Author's Segment

High School DxD: Curse of the Red Dragon Emperor is officially the first story in the series with a possibility of sequels in future. However, this is the only story planned and running as of now and the future of the sequels would depend on the performance of this story alone.

About the story

The story follows the same premise as the original work of Ichiei Ishibumi and the same story up to the ending of the first volume. This story continues from the Raynare Arc (i.e., Volume 2) and loosely follows the same plot, but alters as it continues. A different history has been set up for the story that would be unraveled as the story goes on and dwells on the history of the Heavenly Dragons more.

Extended Summary

She was the heir of a powerful devil clan, I was just a lonely boy stuck in this new world. She let me live in her shadow, I continued to betray her in secret. All she needed was someone to be her salvation and redemption, and all I wanted was to be free of this curse.

"Because now that I am living in the world where only the strongest survive...I want to survive!"

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After being resurrected as a devil, his life was turned upside down. When the stubborn and rebellious Issei Hyoudou decided to go against the will of his own master, Rias Gremory, he wasn't anticipating that the price he would have to pay would be higher than anything he had ever faced.

The life of Asia Argento was saved at the cost of something deadlier than death itself, and Issei learned it the hard way when the curse of the Red Dragon Emperor was spelled upon him.

Destined to die a horrible death, the heart of Issei Hyoudou broke at his loss. His trust shattered and his will to live died along with it. The haunting nightmares hurt him the most and he gave up on the world.

But in the world where left nothing for him, Rias showed him the light of hope that still existed for him.

•§•

"You will struggle. You will be in pain. But you will fight. And you will win. For you serve Rias Gremory, the daughter of the great devil Zeoticus Gremory...live for my sake, Issei Hyoudou."

"Because I would not let my favorite servant be taken away from me."

Actual A/N + Ending Note

Originally known as the High School DxD: The Rise of the Legend, the idea was discarded entirely and then reforged from the beginning due to some negative criticism. Later titled High School DxD: Curse of the Red Dragon Emperor, the story was republished but was instantly put on a long-term hiatus due to insufficient planning and lack of motivation of the author. However, the author did occasionally work on it offline and managed to come up with a distinct and improved version of the plot for the story. This story will now be continued with no planning of abandoning it. However, since this story is not the author's top priority among the others (for fandoms Pokemon, Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed and Resident Evil), the exams the author has in March, April and May, and the hunt for a specific college, this story won't be updated during this period of time. Expect it to be continued sometime during early June 2018.

Regardless of it, it won't be left incompleted this time.

Discarding any previous chapters. a fresh and new prologue has been uploaded.

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