The wrong way to open the world of anime

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Author's note: I still haven't figured out how to whitewash Riesel, but also not write her as an unforgivable villain, and still be able to take down Ravel and Riesel's other followers...

If you have any ideas, please share them QWQ

Chapter 212: Battle and Contract

Riser took a step forward and stretched out his hand to pinch Rias's smooth, delicate, and petite chin.

"Snapped!"

Rias grabbed his wrist and said coldly, "Riser, don't go too far."

Qingqiu retracted his forward foot. He had been planning to attack the moment Ruisel raised his hand.

But now it seems that after the breakthrough, Rias has completely crushed Riser in strength.

Riser tried to break free, using more and more strength until veins popped out on his forehead, and Rias suddenly let go.

Without Rias's grip, Riser suddenly lost his balance and took a few steps back before he could barely regain his balance.

He looked at Rias and Qingqiu with an uncertain expression.

Riser had previously been dismissive of the information reported by his subordinates, but now that he had personally experienced Rias's strength, he could not help but believe it.

Originally, he planned to use force, even if it meant burning all of Rias's followers to death to bring her back to the Demon Realm. Now he can only use the second plan.

"Rias, I carry the honor of the Phoenix family."

He stood up straight and said in a deep voice: "I can't let the family lose face. Since you insist so much, let's play a ranking game. The loser must obey the winner unconditionally."

Although Rias's strength has broken through, the ranking game is not based on the king's personal strength.

Riser was confident that his followers were stronger than Rias' followers, and with the bloodline of the Phoenix family, there was no way they could lose.

Having just undergone special training, everyone's strength has greatly increased, so of course there is no reason for Rias to refuse.

Even though the number of followers is far less than that of the opponent, almost all of them have S-level strength, which is a very powerful lineup considering the entire demon world.

Qingqiu narrowed his eyes slightly. The development before his eyes was completely different from what he remembered, but the result was almost the same. They all required a ranking game.

Originally, it was supposed to be Rias's side who used the ranking game to try to defeat Riser and cancel the engagement, but now the positions of both parties have completely reversed...

Seeing Rias agree, Riser smiled and said calmly, "By the way, the heir of the Sekiryuutei is not allowed to participate in the ranking game."

He is not stupid. If he lets Qingqiu participate and uses Ba Long again, he will have no chance of winning at all.

Long before formulating this plan, Ruisel had already thought of a way to deal with it.

Rias's expression froze, but she didn't refute.

"It seems you also know the reason." Ruisel smiled proudly, "The game will be held tomorrow..."

"No."

Rias said without question, "The ranking game will be held in half a month."

"Impossible, one week at the latest."

Ruisel took a step back. Although he wanted to end the battle quickly to avoid complications, the ranking game could not be carried out at will.

Originally, he was planning to have the family mobilize resources and make full preparations. Since Rias wanted to delay time, he would follow the most normal process.

Rias also understood the reasoning, a week was the longest time she could get.

She crossed her arms and said, "Okay."

A flame magic circle appeared under Riser's feet, and he looked at Qing Qiu with pride, "I will take care of the reporting and preparations when I return to the Demon Realm. In one week... Rias is mine."

After Ruisel left, Qingqiu frowned and asked, "Minister, why can't I participate in the ranking game?"

Although the strength of Rias and others has all increased by one level, the strength of Riser and his followers is not low either.

The opponent has rich experience and bug-like bloodline abilities, and cannot play in person, so Qingqiu is a little worried.

"Xiao Qiu, although you already have demon blood, you are not reincarnated as a chess piece, and you actually do not have a contract with me."

Rias sighed and said, "The so-called written contract may be enough to fool the officials in the human world, but it will not work if you want to participate in the ranking game."

The biggest feature of the ranking game is that each follower has a characteristic, and when the king designates an enemy formation, the ability will be greatly improved.

Qingqiu does not meet the requirements at all, so naturally he is not eligible to participate.

"Is there no way to solve it?" Qingqiu asked doubtfully.

He remembered that after the reincarnation failed and the chess pieces were tainted with his aura, Rias and Shitori Sona disappeared for a long time.

The two of them went to the demon world to find out the cause and find a solution.

Afterwards, the two returned, and although they did not mention the matter again, it seemed that they had found a solution.

"There is indeed a way..."

Rias nodded and said hesitantly, "But I didn't know if you could accept it, so I didn't tell you."

"How do you know I can't accept it if you don't tell me?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Rias said, "To put it bluntly, the reincarnation of a demon chess piece is a kind of contract. As long as you are willing to sign a similar contract with me, you can be recognized as my dependent and participate in the ranking game."

"However, the contract of the demon chess piece is the weakest one, with almost no binding force. This may be the reason why you are completely unaffected."

Qingqiu nodded, there was indeed no restraint.

Not only can followers devour their masters, they can also be dismissed, transferred, or even rented out...

It is allowed to temporarily borrow powerful followers to play ranked games.

These are the information Qingqiu learned as he became stronger and more familiar with the world.

The devil chess piece failed to reincarnate, most likely because his soul consciousness was too strong, and such a weak contract could not be imprinted on it.

So every time I entered his body, went through a cycle, and came out again with his breath.

Having said that, Qingqiu roughly understood what Rias meant by the method.

Since weak contracts don't work, let's use stronger contracts.

However, the more powerful the contract, the stronger the constraints on the servant.

The most powerful contract can even determine the life or death of the other party with just a thought.

Even if the object was Rias, Qingqiu would never conclude such a contract.

"I found three methods of master-servant contracts in the demon world..."

"Minister, I am willing to sign a contract with you."

Qing Qiu interrupted Rias, "There is only one condition. The contract cannot restrict my actions, but it can control my life and death."

There are many different types of master-servant contracts, and the restrictions are also different.

There are those who cannot harm their masters, those who will die if their masters die, those who cannot surpass their masters in strength, and those who cannot betray their masters...

Qingqiu was unwilling to let anyone control his life and death, but since the object was Rias, he didn't care about other aspects.

Even without the contract, he would protect Rias at all costs, would never betray Rias, and would never hurt Rias.

"Really..." Rias pouted, "Wouldn't it make me look petty?"

After saying that, she and Qingqiu looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Without further delay, let's sign the contract now."

The ranking game with Ruisel will be held in a week. Qingqiu doesn't want to delay any longer. After signing the contract, he will give the other party a surprise.

"Well, let's try this first..."

The first contract Rias took out was called the Equality Contract. Its binding force was slightly stronger than that of the Devil Pawn, but not much stronger.

After signing this contract, the servant can share the magic power from the master.

Normal contracts have both advantages and disadvantages. It is natural that the prototype of a contract is a transaction contract.

Contracts that only have restrictions but no benefits are equivalent to black-hearted, deceptive contracts.

No one would voluntarily sign such a contract unless they were coerced or deceived.

With Qingqiu's active cooperation, the contract was engraved smoothly, but when Rias inputted magic power to activate it, the contract was directly destroyed.

"It seems this won't work either."

As she spoke, Rias took out the second contract.

Half a minute later, the magic circle engraved on Qingqiu's chest was broken again.

This time, Rias did not take out the third contract, but said: "Why not forget it, I think we can also defeat Reiser with our own strength..."

"Minister, is the third type of contract very restrictive?"

Qingqiu thought that the conditions he offered were very lenient, and he was a little confused by Rias's decision to give up halfway.

"There are no restrictions. If I die, your soul will also be damaged. If it is serious, you will also die."

Rias shook her head and said, "It's just that this contract cannot be cancelled after it is signed."

The first two types of contracts can be terminated. When the ranking game is over, you can terminate the contract just like borrowing a dependent, but this one cannot.

"Rias, go on."

Qing Qiu did not call the minister again, and said, "I never thought of canceling the contract afterwards."

Looking at Qingqiu's extremely serious expression, Rias walked forward gently and kissed him lightly on the lips.

"Then I'll start."

"Ah."

Chapter 213: Searching for the Contract and the Naruse Sisters

Rias unbuttoned Qingqiu's coat, her slender jade fingers were wrapped in light red magic power, and she began to outline a gorgeous and complicated contract magic circle on his strong chest.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the contract magic circle was completed, and with the input of magic power, it emitted a dazzling light.

At the same time, Qingqiu felt that he had some kind of connection with Rias. Just when he thought he would finally succeed this time, the deep blue magic power in his body began to flow uncontrollably.

"Click——"

It was as if the sound of breaking glass appeared in Rias and Qingqiu's consciousness, and then the vague connection completely disappeared.

Qingqiu looked down and saw that the contract formation engraved on his chest had become fragmented at some point.

Rias smiled helplessly, "It seems that you just can't sign a contract, Xiaoqiu."

Both of them clearly felt the flow of magic power in Qingqiu's body, and seeing that success was imminent, they actually resisted on their own.

This is the instinct of the soul, just like the knee-jerk reflex of ordinary humans, he has no way to control it.

But at that moment, Qingqiu instinctively mastered a talent that he had ignored for a long time.

He had always thought that the Spirit Contract talent was just a summoner's talent for contracting a familiar, but just now it was this talent that easily helped him cancel the contract that was about to succeed.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to break the contract array so easily just by relying on the magic power of the soul's instinct.

After carefully thinking back to his previous feelings, Qingqiu roughly understood the true function of the spiritual contract talent.

This talent allows a person to easily master contracts, not just contracts for summoning familiars, but any contract that affects the person himself.

On the other hand, any contract that does not involve Qingqiu having the dominant position cannot be signed.

Unless the other party's soul consciousness and strength completely crush him, a forced contract will be signed.

To give a simple example, if Rias and Aoki sign a master-servant contract, where Rias is the master and Aoki is the servant, that’s not possible.

But if Qingqiu is the master and Rias is the servant, then it's okay.

Although he understood it, Qingqiu didn't know how to talk to Rias about it, and he didn't know whether the Demon Realm would recognize the contract with him as the leader.

After thinking about it, Qingqiu decided to speak out.

If the Demon World can admit it, at worst I can just break up with Rias after the ranking game.

After listening to Qing Qiu's explanation, Rias shook her head, "No, it can only be my followers."