-Editor's notes-
I feel like I need to explain somethings, No, Izuku's Quirk isn't OFA as it doesn't exist in this universe, yes, Inko is Alive and well, I plan to give her day bue or however you spell that fancy introduction word, On chapter 9 or 10(final) since this is only going to be book 1 of like 5 or 6 ish, I only want to make each section 10 chapters long, Inko will make her first and last appearance of this book before Deku fights the Overseer, Ark players know exactly who/what that is, she is safe from the Nomu, Deku's quirk in this universe is Pyrokenisis, He can control Fire, Which is why he hasn't been seen using it because there have been no fires with him present that would call for his quirk
For the final 2-3 chapters, I'll give broken riddles to solve for what the next ark is if I haven't spoiled it already
Also this chapter is gonna be longer than most
And I apologize for this chapter taking so long to make
"B-n- -y l- a- -e-, ou- p-o-e w-l th-"
As the moon sat high in the sky, Ray tossed and Turned with poor rest. Eventually Ray got up and left the cathedral and started pacing through the woods at the base of the Cathedral. "Hello?" Ray heard and started to panic, The voice sounded like Rose. "Rose is that you?!" Ray asked, panicked. Ray ran through the woods, Searching for his sister and found nothing. After the voice fell silent again, He returned to the cathedral's catacombs and opened Rose's tomb to find her body missing. "Sh-Shes alive…" Ray started to have a panic attack but was quickly carried by Tsu back to his room where she laid on his bed and comforted him back to sleep. As the sun rose the next morning, lady Shimura gave psychological counseling to Ray and set James to find Rose's body as they were sure she died. Days… weeks… months pass and every night, Ray runs out and is led astray by Rose's voice. Lady Shimura was left with no choice but to lock Ray in the Cathedral, Running out like that at night is highly dangerous. James came back critically injured, "...get Lady Shimura…" James said with a grim tone as he walked to the Washroom to clean up his wounds. "What did you see Lupin" Lady Shimura asked James standing behind him, Scars covering James' back, Arms and torso. "Well… saying she is dead isn't fully true, Something brought her back to life, It twisted her to a monster, I found her standing over the Queen's corpse of her home kingdom, Bodies piled high as mountains filled the court and I saw her standing there, Intact and fully armored, Her sword and shield coated in blood, She had a red light shin from her helmet, like a hell hound's bite infected your soul from a glance, she only beat me because she weakened me, I couldn't shift and my attacks were nullified" James said, blood staining the rag and the bucket of water turned from a jade green of the mineral spring water to a darkened red ink. "Ray cannot find out about Rose." Lady Shimura said as Ray's voice boomed from behind. "Too late… if James can't kill Rose, I can... " Ray said with a grim look in his eye. "I'll be making armor, Unlike the flea bag, I don't fight a battle I can't win. In case you didn't know her ability, Her skeleton is made of a titanium alloy, Melee attacks and ranged attacks need to be small and effective, her armor makes that even more difficult. My Ray is about the only thing at our disposal that can beat her." Ray said grimly as he turned and walked out.
Days passed as Ray worked on Making an armor out of metal. When the monsters attacked again he didn't retreat, he stood his ground and mercilessly incinerated countless monsters, Until it was him and Rose left, Rose charged and Ray with no expression, Incinerated Rose., all that remained were her sword and shield, he hung them up in the cathedral and melted the empty tomb for Rose.
"Let's move in on the first Boss" Ray said as He donned the metallic helmet he designed. "But the Artifacts!" Izuku butted in before Ray lifted stone figures that appeared sculpted and had bright lights flowing through them. "The first is the broodmother, My core cannot be active while we teleport so we will need to buy time inside for me to charge up, Once I'm charged I can deliver a critical blow to it but I'll need to charge a few times, I've heard stories about full blown armies entering and none returning, it must be difficult" Ray added, walking down to the Catacombs' Terminal room with Izuku, James and Asui. Izuku powered on the green terminal which showed a vast cavern filled with webs on the terminal's Screen. "Remember everyone, This is the first, It'll only get harder after this so if you take critical damage I expect you to train." Ray said before giving Izuku the Artifacts and the platform in the middle of the room started to glow as a green barrier dome formed around them as they stood and as they got through, They entered the broodmother's cavern. "Where is it?" Asui asked, terrified. "It's here…" James said before a massive spider dropped down from the hole in the roof. James and Asui sprinted left, Izuku and Ray ran right. James went to shift but was caught off guard by a spiderling and was pinned down before Asui grabbed it with her tongue and threw it at the Broodmother, James shifted into his Dire form and sprinted circles around the broodmother. "35%!" Ray shouted as his core had a deep orange glow. Izuku ran to the side as the broodmother spat a wad of webbing as James unshifted beside Asui. "Are you doing okay?!" James asked, kicking a spider's head in. "Yeah, I'm fine, Just surrounded by massive iterations of what I'm terrified of" Asui said sarcastically as the broodmother took notice and spawned a massive swarm of spiderlings which started to crawl towards Asui and James, James shifted into his were form, Picking up Asui and leaping over to Ray, Putting Asui down then jumping onto the broodmother, Tearing off one of it's legs which crippled it. "78%!" Ray shouted as he got an Idea, "JAMES, See if you can weaken its' Face carapace, My plasma can break through any cracks!" Ray yelled as James leaped up and with two closed, jointed fists, Slammed down on the Broodmother's head, Cracking it's Face carapace and shaking James off and webbing Asui. "Help!" Asui screamed as spiderlings started crawling to her which after one bit her, She started seeing things and feeling desynced. An Enraged James tore Asui from the webbing and carried her on his back. Ray smiled as his blue slag core was fully charged, He threw a pebble that made the broodmother spin around as the beam fired and it went into the Broodmother's face, Frying it's brain and insides instantly as he flailed about then flipped on its' back and the remaining seven legs curl in and Deku found a couple things in a crate that appeared after its' death, Inside was a high-tech blueish blackish polymer like substance that was cold to the touch. A Mountable Head of the broodmother and a green flag with a web print on it. As they killed it They blacked out and woke up back at the cathedral, Everything on them, James remembered Asui and went back to her. She felt feverishly hot and made painful groaning noises, James watched over her closely, as to make sure she got better. Ray repaired his armor and found a way to safely remove his core to upgrade it.
(Yes, This mans is upgrading his equivalent of a HEART Like it's nothing)
Izuku was training with a polearm to be a little more useful in their next fight. Days passed as Asui got progressively better and eventually got better.
"Look, if we go and take on the Megopithecus, we have a chance to win!" Ray said to James, "No Ray, we can't unless you've got some magic rock up your sleeve that can puncture 3 feet thick hide, It's useless" James looked at Ray as Ray looked to the side with a "well ya see" expression on his face. "Don't tell me" James responded to Ray's tom fuckery.
"Well it isn't a rock but it can help" Ray said, holding a light blue ingot. "I call it Incellium, it's an Infusion metal" Ray added.
Ray Demonstrated as he made a long rod out of Incellium which gave the Silver blade a Blue-ish Hue. He took a hammer and flattened it into a dull blade then proceeded to sharpen the blade, Fixating it to a hilt and Handle. "Swing it, Go on" Ray said, Handing the incellium sword to James and pointing to a thin metal sheet, About as thick as armor normally is. James swung the sword as it cut through the sheet like a very hot knife through butter. "This is good, Anything else?" James asked, Swinging the sword around. "No new materials however I can make an Incellium Glaive for Izuku and I should add, Though it may be risky, We must leave Asui here for this fight, The cold will force her into Hibernation, Which against a giant ape is not good." Ray said as he threw even portions of Steel, Copper and Gold into his core and it started making a thick rod of Incellium to make the Glaive blade. "As much as I'd hate to, I agree with Ray, We can't afford to lose Asui." Izuku added in as Ray quickly finished the Incellium Glaive. "We should be ready, but my core should charge up faster, All I need you two to do is distract anything he summons to fight" Ray said before treading down to the catacombs as he put on his helmet and powered on the teleporter "co-" Ray was cut off as it teleported him without James or Izuku, As they started to panic, The cathedral came under another monster attack. James and Izuku fought the nomu for hours which felt like forever. They thought they were in the clear before a large monster punched a hole in the cathedral and both James and Izuku couldn't do anything about it. The monster about stomped on them before Ray's Ray went straight through the creature's head as it collapsed dead.
"Ray!" Izuku cried out in joy before turning and seeing Ray's blood covered Body standing with the Megopithecus's head in one hand and the flag in the other. "Go make sure Evelyn is Okay, James, I think we should wait to fight the Dragon" Ray said as James nodded. The three walked in and Ray sat the new trophies down and sat a sack on the ground. "Hey Tenko, Could you do me a favor and take this sack to my room?, I'll be in the washroom and if you want, You can take a small piece of that stuff and research it, I found it when the monkey died, I want to know what I can make with it and see how strong the equipment I can make will be" Ray said before walking in the direction of the Washrooms. Tenko seeming slightly annoyed had taken the bag to Ray's room and pulled one piece of a Silicone like material out, Taking it to his room and studying it. Evelyn was found sleeping in Nana's lap in Nana's room. "Oh, Hello Izuku" Lady Shimura said as Izuku walked in smiling. "Ray wanted me to make sure Evelyn was safe." Izuku said as he stood in place. "She is safe, but since you are here, When you get to the Overseer, I need you to shutdown all active portals, You can only do that After defeating the Overseer, Stop the Monsters from attacking us before you leave" Lady Shimura said looking at Izuku.
"I will, Lady Shimura" Izuku said with a grin. "Thank you" Nana responded.