The day of the Rating Game. Hmm…From first impressions, Riser is just like the show. He's an arrogant, aggressive playboy with a holier-than-thou personality and a condescending ass. I may not like Kiba and the others, but it annoys me how he looks down on them just because they're Reincarnated Devils. For that, I'm going to drive his face through the pavement. And that's not a metaphor.
When the stage of Rating Game was set, Riser and his Peerage were teleported to their corner of the school, which happens to be the principal's office. Rias and her Peerage, along with me, were teleported to the ORC Room. Looking around, you would think that the teleportation failed as the room is an exact replica of the original ORC Room. While this was happening, Sona and her Queen, Tsubaki, were in the Student Council Room managing the broadcast of the Rating Game to the Underworld.
"Everyone," the announcer said. I was curious who would be the judge of the Rating Game since Grayfia was no longer employed by the Gremory or anyone in the Underworld. The voice was familiar to me.
"I am Serafall Leviathan. Satan Leviathan, I have been appointed judge between the Gremory and the Phenex Family. For the battlefield, I took the suggestion of Rias and Riser and prepared a replica of Kuoh Academy, the educational facility that Rias attends in the human realm," Serafall announced.
"A replica of Kuoh Academy? Not bad," I said. Now, Rias and her Peerage looked at me as if I was crazy. To them, the dimension used for the Rating Game is one of the best creations of the Devils. But I was not impressed since I have the Mirror Dimension. I may not have created it, but only I can access it here in the Draconic Deus.
"Not bad? Are you high? This dimension is one of the greatest creations of Devil kind. And all you can say is not bad," Kiba said. Wow! I didn't think Kiba could be this way. I guess he has been a Devil for a while and has taken pride in that.
"Meh," I said while rocking my hands back and forth. This just caused him to be irritated. I was doing this on purpose as it was fun to break his stoic look when he wasn't smiling. Kiba was about to say something, but Akeno stopped him.
"Rias' main base is the ORC Room in the old schoolhouse. Riser's main base is the principal's office in the new schoolhouse. Meaning, pawns can be promoted when they manage to invade the enemy's schoolhouse," Serafall announced. Unlike the show where I was excited to enter the new schoolhouse, this time, there wasn't anyone excited since none could promote.
Rias then gave me a red glowing sphere. She told me to put it in my ear as it was a communicator. I didn't see any problem with that, so I put it on my ear, and I could hear everything Rias was saying as clear as day.
After that, Rias started telling us her plan. I don't plan to interfere in the fight unless necessary. Rias was okay with this, but the others were not. I then told them I didn't care if they liked it or not as I am not even benefitting from this in any way.
As the Rating Game was commencing, everyone headed to their position as the plan Rias made. On the other hand, I concealed myself, but I watched everyone to make sure that they didn't lose. I plan to play support rather than full assault.
I watched as Koneko snuck into the Gymnasium. From there, she had to face Xuelan, Ile and Nel and Mira. One Rook and Three Pawns. Without a plan, Koneko decided to face all the pieces in the gym, which was a terrible idea as Xuelan is quite a Rook. Very quickly, Koneko was being overpowered by the three pawns. Rather than retreat and plan what to do next, Koneko decided to keep going hoping to overpower everyone eventually.
Koneko was wrong. When she was able to gain the upper hand on the three pawns, Xuelan decided to join the fray, and Koneko was overwhelmed. This is where I stepped in. I used telekinesis to move Koneko away from Riser's Peerage members. When they saw me, they tried to take me out. Key word being tried. Mira wanted to incapacitate me with her Bō staff that was alight with fire. I let her hit me, but the reaction she was hoping for did not happen as I didn't even feel a thing. I then grabbed her Bō staff and snapped it in half with ease. Then I proceeded to punch her in the face real hard, that she was teleported out of the Rating Game.
When Ile, Nel and Xuelan saw how I could take out Mira, they took me seriously, but it was too late as I had already cast Icy Tendrils of Ikthalon. It was just waiting for them to make a move towards me before activating. In the middle of the gym, three girls were frozen solid in ice. A moment later, those three girls were teleported out. One would expect that they would be released from the ice once they were teleported out, but no, they were still frozen solid.
"What you did was stupid. Instead of retreating and making a plan of action, you decided to continue and try to overpower your opposition, knowing that one of them was waiting and doing nothing. Do you know how dumb that was? Very! Next time, I suggest you think before acting," I said before moving away and heading to the next battlefield, which was at the track and field. Koneko just had her head down, and she was ashamed of the way she fought.
With Sona, she was watching the entire fight and monitoring everywhere I went as she had visuals on everyone. She was impressed at how easily Issei was able to dispatch four pieces of Riser's Peerage. But what got her going was the magic that Issei was using. It was different from anything that she had ever seen.
"Amazing…He was able to set a trap that quickly without anyone noticing. We monitor the entire Rating Game and have visuals everywhere, yet I couldn't see him set the trap. How about you, Tsubaki?" Sona asked.
"No, Kaichou. And I've had my eyes on him the entire time. Kaichou? Do you think you'll be able to create a trap that flawlessly without anyone noticing?" Tsubaki said.
"I can. But only if I had a lot of time. That kind of trap wasn't simple. And did you see that it didn't take time to freeze three people? The power of it reminds me of my sister's ice magic," Sona said.
"Kaichou. I trust everything you say, but even that must be an exaggeration. Leviathan-sama is one of the strongest Devils in the Underworld. Hence why she was given the title of Leviathan," Tsubaki said.
"What I said was no exaggeration. After my date with Ise, my sister came to my apartment and told me how she tried to intimidate him, but instead, Ise didn't have any reaction and was able to overpower her grip. Back then, I thought it was also an exaggeration, except it wasn't," Sona said.
"S-So… you're telling me that Hyoudou has the power to rival a Satan? That's…" Tsubaki didn't finish her sentence, so Sona finished it for her.
"Insane? Unbelievable? Ludicrous? Pick one. But seriously, I can't be thankful enough that Ise isn't against us, even after what Rias tried to do," Sona said. But when she thought about her date with Issei, she couldn't wait to go on another one. She was even blushing.
Sona and Tsubaki continued monitoring the fight but mostly watching Issei. The more Tsubaki watched the Rating Game, the more her interest in Issei increased. Though it isn't in a romantic way, but only time will tell if that would stay that way.