Then he encountered the incident involving the possession of Excaliber without a moment to spare where he met one of the leaders of the Fallen Angels and at the end even the Governor. He witnessed the signing of the Alliance of the Three Great Powers upclose and even survived the experience of Juggernaut Drive. He was attacked by the Evil God Loki and Fenrir when it has or hasn’t been 6 months since he reincarnated into a Devil. He fought the man who wields the strongest Longinus during his school fieldtrip. He conquered the Rating Game of the Underworld’s Youth and then promoted a Mid-class Devil. At the decisive battle against the Hero-faction———he went through life and death experience during the monster crises and resurrected by the power of Ophis and Great Red which is an unpredictable happening. He then proceeded to defeat the Jabberwock and Cao Cao in that flow. It hasn’t even been a year since all of this accomplishment. Terrifying indeed. It’s full of events which can only make you laugh in amazement. Then it was the battle against Qlippoth. He received an assault from the Evil Dragon Grendel and witnessed the destruction of the country of Vampires upclose. He was there during the hijack of the Agreas and when the year was about to end he was present during the Qlippoth’s assault of the Heaven. He accepted the challenge from the Church’s swordsman soon as the new year began…… And finally he was there during the final battle against Rizevim to beat him down and then defeated Apophis where now he is standing right here.”
By listening to Vali’s long explanation……I came to realise how the past one year was packed with actions. What my comrades, Vali, and I experienced in the past one year was out of the ordinary. Vali then says. “You probably wouldn’t find any other example where this many history changing events occurred just in one year. Everyone including you, your comrade, and myself are living in a incredible era. For that reason, I could say that it would be natural for our ratings to keep on going up since we had survived this far. That’s why you are getting a promotion……though I wouldn’t be surprised if you are bewildered to the point where your mind can’t keep up with becoming a High-class Devil since you have barely experienced your time as a Low-class Devil and Mid-class Devil.”
……Yeah, I’m going to become a High-class Devil when it hasn’t been a year since I was both a Low-class and Mid-class Devil combined and that’s the reason why I’m feeling perplexed. At the end I haven’t done anything like a Mid-class Devil would usually do and I even question myself if I actually did my role as a Low-class Devil properly. ……But since I’m promoting to a High-class Devil due to the reviews of others must mean that I’m doing well from other people’s perspective. Well, that’s what I would like to believe. But how should I put it…… I’m laughing a bit due to the way Vali is speaking. Because the way he talks is totally like———
“……The way you said it sounded like it came from Azazel-sensei.”
When I say that Vali smiles. “……Is that so.”
After that there’s another moment of silence. “ “By the way.” ”
Vali and my words overlaps. “……You go first.”
Vali asks without hesitation when I urge him. “———You are going to participate right?”
“The Rating Game tournament? ……Hmm, who knows. You are obviously going to———”
“I’m participating. Even if you aren’t that is. This is a perfect opportunity. After all, there are several God-class participants that has already registered. Being able to challenge a God officially without causing troubles to anyone. There won’t be a chance like this again. I will be forming a team while having those guys the first Sun Wukong told me to look after.”
Yes, the participants’ standards for the World Tournament has a large range so even a God can participate. Though it seems like it has a stronger festival vibe to it, therefore the rules has changed quite a bit compared to the usual Rating Game. First of all, the maximum number of people in a team is 16. The team would be formed with the [King], the [Queen], two of each [Rook], [Bishop], [Knight], and eight [Pawns]. This is the same as usual but from here it’s different. If you register yourself as [King] then your team members don’t need to be part of your peerage. And they don’t have to be a Devil either. To put it simple its fine as long as you don’t double register. If a Devil registers himself as a [King] it will be fine for an Angel to be in his team and even a human is fine. You can actually form your team to your liking. Also, even if there is someone who reincarnated into a Devil by the use of a [Bishop] piece he can still be registered under other chess pieces. This is a big change. So it means that Asia who is a [Bishop] can register as a [Knight] in the tournament for example. Well, I won’t want to have Asia-chan stand in the frontline anyways. Due to these changes there are many people from each forces that showed interest in participating. And there are God-class among them. For Vali who is seeking to fight Gods there won’t be a tournament he will crave for more than this. And he can fight them publically without being warned. Vali himself is explaining in joy. “……I would be lying if I say that I’m not hyped, right?”
It came to my mind as I look at this guy who seems to be having fun. The ones that made the base for the Rating Game World Tournament is Azazel-sensei, Sirzechs-sama, and such since they had been preparing for it behind the scene. ……Maybe Azazel-sensei prepared a stage for Vali to fight the Gods without having him become a criminal. I even start to think as such. Vali then says it straight to me. “And if I can fight your team in the tournament then there’s nothing more I can ask for. I’m guessing others such as Cao Cao, Sairaorg Bael, and Dulio Gesualdo are thinking the same. I even hear that gentle Ikuse Tobio is planning to register as a [King].”
……I will be able to fight Vali, Cao Cao, Sairaorg-san, Dulio, Ikuse in a Rating Game———
But then Vali also says this in calm manner. “……Even so, I’m sure you have your own circumstance. Your body doesn’t belong to only you now.”
……I start to become deeply moved at Vali who is able to think about other people’s circumstance. “You sure did change. A bit ago you would have told me to ‘participate’, right?”
Vali……really changed. Especially lately where he has become calmer…… It feels like his ‘stay away’ aura disappeared. Vali simply tilts his head. “……Did I? ……I guess I did. But you yourself has changed since I first met you. The side of you where you are honest about your sexual desire hasn’t changed———but the eyes you have right now is telling me that you want something besides women.”Vali who is smiling gets another hit with his fishing rod. Vali pulls it right away. He pulled a large fish which may be his biggest catch of the day. “But it seems like I win for today’s fishing battle.