[progression]

(Jalgaroth pov)

It has been 5 years since my regression. Since then, I have been training my body and my demonic energy. The war is going to begin in 4 years. I want to reach high rank before then, and by my current rate of improvement, it is possible.

"Beep, beep! Everyone assemble to the courtyard!"

A loud voice could be heard across the orphanage.

This orphanage wasn't a normal one, it was a military sponsored orphanage. Devils had already sensed the possibilities of war, so they had prepared orphanages to prepare soldiers. Even if they were all cannon fodder, it was still better to put them to use.

As the deep voice ran across the orphanage, footsteps could be heard as every child began running out of their rooms and headed towards the courtyard.

I soon put on clothes, and did the same.

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YOU! GO TO GROUP C!

YOU, GO TO GROUP D!

YOU, TO GROUP F!

...

Finally it was my turn,

The soldier examined me, looking at me up and down, and squinted his eyes.

"I-is there anything mister?"

I tried acting scared

"No… nothing. YOU, GROUP A!"

Now, I finally got into group A.

Group A was the one that received the most resources and was elite canon fodder.

But once someone reaches high rank, they will become commanders who will be in charge of Groups. Hence they have a lot of power and are treated as important assets.

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(General pov)

Three years later…

During these three years he showed improvements, MASSIVE improvements. He's now at the top of middle rank. And if he stops now, he could reach high ran naturally when he turns adult. But he wants to reach it when he turns 16 so he continues to train.

Speaking of which, he became the unofficial leader of group A, by beating everyone easily in a friendly tournament. It wasn't exactly hard as the second place in the tournament was only barely an upper middle rank

'system interface'

[System interface]

age: 15

Rank: middle rank devil (upper)

Skills: medium demonic military arts [rare]

Mastery: sword [normal mastery]

Combat [normal mastery]

Having focused on improving his military arts and his rank, it has reached upper, and medium respectively. He is quite happy with his achievements, but due to that, he didn't improve much in mastery.

(Timeskip)

With Jalgaroth's 16th birthday coming up today. He decided to do nothing but train.

He was at the pinnacle of middle rank, he was soon going to become a high rank. But before he could start his daily training. A big commotion was heard.

'So it begins'

Jalgaroth thought, immediately knowing what all the chaos is about.

"Jalgoth! Look! The four Satans have officially declared war on the Angels."

Touki appeared out of nowhere and shoved the newspaper in his face.

"Yes, I already knew. Could you calm down?"

"How can I be calm when there is a war brewing? I have a bad feeling about this!"

"Just calm down, nothing will happen alright? Anyways, I bought some cake. Would you like some?"

"Woah, cake, thanks, you're the best!"

At the mention of cake, Touki's worries all went away.

While Touki was enjoying the cake, Jalgaroth went towards the window and whispered as he looked towards the commotion outside.

"So it begins…"

A frown was present on his face, as he recounted the events during the war before his regression.

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7 months later

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(Jalgaroth pov)

"Finally, High rank!"

As I planted my whole body on the floor, I panted uncontrollably, Like agondfish gasping for air. But i was overjoyed. As I had finally become a high rank devil.

Now it was time to see what new abilities will pop up

[System interface]

age: 16

Rank: high rank devil (low)

Skills: medium grade devil's military arts [rare]]

Power of speech [talent]

Mastery: sword [advanced mastery]

Combat [advanced mastery]

Every devil that becomes a high rank, gets a talent but my talent surprised me. Power of speech…

That could either be very useful or just waste.

I'll worry about it later, for now, I will report it to the higher ups first.

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"Hey, Have you heard about what happened?"

"You mean Jalgaroth?"

"Ya, I heard that he's becoming a commander"

"No way, That means he became a high rank!"

"Ya, and apparently he's now in the testing ground showing his powers to the higherups."

"REALLY? Then we should go check it out"

"We can't, the higherups have closed off the place"

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At the same time

In the testing ground.

There were anti surveillance barriers all around. There were four men, it was Jalgaroth and the three examiners.

Besides them were a series of equipments to test Jalgaroth

(Jalgaroth pov)

"Demonic energy testing, begins in"

"3"

"2"

"1"

The examiner announced as I was brought towards a demonic energy testing machine.

{Beep! You can now romove your hands.}

The machine started glowing and a line of text popped up on the screen.

Demonic energy cap: high rank devil (medium)

This means I specialized in demonic energy, which means I'm probably going to get a horrible score on the body physique test.

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Beep! You have completed all tasks. Please step away from the testing room and wait shortly for your results.

"Mr Jalgaroth, come here"

The examiner said, in his hands was a paper grading sheet that included his results.

Here are your results. Please take a look at them and follow me to the second training room.

I looked through the results and i have to say, i'm impressed

Demonic energy cap: high rank (medium)

Durability: high rank (low) note: barely suffice

Weaponry: high rank (low)

Speed and agility: high rank (low) note: close to medium

I didn't expect me to have almost two, medium high rank stats.

That's an amazing score for a devil who has just become high rank

I gave the results back to the examiner and followed another one into the second training room.

After I was escorted to the inside, the examiner who lead me here left and shut the door.

"Mic test, Mic test."

Jalgaroth, please demonstrate your talent in this place. It is completely covered with demnic metals, making even the strongest of high rank devils unable to break through. This completely contains the power of high rank attacks.

"Umm, My power works a little different"

"Please elaborate, Mr Jalgaroth"

"It only works on living beings"

"I see, no need to worry. Bring out the test subject"

A door popped up from nowhere, and slowly a figure walked out.