“I don’t know how I’ll feel when I’m dead, But I don’t want to regret the way I lived.”
— Yuji Itadori, Jujutsu Kaisen
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Outside the arena...
"Mitsuri-nee-san and Nezuko-nee-san are amazing! Everyone, let's cheer for them!" Alice exclaid to the three little girls from the Butterfly Mansion.
Roy had assigned them the task of cheering, and they were doing their best to support everyone.
Rias, watching the battle unfold, breathed a sigh of relief as Yubelluna, the "Bomb Queen," was defeated.
"Ara ara, they're quite strong. To think they defeated the Bomb Queen so easily," Akeno comnted. She knew that if she had faced Yubelluna, it wouldn't have been such a straightforward victory. And if Yubelluna had used the Tears of the Phoenix, Akeno might have even lost.
"Nezuko is so strong!" Koneko said, her eyes filled with admiration and a hint of envy.
They were around the sa age, but the difference in their strength was vast, making her feel a bit discouraged. Although she had learned Breathing Styles, her beginner-level mastery didn't provide a significant boost in power yet.
Sona and her peerage were also surprised by the strength of Roy's team. The appearance of Gyarados had already shocked them.
When Gyarados was no longer able to fight, Sona had been worried.
But then, two more High-Class Devil level Rooks appeared among Roy's servants, leaving her astonished.
Sona realized she didn't know her "little brother" as well as she thought.
Thinking back to their agreent, a blush crept onto her cheeks.
[Underworld, Rating Ga Arena]
The audience erupted in commotion as they witnessed the defeat of Riser's Queen and his team's disadvantage.
"That kid from the Lucifuge clan is impressive! He really defeated Riser's Queen so easily."
"Have you noticed? Not a single mber of Roy's team has been eliminated yet."
"Yeah! They're incredibly strong!"
"Isn't that Lucifuge kid supposed to be a failure? How can he be this powerful?"
"Riser is in trouble now!"
So Devils, particularly those close to the Phenex clan, were displeased by the praise for Roy and the criticism of Riser.
"There's no way he can defeat Riser!"
"That Lucifuge kid, no matter how hard he tries, it's useless."
"Riser has the Phoenix's immortality!"
"Exactly. he can't do anything against immortality."
...
Voices of doubt and mockery towards Roy filled the arena.
It was understandable. After all, Roy was known as a talentless failure.
Riser, on the other hand, was one of the strongest of the new generation of Devils, and he possessed the seemingly invincible power of immortality. Most of the audience favored Riser.
[Back in the Subspace]
After defeating Yubelluna, Roy's team turned their attention to the remaining two servants, Ravel and Karlamine.
Karlamine felt the weight of their gazes and broke out in a cold sweat.
Ravel, flapping her fiery wings in the air, wiped the sweat from her brow and said awkwardly, "Hey, don't look at ! I don't fight."
Roy chuckled but didn't bother with them.
He looked towards the principal's office in the new school building, Riser's base.
"Riser Phenex, how long are you going to hide? If you don't co out soon, all your servants will be defeated," Roy taunted.
The girls turned towards the new school building.
"Hahahaha, you Clowns! Do you think you can defeat just by taking out my servants?"
Riser, dressed in his red suit, finally erged, his arrogance unwavering despite the loss of most of his peerage.
"Onii-sama!"
"Riser-sama!"
Karlamine and Ravel sighed in relief upon seeing him.
"Finally decided to show your face, Riser Phenex?" Roy scoffed, his arms crossed.
"Hmph! You're just a failure from the Lucifuge clan. What makes you think you can compete with for Rias? And I'll return that punch you gave the other day," Riser sneered, his anger rising as he recalled the humiliation of being caught off guard and punched by Roy.
"Failure?"
Roy shrugged, unfazed by Riser's repeated insults. "If you think I'm a failure, how about a wager?"
"What?" Riser was taken aback.
"Let's bet on the outco of this Rating Ga. If you win, I'll admit to being a failure," Roy proposed.
"And if I win, you'll have to admit that you're the failure."
"So, do you have the guts to accept?" Roy challenged, looking at Riser with a smirk.
Riser couldn't resist the provocation.
"Hahahaha, a re failure dares to challenge to a bet? Fine, I accept!"
Roy smirked inwardly. It seed the title of "failure" would follow Riser forever.
"Roy, let us fight him!" Mitsuri and Nezuko volunteered.
Riser Phenex was a High-Class Devil. Only those two could fight him head-on.
However, Roy shook his head. "Since he's the King, I'll handle this myself."
It was only fitting for the Kings to face each other.
Moreover, even Mitsuri and Nezuko's combined strength might not be enough to defeat Riser.
Nezuko's Blood Demon Art was powerful, but even Rias's Power of Destruction, which could annihilate anything, couldn't harm Riser in the original story.
Nezuko's Blood Demon Art likely wouldn't pose a threat to him either.
"Roy, go! Defeat that arrogant fool!" the girls cheered.
"Hmph! No one can defeat Onii-sama!" Ravel declared haughtily.
Saya and the others glared at her.
"Uh... please ignore ..." Ravel cowered under their intense gazes.
She quickly retreated behind Riser.
Roy chuckled at her reaction.
He was quite fond of Ravel, the tsundere girl with the drill-shaped hair.
In the original story, Ravel had beco infatuated with Issei after he defeated Riser.
Roy wondered if Ravel would fall for him if he defeated Riser instead.
Her drill hair must be very bouncy, he mused, his thoughts drifting in an inappropriate direction.
Shaking off his distraction, Roy stepped forward.
He held out his hand, and ice crystals blood, forming a sword of ice roses.
With a smirk, Roy's form blurred, then vanished.
"What?" Riser blinked in surprise.
"Looking for ?" Roy's voice ca from behind him.
Riser realized that Roy had already moved behind him. The figure that had been standing there was just an afterimage.
Then, to his shock, he found himself bisected.
It had all happened so fast that Riser couldn't even react.
However, such an injury posed no threat to him. He regenerated instantly.
"Haha, impressive, but useless against !" Riser declared, his arrogance returning.
He unleashed a wave of crimson flas.
These were the flas of the Phoenix, capable of incinerating anything.
"Ice Breathing, First Form: Flocking Ice Blades!"
Roy casually swung his ice rose sword, countering Riser's flas.
He had created Ice Breathing based on Water Breathing, utilizing his ice affinity to unleash its full potential.
Countless ice projectiles, like a flock of birds, shot towards Riser.
Riser's flas were instantly extinguished, and the remaining ice projectiles struck him, riddling his body with wounds.
"No way! How can my Phoenix flas be extinguished by ice magic?" Riser exclaid in disbelief, then his expression morphed into fury.
He had been pushed back so easily in just a brief exchange.
And Roy remained unscathed. This enraged him.
Ordinary ice magic couldn't extinguish the flas of the Phoenix.
But Roy's ice, like Riser's flas, was a bloodline ability.
His ice powers were on par with the Phenex clan's Phoenix flas.
Seeing Roy's silence, Riser unleashed even more flas, filling the sky with a crimson inferno.
Roy smirked and swung his sword again.
"Ice Breathing, Second Form: Ice Dragon Swirling Tail!"
A massive ice dragon erged, roaring silently as it charged into the flas.
The ice dragon rampaged through the inferno, extinguishing most of the flas within monts.
"Damn it... what magic is this?" Riser couldn't believe his eyes as his flas were extinguished.
The ice dragon, having cleared the flas, crashed into him.
Boom!
Riser had no ti to dodge.
The ground cracked, and dust billowed.
When the dust settled, a massive crater was revealed where Riser had been standing.
The spectators in the arena were in an uproar.
...
After a while, Riser erged from the crater, his arrogance replaced by fury.
But then, he burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, Roy Lucifuge, I acknowledge your strength. But you can't defeat ."
Riser seed to have realized sothing, and his confidence returned.
His plan was to exhaust Roy with his immortality. Although Roy had more servants, Riser could still use the Tears of the Phoenix once more. He wasn't afraid of a battle of attrition.
Having figured this out, Riser stopped attacking and simply looked at Roy with a smug grin.
Roy saw through his plan and scoffed. "Riser, do you really think I have no way to deal with you?"
Riser remained arrogant.
"Show what you've got!"
He didn't believe Roy possessed any power that could truly threaten him.
Roy chuckled. You're in for a surprise.
...
He slowly raised his hand towards Riser and uttered a few words.
"Secret Art: Ice 9-Dragons!"
The temperature plumted, as if winter had suddenly arrived, causing Riser to shiver.
He recalled the feeling of being struck by the ice dragon earlier.
The intense cold had slowed his blood flow and suppressed his Phoenix flas, hindering his regeneration.
Nine massive chunks of ice materialized in the sky, then transford into nine ice dragons.
The dragons were incredibly lifelike, a magnificent sight.
Riser felt a sense of dread wash over him as he looked at the ice dragons.
The dragons roared silently and converged on him.
There was no explosion, no billowing dust.
The nine ice dragons collided, rging into a towering ice mountain, encasing Riser within.
His expression of fear was frozen in ti.
"It's so beautiful!" Asia gasped, admiring the ice mountain with its nine encircling dragons.
Roy's technique was like a work of art, powerful, majestic, and breathtakingly beautiful. The girls were srized.
"Is he... defeated?" Saya asked, looking at the frozen Riser.
"Of course," Roy replied confidently.
Although he hadn't used his full power, this technique was beyond Riser's ability to break free.
"I don't believe it. Onii-sama has the flas of the Phoenix. How can he be frozen?" Ravel retorted, refusing to accept it.
She knew the power of the Phoenix flas. There was no way they could be suppressed so easily.
She firmly believed that Riser would break free soon.
But Riser remained frozen, his expression unchanged.
"What's going on?" The girls were confused. If Riser had lost, he should have been ejected imdiately.
"Riser Phenex has lost his fighting ability. The winner of this Rating Ga is Roy Lucifuge!" Grayfia's voice declared.
A beam of red energy struck the ice mountain, lting it instantly.
Riser, still frozen, dissolved into particles of light and was ejected from the subspace.
Grayfia's voice reached Roy's ears, explaining what had happened.
It turned out that the teleportation hadn't failed. Riser had been unable to be ejected while encased in ice.
Roy chuckled.
The one who had lted his Ice 9-Dragons was likely soone from the Phenex clan.
To lt his ice so easily, they must have possessed Maou-Class power...
Roy shook his head, dismissing those thoughts.
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