Daemon of Wrath: First of all, your first question will be answered in this chapter. Second, I ain't answering that since it reaches the spoiler territory. And yes, if the Monarchs go for that route, it will be heart-wrenching. I have plans for AFO, and it will be the most hilarious and ironic moment in history. That man ain't the main villain of this story, let me tell you that. Yup, the Sludge Villain is cannon fodders for Izuku. Also, Izuku will spend most of his strength restraining his Shadows and friends from killing Bakugou. For the last part, we'll see.

AnimeFan13579: First of all, I get that Ochako and Eijirou have less chance to shine in the first arc, but don't underestimate them just because Izuku is OP. Second of all, yup, you figure it out so easily.

hennessyswagg83: Were-Liger. It's a hybrid of a lion and a tiger.

dakotafogarty: It'll be revealed here.


Demon Realm

Izuku gets up from the ground and walks towards the giant Cerberus' corpse, noticing the bright lights emitted from the monster and shadowy wisps from under the fur. Izuku decides that with all the strength the monster has, getting him as a Shadow Soldier will be a huge win. Extending his hand, black wisps emit out of his body and utter one simple command.

"Arise." In an instant, a powerful black shadow erupts from the body as three pairs of ears show themselves before three dog heads stare at Izuku before its body is formed. Izuku couldn't help but let out a chuckle as he saw the giant shadow dog, green flames emit from the three of their heads instead of the two.

Without any warning, the three heads approach Izuku and give him a triple lick, startling Izuku as the dog pants happily while their tail wags like a helicopter turbine.

"Master!!" They say in unison as Izuku blinks, not expecting the reaction but remembering how Igris acts after he was summoned, this isn't as weird as he thought. His face turns blank as he recalls his thoughts.

'Wait, no, it IS weird. It's just that I've become numb to it.' Izuku thought in a deadpan manner as he patted its head, and its tails wagged even more violently.

"...I get that his powers made the dead into his loyal minion, but I will never get used to how they change 180 in just one word," Ochako comments as Eijirou lets out a nervous chuckle.

"Yeah...agree..." Eijirou feels uneasy, his instinct tells him to avoid the giant shadow dog, but he tries to ignore it, stopping himself from quivering nervously.

"...right, you're a feline now," Ochako mutters as Eijirou lowers his head.

"I used to love dogs...I want to adopt one for Kousuke..." Eijirou comments as he comically tears up, his cat ears lower in sadness as his tail touches the ground. Ochako merely pats his back in sympathy.

"Even now, I still think Shadow Monarch's ability is the scariest one out of all," Taurus comments.

"It's a rational fear, given our power wasn't as effective against other Monarchs." Virgo comments.

"Is it due to Shadow Monarch's-!" Leo widens his eyes as he feels his mouth glitch for a moment before covering his mouth. "Are you kidding me!?! Not even that!?!"

"The restriction is getting annoying and ridiculous..." Virgo mutters in annoyance.

As everyone is busy with their own business, Izuku decides to check the bright lights. As he gets closer, his eyes widen, and he can't help but feel giddy at the scene in front of him.

His luck on drop items is not against him!

[Item: Cerberus' Spiked Bracelet]

[Type: Accessories]

[Equip Effect: 50 Attack, 10% Physical Damage Reduction, 15% Damage on Claw Attacks]

[Item: Cerberus' Fang Necklace]

[Type: Accessories]

[Equip Effect: 20 Intelligence, 10% Magical Damage Reduction, 15% Damage on Magic Attack]

"Eiji! Ocha!" Izuku says as he tosses both respective items to his friends, who caught them. "Those will help you two a lot!"

"Thanks!" They say in unison before putting it on, and they feel a slight power boost in their body. Izuku looked and saw a black short sword with a dog head on its hilt. Izuku picks it up and checks it.

[Item: Blade of the Underworld]

[Type: Weapon]

[Rank: S]

[Forged using Stygian Iron and the Fang of Cerberus, this weapon is capable of harming a godly being and is most effective against mortals, destroying their souls and preventing them from ever being resurrected. It strengthens the power of shadow.]

[Effect: Soul Destroyer - Destroys the soul of the target. Most effective against Immortals, Shadow Enhance - Enhances your shadow moves and Shadow Army for 10 seconds (MP: 500), Shadow Travel - Travel through any shadows (MP: 650), 100 Attack, 10% Strength, Ignore Defense]

Izuku's eyes bulge out of his socket while his jaw drops onto the floor. What kind of broken weapon did he just obtain!?!? A weapon that grants him two new Shadow skills!? This is too much even for him. He then pauses a bit.

"...if this is a type of reward I can get just by beating the gatekeeper, what will I get by beating its residences?" Izuku mutters as he looks at the giant gate in front of him.

"Master?" Izuku turns around to see the Shadow Cerberus staring at him with three pairs of puppy dog eyes. Izuku can't help but sweatdrop, unable to get used to the weirdness in front of him.

"I'm fine, pal," Izuku says before he receives a notification screen asking to name his shadow. Izuku gives a thought before deciding on one thing.

"Kaen!" Izuku says as he points at the Cerberus' left head. "Kuroi!" Izuku points at the middle head. "Atsuki!" Izuku then points to the last head. "But when I call all of you at the same time, you will be called Mamoru!"

[A/N: Basically, like how each of Ghidorah's heads was named Ichi, Nii, and Kevin]

"...so, flame, darkness, loyal, anx guardian..." Ochako mutters as she facepalms. "Does he truly have to complicate things?"

"Nah, if he does, that's not Izu-bro! Besides, his name choices are manly!" Eijirou exclaims happily.

"Of course you do," Ochako mutters as she facepalms. It seems that the Cerberus, now named Mamoru, disagrees with her as each of the heads licks Izuku one by one, earning a laugh from their master.

"Yeah, yeah, you can stop now, you big oaf!" Izuku says with a laugh. "Now, why don't you go and introduce yourself to others? We're gonna need to go to the next floor." The giant dog nods before entering Izuku's shadow.

"Well, that's one thing solved," Izuku says before looking at his friends. "How about you guys? You wanna continue? If yes, then we'll climb for a few more floors."

"Izuku, if we just stop at the front door, then we're a complete embarrassment," Ochako says, slightly offended.

"Yeah, bro, all I got was burnt clothes! I can still go on!" Eijirou growls, hitting his fist into his paw.

"I'm making sure, guys," Izuku says before looking at the tower's gate. He touches it before using his strength to push it. He watches the door open and emits a blinding light, forcing everyone to close their eyes.


Demon Realm, 1F

"What-!?" Izuku opened his eyes and saw Eijirou and Ochako beside him, rubbing their eyes from the sudden light.

"Geez, what was that!?" Ochako says in confusion and annoyance. "If that's gonna be a recurring thing when we climb a floor, then I should've brought sunglasses!"

"Yeah, everything seems so blurry to me," Eijirou mutters as Izuku walks towards Eijirou to check his eyes out of concern while activating his [Appraisal] . He sighs in relief that his [Appraisal] didn't detect any damage to his eyes.

"Good news, it's not permanent," Izuku says as Eijirou sighs in relief.

"That is a good news. I'm scared that I might be blinded because of my feline's eyes." Eijirou exclaims as Izuku nods in agreement. Out of nowhere, Izuku got a notification from the system, startling him.

[Regular Quest: Collect Demon's Souls (1)]

[The Demon Realm is swarmed by Demons; you will earn rewards for exterminating them and collecting their souls.]

[Quest Details: Gather 10,000 Demon Souls]

[Rewards:

- Any Items from the Shop

- Bonus Stats 20

- Unknown Rewards]

"..." Izuku blinks before he rereads the quest. He rubs his eyes before he rereads it for the third time. His eyes widen in disbelief before giving the notification an incredulous look.

"10 fucking thousand demon souls!?!? Are you crazy!?!? What do you want me to do, grind the motherfucking out of the realm and squeeze it dry like how you did to a sponge!? I get that my body is beyond humans, thanks to the system, but there are reasonable limits, and there's plain insane!!" Izuku continues to rant without care as Ochako and Eijirou stare at their best friend out of concern. Izuku did it for a few minutes before he took a breath and sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"I'm just gonna ignore the mission for a moment. We were only going to climb a few floors before calling it a day..." Izuku says tiredly before looking at his friends. "So, good news, the system gave me a new quest. Bad news, they ask me to collect 10,000 Demon Souls."

"...oh, the nightmare of grinding..." Eijirou turns pale before he hugs himself and shivers in terror as Izuku nods grimly.

"Yeah, I know, bro. I know." Izuku says.

"...then perhaps the news I plan to tell you all will help with the mission," Ochako says, getting their attention. "We're being ambushed. Low-Tier Demons based on what Virgo told me."

As she said that, demons started to pop up from every part of the section. The ground, the rubbles, the abandoned building, the flames, you name it. The designs vary, ranging from ones that look like a bald man but with horns to ones with exoskeletons resembling lobster. Izuku looks around, using [Appraisal] on each of them, and sighs before he pulls out a familiar-looking war fan.

"I can confirm that they are Low-Tier. They didn't emit the same level of mana as pre-resurrect Mamoru." Izuku says as they all nod. Izuku takes a deep breath before his mouth forms a large grin, holding his fan before he swings it, sending out a powerful gust of winds that immediately get rid of a huge crowd of demons.

At the same time, Ochako launches a huge fireball into the sky it suddenly shatters and turns into a meteor shower, crashing onto a horde of demons and causing explosions everywhere. Some demons manage to get closer, but Ochako merely swings her staff and sends them flying like tennis balls.

As for Eijirou, he went wild, literally. He crashes into the group of demons and goes on a rampage using his claws, quirk, and wind magic, respectively; his stripes glow blue once more as his eyes glow red. As he slices down a demon with a claw, a few others slice down with a flying blue slash. When he lands a punch, it feels like being hit by a tornado.

Izuku noticed this and was surprised at the sudden growth from Eijirou. He knows his friends are far from weak, but Eijirou's sudden growth truly baffles Izuku. At first, Eijirou is only granted a therianthrope ability, but after a while, it is revealed that Eijirou gains the wind magic. Now, he gains some sort of power boost displayed through his glowing stripes. Izuku can't help but wonder what is his friend's actual magic because the more he grows, the more confusing it gets.

And it's something if he thinks that way, especially given the nature of his power is baffling too.

Izuku decides to give more thought later; right now, he is focusing on beating the shit out of demons while slowly and painfully grinding demon souls. There's a reason why he never liked grinding, especially if said grind involved materials required for advancement.

"Come out, Mamoru!" Izuku says as his eyes glow before a huge shadow appears it forms in the shape of a Cerberus. This invokes fear in the demons as they all squeak in fear and run away.

Everyone blinks at the sudden turn of events. He was about to prepare to unleash an area attack to obliterate them all in one go, but the demons decided to bolt away. Izuku froze as he realized that the demons had just run away, and it made him difficult to grind.

Ochako and Eijirou stare at their friends in confusion as Izuku shakes violently, clenching the grip of the war fan tightly before he comically grows larger, his eyes burst into flames, and his teeth turn razor sharp.

"You all fucking dare to run away!?!? I'll make sure your death will be painful!!" Izuku roars in anger before he pulls Ochako and Eijirou as he places them at one of Mamoru's heads and he rides the last one. "Kaen! Kuroi! Atsuki! Hunt all of them down! You three will get extra treats!"

The moment they hear extra treats from their master, their eyes light up before they go full throttle, chasing after the demons who ran away from their master. The demons saw an approaching Cerberus behind them gets even more scared and sped up, but eventually they weren't fast enough.

"Let's fucking go!!!" Izuku says maniacally as his friends can only sweatdrop at his antics.

"He loses it," Eijirou mutters while chuckling nervously.

"Yeah, I could tell," Ochako says as she uses her [Flame of Courage] to burn some of the flying ones down. Eijirou follows suit by unleashing wind slashes. "By the way, when did you get a new power-up?"

"I get a what!?" Eijirou exclaims in confusion before he realizes that his stripes glow blue. "Huh..."

"You...didn't realize?" Ochako mutters in disbelief, swatting another flying demon with her staff like it's a fly.

"Hey, I was busy fighting." Eijirou defends himself before he moves his tail and decapitates one that's sneaking on him.

"Boys..." Ochako mutters in a deadpan manner, causing Eijirou to make an offended 'Meow!?' which immediately causes Ochako to spit-take.

"Oh come on...I thought I break out of that habit!" Eijirou mutters in utter disbelief as Ochako laughs.


Might Tower

Roppongi, Minato

Tokyo, Japan

"They haven't come out yet."

Yagi looks at the locked gate in worry, clutching his hands nervously. He knows Naomasa has told him many times that they're very capable, but he is still worried about them.

It's not that he looks down on them, but he believes kids should enjoy their time as kids instead of focusing more on this kind of job. He heard that the three of them wanted to be a hero, and he wished they could achieve their dreams, but doing all of this work just to get into said dream? Is it truly worth it, especially with all of the near-death experiences they went through?

He does hear about the incidents these three went through, a near-death experience at the hands of unknown creatures. Two of them almost died because their quirks didn't work on the monsters, and one of them was quirkless and fought tooth and nail.

He wishes that he could've met them earlier, helped them achieve their dreams, and trained them in a safe environment. These dungeons are no joke, he experiences it himself.

Speaking of the kids, he can't help but think about Gang Orca, the man who introduced him to the world of magic, the one who told him to stay out of it.

"You have done a lot, All Might. I want you to lay down and perhaps retire, maybe become a teacher who teaches the future generation. You are one person becoming a pillar for this entire society, so perhaps you should focus on guiding the future heroes, building their foundations so that they could grow into the ones you could entrust your role."

Gang Orca asks him to avoid this world so he can retire, so he decides to focus on finding successors, which fails thanks miserably to Nighteye deciding to take things into his own hands and groom a 'successor.'

So, when he receives an invitation from UA's principal to be one of their instructors, All Might accept immediately, believing he will find his successor in the school, before realizing he has no teaching experience. He seeks Gang Orca for advice for few times, and All Might slowly sees him as a trustworthy friend.

And to his surprise, Gang Orca offers to heal his injuries. But All Might refused since the man had done a lot for him, especially when giving advice. Unlike Nighteye, who's too controlling, or Gran Torino, who's too violent and vague, Gang Orca is much gentler than his appearance, and his advice is easier to understand than the two people he knows in his life. To other people, it sounds stupid, but to All Might, it's everything.

All Might didn't want to take advantage of Gang Orca, a good friend of his besides David Shield, so he decided to refuse, which Gang Orca respected. But, he did say that if he changes his mind, call him.

"Huh, the gate's opening..." Yagi mutters before he bulks up, knowing that the kids don't know Yagi. As the door opened, he saw Izuku emerge from the door along with Eijirou and Ochako; their clothes were burnt, and Ochako covered her body in a cloak. "K-kids!? What's going-!?"

All Might choked on his words as he saw Mamoru walk out of the door. In shock, he coughs out blood and deflates, causing the kids to freeze as they stare at Yagi.

"Ahh!!! All Might deflate!!!" Izuku panics.

"Shit! It's an emergency!! He's coughing out blood!!" Eijirou says in a panic.

"Let me heal you!!!" Ochako exclaims as her staff glows gold with Virgo sitting at her shoulder.

"W-Wait, kids! I-!" His words were cut off as Ochako shot a powerful golden beam towards Yagi. Yagi felt a surge of energy enter his body as he felt his body lighter, and the pain in his stomach slowly reduced before he felt something in his throat and puked out a black tumor out of his body, which caused the pain in his body to entirely disappear and his quirk recovers at high speed.

As the light stops, All Might stood there, gaping like a fish as his entire body feels so much lighter. He pulls up his shirt and saw the scar on his stomach is still there but it doesn't look like he got punctured by an invisible rod. The kids stare in disbelief as Mamoru tilts their head i. confusion.

"I-I'm healed?" All Might mutters in complete disbelief, unsure how to react at the bizarre moments.

To be continued