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"So what do you think?" Tara asks as Catherine and I walk into the colosseum, it has been prepared for the tournament tomorrow. There is stands set up to sell food that is provided by Nova enterprises. It cuts delivery times to a fraction when you can teleport stuff, no thirty minutes, or it's free policy here since it's an almost instant delivery service.

"Seems good enough to me, Are the crews ready to record the whole thing with the streaming equipment I brought?" Tara nods and we walk down toward the fighting stage in the middle.

"They are, they had to practice a bit but they got it handled. We have even set up some lighting as you advised so that the picture comes out better." I spot Catherine out of the corner of my eye and she is zoned out. I slip my hand smoothly into hers waking her from her daydreams.

"What's on your mind?" She walks closer to me and shakes her head.

"Nothing just zoned out." She takes a few more peeks at me and then asks something I didn't expect from her. "Are you nervous?" I squeeze her hand a bit.

"Nah, no one on the list is a problem to beat. I also have a good supplier for the demon world's hot new healing potion, Phenex tears." She rolls her eyes and looks around the arena now that we are in the middle of it. It's no lie though, Phenex trait is going to be front and center tomorrow. Most people will think I am a mutated Asmodeus when I start healing from flames tomorrow. I am going to try my best to not use multiple artifacts so I don't pull any demigod attention. If I have to use one then I will use god eating mask so I can piss off the Beelzebub family and hopefully they will try something and make it easier to hunt them all down.

"I am sure you will be fine, you have too much work to do to die in something as mundane as a tournament to secure the hand of an empress." I smile at her sarcastic tone.

"GAAAHHH, can you flirt on your own time, we are supposed to be verifying that it's set up the way you intended." Tara groans and moans on the side while rubbing her forehead.

"Sure, I know the perfect way to tell if it's set up right." I raise an eyebrow at Catherine's claim and watch as she walks to the other side of the arena. It seems Tara caught on quicker than me because she is already running away before Catherine morphs into her Phoenix form.

"What are you doing?" I let her flames envelop me and feel my clothes burn off, with a deft hand I pull out my fireproof clothes and slide them on while hiding in the flames. The flames come to a stop and I am wearing fully blacked-out fireproof clothes, I hold up my hand and summon Leviathan of the end and Catherine's bird-like eyes go wide.

She takes to the sky while my serpent of water chases her, blasting it multiple times with her flames of rebirth she Whittles it down to a weakened state and directly smashes into it. It dispels and rain falls onto the arena, Catherine also changes from her Phoenix form and lands.

"What was that?" I summon a small Leviathan around my arm and show it off.

"A new attack, Leviathan of the end. It can grow to a ridiculous size if there is a big body of water nearby." She observes it and slowly nods.

"The dead sea?" It was at that moment I then realize I have been neglecting a huge resource.

"You are so right that I feel stupid for not realizing it, I could open a portal under the dead sea and just have it spill out into a fight and then make a mega Leviathan to squash any enemies." Crystal valley is about to experience the great flood, and I am honestly looking forward to it.

"You didn't think about the biggest body of water in the demon world when you created a spell that gets more powerful the more water it has?" She scrunches her nose and looks at me like I am a fool and I can only pretend to not hear her.

What else am I missing?! I won't be humiliated once again!

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"Time to wake up, wouldn't want to be late." a pair of lips meet my own as I open my eyes and meet the closed eyes of Catherine. I thank the sleeping demon god that the cultural way of saying good luck to a spouse is the way it is and roll out of bed.

"I will take a shower and head out there, I guess you will arrive later when the fighting starts?" She nods and stretches, her exposed body giving my eyes a feast.

"Yea, I will see you later." She grabs the pillow my head was on and wraps her arms around it as I head into the bathroom to wash off and head to the arena. People will already be lined up now for a few hours and I want to get people riled up. I am trying to make a killing on the bets, all on me for every single match.

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"There he is!" A demon shouts as he points in my direction, I land on my dedicated side of the arena and do some light stretches. I flew over and showed off my wings which got more than just a few people whispering and wondering what they are or better where they came from.

"You son of a bitch! You stole her from me! We were meant to be together and you took her with your nefarious grip! I sold all my property and belongings to come and show you what I am made of and save my beloved!" I hear a delirious man foaming at the mouth shouting curses and death threats, I try my best to not burst a gut laughing when I scanned him and found he is only a great demon king. I will strip him bare and beat him like a disobedient dog and let him go, but once he is out of sight I will send some people to take care of him. I don't need some yandere psycho getting a random powerup later from a false god or something and coming back to make trouble.

A light flips on and is aimed at an elevated stage on the north side of the colosseum, A announcer stands next to a microphone and hesitantly taps it causing a horrible echo. I should have explained better how to use the thing so that didn't happen.

A cough echo's through the mic as he clears his throat awkwardly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to announce the start of the Challenge fights against Sir Nova Morningstar!" A wave of cheers and boos comes out as people all stand up showing their support or hatred. I take in all their envy and give a wide smile and wave out to the crowds. "Sitting judge over the event is her majesty the empress Catherine Asmodeus." The crying stops and then every single person in attendance shouts in support, the man earlier shouting his curse at me and his undying love for Catherine faints on the spot seeing her sitting on a throne on the platform.

A ringing noise comes out and the gate where the first challenger was standing opens, he rushes out and jumps onto the stage before me. He raises his chin high and throws both his hands into the air, the crowd eats it up and he smiles wide.

"I am Emilon Soeul! Remember the name of the man who will defeat you, I have defeated thousands in the fighting pits." His spirit power burst out and I sigh, the first fodder character has arrived and I prepare to throw him off the stage. I can't wait until it's the last people and the ones that matter, these first rounds need to hurry up and fly by.

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"The next challenger is a man from the lands of the bloody empire and goes by the name of Golden Thorn!" The hype has significantly died down after I trashed the first twenty people who were majorly overestimating themselves. The poor guy who was star-struck with my fiancée had to be dragged off the stage after he took a single hit and threw up a gallon of blood. It was messy and very annoying, even as he was on the verge of dying he held his hand up to Catherine and begged the demon god to save his beloved.

A man walks calmly up onto the stage and my brows raise, he is overlord power and a part of the envy royal family. Is this Broc's uncle who is the head of the family or is it a coincidence?

A buzz smashes into my skull momentarily as his spirit power pulses and I shrug it off with some demonic energy. This is the strongest challenger yet, but he is still far behind even Shea in quality of power from my estimates.

"And begin!" The announcer shouts and the spirit power disappears and so does the man as mist covers the field.

I turn on all seeing eye and watch as he tries to sneak to my left as fast as he can. I turn away from him to bait an attack and this actually causes him to freeze in place, either he has some brain or my acting is off.

Launching a jet of flames in his direction the fog gets dissipated as the flames cover half the stage. The signature of the man appears behind me, he has a teleporting skill, but how many times can he use it?

A torrent of water aimed at my neck stops in place as my power wraps around it and I hear the man gasp.

"How?!" I empower the water more and even summon some straight from the dead sea to grow it ten times the size, the Leviathan swims through the air like a Chinese dragon. The crowd roars in approval seeing the mighty beast made of water, the black of the water from the dead sea giving it an eerie vibe.

I feel his spirit power try to grasp control of the water from me and I snort, Leviathans in the world may have an affinity for water but this is the real deal. I mentally command the beast to defeat my foe and it jets through the air creating a black streak. My demonic energy imprints on him and I approach to help him stand.

"Here let me help you." I reach down and grab his unresponsive hand and place a tracking rune sequence on him with up to eight yaun, even if he finds it he would have to cut the hand for me to not be able to find him.

He recovers and even takes a Phenex tear, which causes my smile for the crowd to momentarily shift to a frown. If this is Broc's uncle the bad guy apart of blood fall I don't like him having my products like this.

I shake off the feeling when the announcer calls up the next challenger and make my way back to my start position.

"Is this right?" I hear the announcer whisper to someone on the side and getting a quick nod he returns to the mic. "The next challenger is none other than a prince from the bloody empire, Edmund Mammon!" The audience freezes and all eyes turn to the challenger, got to give it to him for having the guts to show up in an ' enemy ' empire to challenge the empress fiancée.

"let's have a good match, Edmund." I smile and play the nice guy and Edmund responds much how I wanted, with a sneer and a chin raise. He thinks he is some special cut of meat that is better just because of who his dad is. If I remember right he only reached demon overlord after his younger brother and was temporarily bullied by said brother while he was weaker.

I will leave him healthy, don't want to make it too easy for one brother to beat the other and end the civil war in bloody empire prematurely.