Daemon of Wrath: First, He is the ultimate wingman for Izuku. Second, yes, Izuku does need more friends. Third, what do you expect, I mean Eijirou is stronger than the Todoroki and Bakugou right now. Fourth, expects Nedzu to go ballistic when logic-defying shits come to light. Fifth, yes, those weapons are heavy, no random people could just pick them up and use them. Sixth, all shall be answered in this chapter. Last, that image is just too adorable.
AnimeFan13579: Trust me, he doesn't want to tell anyone that, especially Mei. Your question will be answered in this chapter.
ProjectIceman: That's not how Gates works, my friend, but nice Omake. XD
Guest: Izuku will eventually gain Shadows from dead humans, it is inevitable.
liunt: ….eh? (OwO) - (?)
Earlier
Test Site D
UA High
Musutafu, Japan
"RARGH!" Eijirou sliced off one of the robot's heads with his tail as it collapsed into the ground, sparks coming out of its decapitated head. Eijirou sighs before turning around to see an examiner with a green Mohawk, a pair of fangs, and blades protruding out of his wrists. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah. I could've taken care of them, but thanks." The boy mutters the last part, but Eijirou's enhanced hearing catches it loud and clear. Eijirou lets out a small smile before he runs off with wind-enhanced speed. As he ran, he felt tremors start to appear from the ground. He stops moving before placing his paw on the ground, which allows him to sense the entire site through vibration alone. His head snaps up, feeling something coming towards them, and turns to face the rest of the examiners.
"RUN!" Eijirou's yell startled everyone before suddenly, a giant robot emerged out of the ground and started rampaging. Everyone becomes panicked and almost get crushed under the falling debris if not for Eijirou saving their life. Eijirou growls in annoyance from the rampaging robots but he decides to focus on getting examiners away from the robot's range.
"Seriously, what was UA thinking, summoning giant robots like that!?" Eijirou voiced out his disbelief. As he picks up an injured examiner, who seems to purposefully touch his fur, he sees debris falling onto him. Before he could deal with it, he saw a familiar person with a green Mohawk cut the debris off.
"Now, I owe you nothing." The guy says before running off and helping the other examiners. Eijirou can't help but smile a bit.
"I guess there are still manly people out there," Eijirou says before looking at the examiner he saved, a boy with blond hair making a confused expression. "You okay?"
"A-ah, yes, I'm very much fine. Thank you." The boy says as Eijirou can't help but sweatdrop, especially when he sees the boy's ankle is injured.
"I'm bringing you back to the entrance," Eijirou mutters as the wind starts to gather around him.
"A-ah, there's no need. I'm-!" The boy didn't finish his sentence as Eijirou rushed off and arrived at the entrance, causing the boy's hair to turn into a complete mess. "…fine?" Eijirou gently drops the boy on the ground before he turns around, his stripes glowing before he disappears.
Suddenly, multiple afterimages appear next to examiners who are within range of the giant robot before they all disappear and reappear at the entrance, which includes Bakugou. Said boy yells in anger while others simply shake their heads witnessing Bakugou throwing a tantrum.
"Sorry, but I think you caused too much damage." Eijirou appears right in front of the robot as a hurricane gathers at his fist, his eyes glow blue. "Beast King Gale Fist!" He slams his fist right on the robot, completely obliterating its head and the cloud in the sky was cleared from its shockwave.
Everyone was in utter shock at the scene, not expecting such power from the boy their age. It was like witnessing All Might performing the same feat 10 months ago against a Sludge Villain that was captured yesterday. Bakugou, meanwhile, stares at the scene in utter disbelief. He thinks someone can't be as strong as All Might (except for him soon), but seeing someone do it with zero difficulty triggers something in Bakugou that he never felt for such a long time.
Jealousy.
The first time he ever felt such a feeling was when he found out Izuku was quirkless and still chose to be a hero. At first, people think it's impossible, including him, but slowly he manages to show how he's a future hero. Out of jealousy and his inferiority complex, he beats Izuku for the first time and makes sure he shows how much Izuku is useless while using Izuku's quirklessness as an excuse for Izuku being useless. Eventually, everyone starts to believe such nonsense, including Izuku himself to a small extent.
He didn't do much when it came to physical abuse, but he made sure his verbal abuses had a lasting impact on Izuku, all just to satisfy his ego. A few things that he didn't take into account are Izuku's stubbornness and how small the pond he's been living in. Izuku's stubbornness shines through in every moment, even when he almost dies. A small part of him feels like it is useless to keep the verbal abuse on Izuku, but his pride refuses to acknowledge it.
Then, the scene right in front of him made his pride crack, his face turned pale as his entire body started to shake. He was having an internal conflict between his consciousness and his pride, trying to either acknowledge a random extra having the strength to rival All Might's or keep up his delusion of being the number one hero.
As Eijirou landed on the ground, he blinked when he saw a light orb falling into his paw. He clenches it before the light turns into some sort of a core for a machine you typically see in most sci-fi movies. He awkwardly looks around the orb wondering what it is before his entire fur stands up and his head turns toward the source of the danger. His pupils shrank as he snarled, putting the core into his pants pocket before rushing off like a wild animal, slamming his claws onto the falling giant robot, and rushing towards the top. As he reaches the robot's shoulder, he uses his enhanced strength and wind magic to propel him towards the direction of the danger he senses.
Everyone stood there, their jaws dropping into the ground like a sack of brick. What the fuck just happen?!
Currently
Test Site B
Izuku and Ochako stand there in shock, seeing the giant portal appear in front of them. They immediately snap out of the shock as they both cautiously face the portal.
Everyone stood there, their jaws dropping into the ground like a sack of brick. What the fuck just happen?!
Currently
Test Site B
"I'm not sure! According to our intel, Dungeons have always been formed in the less populated area for a long time. So, why does it start appearing in more populated areas?" Ochako asks, still unable to believe the current situation.
"Wait…" Izuku froze, remembering the certain incident during his early days as an awakener. "This once happened back in Galewind Agency. I still remember the Musutafu Trio along with All Might fought against an outbreak, dealing against a horde of monsters!"
"Oh, right…still can't believe a monster can no-sell All Might's punch," Ochako mutters.
"Well, it's the dungeon's boss, so it's not so surprising." Izuku shrugs. "I…may forget to mention, but the boss' minions could still die even when using quirks on it. I think that due to the boss' insane magic power that allows them to no-sell quirks."
"Wait, so this whole time, you made us believe magic could no-sell quirk by keeping that info to yourself!?" Ochako asks in bafflement as Izuku looks sheepish. "…but, then again, I only use my quirk on a Dungeon Boss, and been spamming my magic against dungeon monsters since I awakened…."
"W-well, and let's not forget, I only saw that moment once against only one type of monster, so you can't blame me for not accepting it as concrete evidence. I mean, there are so many different types of monsters, so….." Izuku tried to reason as Ochako could do nothing but pout.
"Damn you….I can't even be mad since you're right…." Ochako grumbles as Izuku laughs nervously. "But, you might want to inform Gang Orca about it, and I bet he'll ask how you find out."
"…help me," Izuku says in a pleading tone as Ochako sticks her tongue out.
Suddenly, they felt a burst of mana approaching them. They yelp when it crashes behind them, creating a huge cloud of dust. Izuku and Ochako let out a sigh as they sensed a familiar mana signature. Eijirou emerges from the cloud, still in his Therianthrope form, approaching them.
"I come here as soon as I sense an unfamiliar influx of energy gathers around here-! Hold on a minute, is that a Dungeon!?" Eijirou tried to inform Izuku and Ochako but was taken aback as he saw a giant portal behind him.
"Yes, Eijirou. That is a Dungeon." Izuku sighs as he smiles in amusement at Eijirou's reaction.
"And you're just in time, Eijirou," Ochako says with a mischievous grin. "We're about to raid the dungeon alone without you."
"Hey! Do you plan to abandon me?! Come on, that's just unnecessarily cruel!" Eijirou yelps before looking at Izuku with a pitiful look. "You wouldn't abandon me, would you!?"
"No." Izuku merely chuckles as his clothes start to emit a black aura before they slowly transform. His outfit turns into a plain white shirt with a 'Shirt' Kanji on it, his jacket remains there, his pants turn into trousers, and a pair of gloves appears in his hand. Ochako sighed with a smile before her clothes were suddenly covered in flame. As the flame disappears, her outfit changes, her jacket turns into a leather tunic with runes engraved in it, a pair of fingerless gloves, a pair of boots with runes, and a wizard's hat.
"Was that necessary?" Eijirou mutters while staring at them blankly. All he got was a pair of grins and shrugs. "Why didn't you change back when we tackled the Demon Tower?"
"Well, these outfits are enchanted items, and the reason I didn't use them yesterday was due to a lack of materials, which were conveniently found in the tower," Izuku explains. "So, I thought, why not a test drive?"
"Mhm!" Ochako nodded.
"And you didn't make one for me!?" Eijirou asks in disbelief.
"Bro, you rip all the clothes you wear except Gang Orca's uniform. And I didn't want to risk failed enchantment on such a high-quality outfit, it's too risky." Izuku points out as Ochako nods and Eijirou sighs.
"I should've asked if custom-tailored clothes are allowed," Eijirou mutters as Izuku pats his back.
"Well, with all the furs you had, I think clothes are an inconvenience," Izuku says as Eijirou pouts.
"Maybe, but a shirt or two would be nice," Eijirou says as Izuku chuckles.
"Let's focus on your clothing problem later, right now, we have a dungeon to tackle," Izuku says as Eijirou and Ochako nod in unison.
UA Exam Monitor Room
"What are those brats doing!?"
The teacher in the monitor room was in complete chaos when the portal suddenly formed. An unknown danger suddenly appears and none of the teachers knows how to handle such issues. Cementoss and Present Mic were already rushed off in actions towards the site while Nedzu trying to think how to deal with such unknowns.
Aizawa was trying to think what are those brats doing, staying there doing nothing. To make it worse, another brat decided to join in while using the Zero Pointer ( "Uhuhuhu! My Executor!") as a jumping platform and launch himself towards another site, something he's trying to figure out how is it possible. Well, given Test Site D is a mini-city, where there's another mini-city between it and Test Site B. It requires a huge force to do so and precise control just to land where the portal was, yet the boy casually did it with an extra weight in his pocket.
One thing that still doesn't make sense for Aizawa is All Might's lack of reaction. The examiners are possibly in danger and yet the man didn't display any concerns about it. This kind of reaction unnerved Aizawa, wondering why the number one hero didn't jump to action to help them at all. Was his public persona nothing but a trick?
"Yagi." Aizawa sternly calls him out, getting everyone's attention. "Why do you simply stand there doing nothing? Do you not care about any of the examiners?"
"I do care, I simply stand down since I know they're going to be okay." All Might answered, catching everyone off guard.
"In what way they're gonna be okay?" Aizawa asks with clenched teeth. "That portal leads to an unknown, we have no idea if it's dangerous or not. Yet, you didn't bat an eye when three examiners, one of them decided to jump towards possible danger, remained carefree?"
"I know the kids." All Might explains. "I know what they are capable of. Trust me when I say this, UA staff will only be getting on their way."
"Wha-!?" Aizawa was about to yell at him but was stopped by Nedzu, who raised his paw.
"Explains, Yagi. I need to know why you put so much faith in those kids." Nedzu said as All Might stared at him. Suddenly, he receives a call, he looks at who's calling him and he picks it up without hesitation. All Might didn't say anything but merely nodded, hung up the call, and looked at everyone.
"Alright. Since I just got the permission to do so, let me give you a brief explanation, then."
With Izuku and the Others
"The barriers are set!" Ochako exclaims as she lowers her staff and walks away from the giant icicle barrier that keeps them away from other examiners. Izuku nods as the snow on his hand disappears before looking at the portal, and then Eijirou suddenly shoves a robot core on his face.
"Bro, da fuck!?" Izuku exclaims in disbelief.
"I got this after I beat a Zero Pointer. I thought you could make a good use of it." Eijirou exclaims as Izuku raises his eyebrow and grabs it. He activates [Appraisal] on the object.
[Item: Executor's Core]
{Type: Material]
[The core of the Executor, manufactured by the Support Hero, Higari Maijima, a.k.a Power Loader, to bring his baby alive. One of the hero's prized inventions that grants clean and recyclable energy that allows the robot to run without worrying about the electrical bills and using weapons without care]
[Fusion Possible!]
[???? (Rank: ???)]
[Required items: Victory: Model M134 Imperial Blaster Venator – Model 202A1 Executor's Core]
[Would you like to fuse these materials?]
"Yes, please!" Izuku exclaims excitedly as all of the material glows before it changes into a smaller blaster with the core attached to the weapon's bottom. Izuku raises his eyebrow before using [Appraisal] on it.
[Item: Proto-Tool]
[Rank: S]
[Type: Weapon]
[Using all the best parts of Maijima's inventions, a new type of weapon has been created courtesy of Izuku Midoriya. A weapon that could launch unlimited lasers, shoot powerful cables to immobilize targets, launch mana rockets and homing missiles, and a perfect shield]
[Weapon-Exclusive Skills:
- Mana Lasers (24 MP/ Shots) with Armor Piercing (High) effect. Increases damages with Fire-Attribute Magic
- Mana Grappling – Lvl 2 (50 MP. 15 seconds cooldown). Can be used for mobility or to pull targets closer to users
- Mana Net – Lvl 1 (70 MP. 19 seconds cooldown). Can be used to capture targets or crowd control. Can apply Lightning-Attribute Magic.
- Mana Missile – Lvl 2 (150 MP/5 Missiles). Can inflict [Burn] debuff. Increases damages with Fire-Attribute Magic.
- Apollo's Arrow – Lvl 2 (240 MP. 19 seconds cooldown). Shot a powerful arrow made of sun's flare and incinerate everything on the path.
- Humming Bird – Lvl 1 (500 MP. 30 seconds cooldown). Shot hundreds of tiny homing missiles towards a horde of enemies. Has a high Critical chance.
- Perseus' Shield – Lvl 1 (300 MP. 25 seconds cooldown). Shields the users from incoming damage. Can nullify any B-Rank or lower attacks. Reduces 50% of the damage from any A-Rank Attack and 35% of damage from any S-Rank Attack.]
"Oh, my sweet baby." Izuku cooed while hugging the gun affectionately. His friends can't help but weirded out by Izuku's reaction. Izuku realizes what he just did, and stops himself as he clears his throat, hiding his growing blushes.
"A-anyways, let's clear this dungeon in record time. I would like to go back before dinner." Izuku mutters while coughing slightly. Eijirou and Ochako merely snorted at their unofficial leader's antics before they went into the portal together. When Present Mic and Cementoss arrive at the test site, they see a giant glacier keeping them away from the portal.
Present Mic, who seems to grow fond of the trio, decided to go to save them without any hesitation. He lets out a loud 'Yeah!' amplified with his quirk to shatter the glacier, but to their shock, it didn't budge at all. Cementoss tries to shatter it with the cement around the site, but all it does is make a loud 'clang!' while the ice remains unscathed.
"How is that possible? Who made that kind of ice that could endure our quirk?" Cementoss mutters in shock and fear while Present Mic seems to grow frustrated, clearly worried for his favorite listeners.
Inside the Dungeon
The moment Izuku enters the dungeon, he is greeted with a face full of water hitting him like a truck. He yelped before he felt seawater entering his nose and mouth, causing him to panic. Using [Undine's Blessing] , he pulls the seawater out of his nose and mouth as an air bubble forms around his head. Letting out a sigh of relief, he turned around and saw Ochako was covered in a bubble as well. He becomes confused when he doesn't see Eijirou before noticing him sinking, using [Undine's Blessing] to pull him up and give him an air bubble around his head.
"What the!? An underwater dungeon!?" Eijirou exclaims in shock.
"It seems so," Izuku mutters before he notices a horde of enemies coming towards them. "Welp, shit."
"I hate hordes," Ochako mutters before she activates her staff as Aquarius floats next to Ochako, both activate their magic as water shifts around the horde and gathers them in one air bubble. Izuku's eyes glow purple as he stretches out his hand, activating [Hellfire] at the air bubble as it explodes and roasts every enemy in the air bubbles. It creates a powerful shockwave that pops the air bubble and causes the burnt limbs to spread everywhere, much to their disgust.
Izuku looks at the corpses, noticing shadow wisps emit out of their body. Without hesitation, his eyes glow dark green and he extends his hand before uttering one command.
"Arise! " In an instant, those floating limbs start to be covered in shadow as they form into the shape of humanoid sharks with tattoos wearing armor while holding various weapons like an anchor, harpoon, hook, nets, and some traditional weapons like sword, spear, knife, and crossbow.
"Cool! Now, you have an underwater army!" Eijirou exclaims in amazement as Izuku nods before facing the Shadow Sharks.
"Now, I want you all to bring us immediately to the boss," Izuku commands as the shadows nod before letting the Trinity ride behind their back. As they hold onto their fin, the tattoos around their bodies glow before they swim at a high speed, slightly startling the Trinity, none of them expecting such speed from the sharks. As they swim, they notice hordes of humanoid sharks approaching them.
"Evasive maneuver!" Izuku shouts in command as all of his shadows swim away from the horde. "Let's see how capable you all are, attack!" The Shadow Sharks roar in confirmation before launching several flying slashes towards the horde, cutting the number of hordes immediately in half. Izuku can't help but be surprised at the strength it displays, especially given how easily he and Ochako defeat them in one move. The Shark Izuku ride-on hears his thoughts and lets out a sad whimper. Izuku winces before apologetically petting his back.
"Sorry, big guy. I didn't mean it as an insult." Izuku says in a sheepish tone before he notices the big guy over here seems to have better physical condition and has a lot of weapons in his arsenal. "Say, are you a commander of your army by any chance?" A nod from the Shadow. "Cool! Then, a name is appropriate for you! Starting now, you shall be known as Makoa, which means 'fearless' or 'courageous'!" Makoa lets out a growl of approval. "Now, let's get to the boss-!"
ROAR!
"Or maybe it's already here…." Izuku mutters dryly as Eijirou and Ochako yelp. Izuku looks around before noticing a giant serpent swimming towards him. "Well, holy shit, Leviathan!?"
[Leviathan, the Stormbringer]
[A being beyond understanding that exists for millennia. With a fang containing deadly poisons, a strength to cause powerful storms, and a cunning mind, it is a true terror of the sea.]
[Power: Stormbringer – Creates a massive storm above the sea surface and a deadly whirlpool under the sea. Poison Fang – Anyone that touches its fangs, either the blunt or the sharp edge, shall be inflicted by deadly toxins. Blade of Heptaseas – Lets out a flurry of water blades capable of cutting steel. Debuff Immunity – Immune to all debuffs. Ice Shards – Send a flurry of sharp ice shards capable of piercing through anything and freeze them in an instant. Roar of the Sea King – lets out a powerful roar and inflict fear on sea creatures.]
[Weakness: Electric Magic, Nature Magic]
"Shit…" Izuku mutters as the giant serpent stops, staring at them intently. More specifically, it is staring at Izuku.
"Shadow Monarch….a pleasure to meet you." Izuku flinched in shock. How did this giant serpent not only talk but also know about his status? "I would never expect you to not only enter my territory but also take control of part of my armies. Then again, the world has changed. " The sea serpent suddenly grins. "It would be an honor to consume you! "
"Shit!" Izuku uses [Undine's Blessing] and pushes everyone away from the serpent's incoming jaws before he lets out his Proto-Tool and launches [Apollo's Arrow] right at the serpent's jaw, causing it to roar. All of a sudden, several water blades launch at them, causing them to split up. Izuku grits his teeth before he senses incoming enemies, using his [Blade of the Underworld] and thrust its sharp edge right on his back, killing one of the Sharks. Izuku turned around and saw a horde of sharks incoming. Izuku snarls before sending a flying slash toward the army, flying past them before suddenly each one of the sharks gets sliced off by an invisible army with invisible swords.
Izuku looked around and saw Ochako and Eijirou were chased off by armies of sharks as well. Before he could react properly, Leviathan managed to sneak behind him and let out a roar, immobilizing Makoa before trying to bite Izuku. Izuku retracts Makoa before sending a powerful kick to launch him away from the serpent.
"You may have the power over the dead, Monarch. But, it's useless when you're not in your domain! " Leviathan roars as it swims towards Izuku, sending ice shards towards him. Izuku summons [Polymorph] to lessen the impact and thanks to [Blizzard] , an evolved skill of [Hazy Snow] , he was immune to freeze, before morphing his hand using [Polymorph] into a cannon to launch back the shards enhanced by [Blizzard] . These moves were effective as they caused Leviathan to flinch as the ice started to form around its nose.
"By that logic, everywhere is my domain, you dumb fish!" Izuku exclaims before he pulls out his Proto-Tool to shoot a net made out of mana, successfully immobilizing Leviathan. Izuku grabs the net as he forms a barrier around him and Leviathan, green sparks coming out of his body as he grins while Leviathan widens his eyes in horror.
"You fool! You'll kill your friends with that magic! " Leviathan roars in horror, not expecting Izuku to be bold enough to use Lightning-attribute Magic underwater.
"Why do you think I summon this barrier?" Izuku says as the electricity grew wilder.
"W-What about you!? " Leviathan desperately tries to point out the flaw of his strategy.
"Bitch, I'm immune to lightning!" Izuku grinned wider as he let loose.
As Ochako and Eijirou cleared the horde of sharks, they were greeted with a green light show from underwater in the shape of a sphere. Both of them blink at the scene as the light show slowly disappears and reveals a roasted Leviathan and Izuku.
"Hey! You guys want some roasted snake!?" Izuku says as the two of them facepalm and let out a chuckle.
To be continued