Being teleported to the rating game stage I looked around the room with all my peerage wearing the same uniform. I think that I made Vanripper proud, the man who made his own game because there was a lack of demon girls wearing suits. Helltaker really is a Goat of a game. In just about 10 levels you get invested and it made an impact in the community.
Not to mention the DLC, so seeing all the devils of my peerage wearing some combination of the iconic red undershirt and a black suit, or a vest. Some with a pencil skirt and some with pants. Damn do we all make this look good.
Did I make them cosplay without them knowing it? Yes, yes I did. Do I regret it? No, no I don't. Is it cringey? Fuck no, because it fucking looks good. Most of my peerage actually wore pants but some of them did wear a pencil skirt. Particularly my sister looks freaking good. The maid duo, my bishop, wore skirts too.
I just really like the aesthetic of Helltaker. Best of all, all of us are demons so it is kind of accurate hahaha.
But the time for horny is not now, it is the time for me to do a gamer move. And for that I need to strategize… Well I know the story so I know what they are going to do so looking over the map that I was given, while Ravel was directing the plan to my peerage, I got to thinking.
How can I ever make Rias' Peerage grow stronger, I know it is through adversity but, even though she knew I was coming, she still didn't train. Even through the training period she was given she didn't train. She just analyzed the strategies that the previous me did, while her peerage trained Issei and Asia. Well at least that was what happened in the anime but I imagine that is still what happened.
But the thing is even in the future, that is what will happen, what the hell is that front blond fallen angel thinking saying that she is strong enough and she just needs more experience and use strategies more. In the future she was called switch princess, she was regarded as a thing that awakens Issei's Balance Breaker, instead of being like the Crimson Satan.
That's why to make her face reality, I need an overwhelming victory, I need to give her no hope that she is strong enough. You think the power of friendship matters, well Jujutsu Kaisen begs to differ, Mahito himself says it the best, 'Life' isn't an anime, I mean in this case it is but you know what I mean. She will learn her weakness, and suffering will be her teacher.
So as Ravel continued to direct my harem, I interjected.
"Hey Ravel, don't you think that we should show them the results of our training, let's give our audience a show they will never forget.."
The thing with rating games is that it always takes a long time. Because it is based on chess, the devil purebloods always take it literally. They think of strategies, tactics, and move their pieces around like it is actual chess.
What they don't realize is that this is a small scale war, they take turns moving around taking pieces like chess when you can just make one massive attack as your opening move instead of moving around.
That's why my first move will be a bold one, Sona said that taking the center piece in the map and destroying it is a bold move. Well what about directly attacking the enemy base and making a path straight through it.
Why should I protect my base when they only have a single pawn that can promote? It's a useless move, and I want him to be stronger so he can prove a challenge. Hell, I will personally protect him until he can be promoted if he wants to.
"Onii-sama?"
"So this is the plan, discard what Ravel said, the plan is only one thing, well two things, We are gonna jump them, and then hit them till they die. But first to set the stage, my dear sister will be the brightest star here, our MVP. so show them what you can do Ravel. Show our family why they should think carefully before arranging anything, like they did for me."
I told them my plan and encouraged my sister to go wild. Ravel actually shared with me her fear of going into an arranged marriage like me. She told me that she already has someone she wants to get married to while blushing, it took me a while to calm down after that. Because if I ever find out who it is I am burning them alive, then I remember that I did capture her so she was most likely talking about me… I hope or I will not kill them. I will just Unlimited Void their ass and make them into a vegetable.
"Really Onii-sama! I get to do it?" she exclaimed while looking at me with stars in her eyes. Shit, she really is cute, I'll turn those stars to hearts eventually.
"Yeah, let's show them overwhelming power that they can do nothing about, though be careful in aiming, the whole peerage trained for this so let's let them show off too, let's not annihilate them all needlessly at the start of the game. Just burn down the forest around them and make a path straight to them." I said coolly while walking towards the balcony that was in the principal's office.
Why they need a balcony is just something I don't think about, these spoiled heiresses can just do whatever they want can't they. This is why they are so soft. They have never experienced the brutality of war like their siblings, even though we were created by Lucifer to be weapons of war against his Father.
My sister followed my lead and also stepped into the balcony.
"Don't worry about anything Ravel, I will support you all the way, just like before. Burn everything that you want. I will protect the peerage from you so go all out." I said because during training, the heat she was able to produce was so hot that clothes just burned in the vicinity, and even skin started to feel like they were burning.
So as she closed her eyes and started to concentrate I expanded my Infinity to not just envelop me but also my peerage who stayed close to me. No doubt in the viewing room, the Gremory family is wondering what barrier I was using as there is nothing there. No magic circle, no glow, nothing, just the flames that are licking the edge before touching 'something' that was around me and my peerage.
Then the ball of fire that Ravel was holding in her hands started to concentrate to the tip of her fingers, she extended her left hand and using her right hand she pulled back on her flames making an arrow shaped fire and aimed towards the other side of the map where the Gremory peerage base are and released her arrow.
It flew straight and true and when it arrived at its destination, once again, a pillar of flame exploded as curse and demonic energy exploded from it.
Immediately, all of us charged straight through and dashed to the Gremory base.
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What was that? What was that??!!
He never did that before, all the videos of his rating games, he either just let his peerage fight and then if they are all defeated, his opponent will eventually face him and they will give up because they can't damage him. Or he will just forfeit because his family told him so.
So what is this?! When was he even capable of this? Looking around I could see Asia healing Issei and Issei looking shaken as he witnessed what was happening, and I can't even blame him.
"Akeno! Akeno! Answer me! Koneko! Yuuto! Answer me please, are you okay!?" I screamed worriedly. If something happened to them I will never forgive myself. This is my fault, if-if I did better. If something was different.
"Ria… Coming… ge-... read-..." I could hear a voice coming from the earpiece.
"Buch-... Riser and hi-... what shoul-... do?" Koneko's small voice sounded so panicked that even I was surprised and almost didn't recognize her.
"Buchou!! They are coming, I am intercepting… traps are all gone… your orders please!" I noticed the earpiece getting clearer now. The magic from that attack scattered so much magic that it interfered with the signal from our communicator.
They want a full front attack, but we can't win because we are outnumbered. And that attack, surely that took a large amount of power so they should be exhausted now. Riser is at his most vulnerable. And if they are all coming here then there is no one at their base. So Issei can sneak in and be promoted to Queen.
"Issei, listen to me," He looked at me with a scared expression but I need to take away his fear, I can't talk to him like this. As his king I need to lead them so, "Issei, if we can win this I will let you touch and grope my boobs all you want." And immediately his scared expression went away and a lewd smile appeared and then it was replaced with a determined face. Good.
"Issei, most likely no one is at their base so I need you to sneak in and promote yourself and then immediately come here, while you are there we will hold the line. Okay?" I told him as firmly as I could but a shake was still in my voice, I have never been in this kind of environment after all.
"And then I can touch your boobs Buchou!!??" He shouted excitedly, well at least he is lively even if his ears are still ringing as he is still shouting, or he is just that excited.
"Only if we win." I nodded at him.
"Yosh!! Then I am going, Buchou!!" He immediately exited the room and I could hear his footsteps fading as he went downstairs, meanwhile I took Asia's hand and carried her outside while flying with my wings. And landed on the ground.
I could see Akeno approaching with Koneko, both of them had their clothes a little scorched but they looked fine overall.
"Akeno, Koneko are both of you fine? Do you need Asia to heal you? And where is Yuuto, he said he was intercepting Riser. Is he going there?" I have so many questions but I have to do the best with what I can do. But even if I do lose I have to make sure my family is safe first.
"Rias, Riser's peerage are all coming here, together with Riser himself. We have to move and help Yuuto. All our traps are destroyed and we can't hide anymore. What should we do?"
I-I don't know what we can do but rely on Issei, We just have to believe in him. But for now we have to go and help Yuuto.
"I ordered Issei to go and sneak to promote, while we hold the line here, we have no choice. Let's go and help Yuuto now." I said while once again unfurling my wings and flying to go find Yuuto.
While flying I could hear the sounds of battle ahead. I flew even faster but came to a stop as I saw what was happening dumbfounded. What is this? This is ridiculous, the rating game is a noble battle with honor. It is a sport that was created to empower the younger generation. To teach them how to fight. So what is this? How is this fair?
My dumbfoundedness was overcome with rage as I shouted "What the hell are you doing!!??"
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Running towards the Gremory base, we encountered the Sword Birth wielder.
"Halt, I will stop you here right now! I challenge you t-"
"Jump him!!!" I interrupted him and I rushed towards him. With my newly trained body, my cursed energy, my demonic energy, and my flames enforcing my speed, my fist said hello to his face as he was sent flying.
From behind him my peerage encircled him, the nekomata twins, Ni and Li, hit him in the back and sent him forward "Urgh!". From the sides the loli twins, Ile and Nel, stabbed his legs with their tantos "Aaaagh". He stumbled forward as he lost the use of his legs.
"Juggle him!!" I screamed excitedly as I was seeing a jumping never seen before. The maids, Marion and Burent, did a double shoryuken to keep up the combo and I could see the sword wielder fly upwards.
"Keep the combo!!" Mihae, my bishop, drew her bow she has been training in and released an arrow enchanted with fire.
"Urgh!, Aaaagh!!!" he shouted in pain.
Then my rooks, Xuelan and Isabela, jumped and did a double axe kick sending the knight back down and immediately without even catching a break. Siris, my knight with a claymore slashed him diagonally pushing him towards me.
Catching him in my hands I used a phenex tear on him healing all his injuries, preventing him from retiring automatically. He opened his eyes and asked me "Why?"
"Cause your potential is wasted on you. This is to wake you up even if I have to drag you through the mud." I simply told him and threw him towards my other pawns as they continued whaling on him.
This is truly beautiful. I can successfully call this the jumping of jumping, almost a whole peerage beating one knight, the only one who didn't join in was my other knight, Karlamine who opted to just guard my sister.
This was the sight that greeted Rias Gremory as she arrived
"What the hell are you doing!!??" she shouted, leaking demonic power everywhere.
A/N:
Hello again, well, we are closing through what I consider is the climax of this arc. We are now at 29.99k views. Let's round it up to 30k hehehe with an additional 12 powerstones. I started writing my first fic 6 days ago and this growth is insane to me. Seeing all of your encouragement and comments keeps me alive and I don't really want to disappoint you all but I think after the climax I will take a more lax upload schedule. I will still try to upload everyday but expect at least 2 days or so, but I just don't want to burn out here.
We have a long way to go after all. Many more worlds to travel to and such. And well, the other story is going well too.
Oh and tell me in your comments if I should make it clear whose POV each part is, should I go with a Rias POV or Riser POV each time to make it more clear? Or should I leave it as is.
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