Chapter 1: A Hero is Born P1

I died. And in the most cliché way possible. Yep, you guessed it I died at the hands of Truck-Sama and I also have been reborn in a new world too. It seems that I got the full package. Though I don't think that I would have chosen Dxd to be reincarnated into. How do I know? Well, I'm pretty sure that I remember a giant red lizard doing hat tricks in a rainbow sky just before I ended up in the womb of my new mother.

Let me tell you something spending nine months in the dark is fucking terrifying. For a time I thought I was in the afterlife but I would sometimes see my body glowing and I clearly remember being born which was really – eurgh- I don't even want to think about it.

Anyway, my new name is Cao Cao. Yes THE Cao Cao, wielder of the strongest Longinus, The True Longinus, the leader of the Hero Faction and an all-around arrogant jackass. I was kind of displeased for about ten seconds because it would be much more difficult for me to learn magic as a human, but then I remember I have the strongest Longinus and once it's at full power I should be able to destroy any enemy. Although learning magic is still gonna be a problem as I have no assistance from anyone and have no idea how to even start. I then released that I will need someone to teach me and help me grow stronger because I hold no delusions that I would not be one day be roped into the supernatural world.

I always thought that the original me never used his Longinus full potential and honestly for the Strongest Longinus its powers were kind of underwhelming compared to the likes of Annihilation Maker, Sephiroth Graal or Telos Karma. But I will not make the same mistakes as canon me and learn of my Longinus full power and I will also have to be careful not to rely on my Sacred Gear like a clutch like others Sacred Gear Wielders. I will survive in this world no matter what.

Besides all the humiliating things that I had to go through as a baby nothing special happened in my first three years of life where I was raised in a little Chinese village in the countryside. Apart from that fact, I was a really quiet child and that creeped out my parents a lot, not that I cared, It was pretty clear to me that my new parents didn't care about me. They were a couple of poor farmers that seemed to be in constant debt and I, a child they had to feed, was a burden for them. If I remember correctly Cao Cao's parents sold him to slavers and lived constantly on the run so I felt no sympathy or love for them which was good for me as I planned to leave when I will have a better grasp on my abilities, better have no attachments to this place.

Speaking of my powers, I was able to summon my mighty spear and … It looked like a tiny stick no bigger than my tiny arm. I feel like having a wand instead of the legendary spear that killed Jesus Christ.

'Huh, I guess that it is proportional to my body's growth' I thought to myself.

Anyway turns out I already awakened my Sacred Gear when I was in my mother's womb. I guess that spending nine months in total darkness and thinking that I will never get out is a pretty terrifying situation and my sacred gear responded to my fear.

'All the glowing must have been the holy light of my Longinus, Thank God that I didn't summon the spear inside the womb, my mother and I would have surely died.

Awakening my Sacred Gear also gave me passive Light manipulation magic when summoning my spear. I'm only capable of making a small glowing ball with holy light for now but my magic will most likely grow the more I use it. Unfortunately, I do not have a fit enough body to train with my spear. Well, I'm only three years but I can at least train my Light magic. Moreover, I can now use magic even though I can't do much with it. I've tried to recreate basic spells from anime and games but as a human, I need to understand the maths on how the magic works instead of simply imagining it like the devils. It seems that I'm going to have to find another way to rip off abilities from my favourite anime and tv series.

'Tch, the devil's magic is just bloody unfair I mean why do they get bullshit OP magic which lets them just imagine what they want I thought to me depressingly.

Anyway, this is not the time for thinking about things I can't change. I need to plan a training regime for the next five years and prepare myself for canon. But there is a big problem with these plans. I have no idea what to do in the future and what will be my role in the supernatural world.

Should I become a devil? No way I have no intention to support the slavery system of the devils by becoming a devil myself and it is most likely impossible for me to become a devil as I am the Wielder of the True Longinus, the strongest holy weapon in the world. It should be impossible for me to become one and even if I might most likely be unable to use my Sacred Gear anymore which is unacceptable.

The second option would be to join the Church and become an exorcist. The advantage would be that I would be close to canon characters and the Church will worship the ground I walk on with because of my Longinus, there is also the possibility of becoming an angel but I know what the loyalty of most of the church measures to, jack shit that is. And lastly, we have the Grigori which would honestly be the best choice as I could have the same status as Tobio Ikuse and Vali Lucifer.

'Argh, I don't know what to do I thought to myself frustratingly.

"Cao Cao, it's time for Dinner Hurry up" called out my mother.

'Already I didn't see the time fly. I'll think about all this later'

"I'm coming Mother " I cried out.

Time Skip: 8 years

It's been already eight years since I have been reborn in this world and I can say I have been making good progress in my training. My light magic is coming along nicely as I am already capable of creating ten beams of light in the air that I can launch at high speed against any opponent. It is at the moment the most powerful attack spell in my possession. I am also capable of coating my limbs and any weapon that I wield with Holy Light something that should be very effective against devils. I was also able to create a light sword, while one light sword may not be impressive now I intend to eventually be able to create hundreds if not thousands of them to bombard my enemies with emulating Gilgamesh's fighting style. What I can to realise while trying to manipulate light magic was that it's a lot harder to manipulate the light into a physical construct as it required a lot of concentration to keep manifested and in shape. This is why it's taking so long to progress in making physical constructs out of the light magic.

My progress in magic could be considered as almost zero since I could not figure out how to perform a single spell. Due to my lack of a teacher I had no real way to learn anything. But if learning magic was so easy then I'm sure by now those high-level mathematical geniuses would be grand wizards or something. So to prepare me for when I eventually find someone to teach me I started to brush up on my maths when I went to school in the town close to my village.

While my physical training was slow, I was able to get started with it. When I was six I went to the town alone, not like my parents even remarked my absence, to explore the surrounding area and get a lay of the land and my current location. In the town, I found a dojo that thought Chinese martial arts and to observe the class through the window of the dojo since I constantly come to watch I was able to pick up on some of the basics and began to practice it every chance I had to improve my martial arts.

Since I can only be considered a talented apprentice at best but through this way, I was able to learn Kung Fu, Bajiquan and basic Spearmanship(Both of which were thought at the dojo). While it was not enough I was able to master the basics due to constant practice, which should give me a small edge in a fight against weaker enemies. My biggest problem when training my physical abilities would be the fact that I'm probably more physically weak than other children my age due to malnourishment my body is a lot weaker. I had to find a way around this so I began experimenting with the mana in my body trying to access and see if I could use it to solve this problem and after a while, I was eventually able to access it to enhance my poor physical abilities.

Making my way through the woods near my village for my training of the day, I wondered if the time has finally come to leave this backwater village. My parents seem to be more in debt than they ever were and they have been sending me strange and troubling looks since a few weeks ago.

They most likely finally decided to sell me to human traffickers for money to solve their debt problems like in canon. While I do want to just leave, there is still a part of me that feels that I do owe them something. So I think I'll just let them sell me and then break out once my 'parents' have received the money and we are far away enough.

Speaking of said dream. I still remember the day I finally decided on what my role would be in this crazy world will be. It was a few years ago when I was still undecided on my course of action. At that time I was wondering what faction to join when I had an epiphany. Since I was reborn in this world with my past life memory I always thought that humans were dealt a bad hand in this world of Devils, Angels and Gods.

True, humans have the largest population but we are still considered the weakest of the races. Canon Cao Cao had the right idea in a way even he went the wrong way about it. Indeed he wanted to create a faction of humans, of heroes so that they could contend with all the supernatural factions and not be treated as inferior by the other races. But that goal changed over time and he strayed from his original path and turned it into a fight for Human dominance.

I began to think about this more and also started to be angered by the fact that the devils were stealing humanity's potential through the Evil Piece System by reincarnating Sacred Gears users. It's even more insulting when you take into account that sacred gears were made for humans by the God of The Bible to protect themselves. And don't even get me started on the atrocities committed by the other factions and pantheons of gods.

I then began to think about how the best way to go about showing the supernatural factions in the world that humans were not to be messed with. I also realised that even though I am ready to fight for humanity some of the people I saved would not want to do the same so I will need to create a haven for humans involved in the supernatural and can protect those that wish to have no part in the fighting. After all these humans are considered nothing more than potential slaves for the Devils and guinea pigs and tools for the church.

I wondered if Ishibumi knows what kinds of death world he created while making a story about a worthless pervert getting all the girls.

I realised what kind of world it was for humans with Sacred Gear and how dangerous it was for them. This is why I decided that I would create a haven for people like me and I will also make an organisation of elites charged with the protection of the mundane world from the supernatural.

I will not make the same mistake as Cao Cao and become a racist of the species from the supernatural and will welcome any and all who would wish to join be they halfbreed, humans or youkai's. I already have an idea on who to recruit, the original members of the Hero Faction are a given but also the outcasts of societies such as a certain halfbreed and stray devil.

But to accomplish such a goal I'll have to become incredibly strong, stronger than even the Maous.

"Well it seems that I have my work cut out for me," I said out loud. "huff ….huff … huff" I breathed out slowly Dusk has finally come just when I finally finished my training for the day. I need to go back home before my parents come back but just before I was going to make my back I heard a rustle in the bushes behind me. I looked behind me to see someone or rather something coming at me at full speed. I dodged on one side and prepared myself for combat.

"Hahahaha finally, meat good old human meat. I found the food at last" rasped out the monster gravely voice. I now have a good look at the monster, and yes it could only be a monster. It looked like, huh honestly it looked like freaking Killer Croc from DC.

'How the fuck a giant crocodile ended in a forest in China' I thought to myself dumbfoundedly "Don't move too much kid I don't like it when my food moves too much" said PseudoKiller Croc. 'Well, Cao Cao you wanted some battle experience you've got it right here. "Well, Lizard face are you some kind of stray who ran away from its Master," I said taunting him. "Eh ?! Do you have some kind of death wish or what ?! How dare you to insult me you meat bag ?! I am Razor, a Stray Devil who killed his Master, and have been on the run for the last ten years from the Devil government and the Church," said Lizard Face angrily.

"Are you an idiot? Do you even realise that you are boasting about being a coward who's been hiding for ten years, this is nothing to be proud of Lizard Face" I said to enrage him further.

"Argh, I'm going to kill you brat!" Killer Croc look-alike launched at me at high speed and tried to cut me into pieces with his claws but he was way too slow for me. I quickly reacted and moved my body to the side to avoid his arm then I jumped and kicked him in the head. It was Ineffective.

'F@#k'. I thought marvelling at my work. Well, I don't know what I was expecting with that considering I'm eight years old trying to kick a crocodile.

"Well let's try a different tactic," I said I then manifest the true Longinus which had now grown about 3 meters.

"Ah" screamed the Stray Devil. " What is that in your hand," he said

The lizard in front of me was wriggling on the ground like a worm. It seems by just being in the presence of the True Longinus a devil will be affected by it. He then began standing up slowly. It seems that after a while a devil will adapt to the holy power radiating from the spear.

"You asked what's in my hand right, It is the weapon that will kill you," I said. Just as I said my piece I felt my senses go off. I looked below just in time to see a fist made of rocks coming at my face. I was able to raise my spear just in time to stop the stones from hitting me directly but unfortunately, I was still sent flying through the air and landing on my back a meter away.

"Haha I'm sure you pegged me as a mere rook but I didn't kill my Devil master simply using my strength, I am also proficient in Earth magics. You are going to pay for this brat I'm going to make you scream in agony, Earth Spikes" cried out Razor.

I immediately rolled to the side to avoid the spikes made of rocks that were going to impale me. I then got up and ran and began firing beams of light at him which he was able to block with the Earth or dodge out of the way

'Shit that doesn't seem good' thought Razor.

"Earth Armor!" Said the Croc. I could see my opponent coating his body with rocks but it didn't matter I rushed at him at full speed and stabbed him with the spear. "Arghhhhh?!" my opponent cried out in pain as my spear bypassed his armour and incinerated him.

"Huh so a single cut of my spear is enough to kill instantly such a weak devil" I mused to myself as I returned home.