The Fortress
The Seraphic System
Chapter: 04
Warning: there will be many time skips in this chapter since this is mostly a training and growth chapter. He will be leaving the familiar forest in the next few chapters.
Confirmed harem members: Gabriel, Serafall.
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(The Fortress)
I groaned as I woke up, my head throbbing with an intense headache. Sitting up, I could feel a surge of unfamiliar energy coursing through my body.
The sensation was accompanied by a sharp twinge of pain, as if my headache made its presence known with vigour.
"I really need to stop waking up like this," I mumbled, with grogginess in my tone.
Groggily surveying the dimly lit cavernous expanse of the cave, I blinked my eyes in an attempt to focus. Sitting on the mattress I had bought from the system's store.
I raised my fist and brought it to eye level, observing it intently, opening and closing it in an experimental manner. There was a distinct sense of newfound strength coursing through my body which had not been there before.
Taking a look at the new notification, I grinned. It worked!
Chakra Manipulation Gained
[Chakra Manipulation] (LVL: 1/20) {Novice}
[Chakra Manipulation is a skill that allows the user to harness and control their inner energy, known as Chakra. Chakra manipulation can be used to perform various Chakra Arts like Ninshu, Ninjutsu, Yojutsu, Senjutsu etc.
[Using Chakra Manipulation overtime also has many passive effects
[User needs to find the effects themselves.]
Due to an intense change to your physique, you have gained.
4 STR
5 VIT
4 MAG
The last part was an unexpected but not unwelcome surprise. Though, that hidden passive effect thing is kind of annoying. Tsk, pesky system. Well, I can't do anything about it, I guess.
I just hope I don't experience such headaches every time I decide to use Download. That would be annoying. I decided now was finally the time to test my Mokuton.
Pushing myself up from the ground and feeling a slight ache in my muscles as I slowly stood on my feet, gradually finding my footing with a confident stride, I ventured towards the mouth of the cave.
Stepping out into the open, my gaze fell upon the lifeless form of the lesser Amphithere, its serpentine body coiled on the ground. I paused for a moment.
I shrugged indifferently. I guess it could be a good enough target. Maintaining a steady distance from the creature's lifeless body, I inhaled deeply, sensing my newly gained chakra coursing through my chakra coils.
I repeated the same action as before, bringing my hands together and focusing on the essence of my chakra.
Sensing its presence within me, I channelled my chakra into the earth beneath me. both of my hands slammed against the ground, I visualised the lesser Amphithere corpse beings impaled by wooden roots that transformed into sharp spikes, aimed at piercing its corpse which was merely a few dozen feet away.
With my chakra, slowly but surely flowing out and fueling the attack. The ground briefly shook as three thick wooden roots transformed into spikes and erupted from the ground with incredible force, piercing through the lesser Amphithere corpse with a spray of blue blood.
I immediately noticed that it was pretty chakra intensive compared to my light manipulation, but that was to be expected due to the unique properties of Mokuton and its energy drain feature. Luckily, due to my chakra being connected to my MAG stat, I already had quite a bit of chakra.
I had been slightly worried that gaining chakra would give me a new stat that I would have to work on, but it seemed my worries were unneeded as I'm guessing all future energies I gained would be connected to my MAG stat, which was good.
Unfortunately, for now, I knew I wouldn't be able to use more complex Mokuton moves until I gained more levels and chakra reserves. It was something I would have to incorporate into my daily training regime I had gotten into.
On another note, I had also noticed it was getting slightly harder to level up my skills when I got to the apprentice rank, which suggested the higher the rank, not only would the level requirement go up but also the actual experience threshold to level up would too.
Moving on from that, I had a decision to make. Now that I could use my download skill again, I needed to choose what character to download next.
While I could instantly think of a few characters that had skills that would greatly complement my already existing ones, such as Kizaru from One Piece.
With his Light Light fruit that allowed him to turn into light itself, It is pretty deadly, not to mention that it would also help me up my defence. Sting from fairy tale with his Light Dragon Slayer Magic also looks like a juicy option.
Imagine Kokabiel throwing a supercharged light spear at me with that stupid smug grin on his face. I wonder how his face would look as I just quite literally eat it. This makes the option quite tempting, but I should look through all my options.
I definitely plan to download it later on.
But I think it would be wise to get some type of regeneration skill.
I have been lucky so far. I had realised that the reason I won without much damage was due to my opponents having a lack of intelligence. If I had been fighting against an opponent who was smarter, I doubt my previous battles would have been as easy and less damaging than they had been so far.
What I needed was someone with a good regeneration skill but was also moderately weak. I hummed in thought before I suddenly got an idea… Deadpool.
Deadpool was pretty weak in comparison to some other characters. Well, the younger version of Deadpool, and it shouldn't take much time to download. I planned to choose the version of when he just got his powers, since I was pretty sure he became pretty powerful later on.
His regeneration in the comics was definitely one of the best out comic book Deadpool would take ages though. Unfortunately, I need to focus on getting to a decent level of power before I start downloading the more overpowered characters.
I had considered Wolverine, but I was pretty sure it would take ages to download the Immortal version of Wolverine, which I don't have the time for.
Hmm, I guess the movie version of Deadpool could work for now, while it wouldn't have the OP levels of regeneration, I can always upgrade the skill later on.
With that thought in mind, I used my unique skill Download once again.
[Choose template:(_)
I quickly typed in Deadpool's name and selected the timeline as right after he gained his powers.
[Wade Winston Wilson (Deadpool)] [World - Marvel] (MOVIE) (CHOSEN)
[Wade Winston Wilson (Deadpool) - Downloading]
I stared at the screen, feeling satisfied.
It was the best move to gain some super regeneration. While my normal regeneration was good, it wouldn't save me from losing a limb or two, which was very possible considering the world I am in.
I may be a cocky little shit, I pointedly ignored the scoff I heard from my system. But I wasn't cocky enough to believe I wouldn't get my ass beaten someday.
My thoughts came to an abrupt halt as my stomach growled loudly in need for substance.
I should probably go make something to eat.
-Time skip (7 days)-
As I completed my gruelling 1000th lap around the unforgiving mountain which served as my temporary residence, my body finally succumbed to exhaustion, finally reaching my limit and collapsing onto the ground.
Beads of sweat cascaded down my weary and sweat-drenched form. I heaved for oxygen.
The past week had been filled with hellish training I somehow put myself through. On the first day, I challenged myself by utilising colossal boulders I had found as makeshift weights.
I subjected my muscles to the strain of two hundred squats while holding the two boulders in both hands raised above my head, which was not an easy task.
Following the absolute torture I dubbed training, after I savoured a simple meal, savouring the taste of grilled amphithere meat. That I had used from the amphithere corpse.
I had bought some ingredients and supplies from the store and noticed my credits were starting to run extremely low, so I went out hunting for some animals to kill.
I had stumbled onto another pack of shadow wolves and a few other creatures here and there, which helped since I got credits every time I killed another creature, which was nice and the amount gained was dependent on its power level.
The afternoon hours were dedicated to honing my skills and magic, as I depleted my reserves of mana and chakra to gain double the stat points from training.
The subsequent days followed a similar pattern, devoid of any remarkable deviations. However, I did alter my physical exercises, opting for 250 reps of push-ups, burpees, lateral raises, and squats.
Unfortunately, the rigorous training regimen had left me covered in grime and drenched in sweat, making me start to train without a shirt.
Fortunately, during one of my hunting sessions to obtain more credits, I had stumbled upon a pristine lake with crystal-clear water. Since then, I have been using it as a means to clean myself from the accumulated dirt and filth.
I had to admit, training looked so much easier when I was watching it rather than actually going through the gruesome task. My main drive was power and the gamer system showing me my growth greatly helped too.
On day three of training, when my mag stat hit 40, something unexpected had happened. I had just finished, my body suddenly began to glow a golden colour, and I could feel a peculiar sensation emanating from my back, as if something long dormant was yearning to be set free.
In a dazzling display of holy light, an explosion erupted, scorching the surrounding grass.
To my astonishment, not just two, but four wings burst forth from my back, unfurling in all their glory. It was an unexpected and that left me a bit bewildered before realisation coursed through me as to what had just happened.
Through gaining your second pair of wings, you have gained.
2 STR
2 DEX
That had been about all that had really happened in the last week. These had been the total results of the week's training.
Through intense physical training and magical training, you have gained.
STR 8
VIT 10
MAG 12
DEX 7
Winged flight has levelled up! x11
Chakra Manipulation has levelled up! x20
Mana Manipulation has levelled up! x8
Light Manipulation has levelled up! x10
Holy Manipulation has levelled up! x9
Mokuton has levelled up! x16
Currently, I could be seen cooking the freshly caught horned rabbit over the crackling flames of the fire, I observed its slow transformation as it gradually cooked to perfection.
Perched upon a log that served as my makeshift chair, I patiently awaited the moment when it would be ready to eat. Lost in my thoughts, I was interrupted by a sudden notification that echoed through my head, grabbing my attention.
{Download Completed!}
{Template - Deadpool - age unknown}
{Perks} -[Favoured by Death]
[Possibly insane]
{Skills} - [Regeneration]
[Breaking the fourth wall]
[Martial Arts]
[Weapon Mastery]
[Acrobatics]
[Stealth Mastery]
[Vehicular Mastery]
{Sub-skills} - [Pressure Points]
[Afterimage creation]
[Social influencing]
[Katana Mastery]
[Guns Mastery]
[Plane Mastery]
Scanning through the available options to look for the skill I wanted, my eyes lingered on the katana mastery for a few seconds. I definitely needed to find a way to obtain that at a later date.
While Murasame may be a one cut kill blade, wildly swinging it around like I had been wouldn't work out for me in the future.
If I had fought against anyone else who knew how to use a sword and was the same power level as me, I could admit I would get my ass thoroughly handed to me. It was something to think about and resolve later, for now, I clicked on the skill I had waited a whole week to obtain.
[Super Regeneration] (Passive)
[Super Regeneration is the ability to regenerate from any wound inflicted on the physical body, ranging from cuts to severed or missing limbs at unnatural speeds.]
Grinning broadly at the description, I pressed on accept with slight reluctance as I remembered the last time I had pressed accept on downloading a skill.
I could only hope I didn't have a repeat of the last time I had gotten a skill from download, since while I would bear through it to get an overpowered skill. It was extremely unpleasant.
I steeled myself for any potential discomfort, bracing for any possible pain, as I waited. After a brief few seconds, to my surprise, a surge of energy coursed through my body. A strange sensation of my skin buzzing for a moment followed, before subsiding, and a new notification appeared.
Super Regeneration Gained
[Super Regeneration] (Passive)
[Super Regeneration is the ability to regenerate from any wound inflicted on the physical body ranging from cuts to severed or missing limbs at unnatural speeds.]
Now that I had gained super regeneration, part of me wanted to try it out. But honestly, the thought of allowing myself to get beaten up by some monster just to test it out didn't sound very appealing so, I decided I would just have to see it in action the next time I fought a stronger opponent which I knew was inevitably going to happen in a world like dxd.
With the topic of getting stronger, I needed to start grinding for credits. The system shop was undoubtedly probably my most overpowered ability, just beside Download. Since as long as I had credits I could basically buy anything, even though a lot of it was expensive beyond belief.
Regrettably, a significant portion of my hard-earned credits had to be allocated towards clothing and essential tools for survival. At present, my credit balance stood at a mere 300, having spent over 330 credits within the past week.
The massive prices the system shop sold items for extremely limited my options for other items and skills. Which made downloading a complete save, since I would simply have to wait to gain skills instead of paying these overpriced prices. However, there was a silver lining, since I gained credits, every time I killed a living creature. I had a stable way to gain more.
Now that I have finished most of my daily tortu- ehm I mean exercise. I planned to go out and start hunting for some credits since there were many animals around in the dense forest.
Regrettably, the majority of these creatures I encountered proved to be rather weak, resulting in underwhelming credit gains ranging from a mere 5 to 10 credits.
Nevertheless, their sheer numbers compensated for the small returns. In particular, the delicious horned rabbits captured my attention the most, almost tempting me with the notion of hunting them to the brink of extinction. It's not my fault they tasted so good.
As I went to go on my next hunt, envisioning the slaughter of those delectable but adorable horned rabbits for my evening meal, a sudden realisation struck me and I came to a halt, I realised I needed to choose another skill to download.
My thoughts instantly went towards gaining a sword technique of some sort, since I really needed to get better at using Murasame other than just swinging it around, and a sword technique would do wonderfully in achieving that. With that, I thought about which character I could use download on to gain a good sword technique. A thought came to mind.
Sun-breathing.
The sword style that let Yoriichi Tsukiguni almost kill Muzan Kibutsuji in demon slayer. He was a human who was able to kill a demon who had been around for centuries. Sure, he was a strong human, but he was weaker than Muzan in terms of pure power by far and was still able to beat him with his sun-breathing.
Since he was human, he would also be much faster to download than someone like Mihawk from One Piece, which was also a bonus. I would probably get a better sword skill later when I was a bit stronger, I would rather not take the chance of waiting for a better one when it could come in handy in a fight before that.
[Choose template:(_)
[Yoriichi Tsukiguni] [World - Demon Slayer] (CHOSEN)
[Yoriichi Tsukiguni) - Downloading]
With that accomplished, I spread my double pair of wings, the four wings standing proudly on my back, their ethereal glow illuminating the surroundings like normal, and gracefully ascended into the sky.
Determined and hungry, I set off, scanning the area around the mountain for any potential prey to hunt. Never noticing the pair of blue crystal eyes watching me with intensity.
-Time skip (8 days)-
A week and a day had passed, and for the most part, it was a rather uneventful period. Though I had slightly eased up on my training, I continued to push myself to improve. As a result, my stats had increased, with all except my DEX and CHA stat reaching over 40.
Finally, two days ago, my download completed, giving me the Sun breathing technique, which proved to be quite useful. Since then, my focus has been solely on levelling the technique up alongside with my Murasame. I must admit, it was undeniably a powerful sword technique. I glanced at my skills progress.
[Sun Breathing] (LVL: 11/20) {Novice}
[Sun Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics the sun and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques, and abilities. All techniques and forms are extremely varied and have no set pattern, making it the most versatile and effective against demons. Users' of Sun Breathing visualise themselves seemingly manipulating solar flames when unleashing its techniques.]
[Passive effect: Increases users STR by 3 and DEX by 4 when using sun breathing]
Currently, I was soaring through the air, my swift flight carrying me at breakneck speeds as I scanned through the vast expanse of the forest below.
My eyes darted back and forth, searching for any signs of monsters that I could slay for credits. My current objective was to find more creatures to eliminate in order to earn more credits.
I had travelled farther from the mountain I unfortunately called home more than ever before. To be honest, the dreary atmosphere of the cave and sleeping in a cold, dark cave on a small mattress that had worn thin was growing unbearable.
With my strength growing at an increasingly fast pace, I desired to find a way out of this forest. I craved something different, something beyond the confines of my current home.
Oddly enough, I had recently noticed an increase in the presence of small, green creatures in the vicinity of my cave. Using appraisal, I confirmed that these creatures were indeed goblins. Their numbers seemed to be multiplying, a development that piqued my interest.
I honestly hadn't known goblins existed in dxd. So, it came as a surprise. I had started having to kill an increasing number as they began to come closer to my cave, which I didn't care much for but held a lot of my belongings.
I had no doubt in my mind those little fuckers would steal from me, which served to piss me off as I hunted them down with animosity. Killing them in an extra slow manner. I really didn't like the thought of people taking what was mine.
After flying for a while longer, I was beginning to feel bored after finding nothing of interest. I was about to start making my way back when something caught my interest.
With an especially powerful flap of my wings, I propelled myself towards a structure that caught my attention. As I drew nearer, its intimidating appearance became clearer, a fortress with its expansive brick walls stretching around it.
However, upon closer inspection, it became evident that time had not been kind to this place. The rundown state of the fortress strongly hinted to me at its abandonment.
Situated atop a hill, the fortress stood encased in brick walls, fortified and unwavering. The surrounding trees further added to its seclusion, shrouding it from prying eyes. Hovering at a slight distance, I fixed my gaze upon the structure, carefully examining and taking note of its appearance.
As I contemplated on what to do since on one hand, my curiosity was telling me to go investigate while on the other hand, it could still have devils or fallen lurking within, and I wasn't ready to confront them yet. Not that I actually knew where I stood in terms of power, or even where I was for that matter. A quest presented itself to me.
[Quest Generated]
[Quest]
The Fortress
Description: You have stumbled upon a fortress in the middle of nowhere. Explore it and discover why it is abandoned.
Objective: Explore the Fortress
Bonus objective: ?
Reward: Stat crystal 3x, 1000 Credits. Gacha token.
Bonus Reward: ?,?,?
[Accept/Decline]
Staring at the rewards, I really wanted to immediately accept the quest, but that amount of rewards just for exploring the fortress didn't seem right and with that unknown objective, I was betting this was probably going to be much harder than it seemed.
Slowly descending to the ground. I started to slowly and cautiously make my way over to the large fortress. I kept an eye out for any possible enemies, but the fortress seemed devoid of all life.
I even noticed the wildlife start to quiet down as I got closer. Which unnerved me more. The sound of the birds chirping or the little insects buzzing around went completely silent.
Making it to the large gate which served as the entrance for the large fortress, I took a moment to admire the craftsmanship. The large gate had two large, intimidating pillars on either side of the entrance with intricate carvings present on both.
As I was taking a look around the gate, I noticed that the actual gate itself had seemed to be smashed off its hinges by something. A large indent present on what I could only assume as an iron gate.
Taking a peek around for any sign of life. I looked at the wild life that seemed to have started invading the walls through the cracks. This place was well and truly abandoned. The once what I could only assume as an impressive looking fortress with beautiful carvings and a strong visage was reduced to this.
After spending a bit of time looking around outside, I stepped inside the large door of the mansion that I assumed housed the previous occupants of the fortress. I noticed that everything seemed to be smashed apart, even the large wooden door was smashed apart.
The most noticeable thing that stood out were the multiple skeletons lying around the large and what was probably once regal looking hallway with weapons such as swords and armour lying around. The once lush carpets filled with dirt and stains I assumed were old dried blood.
I suspected that whatever or whoever caused this was long gone, since bodies take several years to decay and become skeletons. While the fortress on the whole looked like it hadn't been touched in decades. Which only served to make me even more curious as to what caused this.
Searching around to see if there was anything of use that I could take, I frowned. All the armour was smashed apart or broken beyond repair, while the swords were both either rusted to the point of being brittle or shattered, which I had to admit was highly disappointing.
There were many different rooms in the fortress that I investigated, hoping to find something of benefit or worth, but to no avail.
After stumbling around the decaying interior of the mansion, I came across a large stone entrance with a stairway presumably leading down to the basement.
The unnaturally dark entryway made for an eerie atmosphere, coupled with the large number of skeletons scattered around the place.
As I cautiously descended the seemingly crumbling staircase, the atmosphere grew increasingly unnerving.
Something caught my attention for an entirely different reason. There, amidst the many broken skulls and bones, were several broken statues, as if petrified.
The intricate facial details etched into their hardened forms were surprising. It was as though they had turned into stone, preserving their bodies for the rest of eternity.
The one thing about these stone statues that caught my eye was the expression of pure terror on their faces. I also saw that some of them had bat-like wings protruding from their backs, answering my earlier unasked question as to who owned this place.
Finally, making it to the end of the staircase, I was met with a long hallway. Ahead of me stood a pair of dark, towering double doors that practically screamed boss fight.
The fact that the number of weapons and skeletons strewn across the floor were far more numerous than the amount I had seen on my way down here further seemed to solidified that fact.
I had a sneaking suspicion I would be forced to participate in a fight, so with that thought in mind I made my way over to the large dark double doors that emanated a dark aura of some sort. With a complete lack of care, I planted my foot in the middle of the double doors and delivered a power kick that sent the doors crashing open.
Subtlety be damned, I was going to fight whatever was inside here anyway, so I may as well make a grand entrance of it. But to my surprise, instead of some giant monstrous creature ready to pounce on me and try to devour me, what greeted my eyes was something entirely unexpected.
A massive pile of gold and uncut gems that could be mistaken as a hill lay before me, sparkling alluringly in the dim light. Golden swords and shields were half-buried in the glittering mound of riches, adding to the enticing scene. It was basically asking to be stolen.
With slow and cautious steps, I came closer to the large hill of gold, filled to the brim with shiny golden coins and glittering gems of all kinds. Every now and then a large diamond would catch my eye in the large pile of treasure.
Among the treasure, there were even some golden ingots, adding to the grand display of the large pile of treasure. Curiously, I reached down and picked up a single gold coin, feeling its weight in my hand I could tell it was undoubtedly pure gold.
Grinning devilishly, which was ironic considering I was an angel. I began to hastily collect coins with the intent to stash them away in my inventory, only for a chilling serpentine hiss to abruptly pierce the silent room from behind me, which instantly grabbed my attention and forced me to freeze in my tracks.
Damn it.
I spun around only to be met with two large baleful yellow slitted eyes like those of a serpent, glaring menacingly down at me. Looking directly in its eyes, a notification presented itself to me.
Gamers body has negated the curse of petrification
Watching at, its maw opened and revealed several sharp rows of teeth. I jumped back as I saw a purple gas begin to pool in its mouth, and watched as it sprayed purple gas all over my previous location.
Now with some distance between me and the colossal black serpent. I took this time to observe it, to get a better look at it. An involuntary grimace spread across my face. I had to admit, it looked pretty intimidating and badass.
The serpent before me was a behemoth, stretching an intimidating 80 feet in length. Its body coiled in front of the door, blocking my only way out, Its dark scales seemed to absorb the light itself, with rows upon rows of razor-sharp, poisonous fangs that protruded from its maw. It stood at an impressive height, which made it all that easy to glare down at me.
I quickly used appraisal on the large serpent.
{Name: Voragos}
{Title: King of Serpents}
{Race: Basilisk}
{Rank: 8-B}
{Power level: 4260}
I can admit I may truly be fucked. Looking at the large number which was its power level along with its title and race, I could suddenly understand how so many devils had been killed by this monster.
Seemingly getting bored of the staring contest we were having and realising it's cursed gaze wasn't working. The colossal serpent king lurched forwards with a swift motion before I could react.
It crashed into me at astonishing speeds, colliding into me with large force. I suddenly found myself embedded within a pillar and with several shattered ribs.
I hissed in pain, I coughed blood, and I suddenly felt the peculiar sensation of my ribs popping back into place and the pain starting to fade within a few moments. Well, that's the super regeneration in effect.
With anger surging within me. I planted both of my hands firmly on either side of the broken pillar I was currently embedded in.
With a surge of strength, I hoisted myself out of the sizeable hole I had made with my impact. As I emerged, my gaze locked on to the serpent king and I sent him a withering glare.
That had hurt, and I was determined to pay that pain back a hundredfold. Unbothered by my glare, it opened its mouth and released a large amount of purple gas at me. Quickly acting, I jumped away to avoid the gas and I summoned two balls of light in either of my palms and began to condense them.
I had made this technique a few days ago, when experimenting to create more powerful moves. While the light spears were good, I needed a more diverse list of skills.
Adding a bit of holy power for good measure, I aimed and released both balls of bright light, shooting towards the basilisk. With a large explosion, both attacks hit their mark. Causing a bright wave of light that burnt the surrounding area around the basilisk.
The small shockwave it caused sent the mountain of gold scattering across the floor. The light died down, and I could only scowl as the scales of the basilisk only seemed slightly burnt.
I saw it begin to lurch forward and immediately brought out my four angelic wings. With a powerful jump using all my strength, the ground below me broke apart as I launched up in the sky. Narrowly avoiding the basilisk as it slammed with a large force into my previous place. The blast of the impact caused the room to shake.
With a flick of my hand, four holy infused light spears shooting towards the serpent just as it aimed up at me and sent a shockwave through its mouth at me. The four spears hit their mark, only leaving a slight burn mark on its seemingly impenetrable scales.
While I was blasted back into the ceiling with force. I groaned as I felt my back break from the attack. I was going to really have to figure a way to get around those scales of it.
Opening my inventory, I grabbed murasame. I realised I probably should have got it out from the beginning. Jumping at the serpent, its maw still aimed at me, and it sent a giant stream of poison gas at me.
With my free hand created a barrier of holy light to protect me from the poison, only to notice a few moments later the holy barrier began to disintegrate.
I scowled as I pumped mana into it to try to keep it up. Only to have to fly back to avoid the poisonous gas as it ate up my mana, like a homeless man who hadn't eaten for a week.
I went to attack again, only to be slammed into the wall as the basilisk hit me, shattering all my ribs. I groaned in pain. This fight was seriously not going my way. The difference in strength was simply too much to cross.
Infusing chakra into my legs, I grimace at the pain. I hadn't gained enough control to do this properly and the amount of chakra I was using meant I couldn't keep it for long, but it would be enough.
Jumping with my chakra infused legs, the wall exploded behind me and I used my mana to create several light chains to shoot out of me and towards the basilisk.
The serpent king with its pure strength, managed to dodge and smash away most of the chains with its strength, but eventually, one wrapped around its neck and pulled down.
Yanking the basilisk's head down. The basilisk resisted but started to pause as seven other chains wrapped around it and made it pause.
In the meanwhile, I had been charging a ball of holy light far stronger than the two before and sent it exploding towards its head, with a bright explosion sending it flying backwards with all the chains breaking into light particles.
The basilisk glared up at me, with many of its scales burnt. It slammed into me or what it thought was me.
"Fourth Form: Fake Rainbow"
The body that the basilisk hit disappeared, and I reappeared a short distance away. The Fourth Form: Fake Rainbow, was a sun breathing form that allowed me to create an after image of myself by rotating at high speeds.
I channelled a large amount of holy light into Murasame and slashed vertically at the basilisk. A powerful wave of light came out of Murasame and a slash of light went slicing in a vertical arc towards the Basilisk. Striking true, a small cut appeared on its serpentine body. Blue blood started to bleed out the cut.
My breathing started to become faster as I was feeling exhausted. My mana was starting to run low. I had been using powerful attacks for the entirety of the battle, and now it was starting to show.
The basilisk looked extremely enraged and hissed threateningly. With my sword clenched tightly in my hand, I braced myself as the basilisk came charging at me with blinding speed. The sheer agility of the creature caught me off guard, and it slammed into me again with a force that felt like a truck hitting me head on.
Before I could even react, the basilisk unleashed a devastating attack. Its gaping maw opened wide, and with a deafening roar, it unleashed a devastating shockwave at point-blank range. The impact was so intense that my eyes momentarily lost focus as I felt my bones break, and my entire body felt like it was being crushed under an immense weight.
As I struggled to regain my composure, pain suddenly seared through my arm. I looked down in pain to see the basilisk's maw clamped around my arm, its razor-sharp teeth digging with ease into my flesh. It promptly tore my arm off, leaving me screaming in agony. Blood sprayed from the wound, the excruciating pain making me lose focus.
It seemed the basilisk had been playing around with me and had finally decided to take the fight seriously. Which I shouldn't have been surprised about. This creature was over 2000 power levels above me, and had experience in killing hundreds of devils, on top of that, it was probably hundreds of years old.
I landed on my back as the creature seemed distracted by eating my arm. It probably considered me down for the count. Gasping in pain, I already felt my super regeneration getting to work and trying to fix my broken body. With sheer will, I pushed myself up with Murasame, which I had somehow held on to when getting my ass beat.
With a push, I stumbled up. The basilisk was still distracted, good. Using all my remaining chakra, I slammed my single hand down on the floor, causing the ground to tremble a bit before five giant roots exploded out from the ground and quickly wrapped themselves around the preoccupied basilisk.
Running with all my strength, I couldn't fly due to my once beautiful wings being broken. I used all my remaining strength to jump up and raise Murasame high.
"Ninth Form: Setting Sun Transformation"
Bringing down my blade with fire coating it. Murasame passed through the basilisk's head as I grinned viciously with delight down into its eyes, it could only stare in fear as the roots formed from Mokuton held it still and began to slowly drain its mana. Unfortunately, due to Mokuton being low levelled the mana drainage was slow.
Murasame cut through the basilisk's head with ease, the fire from the sun breathing technique cutting through the rest of the neck that I couldn't reach with my blade.
1000 Credits Gained.
With that, the battle between me and the King of serpents came to an end with me barely winning the battle. I slumped down on the floor, completely exhausted and drained of both my mana and chakra. Along with my body being in pain.
"Well, that was fun." I said between my gasps for air.
[Quest completed!]
[Quest]
The Fortress [Completed!]
Description: You have stumbled upon a fortress in the middle of nowhere. Explore it and discover why it is abandoned.
Objective: Explore the Fortress [Completed!]
Bonus objective: Defeat the Serpent King. [Completed!]
Reward: Stat crystal 3x, 1000 Credits. Gacha token.
Bonus Reward: ?,?,?
Rewards:
Stat crystal x3 Gained
1000 Credits Gained
Gacha token Gained
Bonus rewards:
Familiar Egg Gained
Skill book: Poison Resistance Gained.
Ring: Radiant Charm Gained
I immediately used the skill book for poison resistance and felt the poison resistance get to work trying to rid my system of the basilisk's deadly venom my super regeneration had been battling against.
I heard multiple pings as the poison resistance started levelling up rapidly. I decided to take a look at the rewards while I regenerated enough to actually walk.
[Familiar Egg] [Race: ?] [Legendary]
[Poison Resistance] (LVL: 6/20) {Novice}
[Poison Resistance is a skill that allows the user to better resist any types of poison that infects the user. With this skill it becomes harder to poison the user and requires deadlier poison depending on the skills level.]
[Passive effect: Poison Resistance increased by 10%]
[Radiant Charm] [Rare]
[Radiant charm is a ring that gives a 10% boost to all light magic.]
[Abilities: None] [Passive effect: 10% boost to all light magic]
I scanned through the description of both items and grinned. The familiar egg was definitely a surprise, especially since it was a legendary item which was the same level of Murasame so it must be something good, and for the Radiant Charm ring that would be pretty useful since I use light manipulation in basically all my fights.
Gritting my teeth again in pain and stumbling to get up. I didn't know how long I would be able to stay conscious, so I decided to find somewhere safe to rest.
Who knew getting smashed around by a baslisik would feel so bad?
-{Gabriel POV}-
Sitting on a large bed in a room adorned with white walls with a meticulously designed interior, one of the renowned and famous great seraphs of heaven, also known as the strongest and most beautiful woman in heaven, sat Gabriel.
Gabriel possessed an alluring charm that captivated onlookers, her curly golden locks cascading down her shoulders in a mesmerising way.
Her figure, well-endowed with voluptuous curves, that could rival even the goddess Aphrodite herself, though such comparisons were never made. With innocent, pure green eyes that shimmered like emeralds that held a look of what most would see as naivety.
Her face had delicate features, forming a heart shaped visage that exuded a sense of innocence. Her perfect facial features further accentuated by her angelic beauty, while her seemingly flawless skin held an almost ethereal glow.
Currently said seraph's normal innocent and naive facial expression was nowhere to be seen, replaced with a far more dark expression that was never seen by anyone but herself.
To heaven and the rest of the entirety of the supernatural world, she was an innocent and easy to trick woman who was one of the purest of souls.
Little did anyone know about her true self. What she was really like under the naive mask she made to try to dull the pain. Not that it worked much.
Every day, she had thoughts of taking the easy way out. The thoughts of falling or just letting go, always plaguing her mind.
Despite the thoughts of the many, she had fought in the Great War. Watched as those she called siblings died a torturous death.
There was a day when she was truly innocent, but that person had long since burned away. Left behind by a heartbroken angel who puts on a mask to fool those she calls family.
She had spent hundreds of nights crying herself to sleep. The war had truly traumatised her more than anyone could ever know. Her mask being a way to try to negate a bit of that trauma.
The only source of happiness she had felt in the last few centuries was when children had been born. She had always taken joy in raising newly born angels. It also represented a hope for her, Hope that had died after her father's death.
A small hope that maybe heaven could return to its former glory, but realistically, she had all but given up on heaven.
She was suddenly cut out of her dark thoughts by a nock on her bedroom door. Quickly adjusting her expression to that of a joyful and innocent child. She walked over to the door and opened it. Looking at the angel gazing at her with awe and respect.
"Can I help you?" Gabriel asked kindly.
"Uhm- Gabriel-sama, Lord Michael has requested your presence at his office. He says it's urgent." The angel said nervously.
Nodding her head, she thanked the angel for bringing her the news, the angel quickly left and Gabriel frowned slightly, wondering as to what Michael could want.
She quickly prepared herself and put on her usual mask of innocent joy, and she set out towards Michael's office on the 6th floor.
Arriving at Michael's office she knocked twice on the large white door with golden designs on it. Hearing the voice of Michael permitting her to enter, she opened the door and quickly entered while shutting the door behind her.
"Is there something you need, brother?"
"Ah yes, Gabriel, please come and sit. I have some important news to share with you." Michael said, gesturing for her to sit on one of the comfortable chairs situated in front of his desk. Taking a seat, she tilted her innocently and waited for Michael to continue.
"Well, firstly, I have some delightful information to tell you. An angel named Kai has been born." Michael spoke with a smile while Gabriel's eyes widened, and she felt a sliver of genuine happiness for the first time in a century. (When the last angel was born)
"That's wonderful!" She chirped with happiness, hopping up from her place seated on the chair, she looked ready to go meet this new child.
Just as she wondered what baby clothes she would buy. Michael cut her out of her internal rambling.
"I'm afraid there's also some bad news." Michael looked sheepishly as Gabriel paused and looked at him in a confused manner. Which inadvertently made her look adorable.
"The thing is. I've checked all of heaven and it appears that the child is not actually in heaven." Michael said seriously with a worried tone.
He had checked everywhere in heaven. Even suspecting at one point that the parents were keeping the child a secret. Only to come up short-handed when checking all the angels for the newly born Kai.
Gabriel's eyes narrowed dangerously as her aura began to spread around the room, causing it to shake.
"What?" She said dangerously, greatly startling Michael at his normally cheerful and innocent little sister's reaction.
"Uh- you see, I checked around heaven, and it seems the child was either removed from heaven or born outside of heaven." Michael stuttered nervously.
He had never seen Gabriel mad and he could honestly say he was well and truly shocked. Gabriel slammed her hand on the desk, causing little cracks to appear.
"We need to find the child then!" She demanded.
"Sister, we can't just send angels to look for one across earth. I've already notified the church, and they will be sen-" Michael was cut off.
"THE CHURCH?!, you mean the slowly corrupting church that you can't seem to fix. You're trusting them with the life of an angel?!" She shouted furiously. Michael paled at the tone of his sister and flinched at the reminder of the churches' less than good deeds.
"Sister, if we send angels across earth, the other factions will assume we are mobilising forces for another Great War!" Michael defended.
"I don't care what they think. A child of the angels is out there, and we need to find him." She stated.
"I will send some of our forces to search our territories, but apart from that my hands are tied. I'm sorry, sister, it's the best I can do at the moment." Michael firmly replied.
"Fine, I'll go search for him myself." She said, and didn't bother waiting for a reply before she turned around and stormed out of Michael's office. Not giving him a single glance.
If Michael was too scared to venture out to find this child, then she would take matters into her own hands.
-END-
Reviews:
Guest: Haha, I'll try, I mainly want to focus on getting a lot of chapters out until I actually get him out of the familiar forest. I'll probably slow down a lot after that.
RageSage: oh, he will be yonking quite a few gears. Unlike most mcs he doesn't give a fuck about the plot. To him, he has the gamer system so why should he care, right? I mainly chose Sakura just to shit on her honestly lol, if you have any suggestions for characters to download, please do tell me. Any suggestion with the fic too would help.
M1stymix: My bad, I'll try to cut down on that. That's the point. I'm purposely trying to make Michael seem like a bad leader, after all. He's more of a general than a true leader.
He sees the church as a major military power that is needed for heaven to survive, and the angels withering and dying is also something else I wanted to show. That was the entire point of adding that detail to his pov. To show that the angels are on a path to destruction. I know it's a stupid excuse lol.
Guest: Hehe, well, as this chapter has shown, you were correct. She's secretly suffering on the inside, but one thing that makes her truly joyful is children since she loves their innocence and the thought of an angel child who is missing, which infuriated her to the point of breaking her mask in front of Michael.
Gabriel is also like Serafall but suffers much more due to her being much older than her as well as experiencing the Great War which was much worse than the devils civil war. I can also confirm that Gabriel will be a part of Kai's harem.
Aruz Uchiha: Yes, he does have a backstory which will be shown eventually.
Alergarzurpc: That's a very good idea actually. I may implement that when Kai learns more about his angel heritage and powers and as for kizaru, I will definitely be downloading him in the future and since the devil fruit's weaknesses is considered a curse he will negate that.
BiswasNPgrameR: Definitely will be added in the future.
xProphet: You have to remember he is new to fighting. Of course, he isn't going to instantly master using a sword, so right now he's been swinging it around and abusing its one hit kill feature. He will be getting better with it.
I suppose you are correct about the shadow wolf, but that could be put down to the fact he panicked and wanted to try to use his magic first. Anyway, he will be using it more from now on and sometimes the blades one hit kill won't work on much stronger beings.
But the curse will stack, so, depending on the amount of times he hits them it could activate. He is also going to be a bit of a battle maniac, so that's another reason he may not use it in the future.