Everyone turned to the crimson magic circle as Grayfia appeared. She gave a small bow to the satans, then to the heads of the two families before taking her seat next to Aiyanna.
"I can't take this suspense! Start it Fia!" Serafall said with childlike excitement.
"By your command."
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In the Arena (3rd POV)
Isamu and Riser were staring at each other. Ever since they'd arrived, neither of them had said a word. Though they had two different reasons for their silence.
Riser didn't want to say anything to a piece of trash.
Isamu was contemplating how to take out a piece of trash.
"[Greetings, devils across the underworld. The fight between Riser Phenex and Isamu Satoru is about to commence. I am Grayfia Lucifuge, and I will be the impartial judge of this challenge. The rules are simple, no killing, and no time limit. The winner will be declared when one party either surrenders, loses consciousness, or has been brought to near fatality. This fight is to determine who will take the hand of Lady Rias Gremory. Is the challenged ready?]"
"I am ready." Riser snarled.
"[Is the challenger ready?]"
"Uh. Wait, hold on a second." Isamu said as he took off his head piece and teleported it back to his house.
'I just know someone was talking shit about it.' He thought.
"Yeah, thanks for waiting. I'm ready now."
"[...Then let the fight…Commence!]"
Riser instantly sent a blast of Phenex fire right at his challenger, to which Isamu smoothly sidestepped.
"Fuck you!" Riser shouted. He held out both palms and two Phenex magic circles sprang to life on them. The next moment a huge torrent of flames was launched out both hands and came together to make an even bigger blast.
Isamu whistled as he watched the flames coming toward him at a very fast rate. He jumped in the air, just out of reach of the flames. It was then when he noticed the smile on Riser's face.
"Begone!" Riser shouted as he sent a blast of wind to the flames making them explode in size and consume Isamu completely.
—
In the Spectator Room
"Well that was underwhelming." Lady Phenex giggled. She had definitely expected more from the red dragon emperor with divine blood, but apparently she would be incorrect.
Rias' blood had gone cold. She could not believe Isamu could get completely consumed by Riser's flames. Every single Kuoh student in the room would surely perish to such a powerful attack.
"Did you expect any less of big brother, Mother." Ravel crossed her arms with a big smile.
"I wouldn't count him out yet." Sirzechs gave a knowing smile to Rias. "God's are more durable than you would realize."
Rias calmed herself and looked back at the screen. Just as her brother said, as the flames began to disperse, Isamu was standing there covered in a bright red and small burns.
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Arena (Isamu 1st POV)
I may have underestimated the guy a bit too much…But who would blame me!
I slapped off the flames that were still burning my accessories before looking at Riser in a new light. This guy wasn't weak, nor was he inexperienced. He was definitely the strongest guy I've fought to date.
"How the hell are you alive?" Riser asked. Though surprisingly he was calm if not a little pissed off.
"God shit." I answered crassly before rushing him. I completely blitzed him with my speed and sent a knee right towards his solar plexus. He doubled over and I followed up with a spin kick to his chin sending him up into the air.
"Arghh…The fuck?" He asked in disbelief.
I ended my little combo by teleporting just above him and sending a kick to his face. Sending both of us to the ground, as I rode his face like a skateboard for several meters before coming to a stop.
I still had my right foot on his face as he laid there. He was still conscious and I could see the glare he was giving me, so I raised my leg and brought it back down hard, cracking the arena below us and leaving a sizable hole in Riser's skull.
The regenerative flames of the Phenex family quickly started to repair the damage and I stepped back to watch in fascination. That skill is busted!
The flames only took a dozen seconds to fully fix the man's face. He stood up and gave me a look of pure irritation.
"You're stronger than I thought you were. For that I grace you with my praise. However, you forget yourself! I am the Immortal Phenex! I cannot be stopped!" He announced with raised arms as if taunting me to try again.
I blinked twice before reminding him. "Dude there's no time limit."
Riser just chuckled at my words. "Indeed! I look forward to seeing your desperate face when you've run out of gas!"
I continued to look at him like he was the biggest idiot in the world. Was he so far up on his high horse that he didn't notice my reserves had not even dropped much since the start of this fight. While {War Aura} is more taxing than {Akhekh Incarnate} I can still hold it for weeks!
"Don't hold your breath." I sighed as I blitzed him again, this time punching a hole through his stomach. All the while he kept his smile.
"Have you not learned, you can't-"
I cut him off by unleashing a large amount of lighting from my arm that was currently inside of his body. He shrieked in pain as I poured more [Storm] power into him. When I thought he had enough, I retracted my arm letting him fall to the ground. He was panting like a dog in heat.
"This is seriously a one-sided battle. Just give up." I said with a look of slight disgust. His skin was charred and cracked, he looked like he had just escaped a fire with third degree burns covering his body. The worst part is he did smell like chicken.
"Guess that fire immunity of yours doesn't extend to lightning." I sighed.
Riser's flames once again sprang to life and I settled for watching. It was honestly sad to see, but I hadn't shown off yet.
When Riser finished healing, his smile was gone. He got back to his feet and the scowl of anger was clear and present. It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize he was royally fucked.
"You bastard! Who put you up to this! Was it my father, did he wanna knock me down a peg!?" Riser asked in anger and disbelief. He surely knew by now winning was impossible. After all, if I wanted to I could have just kept shocking him until he lost consciousness.
[BOOST]
The [Boosted Gear] sprang to life on my left arm. Though it looked different. It was still primarily red, but it also had teal stripes coming down along it. There are also small gold drawings of my dragon form on the red parts. The gems that were previously green are now multicolored with five different colors. Purple, red, black, blue, and white. The colors that represent my domains.
Riser took several steps back in fear of what this new change meant.
"...No…It can't be! How is this possible!" Riser shouted, fear all too present on his face.
[BOOST]
I started walking towards him slowly hoping to instill some fear into him.
"It's exactly what it looks like, Riser." I said as I grew closer, my body began to grow.
[BOOST]
Riser had fallen down to his butt and was now crawling away. The aura that was radiating off of me was enough to make any high class devil quiver in their boots.
[BOOST]
My body had finally stopped growing, and now I was fully in my {Akhekh Incarnate} form.
—
Spectator Room
"Well isn't this a surprising development?" Aiyanna said with her cheek in her palm and a very warm smile.
"It certainly is my dear." Venelana giggled.
The entire spectator room had long since understood that Isamu was going to be the winner. After he had completely dominated Riser it was obvious. However what was not obvious was him turning into a near 50 meter golden dragon with antlers, a serpent's tail, and the face of a bird.
"He's totally wearing the [Boosted Gear] as a shoe!" Issei laughed. He had seen his oldest friend's dragon form long ago, but he had never seen Isamu activate the gear in that form.
Everyone was too amazed by the development to laugh along with the boy.
"The surprises just keep coming." Zeoticus said in disbelief.
"He looks like a perfect copy of Set." Serafall said, although she had suddenly adopted a more serious face. It was already amazing for the son of Anubis to be the red dragon emperor. Add the ability to transform into a perfect copy of one of the Egyptians strongest gods and you had yourself a problem.
"Yes, this can bode badly for us. When the Egyptian Gods come to hear that such a valuable piece has made ties with us, they might cause some problems." Sirzechs said as he fell into deep thought.
Most pantheons didn't like the devils and wanted nothing to do with them. Though if Isamu joined the devils and married Rias, it would surely get their attention and either they call for an alliance to varying extents. Or they would demand Isamu cut all ties with the devils. Either way, it could pose problems and more than a few headaches for the Satan of foreign affairs.
Sirzechs looked towards Serafall who was still looking serious and gave her a silent apology. She definitely had her work cut out for her.