How To Survive In The World DxD With Fragment Memories - Chapter 103

[Now then may I have all of your attention, today we will be having the Dice Combat game. Each king has their respective dice and will toss it, the numbers will be calculated together and according to the maximum number they can send out their peerage members, right now 1 point is pawns, 3 points for Bishops and Knights, Rooks is 5 points and finally, the Queen is 8 points… I am still waiting for the committee to calculate the value of the kings]

Diodora was currently sitting back with a smug face since he knew he will be getting a higher point than that piece of trash Belial Master, with the complete peerage he knew he will be able to win this game since Masaru’s peerage was not complete at all even if he had stronger members they can simply weaken them then take them out.

However, the people were not watching him at all since a specific person pulled their attention with her jade green hair, “Hey isn’t that Ulrika? I know she is quite famous as the best Mayor of the Belial Family but when did she become a part of Masaru’s peerage?” “I wonder what piece she is? Knight? Pawn?” “Masaru sure is lucky, to think he would snag a strong Manager for his peerage but can she even fight?”

[The committee has just calculated the total value for each king!] Hearing this everyone was hyped to know what their respective team kings were worth, it was always a nice face slap to start a game with some serious anger for their lower scores. [Diodora has the value of 7 while Masaru has the value of 12] The entire venue went in an uproar, a King with a lower value than his own queen? How embarrassing, “That slap has to hurt” “Yes he better go back home and train, they say he is weaker than even his own queen!” [Please calm down, The reason for the calculation is to determine the worth between the Kings, it does not mean the king is weaker than the queen] The announcer explained but no one was listening to him, first time ever a King was less worth than his queen, he will be a joke for a while.

“I will get them all for this humiliation… Especially Masaru… But He will not allow me to touch him!” Diodora was angry, he already contacted Shalba about this match in the hope he could get Shalba to make Masaru give up but Masaru stated if he gives up then people will get suspicious of him and Diodora so Shalba kept silent about this and said to play it fair. ‘To think that lowly old satan descendant bastard would say to play fair, him of all people’ Diodora thought while feeling his rage getting out of control. His peerage was all silent as they were trained to be this way, even their eyes show a little reflection of lights within their pupils.

“He must be angry” Masaru spoke while leaning backwards, “Who?” Masaru smiled while gently ċȧrėssing Akeno’s hair, “Diodora… Anyway, girls since you all wish to save that man’s peerage from him then for the first step of accomplishing your mission I will suggest all of you hold back in your combat and prioritize to learn their combat style and habits, so when you kidnap them, you will already be prepared on how to deal with them… Also, I want you to stimulate their minds by questioning them about their Master and offer them a chance to leave him, three times, beginning of the match, in the middle and at the end.” The girls all nodded seriously at Masaru’s suggestion, “Questioning them will stimulate them to think about their current situation since it will only make it easier to deal with them later when they face you again as well as dealing with the brainwashing. Ulrika, your different, I want you to simply blow them away when your up. Let the fools know any girl that joins in my peerage is by no means weak” Ulrika blushed a bit before nodding with a happy smile.

[Now then since the values have been selected, I would like to ask the Kings to walk towards the Podium in front of them and toss the dice!] Masaru stood up walking towards the marble podium, he could see a crimson coloured dice, picking it up and casually tossing it. Everyone was focusing on the number the two kings would throw since Masaru could only come out when both of them throw sixes, [OH!!! It’s five! Diodora threw a two and Masaru got a three. So this means they could send a rook or a knight and two pawns or even five pawns. Diehauser who do you think Masaru would choose?] [I don’t know… It depends on what he wants to achieve in this match… Blitz style or slow…] The announcer nodded since he knew the father will not be answering the question but then again Diehauser was not certain what his son wanted to achieve in this match.

“Everest, I will send you up” Masaru spoke while looking at the list of participants of his enemies, “You sure?” Masaru nodded, “Your Tannin’s daughter, it’s time for people to stop calling you Tannin’s daughter and know you as Everest” Masaru spoke seriously, Everest smiled broadly before heading over to the magic circle where she was teleported.

[OH!!!! Everest! He chose Everest his Rook! I would never expect he would go with Tannin’s daughter!]

[It is because people call her Tannin’s Daughter he chose her, even I want my Son to be known for his own effort and not only as my son]

[I see, so there are quite a few things he considered before choosing huh?]

Far away in the Dragon Valley, all the dragons were gathering to watch their precious little princess going up the stage, the entire city and villages all went in an uproar feeling excited, some even began screaming for her to simply dismantle them and teach them a lesson. What Lesson? No idea, they probably only felt like screaming out something at least.

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“To think he would send your daughter out first” Diana spoke while looking at the field, next to her was the familiar purple dragon who was smiling tenderly at his daughter who was walking onto the battlefield with her head held high. “To think she would wear her armour… No… It was about time… She shines and carry on her image” ‘Can you see it, Everest? Your daughter has become a fine dragon and a strong warrior… Although she does love her mate a bit too much’ Tannin thought.

“He sent Everest? Was this a smart move?” Rias thought as she looked at the data she gathered about Masaru and Diodora, Sona only smiled. “It is, but it will depend on what Diodora will choose” Tsubaki answered in her Master’s place, she had information that Diodora rarely trained his girls in physical training except for his Knights and Rooks. The rest were mostly magician types.

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“Rook huh? You go” Diodora pointed at his rook to leave, she was currently wearing the same nun outfit as the rest however her skirt and sleeves of her shirt was shorter than the rest with her hands wearing fingerless gloves. When she appeared in a rocky battlefield facing Everest aura who gave her the impression that Everest was an unmoving mountain compared to her, her gloves were getting a little wet from the sweat. Everest was wearing her pure white leather cuirass, silver-plated gauntlets with her fingers not covered, silver-plated skirt and long leather boots. This was originally her Mother’s wartime armour which Tannin safely kept for her and since it was her first time in a real Rating Game she felt the need to wear it.

Everest was looking at this girl with pity, “Your master does not care about you huh? What if I can save you?” The girl visibly shook but soon her body recomposed itself but Everest could see some live within her eyes were reigniting itself which meant she completed the first part of what Masaru told her to do. [We have Everest Tannin, the Rook from the Belial team and Grace, the Rook from Astaroth Team since both players are in the field then let the match begin!]

Grace sprinted towards Everest who waited for her to come close enough when Grace threw a punch, Everest gripped her wrist throwing her over her body but Grace twists her body to kick Everest. However, the kick was caught by Everest who slammed her into the ground, raising her leg to stomp Grace who swiftly rolled out of the wave before the small crater was created by Everest’s stomp. [OH!!! To think they would start with close combat but then again a Rook is a kind to get up close and personal!] Serafall was looking quite complicated, she knew how strong the girls were last year and to see them perform like this meant Masaru made them hold back on purpose.

[It appears the one girl wants to drag the fight to tire down Everest’s stamina but it appears Everest refuse to move her initial position. Grace will have no choice but to get up close or use magic, but Everest is a dragon] Diehauser spoke a bit about his view of the match but the people were more excited as such up-close fights make their blood boil.

Everest gathered a small amount of her dragon aura congealing them into smaller bullet size before sending them flying towards Grace who was taken by surprise, “Come on, your master does not even care if you live or die… Is he really worth it? To live for?” Grace bit her lips as there were many things she wanted to say but everything was simply a mess in her head, Everest was now certain this girl was not properly trained and was too used to taking on opponents physically weaker than her so Everest took a deep breath. Tannin and the dragons who saw this move all held their breath.

ROAR!

Everest unleashed a pure dragon shout at Grace who collapse at the moment she heard this earthshattering roar causing her eardrums popped, Everest walked over to the girl giving her a gaze of pity, Grace who saw the look in Everest’s eyes shook before a warm smile formed on her lips, there was no need to talk as she understood if she wants to survive and separate from the demon she had to endure a bit more. Grace faded with the retirement system [Astaroth Rook retired! Rook of Belial wins!” The announcer called out the results.

[But why did she not finish the match? I mean just one roar was enough to knock out the girl] The announcer spoke with Diehauser, [It was because my son’s team understands the value of entertaining their guests, he gives his opponent a chance to fight to the best of their abilities and then once it reached the peak it was fine to end it then] The Announcer nodded [But it sounds like your saying the Rook of Diodora was weak] Diehauser shook his head, [She is by no means weak, it’s just that their opponent is simply to unreasonably strong]

Everest returned to the waiting room before she stood in front of Masaru who gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead before embracing her, “Good Work, you performed spectacularly” Masaru spoke lovingly to Everest who felt she could melt in his embrace and become one with him for eternity but she still reluctantly let go when Masaru was called once more to throw the dice, but this time the total amount of 2, one for each King. Masaru looked at Ulrika who smiled warmly as she stood up and walked out alone.

[Huh? I am certain it was two, why is Masaru only sending out a single pawn but Diodora sent both of his!?] The announcer felt this boy finally lost his mind, Diehauser kept silent as he never knew of Ulrika being Masaru’s pawn until now so he will be sure to question his son about this. Serafall however giggled, [I am not sure about Diodora as he is quite praised as a talented heir of the Astaroth Family but I do know Masaru personally from our battles in Kyoto, he may appear to make a wrong choice but he will never give a job to someone if he was not certain of their abilities] Hearing this the Announcer did not ask anything more even the guests were all waiting to see what this little manager could surprise them with.

The field that was selected, was an open plain with only grass in the surrounding with trees scattered around but few, there was nothing else. Soon a magic circle with the Belial Family crest formed above the grass before a beautiful woman with green hair appeared and in front of her were two Nuns wearing black robes in front of her.

Ulrika was currently wearing black short pants with leather boots, at both sides of her hɨps were guns in their holders attached to a belt. She was wearing a white shirt that only shows of the shape and size of her brėȧsts, her hair was tied in a ponytail style. ‘Flashy huh?’ Ulrika thought for a moment while pulling on the gloves she normally wears before a fight, being Masaru’s hidden secretary she was naturally trained by Masaru himself in secret from time to time while he gave her sets of exercises to complete. Thanks to her superb manager skills she could easily train up new young devils to do most of her Managerial work while she had extra time to run the secret organization and training.

In front of her stood two pawns, one held a sword and another appears to be a mage. Ulrika looked at the two of them with her intimidating sharp gaze she honed from her time dealing with many kinds of people, this gaze caused the two girls to shiver to feel their spine growing cold. “I honestly want to apologize that I will be using the two of you to give the people a message on behalf of my master” The one holding her sword snorted “You’re but only a single pawn… It looks like your master gave up on you” Ulrika smiled provocatively at the girls causing her to feel anger, but this too was her manner of stimulating their emotions by provoking their feelings of pride and dignity.

“Masaru only sent out one pawn?”

“I know she is good at being a Manager but this is a combat place…”

“Aiya, did he really give up on her?”

The girls in the meeting room were hearing the discussion feeling their rage boiling but Masaru was calm, he simply smirked “Now you know why I am going to use only you girls in this match. The world already knows of my capabilities but not many know of yours because when they look at everything we did it will reflect back on me… So once you finished taunting them, learnt their abilities. No need to hold back” Masaru spoke while looking at the monitor, he could see Ulrika was enduring it as well but it was necessary for the girls to understand they too need to be flashy at times so people won’t call them mistresses of Masaru, but the powerful group of women that belongs to him. “Make it flashy”

[Both sides are on the field let the match begin!]

The nun holding her sword promoted to knight while the mage promoted herself to Bishop, however, what they never expected was Ulrika to promote herself to Knight as well while she sprinted towards the nun with the sword, Clang! The nun who slashed down her sword was blocked by the gun’s barrel which Ulrika drawn swiftly while the other gun was already pointing at her legs. BANG BANG! Two holes were left behind by the bullets made out of Demonic energy that pierced through her legs. “GYAAAA!!!!”

This short yet swift exchange caused some devils to feel a cold wind blow against their back, a gun, although it was not against the law but no research facility survived to research human technologies because of the fear the Elder Council felt if the weaker devils gained too much power they will not be able to control them but here today, a pawn of Masaru was using the very weapon they tried to prevent from surfacing. Diodora appeared on the screen as he shouts “That is cheating! Using that is against the rules!”

Masaru laughed as he allowed him to appear sitting quite carefree on the couch, “Then the sword your girl is using and the mage staff is also against the rules” Diodora spat as he shouts “That is a gun! Not a sword of Staff! Sword or staff power depends on their user” Masaru nodded “So does this gun” Diodora was taken aback by what he just heard, the gun depended on the one that uses them as well? Who the hell was he kidding.

Masaru smirked “This gun is no different from staff, the only difference would be the complexity of forming a spell and launching it has become simple as pouring in your energy and pulling the trigger. My company has been researching an easier way for devils with low demonic energy be able to contend against beasts of higher levels, most of the people know to deal with stampede will always have casualties but with the guns even Lower level and even Commoners can survive when partaking in the defence.” Masaru pointed at Diodora, “That gun used the base of staff for it to work, meaning the moment the user is out of energy it becomes useless just like a staff. That is why you can see she never once changed her cartridges”

[What am I hearing!? Diehauser your son is a real hero of the Devils! He even using this Rating Game to provide his products!] Diehauser smiled wryly as he never knew any of this, this new pawn and even the guns was completely out of his expectations but then he realized that his son did once tell him that he will ensure their family will be safe. ‘So you have done it in the dark and now bringing it out in a manner the Elder Council will not be able to stop you huh? Bloody well thought plan’ Dieahauser clapped his hands once. [Masaru! You cheater! You created guns but what about a new Magical Girl staff for me!?]

Everyone was silent despite the girls fighting in their match everyone was too focused on the Devil King who was currently throwing a tantrum, “I will make it” Masaru answered short allowing the Devil King to calm down.

Soon everyone’s attention was on the Battlefield, Ulrika already kicked the head of the knight knocking her unconscious to force her out of the game before looking at the Bishop. Since she knew everyone was having their arguements she and the Bishop stopped their fighting till everyone was focusing of them again, with her enhanced speed from her promotion to knight Ulrika did not have much trouble other than facing magical attacks from the Bishop. She raised her gun while pointing at the staff clicking her trigger, BANG! “KYAAA!!!” The bishop threw her staff on the ground but by the time she realized where Ulrika was the cold feeling of the gun barrel was placed against her forehead.

“Give up” Ulrika only said two words, the Bishop was about to give up but then Diodora screamed “It’s not over unless you kill her” Hearing this everyone in the stadium felt their hearts grow cold. Is this the master? The one who made them his peerage? Ulrika only looked at the girl waiting for her to be shaken enough when Ulrika see that her emotions were stimulated enough she knocked the Bishop out with a chop behind her head. She looked at the screen and said only two words to Diodora “Your Disgusting”

Everyone nodded thinking the same, it was really rare to see the Astaroth Family was not making a move despite him dragging their name through the mud but no one would have ever guessed Ajuka visited the family to clean them out silently. So he was allowing Diodora to play around since he already following the plans he, the rest of the Devil Kings, Azazel and Michael made together with Masaru who was the spy.

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Gave the nuns same random names, they are only passing by element and will not get much involved in my future chapters anyway.