The Tempest Deva - Part 2
The Seraphic System
Chapter: 16
Notice: I've started up a pa/ t reon with four chapters in advance, details at the bottom of the chapter if you're interested I'll keep posting regardless
I've come to realise that I haven't posted the power ranking ranks, which I had thought I had done before. Apologies.
Mid class: 1800 - 3000
High class: 3060 - 6000
Ultimate class: 6060 - 18,000
Satan Class/God Class: 18,060 - 60,000
Super class/Chief God: 60,060 - ?
Heavenly Class: ? - ?
Ascendant: ? - ?
if people were wondering why Manasa is so strong it's because she's the daughter of an ascendant class. The Indians gods are much stronger than normal gods is all I'm saying. Also because my editor kept bitching about her being to weak.
(The Tempest Deva - Part 2)
The green stone in my hand glowed and the unique power that I now knew as divinity pulsed within. Namara paused and gave an intense look at the stone. He raised his fist and clenched and unclenched it experimentally.
{Name: Namara}
{Title: The Tempest}
{Race: Deva}
{Power level: 8999}
I see, so it made his power level drop by ten percent. At least I didn't suffer through that poison for nothing. A 10% drop in power was a game-changer when fighting a powerful enemy like Namara.
I didn't get to think much further as Namara resumed his attack. I quickly stuffed The Manasa stone in my pocket, so the weakening effect would still work. I had to dodge a moment later as a lightning spear came drilling through where my head was.
Namara released his grip on his Tempest Chakrams, allowing them to hover beside him. He closed in on me with a powerful punch, which I narrowly avoided.
I attempted to retaliate with a wild jab, only for one of the Tempest Chakrams to block the path of my fist with a quickly created miniature barrier, which successfully halted my attempt.
A moment later, I received a hard punch to the left side of my head, sending me stumbling backwards as I'm sure my skull fractured. Namara then rather masterfully performed a kick that sent me into a nearby brick wall.
This guy really likes using kicks.
I needed to gain distance, I wasn't going to be winning any close-up combat with a master at fighting hand-to-hand in combat. I formed three light bombs and directed them towards Namara, who swiftly erected a barrier of wind in response.
Using the brief moment of reprieve, I flew up as fast as I could while forming light spears to rain down upon Namara.
They all exploded on Namara's barrier of wind before he shot up after me while sending his own attacks to intercept all of mine.
Raising my arm, I once again formed a light construct with a grimace, I didn't like using it too much since it cost a lot of mana. The large blob of light turned into a gigantic hammer, which I swung down at Namara without hesitation.
The hammer of light that lit up the dark sky like the coming of morning shook their earth as a gigantic explosion erupted underneath it.
Namara was forced to form a barrier quickly since he hadn't been able to avoid it while flying up at such high speeds.
It was a shame Sora who I had downloaded was as good in combat as he was outside of it. Maybe I should look into downloading Shiro too? I needed to gain experience quickly if I was going to handle beings with thousands of years of experience.
I was just some dickish teenager who happened to get reincarnated, don't judge me. The dust settled after the impact as I dispelled the hammer of light, but Namara was nowhere to be seen.
Shi-
Namara was beside me and I felt my throat open up as the Tempest Chakram sliced through my throat with ease to the point I was nearly beheaded. Namara sported a cut on his forehead and his clothes were demolished, it seems the hammer of light had managed to hit him.
I quickly fired an overpowered ball of light in between us and let it explode, sending both of us flying away this time. My regeneration got to work and patched me up to the best of its abilities.
Dozens of lightning spears formed in the sky and were sent firing at me as Namara quickly righted himself in the air. I formed a light shield construct in my hand and manoeuvred to dodge my way through the hail of attacks.
I only used the shield for attacks that I wasn't able to dodge. I looked at Namara who now had a few cuts on his face, his skin also had some burn marks but apart from that he looked relatively fine.
I channelled an insane amount of mana as a gigantic amount of holy light formed above me. These small attacks weren't going anywhere, it seemed it was time to up the game again.
The colossal holy spear illuminated the night sky, gleaming with the light of a star. I manipulated it to rotate rapidly in the air, this caused a smirk to appear on Namara's face for the first time since I had met him.
In response, a massive spear of lightning materialised above him. The sheer heat radiating off the attacks caused the air to shimmer. There was a brief silence as if all living creatures sensed the incoming destruction before we both unleashed our respective attacks.
The holy light spear and lightning spear met and a large explosion of heat and lighting exploded. The shockwaves tore through the air and destroyed a good portion of the city below.
Namara shot out, just as unharmed as me. Making me fly back as I started raining light spears down on him. I sighed in annoyance as I pulled up the notification I had received earlier.
I guess I had held off using my download for long enough.
{Download Completed!}
{Template - Momonga - age unknown}
{Perks} - [Overlord]
[Undead Monarch]
[Eclipse]
[Master of Death]
{Skills} - [Necromancy]
{Sub-skills} - [Acid Javelin]
[Acid Splash]
[Alarm]
[All Appraisal Magic Item]
[All Greater Heal]
[Anti-Life Cocoon]
[Anti-Information Magic]
[Appraise Magic item]
[Crystal Monitor]
[Crystal Wall]
[Detect Life]
[Conceal Life]
[Confusion]
[Counter Detect]
[Construct Light]
[Bless Weapon]
[Bless Magic Caster]
[Brilliant Radiance]
[Blindness]
The list kept going on, and hundreds of sub-skills which were Momonga's long list of spells appeared. All seven hundred and eighteen spells Momonga possessed appeared, and I nearly groaned in annoyance.
I wanted to spend my time going through all of them, but I wouldn't be able to hold off Namara forever. I started rapidly going through the most promising spells based on their names.
[Napalm]
A spell that creates a column of flame appears beside the target, engulfing it in the fire.
[Lightning]
A spell that shoots a bolt of lightning from the tip of the caster's finger. It is effective against targets wearing metal armour. The lightning generates and pierces in a straight line.
I instantly ignored any sub-skills that had basic names since they were mostly starter spells or too weak for what I needed at the moment.
[Chain Dragon Lightning]
A spell that shoots dragon-shaped lightning towards the target. In addition to its intended target, it can also strike other enemies nearby. It effectively works great against metal armour.
For some reason, I doubted that using lightning against a being known as the Tempest Deva would end well for me.
Sensing Namara getting uncomfortably close, I summoned a powerful light bomb to delay him.
[Hell Flame]
A spell that shoots out a very small flame that will then latch onto a target and become a raging inferno that burns anything to ashes with black flames.
Promising, but not what I need to turn the tides around on a superior foe.
[Bless of Titania]
A spell that summons forth a tiny fairy. The fairy queen beside him will take them along the least dangerous path. Ainz can use the spell with Extend Magic.
Useful but not what I need at the moment.
[Explosive Landmine]
A trap magic that explodes when it is near the enemy. Through Triplet Maximise Magic, it can create three large explosions.
I paused before shaking my head, again promising but not offensive enough. I quickly dodged a lightning spear from Namara. I sent a dozen back in turn.
Finally, after scrolling through some exciting and tempting spells that I would have loved to play around with, I found one that seemed promising.
[Pantheon]
Once cast, this super-tier spell allows the caster to summon forth six levels 80, Cherubims Gatekeeper who can cast holy magic under the caster's full command.
An angel, who could summon more angels. I wasn't exactly sure how powerful level eighty would be in terms of the Dxd powering scale, but it couldn't be weak, right?
Momonga was only twenty levels above, and he should be well in the mid or upper realm of ultimate class. So they should be in the high-class realm, right?
A part of me liked the idea of being able to create other angels. I would have to get the teleportation spell at a later date, I suppose.
With a bit of reluctance, I chose the super-tier spell from overlord Pantheon. Just in time, too, as a Tempest Chakram came slicing towards my throat. I shot away in time to miss a giant explosion of lightning descending on where I was previously.
A crackle of lightning boomed from behind me, and suddenly, my body stopped, spasming in pain as lightning coursed through it. Caught off guard, I looked down to see a whip of lightning wrapped firmly around my left foot.
Namara had conjured a whip of lightning, yanking me towards him. Reacting as quickly as possible, I summoned a condensed spear of light and managed to sever the lightning whip.
However, the magic went uncontrolled and exploded, which left my foot temporarily burnt to a crisp as tiny wisps of lightning cracked around it. Lightning was seriously overpowered.
I had to admit that caught me off guard. I had been out flying all of his attacks, so I didn't think one would catch me. That lightning bolt he set up before was a good distraction.
I also had to keep an eye on the floating chakram blades, so there was that to consider. Namara launched a few more lightning spears, which were promptly dodged.
Alright, time to test out my new sub-skill. I was excited, despite the fact I should probably be focusing on the battle at hand.
Condensing a large amount of light magic in my hand, I created a blinding flash of light and sent a few light spears at him for good measure. Namara instantly squinted his eyes and started dealing with the incoming attack.
Thinking of the spell I wanted to use, I spoke it aloud for dramatic effect.
"Pantheon."
The words I spoke casually echoed unnaturally across the Skies, drawing Namara's attention, which I found interesting. Next, I noticed a significant portion of my mana reserves vanish which nearly made me lose focus from the sheer mana drain, and a strange pressure descended upon the battlefield.
The sky lit up as six giant golden magic circles appeared above me. The golden magic circle itself had three separate sections to it, The inner section of the magic circle had four angelic wings extending out from behind an intricately designed eye.
The middle section had inscriptions in Hebrew that I understood as "come and serve thy new lord," while the outermost section had holy symbols engraved in intricate patterns.
Namara's eyes fixed on the magic circles and narrowed in thought. I made sure to deter any attacks by sending attacks of my own at him. Motes of energy came up from the magical circles and started forming into bodies.
Eight pairs of pure white wings sprouted from the summoning circle. They were followed by figures adorned in shiny silver metal that gleamed with holy power. They all wore helmets with two slits showing a pair of glowing blue eyes.
Three of the angels bore feminine features, evident in their sleeker, more curved armour, while the remaining trio had bulkier armour. All of them had a glowing blue triangle in the middle of the chest plate.
Each angel was armed with a giant shield with eye patterns on it in one hand and a lance of holy fire in the other.
'Appraisal'
{Name: None}
{Title: Cherubim Gatekeeper}
{Race: Angel}
{Power level: 6450}
Holy shit! They were in the ultimate class?! With that power level, it was probably at the very lowest of the ultimate class but still. It was an ultimate class-being, that alone held weight in dxd.
I quickly used appraisal on the five other angels hovering in the air, and they all shared the same power level. I had expected them to be high class, maybe even peak high class, but this was a welcome surprise.
Even Namara appeared taken aback and bewildered by the sudden appearance of six low-ultimate class angels, but then he turned his attention towards me. A mysterious glint sparked in his eyes, and he let out a small chuckle.
I didn't quite understand his strange reaction, since most of my attention was fully taken by the angels I had just summoned. The Cherubim Gatekeepers stared around before their eyes landed on me and filled with adoration.
They lowered themselves from above me until they were directly in front of me and as if practiced they all kneeled, which was somewhat awkward since we were all hovering in the air.
"We await your command, Father." They all intoned in varying voices.
I froze. They can talk?! This had implications that I would rather not be forced into. I mean they never talked in Overlord, but then again aren't they meant to have lion heads too?
Those eyes certainly didn't look feline. I could think more about this and the implications of being called father by a group of angels that worship the ground I walk on.
"…"
Fuck, this was going to become a massive deal, wasn't it?
"The man behind you seeks to kill me, destroy him for me," I commanded simply and somewhat unsure. I gestured to Namara who was floating further away, simply observing us intently.
I had stopped my passive attacks to keep him at bay when he had stopped attempting to attack me. With my mana reserves severely depleted, I needed to try to conserve my mana usage.
Instantly all the Cherubim Gatekeepers became hostile, with rage evident in their eyes alone. I admit despite myself I was surprised at the immediate reaction, I guess it should be expected.
Still, it was strange having other living beings genuinely get angry for my sake.
"It shall be done."
"Holy Aura" They all spoke and an aura of light surrounded their bodies.
The spells from Overlord seemed surprisingly useful. I had previously overlooked spells in favour of my light manipulation, but perhaps it was time to reconsider and focus on them more.
Suddenly, they attacked in unison. Golden magical circles appeared on the end of their lances as they thrust the lances of holy fire outwards. Holy rays of light exploded out and shot towards Namara.
Just like that, the battle resumed.
-{Shanu}-
Shanu mentally cursed as he barked orders to another group of stone constructs. The whole of his mansion could currently be seen in a frenzy, with the normally peaceful atmosphere alight with activity.
Reports of the pure destruction currently taking place in Namara's city were coming in every few minutes. The whole of Shimla was currently placed under high security, as news of the destructive battle between Kai and Namara had finally been reported.
Instantly Shanu had taken action and had tried to send support to stop the needless death of so many humans, even attempting to teleport himself in to bargain for peace, only to find a giant barrier covering the city keeping them all out.
Shanu rubbed his head to try to soothe the massive headache he had as he watched a magic projection of the destruction of the city and the thousands of humans attempting to leave.
Shanu couldn't see the battle itself due to some sort of anti-scrying magic presumably placed by Namara, blocking it.
Only they couldn't since the barrier wasn't only to keep things out but also in as well.
"Adheer WHERE ARE THE BARRIER BREAKERS?!" Shanu roared. His normally composed self disappeared as he watched more humans beg for help as they suffered under the onslaught of two ultimate-class beings having a dick-measuring contest.
"My Lord, the vault security we placed on it last time is making the process longer, my fellow brothers should be here within the next half an hour." Adheer somewhat timidly replied.
"Half an hour. HALF AN HOUR?!" Shanu gritted his teeth. The high-security measures on his vault were something he had been rather proud of ever since the last thief had been found burnt dead.
Now he was regretting not taking some measures to enter faster.
Adheer received a message and visibly paled, despite being a stone construct.
"My Lord, there has been a development," Adheer said cautiously.
Shanu narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me."
"It would seem six other low-ultimate class angels have joined the battle."
Just like that, the Stone Deva fainted.
-{Namara}-
I flew out of the way as large rays of condensed holy light exploded towards me, summoning a whip of lightning and idly commanding my two Chakrams to attack from behind.
How curious.
My lighting whip created a crack as I flicked it with expertise at the male angel who was currently charging towards me. I made sure to keep an eye on the young angel with golden wings who had garnered my full interest.
I hadn't noticed it before, too uncaring of his existence to inspect him. Now I see the look in his eyes. A look that I had seen in the reflection since the death of my love.
It had gained my interest along with his unnaturally strong power, a small boy like that shouldn't be that strong or have that look in his eyes.
Clearing my head I focused on the new arrivals who had somehow gotten past the anti-teleportation wards I had activated, which seemed impressive enough, though not compared to the young child whose name I had yet to know.
I calmly watched as the male angel raised his shield as he wasn't nearly quick enough to dodge my attack, though the fact he could even predict it was pretty noteworthy.
I had already estimated based on the angel's auras that the new arrivals were all at the very bottom of the ultimate class level. It didn't mean I could be careless but it meant I wouldn't be entirely overwhelmed.
Checking my mana reserves I noticed I was below three-quarters of capacity from fighting the young angel alone. Not that I had been too serious. While his power is impressive he lacks the experience to utilise it properly.
The lightning whip exploded against the male angel's shield sending him hurling back through the air from sheer force, I raised another hand as I sent the female angel who had tried to pincer attack me flying back with a massive torrent of wind.
I dodged the lance of fire with practised movements honed to perfection over the hundreds of battles I had fought. Then, I delivered a powerful jab that crashed against the barely raised shield.
The two other angels were preoccupied with my tempest Chakrams as they attempted to cut through them, I had to avoid another fire lance that narrowly avoided my throat.
How brutal, these angels wielded these lances with some skill but lacked any true mastery. They had more experience than the boy but not by much.
I spun and kicked away the recovering male angel before knocking the lance the other female angel sent towards me. Kicking her away with a spin kick the hairs on my arms stood up as the cold voice of one of the female angels echoed behind me.
"Holy Smite."
A giant magic circle appeared under me and a large column of holy light exploded upwards at a speed that surprised me. I instantly wrapped myself in magic and forced the air to form a barrier.
The attack was surprisingly powerful, nonetheless, my barrier as expected still held. The light died down and I released the barrier only to notice in the corner of my eye a large construct swung by the young angel.
I was getting ready to shoot myself out of the way my body unexpectedly clenched up.
"Holy bind." A voice said and a female angel from above had her hand raised towards me.
With a flare of my magic and a brief struggle, I managed to break free, but it wasn't soon enough. I thought as a giant hammer of light slammed into my body, sending me hurtling through the air like a ball.
It seems like the young angel had decided to re-enter the battle.
Very well, let me see if you are worthy.
{Kai}
Watching Namara get sent flying away after being hit by my light construct, I followed after him. My angels flanked me as they circled me almost protectively. Not counting the two currently dealing with the flying tempest Chakrams.
I hadn't expected my attack to connect, but one of the unnamed female angels that I really should name at some point cast some sort of binding spell, momentarily restricting his movements. It was just the opportunity I needed.
This would be easier if I had some sort of idea of what my angels could cast, but I guess I would wing it.
"All of you cast holy bind," I commanded a bit awkwardly, I'm pretty sure that was the name of the spell.
I sent a powerful light disk towards Namara who regained his bearings.
"Holy bind." The four angels flanking me chorused, all raising their hands towards their target. Just as Namara went to try to move, his body stiffened under the strange restriction spell again.
This time there was a much longer pause as the spell was amplified by three. The disk of light cut through his body. A massive splash of blood erupted from him as I got my first true hit.
Moments later, a massive torrent of lightning blasted towards me, prompting both me and the angels to dive out of harm's way. Unfortunately, one of the male angels couldn't dodge in time and screamed in pain as he attempted to shield himself.
I retaliated by conjuring a spear of light, simultaneously followed by three holy blasts of light from the three remaining angels, who remained protectively positioned around me.
Frowning as I watched the male angel fall from the sky completely unresponsive, the lance of fire and shield flying down with him out of his grasp. Hopefully, he wasn't dead.
Namara created a barrier of compressed air to block the attacks. Spears of lightning formed simultaneously and were sent at us as he inspected the large wound covering his torso.
That should restrict his movements at least and force him to rely on his magic. I was running dangerously low on mana at this point. I needed to try to end this fast, or I would be forced to rely on physical attacks.
Dodging the lightning spears, Namara suddenly positioned his arms into a cross in front of his chest, and I saw the air warp in front of him. Moments later, his hands shot out and a giant torrent of wind visibly tore towards us.
As the wave of winds approached, obliterating everything in its path down on the ground, I summoned a barrier of light around myself and the other angels. The powerful wind blast crashed into us, forcing me to reinforce the barrier to withstand it.
"Holy barrier." The three angels with me suddenly spoke, and I felt a powerful energy reinforce the barrier further to the point I didn't need to expend any mana on it.
The barrier turned a strange ethereal blue colour before it disappeared after the wind stopped.
As Namara jabbed his hand downward in an arc, a massive blade of wind followed. I pushed two of the angels away and grabbed hold of the other one as I dodged out of the massive wind blade path.
How much mana does this guy have?!
My three angels didn't stay idle, though, as they all cast "Holy Ray" at him, causing three large pillars of light to fire at him. Namara created a bubble of air around him as the attack caused a giant explosion.
He sent lightning spears back at them, only to focus back on me when I sent a large light spear at him. A large magic circle appeared under him once again as "Holy Smite" was cast by one of the angels.
I could gladly say the angels were helping out tremendously. A good investment on my part instead of recklessly getting a spell based on attack.
That holy smite spell was pretty decent of an attack, though I could tell it used up quite a bit of mana.
Namara was forced to evade, causing him to wince as the movement irritated the large gnash on his body. I could see his complexion starting to go paler. The blood loss was starting to affect him.
Moments later, a powerful column of holy light erupted from the magic circle as he dodged the large light spear. However, he was clipped by the holy smite attack, causing burns to appear on the left side of his body.
Namara had to force himself to evade the two holy rays of light shot by the other two angels. Taking advantage of his distraction by the sudden pain of his wounds and the opening my angels provided me, I flew at him.
I could see he was a bit dazed by the blood loss and the pain. Holy power may sound harmless, but it was pretty excruciating to be attacked with.
Summoning all my remaining mana, I crafted a large lance of light, infusing it with every ounce of mana I had left.
The lance of shining light swirled with holy power.
"Cast holy bind." I roared out to all the angels.
"Holy bind." They called out, and even the two fighting off the tempest Chakrams stopped and cast it. Causing them to be hit by the blades.
Namara regained focus and I rapidly approached him. As the holy bind wore off, Namara began to move, but his eyes widened in surprise as my body briefly flickered into light, positioning me right in front of him.
With the attack holding the last of my mana, I launched the large light spear directly towards his heart. His arms went to raise and mana swirled around him, only to stop as he gave me a strange look before smiling.
My light spear pierced through his heart the next moment. A splash of blood covered my face as the spear went through his body. I stared confused. Why did he stop his defense?
Namara fell onto his knees the next second as I let go of the light spear. I looked down at him as I breathed heavily from exhaustion. My lungs burned, and I felt a layer of sweat covering my forehead.
There was a brief silence as I simply tried to regain my breath. My five angels floated down to me, since the Tempest Chakrams had stopped attacking right after I had stabbed him.
I didn't know how to feel. At the start, I had the desire to kill him after realising I couldn't escape, but I had learned a lot about him during this fight. Namara let out a chuckle as he fell on his back.
"Good move, that binding spell is a real pain in the ass." He rasped out.
I didn't know how to respond, so I kept silent.
"I guess you win kid, you put up a good battle. I would suggest working on your close-quarter combat skills and branching out in terms of magical attacks." He advised, which left me baffled.
"It's not a victory when I know you held back. Your attacks were powerful but mostly basic. I'm sure you have other attacks that would have been far more tricky to deal with." I pointed out.
"Eh, you caught onto that, huh? Don't kick yourself. I did truly attempt to kill you, even if I left some of my more deadly attacks out of the picture." He said with a chuckle.
It was clear that his heart wasn't fully invested in the battle. While he attacked, it seemed like he held back, as if not putting his full effort into trying to kill me with some of those attacks.
Namara only began utilising his wind manipulation at the end, displaying far better control over lightning.
"Why?" I was truly confused.
"You could say I came to a realisation," Namara said before coughing.
"Leave," I commanded my angels, feeling somewhat solemn. They left without protest.
"I realised that I had died ages ago. I'm no longer the person I once was. Pathetic? Yes. Unfortunately, I can't help it. As a being so old who had never experienced love before, you could say it overwhelmed me." Namara ranted.
A crack was heard, and my eyes darted to the barrier that had been erected at the start of the battle. It had cracks cascading all through it and was falling apart more every second.
"I don't see why we needed to fight. There were better ways to go about this. You could have left behind a legacy at least, perhaps experience other things to try processing the pain." I replied.
"You should listen to your own advice," Namara said knowingly.
My eyes snapped to his, shocked.
"Don't be surprised, child, I'm thousands of years old, and I can spot someone holding on to something painful. Especially since I understand." Namara smiled.
I sat down next to him. That just made me feel worse. I could understand the period he was going through, since I had gone through it when I first woke up.
Needless destruction and displays of power to make myself see how much I had grown. Since if I hadn't grown, I would simply be the same person who got used by his family.
I wasn't really over it now, but I had moved on from the needless destruction and vicious phase. Namara apparently had experienced his hurt in a state of apathy.
Probably so he wouldn't experience hurt again by trying to force himself to experience nothing. Different situations. Different ways of coping. Ultimately, the same in the end.
"What a shitshow," I commented as I watched people fleeing the now broken barrier and watched as many different supernatural beings flew in.
Namara laughed hysterically.
"That's one way to put it." He wheezed out before coughing globs of blood out. His breathing was slowing, he would die any moment now.
"Don't feel bad, kid, I wanted this. This is merely a step in what's sure to be a great adventure to power for you. I can tell you will become a powerful figure. What right does this old man have to stop you?" Namara said somberly.
"Will you be quiet you old bastard, you're making me feel worse." I grouched at him.
He laughed.
"You know what, kid. I think we would have been great friends." He said before his eyes started dulling.
A wisp of power suddenly shot out and flew into me before I could react.
Essence of Namara gained.
Please choose your inheritance
[Wind Manipulation]
[Lightning manipulation]
I looked at the new screen in bewilderment.
"A parting gift." Namara whispered before going still.
[Quest Completed]
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