AH, and what is the second reason?" Marid asked while barely dodging the barrage of Power of destruction blast heading his way.
"Well its not really a reason, it is just that I know I will be a better Lady Gremory than you will be a Lord Gremory" Rias replied a smirk causing Marid to give her a understanding nod.
"So why do you want to be the heir to Gremory" Rias asked Marid, genuinely curious of her nephew's intentions and goals.
"Defeat me with your own power and I will reveal my reasons for requesting a battle for the heirship of our family" Marid replied mysteriously.
However, before she could reply, Marid increased his magical blast by two folds.
While his magical blast weren't as potent as the legendary Power of destruction, they were angled in such way that they redirected Rias blast away from himself.
Along with cleverly neutralizing Rias blast, Marids clever use of magic also allowed a clear path for his blast to reach Rias.
This caused many thunder and ice spells to strike home which resulted in Rias receiving heavy damage.
As a result of the sudden increase in magical output, the tide of the battle swiftly changed in Marids favor to the point where many believe the match should be stopped to protect Rias from serious harm.
It may not that serious compared to other injuries sustained in rating games, but she was a sister of a Satan, and by all accounts still a child.
Marid kept up his assault for a few minutes during which Rias did her best to defend and retaliate against Marids attacks.
Unfortunately for her, she wasn't doing as well as she had hoped as many of his blasts had gotten past through her defenses.
She was sure her skin had burned around her thighs, smell of burnt flesh was clear indication for it.
This is not even counting the stinging pain she felt in her ribs, indicating that waves of ice magics had done more damage than it looked.
After giving Rias a taste of her own medicine, Marid stopped his mini assault and waited in the hopes for Rias resignation from the match.
Much to his and everyone else's surprise, Rias didn't resign from the match and managed to kept herself in the air despite the blood loss from her big hole in her shoulder due to an ice strike and tremors going across her body due to potent thunder spells from Marid.
"So the questions is asked again, do you yield Miss Gremory?" Marid asked again, lowering his guard watching Rias condition.
"N…no" Rias was barely able to get the word. Between the blood loss, tremors going across her body, and her exhaustion of her magical tank, she was finding it very hard time to keep herself afloat.
"Well looks like I have to land the final hit, something I don't want to do, but a battle is a battle" Marid sighed as he rushed in to land the final blow.
Much to the surprise of everyone, Rias didn't move but smirked as a small red crown decorated with flowers appeared on her head just as Marid was close enough to land the final blow.
While the members of the audience didn't understood the significance of the crown or what was going on, up in the private box, the crown had sparked an entire argument regarding the legality of the use of family jewel in a match for the heirship of that family.
Private Box
"Here I had thought this match was supposed to be kept clean and free of outside intervention Father." Sirzech Lucifer calmly questioned his father and the current head of the House of Gremory.
"I am the Head of the Gremory family I gave Rias permission to use the Family relic in her upcoming battle as I had deemed her worthy of the use" Zeoticus Gremory replied, disinterested in justifying himself any further.
"You gave Rias The relic in a battle that was supposed to test her magical knowledge, resilience, and worthiness as heiress to the Gremory family"
while Sirzech's tone was still calm, the sudden shift in magic in the room demanded Zeoticus Gremory to take things seriously from here on onwards.
"After showcasing her wisdom and vision for our House, I had deemed her worthy to wield the Relic of the progenitor of the House of Gremory"
Zeoticus elaborated further as he couldn't just wave a question from a Mao, despite the Mao being his son.
"I wonder what you didn't saw in me during the civil war that you see in my dear sister. After all your approval to my worthiness could have helped save a lot of lives during the many battles in the civil war"
Sirzech now spoke in ice cold tone reminding his father again of his shortcomings during his own childhood.
"Son.." Zeoticus didn't had time explain himself as his son interrupted him.
"The times of regrets have come and gone, all we can hope is that the next generations doesn't go through what we had to go through to achieve peace and prosperity for our people" Sirzech interrupted his father from making public spectacle.
Now chastised, Zeoticus refocused his attention to the battle in front of them while the remaining Satan's and the members of the Anti-Satan fighting force remembered the loss of life during the civil war.
Something they still haven't recovered from, which is why many remaining members of the pillars were arranging marriages between their houses and other purebloods to make sure they didn't lose their way of life.
While the Devil population was still better than their arch nemesis, the Fallen Angels, it still took a long time for Devils to reproduce.
There was an active concern regarding this to the point where the current Satan spent a lot of resources to create fertility potions to increase their numbers.
Not to mention their willingness to spend extra resources to buy spies within Old Satan Factions, Angels of Heaven, and Fallen Angels to limit the chances of a terrorist attacks, causing more loss of life.
Many Devil philosophers believed another major war could end the Devil race for good. While the Satan's tried their best to limit these concerns, they were never able outright deny the cause of such concern.