How To Survive In The World DxD With Fragment Memories

"Welcome my fellow Dragons to the dragon valley's 1453rd Warrior tournament where all our younger generation pits themselves against each other to display their might and fight to meet our expectations we hold from them in the future! However this time we are holding an exhibition match today! Yes, the rumours you have heard is indeed true, Masaru Belial, the King whom Everest chose to become a Rook for has indeed come all the way here to Dragon Valley to display his might to us all, to prove he is indeed worthy of Everest's choice! Whether it will be up to our standard or not remains to be seen after all! I hereby declare the opening of the Warrior Tournament!"

The coliseum was several kilometres diameter as enough space for fights between dragons, this warrior tournament was originally a seasonal ritual for the young dragons which was held in order to display their strength and ability to young female dragons in hope to gain a mate or fight over one. It was only later that it turned into a Festival event every season since the number of younger dragons being born was lowered after the great war that affected even the Dragons in it, so it was only known within the dragons that this festival was still a ritual they held for new young dragons to fight for their love.

"Now we are about to start the exhibition match! Entering the stage from the Eastern gate is the third son of Tannin, Refusing to accept himself being compared to his brothers he has been fighting varies monsters in order to grow stronger! He might be the youngest of the three sons of Tannin, he is the most hot-blooded on of them all!!!! Let us welcome him BOVA TANNIN!!!"

The eastern gate began to slide apart revealing a 10-meter tall dragon having similar looks to that of Tannin entering the arena stage, while the western gates began to slide open as well.

"At the western gate we have our very first non-dragon participant to participate in the warrior tournament, being the son of Diehauser Belial who is the champion of Rating games many people has high hopes for this boy who kept surprising the devil world with his exploits in the Bael Stampede defense campaign! The Northern Borders Defense Campaign! But for us dragons the most famous would obviously be the romantic tale of the week long survival battle between him and Everest!"

The entire stadium erupted with strong vigorous cheers, although the survival came was not that romantic but because the rumours became more exaggeration it turned into a Romantic Fairy Tale for Dragons who actually have lovers of other races, the concept of an interracial relationship was not frowned upon but not entirely accepted by the old dragons either. It was because of this story the old dragons pulled back their opinions allowing dragons to feel free to love who they wish to.

"He is known as the Demonic Wonder Child of Belial by the military that guards our nation! Give it up for Masaru Belial!"

Masaru who just exit the door was already counting how many hits he owes that dragon, yet he kept his eyes focused on Bova who was in front of him at a great distance. With each step he took he started to invigorate his body with natural ki to optimize his combat state to its peak, he did not carry Deadheart on him today since it was not a dragon-slaying fight. 'This will be my second time fighting a dragon head-on, but since they want me to display a mighty form I can go a little hot on this battle as long as I don't pull a stunt like that water vapour bomb' He thought while warming up his body with stretches.

"Now then since both contestants are in the arena, I hereby declare the start of the Exhibition match!"

BoOM! Explosion within the flamethrower was seen from the distance, "Damn that boy is roasted" One of the Dragons commented but then he saw how the flames were actually being divided while something was penetrating through the fire in a incredible speed, "What the hell!?"

Masaru whom people thought would get roasted was still perfectly fine, soon he will reach near Bova but instead right at the edge before he would penetrate through the dragon breath he cast a large scale "Deep Freeze" the sudden contact between extreme heat and extreme cold caused a explosion to occur near Bova stunning him for a moment, the surroundings of Bova and Masaru became misty which gave Masaru the slight edge.

"Water Incarnation: Frigid armour" This was the first time Masaru used incarnation kind of spell, this spell turned his body into water liquid temporary which gives him invulnerability state in a place where water is bountiful. He splashed like water into the ground streaming all the way to behind Bova, Just as Bova took a deep breathe to blow away the misty with a roar he was interrupted by Masaru whom he did not detect behind him and got kicked on his back.

BOOM! The force behind the ki and magic enchanted kick gave enough air explosive force to blow the mist away while Bova flew several tens of Meters away before landing on his feet, Bova could feel his back had a stinging sensation as Masaru concentrated his entire kick on a single point of contact in order to penetrate the defence of a dragon. 'Heh, this kid is interesting' Bova felt the excitement, he wondered what kind of surprises this boy would give him but close combat was the last thing he expected.

Masaru smirked when he saw Bova flying towards him and he himself began to sprint towards Bova, but out of his expectation Bova shrinked his size and met Masaru's fist with his own fist. BOoM! Boom! BOOOM! The fight between Masaru and Bova became a hit and get hit fight, if Bova had similar strength to Everest then Masaru would never dare to take on the fist of a dragon-like he was doing right now.

Blood began to spill from the side of their lips but Bova who was not proficient with Magic had to use Dragon aura to heal himself while Masaru used his spellbook, but something had been bothering Bova since the start of the fight everywhere Masaru's fist hit he feels a paralyzing feeling like an electric current running through his body. It was Masaru's gloves that allowed him to finally be able to penetrate the defence of a dragon with his bȧrė hands without the need of Magic or Ki enchantment, 'To think the gloves Elizabeth neesan gave me is such a cheating item, I can handle the attacks with ease for a while thanks to its defence but the enhancement of my strength to attack is just as much'

"Go Bova!!!!"

"That kid is not bad, facing a dragon-like that hahaha hahaha"

"Go, Kid!"

"Why the hell is that kid, not a dragon!?"

The arena was getting heated up seeing an up-close fight, Dragons never get heated up when Devils have such fights but a Devil against a dragon? With the way the current Devil Younger generation is? Tannin who could see the dragons have started to accept Masaru even if it's a little, this display was more than enough worthy to show them that Masaru respects their strength and to show his respect was none other than to fight head-on with no tricks.

"Guah!" Bova managed to get a solid hit into Masaru's abdomen causing Masaru to spit out a mouthful of blood before he was blasted away by the sheer force of the attack alone, like a broken doll he twists and turns before crashing into the ground at a distance. "Cough cough" He felt he could carry on, ever since he experienced Tiamat's pressure he was reminded that he needs to get stronger to survive, where else is he going to get an opportunity like this again.

"GRAAAAA!" Masaru roared to motivate his fighting spirit, even more, he could feel his touki that was declining regained its vigour began to invigorate his body. With the first step Masaru launched himself towards Bova as if he was skating on the ground, Bova raised his fist and brought it to meet Masaru head-on but Masaru cast Ground element magic ground shrink to change his trajectory in a curve style appearing to dodge the strike while heading straight into Bova's abdomen launching a fist strike of his own.

Even the dragons from the area could hear Bova's scales around his abdomen breaking under the force of that strike, most of them were completely shocked while those who were more experienced felt a trace of fear for that attack. If Masaru did not fȯrċɨbŀƴ pull back at the last moment, his fist might have penetrated right through Bova's body which was scary since a Dragon pride themselves on their dragon scales.

Bova cough out a mouthful of blood collapsing onto one of his knees, "That-- *cough*--- strike sure was heavy... I felt it in my heart" Masaru smiled while helping Bova up.

"The match is over! The winner is Masaru Belial!!!!"

Under the loud cheers of the dragons, Masaru was walking while helping Bova. He looked at the dragons with a smile as he said "Dragons are prideful, but they are strong and pure. When I fought you, all I had in mind was to show you the history behind my power. It was quite fun to battle after all" Bova who heard this could not help but smile thinking 'History behind your power huh? Even with that great power you still work hard and train huh? We are similar after all, for being compared to our fathers...'

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"To think you spend several days staying with us at the Dragon Valley, I thought you would not be able to handle the dragons!" Tannin laughed remembering the few days Masaru was being called for drinks and meals during the Festival, naturally Masaru would have been in trouble had he not used magic to help him cope with the drinks and meals earning praise from the dragons calling him a Dragon in Devil skin since he could eat and drink just as much as a dragon.

"Honestly if I did not have the spellbook to ȧssist me then I would have died from overeating!" Masaru still felt comfortable living among the dragons, no need to worry about people trying to scam you or people with ulterior motives against you. There are dragons like that but on the minority number because most of them would choose to leave the Dragon Valley instead. "Well it's good, the dragons have accepted your stance with Everest so you understand your situation right?"

Masaru nodded, he understood ever since his grandfather told him about the peerage problem he was made conscious about the fact some of the girls did hold favourable feelings to him. He did not immediately respond to these feelings as he wanted to cultivate it, but on the other side, he was a bit cowardly. It was only after experienced that near-death battle in the Vatican he realized it would be regretful to leave their relationship ambiguous, which was why he was slowly getting more intimate with each of them.

But the situation with Everest was different, with his display of Might the dragons had subconsciously acknowledged Masaru as Everest's Mate if he were not to take her as his wife it would create problems on several things. "I have prepared for it the moment I stepped on the arena after all" Masaru spoke, his heart that was racing with excitement during the combat was now calm and beating strong. Tannin nodded "Well I won't get too involved in your matters however you can rest ȧssured that Me and Mephisto Pheles will support you from the shadows, I suggest you get your peerage members to sign familiar contracts soon because when your all a bit older Mephisto-sama will arrange Magicians to sign contract with each of you in the future"

"Otou-sama can I enter?" Everest was knocking the door outside, "Yes you can" Tannin felt his daughter grew up splendidly after becoming part of Masaru's team, Everest came in and immediately took a seat next to Masaru. "Father, since Masaru has completed the task you made me agree to... Then you too will uphold your promise to me?"

Tannin sighed and nodded, "I will allow you to undertake the Dragon Trial" Tanning continued to explain to Masaru who was confused, "In order to further her training Everest has requested to undergo the Dragon Trials, but because of the previous situation with the dragons being unhappy about you two. I made a deal with Everest to help me bring you here before Tiamat does to battle Bova as you did already, we just never thought Tiamat would move this fast." Masaru could only laugh bitterly, "Well it's fine but is the dragon trials dangerous?" Tannin nodded seriously "It is very dangerous and very few selected dragons are allowed to undergo this trial, but Everest should be fine. I can guarantee she will be stronger than before after completing the trial"

Just as Masaru was about to continue a magic circle with Ajuka's crest on it appear in front of him with a letter, after getting the okay from Tannin Masaru took the letter and opened it.

[Don't bother coming to the Research facility, once you finished your holiday contact Edward since he is looking for you. Be sure to remember to tell me how you created those Water vapour Bombs with magic though, yours truly, Ajuka] 'Wonder if Ajuka forgot Basic Chemistry because of his high leveled works?' Masaru wondered

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Author Note:

The chapter has been edited, If I missed something please just drop a Paragraph Comment and I will Fix it