Wow.
Who knew after death, it'd be so boring?
I've been sitting in a dark void for who knows how long at this point. Every single time I see something interesting, it goes away in a flash. And it's always the same thing. A blue spherical orb that zooms by before I could even get a chance to figure out what it was.
I was excited at first; at the prospect of finally exiting this cursed place.
But after a while, I got monotonous. To the point where it's apart of my routine!
To stare, stare, and stare a bit more, see a flash of blue, and repeat.
Over and over again.
It's so fucking boring.
Oh what I'd do to live again. My life was a complete and udder snooze fest! I was just an average dude. Watched anime, played a shit ton of God of War and Elden Ring, got a pet dog, and achieved a decent career in developing apps.
If I just had another chance. To redo things, I'd take it in a heartbeat.
Maybe I'll take those soccer and track lessons my mom tried to sign me up for. Or treat my first girlfriend better since she killed herself from the trauma and abuse of her father.
If had paid more attention, she'd still be alive.
To turn back time. If I could just start all over, I want to prevent me and my best friend from being bullied, I want to see how becoming stronger would be. In my life, all I was focused on was politics and money.
And Christ, I don't even care about restarting my life anymore! I just want to live again!
I never want to be in this position ever again!
[Welcome To The Game Of DxD!]
Huh?!
What...what the actual fuck is this?
After looking at the screen for a few, what i presumed to be, minutes, the screen changed once more.
[The Character Control Customization Screen! This is a screen that allows you to control your physical appearance, race, and beginning stats. You have approximately 4785 CC. (Custom Credits), to manipulate yourself.]
...I'm at lost of words.
Hold it! Was this the blue light that I've been seeing? The development of my...gamer system?!
I have a gamer system!
This is something that I could only dream of! Reading those fanfics like Nightmare Mode, Naruto: The Game Of Life, and more, I'm a damn expert at this shit! 4785 CC is crazy!
But what's the breakdown?
[CC Breakdown]
1000 CC for being born
500 CC for passing Highschool
250 CC for acing your SATs
250 CC for passing an ivy-league college
150 CC for developing 10 high-success apps
500 CC for having your first girlfriend
-175 CC for not caring enough about your first girlfriend
10 CC for mourning your pet dog
300 CC for becoming a millionaire
2000 CC for almost becoming a billionaire
Yikes.
It took a lot to repress those memories man.
I still can't believe it.
I can't change the past. With this system though?
That might just be possible!
If I become strong enough, I could save her!
...But this system, it gives me a chance to become something new. Something different. Something stronger.
Fuck it!
Alright system! Next page! And this is extra exciting! Now that I'm more out of my feels, I can recognize that I'll be reincarnated into the world of Highschool DxD.
The Dragon Deus.
Normally, I would've been fucked. But with this system, I'll probably, hopefully, be fine.
So system that I'm assuming to be the big G, what do you got for me?
[Enter...The Shop of All Things Cool! This is a Gamer Exclusive place where you can choose your race, perks, skills, clothes, looks, items, and even beginning additional stat points which will be explained once the Player is finished customizing the character. If the Player still has credits left over, the Player can save them for a later date. Please note that once the Player has spent all of there CC, they can longer access this shop unless the Player unlocks more.]
Right then, A massive cerulean panel appeared in front of me. And damn this system wasn't lying when it said that it was cool. Because goddamn this is cool!
There's things like[Draco Meteor Godlike Majestic Flame Pyro Burst]in the same column with[Top Hat Creation]. What system do you know that's so silly?
Anyway, the first thing that I must get in order is my race. In the world of DxD, there's literally hundreds of races. Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, Dragons, Monsters, Vampires, Ghouls, Trolls, Goblins, Ghosts, Gods, and everything in between.
So what am I gonna be?
Shit like Trolls and Goblins and Orcs are out. They're pretty cheap but they'll fuck up my looks and the benefits of them ain't even that good to even begin to consider them decent choices for me.
Vampires seem like a good pick. Except for the fact that I don't know shit about the vamps besides the fact that they've gotten them selves into a bit of a pickle with all of their altercations.
Monsters could really be anything and me and RNGesus have a love-hate relationship. So what am I saying? That I'm going to have to be typical and use the same 4 races that everyone else has? Not exactly.
First, I'll pull up the four status sheets for the races I was talking about. Just to see a bit more for what I'm working with.
[Devils] Cost: 1500 CC
Devils are a race that are apart of the three great races in the biblical faction. Going through both the Great War and the Devil Civil War, their numbers are slowly decreasing and paired with their low fertility rates, something has to change.
[Advantages]
1 INT, WIS, and LUK per level
Devil Imagination Magic
50% EXP gain to all Devil Magic skills.
Potential to become a High Class Devil
The possibility of having your own Peerage
Higher chances of having a happy harem
Devil Wings
Seduction Abilities
20% EXP gain to all sexual skills.
Tongue, a skill that allows the user to communicate with anyone from any language from Japanese to Korean, English to even more peculiar ones like Latin and Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
Long lifespans and high life force
[Weaknesses]
Holy Magic
Light Magic
Speaking or thinking anything related to God. Even his name and induce a sharp pain to the scalp to their kind.
Their lack of reproductive productivity.
Their own ego. (In certain cases)
-o-o-o-o-
[Angels] Cost: 1500 CC
Angels are easily one of the most famous races in all of mythology due to their happy stories passed down from mother to son and joyous whispers of happiness and kindness. In reality, they're a dying race that can barely risk reproduction without being sinful. Even copying the Devil's reincarnation methods are only a temporary solution. And without God as support, they're getting weaker by the day.
[Advantages]
2 AGI and 1 INT per level
Access to Holy Magic
50% EXP gain to all Holy Magic skills.
Access to Light Magic
50% EXP gain to all Light Magic skills.
Angelic Wings
Natural Kindness
Tongue, a skill that allows the user to communicate with anyone from any language from Japanese to Korean, English to even more peculiar ones like Latin and Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
Long lifespans and high life force
[Weaknesses]
Sins, when an angel experiences one of the seven deadly sins consisting of Pride, Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, and Wrath, they are a chance of becoming a fallen angel.
Their own kindness.
Their lack of reproductive productivity.
Anti-Angel/Fallen Angel Weapons and Skills
-o-o-o-o-
[Fallen Angels] Cost: 1500 CC
The dark and dubious relatives of Angels. Aggressive and battle hungry, even at the prospect of a crime or doing something selfish, they jump at the opportunity. Like the rest of the biblical faction, their reproductive rates are low but due to them falling from grace, it even leaves them shameless enough to breed with humans. Consensual or not.
[Advantages]
1 AGI, VIT, and WIS per level
Access to Holy Magic
50% EXP gain to all Holy Magic skills.
Access to Light Magic
50% EXP gain to all Light Magic skills.
Dark Fallen Angelic Wings
Tongue, a skill that allows the user to communicate with anyone from any language from Japanese to Korean, English to even more peculiar ones like Latin and Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
10% EXP to all sexual skills.
Long lifespans and high life force
[Weaknesses]
Their rudeness.
Their lack of reproductive productivity.
Their own ego. (In certain cases)
Anti-Angel/Fallen Angel Weapons and Skills
-o-o-o-o-
[Dragons] Cost: 2250 CC
Some of the strongest creatures in the world of DxD and myth as a whole, not much can be said that hasn't already been spoken about these deadly monsters. They're strong, fast, powerful and incredible greedy. For strength, wealth, women, men? Who knows! Just know that if you have the eyes of a dragon on you, know matter how dangerous, keep an eye out for the Red.
[Advantages]
3 STR, VIT, and AGI per level
Access to Dragon Magic
65% EXP gain to all dragon related skills
10% damage to all skills
Full Dragon Transformation
Dragon Wings
Dragon Charisma
Long lifespans and high life force
[Weaknesses]
Their own greed and lust.
Weapons and spells with Dragon Slaying capabilities.
Now, that's a whole lot to unfold.
Angels and Fallen Angels are pretty much the same in terms of benefits and weaknesses with the addition of not being able to sin.
In the world of Highschool DxD, you need to be ruthless, powerful, morally grey when faced with situations, or in Issei's case, just really, really, really fucking lucky. I mean, with the Boosted Gear, his Devil Capabilities and Wings, that by the way he barely used, and the backing of the Gremory clan, the little shit could've done anything.
Sins are damn near a necessity to survive and grow more powerful. Unless, you're again, lucky and God makes you overpowered as shit with strength on the levels of Archangels Gabriel and Michael.
And with my plans upon plans upon plans, I'll need any boosts I can get.
So from a normal standpoint, Dragon easily seems like the best option. Large increases of strength, agility, and durability, ignorable weaknesses, and tons of goodies and a side dish.
Well, that's what I thought too.
Until I saw a race that even better than that!
[Hybrids] Cost: 2750 CC
Seen as abominations to the world, these types of supernatural phenomenon are extremely uncommon. Though with less people to like you, the more you slam yourself into power!
[Advantages]
Access to two races
[Weaknesses]
The combined weaknesses of two races
Now that's something that I can get behind!
For only five hundred more CC.
The combination of two races could lead to some amazing stuff! Devil Dragons, Fallen Devils, Vampire Orcs, Monster Mermaids, and all the other things one could dream.
But look at what I found instead?
[Humans] Cost: 1000 CC
The good ol' simple race that we know, love, and hate. With access to their big nukes and idiotic minds, they can't help but say, "I see big missile! I press button! I fuck women!" Though with this moronic behavior comes an abnormal amount of potential.
[Advantages]
Access to magic with enough training
25% Overall EXP gain
When mixed with another race, boosts the races effects by double
Access to Sacred Gears naturally
15% EXP to all Technology skills
[Weaknesses]
You're a human.
Damn near all seven deadly sins
-5% relations with any race besides humans.
Yummy yummy yummy!
Now that's it!
It's decided, I'll be a half dragon half human hybrid. The combo of weaknesses might be bad but doubling the effect of any other race is insane. That means I'll get eight strength, vitality, and agility per level. Not to mention one hundred and thirty percent more experience to towards dragon related skills and twenty percent more damage to all skills.
A one point two times multiplier to all attacks is worth any weakness I get!
And now with this, I could get a sacred gear! The Gear Removal Ritual that Raynare used to snatch Twilight Healing from Asia, maybe I could find an easier way to extract Sacred Gears. Unlike many in my situation, I don't despise Issei but I will say that he could've been a lot stronger if he played his cards better. Turning his left arm into a Dragon's was a play to make himself stronger, but he could've made all of his organs like a dragon to make himself much stronger.
And the issue with the overflowing amount of Dragon Energy?
He could've asked Ddraig to teach him how turn from his Dragon Arm into a normal one.
Non the less, when I find a way, I'll most certainly be taking his Sacred Gear. Same with Saji, Sairaorg, and anyone else I can find. Having all of the Vritra Gears, The Boosted Gear, and Regulus Nemea will probably be way overkill.
Being a Humanoid Dragon should give me the lifespan to survive.
At the same time with all three of those Sacred Gears and all of them having some sort of ability similar to Juggernaut Drive or has Juggernaut Drive, I'll need all I can get.
Maybe I can find a way to steal life force from the people I'll fight.
That's just one of the many many plans I'll need to whoop ass and take names!
Now let's see the perks and shit for this hybrid race!
Hybrid Race Created!
[Humanoid Dragon] Cost: 2750 CC
A classic for the power-hungry dragon Sacred Gear users! Extremely dangerous. Approach with much caution. Greedy little shits with attitudes in spades.
[Advantages]
30% Overall EXP gain
2 STR, VIT, and AGI per level
Access to Dragon Magic
50% EXP gain to all dragon related skills
15% EXP gain to all skills
Full Dragon Transformation
Dragon Wings
Dragon Charisma
Long lifespans and high life force
Access to Sacred Gears naturally
[Weaknesses]
-5% relations with every race besides humans and fellow dragon-human hybrids.
Their own greed and lust.
Weapons and spells with Dragon Slaying capabilities.
[Note: Due to the power of a combo of dragons and humans, this race has been nerfed until the (REDACTED) quest is completed.]
Well...shit.
Don't get me wrong, this race is still incredibly overpowered and unfair but they nerfed this race quite a bit! Pretty damn unfair you blue bitch!
Screw you too!
[Weakness with relations of every race has been increased to 10%!]
One, when the fuck did this system become sentient? Two, I think I'll just keep my month shut for the time being.
[Weakness with relations of every race has been decreased to 5%!]
Thank you system sir! Sir yes sir!
Anyway, that's enough of race. I got what I needed and this is the race that I'll be using!
[The player has 2035 [CC] left!]
Coolio. Now I'm going to take a look at these perks! Some of them are really good like the [Prodigy] perk that gives 10% more experience gain and the [Firebender] perk that gives 15% more experience towards all fire magic and spells!
That costs just about 250 each so I've got 1535 left. Say it!
[The player has 1535 [CC] left!]
Nice..!
Now, one stat point is equal to 50 CC so 10 will be enough. But I'll still think about it and look throughout the shop some more before I have a decision on anything. Hold on a moment... An extra life! This is the motherload!
On one hand, it's an extra fucking life!
On the other hand, it costs 1500 CC.
This will have to be completely planned out meticulously with calculations and brain power utilized... Is what I would say if I was a fucking nerd! Its like having a black credit card with no limit!
[The player has 35 [CC] left!]
The cheapest item is 40 [CC]...
The Player can no longer purchase any item until [REDACTED].
The player is now launched into the world of High School DxD!
Good luck!
Now hold on...
"What!" I scream, manifesting a mouth as I'm being sent through the Dimensional Gap.
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