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The day of the decisive battle arrived.
In the basement of the Gremory main house, a massive magic circle repared for transportation to the game arena.
The Rating Game between Rias and Sona was about to begin, and Rias and her peerage gathered at the magic circle.
"Rias, you have to win!"
"Fight a battle worthy of the head of the Gremory ! And the same goes for all of you!"
"Rias-neesan, good luck!"
"Go, Rias!"
Rias's parents and Millicas cheered for her.
Roy, watg the se, couldn't help but smile. This was a battle with a predictable oute.
Rias's team had an overwhelming advantage over Sona's.
Not only was Rias an Ultimate-css herself, but Akeno and the others were Almost all High-css. It was hard to imagine how they could lose.
After wishing Rias good luck, Roy teleported to Sona's side.
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pared to the rexed atmosphere at the Gremory household, Sona's side was filled with tension.
Sona's peerage was still inplete, while Rias's was full.
And she didn't know anything about Rias's new servants. The odds were stacked against them.
"Roy, you're here," Sona said with a weak smile, seeing him appear.
"Sona, don't feel pressured. Just focus on showing your strength," Roy reassured her, though he wasn't sure what else to say.
Knowing Rias's power, he couldn't lie and say Sona would win.
"Okay." Sona seemed to rex a bit. She knew she wasn't as strong as Rias.
"Don't worry, even if you lose this time, you always wiime. I promised to take you for special training, remember?"
"Yes, you did." Sona nodded, a genuine smile finally appearing on her face.
"Roy, how you have so little faith in Sona-? I shouldn't have shared her with you," Serafall grumbled, gring at him.
"Well, Sona's current strength isn't quite on par with Rias's yet," Roy expined with a shrug.
"I don't care! Sona- will win!" Serafall insisted, stamping her foot.
"Okay, okay, Sona will win," Roy ceded, raising his hands in surrender.
"That's more like it." Serafall nodded in satisfa.
Roy then took Saeko and the others to the spectator seats with Serafall.
Sirzechs, the other Maous, Michael, Azazel, and Odin were already seated in the VIP area.
There were a few empty seats left.
Roy and Serafall joihem.
The match between Rias and Sona was highly anticipated.
It was a battle between the younger sisters of two Maous, both rising stars of the new geion.
The atmosphere was tense as the magic circle activated.
The game was about to begin!
Rias and Soeleported to the subspace.
The battlefield lica of a shopping street in the Maou territory.
Rias and her peerage had visited this street a few days ago and were familiar with the area.
"I didn't expect the battlefield to be this shopping street," Akeno ented, walking beside Rias.
"This is even more advantageous for us. Sona has been busy with training and probably hasn't explored this area yet," Rias said with a fident smile.
They had the advantage in every aspect. It was hard to imagine how they could lose.
Grayfia's voice echoed through the subspace.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Grayfia Lucifuge, the referee for this Rating Game between the Gremory and Sitri s."
The audieed in cheers upon hearing her voice.
'It seems Sis is quite popur in the Underworld,' Roy thought, stroking his .
"I will oversee this battle betweewo families. Please, everyone, do your best."
"Now, let's get straight to the point. The battlefield is a replica of a street in the Maou territory."
This battlefield was more plex than Kuoh Academy. The surrounding buildings offered natural hiding spots.
Both sides had to be wary of ambushes.
"The locations you have been transported to are your bases. Rias's team's base is the department store on the east side."
"Sona's team's base is the rge bookstore on the west side. Pawns must reach the oppo's base to be promoted."
The two bases were located at opposite ends of the map.
Rias's team was in the east, and Sona's team was in the west.
heir bases were various shops: pet stores, arcades, restaurants, bookstores, drugstores, and more.
A wide street ected the two bases.
They had to be careful of surprise attacks.
"You have thirty mio discuss your strategies. During this time, tact with the opposing team is prohibited. The game will officially begin in thirty minutes. Now, begin your strategy meeting."
With Grayfia's expnation cluded, both teams began discussing their pns.
Roy and the others in the spectator seats could clearly see their movements on the rge s.
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[Rias's Team]
"Buchou, what should we do?" Koneko asked.
"Shouldn't we e up with a strategy?" Kiyome suggested.
"I don't think we need one," Xenovia said.
"Yeah, just like in Roy's match against Riser, we just charge in," Irina agreed.
The two of them were Roy's loyal fans and had studied his previous battles.
"Exactly. We don't need any strategy. We have overwhelming strength," Velsaria decred fidently.
As she said, their power far surpassed Sona's team. There was no need for plex tactics.
"Alright, the's follow Roy's example and crush them," Rias decided.
"Haha, that's quite a straightforward strategy," Sirzechs chuckled, hearing their pn.
Roy sighed inwardly. He hadn't expected to influence Rias's battle tactics.
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[Sona's Team]
Sona's team, oher hand, had a more plex strategy.
They knew Rias's team was stronger, so they couldn't fight them head-on.
They had to rely on ambushes and elimiheir oppos one by one.
Their first target was Mil, who seemed to be the weakest.
Koneko, as a Rook, wasn't a suitable target for an ambush.
The thirty minutes passed quickly.
Grayfia's voice echoed once again.
"It's time to begin! This will be a short match, with a time limit of three hours."
"Now, let the game begin!"
As soon as Grayfia finished speaking, both teams sprang into a.
Rias's team sent out three members to attack Sona's base from three different dires.
Velsaria took the middle path, Akeno the left, and Mil the right.
They didn't try to hide their movements.
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"Kaichou, I've found the target," Sona's Bishop, Reya Kusaka, reported.
Reya had the Sacred Gear "Scouting Persona," which allowed her to gather information a enemies.
"How many are there?" Sona asked through their unication devices.
"J-Just one!"
"What? Just one?" Sona was surprised.
She trusted Reya's information. But why would they send only one person? What was their strategy?
"Kaichou, I've detected enemies in two other dires as well," Reya reported.
"Who are they?"
"It's their Queen, Akeno Himejima, and their Rook, Velsaria Eva Fahrengart."
Sona and her peerage had met Rias's servants during their visit to the Lucifuge territory.
But they didn't know the extent of Velsaria and the others' strength.
"Damn it, is Rias only sending three people?" Sona was furious. She felt uimated.
But it also meant that Rias was fident in her victory.
They had to focus their forces and eliminate one oppo first.
Sona decided tet Mil, who seemed like the weakest.
She knew Akeno's strength, and Velsaria also seemed quite powerful. They weren't suitable targets for an ambush.
With their strategy decided, So all her servants towards Mil's location.
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Mil skipped happily along the street.
Suddenly, a figure leaped down from a nearby building.
"Haa!" the girl shouted, swinging her sword towards Mil.
Mil dodged the attack with a jump.
BOOM!!!
The sword struck the ground, creating a rge crater.
"Eh? Am I the target?" Mil tilted her head, her mismatched eyes blinking in fusion.
Within moments, she was surrounded.
"I apologize, Mil-san, but Kaichou has ordered us to eliminate you," Tsubaki Shinra said, adjusting her gsses.
"Is that so? But defeating me won't be that easy," Mil replied with a fident smile.
She then ted an intation.
A pure white light enveloped the area, and tless magic circles appeared.
From within the magic circles, figures began to emerge.
tless swords, spears, and shields materialized.
It was an army of knights, summoned by Mil.
This was the Sacred King's Legion, a Strategic-Css Spirit sealed within Mil's Demonic Eye.
She couldn't summon it alone before, but after being a Devil, she could easily trol it.
Tsubaki and the others were stunned as they saw the army of knights surrounding them.
They hadn't expected Mil, who seemed so harmless, to possess such power.
And these knights weren't weak either.
Even if eaight was only a Low-css, their sheer numbers were a threat.
And some of them even had the aura of Middle-css.
And this might not even be Mil's full power.
How are we supposed to fight this?
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In the spectator seats, the Devils were in an uproar as they witnessed Mil's summoning.
"She summon an army of knights? It's simir to the Evil Dragons, but I've never seen a Sacred Gear like that before," Azazel ented, looking at Roy with i.
"It's something like that," Roy replied vaguely.
Mil's Sacred King's Legion was a Strategic-Css Spirit parable to aire army.
After f a Pact with it, Mil's strength had reached the peak of High-css.
However, to further increase her power, she would have to train and improve herself.
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Ba the arena, the others ehe Knight spirits.
They were immediately overwhelmed.
They weren't fighting a single oppo, but aire army.
The knights with shields charged at the forefront, followed by those with swords and spears, and finally, those with bows and arrows.
Under Mil's and, the knights attacked relentlessly.
They struggled to defend themselves.
Soon, one of them was eliminated.
Just then, a massive wave of water surged towards them.
"Tsubaki, retreat!" Sona shouted, rushing to their aid with her water magic.
The knights with shields formed a wall, effortlessly blog the wave.
But Sona had already used the distra to escape with Tsubaki and the others.
"I'm sorry, Kaichou, we..." Tsubaki began to apologize.
"It's not your fault. I was the one who decided to ambush Mil. I didn't expect her to be s," Sona interrupted, her brow furrowed.
If a single Mil was this troublesome, how were they supposed to deal with Akeno and Velsaria?
"Kaichou, what do we do now?" Tsubasa Yura asked.
Sona's frown deepened.
Just then, a voied from above.
"There you are! I've been looking for you!"
A giant mecha appeared in the sky. It was Velsaria, piloting the Dreadnought.
"What?!" Sona and the asped in shock.
They had been found.
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