Hey guys, 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
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Let's begin!
-Now-
I leap towards my assailant and throw a mean axe kick to her face, sending her crashing into five houses but before she can touch the ground, I use [Absorption Line] to catch her and drag her back to me.
I need to get back to the others so playing around with her is not necessary plus, I need information as to why she wanted to capture me.
"Shadow Prison and Delete Field!" I cast out the two more defensive sides of the Vrirtra Sacred Gears and trap her in a small barrier where her Sacred Gear and magic have stopped working.
I then step inside the barrier and punch her as hard as I can in her stomach, making her cough blood and saliva as she falls over and loses consciousness.
Well, that was easy.
I put her body in my [Inventory] and go inside the [Zombie Dungeon] just for quick rewards and honestly, this wasn't even a challenge for me.
I killed all of them with a simple [Blaze Black Fire] to their faces and I got some interesting loot this time.
Items Gained
Companion Gem: Albedo
Celestial Spirit Key: Leo
Celestial Spirit Key: Scorpio
Celestial Spirit Key: Sagittarius
Companion Gem: Mavis Vermillion
5 Gacha Tokens
Okay, why are most of these Celestial Spirit Keys?
It's not like I mind or anything but this is way too sudden.
I already had three of them but just this alone means I have about half of them left until something magical happens.
What that magical thing is, I don't know but it's starting to annoy me a bit because I'm not even using that type of magic and the person required to use this isn't even here!
I need to get Lucy Heartfilia as a companion to get rid of those damn keys that are sitting in my [Inventory].
On a happier note, I'm glad to know that my first Balance Breaker was smooth and enjoyable, despite the small threat but
I need to find out why they were attacking me all of a sudden.
'I do agree with you. You did well for the first time.' A voice says in my mind.
'Vrirtra, is that you? 'Cause if not, I'm gonna start thinking I went bat shit crazy.' I thought as I summon my newly made dragon wings and fly in the direction of Kuoh, thinking about why we were ambushed.
'Yes, when you used the Balance Breaker, you unlocked my consciousness residing in the Sacred Gear.' He says, confirming my growing suspicion of how he had awoken.
'I'm guessing you're only gonna get involved if I'm fighting someone, right?'
'Yes as your life is pretty... mundane to say the least so I will assist you whenever you're in battle. Until we meet again, partner.' Vrirtra says, fading into the deepest corners of my mind while I land to where Sona's school and the exterior looks to be done so I'm guessing that it's the interior that's taking a bit more time.
Well, no more of that.
I'm gonna get involved with the construction work and I think I know how to do it.
But first, let's see what rewards I get from the [Gacha Tokens].
First, pull!
Rolling...
[Heart Crystal] 5x
Description: 10 Affection or Reputation with the target.
Only works on those below 50 Reputation/Affection.
Note: Heart Crystals can now be found in [Dungeons] or when you complete a [Quest]
Useful but I don't know who to use it on.
Sirzechs and Grayfia's [REP] with me is now in the positive now that I'm helping Rias so this is pretty useless for me to use without reason.
The only one I can think of using this on is Akeno since she's the only one in the Gremory who's not over 50 with me.
I use all 5 of them, bringing her [REP] to 50 and this allows me to get a new [Perk] 'cause of it.
Perk gained
[Lord of the Sadists]
Affection, Reputation and Obedience grow faster with people who have the Sadistic Trait
That's good but let's see what else I can get.
Next pull!
Skill Added
[Sacred Gear Extraction] (Active)
Description: Allows the user to extract Sacred Gears from themselves, other people or corpses in the form of gems without harm.
The gems can be consumed to gain the Sacred Gear, or given to other people.
Okay then, looks like our new friend's Sacred Gear will be confiscated until she cooperates with us but I'll do that once I'm done with my rewards.
Item added
Avalon, Scabbard of Excalibur
Description: The holder of the scabbard is granted potent healing, allowing for critical and fatal wounds to be rapidly repaired to restore the wielder's health. Minor injuries are restored easily, and even large missing portions of the body and destroyed vital organs like the heart can quickly be restored at the critical moment before death. Targeting anything other than the holder's head to destroy their brain is futile, requiring a decisive strike to be landed to cause any true damage.
HP, MP and SP regen is quintupled when holding onto this object.
...
HOLY SHIT!
CAN MY LUCK GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS?!
TIME TO FUCKING FIND OUT!
NEXT ONE!
Excalibur, the Noblest Phantasm
Description: The Sword of Promised Victory, Excalibur, the pinnacle of holy weaponry. This sword was used by Arturia Pendragon during his time as king of Camelot in addition to the Fourth and Fifth Great War of the Grail. It is the physical embodiment of heroic ideals and the bite of its edge is an antithesis to the mere makeup of unholy creatures.
Deals 5000 Physical Damage plus STRx10 plus 5000 Light Damage per hit
Special Ability: Releases a blinding beam of light that deals 50K Light Damage and causes severe magic burns; Deals x25 Damage to Unholy Creatures
MP Cost: 50000
Requirements: Level 200 and [Master] in Sword Proficiency
Special Ability Requirements: Level 250, Level 50 in [White Mage] class
...
Looking at the sword and its sheath at the same time, I came to a single conclusion.
The luck stat is too broken, please nerf!
This sword was from the Fate series, one of my favourite series when I was still Nathan in my first life.
This is one of the best and strongest swords out there and now... it's mine!
All mine!
"Hahaha... ahh. I'm gonna have fun using you." I say to myself as I put the sword and sheath back in my [Inventory] with a smile on my face.
Last one!
[Gale-Force Reading Glasses Model 18x]
Description: A pair of magic-enchanted reading glasses that allows the wearer to read and learn at an extremely accelerated rate by eighteen times faster.
Heh, it's fine.
Can't have insane luck three times in a row.
I'm just glad I was able to get what I wanted.
With those thoughts out of the way, I decided to focus on levelling up my [Classes] so I could get some new ones plus, I need to get level 100 'cause my enemies are going to be stronger from this point on so I need the extra boost in power.
I select the monster dungeon and then select [Class only] and now's the time to grind.
"Let the hunt begin!" I shout as I lunge toward the impending wave of monsters with a deranged smile on my face.
-Timeskip-
Skills Upgraded
[Technology Mastery (Apprentice)] (Passive)
You have a little experience understanding technology and its various uses.
[Technokinesis (Apprentice)] (Active)
Users can control/manipulate any machine with their minds.
Current: Middle-Level Tech/Machine
That's still not enough.
I need to train more but I'm starting to get tired, probably a side effect of my staying in here for so long.
Still, I need to continue training even if it means that I'm gonna pass it.
I use [ID: Escape] to leave so that I could search for Wiz and Esdeath for a particular reason I had in mind.
I need to learn how to use Ice magic and they are the perfect duo for me to learn it from.
If I can get access to it then I'll be unstoppable.
I find them hanging out with Aiz and Mirajane so I decide to summon my two newest companions in hopes of drawing their attention to me.
I crush the two gems at the same time, getting a big flash of light in the living room though once that disappears, standing in front of me is none other than Mavis Vermillion from Fairy Tail and Albedo from Overlord.
"Master! You have finally summoned me~" Albedo shouts before tackling me to the ground as a screen appears in front of me so I mentally open it while struggling to free myself from Albedo's grip.
You have gained two new Perks for reaching over 50 and 100 with Albedo!
[Friend of the Fallen]-50
Description: Affection, Reputation and Obedience grows faster with Fallen Angels
Child of the Light
Description: Light Magic spells cost less MP to use and damage is increased by 10%
...
Albedo, I fucking love you, you crazy woman.
I gently pry her off of me and once the other girls get themselves introduced to our two new girls, I summon my dragon wings and fly in the direction of Kuoh Academy to check on Rias and the others.
Once I'm there, I run at inhuman speeds to reach the ORC building and I find them to be... fine-ish but they're all okay.
...
I think.
"You guys alright?" I ask with concern in my voice.
"We're fine but what about you? You're the one who stayed behind to fight her." Rias asks me.
"It's fine. I finished the fight as soon as you left. How's the recruit?"
"She's hanging out with Gasper so I think that they're fine. Your friend Moka is with them in the other room." Rias replies.
"Alright, I'll see you guys tomorrow for training," I say as I walk out of the building, relieved that nothing bad had happened to them.
"Jin... can I talk to you in private?" Akeno asks, I nod and follow her back into the ORC building as she then drags into a side room, as she turns to me, opening and closing her mouth several times, failing to speak.
Eventually, she gathers enough courage and starts to talk.
"...can you bring back the dead? Properly, not just undead or shadows, but bring someone back to life?" She asks with a touch of desperation in her voice.
"Yeah, why?" I ask, already knowing the answer.
"I... I want you to bring someone back, they were cremated... will that be a problem," she asks hesitantly.
"No, that shouldn't be a problem. You want to do this now?" I ask her and she nods her head so fast I thought that it would snap in half.
With that out of the way, we walk to Akeno's house and on the way, I asked her small questions about who that person was and turns out it was her mother she was trying to bring back.
Immediately, my mind went to how many favours I could extract from the Grigori 'cause if I revived Baraquiel's wife then that would he would be in my debt and I can use it to do whatever I want.
Plus, I can always use some more allies.
We eventually arrive and it looks exactly like it does in the anime so I won't bother with the details but we get inside and I sit on a chair in her living room while she goes get her mother's urn so I could revive her.
"I have it! So um... are you ready?" Akeno asks me, to which I throw her a small nod and stand up while flaring up a bit of mana.
The cost for [True Resurrection] is 10k so I should be fine since I have over 35k worth of mana.
I cast out the [Skill] then breaks itself as a circle of fire is around us, trying to stop me from reviving Shuri but if there's one thing that remains from my life as Nathan, it's that I am extremely stubborn when I want to get something.
With renewed determination and slight anger, I push more mana into my spell and watch as the ashes turn into an older version of Akeno.
I then fall on my butt, trying to catch my breath.
"Akeno... how am I here? The last thing I remember is... protecting you and then..." Shuri says, trying to remember the last pieces of that night.
"It's okay... Mom. We're okay. Me and Dad, granted the latter is still at work blaming himself for not being there for us but we're both okay." Akeno says as she hugs her just-revived mother.
I stare at the sight with a smile on my face as a [Notification] screen pops up so I mentally open it.
Hidden quest completed!
Rise of Himejima clan.
Objective: Revive Shuri Himejima
Rewards: 2000 EXP, 5000$, Massive REP increase with Baraquiel, REP increase with Shuri Himejima, MAX REP increase with Akeno Himejima, Massive REP with Rias Gremory, REP increase with Yuuto 'Isaiah' Kiba, REP increase with Gasper Vladi, REP increase with Valerie Tepes, REP increase with Tosca, REP increase with Sirzechs 'Lucifer' Gremory, REP increase with Grayfia Lucifuge, REP increase with Gremory family, REP increase with Azazel, REP increase with Grigori and 5 Gacha Tokens.
Reputation Obedience is now permanently locked with Akeno Himejima!
You have gained a Perk for reaching 100 REP with Akeno Himejima!
[Sadism King]
Description: Increases HP, MP and SP regen rate by 50% when you see people in pain
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I have no words for that one.
Without a word she simply climbs into my lap capturing my lips with her own as she plunders my mouth, she tastes sweet, like the tea she's so good at making.
A couple of minutes pass without Akeno showing any signs of stopping, her hands slipping under my shirt as mine grip her ass while she grinds herself against me.
"Are you two planning on stopping or do I have to worry about becoming a grandmother so early?" Shuri asks as we let go of each other while blushing way too hard for our good.
"I'll leave you guys to it. See ya later Akeno." I say whilst giving the two ladies a wave as I fly back to school since it has been a while since I've been there just to study.
I use two of my [Gacha Tokens] in hopes of getting something good like earlier.
Rolling...
Object multiplier
Description: This allows you to multiply an object you have in your Inventory.
Has a one-time use only.
Cool but I don't I could use it on tokens, now can I?
Nope, you can't.
...Great.
Next pull!
[Orb of Silence] (Artifact) added to your inventory
Description: Causes complete silence in the room it is placed in when active
That's gonna be useful for when I want to sleep or when Ophis shows up at a later date.
I land in front of the school and then sit next to both Katase and Murayama and class goes by relatively quickly today.
I join them in a session of Kendo, which is weird 'cause neither I nor the original Jin would've gotten such an offer due to circumstances but hey, progress is progress.
"So Jin... I have a proposition for you." Katase says while I stare with one of my eyebrows raised in a narrowed fashion.
"Go ahead," I reply easily.
"If you can defeat me then I'll do whatever you want for an entire week but if you lose then you to do what I want for a week. Sounds good?" She asks while I just throw a nod at her, not seeing the danger in that bet.
A [Notification] appears in front of me so I mentally open it.
Quest Added
[Proving yourself to the Kendo Club]
Objective: Defeat Katase without cheating
Reward: Increased Reputation With the Kendo Club, Increased Reputation With the Kuoh Academy, Increased Affection with Katase and Murayama and favour from Katase.
Okay then, let's do this.
I pick up a random shinai and use [Observe] on it.
Kendo Shinai
A blunt weapon used for kendo
8 Physical Damage STR/2
Once that's done, me and Katase circle each other a bit.
Swinging her Shinai she aims for my shoulder, with how slow she swings I easily block it and push her back, I have a strength advantage here so I can move her back easily enough, going on the offensive I attempt to strike her on her chest, she blocks as well but I still push forwards, she deflected my hit but not enough, underestimating my strength, all she did was knock my Shinai up causing me to strike her throat weakly.
Neither of us has the proper protective equipment on so we aren't putting any real power behind our blows.
"One point to you, not bad. Have you done this before?" she asks smiling at me. I think Kendo is to two points, but I also vaguely remember something about how the players are supposed to let out a shout when attacking for it to count, I think she's just letting me have that thinking I don't know the rules.
"Never done Kendo, but I know a little about swordplay," I say moving away slightly.
She goes on the offensive faster this time, I manage to deflect the first couple of attacks before I am overwhelmed and I am struck on the wrist.
-25 HP
Ow shit!
That hurts!
"One All, next hit wins," she says as we move apart.
She circles me for a moment before rushing me again, I have to time this perfectly...
As she goes to strike me I sidestep and bring my Shinai down as fast as I can aiming for her head, unfortunately, she blocks quickly deflecting my blade harmlessly to the side, swinging again she aims for my side but I backstep just in time, lashing out with precision and striking her wrist, as she did mine.
Two One. I win right?" I ask as she looks surprised for a moment before she smiles again.
I'm not surprised she's taking this well, she was holding back a lot after all.
Quest Complete
[Proving yourself to the Kendo Club]
Objective: Defeat Katase without cheating
Reward: Increased Reputation With the Kendo Club, Increased Reputation With the Kuoh Academy, Massive Increased REP with Katase and Murayama, 10 Heart Crystals and Katase owes you a favour.
Nice!
I put 5 for both Murayama and Katase, earning me two new [Perks] thanks to what I just did.
You have gained two new Perks for reaching over 50 with Katase and Murayama!
[Sports Club Manager] – Katase [50]
Description: Affection, Reputation and Obedience grows faster with people who are a part of a sports team
[Leader of the Pack] – Murayama [50]
Description: Affection, Reputation and Obedience grows faster with people who are considered leaders of their group.
She might not have been really trying but I still get to feel smug about this, I won't show it though, keeping my face blank.
"Yes, it's your win. Well done, you did great for the first time." She says congratulating me as she takes my Shinai back, as we walk back two members whose names I don't know to start their match, moving far faster than we did.
Murayama congratulates me as well when we return to the side of the gym, which shocks me a little 'cause I didn't think I was in her good graces but I guess I've been proven wrong.
I spend the next couple of hours watching the fights, I don't fight again myself, and after a while I excuse myself.
Agreeing to come back again when I have time, explaining that I don't have enough free time to join a club full-time at the moment, as I go to leave Katase hugs me, catching me by surprise, it's only a brief hug but it still came out of nowhere.
After she lets go she rushes away to Murayama quietly talking as she blushes slightly.
Hmm, looks like someone's got a crush on me.
Oh well, I don't mind it as this gives me a sense of normalcy for now.
I walk to Sona's future school and summon my undead and order them to help out as much as they could, though I did have to stifle a laugh a couple of times because of how funny they were acting.
Still, I helped them out and in the end, the school was now completed.
All it would need was for Sona to give it a name and see it for herself and voila!
That's a happy fiancee right here!
Choke on that, Tsukune!
You shitty harem protagonist!
I text Serafall to appear in precisely thirty minutes with a Magical Girl suit and once that's done, I fly back to Kuoh Academy since I know that Sona's still there, doing some paperwork.
"Hey babe. Still doing paperwork huh?" I ask while pecking Sona on the cheek.
"Yes since that's the only I find exciting in school, believe it or not." She replies easily as we begin kissing each other for a solid minute before I sense Tsubaki Shinra, Sona's Queen approaching so I reluctantly pry her off of me.
"Was there a reason you wanted o see me or was that it?"
"I need you to come with me. It's a surprise."
"This is very unusual but I'm in."
With that, we walk in the direction of the newly built school for her.
Though once we're close, I put a blindfold on her eyes and walk her to the building that was made.
"We're here. You ready?" I ask her.
"Yes, I'm ready." She replies and I free her from the blindfold and she stares at the school for a couple of seconds before Serafall appears via magic circle.
"This is the gift me and Jin made for you Sona. No matter who's against you, just know we've got your back." Sera says as I flash her a thumbs-up.
"T-Thank you... for believing in me..."
"Sure but it was mostly Sera who helped with getting things done so you should probably reward her for that."
"I know exactly what she wants. I'll be right back"
With those words being said, Sona disappears with the help of a magic circle with the extra Magical Girl suit that Sera had behind her hands.
A [Notification] suddenly pops up so I mentally open it.
Quest completed!
Sona Sitri has become someone dear to you and as such, you have decided to help her achieve her lifelong dream of opening a Rating School for reincarnated Devils.
Objective: Build the School.
Rewards: 5000$, REP increase with Lord Sitri, REP increase with Lady Sitri, REP increase with Serafall Leviathan, Massive REP decrease with Katarea Leviathan, MAX REP with Sona Sitri and Perk [Blessing of the Sea].
Failure: REP decreases with all of the Sitri family and you will be tortured by Serafall for lying to her.
You have gained a Skill for reaching over 100 with Sona Sitri!
Ice Magic (Active) LVL: 1/100 [0%]
Description: This magic attribute allows the user to generate and manipulate ice at will.
MP cost varies.
This is good.
Very good even since I can have Esdeath and Wiz train me until I'm able to freeze time like Esdeath and Gasper do.
A couple of minutes later, Sona emerges, wearing a Magical Girl costume as Sera jumps around in happiness while her sister blushes in embarrassment.
Another [Notification] pops up so I mentally open it again.
Quest completed!
[A dress for the Magical Girl]
Description: Serafall Leviathan has the dream of seeing her adorable little sister in a Magical Girl outfit. This wish gets denied every time she tries to do it herself.
Can you do the impossible?
Objective: Make Sona wear a Magical Girl Outfit.
Rewards: Increased Affection with Serafall Leviathan
Failure: Decreased Affection with Serafall Leviathan, she will consider you a Braggart.
You have gained a Skill for reaching over 100 with Serafall 'Leviathan' Sitri!
Blood Magic (Active) LVL: 1/100 [0%]
Description: This magic attribute allows the user to generate and manipulate their blood at will.
MP cost varies.
Alright!
It's done!
I officially have my two first DxD waifus reputations maxed out.
Though I do wonder if these unique types will come from maxing out my reputation with the other Maous as well.
Either way, it'll be perfect for me to use against someone.
"Welp, all we need now is a name for this school and some students and we're golden," Serafall says, staring at the sky.
"Auros," Sona says, with me and Sera staring at her, confused by what she meant by that.
"What?"
"When I had the dream of having a Rating Game school, I wanted to give it a name that would reflect all of my accomplishments. Something special. That is the name of this school: Auros Academy." Sona explains with passion in her eyes while I hold her in a hug, happy about the name she chose.
"I like it! Sona, let's go! We have much to tell Mom and Dad." Sera says as Sona pecks me on the lips and the two sisters leave via magic circle, making me chuckle at how similar those two can act sometimes.
With those happy moments out of the way, I fly back to my house and then buy some mana-suppressing chains from the [Shop] and find an empty room to settle my new 'guest' in.
I make sure to use [Sacred Gear Extractor] on her and bind her with the chains.
Esdeath and Albedo step inside and eye the new target.
"I'm gonna go to sleep. Wake me up when she tries to do anything." I order them as I head off into my room, way too tired from everything that's happened today.
I lay on my bed and soon enough, I enter a rather peaceful sleep.
END!
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