After the school festival ended, it was time for the younger generation of devils to finally decide the outcome of the Rating Game.
Arthas was very familiar with Rias's opponent, it was Sairaorg Bael, a battle maniac with the same personality as Vali.
In fact, Arthas had the biggest headache dealing with this kind of guy. People with this kind of temper were stubborn. No matter how much you abused him, he wouldn't be convinced.
He would always come to you to fight, holding onto the idea that he would defeat you someday.
If it was an enemy, it would be fine to just kill him, but unfortunately, the other party wasn't his enemy. On the contrary, he should be considered family, which made Arthas even more troubled.
However, even though he had a headache, he could only bite the bullet and fight. Not long after the school festival ended, the group boarded the Gremory family's special train again and headed to the location of the final battle.
"Ah! Amazing! It's really an island floating in the sky!"
All the girls leaned against the windows of the cable car, looking excitedly at the floating island in the sky.
Around the huge island of the floating city were countless ancient trees and green forests. At intervals, there were galaxy-like waterfalls hanging straight down from the floating island.
The entire floating island seemed to be supported in the air by countless pillars of water. Such a dreamlike scene could probably only be seen in fantasy movies!
This was a day equivalent to a grand festival in the Underworld. The strongest rising star in the entire Underworld, the younger generation, the Gremory family's young lady! The strongest youth of the Bael family! The strongest battle was today!
The Underworld, the capital of Duke Agares - the Floating Island! A fantastical island floating in the sky, and the city there - Ageres, was a magical island built in the era of the Old Maou!
Originally, after the great battle between the Old Maou and the New Government, the Floating Island had suffered a lot of damage.
It wasn't until the current Maou, Sirzechs, the inventor of the Evil Pieces and Rating Game, personally repaired it that it was perfected.
Now, the entire Floating Island Ageres had almost become the core city that monopolized the economic circulation of this area, and it was even a tourist destination.
As a core fortress, the method of entering the Floating Island was greatly restricted. The first was to jump through a magic circle. Probably because this was a VIP level, it could only be used on special holidays.
Since it was an important place and also a world heritage site, they avoided using magic to move around as much as possible.
The second method was to take an air transportation vehicle such as a flying ship. Of course, to enter the city, you had to obtain a pass below.
Otherwise, flying ships of unknown identity would definitely be blasted into slag by countless magic bullets at the first opportunity.
As for the third and final method, it was the cable car that Arthas and the others were taking now. This was a method that many tourists used to enjoy the scenery.
At this moment, all the members of the Occult Research Club were sitting in a huge, luxurious magic cable car.
The girls were excitedly poking their heads out of the window, while Azazel was talking about the topic of this competition.
"Sigh, actually, the people above seem to have had a dispute over the setting of the venue for this competition!"
Holding his arms and crossing his legs, Azazel sighed and spoke about the information he had received from the upper echelons.
"Are you saying that the finals weren't originally going to be held on this Floating Island?"
"Well, the current Maou faction originally hoped to hold it in the territory of the upper-class Gremory or in the Maou's territory. But the Bael faction, which values blood relations, made a fuss about wanting to hold it in Bael's territory. As a result, the two sides couldn't agree..."
Azazel said this and shrugged helplessly.
"Because the current Maou isn't hereditary. For upper-class devils who value blood relations, the fame of the Bael family, one of the original 72 pillars, is higher than that of the Maou. So even the Maou can't maintain a strong attitude."
"The two sides didn't want to give in, so the final result was to hold the competition in the territory of Ageres?" Koneko said softly, and Azazel nodded and interjected.
"Yeah, Duke Ageres's position is between the Maou and the Great King. The middle management, Duke Ageres. Although the times are constantly changing, every generation is very difficult."
"So our competition has become a proxy war between Maou Lucifer and the Bael family?"
"Well, many people see it that way. On the surface, it's the competition between the rising star Rias family's young lady and the young athlete's strongest Sairaorg.
This is just publicity to attract ordinary devils. But behind the scenes, politicians speculate that this is a proxy war between the Maou and the Great King."
He put on a bored look. That's right. As Azazel, who only liked to collect and research Sacred Gears, he was very resistant to this kind of political stuff.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have relinquished his authority and run out of the Fallen Angel headquarters.
"This kind of thing isn't something we need to worry about. Anyway, we just need to win this competition. I'm full of confidence."
Rias said this confidently. With Arthas, this powerful fighting force, and the Fenrir wolf, who had just been subdued not long ago, they could be said to be invincible.
Confidence is a good thing, but you can't be careless. It's said that this battle of yours has attracted the attention of many forces.
Even the other mythological systems have basically come over, the Greek side, the Sumeru side, the Norse side, the Indian side...In short, basically all the legendary big shots have come.
"So hurry up and end it. I can't stand this kind of scene the most."
"By the way, that guy might also appear. Although he shouldn't do anything in this kind of setting, it's still best to be careful."
"Are you talking about...Hades?"
"That's right. Although he's taken action several times, we can't find any evidence, and he definitely won't admit that he's related to the Khaos Brigade."
Azazel said this, his words revealing a deep fear of Hades.
After all, the other party's strength far exceeded the Maou, reaching a height that he couldn't understand. In Azazel's view, the only one who could fight Hades was that pervert Sirzechs, right?
Of course, there was now one more Arthas.
Thinking this, Azazel looked at Arthas, who was bowing his head in thought in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh softly. He was really old. Now it was the young people's world.
"I know. I'll be careful. If he's honest, it'll be fine. If he dares to play any tricks, I don't mind letting this so-called master of death understand what true death is."
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