Kurama here with another chapter of DXD: Like A Shadow and I hope you will enjoy this as much as I will.
"Talk," someone says
"Dragon, Game Talk/thought/spells, Quest/Rewards! Someone says.
Thoughts," Someone says
Disclaimer: I do not own this story if I did, I would be sleeping in a bed full of money.
Let's begin!
-Next day-
I wake up and remember that there are things that I need to do before going to school.
First things first, introduce Erza to the rest of the girls then, ask Wiz to create a pocket dimension that will allow the others to train inside while I grind for some level in the [Dungeons].
"I look forward to working with all of you," Erza says as I eye Yoruichi, who just shrugs and goes back to petting Rumiel while Kuroka circles me and using [Observation Haki, I pick up the need to meet her sister.
I could grant her that request but the question is, what is Serafall gonna say when she learns I'm housing a fugitive?
I could ask her to have Yasaka make Kuroka the Youkai ambassador of Kuoh like I've seen in so many DxD fics back in my first life.
Hmm, that'll work but do that, I'm gonna need to max out my [Reputation] with her so nothing bad can happen to me.
Looks like Sona is gonna wear a magical girl's outfit.
Sorry Sona but sacrifices will be made for the good of the [Gamer].
I make a mock salute in the air and then call Serafall, also asking her to come here as I will reveal to her what happened yesterday morning.
I still can't get over the fact that they were willingly trying to kill me that entire fight.
What if I didn't know [Healing Magic, then what would've happened?
Were they hoping I'd die or something like that?
It doesn't matter 'cause I'm sure that Serafall will put an end to this tomfoolery.
If they want Rias to win, then train her and give some therapy sessions to her peerage members.
You know what, I'm gonna ask Sirzechs why is he so adamant on getting to join his sister's peerage and if I don't like what I'm hearing, I'm gonna sue him with everything I've got.
Serafall appears in front of me using a magic circle, a serious look on her face which is still something I'm unfamiliar with but now's not the time to gawk at her.
I need to speed up that meeting with Azazel and have Kuroka pardoned so she can see Koneko again.
"You said it was urgent so what's up?" She asks.
"Sirzechs and Grayfia had Rias and her whole peerage go against me in an attempt to try and recruit me into her peerage," I say as her aura flares to life, a look of pure rage can be seen on her face.
Boy, do I not wanna be these two right now because an angry wife is equal to a dead life.
"Those little shitstains! I thought I warned those two about attacking you, then those morons dare do this to you!" She shouts angrily.
"It's fine, they didn't hurt me too badly. I just felt pity for Rias and her peerage 'cause they didn't stand a chance against me." I tell her, trying to brush off her worries about me.
"Yeah, I kinda noticed that about her. She refuses to train them and on top of that, she doesn't want them to get therapy and heal from their trauma. I'm gonna be honest, I expect her to at least stand 5 minutes against Riser before she's completely overpowered by him." Serafall rants on while I listen to her with a thoughtful expression on my face.
It's more serious than I initially thought.
If she doesn't help the others, then not only does she hinder their potential but she hinders hers as well.
She could be stronger than her brother but her laziness is what's holding her back.
If she wants to become stronger, then her family's gonna have to step in to get things done 'cause otherwise, she might as well start calling herself Rias Phenex.
Ahh, even that sounded ugly in my head.
"Listen Jin, do not go to school for a couple of days. I'm going to explain the situation to Sona and have her come to your house with the homework that you'll need for the time being." She says while I nod at her explanation before taking a deep breath and letting it out, drawing her attention.
Alright, no more backing out.
"There's also something else you need to know. It's about Koneko." I say.
"Let me guess, she has a grudge against you too?"
"No, she and Gasper are the only ones I enjoy being within that group. Kiba's weird, Akeno's got issues and Rias is, well, Rias." I say, thinking about each of their personalities.
"You can say that again but what is it about Koneko?" She asks with a thoughtful expression on her face.
"It's about her sister, Kuroka. I found her and she's staying in my house." I tell her, watching her eyes widen into shock.
"We have to arrest her! She's a criminal!" Serafall says as she flexes her aura even more than a couple of minutes ago.
"Wait! I think she might've been falsely accused of killing her master. I want to hear her out at least before I hand it over to you. Please, say yes." I say before getting down on one knee with my hand over my chest to swoon her to my side.
"Stand up, it wouldn't look if my brother-in-law was on his knees, now would it? As for Kuroka, I'll talk to Yasaka once the workers are done with the school. They'll start the construction tomorrow and will be done in two weeks. See ya later Jin! Serafall says before using a magic circle to fade away, which leaves me in my thoughts as I walk around the house.
I need the girls to become stronger and for me to accomplish that is by giving them the necessary tools to fight against someone if I'm not around.
I mean, sure Esdeath, Wiz, Erza, Soi-Fon and Yoruichi are pretty strong but about the others?
Aiz isn't strong enough to fight against an ultimate-class devil and Kagura can hold her own against a high-class one but my biggest concern here is with Kushina, who can and will against a mid-class devil if she loses control of her tailed beast.
Maybe there's something in the [Shop] that can help me with my problem.
[Weapons]
[Armour]
[Items]
[Accessories]
[Skills]
[Perks]
I press on [Skills] as I'm interested in seeing what I could get.
Skill Book: Lightning Magic
Description: This book allows you to learn Lightning Magic.
Cost: 1000$
Skill Book: Skill Connect
Description: This book allows you to learn Skill Connect.
Cost: 1500$
Skill Book: Swords Dance
Description: This book allows you to learn Swords Dance.
Cost: 1200$
I grabbed the ones related to sword skills to help the swordsman in the group then some Water and Ice spells for Esdeath, Lightning and Thunder for Yoruichi, Wind and Fire for Kushina and Wind and Poison for Soi-Fon.
I then go in [Armour] and repeat the same process each time except for [Perks] as I doubt that they'll need it.
I'm left with 1000$, which is not too bad all things considered.
I find all of the girls sitting in the living room so this is the best time for me to do this.
"Hey, girls. Are you interested in training with me today?" I ask.
"Well, there is nothing to do here so I guess I'll train with you. It's better than doing nothing." Yoruichi says, to which the others all nod their heads before I pull out the stuff from my [Inventory] while taking out the [Skill Orb] and the sword-based Sacred Gears.
The girls put on their stuff and I hand over the orb and gems to Erza, who doesn't waste any time and shoves it into her chest, her aura increasing for a few seconds before it goes back to normal.
"This was... strange to say the least but I do thank you for the gifts," Erza says while I just throw a nod at her, still deep into my thoughts.
That flash of power.
For a second there, she almost surpassed Wiz's power level, which is pretty surprising because Wiz has one of the highest auras around here.
REP increase with all of the girls for the gifts!
I don't bother looking at them 'cause we need to get started on training.
Select a dungeon!
Empty] [Zombie] [Goblin] [Orc] [Demon] [Ogre] [Beast] [Angel] [Knight] [Monsters]
Let's go with [Monsters] because it's the most difficult one here and that means we all get to level up pretty fast.
A portal appears before us and then we step inside and find ourselves in a colosseum, face to face with a ton of werewolves, vampires and dark elves.
Quest gained
Survival of the fittest
The monsters are threatened by your presence and thus, have issued a challenge. Defeat 1000 of them and their leader for a chance to live.
Objective: Defeat 1000 monsters (0/1000)
Bonus objective: Defeat the King of monsters.
Rewards: 2000 EXP, 2000$, Rings of the Destroyer, Light Container, Necklace of the Shrine Maiden, Gauntlets of the Great Monk and Dracula's Daggers.
Bonus rewards: 4000 EXP, 4000$, Robe of the destroyer, Armour of the Rogue Knight, Staff of the Fallen Mage, Shaolin Monk's Gi, Alucard's Shades and Companion Gem: Moka Akashiya.
Y/N?
I press [Y] and then ponder on why Hestia's rewards are related to Gremory's peerage.
It's like she's telling me to help them.
That's exactly what I'm trying to tell you, idiot!
Just give them the items and leave them to them. What they do afterwards won't be of your concern.
Oh, come on!
You saw what they did to me and you still want me to help them?!
Yes, that's the only way for you to grow as a person.
Besides, just do what I said and it should be fine. If they fuck up afterwards, then that's their problem.
Yeah, but I still gotta help them, something that I don't want to do after what happened yesterday.
But still, if I don't help them a little, then Sirzechs and his wife are gonna keep showing up until I give in and help them so this idea of hers may work in my favour if I do it right.
I use [Observe] on the monsters here and most of them are level 95, which is not a lot because I'm level 91 so I think we should be okay as long as we work together.
I go into [Settings] and then select [Class-only] so that only my [Classes] would level up while I would stay at the same level, something that I'm beginning to enjoy somewhat even though are many more powerful beings in this universe.
"Alright, ladies! Let's kick some ass!" I yell as we all get into action, leaping toward our chosen opponents.
Summoning my army of shadows and undead, I let them take on the army of monsters while my friends all kill their respective opponents and move on to the next.
I spam either [Light Spear] or [Ray of Death] to kill the monsters but on the hundredth or so, I start to get tired as I fall to one knee while panting.
Quickly thinking, I take both [Lightning/Grimoire] and [Spirit Contract] and hand them over to Yoruichi as the two items then combine into one and enter her body.
Her aura skyrockets to unknown levels with sparks of electricity covering her whole body.
"This feels way too good!" She shouts in glee as in an instant, all of our opponents are gone so I quickly ise [Plunder] so I get their stats and maybe [Racial Skills] if I'm lucky.
Stats plundered!
136 STR
155 END
272 DEX
128 INT
126 WIS
309 CHA
50 LUK
Racial skill gained
Beast Howl (Passive/Active) LVL: MAX
Description: This Skill when used by your party will increase all of their physicals by 10% for 5 minutes.
Note: Once the skill has been used, it can not be used again in the same fight.
Cost: 2500 SP
That's gonna be useful in this fight.
Especially since we're fighting against multiple enemies and what would appear to be a powerful boss.
It's been a minute since the fight ended so I think that we can relax for now.
"I feel a bit sleepy so I'm just gonna take a nap. Wake up when these bastards show up." Yoruichi says while she lies down and goes to sleep a second later.
"Do you think you can do that with everyone here?" Esdeath asks me.
"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen it happen." I say to her whilst deep in thought of what just happened.
It wasn't random.
It's like that contract and grimoire were meant to be combined but what I don't get is why they picked Yoruichi.
Is it because of her lack of a Zapankuto?
Hmm, this is very weird but maybe this is the push that she needed to become stronger than before.
"Arrgh!" A voice roars out in the distance.
We turn around and see more than 500 monsters on the left and right sides of the Colosseum, making me sigh in annoyance as I stand up and slip into a fighting stance, ready to fight.
The girls circle Yoruichi's unconscious body as my army and I leap toward our opponents and the slaughter fest has officially begun.
"Enough of this!" Esdeath says as she uses the power of her Teigu, Mahapdama to freeze the unceasing wave of monsters in time.
With them frozen, it's far easier to kill them all and once that's over with, a huge monster wearing the clothes of a king walks up to where we are and Aiz falls to her knees before passing out, seemingly due to his presence.
"Females, leave the stadium. Only the boy and I will battle. If you stay here, I promise to break you slowly." The monster as I clench my fists in anger at hearing what he just said about my friends.
"Go. I'll handle him by myself." I say coldly while eyeing him as I then activate my Sacred Gear, Absorption Line for the sole purpose of draining him of his energy.
Do you want to break them? You're gonna have to go through me fucker and I promise you, the moment you try something, you're gonna regret it.
I call back my army and transform into my 'Black Form' and slip into a fighting stance, ready for battle.
The girls take Yoruichi's body and go sit somewhere near the stadium so that they could keep an eye on me.
But they won't have to worry about me because the only one who's in danger is HIM.
"Ragghh! KAIOKEN!" I roar out as I jump in the air then glow a crimson red aura and use a mix of [Soul Striker, [Armament Haki, [Observation Haki, [Conqueror's Haki, and [Close Combat] to hurt him.
He gets back up though so I repeat the same thing but this time I add in more power by using [Fist Strike] and [Power Strike] but he grabs me and throws me into a wall, making me angrier as I get out of my predicament.
Hestia, how many seconds are left until Black Form is over?
00:10
"Dammit! Give me more time!" I shout while the king just chuckles at my words.
"Fool, you don't even know what you are doing. An admirable but foolish gesture as I will kill you and bring these females back to my men and they will be nothing more than broodmares for me to grow my empire." He says as I grit my teeth in anger.
Fuck him and fuck the time limit!
I have to go even further beyond!
"Kaioken times fives!" I roar out as I hit him in the face with my most powerful [Fist Strike] and then use [Close Combat] on him while he's down.
This isn't enough.
I need more.
I need more power!
Need more power!
MORE POWER!
"RAGHHHH!"
"Hmph fool. You're nothing short of a mindless beast, now aren't you?" The king asks in vain as he then punches me in the stomach, which makes me fall to my knees and I cough out blood 'cause of the power behind that punch.
I need more power, please!
Please, Grant me that power!
I use [Minor Buff] on my strength stat then use all three forms of Haki and jump back into the fray once more.
"This is ridiculous! Can't you freeze him in time like you did earlier?" Soi-Fon asks the former general, seeing me get hit and sent into another wall.
"That took a lot out of me so even if I wanted to, it's not like I could just use it repeatedly." She replies to her teammate, who grits her teeth at seeing the massacre before her.
If Yoruichi was awake, then she would've kicked that guy's ass to the moon and back but unfortunately, she's sleeping, something that doesn't make sense to her.
This all started when she went to sleep because of that light that entered her body and that was after her former master learned Lightning magic.
Could she be fighting for control against a foreign entity that is related to her chosen element?
"Are you done yet, brat? I have other things to do." The king asks while twirling his sword with a look of arrogance on his face.
"Just die ALREADY!" I shout as I take [Asuramaru] and my [Demon-Slasher Katana] out of my [Inventory] and begin hitting him with as many [Swordbeams] as I could, watching his health drop to 3500, which angers me even more.
'Do you want power?'
Who said that?
'I can give you all the power you need. Just finish this bastard already so I can go back to sleep. I'm upgrading your so-called Black Form so you can kill him.' The voice says as I transform into my 'Black Form' and jump in the air while also activating [Kaioken] to the absolute limit that my body can handle.
"Well then, let us see if you have what it takes!" The king says while taking out his sword and swinging it in my direction but I roll over the sword and run like my life depends on it, which it does.
Once I'm close, I use both [Ray of enfeeblement] and [Light Bind] to make him and it works to perfection.
"You dirty coward! Fight me like a warrior!" He roars out, desperately trying to free himself from his shackles but it doesn't work
Since he's now a sitting duck, I can chip away at his HP until he dies 'cause his strength is at 700 and both my intelligence and wisdom are higher than his so now, he's mine.
I get on top of his face and begin stabbing him everywhere and firing off [Swordbeam] every chance that I could.
Eventually, after a long 5 minutes of struggling, he turns himself into pixels, which makes me happy as I put my two weapons back where they came from and fall to the ground.
I then use [Plunder] on his corpse to take away his [Racial Skill].
"Jin! You did it!" Esdeath shouts as she holds me in a tight embrace with me not even fighting it 'cause I'm way too tired.
Mustering all of my remaining strength, I drag myself over to the chest and open it with my right hand, taking all of the loot that was present.
Items Gained
299,000$
Skill Orb: Destruction Magic
Companion Gem: Mirajane Strauss
Evolution Orb
No Sacred Gears this time but that's fine 'cause I think we're gonna fine like this.
Although the evolution orb is kind of interesting.
What does it do exactly?
It allows for a race other than humans to evolve to the apex of their species.
Let's say you give it to Serafall, she would become a low-ranked Demon King, which is stronger than Sirzechs or Ajuka's full power.
Oh ooh SHIT!
I then get a [Notification] so I mentally open it once I'm in my room.
Quest gained
Survival of the fittest
The monsters are threatened by your presence and thus, have issued a challenge. Defeat 1000 of them and their leader for a chance to live.
Objective: Defeat 1000 monsters (0/1000)
Bonus objective: Defeat the King of monsters.
Rewards: 2000 EXP, 2000$, Rings of the Destroyer, Light Container, Necklace of the Shrine Maiden, Gauntlets of the Great Monk and Dracula's Daggers.
Bonus rewards: 4000 EXP, 4000$, Robe of the destroyer, Armour of the Rogue Knight, Staff of the Fallen Mage, Shaolin Monk's Gi, Alucard's Shades and Companion Gem: Moka Akashiya.
Right, those items.
I'm just gonna give them to Sona and tell her that it's for Rias and her peerage, even if they don't deserve it.
I crushed both of the gems at the same time and the room is covered by a big white light though once that disappears, standing in front of me is Mirajane Strauss from Fairy Tail and Inner Moka from Rosario+Vampire.
"Hmph, I take you are our summoner, correct?" Moka while glaring at me but I nod my head and both Erza and Kagura barge into my room, smiling as they see a long-lost friend and hug her in a beautiful embrace.
Moka then leaves the room, seemingly wanting to go explore while the girls leave my room as well, wanting to catch up before finding something else to do.
With that out of the way, I go lie on my bed and soon enough, I fall asleep.
END!
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