“So, what’s the rule?” A voice echoed through the moonlit arena. The arena has a structure that is pretty similar in the academy.

Dad, Mistress, Jitreim, Rory, Sona, Mari, Treia, and Drake were in the west wing of the arena facing me. They have those competitive looks that is getting scary…

Me, myself, and I were on the east wing. I say those words, but it’s just me here.

It got to this point again, huh… Every time there’s an argument between our family, it is always settled through war in this underground arena. I haven’t had any arguments with them until now.

Their norm here is until someone gives up or gets injured.

“Killing is legal. The winner will only be announced if they’re dead.” I yelled.

Glancing at them, I can see Dad carrying his sword, Mistress, Rory, and Sona with their magic staff, Jitreim with his wand, Treia with a spiky mace, Mari carrying a magic gun, and Drake in hid half-dragon appearance.

If somebody were to fight them head-on, that somebody will probably end up dead without even getting a chance to attack. They have decent mana and magic power, they could probably take over a village or two. Of course against me, they are no more than toys that I will be playing tonight.

“Origin Magic is illegal. That’s all.”

Mistress said in a serious tone.

Hmm… so they sealed one of my way in winning this. I’m in trouble.

Troubled of the fact that I will not be able to finish them in one blow. I’m about to be generous here since they’re family. Killing them with a single blow is the best I could give. If I were to be deprived of that, then their deaths will probably be painful in more ways than one.

I let out a sigh.

“The rules are set, in three…”

Mistress, Rory, and Sona prepared various layers of barriers. Jitreim casts physical barrier.

“Two…”

Dad took an offensive stance while Treia, and Mari did the same.

“One…”

Drake’s aura leaked out, in fact all of their auras are leaking out. Their wings are also present.

“FIGHT!!”

As Jaune’s scream rings throughout the arena, all of them attacked.

However, they’re all slow except for Dad and Drake who is, at the very least fast. My demon eye started to glow as I reached my hand to the sky.

“Incendium Ultima.”

Five comet-like ball of blue fire was instantly created and gets fired.

“You’ll have to be disciplined, AZRAEL!!”

Dad shouted while engaging. At high speeds, it’s clearly unavoidable but Drake neutralized one before getting hit and got burned to death.

Dad dodged the other one, using his sword, he cuts it vertically. It only got weakened but the momentum and power of the ball of fire is still strong and present, hitting him. He falls to the ground with an impact, so strong that it can flatten anyone. Although he faced the ball of fire head-on and getting hit by a slightly compressed one and also getting slammed to the ground, dad stood up. He stumbled and fell, but nevertheless, he’s still pushing through.

“Th-That wa-was pretty po-power…ful...”

“I didn’t know that you can survive that. Oh?”

“KYAAAAAAAA!!!!”

A loud scream ring through the arena. The other ball of fire hit Treia and Mari, killing them with their weapons melted. The last ball of fire destroyed multiple layers of the barrier that Mistress and my siblings erected.

“Your barriers are pretty sturdy, huh.”

“We can’t afford to lose after you killed them.” “Yeah.”

Ah yes, the voices of the dying. Along with their barrier, they also planted their flag.

Jitreim was nowhere to be seen. Empowering my sacred eye, I located him but a strange feeling behind my back made me concentrate the barrier there.

“Inferno.”

Launching the ball of orange fire, the surface below me was engulfed in flame. It burned the bodies of the dead ones, turning them to charcoal. Their cores are still intact so I don’t have to worry about anything.

“Look behind you, Azrael! Incendium Ultima!”

A comet-like sphere of fire was launched at me from behind by Jitreim, but was easily neutralized by my barrier. There, a loud noise rings as though an explosion happened, which is basically what happened.

“What the fu—”

Without having time to finish what he was saying, he got blown away. Seeing that I have an opening, dad flew towards me, his sword shone like a bright star. In a daze, the sword connected to my flesh, piercing through my body, and destroying my core, killing me.

Or that was supposed to happen, but…

“Wha…”

“Fufu.. HAHAHAHAHA. You think my opening is an opening, dad?”

I caught the blade with my hand and shattered it. While talking I thrust my fist to his abdomen while he tries to handle it barehanded.

“Kuuuuuh….”

He fell to the ground, face first. I felt a magic bullet below me, but my barrier blocked. A loud thud rings below, the figure of dad and Jitreim were present. However, another bullet was fired at me, breaking one of my barrier.

Locating who shot me was child play. A rifle was pointed at me, its nozzle smoking. Magic Guns are pretty powerful, the concentrated magic bullet could easily pierce any barriers. But it can only be used by A-class or High rank beings.

“So you can use one, huh, Sona?”

“I also have secrets, more ways than one.”

She said in a cheerful voice. I cut my index finger using my thumbnail.

“Want to see another explosion?”

“Shit…”

“FORTIFY THE BARRIER!”

Their faces turned blue. They’ve already set up 38 barriers, but seeing what I’ve done to my finger, they created more layers. They’ve seen the spell, might as well make them experience it.

It amused me, but still that won’t hold out. I flashed a demonic smile, my demon eye glowing a very bright red.

“Ready or not, here it comes!”

I said in a slightly mocking tone. They stood there in a daze as the drop of my blood fell from my finger, accompanied with one of the most powerful explosive spell.

“Grand.”

A dazzling white light radiates the arena. Because I poured extra magic on the spell, a deafening ring vibrates. As the drop of blood touched the ground, a loud explosion echoed causing the earth below me to crumble.

The explosion continues and another drop of my blood, lightning gathered. My sacred eye glowed blue.

“Indro.”

A loud thunderclap echoed throughout the arena. The lightning reached a diameter of 1 meter, then doubled and doubled until it covered about half of the arena and fell to the ground.

Alongside the harmful gasses from Grand, the lightning struck my opponents first before igniting the gasses, making another explosion and the sea of flames from Inferno intensifies.

They won’t be able to survive that now.

Holy Lightning, Indro. A very powerful spell if one concentrated a great amount of mana in it. Similar to the lightning of Zeus, this is one of the one-hit kill spells. It uses a small amount of mana to cast, but if the wielder will devote and pour more mana, it becomes a large storm that can rival an Inferno.

This is also poisonous to demons since it’s a form of holy magic. The lightning expands every time mana is poured alongside its power to kil.

“You have no hope of winning.”

I said as I reach out my hand. A magic circle formed and their bodies were covered with a faint green glow.

“The winner, Azrael. The death of Harry, Hana, Jitreim, Rory, Sona, Treia, Mari, and Drake has been confirmed.”

Jaune announced. I landed on the ground and released my wings.

“Mangri.”

Using my demon and scared eye, I neutralized the sea of flames while resurrecting them.

Compared to Jaune, their power and coordination is without a doubt, trash. Dad’s sword isn’t that blunt but got easily destroyed. Their barriers is a bit sturdy but not enough. Treia and Mari’s coordination is also lacking. I didn’t know that Sona can use Magic Guns, but her technique is poor. That may also be her trump card, but her trump card is very poor.

If they fought in the Great War, their deaths are already certain. The spells I used were just the basics, if they can’t create at least five sphere of Incendium Ultima, they would be dead. Of course peace is a great thing, but this peace made my father’s brethren to weaken.

“You see the difference of our powers now?”

I said, Mari, Treia, and Drake lowered their head.

“I told you the truth. Even if Drake uses his true form, his power is only equivalent to that of a low class demon. The power difference between us is that great.”

Saying those words, I glanced at Mistress. She wears an annoyed look while looking to her right. Looking at it made me laugh internally.

“Now you know the difference between eras.” I said.

One by one, they grovel on the ground and said.

“”””We admit our defeat and give our sincere apologies.””””

“Hmm.. okay, I’ll rest now. Stand up, all of you!”

It’s good that they understand it now. If they were a little too late, I might’ve summoned Däinsleif and destroyed their cores.

“Jaune, we’ll leave tomorrow morning.”

I said as blue particles gathered and enveloped my body.

“Yes, young master.”

“Then—”

The blue particles started to glow, teleporting me to my room. I draw a magic circle on my feet and changed into my pajama.

This was how we settle our fights and arguments, a battle. The strong is always right, while the weak will grovel on the ground. It’s pretty twisted, but this kind of thing is what it means to us. The number one, and absolute rules is that, no hard feelings after the fight. It has been settled fair and square through battle.

Lying on the bed, I reached for my blanket and covered my body. Good grief, looks like I let out a lot of mana today…

Morning came and I set out to Earth with Jaune.

Or that was supposed to happen…

Why am I paralyzed?