...We arrived at an abandoned factory. It seems the enemy is a stray Devil. From what I remember, stray Devils are Devils that have strayed from their Masters for various reasons. Even killed their former Masters sometimes.
"…Smell of blood."
Koneko-chan covers her nose with her uniform after she says that. I remember the smell of blood. It's quite disgusting if I do say so myself.
"Menma, it's a good opportunity to experience what it's like to fight."
Rias-senpai says something reckless.
"Wait, are you serious!? I'm positive that I won't be of much use!"
"Yes. Its still impossible now."
She says it straight at Menma-kun. For once, we agree on an opinion.
"But you can watch what a Devil's battle is like. Today, just concentrate and look at how we fight. Oh, yes. I will also explain the traits the servants have."
"Explain? The traits servants have?"
"Yes, that's the traits of the pieces Menma-kun. I guess she hasn't told you yet."
He looked at me, I smiled then he looked back at Rias-senpai.
"Devils, who are the Master, give traits to those who will become their servants. …Yes, it's probably about time I explain about it and also about the history of Devils."
She starts to explain about the current situation of the Devils.
"Long time ago, there was a three sided war between the Devils, the Fallen Angels, and God with its Angels followers. All three sides had a large army and they fought for almost eternity. As a result, all three sides lost most of their troops and the war finished several hundred years ago with no side winning."
Kiba-kun continues after Rias-senpai.
"The Devils were no exception. Big Devils with peerage who commanded about 20 or 30 troops lost most of their underlings because of the war. They lost so many that they couldn't even form new armies."
Akeno-san continues on from there.
"I heard that most of the pure Devils passed away in that war. Even after the war, there are still problems between the Devils, the Fallen Angels and God. Even though the Fallen Angels's and God's side also lost most of their troops, we are still in a position where we can't let our guard down, or else we will be in trouble."
Then, Rias-senpai speaks again.
"Then, the Devils decided to use a system to form a small group of soldiers. And that is the Evil Piece."
The Evil Piece, fitting name for creatures like that.
"Evil Piece?"
"Devils with Peerage decide to use the traits of the human's game chess to their servant Devils. It was also sarcasm, because most of the servants are Devils that were reincarnated from humans. Since then, chess became a popular game in the world of the Devils. We'll leave that aside. Devils who are masters are a King. In our case, that is me. From there, they created 5 special traits that consist of Queen, Knight, Rook, Bishop and Pawn. Since they couldn't make an army, they decided to have a small number of Devils and give them enormous powers. This system was made in the past few hundred years, and this unexpectedly became popular amongst Devils with peerage."
"Popular? You mean the chess rule?"
"They started to compete against each other. For example like, 'My Knight is stronger!', or 'No, my Rook is stronger!' As a result, high class Devils started to play a game like that of chess against each other using their Servant Devils. We call it the Rating Game. Anyway, this game became very popular amongst the Devils. Now, there are even tournaments for it. The strength of their pieces and also how strong they are at the game affects the Devils's social position, and their peerage. There is a thing called piece collect where they gather humans with talents and make them into their pieces. It's very popular recently. Talented servants become their status."
Somehow I'm not surprised. It's something they'd do.
"I'm not a matured Devil yet, so I can't participate in the official tournament. Even if I could, there are things that I need to go through, or else I can't play. In short, Menma and my other servants here won't be participating in a game for a while."
"So does that mean that Kiba and the others haven't played in that game yet?"
"Yeah."
Kiba-kun answers Menma-kun's question.
"Buchou, what is my role and traits? And what piece am I?"
"Menma, you are..."
She suddenly stopped. I also knew the reason. Something is approaching us. But then I notice something shine. I looked and… a huge spear was coming at me! Oh shit! I-I can't dodge that thing!
"Uzumaki-san! Watch out!"
Kiba-kun shouted in a desperate act. He came rushing over to me… suddenly, it feels like time is slowing down. I can't explain it, but that spear doesn't even look like its moving half as fast as it was a few seconds ago.
[Put your arms out.]
Eh? Is someone talking to me? I looked around but I didn't see anyone speaking to me.
[Put your arms out now!]
Someone is telling me something with a hint of anger. Who the hell is speaking to me? I tried opening my mouth to speak but I couldn't. What the hell is going on...
[Are you deaf girl!? You put out your hands, now!]
Ok! Shit! Stop yelling at me mysterious voice! I am not deaf either!
I chose to do what the voice was telling me to do and I placed my hands in front of me. Now what do I do? Come on voice, tell me what's going on. Are you doing this to make me look like a fool or something?
[Activate your Sacred Gear and imagine a semi circle in front of you.]
But I don't ever want to use my Sacred Gear. If I did, it means I will become someone with power...
[Either do it or die! Your choice!]
The voice is very commanding of me. It's not my fault I don't want to use my Sacred Gear. I just don't want to be someone who has power like that. If I did, would I be the same as the Devils who killed my parents? I swallowed some spit and grudgingly nodded.
Fine, I don't want to die so I will play it your way, mysterious voice. But you tell me what's going on later. If not...well, there's nothing I can do to you as I don't know where or who you are. But I want answers, are we clear!?
I did as the voice commanded. I activated the Sacred Gear. A aura appeared around my body. I then closed my eyes and imagined a semi circle appearing in front of me. If I imagine something like that, what's going to appear?
Giiiiiiiiiiiiin!
I heard a sound of mental colliding with something. I opened my eyes… to see a semi circle like barrier thingy in front of me! The spear that was thrown at me… is in the ground a few feet away from me! It's like the spear hit the barrier thingy and bounced off or something! Did I just do that?
[Yes you did that you idiot.]
Don't call me an idiot mysterious voice! I don't know who you think you are but I am not a pushover! So don't even try and bully me around, mysterious voice!
...The voice didn't answer. You're a coward. Don't answer me then. You obviously care about me if you told me what to do yet you don't answer me now!? As I was thinking that, I felt hands on my shoulders...Kiba-kun. Ok, I think time or whatever has gone back to normal. It was like everything was in slow motion. But its fine now.