Becoming a Shadow in the New World

Chapter 101 Preparations for the Competition

Following the kitten into the venue, Sid tried his best to make his presence as inconspicuous as possible.

After Sona released his appearance announcement and completed the "Chu Liuxiang" achievement (a powerful figure in the Kage class), he received a gathering message from Rias.

After arriving at the assembly point, we used a teleportation array to reach the main venue.

"Don't be so nervous, everyone. Follow the plan and we will definitely win."

Seemingly noticing everyone's unease, Rias smiled and encouraged them.

"Oh, right, Sid, this is for you."

Rias took a token out of her pocket and handed it to Sid.

"This is?"

"A 'no-battle' card is proof that allows you to stay on the field without being attacked by the opponent."

"And this thing?"

"Originally, there wasn't one, but because there was also a member on the other side who requested not to join the battle, His Highness and the others specially made this one."

After explaining things to Sid, Rias turned her attention to the others.

Upon entering the venue, Sid finally saw Rias's enemy and fiancé: a blond-haired man with a tuft of short hair sticking up from the top of his head, a fierce look, and resembling a thug, followed by 15 beautiful girls, each with their own unique characteristics.

Could this person... have some kind of attribute collecting fetish?

"Oh, Rias, I thought you were planning to postpone accepting my challenge for a while."

"As a princess of the Gremory family, I will not fear any challenge."

Despite the great distance between them, the two still exchanged a barrage of insults upon meeting, instantly creating a tense atmosphere.

"Greetings, everyone! Tonight's broadcast will be hosted by me, Nadal Gamachi, the former 72nd pillar of the Gamachi family!"

The referee in charge of tonight's game is Rudiger Rosenkruz.

A sound rang out, and a man with long silver hair appeared in the air.

"Dig Rosenkruz is a demon reincarnated from a human, and was once ranked seventh in the Underworld Ranking Game."

Noticing Sid's confusion, the kitten began to explain to him.

"Oh oh oh!"

Sid feigned shock.

"Are you nervous because this is your first time participating in a ranked game at this level?" Sid.

Himejima Akeno, who was standing nearby, probably took this as a sign of Sid's nervousness and comforted him.

"It's okay, me too, but please have some faith in us. We will definitely help Rias win this match."

"Zhu Nai... Yes, we will definitely win this match."

Hearing this, Rias was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.

When Sid heard this, he wasn't particularly moved; in fact, he almost laughed.

Magic surged into his eyes, and the situation of everyone in the arena was instantly reflected in Sid's vision.

There's no need to worry about his eyes turning red when magic flows into them; he can choose whether or not to let them turn red.

In Cid's eyes, apart from Rias herself and one of her familiars with golden twin tails, the rest of Rias's group was inferior to her in terms of both potential and strength.

This means that Rias may not be as strong as her opponent at the very top level, but she has more opponents in the next tier.

If you were to swap the two teams on the field for equivalent numerical cards and let him fight against himself, then Rias's team would most likely win.

The premise is... that no one will be an actor.

Sid turned his gaze to Himejima Akeno, who was embracing Rias. Although she had two powers within her that could fuse and strengthen each other, one of them hadn't been used for a long time and showed no signs of activity.

His gaze shifted to Kiba Yuto.

This person may not even know that they are an actor. The artifact in the artifact space contains great power, but only half of it has been developed, while the other half is dormant.

Finally… is Tacheng Cat.

Sid gave her a meaningful look.

This is a true heavyweight, not only resisting physical growth and slowing down its development, but also having a mage-like physical attribute while choosing a warrior-like system that is completely unsuitable for it.

And then there's this unfamiliar cardboard vampire. He's quite talented and strong, but his temperament isn't great. If they were to fight, Sid is confident he could instantly kill his opponent even if he were a whole level lower.

Look at this lineup: five teammates and four actors. The most dedicated one is actually Claire, who just joined a few days ago. There's really nothing to say about her; she's just a pure stat monster.

Rias, are you sure you're usually good to them?

Otherwise, why haven't they been willing to give it their all until now?

Hmm, wait, what's inside this thing?

Sid wanted to withdraw the magic from his eyes, but he stopped when he saw the truce card in his hand.

In Sid's view, there was a very hidden magic circle engraved inside the truce sign, which contained a large amount of life energy. The function of this magic circle was to conceal the outflow of life energy.

Simply put, the purpose of this peace card is to forcibly lock your health.

...Holy crap, there's a cheater.

Calm down, Sid. In such a grand occasion, no demon from the underworld would cheat in secret unless they were completely out of their mind. I must have guessed wrong. Rias said that the other side also has a truce card. Just look at the truce card in their hand.

Suppressing his urge to complain, Sid turned his gaze to the other side.

He saw that among the Reza Familia opposite him, the blonde twin-tailed woman with the truce sign hanging from her waist had no hidden functions other than surveillance... It was no wonder she was the sister of Lucifer, one of the four great demons of the Underworld; she could even cheat in this situation.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

At the very top of the venue, the four great demons of the underworld stood together, watching the two teams enter the venue.

"Everyone, don't you feel like something's not right?"

The flamboyant green-haired man frowned and spoke to Rias's brother, who was standing beside him.

"Ok?"

"Did you discover something strange?"

"How so, Ajeka?"

As soon as Beelzebub Ajaka, one of the four great demons, uttered these words, he immediately attracted the attention of the other three.

“It’s not that there’s anything strange about it, but don’t you guys think this ranking game between Rias and Raiza has gone a bit too far? It’s gone way too far than it should be.”

Upon hearing this, the other three exchanged bewildered glances.

Indeed, the scale of this ranking game was too much for Rias.

Under normal circumstances, even with the gimmick of the Gremory princess and the third son of the Phoenix family, a dozen or so current heads of the Seventy-Two Pillar Demons would be the maximum.

But now… Sazex and the others looked around.

On the far left is Brahma, one of the three principal deities of the Indian pantheon, followed by Hanuman, the monkey god, and Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, and his subordinates.

Next to them was Zeus, a middle-aged man with a white beard, and behind him were a group of demigod heroes and the Greek gods represented by Eve the elf.

Then there was an old man with an eye badge, dressed casually but appearing exceptionally strong, leading a group of Valkyries and ice giants; they were from the Norse pantheon.

Then there's the Sumerian pantheon, the Celtic pantheon...

Sazex and his two companions glanced around and then looked behind them. In order to suppress the gathering of top gods from various pantheons, not only the current head of the Seventy-Two Pillars of the Underworld, but also most of the ancient figures were brought out.

To be worthy of this status, even for Ajaka himself, the creator of ranked games and the one who loves them the most, it would have to be in his mind that ranked games are internationalized and that all pantheons treat ranked games as an arms race for this situation to occur.

"Although the situation has indeed become quite serious, it is essentially just a coincidence that led to a misunderstanding. It shouldn't be a conspiracy, since we've already investigated it."

The handsome man with a lazy air about him, Asmodeus, said casually.

Yes, although the situation is indeed quite serious now, according to their investigation, it's all just a coincidence.

Because the Kingdom of Netheril inexplicably said they would come to watch this ranking game, other pantheons also responded by saying they would participate.

This was originally a good thing; it might have been able to bring ranking games into the spotlight of various pantheons and pave the way for internationalization.

However, because the propaganda department went crazy for no reason and started acting strangely, the pantheon, which originally only wanted to make a show of sending a few people over because of Netheril, was forced to seriously select the personnel to send. In addition, one of the world's top fifteen strongest people happened to be available.

As the first pantheon included a member of the world's top fifteen in its dispatch list, other pantheons had no choice but to follow suit and send their own powerful members as well, otherwise they would be the ones to lose face.

"What about the people Netheril and the others sent?"

Looking towards a completely empty area in a certain direction, Ajaka's eye twitched as he spoke.

Yes, even if Netheril can't be called the culprit behind the current situation, it can definitely be said to be the triggering force, and not a single person from them has come.

"Perhaps... it's because they don't have a strong person who can control the situation?"

As you all know, the witches of Netheril, relying on their unique magical nets, can shout "As many as you are below SSS rank, die!" throughout Netheril, but their actual strength is not that great.

Asmodeus thought for a moment and then spoke in a somewhat uncertain tone.