Vølume 4: Yellow Dragon and the Four Sacred Beasts

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Part 1

"The Five Principal Clans are a group of human who specialises in mysticism and purification, fighting against evil beings who menace the Shinto gods."

Edelross-sensei explains a concept unknown to me. I had heard of human who are called mystics, but I never knew anything specific about them other than them being enemies of the Fallen Angels.

"Who can name the Five Principal Clans?"

María raises her hand.

"The Five Principal Clans are Himejima, Shinra, Nakiri, Domon and Kushihashi."

Kushihashi? As in Rina's surname? Maybe they're the Exorcists Rina used to live with…

"Good answer. Now, the Five Principal Clans get their power from a group of powerful beings related to the Shinto. Who knows what these beings are?"

Ram raises her hand.

"They get their powers form the Four Gods, better known as the Four Sacred Beasts. These beasts are the Blue Dragon for the Kushishashi clan, the Vermillion Bird for the Himejima clan, the Black Turtle for the Domon clan, and the White Tiger for the Shinra clan."

"Very well, Ram. Now, who knows where does the Nakiri clan get their power from?"

Ham raises his hand.

"The Nakiri clan, unlike the other Principal Clans who get their power form the Four Sacred Beasts, get their power from a Chinese beast, the Yellow Dragon. This Dragon isn't counted with the rest of the beasts, but shares similar qualities."

I'm surprised I'm the only one of my group who didn't know about this. I wonder Rina's reason for becoming a Devil in that case… it doesn't matter now, I need to focus in what is going to happen on the afternoon; our [Rating Game] against Seila Bael.

Part 2

We're on the coliseum, with Ram checking Seila's info so we know what we're going to face.

"As you should know, she is the heiress of the Bael clan, the clan of the Great King Bael and the most important group of Devil in the Underworld, not counting the [Great Satans] themselves. Her peerage is made of her Queen, 1 Rook, 2 Bishops, 1 Knight, and 2 Pawns. One of her Pawns is worth 4 pieces, the other one is only 1 piece."

Off course, the most important thing here is that as a member of the Bael clan, she has access to the Great King's Power of Destruction. She's going to be a more dangerous opponent than Tiffania.

We move towards the magic circle and get teleported to the place of the game. The place of our match this time is… a normal human house?

{Everyone, listen me. I'm Price Lucifer's Bishop, Lunorlla Asmodeus, and I'll be the arbitress of the game between Ram Phenex's peerage and Seila Bael's peerage.}

Price's Bishop… going by her surname, she's a descendant of Asmodeus-sama. Also, she speaks in a really erotic tone.

{I'm here in company of my dear master who is on the VIP area. The battlefield this time is a western style human edifice. Ram's base is located on the first floor, while Seila's base is on the flat root. In order for Pawns to promote, you must go to the enemy base. The type of game is going to be a blitz. No bottle of Phoenix's tears will be provided to the teams; we truly sorry.}

After hearing that news, we set in our minds that we won't be able to get healed during the match. Well, since the game is a blitz, it doesn't matter that much.

{Now you have thirty minutes of strategy time and then 3 hours to finish the game. Good luck to the Kings.}

After the erotic Bishop says that, we start planning our strategy for the game.