Become a powerful shadow master in the new world

After a brief silence, Lan Yu Asagi nodded and admitted her idea, but when she was giving the reason, her eyes subconsciously looked to the lower right corner.

Sid noticed this and did not expose it, but just smiled and gave his blessing.

"Then... I wish your wish will come true soon."

"Don't act like I'm dreaming about getting the chess piece. I just said I got the chess piece and left a spot for you. Shouldn't you be a little grateful to me?"

"Devil's chess piece..."

Please spare me, let me do it again. Even if you are just my supporting friend, I may choose to let go of the chess piece directly, allowing the transformation ritual to proceed, and let you be killed by the backlash of the chess piece.

"Ahhh... I know that in this period when the price of dependent chess pieces is rising wildly, it's unrealistic to say that I can get the chess pieces by myself, but can't you just hope that I can order it? If I really succeed, you can just lie down and get a soldier position."

It seemed as if Sid's mumbling had touched a sore spot for Aoba Asagi, who lay listlessly on the table and began to complain.

"Just soldiers?"

"What? Soldiers aren't enough, and you think the price is going up after you became Rias's retainer once?"

"Right."

Sid felt sad that his role as a supporting actor was booked as a soldier twice in a row, and he always felt that his role as a supporting actor had become that of a small fry.

"Hmm...what's with the crazy price increase of the dependent chess pieces you mentioned just now? What happened recently?"

As his thoughts flowed, Sid noticed another piece of information that Aoi Asagi had just inadvertently revealed.

"You... forget it. After all, you just woke up this time, so I won't complain about you."

Asagi Aoi acted as if she was so shocked by Sid that she wanted to complain, but suddenly thought of something.

"Blame me. I am a wounded soldier after all."

Sid saw the hesitant look on Asagi Aiba's face and started to complain.

He slept for a few days as planned, but when he woke up, he saw Rias acting crazy and saying a bunch of incomprehensible things, inviting him to form a team in future international competitions.

He almost thought that his plan had failed because his body had not become able to resist the magic of destruction.

After some explanation he realized that the invitation Rias was talking about was not an invitation to become her retainer, but referred to an international competition similar to the Olympic Games that was already being prepared.

The international competition is a ranking game held between various forces. Unlike the ranking game, the contestants participate in the form of teams instead of followers. That is to say, Rias' followers can join other contestants to form a team and fight against their master Rias in the competition.

While Cid was in a coma, Rias tried several times to integrate the devil chess piece into his body, but each time ended in failure. She went to ask Lord Beelzebub to check, but was only told, "The rejection is too severe. It should be that the failure of reincarnation caused the physique that was originally not suitable for reincarnation to mutate, and the rejection worsened."

After getting this answer, Rias was distraught all day long. Seeing her sister so sad, Sirzechs couldn't bear it and told her about the international competition that was being prepared. Although the teams in the international competition were not as close as those of the dependent chess pieces, it still gave Rias psychological comfort.

Chapter 113: The Value of the "King" Chess Piece, the Strange Aoi Asagi

"It's because I know you've been through a war that I didn't say it directly. Although I feel like you would have the same reaction even if you hadn't been through this war."

"Slander! I'm suing you for slander!"

Watching Lan Yu Asagi take out the computer from her backpack, Sid felt that he still had to make an excuse.

"Ah!"

Facing Sid's intimidation, Aoi Asagi just smiled contemptuously, leaving everything unsaid.

"Okay, no more jokes, let's follow our usual process. How much do you know about the news circulating in the market now? Do you know about the evil dragon invasion?"

"That's too much. I know news of this level."

Of course he knew that after he dealt with Rias who went crazy and said a bunch of incomprehensible words, the first news he heard was "Evil Dragon Invasion".

If he remembered correctly, the white fog that transferred the underworld venue to the dimensional gap should have been created by the literary young man with glasses next to Cao Cao, named Ge something, using his artifact "Jue Wu".

At the underworld venue, the powerful men from various forces were unable to use the teleportation array because they were in the dimensional gap. They were also targeted by the Great Red because of the aura of Samael on their bodies and could not escape from the dimensional gap. At the same time, suicide terrorist attacks claiming to be the Disaster Group occurred in the territories of various forces at the same time.

It is said that the leaders of the suicide terrorist attacks in the territories of various forces are all famous evil dragons who have long died in mythology.

These evil dragons must be very powerful to be able to leave their names in mythology.

The evil dragons are powerful, famous for their strange attack methods and immortality. The terrorist attacks they launched under such circumstances can still be called suicidal. One can imagine how crazy their attacks are.

Especially at this time when most of the top powerhouses of various forces were tied up in the world battlefield and the underworld venue, and the territory defense was extremely weak, even if a small number of powerhouses stayed behind to guard their homes, the evil dragons still caused heavy casualties to various forces.

But correspondingly, most of the evil dragons that launched the terrorist attack were killed in the counterattack of the weak forces. However, after the evil dragons died, the crowd did not find the things they looted, but only found the symbol of the Group of Trouble, a snake with its head and tail connected to form an "8" shape.

This symbol... is the symbol of "Infinite Dragon" Ophis, who is among the top five in the world.

"So does this have something to do with the increase in the price of the dependent chess pieces? The evil dragon snatched away the vacant and unused dependent chess pieces?"

Sid thought about it and felt that if the dependent chess pieces were to be linked to the evil dragon invasion, this was the only possibility.

"No, but it's close."

"?"

Lan Yu Asagi pulled up a page on the computer and turned to Sid's direction. Sid took a closer look and saw that it was the report of the underworld demon government on the losses caused by the evil dragon invasion.

Although it is definitely not true that all the lost items are written on it, after all, who knows if there is anything shameful among the things stolen by the evil dragon, it still has certain reference value.

"Agg... Reyas! That sky city? A city was robbed?"

The first name on the list was "Agreas". Sid knew that this name was the name of a city in the sky.

It is very famous in the underworld and is the place with the greatest influence in the ranking game in the underworld. The match between Rias and Raiser was held in this city.

At this moment, the name of this sky city appeared in the underworld's loss list, which meant that this sky city was also stolen.

Cao Cao, you are so powerful!

"Yes, a city was robbed, but that's not the point. The point is that one of the raw materials for the dependent chess pieces is unique to this city."

"Oh! I see... Then I understand why the price of the dependent chess pieces has increased."

Indeed, if no alternative raw materials can be found, then the unused demon chess pieces in the world will be used up one by one and will be completely out of print. The price increase of out-of-print items is understandable.

"This is just one of the reasons. There is no need to worry too much. Mitsukoshi Shokai announced that it has developed alternative raw materials."

"?"

Lan Yu Asagi's fingertips jumped across the keyboard, and a new page unfolded on the computer screen. The content on it was roughly that after knowing that the city that provided the raw materials for the dependent chess pieces in the underworld had been robbed, Mitsukoshi Chamber of Commerce spent the whole night researching a replacement material.

Sid narrowed his eyes. Why was he so unconvinced?

“Then why is the price increased?”

Suppressing his doubts, Sid brought the topic back to the starting point.

"because this."

Another video page was opened. Judging from the date, it was released the day after the evil dragon invasion. Sid knew the person on it. He was her childhood sweetheart, "Epsilon", one of the Seven Shadows.

"Yesterday, the terrorist organization 'The Group of Misfortune' attacked the capital of Netheril, causing significant property damage to Netheril. Fortunately, under the protection of the magic network, no casualties were suffered."

No, Epsilon, do you really know what you are talking about? How can the opponent's strength be so good that he can withstand the attack of the magic net that is "invincible below SSS, useless above SS" to steal things, but cannot cause casualties.

No, that's not the point. The point is Epsilon. Aren't you from Mitsukoshi? Why are you in Netheril? Did Alpha not pay you enough to change jobs? Or is it just a small circle among women?

Sid suppressed his desire to complain and watched patiently.

"…I originally wanted to announce to everyone that Netheril had successfully broken through the technological barriers and successfully developed a 'King' chess piece that could increase the user's strength by dozens of times, but I got the news that Agreas was kidnapped. It seems that there is not enough material to make a 'King' chess piece."

"It was this news that caused the price of the dependent chess pieces to rise wildly. The alternative raw materials of the Mitsukoshi Chamber of Commerce made up for the lack of materials in Netheril. The 'King' chess piece that can increase a person's strength by dozens of times is too tempting."

The scene stopped, and Aoi pointed at Epsilon on the camera and spoke in a helpless and resentful tone.

In a set of dependent chess pieces, except for soldiers, bishops, knights and queens, there is no king chess piece. The owner of the dependent chess pieces, the "king", goes to the registration monument to register himself as the king of this set of dependent chess pieces.

It can be said that the dependent chess pieces are mainly friendly to the reincarnated dependents. They not only transform the reincarnated dependents from short-lived humans into long-lived mythical species, but also gain a strong physique due to the change of race.

This is also the reason why the "kings" of most dependent chess pieces are treated as slave contracts by the dependent chess pieces, because the dependent chess pieces do not enhance the "king" in any way. This makes the production of dependent chess pieces low, but the pure-blooded mythical species do not care much about the dependent chess pieces. The main reason for their rarity is that they are monopolized... It was originally like this.

Dozens of times! Dozens of times! Dozens of times!!!

Now, not only has Netheril "developed (Sid expressed doubt)" the "King" chess piece, but the enhancement of the King's power is still dozens of times terrifying, which means that it is entirely possible for an S-level strongman to reach the SS-level with this enhancement.

That is to say, all the replacement materials of Mitsukoshi Chamber of Commerce have been reserved by Naesriel. With this amplification, the maximum speed can reach SS. If it goes higher, the body will not be able to withstand the self-destruction. Otherwise, even if the strong men of various forces are injured now, they will immediately take action to divide up the "King" chess piece.

"Um...Qiang, are you sure you want to fight for the King's Pawn? Or why don't you wait until next year to fight for it?"

After understanding the reason why the price of the chess piece "King" should be increased, Sid looked at Lan Yu Asagi hesitantly and persuaded her in a skeptical tone.

It was because he knew how precious the King's chess piece was that he began to suspect Aoi Asagi.

The previous dependent chess piece was rare but not valued. He estimated that Lan Yu Asagi would have to work for several years to get the dependent chess piece.

Now, even if the owner of the King chess piece dies, the King chess piece will have to be stripped from the corpse. If you fight for the King chess piece as a family heirloom, do you really not fear death?

"Yes, I will strive for it, and I must get it this semester. Now is still a chance. If I wait until next year, I'm afraid I won't be able to get it in my lifetime."

Hearing Sid's voice, Lan Yu Asagi nodded heavily with a firm look in her eyes, and answered in a tone of giving up everything.

In Aoba Asagi's original plan, she should fight for the dependent chess piece at next year's graduation competition. Only then would she be 90% sure of winning.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. Once the "King" chess piece comes out, the value of the King chess piece will skyrocket. There is still a chance to get the chess piece by taking advantage of the situation. By the time the school reacts next year, the new semester will most likely cancel the rule of issuing the King chess piece. If she wants to get the chess piece, she must do so now.

"Qiang, I don't think you are someone who would be carried away by the power of the 'King' chess piece. Can you be more rational? You definitely can't get the 'King' chess piece."

Shaking his head slightly in distress, Sid felt that he should still advise Lanyu Asagi not to commit suicide since he and Lanyu Asagi had known each other for almost a year. It would be a pity to see such a useful tool die like this.

He didn't care when Aoi Asagi showed signs of fighting for the chess piece before, mainly because failing at that time wasn't a big deal, but trying to snatch the chess piece now would result in death.

However, Asagi Aiba seemed to be overwhelmed by the power of the "King" chess piece, and looked like she was determined to get the chess piece even if she died.

"I don't care about the 'King' chess piece! What I care about is the dependent chess piece! Even if he is unwilling to fulfill his promise, I must get the dependent chess piece. Only in this way can I..."

As if irritated by Sid's constant admonitions, Lan Yu Asagi's eyes turned slightly red, and she wanted to refute something angrily, but quickly stopped.

"Phew... Sorry Sid, I lost my composure a bit and I'm not in a good mood. Let's talk another day."

After taking a deep breath to calm down, Lan Yu Asagi apologized and left in a hurry.

Sid watched Aoi Asagi leave and wanted to ask, but considering the close distance between him and Aoi Asagi, he gave up.

Or... I can transform into "Roland Augusta" and bring a plate to Qiancong as compensation. Forget it, I don't have a close relationship with Qiancong, so it's not worth ruining my identity-cutting plan.

Chapter 114: Diversity of the Network

Because of the departure of Aoi Asagi, Sid had to search for information on the Internet himself, and soon he got a lot of interesting news.

Thanks to this terrorist attack, the gossip about Rias and Raiser's engagement that most people were originally paying attention to was overshadowed.

The remaining few who were still paying attention were not attracted by the gossip between Rias and Raiser, but rather they were fans of Rias and Raiser in the first place, so the only discussion was about Rias and Raiser.

It's not that there's no discussion about him, but because he beat up Lesser, Lesser's fans discuss him with complete hatred.

Rias' fans believed that he was the reason why she was expelled from the party. Due to their protective mentality, they ignored many premises and insisted that he was the one who held Rias back. If it was a stronger follower like him, Raiser would have already lost.

The premise of this disregard even included the fact that it was clearly stated in the announcement that he left Rias's group because of his physical condition and was unable to fuse the devil chess piece.

The conspiracy theorists took the announcement that told the truth as official language, and made up the "truth" that he was fired because he was a drag. This conspiracy theory was also recognized by Rias's NC fans, who thought that this was the "truth."

Because they were worried that this "truth" would damage Rias' image, they formed an inexplicable group out of the NC fans' "enemy of the world" mentality, trying to prove that in the conspiracy theory "truth", Rias's behavior of expelling him was in line with human nature.

Although he could understand why some people would think the "truth" of this conspiracy theory was true, after all, there were few people with a physique that could resist the reincarnation of a devil, and it was unheard of for a person's physique to mutate malignantly after being seriously injured, he still had to sigh.

Magical rice circle...

The internet is now basically discussing the terrorist attacks launched simultaneously in the territories of various forces, the "Misfortune Group" suspected to be led by one of the strongest in the world, the Infinite Dragon God, and the various forces' actions of withdrawing their wanted orders in order to thank Shadow for joining forces with them and successfully defeating the otherworldly evil dragon, Great Red, who is also one of the strongest in the world...

Did they attack me when I was fighting?

This idea came to my mind when I saw this.

Sid recalled carefully and was sure that except for the three dragons fighting, when Samael's aura pulled them into the attack range, and him throwing nuclear bombs at the venue floating in the dimensional gap to avoid embarrassment, which could barely be considered as their participation in the battle, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were just there to watch the whole thing.

With doubts in mind, Sid followed the clues and found the announcements issued by various forces, and then discovered that the so-called cooperation between him and various forces was purely the imagination of netizens. The announcement only contained two pieces of news: his participation in the battle between the Dragon Gods and the withdrawal of his wanted order.

Then netizens drew this conclusion based on the fact that various forces rescinded the wanted order, and based on the premise that it was impossible for all the strong men in the venue to watch the Dragon Gods attack them - "If Shadow attacked the strong men from various forces, why should the various forces cancel the wanted order for Shadow?"

In addition, netizens are currently showing a tendency to break away from the title of "one of" and become the strongest in the world. On the contrary, he is about to be kicked out of the ranks of the strongest in the world by netizens. The logic is as follows.

The Great Red dragon chased and killed two evil dragons from another world, which proved that the Great Red's strength is greater than the two evil dragons from another world combined, otherwise why would the Great Red chase and kill the evil dragons from another world.

At the first World Alliance Conference, Shadow broke in and was "severely injured" by strong men from various forces, proving that the strong men from all forces combined are greater than the strongest man in the world. The number of strong men in the conference hall was not as many as the time when Shadow was seriously injured, but it was very close.

Therefore, even if the total number of strong people in the venue is not as good as the strongest person in the world, the gap between them and the strongest person in the world is definitely not that big, and he can also be regarded as the strongest person in the world.

In this battle involving five (?) of the world's strongest men, Great Red defeated two evil dragons from another world, and still had enough energy to fight against Shadow and a group of other strong men. Great Red is awesome!!!

Amazing netizens...

This well-reasoned reasoning almost made Sid believe it himself, if... he was not the person involved.