In a white room, a man hummed as numerous body parts littered the pure white room. Blood splatters covered the area as the body in front of him was being cut apart for study by numerous skeletons.
A small furry creature looked at him, holding onto a staff.
"Lord Issei, our research is going along smoothly and it seems like these fallen angels are mainly light elementals but with some taint of darkness," The creature said, looking at Issei
For his part, the blue-eyed brunette looked at the young woman who tried to assassinate him. She was not the first nor would she be the last.
"I assume you tried to use the Sandsea standard?"
"Yes, my lord! Since this fallen angel is a light elemental, it would be easy to hardwire her essence. Has your studies with her soul resulted in anything?"
"Indeed," The perverted teen produced a small sphere containing dark golden-white hair. "It's fascinating how there are ways to purify these souls... as if someone wanted them to be purified," Issei whispered, looking at Raynare's soul. A soul around a century old at best. "Angels fall through losing to their desires based on the seven deadly sins. While they are allowed to experience them, they must only do it at an acceptable level and too much," The black parts of the soul swirled and throbbed.
"Fascinating,"
"I trust you and your Necromancers will abide by the contracts?"
"Of course my lord! I, Liest, am your loyal servant and student!" The creature said with a smile. A gentle hand covered in a gauntlet patted its head and the creature leaned at the warmth that pierced through the cold steel.
"I know, but don't push yourself too much, okay? We still have that company retreat we have,"
"I shall stay and make sure they don't do too much," Tommy said, bowing at Issei as he changed from his flesh form to his more skeletal visage. While he was against common necromancers who enslaved souls for their gain, he was lenient and accepting of those who wanted to help people. Besides, this one did try and assassinate their lord.
"You too, Tommy. Also, can some of you please try to buy a good place? I trust you all but a cave as a base is a bit..."
"My lord! Caves are aesthetically pleasing for us Necromancers!" One of the skeletons working with Raynare said as it created an incision at the Fallen angel.
"Yes, but you are my employees! I can't let you work in these conditions!"
"We are undead," Another skeleton chimed in, carrying some tomes and setting them down while a flesh and bone mummy. Yes, the same mummies from Egypt typed away at a computer. "We don't need much."
"Stop watching porn, Tut!"
"Screw you!"
"I don't sleep with guys!"
"We're all skeletons! We don't need sleep!"
"He means sex,"
"Oh, never mind,"
Liest sighed, clearly trying his best to stay calm at these skeletons while Issei shook his head.
"Speaking of, the Stray devils you hunted down, we recovered and studied some chess pieces they had before we returned them," A humanoid-looking creature said. "They function similar to the Magesterium's golem but they instead mutate the body into these devils with an innate weakness for light,"
"I see, so my Hypothesis was correct. Any remedies?"
"I apologize my lord but the process is too intertwined with the soul and it is out of my capabilities,"
"It's fine. Write your report and send it to me later," Issei said. "I have a meeting with Hades, tonight,"
"If I may, should I go with you?" A muscular young man dressed like a gentleman asked.
"Well, it would be fine to bring you along, Johnny,"
"That's a relief, my lord," Johnny, also known as John J. Star, a vampire who joined his enterprise as one of his primary spokespersons and someone he trusted with his life. He was unknowingly turned into a vampire by his foster brother who was researching some medicine to help their father. Not wanting to hurt anyone, John ran away from home and asked the Guardians to seal him away in the Guardian tower.
Issei met John during his visit to the town of Amityville while investigating the abandoned guardian tower corrupted by the vampire Frydae. It seems like before being sealed away, John joined the guardians and befriended a lot of them. Seeing the tower now defiled and bound by blood sent the kind gentleman into a furious rage and with his vampiric strength and innate talent for martial arts, helped him dispatch and rescue Thursday.
They formed a contract and now, John helps him a lot and even does a good deal of hero-ing. He dislikes what their fellow necromancers do but he understands why they do it. It also helps that outside of their professions, they are good friends.
"Maybe you will find a lover here, big guy,"
"My lord! Please don't joke about that!"
Deep in the underworld, Hades, the Greecian god of the Underworld looked over at the numerous and neatly detailed contracts in front of him as detailed by the Necromancer in the Devil-controlled territory of Kuoh. While Necromancers were not rare, they usually did things they did like raising undead without a care.
It was rare. It might even be the first time that someone sent him a request to practice Necromancy to all denizens that fall under his domain and he was even willing to undergo a test to get a license.
"You too, Ereshkigal?" A golden-haired young woman with a black dress nodded as other gods of death or the underworld flooded the meeting room of his castle.
"I find these terms agreeable," Ereshkigal said as she looked at the paperwork in her hands, they were well-made and she could feel the sincerity of who made these terms.
"We need someone to keep an eye on this Necromancer. While I appreciate them sending us paperwork to look over, I don't feel comfortable having a Necromancer bold enough to do this without any eyes on them or their undead." Anubis said as he looked at the contracts. His culture was a bit open-minded with the undead but a Necromancer doing this meant he was comfortable enough to work with them if needed. An eye on them would be good to gather information.
"Ereshkigal," Hades said, calling the name of the golden-haired goddess. "Since you are the first to speak, it will be your duty to keep an eye on this Necromancer. The devils in his location might have him work with us and while I find Heaven easier to work with, we must keep him Neutral."
"Very well, Hades," Ereshkigal said, looking at the Greecian ruler of the underworld. The Sumerian Pantheon used to be one of the most powerful pantheons but as time passed by, their power waned the Sumerian deities lost their powers. While she would have been one who has lost themselves to time, fading to obscurity, some deities of the Underworld decided to work with her because of her care of the souls in her domain.
"This is a copy of the information we have gathered and what they shared,"
The goddess of the Underworld opened it and her eyes widened.
"A hero and a Necromancer at a young age and we just found out about him?"
"Yes, he hid himself well,"
"Something's off. He seems like the person who would protect this world. Do you think he will join us?"
"No," Hades said, remembering how one of his spies detailed the young man for him. "However, he will be willing to help and work with us as long as we don't do anything that will endanger the world or his parents,"
"Hmm... he has around 20 confirmed intelligent undead with him and all of them occupy numerous positions and some have branched out like this John J. Star who founded a company and a blood bank?"
"Some of the humanoid undead are also working closely with morgues and hospitals. And one of them has a construction company,"
"Smart. Why didn't we do that again?"
"Too much paperwork,"
"Fair enough,"
"This asshole makes his undead do his paperwork!"
"They do it willingly,"
"Guess who?" A sweet voice, sweeter than honey, echoed in his ears as Issei Hyoudou found himself unable to see as usual as he remained seated on the couch in front of the Grecian ruler of the underworld.
A familiar scent entered his nose and the soft sensation covered his eyes.
"Hello, Seele," Issei greeted with a smile. "Would you like some tea?"
"Thank you, Issei," As his vision returned, Issei saw the familiar blue-themed young woman in front of him. Seele Vollerei, an Estonian young woman currently in a fifteen-year-old body. The same age she was before she arrived in Lore.
Out of all the members of their group, he was the closest with the pure and innocent Seele. Her innocence made his inner dragon want to protect her with everything he had as if she was a part of his hoard. Not only that, she was not just a human but also a part-time Grim Reaper and human descendant of the ruler of the Grecian Underworld.
"Grandpa Hades, this is Issei! I told you about him!" Seele said with a bright smile aimed at the skeletal deity.
"Is that so, your benefactor is also a Necromancer, you forgot to tell that to me,"
"Well, Issei is not really a Necromancer," Seele said with a smile. Issei, for his part nonchalantly summoned some tea-making equipment.
"May I?"
"Go ahead,"
While they were cordial, deep inside, Issei panicked. It reminded him of that time he and Kiana were invited by the daughter of the man that almost killed him several times and the former emperor of an undead empire. It was only thanks to Lyn's liking to both her and Kiana that he did not lose most of his flesh and bones from the battle that would have happened.
Yes, even after mastering a lot of skills, he still paled in skill compared to that man, Sepulchure.
The man in front of him dwarfed the Doomknight in power alone and he did not take into account about his experience and expertise.
Johnny sighed as he watched his lord. The negotiations went as smoothly as they could until Lady Seele arrived. Her sudden appearance and closeness instantly made Hades more guarded. Not that he could blame the Deity. Lady Seele was one of the reasons why their lord was more open to his Necromantic subjects. Her affinity for soul-based magic matched Lord Issei's skill and experience in the art.
"Nice to meet you too, Zvezda," Issei greeted the Undead Dragon hidden in the shadows of the meeting room. Dracoliches, a kind of undead dragon animated by magic. They can occur naturally and Seele with her affinity for Necromancy managed to bond with a lot of them. Unlike their dragons who were still children, Zvezda the Dracolich was already an adult and her bond with Seele was powerful enough that she would leave the country she called her home for centuries.
Finishing the preparation of Tea. The wonderful aroma covered the room as the scent of spring entered the room, reminding the ruler of the Underworld of someone.
"Please enjoy, while I don't know what kind of tea you like, Seele does like this brew," Issei said, taking care as he gracefully poured the liquid into the cup.
The aroma that escaped once the liquid entered the cup was even more powerful than when it finished brewing. The Grecian ruler of the Underworld remembered her, his beloved wife. She was currently away on Olympus for the next six months but this aroma.
"Careful, it's hot,"
"It's fine, Issei!" Seele said with a sweet smile, reminding Hades of her ancestor and his wife, Persephone. With a gentle sip, her eyes closed as her smile bloomed once more.
"You have a lot of nerve," Hearing this, the young Necromancer froze as he looked at Hades. The cup of tea in front of him remained untouched as the temperature in the room lowered considerably.
Issei, immediately revealed his true nature to counter the pressure. Power flowed from the young man as his eyes bled as red as blood and his sclerae turned as black as the void. The shadows around him embraced his form as he stood in front of Hades, not once backing away as he kept an eye on Seele.
"Grandpa!"
"Stay out of this, Seele," Hearing the coldness in her grandfather's voice, tears formed around her eyes. Tears of frustration that her grandfather and her friend would fight each other.
Towering over the Dragonlord of Doom, the ruler of the Underworld released his full might, focusing it all on the Dragonlord of Doom in front of him and it would have killed countless normal people on its own.
Blood escaped Issei's mouth as the pressure made him buckle and fall to his knees.
"My lord!" Johnny rushed to his lord, revealing his Vampiric traits and ready to sacrifice his life
"Prote...ct... Seele..." Issei ordered through gritted teeth as blood flowed from his nose and the corners of his mouth. The sheer pressure of the ruler of the Underworld was terrifying but compared to what he saw and felt before... Dragonic magic laced with the power of the true nature of his dragon covered his form, healing the damage as best as he could while his mouth bit into something. The very darkness that covered his body from the aura of the Grecian ruler of the Underworld became his meal as scales formed around his eyes and arms.
The ruler of the Underworld looked at the Necromancer with a blank stare yet deep inside, his thoughts went to his descendant. 'To think Seele would have a friend like him,' By his side, the Dragonlord of the undead dragons steeled herself and summoned her scythe as her clothes changed into a wedding dress and seemingly aging up by a few years as butterflies surrounded her.
Spectral wings decorated the back of the Dragonlord of Doom as he stood at his full height with a crazed grin as Celestial energy strengthened his body once more to its full potential of capable of tanking the winds and vacuums of the rifts between time and space.
"You would fight me, to claim my place?"
"No, I'm here to protect my friend," Issei said, looking at Seele. "You made her cry and grandfather or not! God or not!" For this single moment, the full might of the unstoppable hero of Falconreach showed its full power as his body aged by a decade. "You're ass is grass, old man!" Empowered by the souls serving under him, the primal magic of the dragons his dragon learned, and the mastery of the Celestial arts that he can call upon to create rifts in space and time.
"Grandfather, please stop! I don't want to fight you!" Seele said, looking beautiful in her older form around her early to mid 20s. Zvezda, hidden in the Shadows, stood behind Seele, readying her breath.
"Ha... Ha... HAHAHA!" Loud rambunctious laughter escaped the ruler of the Underworld as more and more power escaped his form, shaking the very land of the Underworld forcing Issei to his knees as blood leaked out from his eyes while Zvezda shielded her Dragonlord with her body. "You would sacrifice your life?!" With a wave of his hand, The Dragonlord of Doom's eyes widened as a complex seal separating Seele and Zvezda from his grasp with a time-space barrier shaped like a cube instantly formed in front of them. "To protect my Granddaughter from me?"
"I would sacrifice my soul." Issei greeted out as a fire burned in his very soul. Standing even from the pressure, patches of his skin unfurled revealing threads as he moved closer and closer. "To protect all I care about!" Rearing his hand back, the Dragonlord of Doom launched his fist in a pitifully slow punch for the ruler of the Underworld.
'I'm so happy for my granddaughter to have a friend like you,' Hades thought as he took the punch. The moment the fist hit his body, it launched him through the wall and out of the castle as reality cracked in front of the fist.
"My lord!" Johnny immediately rushed towards the Dragonlord and checked for signs of life. His master reverted to his teenaged body with some cracks on his skin signifying the damage of what he did. Shallow breaths escaped the Dragonlord's chest as it rose and fell with an unsteady beat yet what the vampire focused on wasn't his physical health but his soul. While a vampire, he studied under the weavers of Ravenloss in the art of Soul-weaving. Taking a strand from his Soul Ally, Johnny focused on the soul of his Lord and his fingers danced, weaving the soul shut and protecting it with a layer of Soul-woven seals.
"Not bad," Hades said stopping the Vampire from its tracks as an Elemental spirit of Light formed behind the Vampire as Johnny stood protectively in front of Issei.
The ruler of the Underworld proudly showed the damaged part of his robes and the cracked bones in his current form at the vampire. With a wave of his hand, the seal containing Seele and Zvezda disappeared.
"You, Vampire."
"You can kill me but you won't take my lord's life!"
"Tell your lord that I accept the terms of his contracts and I will allow him free reign to use his Necromancy as he sees fit," Hades said before looking at the human in front of him. "Seele, take your friend to the infirmary and I trust you remember your training in the healing arts?"
"Y-yes, grandfather!" Seele nervously looked at Issei and at her grandfather.
"Also, prepare your things, you shall head to Kuoh and study there as one of the new ambassadors between the Underworld and the Necromancer, Issei Hyoudou," Turning around, the ruler of the Underworld approached his study.
Alone in his study, the skeletal form of the ruler of the Underworld disappeared, turning into a handsome man with silver hair. "How fun... maybe this time... I can believe again," The memory of the human willing to risk everything just because he made his granddaughter tear up. Howls of pure sincere laughter.
"A fool... yes... sometimes, what this world needs is a simple soul to carry on for a new change to come,"
Woohoo! A quick new update for this fic! here, we have Issei tanking with high difficulty a Hades with his gloves off. To make it clear, Hades only tested Issei. Since Issei, while powerful on his own and in another league with Draco, he pales in comparison with Hades who is in the 10 strongest beings of DxD. What Hades showed is only him taking this casually and not a game and the blow Issei did only managed to damage his outfit but did send him flying away,
Also, Yeah. Seele is here and she is a descendant of a God. Hades to be specific. She just calls Hades grandpa and he likes it and yes, Seele's adult form is based on her Herrscher of Rebirth form. She is just the sweetest little bean! I love her so much! Fun fact, all my newest Valkyrie pulls resulted in Seele, I got two Seeles in one ten pull. Her Dragon is a Dracolich and an adult one compared to the trio's kid dragons and it seems like our perverted hero managed to impress Hades.
Also, John J. Star is an expy of Johnathan Joestar but a vampire.
Yes, Issei doesn't have only reanimated undead but vampires too.
And sorry about the last chapter's description of Tommy. Tommy is an undead skeleton-based creature that can form a pale skin in public but can turn to a skeletal and flesh version. This is due to Issei's mastery of magic
Currently, the known members of Issei's Necromantic entourage are
Liest, a student of Issei and a small creature
Several skeletal Necromancers,
Tut, the Mummy from Sandsea.
Tommy, Issei's first undead and most trusted underling. Second-in-command if he is gone
Johnny, Issei's first vampire member who signed a contract with him, owner of some businesses.
Raynare is currently being studied.
I originally wanted this chapter to have Serafall pop in to meet Issei and while she shows her magical girl attire off, Issei throws a smoke bomb and becomes a tuxedo-mask-like character and the two would spend the time terrorizing Sona and goofing off with Kiana.
I also find it funny that while Seele is adorable, the fandom on Reddit makes her the unhinged one compared to Veliona.
Speaking of Crossovers: What do you guys think about this fic? Please leave a review, would you kindly?