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Because of Sairaorg's sudden entrance, Rias's cheeks had also turned rosy, making her look more and more suspicious.
"Ah, Sairaorg. Did you need something?"
Anos asked with a smile.
He had only wanted to tease Rias a little. He had no intention of truly pushing her into an embarrassing situation, so he spoke first.
When he saw Sairaorg, he was actually quite happy.
Because Sairaorg had triggered two treasure chests for him at once.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, host. A treasure chest has been triggered. Treasure chest grade: Purple.]
[Treasure chest opening condition: The Lion's Ambition. Accept Sairaorg's challenge.]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, host. A treasure chest has been triggered. Treasure chest grade: Purple.]
[Treasure chest opening condition: That Touch of Eternal Ice. Use the All-World Character Summon Card (Ice-type).]
Although Sairaorg's treasure chest condition was very easy, Anos felt that getting one chest bundled with another was still pretty nice.
At least...
The second treasure chest seemed simple enough.
"Ah, President Kanzaki, there is something I would like to ask of you."
Seeing Anos speak, Sairaorg no longer kept his attention on Rias.
"What is it?"
Although Anos could already tell from the treasure chest what Sairaorg had probably come to him for, there was no way he would bring it up himself.
"I would like to spar with President Kanzaki."
Sairaorg looked at Anos with his lion-like eyes and directly expressed his powerful fighting spirit.
"Wait, Sairaorg, do you know..."
Before Rias could finish speaking, Sairaorg interrupted her.
"Of course I know what I am doing, Rias. Do you know my dream?"
"Your dream..."
Rias smiled helplessly.
How could she know?
She had only wanted to remind Sairaorg not to casually challenge an opponent he had absolutely no chance of defeating.
After all, Anos could even defeat Grayfia with ease.
No matter how powerful Sairaorg was, surely he was not stronger than Grayfia.
However...
Sairaorg seemed to have a very important reason, so she decided to listen to him first.
"My dream is to change the Underworld. To do that, I need to become one of the current Satans of the Underworld. Because of that... I must prove myself in every possible way."
Sairaorg spoke in a deep voice.
Indeed, just as he said, one had to take things step by step and eat a meal one bite at a time.
Becoming a Satan was only a means to achieve his goal. Becoming a Satan itself was not the final destination.
However, he also knew that with his current experience and insight, it would be very difficult to accomplish that.
After all, the House of Bael had never produced a Satan.
Therefore, before becoming a Satan, he needed to accumulate his own capital and strength. If he could enter this team, he believed it would provide him with a high enough platform.
The prerequisite...
Was that he could gain enough qualifications, respect, and recognition here.
And what could achieve that better than receiving the captain's approval, or defeating the captain himself?
As the Red Dragon Emperor was someone recognized by the Biblical God, Sairaorg would not think he could defeat him easily.
But...
If he lost his will to challenge simply because of that, then he would not be Sairaorg.
He would continue challenging others, continue winning, continue growing stronger even after failure, and finally become the man his mother had wanted him to become.
He would fulfill his dream of creating an Underworld where no devil would ever again suffer the same childhood circumstances he had.
That...
Was who he was.
"So, you wish to challenge me?"
Anos smiled.
As expected, a tall tree really did attract the wind.
"Ah, that is correct. President, please accept my challenge."
"Of course, if you refuse, I will have nothing to say. After all, there are already many people in this team I can learn from."
Sairaorg was not an arrogant person. He was merely very clear about his goal.
What he said did indeed make sense.
Tobio Ikuse alone would be able to fight him, or even defeat him.
After all...
Tobio Ikuse was also the child of destiny from another story.
Since Issei Hyoudou, who was also a protagonist, could defeat Sairaorg, Tobio should not have much of a problem either.
Aside from Tobio, there were quite a few others who could wrestle with Sairaorg.
"I actually do not like fighting people directly. How about this?"
After thinking for only one second, Anos came to an answer.
He used that one second to carry out an extremely simple judgment.
The All-World Character Summon Card.
Could the person summoned by this thing deal with Sairaorg?
The result was that there was about a fifty percent chance they could.
Then...
Anos decided to give Sairaorg a chance.
"If you can defeat the creature I randomly summon, then I will accept your challenge. How does that sound?"
Anos said with a smile.
"Anos, you are not planning to use that, are you?"
A drop of cold sweat slid down Rias's forehead.
The "that" she was talking about was Majestic Star Dragon, who had already appeared before.
Others did not know, but she knew that the Majestic Star Dragon who had beaten up a transcendent-level being that day was by Anos's side.
Majestic Star Dragon had been appointed by the Biblical God as Team D×D's final safeguard, and she had been staying with Captain Anos Kanzaki ever since.
"No, of course not. I do not want Kuoh University's transfer students to be one person short tomorrow."
Anos smiled as he spoke.
Majestic Star Dragon?
It was not as if the world was truly about to end.
Was there any need to use her?
Just like her name suggested, Majestic Star Dragon was used to save the world, not to fight elite soldiers.
For a straightforward challenge like this, he naturally would not use Majestic Star Dragon.
He usually only used her when he was short on time, or when he needed to give the other side an opening warning they would never forget.
"What do you think, Sairaorg? Are you willing?"
Anos merely wanted to conduct an interesting experiment.
He would definitely accept Sairaorg's challenge. Otherwise, with Sairaorg's personality, he would probably keep pestering him.
"Ah. No problem."
Sairaorg only knew that Anos had accepted his challenge.
As for what form that acceptance took, it was not important.
"Good. Then follow me."
Anos smiled as he spoke.
At the moment he agreed to Sairaorg's challenge, he also drew something rather interesting.
[Ding!]
[Purple treasure chest opened.]
[Congratulations, host. Reward obtained: Magic Card, Eye of Timaeus.]
[Eye of Timaeus:
The Three Legendary Dragon Knights. Ten thousand years ago, the three knights dueled the King of Darkness to save the world's light and were sealed within three divine dragons.
Those three divine dragons were the nameless dragons: Eye of Timaeus, Fang of Critias, and Claw of Hermos.
Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey released the three nameless dragons. From this, the "Legendary Knight Timaeus" was born.
The Legendary Knight Timaeus can fuse with other monsters to create a new monster beyond imagination.]
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