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Chapter Two: Spoilers Are not Always Bad.
You have slept in your bed. Your HP and MP have been fully restored. All ailments have been cured.
I woke up the next morning feeling as refreshed as ever. My bed was very comfortable and with my gamer ability curing everything I could possibly have with just eight hours of sleep then it was no wonder I woke up feeling refreshed. My good humor also had to do with the fact that I had leveled up yesterday immediately after completing the quest of returning home by the time I wrote I was going to return. After that followed a cheerful dinner and I even helped mom with the dishes, which also earned me some good XP and very much desired reputation points with her. I was well on my road on banging Issei's mother and I felt damn proud of myself so cut me some slack okay.
I looked at the clock on my HUD and noticed that it was five in the morning –three hours before the time I needed to be at school- which gave me exactly two hours to start grinding stats points by doing physical activity. I already told Issei's mother my plans and she was once again pleasantly surprised by my decision of start exercising. I had to tell her that it would help me stop thinking about females out the time so she accepted it without too much issue. She was even proud and I got more reputation points with her which was a plus. Oh and when I used observe again on her I found out that she had put the substantial amount of money she had gotten from my dad into the bank and she was being paid by the bank because she was letting them use her money for investments and stuff. According to that we were pretty much loaded but if we took into account the fact that I could basically create legit money…
I equipped a generic red colored tracksuit and the most comfortable sneakers I owned before I sneaked out of the house trying to make as little sound I could. I wasn't surprised when a box appeared in front of my face telling me I earned a new skill for doing that.
A new skill has been created through a special act. The skill 'Stealth' has been created.
Stealth. Active/Passive. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. Stealth is the one of the bases of combat. If you can go through your enemies undetected then it's half of the battle won. You only have to hit them to put them down for good. Passively increases perception of surroundings by 10%. When actively using Stealth chances for getting a Critical Hit are augmented by 200%. Cost: 15 MP.
I gave a pleased smile as I thought of the possible uses I could give to this skill in combats situations before they even started before I dismissed the message and began to limber up for my run. I stretched my extremities until I felt they weren't stiff before I gave a few jumps in place to warm up. Five minutes after my warm up began I felt ready and began to throttle at a steady pace making sure to breathe correctly and keep my core tight to get the most out of the exercise. I traced a route that will have me running for an hour more or less until I arrived at the park which was actually a fifteen minute walk away from my home where I would do other exercises for forty five minutes giving me enough time to go back home to get ready for school with time to spare to get there on time.
Ten minutes into the run I got bored. Oh sure I was already getting out of breath but I didn't want to think about it so I decided to get myself some headphones and put some badass music into it which would motivate me into continued exercising without giving it too much thought. You could go longer and push yourself forward if you weren't thinking about how tired you were so if I got some music to concentrate on then I won't feel as tired as I was feeling at the moment.
I barely managed to complete my run and I arrived at the park at the mark of one hour an ten minutes. It seemed like I was not still in the condition I required to make that route under an hour and I made that my goal for the next few days. I was at least rewarded one point to VIT for doing the run so feeling nauseous at the moment was worth it. Thanks to all the deities out there I didn't eat anything before I began this madness.
What followed next –after a short break of course- was me attempting to correctly do the most push-ups, sit-ups and squats my poor physical capabilities allowed me. It was excruciating. It was painful. But it was fucking worth it. By the time forty five minutes rolled around I had gotten another point for VIT, and one point for both STR and DEX. And now let me tell you a secret about working out. It was all about 'destroying' your muscles so they would heal and become stronger than what the previously were and this is where Gamer Body allowed me to cheat. Any damage done to my body would immediately heal meaning that I did not have to wait days to see the result of my physical training. That was why my stats points rose so fast. My body was practically healing the damage and adapting as it was done. I still needed to put more effort into training the stronger I got but I would at least see the results right away.
Like Sun-Il would claim constantly. The Gamer ability is seriously broken but I wasn't complaining.
Anyways since I was done with what I decided was going to be my daily workout until further notice I began to hastily make my way back to the house. There were people already walking through the street and I wasn't going to let the opportunity to waste I spammed Observe on them. I didn't get a new level but I managed to grind it significantly. Like any other game the stronger you got the harder it'll be to grow but to me that just made it all the more interesting.
When I arrived at the house I was tempted to give Issei's mother a joking hug, seeing as I was sweaty as hell, but decided against it the moment she gave me the most evil eyes I have ever seen in my life. Detect Bloodlust even went up by a level and I was even rewarded by a WIS point for deciding against doing that. I guess it was the wisest decision I have ever made in both lives.
I quickly cleaned myself up and when I was done I equipped my uniform and combed my hair into the same style as yesterday. I didn't noticed it before but I kind of looked like Sousuke Aizen from Bleach and it somehow suited me. I shrugged my shoulders. The more badass I looked the better.
When that was done I went down and had breakfast with my mother who looked like she was flaying clouds and I was sure it was due to the fact that I had gotten rid of my perverted stuff. She had been overjoyed yesterday and it seemed like her good mood was going to last for a while and I have an internal smirk. I won't be long before I could have sex with her on a daily basis and I couldn't really wait.
I took my plates to the counter and looked at her as picked off my back pack. "After school I'll spend some time catching up with a few friends from the last year. I'll be home roughly by the same time as yesterday. Would that be okay?"
Lie successful!
I did not feel bad for lying to her since while I was doing what I was doing for painfully obvious selfish reason as long as I could protect her then it wasn't wrong in my mind. She nodded her head at me with a gracious smile. "Of course Ise. As long as you don't go looking for unnecessary trouble, get good grades and get home before too late I don't have a problem with you being outside the house," she replied calmly before taking a sip of her coffee.
I grinned at her and gave her incredibly smooth cheek a kiss that I knew just made her day and increased a lot my reputation with her. "Thanks mom. You are the best!" I declared with conviction as I have her a loving look.
She winked at me and haughtily flipped back her hair. "Of course I am. Anyways off you go young man or you'll be late. I will be doing some errands during the day but I'm sure I'll be done before you come home so you won't have to wait long for dinner."
I nodded at her and have her a wave goodbye before I went out of the house. The moment I stepped out two quest appeared. They were the same as yesterday about no arriving late at school and at home with the difference that they only gave me reputation gains. I nodded as I accepted the quests and began to make my way towards the school. I hoped that today would be as interesting as yesterday.
-DxD: Gamer-
Through the school day nothing of interest really happened other than surprising Sona by arriving early once again two days in a row –which also earned me very appreciated reputation points with her and another confrontation with Matsuda and Motohama about me 'going to the light side'. I had dismissed them again, earning more reputation points with the girls at school, and instead used the time to grind observe. I used it on everyone I came across and managed to get another level on it putting it at level five. I needed three more levels on it before I could see the stats on the objective.
Another thing that happened was another conversation with Aika during lunch time in which she commended me on my dismissal of Motohama and Matsuda and she reminded me that she was watching me closely before she sexily had sauntered off driving me more than a little crazy. It had been then when I felt the eyes of a person on me and I turned to the source to see the impossibly beautiful Rias Gremory looking at me curiously. I had used observe on her and was not surprised at what had come up.
Rias Gremory Lvl ?
Heir of the Gremory Clan
HP: ?/?
MP: ?/?
Rias Gremory is the Heir of the Gremory Clan, one of the 72 Pillars if the Underworld. Rias is very kind, soft and loyal to her servants and she treats them as family. Rias loves her family dearly but becomes exasperated by them quite easily. At the moment a rift is being created between her and her family due to them insisting on the arranged marriage even against her will. She hopes someone will be able to help her deal with that before it comes to pass.
When I realized that she was watching me then it mean that the events of the DxD story happened quite early in the year and that I had less time than what I had expected. I admit that what I was doing was for purely selfish reason but I didn't want anyone who didn't deserve it to suffer so my resolution grew to become stronger. I had smiled at her and waved and she had seemed surprised for a second before she had returned the smile with one of her own and waved back.
That moment I had also realized that I could protect and be the cause of that smile and that was something I decided to do.
After lunch break I had been pretty impatient for school to finish and when it finally did I began to make my way out of the school to reach the park I used yesterday to develop my current skills. My plan for today was to grind them all as much as I could and then tomorrow I will tackle the Zombie ID to start grinding character levels and skill levels in the more normal fashion.
The plan was however met with a setback when not too far from the school I saw Katase and Muruyama being harassed by a group of what you would call generic thugs. They were all wearing black leather and their hairstyles ranged from mohawks to bad imitations of Elvis Presley's incredible hairstyle. I used observe on them and was not impressed by what I saw.
Lowly Thug. Lvl 8.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men.
HP: 400/400
MP: 50/50
Lowly Thug. Lvl 8.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men.
HP: 400/400
MP: 50/50
Lowly Thug. Lvl 8.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men.
HP: 400/400
MP: 50/50
Lowly Thug. Lvl 8.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men.
HP: 400/400
MP: 50/50
Lowly Thug. Lvl 9.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men.
HP: 450/450
MP: 50/50
Lowly Thug. Lvl 9.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men.
HP: 450/450
MP: 50/50
Lieutenant Thug. Lvl 11.
A despicable member of society who does nothing other than harass girls and steal from respectable men. He is stronger than his minions but not by much.
HP: 800/800
MP: 100/100
I quickly realized what they wanted since their lustful eyes and the way they were leering at them was anything to go by and judging by the expression on Muruyama's and Katase's they were also aware of their intentions. While I couldn't fault them, because those two were hot, what they were trying to do was despicable –only passable in roleplaying of course. Anyways, the only real threat was that 'Lieutenant Thug' and seeing that Katase and Muruyama were carrying their shinai and they were individually higher level than him then then could deal with him and I could help with the 'Lowly Thugs'… why were these humans treated as mobs? I eventually shrugged and chalked it up to game mechanics and logic.
Quest Alert!
Rescue the princesses that don't really need help!
Mina Muruyama and Miko Katase are being sexually harassed by Lowly Thugs and their Lieutenant. Help them by taking care of the Lowly Thugs and show them how much of a badass you are and how much you have changed.
Rewards: 2000 XP. Greatly increased closeness with Miko Katase. Greatly increased closeness with Mina Murayama.
Failure: Decreased reputation with Miko Katase and Mina Muruyama. A wasted opportunity.
I quickly accepted the quest and immediately after the thugs advanced on Murayama and Katase who tensed as they began to reach for their shinai in preparation. Seeing this I decided to prepare myself for a fight –the first one since coming here I quickly realized. I used Reinforcement on my body and since my MP Regen was half of what it cost then I could keep it active for quite some time seeing as the amount of Mana I in comparison to the amount of Mana I was spending per minute meaning that I now had double the STR and DEX for the duration of this fight. For the lowly thugs I supposed it would be enough.
I then activated Stealth and quickly sneaked behind one of the lowly thugs. Nobody took notice of my presence and Stealth even went up by a level much to my pleasure. When I was within striking range of the thug I drew my hand back with all the strength I could muster in my reinforced body and punched him heavily on the back of his head. He fell down into the floor like a sack of potatoes with surely a concussion.
Critical Hit!
I paid the message box no mind and moved to the closest lowly thug and delivered a backhanded punch into his temple sending him to the ground too. It was also a critical hit due to where I hit him and he like the first one was rendered immediately unconscious and out of the fight. I ran towards the third one and kicked him in the balls –it was a dick move but it was necessary if I wanted to complete the quest. I was rewarded with another critical hit and another unconscious lowly thug. I'm sure he lost his ability to have children but I couldn't care less about that. I checked their remaining HP with Observe and while I had just taken away around half of their max HP I have given them the 'Unconscious' status, probably due to the nature of my blows and the pain I delivered with them.
"What the-?!" I heard the leader of the crew shout as he realized three of his cronies have been rendered unconscious in less than ten seconds by admittedly a scrawny looking teen. The shock gave away to anger quickly enough and he snarled. "Kill that motherfucker!" He shouted and not a second later Katase and Muruyama where on him with their shinai swinging fast and gracefully in a deadly dance. The Lieutenant Thug pulled out a bat from somewhere –game logic I suppose and began to defend himself but I'm sure it won't be enough to deal with Katase and Murayama.
I couldn't appreciate the impressive display however as the three remaining thugs advanced on me their faces pulled into horrendous snarls of anger and hate. I felt nervous, knowing that I didn't have the element of surprise anymore, but Gamer's Mind calmed me and I my head was cleared. They had numbers on me but I was definitely smarter and thanks to reinforcement I was probably stronger and more skilled than them. I had this on the bag but I had to be smart about it.
I smirked as I made a 'come hitter' motion with my left hand. "Why are you guys taking your time? Come and get me! Or... let me guess, are you afraid I will punch the living daylights out of you like I did to your worthless friends?"
A new skill has been created through a special act. The skill 'Taunt' has been created.
Taunt. Active. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. You know when to be an asshole to rile up your enemies into attacking you and make foolish mistakes. Taunted enemies will gain a boost of 100% in their strength but will make stupid mistakes in their anger.
Well… I wasn't expecting that but it was appreciated very much. I saw the three of them becoming angrier before they ran towards me to give me the beating of my life… as if I would let them. The first one reached me and he tried to punch me on my face but it was slow and telegraphed. It had power behind it, probably enough to seriously injure me, but like I said it was slow and my mind directed my body into what to do.
I grabbed him by his forearm as I stepped to the side and used his momentum and my own strength to twist around myself and I sent him directly into the path of the second thug. The collided into each other and a generous chunk of their HP was taken away by the very hard hit they suffered. They were sputtering in pain on the floor and they won't be getting up in at least a minute meaning that I had time to deal with the last thug until those two recovered.
The only standing thug was a few feet away from me when I turned towards him and he lashed towards my head with punch that I managed duck under thanks to my higher DEX and I moved into his guard shoving a hard elbow blow into his stomach that almost doubled him over. I leaned stepped back a little before twisting my body to the left, pivoting with my right leg, and delivered a roundhouse kick to his temple. I sent him flying a few feet and with Observe I saw he was unconscious the moment he hit the ground.
Then I turned towards the two remaining thugs who were now trying to rise to their feet. I rapidly walked towards them and I spartan kicked him on the side of his face back to the ground and finished him up with another kick to his head that rendered him unconscious. The last thug was about to run towards me if I read his intentions right but I swiftly neared him, grabbed his head with my hands and pulled it down as my knee rose. The result was a broken nose and for the last thug to be pulled into unconsciousness as he bleed from his nose.
A new skill has been created through a special act. The skill 'Hand-to-Hand Combat' has been created.
Hand-to-Hand Combat. Passive. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. Hand-to-Hand Combat is the art of using your body to attack your enemies and also using it to defend yourself from unharmed and harmed enemies alike. Increases STR and DEX by 10%.
By fighting against multiple opponents STR and DEX rise by 1!
By fighting against multiple opponents VIT rises by 2!
Quest completed!
Your level has increased by one!
I looked at the announcements and smirked in triumph knowing what this meant for me. It seemed like things were going to be easier than what I was expecting but seeing that I basically came from another dimension then it was… understandable? No? Meh. I don't care. I just wanted to become powerful, get an Harem in the process and look like a badass while doing it. It was not a lot to ask for and it seemed like... the universe? Gaia? I don't know what but it was on my side.
I dismissed the alert boxes and looked towards were Katase and Murayama were fighting to see Muruyama deliver a strike to the Lieutenant's got making him double over and for Katase to finish him off with a hard blow to his head. He was rendered unconscious but other than a quick observe I didn't pay him too much attention as I instead focused on Murayama and Katase with a slightly concerned look on my face that was partially faked.
"Are you two okay?" I asked them before I made a show of looking at their slightly ruffled states and then at the unconscious thug. I chuckled sheepishly scratching the back of my head. "I guess I should be asking him that question instead."
Murayama smirked almost haughtily while Katase gave me a small smile. "The concern is appreciated Issei-san. As was the help," said the pink haired one of the pair and the most gentle of the two as she looked at the six unconscious thugs behind me. "I wasn't aware you knew martial arts," she mused and I could see the interest in her eyes as she looked at me.
Murayama kept her smirk in place as she whistled when she looked at the prone bodies. "First you stop being a worthless pervert and now it turns out you can fight pretty well. You have been certainly keeping secrets from us Issei-san," she said with a teasing tone as she put her shinai away as did Katase.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Like I said yesterday, I became aware of some things and realized I couldn't be blatantly looking at girls because it will only bring forth problems for me in the future. As for me fighting like I do, well, that's also a quite recent development if I'm honest," I said almost smirking but I held back to appear nonchalant about the fact. Cool, collected and somewhat aloof. That was what attracted girls. You kept them by being romantic and all the lovey dovey stuff after all. "And it seems that fighting has its uses after all."
Katase nodded in agreement. "Indeed. While I was sure Mina and I would have been able to get rid of these guys easily on our own I'm glad you helped Issei. If there is anything we could do to repay you…" she trailed off and she gave me an expectant look.
There was a smirk on Murayama's –Mina's face as she also gave me the same look and I realized this was a test to see if I was really going to change 'my' perverted ways. I almost smirked myself but held that in and shrugged my shoulders getting surprised looks from them. "Reward? Nah, what are you talking about? I didn't do this expecting a reward. I did this hoping to help two of my cute classmates that were being harassed. If you want to reward me I'll accept it but I don't really ask for anything."
It took them a moment to process what I had just said and Katase gave me an impressed look and there was a wider smile on her cute face and Murayama smirked at me in approval. "You are seriously going to change, eh?" She asked rhetorically.
"I am."
Katase nodded her head. "Then if not for helping us then let's reward you for going out of your way to stop being a nuisance to us girls. Would you like to hang out with us tomorrow after school? We don't have club activities and I think I can speak for both of us when I see that Mina and I want to know this new you," she proposed with disarming and cute smile on her face.
I saw Murayama nodding in agreement and shrugged my shoulders and returned her smile with one of my own. "Sure. Why not? I'll be a fool to not to accept such a proposal from two beautiful girls, won't I?" I said rhetorically and I almost smirked as the blushed a little and giggled. This was proof enough that what attracted girl wasn't physical attributes, though they certainly played their role, but attitude. And my current one was doing wonders for myself.
Murayama then nodded at me. "We'll see you tomorrow then. Let's go Miko," she said before she grabbed her friend's hand and they began to walk away. I stood in between the beaten thugs watching them walk away staring at their swaying backsides and I have to admit that it was quite the great view.
Quest Alert!
Two Girls. Double the Fun.
You have greatly impressed Mina Muruyama and Miko Katase with your desire to change your blatant perverted ways and your ability to fight. They have invited you to spend an afternoon with them hanging out. Use this opportunity to impress them further.
Rewards: 1000 XP. Greatly increased closeness with Mina Murayama. Greatly increased closeness with Miko Katase. A good time with Mina Muruyama and Miko Katase
Failure: Greatly decreased closeness with Mina Murayama and Miko Katase.
Mina Murayama and Miko Katase. They'll be excellent additions to my harem once I got my hands into them and if the quest was anything to go by then it will happen way sooner than what I was expecting like it happened with Aika. I wasn't going to complain however. Not in a thousand years.
I closed the window mentally and looked around to most curiously note that none seemed to be on the streets. I rose an eyebrow at that but shrugged it off as coincidence before I moved towards the thugs and liberated them from the money they carried on their person. Even though I collected it in yen, when I put into my inventory it converted into dollars but I shrugged it off too as game mechanics. After that was done I quickly abandoned the area whistling a merry tone as my hands slipped into my pockets. It was time to grind some.
-DxD: Gamer-
I arrived at the same park from yesterday and after moving to a secluded part of it surrounded by numerous trees I used ID: Create to move myself from my home dimension to the one of my own creation –It rhymed! After that was done I checked my new stats to confirm what I briefly thought about after I finished the last quest which granted me another level.
Name: Issei Hyoudou
Title: N/A
Status: N/A
Race: Human Job: The Gamer
Level: Lvl 5 Next Level: 1.9%
HP: 550/550 R: 1% (5.5) per Minute
MP: 932/932 R: 1.8% (16.8) per Minute
STR: 6.6 (6+0.6)
VIT: 10
DEX: 5.5 (5+0.5)
INT: 33 (30+3)
WIS: 18
LUCK: 10
Stat Points: 20
Money: 300$
Just like I thought I had twenty points to spend on stats and my mana regeneration increased with both the augmenting of my mana pool (Whether it was by leveling up or by increasing my INT) and my WIS. As those two where right now it would quite impractical for me to grind and fight but luckily my INT was already pretty high and I had the points to quickly correct that right now.
So without too much preamble I put the twenty points into INT increased the base stat to fifty putting it at a total of fifty five thanks to the passive boost Mana Manipulation gave me. Not a second later three alert windows appeared in front of my face and I smirked as I looked at them. It seemed like different from the Manhwa I will gain two passive skills and a random active skill every fifty base points per stat. That was awesome.
The skill 'Mana Affinity' has been granted by reaching 50 on INT!
The skill 'Medium Mana Capacity' has been granted by reaching 50 on INT!
The skill 'Knowledge Absorption' has been granted by reaching 50 on INT!
Mana Affinity. Passive. Lvl Max. A skill that allows the user to become more sensitive to mana and handle it better. 10% increase in MP recovery rate. 5% increase in total MP amount. 5% increase in magic attack. 5% increase in magic defense. 30% increase in MP related skill effects.
Medium Mana Capacity. Passive. Lvl Max. An ability given to the few users that are born with an exceptional ability to handle mana. Mana Based attacks are 15% stronger. Uses 10% less mana for all abilities.
Knowledge Absorption. Active. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. A skill that allows the user to use mana to directly absorb the knowledge from any written source. The time spent to absorb the knowledge depends on the amount of knowledge and the amount of mana used. Cost: Depends on the user.
I closed the new windows after basking in the feeling of increasing exponentially in power and becoming more in tune with my mana before I opened my status window and my skill window to see how much my actions have affected and I was more than pleased. I now had almost sixteen hundred MP and my mana regeneration rate was above thirty which was pretty damn good. The cost of the skills had dropped fairly and I couldn't be bothered to check how much damage I could dis out now but I was sure it was significantly more than yesterday.
And the funny thing was that I wasn't done. I sat down on the comfortable grass and leaned my back into the bark of tree behind me and took a deep breath as I relaxed. I then began to count focusing on the numbers and forgetting about everything else. It was very easy to do seeing as I had a very Gamer's Mind, high INT and I was sure my WIS also had role in how easy it was for me to concentrate on what I wanted to do.
A new skill has been created through a special act. The skill 'Meditation' has been created.
Meditation. Active. Lvl 1 [0.0%]. Through continuous inner focus, a skill to sharpen focus, order thoughts, and increase clarity of mind and awareness of body was created. Passively increases VIT, INT and WIS by 20%. HP and MP regeneration increase by 100% when active. Warning: Cannot be activated during combat.
With that done I know sported eighteen hundred MP and a recovery rate of forty two per minute. My HP also increased to six hundred thanks to the bonus Meditation gave my VIT. A part of me wondered if I was growing too fast in power by I ruthlessly squashed it. I recalled that DxD character normally grew strong fast, Issei was the best example, but The Gamer ability would take that growing rate and multiply it many times over. So I guess I was growing fast but not as much as one would think without this ability.
And now I felt ready to start grinding my skills. I looked at the time on my HUD and realized that I had more or less six hours to level up my skills as much as I could to get ready for tomorrow which was when I would tackle the ID: Zombie to grind my levels and that of my skills further. It was the reason why spent those points. I was low level, yes, but I was way stronger than what my level would suggest just because the skills I have gotten. Meaning that at this point raising levels will be literally a piece of cake. And since I will grow stronger as I rose levels…
Letting that sink in I decided that it was time to begin. The first thing I did was to activate meditation which put my MP regeneration rate at eight four. Then I activated mana shield, the transparent blue sphere of protective energy, forming into existence into a cocoon around me. While activation the skill now cost me thirty six and maintaining it cost me fifty four my MP didn't go down since the process of activating it and maintaining it were independent from each other. I still had thirty MP on my RR so I activated Reinforcement, which now cost twenty seven, and decided to grind those two skills at the same time seeing that I only needed to keep them activated for them to rise.
It only took ten minutes for them to go up by two levels and it took twice that amount of time to get one more level. By the time an hour and a half passed the two skills barely reached level five and I stopped feeding mana to the skills and let out a breath as I relaxed. Reinforcement and Mana Shield were not at level five each and their effects had improved a bit and their cost had dropped a little too. Meditation when up by two levels in that time as well but nothing seemed to change with the skill.
Satisfied with the results I activated Meditation and then Reinforcement again. Then I activated Iron Skin and began to feed mana into my skin and I suddenly saw a new bar appear above my HP but instead of green it was colored purple and the acronym DP was next to it. The numbers began to increase as I kept using Iron Skin every second by one. DP probably stood for Defense Points and if I was correct that bar must be depleted before my HP began to get hit directly. That was incredibly useful and another reassurance to my life.
Seeing that I had MP to spare I formed a Spinning Magic Arrow and launched it towards a tree and saw it explode against it doing some damage. Smiling as I saw that my MP bar was untouched I began to continuously fire arrows at the three and by the time it was destroyed I had gotten another level and the amount of arrows I could create increased by one. That meant that each non par level of the skill I will get to increase the number of arrows I could do at a time. Smile widening, I directed the arrows to another tree and began my barrage in earnest.
I spent an hour and a half doing just that and reinforcement went up by another level. It was at the point that I knew I needed to use it on battle to increase its level fast. When I reached the hour and a half mark Iron Skin reached level five and the amount of MP it consumed went down along with the amount of DP per second it gave me increased by one. Spinning Magic Arrow went up to level seven easily and the number of arrows I could create at a time were four and the cost was reduced by one when it had reached level five. Meditation also got one level but nothing changed again.
I relaxed again with deep sigh and appreciated the damage I did to the trees with my arrows. I destroyed at least twenty trees during that hour and a half and I still wasn't done. I activated Meditation once again and concentrated as I then activated Weapon creation as I began to create one of my favorite weapons from one of my favorite games: Skyrim. I imagined the design similar to a scimitar with a curved handle and a blade that swept backwards. I imagined the deep black color of the blade weapon with its red accents. And finally I imagined the sharper edges, the serrated blade and all the decorative etchings. And finally I projected it.
When I felt the weight on my hand I turned towards it and grinned in delight as now I was holding an exact replica of the Daedric Sword. After a few seconds of admiring my handiwork I created another sword on me free hand and then used observe on them.
Projected Daedric Sword
A weapon created by 'The Gamer' from his imagination. The Daedric Sword is a one handed sword created of the heart of a Daedra which makes it perfect for obscure enchantments. It's believed that these blades are cursed due to the nature of their origin. Base Damage: 14. Durability: For as long as it stats in contact with the user and it's being fed mana.
With both blades in hand weapon creation consumed less than ten MP so I once again activated Reinforcement. After that I activated Stealth, which now cost thirteen, and then I began to use High Speed Movement –I'll rename it Flash Step later and charged towards the trees. During the next two hours I used my swords, slashing trees left and right like a madman, to increase Sword Mastery and my legs to also kick the trees and level up Hand-To-Hand Combat. I was at the same time grinding Meditation, Reinforcement, Stealth and High Speed Movement.
By the time I was done I got three points in VIT and two points in STR and DEX due to the high physical activity I just performed. And if that wasn't enough both Meditation and Reinforcement got another level but only Meditation got an improvement on its passive bonuses to VIT, INT and WIS. Stealth went up by four levels putting it a level five and it improved very well. High Speed Moment, which I changed to Flash Step, also got four levels and only it's cost per step decreased by one along with getting a bit faster. Sword Mastery and Hand-To-Hand Combat both reached level five and their bonuses improved.
My HP, HP RR, MP and MP RR ended up improving by proxy.
Seeing that I still had an hour and that I haven grinded Mana Blast and Rasengan I activated Meditation and spent the next half hour using Mana Blast with both hands and managed to put it at level five getting the by now expected improvement on the skill. Then I did the same with Rasengan and began to destroy trees with my most powerful technique. I exhausted my Mana with twenty seven uses in less than ten minutes and managed to put it barely on level three.
Panting hard I saw I was rewarded with another point to VIT but I dismissed the window and sat down at the center of the mayhem I caused. As I kept Meditation going I began to appreciate the view of roughly one hundred square meters of total destruction. It took me twenty one minutes to regenerate al my mana, which thanks to all the improvement now was at a staggering two thousand one hundred and thirteen with RR of fifty. That was all thanks to my INT and my passive bonuses.
Seeing that I had more or less twenty minutes to arrive to the house to get more reputation points I stood up and raised my hand and activated ID: Escape. I watched the damage I have done to the park disappear in broken shards of glass as I was transported back to the original dimension. I wiped off some sweat from my body with shirt before shoving my hands into my pocket, whistling a merry tune.
Today was a good day.
And I'm sure tomorrow will be even better.
-DxD: Gamer-
"Mom I'm going to hang out with some friends again today. Or do you need me early here today?" I asked her as I stood up from the table with my plate but instead of taking only my dishes, I picked hers up and went to the counter to wash them. It was a blatant way of telling her I wanted to go hanging out with my friends and if the amused look she gave me was anything to go by then she caught on with my intentions.
She shook her head at me lightly. "Don't worry Ise. I still have lots of errands to run and I will start going to the gym to improve my figure. Can't let the goods go to waste after all," she said sagely closing her eyes and nodding her head.
"Of course," I agreed with her as I closed the window that alerted me of the creating of the skill 'Dish Washing' (Really?) and finished off the cleaning of the plates, vases and utensils we had used before I dried my hands with a towel. "Since you are going to the gym should I buy food for myself?"
She shook her head. "Don't bother. I'll buy it myself on my way home from the gym since I'll be arriving roughly at the time we eat. It won't be daily mind you since I'll just be going three days a week."
I nodded at her and picked up my bag from the floor. "I'll be on my way then. See you tonight mom. Love you," I said and kissed her on the cheek before walking away. I was sure telling her that I loved her came out as easily as it did thanks to Gamer's Mind. I was thankful because it made my deceit easier.
I stepped out of the house and after accepting the normal reputation gain quest of arriving at school early and coming back home early I activated Observe and began to leisurely walk towards Kuoh Academy, looking at anything and everything that was interesting and mundane. I needed to improve observe as quickly as I could to gain the most information I could from just a glance because that was my most powerful weapon after Gamer's Mind and Gamer's Body.
It didn't level up, didn't come even close, by the time I arrived at Kuoh because I was sure that after level five skills will only level up fast in combat situations and sadly I didn't have too much time with school and sleeping…
Wait…
Did I even need to sleep?
I mean it was a fair question. My health was not 'monitored', for a lack of better words, by normal means. It was monitored by my HP and Gamer's Body made it so any fatigue or physical pain I felt only lasted for a few seconds top before it being willed away. Gamer's Mind would also take care of any mental fatigue I developed for lack of sleeping. Slowly a monstrous grin grew in my face as began snickering to myself.
Ah. The brokenness.
Anyways my evil moment of the day ended just before Kuoh came to view and it thankfully spared me of the strange looks I would surely get if I walked in randomly laughing like your every cliché evil villain. Anyways after greeting Sona, who lacked the surprise at seeing me so early from the previous two days, with a nod that she returned as I felt my reputation with her and the school slowly increase I walked towards my classroom and took a seat.
There was a skill I didn't get to test yesterday and I was sure it will come in handy. I pulled out one random book from my bag and looked at it with observe, which had been active all the time since I left home and it hadn't leveled up. Sighing in annoyance I sent that to the back burner and stared at the mathematics book I pulled out. Making sure that no one was looking I focused on the book.
"Knowledge Absorption," I whispered and I was glad it was a subtle technique. I felt my mana going from within my core towards the book using the contact with my skin as a medium and my eyes widened in surprise as I felt my mana copying what was written in the book and implanting it on my head. Most of the stuff I already knew or vaguely recalled it but thanks to this I had the feeling I won't be having any problems recalling what I learned through the use of this technique.
I was about to start salivating like a subnormal fool when I noticed Katase and Murayama entering the classroom. The noticed me looking at them and Katase smiled in greeting and Murayama smirked at me. Katase made a motion with her hand telling me she wanted to speak with me later and I was sure it was about where we were going to hang out after school. I nodded at her and her smile widened a tad before she and her friend took their seats.
I admired their beauty for a second before Aika entered the room. She gave me the sexy eye and I returned it with an amused look that had her giggling like a well, erm, schoolgirl. I shrugged my shoulders as she took her seat and admired her supple curves, to grind Observe of course (hehe).
A moment later a decided enough ogling and tore my eyes away from her and blatantly ignored the overbearing entrance of Motohama and Matsuda as I pulled out another book from bag. There was a hungry gleam on my eyes that had anyone caught I would have been suspected of being a psychopath.
"Knowledge Absorption."
I was so going to abuse the shit out of this.
-DxD: Gamer-
After spending the first half an hour of the first period absorbing the knowledge on the books I will be using for the school year I decided I could grind the skills that weren't flashy at any time and also didn't consume mana due to my regeneration rate of fifty. Along with observe I kept Reinforcement and Stealth activated which amusingly enough allowed me to sneak up on unsuspecting people, scaring them.
I also spent the whole morning annoying teachers with my now perfect knowledge of the school material –Knowledge absorption was a level three now. I hadn't been bothering myself with paying attention and all of them had taken notice of this and had called me out on it. When the asked me questions about the subject to embarrass me they were in turn embarrassed by my perfect text books answers. If I kept this up for a week they'll know not to bother me, which was what I wanted.
The reputation gains for knowing the material and not showing off was also appreciated.
Thanks to the constant use of Stealth around people and managing to sneak up on them on went up to level ten, making it my highest skill –the bonuses it got at that level had me salivating. Reinforcement only got two levels after seven hours of constant use. I wanted to get it to level ten for the increase in bonuses that apparently happened every five levels of skill. Observe likewise got two levels and that was because I was even observing ants and plants. It now sat at level seven, meaning two more levels until I could see attributes and feelings.
When school ended I stopped using my skills to get a break for a few minutes, not that I needed it but it was an issue of commodity. I wasn't going to get consumed by this. I will be the one consuming this ability and that best way to do that was being selfish. So if I wanted a break, I will get a break. I walked towards where, curiously enough, I had helped Katase and Murayama with the thugs and they were both waiting for me.
I waved at them. "Hello Mina-san, Miko-san," I said easily with a smile on my face. They smiled, well Katase smiled and Maruyama smirked as they gave me a short wave. I approached them and shoved my hands into my pockets leaning on my right foot on a relaxed fashion.
"Issei-san," said Katase in greeting as she nodded at me. "How are you today? Sorry we didn't get to speak earlier bot you we couldn't find you during the break," she said a tad sheepishly and she looked very cute like that.
Murayama rose an eyebrow at me. "Yeah. It was like you weren't in the school on the first place," she commented.
I rubbed the back of my head. "Ah. Sorry about that. I was actually taking a nap during the break behind the sakura tree. I'm sure anyone would be hard pressed to find me there," I said with a chuckle. It was true I was behind the sakura tree but they didn't need to know I had been meditating to grind skills faster.
Katase waved off my apology. "Don't worry. We just wanted to tell you we were going to go to a sweet's store not too far from here," she said and she motioned with her head as she began to walk, Murayama doing the same. I fell into step beside them easily and Katase rose an amused eyebrow at me. "Aren't you going to complain about sweets being too girly for you?" She said in a mocking voice teasingly.
I shook my head with a shrug and smiled lazily. "Nah. Unlike most guys I don't mind sweets even if I don't go out of my way to eat them. Except chocolate. Chocolate is awesome," I said sagely as I closed my eyes and sighed in bliss just thinking about chocolate. If you haven't figured out, I love chocolate.
Murayama kept her smirk in place as Katase groaned. "Well at least someone knows what the good stuff is," she said and I grinned at her as I heard that and I extended my hands towards her closed into a fist. Her smirk widened and she fist pumped me. Girls like it when you slightly treat them as if they were boys occasionally because in their mind you are seeing them as equals.
"Not another one," I heard Katase mutter and if the cheeky grin Murayama threw her way was anything to go by then she also heard her. I smirked at Katase and she took notice of our amusement and she took out her cute pink tongue at us. "Don't matter what you say vanilla will always be better than chocolate. And that's final!"
I scoffed but kept my smirk. "Yeah. Sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night," I told her and watched in amusement as she narrowed her eyes at me and huffed before crossing her arms under her bust and looking away, seemingly annoyed.
Murayama snickered and she mouthed 'Nice' to me and I nodded back at her just as amused. We lapsed then into a comfortable silence as the girls led me towards the sweet's store. It only took about five minutes to arrive and it was slightly plain but it looked inviting enough. We went inside and took a table by the window and we were immediately attended by a cute waitress. I ordered a chocolate milkshake with caramel, Miko ordered a vanilla ice cream with strawberry syrup on top and Mina ordered chocolate and Neapolitan ice cream.
As we waited for our orders Miko turned towards me with an interested look on her face. "I didn't get the change to ask yesterday but I was wondering where and when did you learn to fight like that? You don't look like a fighter at all."
Murayama also looked interested and I nodded towards them. "Like I said yesterday it was a recent development. A few days after last year ended I was mugged and I was quite angry at myself because I was helpless. I decided to learn martial arts and went to a dojo outside of Kuoh and the master took pity on me. He thought me the basics which I picked on very fast and then he had me fight the other students which is the reason I learned so fast," I lied calmly to then and thanks to Gamer's Mind the lie was quite believable.
Lie successful!
Mina nodded her head. "That makes sense. You fought like you had experience but you didn't look like you were fighting for long. However since you were taught only the basics, which I suppose are how to punch, kick, block, dodge and throw, and then you began to fight people more experienced than you then is no wonder you can actually fight without looking the part," she deduced easily.
I nodded at her in confirmation. "Indeed but I have been exercising recently so it's my hope I will look like a fighter soon. I want thugs like those of yesterday to think twice before crossing me. I will not start fights but I'm going to make sure I end them," I said with a smirk.
Mina shared my smirk and nodded her head in approval while Miko shook her head but there was an amused smile on her face. "Savages," she muttered loud enough to be heard and Mina swatted at her lightly while I shrugged my shoulders with an amused chuckle. It didn't take long after that for our orders to arrive and it was an unspoken unanimous decision that our sweets were best enjoyed in silence.
After we were done we kept talking about ourselves and I have to admit that the original story didn't make justice to Mina's and Miko's characters. They had too much potential and they were portrayed even lesser than a filler character. Well I'm going to change that. The fact that they were both supper hot only added to my motivation. And I could feel, thanks to my Gamer Ability and the reputation points, that they were taking the best kind of interest in me. I was not going to complain.
We spent an hour in the store and while I wanted to spend more time raising my RP (Reputation Points) with them I needed to go grinding my levels to get stronger as fast as I could to get stronger. If Rias was already observing Issei and since I was "Issei" then I had two weeks at the most to get as strong as I could before shit hit the fan. And with the gamer ability and with my knowledge of games and manga/anime I know I'll get very, very strong.
We walked out of the store and I turned towards the two girls with a smile on my face. "Thanks for inviting me and for letting me pay. I hope that it'll be enough to repay anything perverted I have done to you in the past and that it allowed you to see that I'm serious in changing my blatant ways."
Mina nodded her head with a shrug of her shoulders while Miko smiled. "You are certainly on your way to redeem yourself in our eyes and if I'm honest you're not far off. We can see that you are serious about changing the obvious part of your perverseness. We women find it flattering when men look at us, but we like it better when they do it like you have been doing today, than the way you used to did it in the pass," she said with a cheeky smirk and her face was slightly flushed.
Mina smirked as I blushed slightly and I chuckled nervously as I scratched the back of my head. "Sorry. It's hard not to look when you have two beautiful girls in front of you. I'll try harder. I promise."
Mina waved me off and shook her head as Miko giggled in amusement. "We don't mind as long as you don't are blatantly obvious about it. Like Miko said, we find it very flattering," she said with a smirk on her face.
I chuckled nervously and shrugged my shoulders. "Well if that's the case then…"
I was interrupted by feeling ill intent directed at us and as the window popped out I turned towards the source to see a slightly bandaged Lieutenant Thug –The same one from yesterday walking towards us with a nasty glare on his face. Walking next to him was a bald man that was taller and bigger than him and was probably nastier than his friend. He had some scars on his face and he was hefting an aluminum bat.
Boss Thug. Lvl 15.
A despicable member of society that leads a gang of thugs committing minor crimes which include thievery, public harassment and the destruction of property. Nobody will really miss him if he were to suddenly disappear forever. He might be big and strong but he is very slow.
HP: 1000/1000
MP: 100/100
I idly noticed that there weren't people around again for what obviously was going to be a violent confrontation. I noticed the girls looking alight nervous and I saw that I was because they weren't carrying their shinai. It was understandable since they were trained in the use of it and not unhanded combat.
"Those are the ones I told you about Boss! Those two girls practice kendo and that guy knows martial arts! And they took our money too! Please avenge us boss!" He cried petulantly once they were a few feet away from us as he pointed and I was surprised to see real, pitiful tears on his eyes.
The Thug Boss looked at us and snorted. "You idiots are weaklings if you were beat buy this scrawny little shit. But you are my subordinates and it is my duty to take care of you so I will avenge you," he then brandished his bat and a perverted smirk appeared on his face as he licked his lips, his eyes roaming the bodies of Miko and Mina. "And we are done we will have fun with those two beauties. You'll get dibs."
Mina and Miko gulped as they moved closed to each other and my eyebrow twitched in anger. While I wasn't against roleplaying a rape situation what this guy wanted to do was stepping over boundaries I wasn't willing to cross. I moved protectively in front of Mina and Miko and I set my face into a blank expression. "I'm afraid you'll have to get through me first," I said evenly and I almost smirked when I saw the lieutenant gulp in fright.
The girls looked at me with wide eyes and Miko opened his mouth to say something but I turned towards them and smiled reassuringly with my eyes closed. "Don't worry. As long as I am here nothing will ever happen to you," I said and I turned around so I didn't see how they reacted to my words.
The Thug Buss snorted and shrugged his wide, muscled shoulders. "If you insist then I will oblige, fag."
Quest Alert!
The Cool Protector
Yesterday's actions had consequences for today. The boss of the gang you humiliated yesterday seeks revenge for his subordinates and he won't stop at nothing until he hurts you bad and takes Miko Katase and Mina Murayama to do the unspeakable to them with the help of his gang. Defeat him soundly and protect the girls!
Reward: 2000 XP. Greatly increased closeness with Mina Murayama and Miko Katase. A surprise!
Failure: Severe injuries. Mina Murayama and Miko Katase will be raped and then killed.
The quest appeared and I couldn't decline it so I just waved it away as I activated reinforcement, doubling my strength and dexterity, and thanks to that both of those stats were above a normal human's now. The boss thug gave a battle cry before he charged at me with his bat raised high above his head and I almost snorted at how slow he was and seeing that made me feel comfortable. I already knew how this was going to end.
Moving forward swiftly a few steps I met him head on and he swung his bat downwards to cave my head in but I almost casually stepped to the side and there was a clang as the metal bat met the floor. I ignored it and I stepped on the bat as he began to bring it up, stopping him short, and I used the momentum of my step to jump and grab his shoulders with both of my hands to give me more leverage to hit him with a rising knee strike right in the nose. Cartilage broke and he yelled in pain as he dropped the bat, stepping backwards as he grabbed his broken nose.
Critical Hit!
I ignored the wailing nose for a second to pick up the bat and I threw it towards the girls. Mina grabbed it and I smiled as she turned more confident as she now held a weapon that was close to what she had trained with –at least in general from. I heard the thug stop screaming and I turned towards him to see him glaring at me. There were tears on his eyes and the lower part of his face was covered in his blood, which was still gushing out.
"You fucker! I'm gonna murder you!" He said in a funny voice that had I not had Gamer's Mind I knew it would've cracked me up.
I almost sighed when he charged at me, again painfully slow. I noted that my hit had taken almost twenty percent of his HP and I shook my head. I ran towards him to meet him head on and he threw both hands forward to grab me. I had other plans so moving slightly into his guard and to the side I redirected his arms, grabbed his wrist and forearm, twisted my body and used my hips and out combined momentum to flip him easily, clearly, smoothly and beautifully –at least in my mind eye over my head.
There was a dull thud as he hit the floor back first and I saw that his breath was taken away from him by my maneuver and I noticed that his remaining HP was less than half. I decided end this as quickly as I could so I rose my feet and kicked him in the face as hard as I could. The back of his head hit the pavement harshly and I saw him go limp. I noticed that his HP was less than fifteen percent and that he was unconscious.
I let go of his arm and turned towards the lieutenant who was shaking in fear. "Take him away and get lost. If I ever hear that you lot have been causing trouble I'll hunt you down and get rid of you myself," I said as darkly as I could while still keeping my voice passive and my face blank. Portraying yourself as an emotionless machine was one of the best way to intimidate someone by using fear.
Quest Complete!
The lieutenant thug nodded his head shakily and despite the size difference managed to pick up his beaten boss with some difficulties before he bolted away as fast as he could. I kept the façade until he was out of sight –which coincidentally after that happen people began to walk across the street again. I decided not to give that too much thought but I instead turned towards Mina and Miko and I was not surprised to see them looking at me in awe with blushing faces.
I walked towards them and put my hands in my pockets and looked towards the retreating figure of the two thugs moving swiftly away from us. "I hope that teaches them not to mess with Kuoh Academy students," I commented almost cheerily as I let a smile appear on my face. I deactivated Reinforcement but kept Observe on. The brake was over and it was time to keep grinding.
Miko was apparently at a loss of words but Mina managed got her wits together and she smirked, still looking at me with a red face. "That was honestly one of the most badass things I have ever seen on my life. I don't know in Miko's case but in my eyes you are more than redeemed," she said her smirk turning almost sultry as her voice dropped a little.
Miko recovered and while she was still blushing she was apparently thinking clearly now… for the most part. "Yeah. Totally redeemed. Yes. Uh-huh," she mumbled refusing to meet my eyes but she kept taking glances at me.
I chuckled. "That's nice." I then made a show of looking up at the sun and then put a slightly disappointed looked. "I'm sorry girls but I need to go to the dojo. Master gets angry if I arrive late and the usual punishment is a fight with him… and he doesn't know how to hold back," I said in a scared voice and even managed to fake a shiver. Yep. I could be a wonderful actor.
Lie Successful!
The two of them looked disappointed but I smiled. "He will, however, understand if I arrived late because I was using the skills he taught me to defend two beautiful girls and then I decided to escort them home to make sure they arrived safely."
They smiled at me, still blushing and I returned the smile as we began to walk towards their houses.
In the inside, however, my smirk of triumph would've make Sousuke Aizen proud.
I said everything I wanted to say on the A/N of the first chapter. Expect an update before the twentieth. Hope you enjoyed. Please feel free to review and point out any typo I missed and any inconsistency. Remember to check out the Character Sheets. I will refer to the main character as Issei since he is essentially him but not exactly. He also is me –SI hello anyone, but not exactly.
Next chapter we will se Issei fighting against zombies, his date with Aike –which I promise will end in a very and explicit fashion and many more things you should fin interesting.
The BadAss Writer.