When Aleister awoke with his latest Blessings from Gaia, he felt... Torn.
"Invoke the Demigod...". He muttered aloud, a forbidden Noble Phantasm that summoned the incomplete Divine Spirit of Yasomagatsuhi, a monster that was said to be calamity incarnate. It consumed a massive amount of mana and if a single thing went wrong with the summoning, the Divine Spirit would go berserk.
On one hand, it was an amazing trump card that he was fairly confident could take on an Endbringer. On the other hand, if one thing went wrong it'd destroy everything else on the way. Add in the mana he'd need...
At the very least, the weapon he'd gained was a strong one. He held out his hands, purple, cursed mana swirling about as it formed into two swords.
"Azamaru, the sword of Taira-no-Kagekiyo...". Aleister frowned, sure it was a powerful weapon, but at the same time he had his Zanpakuto, getting more swords wasn't exactly a good thing.
Weapon gained.
- Azamaru.
The beloved sword and Noble Phantasm of Taira-no-Kagekiyo. Originally a single long sword, it takes on the form of two blades unless its True Name is revealed. When its True Name is revealed, it will take on its original form and all should fear its power.
Powered by hatred, it exists as a physical amalgamation of hatred, its very nature is that of a devastating curse.
Spell gained.
- Invoke the Demigod - Yasomagatsuhi (The forbidden Noble Phantasm of Hieda-no-Are, the summoning of the incomplete Divine Spirit Yasomagatsuhi, said to be calamity incarnate. If even the slightest thing goes wrong in its summoning, the Divine Spirit will rampage).
Well, I've got good news and bad news. Good news, two very powerful Noble Phantasms! Bad news, one literally endangers everyone if something goes wrong and the other is kinda useless as we've already got a Zanpakuto).
Aleister frowned, he was starting to wonder if he was basing to many things around Fate? Sure Katou Danzou hadn't been added to FGO and wouldn't be for a while, but still.
"Master? Is something wrong?". The Ninja Drone asked, wearing one of the many outfits Medea had created, she was rather cute in all honestly. Unlike the original Danzou, her mechanical parts were merely for appearance, she was completely organic.
"Nothing, just thinking... I'm trying to think of a name for you, calling you Danzou or Katou would get confusing... I'll think of something I'm sure". Aleister took a seat, his mind stuck on thoughts that didn't truly matter, while his loyal aide just waited for his commands.
Okay so... Bit confused here? You guys DO remember Danzou is rather obviously mechanical right? Add in Koga Saburo's Divine Manifestation skill (A Combination of Divinity, Shapeshift, and Monstrous Strength), turning Ninja Drone into a cyborg wouldn't really work.
Also regarding the name, feel free to suggest some as doing a full on action just for the Ninja Drone's name is... A bit far.
Faust approached the door in front of him with calmness, clenching his fist, he summoned his Asauchi, training blade it was, it still had more then enough power to easily break the door in front of him (A fist would've done the same, but this was more fun). Finally he stepped into the workshop of Uber and Leet.
Looking about, he wasn't surprised to see various recreations of video game items and weapons, but...
Approaching a replica of the Buster Sword, he frowned as he noticed just how damaged it was, beyond repair.
"FB, anything of use here?". He asked, holding out his phone, data emerging from it and forming into FB. The Digital Human looked about, frowning and shaking head. "Nothing? Its all beyond recovery?".
She nodded, both of them knew Tinker-Tech would eventually stop working without the Tinker to fix it, and Leet wasn't exactly the brightest Tinker. Both of them had expected to deal with something going wrong, and yet instead all they found was a ruined workshop, every device here had long stopped working-
"Wait!". FB suddenly stared at a green box with a Tri-Force symbol on it, slowly approaching it, both of them with baited breaths as she opened the box.
"Does... Does it work?". Faust asked with a suddenly dry mouth, if that thing was real, the potential it held...
"I... I don't know". FB gently took hold of the item, being absolutely gentle with it. "It has power going through it, and nothing is damaged...".
Both of them looked at the perfect replica of the Ocarina of Time, feeling unsure what to do with it.
Item acquired.
-Tinker-Tech Ocarina.
A replica of the Ocarina of Time, created by Leet and the only thing left working in his workshop. If it works or how it works is completely unknown.
"Ugh! Shit!". Aleister grunted as a wooden training sword hit him on the side of his ribs, raising his Asauchi he tried blocking Okita's next slash, but she was simply to fast.
With his improved durability as a Shinigami-Human hybrid, the Assassin didn't hesitate to beat him black and blue. Add in being forbidden from using his magecraft, Mystic Eyes, or Haki? It was brutal.
"Good job Aleister! You lasted much longer this time". Okita smiled at her downed master, who only groaned. This sparring session wasn't just for him however. "But your advice on Observation Haki... Its not really good".
"Well sorry for the series never explaining it well...". Aleister used his Asauchi as a walking stick to stand, during their spar he'd been trying to use his Teacher Perk to teach Okita how to use Observation Haki, but so far they'd achieved little to nothing. "I'm not exactly a master of it myself".
"I'm sure we'll figure it out eventually, master!".
Skills improved.
- Combat 40%
- Swordplay 10%
"So how exactly does this work?". Aleister looked at his new watch, it looked so normal. "I mean, it just looks like a wrist watch".
"Its outer layer is just meant to resemble a watch, its a Mystic Code that serves as a conduit for the power of Tyche... Greek Goddess of good luck, chance, and fortune". Medea explained in further details when seeing her lover's confusion. "Its not all powerful of course, but sometimes when you really need a boost of luck, you should pray to Tyche and that watch will channel a small piece of her blessing".
"And I assume overusing this would lead to bad results?". The master had seen enough cartoons with good luck bad luck episodes to get the idea.
"The more good luck you use, the worst your negative luck builds up. Small things are fine, but if you used it to avoid multiple death defying events and then deactivated the blessing, you'd be hit all at once by that negative luck, which could take multiple forms". The Caster smirked at her master's look of understanding. "Infinite good luck is nothing but a fantasy I'm afraid".
"Use in small bursts, understood".
Mystic Code acquired.
- Good Luck Watch
A small watch, looking for all the world like an ordinary wrist watch, but in truth serves as a conduit for the power of Tyche, Greek Goddess of Good Luck, Chance, and Fortune. By praying to Tyche while wearing the watch, Aleister can call on a boost of good luck.
However overuse of the Good Luck boost will result in a build up of negative luck.
While good luck is OP, I had to nerf it somehow to avoid an insane power up. So the more you use this, the worst a build up of negative luck, which can take dozens of forms.
No improvement to FB's code.
I'm going to suggest searching for another way to improve FB's security/hacking ability, there are plenty of devices across fiction that'd give her the boost she needs to get to Ultimate Level hacking.
Aleister carefully looked around at his new lab, a grin across his face. Tapping the walls, while most of them were made of steel, there was an extremely thin layer of Vibranium between the two layers of of steel, it had cost a lot of mana but it had been worth it.
The first area was the entrance, where visitors would be cleaned and put on protective equipment, just to be safe. From there they could could to one of the many rooms.
He had also decided to have a few of the brainwashed civilians serve as lab assistants, sure none of them were exactly smart, but they could at least follow his request to grab supplies and move things.
He had also considered giving Squealer her own lab once she'd been remade into a better form. Honestly he just wanted to fix her horrible high pitched voice and turn her into a proper sexy hench girl, without the drugs clouding her she could create far better designed vehicles. Of course, after he checked there was no risk with bringing a parahuman into the Digital World.
But for now Aleister went to check on the rest of his minions, some were working on the farm island to gather food, others were helping make the houses more livable. A pleased grin was on his face the entire time, soon, soon he could turn this small set of islands into its own world, one under his control.
It was only a matter of time.
Digital world updated!
Island 3 - A small island, converted into a massive lab with reinforced walls and multiple areas for various experiments.
Aleister blinked, he was... Dreaming? He looked about, why had Gaia (Assuming it was her) bought him into a dream? It seemed to resemble New York if his memories from a vacation as a child were right.
"It is, although not the New York of your world". The voice of Gaia drew his eyes to her, and she was taking on a slightly different appearance than usual.
"Acrueid's... Date outfit was it? What, planning to kidnap me for a date?". He teased, the entity offering her own smile.
"Perhaps in the future, My Champion. But for today, I simply wish to speak of how well your mission goes". Gaia held out her hand, an image of the various symbols associated with different groups appearing around her.
Aleister recognized the Merchants, The Empire, Slaughterhouse Nine, a dragon skull, a half there New Wave, a cracked PRT symbol, and a snake biting its own tail. It was rather obvious what she was implying with the damaged symbols, he still had yet to fully deal with New Wave and Brockton Bay's PRT.
"Is something wrong? I've been working to deal with the threats in the bay, I even managed to take control of Dragon". A note of tension entered the master's voice, he knew his powers were reliant on Gaia, if she took away her support...
"No, not wrong, you are doing well, but your vision remains to low. You want the world, correct?". As Aleister nodded, Gaia smiled, a hint of cruelty within. "Yet you have barely stretched your wings, Brockton Bay has some dangerous targets yes, but you have limited yourself by staying there. You could easily travel anywhere on the planet with your magecraft".
"And do what? Target the Triumvirate? Fight The Butcher? Hack the Machine Army? Battle Sleeper?". Aleister wouldn't deny he had considered targeting such groups, but he didn't like his chances against a body thief, an infinite army, and whatever the hell Sleeper was. The Triumvirate... He was confident his group could take most of them down, but Eidolon? Eidolon was a monster.
Add in the chaos that'd occur from the greatest heroes in the world losing? He was nowhere near capable of controlling such chaos.
"All would be pleasing, yes. But there are smaller groups you could target, warlords in various countries, other organizations... You are limiting your list of targets, I'm sure your little Keramon would Digivolve if facing such challenges". Gaia's eyes lit up with delight at the idea. "And of course, theres still The Fallen I want dealt with and when you're strong enough, those Endbringers as well. I'll even throw in a little bonus if you can discover the connection between parahumans and Endbringers, heh... Shards of a story you could say".
"I have the feeling your taunting me with information, but something I can't figure out with my current knowledge...". Aleister closed his eyes, there had always been a belief in a connection between capes and Endbringers, some believing Endbringers were even extremely powerful capes who'd been consumed by their own powers. But Gaia outright saying there was a connection? He had a feeling it was connected to that dimension parahuman powers likely came from. "Alright, I'll see what I can do".
"Thats all I ask, My Champion...". Gaia stepped forward, giving a kiss to her Champion's cheek. "Do well to please me, and your rewards will be beyond measure...".
New missions added!
] Defeat the Trimuvirate (Ultra).
] Kill The Butcher (Ultra).
] Defeat or convert the Machine Army (Rare).
] Kill Sleeper (Ultra).
] Travel to Shardspace and return alive (Legendary).