ProjectIceman: There's water in the dungeon where Ochako falls into, but you won't notice it since all the water is from the underwater cave itself, being absorbed like a sponge. The boss, Undine, uses its magic to extract those waters from the cave itself.
Tsuki Haseo: Hello, thanks for enjoying the fic. Regarding your problem, I think it's more about the mobile app since I don't see any issue when I try to check it. Yes, I read its sequel and enjoyed it, along with the game. It's one of the reasons why I give Izuku a variety of weapons. I do know Beru's the first Shadow to talk, but I want to let the rest of the Shadow's personality shine through their dialogue instead of relying on body language, so I did, and writing Igris is much fun with dialogue instead of just writing their body language. So, I made some of Izuku's shadow capable of speech and the in-universe reason why it's possible is due to him investing more in his intelligence stats, unlike the Sung father-son duo who think 'Strength, strength, strength' until they gain 'Shadow Monarch' Job, showing how different Izuku is compared to the SL's protagonist.
Daemon of Wrath: Oh, you read the 'Arise: Hunter Origin', too? Cool! Also, yeah, so far, only some of HPSC, UEIS, and the Trinity are capable of clearing the Gates in Japan. Forget the stroke, he's having an aneurysm! Also, Leviathan is connected to one of the Monarchs, so he could sense powers like Monarch.
Trey Qualls: Oh, you will, just be a bit patient. :3
uchiha-rune: Thanks for the review. Nah, wrong 'Balmung', buddy…..or is it? Anyways, yes. Overleveled is jackshit if you're suck as fuck. I mean, what's the point of all the strength if you can't even use it? Also, Izuku didn't mean to ignore it, but since he was too focused on his current predicament, he had no choice. He's also confused by the description, so yeah, he has every reason to not bat an eye. Yes, I get that killing is needed when necessary but maybe don't dislike the characters for having so much trauma about it, they may have their reasons (except if those characters are nothing but whiny and self-entitled bitches, then you can hate them =). Izuku in this fic is a 14-years-olds lives in a world where heroes and villains exist, where news keeps mentioning how heroes defeat the villains and capture them while swiping all the killing under the rugs, so some things like killing are not what he used to and of course, it will traumatize the poor kid. Yes, your scenario does point out how killing is the best option, but it will be the last option since this type of scenario is where Izuku prefers to think outside the box, like Shadows, the rest of Trinity, etc, but then again, I don't think Izuku could control himself when he was introduced to Nomu, so watch out. Also, for Mirio, no, just no.
Leon: Haha, if you love this level of chaos, then expect more in the future. Yes, I plan on Ochako becoming a badass lovable mochi. Also, sorry to disappoint, but I don't plan to add Mei as Izuku's love interest, as I have established how Izuku sees Mei in the early chapter. He does mellow out, but he rather keeps his safe distance from the techno-maniac for his sanity's sake. And also, thanks for the review, man!
Inside the Dungeon
"Geez, bro. You had to just one-shot a boss again, did you?"
The Trinity can be seen floating next to a giant corpse of Leviathan as Izuku giddily grabs the shining light emitted from the corpse. As he grabs it, he blinks when he receives a bag of gold, a trident seemingly made of crystal, a bag of elixir, and a crystal ore. Izuku decided to check using [Appraisal] on it.
[Bag of Gold: 1,500,000 G]
Izuku looks at the bag before he feels a dark ominous aura from his back. Izuku sweatdrops, knowing where it comes from, especially with how Ochako stares at the bag intensely.
"We split it to 3, how's that sound?" Everyone doesn't seem to refute, especially Ochako who nods aggressively.
[Trident of Heptaseas]
[Rank: A]
[Type: Weapon]
[A trident forged by the 7 Samebito tribes, uses the essence of Leviathan and the primordial energy emitted across the seven seas, it was supposed to be the symbol of unity, showing how all 7 tribes united despite coming from different seas. But, one hunger for power tries to rule all the Samebitos using the trident. They manage to subdue the tyrants and beg Leviathan to hide it so they will never have to face such issues. In gratitude, the tribe builds a sea temple for the Leviathan, and worships him every day]
[Effect: When imbued with mana, Strength and Durability increase by 30%, 50% if using [Mana Coat] . Doubles the agility when underwater.]
[Weapon-Exclusive Skill: Neptune's Wrath – Lvl 1 (500 MP. 1-minute cooldown). Summons a heavy storm and floods an entire area (20 m radius), increases all allies' water-attribute and lightning-attribute magic for 20 seconds.]
"Another jackpot!" Izuku yells in excitement as Eijirou sweatdrops at the scene, especially when Izuku starts to nuzzle the item while muttering 'my preciouses' like a certain bastard from an old movie. "Now, let's see what this item exactly is…"
[Leviathan's Elixir of Rebirth]
[Rank: A]
[Type: Exilir]
[An elixir born out of Leviathan's venom and mana essences. The Samebito brews them to grant the chief unparalleled strength underwater, drawing more strength from the blessing of the sea.]
[Effect: 30% Magic Resistance. Evolves any water-attribute, lightning-attribute, and ice-attribute magic. Receive debuff [Extreme Toxin] ]
Izuku stares at the pouch for a moment before shrugging and casually consuming it, causing Ochako and Eijirou to be shocked by Izuku's boldness. The veins on his neck bulge as they turn blue before they disappear.
[Notice: Your magic resistance increases by 30%.]
[Notice: Your [Undine Blessing] skill has evolved into [Essence of the Sea] ]
[Notice: Your [Blizzard] skill has evolved into [Absolute Zero] ]
[Notice: Your [Thunderstrike] skill has evolved into [Stormbringer] ]
[Warning: You have been inflicted by a debuff [Extreme Toxin] ]
[Notice: [Extreme Toxin] has been removed by [Debuff Immunity – High] ]
"…..fuck, that's disgusting," Izuku says as he sticks out his tongue in disgust as the rest of the Trinity can only sweatdrop, while Makoa, who hears this, looks saddened and somewhat sheepish.
"Anyways, let's check this ore…" Izuku mutters as he looks at the shining blue crystal ore as big as a basketball.
[Leviathan's Mana Heart]
[Type: Material]
[The heart that consists of Leviathan's mana essences he cultivates for centuries.]
[Fusion Possible!]
[Balmung – Sword of Fate (Rank: A) ]
[Required items: Balmung Leviathan's Mana Heart]
[Would you like to fuse these materials?]
"Oh, yes!" Izuku says as drool slowly escapes his lips. Eijirou and Ochako facepalm while chuckling helplessly at their friend's attitude. A bright glow emits from Izuku as his iconic broadsword appears and it looks bigger and different. The edge of the blade emits a blue glow, the end of the grip consists of a sharp fang, and there's a blue crystal embedded on the cross-guard. Back then, it merely reached Izuku's chest, now it reached Izuku's head.
[Balmung, Sword of Fate]
[Rank: A]
[A beautiful sword crafted by the dwarf and imbued by the essences of Leviathan, granting the blade even more durability and strength, but alas, it seems like something is missing….]
[Effect: When imbued by mana, strength, and durability increased by 30%, 50% if using skill [Mana Coat]. Increases the chance of burning and burn damage by 100%. If using ice-attribute magic, it will apply debuff [Frostburn] (increases burn damage by 150%, reduces enemies' agility by 50%, and damage resist by 45%) ]
[Weapon-Exclusive Passive: Dragonslayer – Lvl 1. Increases damages to Dragon-Type enemies by 30% and ignores their damage resist by 30%]
"Mama-fucking-mia…." Izuku mutters in awe at his favorite weapon. He grins before putting it back into his inventory and recalls his Shadow Samebito. He looks at the Leviathan corpse, his eyes glowed dark green as he extends his hand forward. "Now, I save the last for the best…"
"Arise! "
Test Site B
"Damn it!"
Cementoss did everything as he continuously used his quirk to control cement and tried to shatter the icicle barrier around the Gate, but no matter how much amount of cement he used, all were shattered upon getting near the ice. Cementoss didn't know why, but it was like there was a thin, invisible barrier between the ice and the cement, preventing it from even making contact.
"W-we never face something like this in our lives…..helplessly struggle just to try and save those reckless students…." Cementoss mutters helplessly, veins bulging out of his forehead as his breath grows heavier. Whoever made the ice seems to know how his quirk works as even after tearing off the cement from the building around the icicle, the ice was revealed to be covering around the gate.
Present Mic grips his fist tightly as he tries to touch the ice, but yelps when frosts starts to appear around his gloves and fingers. He immediately moves his hand away, preventing it from spreading. He looks at his frozen fingers and glove in shock. He has met ice quirk users for a long time in his career but none has ever made an ice that could not only be durable enough to shrug off cements or won't melt at all, but also cold enough to be able to freeze anything it touches.
"What should we-!?" Before the teachers could finish their sentences, all the ice suddenly disappeared as ice particles fell from the sky. The teachers watch in shock before noticing the Trinity casually walk towards them, the portal behind them violently shrinks into nothingness.
"Oh, you guys are here…" Izuku mutters while rubbing sheepishly. "Well, sirs. The issue has been solved. So, you don't have to worry anymore."
"….' Both adults merely gape at the Trinity nonchalantly declaring the issue has been solved. Eijirou and Ochako looked a bit nervous as Izuku gulped.
'It's official, we're cooked!'
Later
UA's Meeting Room
The Trinity can be seen sitting in the waiting area, unsure of what are they supposed to do. Izuku let out a sigh while looking at the clock.
"This isn't what I had in mind when I plan to take the entrance exam…." Izuku mutters.
"Yeah…" Eijirou mutters, now reverting to his human form. His tail wags anxiously, continuing to create cracks on the floor.
"Please don't call mom and dad. Please don't call mom and dad…." Ochako mutters as she prays to whatever deity watching them nervously.
"Calm down, milady. I very much doubt those humans will try to punish you. They should be grateful for what you and your friends did to prevent a future disaster." Aquarius says.
"Indeed, milady. Please, take a deep breath and relax." Leo says while patting Ochako's head gently.
"I hope they would…." Izuku mutters. No offense to the heroes he respects, but scumbags exist in this world. The chance of them getting out of trouble is lower than 50%, especially if it might be possible that UA is under the thumb of HPSC.
"I swear, you three had to be the worst trouble magnet I ever dealt with."
The three of them perk up and turn around to see Gang Orca giving them an amused smile, Yagi stands next to him along with Tsukauchi, who seems to grow a goatee and seems to have seen better days.
"Sakamata! Yagi-san! Tsukauchi-san!" The Trinity exclaim in relief.
"I swear, a Dungeon formed in the entrance exam? Does the magic department miss their check-up when they're appraising their magics? Maybe one of them has trouble magnet as one of their magics." Sakamata jokingly points out.
"They did the check-up weekly, Sakamata. And for bazillion times, there's no such magic in them." Tsukauchi sighs tiredly.
"So…you guys already know about the dungeon, huh?" Izuku asks while rubbing the back of his head. Eijirou and Ochako give sheepish looks to them.
"Yes, such mana surge appears out of nowhere and then disappears under what? 4 minutes?" Sakamata asks with a raised eyebrow. "I get the future generations are meant to surpass the old, but don't you think you all overdid it?" This causes the Trinity to blush.
"W-well, we're hoping we could clear it as fast as possible," Izuku mutters. "If we leave it alone, there will be casualties..." The others nod in agreement.
"….only you three could break the current record and casually dismiss it as concern for casualties," Sakamata replies in a deadpan manner as they chuckle nervously.
"Are….we in trouble?" Eijirou asks.
"No, that's why I'm here," Sakamata says as the kids let out a sigh of relief. "Come on, let us clear this mess up."
"Y-yes!" they all say in unison as Sakamata opens the door. The Trinity looks nervous as they face-to-face with the UA staff.
"So, magic?" Nedzu cuts the chase as the Trinity can't help but look surprised. "I would like to say if you all simply pulling our legs, but given All Might and the former True Man of the Police Department seems to be part of this, I had no choice but to give a benefit of the doubt."
"Are you seriously trying to play along, Nedzu?" Aizawa scowls. "I hear tons of bullshit, but this one takes the cake. Don't tell me you truly believe it?"
"Then please, care for a demonstration?" Sakamata retorts, a glint in his eyes. "Your quirk is Erasure, right? Why don't you try using it on us?"
"Fine," Aizawa says in annoyance as his eyes turn red, staring at Ochako who seems to be taken aback at Aizawa's aggression. To his shock, the spirits floating next to Ochako didn't disappear.
"What are you doing?" Aizawa froze as Leo suddenly appeared right next to Aizawa's nose, flames coming out of his paws. "I would appreciate that you tone down your aggression towards a child unless you plan for something nefarious towards milady?"
"Leo, stand down," Ochako commands as Leo extinguishes the flame from his paws and floats back to Ochako. "I'm so sorry sir, but my spirit companions are very protective towards me."
"It's….fine…" Aizawa is unsure how to reply to this. He's still trying to process how his quirk had no effect. When he uses his quirk and has no effect, he believes it might simply prevent her from summoning more and even prevent the spirit from using their 'quirk'. But, it was instantly proven wrong when said spirit casually summons a fireball. Over the years of encountering various pyrokinetic quirk users, their flame pales in comparison to the flames emitted from the spirit, especially when just a small size of that fireball could make him sweat and a slight burn on his nose, shown on his reddened skin.
"Fascinating…." Nedzu mutters with a curious glint. "Aizawa's Erasure did not affect it. If that's truly a quirk, then it should be counted as an Emitter, yet the young lady didn't seem to be affected by it."
"I wasn't trying to joke about it, Nedzu. You know me more than anyone here." Sakamata points out as Nedzu nods.
"True, but that does raise some questions, do any of them have quirks?" Nedzu asks.
"Yes, they do. But, not me." Izuku admits.
"Interesting, and how do any of you possess magic?" Nedzu asks.
"Sorry, sir. The only thing I could tell you is that it's a luck of a draw." Izuku says as Nedzu raises his eyebrow before looking at Gang Orca, who nods.
"He's right, as Awakened could happen anytime. You can be sitting on a couch while eating something and then suddenly, you're awakened." Gang Orca says. "I was able to awaken when I was on my rescue mission."
"YOU WHAT?!" The Trinity yells in unison, causing everyone to blink. Of all the things they expect, their surprised reaction isn't one of them.
"….let's talk about it after this, okay?" Sakamata pleads as the Trinity stares at him before relenting.
"….anyways, may I ask why the little listeners were allowed to grant permissions to solve this issue regarding the Dungeon?" Present Mic decided to ask.
"Yagi had explained how the dungeon works, right?" Gang Orca asks as everyone nods.
"Yes, we are required to exterminate the 'monsters' resides the dungeon and beat the boss of the monster for the gate to be cleared." The blue-haired woman says.
"Sounds like the casual RPG games." Present Mic points out as they all nodded.
"Yes, but it's real life. The reason why these kids were granted permission is for two reasons." Sakamata says. "First, these kids are interns trained under the organization that was formed by me to deal with such threat."
"Oh! So, you three must be who Mirio called the Trinity!" The blue-haired woman exclaims in excitement as the Trinity tilt their head.
"Trinity?" Izuku parroted.
"Oh right, Midnight once told us about Mirio calling you three that because you three are a team that never leaves each other's side and strong enough to beat Mirio casually." Cementoss points out.
'Why, Mirio-senpai!? Why!?' The three of them thought in unison.
"Anyways, the second reason is that we found out a huge amount of magic could easily neutralize any damage from a quirk. All Might and I had proven this himself." Gang Orca says as everyone looks startled. The monsters are immune to quirk, and All Might is the one who also proves it.
"I can testify it myself. My quirk is Zero Gravity, I can take away the gravity of an object I touch with my five fingers, and I try to use it on a monster myself, but it does nothing to them." Ochako says as everyone seems to look concerned.
"I see…." Nedzu looks a bit wary. Everything he knew about this world had been flipped upside down, and for the first time in his life, he was clueless about how to deal with it.
"Wait, you guys told me that this had happened multiple times, judging by Gang Orca admitting he created an organization to face this, right?" A woman in an astronaut suit points out. "How many times have this ever happened? And where?" This realization hit like a truck and they all stare at Sakamata in shock.
"…all around the globe, at any moment," Sakamata admits, shocking everyone, including All Might. The Trinity knows about the fact, but hearing it makes them uneasy. "But, fortunately, UEIS is not the only organization fighting against such threats."
"…..pffft, UEIS!?" Present Mic snickered, which received an elbow from Midnight, who was struggling to hide her laughter.
"We prefer simplicity." Sakamata deadpanned before clearing his throat. "Anyways, you don't have to worry too much about it. We don't fight alone."
"I see…..but may I ask, how does this issue remain hidden from the media?" Nedzu asks.
"….Ignorance is a bliss…" Sakamata's words confused everyone. "That's what the HPSC believed when they decided to hide it from the public, and they're tricky enough that they manage to hide our organizations, preventing everyone in Japan from learning about Dungeons."
"HPSC knows too!?" Nedzu, for the first time, looks shocked. He thought he knew every dirty laundry that HPSC hid, like Lady Nagant and Hawks, and he never expected them to be able to keep such crucial information right under his nose. Magic has never appeared in his mind since he doesn't believe it exists, but now that it's becoming part of the equation, his High Spec ran 2000 miles per hours of possible dirty laundries they manage to hid, thinking he may simply scratch the tip of the iceberg.
"Yes, and they have some magic users under their thumbs to maintain powers over hero society and media itself." Gang Orca explains as Nedzu seems to sweat nervously.
"…may I request for an alliance?" Nedzu asks, a hint of desperation and plea in his voice. So many possible dangers, a possibility that Nedzu had been dancing around the Madam President's palm, made him like a cornered animal. For the first time, he feels like he's back as the lab rat of the illegal experiment, the prey of the jungle.
"That's why I'm here, Nedzu." Gang Orca says with a nod.
Later
UA Front Gate
The UEIS walks out of the UA with a relieved expression, somewhat tired mentally. The Trinity seems to look most tired, slumping down as they walk slowly.
"So, want to go and grab some bite?" Sakamata asks the kids.
"Sure, while you could explain to us, what do you mean by awakened during rescue mission?" Izuku asks.
"Umm, it was like several years ago when I saved a group of passengers from a sinking cruise. It was just my daily rescue mission, nothing too dangerous." Gang Orca explains.
"…THAT'S NOT FAIR!" The Trinity yells in unison, startling the Orca human.
"I was turned into a Swiss cheese to awaken!" Ochako yells.
"I was gutted like a fish by a giant monster who took pleasure in my suffering!" Eijirou yells.
"And I got three of my limbs amputated and my body skewed like shish kebab while they smile maliciously at my misery!" Izuku yells.
"How are your awakening seems so normal!?" They all yell in unison. Gang Orca could only chuckle helplessly while looking at Yagi and Tsukauchi, both simply raise their hands in surrender while shaking their head.
It was a typical chaotic day for the magic users.
To be continued
