmured, Li agreeing slowly.
"A-Ah, are we supposed to get through the flies, because they're rather scary..."
"We can't give up! Lets go and kill the flies!"
One of the maids announced excitedly, rushing forward and shot off a good few fire spells towards the flies, attempting to burn them out of existence. The flames hit the flies, but the aura around the flies wouldn't allow them to get through, destroying them and shot off an aura right back towards her, repelling her away from the building.
"S-Shit, we can't get through…"
The dancer announces, bending down to the maid.
"What should we do?"
Ile asked Nel who didn't know either.
"I don't know Onee-chan...maybe we should go and report back to Riser-sama..."
"But we need the power of the Queen!"
Ile argued, but Ni and Li shook their heads side to side.
""Lets go and report to Riser-sama!""
Ile and Nel didn't look pleased, but they didn't know what else they could do.
So, they had to turn back and go towards Riser to get some more information.
Back with Zenki and Asia, they continued forward towards the Occult Research clubroom building, Zenki saw that rather than try and sneak attack however, Karlamine stepped forward, withdrawing her sword, as Isabela walked forward also.
Mihae was behind them, allowing an aura to surround her body.
"Zenki Astaroth-sama, it seems that you're standing before us without any hesitation."
"As are you, Karlamine-san. Is that the Knight's honour?"
"Correct. My honour as a Knight can't allow me to stand down, or do sneak attacks either. It's a commendable quality to face your opponents straight on. So, Zenki Astaroth-sama, I shall fight you with this blade of mine. Though I'd prefer to fight alone, it feels like you're a monster in a fight. To be honest, I'm pretty sure that all three of us together wont be able to win against you."
"Karlamine! What are you saying!?"
Mihae snapped at the Knight, but Isabela agreed.
"She's right Mihae, we have to acknowledge that we can't win. Yet, we have our pride as peerage members of Riser Phenex-sama's peerage to stand here, and fight as strong as we can. The enemies need to be stopped. Even if we have to sacrifice ourselves, if we can give you lasting damage, then we'll do our best."
Zenki respected them.
Hearing these words, these girls weren't stupid.
They knew the power gap between them, yet they still stood on the battlefield and was willing to do what they could for their King.
"You're very good peerage members, Isabela-san, Karlamine-san. You two have a great mentality to be worthy opponents. Please come at me with your full powers, and I'll answer it with my own kind of power."
Karlamine and Isabela took stances, with Mihae thrusting her palms forward. The aura around Mihae spread forward, wrapping around Karlamine and Isabela, which began to increase their powers, more and more. Zenki could feel their auras growing stronger, which he was happy at.
"Then I'll begin!"
Isabela shot forward with her fists flying forward. Doing a very good martial arts style, she came at Zenki with a flurry of punches and kicks, the aura around her released each time that her kicks and punches attempted to land on Zenki's form.
Using his own demonic power, he dispelled the waves of power coming from Isabela, and pushed her back with a strong wave of power. The power itself forced her down onto the ground, and created a crater around her.
Yet, while being covered in wounds, she still didn't stop, and began to stand up once more, while Karlamine used her speed of a Knight to get closer, swinging her sword out, and coated it in a blazing flame, slashing forward complicatedly, enhanced by the power of Mihae.
All in all, it seemed like the girls were serious, so Zenki also became serious, waving his hand forward, and used ice magic to grab the flaming sword, running ice right through the blade, freezing the flames instantly.
"I'm not Serafall-sama, but even I can use ice magic like this."
Serafall, upon hearing that, threw her arms up.
"Yahoo! I taught my Zenki-tan how to use ice! Go my fellow cast member!"
Isane wondered what that was about.
But she didn't care as she watched Zenki's strength break the sword apart, the ice shards falling down to the ground. The boys eyes met with Karlamine, who adopted a smirk.
"You are a monster after all. But I'm from the House of Phenex! And we control fire and wind!"
Karlamine tosses the handle of her broken blade away, taking a dagger from her hip, and jumps up into the air, with wind and flames gathering around the dagger, becoming stronger and stronger by the second.
At the same time, Isabela recovered from the attack Zenki gave her, for the most part, and charged for Isabela once more, allowing her demonic aura to increase, and came at Zenki with the fastest and strongest ways that she could.
Zenki looked between the two of them, seeing their strengths and resolve, Zenki answered their determination, putting both of his hands outwards, allowing his green demonic power to shine brightly.
Both Karlamine and Isabela knew that this was probably it, so they were at ease. However, that didn't mean they wouldn't stop until they couldn't fight anymore, allowing their demonic powers to shine with the help of Mihae, allowing their powers to go forward as Zenki smiled at the pair.
"Good, your strength and resolve is amazing. I hope Riser understands the hearts of you girls as warriors, he couldn't of asked for better peerages in that way." Zenki leaned forward, allowing more and more power to swirl around his palms. "But now, I'm going to have to take you down with this power. Have this!"
Zenki allowed his demonic power to shoot forward. The waves of aura collapsed the ground before him, the aura was so intense that Rias felt like Zenki truly was having a good time, yet he also was taking it seriously, and giving his opponents the respect they deserve by releasing some of his stronger powers.
The light of the demonic power shined so brightly that it was blinding.
But Karlamine and Isabela both strengthened their resolves, and thrusts their swords and fists out, colliding with Zenki's power. However, Karlamine's sword was obliterated instantly, as Isabela's fist was propelled backwards with blood erupting forward.
However, despite the energy hitting them, while it was painful, they still smiled.
Feeling the power of Zenki…
It was good to have an opponent that was strong, and yet…
It was amazing for them.
The power finally erupted forward, and crumbled them down to the point that they were taken out.
[Riser-sama's one Knight, and one Rook, retired.]
With that, Zenki's eyes turned to Mihae who smiled weakly.
"S-So...yeah, I don't have a chance against you...wi-will you make it as painless as possible please?"
"Sure~"
Zenki waved his hand, allowing his green demonic power to shoot out towards Mihae, hitting her in the centre of her body, breaking through the barrier she tried to make, and caused the retirement light to surround her body.
[Riser-sama's one Bishop, retired.]
Upon hearing Grayfia's voice, Riser wasn't pleased.
The fact that his peerage were being decimated again and again.
He was pissed off.
He couldn't be more enraged than he was right now. His eyes displayed his rage, and said "Bring all of the Pawns here Yubelluna." with Yubelluna giving a questioning look towards Riser, seeing that he was acting rather...odd.
It was as if he was becoming lost in his anger.
"Riser-sama, please think about what you're going to do. The Pawns haven't been able to promote to Queen."
"...Yes, I also thought he'd do something like that. Damn this guy...but, we still have options. If we can give him more damage, then we can launch an attack together. Our powers combined, it would be able to give enough damage to him. We don't have to beat him in power, we just have to damage him enough for him to retire out of here."
Yubelluna knew that Riser wasn't thinking right. Perhaps it was because he was realizing the difference between him and Zenki now.
His peerage couldn't take on Zenki by himself. It was scary to even think like that.
Rias also noticed that Riser wasn't looking too hot right now, wondering how far this had pushed Riser and how he was also realizing about his situation. Ravel saw the look on her brothers face, the young woman bowing her head.
"Rias-sama, it seems that Onii-sama has begun to understand."
"Are you okay with Riser feeling this way? He is your Onii-sama after all..."
Rias asked with concern, Ravel nodding slowly.
"I knew it would be a hard lesson for him to learn. But Onii-sama needed to learn this lesson. It's about humility. Zenki-sama also understands that Riser-nii-sama needs this. That's why, Zenki-sama is doing this. For...He's doing it for me, Zenki-sama is trying his hardest to be kind right now. He isn't belittling Riser-nii-sama nor his peerage. He's showing respect, but also showing that you can't be overconfident, showing a tactical side. Onii-sama can be smart, but he's thrown that away by using his peerage to try and put down Zenki-sama enough for Onii-sama to understand that it takes brains and brawn to fight."
Rias could understand Ravel's feelings.
As hard as it was for her to watch this…
It was clear that Zenki was outmatching Riser and his peerage by quite a bit.
She thought that this would be good for Riser, to see that he might not be able to win, but he still could take something away from this battle.
While they spoke, Zenki and Asia came across the Pawns moving closer and closer. The remaining seven Pawns. Ile and Nel got out their chainsaws, Ni and Li thrust their fists forward with ki circulating them (though Zenki knew their power was inferior to the likes of Koneko and Kuroka), the two maids gained fire by their palms, and finally, the dancer gathered wind around her, seemingly backing up the maid girls.
Looking between each of them, Zenki said to Asia "Step back Asia-chan." Asia nodded and stepped back as Zenki put a stance on.
"Alright then girls, when you're ready."
"Heh! We'll slice off his legs!"
Zenki pointed at Ile who said that, and scolded her.
"That's not nice, I need them to walk."
Ile looked momentarily confused, before shaking her head, and readied herself.
"Grrr! You wont have them after we're done! Lets get him Nel!"
"Yes Nee-chan!"
The green haired loli girls shoot forward, with their chainsaws erupting in flames. At the same time, Ni and Li use their heightened reflexes to jump forward, leaping towards the young boy, and go to deliver a double kick towards him. As they did that, the maid girls channel their fire power towards Zenki, with was being bolstered by the dancer girl fanning the flames with her wind based abilities.
All at once, the attacks came for Zenki's body, coming from all sides so he couldn't escape.
However, as if it was all happening in slow motion thanks to all of the times he fought high level opponents like Vali, or Arthur, Zenki pulled forward.
Using his hands, he turned Ni and Li's kicks towards Ile and Nel, as well as moving their chainsaws to intercept the girls, as well as using the Kankara Formula to take control over the fiery powers shot at him, twirling his fingers, and split the attacks up into three different equally strong flaming spheres, and shot them towards the trio of girls.
[Aaaaaaah!]
Screams from the girls happened as the effects were known to them.
The chainsaws and Ni and Li collide against one another, flinging them across the battlefield, while the fire falls down onto the two maids and dancer girls, the flames so intense thanks to Zenki increasing the power via the Kankara Formula, surrounding their forms, was the light of retirement in a single shot.
[Riser-sama's three Pawns, retired.]
Isane cheered "Yeah! That's it Zenki-kun!" while Sirzechs nodded slowly.
"Seems like your son hasn't neglected his training Ajuka. He's quite the skilled tactician on the fly, using the best possible method for the best outcome. I'm glad he's at least this strong...because if he wasn't and couldn't protect precious Ria-tan..."
"Onii-sama, stop making it sound like you're threatening my fiancée."
"But I have to Ria-tan! It's because I care about you that this has to happen!"
Rias sighed deeply, watching as the two set of twins pulled themselves off the ground.
"Ugh, that hurt Nee-chan..."
Nel complained, while Ile turned to Zenki angrily.
"Oi! You can't do that!"
"What? Fight?"
"Right! You should just let us win!"
Zenki couldn't find the logic in her words, and opted to turn away from her.
His eyes turned to the neko twins, seeing as they were getting pumped up.
"Something wrong neko girls?"
"Nope!"
"We're better than your Nekomata's!"
Zenki chortled.
"I'm sure that they'd disagree, and since I love my cute Nekoshou's, I'd also have to say that they're amazing. Though it doesn't mean you can't be amazing also."
Ni and Li didn't know how to take that, but it didn't stop them from launching themselves forward. Surrounding their fists with ki, they launched a barrage of punches and kicks for Zenki's upper body, attempting to knock him down with the ki powered fists.
However, the moment that the fists were going to intercept, Zenki released a pulse of energy from his body, the green wave slammed against them, forcing them backwards into the air, where Zenki pointed his fingers into a gun like move.
"Millicas asked me to do this at least once, so this is for that red haired boy~"
Shooting his fingers like they were shotguns, the power erupted forward, and pierced both Ni and Li. Nothing too seriously, but it did cause a good deal of damage to their bodies, slamming them down into the ground where the retirement light surrounded them.
[Riser-sama's two Pawn's, retired.]
Ile and Nel paled as they looked towards Zenki.
They looked afraid.
They didn't even know what to think when seeing Zenki stare towards them.
"Ooh shit..."
Ile murmured as Zenki flashed before them.
Bending down towards them, Zenki petted both of their heads.
"Now, now. Don't worry, it wont hurt that much."
Ile and Nel looked at him with teary eyes, something Zenki couldn't take since he didn't like making girls cry, so he did what he needed to do, and overlaid his demonic power onto their forms, erasing them from the Rating Game as quickly and as painlessly as he could.
[Riser-sama's two Pawns, retired.]
With that out of the way, only Riser, and his Queen remained in the game now.
Riser, having heard the retirement of his peerage again and again, thought about Bedeze, what he would be doing right now. If he was happy, if he was able to get the evidence that they needed for this to be over.
But he still pressed forward, taking his Queen's hand, and began moving forward.
"Riser-sama…"
"It's alright Yubelluna, I...I am beginning to understand...perhaps it isn't his peerage are what make him strong...it's him. He's the son of a Maou...he's related to the Beelzebub family...he's a monster Yubelluna."
Hearing that, Yubelluna was...relieved.
Not because she wanted her King to fail.
But because she wanted him to understand that being cocky didn't always get you what you wanted.
So, she was glad that he was beginning to understand this simple yet powerful thing.
"Zenki-sama is certainly talented. But he also trained Riser-sama. That's the key to his power now."
Riser didn't refute what Yubelluna had said.
"...You're probably right. Haha...maybe you've been right about a number of things...but my pride simply can't accept it. My Imouto...I don't want her to be...to be in danger, and if what Bedeze-sama said is true...then I'll have to make sure that she's safe. Even if he is a monster."
Riser's words caused conflicting feelings inside of Yubelluna.
Ravel on the other hand pondered on what Riser meant by what Bedeze said. Wondering what Bedeze had been saying to Riser, and how he was feeling at this moment in time.
Meanwhile, Zenki moved ever forward through the area, going into the forest near the Occult Research school building. The old school building seemed to be erupted in flames, meant to ward off Zenki.
He pressed forward with Asia beside him, with magical traps that were supposed to go off…
Seemingly had stopped in track.
The spells of Yubelluna couldn't reach Zenki nor Asia, shocking Riser and surprising Isane.
"Erm...I don't get it...w-why aren't the spells activating? Didn't busty purple haired girl use some kind of magic to try and trap Zenki-kun?"
Asking Ravel, Ravel confirmed it with a nod.
"Indeed she did. However, Zenki-sama, remember at the beginning of the game? He sent off some of his flies. Most likely, Zenki-sama anticipated the traps, and had them disabled with his flies. Since it was these kind of opponents, were Zenki-sama was free to split off his power this much, it was possible. But if it was against a truly strong opponent, then Zenki-sama would have to focus his efforts where he is."
At Ravel's explanation, Isane did understand quite a bit.
Watching the fire further, Zenki and Asia approached the building, when a torrent of flames shot down towards Zenki.
"Have this Zenki! The combination of my Queen and myself!"
Riser, and Yubelluna's combination attack was quite strong, Zenki had to admit that it was the strongest thing that had come towards him, and very well executed. He couldn't see a single flaw in their combined powers, which was quite amazing to see.
"Yes, a good combination. But, I'll begin to become serious now too."
But using his Kankara Formula, he took control over it, and turned it back towards the pair, splitting it up into several different flaming spheres, Yubelluna gasped, throwing her hands up, summoning several barriers to block the flaming spheres.
However, the moment the barriers were up, Zenki's Kankara Formula began to be picked apart, crumbling down until there was nothing left of the barriers, with the flaming spheres heading towards them.
Yubelluna ground her teeth, as Riser stepped forward, becoming a shield for Yubelluna, with his regeneration tanking the shots of fire that Zenki released towards them.
Zenki was quite happy that Riser did something like that.
"You really care for her, don't you Riser?"
Riser scowled upon hearing Zenki's words.
"Of course I do! Are you mocking me even now?!"
"When have I ever mocked you Riser?"
Riser grit his teeth, showing that he wasn't pleased at that moment in time.
"Hmph, don't even bother trying to get out of this, this time. My flames have improved. You might be the son of a Maou, but I'm the third son of Phenex. With Bedeze-sama training me, and my powers being honed, I'll end you Zenki Astaroth! Here and now!"
Hearing the declaration, Zenki could see that Riser wasn't messing around.
He was showing his strength of will and heart.
So Zenki replied by doing the same.
Increasing the aura around his body, it became thick and layered with green energy, causing the ground to begin to shake, while Riser's area began to burn. Yubelluna turned her staff on Zenki also, willing and ready to fire off any power to support her King.
Asia watched from the sidelines, hoping that Zenki was going to be alright...no, more than that, she hoped that Zenki could do what Ravel asked of him. To make sure that Riser learns a lesson she believed he needed, and make him a bit more humble, a person Ravel knew Riser was capable of. He just had to be reminded of that.
As that was happening, Tiamat, the overseer of the Rating Game, viewed it and was doing the job that Ajuka had requested of her, something that she didn't mind to do. Especially this time, she liked seeing this kind of fight unfurling before her eyes.
Seeing Zenki taking down the enemies again and again, she muttered "Damn right kid, show these people what's what." but then she paused, feeling a new presence entering the area.
The aura felt malicious, and disgusting, something that she turned her nose up at.
Quickly turning, her eyes saw that Bedeze was pulling closer.
"Bedeze Abaddon, it seems that you may have found yourself in a place you're not supposed to be in."
"Silly, my mistake Tiamat-san."
"Then, I ask you to leave, immediately."
"I'm afraid that I can't do that Tiamat-san. I need you to be gone."
Tiamat snorted.
"And what if I refuse to leave exactly?"
Bedeze smirked, pulling out what seemed to be a dagger. However, Tiamat immediately felt something off about the dagger. It was coated in an aura that made her feel uncomfortable. It felt like her scales were crawling.
"I'd have to use this on you."
Tiamat stared at the dagger in his hand. The aura definitely was something she felt familiar with.
"...That feeling, it feels as if I'm staring at a Dragon Slayer right now."
"That's because you are." Bedeze revealed disturbingly, waving the dagger around. "This dagger is infused with the ability to slay a Dragon. While it isn't legendary like Gram or Ascalon, my benefactor gave me this to make sure that you disappear for good Tiamat. It also allows me to shoot off my demonic power with the Dragon slaying aspect added into it. Isn't it amazing what an intelligent mind can accomplish with the right resources?"
Tiamat knew now what she was staring at.
She knew that this person truly was awful...
"...So you are a traitor after all."
Bedeze shook his head, rejecting the very idea of what she was saying.
"I'm not a traitor, I'm someone that wishes to make Devils great again, the Devils that come from noble families, the Devils that have great talent. Make them pure, and strong. The disgusting ways that new idea Devils have makes me feel angry. I hate the impure and the weak getting glory and recognition. The Devils are slowly becoming more accustomed to this new kind of life style."
Tiamat scoffed at what he was saying.
She found him to be rather stupid, but he was quite determined, which could prove to be dangerous.
"This Rating Game, you pushed for it. So, why did you want to do this anyway? What goals could you have between Riser, and Zenki exactly?"
Tiamat demanded, allowing a small amount of flame to escape her mouth.
Bedeze didn't even pause in his movements, opting to walk forward towards Tiamat, not showing an ounce of fear despite the situation he had put himself into.
"My goals reach above the pitiful Riser. Thinking that he'd actually be able to do anything...haha, silly boy. All he needed was the right incentive. That Phenex doesn't hold the talent necessary to take down the son of the Maou. Now, he's in prime condition for me to make sure that the system fails, and then..."
"...You're trying to set up Zenki Astaroth for the fall of Riser. Even though Zenki Astaroth wouldn't kill Riser, he'd also recognize the system would have failed after a certain amount of damage would have been done. So, your plan is pretty nonsensical."
Tiamat argued with Bedeze but the man threw his hands up into the air.
"Is that so? Well, perhaps he might not kill him, but it sure will look as if he did."
"Are you intending to destroy the reputation of Astaroth that Zenki Astaroth and his family have tried so hard to bring back after the actions of Diodora Astaroth?"
"Something like that."
Tiamat furrowed her eyebrows, she couldn't understand why Bedeze would even want that to happen.
What could he achieve by bringing down Astaroth like this?
It just didn't make sense to her, so she decided to ask straight out.
"Why bring Astaroth's reputation down?"
"That's for me to know, Tiamat. You wont ever find out."
Hearing his words, Tiamat wasn't thrilled at all.
"So, you're going to kill me, and take control over the Rating Game operations. People will know that you've done this. Aren't you supposed to be in the viewing area? People can put two and two together Bedeze. You are not intelligent enough to wiggle your way out of this situation."
"The me at the viewing area is a mere decoy. It's something my mentor gave me. He showed me the true way. That it is the powerful, the talented, the strong that will slay you. Besides..." Bedeze stuck his hand out, summoning a hole in space, which allowed many soldier's to come out, including that of Arthur Pendragon. "...it seems that these people are itching to slay you as well. Each have some kind of enhancement from our leader, he's quite the smart and strong guy, you know? His power is grand, and as I grow alongside of him, I'll also rank right beside him."
"So, you're a loyal follower for people like that?"
"More than that, his ideals are what I truly believe in. His world is a pretty good one to live in, and I've decided to walk alongside of him. The rightfully powerful people will be there. And this is just a stone in the ocean, with you dead Tiamat, this game is going to be one that shakes the Underworld!"
Bedeze began to laugh as his men marched forward.
Tiamat's flames began to circulate her mouth, ready to breathe down onto the foes that dared to try and harm her.
However, Bedeze's disgusting laugh filled the area.
"You can try Tiamat! But these people can't lose to someone like you! They've been enhanced, didn't you hear me?! They can regenerate from your measly flames! Don't even think you can stand-"
"Oh will you shut up already? You're being really mean, trying to make my Zenki-tan look bad! I mean, at least Gabriel does it in a subtle way! She's the worst woman from Heaven! It's a fact!"
Bedeze's eyes shot open at the new voice.
His eyes fearfully turned.
Slowly, new people began to fill his eyes, despair writing itself across his face.
Seeing standing there, was Serafall, Vali, Kuroka, Koneko, Yumi, and Le Fay. Le Fay seemed to be using her wand to cast some sort of magical spell, something Bedeze noticed, and he felt violently ill as she looked towards her elder brother.
"Arthur-nii-sama..."
The relief coming out of her couldn't be described by words.
She was so thankful that he was there.
"...You're here, when you should be up there."
"It's handy when I combine my abilities with Le Fay-chan nyaaa~ Created those clones that look so real they practically are!"
Kuroka cheered, despair began building up slowly within Bedeze's body.
"...Serafall Leviathan, Vali Lucifer, Kuroka and Koneko Toujou, Yumi Kiba and...erm..." Le Fay pointed to herself since it seemed like she had been left out, Bedeze furrowing his eyebrows. "...I don't recall your name."
"It's Le Fay." Bedeze continued to stare at her as if he wasn't sure. "Le Fay Pendragon, Magician girl. Zenki-sama's Number Two fan...really should be Number One, but a certain fox took that from me...e-either way, I'm not bitter about that or anything hehe~"
Bedeze gave her a curious look, it did seem Le Fay was slightly bitter about that.
"Oh, Pendragon, then that means you're this man's relative."
"That's my Onii-sama! And you will be giving him back to me!"
Vali stepped forward, allowing her demonic aura to spread around her.
"You've got nowhere to run this time."
"Says you, Vali Lucifer."
"No, says my King and his Otou-sama." Vali brings out a seal on a piece of paper, and flicks it to Kuroka, who works her magic onto it, allowing a bright dazzling light to shoot out of it, spreading over the entire area. "Now, you wont be able to escape. It's a formula designed by my King and his Otou-sama, two of the more brilliant minds in the Underworld. Even you can acknowledge that." Bedeze tightened his hand while Vali moves forward once more. "Your plan to kill Tiamat ends now. You wont be able to transport over great distances. Even if you use your holes, that only does short range teleportation at most. And the only places you can go is either to where the Maou's are, or to where the Rating Game is, and either way, you're out of luck. If you're curious, Ajuka, Sirzechs and the others are looking after the Old Devils, and the spectators in case you attempted to pull anything against them. We will detain you, even if we have to fight you, which I'm quite alright with."
Bedeze was stunned.
He thought that perhaps he would have some trouble.
But not the likes of Serafall, and Vali, along with the others.
Bedeze placed a hand over his heart, while Serafall pulls out her staff.
"Now evil doer, it's time to go bye bye! If you're unlucky, Gabriel will come and kiss you~"
"...You really don't like her, do you?"
Koneko murmured, Serafall winked and showed a bright smile on her face.
"That doesn't matter! Now, we're going to apprehend Bedeze!"
Bedeze felt threatened.
Seeing the power of Serafall, backed up by Vali and the rest of the peerage minus Zenki, Ravel and Asia.
He didn't even have any backup beyond what he had summoned...but, he wasn't going to go down without a fight, he was going to accomplish what he had been asked to do, no matter what else happens.
End chapter!
Isane showed off her new move, and also seems to be developing one that works on girls, as well as one that already works on Zenki. Zenki also spoke with Le Fay before the Rating Game, and it seems that the meat from last chapter is going to help Le Fay with what's to come.
We got most of the Rating Game this chapter, with Zenki taking out Riser's peerage without much trouble, something nearly any member of Zenki's peerage could do at this point, while also showing respect to them, being satisfied by people like Karlamine and Isabela's more down to earth nature, and their loyalty to Riser, and taking his time with the Rating Game, waiting for Bedeze to reveal himself, and see what he truly was after, before springing the trap on him.
Speaking of, it seems that Bedeze's plan was to target Tiamat, and take down the retirement system, and to frame Zenki for murdering Riser, and ruin the Astaroth name. However, it seems that Serafall, and the rest of Zenki's peerage minus Ravel, Asia and Zenki have caught Bedeze, and also Arthur has appeared as well, so lets hope Zenki and company can save him this time!
Why Bedeze, and by extension, his so called benefactor, would want this, shall be revealed rather soon!
Next chapter is where the real harder battle begins!
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Zenki's Peerage.
Queen; Vali.
Bishops; Asia, Ingvild (mutation).
Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.
Knights; Arthur, Yumi.
Pawns; Ravel (2 pieces), Kuroka (3 pieces), Le Fay (2 pieces), Elmenhilde (1 piece).
Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Ravel, Kuroka, Vali (fem), Serafall, Kunou, Le Fay, Xenovia, Yumi, Rias, Isane, Akeno, Irina, Rossweisse, Ingvild, Ophis, Elmenhilde.
