Disclaimer: I do not own Highschool DXD, Fate/Stay Night or anything other series used in this story
A/N: Just a short chapter. Please note that Issei is still a lot weaker than most of the faction leaders overall, but in terms of combat he's more than capable of handling himself. I'm thinking Issei will take advantage of parallel dimensions to find out future events that might happen to him from his Canon self before actually trying to exploit Heroic Spirits for farming purposes. Now that we had our super long descriptive battle we can afford to have a couple of curb stomps for a while.
Will be using *** or whatever to represent scene breaks or time skips. I will also be experimenting with some POV changes since those will be integral for the main plot.
Chapter 12: Substance Abuse? Facial surgery has never been cheaper!
"[Fira]" Spells of the Fire element are related to consumption, heat, entropy, fuels, energy transfer and thermodynamics. The spell twists itself to a single point. I sustain it.
"[Stone]" Earth element spells relate to grounding, cultivation of energy and energy embedding. I repeat the process.
"[Watera]" Water element spells are related to flows, forms, cycles, combinations and manipulations.
"[Aerora]" Wind Element spells deals with air, kinetic forces, static energy, free energy and directed movement.
"[Osmose]" While the spell normally steals MP from an opponent, I designate the 'target' as the 'world'. Collecting the mana and filtering it for one of its raw forms. Ether. Purest, raw form of Grain, its domains are among the lines of composition, dissolution, modification, separation, unification, spiritual bodies, conceptual weapons and others.
All five elements focused on one point. I complete the ritual magic. A small stone drops from that point.
[Philosopher's Stone] – Rank A - Durability: 200/200
Description: A powerful magical energy cumulate crystal. Simply holding it amplifies, supplement and strengthens your magic. The amount varies upon your skills and your raw power. Auto –revives you once every day should death occur at 20% of your health. Heavily boosts [Alchemy] skill, improves exchange rate of transmutation, allows for equal rate of transmutation for magically strong materials.
Element: The 5 great elements of Thaumaturgy of the Nasuverse
Created by working backwards from the blueprint of the Sword of Paracelsus. It was not traceable till now because I could not comprehend the [Philosopher's Stone], until now that is.
[Sword of Paracelsus] – Rank A+ - Anti-Army- Durability: 800/800
Attack:200 – MAG Attack: 800
Description: Magic Sword of the Elementalist. The original model of the Azoth sword. Paracelsus' magic sword. A mystic code composed of ultra-high density "philosopher's stone". Originally, the effect of this Noble Phantasm was to amplify, supplement & strengthen his magic, but - by performing ritual magic by means of the magical power of the blade, and employing the five elements as catalyst - a temporary pseudo-composition of True Ether from the Age of Gods is also possible. He then smashes the surroundings with the fearsome destructive power of this True Ether (fake).
Element: The 5 great elements of Thaumaturgy of the Nasuverse
Duration: Permanent
Even more confirmation…. I turn and compare the bright and glowing light blue philosopher's stone with a different philosopher's stone. This one an artificial, rufescent stone.
[Philosopher's Stone] – Rank A - Durability: 150/150
Description: Could be used to create the Elixir of Life, which extended the drinker's lifespan, heals all afflictions, as well as transform any metal into pure gold. Created by Nicholas Flamel. Dunking it in some water slowly turns it into the elixir, takes 24 hours to make a small flask of elixir. Boosts transfiguration, potion effects and alchemy skills by simply holding it. Origin: One of the Potterverses
This... definitely confirms the existence of potentially infinite different dimensions and universes.
It took me the whole night and almost all of my on hand materials and some 'acquisitions' to complete the process.
It nags me that someone from the past would be so familiar with modern anime, literature, games etc…. to have this. But then again, he's obviously a dimensional traveller.
But what really bugs me is that it is the main reason I would have the [The Gamer] power seems to be due to the Sacred Gear I have. And based on the information on Ascalon it totally sounds like I'm some sort of main character from some anime. Which leads me to the suspicion I was specifically chosen to gain this power. As I read enough Naruto fanfics to see Naruto gaining the [Gamer] power (p.s. this was after I learnt English).
But why me? I don't feel worthy. Assuming that in most circumstances based on comparison with Naruto fanfiction tropes and Ascalon's history, it would seem that this is essentially a [For Want of a Nail] situation, where [The Gamer] is the nail. And based on my character before I certainly feel that other people would be more worthy of it. Perhaps its only because of the Welsh Dragon sealed inside my Sacred Gear that I was even considered.
Guh! Depressing thoughts! Shoo! Rather than moping I should be focusing on taking responsibility and focussing on what needs to be done. Also, just because I have all this new information and knowledge available doesn't mean I should be dependent on it, after all, it wasn't enough to beat 'The End' permanently. But then again I can't be stubborn and be inefficient either…
Regardless, actually dimension travel isn't included in the package. But I'm certain there will be plenty of information in the [Gallery] for me to achieve it. Anything related to the [Kaleidoscope] and the [Second Magic] will allow me to reverse engineer and reproduce it.
From what I notice from Azazel, most of the beings here are power heavy but lack in conceptual power. I will have to focus on conceptual defences and attacks as it will take a long time to train up my raw stats.
I'm too specialised in Anti-Personnel Combat and my Anti-Army capabilities cost too much mana to be used carelessly. My broken [Caladbolg II] can't even be charged with mana in one go and needs a few charges to get it prepared. My main theory is that I need access to Prana rather than Mana. I also need Chakra, however I was not born with that capability. On the other hand, I could conduct experime…. I mean 'research with uninformed consent' on the Yokai populace in Kyoto for anything on how Chakra works here….
In any case the quickest way to raise my offensive power I can currently come up with is by utilising [The Gamer] ability to gain skills and equipment based on the opponent I kill. It worked during my adventures even on none ID enemies so it should work in other cases.
Step 1: Attain the ability to traverse dimensions safely and consistently
Step 2: Find Gilgamesh in the Nasuverse
Step 3: ?
Step 4: ENUMA ELISH!
…Yeah…. I'm Brilliant!
I bet killing Gilgamesh would get me his treasury, a couple of skills, lots of exp, lots of money…. Oh crap, I'm drooling! Focus Issei!
Oh wait, isn't it time for school? Why the fuck do I even want to go to school? I should just build a Terminator disguised as myself and send it to school in my place… On second thought that might be a little too inconspicuous.
Uhh, I also have to deal with the sister of Lucifer plus the Student Council. Worse still was one of the quotes I really liked when I was downloading the information from the books, anime, games was this.
"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." – Sirius Black
I seriously would prefer not to be a dick despite how annoying dealing with this stuff is…. But then again I'm supposed to keep up my image as your friendly neighbourhood cynical totally-not-a-hero-of-justice.
That came out wrong.
Being genuine will lead to blows because using Azazel as a case example, my idealogy will definitely be at odds with any devil's idealogy, as they are based on desires. Unless they have the desire to help a specific person and that specific person so happens to be me, then it is likely we will clash.
On the other hand, I truly do hate being manipulative and putting a false front. But I hate it even more if not doing so will risk the result. I have an image that I created and I need to create it to prevent weakness from being shown. I would like to think I'm a good guy at heart, its not like I wake up thinking about who I should fuck over this weekend.
I want to be a nice guy, but I can't afford to be directly seen as nice. I would like to be helpful if the person deserves it (people in danger/ trouble not withstanding) but I can't be seen as too eager. No doubt why I am considering this so hard is partly due to the fact that the Occult Research Club and Student Council is mostly female…
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for gender equality in combat. But it is difficult to change some of my aversions to hurting those of the opposite gender in any way, although it is more of a preference rather than a subconscious rule in my head.
After testing out both [Philosopher's Stone] by combining [Alchemy] and [Enchanting] I manage to make a golden ring with dual enchantments of [Auto-Regen (Low)] and [Auto-Haste]. I remodified my school uniform to fit my new height, which I realised that I grew another few inches in the past hour for some reason. Now I'm basically Archer's height, who is really tall at 187 cm. I added [Auto-Protect] to my shirt and [Auto-Shell] to my pants. As well as adding [Auto-Reflect] on my Jacket (Just learned Reflect in time hehe!).
I did the same with the armor of my Archer outfit, although I had to move [Auto-Shell] to my boots and put [Auto-Reflect] on my pants instead as I can't put enchantments on my projected [Shroud of Martin]. I totally should go and kill Archer at least some point in my adventures. Just for the Shroud…
Ah well, time for school. At least I get to see my friends again. But first….
[Bounded Field Creation] – Active – Lvl.8 Rank E
Description: a topographic type of Magecraft that consists in knitting a network of magical energy and spreading it on base area, such as a piece of land or a building, to create a mystic boundary line that separates the inside from the outside. Current fields: Intent, Alarm, Alert
Increases MAG and INT by 0.5 per level
[Territory Creation] – Active – Lvl.5 Rank E-
Description: The skill to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus. Can create a makeshift 'workshop' and can create terrain to give a slight advantage to physical combat.
After creating them in my parent's home, Sasaki's home and my new home. I took a few drops of the [Elixir of Life] just to test for any effects and totally not because it smelled so good. It was delicious, *mmmhhh*, if it wasn't so useful I would be drinking it instead of water. I so need a lot more cash. I sneak into class just on time with [Presence Concealment].
It was only after my name was called in the register did my classmates noticed me.
"Who the hell are you!" "Issei has been abducted by Aliens, what have you done with him!" "Give us back our friend!" Said by my old good friends Matsuda and Motohama. Oi! Haven't I already had an image change, this can't possibly be any different from back then. Have their logical deduction functions of their brains somehow deteriorate over the break?
Although to be honest, I'm actually touched that they still care after all this time.
Come to think of it I should have renewed by ID card if this was going to be a reoccurring issue. I can easily hack and backdate the renewal process and manufacture the card myself easily.
Aika just wolf-whistled me. Ahhh, back to sexual harassment. She didn't do a lot of it back then simply due to the stress of exams and the whole magic issue, I guess she's 'back to normal' as much as possible for a fellow pervert. Wait a minute, did she do something with her hair?
Eh? She ditched the pink rimmed glasses? Her brown hair was now curly and lengthwise was halfway down her back, her style of braiding had remained the same, but she had so much hair that she had both the braids and curly hair down. To be honest she was rather pretty before. But me, Matsuda and Motohama never lusted over her before due to her being as much of a pervert as us. We totally had no experience in being sexually harassed despite us doing it before. Totally fair in hindsight.
"Hyoudou! No, this is madness!" Some other boy in my class shouts.
I raised my eyebrow at that. I seriously wanted to reply , "No! This! Is Sparta!" and kick him out of the window (Pit of Death), but I highly doubt that's legal and more importantly, most in Japan won't know that reference.
And in any case, what's so bad about a huge growth spurt.
Katase who was sitting close to me wordlessly put a square object right in my face while giving a slightly exasperated sigh.
"Who the hell is this handsome bastard? Did we have some Bishonen transfer student? Who's photo is this?"
A few seconds later I realised that my WIS was way too low. I mean I realised it when during my travels I saw the elderly, business men, chess players and lots of people with more WIS than me… but when it comes to people I seem to have a heavy blind spot.
"Ise… You do realise that's a mirror?" Murayama said as she put a hand to her hip and started rubbing her forehead as if I just gave her a headache.
Note to self: [Elixir of Life] maximises your 'Appearance' Stat as well.
P.S. Try substances on animals and undesirables first.