Disclaimer: I do not own Highschool DxD nor The Gamer Manhwa or any other non-original concept.
Warning: There are lemons in this fanfic.
Edited 05/08/18. Fixed up some minor errors. Feel free to point anymore out. The story isn't perfect by any means.
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Chapter 1 - A new beginning
It was midday. A figure of a young man looking to be in his late teens of 18-19 years of age, was panting for breath as he leaned next to a dumpster. His clothes were tattered, a few holes with a couple of bloodstains could be seen on the guy's white t-shirt and black shorts.
The bleeding teen had fair skin and short black hair, which was a bit dishevelled as he had recently been roughed up. Thick, red blood ran down the side of his forehead from getting a beer bottle smashed onto it. He had a few broken bones and a massive amount of bruises on his body, the result of being beaten up by some wannabe gangsters, only because he had refused to give them his money. His eyes that consisted of violet irises and black pupils expressed a heavy unwillingness as he silently cursed himself for getting into this situation. If only he was stronger...
He wasn't the type of guy who would submit to anyone that easily. Although his money did get taken in the end, it definitely wasn't taken willingly. Those thugs had forcibly stolen it from him after he was beaten to the point of no longer being able to move.
So here he was... currently in a dire situation, and if he didn't get any help anytime soon, he would surely bleed to death.
Dying? He had never thought his life would end this quickly, not to mention in this humiliating manner. What did he ever do to deserve this bad luck?
Letting out a deep breath, he winced slightly at the pain felt around his broken ribs whenever he utilized his lungs. The pain was starting to annoy him somewhat, evident in the slight twitch on one of his eyebrows.
"FUC-*cough cough* Damn it! *cough cough*" The teen coughed out mouthfuls of blood as he attempted to curse out loud. His injuries were starting to act up.
'I guess this is it, huh?' He sighed unwillingly.
You have been given a second chance at life. Do you wish to live a more interesting life? To have fun, and maybe find love? Do you want to become stronger? Accept? Y?/N?
The young man was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts, his head perking up slightly as a feminine voice resounded within his mind, along with the appearance of something the teen would describe as a 'strange phenomenon'. He blinked his violet eyes a few times in wonder, thinking his mind was playing games with him. Only after performing the action many times did he finally confirm that he wasn't hallucinating.
It was a blue screen, which looked exactly like a message window straight out of an RPG game, something that had just abruptly popped out of nowhere. Even more bizarre was the questions displayed on it, the same questions which had reverberated in his mind in the monotone voice of a female.
He stared at the screen wide-eyed, feeling both shock and confusion. It was too mysterious. Was this the devil? He was pretty unnerved. It felt like there someone was calling out to him, edging him on to accept. He was pretty unnerved. He didn't have to sell his soul or something... right?
...Did he wish to live a better life?
Well, since he was currently on the verge of dying at the moment, yes.
The teen recalled living at the orphanage ever since he was at the small age of 3. While growing up, he had asked about his parents and was told by the caretakers there that his parents had passed away in a car accident. There was also the fact that he had no other apparent family. He didn't really know what to feel at that time since he was already used to living without family, though there was still a sense of disappointment and a bit of loneliness.
Life in the orphanage wasn't really that great either. The poor guy didn't have any friends, always kept to himself and was a 'loner', as referred to by his fellow orphanage members. Of course, it wasn't like he hadn't tried talking to them, it was just that most conversations usually turned out really awkward, as his peers had nothing in common with him.
Other than attending school at the orphanage, he enjoyed taking leisurely strolls around the city and even sometimes into the nearby forest outside of it. There, he would be able to appreciate and relish in nature's fresh air as he went exploring. Apart from those activities, there was the Internet, online games, light novels to read and even anime to watch in order to pass the time and boy, did it do him wonders.
The young man basically had his own freedom, being able to go wherever he wanted and lazed around whenever he felt like it, but as he was near death and remembered his life up until now, he had to admit that it was stale and uninteresting.
...Wanting to find love?
What was love? He didn't know. The teen had been with different women. He wasn't a virgin by any means, having been to the brothels within the red light district once upon a time, on the opposite side of the city. Although some of the women there were attractive, nothing was ever felt for them. It was more of a relationship where women at the brothels get money in exchange for sating his libido. That's how he perceived it anyway.
In a way, love was something that had always peaked his curiosity, something he had wished to find and experience for himself.
...Wanting to become stronger? Hell. Fucking. Yes. In the first place, if he was strong he wouldn't be stuck in his current bloody state. He would've already taught those damn thugs a lesson.
After a moment of thinking, he decided to just go along with it and accept. He was going to die anyway, and a second chance at life was what the young man wanted right now. If there were any consequences, like selling the devil his soul, he would deal with that shit later. The teen was about to reach out and press the Y key, which was present on the bottom of the screen, but then recalled the situation he was in. He couldn't move.
"Fuck my life." he painfully muttered.
The screen blinked and flickered for about 5 times, probably an indication it was getting annoyed and impatient.
"Y-yes." So instead of moving to press the button, he tried to sound as clear as possible, speaking out in between his heavy breathing.
Very well.
Starting inheritance…
Calculating time zone…
Transferring User to different universe…
Error… A glitch has presented in the system… Calibrating… Forcing transfer…
Creating Instant Dungeon: Empty…
Scanning user… Healing procedures activated…
Proceeding with inheritance…
After voicing out his thoughts, the same familiar feminine voice echoed in his mind once more. The blue screen disappeared, followed by an immediate bright light. The intensity made him feel like he was staring up at the sun directly.
Closing his eyes, he waited for a minute for the light to die down, in which he reopened them right after. His eyeballs had nearly popped out of their sockets as his violet eyes widened in disbelief. To the teen's shock, the damage he had suffered not to long ago was all gone, leaving no scars whatsoever.
A blue screen appeared in front of him out of nowhere again, although this time with a different message.
Inheritance complete. Welcome to the start of your new life. The user has inherited the legendary Gamer's Mind and Body. Both the soul and body of the User have been enhanced. The user has obtained the class 'The Gamer'.
Arise, for you are the chosen one who holds unlimited potential. Grow strong. Be tenacious. Live your life to the fullest, make friends and find love as the bonds will make you stay strong. Last but not least, make sure you have fun… for you will become the strongest, KIRA ROSE!
"What. In. The. Actual. Fuck." Kira cursed in the most monotone voice he could use, after having read what was present on the screen. Little did he know that the error presented by the system caused all the supernatural beings in the universe to sense him arriving, albeit only for a split millisecond.
*Break*
After getting back to reality, Kira walked absentmindedly out of the alley and proceeded to the forest about a kilometre away from the city, not taking notice that the city was completely different from the one he knew. Whilst walking, he didn't even realize that there weren't any people around him. It was supposed to be midday. A strange eerie silence was present as he got to a spot by the lake in the forest clearing.
Snapping out of his trance, he was again shell-shocked by how quiet it was. No one was around him... The sky was… green?! And why the heck was it so silent? Shouldn't the forest at least have the sounds birds chirping? Wait, this forest wasn't even the same one he recognized! What was going on? A dream? Had he already died and someone decided to play a rude joke on him?
As Kira was starting to feel a bit nervous, a warm wave of energy washed over him. It was a pleasant feeling, seeming to clean him of his fears and strengthen his nerves. He wondered what it was.
"What's happening?" Kira thought aloud, and suddenly he heard a familiar feminine voice inside his mind again.
The user was transferred to a different universe. An error occurred whilst transferring, resulting in the User being transferred 300 years earlier than intended.
An Instant Dungeon (ID) was created in the said universe, just before the user was accepting his inheritance in order to prevent further disturbance.
The ID you are in is basically a mirror dimension of where you currently are. It is also one of the skills the user gets defaulted with as 'The Gamer'. Everything within the dimension will look the same as the real world but no one apart from the user is able to enter, unless given permission by the user.
Do you wish to learn more about the universe and it's supernatural world? Y?/N?
"Okay, so I wasn't hallucinating. Everything is real, yet unreal. The different universe and the supernatural world, huh? I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't suddenly recover from all my wounds and now in this… mirror world like dimension? At least from now on life wouldn't be as boring as I thought it would." Kira muttered, fairly surprised how he was able to stay so calm in his current situation. 'I wonder why.' He thought.
Learning more about the universe he will be living in from now on and its supernatural world would give him valuable information. After what had happened to him, he could technically be considered part of said 'supernatural'. He briefly wondered if this universe was a game or anime world of some sort. That'd be pretty cool. Instead of pressing 'Yes' or voicing it out, he tried mentally answering and to his astonishment, it actually worked.
Very well, information will be provided to the user.
Many races lived in on Earth. There were mainly Dragons, Gods, Angels, Devils, The Fallen, Yōkai and humans. The human race was ignorant of other sentient beings and thought themselves to be the ultimate authority.
In actuality, humanity was the youngest of the sentient races on this planet. The older races who lived longer lifespans than humans were much stronger and thus humans were somewhat looked down upon.
Long ago… there was a battle on Earth known as the Great War. This war was between the Three Major Factions: Angels, Devils, Fallen Angels.
The Devil faction headed by the Four Great Satans were power hungry beings who offered humanity wealth in exchange for their souls which they devoured for immense power.
The Angel faction, led by The One True God of the Bible, his Seraphs and Archangels who gained power through the human race's beliefs were opposed to this. They thought such methods were cruel and evil. Tension quickly turned into an all-out war and a third Faction was born.
Angels fell from Heaven by immersing in one of the seven deadly sins. The Fallen Angel faction otherwise known as the Grigori was managed by the Governor Azazel and his assistants Baraqiel and Shemhazai, the Vice Governors.
Angels were ordered to kill the Fallen due to their former allies falling to sin and Devils were ordered to kill them because the Fallen were taking over the Devil's territory in the underworld, thus turning the war into a 3-way massacre.
Well, after everything so far Kira was highly certain that he was currently in the DxD universe. Fuck yeah. At least he was put in an interesting world. Although he watched the anime and read the light novel, it was a long time ago and not much was remembered. He figured he should probably read the whole lore, just to get the gist of everything.
'The devil system seems fair, albeit a bit ruthless in my opinion...'
Everything comes with a price, power and wealth are the same.
Kira had almost been beaten to death and it basically came down to his luck that saved him in the end when he had gotten his inheritance on his last breaths. If this [System] was anything about letting him live his life as a game, then putting in days of time and hard work grinding would probably be the price to pay for getting stronger.
There was a manhwa his friend told him about that had a game-like system as well, but he never liked reading those Asian comics. Nothing against Asians by the way. He was Asian too, half anyway. His mother was Asian and his dad, European.
'While Heaven seems too strict on their angels.' Kira thought.
There was a point where all the Three Major Factions allied with each other so they could overcome The Red and White Dragons, Ddraig and Albion, who wer…
*Break*
'Hmm. So overcoming the Dragons and continuation of the war lead to the True God and Four Satans dying. Then there was the First Devil Civil War, where the new Devil Government was formed, new Satans replacing old. The Three Major Factions are currently in a tense ceasefire and there's also Beelzebub's Evil Pieces to recoup the devil population.
There's also the Magic Council for Magicians and other Mythological Factions as well, some who allied themselves with one of the Three Factions during the Great War. The strongest existence is The Ouroboros Dragon, the Infinity Dragon Ophis and the only one known above it is the Dragon of dragons, Great Red. It seems the Yōkai Faction is relatively small at the moment as well, huh.
I'd say that was a good recap on the lore of this world. It definitely refreshed some of my memories.' Kira commented inwardly.
The only thing Kira wondered, was why he was currently present only 100 years after the Devil Civil war ended. He had expected to be present during the time where the main storyline had started.
Wait a minute…
Transferred 300 years earlier than intended? 300 years from now… If Kira remembered correctly, that was when the canon started and when the shit really hit the fan. 300 years earlier would only mean… that he had a fuck ton of time to do whatever he wanted before the main plotline started. As he was inwardly rejoicing over the fact he had time to prepare for the disaster that was coming to Kuoh, he then recalled that he was only a human and that the human race only lived for about a century.
Was he going to even make to the canon? That was when the most interesting of things happened! And he was going to miss it, just like that? Kira couldn't believe it! Well, he could always ask a high-class devil to reincarnate him into a devil in order to live a long life, but he didn't like the idea of being a slave. Whilst he was reflecting what was wrong with the world, the message on the blue window changed.
Information has been given to the user about the current universe and its supernatural world. Character Enhancement will commence. It's time for the user to pick your race! The user only has 5 choices. Choose wisely.
+Angel
+Fallen Angel
+Devil
+Yōkai
+Stay a human
+Dragon
Note: The 6th choice was added as compensation for the Error in the System causing a shift in Time. Warning: Process for turning from human into dragon will be painful.
Every choice gave him long life. At least he was compensated. He got an option for freedom! Anything other than the dragon option would make Kira a member under a faction, or at least a branch of one. Not even staying as a human allowed freedom. He'd probably be counted as a magician or a member of the Church.
From his memories, all magicians are rumoured to be under the Magic Council and he definitely didn't want to be experimented on by the Church. As part of the human race, he would also be looked down upon by other factions. The dragon option was technically the only one left, although turning into one would apparently be painful. It couldn't be that bad... right?
"You know what they say… No pain no gain! My racial choice will be Dragon." Kira said with a shrug of his shoulders.
The user chooses the Dragon Race. Proceed? Y?/N?
He accepted mentally and the process began within a heartbeat.
Scanning User…
No abnormalities found…
Commencing operation…
There was a moment of silence… before a manly scream was heard almost instantaneously after. It would've been heard for kilometres if Kira hadn't been all by himself in the dimension. If there was anyone there, they would've been able to see a black-violet aura enveloping a young man and notice that the voice sounded extremely agonizing. They wouldn't be wrong though, judging from teen's blood red eyes and tears presently streaming down his face.
Minutes later…
Operation complete. Congratulations, the user has race changed into a Dragon. Character Enhancement concluded. Game HUD unlocked. The Game Menu unlocked.
Alert. New Quest Received. Please check the Quest Tab in the Game Menu.
Those were the last words he heard before Kira blacked out.
*Break*
"... Ugh." Kira grunted as he opened his eyes. He realized that he was still in the same place. The teen was wondering why he suddenly had a feeling of dizziness when he figured out it was probably because he was still adjusting to his new changes.
He could presently see much clearer and when concentrating, he could feel a powerful energy source flow through his eyes, which allowed his now clearer sight to be even more precise. Even the little water droplets on a little tree leaf a kilometre away from where he was standing were noticed. His sense of smell and hearing were enhanced also.
Kira could feel that he was stronger, but the black-haired boy didn't know exactly how strong he was. He recalled what the voice in his mind, which he will call [System AI] from now on, was telling him before he blacked out.
The teen could say for certain he never wanted to go through that excruciating experience ever again. That was pain brought to a whole different level. It felt like he was being ripped apart from inside out on the atomic level.
Anyways the poor guy finally noticed that there were red and black horizontal bars on the top left corner of his vision, labelled with some letters and numbers smack-bang in the centre. He figured the red was his HP bar. The black one was probably the powerful energy source he had felt in his eyes when concentrating. It was probably an alternate type of energy to MP.
Deciding to check for what it was later, Kira finally saw his name on sitting on top of the red bar with 'Lvl 1' next to it. It was plain as day that it was his current level, although being "Level 1" made him feel kind of tiny.
The game menu was nowhere to be seen though. He thought of trying to either call it out or do the same mentally. Calling 'Menu' out inside his head, Kira saw that familiar blue screen with different options listed.
Character Profile
Stats
Skills
Quests
Inventory
Item Store
System Help
Phone
Clock
Map
Friends List
Money: 1,000,000 credits (could be exchanged for any source of currency).
Well, he has to admit that's pretty neat. Nice and simple, which was much more preferable if u asked him. Checking out his Character Profile his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. The Character Profile was linked to whatever he had equipped. It basically showed a mirror image of himself and what he was currently wearing, detailing the stats of each equipment when he glanced over each of them.
Kira's surprise, however, wasn't that he now basically had a portable mirror with himself at all times. It wasn't even the fact that the mirror image of himself was always expressionless and that he could turn the image of himself around just to see what he looked like from behind.
He was surprised by his present looks. He still had his pitched black hair albeit longer and the style looked similar to L Lawliet from Death Note.
Kira's eyes were now slitted, giving him a feral look. If you looked closely, his bright violet coloured irises were radiating purple light and although his round black pupils were now slitted, there was a bright aquamarine glow surrounding the new snake-like slits. He honestly thought they looked like the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, albeit with the different colours and black slits.
White horns were protruding out of the side of his head. The extensions were sharp and shaped like the daggers used by Katarina from the game League of Legends.
There was the option of hiding his horns and slitted eyes in the character profile as well. How convenient.
Staring at his new skin intently, he could piece out small scales running across said organ but that was only if he looked really closely. Otherwise, no one would mistake him as anything else other than a human.
Kira absolutely loved his new look! You could see the defining muscles outlining his body. He was basically ripped. The teen was glad he had an athletic build similar to Gray Fullbuster and not bulky like Laxus from Fairy Tail. He didn't want to be seen as a macho man.
After he literally checked himself out, he wanted to see his stats and skills to get a general idea of what he was capable of. Closing the Character Profile he called out 'Stats' and 'Skills' and two different windows appeared in his view, left and right respectively, with the left being smaller than the one next to it.
Stats
Name: Kira Rose
Level: 1
Gender: Male
Title: N/A
Class: The Gamer
Race: Dragon
Experience: 0/100%
Health Points: 200/200
Health Regen: 1% hp every 10 seconds
Draconic Energy Points: 550/550
Draconic Energy Regen: 55 DP every minute.
STR: 10
END: 10
DEX: 5
INT: 11 (10 + [10%])
Stat Points: 5
Skills
Passives:
Gamer's Mind: Passive. Max Lvl. Grants Immunity to all mental status effects. Allows the user a calm state of mind in order to logically think things through during combat. The user does not require sleep. The user has no language barriers. The user can memorise anything he reads.
Gamer's Body: Passive. Max Lvl. Grants a body that allows the user to live the real world like a game. Grants Unlimited Potential. Sleeping for 6 hours restores HP/MP/DP and all status effects. The user does not age and is essentially an Immortal unless he runs out of HP.
Draconic Energy Manipulation: Passive. Max Lvl. Able to conjure energy unique only to those of the dragon race. Passively increases INT by 10%.
Skill Create: Passive. Max Lvl. The ability to turn an action the user has made into a skill if recognised by the system.
Dragon's Body: Passive. Max Lvl. Being dragon grants the user passive regeneration. +1% hp regen every 10 seconds. Dragon scales are highly magic resistant and reduce physical damage. Magic resist + 75%. Reduces 50% physical damage.
Immunity to Fire: Passive. Max Lvl. The user is immune to any flame that is weaker than a dragons.
Purple Dragon Fire: Passive. Max Lvl. The dragon flames are known to burn through all flames, including a phoenix's. Regular dragon flames of the User are coloured deep violet. Cost depends on magic output.
Empyrean Dragon Fire: Passive. Max Lvl. Legendary white flames granted to those worthy. Able to purge all curses and poison. Bathing in these flames allows the user to regenerate from fatal injuries twice as fast as a phoenix can at the cost of draconic energy. Cost: 100 DP every second peruse.
Immunity to curses: Passive. Max Lvl. Possessing Empyrean flames of the dragon grants immunity to curses.
Actives:
True Body: Active. Max Lvl. Switch between human form and the user's true form at will. Dragon form doubles all of the user's stats.
Observe: Active. Lvl 1 [0%]. Able to observe anything for Information. The higher level the skill, the more information the User will obtain. Cost 10 DP (Cost will never change).
ID: Create: Active. Lvl 1 [0%]. Used to create Instant Dungeons. Stronger Instant Dungeons may be created the higher the skill level. Cost 10 DP (Cost will never change).
ID: Escape: Active. Max Lvl. Used to get out of Instant Dungeons. Cost 10 DP (Cost will never change).
Dragonslayer Magic: Active. Lvl 1 [0%]. The user is granted use of dragonslayer magic. Default Cost 30 DP (more DP used the stronger the magic unleashed)
Note: All skills that aren't exclusive to the user are unable to pass the User's Lvl.
Elemental Affinity:
Lightning: Max Lvl. User's elemental affinity was originally lightning when still human.
Fire: Max Lvl. Being a dragon grants the user the affinity to fire.
Space: Lvl 1 [0%] The class 'The Gamer' grants the user affinity to space, due to being able to create dimensions out of nothing. Space-related magic and research will increase the user's space affinity.
Note: Scans indicate that the user has absolutely no affinity for other elements.
'Well then. No matter how you look at them, these stats and skills basically spell out the word 'bullshit'. I'm also technically an immortal as well now, and the energy replacing MP is apparently draconic energy. It makes sense since I'm a dragon and all.'
He also found out that the pleasant feeling that was always washing over him whenever he started getting apprehensive was related to the [Gamer's Mind] skill.
The Gamer affinities combined with Dragon affinities make a one of a kind combination if he was, to be honest with himself. And [Dragonslayer magic]? He guessed it was because being dragon, it was a basic instinct to know how to hurt your own kind.
The [Empyrean Flames] are literally an enhanced version of phoenix flames. If his memory serves him right, phoenix flames cannot negate curses and definitely cannot heal other people. Just using these flames cost a whopping 100 DP per second, which from Kira's gaming experiences gave him a general idea on how overpowered these flames are.
[Gamer's Body] had given him the ability to heal all fatal wounds and injuries while asleep, but this would be essentially useless whilst in combat.
It'd probably take him 3 seconds to fully heal his own fatal wounds whereas it'd take a Phoenix 6 to heal theirs. The only downside to this would be that it burnt through energy almost too quickly. Kira would be burning through his energy a great deal faster than a phoenix whilst utilizing his flames. As for the Phoenix, the Firebird wouldn't even waste much energy, due to having an innate regeneration physique.
Regenerating a head after having it cut off should work as well. One of the few perks of having the body of 'Gamer'.
'The Space affinity though. There are so many things I could try with that! Hehehe. Just thinking of a dragon learning the [Hiraishin] gets me giddy! Hmmm... I should probably check out the other options in the menu and see if there are any other surprises waiting for me. If I recall, there was supposed to be a quest ready for me as well. Hahaha, time to finally have some fun!' Kira chuckled to himself.
*Break*
You have levelled up.
You have completed the quest: 'Learning the hard way.'
Quest requirements: Reach level 10 by defeating Zombies only. Use of any skills is strictly forbidden.
Reward: Black Knight armour, 1 exp.
Failure: Reward will not be given. -10 all stats.
Opening the Character Profile window, Kira hastily checked over his new armour bound to him through his soul.
The Black Knight
God Tier Armour
Bound to the user's soul.
Cannot be extracted.
Cannot be sensed by anyone other than the user.
+10 all stats
Every ten levels, gain +5 all stats.
Negates 25% damage.
The user can call upon armour by calling out its name.
Can only be powered by Draconic Energy.
When armour is damaged can be restored using draconic energy.
The heart piece of the armour lies inside the user's soul (kind of like a sacred gear).
All pieces of armour separated from the user are turned to dust.
As Kira looked over the armour, he was literally drooling! After looking over the Quest Tab from the game Menu, he had to toggle on the ability to hide his distinctive draconic features. It was to avoid being accidentally seen by people whenever he used [ID: Escape]. The teen then realized that after using [ID: Escape], common people would start avoiding him like the plague for about 15 seconds, so he technically didn't really need to hide his draconic appearance.
Calling upon the map, he noticed that he was in London, not his previous universe's London though. Pretty cool how the system gives him a free world map that tracks his location. It was basically like using google maps on his phone!
The dragon later started spamming [ID: Create] and [ID: Escape], levelling up both skills in the process and finally unlocking an instant dungeon with zombies to grind in.
He ended up being forced to endure levelling up in a stench-filled environment filled with zombies, without being able to use any of his skills. Having to fight dried corpses bare-handed wasn't exactly the best experience. The 1 exp reward only proved to further annoy him. Kira lost count of how many times he had cursed during this quest.
The poor dude was tempted to just use his dragon fire and melt everything but the -10 all stats quest penalty was just sitting there, tormenting him. The thought of getting new armour though had excited him to no end, so he gritted his teeth and persevered. He soon found out that the suffering he had gone through was worth it in the end, having gotten a God Tier Armour to boot!
The armour's appearance basically looked like Fate/Zero's Berserker armour, except it was a shade of shiny pitched black instead of a dull grey-blue colour. It was built for speed and mobility, yet it radiated an aura that spoke of pure power.
The helmet's design was essentially the same as he remembered, but with a pair of white dragon-like metallic horns protruding out the sides of it. They were shaped like his own horns, and there was also no ponytail bullshit sticking out on the top of the helmet.
The horizontally wide and vertically thin v-shaped eyeshield now glowed a mixture of bright violet and aquamarine just like his eyes. A clear gem was located in the centre of the chest plate, adding to the domineering look even further, glowing a fiery white, the same shade as his unique [Empyrean Flames].
Just like Berserker's, the armour was covered in a mist-like substance, except it was coloured an intense violet, the same pigment as his purple flames. The [Black Knight] also lacked the tail-like appendages sticking out from it's back, which in Kira's opinion made the armour look even more perfect.
'The Black Knight.' Mentally calling out its name, an ominous black violet aura emanated and started to flicker before illuminating, covering the surroundings. When everything settled down, the black armour covered his body, emitting a dark violet glow as Kira looked at his present stats and new skills.
Stats:
Name: Kira Rose
Level: 10
Gender: Male
Title: N/A
Class: The Gamer
Race: Dragon
Experience: 0/100%
Health Points: 680/680
Health Regen: 1% hp every 10 seconds
Draconic Energy Points: 1870/1870
Draconic Energy Regen: 187 DP every minute.
STR: 34 (19 + 15)
END: 34 (19 + 15)
DEX: 29 (14 + 15)
INT: 37.4 ((19 + 15) + [10%])
75% Magical and Physical Resistance.
Stat Points: 50
Skills:
Hand-to-hand combat: Passive. Lvl 10. Lvl cannot be higher than User. Engaging your enemy using your body as a weapon and shield will passively strengthen your STR, END and DEX by 10%.
Sense: Passive. Lvl 10. Lvl cannot be higher than User. Able to detect killing intent/bloodlust, grants high perception detecting emotions through the use of draconic energy and overall allow the user to sense anyone's presence and anything else in a 5-kilometre diameter.
"Gotta say I'm impressed. I still haven't figured out my fighting style yet so I should probably save up the stat points, just in case. I'm currently strong enough as it is and with my new armour I'd probably be able to fight monsters 10 levels higher than my own.
Apparently performing physical actions gave me experience, albeit only a tiny amount. I'm sure the same could be said for using magic though I haven't tried. Instead of giving stat bonuses for physical exercise, the system compensates by passively giving +1 all stats every level up. Physical/Magic exercise = Experience = Levels = A stronger me.
The concept of the system sounds fair at least. Even though I basically have unlimited potential, if I can grind stat points just by doing physical exercise, what's the point of having levels anyway. It'd probably be possible to get 100 STR at level 1, just spamming push-ups 24/7. With [Gamer's Mind] and [Gamer's Body], I have unlimited stamina after all. Now that I think about it, that theory does seem to be broken.
Anyway, with the newly added damage reduction modifier combined with my dragon body modifier, I can now negate 75% damage given to me. What a boon! Bwahahahas!" Kira laughed evilly. Luckily no one was present or he'd be getting strange looks or asking him if he was mentally sane.
Checking the time, he quickly noticed that more than a day has passed, 35 hours exactly. It was 11 pm the next day. He had been so into the grinding session that he had completely forgotten about the real world.
Ah, the pleasures in life. For men, it would probably be food, drink and women, other than battle and competition of course! Or maybe that's just the stereotypical ones. Although Kira had the [Gamer's Mind] and [Gamer's Body] and technically didn't feel tired or hungry, he didn't want to forget the wonderful feeling of sleep and satisfaction of eating tasty food. Dragon's were supposed to be gluttons and were definitely on the lazy side, in terms of anything other than fighting.
With his enhanced smell, he could tell that he currently stunk of sweat, and mostly of dried corpse. Buying soap and shampoo from the [Item Store] for 1000 credits, he recalled his armour and jumped into the lake for a quick wash down. 1 credit could be exchanged for 1 dollar apparently. Kira sighed as the price of everything in the store was exaggerated.
For an item store in a game system, the store didn't really have anything too overpowered. Apart from overpriced low-tier hp and energy potions, [Basic] to [Expert] level magic books and some low to high-tier weapons, one of the other few things being sold were… daily necessities, which were apparently overpriced as well.
You expected a fucking Excalibur or Forbidden magic such as [Resurrection] or some [Full Restore Potions]! Even if the price was way over the top, it should've at least been listed in the store. Give the guy some hope.
Still… 1000 credits for soap. What a bargain. Kira rolled his eyes. Guess it was the system's way of telling the user, 'if you're lazy and don't want to get off your ass, be prepared to spend extra… at 100 times the price'.
Not that he was complaining. The system basically gave him a million credits to get started in his new life. Probably to buy a house or travelling expenses. The guy didn't even need a house! He could just buy a bed from the [Item Store], place it in his inventory, and whenever he wanted to sleep he'd just open an empty dimension, take out the newly bought bed and doze off. It was almost TOO convenient.
Hopping out of the lake clad in his birthday suit, he went back into the [Item Store] in search of some clothes. As expected, the price of clothing was pretty expensive. What was being sold though, thoroughly blew Kira's mind away. If it wasn't for his [Gamer's Mind] keeping him in check, he would probably be fanboying on the very spot. Sold at the store were basically imitations of the clothing worn by anime and game characters back at his previous universe!
"Now what should I pick? So many options to choose... Arghhh they're all good. Hmm.. this one looks badass at least." Kira stated and decided to pick a costume that had an imposing appearance. If he was being picky, he could've probably found one that looked better, but he wasn't one to mind the minor details.
There was a repair option in case anything he wore got damaged, but being the lazy ass he was, Kira bought 10 sets of the same costume. He would only repair them when every set gets damaged. Why repair one, when you can repair all 10 at once? What's interesting to note that whenever the clothes get dirty, they are automatically cleaned when placed back into the inventory.
Spending a whopping 250k credits, 25k for a set, he quickly equipped a set and checked his [Character Profile], wanting to see how awesome he looked while wearing it.
The set consisted of a tight-fit purple t-shirt accentuating the chest and abdominal muscles. Worn over the top was a black long-sleeve dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up just below the elbows. Included was some black ripped jeans, black gloves and black sneakers with it's sole and heel being metallic silver.
The set was finished with a black and white fur coat looking cape with the inside being a striking purple. The outfit Kira had chosen, looked exactly like what Doombringer from the game Elsword wore. He got rid of both belts though and replaced it with a plain black and silver one.
After he was finished sizing himself up, he cast [ID: Escape] to get out the dimension. He referred to his trusty map to navigate his way back to town for a bite to eat, right after hiding his draconic features. Glancing over to the top left corner he noticed his HP and DP bars. It was really just like a game. He didn't really even have to glance to his left.
The HUD was always there and he instinctively knew what his HP and DP was at all times.
Kira sat down in front of a random dumpling stand and ordered some prawn dumplings, while using his observe skill on the stand owner as he noticed a foreign source of energy surrounding the guy with his [Sense] passively activated.
Name: Derek Jin
Level: 15
Gender: Male
Race: Devil (low class)
HP: 382/382
Magical Energy: 438/438
STR: 19
END: 13
DEX: 16
INT: 24
Information: Derek Jin is an Extra Demon from the Underworld. As a low-class devil orphan with nothing to do, he came to the Human world to enjoy himself. He currently works as a chef at a dumpling store in the day and dumpling stand owner during the night. Enjoys satisfying people with his cooking.
A devil working at a dumpling stand in the middle of the night. 'Intriguing.' Kira thought with a bit of interest.
'Why is he looking at me with fear evident in his eyes though? He looks cautious too. Mm maybe… Ah…yes. My draconic energy is practically radiating off me. Anyone who can sense energy in their surroundings would be able to feel it. I should figure out how to hide my presence unless I want all factions after my ass. Probably need to work on improving my other abilities too.' After paying for the dumplings, he took off to the distance instead of staying and scaring the guy any further.
Alert. New quest received.
Quest: The art of hiding one's presence.
Quest requirements: Dragon's have an innately strong presence. The user is tasked to create a high-calibre skill to prevent 100% of his draconic energy and aura from being leaked.
It is dangerous walking around and being unable to control your energy. Even more so since draconic energy is 10 times more dense than a human's mana.
The user will alert unwanted enemies and soon will find himself surrounded by all factions and probably asking why an unknown dragon is wandering in the middle of a human city.
Time given: 1 year.
Reward: This quest is given for the safety concerning the user, thus no reward will be given.
Reading over the new quest received whilst eating his steaming dumplings, he thought about all the possible ways he could efficiently hide his presence.
Other dragon's and powerful sentient beings probably learnt to suppress their energy to minimal levels until it could barely be sensed.
But Kira was fairly certain Yōkai's with the ability to use [Senjutsu] would still be able to sense the leak in energy. He didn't have any hint of doubt that there were other powerful sensors in the world as well. Of course, he would have to learn how to suppress his draconic energy the same way other beings do it, but in order to finish the quest and prevent 100% of his energy from leaking, he would probably have to do some research on the field.
The dragon learned from watching Naruto that the art of sealing or [Fuinjutsu] almost had no limit, though he hated how a brush with ink or blood infused with energy in the form of chakra was needed to draw up seals, energy which Kira didn't have.
He wondered if he could use draconic energy to compensate for chakra, and since his draconic energy was a couple of times denser than chakra, he didn't need to use blood or ink. He could learn [Psychokinesis] to manipulate his draconic energy outside his body mentally and draw what was needed in the air. Add on [Gamer's Mind] and he won't be suffering from any repercussions.
It was basically [Rune Magic], he figured. Kira remembered that there were dozens of anime that showed the use of runes. Even in the DxD-verse, the supernatural beings used runes for their magic circles in order to cast spells and to teleport to different locations. [Fuinjutsu] was just basically another form of [Rune Magic] that used the Japanese alphabet instead.
Although a lot of time was given to research different runes and their uses, he would have to buy the magic books from the [Item Store].
Finishing off his midnight snack, he grunted in exasperation. "Okay, I admit that buying so many sets of clothing was rather a stupid thing to do. Ugh… Now I'm only able to afford the first two of four magic books for [Rune Magic]. The following [Advanced] and [Expert] books are even more expensive." The teen sighed. "Well, too late for regrets now, at least there are dungeons whenever money is needed. Hehe."
Kira cheered at the fact that the mobs in IDs give more money as the monsters increase in level. He just needed to grind up his [ID: Create] skill, so that higher level monsters spawn. As monsters inflate in level, it becomes more intelligent and harder to kill.
It would prove to be a good combat experience for him. The fact that he'd get to use them as test subjects to create better and efficient skills while grinding levels for himself, was basically hitting 3 birds with one stone!
For now, though, he kind of missed the pleasant feeling of sleep. As there wasn't anything that needed to be completed anytime soon, he decided to spend some time loosening up as he currently had the chance to do so. After all, Kira was supposed to live his new life to the fullest in this universe.
Without further ado, he created an empty dimension and brought out a bed he had bought from the [Item Store]. A pillow and blanket soon followed.
He unequipped his clothing, leaving him in nothing but boxers and hopped right into bed, laying his head on the pillow and covering himself with the quilt.
Making himself comfortable, the black-haired dragon finally relaxed for the first time ever since he had gotten placed into another universe, as he slowly drifted off into dreamland.
Well, that's it for chapter 1!
Edit: For those who are wondering why there is a dumpling stand even though it's 300 years before canon starts, I just wanna let you know that Chinese dumplings were invented 1800 years ago. Lmao.
Here's a simple guide for how the stats (for the OC) came to be.
HP = END x 20
DP = INT X 50
DPR = INT x 5
Level up = +1 all stats and 5 stat points.
Expect a lot of time skips in the following chapters before canon starts.
Warning: Kira WILL be godlike by the time the canon plot starts. 300 years is a lot of time after all.
Some spoilers for the upcoming chapters:
I'm planning on making Kira a teacher in Kuoh Academy.
There will be filler arcs in between the main ones where the Gremory and Sitri group find out more about the OC's past, etc.
Thanks for reading and I hope you like it!