Chapter 4: Did Somebody Say Training Arc?
"Words" - Character Speaking
"Words" - Thinking/Telepathic Message
"Bold" - Powerful Beings, System Messages, Important Shit
(Thursday, July 23th, 2012, Kuoh (Very) Abandoned Church, Japan, 9:11 PM)
(Rias Gremory)
It happened as suddenly as it disappeared, one moment I was having a casual discussion with my family and the next we felt a huge burst of magic in this area. I had called everyone to action, and we rushed to the scene of the crime.
When we arrived, we found… this. The abandoned church positively reeks of light magic and looks like it might just collapse if it got hit by a particularly harsh wind.
Walking closer, Rias felt uneasy like some fundamental part of her nature was telling her to avoid entering, it was a feeling she was used to and had learned to push aside. You couldn't clean up your territory or interact with the church if you constantly ran away from that feeling after all.
"Are you sure we should go in Buchou? The source of this magic might still be around" Her lovely queen said, distracting her from her own musings.
She frowned, hiding away from some nebulous threat inside of her own territory? Preposterous, if she ran away from every threat she'd never be respected by anyone.
"If they are, then we should confront them ourselves" I said, projecting some of the confidence I felt out towards everyone else. It seemed to have worked, as Akeno's face relaxed slightly and a confident smile graced her face.
Rias had to wonder if life just gave her advantage on Charisma Checks because she really didn't think that sounded too confident.
Nevertheless, a hero presses on towards the call of action.
"Alright everyone, we're heading inside. Akeno and I will go in the front, Koneko can cover our backs and Kiba can cover our flanks" I said, applying the tried and true strategy of saying random things and hoping it works out.
Everyone nodded and followed me as I walked into the church, projecting my sheer confidence. When I entered, we found the complete opposite of what I expected.
Instead of a battlefield, I found a dilapidated rundown building. The dust was building up, the wooden chairs were rotten and the altar was cut in half to reveal a secret passageway in the ground, with a blown-up trapdoor.
Wait, what!
"So…I'm not seeing things, am I? Did someone dig a secret passageway without us noticing?" Kiba says in confusion, literally scratching her head.
"Not seeing anything, I see it too" Koneko butts in, her face as cold and dead as usual.
She mentally slapped herself, that's such a dark thing to say. She's not cold and dead inside she's… a kuudere?
Sounds good to me
Now that that particular issue was completely solved, Rias cleared her throat to get everyone's attention "I'll go down first, Akeno will go right beside me and Kiba and Koneko can spread out. These stairs are big enough that we should have some space to spread our wings if need be"
Everyone nodded and we went down, Idly I noted that I wasn't wrong. They were insanely wide and would probably have enough space to fit us if we all stood side by side on them.
Then we entered the basement proper, and our eyes widened. This…. This is a massacre.
There were gigantic holes in the walls and ground, there were corpses and body parts spread out at random around the room and the air was positively brimming with the aftereffects of powerful holy magic.
It was catastrophic, and maybe if she or anyone else in her peerage were new to the supernatural they were horrified. Instead, everyone was more focused on the damage.
Really, slaughter like this was all too common. You'll find a stray devil who does worse to nonmagical humans every month, with the cause of death being written off as suicide while providing you a tiny bit of motivation to kill said stray devil.
Kind of like with that young boy, Issei Hyoudou. I believe his name was? Such a daring case, having him disappear for 3 days before they find his charred corpse in some alleyway while chasing a stray.
That fire-wielding stray's death had not been quick, and certainly not painless.
No point in dwelling on the past instead let's dwell on the present.
Looking at her team, she noticed they mostly felt the same way as she did. A sort of passive yet grim acceptance of the world they lived in, at least except for Kiba.
Staring at her expressive face, shifting through about 20 emotions every second she wondered what he was going through. Then she followed her gaze and what she was looking at.
She was looking at a shattered black key, standing upright inside of a massive crater. Looking at it evoked a heavy heart, like staring at the symbolic downfall of those who strayed from the church's path.
Or something like that, I'm not a big… philosophy kinda gal.
Still, though they should get going.
"Allright everyone! We should probably get going" Rias yelled out, everyone's heads turning towards her.
"Yes, you probably should"
Turning around, she recognized the origin of the voice. It was her rival Sona! The teleportation circle underneath her feet was still visible, meaning she had just teleported in.
Seems she didn't bring her peerage with her.
"So. Any idea who might have caused this?" I asked, my tone wavering slightly as Sona instantly shook her head"
"Not a clue, they seem to be a user of Wind Magic" Sona said, a slight uncertainty in her voice as she examined one of the bodies.
I frowned at that, stepping over to Sona "Wind Magic? The stench of Holy Magic is almost palpable, there's no way they're not a Radiant Caster"
Sona shook her head, before pointing at one of the wounds on one of the dead Exorcists "Look at these wounds, it's like a force has just cut them cleanly in two. Like, say, a wind blade"
"Could just be a normal blade"
Sona created a mini magic circle, and a blue wave spread over the corpse.
"No. Use [Detect Magic] on them, they're obviously magical"
"Sona, any blade you'd need to cut someone cleanly in half would obviously be magical"
"A blade would be far…messier. It'd leave little chunks everywhere, it wouldn't be as… orderly as this"
I had to suppress a scowl at that, that makes no sense!
"Your telling me these corpses and body parts scattered everywhere are orderly?"
"Far more orderly than they would if it was a blade. Plus, a magical blade would not leave behind traces of magic this strong."
"What if it's a really strong blade?"
Sona scowled at me for a second, then pointed back at the wounds "Swords aren't energy-inefficient enough for that unless it's a blade with the mana storage power of a legendary dragon charging power for centuries it would be tapped dry in hours because of the amount of mana it's leaving behind"
She scowled at that, irrational anger bubbling up inside of her for a second before she pushed it down.
"Of course Sona would know more about magic than me"
"Ok, so it's not a sword. Still, though you said it's a magical force that's cutting clean through them. Why would that be Wind Magic? Could just be Force Magic or even subtle Radiant Magic"
Sona blinks at my comment, before chuckling "That's true, but Wind Magic is the third most common magic affinity so it's what I started with"
She did not smile smugly at that, for the record! She was a completely honest girl, her sin was pride after all why would she lie!
"So, that's what we have? Magic user, possibly uses wind magic? They're either very inefficient or just very powerful? That's…. Pretty broad" I said out loud, scratching my head
Sona sighed, looking as frustrated as I probably was "Yes, but it's the best we got"
I shrugged, my breasts jiggling a bit "I suppose"
"On a different note, when are you going to recruit Alba-san?" Sona said, her expression changing a bit into one I couldn't understand
"I'm getting to it ok!" I yelled out loud, blushing slightly.
Look, she's getting to it ok!
(Friday, July 24th, 2012, Alba Itami's House, Japan, 9:11 AM)
(Asia Argento)
As she woke up, the first thing she noticed was the wooden ceiling. Back home, the stone ceiling was usually her first sight.
The second thing she noticed was that she felt very well rested like she'd slept for 20 hours after taking some of those mystery potions you find in the basement.
Her mind then rudely decided to remind her that she hadn't actually seen her home in a while. The church simply walked in and declared that she was traveling the world to help people. She was grateful and all, it allowed her to help so many innocents who might have suffered but… sometimes she missed her home.
Stretching, her mind decided to remind her of the fact that she was completely naked! Frantically glancing around she looked for any clothes, finding a wooden chair with a few clothes hanging around them.
Crawling out of her warm bed, she grabbed a blouse and skirt and threw them on.
"I wonder if I should take these?"
She shook her head, if they didn't want her to take them they wouldn't have put them here right? Surely, this was fine. She sent a quick prayer to god, the prayer feeling more hollow than usual.
There was a creaking of the door, and she practically felt her neck snap as she turned towards the origin of the sound.
"How's life, Asia?"
And there he was, standing around laxly like he had not a care in the world. Her savior. His golden hair shone slightly with the light of the sun, his skin slightly pale contrasting with his handsome appearance. He looked larger than her, but a lot less bulky than she was expecting.
The smug smirk on his face brought her out of her thoughts, as she realized that she hadn't actually answered his question
"I'm-a-alright" I stammered out, a dumb blush on her face as he gracefully skulked towards her.
"You sure? Last time I saw you, you were looking pretty beat up" He said in a sympathetic voice, sitting down on the bed casually and patting it down. "Sit down, will you?"
I obliged, nodding and sitting down on the bed next to him. His shoulders pressed against my own as my blush got brighter.
"You know, we never introduced ourselves. Why don't you start?" Her savior asked, breaking the silence.
"Well, there's not really a lot to say. I'm Asia Argento, and I lived in the Nomen Latinum Stultus monastery before joining the church. I–... I got kicked out of the church because I healed a devil a-and the fallen recruited me" I rushed the last part out as quickly as I could, the shame of my actions slipping into my words.
Her savior looks contemplative, before shaking his head "I believe I should start then?" Taking her silence as confirmation, he continued "Well, I'm Alba Itami. I'm a local independent magician living in Kuoh Town who noticed what was going on in the church and investigated it. Of course, I have a feeling you know what happened exactly when I arrived?" Alba said, making me nod sadly
"Still though, even though the way we met was a bit… unfortunate to put it lightly I'm wondering if you would consider staying with me for a bit? Somehow, I doubt any of the established factions in the world would be of liking for you" Alba finished, looking at her waiting for an answer as she hesitated
He wasn't wrong, there really weren't any factions she could join. The church and heaven had kicked her out, the fallen… yeah, and the devils were monsters. The yokai were exclusive to well…. Yokai and she had no idea who any of the other factions were.
But, on the other hand… "I'm just… if you were to join you, what would that mean? I don't want to be ungrateful but…."
"Well joining me is pretty simple, you become an independent outside of any of the established factions and you back up every other member of the group. Think of it like a family"
Family. She always wanted a family, the chance to have a new one…. She liked that
"But… can I still worship the lord if I join you?" She thought out loud, before putting her hand over her mouth as she realized what she just said. She didn't want to appear so ungrateful!
Alba looked so disappointed in her too! That look he gave her, as if he was pitying a little wounded animal he found along the road that he might discard at any second.
"Asia. I want to ask you a question. Do you still believe in the lord?"
She… she shouldn't….
"Yes, I do" The moment she said the words, she felt regret. Yet… she couldn't, wouldn't ever lie about something like her faith. That just wasn't who she was.
"Take my hand Asia, I want to show you something" Alba said, holding his hand towards her. Idly she noticed the grooves on his hands, those of a man who worked hard every single day.
She took his hand without hesitation, if she couldn't trust Alba her savior then who could she trust.
"Good, let me show you the truth" And before he could elaborate, there was a bright flash of golden light and she was… somewhere else
(?)
Colors flashed through her mind. Power, light, energy, divinity. A realm of infinity, of control and testimony over all that was and will be. She felt helpless and amazed, watching this great entity play out in front, behind, inside, and around her.
Then, it turned its gaze towards her. She felt the grace of the lord crawl along her skin, a feeling similar to that which she received every time she prayed to the lord but a thousand times stronger.
This, she realized, is the lord. God himself, and she could see him. Did she reach out with her… hands? She realized she didn't have any, but was still using them.
The entity touched her hand, and she understood. Her previous mind just didn't get it, didn't see the world. She know what this was, she know what the lord was.
And she know what this was. The lord she worshipped was gone, this is what remained. Normally she would have felt pained by this, but here. She accepted it, she know it. All was well
(Asia Argento)
And then she was back, as suddenly as it started. Back in her little human mind, lacking that divinity.
Yet she felt so calm too, like that feeling of seeing divinity had made her appreciate reality so much more
"Now, do you see?" Her savior asked, and she could only smile sweetly. She understood more now, and she could still feel the golden light weaving through her fingertips.
Calmly, she asked alba "What, or who are you really?"
He smirked and patted her on the head "Me, I'm just the reincarnation of the Lord himself. No big deal right?"
…she really should have been surprised, but after seeing that vision. After seeing…. Him, for all that he truly was.
"Can I join your family now?"
"You always could, you just had to conquer your internal demons"
(Monday, July 27th, 2012, Kuoh Academy, Japan, 2:33 PM)
(Alba Itami)
"As I sat in class, I pondered there but for a moment the weekend, I had just experienced. So many plot important events occurred, and so many friendships were forged. I truly am excited to see what will happen afterward"
Sure you are.
Flicking a coin around in class, aura of normality up I wondered when this class would ever end.
Then, the teacher looked up at me and said "Mister Itami, Miss Yuuto apparently you're supposed to go visit the ORC right about now? Go about and leave"
I blinked "Wait, they booked a god damn appointment instead of calling me over? Wack"
I nodded and got up from my desk, noticing Kiba doing the same. Deactivating aura of normality, I left for the door and walked out of the classroom-
-Then I realized I had no idea which way the ORC actually was.
"Well shit"
"Do you need help, Alba-kun?" Turning around, I remembered Kiba existed as I smiled.
"Yeah actually, I have no clue where the ORC actually is. Do you think you could escort me?"
Kiba smiled slightly, and nodded "Of course I can, follow me"
I nodded, and we got on our merry way towards the ORC as the hallways slowly get shittier till we reach the abandoned building
"If it wasn't for the obvious power imbalance, I'd call this a very obvious horror movie cliche."
Hmm yes, being led to an abandoned building = horror movie. Makes sense
"Yep"
Eventually, we arrive at the building the ORC is actually located at, my creature senses picking up the presence of a few people inside of the building. Turning to Kiba, I raise my eyebrow at her "So, is this the place?"
She nods and opens the door. Stepping inside, I'm greeted with a homey-looking wooden room, containing a desk, several comfy couches, and several odd trinkets lining the walls stored in expensive-looking wooden cabinets. There's currently no one inside of the actual room, but as I sit down on the couch-with Kiba sitting next me-I can feel the presence of three devils coming towards us
Turning towards Kiba, I asked her a question "So any idea why we are actually here? The teacher really didn't elaborate"
She looks a bit uncomfortable, and shrugs "No clue"
I frown at her answer, then crush it.
As Rias, Akeno and Koneko enter the room I put down a smirk and instead give a light smile. "This is gonna be funny"
As I feel the spell take effect, Rias smiles at me and says "Welcome to the ORC, it's good to meet you"
By now, everyone's sat down on the couch opposite of me, Akeno leaving to somewhere-probably the kitchen- leaving just me, Rias, Koneko and Kiba
"So, miss Rias. May I know why you called me and Kiba-chan here?" I say with a little smile on my face, waiting for her response as she nods, her breasts jiggling for some god unknown reason.
"It's quite simple actually, we just wanted to reveal something to you. Please do not act too shocked but… we are devils" Rias says in a matter-of-fact tone before bat-like wings burst out of her, Koneko's, and Kiba's back.
I blink, genuinely surprised. "What the hell?"
"Do not be alarmed though. We are not like what the bible says we are, we are just as human as you thought we were before" Rias says again, apparently taking my stunned face as a prompter to info dump me again.
"I know Fannon gives her crap, but I didn't expect her to just spill the beans that quickly"
Blinking the surprise away, I shake my head "I… excuse me, but I didn't expect this."
She nods "That's fine, it's not something you would expect right? That the supposed 'Great Lady of Kuoh' is actually a devil."
Akeno then comes into the room carrying five cups of tea, distracting me from the answer I was going to give as she places them down on the coffee table.
"Drink up, they're on the house" Rias says, speaking for Akeno as I take the cup in my hands and take a sip.
Instantly, my eyes widen as I taste the pure divinity in a cup I have just been handed. [Observe]
[Akeno's Cup of Tea]
Rarity: S+
A cup of tea, made by Akeno Himejima with love for the hobby and respect for the craft. When drunk, gives a 10% increase to mental stats
Drinking it down in one turn, I turn to Akeno with shock written all over my face.
"This the greatest thing I have tasted in my life. Holy shit" I say, Akeno nodding as she smiles proudly
"Ara~ Ara~, I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. Should I make another cup?" Akeno says in her hot teasing voice, I just nod in response as she leaves.
Turning back to Rias, I let out a sigh of pleasure as I put my hands on my lap "So… was that Divine Tea or something? Because if I can have another cup of that I will genuinely consider myself in your debt"
It's then that, to my surprise Koneko answers instead "...it's good isn't it?"
Aww she sounds so unsure of herself, it's so cute.
I nod, kinda out of it until I hear the sound of Rias putting down her cup. "Still, I believe it is time for us to get to the main topic of why I called you here" I nod in response, and she continues
"I wish to recruit you into my peerage, do you know what a peerage is?" I shake my head, and she frowns before continuing "It's quite simple really, it's basically chess but for turning people into devils. I put a chess into your chest, and you turn into a devil and belong to my family. I'm the king, and everyone you can see in the ORC is a member of my peerage"
"If you join my peerage, you'd have an increase in magical power and you would join my family and friendgroup. In term, you would have to fight in rating games though. Rating games are basically gigantic sports fights between two peerages, like chess but with more blood sport"
"Anndd there it is"
And, are you joining?
"I'll think about it lmao"
I nod, seemingly considering it on the outside as I rub my chin "Is there any limit to who can actually reincarnate who? Would it be possible for say a Deity to join your peerage?"
She shakes her head "No. While it is possible for there to be differences in power between the King of a Peerage and it's members, there are still limits, since the transformation costs magical energy. So for example, a high class devil would not be able to recruit a Satan Class being into their peerage, why are you asking?"
"Hmmmmmm [Observe]"
Rias Gremory - Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess
LVL: 42
HP: 4250/4250 [100%]
MP: 6252/6252 [100%]
SP: 4250/4250 [100%]
Race: [Devil (Pure Blood)]
Age: 17 Years
Gender: [Female]
Virginity: [Virgin]
Alignment: Lawful Evil
END: 17
DEF: 6
STR: 10
DEX: 17
INT: 26
WIS: 25
CHA: 23
LCK: 250
Thoughts about you: You might be her only chance, and you seem nice
Affection: 10
Obedience: 0
I click my tongue, as I make a sad face even as I'm dying of laughter on the inside "Oh my fucking god that's hilarous, why is she so weak?"
Those stats are still bullshit… for a human. The average human has a STR of 1, she has a 10. That's bullshit, it's just that you're also bullshit.
"Seems legit"
I then clear my throat, and shake my head sadly "I… Miss Gremory. I do not wish to be insulting, but I do not believe you have enough power to actually reincarnate me if what you say is true"
Rias frowns at my answer, going to respond before she gets a smug smirk on her face "How about a bet, then?"
I raise my eyebrow "Hmm?"
She then pulls out a Bishop piece from a red teleportation circle, stands up and walks towards me.
"If I can use this to reincarnate you, you'll join my peerage and your dept will be cleared. If it doesn't work, then I and the rest of my peerage will owe you three favors"
"Lmao, fucking lmao. Hey ana, will this actually go through?"
I mean, I could break reality so that it would work if you want me to?
"Hmm… nah. Will she be hurt by this?"
Nah, the pieces know when it's impossible and push themselves out of the target that cannot be reincarnated
"Neat"
I smile slightly, and nod "I'll take that deal, Miss Gremory"
She looks happy, and smiles "Very good" then she takes the bishop piece, and literally shoves it into my chest. It's a strange sight, as the piece literally sinks into my body and causes a strange red light to glow in that area of my body.
I feel a bit strange, and then.
Accept [Devil Transformation] Offer from [Rias Gremory]
Y/N?
"Nope"
Bonk
The piece flies out of my chest, and hits Rias in the nose making her stubble backwards in surprise and shock. Instantly, koneko and kiba stood up in shock as I blinked in surprise.
"Rias! Are you ok?!" Kiba shouted in alarm, rushing towards Rias who just blinked in surprise.
She shakes her head dizzily and says "Yeah… I'm fine… just… surprised" everyone could tell that was a lie, the look of sadness on her face told a tale a thousand lies could not cover up.
Standing up, I asked in fake concern "Sorry Miss Gremory, I… didn't expect that to happen. Are you ok?"
Rias doesn't respond, and instead just sits down on the couch in a slump as everyone looks at her with a concerned look, me included.
Eventually, after a bit of sitting there, Rias shakes her head and speaks in a sad tone "I… I thought I could be free, but now… my only chance of getting out of the marriage is gone. I'm gonna be stuck there forever, with no chance of escape."
I raise my eyebrow and ask in a concerned tone "Marriage you say?"
How can you play this with a straight face?
"I have no fucking clue"
Rias blinks again, then turns to me with a sad stare "Yes… I'm arranged to the scum of the earth, a man named Riser Phenex. I had thought that with your help I would be able to stop him…. but now? There's no helping me"
Nodding my head in understand, I do a fake pondering for a moment before an actual idea pops into my head and I grin
"Miss Gremory, I believe I may have a way I could help if you would allow me"
"Hey, does this game have a party system?"
Yep, it does
"Heh"
Rias blinks in surprise, and just nods her head silently asking me to continue.
"Just… don't act too surprised" I say before mentally sending the command, inviting Rias to my newly created party
(Rias Gremory)
Alba Itami has sent you a [Party Creation] Invite.
Y/N?
As the digital text box appears in front of her eyes, she blinks. "What the hell is this? Why does it look exactly like a… video… oh my god"
Getting up in shock, before she even realises it she yells "You're a LitRPG Protagonist!"
Alba Itami has sent you a [Party Creation] Invite.
Y/N?
Then, when Alba blinks in surprise does she realise what she just said… She just showed self-awareness and genre savviness in a litRPG Novel, she's going to die!
"Or I'm the main girl of the story. That would be amazing, I could get so many cool powers, I would get romanced by a super handsome guy and have the power to destroy planets! Wait, does this mean Alba is the super handsome guy? I mean, he does look kinda hot, and that Bishounen look is just doing it for me!"
Only then, does Alba's voice distract her from her internal monologue "So… I guess you read a lot of web novels?"
"Yes, so many! My mother always said I should get a better hobby, but my brother absolutely loves it and encourages me to read more stuff. I have a few reccs if you want, though I don't know what your tastes are exactly"
Alba Itami has sent you a [Party Creation] Invite.
Y/N?
Alba blinks, then responds in his typical smooth voice "I'm not the biggest fan of web novels, though they can be great trash filler to read when I am bored. Still though, I believe you should accept the invite?"
Nodding excitedly, when the box popped up again she mentally accepted it somehow knowing exactly how to do so despite having never used it before.
Then, in front of her appears a character sheet with her name and statistics written on it.
Name: Rias Gremory
LVL: 42
Race: [Devil (Pure Blood)]
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Age: 17
HP: 4250/4250 (85 per minute)
MP: 6252/6252 (1265 per minute)
SP: 4250/4250 (510 per minute)
STR: 17
DEF: 6
END: 10
DEX: 17
INT: 26
WIS: 25
CHA: 13
LCK: 250
Skills: Bael: Power of Destruction, Devil Magic, Gremory: Power of Fate (Dormant)
"Oh my god… it's me! I got turned into a character sheet"
Looking up from her own for a second, she saw koneko and kiba look confused while alba just smiled at her.
"So how do I get the rest to join?" I asked with a smile on my face, alba's mouth twitching as he do doubt knew how I was feeling
Alba smiled, and responded "All you need to do is mentally invite them. It's not that hard, you should know how to instinctively"
She nodded again, feeling her neck get a little stiff before mentally sending the invite.
Invited Akeno to [Rias Gremory's Party]
Invited Kiba to [Rias Gremory's Party]
Invited Koneko to [Rias Gremory's Party]
Kiba has joined the party!
Koneko has joined the party!
Akeno has joined the party!
Kiba looked a bit confused, and seemed to be hard focused on the invisible screen, poking random things. While Koneko seemed to be… oddly fixated on the screen.
"Well, I believe that's part one of getting you guys up there in power level. Now it's time for part two" Alba's words broke everyone out of their stupor, as she idly noticed Akeno's presence bolting towards them.
The door then slammed open, revealing Akeno carrying a tray of tea cups looking confused like she had been born yesterday.
"Rias! What's going on?" Akeno yelled, breaking her usual perfect princess act as she looked wild and slightly unhinged pacing towards me.
Looking at her in concern, I spoke in a concerned tone "Don't worry Akeno, it's fine. The devil reincarnation failed, but alba's helping us out by training us"
Akeno seemed a bit confused, until Alba spoke up "I… understand if it's a bit confusing, but I genuinely only want to help you. Though, if I shocked or offended you I want to apologise it was not my intent"
Akeno's breathing gets a bit calmer, and she smiles a bit trying to regain a bit of her composure "Ara… ever the gentleman, are you?"
She was trying, and she had a feeling Alba appreciated the effort but… the teasing wasn't genuine, and everyone knew it.
"Why thank you, I do try. Still, everyone gather round will you? Because I'm gonna explain step 2 to all of you." Alba said in a matter of fact tone, all of us gathering around him as he stood up
We didn't even notice we'd already started following his lead, it just felt too natural.
"Now, I don't know if any of you-besides rias- have ever played a video game before, but the principle behind it is simple. You have a character sheet and XP, you have monsters to kill which give you XP, and that XP allows you to level up your abilities. What I'm going to be doing is moving you guys to a place filled with monsters to train your abilities and get stronger. Have fun"
Start Instant Dungeon?
Y/N?
"Uuumm yes?"
And then there is a flash of white, and I, alongside Kiba, Koneko and Akeno appear in a strange desert land.
"...what the fuck?"
Honestly, that was the last thing she thought she would ever hear Kiba say
(Alba Itami)
As everyone disappeared and I entered the dungeon, the only thing I could do was activate time stop and bend over laughing
"I… hahaha, I heheheh I can't fucking beli-ahhahaha that just worked. HAHHAHAHA, oh my god that's fucking hilarious"
I'm just wondering how you managed to not break character through that entire thing
….
Oh yeah, you're dying of laughter
"It's… just… so fucking funny, oh my god I fucking can't" I then fall on my ass laughing
Ahh, this is fun.
Also, huh. Someone's approaching
I didn't even register ana's words for a few seconds before I felt a powerful presence approaching the ORC building, causing me to temporarily stop laughing as I looked towards the origin of the presence.
Teleporting towards it, I was greeted by a rather unusual sight… Sirzechs Lucifer glowing with a destructive aura, ready to fuck shit up
He then turns to me, and his eyes narrow "You… what did you do to Rias"
"What?"
You stayed behind while Rias and co went into the ID genius, what did you think was gonna happen? That no one would notice
"Fair"
"Answer me!" Sirzechs yelled, flaring his power and reminding me that he existed as I shrugged.
"Dude, I'm helping them train. Now fuck off, I don't have the time for this"
Sirzechs frowns, and a blast of POD flies towards me before being promptly annihilated by my defensive stats.
"Give Rias back to me in five seconds, or I will destroy you"
I sigh, and stare at him while casually holding my hands in my pockets "Dude, I could destroy you in like a second. Stop flexing about power you don't have"
Sirzechs takes a step towards me, the ground cracking as his body starts to slowly warp from all the POD he's channelling. "This is your last warning" He says, his voice sounding heavily distorted.
I sigh, about to respond when I feel my creature sense tingling from above. Looking up at the air, I'm spotted with the sight of a red headed girl wearing a tanktop and shorts soaring through the air and crashing into Sirzechs.
Upon contact, all of his destructive energy is cancelled and Sirzechs is simply… flattened like a pancake.
You got a Assist on [Sirzechs Lucifer]
"What?"
The girl then looks around, at the crushed Sirzechs underneath and loudly yells "Another happy landing!"
[Observe]
Great Red - Great Ballin Dragon God
LVL: 250000000000
HP: Yes/Yes
MP: Yes/Yes
SP: Yes/Yes
Race: [True Dragon]
Age: 10000+ Years
Gender: [Female]
Virginity: [Virgin]
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
END: 170000000
DEF: ∞
STR: 170000000
DEX: 150000000
INT: 100000000
WIS: 100000000
CHA: 50000000
LCK: 25
Thoughts about you: No clue who you are
Affection: 0
Obedience: 0
"What?"
The tomboy (apparently great red) then turns to me with a disinterested look and says "Huh? You lookin at anything? I could kick your ass ya know"
I just blink in confusion again, before trying to go back to the usual shitlord persona "I'm Alba Itami, and I'm assuming you're great red? Ophis… well she doesn't really talk much, but when she does it's about you sometimes"
Great red's face goes from disinterested to extremely engaged as she practically teleports over to me and yells in an loud voice "Huh! You know Ophis? Lead me to her, I wanna talk to her bout…. Idk something? Actually, who the hell are you"
I smile, and offer her my hand "I'm Alba Itami, and I believe this is going to be the start of a very long and healthy friendship"
Great red seems a bit confused, but takes my hand and roughly shakes it. Rough as in, would have annihilated a normal person "Yeah, whatever. Just lead me to ophis and we can be friends or whatever"
Well, this is interesting
"...you don't say genius, you don't say"
Chapter End
Well, that was certainly a chapter. Sorry if it was shorter than the others but I don't give a shit.
Procrastination struck me again, and I managed to beat my stellaris addiction… only to immediately get addicted to playing dnd and too tired to care about anything else, woops.
This was going to originally have a different ending, with Alba travelling along with Rias and the gang while sirzechs panicked in the background… but the muse drove me to do this, so Sirzechs is dead… for now. He'll be back, but alba has bigger priorities for now
Speaking of bigger priorities, Great Red! What can I say, I wanted a tomboy so I threw her in there and sacrificed Sirzechs to do it. I'd write more interesting shit about how this works, but that might make people think I'm actually not being ironic when I write this fic and that's just fucking horrible.
Now that I think about it, I should have turned issei into a woman instead of killing him, that seems more… generic dxd fanfic to me. Well, dxd gamers usually just murder him so whateverz
If you wanna know something, my outline originally had a bonus scene with Deodora going about his day and getting pissed that he couldn't yoink alba, but it got cut cuzz I wanted to keep my SGO author roles lmao.
Actually yeah, I need to plug SGO now, can't believe I haven't done that yet. Then again, I have a feeling that the kind of people who might enjoy a fic like this shouldn't be introduced to SGO, but whatever. SGO's filled with a bunch of retards and big authors like DarkWolfShiro, Mirlnir and me, and smaller authors like Cambrian and USSExplorer. Also a lot of porn: discord .gg /wd3tUYWVCd (remove the spaces)