Rating Game (Part 1)
"Ladies and gentlemen. My name is Serafall Leviathan and I am your host today. I will serve as the referee in this Rating Game between the child of one of the Satans, Sirzechs Lucifer and the heir to the Forneus House.
This is the first game of Oemitsu Gremory, marking his entry to adulthood in the eyes of every single Devil present here. This game will be a Lightning Fast Game. In simpler terms, it is a quick match.
Within the one hour time limit, whoever defeats their opponent's "King" wins. In the case that neither players can defeat the enemy King, the winning team is decided by the number of points calculated by the number of pieces each side has claimed from the other. Each King will now have an hour to discuss his strategy with his peerage."
After saying this, Serafall disappeared via teleportation magic, making a lot of differently colored stars appear in her place.
"Do we look like we need an hour to deal with that piece of garbage?"
Menchi shook her head as she played with her adored knives.
"Don't get too arrogant. If Oemitsu loses this fight, we will tarnish his reputation beyond repair."
Pakunoda warned her while pacing back and forth.
"We will not lose. It is our job to destroy Oemitsu's enemies and like we have always done, we will not fail. Isn't that right, Oemitsu?"
Vergo said as he took his face out of another book. In every spare time he has, he burries himself in a book. Ever since being rescued by Oemitsu as an analphabetic, Vergo learned to love letters and this is why he is always reading
"I will not move this game. I will entrust everything into your hands, needless to say I will not accept defeat."
Oemitsu said with an emotionless face. His eye had no light in it and it was like a blackhole, consuming everyone in the room. Just a glance at his eye made you feel like he was looking at your soul.
"Your real personality creeps me out, it doesn't matter how many times I see it."
Ponzu said as she rubbed her arms because of the chills she got.
"Yeah... your absolute control over your emotions is terrifying. It is impossible for our opponents to predict you... I highly doubt that anyone in this room knows the real you. Not even Vergo."
Menchi said as she almost cut herself when she looked at him.
Since the beginning Oemitsu knew that if he acted like an arrogant bastard, the Devils around the party wouldn't take it silently. They are all extremely arrogant and having someone like Oemitsu, who in their eyes is an inferior being without any talent, stepping on their pride is something that they cannot allow.
"Emotions are weapons that must be used to keep our enemies clueless. Contrary to your belief, I don't have prefect control over my emotions, yet. A part of me wanted to hug my mother when she cried in front of me. That part needs to be removed..."
Oemitsu simply glanced at everyone, when they looked at him, they preferred to avert their gaze.
"Are you the doting brother? The passionate lover? The emotionally scared child? You have so many personalities that it is hard to keep track."
Pakunoda rethorically inquired while covering her face. Dealing with Oemitsu when his flips are turned to something out of her predictions is weird.
"I am what I need to be to protect my family. You guys know every single one of my weaknesses and if I get out of control, you know how to stop me. Only the founding members of our family know about it. Before you take any conclusions, know this, everything I do is for our family."
Oemitsu looked at his scarred hands. He had done a lot for his family... and he is ready to do even more.
"We know that, but when will you live for yourself? We can protect ourselves."
Shizuku grabbed everyone's attention when she said that because this is what everyone is thinking.
"Nii, knows that. That is why he is letting us deal with the Rating Game by ourselves!"
Shiro said she hopped on top of Oemitsu's lap.
"Prove your value. Prove that you deserve the second chance Oemitsu gave you. This is the first victory of many."
Vergo told this to Monet, who is scared of Oemitsu's new persona. He was a carrying person just the other day, but now... he seems to be a lifeless killing machine.
"Monet, show me that you deserve the gift I gave you. The rest of you, massacre them all, only bring me the enemy King... alive."
After looking at Monet, who froze in place, Oemitsu declared his order.
"My King, that bet that you placed in me... I will carve deep into your mind that you got all your worth."
When Monet managed to move again, she immediately knelt on the ground and lowered her head.
"Your have your orders, complete annihilation."
Vergo reaffirmed Oemitsu's order before closing his book, making a loud noise.
"Let's start this hellish game, then."
As soon as Oemitsu said this, Serafall appeared in the middle of the arena.
"The time is up! Lady and gentlemen, let the games begin!"
She exclaimed while Oemitsu leaned his back in the chair. He is overlooking the plain field in front of him.
His family's killing intent was destroying the beautiful view.
"Finish this quickly."
When Oemitsu's emotionless voice came out of his mouth, his family disappeared from his side.
...
...
...
The first battle was between Gragg Forneus's two Rooks and Vergo.
The rooks were two Dragon-like creatures with green skin and dragon scales covering their entire bodies.
"Some kinda of dragon mixed with human... boring."
Vergo said out loud as he punched one in the head. Before the poor dragon could even notice what was going on, his head popped like a balloon.
"My brother, I WILL KILL YOU!"
The other humanoid dragon screamed, enraged as he tried to tackled Vergo, however, Vergo held him off, stopping him on his tracks. His body wasn't pushed back for even a single inch.
"I let you live for this? I was expecting something more challenging, but you are a complete disappointment, just like your brother."
Vergo hugged the dragon-like beast that was trying to tackle him down before slowly increased the strength in his hug.
Slowly the dragon's bones were starting to crack while blood was coming out of his mouth. He tried to hit Vergo's face but his struggle was useless in front of Vergo's overwhelming strength. With a loud crack, his life was gone.
"Gragg Forneus's two Rooks are retired!"
Vergo observed with interested as the two bodies were involved in a green light and slowly disappeared.
...
...
...
On the other side of the field, Menchi was standing in front of a Onight. A blond haired Knight that has the torso of a human and the legs of a velociraptor.
"I thought that your race was already 30 feet under the ground."
Menchi mocked, but the knight ignored her and started to run around, lifting dust. Everyone's vision was clouded, but Menchi was closely following him with her eyes, devoid of any interest in her opponent.
"I am the descendant of the Dinosaurs. I was raised in a lab by the Forneus and now I will raise my race to glory once again..."
Ignoring the endless babble of the lizard, Menchi simply picked up one of her kitchen knifes and threw it, hitting him directly on one of his legs.
His agonizing screams were music to her ears.
"Don't worry I will be the meteor that will relieve you of your pain. Let me help you join your ancestors."
Menchi picked up another knife and slowly walked in the direction of the knight who was desperately trying to crawl away.
She kept spinning her knife between her fingers as she slowly closed in the distance between her and the prey struggling on the ground.
"Please. Don't, have mercy. I give up!"
Menchi stabs him on the other leg, nailing him to the ground. The blood was leaving his body quickly as his conscious was slowly fading.
"Sorry, I'm out of mercy."
Before Menchi could deal the finishing blow, a green light slowly surrounded the knight's body. Menchi immediately stabbed him in the head, but it was too late. His body was gone.
"Gragg Forneus's Knight has been retired!"
Menchi could only stab the ground out of frustration.
'He lived... barely, but he lived. Great. Now I am going to have to listen to one of Oemitsu's speeches about not playing with your opponents.'
"Ah! I will just take my frustration on the King."
...
...
...
Meanwhile, Ponzu was fighting 4 Pawns.
The 4 Pawns were exactly alike, almost like Quadruplets. They all looked like a human sized cat, with the only difference between them being their fur colour.
"Running is..."
"... useless, just..."
"... let us..."
"... kill you."
The four twins said in unison, while Ponzu was dodging their attacks and slowly creating a distance between her and those weird cats.
"Great, they even finish their own sentences, just how much more annoying can they get."
Ponzu said out loud as one of the cats slowly fell down a hole.
The other three stopped in their tracks to help the one that fell, but what they saw terrified them. Their brother was filled with ants and was slowly being eaten alive. He was struggling but the ants were slowly climbing his body and entering through ever orifice in his body. If they did not find one, they made one by tearing through his flesh.
"Interesting... He lived long enough to struggle, they still need a little more strength. Maybe adding paralyse poison to their bites will make them more lethal."
Ponzu said out loud as she analysed the efficiency of one of her lab experiments.
"This bitch is using us as lab rats!"
The tallest human cat screamed out loud, enraged at Ponzu's words.
"Brothers! Let's kill her to avenge our brother!"
They slowly turned only to find Ponzu wearing a gas mask with eyes possessing a huge amount of interest.
Not interested in them, but in the gas that she just released.
She was holding a pen and writing in front of them, showing that she sees them as subjects that she will dispose in a second.
"The correct term is lab cats, but correct me if I am wrong, cats have an acute sense of hearing and smell... which means that what I released into the air is going to hit you stronger than any human being."
As soon as Ponzu finished her words, the two cat-like humans in front of her started to gasp for air as their throats swelled. Their air was being blocked and they couldn't breath, making them thrash around for breath.
Only one cat human was unaffected and he had to watch as his brothers were suffocated to death without being able to help them.
"You are a monster... if I am going to die, I will take you with me!"
The pawn said as he grieved his brothers deaths.
He rushed towards Ponzu before a bunch of bees quickly surrounded him and stinged him down. Each sting was causing small explosions, destroying his body from the inside out.
His arms, his legs, his chest, everything exploded with each sting.
"In the end you are my most reliable asset my beauties."
Ponzu said out loud as she removed her mask and kissed one of the bees in the head.
She slowly walked towards the remains of the pawns and watched as the remains of her opponents were engulfed in a green light.
"Gragg Forneus's four Pawns are retired!"
...
...
...
On the other side of the field, Shizuku was facing four pawns.
Her opponents were two duos. One duo was half-monkey half-human and the other duo was a weird mix between crocodile and what looked like a squid.
They were both extremely unpleasant to look at, but to Shizuku that mattered little. In her eyes, they were targets that must be eliminated.
"Looks like the other ones are a bunch of failures don't you agree, my love."
The monkey man said out loud to the female monkey. Apparently they are a couple.
"I couldn't agree more. They have wasted the gift that our lord has given them."
Shizuku, not wanting to hear anything else from them, ran straight at them.
The monkeys were caught of guard and before they could even realise what was going on, Shizuku was already in front of them.
One of the weirdly shaped crocodile tried to stop her by hitting her with his tail, but it was too late.
Shizuku's fist covered with Nen smashed against the female monkey's throat. Breaking her windpipe and stopping her form getting any air.
She span and kicked the crocodile's tail breaking the scales that covered his tail.
"Let's get this over, Blinky."
Shizuku called for her vacuum cleaner in her usual expressionless voice. Once again she dashed with her weapon in her hands.
The male monkey was still grieving the lose of his loved one, so she turned to the weird mix between crocodile and squid. The duo was on high alert and fought her head on, using their team work to try and push her off.
Shizuku in response blocked any attacks coming from them and counterattacked at any opportunity. She managed to hit one of the crocodiles in the head and placed him on the ground. The other crocodile tried to save him but Shizuku finished him off with an axe kick to the head.
She slowly turned to the remaining of the duo that was cowering in fear.
"Wait! I give up, you won! Leave me alone!"
Shizuku slowly placed her vacuum cleaner's mouth on the ground and watched as it sucked on the air.
It started to slowly pull the crocodile towards its mouth. The crocodile immediately clawed the ground in an attempt to resist.
"I have orders to exterminate you. There is no mercy in the extermination of bugs."
The mouth of the vacuum cleaner reached the leg of the crocodile and bit it down. Then it slowly started to eat him while also pulling him towards his doom. His death was not painless, he was slowly getting eaten by Blinky.
Now there was only one target.
As Shizuku slowly turned around, the remaining monkey surprise attacked her and she took the attack without having time to resist it.
The claws ripped her shirt off and it revealed her Haki covering her belly.
"That shirt was a present from Oemitsu."
Shizuku said out loud showing emotions for the first time since she started this fight.
She grabbed the monkey's head with one hand and squashed it like a melon.
One of the Bishops was slightly out of sight, casting a magic spell that was going to take out Shizuku. She has been building this up since the beginning of the game.
Just as she was about to finish it, she felt a gun barrel on the back of her head right before hearing a click.
*BANG!*
Her brain matter was all over the place. Pakunoda stood behind her looking at her with contempt.
"Gragg Forneus's four Pawns and one Bishop have been retired!"
'So there is only one Knight, a Queen and a Bishop remaining. This game should be over in a couple of seconds.'