Chapter 170: Rating Game

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Chapter 170: Rating Game

Seeing as it was her turn, Chelsea took a deep breath as she started to walk forward while the girls had a fearful look in their eyes.

Seeing this, and knowing Chelsea's strength and weakness, Issei took Chelsea's hand, stopping her in her tracks.

As Chelsea turned towards Issei, she saw that he was barely holding his rage and fury at check, deciding that it would be smarter to be quiet then to provoke him even further.

Chelsea allowed him go past her, while she stood in place waiting to hear what he had to say or do.

"Lord Odin!" Issei said loudly getting the All-Father to look at him while stroking his chin.

"Yes, young Sekiryuutei?"

"If I can say something?" Issei asked which prompted a nod in response giving him the go ahead. "Chelsea isn't a fighter in a typical manner, she is more a Spy/Assassin type, so this fight that she and your chosen warrior will fight would be over very quickly in her defeat. And I think we already have shown our power to you and the other Gods of the Norse."

Issei said bluntly, making some Valkyries look at him with raised eyebrows while Kendo duo and Cassie had wide eyes at what Issei said, not believing in Chelsea's fighting skills.

Though while they wanted to protest, they were stopped by a sharp look from Lucy that told them to keep quiet.

"Hm...is that so..." Odin said calmly while stroking his beard.

Though while Odin was calm, Thor was fuming at Issei's way of speaking, and two victories that his team made against some of the best that they had.

"She will fig..." Thor started to say before he was interrupted by Arnett's scythe to his neck again.

"Thor. I thought I told you to not interfere in this, or do I have to cut you up for you to see it?"

Arnett asked in a threatening tone, that was clear to the Norse God of War that he was stepping his boundary a bit too much. Even he wasn't that dumb to go on the bad side of one of the strongest Valkyries in Asgard.

Especially if that Valkyr was a sadistic battle maniac, with a lot of Bloodlusts and was considered a prodigy among weapon users, with only Ingrid and Asuna barely managing to even come close to Arnett's battle prowess.

"Thor, I thought I told you to stop this foolish behavior. This was your idea to begin with it. Or do I need to teach you how to behave?"

Odin said as he turned towards his son, with his lone eye shining with power making Thor gulp a bit while nodding in fear at what his father might do.

With his lecture towards his son done, Odin once again turned towards Issei who was now even more furious, knowing that Thor was the one that made the girls that he cared for suffer. Clearing his thought, Odin spoke.

"I see your view young Sekiryuutei, the battle between Chelsea and Theodora will be counted as a victory for Asgard. But that doesn't mean that this contest of power is over. You and Lucifuge heir will have to fight."

"I see, and I thank you, Lord Odin." Issei said respectably while turning towards Chelsea, who looked a bit hurt.

"Come Chelsea." Issei told her as he hugged her, while she still had a sad look in her eyes as she could clearly tell that Issei thought of her as the weakest.

As they returned towards other girls, Issei let go of Chelsea, who was instantly hugged by Cassie while Murayama and Katase weakly got to her and hugged her also seeing the sad look in her eyes.

After a minute or so, Murayama let go of Chelsea and turned to Issei who was looking at Chelsea with a sad look.

Seeing him looking at her with that look made Murayama very angry, which was clear to Lucy, Katase, and Cassie who watched as Murayama grabbed Issei by the collar of his shirt and yank him closer to him.

"What is wrong with you!?" Murayama yelled in rage.

"Nothing is wrong with me Mura" Issei answered her calmly as he focused on her.

"Nothing, do you realize what you did to her!?" Murayama again yelled at him, only to be rewarded with the darkest and coldest look she had ever seen on Issei.

And if she was honest with herself she was turning pale and starting to fear for her life.

"What I did saved her life Murayama, or do you prefer to let her be slaughtered?" Issei asked coldly as he looked at all the girls who shiver by his look.

"What do you...mean by slaughtered?"

"What I mean is that Chelsea is no shape or form ready to fight an open field battle against someone that knows that she is there. If we are talking about a Rating game, where there is a lot of terrain and places to hide and ambush strike then yes, I would let her fight. In this scenario, she would be slaughtered by the opponent that has a clear advantage over her in power."

Issei explained getting the girls to widen their eyes at his explanation that made perfect sense.

"But why did you let Katase and me fight then?" Murayama asked wanting to know his response.

"He let you two fight because you are more adapted to fighting in close range. And since he knew that you got training from both my sister and me, gave him a bit of reassurance that you were even a bit more prepared to fight then Chelsea. No offense Chelsea, but with your gear and your way of fighting Issei made a right decision. Even though it was hard it was a right one. And it shows that he cares for you."

Lucy said as she finally decided to speak, making Murayama and Katase look at her.

While Chelsea looks at Issei with a tear in her eye but nevertheless she understood why he did what he did. And she was touched by his action.

"Really?"

"Really. If you haven't got Lucy's and Grayfia's training, I would have done the same thing to you two." Issei answered honestly getting a nod from Murayama who let go of him.