"There you go Ria-tan, you got him where you need him. Just keep up with the attack he will retire soon,"
Zeoticus Gremory roared in approval of her daughter's attack. His callous behavior again earned him a look of disapproval from Lady Gremory,
who now worried about her grandson's safety, and a stern glare from Grayfia Lucifage, who was also getting a little worried about her own son's safety.
"Don't worry dear, he will be fine" Sirzech kissed his wife to reassure her that their son would be fine.
"How can you be so calm about this, Sirzechs? You know what kind of effects. The power of destruction has on Marids body.
He hasn't retired yet, which means he is still in there" Grayfia voiced her concern to her husband, almost ready to recommend ending the match to save her sons life.
"I know, dear, I know, but he is our son, and we need to believe in him. And while you are right that the infamous power of destruction has a terrible effect on Marid, this effect only is a one way effect so to speak," Sirzech advised her wife, earning him a confused look from her.
Knowing she would want answers he continued, "As you know, Marid is not able to properly harness the power of destruction as to what others think that he didn't inherit the power from me.
While using Power of destruction does damage him, it doesn't affect his tolerance to it." Sirzech spoke loud enough that her wife was the only that could listen in.
"You mean?!" Grayfia's eyes widened.
"So you have caught on; while Marid can't use Power of destruction without hurting himself, he still can tank the hits;
in all honesty, his tolerance for Power of destruction attacks is as high as a powerful high class devil, which is astounding considering how young Marid truly is," Sirzech explained it to his wife.
"He can't use Power of destruction without damaging himself but has a high tolerance for its attack? How is this possible, I haven't heard of this kind of phenomenon ever!" Grayfia asked her husband quietly.
"Me neither. It feels like he wasn't meant to use Power of destruction but something else. Whatever it is, it is something we haven't seen before.
I have asked Ajuka to look into this. Maybe he will have an answer soon. If not, we can add this to Marids quirks," Sirzech chuckled as his wife nodded in agreement as the couple returned their eyes to the battlefield.
Inside the match
"Looks like the match might be coming to an end people! Rias Gremory caught her opponent off guard and is using her window to its maximum potential…."
Announcers announcement was cut off by influx of power felt within the battlefield.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"a powerful roar shook Rias a little as she sensed power growing within the blast zone she was ruthlessly attacking.
Suddenly, Rias bombardment was cut off by a 10 feet wall of ice present between her and her target.
To her surprise, her elemental spells didn't do much damage to the ice wall. Even her power of destruction barely put a crack through the shield; something it should have done.
"What the hell!?" Rias exclaimed as she saw her spells do no damage causing her to stop her bombardment to review the developing situation and conserve stamina.
Within the next few seconds, the ice wall collapsed revealing Marid with a few burns and bruises over his body.
'After all of that he is barely hurt. Even being One-sama and Grayfia one-san son, he should have at least gotten more damage than what he is showing right now.
"Lets get rid of the kid gloves Rias and end this" Marid spoke seriously. Face absolute serious, all signs amusement gone from his face.
'Kids gloves?!, I have been using my full power since the start of the battle, this is going to be either a very long or a short battle from here onwards' Rias thought baffled.
After that, Marid rushed in forwards re-engaging Rias in the battle. Both of them now using their full extent of their magical arsenal.
Rias using her power of destruction without any restrictions, now knowing that the time of holding back and reserving stamina has gone. Marid on the other hand using his vast arsenal of elemental and ice magic, holding nothing back.
Both of them fought with such intensities that it not only shocked most of the adult devils in the stadium watching the fight also intimidated a lot of fighting class, high class devils.
No matter who won this battle, everyone knew one thing for certain that the next generation of Devils will be very powerful.
"It looks like round 2 of this battle has now started. The intensity our fighters are fighting at, one thing is clear that this is their final engagement!"
One of the guest commentators commented on the battle that they were watching. It was clear that the end was nigh.
"I have to admit, for a spoiled princess, you are actually good" Marid taunted as he dodged a Power of destruction blast.
"You are not bad yourself, it looks we are even, even if you don't have not inherited Power of destruction"
Rias taking a dig at him herself. Both of them were exhausted and were doing whatever they can to ensure their victory, even if it meant using mind games and shooting low blows at each other.
"Whatever you say Rias, whatever you say" Marid taunted back condescendingly as he returned fire with volleys of his elemental magic towards Rias.
"Before this battle ends, I want to ask you a question Rias. Why do you want to become the heiress Gremory?"
Marid casually asked Rias the question while return firing at her. The question caught Rias off guard resulting in her getting hit with a well-timed lightning strikes to her leg and chest.
"Well firstly unlike someone I am the inheritor of the Power of destruction which makes me a better candidate for our family" She replied bitingly after somewhat recovering from the attack.