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The Phenex Family I
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Riser | Third son of Phenex

Ruval Phenex
Rosir Phenex
Riser Phenex
Ravel Phenex.

It seems that my mother has no patience for names. They are almost identical to one another, which bothered me since I got a lot of pride on my spine this time around, though I have gotten over that, sometimes being a devil is hard, they are much more emotional than normal. Still, there is not much to tell from my early life and family. My family was never really in my corner. Though these first four years of my life were good enough to say it was bliss, even without my family there.

Yes, they neglected me in favor of Ruval, who was already a century-old adult and quite accomplished, and Rosir, a rising media star in the young devil world. So I was left with servants most of the time, ironic considering my past life. Ravel was left in the care of the servants, which the servants then pushed to me. So there a funny tale, a four-year-old raising another toddler.

Then there was this new power granted to me. It was called the power of the Gamer. I never really played RPGs, considering how I died as a servant and as a thirteen-year-old boy. But I watched some of the affluent boys and girls of the Vieth family play video games when I was cleaning, and I got some specifics, like the inventory and the 'progression ' of the main character in terms of numbers displayed on the screen.

Objectives and chores were mostly what I did best, but sometimes the game ran counterintuitive to what I wanted to do, so it gave me nonsensical quests sometimes.

Spells and magic were nothing new since the Vieth family had amassed great quantities of books about fantasy, and my Mistress always read her book aloud about fantastical magic places and world-changing spells.

So I got a handle on that very quickly.

As a Phenex, we were born in the devil world, and here there are no night skies filled with stars. No, it's just a blackened blue sky. And it made me sad knowing that there were no stars to explore here in the Underworld. Then again, going to the human world was something I wanted to do since I heard about it. Thank Augustus there is a human world!

There seem to be several ways to exit the Underworld, but not for a four-year-old.

Talking about worlds, there is a funny and concerning ability of mine, given by this game.

The so-called Instant dungeon mechanics, I can make alternate realities by just thinking about it. Another world superimposed onto this one.

And I wanted to explore one until the end, so I opened the Zombie one.

QUEST [Destroy the Zombie Facility]
The researcher Krozirmar synthesized a misfolded protein that caused dead bodies to reanimate and spread that protein through bites and scratches. The more you wait, the stronger the zombies will become, and mutate into more terrifying beings, survive the onslaught.

The superimposed world was a facility of great metal walls, tubes, and clean installations with a darkened atmosphere. Something out of a science fiction novel, and within the very bright lights were gore filling the sides of the corridors.

I was just a 4-year-old kid, but I had some experiences in the previous world I lived in as Ambros. So counting the ages, I would be 17 or 18-years-old, so I was a little more prepared than a child for this sight, and I had some skills with my flames.

Flame Blast | Level 2 | Cost 0.3% HP
A ranged skill that explodes enemies and causes them to [Burn].
Deals 4% of your HP as damage to a single target.

Burn | Level 1 | Passive
Deals 0.1% of an enemy's health per second. Can stack indefinitely.

Phenex Regeneration | Level 1 | Passive
Heal 0.5% of your HP every second.

Cosmic Conflagration | Level 1 | Cost 10% HP
After 100 ticks of Burn, conflagrate an enemy, dealing 100% of your HP as damage to the surrounding area.

Flame Shield | Level 2 | Passive
Periodically summon a burning shield that protects you against the next 3 attacks for 50% of your HP and applies [Burn] stacks to your enemies.

As you can see, my class is made of flaming spells. In other words, my class is like a fire mage, though I want to be a battlemage of sorts that goes in and kills his enemies in front. However, I am still a 4-year-old kid. And I don't have that much life within me to do this sort of stuff.

Since my skills are based on percentage health, they're quite tough as a skill set for a beginner. I have to constantly manage my health because my skills don't have cooldowns like in a real game. I can blast my enemies with enough firepower but die in turn. That would be ridiculous.

So to try and survive in this life, I must seek out regeneration skills that can complement my class well. Since I'm not well-versed with video games, I was lost for the three years of my life, making sense of everything around me.

I still don't know my purpose in life. I am furious at my new family. I saw what it was like being a noble in my past life, and now that I have a chance to live like one, I am neglected by my family and abused by my older brother, Rosier Phenex.

Then again, this must be the Pride and Wrath skills influencing my thoughts.

First things first, I want to become strong enough to leave this place and maybe relight my dream of space exploration.

There are many unknowns at this time, and I'm certain that I'll find something to do later on.

10xInfected | Level 5
2xInfected | Elite | Level 3

It seems that the system adjusts to the numerous enemies by doing 10x or 2x. It just means that there are 10 enemies of that kind and or two enemies of that one.

It's simplified and elegant, just like the Vieth Family wanted everything to be.

Just speaking the name of that family gives way to complicated feelings.

It's just. I'm so furious that everything clouds, and I don't know what I'm doing anymore.

[Sin Menu]
Core Sins
Wrath
Pride

Major Sins
Greed

Minor Sins
Lust

The dungeon was extremely hard for me, and if it weren't for my regeneration, I would be dead a dozen times. This class has a lot of Firepower for someone like me but still way too much now. But I'll make it work, I've been told I'm extremely resourceful, and I want to succeed no matter what. First, aiming for the moon is a good idea. Make a base there, and then go explore mars. That seems a fine plan for now.

Thankfully, I got out of the dungeon before the servants or Ravel raised a gasket. And then, I heard the news that there was a shadow beast in the woods near our home.

The servants were all scared about it, and there was nothing they could do to assuage their fears. Shadow beasts were powerful little animals that roamed around the underworld.

Here I go again on a killing quest.

More chores...

Oh, little toddler, Ravel waved her hands as I went out.

Ravel is a good sister.

Though she does remind me of the children of the Vieth family, which sometimes makes me cringe.

The memories of my past life are not pleasant.

Where are you now, Julianne?

Are you still reading the book in that garden?

Or were you a victim as well?

Perhaps I'm hoping for too much. Reality is often disappointing.

And thus, the small ball of anger who saw the world as black and white went to fight the big bad wolf, was this kid even concerned with the safety near his home, or was he greedy for the rewards of his new quest?

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Checkered Queen I
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Kiss-Shot | An Old Vampire

He was here again after a month. I was not happy with him after all this time. How many years have passed since that incident?

Maybe it has already been five years since we first met?

He certainly grew up from the bratty brat, month after month, visit after visit.

"Oh~. Did you come here again, Phenex-kun?"

The idiot next to me spoke to the flaming brat, and he was a specialist, one of the forces that combated supernatural beings in Japan. He was a human, not part of any odd species. He was a brat called Oshino.

"Sorry for taking so long this time. "

He stepped on the broken auditorium and sat next to me. The Oshino brat was in the front, smiling at us.

The bratty brat took off his checkered coat and then took off his shirt. He displayed his neck to me, and I pressed myself on his back, sinking my teeth in his neck.

He said nothing… there was nothing to be said.

We stayed there for half an hour, with me drinking the blood of a Phoenix, while the Oshino Brat grinned at us.

"... I bought some souvenirs and some snacks. If you ever want to go back with me, I would be happy."

I said nothing. There was nothing to say to him, not after that incident.

"..."

"..."

He put his clothes back on, by my side as we sat silently for a while together. There was much history between us, not all good. I made mistakes, and he made mistakes. he got up after a while, leaving the seat next to me warmed up, sometimes he was like the sun, sometimes he was like lava from hell.

A toxic brat that was raised in a bad environment. I heard he was forced to have gladiator-like matches against groups of people in the underworld. He said that sometimes he was forced to have 13 matches in a single day. Often against the same group of people in a week. And the fact this brat takes huge bets probably ticked them off, so they spread even more bad rumors. Since most of the top five in the so-called 'rating matches' were caught cheating, he was also accused of it.

I know how this brat was able to take their hatred for so long, his pride matches mine. Pride and wrath, one of the worst combinations, no wonder he doesn't make any friends.

in the end, reputation and adoration aren't worth it. I know it from experience since I was adored by a whole kingdom when I was human. He probably doesn't know it. This brat was cursed under an evil star when he was born. Some days, that's the only explanation.

I won't forgive him so easily, but I am getting bored.

"...Are you already going? Shinobu is going to be so sad. Ah, Shinobu is the name I have given her… Since you took her name and destroyed it."

"Stop joking… her name is Laura. She still has a name."

The flaming brat snapped at the Oshino brat. Oshino just smirked. I didn't know how the flaming brat got ahold of that old name. Memories I hated kept flooding back.

"There's a mission from Gaen-senpai."

Oshino waved a letter in front of the flaming brat. The bratty brat was visibly displeased.

"Gaen-san, huh? You people always make me do these difficult missions. Oshino, tell her not to send me missions after this." The flaming brat said so with his silent deep voice. If you didn't hear it, you might miss his words.

"But you always do them to the letter, right?"

"Go to hell, old man. Nobody likes your opinion."

"You say things like that, but deep inside, there's a ve~ry tender heart, right?"

"..."

The flaming brat turned to silence. He often kept quiet if he wasn't always saying inflammatory things, just like how I am now.

The bratty flaming brat left donuts and some articles of clothing that fit my size as of now. Unfortunately, I am stuck in the body of a young girl. Buying clothes for my age, he must have been very embarrassed. I would pay money to see that, not that I have any money.

"Hahaha… Both of you aren't honest about your feelings." The brat named Oshino said after the flaming bratty brat left.

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Oshino Meme | A Specialist

Haha, these two are a barrel of laughs sometimes.

We, specialists, desire to see things balanced and we work hard so normal folk doesn't get affected by the unusual and the supernatural. We are a group working worldwide, but our base of operations is mostly in Japan since many factions are interested in this place. We call ourselves specialists, but the core members are old graduates from University, we had made a club in University which isn't an epic beginning for an organization in the shadows.

"You could have gone with him on his mission, and he would have appreciated your help."

"..."

The golden vampire girl in the corner just sulked and didn't respond. She has been like this for literal years. She has been sulking and bemoaning her fate like that. A vampire legend and also a reincarnated devil. She has been under the control of Phenex-kun ever since that incident. However, you could blame both of them for the disaster that happened.

You could blame this girl's immense pride and her inability to accept that her plans failed. You could also blame Riser Phenex's youthful sense of justice. He couldn't just let go of her that time.

Then again, he never speaks about his motives and leaves everyone in the dark.

And now she feels betrayed and left out.

"He still hasn't given up on your old name. If he could, he would call you Kiss-Shot, just like old times."

"..."

She is what's considered a Queen. Devils now have Evil Pieces that reincarnate a person of another sentient species. This method has been used to form Peerages and repopulate the Devil Society that has been lambasted and devastated after their bloody civil war.

The specialist group is not very happy about it.

Not at all...

Since some devils do kidnap humans and reincarnate them without their consent, such things are rare and often end up as Stray Devils. Devils without their master turn to hatred and are often consumed without their master nearby, turning into monstrosities. And those reincarnated devils are being killed by other peerages as sport sometimes.

But, Gaen-senpai is now concerned with another group. The Kyoto Yokai Faction is encroaching on the capitals and wants to reveal themselves to the normal human population as a peaceful integration into human society as they call it. However, there are some of them murdering innocent people in the shadows of the old capital.

Gaen doesn't like that. She doesn't like that at all.

I am also of the same mind, but my senpai is much more on-hands with destructive tendencies than I am.

Then again, the avenue for negotiation is closing fast.

I hope that combat freak Yozuru doesn't get involved, but that's just dreaming for too much.

I put a cigarette in my mouth, and I didn't light it, of course. I don't smoke. It's all about the aesthetics.

"How many years do you plan on brooding around? Your place shouldn't be in this abandoned school, but by his side, right?"

She stared at me. Her old power was weakened, however, it was strong, plus the insane power of her mutated Queen Piece. Those forces pushed me back. All that was left was the golden glare in the dark of an omnipotent legendary being amidst the darkness she created.

"Sheesh..."

When would this stalemate end?

A tale of two socially awkward idiots trying to make up over 5 damn years. I am getting tired of it already.

The next day, the golden vampire wasn't there anymore...

The Queen had gone after her Lone King. To Kyoto of all places.

I guess she was getting bored. Thank goodness, it has been five years.

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Review Corner
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Rodvek97; Uday Sra; Mistroz; Daoist 832572; Casablanca1317
Thanks for reading.

TheLost01
My guy, thanks for the recommendation. I love reading people's recommendations on my off time.

VGBlackwing; Crimson green flame
Seems like there are some of us who truly see the wrongdoings of the Devil Society as a whole. Since the whole Nekoshou incident has been neglected until the later volumes, I saw there were glaring flaws with Devil Society, and I just wanted to point that out.

pumpkinpie360
I hope you like the direction of the story, though I could see some not liking the crossovers.

Remzal Von Enili
He doesn't respect his own race of people, and he's a very socially awkward protagonist with a flawed morality, so it's no wonder he gets hated so much.

TwilightHakumei
The gamer system gets some focus, but yeah, it runs mostly in the background.

Lord Michael Demiurgos
Since I'm using the DxD world as a setting, I can place any characters and events in this world. So the Fuyuki Grail War could have happened already, and you might not have known. Maybe even the Fate Apocrypha events could have happened.

FearMeHorror
I mostly didn't want to write an MC where everyone is in his corner. In fact, I wanted to write the opposite this time around. Which comes off as a bashing fic. Though I hope it doesn't drive away many readers, because I want to tell a complete story here.

League OTP
He has many different powers, but power levels aren't important in this fic. In fact, the MC won't be the only OP thing here.

Guest
Never heard of this Magna guy, from what series is he?

King of Alchemy
The whole Yuuma-Riser-Kokabiel set of arcs will be heavily modified, so you shouldn't worry about the Canon storyline because I won't follow it. I'm just using the world and its setting. They'll definitely happen, but not as you expect.

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Author's notes
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This is mostly the story structure going forward. We will see different segments of his life. So the story will be very fragmented. This time, we see a bit of exploration on the Gamer system that I devised. Though as I said, the Gamer system won't play a major part until the very end. Some of you are worried about bashing, and while there is bashing, I won't go to extremes. I just wanted to try my hand in a bit of bashing. nothing too serious.

This time we also have the introduction of the Queen Piece, Kiss-shot from the Monogatari series. The next chapters will be about the Nekoshou Genocide, which will be a bit dark. And the next intro will be Saber from Fate.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Though I can see people not enjoying the fragmented way I will write this story or the crossovers or some of the bashing.

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