I accept the surrender of Zepes Endou. Winner Arnos Voldigod.

Along with the owls words the barrier disappears as well.

Somethings strange though. My name has been declared which is the same as the demon king Arnos, but nobody is reacting at all.

Have a lot of foolish people taken the name of the demon king in the past so nobody thinks anything of it anymore?

It would be troublesome if I became too famous but I also want to prove my abilities.

It was a good match.

I hold out my hand to Zepes and praise him but his body twitches and shakes like hes frightened.

Ba, bastard! Stop looking down on me! Ill remember this!!

Zepes runs off while shouting out a line an underling would say.

Fumu. Once a match is over there should be no grudge. Whats he so angry about?

He certainly failed because of me but I didnt kill him. Cant he just try again next year?

He will return home healthy and come back to fight me again. During the age of myth, many mazoku found happiness and shed tears of gratitude in this place.

After a 10-minute break, you will fight your next opponent.

Unnecessary.

I dont need a 10-minute break. That last fight wasnt even a warm up. Ill actually get tired from so much free time.

Ive got another 4 people to beat. I hope they are not all small fry.

By proposal of Arnos Voldigod the break will be omitted.

At that moment I sense a flow of magic power from the passageway that Zepes escaped down.

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

A scream echoes from the passageway then a long haired mazoku appears. His brow is wrinkled and he has a nervous look on his face. Then the source of the scream becomes apparent. Hes dragging Zepes along by his throat.

Eld, elder brotherI was wrongplease forgive me. Next time Ill definitely..

Shameless.

The long-haired mazoku crushes Zepes throat. Magical particles gather and black lighting burns Zepes whole body.

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

Zepes turns into charcoal immediately.

The long-haired mazoku throws him away like garbage and walks towards me.

I see you were taking care of my younger brother.

I see. Zepes older brother. He seems a better opponent than Zepes.

Avenging your younger brother? Its a good story.

To be defeated by a mongrel. Hes bought shame on our bloodline. Helping him to die is the only sympathy I can offer.

Am I the mongrel?

Oh well. No point getting upset. I suppose I am a mongrel but since Im descended from myself isnt that fine?

Its actually quite funny. I feel like a mother watching the fight between two sons.

Shouldnt brothers help each other?

Naive. Power is everything to the demon king families.

Yare yare. Whos the naive one here? I dont want to spoil their fun though. What I will say though is killing your own allies is stupid. If you did this in the age of myths you wouldnt live long.

You dont seem to understand what power is.

What a boring sense of justice you have using such grand magic like resurrection just to make someone give up. Everything is settled if you kill them.

While hes talking I cast an interested gaze up to the spectators.

I see. Over there? Seats in the third row have mazoku not wearing a uniform. Are they also examinees. Is my next opponent there?

It doesnt make sense. I was in row F but I passed straight through into the arena and started my practical test suddenly. I didnt have a chance to go into the audience seats.

Apparently you dont know. We demon king tribe are purebloods. We are royalty and as such we can choose our opponents. We are treated differently to you mongrels who have the founders blood mixed in.

Fumu. That letter on the invitation must have classified us on how much our blood was mixed. I dont know who came up with it but its hilarious.

My power doesnt care how mixed your blood is. Its completely unrelated to how much you inherit.

Why would they do something so stupid? Its like trying to kill me before I reincarnated.

In the first place, the idea that pure blood is strong and mixed is weak is fundamentally flawed. A single drop of demon king blood is all that is required.

Im absolutely amazed that something this simple hasnt been realised.

You finally seem to understand your position.

No, not really. I couldnt care less about such stupid things.

*Piku* The mans temple twitches.

..Stupid thingswas it?

Yeah, stupid. Because he was strong he was called the demon king by others without his permission. Pureblood? His position? Ha. Dont make me laugh.