Disclaimer: I do not own The Gamer nor High School DxD. The belong to their respective owners. I only own my OCs and the original plot points or devices I implement in this piece of fanfiction to further it along. Enjoy the chapter. I don't have anything funny to add since I am dead tired and I only want to sleep… which I can because I have to learn all the bones, muscles, tendons, nerves, arteries and veins that make up the foot. It is more stuff than you might think it is. Do not underestimate the power of Human Anatomy.
Chapter ten: Roasted
"Hah."
That was the satisfied sound that escaped my lips as I leaned into the fancy couch of the master bedroom that was located on the top floor of Rias' country mansion where we were staying through the ten-days training trip that Riser had oh so thoughtfully given us to prepare Rias for a Rating Match that would decide whether she was going to marry him or not. It was surprising that he was still going after her even when it had been stated to him that Rias was no longer a virgin, spoiled goods if you want to be crass, but it had been explained to me that Riser's desire for Rias went further than her appearance, and Akeno's, for that matter. While that was like forty percent of the reason, marrying Rias also meant that Riser would have access to the more than substantial resources of the Gremory Clan, be it liquid money, properties, territories, political influence, etc.
It made me realize that what Riser had of idiocy, stupidity and arrogance, he also had it of ambitiousness, at least. Not that it meant that it was going to change a damn thing about how all was going to end.
It was because now I knew what Riser desired, and why he desired it, that I could enjoy with sick amusement what Rias and Akeno were doing between my parted legs. Kneeling there, with my erected cock sandwiched between their massive tits as they looked up at me with devoted adoration ad lust, the two of them had never looked so beautiful and sexy before. They shifted their bodies and pressed their tits together to bring me the highest amount of pleasure, heightening when they would wrap their luscious lips around the head of my cock and suck on it along with swirling their tongues around it and occasionally making out with the other with my gland in between the, just like they were doing know.
I sighed again and smirked almost evilly as I rubbed their silky hairs tenderly, grunting as their purrs increased the amount of pleasure I was feeling. I took my eyes away for a moment and turned towards the King-sized bed, where another seven reasons for me to feel proud of myself were in a catatonic state of euphoria, covered in my semen as they grinned stupidly in their unconsciousness. My harem and I had decided to end the training trip with a bang and boy was the orgy a BANG! I was immensely thankful for Gamer's Body because it prevented me for ever having friction burns, and the inherent toughness of my girls also prevented that for them. Those were NOT fun, believe me.
Anyways, the only females here that hadn't been a part of the fun were Koneko and Asia, who were sharing a room a in a floor below and there were reasons for that. While Asia was comfortable with kissing me, very passionately might I add, and with the fact that I had a harem, her mindset wasn't ready for what we got up to daily, now religiously for reasons I'm going to explain in a bit. Back to Asia, it wasn't like she needed to mature, because the things she had gone through had made sure that she was more mature than people twice her age. It was her perspective that needed to change but thankfully her new environment was making sure of that and I chuckled as I recalled her giving all my harem girls looks of enviousness and desire. It was amusingly cute.
I estimated, however, that it was not going to take long before Asia herself asked me to make her an official member of the harem by fucking her. It was a foregone conclusion and she was growing constantly, not only mentally and emotionally, but also physically. Thanks to the constant training I had her go through, her physical stats were in the sixties and she had reached Lvl 50, along with increasing her abilities in combat with her Light Pistol and Light Sword and the usage of Twilight Healing. Honestly, she was a very innocent and sexy terror when it came to fighting and she would only grow further. While her cheat of a Balance Breaker was not going to be attained in a long time, she became proficient enough with her Sacred Gear that he could, with some effort and a few minutes, regrow entire limbs. We tested it on Nazi Zombies, of course.
And the reasons for Koneko were obvious: She had opened up to me ten days ago, and while she was very clingy, flirty and cold be found more often than not sitting on my lap with her athletic lithe body pressed against mine as I petted her head or gave her massages to help her relax from training, we haven't expanded on that. The reason was because through Empathy, which I had running constantly on the background now, I felt that she still had some insecurities about herself and that she needed to sort them out before she could develop our relationship further, at least physically, because emotionally and mentally we have grown closer thanks to the time I spent with her helping with her Senjutsu training.
She had grown in leaps and bounds in the usage of Nature Arts and her mastery over it had taken her already monstrous strength to new heights. While she could use Senjutsu in conjunction with her club to make one of the strongest illusions I have ever seen, she could also use Senjutsu to strengthen her body and increase her perception abilities just like in 'Naruto'. Senjutsu also allowed for easier use of the elements, though Koneko didn't seem very kin on using them for some reason he refused to elaborate on and she had instead focused on recreating Tsunade's Superhuman strength… with varying degrees of success depending if she used Demonic Energy, Ki or Senjutsu… all of them terrifying. Koneko had been very happy with her progress and she even told me she felt ready to confront her sister Kuroka now, just in case things were really as she suspected them to be, which I knew they weren't and was the reason why I set her straight as soon as I could.
That had nothing to do with the fact that Kuroka more than likely would like to thank me for being the driving force behind her fixing her relationship with her dear Shirone nor the fact that her gratefulness was surely going to involve favors of the sexual kind. No sir, it had nothing to do with that at all.
The two of them, however, were not the only ones that grew a lot in the past ten days. All of us had grown a lot and the only male apart of me was not exception and I had to admit that even if I felt ambivalent, and almost scared, about that fact. Apparently, Kiba Yuuto had been more affected by Emiya Shirou's memories and if you took his past and mixed it with Kiba's own messed up past, then you've got yourself an individual that was more broken than even Emiya Shirou, and Kiba embraced that brokenness wholeheartedly. What scared me, was the fact that unlike Shirou, Kiba was not magically and physically limited because of him being a devil, a reincarnated Knight at that. His potential with his new mindset was practically limitless and those who fought him were going to get a very nasty surprise.
When Rias witnessed the effects of me meddling with her knight's psyche she had been ambivalent about the whole thing and more than slightly angry at me. While she couldn't deny that the results of what I did where more than what she desired for her peerage, to her it didn't justify the means I had gone through to get them. While Kiba was still his polite and charming self, there was now something distinctly… fake… about the way he acted. By no means Kiba was now a sociopath that was constantly dreaming about killing everyone, and all of us knew it, but it was like Kiba didn't care about the world or whether he lived or died, and that unnerved everyone that interacted with him now. To me it didn't really matter much since the stronger Kiba was the more useful he was going to be in the future, and while Rias realized that, it didn't stop her from being mad at me.
On a completely unrelated note, Angry sex with a she-devil was fucking awesome.
Now moving onto the ones occupying the room and the first ones that came to mind were Rias' pawns: Hana, Mina and Miko. Hana, who was had worked mainly on increasing her fighting experience, abilities with her Ogre Hammer and her newfound Earth Affinity, had managed to implement all of that into an effective fighting style that she could use both fighting alone and/or in tandem with her fellow peerage members. When she promoted, she usually did so into a Queen, because like that she kept the balance of abilities that were characteristic of her. Also, since she was only tied to 'The Game' loosely because she was part of my harem, she couldn't increase her skills independently from her level, which meant that both of them were tied. Because of this, Hana was currently Lvl 47.
Miko and Mina managed to become even more deadly due to their increase in speed, strength and experience as the training regime I worked out for them focused on those points in their training. They were virtually unbeatable and the had seemingly finally settled for the swords they were going to use. Miko decided to use the Nuibari or a non-descript wakizashi, as those types of blades complimented her speed-type fighting style and her newly found lightning affinity. Mina, surprisingly, had a fire affinity and she used the Kubikirihocho or a zweihander of her own creating to deal explosive amount of damage that highly complimented Miko's precise style. When they promoted, unsurprisingly, Miko promoted usually into Knight and Mina into Rook, because while the Queen Promotion gave boost to STR, DEX and MP, Knight gave slightly more DEX and Rook gave slightly more STR, which they preferred. They were both Lvl 48.
Aika also grew a lot and I daresay that she was the one that grew the most. Like she had claimed, she had an average affinity for all the main elements and if you mixed that with her strategical mind and the enhancements that came with daily sex with me, you got one hell of a Bishop. She used the elements of wind, fire and lightning to directly attack her opponents from a distance and the earth element to also attack and defend, along with defenses of pure mana. She was also working on magical barrier and enhancements for her fellow peerage members but she needed to study more if she wanted to become proficient enough in those areas. She had reached, like Asia, Lvl 50, because of sheer versatility and her mindset. To put into perspective, Aika could beat Hana, Miko and Mina individually, she could fight two of them at the same time into a stalemate, yes even including the perfect duo of Miko and Mina, and it took a while for the three of them to beat Aika.
Raynare, Kalawarner and Mittelt had not grown in Lvl, since they were a part of the 'Game' now as members of my Peerage and they needed to kill monsters and complete quests to increase their levels, but they had certainly increased their effectiveness and the amount of skills available to them. I was going to start increasing the Lvl of ID Create in order to have stronger enemies which we could use to increase our levels, fighting ability and experience. That was going to start after I dealt with Riser.
I smirked and looked down to see Akeno and Rias only using their mouths and tongues, with Rias bobbing up and down her head languidly as she looked up at me with lust filled eyes while Akeno lapped at my balls like some bitch in heat… which wasn't too far away from the truth. Anyways, while that filled me with a huge amount of pride, it was the words above their heads that really drove home how far I've come ever since arriving here.
Akeno Himejima. Lvl 107.
The Masochist Priestess of Thunder
Rias Gremory. Lvl 109.
The Ruin Princess of Destruction
Both of them had grown a lot, Akeno more than Rias but the latter was still more powerful and dangerous than the former just because of the powers they held. Akeno's lightning abilities had shoot to the roof and along with creating new spells and improving the effectiveness of old ones, she had also managed to use lghning to increase her reflexes and cognitive responses, making her an absolute nightmare to face. She had also increased her abilities to fight in close quarters after I pointed out how she was never sure to keep her distance when fighting. Currently she was working on recreating Lanza del Relampago, the Raiton no Yoroi and Kirin. Eventually, I was going to convince her of using Holy Lightning, but I was going to wait for the ordeal Baraqiel to happen so the convincing would go more smoothly.
And finally, Rias increased the amount of magic she possessed by quite a lot, which resulted in the number of things she could do with her incredibly versatile Power of Destruction. Like Akeno, Rias was also a long-range fighter mainly because her power gave her that option naturally. I, however, managed to convince her to increase her abilities in close combat and gave her a lot of ideas on how she could apply her powers. And I only had two words to describe it in a way you could understand what she could do now: Chakra Cloak. Also, like Aika, Rias had an average affinity for all the elements and I not so subtly recommended her to combine her Power of Destruction with the elements she could use. Rias had been rather happy with the possibilities and she had expressed her sentiments… thoroughly… heheh.
And speaking of girls expressing their feelings of happiness and satisfaction towards me through sex, had also allowed me to grow in an extent I previously thought to be implausible. I deduced that because this was the DxD world, the Gamer Ability, which interacted with reality itself, was inherently perverted, meaning that I as 'The Gamer' was rewarded through doing perverted acts, like having a Harem and having kinky orgies daily with the members of said harem. Because of this I managed to focus only on increasing the level of my skills and my stats and still gain more XP in a day because actively having sex with the members of my harem gave me XP along with the XP that having a harem gave me passively. At the moment, the amount of daily XP I received was 134,000, 64,000 passively and 70,000 for actively having sex with all of them, which I did. That amounted for 1,340,000 XP in ten days.
I grunted and then groaned as Akeno and Rias tenderly massaged my balls as my dick spammed with my orgasm, thick boy milk shooting from my dick and covering their happy faces in semen and they cooed happily when it landed on their waiting tongues. After my orgasm ended, Rias and Akeno turned to face the other and began to languidly make out, swapping semen and saliva in a sexy lesbian display that was done both for my benefit and the fact that Rias and Akeno were attracted to the other.
It was at that moment that the clock in my HUD hit 00:00 hours and a series of notifications appeared in front of me and my smirk widened.
Quest Completed! Rias' Contract Invalidation! Congratulations! You have gained 150,000 XP!
Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one!
I sighed in content as the increase in power settled and I was glad of the fact that the quest only needed for me to help Rias and her peerage become strong enough to beat Riser, not that they needed to beat him in order for it to be completed. And even I could see it: Rias and her peerage were strong enough to beat him if they played it smart and since I had been working on strategic and tactical thinking with all of them, victory was more than assured. I just hoped that Rias could force a 'Checkmate' on Riser. It was a technical victory and the most insulting way one could win a Rating Game. And to force it you just needed to leave the King as the only opposing piece alive. After that, Riser's pride would do the rest the moment he becomes aware of that fact that Rias beat him because of me, the same person that took her virginity and the reason why the marriage contract between them was voided in the first place. I hope you are proud of my scheming and manipulations, Aizen-sempai!
As Rias and Akeno finished making out and went back again to serving me orally, I turned towards the mirror and my smirk turned into a fanged grin as my green eyes glowed ominously, something I could see because of the reflection. What really had my attention, though, were the words that hung over my head.
Issei Hyoudou. Lvl 69.
The King
What a wonderful level to have after spending ten days grinding XP through orgies, wouldn't you think? Anyways, why don't we go further in detail so you know what kind of shit-storm is heading Riser's way?
Let's start with my stats and the skills that affect them passively. I had managed to increase my stats to almost 100 through physical exercise and while I had the points to finally give them the last push, I wanted to save them for later. Anyways, my base STR was 96, my base VIT was 98 and my base DEX was 97. However, because I increased the skills Hand-To-Hand Combat to Lvl 80 which gave STR and DEX a passive bonus of 80% now, plus all the other unimplied bonuses to them, I had now a 150% bonus to both DEX and STR. And then in came Meditation with its bonuses to VIT, INT and WIS. The skill turned out to be better than what I expected because when it had reached Lvl 50 it had become easier to level with the more skills I used while the skill was activated. Because of that, I managed to increase the Lvl of meditation to 90 and reaped all the bonuses that came with it. Now VIT had a bonus to its base of 180%, INT had a bonus of 120% and WIS had a bonus of 110%. That translated to me being OP as fuck for my Lvl and I am still not giving any fucks about it. Also, I increased Iron Skin to Lvl 75, which resulted in the skill giving me 13 DP per second it was activated. And since I had it running for ten days straight, well, you do the math.
All my other, combat oriented, skills grew a lot and they were close to reaching Lvl Max, which I believed was 100. None of my skill had reached that threshold, well, except for the ones that were already at Lvl Max when I acquired them, not even Psychokinesis which was basically my go to skill nowadays. I just hoped that going from Lvl 99 to Lvl Max wasn't like that Strategy MMORPG, Dofus, in which you had to gain all the XP you gained from Lvl 1 to Lvl 199 to go from Lvl 199 to Lvl 200. It was bullshit and something told me that maxing out my skills was going to be just like that. I could smell it and taste it. The Gamer Ability was too god to be true and it needed to have some drawbacks.
But well, if I could beat a fucking immortal devil chicken on steroids without using Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker, which I already achieved, I couldn't really complain too much, right?
DxD: Gamer
"I know that this is an important event for the Gremory Clan and the Phenex Clan, but I didn't think it would merit making a show out of it unless…" trailed off Sona Sitri idly as she crossed her arms under her perky bust as she stood next to me on one of the observation box of the gigantic coliseum that was going to be the location for the Rating Game between Rias and Riser. Tsubaki was standing next to her as she was Sona's Queen but there was no sign of her peerage since they had stayed in the Human World to watch what transpired from there.
I gave them a look and momentarily looked at the words above their heads.
Tsubaki Shinra. Lvl 106.
Reflection of the Mirror's Edge
Sona Sitri. Lvl 108.
The Flowing Water Devil Princess
It seemed like Rias was not the only one that grew stronger in the past weeks.
I shrugged my shoulders. "It is to be expected, I guess. It's a politically savvy move from both the Gremory and the Phenex. If Riser wins other clans would know not to mess with them and that they always got what they wanted in the end and If Rias wins then the Gremory will get demonstrate that they didn't seek the marriage out of desperation but rather out of sympathy and to truly strengthen the Devil Race, since Rias will prove to be capable on besting a Devil many years her senior that has a complete peerage and years of experience as advantages. Nothing too shocking, really."
Sona nodded her head with small, excited smile on her beautiful face. "I though as much. I love politics."
I shook my head with an amused chuckle and a shake of my head. "You are the first person I hear saying that who actually means it. Anyways, thank you for bringing me here as a special guest. I really wanted to be here."
Sona turned towards me, her smile turning slightly sultry. "Of course, Ise-kun. It is the least I can do for the man that helped my best friend and rival get the opportunity to decide for herself what she wanted. It took a few favors but I hope the compensation you are going to give me more than makes up for it."
I smirked at her, inclined my head in agreement and chuckled when both Sona and Tsubaki shivered at the promise that my gaze held. Unlike in canon, the Rating Games was going to be held in the Underworld and it had become a public thing. I was sure this was because how the events turned out in the first place with my interference and how Rias reacted to them. The Phenex's pride had been hurt and they wanted retribution while still getting what they wanted. The Gremory were not amused by that or the way Rias conducted herself, and the new arrangements worked in favor of everyone except Rias' if she lost, which she was not going to do. The Underworld was an unforgiving place, even if it was run by a siscon like Sirzerchs.
Speaking of the Underworld, even if I was expecting it, it was still amusing to see that what Human knew as Hell was very different from how it was depicted. Instead of a barren wasteland filled with fire and brimstone and ugly demons and devils gangraping 'sinners', the Underworld looked pretty much like the Human world albeit more industrialized, with a purple sky with two red (And surely artificial) suns and no large bodies of water to speak off. The little I could see while going from the Sitri State to the Coliseum was quite beautiful and I wouldn't mind moving to the Underworld after everything was solved. That was a few years into the future unfortunately and there were still a few bad guys to kill and more than a few women to acquire for my harem.
Today, however, I was going to take a step further into becoming a known force in the Supernatural World. The Gremory and The Phenex knew of me because me being directly involved in the messing up of the marriage contract between Riser and Rias, but they knew jack shit of I was capable off. I was sure that Rias had not told anyone, both because there wasn't a reason for her to do so and because I had asked her not to so I could reveal myself on my terms. And I was sure that Riser's pride was not going to let him admit what he had felt when we had met and I had used Magical Pressure on him. For that I needed Rias to win and then announce that I was the reason behind her win.
Riser was going to do the next on his own.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome!"
I looked up at the sound of the powerful and youthful voice and my more than sharp eyesight focused on the crimson haired and admittedly handsome man that stood grandly on the highest viewing point of the stadium. He had green blue eyes and was wearing golden and black armor over a white shirt and black pants. I knew exactly who that man was and the fact that Grayfia stood behind him in silent exasperation as he spread his arms and the words hanging above his head only served to confirm what was obvious.
Sirzechs "Lucifer" Gremory. Lvl ?
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I focused my Mana Sense skill on him and my eyes widened at the absurd amount of magical power this guy had. Many times my own couldn't even start describing the amount of power Sirzechs held and that made me feel even more jealous of him for a second before Gamer's Mind squashed the unnecessary emotion. It was going to take a few more months to become powerful enough that I could steal Grayfia away from him and have her join my harem, though. A fact that made me pout in an admittedly childish fashion.
I ignored the raised eyebrow Sona directed my way and turned towards Sirzechs as he continued to address the thousands of devils that had come to watch the Rating Game. "We have gathered here today to behold the outcome of the feud between Riser Phenex and my cute little sister Rias Gremory! As you should know, Rias was engaged to Riser, a decision that was taken to secure my sister's wellbeing in the future along with advancing the Devil Race! Rias, however, was against it since she felt we were taking away her right to choose, which while true, was not an excuse for her to have committed the actions she did to compromise the engagement contract," he said and I could see he was amused by everything if the grin on his face was anything to go by.
"Anyways, Riser refused to not marry my Ria-tan, and with good reason as she's the cutest!" He began to gush and I think everyone in the stadium sweat dropped when Grayfia smacked him harshly over the head with a deadpan look on her beautiful face. Sirzechs coughed into his fist and got back in track. "Ahem, as I was saying: Riser decided he could ignore Rias' transgressions and requested for the marriage contract to be re-enacted and as you would guess it, Ria-tan refused, claiming that she already choose someone as her lover and that someone is standing right next to Sona Sitri! He is the one with the strange magic signature!"
I thanked Gamer's Mind as the attention was called my way as Sirzechs pointed directly at me and I found myself at the end of more than five thousand curious stares. I looked at Sirzechs passively, my face giving away nothing and I thanked my lucky stars that Sirzechs wasn't mad at me for deflowering his precious little sister. Should that been the case, notifications windows about bloodlust would've popped out like crazy as it levelled. I honestly thought that Sirzechs was more amused at the whole ordeal than anything else which spelled god news for my continued existence.
"At least he is confident and strong! I approve, Ria-tan!" He turned towards his Queen when she coughed into her hand and gave him a pointed look that had him laughing nervously. "Erm, yeah, Rias refused to the reenacting of the marriage contract and both parties agreed to having a Rating Game to decide whether Rias marries Riser or not! This way, Rias will also prove to our family that she has become strong enough to not need our meddling in her life! With that said, let the Rating Game begin!"
The crowd roared as Sirzechs pulled back with a grin as he ignored his exasperated Queen's scolding. I turned my attention to the Arena, which was at the moment a plain black terrain that stretched across the circumference of the stadium. I leaned forward when I saw two metallic automatic doors opening and from them stepped the participants of the upcoming fight. Leading her peerage was Rias, looking confident and defiant, and leading an almost robotic group was Riser, looking arrogant and smug., as if he had already won. Boy, was he for a rude awakening.
Rias and her peerage looked ready for war, something which I had suggested in order for them to show that they were taking this seriously, which gave them points in their favor. Rias was wearing a tight, block tracksuit and her elbows and knees were covered in pads that matched her hair and she was also wearing crimson and black sneakers. Akeno was wearing her 'Priestess of Thunder' outfit and she was already sporting a sadistic smile and a blush on her face. Koneko was wearing tight red shorts and a white tight shirt, her forearms and hands were wrapped in bandages and her club was strapped to her back as she looked on impassively. Kiba was wearing a vest made of silver over a blue sweater and over his black pants were other protective equipment also made of silver that made him look like an actual knight. Aika had wrapped around her a dark purple robe and on her head was a magician's hat that matched her robe and she was holding her staff loosely. Miko and Mina had on their kendo clothes sans helmet and Hana was just wearing sport clothes, her hammer strapped to her back.
As Rias and Riser stepped forward in order to exchange pre-battle shit-talk, I focused on Riser's peerage and smirked as I saw their levels. Just like I had been expecting, really, and I didn't even bother on using Observe since I was already aware of what they could do.
Mira. Lvl 40.
Riser's Pawn.
Shuriya. Lvl 44.
Riser's Pawn.
Bürent. Lvl 43.
Riser's Pawn.
Marion. Lvl 43.
Riser's Pawn.
Ni. Lvl 48.
Riser's Pawn.
Li. Lvl 48.
Riser's Pawn.
Ile. Lvl 46.
Riser's Pawn.
Nel. Lvl 46.
Riser's Pawn.
Xuelan. Lvl 62.
Riser's Rook.
Isabela. Lvl 63.
Riser's Rook.
Siris. Lvl 63.
Riser's Knight.
Kalarmine. Lvl 67.
Riser's Knight.
Mihae. Lvl 65.
Riser's Bishop.
Ravel Phenex. Lvl 95.
Fieriest Phoenix Tsundere
Yubelluna. Lvl 105.
Riser's Queen.
To sum it up, while Riser definitely had Rias beat in quantity, she more than made up for it in quality and as I brought up the more detailed status pages of the fifteen members of Riser's peerage, I realized that Rias only needed to follow the plan we came up with and she was easily going to win this. The only ones that were going to present an issue were Ravel, Yubelluna and Riser himself, but if all went according to plan, Riser was not even going to launch an attack before he lost.
When Rias and Riser finished exchanging 'pleasantries', which resulted in Riser still looking smug but a tad annoyed now, while Rias looked focused and sure of herself, which she should, to show that she was confident in her abilities, Grayfia floated to the middle of the arena as many projected screens appeared, all of the showing the participants from an 'over the shoulder' view, just as if it was a videogame in third person. In the middle of the arena, right next to Grayfia, there were four screens that showed the entire arena from different angles, which I was sure would change to show the action depending on the theme that was chosen for the battleground.
Grayfia raised one hand above her and the crowd grew silent. "I will be acting as proctor! The Rating Game between Rias Gremory and Riser Phenex will follow the standard rules! To the participants, remember to not use immediately lethal techniques, as this is not a Death Match! If that is understood, then let the Rating Game begin! The battleground will be…" she trailed off as she turned towards the screen next to her, which suddenly showed a city with many buildings. It honestly resembled New York from my world, I have to admit. "Urban!"
The moment she declared that, the arena rippled and it suddenly looked bigger than before. It previously had a radius of 1km but it was now easily three times that. As buildings and streets started to appear, I used Observe on the Arena and it told me that the phenomenon that just happened was due to a magic seal that could alter a prepared and linked space to make it bigger than it was. Basically, an expanding charm from Harry Potter, but in seal mode. It was very convenient and with Observe I think I could replicate it. I was, however, going to loom in acquiring a seal making skill first in order to maximize the effectiveness of it.
"Begin!"
I focused all my attention on the Rating Game the moment Grayfia declared the official start of the battle and luckily for us, Riser acted the way we predicted. He arrogantly sent his Pawns in pairs to scout ahead with orders to engage any member of Rias' peerage in order to sacrifice them with the purpose of tiring Rias' peerage, so his more powerful pieces could deal the real damage. It was an acceptable strategy in most circumstances, and outright deadly against Rias' peerage had I not trained them. However, since I did train them for ten straight days, something this basic was never going to work.
Just like we planned, Rias sent Hana, Miko, Mina and Aika to deal with the pawns, using Akeno's and Rias Familiars to scout and find their targets for them, and they did so spectacularly, picking them off two by two in a matter of less than two minutes. The first ones to fall were Mira and Shuriya and they did so in less than five seconds because they were caught off guard. Then Bürent and Marion followed, taking a few more seconds because they were warier after the defeat of their fellow pawns. After them were Ile and Nel, who took even longer to defeat but they still fell as they were overwhelmed by three pawns and a bishop and the same happened with Li and Ni. It was so fast that Riser couldn't react before all of his pawns were defeated and forced out of the game.
Now he only had his Bishops, Knights, Rooks and Queen and his pawns were defeated before they could cause minimal danger. Riser was understandably angered, so he sent all his remaining pieces except for Ravel and Yubelluna, who stayed by his side, trying to calm him down before he committed a mistake but it was already too late.
Rias responded by sending out Koneko and Kiba, both of whom could easily take on two enemies at the time. For some reason, Kiba went directly to face Siris and Kalarmine, Riser's Knights, while Koneko went to face Xuelan and Isabela, Riser's Rooks. While that happened, Hana, Miko and Mina used promotion into their preferred pieces and with Aika they went and faced Mihae, one of Riser's Bishop. Kiba and Koneko easily dealt with their opponents, Koneko thanks to the use of her Magical Club and new Senjutsu abilities and Kiba due to his new skill with swords and the ability to use psychokinesis to basically do whatever he wanted with his swords. Mihae was also defeated but not before she knocked Hana, Miko and Mina out of the fight, which was taken into account in our planning, meaning that things still were going as we were expecting.
Seeing this, Riser became understandably enraged so he charged forward, Ravel and Yubelluna hot on his tail and that was Rias' and Akeno's cue to act. While Aika, Kiba and Koneko engaged Ravel, Akeno went after Yubelluna and Rias faced Riser directly, her purpose was to distract him long enough for the remaining members of her peerage to beat Riser's last two members to force the Checkmate.
The fight between Aika, Kiba and Koneko and Ravel was closer than what I was comfortable with. She managed to defeat Aika practically at the beginning of the fight and she also beat Koneko before she was subdued by Kiba, who used his Flash Freeze sword to cancel her fire momentarily and then he knocked her out while she was distracted, using his speed to manage it before she was back to burning everything around her. Thankfully, Akeno managed to handle her fight better as she matched Yubelluna's explosive attacks with her own lightning ones, slowly increasing the power without Yubelluna noticing until it was too late and she was it by a beam of lightning that distracted her long enough for Akeno to finish her off with a literal lightning bolt that fell from the cloudless sky.
Rias grinned the moment Yubelluna's defeat was announced and she pointed at the pale Riser. "Checkmate," she declared victoriously as Kiba and Akeno appeared by her side. While Akeno's fingers began to cackle with electricity as she smiled sadistically at him while hundreds of swords suddenly appeared floating in the air, all of them pointing at Riser, after Kiba waved his arm around. Rias smiled cheekily at him. "I do believe this is my win, right?"
Riser began to tremble in rage as the destroyed urban world around them began to disintegrate, all the screens declaring Rias the winner of the Rating Game as the crowd howled in approval for the intense but clearly almost one-sided match, which had showed just how superior Rias was to Riser in every aspect, which was our goal.
"How… how… how is this possible?! I am stronger than you! And I am more experienced than you! This doesn't make any sense!" He screamed in rage, spittle flying from his mouth as all over his body embers began to appear, letting smoke trail towards the sky as Riser's rage increased.
Alright, Rias. Do your part and help Riser dig his own grave.
Rias scoffed as she crossed her arms under her gigantic bust as she gave Riser a condescending look. "While you might be stronger than me, Riser, my peerage, despite being incomplete and missing one of its members, is significantly stronger than yours. The only members of your peerage that could pose a real threat are Ravel and Yubelluna, and we planned accordingly for that, using your own arrogance against you," she then grinned lustfully and she directed a look in my direction and I made sure to share her smile and wave cheekily at Riser the moment he followed her gaze. "It also helped that Ise-kun was more than willing to help me. I am one of his girls after all," she declared without shame, shocking everyone that was not aware of the fact that it had been with me that Rias had broken the agreement between the Phenex and the Gremory.
Riser snarled as he finally snapped as his wings of fire appeared as his magic power rose in accordance with his anger and hate. Several pop ups of bloodlust detected appeared and I mentally dismissed them as I focused on Riser, waiting for him to do what I was expecting someone like him would do if they were faced with a similar situation.
"YOU! YOU MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF MEDDLESOME SHIT! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING FOR ME! NOT ONLY ONCE YOU STOPPED ME FROM GETTING A HIGHER STANDING IN THE DEVIL RACE AND STOLE MY PROMISED WOMAN AWAY FROM ME ONCE, BUT TWICE! I WILL SHOW YOU! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DEATH BATTLE! RIGHT HERE! RIGHT NOW!"
I cocked my head to the side as I felt almost everyone looking in my direction, waiting with batted breath for my response. While on the outside my poker face was fooling everyone, on the inside I was grinning a 'Joker' grin. Gamer's Mind helped me control my facial expression thankfully, but it became rather difficult when a quest pop up appeared in front of me.
New Quest! The Not So Epic Fall of the Immortal Chicken!
Riser Phenex, in a fix of righteous and indignant anger, has challenged you to a Death Battle, in which, obviously, the only outcome is the death of one of the two involved in the challenge! Riser, however, made a terrible miscalculation and it is time for you to reveal yourself as a force to be reckoned with! It is time for the world to know that the Red Dragon Nephilim Emperor King is not to be messed with.
Objectives: Kill Riser Phenex in the most flamboyant and epic manner possible.
Rewards: 200000 XP. Riser's Peerage and everything he owns becomes yours. Greatly increased closeness with Devil Faction. Greatly increased closeness with Fallen Angel Faction. Greatly increased closeness with Riser's Peerage. Greatly increased closeness with Gremory Clan.
Failure: Death.
I used psychokinesis to hit the accept bottom as I shrugged my shoulders almost uncaringly. "Sure. Why not?"
DxD: Gamer
Riser and I stood in the middle of the arena, which stood unchanged as the battleground themes only were used for Rating Games. While Riser stood there, a mix of a snarl and an arrogant grin on his face, as fire would suddenly flare randomly from different parts of his body in a clear attempt of intimidation, which didn't work whatsoever, I stood a few dozen yards away from him still looking like I couldn't care less, even though on the inside I was shaking with eagerness. I was wearing my cloak over a long sleeved white shirt and dark blue jeans, knowing that I needed everything I had if I wanted to beat Riser.
I used Observe on him and I wasn't surprised at what I saw.
Riser Phenex. Lvl 117.
The Phoenix… Not… Almost… But Not.
Special Trait: Immortal. As long as Riser has MP he cannot be killed.
HP: 22000/22000
MP: 8075/8075
STR: 420
VIT:412
DEX: 245
INT: 89
WIS: 43
LUCK: 21
Riser is the third, and youngest, son of the Phenex Family and the second-youngest sibling in the family, Ravel Phenex being the youngest. A few years ago, Riser pushed in favor for an arranged marriage with Rias Gremory, believing that with marrying her he would also have access to her Queen, Akeno Himejima.
Current emotions: Humiliated anger and hate.
Opinion about you: He hates you, plain and simple. Oh! And he wants to kill you, too.
There was not denying that Riser Phenex was strong, but, his strength was relative a completely dependent on his status as an Immortal and all the benefits it gave him. While he was more durable and strong than my base form without my passives, even without enhancing myself I would be capable of defeating him because of my higher mental capabilities and higher speed (DEX) along with the amount of choices I had available to me, along with the versatility that The Gamer ability bestowed upon me.
Riser was already dead, he just didn't know it yet.
Cue the start of "Anger – Naruto OST".
"I'm going to enjoy this," he said, grinning arrogantly as he crouched, obviously preparing to charge at me headfirst. I cocked my head to the side. "After I'm done killing you I'm going to make Rias and her queen… MINE!" He shouted before his muscles flexed, the earth beneath him cracked and the air rippled as he shot towards me at speeds that two weeks ago I would've been hard pressed to even comprehend. Now? It disappointed me.
Riser reached me in less than a second and threw a wild punch towards my face with his right hand and I just tilted my head the side to avoid his attack, my hair being ruffled by the pressure created by his punch. Riser then attempted a kick towards my mid-section but I evaded it easily enough by stepping back once. A reverse punch was also evaded by ducking under it and taking another step back to keep the distance between us.
"STAY STILL! MOTHERFUCKER!" He bellowed his insult as he began to deliver a barrage of punches and kicks, trying to pummel me into the ground. As I evaded his attacks graciously ad with a fluidity only seen in dancers, I wondered why he wasn't attacking me with Fire or even Wind magic and after a second I realized the answer. I shoved my hands into my pockets as a roundhouse kick passed over my head. It was pride, Riser didn't want to be seen as forced to use his most powerful weapon against someone he already declared inferior to him. It was expected of someone like him so it didn't surprise me.
Riser growled and I felt the air growing warmer as the air heated around me and the Phenex Heir because his anger was making him lose control of his magic because he realized that I was toying with him. It was obvious to anyone who was watching the fight. Riser was trying to attack me with physical attacks using all his might and I, without any visible strain, was evading all of his attacks with my hands on my pockets and my expression not changing from the blank look I decided I would adopt from now on. It served to unnerve the enemy and also keep them guessing on what I was going to do, since facial expressions could give away your intentions in a fight.
Since I want to prolong this fight for as long as I can to show everyone here that I am the real deal, I began to respond to Riser's attacks after it was clear that I was just humoring him. I blocked a kick he directed at my left midsection by lifting my left leg and letting h our two appendages meet with each other with a meaty thud that kicked off some dust and generated a small shockwave. I capitalized on Riser's shocked and pained face at what I suspected was him feeling like what a normal human would feel like when they hit a brick wall and with the same leg that I had up I directed a frontal kick towards Riser's stomach.
The blond heir of the Phenex Clan was sent flying away, dust railing on his wake as he bounced off the dirt of the arena until he managed to right himself and I smirked a little as I saw his strained expression as he hunched over and cradled his abdomen. I raised an eyebrow at him. "Can't take a little love tap, birdie?" I asked with fake concern, not being surprised when after a second Riser seemed to have regained his health and his HP bar confirmed it as it grew back to full after some of his mana was used.
Riser snarled and I saw the air shimmering with heat as anger and hate began to overtake him. "Do you dare mock me, mongrel?!" He bellowed and I raised an eyebrow when his wings of fire and wind exploded from his back and scorched the earth beneath him as the air in the arena grew warm. I noticed that some spectators were uncomfortable due to the heat but to me it was only enough to be aware of it. I put all my attention back to Riser as he crouched like at the beginning of the fight. "Do not believe yourself my equal!" He shouted and using his wings like rockets, he launched himself towards me at speeds that while impressive were nothing that I couldn't handle.
Cue end of "Anger – Naruto OST".
Cue start of "Inside the Fire – Disturbed". Man, I love these BGMs.
I locked eyes with Riser and finally let the smirk I had been feeling ever since I arrived to the arena appear. "I never said I was your equal, Riser Phenex." I laughed deeply, almost like in the beginning of the song that was playing in my ears and I saw his angered face becoming unnerved as he saw my lack of concern over what was an admittedly powerful attack. That uneasiness turned into shock when I, with a loud bang and a shockwave that cracked the earth, stopped his charge with my bare palm meeting his flaming fist. I lost 1% of my DP but there wasn't visible sign of any other thing happening as I held Riser's fist with my hand.
With our eyes still locked and the crowd silent in what I hoped was awe at a completely unknown being handing his ass to a prominent member of the Phenex Clan, one of the remaining 72 Pillars of the Underworld, my smirk widened as my hand tightened around Riser's fist and his eyes widened in pain as the bones of his hand broke, unable to handle my gripping force. "Let me show you that it is you who is not my equal."
I activated Dragonic Fire Aura, my crimson, orange and yellow flames outmatching the output of his and I laughed as I saw my fire start burning his, clearly showing that I wielded the stronger flames by far. I let go of Riser and he was not stupid enough to stay close to a flame that burned others with its strength. I saw Riser with an horrified look on his sweaty face and burning hand, which was healing, and I hoped that he was seeing the Dragonslayer effect in which only a black shadow of my body could be seen with glowing, menacing round eyes staring directly at him.
With my control over the flames, I directed them to form a twisting storm of fire around me that obscured me from sight. I turned inwards and contacted Ddraig. "Are you ready, partner?"
I heard an annoyed grumble as after a second Ddraig answered my question. Yes. I am. I have been ready ever since you manifested the Boosted Gear the first time, You know? It was kind of insulting that you only deigned to use it to train and while it is impressive that you achieved Balance Breaker in less than a month, and the fact that making your base form stronger will only make the use of Boosted Gear deadlier makes sense, it doesn't excuse your neglect, partner!
I rolled my eyes. "Alright, alright, you big baby. I promise that from now on if I can see the Lvl of an opponent I will use the Boosted Gear immediately. Happy?"
Ddraig huffed. For now. Let's do this, then. Ugh. Ddraig, I love you, really, I do, but can be such a spoiled brat sometimes.
I rolled my eyes but otherwise continued on. "Boosted Gear." I intoned, purposely making my voice be heard all over the arena and with such an ominous tone to it that I was sure than more than one shuddered. Unseeing by everyone else, my version of the Boosted Gear appeared around me, the vest and gauntlet portions of it were covering the upper part of the cloak, only leaving the hood of it free to perform its purpose if needed. The flaring ends of the cloak were undisturbed by the wicked boots of the set.
Then, to add to the image I wanted to create, I used Magical Pressure with enough MP to make the earth around the entire arena tremble and make my magical presence be felt from kilometers away. As I did that, I dismissed the flames, revealing my form to the masses. I heard gasps of shock and mutters of awe as they saw the sleek and wicked Boosted Gear covering my form but the reaction I enjoyed the most was Riser's shaking body and the suddenly pale tone of his skin as he finally realized just how much he had fucked up. But, oh well, it was time for him to assume the consequences of his actions and words.
And for him, the consequence was death.
I flexed my clawed fingers and turned towards Riser. "Boost," I said clearly and slipped into Flash Step. From the perspective of everyone except from more than likely Sirzechs, Grayfia and the ones that were close to the Ultimate Class Devil level, I disappeared and appeared behind Riser with a crack of displaced air, the thing was that I was holding Riser's right arm in my hand which I had ripped off from its socket. It took Riser a few seconds to realize what happened and when he did, he screeched in pain as flaming blood gushed from his wound but even now I could see his regeneration working to heal him.
Even though it was going to be pointless for Riser, I was not going to let him Recover so I slipped into Flash Step again and appeared crouched in front of him with another crack, and before Riser could even realize it I delivered a rising kick to his chin in the same fashion Rock Lee from Naruto would and I sent him flying directly upwards, the earth cracking and a shockwave generating due to the force of the attack. I also heard a few of Riser's neck bones cracking because of his head being thrown back with such force and so unexpectedly. His HP declined rapidly until it was at 20% before it began to go back up as his MP depleted rapidly.
That was his regeneration working but I have to admit that Riser was a tough one but that was as far I was going to go in complimenting him. I looked up as he continued to rise and I made a show of displaying my magnificent (In my humble opinion) wings and flapped them once before I disappeared with another Flash Step and appeared with another crack a few dozen yards above Riser, who was still going but since I managed to put myself going in his opposite direction with the enhancement of Flash Step, I met Riser halfway and grabbed him by his face and broke his neck again as I forced another abrupt change of direction.
I watched as his HP bar reached 15% before it began to refill again before I chuckled and shook my head as I looked down at the helpless Riser, whose eyes were still glazed over because of the pain even of his arm was already regenerated a few centimeters pass his elbow. "Flaming Claw of the Red Dragon," I uttered and my hand ignited in a swirling maelstrom of flames that due to the speed I was forcing us to go down back to earth, covered us in a twister of crimson, orange and yellow fire.
Riser screamed in pain for a few seconds as he was burned with Dragon Fire but his cries of pain ended abruptly as he finally reached the ground and I shoved him head first towards the clod hard grown of the arena, breaking his neck for the third time in less than ten seconds. I dismissed the lingering flames and with my hand still wrapped around Riser's neck I hefted him up until I was holding him by the neck without his feet touching the ground. His whole body was suffering from second and third degrees burns that were already healing but his MP was pitiful low so the healing was going slow and was not being as effective.
I stared into Riser's glazed over eyes as I dismissed the Boosted Gear and then the Cloak, only keeping Reinforcement activated just in case. I shook my head at Riser as I began to talk in a condescending tone. "Riser, Riser, Riser. You believed yourself immortal because you regenerate from very much anything, and while that is impressive, it is not, and by far, real immortality. Being immortal suggests that ya can't either die nor be killed." I smirked at him darkly. "Let me show you that those two are entirely possible for you. Human Path."
Immediately after I said that, I began to absorb into me Riser's life force and memories and the process took less than twenty seconds. When I was done, Riser was nothing but dry skin and brittle bones and I discarded him aside, his body turning into dust the moment it hit the ground. I took a deep breath and let it out as I revived Riser's memories in quick succession, thankful of Gamer's Mind and Eidetic Memory for allowing me to sort out the new knowledge perfectly without suffering brain damage or something like that. After that was done, I heard multiple pings going off and I focused on the new windows, idly noting that the song was already stopping.
Fire Affinity has increased by 20!
Wind Affinity has increased by 20!
Phoenix Attribute has been added to Dragon Fire! You now possess Dragon-Phoenix Fire at your disposal!
Phoenix Attribute has been added to Dragon Wind! You now possess Dragon-Phoenix Wind at your disposal!
New skills imported for Dragon-Phoenix Fire and Dragon-Phoenix Wind! Please check the skill window for more details.
A new special skill has been imported! You have learned the skill "Regeneration"!
Regeneration. Active. Lvl 1 [0.0]. A skill The Gamer stole from Riser Phenex the moment he was killed. The skill allows for the Gamer's MP to start automatically heal injuries the Gamer has suffered, by increasing the amount of HP the Gamer's has, since that is how the Gamer's health is monitored. Cost: 1 MP spent equals 1 HP regained.
Quest Completed! The Not So Epic Fall of the Immortal Chicken, Completed! You have earned 200000 XP!
Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one! Your level goes up by one!
The increase in power settled up and I just took a deep breath to assimilate it. I will check the skills I have gotten from Riser later. I opened my eyes after I did that and mentally dismissed all of the announcement windows and focused on the reaction of the crowd. Needless to say, they were all shocked and I was actually starting to feel slightly nervous but soon enough one began clapping and like in movies, everyone else joined him, roaring and cheering for the incredible if short battle.
I grinned and shoved a fist into the air, making the crowd go nuts as they screamed and stomped on the ground. Well, at least I wasn't hated for killing one of them, even if the challenge had been ensued publicly and carried out in the same manner shortly thereafter. I had nothing to worry about in the manner of someone getting payback against me, except from the Phenex of course but I was not opposed to the idea of somehow placating them since it was I who killed their son. I was not going to let them walk over me of course, but that didn't mean I couldn't address a problem before it became one, did it?
DxD: Gamer
"What are you, Issei Hyoudou? You don't feel like anything I've sensed before."
That was the first thing they said to me the moment I stepped into the luxurious office of the Demon King Lucifer. He was sitting behind his desk with serious expression on his face as he regarded me with shrewd and calculative eyes and I was not surprised since this was also a part of his personality. Grayfia was standing behind him and she was also looking at me speculatively and there was more than a lustful glint in her eyes. Still, that didn't mean that I was still able of taking her for myself since I was nowhere strong as the man that had just questioned me. But eventually, I will, and she will be mine.
There were other occupants on the room whom also seemed interested in me and I was more than sure that it was for different reasons. Zeoticus and Venelana Gremory were also there. Zeoticus was looking at me with a pondering expression on his face as he seemed to think about whether what I had done would benefit him or not and if it was going to affect the relationship he had with the regal looking blond man standing next to him, a man that was looking at me with a neutral expression on his face. This man was the Lord of the Phenex Clan, Ravond Phenex. Venelana, who looked like a slightly older version of Rias but with brown hair and amethyst eyes, was standing next Rubeline Phenex, the Lady of the Phenex Clan. While Venelana had already sent me a few grateful and lustful looks since I stepped into the office, Rubeline was just like her husband, looking at me with an even expression on her beautiful face.
I couldn't see any of their Lvls of course and that made me more nervous than I wanted to admit. Thankfully Gamer's Mind allowed me to keep my composure without too many issues and think logically about the situation. After I killed Riser, I was called to meet with these people since they wanted to talk with me for obvious reasons and I agreed, taking the opportunity to start cementing my position in the Underworld.
I locked eyes witch Sirzechs and shrugged my shoulders elegantly. "I was born human as far as I know, if that is what you are asking, Lucifer-san. I would say that everything changed a month ago more or less when I came in contact with Ddraig, The Welsh Dragon and the Red Dragon Emperor, and he told me that I was the wielder of the Boosted Gear, something that Rias later informed me was a Sacred Gear with the potential to kill gods, a Longinus. After I found out about Boosted Gear, Ddraig has been training me and he turned me into a Human-Dragon Hybrid to make me more compatible with his power. After that I faced a Fallen Angel and using the technique you saw today I absorbed his powers, gaining an affinity for Light Magic. A few days later Rias tried to make me a member of her peerage but I accidentally absorbed the Dark Magic of her evil pieces and it mixed with the Draconic Energy and Light Magic already in me, which resulted on what I am today: a Draconic Nephilim."
I could admit that much to them since I was only telling them the basics and what I wanted them to know about me, which was enough for them to realize that being in positive relations with me was in their best interests. I probably was the only being capable of using light, dark and dragon magic along with being the wielder of the Boosted Gear. Not aligning themselves with me was not something they could give themselves the luxury of.
Sirzechs gave me a pondering look as rubbed his chin in thought. "I see," he commented, but said nothing as he turned his face towards the other people on the room.
I saw Ravond and Rubeline exchange a look before they adopted a resigned but accepting expression on their faces, quickly realizing that I was more important than Riser in the grand scheme of things and that it wasn't my fault that he died even if it was me who killed him since he was the one who issued the challenge to the death. I might have orchestrated the whole thing but that was something they did not need to know.
Ravond stepped forward and inclined his head. "Hyoudou-san, right?" I nodded at him and he continued. "I would like to apologize for all the inconveniences our idiotic son has caused you. While his death is something that emotionally affects my wife and I, we both know that it was not your fault since you only responded to a Death Battle he ensued himself because his pride had been wounded. All the blame falls on Riser, not anyone else. That said, I would like you to know that we are going to honor the fact that everything that Riser once owned is yours and the House Phenex holds no ill will towards you or anyone you relate with."
I smirked mentally but on the outside I nodded my head while keeping a neutral expression on my face. "I understand, Phenex-san. We might have started with the wrong foot, but I am willing to let bygone be bygones if we can work on a relationship of mutual benefits between us."
Ravond nodded, looking interested in what I could offer, but he stepped back and allowed his wife to take the stage. She looked at me directly in the eye and while I could see the lust gleaming, it was obscured by the resignation and the sadness of seeing her son being killed because of his own foolishness. "I am glad you hold no grudge against us, Hyoudou-san. I want to inform you that Riser owned mansion located in Kuoh and we will be transferring the percent of the family fortune that belonged to him to you. Also, his peerage will is officially yours from now on… however, if I might so bold, I have a request to make."
I nodded at her with an encouraging smile on my face, which returned tentatively, before she bowed, her gigantic tits jiggling with the motion as her golden locks of hair obscured her face from view. "I would like to formally exchange your Bishop, Ravel Phenex, with a Bishop Piece of my own. While I know that you wouldn't hurt her, or any other member of Riser's Peerage, since Rias-chan has chosen you as her partner and it has been proven that she is a very good judge of character, I still would like for my daughter to stay here with me so we can make sure she doesn't grow to be like her foolish brother."
I considered her request and the reason behind it for a moment and shrugged my shoulders, smiling as she sighed in relief and rose back to a normal standing position. "Of course. I don't have a problem with that and I understand your reasoning. I will be staying in the Underworld for a few days so there is no pressure in making the exchange."
She smiled gratefully at me before stepping back to stand next to Venelana, who was looking at me with approving and lustful eyes as she smiled at me saucily and I was surprised her husband, who was now looking at me with approval and he also seemed relieved that I knew how to think long-term, was not noticing. Sirzechs also didn't seem to notice as he looked at me in the eye. "So… are you going to stay for a while? Where are you going to be staying?"
I nodded at him. "Yes, I am. Sona Sitri told me I could stay with her in the Sitri Household while I conducted my business deals here, which was the reason I came to the Underworld in the first place: to set up a business trade of goods and materials in exchange of human currency and information when I required it."
Sirzechs nodded and Zeoticus stepped forward. "Hyoudou-kun, allow me to be the first one you establish your business with. I am sure that you are someone to take seriously after today demonstration and that you are not surely going to be wasting our time. Besides, you are possibly going to be my son-in-law in the future, so its best if we develop a working relationship between us."
Venelana's smile widened and she spoke for the first time, her eyes not leaving mine. "I agree completely with you, honey."
Sirzechs smiled, now looking like I normally pictured him whenever I read the novels. "Perfect! Also, Hyoudou-kun, do you think you will have time to meet a friend of mine in order to discover how was it that you managed to evolve in the way you did by combining energies that are different to their core from each other?"
I raised an eyebrow at him but nodded with a shrug. "Of course. Knowing how it was possible might help me discover new things about my powers and I could use that knowledge to grow stronger. Who is your friend?" I already knew that The Gamer ability was intrinsically tied to how mixing those energies didn't end up in instant death, but a more scientific approach never hurt anyone.
Sirzechs' smile widened. "Ajuka Beelzebub."
Oh boy, here we go.
In my defense, you guys know that I am in Med School and that it takes priority over writing. It was my fault for making that promise (Which is null and void by the way) last chapter. I don't really have a lot to say other than for next chapter Issei/OC will be meeting Ajuka, he will bang Sona and Tsubaki, he will set up some meeting transactions with several prominent figures of the Underworld and he will then move into the mansion he got for killing Riser. I estimate that we are going to have two or three filler chapters before the Excalibur Saga.
On another note, I promise that the next update is going to be to DEN in probably… you know? I'm not going to say, since I learned my lesson. What I can promise, however, is that is going to be released before the end of April. The chapter has already 12k words but I want to include everything I promise before releasing it. Longer chapters are more satisfying to read. As a reader myself, I know that.
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