XIV - XVI : Training With Devils
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A/N: I didn't think the 'sense' skill was really necessary but should I still add it?
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"This is so not fair, why can't I be more like this guy?" Issei began to cry in jealousy. "My dear, why is your servant looking at me and weeping uncontrollably?" Riser questioned. "Because his dream is to have a harem," Rias replied.
"Ew, what a total barbarian," Ravel comments. Riser smirked, "Oh is that so?" He says. Riser called for one of his members, "Yubelluna."
A tall purple-haired lady walked up to Riser, "Yes, my lord?" She says. Riser then started to make out with her in front of them. "Are you serious right now?" Kazuki says.
"Get a goddamn room," he continued. Riser glared at Kazuki, he stopped making out with Yubelluna and fondled her breasts. "Don't be mad because you don't have what I have," Riser stated. He then looked at Issei, "No matter how long you live you will never have what I have."
"Shut up. Once I stop sucking at this devil shit I will get all the ladies I want, you stupid phoenix breath. Or should I say pee-nix breath," Issei says. Kazuki cringed at the last part. "That was kind of lame, not gonna lie," Kazuki says.
"How dare you. It would be best if you remember your place when you speak to me," Riser comments. "Screw you! The only person in this room I need to impress is Rias!" Issei stated. "Spoken like a true servant," Kazuki comments. "Stop trying to ruin my moment," Issei says.
Rias was taken aback by Issei's words. "I don't give a shit what you think of me!" Issei's hand was then coated in a green light. He summoned his sacred gear. "We don't need to play some damn game. I'll kick your ass right here, right now!" He ran at Riser.
"Mira," Riser called out. A short blue-haired girl stepped up. "What's she supposed to do?" Issei says. "She's tiny."
In response, Mira attacked him with her weapon. Issei was sent flying onto the ceiling, falling onto the ground with a loud thud.
"Kazuki, make him stop," Asia pleaded. "Issei!" Rias called out. She ran to his body and had him in her arms. "I'm here, talk to me. Are you alright?"
Issei opened his eyes, "I'm good. Don't worry about me," he says. He then passed out from his injuries. "Ha, imagine the bearer of the brutal Boosted Gear being so unbelievably worthless," Riser comments. "What a tragedy for you, darling," he continued. The words were targeted at Rias.
"Hey, dickhead," Kazuki called out. Riser looks at him, his eyes flashing a fiery red. The Shadow Monarch does the same, his eyes flashing blue.
"Mira, go teach this human a lesson," Riser says.
Grayfia watched on disappointed, she didn't want a fight breaking out but she was also interested to see what Kazuki would do. Mira took a stance in front of Kazuki. The Monarch just grins, "Balak, come forth," he says. From the ground a dark mist began to form. Mira was no longer facing Kazuki, she was face to face with a demon.
"BOO!"
She tried attacking it with her mace but Balak grabbed onto it, breaking it in half. The demon gave the girl an unsettling smile. "W-what the hell is that?"
"A demon, more specifically a demonkin," Kazuki responded. Riser was now furious, he lunged at Balak. The demonkin grins, swiftly moving to the side. His sword was now on Riser's neck.
"Hmm, Devil. Seems...delicious, my sword will enjoy killing you," Balak says. "Don't kill him. All you needed to do was scare them," Kazuki says. Balak scoffs and backs off.
The room stayed quiet until Rias spoke up. "Grayfia, tell my brother I agree to the rating game," she announced. "I will inform him immediately," Grayfia says.
Riser walks over to his peerage, he looks back at Kazuki and Balak in disgust. "This action against Riser will not go unpunished, watch your back," he stated. "Looking forward to it," Kazuki says. "Yes, can't wait to keep your head as a treasure," Balak comments.
"Riser," Rias started. "Believe me when I say we will annihilate you."
"I look forward to it, dear," Riser says. "Riser will see you at the game." He and his peerage are covered with fire as they teleport away.
Rias lays Issei on the couch. Kazuki and Asia walk over to the unconscious boy. "Asia, can you heal him please?" Kazuki asked. "Of course," Asia agreed. "Thank you for doing this," Rias says to the two.
"Ten days," Grayfia says. "I think we can all agree that's fair," she continued. "You sure?" Rias questioned. "Considering your youth and lack of experience and Lord Riser's prowess, I've decided that assigning a handicap would be appropriate," Grayfia stated.
"I think you may be right. Extra time to train would be very useful, for all of us. Thanks, I accept the offer."
"Cool, I will come too," Kazuki says. "Who knows, I may also learn a few things." He turns to look at Asia, "How about you?"
"Sure, it sounds like fun," she says. "Okay, then it is settled," Grayfia says. The devil then took her leave.
"I don't want to see any of you slacking off," Balak stated. Everyone except for Asia and Kazuki stared at the demon. "Your friend here means business, where'd you even find him?" Kiba questioned.
Kazuki smirked, "If the training goes well, I will show you. You'll just have to wait for now.
"Okay, I will get everything ready. We will start tomorrow," Rias says.
Rias' peerage left to go to their homes, same for Kazuki and Asia.
In his room, Kazuki checked on his stats.
"I'll put 20 points in intelligence and 20 points in vitality."
[Intelligence: 189]
[Vitality: 190]
[Remaining Points: 0]
"I've been meaning to ask, how exactly does your power work?" Asia questioned. "From what I've experienced I can say it works like a game. To be more specific, an RPG game. I'm basically a game character in real life."
"Is that your sacred gear?" She questioned. "No, it's different from you and Issei's," he says. "Were you born with it?" She asked. "Well, actually, a fallen angel nearly killed me. I was on the brink of death when I got a weird notification. I couldn't touch it though. I said yes to it and now here I am. If I refused, I would be dead."
"I'm glad you accepted, without you I would still be working with the fallen angels. Thank you," Asia says. "You don't need to thank me, I just did what I thought was right," Kazuki replied.
The Next Morning
Kazuki, Asia, and the Devils were at the training ground Rias set up. Koneko, Kiba, and Issei had their luggage on their backs. Issei was the one struggling, "Why do I have to have this on my back?" Issei questioned. "C'mon it's not that bad. You'll be fine," Rias says.
"Yeah, get over it," Kazuki said. "Says you, you're not even carrying anything," said Issei. "Sucks to suck," Kazuki says.
"Let's head inside and get going on this training," Rias announced. "But we just got here, that's evil and nowhere even close to fair!" Issei comments. "You'll thank me later," Rias says.
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STATUS
Name: Kazuki Tanaka Level: 64
Job: The Monarch of Shadows Fatigue: 0
Title: Wolf Slayer Age: 17
HP: 20,000. MP: 7400
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Strength: 302 Vitality: 190
Agility: 255 Intelligence: 189
Remaining Points: 0
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Kazuki was with Issei and Kiba at the moment. They were making small talk when Issei said something that caught Kazuki's interest. "Hey, remember when you said all that stuff about hating fallen angels? You never really explained what happened to make you feel that way."
"Are you seriously asking me about that right now? It shouldn't matter. All that matters is winning this rating game. We need to focus our energy on the present– not worry about the past."
"You're right, let's do this, I'm so with you!" Issei announced. The boys met up with the girls outside. "Alright, let's get started shall we?" Rias says.
She walks over to Kiba and Issei, giving them wooden swords. "Kiba will teach you some basic sword fighting," she says. "Alright blondie boy, let's do this," Issei yells. He lunges at Kiba and begins to swing the sword wildly. Kiba blocked the attacks with little effort.
"You're a little off. Don't limit your focus to just the sword. Keep an eye on your opponent," Kiba says while blocking. Issei brings the sword up and rushes it down in an attempt to knock to sword out of Kiba's hands.
The blond effortlessly dodges and knocks the sword out of Issei's hands instead. "I meant to do that," Issei says.
Kazuki grabs the fallen sword, "Well, it's my turn now." Issei moves out of the way while the two get into their stances. "Let's see what ya got," Kazuki says.
[Skill: 'Quicksilver' is active]
Kiba's eyes widened, he saw Kazuki in front of him going insanely fast. The swordsman put up the wooden sword in an attempt to block the upcoming attack. However, the attack never landed. Kiba opens his eyes to see that Kazuki was not in front of him.
"Surprised?" A voice called out to him. Kazuki swung the sword at Kiba's side the moment Kiba turned around. "Gah!" He groaned in pain. "Oh, you're good," Kiba complimented.
"You need a lot more work," Kazuki remarked. He walks towards Rias and the girls. "So what kind of training are you guys even doing?" He asked. "Sword fighting, magic, and close quarters combat," Rias answered. "Alright, Asia, how about you train up your magic. I'll continue training with Kiba for the time being."
"Alright, good luck," Asia says back. Kazuki laughs, "You should be telling Kiba that."
"Alright, Issei, it's clear that you can't fight with swords. Let's focus on something else," Rias told him. Issei sighs.
Kazuki returns to Kiba. The swordsman recovered from his attack was ready to go. "Observe," he says aloud.
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Name: Yuuto Kiba
Aged: 17
Race: Reincarnated Devil
Affiliations: The Gremory Peerage
Level: 37
Strength: 281
HP: 12,100/12,000
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"What was that?" Kiba questioned. Kazuki smirked, "Just checking your stats," he says. "My stats...what are you talking about?"
"It's one of my abilities. It allows me to know information about anyone," Kazuki replied. "It says that your first name Is Yuuto, you're 17, affiliated with the Gremory peerage, and level 37. Your strength is at 281 and you have 12,100 health."
"That's quite the skill you got there," Kiba stated. "Yeah, It is pretty handy. Anyway, I don't think I myself will be helpful when it comes to perfecting your swordsmanship."
"So you're gonna bring out your demon friend?" Kiba asked. Kazuki smirked, "Come forth," he commanded. A large group of shadow-like beings were now behind Kazuki. All except for Colossus and Titan for they were far too large.
"Balak, you go teach Kiba how to really use a sword," Kazuki says. "Alright, I'm not gonna go easy on you," Balak says. This made Kiba a little nervous but he was still up to it.
[!Quest: Help improve Kiba's swordsmanship and overall combat abilities]
[!Fail: Kiba doesn't learn a thing and stays the same and you gain no quest rewards]
[!Succeed: Kiba gains better control of his combat abilities and you gain quest rewards]
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STATUS
Name: Kazuki Tanaka Level: 64
Job: The Monarch of Shadows Fatigue: 0
Title: Wolf Slayer Age: 17
HP: 20,000. MP: 7400
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Strength: 302 Vitality: 190
Agility: 255 Intelligence: 189
Remaining Points: 0
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[!Quest: Help improve Kiba's swordsmanship and overall combat abilities]
[!Fail: Kiba doesn't learn a thing and stays the same and you gain no quest rewards]
[!Succeed: Kiba gains better control of his combat abilities and you gain quest rewards]
"C'mon kid, come at me." Balak says to Kiba. "If you say so," the demonkin appeared in front of the devil in an instant. Kiba swung at the demon with the wooden sword which broke the second it made contact with Balak. "You're tough, I'll say that. But can you handle this?" Kiba says to the confusion of Balak. "Demonic Sword Creation!" Kiba yells.
Balak was hit by a flurry of swords that descended onto him. The move even surprised Kazuki. The demonkin was unaffected by the sudden attack. Kiba grabbed onto one of the swords and rushed at Balak. The demon grinned and he too grabbed one of the swords. They began their sparring, Balak was the one who had the upper hand.
Meanwhile, Kazuki told his soldiers to attack him. They did as told, Igris and the knights were the first ones to do so. Kazuki summons Rasaka's Fang and the Kreeton Cutter.
[All mages' casting time decreased by 20%]
The mage that had possession of Neberius' flute used it. Now the mages were able to cast their magic at a faster speed. Viser transformed into her spider form and began to attack.
Kazuki was easily able to deal with the soldiers. The ones that were putting up a good fight were Igris, Freed, and Viser. They were able to hit him a few times.
[HP: 19,712/20,000]
The monarch was then hit with multiple magic attacks from the mages.
[HP: 19,320/20,000]
"Finally, we're getting somewhere."
[Skill: 'Quicksilver' is active]
He cuts through the fodder soldiers causing his mana to start decreasing.
[MP: 6524/7400]
The knights and mages that were affected by the attacks regenerated. Igris and Viser doubled teamed Kazuki. The spider centaur and knight attacked with their signature weapons. Viser wielded two spears and Igris wielded his sword.
"Oh shit!" Kazuki yells. Igris swung his sword at Kazuki who barely dodged. Viser then threw one of the spears at Kazuki which hit him head on.
[HP: 19,139/20,000]
"Okay, stop." Kazuki commanded. He walks over to Freed, "Inventory." He looks through his inventory and sees Freed's gun. Kazuki then equipped it. "You will not be growing much stronger if you don't have your weapon. So here you go."
Freed took his gun from Kazuki and smirked.
[AN: I'll have the shadows keep their original weapons when summoned]
Hours Later
After a few hours Kiba had improved his swordsmanship and fighting style. Kazuki fought his shadows in order to not get bored. This didn't level him or his shadows up in any way though.
"We need to enter a dungeon as soon as possible," Kazuki says.
"You've grown a little, but that will not be enough." Balak told Kiba.
[Quest: 'Help improve Kiba's swordsmanship and overall combat abilities' has been completed]
[Quest Rewards-
[Reward #1. 125,000 Gold]
[Reward #2. +10 Stat Points]
[Reward #3. Skill: 'Party']
{Accept} {Decline}
"Accept all awards." Kazuki says.
[New skill: 'Party' allows the user to add anyone to a team and clear dungeons. Experience points are shared amongst party members. Dungeons requiring keys will not work with this skill]
"Return," Kazuki commanded. It was almost nightfall and Kazuki was tired. He walks towards the battle-worn Kiba. "Observe," he says.
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Name: Yuuto Kiba
Aged: 17
Race: Reincarnated Devil
Affiliations: The Gremory Peerage
Level: 44
Strength: 342
HP: 16,840/18,320
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