Chapter 06: Young Devils Match, part 01

Six years later.

I went to the youth devil match of Underworld for the first time. Being twelve years old, I was able to participate on that event.

I was not alone. There was my father that accompanied me. The same things also happened to the other young devils. They were all accompanied with their fathers.

The event itself was held on the Lucifaad, the capital city of Underworld. It was held with the intention to show off their abilities in front of the audiences. Being originally directed for the 72 Pillars devils, the descendants of the original satans were also welcomed to display their skills.

"Listen, Son. This is a big event." My father crouched before me and rubbed my head. "Don't disappoint me."

"Understood."

I was then escorted to the arena. There were many young devils from various clan waiting to show off their powers. After bringing me to the arena, my father then joined with the other fathers on the parents bench.

Not long after I entered the arena, a commotion happened here. A blonde Beelzebub devil mocked and attacked another blonde devil from Agares clan.

"What's wrong, Weakling? Can't stand properly?" taunted the Beelzebub devil.

"It hurts." The Agares devil cried in pain. She held her wounded ankle.

"Here, let me help you."

The Beelzebub devil pulled the Agares devil to stand up. However, she then intentionally released her hand, making the Agares devil fell down to the ground.

"Heh! Weak!" The Beelzebub devil mocked the Agares devil who looked in pain because of the wound that she suffered. "That's the consequence of standing against me. Know your position! You are just a lesser devil from 72 pillars, while I am the descendant of the Beelzebub clan."

"Damn you! How dare you bully my friend like that!"

A red haired female devil from Gremory clan tried to attack the Beelzebub devil. However, she was blocked by a male devil from Leviathan clan.

"What a fierce look." The Leviathan devil commented the Gremory devil's mad expression. "But, that's not enough to beat me."

The leviathan devil kicked the Gremory devil on right on her face, sending her meters backward.

I couldn't stand seeing this view. This should be stopped. I briefly looked at Lord Bidleid Bashalun Beelzebub and grinned my teeth.

'Why the f**k that he didn't do anything to break up that quarrel.'

I rushed to the quarreling devil to stop them. It's not that I was a pacifist hero that disliked fighting. But, I felt disgusted on someone who bully a wounded one.

I might clearly saw that the Agares devil was wounded, yet that friend of mine from Beelzebub clan still bullied her. I jumped to her and firmly held her hand when she was about to slap the Agares devil.

"Enough, Rosalyne!"

The Beelzebub devil was Rosalyne, my childhood friend. Her full name was Rosalyne Kruzchka-Lohefalter Beelzebub.

"R-Ronald, why do you stop me?"

"Simple. I want to stop you from degrading Beelzebub's name."

"Degrading? How?!" Rosalyne shouted to me.

"Figthing a wounded person is the lowest deed that can be done by someone. If you want to defeat her, do it on the arena."

"Why should I wait for that moment?! She dared to stand against me and it means that she declared war to me!"

"Then, you should be more patient. Isn't that the thing that I often said to you?"

"We are devil, Ronald. Why should we be patient?!"

"If you can't control yourself, then the audience will look you as a beserker. If that happened, then they will leave you and stop to listen to you." I paused my words and looked to Rosalyne's eyes. "Understand your position, Rosalyne. You are the heiress of Beelzebub clan. Many devils put their eyes on you."

It seemed the blonde Beelzebub might accept my words. After reflecting on them for a moment, she roughly took her hand off my hand. She then looked into the Agares devil with a condescending look.

"You are lucky because it is my childhood friend who speaks! Next time, I will make sure to destroy you." She threw her gaze to her another acquaintance. "Come on, Childe. Let's go to the other spot. I'm sick of seeing this Agares weakling."

Rosalyne went away to the other spot, being followed by Childe. Before he left, the orange haired devils stopped near me and whispered to me.

"You looked strong, Rosalyne's Friend. I hope I can fight you in this match."

"I wish the same thing, Ajax Leviathan."

"I like fighting the strong opponent, Ronald Lucifer. Please, don't disappoint me." After finishing his words, Childe walked away from me, going after Rosalyne.

I looked at the Agares devil. Feeling a pity for her, I crouched offered her a hand. "Need a help, Miss?"

The blonde looked at me. I saw her holding my hand and used me to help herself standing up. "Thank you. Uhm…Anyway, may I know your name?"

"Ronald Lucifer, and you?"

"My name is Lucy Heartfilia Agares. Nice too meet you, Ronald." Lucy smiled at me.

Honestly, that's the kindest expression that I ever saw, so far. Even though she looked to bear the pain from her wound, she pushed herself to act kind in front of me. She was an interesting girl.

I usually saw serious and strict expression from my parents, Uncle Razevan, and Grandpa Rizevim. There were the other people who weren't a very serious persons, i.e. Aunt Ur and Vali. But, their expressions were often sad because they were often bullied by Uncle Razevan.

Anyway, this wasn't the time to be sunk in my own thought. I should prepare myself for this event.

"Attention please, Young Devils. Please make a horizontal line!"

Tsufaame Tereaku Leviathan, the Master of Ceremony of this event began to talk. She was a prideful and arrogant devil. She often abused her clan's name to violate the other devils' right. Honestly, I didn't have intentions to follow such person's words. However, I remained doing so because she was the person who was in charge of this event, plus she was the friend of my father. So, I didn't have the choice.

I was separated from Lucy and stood between two devils. I knew them all. They were Sairaorg Bael and Riser Phenex. I had ever met them once. I accidentally met them on the human world when I and my father took a stroll there. At that time, three of us were attacked by many stray devils.

Sairaorg was a very strong figure. I saw him destroying four stray devils only by using his physical strength. I even needed to make two swords with my demonic power to defeat them at the same amount. Honestly, I, at my current state, wouldn't be able to defeat him if we were set to fight on a match. Maybe, the result would be a draw.

Meanwhile, Riser was an arrogant and spoiled devil. In order to slay even a stray devil, he asked his bodyguards to do that. He found difficulty to deal with one opponent and forced one of his bodyguards to tank the enemy's attack. I thought that he was similar with Yuan Shao, an arrogant warlord from Three Kingdoms story who always boast his nobility status and his clan name.

"Alright. All of the young devils had already gathered here. Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, let me present you the annual event from the Devil Faction, the Youth Devils Gathering. On this event, every young devil must compete one each other to show their strengths to the audiences, especially to us the leaders of the Original Satan Clans!"

So, this was basically an event that was similar with Young Devils Rating Game Tournament huh? The only thing that made it being different was the participants should undergo a duel against the others. On the other words, we weren't allowed to bring the other persons to help us.

"Now, the first stage would be the round of sixteen. For the opening match, let's enjoy the fight between Ronald Lucifer and Erza Scarlet Gremory!"

I smiled as I heard Tsufaame's announcement. It's still the opening match and I was set to face the Gremory devil. Whereas, I hope this would become the final match, but I didn't have the authority to decide the rounds. So, I didn't have the choice to fight on their order.

'I will show you all the power that I had trained during these twelve years.'