Updated: 5th December 2018
Disclaimer: I do not own Highschool DxD or any or of it's Characters. Alaster, Paul and any others that would make an appearance are owned by me. With that being said enjoy!
Chapter 3 - The Fallen Angel, Raynare
Two Weeks later…
The sound of the school bell ringing for what it had to be 13th time today had finally in, Alaster's mind signalled that the school day had finally ended much to his joy and happiness. Now finally he can go and start working on gathering the gear needed for his next set of armor.
It had been two weeks since he first started trying out his newly acquired powers, and to say using them was really amazing, but to somehow immerse yourself into the actual game without no need of a controller nor VR goggles but with a click of a finger?. It's like as if Sword Art Online became a real thing.
He had come to enjoy hopping into Instance #1 now renamed Elder Scrolls; much to his joy that he found out that he can rename stuff whatever he pleases. Whether that time was after school or even just to kill some spare time that he has, well most of the time he would be using this spare time to play his games but right now, it is all about leveling up not only his Profile but himself as well.
Under two weeks since he first unlocked his Gear's true potential as he might describe it, he had been busy trying to unlocking all of the gear that a Dragon knight could possibly need in a short span of two weeks. He didn't really get everything that he needed under the two weeks but at least he got quite a lot of stuff under two weeks done.
For starters, the build that he focused on whilst going through the different dungeons and quests in Elder Scrolls, was a Magicka Build, a preferred choice for himself, since he wanted to specialise on heavy hitting his opponents and future opponents with heavy damage dealing spells, and spam the living hell out of them if possible. Due to focusing on a Magicka Build he had to do some research; a lot of research that possibly might have affect his grade a bit in Geography, but still passed it nonetheless. Turns out from his research, Dark Elves were more suited for Magicka Builds than Humans, so he did the only logical thing anyone would do in this game and changed his race.
And boy did he got a massive surprise when he looked at himself in the mirror to find that his appearance has changed to represent that of a Dark Elf. His hair changed from black to white, his eyes shifted to ruby red however his skin instead of turning dark like a Dark Elf just shifted into a darker tone of tan. To be honest he wasn't clearly expecting these changes, and now that this was revealed to him it kinda raises a question in the forefront of his mind.
Do these changes apply in the real world? Cause if so…
Must be nice...
Anyways along with changing his Race he also had to do other things from hunting down specific parts of required Gear to doing endless quest grinding in order to level his profile's skills. And he supposed to have all of this done within the short span of two weeks.
Good god it's like him grinding a specific level in the Da Vinci Event in FGO all over again.
Just for stupid Horseshoes
Thanks to his constant grinding for his Profile he was able to level his Profile to Level 35 in just under two weeks which is a considerate decent good enough award for him. Through leveling up he was able to rank up his Attribute Points to 56 Magicka, 2 Health and 3 Stamina. Heavy concentration had been made to level up his Magicka, leaving his Health and Stamina in bad quality. In order to cover up his lack of Health and Stamina, special sets are required to make up for the lack of Health and Stamina whilst at the same time providing additional Magicka damage and other bonuses revolving around Magicka.
Thankfully enough the Internet was able to provide him with some answers to his questions and thanks to the answers provided by the Internet he was able to locate the stuff that he needed to make his build work, most notably four pieces of Silks of the Sun Armor and Jewelry; which increases his Magicka and Health considerable, a Knight Slayer Breeches, Gloves and Jewelry; which also increases his Magicka and Health, an Indoril Pyro-staff; with the trait Defending etched on it, and a Knight Slayer Inferno Staff; which has the Infused trait etched on it. His Silks of the Sun are etched with the Divine Trait, increasing his Mundus by 6.5% while his Knight Slayer Breeches have the Impenetrable Trait etched on them. Speaking of his Mundus, his chosen Mundus is the Apprentice Stone; which increases his Spell damage by like 265 if he is guessing right.
Now unfortunately he wasn't able to max out most of his gear so they are currently right now half-strength if he were to put it, and not mention providing him with only half of what he wanted but while his gear may be half-strength than what they could really do however, he makes it up with his Spells; which he placed heavy priority on upgrading. According to sources once he got all five pieces of the Silks of the Sun they would become known as a "Buff Bar" as described by sources, which means instant spamming of buffs, which might be good for him and bad for other people.
Just because that he is following what the Internet told him for a Dragonknight Build doesn't mean that he is just gonna be following this format. He is entitled to try out new things after all. As well as gathering the required gear, he had also acquired many other weapons during his two-week adventure. The main idea behind this is for him to experiment with and also for the lols. He also got these items and gear in order to aid him in the Real World, and in the words of someone who he doesn't even know; "In case shit happens". Speaking about that he can materialise his gear into the Real World, which is another plus plus in his book
While his profile may have seen leveling up in the past two weeks, so did his own profile. Thanks to his Status being linked to his Profile, enables him to gather EXP more easily and be able to rank up his Status much more quicker. Under two weeks he had managed to get his own Status up to level 12, and with only a few more quests to complete will he finally be at Level 13. He was supposedly supposed to be at level 13 as of right now, heck even at level 18 if possible, but due to the way that the EXP requirements double after each level up it would seem unlikely that he could get to level 18 in under two weeks even if he tried. But in a way he could understand as to why it is different than that of his Profile, he saw it as more of a restriction; a harmless one than something akin to like a crappy game feature, but nonetheless he was quite happy about it.
As well as getting increasing his level and skills, he also in the past two weeks had managed to amass a total of about 150 gold coins. He still have no idea what the true purpose of the gold coins, other than being use in-game. He needs to figure that part out soon.
But stats and abilities aside, as this might take a whole while to explain which we don't have time for, the school day had finally finished, meaning that Alaster can finally go home and joy some casual Fate/Extella Umbral Star gameplay.
"I win again!"
However before that, he must endure a devastating defeat against his friend Paul in a game of Yugioh. It started out great for him; him playing with his Crystrons against his Paul's Diabolos Deck. He was able to do his combos and plays, that is until Paul kept using Lilith's effet to tribute his monsters, cause the damn fucking field spell "magically" converts them into DARK monsters, allowing him to tribute his own monsters as if he owns them, which is frustrating, and just as he found a way around Lilith, and his defenses, Paul had just to activate his Virus cards, and well it did not end well for him.
Like it's horseshit! Why was Mind Crush even a thing? And did anyone at Konami not thought of what would happen if they release such an Archetype? An Archetype that thrives on the use (Abuse) of tributing your opponent's monsters?
Like seriously where is the fucking banlist already!?
"Yeah yeah, whoopie for you" Alaster rolled his eyes "Alright you had your fun, how much time do we have left?"
Paul paused in fixing his deck in order to go check the time on his watch "I'd say around 5 minutes till the next class begins. Thank god for the free double today"
"Yeah otherwise we'd be stuck studying maths, and you and I know how much we suck at them"
"True" Paul nodded "But then again, we have a test coming within a few days and we still don't even know how Modulus works"
Alaster chuckled "Swear were like sheep, that need the guidance of their shepherd. Hopefully we'll be able to pass this test"
"Amen to that brother" Paul nodded in agreement "Least the lord can grant bless us with knowledge"
"Dude, I'm Atheist"
"Oh yeah sorry" Paul chuckled scratching the back of his head. He clearly forgot that Alaster was Atheist to begin with. Makes him wonder how he survived going to mass with his parents or even to those bible studies.
Must have been really hard for him.
You can never be fully open with yourself with parents, especially with Filipino Parents.
But besides being an Atheist and having Filipino parents, Alaster isn't that worried funny enough about the Modulus Test that is coming soon. Believe it or not, he can actually level up his personal stats, by basically doing shit; an example is that if he were to do his homework or simply read a book it would increases his Intelligence, although not by a huge amount, only a small margin, and it is because of this he was able to remember thing easily now. although he shouldn't tell Paul about his new "study method", he would rather keep him in the dark about his particular abilities.
"Anyways, putting that to the side for now" Alaster decided to change the subject of their conversation "I had to delete my Fate Fanfic the other day, it wasn't working thats why"
"Really?" Paul asked, "Wasn't it ok?"
"Yeah tell that to the number of reviews" Alaster answered. For the past few weeks, he had been working on a Fate stay night fanfic that he had been working on for quite a while now. It is to note that Alaster is a fan of the Fate series, well not because of Ufotable obviously, but because of what it is about; a world in which participants of a war summon heroes and villains from history? And combine that fact with excellent character development and characters, epic moments, great plot and so on, now that's something to be really interested in.
And so he decided to make his own Fate fanfic after reading a few of them online; from Fragments of Chaldea to Chaos Theory and Golden Prayers, he just couldn't help resisting wanting to make one after reading them all.
After weeks of planning, and some major setbacks he finally made his own Fate fanfic titled; The Last Rose of Summer. But unfortunately, however, it didn't make the cut and he was forced to delete it after no success with it. Maybe combining horror elements as well as having it be almost like Bloodborne possibly didn't suit the audience's view. But still, all that work for nothing, and he made a whole load of servants for him to introduce into the story; from one Peter Stumpp to the fable and legendary Longinus himself, the war was going to very chaotic especially with Longinus present in the war.
"So how did your Home Economics Practical go?" Alaster then asked him "I heard that you had to cook something for the teacher to enjoy"
"Yeah it went well" Paul nodded a smile forming on his face "I made the teacher some good old Cupcakes with icing on top"
"Nice" Alaster grinned "Got any spares?"
"Sorry man" Paul apologized "but I only cooked enough for myself and the teacher"
"Ah apologize then" Alaster nodded in understanding. He reached towards his bottle and opened the cap "I understand" He then proceeds to drink from his bottle.
"Anyways, how's the thing going for ya?" Paul asked him "Did your parents decided to let you do Game Design in College?"
Alaster sighed as he set the bottle down "Nope, they didn't" His grip on his bottle increased "and it's not fair altogether"
"I'm sure that they would let you do what you want to do" Paul tried to cheer him up but this proves to be a failure as Alaster simply shook his head in response
"I wish" was his only reply. Alaster could only dream that his parents would allow him to become what he always wanted to be, but in the end he just knows as a matter of fact that his parents would never change their mind about it. Stubborn is an appropriate word to describe them, and as for their actions; strict, controlling and unfair.
How come its not fair that he doesn't get to choose? How come his friends like Paul and others that he know, how come they can get to choose what they want to be or to do in their lives and not himself? How come it is his parents that make all of his decisions for him? And they just have to be bloody strict about it!?
Why the strictness and the controlling nature?
Why make the choices instead of not himself?
Why do they get to make them for him!?
Why couldn't they let him be what he want to be!?
Alaster gritted his teeth in silent anger but was quick to calm himself.
Why….just bloody why...
"Anyways, I gotta go now" Alaster told Paul, as he got up from his seat "got to get to class on time otherwise my music teacher would kill me for being late"
"Alright, see ya after school" Paul told him. He put away his deck box and proceeded to bring out his books and copy for this morning's subject; Classical History, as did the other people who were present in the class.
"Yeah" Alaster nodded slowly "Seeya" With that he walked out of the class and into the still empty hallway. Closing the door behind him he began making his way towards his classroom. Soon enough he made it towards his class, and finding that a few people are already there he simply made his way towards his seat, located near a window.
Once there he began unpacking his music books and getting ready for the day's lesson, but as he did so he couldn't help but listen in on the surrounding conversation created by the other students.
"Hey have you heard?"
"What?"
"That Issei guy struck a date with a girl"
"No way! Issei of the perverted trio?"
"I pity the soul of whoever"
"The soul of the new student?"
"God bless her soul"
"May your god bless that girl's soul indeed" Alaster internally agreed with the guy, as he had just finished arranging all of his stuff for Music. Once he was done doing so a blue box appeared in front of him.
[Gear System Update]
[Estimated time completion: 1 hour]
[Y/N?]
'Hmmm, I don't know why an update at this time, but sure" Alaster shrugged. He clicked yes and the system update began. Once done Alaster simply went to sleep as he waited for the music teacher to arrive to class.
Two hours and thirty minutes later…
*Smack*
"Ow! Paul you idiot! You really had to fucking do it! Didn't ya!" Alaster screamed, much to the amusement of Paul, as he ran off laughing. As soon as Paul began running a blue mission box appeared in front of Alaster.
[New Daily Quest available]
Objective: Catch Paul and Smack him in the head
Reward: 500 XP, 1 Gold Coin
"Hell ya that's exactly what I'm going to do to him!" Alaster mentally said in his mind. Grabbing his Geography book from his locker and hastefully stuffing it in his bag, Alaster quickly closed his locker and swinging his bag over his shoulder; whilst accidently smashing Matsuda's face with it, (Alaster's deck box was located in the front pocket) began chasing after the guy. Their chase had led the two around the school multiple times in a row, with Alaster determined to smack him on the head and Paul…
I don't know why he is still running, but just "for the crack" purposes perhaps?
Anyways, their chase took them all around the school grounds. In the eyes of most of their peers they looked as though they were acting like children as one chased the other, seriously that's what some people are thinking right now, especially Sona, who whilst carrying a stack of paperwork, saw Alaster shoving two boys to the ground and one into the girl's toilet, forcing her to drop the stacks of paper that she was carrying around and chased after them in order to apprehend them both.
[New Limited Quest available]
Objective: Run, run as fast as you can
Reward: 1000 XP, 5 Gold Coin
Failure: Detention Work
"Wait, what am I even running away from?" It was at this time, as he turned right and down some stairs that Alaster saw the one person that he despises, and afraid of, running towards him and it was at this that he came to realize, that he might have fucked up. Alaster screamed and instead of running down the stairs, somehow he was able to jump down to the next floor; landing perfectly on the railing before jumping onto the floor. He did the same for the next flight of stairs and because of this, he was not only able to reach the ground floor but as well reach paul quickly.
"That was fast!" Paul said in surprise
"Run!" Alaster told him and he booked it after he finished saying that. Raising an eyebrow, Paul turned around and looked up, just in time to see Sona begin descending the last flight of stairs.
"Oh, that's why" Paul realized before shrugging "Well at least I'm not in trouble" Paul then turned around and was going to make his way towards the canteen for a bottle of water only to feel a hand on his shoulder. Paul instantly knew who it was, just by the authoritative yet threatening aura that said person was giving off.
"AH COME ON!" Paul rage, but was soon silenced by the glare given to him by Sona.
[Daily Quest status: Failure]
"I don't care about the damn quest anymore!" Alaster shouted as he ran "I want to get as far away from that bitch of a bitch as humanly possible!"
He turned his head around to see where she is, only to whip his head right back around as he had just discovered that she was behind him by a few feet.
Two hours and a half later…
Unfortunately for Alaster he was unable to escape the woman and was caught by Sona in the end. He was sentenced by said woman in doing punishment work, that feeling of deja vu though in his mind, then again it ticked him off that she caught him once again, like how does she exactly know or even expected him in doing this kind of shit in the first place!? Is she a psychic or something!? She has to be! Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why she was waiting for him at the entrance the other day for being late and other incidents involving her.
For his punishment this time instead of mopping the floors after school she instead made him clean out all of the classrooms; top and bottom. No speck of dust was to remain in each of the classes Sona told him as she left him alone to clean all of the classrooms. This ticked him off in so many ways and it really did.
He doesn't want to talk about it otherwise we'd be stuck here for quite a while but to be brief about it...
"Goddamn strict ass bitch, with a ten-foot ruler up her ass" Alaster seethed "I hope she really sits on a pinecone or something!"
Well there ya go
Anyways, He is currently making his way back home after a long, long two hours of cleaning all the damn classrooms of dust and rubbish. He rather spend his time trying to pass the Echidna Level as Dante on Devil May Cry, or even start playing Destiny 2 than scrubbing old age gum from under people's desks with a fucking spatula.
Paul also got a similar timed punishment, but it involved cleaning the clubhouses, and it didn't take long for him to finish cleaning them all, possibly due to those clubhouses being incompletely cleaned by the club members before they had to leave because of Sona.
"Well, at least it's fucking over" Alaster muttered. "If it didn't, then I would have lost it at that point"
A waste of crucial time for him. If she hadn't wasted his time doing this bullcrap then he would have an extra two hours playing Starcraft II with friends. He's getting back into the groove of that game; although the multiplayer now kinda sucks cause of the multitude of camping players that he had come across the other day; the way they just sit there in one corner and just do nothing is just so frustrating to watch.
"It's like as if they got bored with the game after a few years or something" He suspected. But then again if you are getting bored with a game that you have played already for the past many years; just don't play it and play something else, simple as. Come back to it when you feel like it, something that what he does every now and then with his own games.
Seeing that the sun is beginning to set, he checked his watch and found that it was nearing to 6 o'clock. Another two hours before it fully becomes nighttime, which means more time for him to spend outside before he goes home. Having a fair idea as to where to spend those extra hours he decided to go to Nerima Park; a public park located near his residential area. It was small in size but it had some nice park decour in his opinion. It didn't take long for him to finally reach the entrance to the park, and just as he was going to go inside and walk around the park a mission box appeared in front of him, however, it wasn't blue in colour like all of the other missions that he had before, it was burnt yellow in color.
[Story Quest - Act I - The Fallen Angel]
"Ohhh, my first Story Quest~!" Alaster exclaimed staring at the message. He felt excited and he should be.
Unlike the other types of quests that are available within the Gear, [Story Quests] can only be triggered if he is ever in the vicinity of said Quest, as he is right now, or if an event is transpiring or happening, like a wedding or a meeting of races, as described and pointed out in the Gear's Help Guide, and yes it has a guide to help him out, since the last, last update. Unfortunately, while Story Quests may trigger when an event is happening, however, Story Quests that don't trigger by events are gonna be hard to find heck even locating them is gonna be difficult, which makes Alaster wonder how the heck is he is gonna find them?
Perhaps it requires a special kind of map or something?
Maybe…
He'll have to check it out later. But whilst it is exciting for him, however, on the other hand, it is also something to be worried about, cause whenever a Story Quest would trigger there is no ignoring it. There is no way that a story quest can be ignored unless you want the consequences of your actions come dropping down on you like a bomb dropped from a bomber plane.
Fate can be unasking, and this is represented here with these Story Quests.
But in the meantime, his first Story Quest. He began reading the text that came with the issuement of his Quest
Detail: "Keep calm cause there are Angels amongst us" says the quote, well technically that is true, but not to that extent, cause think about it. Whenever there is Angels, there is always their mortal enemies; the Devils, and when there is them, there is also their counterparts; the Fallen Angels-
Wait…
Angels, Demons and Fallen exist!?
What kind a world does he live in? How the bloody hell did he no one even notice them living amongst us?
"Oh shit" Alaster then realized "I'm going to hell for not believing in God's teachings"
But then again he is an Atheist, to begin with (Please don't tell his parents that) so what does it even matter?, it's his choice to begin with to be an Atheist and neither his parents or God can make him decide or choose otherwise! Besides...
Were humans not born to Choose their own choices?
-Recently for reasons unknown, one of these beings has revealed themselves and will cause harm if nothing is done.
Objective: Defeat the Hostile
Now this is something that just got him worried
"Well let's see here" Alaster opened up his Status and Profile stats. Turns out he had already met the requirements for the Quests, well more like exceeded way past the recommended levels for each requirement.
Rewards: 1,000 xp, 20 Gold Coins.
Bonus Reward: New Item
"Ok, ok" Alaster nodded. He was about to get this quest over with until he saw something else within the description, prompting him to stop and have a look at it. It was by viewing it that his blood ran cold, and he just knew that he needed to get this done, now!
Bonus Objective: Prevent the Death of a Friend
"This date was fun"
Issei smiled as he gingerly stared into light lilac eyes. This day couldn't get any better for him. A Day ago this black haired girl asked him out on a date, which really shocked him to be honest, after all he is apart of the Perverted Trio after all. To hear that this girl randomly asked him out of the blue, screams suspicious but he paid no mind to that, after all, he finally has a date for crying out loud! Now here they are after an enjoyable afternoon together sitting near a fountain.
"Yeah" Issei nodded. He held her hand gingerly as slowly he moved his face closer to hers, prompting he to do so as well. Before their lips could even touch Yuuma raised her index finger to Issei's lips and stopped his from meeting hers. Fearing something was wrong Issei pulled back.
"Is there something wrong?" He asked her nervously. Yuuma nearly gave him a smile, a weirdly placed smile that rang a lot of bells and yet Issei wasn't even hearing them.
"I….wanna ask you something," Yuuma told him, smiling ever so sweetly.
"Ummm….sure, go ahead" Issei said, still nervous.
"Would you, die for me?"
"Huh?"
"I said" Yuuma smiled whispered into his ear once more "Would you die for me? Please?"
She stepped back closer to the fountain and as soon as she did, her form began to change. Her normal clothing that she had chosen for their date disappeared, only to be replaced by a new set of clothing; sexualizing and alluring in appearance, clothes that barely covered her body, enough to make a man drool. Issei took note of changes to her overall physical appearance. She became taller, her body grew bigger and fuller and her thighs became wider.
Issei no longer saw the girl in front of her as the innocent girl that he knew, but something else instead; beautiful, sexy and dangerous. What increased his overall shock is the pair of black wings that sprouted from her back.
"I'm sorry" Raynare simply said, smiling "sweetly" at the shocked teen. She held out her had out and a spear of light formed within her grasp "sure the date was fun and all but your just too much of a risk to be kept alive, besides you were never my type to begin with". With that she threw the spear at Issei. Issei was too shocked to even move out of the spear's trajectory as it got closer and closer to him…
That is until the spear got knocked out of the sky by a bright orange-red arrow.
"What!?" Yuuma turned her head around, and she did just in time to see another orange-red arrow coming towards her. Seeing that there was no time to counter it with another light spear she quickly created a light shield and took the arrow head on as it exploded against her hastefully made shield.
From beneath a nearby tree, Alaster clicked his teeth in frustration, obviously failing to downright kill her straight off. He pulled back the bowstring of his Maelstrom Bow as he readied another attack; the materialized arrow glowing bright green in colour.
[Toxic Barrage!]
He let loose, and the arrow soared into the air and straight towards Yuuma, who had lowered her shield. She was caught off guard by the incoming arrow as it flew towards her. She created a light spear in hand and threw it at the incoming arrow. However before they could have collided with each other as she had hoped that it would, the arrow exploded into small individual arrows that all rushed towards her.
Yuuma danced and twisted in the air as she did her best to dodge the projectiles. She was able to dodge most of them except for one as it grazed the side of her cheek.
[?]
HP: 1,000 - 12 = 988
[Poisoned: - 10 Hp loss]
"Who dares!?" Yuuma screamed, looking around the area. She clutched her bleeding cheek, as she could feel something else within her. Poison perhaps?. She gritted her teeth. For her plan to kill the boy be thwarted by something or someone… it infuriated her, as her opportunity of impressing Azazel having gone through the window unless she deals with whoever dared to do this. She prepared a light spear in her hand "Show yourself!?" She demanded
"If that's what you wish to be it" a calm voice responded to her demand. Soon after an armored figure wielding a bow emerged from behind some trees. His face was obscured from both Yuuma and Issei's view by his helmet.
"Who are you!?" Yuuma demanded, "And how dare you interfere with Fallen Angel Business!"
"Really? Fallen Angel business?" Alaster questioned, placing a hand on its hip "Doesn't look like so"
"Holy crap! The description was telling the truth" Alaster thought. Alaster averted his gaze from the fallen angel to Issei, who was looking at him with shock and some relief, although from behind his helmet Alaster could also identify a sense of wariness in his eyes, obviously too shocked and scared to what is happening right now.
"You ok?" Alaster questioned. Issei merely nodded in response, too shocked to even say anything. "Don't worry, I promise you that you'll make it out if this"
"Ha!" How arrogantly stupid of you!" Raynare laughed "To think that you and this human here would make it out of here alive" She smiled cruelly as she formed another Light Spear in her hand "When I'm done with you interloper, there won't be anything left of your corpse"
"So dark!" Alaster gasped "Are you from an alternate timeline? You know what, don't answer that" He drew the bowstring back and began charging up another attack "Cause I have your answer right here!"
END
Terminology:
Profile: Alaster's Abilities. Each Profile unlocked corresponds with that of a game.
Status: Alaster's stats in real life. Can be leveled up through different methods