Chapter:88 Rating game !! - DxD:Holding All The Cards

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Zelretch's eyes narrowed as he saw the light finally die down and the circle fade away to reveal a sight he didn't expect to see. The figure standing before him was clearly the Chaste Huntress and yet at the same time it was not, it looked like someone had taken her form and then modified it.

She had numerous green gems embedded into her clothing and he noticed that she had heterochromatic eyes. One was Atalanta's normal green colour while the other was a familiar chocolate brown. Zelretch then noticed her gauntlets, one was the regular black he knew but the other was a bright crimson, each had a gem embedded in it.

However, the most striking change the magician noted was the massive red dragon that had been woven into her normal clothes, reaching up from her black boots to curl around the golden apple on her chest.

The girl just picked up a shard of glass before examining her reflection in interest, however the huntress quickly flinched in pain and dropped the makeshift mirror. Zelretch and his fellow observers just watched as the huntress clenched and unclenched her fists before nodding as if in response to something and holding out her black hand.

They all saw a small glow from the gem embedded in the girl's hand before Tauropolos materialized in her grasp, only it looked different. The once golden lines running along its jet-black surface had now turned a crimson shade of red, and Zelretch frowned, wondering if Tauropolos wasn't the only Noble Phantasm to be affected.

Scathach pushed Asia behind her protectively as she summoned Gae Bolg, "who are you?"

The girl just had an amused smile on her face as she turned to face them.

"Aright, if you see that human let me know, I want to deal with him personally," snarled Riser as they all teleported into the chosen battlefield.

Suddenly they heard a loud voice blaring over the arena, "the objective for this Rating Game is to take out the rival King. Both teams have started in clearings on the opposite ends of the forest, this is to be considered your territory."

"Teams please note that this forest is two kilometer in diameter, so take care not to get lost, now let the Rating Game begin!"

"Alright we have the advantage over the human in this since we can fly. He will be stuck trying to traverse the forest while we can just fly over it. Li, Ni, fly over and see if you can spot him, if you do shoot a fire ball up in the air," ordered Ravel.

The two Pawns nodded and started rising into the air, only to be hit with two consecutive arrows the minute they passed above the tree line, everyone's eyes widening as the force from the two arrows immediately knocked out the two Pawns.

"Riser Phenex's Pawns, Li and Ni have been retired," announced the shocked commentator, as the two pawns were teleported out.

"But that was over a kilometer away how could a weapon do that much damage over that distance, let alone someone being able to hit anything at that distance?" exclaimed a shocked Ravel.

"No more flying, we're just presenting easier targets," ordered Riser, making everyone acknowledge him as they began to set up a perimeter.

"Look, this is the fruit of fate. This glorious treasure once sparked the burning of Troy. Come closer if you wish for it."

Riser looked up as he heard a soft voice whisper in his ear before spinning around and seeing an image of Rias giving him a seductive smile as she slowly backed away into the woods, beckoning him to follow. He wanted her! His lovely Rias! He wanted her! He would have her and no human would stand in his way! He had to have her!

Ravel had just started organizing the peerage members when she spotted Riser beginning to split off from the main group, a dazed look on his face as he began to walk into the darkened woods. "Brother, what are you doing?" shouted the Devil as rushed over to her brother.

Riser seemed to take no notice of her though and the Devil snarled as he shoved her off his arm before turning back to the forest with a frantic expression. "Where is she? I have to have her! WHERE IS SHE?!" he roared in fury.

The rest of his peerage just watched on in shock as he spun to face them with a furious expression, "all of you spread out! Find my lovely Rias!"

"Brother, what are you talking about? Rias Gremory isn't here," informed Ravel, making Riser frown as the furious look on his face disappeared into a confused expression.

"But she was just there, you had to see her," he explained, pointing at the tree line.

"Riser-sama, I was looking in that direction, no one was there," replied Yubelluna with a worried frown.

Ravel was silent before her eyes widened, "it must have been the human, trying to separate us from our King. From now on we need to move in groups, if you see anyone wandering off alone then stop them! We don't want the human to pick us off one by one."

The rest of the peerage looked at her before turning back to Riser, whom still seemed slightly dazed and confused before they nodded in agreement. "So what do we do then?" asked Siris, the Knight turning to their tactician with an expectant expression.

Ravel was quiet for a couple of seconds as she pondered the best course of action, there was only one opponent and they knew where his territory was. She would have liked to charge him en mass and overwhelm the teen but with her brother still in his confused daze, the chances were great that he would be targeted. Even if they did have Phoenix's Tears and her brother's own powerful regeneration, there was a little voice in the back of her head, a bad feeling that something was very wrong with this situation. 'We need to know what the human is capable of, we need scouts,' she decided, frowning as she turned to the Pawns.

"All the Pawns are to head towards the enemy's territory, draw him out from hiding. If he refuses to come out then promote yourselves, the rest of us will stay here and keep my brother safe until he recovers," she ordered, getting nods from everyone present.

"Be careful, that forest gives me a bad feeling," she warned the Pawns, making everyone turn to face the edge of the clearing with an anxious expression.

Within the forest two cat-like eyes narrowed as they stared at the assembled Devils, her tongue clicking in annoyance at the failure of her first plan before she melded back into the forest depths, her form disappearing as it slowly stalked the Devils entering her domain.

Mira frowned as she and her fellow Pawns made their way through the dark forest, its dim light making even her Devil eyesight struggle to pierce its shadows, for the first time the Devils found themselves wishing for the sun. The next problem was that they were being followed, and all of them knew it. They had had the feeling of being watched ever since they'd entered this accused forest, and to make matters worse they still didn't know if it was there imagination or not.

"I don't like this, where is he?" muttered Marion quietly as she warily glanced at the shadows surrounding them.

"It doesn't matter, look there's the clearing," replied Shuriya, lifting the spirts of all the Devils as they finally emerged from the darkened forest.

"I can't believe it…why would he leave his territory undefended?" murmured Mira in shock at this apparent stupidity.

"Who cares Mira? Come on, lets promote and get back to Riser-sama," shot back Nel as her twin sister Ile nodded.

Deciding to put her concerns to the back of her mind Mira nodded as they all followed the Pawn's suggestions, instantly all the pawns glowed as they promoted to Queens.

"Riser Phenex's Pawns have promoted!" announced the commentator in disbelief and the audience sighed, realizing the match was all but over.

"Phoebus Catastrophe: Complaint Message on the Arrow!" shouted a female voice as the group of Pawns turned behind them to see a cat girl shooting twin arrows, glowing with a crimson light into the sky before lowering her bow.

"Cat ears and a tail? Skill at using illusions…Youjutsu? A Nekoshou? I thought we were fighting a human? Scratch that…I thought that you were all wiped out," frowned Mira as she gripped her wooden staff tighter.

"Well this saves us the time of hunting you down," grinned Nel as the two twins revved their chainsaws, apparently unperturbed by the huntress suddenly revealing herself.

"What's so funny?" growled Marion as the Pawns surrounded their prey, only to see a smirk appear on the huntress' face as she stepped into the bright daylight and they heard the sound of falling rain getting louder.

'Wait daylight? It was night a couple of seconds ago wasn't it?' blinked Mira as she looked up at the sky and a quiet gasp of shock echoed from her as the Pawn's staff fell from suddenly numb hands. Seeing this the rest of the Pawns frow

ned as they turned to the sky, and immediately dropped their weapons from shock.

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