Devils, Angels, and a Gamer

by Phoenix Champion

Vincent Lane, once had a boring life, now finds himself as The Gamer in Kuoh Academy. Now's he's got several things on his to do list: Survive, help Rias and her Peerage, and completely screw over any and all opposition to the safety of his friends and perhaps some other people. Now if only he could figure out where to draw the line on this harem he's getting. OCxHarem, IsseixHarem

17. Chapter 17

So... You may have noticed something for me on this site didn't update yesterday or the day before.

Yesterday was just a day I really couldn't decide what to update... Next thing I knew it was 11 at night so I just went to bed, been lacking some sleep ever since the Daylights savings time change.

And the day before I updated Reading Psychic Hunter over on Ao3 so go check that out if you haven't... Link's in my profile.

Anyway this one's going to be a fairly lengthy chapter if I work it right and we catch up on a couple of things Vincent's been slacking on.

Enjoy folks.

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[You've unlocked a new I.D. - Hornets]

Okay, two things. First, it appears I don't get new I.D.s until I leave an I.D. so that's something to note. And second...

'Why Horent's' I thought is agony, 'Wh-h-h-yyy...'

"Now that we are someplace much safer..." Misha said holstering the last of the daggers she collected from the remains of all the Shade's we killed, "Can someone explain what Vincent meant by that Boss-"

"The Shadow Wraith." I added.

"Having Nintendo's hand in it's creation?" Misha finished.

"Okay." Rogue said putting an arm on Misha's shoulder, getting an irritated look on her face, "Nintendo is a company that makes video games, often good games too, however a lot of the bosses in their games have a thing about shooting their hands to defeat them."

"Heck an internet site called TV Tropes has a whole page dedicated to 'Giant Hands of Doom'." I added pulling out the money the Shadow Wraith dropped and began to split it three ways, "And on that page Nintendo has their own folder of examples in that it's been used so freaking much."

Misha blinked in confusion, "Okay, I see what you mean by that now." Misha admitted before stretching out, "I think I'm going to go home now."

"Not without your cut." I said holding out a stack of Yen to her and to Rogue.

"Thank you Milord." Misha said opening the door, revealing it to be night time outside, "I shall see you tomorrow."

"Please don't." I said, almost immediately getting a pained and shattered look from Misha, "I'm going to be visiting a Fallen Angel and I want her to think I don't know what she is, and I'd rather you not call her out, nor do I want her to flinch in knowing what you are. Just in case she starts thinking you're protecting this house form her."

Misha's face lifted, "I see, understandable." Misha said, "Then I'll see you the day after." And with that she turned into a bat and flew off into the night.

"Now Rogue you might want to-" I said turning around, only to stop when I saw the young werewolf staring at the stack of money, and I swear she was both drooling and had Yen signs in her eyes. "Rogue!" I called out, causing the wolf to jump.

"Huh? Oh right, home." Rogue said, "By Vince, I'll call you when I find you something that may be a relic. And call me if you find one too, I wanna see it." And with that said Rogue sped out the door, grabbing her clothes off my table as she passed them.

I stared out my open door for a minute as Kuroka leaned onto my back, "I'm wondering how long it's gonna be before rumors start popping up." I muttered.

"Probably not too long Nya." Kuroka said smiling, "Are you heading to bed?"

"Nope." I said slipping out of Kuroka's grip, "I've got some things to do tonight."

And with that I slipped back into my Sanctuary.

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The first thing I did upon returning to my sanctuary was head to my Spirit Sanctum, I've got a Shade to Evolve.

Entering the room I walked up to the tome in the middle and opened it.

[Would you like to Evolve a Spirit?]

"Yes." I said nodding.

[You've got only one Spirit that can evolve right now.]

[Evolve Shade into ?]

"Yes please." I said nodding.

In that moment the Shade Spirit appeared in front of me, before blue flames from the tome shot up and began to engulf the Shade.

Soon the flames burst away to reveal my New Spirit.

It kept the same shape as the Shade, only now it's robe was tattered, completely gone from below the chest are, revealing ribs and a spine with several chains handing down, but no hips, it's arms were less tattered around the hook which now had a spike aimed away from the tip but still a part of the tip, but the other arm was missing up to it's elbow, revealing a skeletal arm and hand.

[Your Shade has evolved into a Spectre.]

[Spectre's are stronger than Shade's an have a smaller hit box, furthermore their hooks can now be thrown, giving them a ranged attack]

"Okay now that's gonna be helpful." I said grinning before leaving the Spirit Sanctum.

My next destination was the Market, to buy several things to make use of later.

First I made my way to a Weapons shop, oddly enough my Living Doll there was wearing a military uniform... Dunno where it got that, don't really care.

From the weapons shop I bought a Leather Whip, 3 Steel Katana's, and a pump action shotgun... Cause Shotguns.

I considered grabbing a weapon made of Iron, because you would not believe how many creatures out there are repelled by pure iron according to lore, but nothing like that has come after my ass just yet, so I'll leave that be.

My next stop was the Armor Shop, where I bought myself a Steel Curiass, which would cover and my chest and back from simple damage, and I bought myself another for testing.

Next I went to the Accessory Shop and bought myself a few Iron Rings (At least now I can punch the shit out of anything weak to Iron in the face) also for testing.

I swear I'm not a mad scientist... Yet.

After all that I went to my Workshop and put onto the table one of my Steel Katana and pulled out my Dark Element Shard and touching it to the blade the shade was absorbed into the blade.

[Steel Katana]

[Dark Elemented: Deals increased damage to Light Elemental beings like Angels, but reduced damage to Dark Elemented beings like Devils]

"Nice." I mused, then set a Shade Cloth on it and went to work.

[Modified- Impacts with this weapon will make no sound]

"Okay not the most useful thing, but if I miss it'll help." I said putting the Katana (After naming it my Shadow Edge) away and pulling out a second one, this time setting a Vampire Fang to it.

[Modified- Attack's with this weapon will now drain enemy's health to heal you]

"Very useful." I said grinning, naming the katana by Draining Edge and pulling out my Leather Whip and adding a Vampire Fang to that, getting the same effect.

Next I pulled out my spare Curiass and merged a Dark Element Shard to it.

[Steel Curiass]

[Dark Elemented: You take less Damage from Dark elemented attacks, but double damage from Light Elemented attacks... A.K.A. don't where this thing when fighting Fallen Angel's, Angels, or someone from the Church, you will die... Painfully.]

"Okay I get it, don't be a jerk about it." I muttered before switching out to an Iron Ring and paused looking at it...

"Yeah I've got no idea what to merge with this." I muttered looking at it for a moment, before decided I may as well just put the thing away for now until I find some better loot that might look like it would do me some good.

Seriously, I've only got Doll Arms, Vampire Fangs, and Shade Cloth. And while I suppose adding a Shade Cloth would give a sort of stealth boost to it, I really can't say I'd get better with other things.

I'd better look over my things one last time before leaving.

[Shadow Katana]

[Dark Element]

[Modifications- Silent Impact]

[Draining Katana]

[Modificatons- HP Drain Attack]

[Leather Whip- (Renamed) Vampiric Whip]

[Modifications- HP Draining Attack]

[Steel Curiass- (Renamed) Dark Curiass]

[Dark Element]

Nodding I left my Sanctuary and went to my room, however when I was walking over there I noticed Kuroka had fallen asleep on the couch, an unhappy look on her face told me what she was dreaming.

"Poor kitten." I whispered picking Kuroka up and carried her to my room, "You've had a hard life because you wanted to protect your sister... Wish I could do more than just patch your relationship with her though, you two can't afford to keep this a secret."

[A New Quest is Available]

[The Cat's Sorrow]

[Objective: Access the Mansion of Kuroka's former master and retrieve evidence that her actions were not ones of Senjustu induced Mania]

[Bonus Objective: Gain information on Kuroka and Shirone's other family members.]

[Reward: ? (Though expect to get laid by Kuroka.)]

I sighed softly as I set Kuroka on my bed before getting in next to her. I may not be wanting to rush a relationship, but I'm not going to just leave Kuroka in pain like this with her nightmares.

I'm gonna regret this in the morning though most likely.

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Well that's the chapter folks.

I was planning to add a bit more to this involving a new faction, but I decided not to as I've already introduced so much so I've decided to hold off on that.

Anyway next chapter will Finally be Yuuma... Er... Raynare's chapter, Followed by Vincent's first Challenge.

Now I'll see you all later, I'm getting hungry.