Are you not going to create a world like that!”
Sairaorg-san’s mother made a smile while she started to disappear. It was the face of a mother who is looking at a son she is proud of. “Now go. My lovely Sairaorg. You are my son.”
It happened at that moment. The man in front of me completely stood up from the ground while bleeding. “Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! !”
The lion howled. Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooar…….! That was the howl of a magnificent lion that sounded brave but also sad. The arena shook violently. Even I was shaking. Fear. Shivering. Enchantment. Excitement. All those feelings mixed inside me and were making the cells in my body boil. I can still fight with this man…….. I can finish the fight with him. Just thinking about that brought out a power within me that spread through my whole body. “Hyoudou Issei! I won’t lose! There is a dream I need to fulfill!”
Sairaorg-san comes at me! In a bruised and battered state! “I...! I also can’t lose as well!”
I went ahead while saying that! Both of our fist hit each others faces! How many times have we punched each others faces now!? Shit! It certainly hurts! He won’t go down. Sairaorg-san won’t go down no matter how much I hit him. He continues to hit me while not losing the light inside his eyes. All of his hits are something that feels like it will take everything away from me. Where? Where does he get this strength from……!? Even if I hit him in the stomach. Even if I hit him in the face, the strong foe in front of me shows no signs of stopping his fist. I will be taken down if I stop for a slight moment! He will take away my consciousness! Then how can I make him lose consciousness!? How many times do I have to hit him to take him down!? The Great-King who doesn’t have the power of destruction! This man in front of me is strong enough and an insanely strong foe even if he doesn’t have the same power as Buchou and Sirzechs-sama. No! I will be taken down immediately if I think about “defeat”! Vali is also a strong foe. Cao Cao was also a terrifying opponent. Sairaorg-san is strong overall: power, speed and defence. But there is a decisive difference between them. A really obsessed thought about winning. He will lose everything if he loses. There is no second chance. A resolution of accepting death. A spirit where he can bet everything he has for his dream. It seems like a strong will where he discarded the option of retreating is pushing him to go this far! “(I only have this body. I will lose everything if I lose. Everything I built until now will crumble. For someone like me who didn’t inherit the power of destruction, this was the only path for me. That’s why I have to win with my body. )”
“(It looks uncool, but this is my way of fighting you guys since I am unskilful. )”
You are cool! You are awesome! You are such a great guy that I can’t express it in words! That’s why. That’s why I want to beat Sairaorg-san! I don’t know how you felt when you raised and piled up the status you currently have. Even so I won’t feel sympathy towards you and continue hitting you! Fighting with my full power is my respect towards Sairaorg-san and it's my will! This is my answer! “……Haa…….Haa……. I also have a dream! To make…….Buchou the……King of the game…….”
I was about to lose the power of maintaining my armour! Even so, I went towards Sairaorg-san releasing my fist at him. “I will……also become a King one day! I will become stronger than anyone! I……! I will become the “Ultimate Pawn”……..!”
BANG! My punch reached Sairaorg-san! It’s a punch that even I can tell was effective. Sairaorg-san's body trembles. But he doesn’t fall. …..One more time then. But I finally lost the power to maintain my armour and my Balance-Breaker disappears……. Shit. It was close. But I couldn’t reach him…… My body also trembles. But I went ahead with just my body and the remaining strength I have. I will go like this! This should be fine! I can fight as long as I can grasp my hand! When I was about to go ahead with just my fist……
[…….Sekiryuutei…….. It’s alright now………..]
The lion located at the chest of Sairaorg-san’s body spoke. [……My master……. Sairaorg-sama has……….] The lion was shedding tears from its eyes. “Sairaorg-san……?”
Sairaorg-san is…… Sairaorg-san has lost his consciousness while having his fist pushed forward as if he will be coming right at me. He was still smiling…… Even so, his eyes were glittered with light and it still had the will to continue fighting. […..Sairaorg-sama had already lost his consciousness since just a moment ago….] ……What…..? Then why did he try to come forward……. [Even so…… he was happy. He kept on going forward as if he felt overjoyed…… He just went straight ahead……. Because he was truly enjoying the fight while having his dream on the line……]
The lion explains. So he continued fighting with only his will…….. Even if he lost his consciousness….. Yet he…….. Just went forward……. For his dream…… I had my head bowed down to him without noticing. I then hugged his battered body and shouted with a shaking voice. “……Thanks……. Thank you very much!”
[Sairaorg Bael loses. He retires. This is the end of the game. Rias Gremory Team’s victory!] The final announcement is made and the stadium became filled with the cheers of the audience. The Emperor, Diehauser Belial, answered like this in front of the reporters. “It was a good match. Both groups will definitely position themselves in the top ranks as soon as they become professional. I felt the coming of the new age.”
After that interview, one of the reporters questioned him. “If Sairaorg Bael ordered his “Pawn” to take down Rias Gremory, then wouldn’t Sairaorg Bael have won?”
The Emperor answered his question with a passionate voice. “At that time, in this stadium, was there a choice like that? What everyone wished for was the fight between the Sekiryuutei and the Great-King who doesn’t have the power of destruction. Even a child would know that. If that didn’t happen, no-one would have been satisfied. What else is there to it?”
All of the reporters became silent at his answer. When I woke up, there was an unfamiliar ceiling. “…….This place is?”
When I looked around, I understood that I was laying on the bed with bandages on me. Rather than the wounds, I was really exhausted. It seems like there isn’t the slightest amount of stamina left in me….. Did I pass out after that? “Looks like you woke up.”
….! A familiar voice! When I looked beside me…….. It was Sairaorg-san wrapped in bandages. “Sairaorg-san…….. Your bed was beside mine?”
“Coincidently, yes. There should have been spare rooms. Possibly Sirzechs-sama or Viceroy-Azazel matched this room so we can have someone to talk to until we have our stamina recover.”
Hahahaha. I wouldn’t go so far as to fight you on the bed……. “…….So I lost.”
Sairaorg-san says that. “…….Not bad. It’s probably my first time tasting acceptable defeat like this. But I don’t remember the last part of the battle.