Chapter 167
Rias and her parents were also very satisfied with Long Yi and regarded him as a son-in-law. Even Sirzechs' son affectionately called him uncle...
Long Yi was also a little funny about this. It was clear that he and Rias didn't have time to get married, but Rias's family members were all impatient.
Sure enough, no matter which world we are in, when it comes to marriage, the most anxious and excited person is never the person getting married, but the parents and family members of each...
The week passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was time for the rookie competition, and Long Yi and the others were ready to go;
In the next two days, they will play multiple ranking games, and the new generation of genius demons from the six major families will compete to find the strongest winner!
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250, coveting Asia
On the day of the competition, Rias brought all her family members to the competition venue early.
What surprised Long Yi was that the competition venue was actually a huge stadium. Looking at this scene, it could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people!
"Is the competition here?" It was the first time for Xenovia to participate in such a highly anticipated event, and it was very novel.
"Haha, no, we will enter a different space to fight. This is actually a place used to broadcast live to the audience."
Rias explained that [Ranking Game] is different from ordinary games. The chess pieces will actually fight with each other, and injuries are common, so the battle will be very fierce. It is necessary to isolate the battlefield from the audience. things to do.
Moreover, if a chess piece is seriously injured and unable to fight anymore, it will be immediately sent out of the battle space and treated by a specialized medical team. This kind of thing can only be done in a different space.
Long Yi had participated in a [Ranking Game] before and was quite familiar with these rules. At this time, he followed Rias into the gymnasium without any worries.
At this moment, the venue is filled with all kinds of demons!
Since the advent of [Ranking Game], this activity has become an extremely popular event in the entire underworld. No matter what kind of ranking game it is, as soon as it is made public, it will attract many demons from the underworld to watch.
"So, so many demons..."
Asia had never seen such a scene before. Just seeing the sea of people outside and the deafening cheers and shouts made her legs weak involuntarily.
"It's okay, just relax and just pretend those people don't exist." Rias smiled and comforted.
However, she changed her words and said something that made Asia even more dizzy:
"You have to know that this is just the number of people who come to watch the event. The number of people who watch it live through the signal will be even more. Although this is just a rookie competition, it can be regarded as a live event in the entire underworld, and it is the same scale as the subsequent hegemony competition. "
In the ranking game competition, the top ten demons are all at the highest level of demon strength. When it comes to this, Rias also seems to be quite yearning for it.
Live broadcast throughout the underworld...
Asia and Xenovia were speechless for a while, while Akeno Himejima and Koneko Tashiro also had their pupils slightly focused, ready for battle.
"Let's go to the preparation area first. We can discuss tactics later." Rias clapped her hands and mobilized everyone for a seminar.
So we came to the rest preparation area.
While Rias was discussing tactics with everyone, suddenly there was a knock on the door, and a female demon staff member said respectfully:
"Lord Gremory, Lord Astarte is here."
"Huh? What is he here for?"
Rias was stunned for a moment, then said: "Invite him in."
"yes."
Ten seconds later, the door was pushed open, and a young man with black hair and a gentle expression walked in.
This is Diodora Astarte, whom we had met at the party before. He is the successor head of the Astarte family. As a family that also gave birth to a demon king, his identity can be said to be the same as Li's. Yasi is almost the same.
"What's the matter, Diodora, aren't you going to arrange tactics?" Rias said with a frown.
"Haha, those arrangements have been made a long time ago. I came to you because I have more important things to do."
Diodora said with a smile. Although her expression was gentle, it made people feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
How should I put it, Demon King Sirzechs also has a very gentle and kind character, he gives people a particularly open and friendly feeling;
Although the young man in front of him seemed to be smiling gently, he gave people the feeling that he was hiding a lot of worries and secrets, and there was an inexplicable sense of alienation.
"If you have anything to say, just tell me. We still have a combat meeting. You have to pray that I won't be drawn when the lot is drawn." Rias said with a chuckle.
"Well, then I'll tell you the truth." Diodora smiled and said: "Rias, I want to exchange [Bishop] with you."
[Trading] is a way for kings to exchange each other's chess pieces in ranking games. As long as they are the same chess pieces, they can be exchanged. This was the case with Ravel before.
Diodora smiled and looked at Asia beside Long Yi: "The [Bishop] I want to exchange is Asia Argento."
Being stared at by him, Asia's hands clenched immediately, and her eyes exuded a strong "I don't want it" emotion.
Long Yi narrowed his eyes slightly at this time. He did not reject the servant trading system, but there was a prerequisite for this, that is, the other party had to be willing.
There is no reason to refute a voluntary transaction like Ravel's, and it is really disgusting to force a transaction regardless of the family's wishes.
Diodora didn't pay attention to Asia's expression of resistance, but smiled and took out the servant manual:
"What I'm preparing here is..."
"I'll tell you the truth." Rias interrupted him: "I'm sorry, but it's better to say this before reading your servant manual. I don't intend to make a deal with you."
Rias's expression was serious, and she was obviously a little disgusted with the behavior of forcing a family member to trade against their will:
"This is not because of the value of you [Bishop] and Asia, but because I simply don't want to give her up. She is my important familiar devil."
She refused to look at the Servant's Manual with the utmost seriousness, which was quite commendable.
After all, if you give such an answer after reading it, it will be very easy for people to think that she rejected it because she was not satisfied after making comparisons.
"Why? Because her value is very high? Or is it because her own charm makes you reluctant to part with her?" Diodora asked with a smile.
From the beginning to the end, he looked very easy-going, but he said such words that related to other people's futures.
"Both, I treat her as my own sister." Rias snorted coldly, her attitude very clear.
"...Okay, but I won't give up. Asia, don't you remember me? It was you who saved me from being seriously injured."
Diodora looked at Asia with gentle eyes.
Asia's body trembled, as if she remembered: "It's you... you're the injured devil..."
She was slightly surprised, and Xenovia frowned slightly at this moment: "Could it be that you saved this devil in the first place, and that's why you were demoted from the status of a saint by the church..."
"...That's it." Asia nodded with a somewhat painful expression. Those were extremely bad memories for her.
Long Yi pursed his lips slightly, then in front of everyone, he reached out and hugged Asia, caressing the back of her head.
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251, the rookie competition begins
Asia was still a little sad because of recalling the past, but she quickly recovered after Long Yi hugged her.
At least after being with everyone, her life was extremely happy, and she was extremely glad that she had made that decision and became Rias's familiar demon.
If you think about it carefully, it was Long Yi who made the suggestion in the first place. After all, at that time, I was still coveted by the fallen angels for my artifact.
"I'm all right……"
Asia hugged Long Yi tightly, with a happy expression on her face.
Theodora next to him narrowed his eyes slightly at this time, and there was a hint of evil in his eyes, as if he was very concerned.
But he wisely didn't show anything. After all, Long Yi is not that easy to deal with now.
This guy dared to kill Jefadel in public. This courage alone showed that he was not simple.
"Haha, I'll take my leave now. See you in the ranking game next."
Diodora said this, then turned and left.
Long Yi comforted Asia and looked at the direction Diodora left.
The last time they met, he realized that something was very wrong with this guy, because at that time, the guy had inexplicable hostility towards Long Yi, and Long Yi discovered it on the spot.
Now it seems that Diodora is obviously targeting Asia.
Is it because Asia saved him in the first place?
In any case, now that Asia is his woman, this guy who covets his own woman should give up completely if necessary...
It's best for that guy to be eliminated by others early, otherwise I'm afraid he will have to be beaten violently...
Time passed and soon the preparation time was over.
Everyone came to the center of the stadium together, and the crowds around them gave out deafening cheers.
"Ahem, hello everyone, welcome to watch this rookie competition! Standing on the field now are the strongest rookies from our six major families and their respective families!"
This event also arranged hosts and commentators just like a secular game, and it was quite decent...
There were countless cheers from the crowd, but some people on the stage were chuckling and mocking.
"Jeffadel, you still have the nerve to come on stage. It's really interesting that you were lucky enough to survive."
Sigwila sneered and looked at Jefadell next to her.
Jefadel, who was "killed" by Long Yi on the spot a few days ago, is now on stage intact.
Everyone did not doubt Long Yi and thought it was because Jefadel was lucky enough to breathe and was revived with Phoenix's tears.
At this time, Jefadel indeed lost the energy he had before. When he saw Long Yi's eyes looking over, he couldn't help but dodge his eyes...
After Lessa, he was also frightened by Long Yi...
After all, this guy really dared to kill himself in public, and judging from the follow-up, he was fine. For some reason, the four demon kings had no intention of punishing Long Yi.
In other words, even if he is really killed, his death will be in vain...
Thinking like this in his heart, in such a fatal situation, how could Jefadeer still be confident, so he had no choice but to act like a devil with his tail between his legs.
乂In fact, not only Jefadeer, but also this gangster was shocked?
Nowadays, anyone who sees Long Yi will feel a chill in their heart...
Being able to kill the successor leader of a family in front of the Demon King without being punished, who knows how Long Yi did it? Could it be that he was also a relative of some Demon King?
"Uh, um, all rookies, please come over and draw lots to choose your next opponent."
Seeing the atmosphere full of gunpowder on the stage, the host had no choice but to smile awkwardly and speak.
These are the successor heads of aristocratic families, the future rulers of the underworld. Even the timid-looking Jefadel is not someone to be trifled with...
So the drawing of lots began.
Rias stepped forward and drew the lot, and saw that it read number six.
After the host made some statistics, he announced the results of the battle.
"Now the information of the three sets of battles is announced! The first one will be between Lord Sigwira and Lord Shitori Sona, the second game will be between Lord Sairaorg and Lord Jefadell, and the third game will be between Lord Diodora and Lord Liya. Sir Si, above!"
"Oh~~~"
The crowd burst into cheers. Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, the host also smiled slightly.
"Then, the ranking game rookie competition officially begins!"
Long Yi looked at Diodora and chuckled in his heart.
Unexpectedly, I bumped into this guy. It seems that he will not be able to avoid this severe beating...
"Come on, Sona."
Rias looked at Shitori Sona and cheered her up.
Now among the six teams, only she and Shitori Sona are still at the upper-level demon level. To be honest, this is a huge disadvantage. It's not that they are not talented, but they are not young enough.
But in another year, their strength will naturally grow to the level of the most advanced demons, and it will be completely different by then.
Unfortunately, it's useless to talk about this now. It's just a rookie competition, so there's no need to take it too seriously, just do your best.
The battle between Shitori Sona and Sigwila started quickly, and Shitori Sona also showed a strong strategic sense, using tactics to destroy several of the opponent's pieces in the ranking game.
It's a pity that due to the strength of Sigwila, the highest level demon in the [King], he can only lose sadly.
The strength gap between the superior demon and the most superior demon is indeed too big...
After all, not everyone has Long Yi's ability to fight across levels.
But despite this, people still kept cheering. Although Shitori Sona was defeated, she was still extremely popular. Sigwila was also a rare beauty. Everyone thought it was a pleasure to watch.
