[And now for the special rule which will determine the matches! Now will the [King]’s from both sides progress towards their personal stands in their bases.] Stand? Ah, the stand located in our base. That has been bugging me this whole time. Buchou and Sairaorg-san, who is at the opponent’s side of the base, were urged to move to the front of the stands. From the stand, something comes out. The giant monitor also shows the vision of it. What appeared was a……die! A die!? I’ve been getting shocked continuously today! [There is a die in front of you! They will be the key for the special rule! Yes, the rule for this Rating Game today is one of the major game types! It’s the “Dice Figure”!] Dice…….Figure? I tilted my head in wonder by hearing a word I never heard before. “So it’s Dice Figure huh…..”
Kiba says that, and he starts to explain it to me. “The actual Rating Game has many special rules. The ones we have been doing till now were quite plain ones. Other than the ones like this one where you use a die, there are also ones where you take as many flags as you can on the field called “Scramble Flag”. Dice Figure is the representative game for using dice.”
-! ……So there are games like that huh. It sure is helpful to know them. The Rating Game, it seems like it’s deeper than I thought….. The explanation of the rule by the broadcaster continues. [I will explain the Dice Figure so that those who don’t know about it can understand it! The die prepared has six-sides like the usual die, and you can roll a number from 1 to 6 with it! By rolling it, it will determine which ‘pieces (servants)’ can be sent for that match!] The dice will determine the person being sent for the match……? It means that the dice will determine our fate then! [The chess in the human world has values for their chess pieces! The standard value for the [Pawn] piece is 1, and they give numeric values to the chess pieces equivalent to their strength on the chessboard. And the evil pieces for the Rating Game also use this value standard as estimation! Of course there are parts when the person from the group unleashes the power higher than their potential capacities which surpasses the value of their chess pieces, or the part things happen where it surpasses our assumption due to the hidden factor which Ajuka Beelzebub-sama input into the evil pieces! But we will be using the standard value for the rule of this game!] Ah, that thing huh. It’s the values where [Knight] equals 3, [Bishop] is also 3, [Rook] equals 5, and [Queen] equals 9. When I just became a devil, I was told this by Buchou. But it’s just a mere standard. There are members in our group who won’t fit in that standard value such as Kiba who gained the factor to become a holy-sword wielder after being reincarnated to a devil, and Gapser who reincarnated into a devil with a mutation piece. [First, both [Kings] will roll the die, and the total value rolled will determine which combatants can be sent! For example, when the total value rolled is ! Then you can send combatants who will fit within that value! If it’s [Pawn] which has the consumption value of 1, then 8 [Pawns] can be sent! Of course you can also send 1 [Rook] with the consumption value of 5 and 1 [Knight] with the consumption value of 3, since the total value will be 8! If it is within the value range, then it is possible to send a combination of combatants from different classes! Also, group members who have consumed several evil-pieces will have the value of their total values, so if it’s the Gremory-team then the combatant Hyoudou Issei the Sekiryuutei who has consumed 8 [Pawn] pieces will have the value of 8.] So if the value rolled turns out to be the maximum figure of 12, then it means we can have members go to the field within that value for the match. Then if that happens, from our side we can send the combination of [Queen] Akeno-san who has the value of 9 with one of the [Knight] or [Bishop]. So I’m 8 huh. That’s a big number. Then there is a limit to who I can pair with. Even if the maximum figure of 12 was rolled, I won’t be able to pair with a [Rook] which is just out of the value. It might be better to pair up with Kiba or Xenovia who is a [Knight]. Then what will happen if the value rolled turns out to be the smallest number? When I was questioning about that inside my head, it gets explained. [But in both combatant Rias Gremory’s team and combatant Sairaorg Bael’s team they don’t have a ‘piece’ with the standard value of 1 or 2. It means that they can send out their members only from the value 3 and larger! Since it will be the total values, if the total values rolled turns out to be the smallest value of 2, then we will have them roll it once again!] Then what will happen if the servant loses and the number of members gets reduced? Do you have to keep on rolling it until the dice values fit with the value of one of the remaining members? [As the match progresses, the combatants will be reduced, and possibly there might be a change in the value needed for the combatants to be sent. Then the dice will have to be rolled until the value reaches the number where combatants from both teams can be sent to the field!] Well, that would be obvious. I wonder what will happen about the [King]’s participation which will be the most vital thing here. [The participation of the [King]’s will depend on the number which has been given from the people from the judging committee’s estimation value beforehand! Of course, like the usual rule, the game ends immediately after the [King]’s defeat!] That….will be a problem. Depending on the value, Sairaorg-san himself will be able to come out then! Sairaorg-san is stronger than Buchou, and the strongest member in the opponent’s team must be their [King]. If Sairaorg-san wishes to come out continuously, depending on the dice values rolled, then our chances of winning will decrease. “More than that, what does he mean by the participation of the [King] will depend on the judging committee’s estimation value?”
I muttered out my question. “It’s like how he explained. The judging committee has given the estimation value for Buchou and Sairaorg Bael about how much their value number will be in Dice Figure before hand. With that, it will determine the number needed for each of them to appear on field. It seems like this will be calculated from the strength of the [King] themselves, the value of their servants, and also by comparing with the opponents. That’s why depending on the game, the number changes.”
Akeno-san gave me an additional explanation. Thank you very much, Akeno-san. I see. So the judging committee will choose the chess-piece value number for Buchou and Sairaorg-san then. [Now then, the chess-piece value number the judging committee chose for each [King] is this!] When the broadcaster shouts that out, Buchou and Sairaorg-san’s name appears on the huge monitor written in devil-letters, and the numbers under their names are spinning.