{Here's chapter two, freshly corrected to my good friend(and fellow GM) Omega Kenchi. If you like Gamer stories than read his, you won't regret it. and remeber I own nothing and nobody.}
Chapter 2, Territories and grinding.
"Tree!" I so eloquently shouted before smashing head first into said tree. That's the last time I run through an interdimensional portal without a landing strategy. Cyan is right, Ragnorak is an asshole. The irony is not lost on me.
Rubbing the newly made bump on my forehead, since my hood came down and the armor with it, I stood up and found myself in the same park as Issie was killed. Except it was night and I had a big ass orange screen in my face!
Welcome to your first world gamer! This is the territory map, now since the supernatural have a firm grip you can loosen it and take a segment for yourself. The benefits are quite coveted and will be useful; however you'll have to introduce yourself to the current leaders and make a statement. Depending on what you choose the negotiations can be either peaceful or not so. Which is why it's recommended to be within twenty levels of the current leaders of this territory. Good luck!
Leaders. Rias gremory lv: 30 and Sona sitri lv: 27.
Territory: kuoh.
Well, shit. I'm gonna wait until level thirty, at least, until I try that out. Oh well time to create ID dungeon. I stuck my hand into the air and channeled mana into it, yet nothing happened. Well, almost nothing. A big red X appeared in my face.
Request denied. Why make a skill when you already have it as a skill book, silly?
Wait a minute? What skill book?! I slapped my face with enough force to shave ten Hp off my life bar. I can't believe I forgot about the two skill books I got after finishing that quest! I opened up my inventory and saw the two books. I instantly used them and two screens, explaining what they did, appeared.
Deadzone(Active) level: 1(0%). A alternate dimension, perfect for training new Grim reapers. The reality is ever evolving and does not have a finite end.
Mp cost: 250. WARNING must complete the dungeon to leave, all dungeons have at least one boss.
Dungeons available.
Deus Vult! Deus Vult!
Let's go kill a kite.
Cursed templars.
And the other one.
Lich form(Active) level: 1(0%) A powerful skill of the reapers. You become what all fear, the very image of death!
Mp cost: 0(Can only be used once per day.) Shaken debuff to any witnesses below your level.
Well glad to see that my ID skill is completely unique. Though that warning. . . Aw well, i'll worry about it later. The real trouble is with this second skill. It seems like it needs to be used in specific circumstances or else it'll bomb terribly. Coupled with the fact it can only be used once per day, it's gonna be a pain to grind.
"Well let's keep that on the back burner for now. I'm gonna need to prepare myself before I go dungeoning. Now time to head for a fairly safe spot, it's too open here." That and I'm horribly paranoid about spies. To an alley!
{Time skip: 10 minutes}
Finally! An alleyway! Now, how does this skill work? I sat on a ruined box as I pondered how to use the skill. "Maybe I just need to say the dungeon name along with the skill's name." I pondered, stroking my imaginary beard; it was a habit I had in my old life that must've carried over. I stood up and stretched my sore muscles. "Now then, Deadzone, Cursed templars."
Reality bended around me, the alleyway stretched, pulled and mutated into a ruined battlefield. Weapons without owners littered the grounds and craters scared the ground in between the weapons. Even though I felt the wind through my armor: there was no sound. Just silence, no birds chirping, no background noise of anytype. Just me and the sound of my own heartbeat. The haunting silence was shattered by howls of pain and sorrow, the sound rattled inside my ears. I looked to the left, where the sound originated. A sunken husk of a man was what I saw, he was dressed in silver plate mail that covered everything but his head. A steel straight sword was clasped around his waist as was a small kite shield.
"Observe." I murmured, so it wouldn't hear me.
Cursed soldier of the church.
Level:13
Hp:200
Mp:N/A
Alignment: chaotic evil.
No backstory, that's fine with me. Makes it easier to kill. My scythe firmly in hand I began to sneak up on the creature. Luckily it must be deaf not to hear me, I was within striking distance when it suddenly turned around to face me. I held my breath and prepared for combat, except, it just stood there. It slowly returned to it's original position, as if it forgot I was here. I waited for a few moments before I creeped up behind it and tried to behead it.
Emphasis tried. The blade cut through most of the muscle in the neck but it didn't go through fully. That and it defied all physics by bending its arms backwards so it can sock me in the face. I stumbled backwards my hp was lowered by ten. The templar ripped the scythe out and threw onto the ground nearby.
"Thorn bind hostage." I said calmly, the purple vines restrained the templar as I grabbed my scythe. I finished the job by slicing the vines. The templar turned to ash leaving nothing behind. I was confused at this but a screen appeared again.
Gained 200 exp. Loot will be distributed at the end of the dungeon.
Well that answers that. I could hear the shambles of the other cursed ones approach, they must've been 'agro'ed by the screams of their companion. No matter.
"Summon Wraith." My summon appeared next to me, it was smaller than the one I fought. But that's to be expected since it's stage one. What shocked me was I had a screen with four of the Wraith's abilities and three points to use. I sunk two into supernova and the last one into ambush. "Rise my Wraith, it's time for you to feed." My tone was both even and had a undertone of power. My summon bowed its head and disappeared in a stream of light. The screams of my enemy's echoed the arena as we got to work.
We were at it for hours, the enemy just kept coming in waves of the disposable templars I fought with. They also had cavalry, mounts and archers. But with my magic and my summon we slaughtered them.
The Wraith would pick off targets that got to close to my blind spots, in return I guarded it as my creature feed on the corpses of the enemy. Apparently it earned exp too, and a bonus if it feed on the corpses. It's stats were in the corner of my vision, always showing me how healthy it was. While it may be a summon I do think of it as a friend. It's status page looked something like this
Wraith.
Level: 4. (75%)
Armor: 50
Hp: 250.
I had leveled up twice in this dungeon, still no boss yet. My scythe mastery increased by two also, that and thorn bind hostage is now level 5 which means it does 50 damage per vine cut. I was saving my points until we were out of this dungeon. I also noticed none of my physical stats had increased even though in combat I was constantly being pushed to my limits. I wonder if the free points are like the loot and that they get distributed at the end of the dungeon. Oh well food for thought I guess. Right now I was currently trying to pull one of the many swords littered around the dungeon, while all the swords so far were unmovable I still tried to pull them free. "Cmon, papa needs a new pair of swords." I grunted as I tried to pull yet another sword from the ground. My efforts were once again fruitless and I think my Wraith is getting a tad annoyed with my actions.
"What? It's a legitimate strategy." I stated matter o factly. My summon huffed but didn't 'say' anything further. After a while of walking we came upon a giant of a man. He was easily thirteen feet tall with a massive tower shield beside him. A greatsword of equal length was strapped to his back. His helmet was enclosed, unlike none of his men, with a smooth blade running down from the front to the back.
"Observe" I whispered and prepared myself for a possible boss fight.
Templar commander. Mini Boss type.
Level: 34
Alignment: Lawful evil.
Hp: 100000
Mp: 100
Bio: The commander of this ruined army, he was cursed to forever fight to the death against the mage's foes. While trained to be a knight he also dabbled in the mystic arts in his youth.
This is a mini boss!? Ragnorak you bastard! Also why now am I getting bios? Questions for later, fighting now.
{Bgm: I am all of me.}
The knight charged at us recklessly, Wraith and I split up in opposite directions, I would distract while he smashed.
"Oi knighty. Get your rusting ass over here so I can kick it!" I shouted. The commander was all to willing to oblige. It swung the great sword and tried to slice me in two. I rolled away from the mighty blow and responded in kind with several blows of my scythe. All together it barely did 100 points of damage, I didn't even scratch it's armor for crying out loud! My summon wasn't faring any better. It's supernova, while powerful, just didn't deal enough significant damage. I wanna say it did about 500 points.
Templar commander. Mini Boss type.
Hp: 99,400.
That's all I focused on with his status.
"Thorn bind hostage." The magical vines restrained the boss while my summon cut the vines. 400 points of damage for each successful eight vines chopped. Unlike my fight with the wraith I couldn't risk spamming the move because the amount of mana the Wraith takes up. I limited myself to three per minute, because anymore would drain my Mp faster than I could restore it. Little by little we grinded his Hp down, between the supernova attacks and my spells we managed to take him down a whole fourth of his massive Hp bar. Giving him about 25000 Hp left.
It was then his next attacks activated. He stood up ramrod straight and threw away his weapons, his hands began to ooze chaotic powers.
"Stage two Wraith, looks like he's gonna use magic. Keep up on him and we'll win." I shouted encouragement and circled the mini boss. I swung my weapon for his joints but he turned around and thrusted his palm forward. I managed to dodge the strike but my eyes widened as a eldritch tentacle wrapped around his hand and reached out to grab me. Using reflexes unknown to me I chopped the tentacle and quickly backpedaled away from the mini boss. The Wraith tried to attack from behind but the commander knew it was coming and dodged the claws.
The mini boss uppercutted my summon and kicked him towards me, luckily the Wraith's armor still held, if only just. The mini boss held up a palm towards both of us and his magic began to collect at his palm, a moderate sized ball of pure chaos. I quickly ran through my options mentally on how to beat this thing since that tentacle will spawn if I try and go for melee combat, not to mention his new found spatial awareness. When I remembered something. I had a sacred gear made for these types of situations. Though I wanted to wait for my encounter with the devils to use this: but plans never last contact with the enemy.
"Assimilation gear!" The black gauntlet appeared on my right hand and the metallic scales crawled up my arms but stopped at my shoulders. The gauntlet itself looked similar to Issei's boosted gear but with some key differences. Instead of a ruby red my gear was a polished onyx that was damn near hypnotizing. There were curved horns of a similar color near the base of the gauntlet that made it look intimidating. The gem was a brilliant liquid gold with lines tracing out to the knuckles.
The commander flinched at the sight of my mighty gear but it still fired it's magic.
"Assimilate." I said calmly, a small vortex emerged from the gem and sucked down the magic attack.
Congrats, you just earned your first affinity. Affinity's allow you to make elemental spells with greater ease and power. But be warned for those with affinities higher than yours in a certain group. Affinities have a pseudo conscious and will obey anyone that has a stronger connection to it. If a person's specific affinity is high enough the attack can be either redirected or just worthless. Updating gamer system.
Name:Spencer A Hott
Alias: Mores M Operandi
Alignment :Chaotic good
Title: The gamer
Level: 13
HP: 100 Regen: 1.0 Hp per minute
MP: 1375 Regen: 550 Mp per minute.
Vit:12 (-8)
Str:35
Dex:65 (+4)
Int:50 (+5)
Wis:50 (+5)
Luc:35 (+5)
Stat points: 10
Money: 500000 yen
Skill points: 2
Affinities: (Chaos:20)
A quick Observe to the mini boss.
Templar commander. Mini Boss type.
Level:34
Hp: 25000/100000
Mp: 100.
Affinity: (Chaos:30)
It seemed confused I assimilated it's attacks so easily but that didn't stop it from firing off one after the other. I simply stood there and assimilated all the attacks. Six bolts of chaos later I had 140 for my affinity, to repay the boss I loaded 130 of the affinity into my sacred gear. "Nice attacks how about I Retort!" After those words left my mouth a massive bolt of chaotic energy rocketed outwards, it bore through it's chest and continued it's path of mindless destruction. The knight looked up to me and nodded it's head before it fell over dead.
{Bgm end}
And now the screens, so many screens.
Level up x 18. Skills learned: Chaos smasher, Chaos bolt. Mana channeling. Thorn bind hostage leveled up by 3. Observe level up by two. Grand scythe of the Grim reaper Mastery leveled up by six. Summon Wraith leveled up, ready to evolve. Black rider Skill unlocked! For overcoming physical limits vit increased by five, strength increased by 2, dex increased by 1. For realising the power of the assimilation gear your Int and Wis increased by two.
Chaos smasher(Active) level 1(0%). Mp cost: 60. A collected ball of pure chaotic power, decimating against those unprepared for it. B scaleing with chaos affinity.
Chaos bolt(Active) level 1(0%). Mp cost:30. A shot mixed with mana and chaotic powers, while weak it's very precise. D scaling with chaos affinity.
Mana channeling(Passive) level 1(0%). A self explanatory skill, makes creating spells easier. Passively Increase Int and Wis by 1.
Thorn bind hostage(Active) level 8(15%). Mp cost:100. A restraining magic utilized by the archmage Shiro. If one of the thorns is cut it deals piercing magic damage. Magic damage per vine: 80.
Observe(Active) Level 4(5%). Mp cost: most useful skill in any gamer's arsenal, allows the gamer to observe anything and get useful information out of them. Shows the basic of stats on anything Observed, shows a short bio for any living thing observed.
Black rider(Active) Level 1(0%). Mp cost: 200 a power exclusive to the nazgul. Summon your darkened mount from anywhere across the lands and charge into battle. Summons a dark horse obedient to you and you alone.
The door to leave is temporarily opened, do you wish to leave or stay. Be warned if you choose to stay because the boss of this realm will be much stronger than the mini boss.
Leave and prepare or stay and fight?
Holy shit! Seriously, Holy shit! Look at this stuff. The door to bullshit stunts have opened and boy am I loving it.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" I straight up laughed maniacally at this, another habit of mine but that's not important right now. To the status screen! But before that I chose to stay in the dungeon because I need all the exp possible. Now then, I have a hundred stat points so where to go.
After a few moments I had pooled my points into the stats of my choice.
Name:Spencer A Hott
Alias: Mores M Operandi
Alignment :Chaotic good
Title: The gamer
Level: 31
HP: 325 Regen: 20.0 Hp per minute
MP: 1900 Regen: 710 Mp per minute.
Vit:21 (-8)
Str:45
Dex:90 (+4)
Int:70 (+6)
Wis:65 (+6)
Luc:45 (+5)
Stat points: 25
Money: 500000 yen
Skill points: 20
Affinities: (Chaos:10)
Skill points can wait until this dungeon is cleared. Also! "Evolve Wraith." I commanded since the coast was clear, it obeyed me without a second thought. In mere moments stood the stage two Wraith I fought earlier. Another screen with four skill points for the Wraith appeared, I was confused as to why it had four points but just shrugged and put them in. One into Super nova maxing it out, two into Decoy and the last one into Ambush.
"Great adventurer, please come into my humble abode. I wish to discuss 'business.' Do not worry, my pets will not harm you." A voice echoed from all directions, a large mansion erupted violently from the ground, it was a mere five meters away but I could feel the raw magic power from here. "Black rider!" A trample of hooves greeted me, a black stallion walked up to me. It was nothing to special, average height and build, black flowing mane and finally pupiless gray eyes. I pet my new mount and got on top of it, my Wraith floated close by, it obviously trusted the voice as much as I did. Which was not at all.
"To the mansion." I told my mount and off it went, the feeling of the wind on my face reached through my mask and I sighed at the peaceful interlude from battle. It however didn't last long as we made it to the lair of the boss. I got off my mount, pet it's head and dismissed it for now. For a moment I thought about dismissing the Wraith too but my high Int kicked in. I was basically walking into a trap where, at my level, would be close to impossible to complete alone. However, add the assassin of Evolve and the odds even up quite a bit. Hell, without my Wraith I'd be dead against that mini boss.
"Use Decoy and get into a position where you can Ambush him." I ordered my summon, it obeyed me. Another thing different from the base game is that the decoy is smart enough not to rush in a fight. It was fairly durable too, not enough to survive a powerful magic attack but enough to survive period.
We walked into the mansion with faux confidence, inside however I was sweating. This is so above my level it's not even funny. But this is DxD not RWBY. So time to give all of probability the bird. We continued down a large hall when we entered a vary large laboratory, I knew the original had left to get into position. A rather eccentric looking man came into view from behind a desk. He looked to be a bit taller than myself, perhaps 6'8 or so, he was thin but had a fair bit of muscle under his purple lab coat. A rather meek looking face but it hid a confidant and powerful gleam in his red eyes. 'Observe.' I subvocalized my skill and nearly cursed at the level difference.
Howard, Leviathan, Atherious.
Alignment: Lawful evil
Level: 81
Hp: 500
Mp: 10000000.
Affinities: ?
Bio: A powerful mage of the medieval era, he was killed by assassins and reborn by the old leviathan. However, after learning that the Leviathan had hired his killers he stood against his master. His punishment, trapped in a endless loop of his greatest success. Because he was reborn as a pure blooded devil he is much stronger than any peerage equivalent, thinks he can use your power to escape this eternal torture.
That's quite a bit of lore there, I bet he doesn't know about the devil civil war. Which means he's been here for a while. His physical body is pathetic but his magic is monstrous, need to tread lightly and stall until the Wraith can Ambush him.
"So why have you brought me here to your home, Mr-?" I left it purposely open ended, just need to get this guy talking.
"My name is Howard Atherious, though most people know me as Howard Levithan. Bastard took away my name along with my freedom. The reason why I brought you here is to ask a favor of you." I raised my brow but motioned him to continue, the Wraith was close to an acceptable position.
"This favor of mine is only for you to help me escape from my prison so I can take revenge against my 'master'. I can and will reward you handsomely if you do this for me." Since I got no quest notification after he said that, either it meant he was lying or there's no point in doing so.
"I hate to tell you this but your master, along with the other three 'great satans', are long dead. There was a big civil war that wiped out most of the devil race along with their leaders." I said with finality in my voice. His posture broke down to disbelief and possible sadness at the loss of stance then turned into one of boiling rage.
"Even if that is the truth, I'll still escape and wreak havoc onto the supernatural world as punishment for what it did to me!" The levels of hate and murderous intent that was coming off of him is insane. My Wraith was nearing the intercept position but still had a ways to go, I'm so glad when the Wraith is invisible and sneaking it's undetectable.
"While I have no love for the supernatural for it's use of mankind as pawns, mass xenocide is not the answer." I said in a calm fashion, while inside I was anything but.
His cruel gaze landed on me, I had to hold back a flinch to appear unphased by his might. "I respect you for your thoughts on humanity but if you insist in getting in my way, you'll be exterminated." Howard said to me, I nodded and retorted.
"Many have tried, all have failed, and you'll just be another soul for me to judge in the end." I was lieing out my ass but hey it sounded cool.
Howard raised his hand and a massive stream on mana collected into his palm as he prepared a powerful spell.
{Bgm start: The vengeful one, disturbed.}
'Of course, his song would be this one. Assimilation gear!' I thought and materialized my gear. He launched his massive spell and it formed to become a ridiculous beam of mana and other elements. 'Assimilate.' I subvocalized, the vortex appeared and began to absorb the mana, but it was too much. I ground my teeth down as I was pushed back, even though I was basically blocking it.
Warning! Assimilation gear is being overloaded!
Shit! I cut off the connection to the stream and rolled out of the way of the remainder. My gauntlet was cracked for a fraction of a second but regenerated just as quickly. I set the power I gained and prepared to fire back. 'Retort!' My own variant launched back at him. He simply held out his hand and absorbed the magic back into his massive pools. I jumped around him and spammed Chaos shot and Thorn bind hostage. Unfortunately he was strong enough to move around even though he was restrained. He dodged out of the way of my magic and shot much faster mana bullets. My Hp was falling as was my Mp, but since the thorns have yet to be torn I still had a chance.
I forgone normal spellcaster strategy and straight up ran up to him, my scythe ready for cutting. Howard thought I was gonna try and attack him, well, he was half right. I bob and weaved past his magical bullets, easily getting hit by more than a few. My Hp was barly in the 20's when I last checked, I swung my scythe in a wide arc, Howard dodged the scythe but my scythe managed to cut 4 of his vines. He looked shocked that I cut his restraints but that shock turned into agony as he was dealt with 320 piercing damage.
He stumbled backwards, he was off balance and the Wraith was in a intercept position, 'Checkmate.' i thought before shouting. "Now!" The Wraith Ambushed Howard and shoved both claws through his chest, dealing 100 points of damage. But it was not done as it retreated with it's prey back to it's hidey hole. I heard Supernova activate and Howard's screams shortly after, I knew then I had won. But I saw no experience points nor a screen, I learned why when the Wraith dragged his mangled corpse and a small reddish blue orb emerged from his body. I felt one of my skills activate automatically as I grabbed it. My scythe glowed a menacing red light and I realized what I had to do. I checked my Mp and saw I had just enough to save his soul. Two options appeared to my left and right. To save or to reap.
I choose to save his soul. The second I selected that option my body went into auto pilot as my left hand patted the soul and opened the door to the afterlife. The soul morphed into a small child version of Howard and he held out his hand, silently asking me to grab it.
I'm feeling a bioshock 2 vibe right now. Can't say I hate it. Though that does make me wonder what would've happened if I reaped the soul. Well, I hope I won't find out.
My body responded with me gently grabbing his hand and leading him to the opened door, he let go and cautiously walked forward towards the door. I was about to leave when he rushed up to me and hugged my leg.
"Thank you." The small child said. He reached into his pocket and grabbed a small necklace, I went down onto one knee and bent my head forward, the small child put the necklace over my head and walked through the door, the door shut as soon as he entered; leaving me curious about what's on the other side.
I could now control my body so I Observed the necklace.
Necklace of grandmasters. Accessory, rank: mystic. A old necklace given to those who have proven themselves through constant trials and tribulations. This one belonged to Howard Atherious, given to him after he became a master mage in his own right.
Gives the wearer permanent affinities for lighting, earth, wind, water, light and dark. +20 to all affinities while equipped.
Well, this is awesome. Now the screens should come right, about. Now!
(Bgm end)
Level up x 29, dungeon cleared, dungeon unlocked: Stillborn. New skill unlocked! Call to arms! Grand scythe of the Grim reaper mastery increased by one. Chaos bolt leveled up by two. Thorn by hostage leveled up by one. Wraith level up by ten. Mana channeling leveled up by two. For winning against an enemy many times stronger than you luc increased by ten! Title unlocked, Merciful death. The dungeon has been cleared and loot will be added into the inventory once you leave. Since this dungeon is cleared you may revisit it and leave anytime you wish, but be warned for the bosses will never be the same twice.
Call to arms(Active) level 1(0%). Mp cost: All. The ultimate secret of the armor of ringwraiths. Summon your fellow ringwraiths to battle and done the crown of the Witch king himself. Summons three Nazgul obedient to you and you alone. +200% to all defenses when in Witch king form. +40 to dark affinity while activated.
YEEEEAAAAAHHHH! Gimmie those sweet skills! Also a title, let's see here.
Merciful death. Title, requisites: Spare a boss type enemy. You shown mercy to a creature that wanted to annihilate you. As a result strangers are more trusting and friendlier. +50 for all races in karmic choices.
That is both useful and very open ended. Is this karma system like fallouts? Food for thought now then. 'Status.'
Name:Spencer A Hott
Alias: Mores M Operandi
Alignment :Chaotic good
Title: The gamer/Merciful death.
Level: 60
HP: 325. Regen: 20.0 Hp per minute
MP: 1950. Regen: 730 Mp per minute.
Vit:21 (-8)
Str:45
Dex:90 (+4)
Int:70 (+8)
Wis:65 (+8)
Luc:55 (+5)
Stat points: 170
Money: 500000 yen
Skill points: 49
Affinities:
Chaos:10(+20)
Fire: 10(+20)
Lighting: 10(+20)
Earth: 10(+20)
Water: 10(+20)
Wind: 10(+20)
Dark: 10(+20)
Light: 10(+20)
So this is what I have to work with. It's a lot, no doubt. But if my last fight told me anything I'm gonna need a whole lot more power if I'm to survive a fist fight against Sirzechs or Odin. Though could I summon one of the final fantasy summons and then have it deal out massive damage. Well….
Stat points needed: 100 Int, 200 Wis.
Okay, possible but it'll take a while. What about gaster blasters, now that is some serious firepower! But that skill, and many more I didn't mention, can wait until we get out of here. I pressed the exit button on the screen and I found myself in the same alleyway. Now that's over with I can distribute my stat and skill points in peace. I had my Wraith prowl the area for any spies before I distributed my points. Also my new title equipped itself but didn't take away the gamer one, seems like I can have multiple, or at least two at a time. First though, the stats!
Name:Spencer A Hott
Alias: Mores M Operandi
Alignment :Chaotic good
Title: The gamer/Merciful death.
Level: 60
HP: 1050. Regen: 100.0 Hp per minute
MP: 2650. Regen: 1060 Mp per minute.
Vit:50(-8)
Str:65
Dex:121 (+4)
Int:100 (+6)
Wis:100 (+6)
Luc:80 (+5)
Stat points: 0
Money: 500000 yen
Skill points: 49
Affinities:
Chaos:10(+20)
Fire: 10(+20)
Lighting: 10(+20)
Earth: 10(+20)
Water: 10(+20)
Wind: 10(+20)
Dark: 10(+20)
Light: 10(+20)
Good for now, time for more skills! I opened the menu and actually payed close attention to the amount of skills in each tree, each tree appeared to have 100 skills minimum. I would have to be level 305 to max out each tree, and that's running on the theory that each tree has only 100 skills.
The reaper arts skill tree have wings but it'll take 28 of my hoarded points, though the damnation tree has quite the skill, but it'll take the same amount of points. For now I'll use my 28 points on the reaper arts tree, flight is definitely more useful. Now to pool the rest of my points into damnation and boom, I'm done! The reaper arts are just defensive and offensive techniques and lumped together into a massive skill, so yay less screens! Also because of that. I know kungfu.
Reaper arts# 3-29, Techniques of reapers(Passive) level: Max. Reapers are the apex predators of the supernatural world. The Grim reaper is a level above even that, their bodies as a result are living weapons ready to be used. Mankind just so happened to be great teachers. Passive: kung fu fighting. Your skills are faster than lighting~
Reaper art# 30, Angel of death(Active) Level: Max. Mp cost: 50 per minute.
The Grim reaper is commonly known as the angel of death by humanity and the supernatural. Take to the skies and show them why you've been given this title!
The damnation skill tree had a lot more diversity than their green counterpart. With these I payed close attention to them.
Presence of death(Passive) Level: Max. Your very presence sends chills down the spines of those that stand against you. For those that call you comrade will feel bolstered that death himself fights with them. -25% in enemy forces morale. +25% allied forces moral. (Only activates in wide scale battles or raids.)
Twin fists of the beast king(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 400 Discovered after learning the secrets of the animal kingdom and their sworn defender. Shoots two beast shaped heads at enemies, or +50% physical attack in hand to hand.
Hell viewing technique(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 500 For those few that do not fear death, make them see their darkest demons and lose their minds to madness. Shows target's worse fear, Warning: high level targets may be able to break free from illusion.
Summon Cerberus(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 1100. The guard dog of hell is at your beck and call, you just need to ask.
Wraith form(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 500 Become intangible and go through walls and other creatures. Enemy can't attack you in this form and vice versa.
Poisoned silver tongue(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 20 per word. Make the enemy tremble with rage at your toxic word. Makes the target go into a blind rage and attack with their strongest attacks.
Shield of the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 300. Even the damned have guardians, take one of their few shields to guard what can't be dodged. Summons a shield that negates any damage from a source three levels, or lower, below you. Can be easily destroyed by a powerful attack.
Fools for the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 40 Confuse your foes by acting as if you have no power. Inflicts arrogance debuff to target.
Chains of the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 100. Slow down the quicksters with these accursed chains. Lowers target's speed by 10%. Lasts until dispelled or chains are broken.
Vampiric wrath(Passive) level: Max. No explanation needed. Regain half of the damage dealt to foes using a melee weapon.
Killing intent(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 20 per second. Releases your hate and malice and gives it true form. Make your enemy fear you before death takes them. Only works if you intend to erase the target from existence at any cost. Negates gamer's mind and self inflicts wrathful anger debuff onto user. Potency of intent may cause it to appear in the physical realm, this can have many effects. Both good and bad, remember this because there is no going back. [Wrathful anger. Debuff. Lasts: varying length of time. Makes the user go into a single minded rage on their target. -97% wis and -50% Int]
Sumon Keeper of the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 600 The gatekeeper to damnation heeds your call, you must only ask.
Sense bloodlust(Passive)level: Max. The instinct to sense bloodlust is second only to the instinct to live. Can sense where the bloodlust is coming from to the dollar. Be warned for expert senjutsu users can mask their exact location, but not the want to kill.
Summon defenders of the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 300 per defender. Some guardians are not content to simply protect the damned, they await your call to free them from their boredom.
Summon cursed knights(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 200 per knight. These knights were once cursed to wander between realms but now they serve the Grim reaper.
Summon remains of the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 100 per remains. The remains are little more than bones and dust, but once summoned they're bones are put back together and they shall fight for their master. Takes time for the bones to come back together.
Scythe of the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 500 An artifact of the damned, now a technique given to the powerful. Summons a blood red scythe that hungers for souls.
Summon merchant for the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 0. A merchant, not much else to say. Sell prices low and buy prices high.
Summon blacksmith for the damned(Active) level: Max. Mp cost: 100 A blacksmith saved by a past grim reaper. Now indebted he will forge mighty weapons as he has for those before you. Make sure you have plenty of money and materials.
After I had read and closed the screens I opened my inventory and saw my loot. It was mostly materials, broken swords, armor, etc. The boss loot consisted of a few things. A greatsword that I can assume the knight had used, a tower shield, a purple mage robe and a spell book, it's not a skill book. Apparently my system classifies it as a weapon. Useless for now but I'm sure a use will come soon enough, now, the territory screen. I was met with the same screen as before, there was now a button that said conquer and one that said exit. I pressed conquer and was met with a crimson screen.
You have chosen to conquer this territory, do you wish to send a letter for 'negotiations'.
Yes/No?
I choose yes and was meet with a keyboard and a empty page. I scratched my head for what to write, than a thought occured.
"Can I use Hell viewing technique on this letter?" I asked the screen, I wasn't expecting an answer but I got a thumbs up. 'Oh this, this will be glorious.' I schemed with a wide smile.
(Six minutes later.)
Phew! Took long enough now just gotta send it and boom! Plan alpha will begin. I watched as my letter was folded and placed into an envelope with what I can guess is my magic circle. It disappeared before I could analyze it, oh well. I'll just try and meditate to pass the time, I don't care much for the skill at this point.
Meditating now!
Nevermind I mean now!
Now?
|Pov change!|
Rias Gremory, the heiress to the gremory name. She had a body most women can only dream of having, sea green eyes, blood red hair and a bust bigger than most watermelons. Men(and some women) fall hard for her. She was about to finish her paperwork for the 'club' she lead. When a pitch black seal with twin crimson scythes crossed over each other appeared in front of her. She was immediately on guard and was about to summon her powers of destruction when a envelope flew out and floated in front of her. The seal disappeared shortly thereafter. Her curiosity got the better of her and she opened the envelope and made to grab the letter inside, she shouldn't have done that.
She was no longer in her office back at the academy, she was now strapped to a cross and unable to look away. A figure arose in the distance, his figure can't be described for he looked like a living cloud. The only thing solid was a scythe, matted in dry blood. Several more crosses arose from the ground and with them were her peerage, her family for lack of a better word. But Rias was horrified at how her peerage looked.
Akeno, her queen, had both sets of her wings out but they were torn, plucked and partly cut off. She had various cuts and bruises around her wrists and face. The others weren't faring much better.
Kiba was impaled by several swords, some of which she recognized as his own creations. All the swords were impaled in spots that wouldn't kill him. One of his eyes hung out of his skull as his breathing was slow and choppy.
Koneko looked to have been in her nekomata form, but her tail gone, nothing more than a bloody stump. Her ears shredded and bleeding, arms and legs broken in several places. Even her fingers and toes were broken methodically.
Gasper, he had it worse. He was impaled by several flaming stakes, all missing vital organs. His fangs were pulled out and left his mouth bloody. His eyes, both of them were gone, the sightless crossdresser was whimpering from the agony of his torture.
The figure made of clouds walked over to Akeno, he looked Rias dead in the eyes as he tore Akeno's wings off the rest of the way. Akeno's cries of pain echoed the empty landscape, their eyes meet and Akeno sent her a pleading look.
"Help me Rias!" Akeno screamed before the figure shattered her jaw with a thunderous hook. The figure once again turned to Rias and called down a bolt of pale lighting, Akeno howled in pain as the holy lighting attacked her very being before she slumped over and turned to ash.
Rias was crying, her best friend just died in the most painful way possible and begged her to help. Except she couldn't. The figure continued his emotionless stroll to Kiba, who managed to look on in defiance before the figure grabbed one of the many swords impaled in him, pulled it out and began sawing Kiba's arms off. The blade the figure was using was smooth and not made for this but he didn't care. Kiba tried desperately not to scream in pain but once the figure had made it halfway through the bone he finally began screaming.
The figure didn't care, after he sawed off the left he moved onto the right. This time he did it slower than the last to draw it out, all the while never breaking eye contact with Rias who struggled against her invisible bindings, unable to break whatever held her down.
The figure kept his eye contact as he pulled a gleaming sword from the space between his hands. The sword was no other than Excalibur, she could feel the pure holy element that it radiated, and so could Kiba. He tried to move but between the swords and the petrifying effect of a holy sword so close to him, well.
"No! Anything but that sword, please!." Kiba begged his killer, the figure kept the eye contact he had with Rias as before as he plunged the sword into Kiba's chest. Kiba was dead instantly, the figure left the sword in Kiba, Kiba's corpse a makeshift sheathe for the sword that ruined and ended his life.
Koneko was next and Rias knew she couldn't help. But still she tried to move against her bindings, the figure didn't seem to care what she did. Koneko's death was so quick that Rias nearly didn't see it. A trail of burning blue flames circled around his back before it all collected in his outstretched hand, senjutsu at its strongest. He kept his gaze on Rias, when she saw a large demonic smile appear, it was nothing more than a curved black line but it was enough to make her shiver in fear. He was enjoying this. Or did he simply enjoy watching her suffer, Rias didn't know but when the large ball of blue flames engulfed Koneko and he yawned as Koneko screeched to the heavens she guessed the former.
Rias had stopped crying, why? No more tears would come and when she tried to scream her mouth was closed before a single vibration came out.
The only thing that remained of Koneko was the hairclip she always had in her hair, the figure crushed it under his clouded foot. Gasper was all who remained but when the figure arrived he was met with a cold dead body, for Gasper had died from his injuries. The figure merely shrugged before walking away, the stakes setting his corpse on fire, filling the air with burned flesh, it lasted for a good couple minutes and in that time the figure was using the fire to cook marshmallows and eating them! The fire died leaving nothing behind, the figure looked at his work before he walked over to Rias, her eyes were lifeless and without hope.
The figure pulled out something from his pockets, only for it to be the Gasper's dead eyes, Koneko's tail, Kiba's sacred gear, And a few of Akeno's feathers. He dropped the items like they were trash and simply smiled at the broken heiress. Rias asked in a voice more broken than glass in action movies.
"Why? We didn't do anything wrong to you! So why torture them!" The figure made an act of thinking before his hands erupted into a tainted version of her powers.
"Why not." The figure whispered into her ear before his tainted powers of destruction latched onto her head.
Rias reeled back but the figure and the hellscape she found herself in was gone, the letter had a warning underneath it.
"That vision will happen in full if you cross me. This territory is no longer your's but let us not spill blood. Meet me in the place you feel most comfortable with. Bring your companions if you're nervous, I'll meet you near the entrance to your school. Till then, and if you enslave the red dragon emperor without consent, no matter the reasons, that vision will be a mere bad dream compared to what torture will follow."
Rias was shaking, tears were still spilling down her face at the trauma she's witnessed.
"Rias? I finished the tea, are you done with the paperwork?" Akeno entered her king's room but dropped everything when she saw her expression. "What happened? Are you okay?" Akeno asked her king, Rias's only answer was to hug Akeno tightly to her chest.
"Your Ok. Everyone's ok." Rias murmured, Akeno really wanted to know what happened but her king was in no position to talk about it. A blue summon circle appeared next to the king and queen, both of them recognized the insignia and wondered why she would come here.
Out of the circle came another young woman, her hair was short and was a dark brown or black. Violet eyes gleamed with intelligence and cunning, but also had very faint tear tracks running down her face. While not nearly as well endowed as her best friend/rival she still would be described as 'beautiful' by the male population. Her name was Sona Sitri, heiress of the Sitri family.
"Rias. did you get a letter that came out of a unknown magic circle?" Sona asked her, Rias was in no condition to speak but she nodded affirmatively. Sona continued with her questioning. "Did you also see a clouded figure do horrendous things?" Sona asked, her voice cracking ever so slightly, Rias kept nodding to her friend's questions. Silence reigned supreme for a minute or so before Rias asked. "Do we give in to whoever sent that letter's demands?"
Sona retorted instantly. "I'm not even sure we can, whoever sent it didn't give us any information to work with. But given they know our last names it isn't a stretch to think they know our older siblings. If anything were to happen, we should contact them immediately-"
Sona was interrupted when a far larger form of the mysterious circle appeared before them. A skeletal warrior walked out the circle and left a note and some medicine before it crumbled into dust. Nobody dared to move after that event, but when no other magic circle appeared Akeno tentatively picked up the note and read it aloud.
"Not even your siblings will save you and if you were to summon them before our meeting, the consequences will be life ending. I shall give you a code to let you know I am the arranger of this meeting. The code is: "The one that judges all at life's end." the medicine is for you two who had to watch your deepest fears. I am sorry for such radical action but it is the only way for my message and threat to be taken seriously. If negotiations go well I will offer my assistance to your little fried chicken problem."
Rias didn't know exactly how to feel about their mysterious guest. Whoever it was gave them medicine and a apology for the threat along with, what is basically a promise to help her out. The other hand, that nightmarish vision still stuck and repeated on loop and her instincts warned her of whoever this person is.
|Pov restored!|
Maybe sending one of the remains of the damned through a magic circle wasn't such a good idea. I'm fairly sure skeletal monsters aren't common, but it's DXD so…meh. Also, surprisingly, I didn't get a skill for the magic circle that teleported my letters and summon. Guess its natural for the supernatural.
Bad jokes aside I needed to get into contact with my sacred gear, while not necessary they'll probably talk me out of something stupid. Now how do I focus on the sacred gear or meditate! In the anime Issie met Draig through his dreams. Wait does that mean I have to sleep to contact my sacred gear! But I have no bed, does a grime infested alley count as a bed? Well one way to find out, I laid my head on a piece of ripped furniture I found nearby and closed my eyes and tried to sleep.
When I opened my eyes I found myself in a sort of castle like structure, if I had to describe it, I'd say it looks like a smaller, more monochrome variant of Vendrick's palace. I know I'm a dark souls nerd but is my hub basically my favorite set piece! Though there were some differences besides the color, Eight stalwart ruin sentinels made of marble stood guard on by the entrance. Banners of red crisscrossed scythes were hung for as far as I could see. Also no golems keeping the grand doors of the palace closed, hell, they were wide open.
I walked normally towards the palace, fairly sure I wouldn't die by magical bullshit. However the inside of the castle couldn't have been more different if it tried! There was a giant circular room with three doors in the relations of north, east and west. Better known as straight, left or right. Each door was marked with an icon. The furthermost left door had a treasure chest so I inferred it's either a store or a storeroom for my loot. The middle door had a picture of a dragon skull, interesting. The right most door had an icon with a mask identical to the one I made in my past life.
"Okay, how does this even work? A giant castle like this can't have only three rooms. Hell if this castle is what I think it is than it should have a hell of a lot more doors." I shouted the inconsistencies to the empty room, a screen showed up in my face and actually explained these irregularities.
This castle expands on what you want it too have, you need a hanger for assorted vehicles? Pay a fine and boom! You got it. To not overstimulate the gamer we have sealed off the rest of the original castle's inner workings to make this place your own. The treasure icon means to either sell or buy personal upgrades for the castle. The skull door is simply where your 'partner' lives, and the mask one is where the original owner of this body resides. Though it's recommended to give both of you a week before you meet so no one dies...again in your case.
Wait a minute...did I hijack some kid's body?! Oh boy, that's gonna weigh on my conscious when the adrenaline of being the gamer runs dry. I put those bad thoughts away and went to meet my partner and one of the most infamous summons in the final fantasy series. I walked up to the door and opened it like any good dark souls character dose, slowly and cautiously. The room was, interesting to say the least. It was a stable, albeit a ginormous one but a stable nonetheless. Inside the stable was a massive dragon, though it stood on it's hind legs so that might be why it's so tall.
It towered over Tannin by a minimum of sixteen feet. Two brilliant wings stretched out behind the dragon, its wings were a mix of many different colors. Reds, blues and several others colors I don't know about. However, the dominating color in it's color scheme were onyx black and gold. It even had a ring of gold floating behind its massive wings. Issie has red and green, Vali has blue and white and I have onyx and gold. The ultimate summon of the final fantasy series, Bahamut.
"You are different from my last user, yet you wear his body as if it were a suit made of flesh instead of cloth. How is this possible?" Bahamut finally spoke, its voice sounded both intrigued and annoyed. It took me a few moments to work up the courage to talk back.
"All I know is that Ragnorak put me in this body with the ability known simply as the gamer." My voice was calm and respectful. Bahamut's eyes widened by no small amount, in fact he looked to be quaking in fear at Ragnorak's very name. Though when I tried to focus on the quaking it stopped like it wasn't there.
"How do you know of the only god of chaos and probability? The one feared for his power to unravel universes on a whim?" Bahamut asked me, confusion and fear laced his voice.
"Let's say I've known him since he was conceived and leave it at that for now." I closed that conversation as fast as possible. The dragon raised a nonexistent eyebrow but didn't continue that conversation.
"So you must have a reason to come here, little reaper." The way Bahamut said that made me feel angry, its tone was so condescending, so self assured. I gritted my teeth to stop myself from saying anything rude to the giant creature. 'Just keep it in for now, deal with it later.' I bottled my rage and tossed it into a void, the feeling of rage began to numb and I could think clearly again.
"I wish for us to be partners so I may be able to stand against the bullshit that is this world."
Bahamut looked confused at my statement. "Are we not already partners? You summon my prison earlier. Is that not enough?"
"Actually I'd prefer if you were, well, vocal when I'm awake and using your gear. I believe sacred gears get stronger when their 'prisoner' is with them." I said casually. I honestly didn't know if that was true, but if it was, then it would explain how the boosted gear was able to evolve so quickly.
"If this is true then I don't see a problem with this, but first a contract must be forged. I usually do this when my wielder is a infant but well, that's not the case here." He finished and bowed his head so we'd be eye level with each other.
I was so confused right now but oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained. I put my hand on his snout, sorta like hiccup and toothless minus the larger than life dragon. Lightless darkness filled my vision for what felt like hours. Then, wherever death was I saw and felt. From a peaceful passing of an old man in his sleep to the hanging of a criminal. Bahamut and I looked at eachother as we hovered over portals leading to many different types of deaths. The words I spoke next came out naturally, as if I knew them all along.
"My true name is Spencer A Hott. By word of immemorial contract I ask your true name." Bahamut responded in kind.
"My true name is Bahamut, dragon of death and destruction, are you Spencer?" I nodded and the great beast smiled.
A bond was forged and with it the transfer of memories, we see what the other saw, we hear what the other heard and for that one moment we were one.
"So that's how you know of Ragnorak. You shall be a very interesting partner." I chuckled at the dragon's words and repeated his sentiment. A moment of silence reigned before we spoke at the exact same time. ""So the contract has been forged, until the end of existence itself and even beyond.""
"I am Bahamut."
"I am Spencer."
""We are one!""
My vision faded into blackness, than my eyes opened and I sat back up, still in my castle. Spots appeared in my vision as I clutched my head in pain. I had a screeching migraine from whatever I just did. I didn't think I could get those anymore, the fuck gamer!? Bahamut seemed to share in my misery as one of his claws scratched at his massive temple. When the spots began to dissipate and my brain didn't feel like mush I noticed a black screen with brilliant blue letterings.
The power of the Death Arcana has been unlocked through the forging of a special bond. Use it wisely to make powerful manifestations of self.
Rank 4/10. Next award ?.
Effects: Extra magical storage. Extra magical storage allows the assimilation gear to assimilate higher concentrated levels of magic. Assimilates attacks up to one hundred levels of the player.
Does this mean I can make personas?! Holy shit! Wait, the treasure chest room is probably where I can get expansions to my castle, so it stands to reason I can get at least a door to the velvet room.
"Bye Bahamut I need to check something real quick." I was off faster than a bat out of hell, I went back to what I will refer to the hub area and dove for the treasure door. It opened on its own and I fell through it and smacked into a wall.
"Again?! Is this gonna be a running gag or something?" I angrily murmured under my breath. I got no answer so I stood up and looked around the room. On my left was a type of lounge with an Ipad on a table, to my right was a vault that I can only assume is my inventory. To the lounge! I tossed myself on a nearby chair and scooped up the Ipad and opened the bugger. It had a list of everything I could ever want or need. A training hall it's here, a research lab yep! Even a fucking Wanzer hangar bay, to those listening to my thoughts a Wanzer is a mech from Frontline Mission Evolved! Now that game may not have made any records but it was a good game that took the tools left by Armored core and made everything better!
Speak of the devil, there was an armored core hanger too, even a Gundam lab! Buy those later but first I need to find the velvet room. While I scrolled through the endless amounts of rooms a instrumental variant of a song I knew as I'm still here played on loop. I was humming along to the tune when I saw my prize, not thinking I pressed on the buy button and got a big red X in my face.
Must be invited to the velvet room before you can access it. Need velvet room key. Continue the main questline to be invited to the famed room
Well shit, also the main questline is my ticket to the most badass anime power ever. Welp time for my backup plan. I am so thankful for the bookmark feature, saves me the effort. I used a large majority of my funds on three rooms. The training hall, research lab and wanzer hangar, mine! I walked out the treasure/upgrade room feeling content with my purchases. Am I pissed I can't get into the velvet room, hell yes! But soon I will have giant robots, a good substitute for personas.
There were now six rooms. The new ones had a bubbling beaker, a sandbag and a cockpit for a wanzer mech. Before I could enter any of my new and awesome rooms I was back in the filthy alleyway, squinting at the morning sun.
"The hell happened?" I asked, groggy from waking up. Another screen answered me, as per the usual.
You can only access your Palace at night, at least until you bring it to the real world. Plan accordingly.
There's a joke here but I'm not gonna stoop that low. Besides today is the big day. Yet another screen appeared as I stood up. Except this one was a fiery red, one I have yet to see.
Main quest. Showdown at Kuoh! You have the attention of the kings of this area, make sure they listen to you.
Optional Objective: Don't use Offensive magic
Rewards: Exp. Increased closeness with gremory/Sitri group. Increased closeness with Sirzechs and Serafall. A territory.
Penalties for failing: Permanent death of Issei Hyodo, enemy to Gremory and Sitri clans, hunted by Sirzechs, Serafall and their peerages.
I actually began to sweat at the penalties, they were ridiculous for a second quest. But I basically showed their little sisters worse nightmares than anything ever conceived, add to the fact those two are major siscons who will gladly kill me once they get wind of this. Which is why I don't want them anywhere near me until my level is in the hundreds, minimum. Then I should be able to run away fast enough or stun them, maybe.
Think about my impending doom later, I do believe I have an appointment to attend. I wiped the grime from my armor and put my scythe in my inventory, though I replaced it with a simple katana I'd gotten from one of the templars. It was the stereotypical katana, nothing special about it. Though I gotta wonder why a templar, a european, had a japanese sword.
[Testing, testing. Can you hear me?] Bahamut's voice rang inside my head and I couldn't stop myself from chuckling.
"Took you long enough." I replied with a large smile on my face, not that it could be seen under my mask of course. "Now then, shall we, partner?" I asked the imprisoned dragon.
[Well what are you waiting for? Let's meet up with those devils.] That was the only answer I needed. I walked towards where I hoped the academy was, I could at least ask for directions on the way.
Right?