They settled the match in places where pure power doesn't work, and it made me realise how broad the game could become. Well I do think we are super strong if we were to fight normally. Oh crap, this confidence could lead to our defeat. “No matter how awesome a power you have, I realised that there are many ways for us to get defeated. Settling the match with pure power seems the most easiest to know though. But especially in the game, it would be a team battle, so rather than having one strong individual, we need to cooperate in a style of “Person A ability” + “Person B ability”. The road to becoming a High-class devil sure is hard…..”
I sat on the floor, and made a sigh. It truly is hard to get a promotion to a High-class devil. “Do you want to become a Maou, Ise?”
“No, I never thought about things like that….. Why do you ask all of a sudden?”
“In the future, you will be going solo from Buchou right? To stand at a greater height.”
“Yeah, that is my plan.”
“Asia said she will be following you.”
“Hmm? Aaah, yeah. We promised we will be together forever.”
“Take me along with Asia as well.”
! An unexpected situation. I never thought she would say that……
“Why do you want to come with me?”
When I ask, she answers with a big smile. “It would be fun being with Ise.”
I see. It’s fun huh. “Roger that. I will think about it.”
“Yes, I hope you do positively.”
I don’t know any plan about the future, but building a business with Asia and Xenovia seems interesting. I was thinking while bending my neck, and Xenovia stops swinging her sword. “Somehow, talking to you made the nervousness inside me disappear.”
Xenovia approaches me who was sitting down and…. Chu. She kissed me on the cheek! Uoooooooo! I was shocked at the sudden thing! A kiss in the cheek huh! “It’s my gift to you. Should I give it to your lips next? Fufufu. Then I will be resting for today now.”
Xenovia leaves after saying that. I could only touch my cheek for the sudden kiss she gave me. “It’s about time.”
Buchou says that and then stands up. The day of the match. We gathered at the Occult Research Club room late at night. Asia is in nun's clothing, and Xenovia is in erotic battle wear. And the others including myself are wearing the Kuou Academy uniform. We gathered around the magic-circle located in the middle of the room, and are waiting to be transported. Our opponent is Diodora Astaroth. The noble house where the current Beelzebub came from. I don’t know what kind of power he used, but he is a devil who is capable of going at his enemy by himself directly with his enormous amount of demonic-powers. But the game will end when you take down the [King]! In our group there are plenty of guys who won’t lose with pure powers. If he comes at us, we will just crush him! But I also need to learn a different way to fight other than that…… A counter huh. Maybe I should practice it as well. Sairaorg-san is a super Power-type. He is in the similar category as me. If I learn to counter, it seems like I can turn the tables around….. For Power-types, the moves of Technique-types are something you can’t ignore. While thinking about it with my small brain, Asia holds onto my hand nervously. I smiled silently and hold her hand as well. Yes, first I need to take care of Diodora. I will definitely not hand Asia over to him. No matter what kind of demonic-power he would use against me, I will protect Asia! Then the magic-circle glowed, and we are about to get teleported…..

“…….Did we arrive?”
When our eyes recovered from the lights made from the teleportation, we opened our eyes….. The place we arrived was a spacious place. The place is lined up with thick pillars. The ground is made from…..rocks. We look around, and we see a big entrance of a shrine at far! ……….Huge. It looks like those shrines that appear in Greek mythology. At first glance there are no broken parts, and it seems like it was just built. The sky is white like always. So this is our base huh. Now, lets get pumped up for it. Would it be a blitz? Or a long-battle? I still don’t know, but I will just have to accomplish my role! I was getting my courage up like that….. But we didn't hear the announcement of the arbiter no matter how much time had passed. “…..This is weird.”
Buchou says that. Just like how I became suspicious, others are also suspicious with this situation. Did something happen to the people in charge of the match? I was thinking such things, and then…. A magic-circle appears on the other side of the shrine! Eh!? Diodora!? Don’t tell me we will have a battle with this short distance!? I panic! The group makes their stances! But there isn’t just one magic-circle! Many lights have appeared, and they are surrounding us! “……It isn’t the symbol of Astaroth!”
Kiba says that while making a stance with his sword. Akeno-san then says it while having her hand covered in electricity. “…….None of the magic-circles are similar. Except….”
“They are all devils. But if my memory is correct….”
Buchou looks around with serious eyes while being covered in red aura. The ones appearing are many…….devils! All of them appeared with hostility! They glare at us while surrounding us! One, two, three….. No, I will stop counting. That’s because they don’t just stop at ten or a hundred! There are between several hundreds to a thousand of them, and we are surrounded by an insane number of people! The whole area is covered with devils that have just appeared. “Judging from their magic-circles, they are affiliated with the Old-Maou faction of Khaos Brigade.”
~!? I became scared to my wits! Are you serious!? The Khaos Brigadeeeeee!? Why did they intrude in the game of the youth devils!? Oh, they are terrorists after all! But why our match? “The blood relative of the annoying fake Maou, Gremory. I will have you perish here.”
One of the devils surrounding us says that to Buchou in a provoking way! Just like I thought, for the devils supporting the Old-Maou faction, the current Maou and the devils who support them must be an eyesore. “Kyaa!”
A scream! This voice belongs to…..Asia! When I turned to Asia, she isn’t there! “Ise-san!”
The voice came from above! When I looked up, I saw Diodora who is carrying Asia! That bastaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard! “Hey Rias Gremory. And Sekiryuutei. I will take Asia Argento with me.”
He said something foolish with a refreshing smile! “Let go of Asia, you shit! Coward! And what is the meaning of this! Aren’t we supposed to play the game! ?”
Diodora showed an evil-smile for the first time to my shout. “Are you dumb? This isn’t a game. All of you will die here by them…..The agents of Khaos Brigade. No matter how powerful all of you are, you won’t be able to take on this many number of High-class devils and Mid-class devils right? Hahahaha, so die. Perish right away.”
Buchou glares at Diodora. “Are you telling me you are connected to the Khaos Brigade? A scum. And you even defiled the game, so death would be fitting for you!