With thunderclouds in the background, a dangerous gleam appeared in Barakiel-san’s eyes as he said to me
“……You’ve already gotten to that stage, so if y-you don’t take responsibility, as a father, I can’t rest assured!”
“Responsibility!? R-Responsibility as in! ?”
“Do you even need to ask this type of question!? A young man and woman have kissed! You must take responsibility for this!”
What responsibility!? Because of a kiss!? Then what about what lies beyond it…touching her oppai! I have to take responsibility just for a kiss!? Barakiel-san’s entire body was clad in lightning! It was an unimaginable aura! —I hadn’t seen this kind of power even in the battle against Loki! I-Is it because of his daughter that his wrath and jealously towards me has arisen!? Clad in lightning, Barakiel-san charged directly towards me! Even if I was able to/dodge his fist, the shock of the lightning would be transmitted to me through my armour. My entire body would be paralysed by it! It’d be bad if I was hit by a direct attack! After all, light is a deadly poison for Devils! Barakiel-san’s power of light combined with lightning — it would be dangerous if I was hit by that lightning! I began to retort as I countered his attacks. “Umm, I heard from Azazel-sensei before that Barakiel-san is also a very erotic person! ?”
“That’s…that!”
“Avoiding the topic!? It’s just like this!”
I heard very clearly that he used to do SM play with his late wife! E-Even I have not set foot into that territory! Barakiel-san used his lightning to form a long spear! “As things are now, I must test you as Akeno’s father! With this, let me have a good test of how compatible you are with my daughter!”
Like this, the battle between the two [Kings] became more and more complicated! I transformed my right arm into its Welsh Dragonic Rook form as I attacked, but Barakiel-san retaliated fearlessly. Even if I increased our distance and used Dragon Shot, Barakiel-san would fire off an enormous lightning bolt at me. But whether it was for better or for worse, I had fought against several legendary existences. Barakiel-san was finally struck by one of my direct attacks, and was knocked backwards. Barakiel-san panted in deep breaths as he wiped away fresh blood from the edge of his mouth with his hand. “…As expected of you. So this is how strong you are…. As expected of someone that Azazel trained.”
Indeed, it’s all thanks to Azazel-sensei that I was able to become this strong. Barakiel-san smiled as he said
“With strength alone, the present me can no longer defeat you. —But, this is a Rating Game.”
Barakiel-san raised his right hand, stretched out a finger, and released a single bolt of lightning towards the sky. After that, Barakiel-san retreated. Just when I chased him in order to reach an outcome for our battle…. An urgent message came from Ravel just a second later. “Ise-sama! There are three of the opposing team’s players coming towards you! Moreover, they’re all — holding [objects]. —What! What happened!? Did the lightning that Barakiel-san released into the sky have this kind of purpose? Because of that, three opponents with [objects] are approaching me now! Could it be that they want to destroy those [objects] in front of me? I couldn’t understand what their plan was at all — but I immediately saw a change in the scenery in front of me. Some kind of barrier appeared to be forming—. Barakiel-san was on the other side of the barrier. Preceisely because it was a barrier, although it was only as thick as a layer of skin, it separated Barakiel-san and me apart. At the same time, an announcement was made. [Confirmation that the [Lightning] team has destroyed three [objects]. They have gained three point.] —Three! If that’s the case, then they’ve already destroyed five of them! Regardless of that, what was this barrier in front of me!? “T-This is…! ?”
Because of the change that had occurred before me, I couldn’t help but feel surprised, while Barakiel-san calmly said
“—This is the area change because [objects] have been destroyed. The announcer should have mentioned this as well at the beginning of the game. If an [object] is destroyed—”
The area in which an [object] is destroyed — a [King] cannot enter! “Speaking in terms of a chessboard, you are currently on the edge of [B1]. I am in [C2], and the areas that we cannot enter are [A3], [B2], and [C1], which form a perfect diagonal line. Which means that since you are in [B1], you cannot go past this diagonal line.”
“This was your plan from the beginning! ?”
Since I was on the far side at [B1] and I couldn’t enter the area that was divided by the diagonal line, the only three areas that I was able to move around in now were [A1], [A2], and [B1]. It also meant that I was no longer able to move into any other area. They had cleverly chosen the areas that couldn’t be entered so as to form a barrier, with not a single gap! Barakiel-san continued
“In fact, meeting you here was purely coincidence…. But this is the outcome that I obtained. …We were aiming for this when we thought about where to place the [objects]. It just so happened that you and I fought against each other, and I thought that it was time to implement this plan, so I contacted my teammates. The plan was originally to lure the [King] into one of the four corners of the field, and then use the rule that a [King] cannot enter the areas where an [object] has been destroyed to create this barrier. There have been teams in the [Object Break] games of the past that also used this tactic. —This strategy is known as [Imprisonment]. — [Imprisonment]! True to its meaning, I was now trapped in the area of these three squares! Barakiel-san’s attitude took a sudden turn, and he became rather cold. “By mentioning Akeno, you became confused and I was able to implement this strategy. It was to prevent you from noticing that you were being lured into a corner. As expected, you were confused by my words and didn’t take notice of our intentions at all. I said it just earlier, it was a test for you. Brute strength on its own is not enough, being able to face various circumstances on your own is also necessary. It’ll be a worry if the man that my daughter likes is a idiot.”
……. …Damn it! Because he brought up Akeno-san, I was completely fooled…. I completely fell for it! But, my team won’t be taken down so easily. [ Of the [Lightning] team, one [Knight] and one [Bishop] have retired; three [Pawns] have also retired.] When it came to combat, it seems like my team has the advantage, as demonstrated by that announcement. “Ise! Although we don’t know what’s happening to you right now, we trust in you as our [King], and we will continue to fight.”
“That’s right! If there’s something you need to slice apart then leave it to us! Xenovia and I are your [Knights].”
I received a message from my reliable companions. Xenovia and Irina both seemed to have continuously defeated the opposing team’s players.