Chapter 144: Demon

Watching his appearance, everyone in the Underworld was in a daze before they roared.

"OOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!"

"RISER! RISER! RISER!"

Everyone chanted his name excitedly.

Even at the bar where Vali and his group gathered, all of the audience fell into a maniacal state where they screamed Riser's name like their God.

Tannin might be a great player on the "Rating Game," but in the end, he was a dragon and a reincarnated devil.

While Tannin might have become a devil due to his reincarnation, Riser is a pure-blood devil.

Due to that status, everyone cheered on Riser better.

Moreover, even if they didn't have optimism about Riser's victory in the beginning, if he really won, then they would be more than happy.

After all, wasn't it normal for people to support the weak?

Watching Riser, who was working hard to defeat Tannin, the legendary Dragon King, at this moment, everyone supported Riser.

Nevertheless, Vali was in a complicated mood as he watched all of this.

The others were also in shock, but one of them seemed to be so excited for some reason.

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"Onii-sama!"

"Riser-sama!"

Everyone was flushed with excitement when they saw him appear. Nevertheless, they felt worried when they saw his bloody figure.

Yet, for Ni and Li, who had followed him to the human world, they felt this scene was similar.

"Go back. Let me handle this."

"But..."

"I know I am selfish, but this is my stage now. I want to beat the shit of this guy now."

There was no way he was going to let go of this chance.

When he fought Tannin, he could use this chance to get stronger by getting hurt, and at the same time, he could show everyone his might. Moreover, he could use this chance to make his women even crazier about him.

So, how could he miss it?

Nevertheless, after hearing his order, they hesitated. After all, how could they leave? Even if they had no power, there should be something that they should do, but—

"Wh—

[All of Riser's pawns have retired.]

[All of Riser's bishops have retired.]

[All of Riser's rooks have retired.]

[All of Riser's knights have retired.]

[Riser's queen has retired.]

Riser was too lazy to talk and forcefully made them leave by his authority as their king.

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"Riser-sama! Riser-sama!"

"Onii-sama!"

When they left so suddenly, Ravel and the others couldn't accept it and called his name several times, but it was meaningless as Riser had cut the communication with them.

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[Wh-What's happening?!] Naud was startled by the sudden development.

[It seems... Riser had used his authority as a king to make all of his peerage members leave...?] Roygun was somewhat unsure of her judgment.

[This isn't a surprise.] Meanwhile, Serafall was the calmest.

[Serafall-sama?]

Naud and Roygun looked at Serafall at the same time.

[This is the battle of the dragon and the phenex. Their battle will be decided here.

[Moreover, this is a battle between men! There is no way he will let women interrupt this battle!]

After all, Serafall knew how stubborn Riser was. When everyone wished for him to bow down and apologize, he would keep his head high and use his own way to pass through all of the obstacles.

While she was helpless, she knew she might have gone crazy toward him.

Those words settled everything.

They knew what Riser wished to do by sending his peerage members away.

With this development, everything was reset to zero once again.

No one could look away, and all of their focus was on this match.

As for who would become the winner, everything would be determined soon.

Then, as expected, Tannin, who was blown away, soared once again into the sky, looking at Riser at the distance condescendingly. Yet, inwardly, he could feel his organs jumbled in pain, and the brushes and injuries on his stomach were so prominent that it was impossible to hide.

There was no doubt among all the Dragon Kings that his durability was the best, yet he was still hurt by Riser's punch.

Yet, how could he back down?

Riser had angered him, and he was going to make him pay!

Riser also stared at Tannin with a snort, clearly showing his disdain.

The two stared for a moment before they charged forward with a speed that was impossible to follow with their eyes before they started their exchange.

Using his horns, Tannin wanted to stab Riser to death, but Riser was even crazier as he directly smashed his fist into one of Tannin's horns.

As expected, his fist was bleeding and stabbed, almost disabled, and the impact of Tannin's crash was enough to crack the entire bones on his body, but his body quickly healed, and he used his other hand to smash that horn many times until it cracked.

*Crack!*

When Tannin was startled, Riser used his bleeding hand to tear Tannin's cracked horn.

"ARRRRRGGGHHHH!!"

Tannin's head was full of blood as his horn was torn apart forcefully.

At that moment, Riser also didn't show mercy and kept smashing Tannin's enormous body with all of his might.

Tannin was also brutal as he bit, punched, kicked, and smashed his tail at Riser, causing heavier injuries to Riser's body.

Their fights were brutal, and no one stepped back in this brutal exchange.

However, the more this exchange continued, the more shocked Tannin was.

Riser might not have screamed, but he showed his dominance with each of his punches that carried a stronger impact than previously.

Or rather, Riser grew stronger and stronger!

His power, speed, durability, and everything became stronger with every exchange!

Even Riser seemed to fall and defeated; he kept standing up and harder punches that were enough to shake Tannin's spirit.

In the end, Tannin was unable to hold on and ran away by soaring in the sky.

'There is no way that I will lose!'

Even if he ran away from that exchange, he wouldn't admit his loss!

"ROOOOOARRRR!"

The dragon's roar echoed through space, and once again, Tannin released a fire breathing. Yet, unlike the previous one, this one was much bigger and almost covered the entire game field.

While he might be a reincarnated devil, he was still the Dragon King.

If one asked how strong his power was, there was no doubt his power matched those of the Four Maous!

Yet, did Tannin think as long as his power matched those of Four Maous, it was enough?

When everyone fell in silence as they thought that Riser's life was over due to this fire breathing, a single figure suddenly emerged from the sea of flame, grasped Tannin's jaw, and smashed it with a fist.

*Crack!*

Tannin's jaw and all of his teeth were broken.

"Ho-How...?!"

Tannin thought that everything had ended with that fire breathing, but Riser came back once again.

Yet, Riser didn't say anything.

His eyes were like a beast, crazed and unable to hear anything.

Riser kept smashing his fists crazily, beating down Tannin like a rack.

"Fall down! Fall down! Fall down!"

Tannin tried to use his every attack on Riser, yet Riser never backed down.

The harder Tannin hit Riser, the harder Riser's revenge was.

Tannin started to feel frightened by Riser, and he tried to run away, yet it was impossible to run away from Riser.

With his remaining horn, Tannin tried to stab Riser to death, yet like before, Riser easily caught it with his arm, letting it stab his hand before pulling the horn, tearing it apart.

"ARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!"

Yet, this wasn't the end.

Riser pummeled down his fists, bringing Tannin down to the ground, brutally beating him down with red eyes.

The image was fiercely burnt into Tannin's mind.

Tannin could feel that his death was near.

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Tannin tried to scream, begging for help, but with his broken jaws, the words that came out of his mouth were no longer clear.

Moreover, Riser never gave him a chance to talk any longer as he kept hammering down Tannin's head.

As he was beaten, while the others might not be clear, Tannin could see Riser smiling brightly. When everyone thought Riser's condition was hideous, Tannin knew that Riser became even more excited.

At that moment, Tannin wanted no more than to run away. He wanted to use one of the mechanisms of the "Rating Game" that could make him leave the game field, yet suddenly, his neck was grasped by Riser tightly, which made him unable to talk and breathe before it was suddenly pulled into the sky and burnt.

The audience looked up as they saw Riser bring Tannin into the sky.

Riser kept pulling Tannin to the top until he reached the limit of the game field.

At that moment, Tannin, who was almost passed out, heard Riser's voice for the first time after that brutal exchange.

"Didn't you want to kill me? Then, I will kill you first."

Tannin felt all of his goosebumps raised as he saw Riser's demon-like eyes that seemed like an abyss. The struggle he had was meaningless, and everything was too late, especially when he was suddenly pulled into the ground from a high altitude.

Riser's figure shone brightly like a comet as he pulled Tannin to the ground.

"Cardinal Domination."

With outrageous speed, Riser slammed Tannin into the ground from a high altitude.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!*

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Some of you might say that it is better that he is fighting as a magician or far away like any devil; please be patient as it won't be the only fight, so I will make a variety of fights, depending on his future rewards.