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
Disclaimer: I do not own this story if I did, I would be sleeping in a bed full of money.
Let's begin!
-Next morning-
I wake up in slight pain but that could be because of the [Update].
The gamer system has been updated!
2 Classes and Sub-class can be added.
Class-only level-up can now be selected in the [Options] settings.
Spendable stats have been removed and has been sent to your CHA stat.
New dungeons have been added.
You have gained a new Perk for reaching over 500 with CHA.
Perk Gained
[Adonis Reborn] (Passive)
Description: You are the reincarnation of the God of Beauty and Desire. You are so handsome that all women are attracted to you even The goddess of love, Aphrodite will think that you are Adonis himself.
Increase success with any Charisma check
That's great but what are the new [Dungeons]?
[Empty] [Zombie] [Goblin] [Orc] [Demon] [Ogre] [Beast] [Angel] [Knight] [Monsters]
Okay, I'll test those out later but right now, I'm gonna have to go on another date.
This time, it's with Raynare, which should go smoothly, even if she's trying to kill me but I'm not particularly worried.
She's weaker than me so a couple of my spells should be enough to take her down.
You can now choose a Sub-class.
Select a specialization
[Blacksmith] [Runesmith] [Scribe] [Wardcrafter] [Artificer] [Engineer] [Chef]
I decided to pick [Artificer] as that could end up being useful if I need to build the future school of my fiancé.
Class Gained
[Artificer] – LVL 1/50 [0%]
Gain 4 DEX, 3 INT and 3 WIS every level.
Skill Gained
[Design Blueprint (Novice)] (Active)
Description: Design a blueprint of Common class artifacts.
Costs: 200 MP.
Skill Gained
[Create Artifact (Novice)] (Active)
Description: Create a Common class artifact.
Costs: 1,000 MP
Requires: Blueprint, Materials.
Crafting Materials were added to ID drops and Gacha rolls.
Okay then, let's go grind these up before my date with Raynare.
I select the [Orc] dungeon and then select [Class only] level from my [Settings] as I don't need to be level 100 right now.
Taking out my katana, I then begin the daily orc massacre, laughing like a deranged maniac as I kill them all.
Huh, maybe I have a hatred for orcs but quite frankly, they're the easiest to kill once you've figured out their attack pattern so that's why I keep coming back here.
To exploit it and from the looks of it, damn I do a good job.
I should focus on [Martial Artist] even though it's level 45 so I could be balanced out and maybe have them get to level 100 to get two new [Classes].
I open the door of the boss room and channel as much [Anti-Magic] as I can and combine it with [Swordbeam] to hurt him even more.
Still holding on to my [Anti-Magic, I use [Armament Haki] to kill him with a powerful [Swordbeam] to the throat.
Not gonna lie, that took a bit out of me but still, I won.
Arriving at that fountain by the park local to the school a few minutes before 6 PM, which was conveniently close to my home, I only need to wait a few minutes for the disguised fallen to arrive.
With her normal innocent-nervous schoolgirl act, 'Yuuma' walks in my direction, wearing a pink sundress.
If only I were an ordinary simple teenage boy with normal simple teenage boy desires.
"I'm sorry! I hope I didn't keep you waiting!" She says with an urgent tone, probably preparing herself to try and kill me once this is over.
Both of those statements were lies.
She wasn't apologetic and I know this because my [Observation Haki] is now level 25, which allows me to sense other people's feelings.
She isn't gonna fool me with that lame acting.
"It's fine. I only just got here." I tell her.
She then sighs in relief.
"Why don't we get this started?" Raynare asks happily.
She latches onto my arm while I just glare at her with the intensity of a thousand suns.
"I've got this all planned out. Let's go!" She says, with fake excitement in her voice.
What follows was a somewhat enjoyable experience.
She first brings me to a clothing store, where she tried on some pretty exposing outfits, making a small show out of it for me.
I don't understand why she did it, but I won't complain.
Free show from an admittedly very hot fallen-angel girl? Sure, why not.
Finally, she ended up bringing me back to the park and stopped right in front of the fountain with a conflicted look on her face.
Take your time Raynare.
-Raynare POV-
This human was unbelievably naive but still, maybe if he was a bit stronger than she was, she probably could've pursued something with him.
Alas, a job is a job and I won't fail Lord Azazel, my hero and my reason to live.
Not after last time.
But still, the more I stared at him, the more I felt my feelings change.
Normally, he'd already be dead but for some reason, I can't bring myself to kill him.
NO!
I have to do this.
For the Grigori, For lord Azazel.
For my pride as a Fallen Angel.
I'm sorry, Jin.
-Back to POV-
"Jin, I have a question for you," Yuuma asks, her hair shadowing her eyes.
"Go ahead," I say, mentally prepared for what is to come.
"W-would you... w-would you die for me?" Yuuma asks as she summons her fallen angel wings and throws Light Spears at me but I deflect them all by quickly taking Demon-Slasher Katana out of my [Inventory].
"Huh, you're not even a threat," I say arrogantly to her as I use a mixture of [Armament Haki] and [Observation Haki] to get close to her and knock her out with a powerful [Mach Punch] to the face.
"That was relatively easy. I'm gonna call Serafall and have her give you back to Azazel." I mutter as I text Serafall about Raynare attempting to kill me.
Wait a second.
Didn't Raynare have some allies in the main timeline?
That's right!
I remember now!
In the abandoned church of Kuoh, there should be a couple of rogue exorcists, Freed Sellzen, Dohnaseek, Miltelt and Kalawarner.
Well then, looks like I've got something to do today.
Quest updated!
You have defeated Raynare but now must face the rest of her goons. Show them the power of a Gamer.
Objective: Defeat all of Raynare's goons.
Side objective: Capture Dohnaseek, Miltelt and Kalawrner.
Rewards: 2000 EXP, 2000$, REP increase with Azazel, REP increase with Serafall Leviathan, REP increase with Rias Gremory, REP decrease with Akeno Himejima, REP increase with Gasper Vladi, REP increase with Yuuto Kiba, REP increase with Koneko Toujou and REP increase Sona's Peerage.
Side rewards: 3000 EXP, 3000$, Massive REP decrease with Akeno Himejima, favours from Azazel, Massive REP increase with Serafall Leviathan, Sacred Gear: Twilight Healing and 2 random Skill Orbs.
Y/N?
I press [Y] Serafall stands in front of me, her magic circle fading away as she then takes a look at me then Raynare and lets out a deep sigh.
"I suppose that it could be Azazel that sent them here but even so, they're supposed to observe not to kill," Serafall says while pacing around the park.
"I suspect that she's not alone. Do I have your permission to go take care of her allies?" I ask her.
I know I can do this without her input but I don't want Sona or Rias to come here.
Sona because she's my fiancé and doesn't need the extra paperwork and Rias is because of Akeno.
That girl has daddy issues that not even I understand and I re-watched the series like five times.
She hates her father because he worked the day her mom died.
How the fuck does that make any sense?
Did she think he was some kind of god or something?
Children will do anything to make themselves blameless.
"You have my permission. The only thing I'm gonna ask you is to not kill the Fallen Angels here as that could be the catalyst for another Great War, which I'm assuming you are familiar with." She says as I nod my head at the mention of the Great War.
That war will forever hold the Devils in PTSD mode because of how many Clans they lost during that time.
Didn't Sirzechs take Grayfia hostage and force her to become his wife or something along those lines?
Hmm, perhaps I could use that against her if she ever decides to show up at my house again.
Granted, I'm strong enough to do it because as I am right now, she can dog-walk all over the moon and I can't do anything about it which is why I'm going to use the three favours that I'll get from Azazel to get Vrirtra's remaining Sacred Gears.
"I'll come back later to check up on you. Rias and Sona won't interfere in your mission. Take care Jin." Serafalll says before disappearing with Raynare in a magic circle.
I put on [Kaneki's Mask] then have the Bio-Suit make my Eminence in Shadow suit and walk to the Abandoned church with one objective.
Destroy everything that breathes.
-Timeskip-
"You know, the anime made it look gorgeous but it's a pile of shit. Oh well, I'm not gonna be here for long so let's enjoy the sight while we still can." I mutter to myself as I step inside the building with a breath escaping my lips.
I take out my Demon-Slasher Katana from my [Inventory] then use [Silent Step] to get close to the altar, where Freed and most of the exorcists are.
Gah, I really shouldn't be trying to kill someone, much less human beings but they're not human beings.
They're monsters in human skin.
They don't deserve to live.
In the main timeline, Issei found Freed attempting to rape Asia after brutally killing someone and this version of him is probably worse than his original counterpart.
That's something that can't be forgiven.
I channel all of my anger and stab him in the throat and use a [Fire Magic] spell called Firebolt to incinerate the now deceased Freed Sellzen.
Stats Plundered!
15 STR
10 END
20 DEX
5 INT
5 WIS
8 CHA
6 LUK
"Hestia shut down [Plunder] notifications. Focus only on adding them." I say tonelessly as I can barely contain my rage while staring at those monsters.
Very well.
Do not show them an ounce of mercy.
I won't.
I stop using [Silent Step] to appear next to Freed's ashes, scaring the exorcists by using [Conqueror's Haki] to stop them in their tracks.
What happens next is nothing short of a one-sided beating.
I cut all of their heads off before they can even respond by using [Swordbeam] on them, letting their dead bodies fall to the ground as three forgettable Fallen Angels fly in and see the destruction before their eyes.
"Tch, miserable weaklings. I should've known they'd die to vermin." Dohnaseek says arrogantly to his comrades.
"Dammit, I knew that we shouldn't leave searching for Raynare. Thanks for nothing, Kalawarner!" Miltelt yells at the blue-haired girl.
"It doesn't matter. We have the advantage over him so stop complaining and let's kill him already!" Kalawaner says to her teammates, which makes me scoff at their foolish attempt to try and kill me.
If they think they stand a chance against me, then they are sorely mistaken.
I use [Armament Haki, [Observation Haki] and [Anti-Magic] and let them make the first move.
Miltelt throws a Light Spear at me but I use [Nimble] to dodge the attack but then, Kalawarner joins in the fray but I repeat the process until Dohanseek gets behind and punches me in the back of my head, sending me to fall to the ground.
"Cocky little vermin! Do you think you humans are special?! You're nothing short of livestock for us to use." He shouts while punching me.
He's right.
I don't matter to the Devils, to the Angels or anyone else.
If that's the case then I'll make sure to have them fear me.
I will evolve because that's the specialty of the human race, continuous evolution.
"Get your fucking hands off of ME!"I roar as I feel more of my Anti-Magic coming out of my body and it pushes Dohnaseek back away from me.
I turn to my right and see a shadowy, pitch-black bat wing, making me smirk as I glare at them with a manic smile on my face.
"Game over," I say as I get close to Miltelt first and punch her with all my strength in her stomach, making her cough saliva and blood.
She then falls over and loses consciousness while I feel more of the bloodlust resonate within my body.
It started being faint when I first used [Anti-Magic] but the more I used it, the more it grew and from what I can gather, it would seem the [Skill] is now level 50, which is not bad at all but I'm not sure if I can restrain myself any longer.
This means that I have to knock them out before it's too late.
Hestia put a timer on my control of my new 'Black Form'.
Here you go!
Black Form Control Timer: 00:30
30 seconds?!
Damn it!
I have to end this and fast.
I don't waste any time and use my superior speed to get behind a shocked Kalawarner, who gets hit by a Haki-enhanced [Mach Punch] to the face, which knocks her out and sends her body next to Miltelt's.
There are only 15 seconds left so I better end this in a flashy way.
I use a combination of [Mach Punch] and [Armament Haki] to try and knock out Dohnaseek but he dodges it and punches me in the ribs, which makes me stumble but the only thing he's doing is pissing me off.
"Stand still already!" I yell as I run at him with the full intent of ending this but suddenly, I lose my balance in the process, I manage to fire off a [Fire Bolt] at one of his wings and I fall to the ground while looking at him screaming in pain.
"You lowly human! How dare you hurt me like this?!" He yells while summoning a Light Spear and begins approaching me.
This is bad.
I don't have much more stamina and anything I do is with the intent of not killing him but his arrogance is making it hard so now, I have to choose to ensure the girls and I survive.
Either I kill him and lie to Serafall and have us be dragged to war or continue with my original plan, which is to knock him out and have Serafall deal with the rest.
I want the rewards from the [Quest] so the original plan it is.
I use [Create Greater Shadow Servant] to summon a powerful shadow, who begins attacking Dohnaseek while I text Serafall to come here as fast as she could.
By the time she tells me that she's on her way, the shadow servant is done beating the shit out of the Fallen Angel.
Oops, I think I put too much mana into that summoning.
I still, got the job done so that's good.
I use [Plunder] on all of the rogue exorcists and then Serafallmakes her appearance.
"So, that's them right?" She asks and I immediately nod my head, quickly putting my hand down so she doesn't notice me using a bit of my Gamer powers.
"Good, I'll take them back to Underworld and contact Azazel a bit later. See you next time Jin," Serafall says as she disappears with the three others fallen in her magic circle while I just fall on my back, way too tired to speak or even think.
A [Notification appears once I have enough energy to see things.
Quest completed!
You have defeated Raynare but now must face the rest of her goons. Show them the power of a Gamer.
Objective: Defeat all of Raynare's goons.
Side objective: Capture Dohnaseek, Miltelt and Kalawrner.
Rewards: 2000 EXP, 2000$, REP increase with Azazel, REP increase with Serafall Leviathan, REP increase with Rias Gremory, REP decrease with Akeno Himejima, REP increase with Gasper Vladi, REP increase with Yuuto Kiba, REP increase with Koneko Toujou and REP increase Sona's Peerage.
Side rewards: 3000 EXP, 3000$, Massive REP decrease with Akeno Himejima, favours from Azazel, Massive REP increase with Serafall Leviathan, Sacred Gear: Twilight Healing and 2 random Skill Orbs.
You have gained a new Perk for over 50 with Koneko Toujou!
[Cat Lover]
Description: Increases Affection gained with people who love cats and beings that have cat-like features.
Hmm, so this will make it easier for me to have the two sisters forgive each other when it's time for them to meet.
I muster the strength to stand up and start searching in the basement of the church because, in the anime, there was something called a Sacred Gear extractor that was used to kill Asia except there's nothing here.
There are just some papers related to when Asia is supposed to come to Japan so they could abduct her.
Well, that can't happen now, can it?
Time to go home.
I walk back home after putting all of their weapons plus my own in my [Inventory].
Arriving, I'm greeted by Wiz's blank stare before she scoffs and leaves me to my machinations.
Though, before I go to sleep, I need to max out all of my current [Classes] so I can move on to something better.
I select the [Ogre] dungeon and get started on the massacre, mostly using [Martial Arts] skills to kill all of them until two [Notifications] appear so I mentally open those after killing another Ogre.
Skill Upgraded
[Martial Arts Proficiency (Adept)] (Passive)
Description: Gain veteran-level knowledge of Martial Arts.
Martial Arts based techniques do 40% damage.
-40% SP consumption for Martial Arts Skills.
Skill Upgraded
[Light Armor Proficiency (Master)] (Passive)
Description: You gain mastery knowledge of wielding light Armor.
-40% in Stat Reduction when using Light Armor.
Skill Gained
[Ki/Touki Sense (Apprentice)](Passive)
Description: Sense the life force of those around you.
Ranges increase with the user's level.
[Ki/Touki Manipulation (Apprentice)](Passive)
Passively increases STR, END and DEX by 15% during fights.
(Active)
Increases STR, END and DEX by 30% when activated.
Costs: 1000 SP per minute.
Skill Gained
[Force Palm] (Active)
Description: Attack with a Ki/Touki-infused palm strike to do internal damage to the target using shockwaves of Ki/Touki.
Deal [STR x5] physical damage.
Costs: 500 SP.
Skill Gained
[Ki/Touki Blast](Active)
Description: Attack with a blast of concentrated Ki/Touki to cause physical damage to the target.
Deals : [STR x 2]
Costs: 250 SP.
[Close Combat] (Active)
Description: You attack with Touki infused into your fists and legs.
Deals: [STR x 7]
Cost: 1000 SP
Skills upgraded
[Light Armor Proficiency (Legendary)]
Description: You have mastery of knowledge on the use of Light-Armor
Light armours are 50% more effective
[Sword Proficiency (Master)]
Description: You have mastery of knowledge of the use of Swords
Swords deal 50% more Damage
[Magic Resistance (Master)]
Description: You are 50% resistant to magical damage
[Physical Resistance (Master)]
Description: You are 50% resistant to Physical damage
Select your new class.
[Fighter] [Mage] [Ranger]
I select [Mage].
Choose your specification!
[White Mage] [Necromancer] [Dismancer] [Technomancer]
I choose [White Mage] because I can heal myself in battle instead of having someone heal me and waste their mana doing it.
Class Gained
[White Mage] - LVL 1/100
Gain 5 INT and 5 WIS at every level
Skills gained
[Light Magic (Novice)](Passive)
Gained instinctual knowledge about light magic.
Light Magic-related spells are 10% stronger.
[Light Bullet]
Fire a bullet made of light magic
Deals 50 plus INT Light Damage
Costs: 25 MP
[Minor Stat Buff]
Buffs one stat of your choosing by 5%
Costs: 25 MP
[Minor Heal]
Restores the target's health by 5%
Costs: 25 MP
Select your second Class!
Fighter] [Mage] [Ranger]
I select [Mage] again.
Choose your specification!
[White Mage] [Necromancer] [Dismancer] [Technomancer]
I choose [Necromancer] this time because controlling the undead sounds pretty fun and, I prefer having others fight for me.
Class Gained
[Necromancer] – LVL 1/100
Gain 5 INT and WIS at every level.
Skill Gained
[Create Undead] (Active)
100 MP to cast
Create a weaker level undead to fight for you, you can only have 1 undead per 5 INT.
Undead can be dismissed and summoned at will.
Undead Available
[Skeleton Horde] [Zombie Horde] [Totenhund] [Bayrok] [Plague Zombies]
Skill Gained
[Create Ghost] (Active)
100 MP to cast
Create a weaker level undead to fight for you, you can only have 1 undead per 5 INT.
Undead can be dismissed and summoned at will.
Skill Gained
[Ray of Death] (Active)
20 MP to cast
Deals 50 plus INT Death Damage to Target.
Skill Gained
[Drain Life] (Active)
25 MP to cast
Drains 25 HP from the target and gives it to the second target.
Okay, all that remains is [Artificer] and I'm gonna be good to go.
I find other rooms with at least a hundred ogres and this time, I choose to only focus on [Artificer] levelling up so that's what I do, using the [Settings] to make a one-class-only level up is very effective.
Once I'm done, another [Notification] screen pops so I open it while to the boss room.
Skill Upgraded
[Design Blueprint (Master)] (Active)
Design a blueprint up to Epic class artifacts.
Cost: [200 x Level of Artifact] MP.
Skill Upgraded
[Create Artifact (Master)] (Active)
Create up to Epic class artifact.
Cost: [10 x 10 Level of Artifact] MP.
Requires: Blueprint, Materials.
Skill Gained
[Scan Artifact] (Active)
Description: Study an artifact carefully to understand the workings of and recreate its blueprint.
Only Artifacts up to Epic Class can be scanned.
Costs: [5,000 x Level of Artifact]MP
Skill Gained
[Upgrade Artifact](Active)
Upgrade an artifact below Epic class.
Max: Epic Class
Cost: [10 x 10Level of Artifact] MP
Gah, my brain hurts so I'll skip the fight with the boss for today.
I use [ID: Escape] to leave, which is something I didn't even think was possible but that's fine with me as I then head over to my room and lay on my bed.
Soon enough, I enter a dreamless sleep.
END!
Sorry for the slightly late update, a reviewer talked shit about this story and that threw me off my game for a while but I'm back, probably.
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