What If Issei Had Level Up System With Multiple Boosted Gears And Had Harem 3

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are both aware of and likely familiar with while I've never stepped foot there before the secude thought forcing himself to remain calm if I was watching this happen on an anime I would be screaming it's a trap at the screen at the top of my voice probably calling the protagonist an idiot with every other breath too still I don't think gramar Senpai or citri kichu would go against their word on a neutral meeting it just wouldn't match their character I think that was the Crux of the matter he only knew their public human personas rather than who they were as Devils for all he knew rius gremory's actual personality was totally different yet a part of him thought that with her what you saw was what you got that the red-haired girl only kept the parts of her that belonged in the Supernatural World hidden he didn't know where that thought came from but he had a strange disinclination to mistrust it do dot do hmm he noticed a small square outline at the base of his forearm near the elbow it had an odd shape on it kind of like a tree diagram being the impulsive sort he touched it without really thinking about it a screen popped up in front of him with that self-same tree diagram on it Gamers gear evolution tree The Gamers gear unlike most other sacred gears allows the user to choose how it changes and evolves using this dendrogram you can choose how to evolve the gamer's gear and gain special abilities skills and Equipment additions in order to evolve the gamer's gear sacred gear points are required you receive two SGP when you level up as well as bonus SGP as rewards for using either of your sacred gears in combat and for defeating boss monsters you currently have 5S GP stored up ordinarily you would have more from defeating a boss three levels above you but as you didn't actually fight it you were penalized for that great he was being penalized for something out of his control wasn't that a familiar situation for him or what moving past his self- derision Isa examined the lowermost point of the branching options which had a single option costing a single SGP he pressed it to find out more details Revelation only the holders of the two Gamers gears can truly understand the unique shift that holding their sacred gears have on their world view but with this skill you can allow those around you to catch a brief glimpse of the world through your eyes when activated this ability allows any designated Ally within a certain range to see the name titles and levels of those around them for a set period of time after activation you can set instructions as to whether they are allowed to see from your own information and if so exactly how much of it you can even set titles that you own but do not have equipped truthfully it was a fairly useless skill in is's opinion just about the only thing that it could do was help him to deceive the Devils as to who he was by switching out his titles levels and names he could keep who he was a secret for a little longer he was certain that it was only a matter of time time before the two ayses discovered his real identity neither of them was stupid and Sona citri especially was no one's fool it would only take a certain amount of time and effort to match up when the red armored Warriors showed up and when aai Baka is hyoto disappeared and that was without the various types of magic and God only knows what else they had available to them still that wasn't a major issue he'd never expected to be able to hide forever after he found out he was going to school with actual Devils no it was merely a stop Gap to buy him time to level up to the point that he was strong enough that he could hold his own if things ended in a confrontation with them the fact that there were likely Devils far stronger given their respective ages and descriptions was something you say would have to work out later for now he needed to focus on his current issue confirming he was going to select the upgrade he saw a red ring appear around it indicating it had been purchased there was a choice of three upgrades in the next level that cost two SGP each and he could only select one of them locking the other two out one would make his sacred gear arm elastic like rubber letting him attack from a distance with it another allowed him to enlarge it to the same size as his body vastly increasing the damage he could deal in close combat it was the last however that caught is's attention rather than adding to his combat abilities this upgrade allowed him to add 20% to the EXP gain for all of his skills and spells as well as 10% to his regular exp gain the first two were flashy attacks that he recognized from one piece and Buu Ranken respectively monkey deffy's rubber rubber fruit and the arms Alchemy little Gulliver both were abilities that both looked awesome and would immediately add to the gamers gears combat ability both could likely be groomed into a fighting style that relied solely on using the blue Gauntlet as their weapon of choice however it was the third choice that caught isa's attention while not as impressive looking or as immediately valuable the short and long-term benefits it would provide would far outweigh the immediate benefits of either combat upgrade added to that he'd already developed several abilities and skills to allow him to fight without his Gauntlet active and neither his developing sword playay nor his magic would mesh well with either of the first two abilities choosing either combat ability would merely be adding another weapon where he already had several decent ones while the third option augmented all of his abilities allowing him to grow faster in several ways you make a very sensible logical and calculated decision you earn plus one wise and plus one SGP a vein pulsed on is's forehead that sounded far more like an insult than anything complimentary cheeky bastard selecting the upgrade which was named learned wisdom is a inspected the next level each of the four available abilities cost three SPG each and had to select two of them before this tier locked and he could move on the first Sapphire armor added additional armor to the gamer's gear tripling it to 300 the second Sapphire blade let him reshape the blue Gauntlet and the arm beneath it into a sword that was not only nearly indestructible having no durability score to worry about and could be upgraded and enhanced via an independent screen lastly Ruby Vision let him see the names of his enemies attacks and spells and Ruby sight let him have some form of combat precognition unlike the last three options all four of these had about the same level of potential and in similar ways the least useful at least for him anyway was the sapphire armor while it would give the gamers gear an impressive Shield armor buff he relied on moving out of the way of attacks rather than absorbing the hits with armor not useless by any means but not fitting with the character design he was building on a DPS over a tank not to mention he didn't usually fight with either of his sacred gears active saving them for Trump cards in case he was overwhelmed he was seriously considering its counterpart the sapphire blade he'd only develop the most basic of skills in hand-to-hand combat instead having chosen to focus on developing his sword play instead having an indestructible sword that couldn't be removed from his person without killing him up his sleeve in case he was somehow unable to access his inventory or had simply had all his other option destroyed was a tempting offer plus he could upgrade it as well meaning he could likely develop it into a truly badass weapon Ruby sight and Ruby Vision were a bit of a tossup both looked like they could be very useful in similar ways in terms of sheer combat practicality a form of precognition was hard to beat even if it was limited to dot dot dot just 10 seconds however the ability to tell just what type of attack or spell his enemies were launching could be very useful in predicting what they did and how to counter or avoid them in the end the choice was made when he looked ahead site had no upgrades linked to it in future tears leaving it at just what it was Vision on the other had had at least four different boxes linked to it showing a great deal of potential for growth the choice between a stagnant skill and one that could grow and evolve as he did was a fairly obvious one in is's books nodding isay decided to go with Ruby Vision First and save Sapphire blade for after he gained some more SGP it would hopefully not take long to do that so long as he started using his sacred gears in fights more frequently he was already planning on putting them through their Paces after he found agent flamberge that one had been responsible for the murder of over 30 of his own comrades and isay would be only too happy to show the bastard why he was upset with them that kind of Senseless Slaughter needed to be answered for he didn't know if flamberge was male or female or even what they looked like but he would be able to find them thanks to his Gamers gear for anyone other than the gamer a title represented an important aspect of a person that influenced either how they thought of themselves how others perceived them or both such as re gry's aress of the House of grory title someone who had one title that they considered important to them and a title considered important by others would sometimes have a dual title showing both at the same time again to use Ria's gry as an example she was both a ays of the House of grory which was likely based on others perspective and the crimson-haired ruined princess which link to her own personal views unless flamb Bridge was able to hide their title somehow there was no hiding from is's gaze dismissing the screen and his sacred gear isay headed to bed today had been a long day and tomorrow wasn't likely to be any easier the next day orc [ __ ] so Ria what's the plan aino asked as she served her King a cup of tea pausing to sip the tea and Savor The Taste aino always did Brew excellent te R answered there is no plan aino you know as well as I do how tenuous are relationship with this armored man is the man was positively skittish when we met earlier despite his attempts at calm and bravado and if his own statements are true has no knowledge of us outside the old Legends which I will remind you fail to paint devils in any type of fair light if we try anything underhanded or dramatic in hopes of discovering his identity and he discovers them there is a good chance he'll simply disappear and we lose a valuable Prospect for no gain taking another sip of her tea Ria shook her head slowly no our best bet is to take this slowly and let him get to know us for us and build trust over time then we make an offer as honest and reasonable while putting the benefits offered in his best Del light as possible the reincarnated Nephilim nodded understood this situation with the purifiers is worrying though the redhead nodded as she placed her teacup on her desk before adopting her thinking pose or the gendo pose as aino sometimes called it letting her watch Evangelion had been a mistake both she and Sona had read the letter that the builder of the gamers gear had given them and it had been a mixture of Darkly amusing horrifying and heart-achingly sad the act of a fallen had led a simple human to join the purifiers in a war against all things Supernatural this in turn lead to the creation of those ratmen only for him to end up betrayed and murdered by his own Creations dying full of Doubt worries and regrets the key point that worries me is that there might be more to these purifiers than what is visible at first glance Ras muttered more to herself than aino it seems utterly ludicrous on the face of it for a group of ordinary humans bereft of even any magical abilities of their own to try and attack the supernatural races but this letter is very compelling if it's genuine aino demer playing the devil's Advocates true the crimson-haired ruin princess agreed wearily though she personally doubted it was faked this entire situation was far too contrived to be any sort of deception the costs of setting it up would far out strip any gains it could provide where are the others I was certain that they knew about our meeting with our human friend at your Shrine two of the perverted Trio are being chased around by mamasan and the other Kendo Club girls hea cuns trying to stop them from being unmanned aino covered her mouth to hide her Amusement it faded somewhat when she recalled that hyoto isay hadn't been seen peeping with the other two meaning that either he had gotten better at hiding or that he had stopped peeping with them given that he had almost been killed by the madman who had invaded his home it wasn't too hard for aino who had been forced to watch her mother being killed in front of her by the fanatical members of the Heim Jima Clan to see he may have had a change in his priorities after that he had walked away with a physical reminder of his brush with deaf a thin scar down one side of his cheek those kinds of situations can change a person sometimes for the better sometimes for the worse Hano Chan is just getting some snacks she should be here soon the queen continued what about citri Sama Sona will be here as soon as she finishes organizing the student council r answered easily the addition of Sagi janiro to her peage has made it easier as they're all Devils now I don't think Sona will bring along more members than we have in case we spook our friend in fact R is suspected that Sona would only bring Sagi along so as to make the situation similar to the last time they met her childhood friend was astute enough to know that panicking their Ur while Ally with new faces could end badly for them eventually all of her peage plus Sona and saggy were gathered in the room Sona brought everyone's attention to her with with a slight cough our objective here is to find information out regarding the makers of the ratmen the purifiers she said adjusting her glasses with one delicate hand deals abub sama's men discovered that the burrow from yesterday had been magically filled in with concrete and several as of yet unidentified substances at some point after we left it so he has no further leads this has made him somewhat irked he has already requested that R and I pass along any information the red armored man provides us wouldn't it be simpler to have be abub Sama meet this guy in person then saggy asked in confusion looking at him flatly the citri ays pinched the bridge of her nose as she repli RZ and I are only just over three times his level and it is very obvious that us going near the wielder of the gamer's gear makes him extremely nervous at the least he may have a heart attack if a Satan class devil goes near him especially since all of the current ma are said to be many times more powerful than the originals asari kaichu Sagi replied nervously blushing and embarrassing ment minutes later the group of devils teleported to ao's Shrine via a transport Circle it had taken some diplomacy from sona's elder sister to get the Shinto Pantheon to let a devil live there without being damaged by the wards but it had been managed in the end whenever aino had some time she spent it here wo dot dot dot this is awesome saggy muttered the shrine was small but obviously well-kept the trees surrounding it at the edges of the paving stones were both well trimmed and looked natural a hard feat to pull off the shrine itself was spotless and well-maintained as well even the Tori ey gate looked brand new Tano stiffened and pointed at the gate someone's there an echoing chuckle reverberated around the grounds and a dark form rose out of the shadow of the gate throwing back its Hood to reveal the red dragon themed Helm of the man from the previous day in a flash of light and with a swipe of his hands the black shadowy cloak he wore changed to the basic Brown Cape he had worn the previous day how do you keep managing to track me down the red armored figure asked Kiko curiously most of my gear that isn't armor is dedicated to either enhancing my physical abilities or concealing my identity and presence isn't hiding your Kai Kiko stated bluntly seeing as I didn't know that was a thing before now it isn't of any surprise the man offered amusedly oh well live and learn SS gramar Eris citri everyone I trust you all had an uneventful day yes yourself Rus asked politely somewhat I was ambushed by ratman on the way here the man answered despite the monotone his voice was the gathered Devils could hear the irritation in it disposable assassins whose bodies melted into nothing once they were dead more annoying than anything else they're striking in broad daylight that was certainly unpleasant news for R to think about where was the attack a small alley about halfway between here and qo Academy he answered it surprised me considering their breeder is dead are you certain Sona asked it was the size of a three-story house and I used the purifier own cleansing system to destroy the base and everything with it starting with the breeder the gamer answered dry I also got a notification and experience points for defeating it so yes I am very sure that the breeder is dead I also know it could not be cloned made to have bred another breeder or duplicated in most regular ways unless another Supernatural faction is working with them I cannot see how they can afford to keep up the human wave tactics this made the citri ays raise an eyebrow slightly impressed it was not often that someone so completely shut down any possible argument from her like that I am only aware of a small group of fallen and quo aside from our peerages Ria said with a frown aside from the migrant yakai that is there's also a captured dwarf in the hands of the purifiers the red armored man interjected he pulled a fine steel sword from his inventory this sword was according to the item description my sacred gear provides forged by a captured dwarf Smith I took it from the corpse of the first boss that I slew if the purifiers were the ones who gave gave this to byal warfang then it is likely that they not only have the dwarf but other Supernaturals imprisoned both Kings exchanged looks dwarves were mainly from the north Pantheon and Odin did not take any of his subjects being captured or imprisoned lightly even if he usually played the Carefree dirty old man things had just gotten even more complicated thank you for that son aside as she massaged her forehead it wasn't really his fault he was just holding up his end of the bargain and providing whatever information he could about the situation now then shall we get to the main point of this meeting re is asked Crossing her arms what exactly do you know about these purifiers exactly as I've told you the purifiers are apparently a group of humans who hate anything and everything Supernatural the red armored man offered with a shru it extends from Supernatural races such as Devils to humans with magic or spiritual power to even those who simply possess a sacred gear the initial targets of their attacks are the biblical factions and they created the rat men is Expendable shock troops designed for a combination of human wave tactics and mass ambushes huo was chosen to be the testing grounds of the ratmen as both of you are here and the Fallen would be left to act as scapegoats and possibly spark a renewal of Your Great War to weaken your factions further as of this moment all of the ratman Burrows that I know of have been put to the sword but there are at least two other purifier facilities in CUO that I plan on visiting shortly oh yes here reaching into his inventory the gamer pulled out several piles of paperwork and handed them to the gramar purage these are the files belonging to project Rat King that I confiscated before destroying the base he said with a nod they ought to be interesting reading for whoever is investigating the ratman I wouldn't advise reading them yourselves though particularly if you are in any way squeamish I barely skimmed through a few of the files and was nearly sick from it what these mad bastards did dot dot do it was pretty gruesome reading Sona nodded and teleported the reports to her house she'd take them with her when she went to see Beals above Sama tonight with Rus anything else she asked there's at least one member of the purifiers still active in the area code named agent flamber the gamer growled apparently whoever agent flamberge was he or she had done something to earn this man's wrath they're responsible for the murder of over 30 of their fellow purifiers I have a memo that basically ordered them to tie up any Loose Ends before going to a new location to enact project rat poison in the event of a ratman rebellion they never even suspected whoever did it Tiba in particular looked angry at that disgusting the young Knight practically spat agreed I'm looking forward to explaining my displeasure to flamberge in person at some point in the near future such things must be answered for the red armored man stated flexing one hand demonstratively I will however do all that I can to leave enough of him so you can extract as much information about the purifiers as you can what happens to them after that is not my problem that was understandable no regular human was supposed to know about the supernatural those with magical spiritual or mystical abilities as well as those who possess Kai abilities and sacred gears were usually the only exemptions to this rule as the purifiers had been preparing to attack the Devils Sona and re in particular handing a purifier over to them alive and able to spill any secrets they had would be an excellent move on their possible allies part it would certainly indear him to CET and sahal those two would move the Earth for those who helped their siblings do you have any idea why we were chosen as their first targets re is asked sounding a bit peeved understandable really according to what I've found out of the three factions the Devils have both the most solid power base and have the most easily exploited weaknesses the red armored man answered calmly from what I've been able to infer the fallen and regular Angels do not suffer from any weaknesses as exploitable as a devil's natural weakness to light and holy attributes the Fallen are scattered and their leadership is disorganized at best and fractured among the various leaders at worst likewise the lack of any true miracles in recent centuries and the weakening of the church's power has also lead to the angels faction slowly losing power as well Devils on the other hand have been steadily rebuilding their numbers and your contract system has allowed you to gain back your strength much more quickly so take down the strongest and the rest can be handled later is it Sona shook her head disapprovingly how would they stop us from Simply retreating to the Underworld for a few decades until the purifiers are dead the fact that the purifiers are hypocrites the gamer stated flatly I do not care how much technology they have creating the ratman required at least some magical knowledge not to mention the use of warpstone as a catalyst there is no way in hell that stuff is natural in any way shape or form they have someone able to cast spells in their ranks by persuasion or threats I do not know they could be planning some way to trap you here or force you to reveal your inhuman features or whatever I know that your wings are manifestations of your magic but I doubt those hate-filled idiots do devil magic and human magic are very different things re is pointed out with a frown human magic relies on mathematical calculations while the magic of a devil relies of the Caster's imagination a single human magic Caster would not be able to accomplish the first possibility and as you just said the second one is impossible are there any artifacts that could add to a Caster's power the man asked curiously aside from a select few sacred gears yours included no Sona shook her head the infinite Dragon God offi is supposedly able to bestow snakes upon people to increase their power but offi has not been seen in ages several of the 13 longinus could do something similar such as the boosted gear but they are rare and Powerful sacred gears rarely distributed by the god of the Bible other magical and divine artifacts are either sealed kept within H's reach of the deity or spellcaster that it belongs to are known to be in the hands of some faction or the other or have been destroyed it is impossible has the wielder of the Tartarus Gamer's gear been spotted recently the Gaia gamer gear wielder asked sharply no you are the first to emerge since the deaths of the previous wielders Sona answered with a shake of her head of course you could simply be the first to appear due to the other one lying low unlikely as from what few records I could find of them the owners of the Tartarus gear tend to be far from subtle in their actions I know little of the history of my sacred gear or the Nemesis I inherited because of it the armored man admit it I suspect heavily that there is some manner of senscience inside of it but no proof the history of your sacred gear is almost as mysterious to us the citri arys replied honestly just about all we know is that the god of the Bible created them shortly before the suspension of hostilities between the three factions and the start of the uneasy unofficial ceasefire that had endured since then and a couple mentions of their previous wielders doing battle the only ones who might have an idea are some of the higher ranked Angels they purportedly knew their master and created movements rather well I see the gamer nodded incidentally why is it that you constantly use god of the Bible rather than a shorter turn of phrase because simply calling the god of the Bible by his bare name damages Devils even someone else saying it in close proximity affects us R answered simply not badly though it's more like a sudden bad headache most of the time because actual Believers in Christianity have become much rarer in the last few centuries that sounds like a very big hoax the human stated flatly his dis belief obvious say it Sona challenged him God the gamer stated and every devil present flinched in pain he looked at an invisible screen before him H according to my sacred gear I just caused every Devil Within earshot 10 points of holy damage via the system of dot dot do the god of the Bible because of the devil weakness to the holy element that's 20 points of damage Sagi looked kind of Spacey for a moment before he recovered understandable as he was the weakest devil present by far this is unbelievable why go through all the trouble of writing that into his system the gamer shook his helmeted head in shock it seems like a lot of effort for an effect that seems Petty spiteful the original Lucifer rebelled against him and created beings that are the exact opposite to True angels in essence and purpose R stated as Lucifer was one of his first living creations that must have been ging no one knows the mind of the god of the Bible not even his angels but we have to assume that he intends to get around to removing us from the world at some point until he wants to do so and restarts the war for that purpose his system acts as a reminder to every devil pure blood or reincarnated that he is watching and punishing us for the sin our existence reminds him of H sounds like a bad case of sour grapes to me the red armored man Shrugged before suddenly stiffening and drawing his red metal Gladius and another short sword made from the same red metal that had several large serration running down one side of it Tiba quickly identified it as a swordbreaker a form of parrying Blade designed to catch block and deflect attacking blades ratman the gamer said tensely as chittering cackles started to ReSound from around them prepare for combats several Shadows detached themselves from the trees revealing hunched over ratman clad in black and gray outfits and carrying Rusty looking swords and daggers in their forepaws some had green tinged blades that the experienced gamer quietly informed them were warp blades weapons with blades forged from that warpstone material and poisonous to the touch K has dot dot dot it has been while man fing a soft voice said is a figure of pure Darkness materialized Out of the Shadows in much the same way that the gamer had Sni so murdering the Council of 13 wasn't enough for you I see the red armored man said faux calmly though whether it was fear or anger he was repressing Sona couldn't be sure you want to add me to your list of victims too what dot dot dot who dot dot dot is this Riz asked calmly eyeing the newcomer cautiously oh do tell her man thing the ratman chuckled I like my future marks to know who will take their heads this re grory is the ratman known as snikch the death Master he is the master Assassin of the ratman people and almost killed me a few days ago the gamer pointed the Gladius at snit threateningly you've gotten stronger rat did murdering your former Masters give you a boost in power Snick chuckled again ah to finally be rid of those fools fools that claimed to be the council but were just puppets puppets dot dot dot it was a headyy feeling man thing I am indeed stronger soon I shall come to ply my trade on these fools fools but for the moment I have far far more important targets as apologies my underlings will entertain you to the ratman He barked kill slay them as the ninja-esque ratman advaned Sni himself returned to the shadows and vanished Gamer's gear the armored man shouted game on in a Flash the blue sacred gear appeared on his arm show The Devils the truth of this world the gamer commanded raising his right arm to point his sword at the sky what are you R started Revelation a wave of blue light erupted from the sacred gear and struck every devil in the area minorly disorientated Sona blinked her eyes before she focused on one of the approaching ratmen and blinked again as she spotted words floating above its head gutter Runner lv15 throat slid her quickly she turned her head to look at the person who had caused all of this only to be disappointed red armored man lv15 rat catcher what is this she demanded look through my eyes this is the world for me ever since the gamer's gear activated the man answered ruul deciding to shove the matter until later Sona analyzed the enemies most were gutter Runners at level 15 with a couple at level 16 a small number were a different class completely assassin initiate lv16 gizard Gasher assassin neoy lv17 blood Spiller the most powerful one was trebling lesser assassin lv20 sneering one advice on fighting these things kba asked calmly his eyes sharply moving between the advancing rat creatures a norm noral human is physically stronger than they are but they are a lot faster and more agile the ratmen also have no compunctions about fighting Fair the gamer said firmly the ninja types like to use their tails to use a third weapon to sneak attack you most use a concealed poison Spike near the tip as a weapon any ratman who isn't a slave will also use teamwork but they do not care about the deaths of their fellows the leaders also remain at the rear unless forced any one of you aside from Sagi there could handily kill all of these ratmen without breaking a Sweat butu I'll test them the Knight stated stepping forward his offer less of a question than a statement go on the redhead nodded with an act of his will a steel sword erupted from the ground and was grabbed by the blonde boy the next second he moved in a blur slicing through several of the gutter Runners as if they were cardboard cutouts the startled shrieks and gurgles of the dying ratman were cut off as the reincarnated sacred gear user delivered Mercy strikes to them impaling their hearts with swift precise stabs and cuts to their hearts and throats respectively well as expected of a level 30 plus reincarnated devil the red armored man said with a touch of admiration in his voice several shuen flew through the air at him even as he spoke but he simply raised a sword and said lesser barrier Shield a red magic circle appeared in front of him that deflected all of the throwing stars without so much as a crack dot dot dot knot that it was much of a surprise ordinary steel could only do so much against magic hea fall back for now aino try your magic magic re is ordered yuu do dot dot let's see how much they can take the Yamato Cho giggled then with a flick of her fingers yellow magic circles formed over her hand and arcs of golden energy surged outward the electrical magic struck a pair of assassin initiates frying them in barely a handful of seconds ARA so frail how disappointing they're more vulnerable to Fire magic than lightning the gamer mentioned lightly that was Thunder magic Sona corrected him as she sent a wave of blades to slice several advancing gutter Runners into pieces lightning contains a fragment of Light Element so very few Devils can wield it safely leaving aside the fact that aino could in fact use lightning as she was the daughter of barail the Fallen Angel of lightning the former Nephilim simply chose to use the Lesser Thunder magic and had never touched her Heritage from her father for personal reasons H the man said nonc committedly between Kiko smashing a pair into a tree after their blades shattered against her Rook given defense re is blasting several into dust with her power of Destruction and the red armored man beheading a couple with quick and precise cuts of his blade it was clear that the ratman were badly outmatched when one pulled out a bottle the armored man shouted hurriedly Tiba killed that ratman before he has a chance to drink that's witch brew a potion that turns the Drinker into a Berserker the ratman even had alchemical potions to use Sona who had some basic knowledge of alchemy was now very firmly of the opinion that someone in the Supernatural world was guiding the ratmen even if they weren't aware of it no newly created race could come up with something like witch Brew without outside help the problem was solved by keba bisecting the Assassin from Crown to groin as the two halves of the body fell apart in an explosion off Gore the red armored man charged into the middle of the rest of the ratmen lashing out with his twin blades and causing chaos among the panicking assassins as the level 20 assassin leader turned to flee the red armored man pointed his swords at the retreating rat and shouted flame spear a red burst of fire launched itself from both of his weapons and buried themselves in the back of the Cowardly ratman covering it in flames and ending its life a blink later and all of the bodies had melted away leaving no Trace that they ever existed TCH I need to get my hands around snitch's scrawny neck the gamer almost growled in frustration that sadistic little bastard is far too dangerous to let him wander free Kono did you sense that ratman whatsoever Riz asked her Rook no Kai was blending in with surroundings couldn't read it the petite girl answered shortly apparently his title of Master assassin is not just for show it figures he'd have some way of keeping himself concealed from most types of detection the gamer side sounding far more exhausted than he looked some sort of skill or training or perhaps a magic item like my cloak of Shadows whichever it is it'll be a pain to be on guard from being backstabbed by snck until I find a way around it do the ratman know who you really are Sona asked sharply no but I imagine imagine they have a better than human sense of smell so tracking me from one of the Burrows to my base won't be too difficult for them he answered oh congratulations on becoming level seven saggi Sam the citri ays looked around and indeed saggy was now level seven how he was in your party when you killed four or five ratmen with a lazy flick of your fingers obviously he got some of the experienced points from your kills the man replied once he's level eight he won't have to worry about the sunlight weakening him as the devil's weakness to the light is just uncomfortable from that level up useful to know hea commented can I ask where you got that second blade you were using it was a quest reward for Conquering the seven ratman Burrows in addition to exp cash and my rat catcher title The Gamer answered as he stowed his blades away in his inventory as long as I have it active I cause fear in all ratmen those who don't feel fear or can control themselves are immune to it like snitch and his pet assassins seem to be and that magic dot dot dot that wasn't human magic or devil magic at least not as I've experienced them Sona adjusted her glasses with a slender finger you mean my flame spear it's a simple tier one lesser Fire magic spell the man sounded confused lesser Fire magic tier I've never heard of any magic using those terms before the frown on her face deepened making Sona look a lot more intimidating e but both heima San and AIS gry over their used tiered magic 2 dual Thunder call a tier four spell and lesser destruction blast a tier 2 two spell respectively the gamer responded slowly a hand rising to cup his chin in thought maybe it's some sort of categorization system unique to the gamer's gear my spell was weaker than aino re arched an eyebrow it was lower ranked that doesn't necessarily mean it was weaker Sona corrected her the Bale family's magic power of Destruction wasn't given that title for nothing correct the gamer nodded in a direct contest of power I suspect even my most powerful offensive spells flame bomb and Earth shot would be defeated by the weakest spell that any wielder of the power of Destruction could manifest himim jasan spell was the highest ranked spell I have seen since my sacred gear granted me the ability to see the names and tears of the Spells and skills people around me use still is that the strongest spell you can use ARS gramy it isn't a spell so much as I shape my power of Destruction into a blast the size of which depends on my Target and I just fire it the crimson-haired ruined princess stated with a shru that's all needed to do so far that won't work against someone who is strong enough Ras Sona warned her friend a fenex just as an example would shrug off your blasts thanks to their Immortal regeneration the house of fenex is another one of the noble houses of the underworld they have similar abilities to that of an actual Phoenix including the ability to almost endlessly regenerate damage create healing tears control wind heat and fire and their wings are always made of shaped fire rather than standard solidified magic she added as an aside to the gamer why would she have to fight a fenex that sounded as if you were trying to make a point to her he asked curiously his Helm gaze moving slowly between the two ayses my parents have engaged me to a fenex their youngest son in fact Ria stated sourly he's a Shameless rake with absolutely no respect for women and an ego that suffocates everyone around him I'm currently trying every trick in the book to get free of the engagement but my last option is to face him in a rating game a fight where our Pages battle one another another while in an arena that has spells on it to prevent death or serious maming he has a full page and I do not plus he is an experienced battler in the rating games addin is fenex regeneration and it's almost hopeless after a moment where he stood stock still the red armored man muttered something under his breath and a window appeared in front of him with deaft experience Touches at fast speeds he searched through to find something it would have looked very weird if they hadn't been able to see the screens he'd manifested when he stopped he chuckled huh and mortal my foot a fenix's regeneration is not Almighty hit him with some holy water and his regeneration gets reduced by 3/4 he said in Triumph illegal and raiding games Sona shook her head H dot dot dot well there are ways of taking down regenerators in games presumably they would work here too the gamer mused care to hear my ideas it's worth a shot re is shrubbed well the first idea use the weakness of the Regeneration isn't possible because of that rule so then the second is to hit him hard enough and fast enough that his regeneration can't keep up with it I assume that in a raiding game taking the opposing King down equals defeat for the entire page like it does in chess that's true but Razer isn't a fool he'll send his purage out to fight and only emerge if he catches sight of Ria Batu aino shook her head by that point either she'll have been forced to move due to us being defeated or Razer will have no pieces left and will be greatly weakened I'm just stating strategies it's up to you to work them into your plans the gamer another commonality with regenerators is that often the Regeneration doesn't kick off until whatever made the wound leave the flesh so assuming kiasan here can Sprout swords from the ground to impale this razor at the right moment that should restrain him and prevent his regeneration for a time he'd burn through them with his fire Sona countered the armored man paused and quickly looked back down as a new screen appeared kiasan sacred gear sword birth allows him to create swords with unique enchantments yes correct chba agreed then why not create swords that nullify or are immune to fire or heat hea and reiz both paused to Blink in Surprise before reiz slapped a palm to her forehead and started muttering to herself keba himself looked pensive closing his eyes for a moment a second later a long sword with a blade seemingly made from Ice emerged from the ground handle first this is called Flame delete it nullifies any flame magic and acts as an amplifier for ice Magics it's usually a bit more difficult to craft enchanted swords I've never tried do doing it with anything other than a normal steel sword Tiba stated thoughtfully though it is certainly possible especially if I'm only creating a single type multiple times it's definitely something I can work towards we'll work out a training program for that when we get home agreed reiz with a firm nod still internally cursing herself as an idiot before turning her attention back to the red armored man any other ideas make the attack so painful that they cause his mind to shut down the gamer suggested I don't care if he can regenerate his should have an upper threshold for the amount of pain he can feel true re agreed thoughtfully a small vindictive smile forming on her lips her distaste for her so-called fiance probably made the idea far more appealing than it should regeneration aside Razer is an average young devil cocky and arrogant most people who face him expect to lose because of his fenex abilities so the chances are that he has rarely had to suffer much in the way of pain combined with fire nullifying swords from keba to pin him down and we may have a plan developing a new spell for that situation would take quite some time Sona pointed out unless kba can make a pain sword as well I can't see this as being practical the blonde boy focused for a moment and a new blade emerged from the ground nearby it superficially resembled a cimeter but it had a serrated edge and looked like a torture device this is panage a sword that magnifies any and all sensations of Pain by Three with every cut he looked a bit disturbed evidently he had not pushed his ability to create such esoteric swords before this point then again his General attitude was to uphold the code of chivalry so using swords with such unfair tricks to them would count as something he'd avoid when at all possible that's one possibility Ria said her blue eyes gleaming at this though she frowned slightly in thought though this puts a great deal on kakun to both lock down and then weaken Riser I have access to a store that lets me buy things I could look through it for spells for H jasan and yourself AIS gry the gamer offered considering that you're helping me call me Rus the redhead said with a smile and please do it took a couple of minutes for him to find books that suited the situation but find them he did for aino he found two one called thunderfield which allowed the Caster to surround the target of her spell with electricity that damaged them over time and caused quite a bit of pain as well a nerve breaker a thunder spell that directly attacked the nervous system of the target damaging it and raising the target's pain sensitivity in Ria's case there were not many spells that had anything to do with the power of Destruction but there were two that suited the situation one was cellular destruction which used a blast similar to the regular power of Destruction spells that re used but it attacked the Target on a cellular level making their cells explode it was apparently one of the most painful spells the gamer had ever seen the last spell was destruction blade a close combat spell that surrounded the user's flattened hand and forearm in the power of Destruction forging a blade that could cut through almost anything if practiced enough with practice the characteristics of other spells the Caster had access to could be infused into it dot dot dot such as cellular destruction watching the two Devils absorbed the purchase skill books using the gamer's help some new function of his sacred gear he had unlocked just now apparently was fascinating for Sona dot dot dot and worrying with simple human currency he offered to his sacred gear the gamer of Gaia could purchase powerful spells and other skills that he could use against his enemies almost immediately albeit at a fairly weak level and that was just a part of his sacred gears functions as an enemy he was one of the worst types she could think of one that could change and adapt to whoever and whatever his enemies were if given enough time and resources as an ally she could think of none better keep Faith with him and he'd support them with everything he had she was good enough at reading people to see that he was helping R because he thought she deserved a chance to fight for her freedom and that he was sympathetic to her plight this did earn him some points with her as she had a soft spot for RIA even if she didn't let anyone else know about it anyone who helped her friend was all right in her book Sona just hoped that nothing happened to make them have to fight him later streets of CUO well that went a lot better than I thought it would is a thought in relief as he walked he was out of his armor and back in his school uniform the meeting with the Devils had been on his mind most of the day to the point that he'd avoided his two friends when they tried to get him to go peeping with them the Ambush by the ratman before the meeting had let him get some stress relief in at least handing over the paperwork from Project Rat King had earned ear him improved relationships with both Sona and Ria while hearing the tales of his fight against the ratman and their breeder had upped his relationships with the rest Snick showing up again like a bad rash had been irritating but at least it let him really take in exactly how outclassed he was by these Devils any one of them could beat his ass six ways to Sunday without even breaking a sweat granted a level was not an absolute indicator of someone's strength but it could be used as a general measuring stick seeing that R is gry's purage as well as a citri had the power and stats to make those levels of theirs Justified put an end to any thoughts he might have nurtured about possibly being able to outfight them if they tried to capture him Tojo Kiko the mascot of CUO Academy had not only had a sword shatter off her skin like it was made of papier Mash but had then proceeded to punch the ratman in the head so hard that it had been decapitated Udo keba the prince of CUO Academy moved so fast that Isa could barely see his after image and he had a sacred gear that let him create swords demonic magic swords at that the three scariest had been himim jamaa Akino Rus grory and Sona citri each possessed powerful magical abilities and it was clear that they had deliberately chosen weak magical attacks to test the ratman Dual Thunder call lesser destruction blast and Rippling water blades were all less than tier five and they were clearly among the weakest spells that the three powerful female Devils had at their disposal they could wipe him out easily especially Ria's grory seeing her use her power of Destruction had sent fearful chills down his spine that magic was dangerous still he had been offended that R was being forced to marry some jerk because her parents wanted it just what century were here parents in was the devil Society really that backward helping them in preventing that was the least he could do he had quietly asked keba that before leaving and the answer was sort of most of the devil population was up to date and modern but the highclass Devils the so-called pillar families or vary up themselves and concern the rising number of reincarnated and lesser Devils compared to constantly shrinking number of pure-blooded devils thus a law had been forced past the for mile by most of the surviving family heads that negated the usual right of the arys of a clan to refuse a marriage contract outright so they would be married to other pure-blooded Devils and making more of them rather than marrying lesser Devils or Worse reincarnated Devils or other races that sucked on so many levels that if they didn't know what part of it disgusted him more fortunately some of the more reasonable family heads had ensured that all ayses were well within their rights to challenge their intended spouses for the right of refusal in other words if the ays won the engagement was dissolved however if they lost the wedding was held immediately the challenge was thus a double-edged sword it sucked it sucked a lot from everything that had been said this razor guy made him mohama and matsuda combined look like Chase Saints by comparison and mixed it with an extremely unhealthy dose of Rich duchac he sounded like a right jerk someone like Ria gry a beautiful girl who seemed to honestly care for her friends and comrades deserve better than that still there was only so much he could do helping her get the right spells and the right strategy was the best idea that he'd been able to come up with helping her and aino learned the spells using the new feature he'd unlocked after using Revelation and fighting beside the Devils the tutorial system had been a good idea as well using that he could reduce the number of skill books he could learn from for One Day by one and teach someone under the effects of his Revelation ability up to to two skill books this meant that for today he could only learn from one skill book he had absorbed the sword Talent skill book last night which up the amount of exp his sword related skills gained from being used by 10% which stacked with his learned wisdom skills plus 20% boost he decided to save the last use for today for one that he might acquire at the place he was heading to now stopping at the corner isay peered around it to see a large abandoned Factory which it was on the surface in reality it was the hidden location of rat poison the counter to project Rat King which had been used to create the ratman if there was anywhere that agent flam Bridge was likely to be it was this place if not he could perhaps get a clue or two about how to track the ratman to their new Burrows whatever was in this place it had to be dealt with and soon he could tell that the Devils were getting nervous about these purifiers and they might act before he could find out enough without the information in the maps he had though they should have no idea where to look before he was actively fighting hopefully that would give him the time he needed to ransack the place and find out everything he needed to know transforming into his combat outfit he ghosted towards the gate rusted and padlocked shut and slashed it open with his Gladius dungeon discovered you have discovered the dungeon ruins of Purity you gain 400 exp do you wish to enter this dungeon warning entering this dungeon whilst being three or more levels beneath the minimum level displayed is dangerous to your life why and okay quite why gave that warning even although he was only one below the recommended level was bizarre but whatever he'd roll with it resolutely hitting the y key he Advanced forwards the gates swinging shut behind him with a metallic clang let's go regular speech aai thoughts boost sacred g d drag speech chapter 11 versus Humans Ault research Club room qo Academy well that went better than I was expecting he was far more open than I'd hoped Ria's gramar the zako served her and Sona te indeed and we were able to learn from more than what I'd originally hoped the citri ays agreed before taking a sip of her tea aino really was talented at making black tea with an almost equal talent for crafting the delicate CA that was resting on a small plate nearby I think mentioning your predicament helped get him to open up far more than he would have otherwise it was a part of human nature people tended to be more open and trusting toward people they were sympathetic for a low blow some would call but they were devils dealing with a complete unknown their morals were rather more flexible than a human's the crimson-haired ruined princess scowled at the reminder of her fiance before taking a sip of tea herself yes I imagine it did before a positively devilish smirk crossed her lips besides our new friend did provide some rather interesting ideas on how to deal with it didn't he Sona smirked no fonder of the perverted rake than Riz was I suppose he did still the encounter with him provided quite a few interesting points of data as well but the spectacle devil added adjusting her glass passes thoughtfully first off that our red armored friend is born and raised locally he pointed out where he was attacked without even glancing in the direction which implies a deep understanding of the local geography that only a local or at least a long-term resident would have he's also about our age based on his height attitude and speech patterns plus the fact that the most common time for sacred gears to awaken is in the holders teens if they awaken at all sacred gears did not simply manifest before their holders at random either they were awoken in times of great need or at times when the wielder honestly and truly desired power from the very depths of their heart an alternative method was when they were awakened as a result of the holder being reincarnated into a devil via the evil peace system auk kabil zabb liked to think ahead as it was more than slightly possible that a human could be reincarnated as a devil without Awakening their sacred gear so he had added that function to his evil pieces it was widely known that the maub had placed numerous hidden systems into his m Masterwork the evil peace system and had left it up to the Kings and other pieces to discover what they were several had been discovered and become common knowledge over the intervening decades and centuries but there were still dozens of others that remained nothing more than rumor or speculation auka himself was remaining tight lipped on the subject never confirming or denying any rumor presented to him and only confirming that there were still systems left that hadn't been discovered yet the man seemed to view the research and experimentation that many young Devils went through to uncover more of those Secrets as both an important exercise in helping them learn to think and experiment and as a thoroughly enjoyable form of entertainment he really had a bad sense of humor Sona were not trying to discover his identity as of yet re is calmly reminded her friend besides that still doesn't narrow things down by much there are at least three other high schools in CUO each with at least 100 students our age true but we can keep an eye out for anyone lingering in the areas where the ratman Burrows used to be aino said with a frown I doubt he would bother with them Sona shook her head no ratman there so no need for him to go near the places anymore him true enough the Priestess of Thunder conceited a familiar sensation in the air made the three Devils pause then reaside looks as if our friend is going after another location involving these purifiers that he neglected to mention to us she stated a small frown of annoyance Crossing her lips to be strictly accurate we asked him to tell us about the purifiers in general not specific locations where they they were based Sona reminded her he seems determined that as a human resident of this town with a sacred gear it is up to him to deal with any human threats that pop up and C that have anything to do with the supernatural World aside from members of the church or the gregori that responsibility technically Falls onto our shoulders instead of his but I doubt he cares much at the moment from what I've seen he seems to take what the purifiers are doing personally no aino shook her head thoughtfully tilting it slightly as she looked for the right words more like he's outraged yes he's outraged at what they're doing what should we do buto Rus waved a hand in mild irritation resignation on her face leave him for now if he finds anything that he feels we need to know he'll doubtless find a way of contacting us he wants us to be hands off in dealing with this particular matter fine we'll be hands off until he gets in over his head and then we'll go in and save his rear hopefully earning a bit more trust and Goodwill in the process we still should have given him away of contacting us Sona pointed out this was an unexpected oversight on her part that she was currently mentally cursing aino set your familiar to watch the shrine when you aren't there we is ordered without hesitation that's where we designated a neutral location so it's also the most likely place that he'll go to if he wants to contact us once he is seen contact either Sona or me and we'll go see what it is that he wants hi butu the Yamato Cho nodded demurely with isay the secude was becoming puzzled and annoyed he had been walking around this abandoned Factory for over 15 minutes and there wasn't a single sign of it being used for anything since it closed its doors the thick carpet of dust that covered every visible surface made that clear easily enough and combined with the corroded metal and broken glass littering the area made the place look like it had been abandoned for over a decade that was what made it so suspicious this place had been built only 3 years ago and hadn't been in active use for more than 6 months before the company who ran it went bankrupt and went into Administration he distinctly remembered his mother talking about the scandal of the company's vice president having an affair with his secretary as he embezzled funds from what was supposed to go to purchasing new materials so then the purifiers had moved in some time after the place had shut down and had done something to make this place look like the place was one good push away from collapsing in order to keep people away the base was almost certainly beneath the factory otherwise it wouldn't be a dungeon but how to get in there it wasn't outside the building at least there would be too much risk of some random vagrant either stumbling onto it or witnessing someone else coming out so it had to be inside the building somewhere so it was definitely inside and likely hidden somewhere so it couldn't be found by some random kids that somehow managed to sneak past the fence hell I haven't thought about aai in ages is a abruptly realized sadly it wasn't that he was no longer interested in aai far from it but every time he did think about opai he got excited and once his excitement grew to a certain point Gamer's mind was would kick in and forcibly calm him down it took all of the enjoyment out of thinking about the wondrous things called aai in the first place Gamer's mind activated see bloody thing was leeching all the fun out of his life to keep him focused on his mission returning to the subject at hand the secude guessed that this place had some kind of emergency entrance exit for the project rat poison base that being the case it was likely somewhere out of the way and or hard to get to on the ground floor which ruled out the main Factory floor as well as the ruined cafeteria and all of the corridors in public places that left dot dot dot the floor manager's office it was perched slightly above the floor to allow the theoretical manager to overlook the place but it was also out of the way and was small enough and unobtrusive enough to be overlooked by most people for using a startling amount of logic and reasoning you gain plus one wise and int a vain pulst in is's head as his right arm sacred gear snarked at him once again he never once imagined he'd have a near irresistible urge to punch an article of clothing but then again his life had just been getting weirder and weirder since this started making his way to the floor manager's office the boy peered around the dimly lit room old desk Broken Hat stand decrepit looking chair suspiciously clean and intact floorin with several pins stuck in it mounted on the wall hello clue examining the pins made his a smile beneath his helmet all of them were blank except for one which had a dead rat with a spike through it engraved on it rat poison T pressing it isay stepped back as the wall juted and about a meter of floor and wall creaked open revealing steps leading down into darkness as always isay had to wonder why these places were never brightly lit were the purifiers miserly with their electricity bills or something putting that denain question aside isay carefully went down the stairs wishing he had bought a torch then he had an idea magic weapon reinforcement he muttered in a Flash both his Gladius and his sword breaker were wrapped in Ruby light while dim the added light was more than enough to see by even if the opening slammed shut behind him as he activated it moving down the stairs isay was not surprised to see an antichamber at the bottom of the stairs that had been the commonality with all of the dungeons he had visited so far what is a hadn't expected was the still corpse of a man sprawled out in the middle of the small room clutching something in his hand his throat had been slid on both sides one neater than the other so someone slits this guy's throat once hastily and messily and then slits the other side in a neat and tidy way because why the gamer thought in confusion the clothes the guy was wearing were decidedly Odd as well blood stains aside they looked kind of like the robes you'd see on a monk except this one was white and burnt orange made of nylon rather than cotton or whatever material Monk's robes were normally made from then blazed over his heart was a symbol a flame set on a shield the words corpor Ana Seer ver nunquam and uum were written in Ram G above and below it dot dot dot is that English or what is a muttered in confusion his skill at reading English was so so but he wasn't recognizing any of this stuff unless the animal on the top line was talking about the Final Fantasy X summon but he kind of doubted it the hand that was clenched was rigid but isay didn't have over 100 St strr for nothing so the contents were quickly exhumed it was a key isay blinked before using observe on it project supervisor's office key this is the key that allows entry into the supervisor's office of project rat poison you full wait so then this guy was dot dot dot who then if he had the supervisor's office key then is say supposed that he was in fact the head of project rat poison but if so why had he been killed the wounds didn't have the greenish tinge of the warpstone blades that the ratman Assassins like to smear their blades in so that just left one person agent flamberge he had to have done this quelling his Fury the secude stored the key in his inventory and then looted the man's body leaving him his clothes out of respect for the Dignity of the Dead fortunately the man had a map of the facility on him the project rat poison base wasn't actually large enough to need a map it was about the size of four School gymnasiums sitting in a square with three levels to it the supervisor's office was just a few meters away on this floor in fact which actually explained why he still had his key in hand he' likely just left his office when he was killed flam Bridge discovered this guy was running and managed to catch up and kill him from wherever it was that he had been previously supposing that this guy was in his office in the short time it took him to leave and lock his office and run over here is a thought with a frown unless the purifier agent was just a few feet away from this guy's office when he started to run that would be very difficult dot dot dot or dot dot dot the boy examined the way that the body was sprawled just feet from the door leading to the rest of the facility the look of pain and realization told him that the man had been taken completely off guard he was waiting in here for the project head to run in and slit his throat as he entered he concluded grimly but why it made no sense killing the members of project Rat King made sense if a gristly evil kind of sense but the members of project rat poison the ones flamb brige had been ordered to Rendevous with deciding that the answer to all these questions lay within the base itself isay started forward again moving slowly he left the antichamber behind and entered the main Corridor which for some stupid reason were a blindingly bright shade of white what [ __ ] decided that iing white was a good color for the walls floors and ceilings of a base his eyes were actually watering behind his menpo cursing the purifiers for their stupid tastes in interior decorating isay made his way to the nearby Office trying to keep his eyes from focusing on the iing color it wasn't that far just barely 4 M or so obviously the rear entrance was the project head's Escape Route opening the door with the key the secude entered the office and closed the door behind him locking it again to prevent anyone from sneaking up on him afterwards then he turned his attention to the office itself walking up to the desk it was a basic office not too dissimilar to the office that the head of project Rat King had possessed except very modern and upto-date as opposed to run down and secondhand like the other one had been the desk looked brand new the carpet was thick beneath his shoes the lighting was tasteful and the back wall was a glass window looking out at the floor beneath which was crawling with zombies dot dot dot wait what is a gaped out of the window no he had not been seeing things there were at least 10 zombies wandering around down there all wearing purifier uniforms and all had a cut across the side of their throats indicating how they had died how the hell did they get raised as [ __ ] zombies though isay groaned aloud out of all of the many games he had played over the years the ones he had enjoyed least had been one like Silent Hill and Resident Evil sure shooting zombies was fun and all but did they have to make it so hard to save stupid recording tape anyway this was going to be a pain zombies if these ones were anything like the ones in films and games were stupidly strong thanks to having no mental limiters on their muscles and more modern depiction of zombies like in the British film 28 Days Later had them being rather Swift on their feet to boot shaking his head to clear it of zombie fueled apocalyptic nightmares isay returned his Focus to what he here for investigating what was going on here which had the newly added objective of finding out what the hell was causing the undead corpses on the floor below well let's get down to a bit of burglary is a muttered deactivating his magic and putting away his weapons the door was solid and wellb built if one of the shambling horde below tried to batter it down he'd have plenty of time to draw them again before anything managed to break through breaking into the desk drawers was easy as the keys were lying right there on top of the desk a bunch of folders and files regarding project rat poison in the large bottom drawer went into his inventory to be looked through later and perhaps presented to the devils in the smaller drawer he paused as he beheld a rare sight in Japan a firearm it was a small one that he didn't recognize so he used observe on it Sig sour Sig Pro SPC 2022 a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Sig sour that fires 9x19mm Parabellum rounds this particular weapon has only been fired by the manufacturer and the gun shop that sold it the grips on the frame are removable and can be replaced with others for various bonuses useless without bullets current grip polymer deals piercing damage of 75 to any location of bullet strikes 100% chance of critical hit if the head or any internal organs are struck by a bullet can be used as improvised close combat weapon dealing bludgeoning damage s+ 5 magazine loaded 15 over 15 bullets not chambered wow essay blinked that was pretty detailed but there was something detached about the way observe was describing the weapon before him as if it found the gun distasteful to describe so it gave the most clinical description it could it made sense to isay close close combat weapons and Magic had been around for thousands of years while Firearms were new fangled devices that his sacred gear apparently didn't trust or like gingerly picking up the gun isay placed it and the three spare magazines into his inventory he might as well use it in this base if nothing else he had no desire to get near to a zombie if it was at all possible making this weapon something he would use gladly if it meant keeping The Walking Dead things as distant as possible until he reill them don't look at him like that no one in their right mind would want to get near a walking rotting corpse Not only was it damned unsanitary but zombie bites were [ __ ] one hit Co and then you Rose up as a gross shambler yourself he'd never get to fondle apy if he was a zombie the hot school girls would be even more interested in smashing his skull than they ever were before High School of the Dead had some nice opy and great fan service but it was still freaky as hell examining the actual desk itself isay noticed a memo similar to the ones he'd seen in the rat and Burrows up until now to the head of project poison the Rat King project has produced satisfactory results but the chance that the specimens might revolt against us cannot be discounted which is why we at Central Command created project rat poison with the express purpose of having a contingency plan for such an instance occurring ignore any directives and suggestions by the head of project Rat King your purpose is to create a poison that Cannon will slay any and all ratman that it is exposed to it while wasting the not inconsiderable amount of time money and materials that we have invested into project rat king would be something of an inconvenience the threat of a new Supernatural race existing outside of our control one that we created to boot is not something we can countenance work hard Mr cedo should the activation of your project prove necessary an agent will reveal himself and identify himself as flamberge take his appearance as clearance to activate your project as the final fail safe for the Purity and sanctity of our souls the memo was dated roughly 3 months previously isay looked at another sheet of paper this time something that cedo tetsuo had written himself why me where did it all go so wrong I'm looking out at my facility and seeing the people that I work with being slaughtered by a man in a black cloak then they stagger to their feet brought back by some form of foul sorcery I don't know how they got in here and I don't really care once I finish this memo I am going to flee via the rear entrance exit and then go underground for a while possibly go on holiday in the Bahamas this is the main thrust of this letter I quit I have had it bad work working conditions I can handle poor pay well it's better than what the government pays at least the underground bases are helpful in that we do not get bothered by door-to-door salesmen but a Madden and slaughtering my people and turning them into zombies is where I draw the bamned line I am out of this organization and I wish Whoever has to pick up the pieces here the best of luck they're going to need it the former head of project rat poison cedo tetsuo this one was dated 3 days previously roughly about as long as the man himself had been dead poor stupid bastard had apparently decided to write a letter of resignation before running for his life is a had to respect his professionalism if not his lack of survival instincts the rest of the room was Bare of anything either useful or interesting yes the place certainly looked stylish but that didn't mean that anything vital to project rat poison was kept in there the only things like that had been in the bottom drawer and they were now in his inventory similarly the only useful things in the room had been the gun and its ammunition also now stored in his inventory after adding the two memos as an afterthought isay pulled out the facility map to scope out where he should go next on this floor there were the dormitories a few offices the kitchens and relaxation facilities nothing too serious but best to be thorough in case he could find anything useful on the next floor down were the labs where the staff experimented with chemicals and made the deadly poison that they planned on using on the ratman on the lowest floor was the ominously named purification chamber presumably where the control for the poisons were located isay really didn't want to go into the labs down there he was not Gordon Freeman and he did not have a hazardous environment suon his armor was designed to be used against enemies in Magic not poison and you could bet that somehow he'd have poison thrown at him but unfortunately isay was equally sure that he would be forced to go through the labs because the only way to the purification chamber was through one of the main Labs oh joy Wham someone dot dot dot or something slammed into the door leading into the office office isay was standing in making a crack a low and guttural moan from the other side of the door made it clear that it was not a particularly proactive door to door salesman either pulling the Sig out of his inventory the secude very carefully pulled back the slide and chambered around before also drawing back the hammer and uneasily aiming the weapon at the door his swords had felt much like this before he had gained a skill in using them uncomfortable unbalanced too light or too heavy hopefully it would be corrected if he got a skill with Firearms with another couple of powerful slams the door splintered split and cracked before a shambling zombie broke through face falting onto the floor after breaking through if it wasn't for the fact that this was a very serious situation isay would be laughing his head off at the sight purifier Remnant lv15 shambling dead thought being one to look a gift horse in the mouth isay quickly took aim at the down Undead skull and squeezed the trigger bang unlike in movies a gun going off was loud his aim was surprisingly spot-on as the bullet went right through the crown of the zombie's head dropping it back to the ground like a puppet with cut strings you have defeated a purifier Remnant you receive 400 exp you receive rat poison memo as a result of a specific action you have acquired the skill Firearms proficiency Firearms proficiency lv1 since around 1250 ad the use of gunpowder Weaponry has grown and spread until it is the most commonly used military tool of the mundane World from handguns and rifles to cannons and artillery the number of weapons that have been made Beggars belief although considered useless against any competent Supernatural faux due to the development of numerous simple and easy to learn spells that render any form of black power or gunpowder within range useless against the weakest of the supernatural World a gun can be just the thing you need to level the playing field grants the user the ability to carry handguns with ease increase accuracy of all ranged attacks made with a handgun by one increase damage of all ranged attacks made with a hand gun by one H dot dot dot so that's why the gamer's gear doesn't like me using guns is a remarked now what's it about memos the rat poison memo turned out to be a part of a series of memos between the project head of project rat poison and one of his scientists Rock Ania the I believe you were specifically ordered not to make this poison as deadly as it could possibly be we only want to kill the ratman Abominations not the entire human population of CUO as it is I am officially ordering you to scrap your work and start over from scratch make it deadly to the ratmen and easy to disperse inside their Burrows but I want it to be heavier than air there will be no lighter than air poison gases made here thank you very much cedo tetsuo this neaw woman made a poison that deadly is a thought in disbelief okay it's official these guys got what was coming to them when they died though I'll admit raising them again as Undead might be a bit much though looting the body and getting 5,000 yen plus some snacks isay made his way back into the corridor that was too bright to look at the first couple of rooms that he entered were lounges and had nothing of Interest Beyond possibly still edible biscuits in them the first couple of offices were boring having reams of paperwork about the minui of both the supplying and running the base or of the experiments conducted on the floor below the ladder was in such complicated scientific jargon that isay felt his eyes Crossing as he tried to read them those join the rest of the paperwork he'd be handing the Devils once this was over hopefully they had someone who could understand the sciencey mumbo jumbo in the third office though he had to deal with two more purifier remnants which earned him the skill headshot which was not simply a firearm skill it could be applied to any projectile weapon from a throwing knife to a crossbow headshot simply put added a percentage which varied depending on the skills level to the chance to hitting the target's head with whatever projectile weapon aay was using at the time as well as granting additional damage depending on what the weapon was as well a cool skill added to his repertoire isay continued on adding rat poison and memos to his inventory whenever he killed a zombie it was easier to think of them like that dehumanizing them in his mind prevented him from having to use his Gamer's mind to force himself into a calm State honestly he didn't know if he could actually kill a human just like that it was hard enough with zombies after about 15 more minutes isay cleared out the first floor of the facility and gathered all 15 of the rat poison memos which made the gamer's gear generate a key card to allow access to the next floor down I don't want to know how you got a hold of this this do I this a amused alloud as he alternated between eyeing his hand and the key card much to his surprise the gamer's gear manifested for a moment and flashed before Vanishing again a moving on is a decided more proof if that was needed that something was inside his sacred gear and that it was fond of making fun of him all of the doors to the level below were made of clear glass for some stupid reason it wasn't even bulletproof or reinforced glass just the same kind of glass you'd get a screen door made out of why just why they were about as useful as a chocolate teapot shaking his head at the obvious sign that the purifiers hadn't really considered the possibility of the place being invaded by an outside force isay inserted his key card into the scanner making the door slide soundlessly open even if he hadn't had the key card he was fairly certain that hitting the glass door with one of his swords would have shattered it easily though that would have likely brought an entire horde of zombies and other unpleasant things down onto his head so better not entering the atrium that was visible from the project manager's office window is a open fire with the sick managing to eliminate one zombie from the get-go unfortunately that also drew the attention of the other zombies there were nine of them left and they were all headed towards where isay had fired the pistol swiftly relocating as silently as possible the sacred gear user fired three more times killing another zombie with a headshot and sending another one stumbling into the zombie next to it with a bullet to the shoulder The Last One Missed though which made is a curse slightly he had already used used an entire magazine up on the previous floor with only two and 3/4 magazines left that let him with just under 45 bullets remaining and who knows how many zombies Left to deal with as they had been created apparently with some kind of magic dagger isay didn't know if they could infect people with bites or body fluids but he did not want to take a chance ah well where bullets failed magic would Prevail as a precaution isay drew his bloodmetal Gladius with his off hand and was very thankful that he had acquired the ambid dextrous skill as well the two zombies that had collided were tearing into each other like animals leaving them to it isay fired at the six remaining zombies carefully aiming using the iron sight and scoring three head shots it was irritating that the only way to kill zombies was to either cut off their head or destroy the brain like it said in Shawn of the dead but isay persevered taking advantage of his distraction one of the undead charged did isay from the side evidently they weren't entirely brain dead W the boy y in shock dodging the flailing arms of the zombie before reflexively lashing out with his sword smashing the zombie's head back and making it stumble backwards long enough for him to bring the gun around to put a bullet in it to finish it off after that it was fairly easy to kill the remaining zombies as two were attacking one another and the remaining three were on the far side of the atrium shuffling towards him at a crawl thankfully they were classic Romero zombies rather than the 28 days variety thus a slow shambling walk was their top speed the last three may as well have had bull siize painted on their foreheads while dealing with the two scrambling zombies was like shooting fish in a barrel you have defeated purifier remnants X10 you receive 4,000 exp Firearms proficiency has leveled up lv1 lv2 headshot has leveled up lv1 lv2 as a result of repeated actions the skill aim has been created aim lv10 one of the more basic skills available when using any projectile weapon aiming carefully before fir throwing generally leads to fulfilling the purpose of firing throwing the weapon in the first place i e actually hitting the target once activated lasts 2 minutes or until you either switch targets or your target dies increases accuracy of all projectile Weaponry by one whenn active increases likelihood of hitting a vulnerable Point by 1% when active increases headshot damage by a further one win active useful although yet again isay got the feeling that his sacred gear was snarking at him with that discrep ion pressing the auto loot button got him everything he could have taken from them aside from their clothes so he decided to explore the level the first place he looked was the security station which was a little room barely larger than a kitchenet it had security logs that might prove interesting viewing but Isa paid more attention to a notice on the wall for the moment official purifier military forces Specialties know where you can go flints internal security Troopers this is where you all are right now equipped with trench and stun guns Sparks low ranking troops specializing in mundane infiltration and investigation typically equipped with shock batons and or tasers Flames standard troops armed with modern military weapons the bulk of the Armed might of the purifiers cleansers Elite shock troopers wearing powerful magic armor they are also equipped with flamers judges internal code enforcement troops when someone goes Rogue they are dispatched to neutralize the problem agents hidden unknown people who act as the eyes and ears of Central Command they could be anyone even the guy you eat within the cafeteria this is Left Eye twitched flamers modern Weaponry magic armor ignoring the magic armor how the hell have the purifiers gotten any amount of military ordinance through customs even I know that that sort of thing is closely monitored by the government just what kind of influence or connections do these purifiers have the magic armor was much less of a surprise for isay than the military weaponry he had figured out quite some time back that the purifiers were a bunch of hypoc when it came to Magic they claimed to hate it but used it when they needed to warpstone being the most obvious use of it the evil green crystals almost had to be made via some kind of magic there was certainly nothing natural about it taking down the flyer and storing it in his inventory isay looked for some kind of roster to tell him exactly how many security people had been assigned to this place none of the zombies he had killed so far had been dressed differently so they were likely the scientists after a moment he found the roster he was looking for according to the sheet of paper there were 10 flints assigned to this base so where were they isay had killed 25 zombies already since coming to this facility and he very much doubted that there was more than double that amount in total due to the relatively small size of the base the most heavily armored door in the facility was likely the one leading to the third floor in the purification room if any of the staff managed to escape the man in the black cloak who was almost certainly flamberge that was probably where they were hiding that said isay sat down rewound the security footage so he could get a grasp of exactly what the hell had happened in this place there were Nine security cameras that this little cubicle recorded footage from the three dorms the entrance to the purification room the corridor outside the project head's office the main lab the head scientist's office the cafeteria and the corridor leading to the main entrance all of them were synced to the same time which was displayed on the bottom left of each screen along with the date at 6:00 at night 3 days previously a figure wearing black had entered the base via the main entrance had drawn a knife that had a wavy blade similar to one edge of his rapscallion wave blade and had proceeded to hunt down and kill every person in the base that he could get at three flints had fled from the base while he was occupied with the scientists in the lab while the other seven had retreated into the purification room along with the head scientist rockan niia then the black clad man had drawn an ordinary dagger and made his way to the back entrance where cedo tetsuo shortly ran to meeting his fate there then the man in Black simply sauntered out of the base with nothing resembling care for what he had just done dodging the freshly risen zombies with an ease that isay knew that he couldn't match himself the movements were sharp precise and wasted no movement whatsoever he hadn't moved quickly he had seen the zombies predicted their movements and then moved just in time to avoid them Absolute economy of movement something isay had only seen in the anime and manga Roni kenin dot dot dot just who was this guy setting that aside isay took a copy of the surveillance footage if the Devils had any knowledge about this thing he'd need it after that isay basically ransacked the small security station for everything he could stuff into his inventory bulletproof vests Riot helmets stun guns trunch and tasers hey never leave an enemy stronghold standing and never leave weapons for the enemy to collect later although the secude doubted that the collection of gear he had stolen would do more than very mildly in convenience the purifiers every little bit helps now then dot dot dot back to zombie killing is a side not only were zombies an awkward Target to kill because of their Origins as humans they stunk to the High Heavens as well it was only because he was used to bad smells from the ratman Breeders burrow that he hadn't thrown up already there were four labs in Project rat poison each one twice the size of a high school classroom each was filled with complicated science stuff that is a had no clue about and each had five zombies in them is a methodically went through each one shooting the zombies and Gathering notes from their research and development he also disposed of any actual poisons via the biological waste disposal shoots death according to one flyer LED down to a furnace no way was he leaving anything for the purifiers to use if when they came to investigate this place just as he dealt with the last zombie the door leading down to the purification room slammed open and eight people emerged seven of them were dressed in white uniforms with slate gray caps on their heads obviously the flints the other one was an angry woman who was very attractive albeit flatchested to the point that Sona citri was bigger than she was and had a furious expression on her face you what the hell have you done to my research she shouted head scientist rockan niia I presume isay drawled isn't it obvious I've been laying your former co-workers to rest in destroying all of your poison also I've killed all the ratmen in the Burrows so your project is no longer needed you the woman seeed take him into custody be as rough as you like responding to her orders the flints Drew their trench and and started to advance on aay looking at the gun in his hand isay decided that it was overkill for who he was facing purifier Flint lv16 foot soldier of the pure grania lv17 head scientist of project rat poison while they had levels just one below his a casual use of observe on them revealed that their physical stats were little more than a quarter of his own at best Nia's stats were pure garbage except for her mental ones 10 or so higher than his own they had about as much chance at beating him as he stood against against the two devil ayses unless they had an exceptional run of good luck with a smirk hidden by his menpo isay tossed the gun to one side giving up Rocka sneered as the Sig clattered onto a table no just changing to something that suits the level of combatants I am facing the armored boy stated as he reached into his inventory and pulled out a pair of trenin of his own side handle trunin a mass-produced baton made of solid oak with an added handle on the side of it used by law enforcement and private security is the close combat weapon of choice for hundreds of years the design is tried and tested anyone on the receiving end of this weapon will feel the pain durability 50 over 50 deals s+ 15 bludgeoning damage while not exactly as good as say his blood metal Gladius they were good enough to deal with these idiots holding one in each hand isay rolled one shoulder then the other before saying two words as he looked at the surprised flints bring it rocka's perspective it was one-sided beat down just not in the way had been expecting broka niia gaped as the red armored figure who was almost certainly one of those Supernatural freaks waited into combat with the flints who had taken refuge in the purification room with her for the last 3 days thankfully the third floor of the facility was almost entirely self-contained and possessed a bathroom and food and water supplies it had been designed as both as an emergency bunker in case someone invaded the place for whatever reason and as a fallout shelter in case of a serious lab accident anyone on the upper floors would flee through the factory exit which was airtight while those on the lower floors would seal themselves in the purification room and either wait for the emergency protocols to clear the labs the distress Beacon to call in a cleanup crew or the danger to pass naturally none of them had wanted to deal with zombie remnants of their former co-workers particularly since their weapons would likely be ineffective against an undead enemy so they'd sat tight and waited for the beacon to bring in a cleansing team instead the red armored freak had shown up the choices were to either try to wait him out as well or try and deal with him themselves they'd apparently made the wrong decision the first two flints charged in and received a trunch into the abdomen each as a reward as they slumped down clutching their stomachs and wheezing the freak hit each of them on the back of the head knocking them out like lights then he went of the offensive wielding his batons like swords and beating down the next three flints to attack him with almost contemptible ease one Flint even being sent flying into the wall 3 m Away by one careless blood r- Retreat Rocka squeaked back puddling with almost indecent haste he's a freak a real freak before she made it more than three steps the last two flints were beaten unconscious and the red Armor man was looming at her not over her because they were about the same height but looming at her his very presence was intimidating had enough yet fanatic he asked in that bland inflection voice of his ne's eyes rolled back into her head As She fainted from Terror pissing herself as she did so Rose was the last thing she heard before Blackness took her back with isay isay looked down blankly at the scientist who had just pissed herself fainted and was now sprawled on the ground like a puppet with its strings cut Ross he dead Pam evidently Rania was very much one of those people who talk the talk but couldn't walk the walk one of those people who could throw insults and threats out like confetti but folded like a wet tissue when actually confronted a coward in other words well too bad for her the secude thought with a snort not wanting to touch the the woman not after she pissed herself isay opened up the gamers store and utilized some of his newly gained loot to purchase several lengths of rope and a new spell rope binding prison rope binding prison lv1 00 a tricky spell first developed in the Middle East This Modern version allows the user to bind targets with rope if the Rope is conjured it is temporary and fairly easy to break if the ropes are in the area or in your inventory the cost is severely reduced dot dot dot but the prison is still easy to break for a super natural of modest power if the target are conscious and mobile then there is a chance for them to resist and thus mitigate the effects of the prison MP cost 30 range 5 m number of targets one optional requirement to cast length of rope long enough to bind Target either in surrounding area or in inventory if cast without rope conjures rope enough to bind the arms and legs of the target the Rope binds the Target and lasts for 3 minutes if cast with rope the Rope is sent at the target from the surroundings or if the Rope is in your inventory via a small portal leading to your inventory the target is bound without limit aside from the durability of the Rope itself and the target's ability to wriggle out of the ropes cut them or otherwise undo the knots and remove them from their person if the target is mobile and conscious there is a 50% chance of them resisting The Binding with a further 75% chance of them keeping one or more limb free of The Binding a very useful little spell even if the main purpose of the spell was a flop it would at least momentarily distract and restrict any enemy that is a targeted with it well any that weren't strong enough to snap rope like twine anyway he hadn't come across many that could do that aside from the rat ogres that is possibly byal Waring as well but that one was definitely in the maybe pile rope binding prison he muttered pointing a trunch in each at two flints much to his surprise two holes open in midair and shot lengths of rope out they wound around the arms and tied off severing themselves somehow before for moving to the ankles and tying them up too once the legs were securely tied the ropes were cut off again and retreated back into the portals before the little apertures into his inventory Clos themselves up as if they had never been there as a result of a specific action the skill dual casting has been created dual casting lv1 most of the time you cast a single spell at a time well with this skill you can now cast the same spell twice at the same time it starts off weakening the spell you choose to cast twice by about half If it creates something such as Fireballs barriers healing effects Etc as well as tripling the cost of the spell in question the best way to improve this skill practice practice and you guessed it practice MP Cost Triple the cost of the spell you intent to double cast the damage durability and duration of any spell cast in conjunction with this skill has their effects haved okay do do dot so that's a thing is a could see that it might be useful once he had it up to a decent level but for the moment was fairly useless aside from with a spell that did something which wasn't limited by damage duration or durability dot dot dot such as one version of rope binding prison for example hastily binding the others with his new spell isay then turned to the notifications he had been ignoring since the fight had ended you have defeated purifier flints X7 you gain 420 exp you have terrified rockan into unconsciousness you gain 150 exp as a result of repeated actions the skill basic Club proficiency has been created basic Club proficiency lv100 since the dawn of man the weapon most used by man after their bodies themselves has been blunt objects starting with humble rocks this evolved into crude clubs made from tree branches and proceeded from there any blunt instrument that lacks a point or Edge can be called a club and thus falls under this skill's egis even some spiked weapons such as flails and morning stars are classed as clubs as well grants the user the ability to carry a to club with ease passively increases bludgeoning attacks by one passively increases chance of the stun status effect being dealt by 1% as a result of repeated actions the skill non-lethal takedown mode has been created non-lethal takedown mode lv10 when fighting the usual Way Forward is to kill the enemy sometimes however that is not the best way merely the easiest when you need to defeat someone without killing them this skill will be most useful passively increases the chance of knocking out enemies when you attempt to do so by 1% when active it will be almost impossible to kill your enemies your strikes with swords will automatically be using the flat of the blade and any blunt force weapons will aim to disarm disable and knock out at any given opportunity both of the new skills were pretty useful with the club Mastery one being more so in is's opinion he had been meaning to Branch out his skills a bit in regards to his Weaponry so getting two more weapons skills in one day was pretty good while he could get them very easily by purchasing ing the skill books from the gamers store isay preferred earning the skills by wielding them in combat it just dot dot dot felt more right that way he didn't know how to explain it now then dot dot dot let's get to the last floor he muttered once he had checked all of the knots were secure and that he had thoroughly looted all of the flints and Nia to make sure they had nothing with which to cut themselves out of their bonds with the door leading to the purification room was covered in scratches and dents indicating that someone probably the zombies had been trying to get into the room for a while before losing interest and wandering off stepping through the door isay wrinkled his nose as the scent of people living in an enclosed space for a few days ass sailed his nose Ur wait a minute dot dot dot the third floor is supposed to be big right so why were those eight idiots all living in this small room isay wondered as he eyed the room he was now in there were bunk beds in one wall along with an open Toilet on the other side cupboards which presumably held food and water were in the middle of the room on the opposite end of the room to the door was a chair with a console in front of it and a large window looking down into something there were no other exits from this room walking over to the console isay noted that one side had CCTV screens that covered even more of the facility than the security station on the previous floor so this room really was intended as a fortress of some kind understandable really the door was at least a foot thick in this place if only one or two people were trapped in here could live for maybe a couple of weeks before things became Troublesome for them Hello dot do dot what this is a peered out of the window at a large cylindrical container standing in the middle of the room outside of the control room several thick tubes connected to it that were marked either intake or outtake respectively it looked oddly familiar for some reason glancing at the console he almost face plained when he saw that it was called the neurotoxin generator and that it was full to the brim with poisonous gas seriously these purifiers were seriously stealing all of valve's ideas first halflife and now Portal 2 apologize to valve you d thieving Fanatics the secude thought angrily he liked those games Dam it and didn't approve a bunch of lunatic cultists stealing from them sighing to release the tension isay examined the controls from what he could see this thing was basically set up to pump the neurotoxin into the ratman Burrows at the push of the big red button there in the center there did not much to is's irritation seemed to be any way to drain or otherwise get rid of the toxin aside from pumping it into the Burrows as he trusted Rania about as far as he could have thrown a tank back before before he got the boosted gear and gaming gear he severely doubted that the stuff in the tank was any degree less lethal than it had been when cedos San had admonished her so there was no way he was going to let the stuff out into the Burrows isay smirked as he found a lovely little loophole in the way that the system was set up he couldn't deliberately dump the gas for no reason sure but he could whip up a batch of some other kind of gas and pump it into the tank which would have the stuff currently in the tank pumped into something is a wasn't sure if it was a furnace or a storage tank of some kind whichever it was he was certain that it was a better alternative to having neurotoxin pumped into the Burrows and possibly getting loose in quot town unfortunately chemistry was not something that saay was all that interested in he knew the common gases plus a few others but he had little knowledge on what might possibly be non-lethal just about the only thing that might be good would be nitrous oxide or laughing gas if too much was inhaled he recalled from something a dentist had told him once it could cause mental and physical problems also it was a liquidized gas when used by dentists anyway so it could have an effect if it was somehow splattered on skin or the eyes plus if inhaled without oxygen it could cause heart attacks isay had to use something that could potentially cause death as he remembered very well what had happened to the neurotoxin generator had reached dangerously non-lethal levels in Portal 2 the damned thing had imploded he had no desire to have this base blow up around him thank you very much carefully the boy entered commands to create the new mixture of gas and pump it into the main tank noise bled at him from the console error insufficient amount of oxygen available do you wish to break down the contents of the main tank to free up oxygen in order to make this mix y n hauh even better isay thought gleefully he had been nervous about what to do about the so-called rat poison formula that was currently in existence leaving it around had been asking for trouble so this was a relief also now that he had flicked through the menus on the console thoroughly he found that he could simply destroy the stores of chemicals that this facility had in the Next Room that way even if the purifiers did come back and discover that he had pulled a Switcheroo they have to bring in more chemicals to replace what he had destroyed win-win smashing down on the y key on the console he watched and listened in satisfaction as the pump's word to life and the deadly concoction in the tanks was removed the tank was filled with water and then the water was sent straight to a furnace was that safe probably not as the the laughing gas was pumped into the generator isay waited until the screen showed that the tank was full before disposing of every other chemical in the Next Room there no more murderous gases would be made here at least for the time being locking the plastic flap that the big red button had over it down was Troublesome but isay discovered some useful plastic glue in a nearby storage cupboard so he used that he really was enjoying laying traps to frustrate his enemies to be a fly on the wall when they tried to use the place job done isay went back upstairs and came across seven dead flints and a missing Nia all of the flints had been strangled thin metal wires still wrapped around their necks immediately is a charged towards the main entrance exit of the facility why you might wonder the reason was simple in no dungeon that he had entered thus far had he ever come out the same what that he had gone it a simple bit of deduction told him that it was probably the black cloaked man who had killed the flints and kidnapped Rania other than the purifiers he was the only other person who knew of this place and the purif fires wouldn't kill their own men probably approaching the glass door barring his way to the first floor isay didn't hesitate to clench his armored fist draw back his arm fill it with MP and punch through the sealed door as soon as he spotted the destroyed and sparking card reading device the door not only shattered it exploded out from his fist peppering the ey seering white hallway with bits of glass ignoring that as well as the popup that followed his action isay charged down the hallway following the signs towards the main entrance to the facility which was on the opposite side of the underground base to the rear entrance which isay had used it led to a long hallway that the secude had barely glanced down during his Des zombification of the first floor of the base it was covered with silvery metal that was probably steel probably right now isay Tor down the long holway with all the strength of his stats which wasn't inconsiderable as he ran the boy heard a loud bang sounding like a fist striking metal [ __ ] what the hell is going on you shitty piece of crap door a man shouted his voice echoing down the tunnel [ __ ] useless piece of [ __ ] as is a rounded the only Corner in the tunnel he skitted to a halt as he beheld the circular door that presumably led to the way out shut tight while Rock Ania still tied up now gagged and looking somewhat terrified sprawled on the ground while a figure with a black cloak and Hood covering him stood in front of the door seemingly glaring at the door as if that would mysteriously cause it to open hearing isay arrive the figure swung around and stared at him the body type encapsulated by the cape was surprisingly Slim and made the figure look androgynous in the form concealing garment their face was hidden by a plain black full face mask that was featureless except for a pair of glowing eyes who the [ __ ] are you the man demanded roughly now that is a thought about it though without the Distortion caused by the tunnel it sounded less real and more like a voice changer autu lv17 agent flamber I'm the one who killed the ratman agent flamber this a said tightly although he didn't understand why there was only one name above the man's title that title and in of itself was reason enough to make him ignore the wrongness of his actual name the man jerked slightly at the name a direct hit by the looks of things huh so you killed those little [ __ ] stands so what the cled figure scoffed nothing I would be more concerned by my reaction to what you did to the Personnel of the ratman Breeders burrow as well as this place the secude answered mildly removing idiots from the genapol should be rewarded not punished flamberge sneered contemptuously considering you're a purifier as well you're hitting self upside the head with that statement as well is a pointed out this for some reason made flamb Bridge laugh auslyn sprouting from her back I am Fallen she declared arrogantly aro's the Lesser LV 34 cursed one of God agent flamberge cockail faction of the gregori oh dot dot dot dot [ __ ] chapter 12 breaking the flamberge isay was unfortunately quite familiar when it came to being confronted by powerful females the almost daily beatings he'd received from Cates and muama made up the majority of these instances before he'd been awakened to the supernatural the change in his life had only led to an upturn in those kinds of confrontations his encounters with an increasingly irked re is gry and Sona citri making up the most prominent of those instances which were thankfully non-violent for some reason mama at least looked somewhat wistful about his lack of peeping on them whenever he'd caught sight of her these days almost as if she missed him peeping on the girls Kendo club for whatever reason girls are so weird anyway with all this in mind the fact that isay was actually fairly calm when he was confronted with flamb Bridge's Revelation that she was actually a fallen angel of not inconsiderable power gamers mind didn't even need to activate immediately after the Revelation instead he instinctively activated observe to get a better idea of what he was facing name armos the Lesser class title curse one of God agent flamb Bridge coab's faction of the gregori level 34 HP MP St sta Dex in NT wise luck Chaw LD armo the Lesser is a relatively young low-level fallen angel named in honor of one of the Fallen Cotter of the same name hence her designation is to the Lesser resenting her epithet she has striven to prove herself useful to cockail and earn recognition for her own merits and actions vicious ruthless and utterly contemptuous of beings other than Fallen she has made a name for herself as a powerful member of the Angel of the Stars faction it was at this point that isay had to have his sacred gear and force calm on him Gamer's mind activated well well well I am impressed that a lowly human has managed to come this far as pathetic as they were the ratmen were still creat born of the Hidden World one of the father's greatest mistakes should have easily been overwhelmed by them the Fallen sneered staring down at isay with an expression of utter superiority and contempt the dress she was wearing resembled a mix between a Chinese kipa married with the puffy shoulders and large draping sleeves of a western ball gown when combined with the high heels she was wearing isay had to wonder how well she'd fight on the ground before resisting the urge to slap himself for his stupidity she had a pair of giant Wings emerging from her back meaning she could fly he very much doubted that the being in front of him was ever concerned with having to fight while standing on the earth I do try my best to surpass people's expectations he replied dry is there any reason you're absconding with this idiot he jerked his helmet at the bound Rock Ania as utterly pathetic and Craven as she is her ability to concoct poisons is respectable dot dot dot for a human armos answered absent casting a contemptuous look toward the quivering form of her captive she can be put to work for a cause greater than her own life at least she'll be useful dot dot dot for a time as much as having her atoning for her crimes is something I'd quite enjoy seeing I'd prefer it if she wasn't put to work making more instruments of mass murder isay said Darkly I'm afraid that I'm going to have to ask you to leave her where she is my aren't we the polite bit of trash the winged woman scoffed she reached out with one hand and a spear of green light appeared just in time for her to grab it there is only one choice left for rubbish like you human dot dot dot you can either die quickly or have it drawn out with that she spun the weapon of light around and hurled it at isay he quickly responded by throwing himself to one side simultaneously drawing his swords out of his inventory and charging at the surprised Fallen you dodged my spear arm marrow snapped out in shock even as she manifested a pair of swords out of light and blocked is's dual strike she pushed him back but isay gave ground only slowly gritting her teeth the Fallen growled in frustration this strength no human should be able to match me in strength or Dodge my blade what sort of Beast are you 100% human present and accounted for isay snarled back as he continued to push against her blades with his own before launching a kick at her knee he grunted slightly as his foot managed to impact it felt like he just tried to kick one of those old leather soccer balls they'd used in the ' 50s even so she clearly felt it which seemed to surprise her even more she stumbled back but still managed to Parry his follow-up slash despite her impractical choice in clothing this Fallen obviously had at least some skill with a blade regaining her balance armo let out a shriek of pure Fury in an instant she had manifested a new light spear over either of her shoulders and sent them flying at isay from almost Point Blank Range the only way to dodge was to retreat so that was what he did the spears smashing into the ground and burning through where he had been standing with frightening ease the next instant the Fallen Angel had launched herself at him like a missile with a single flap of her wings her shoulder slammed into him like a [ __ ] truck and sent him flying head Head Over Heels back down the tunnel isay only avoided slamming against the wall by managing to stab his Gladius into the ground and holding on for dear life the blade forming a sharp crevice in the ground as it was dragged along with him like he was in a movie isay gradually came to a halt and managed to shakily land on his feet you've lost 70 HP damage was reduced by half due to the activation of indomitability thank you gaming gear for stating the blatantly obvious looking up the gamer spotted armos cut the door leading out open using her sword with about as much difficulty as his mother had it cutting cheese with a kitchen knife before grabbing it Nia quickly he pointed his Gladius at her and used his newest spell rope binding prison he shouted small portals opened up around arm maros the Lesser and lengths of rope shot out entangling her limbs as quickly as the spell allowed what the what pathetic cantrip is this the Fallen Angel roared as she fought against her bindings the secude used this time to run forwards grabbed the purifier scientists and start to book it back down the tunnel Mia evidently deciding that being in the hands of a fellow human was better than being a slave to a fallen didn't struggle dot dot dot much heading back to the third floor of the base isay threw Nia into the room where she had previously been holed up in and slammed the door shut nothing was getting in there in a hurry with another Furious shriek that reminded is a far too much of a Raptor's hunting cry our marrow smashed through the walls of the purifier base as if they were balsawood a spear of light in her hand aimed right at is a as he turned turned to face her now that I don't have to worry about killing the witness flame spear is a shouted sending a spear of flame bursting from his outstretch sword and directly toward the flying woman enough with the low-level tricks armo screamed smashing through the attack with a single swipe of her own light weapon which left her open to the spell asay had thrown immediately after flame spear have a taste of burning bomb the gamer smirked behind his meno as the ball detonated right underneath the Fallen engulfing her in a fireball he didn't drop his guard at that either quickly firing a barrage of fireballs Into the Fire and smoke to add to the destruction he doubted they would do that much damage if it was this easy to kill a fallen even one with only two Wings then he very much doubted that someone with such an arrogant attitude would have survived as long as she had impudence the target of his spells shrieked blasting the fire away from her with an explosion of light erupting from her very skin her dress had received quite a bit of damage with several holes and Scorch marks now decorating it and one of the sleeves had either been torn off or had simply fallen off after being severed as far as wounds all she had were a couple of minor burns here in there talk about tough H armero seeed as she glared down at him if looks could kill isay would likely have been reduced to smudge on the floor in an instant you lowly piece of trash dot dot dot you dare to actually harm me you dare to ruin my clothes I am going to Flay your skin from your bloody carcass and use it to sew a New Dress while angry much I can't help but get the feeling that ruined wi in your extremely odd choice in clothing is actually the greater of the two offenses in your eyes is a drawled out doing his best to appear unfaced I made these clothes myself you pean the Fallen Angel snarled H that makes sense isay nodded subconsciously having your own work ruined to suck dot dot dot like that time matsuda had overwritten his save files for legend of Dron with we love Camary it had taken him quite some time to forgive his friend for that don't look at him like that legend of dragon was a classic wordlessly the two combatants squared off with one another and started to plan their respective assaults in their minds isay knew that she would be ready for his fire spells by this point and he doubted that his rope binding prison would be able to slow her for more than a few seconds with the way she was wielding those light blades all of that aside fighting her at range was stupid she had the ability to create and fire Spears of capital L light without needing words or gestures and she was able to telekinetically control them too adding to that her presumably greater experience at fighting and isay knew that he would be cut to Ribbons if he tried to Duke it out with her at range so then close range where he'd already proven that he was at least close to matching her physically was his best option almost as if someone had rang a bell to start the next round both isay and armos made their moves at the same time the secude charged forwards ready to dodge and block any Spears sent at him armaro dot dot dot flew back and into the large Atrium heading up to the ceiling oh dot dot dot [ __ ] isay stared up at the Sheep sheer number of light Spears that armaros had arrayed around her there had to be well over two dozen of them judging from the look of strain on her face this was around about her limit die she grounded out and sent the deadly weapons right at him lesser barrier Shield is a commanded time seemingly slowing down around him as he manipulated his Mana as quickly as possible utilizing his newly acquired dual casting skill before using it again layering the four Shields over each other he then used unified Shield three times first merging the four Shields into two and then the two Shields into one it was an application that he' thought up on the Fly just now but if the shields retained the bonus durability that the skill granted them even after being merged again the spears rain down on his his defensive bullwark several missed him completely and slammed into the concrete floor and the zombie corpses lying upon them ripping through chunks of stone and utterly disintegrating the corpses with ease the rest fell Square on is's doubly reinforced Shield the first several cracked the outer rim the next few spread the weakness to the rest of the shield the last five reduced the last fragments of durability from it shattering The Shield to pieces with the spears going through it and aimed right at isay Force reduction field bronze skin isay had already started casting even as his barrier began to give way and feeling his MP coming close to tanking out at the activation of those two skills he grabbed one of his few remaining MP potions from his inventory and crushed it in one hand as he hoped the effect was exactly the same as if he had drunk it giving him enough MP to to hold the spells for just a bit longer then the spears were upon him although slowed down slightly by his Force reduction field they were still blindingly fast he was lucky enough to avoid two by moving back a step but the others struck him squarely in the chest GA is a choked out as he was thrown back skitting several feet it felt as if he'd just been kicked by a horse you have lost 265 HP prep on a stick that's the most HP I've lost it once ever is a wined as he pressed a hand to his qu grass there were dents where it had been struck but it was still in serviceable condition armaros was staring at him hard that armor dot dot dot it's more than a disguise she said in sudden realization it was forged with magic only an idiot would confront a fallen while wearing regular steel isay informed her tartly now it's my turn Earth shot the sudden appearance of a large missile made of rock aimed right at her didn't shock the falling too much she simply summoned a curved sword of light and smashed it into gravel as she did that however isay was charging at her he didn't have a hope in Hell of beating her that was what conventional logic told him she was too powerful too resilient all of his best spells barely irritated her even presuming that he could force her into a close-range duel she was still physically his Superior and she had a Mastery of those light weapons of hers that likely far exceeded his own burgeoning skill with his swords plus who knows what else she had up her sleeve that was the limit of being a basic human at least it was without the intervention of the gifts of the god of the Bible come forth twice critical isay shouted mentally apologizing to drre for misnaming his gear in a flash of red light the boosted gear appeared on his arm boost a sacred gear the Fallen exclaimed the rush of the Boost was even more intoxicatingly powerful now with his physical stats all over 100 it felt like he could do anything leaping into the air with a shout is a sword towards armo like a bullet drawing his Gladius back he filled it in his arm with more of his power before for slashing at the Fallen who tried to block with her light sword as she had done before is's blood metal Gladius cut through the weapon of light easily shattering it into Moes despite her very obvious shock armo still managed to mostly Dodge the attack the sole exceptions being a long cut across her cheek and a chunk of her hair you dog she howled and lashed out with a light spear she just created Isa blocked it but she managed to disarm him of his swordbreaker such was the force of her strike his weapon clattered to the ground below boost feeling the fresh invigoration of another boost isay flipped around in midair to land feet first against the wall and immediately kick off again heading right back at the Fallen what are you she demanded as she flung spear after Spear of light at him no human should be this powerful even with the aid of a twice critical is a didn't bother to answer he had no intentions of letting her live she had killed too many people to allow her to escape he smashed light Spears aside with lightning quick slashes of his sword his attention focused solely on his opponent you can't kill me human I am a fallen angel I'm over 5 centuries old arm maros raged I was slaying lowly humans before your grandfather's grandfather was a Lusty look in his father's eye you will fall like they did a feral snarl came over him like hell he would slamming into armaros he stabbed his Gladius into her left shoulder actually managing to overpower whatever form of Defense the Fallen hat sinking the blade in up to its Hilt isay yelled as he was suddenly grabbed by her right arm and thrown bodily through a wall and into the floor just in front of the door to the third floor you have lost 300 HP you have just over 100 HP left he had also left his Gladius embedded in his enemy's body which really really sucked it was a good thing that his boosted gear doubled his stamina as well as his strength otherwise he was fairly certain that last attack would have been a TKO for him Ola is a gasped and then coughed he was certain that he just spat out some blood there forcing himself to sit up he looked up meeting the enraged and incense glare of arm maros as she stalked into the lab area blade still jutting out of her shoulder H you dot dot dot you scum you so beneath my contempt you deserve not a name the Fallen shrieked you dare spill my blood you dare harm one who stands farther above you than you do over the lowliest buck crawl on the ground and beg for forgiveness human seeing is how I'll get none there's no point is a thought sarcastically he strained and then stood up shakily stumbling a couple of times but managing to get to to his feet nonetheless more feudal effort the Fallen snarled although there was a surprisingly unnerved expression on her face pow I've beaten and broken your body you shouldn't be able to move let alone stand up so how are you standing haha dot dot dot you know dot dot dot all this time I've never actually had to fight all out is a chuckled wetly nothing and no one has been worth it you don't fight all out against weaklings after all pumps and so what armaro snapped irritably I'm saying arm Maro the Lesser Dot dot dot that I am now going to fight you with everything I have the secude replied simply noting the Twitch in one eye at her much despised appalation what do you say partner boost three boosts no that's not possible the Fallen narrowed her eyes at the Crimson Gauntlet in suspicion that's no Twice critical what sacred gear is that you aren't going to find out because I am going to kill you is a stated power surging through him once again Gamer's gear game on that dot dot dot what is that sacred gear armo blinked in stupefaction as the blue armor of the gamer's gear appeared on is's right arm before her thought processes rest started no before that do dot dot two you have two sacred gears all the more to pound you into the ground the secude snarled as he charged forwards even as he ran he reached into his inventory and pulled out another pair of Mona potions shattering them without even breaking his stride as he charged forward it took the bloody and battered Fallen a moment to react such was her shock at her enemy possessing multiple sacred gears having two was an almost unheard of outside of when aasil implanted them into people so seeing someone clearly outside of the gregori wielding two sacred gears was a shock to the system for our maros and by the time she started to react it was too late isay Drew back his right arm loaded it with enough magic to power a boatload of his fire spells and launched it forwards in a powerful uppercut that slammed into the fallen angel's jaw with enough Force to shatter concrete it actually took her off her feet and made her eyes roll back for a moment enemy armos is stunned for the next 15 seconds perfect reaching out isay grabbed a hold of the hilt of his Gladius and ripped it from its fleshy prison with a visceral splatter of blood and a Yelp of pain stepping smartly around her as armaros instinctively hunched over in pain he loaded it with more magic and delivered a powerful vertical slice in between her wings right over her spine g g g HHH she screamed in agony as she spun around her eyes practically feral there was no longer any thought or Consciousness in those eyes just an overwhelming blood lust unfortunately for isay she had evidently made light manipulation an instinctive action for herself as she snatched a spear of light out of the air and lunged at him with it at the same time isay lunged at her with his Gladius aiming for her head sh and K divided by sh and K the two combatants met and froze before isay staggered back and fell prone the light spear piercing him through his gut dissolving as he did so armos choked out something unintelligent ible before reaching up with one hand to tug weakly at the blade lodged inside of her throat falling to her knees she added her other hand to the effort and barely managed to tug the weapon out letting it clut to the ground afterwards shakely standing up she clasped one hand to the gushing wound over the ruin of her throat and glared murderously at is a one final time before Vanishing in a cloud of black feathers silence rained in the large facility before the lone mobile occupant shifted one arm shaking isay reached inside of his inventory to pull out a potion eyes locked on the screen floating in front of him warning you have one HP remaining it is advised that you use some method of recovering your health at this time one Health Point dot dot dot he had been just a single point away from dying that was a more than slightly sobering thought crushing the potion and two more after that isay finally found the strength in his legs to stand up as his health slowly regenerated unfortunately his quass crumbled into pieces from the accumulated damage that he'd taken throughout the fight just what he didn't need on top of everything else going on here I'm going to feel this in the morning the boy muttered as he opened his menu and unequipped the remnants of the quass he'd like that armor piece damn it a whole lot of notifications were flashing for his attention but he had a few more pressing matters to attend to dot dot dot such as grabbing his Gladius and sore breaker he'd already lost one piece of equipment in this debacle and he wasn't about to lose more Fallen opponent or not his Gladius was positively dripping in Blood and looked like it had seen far better days so he placed it into the inventory very gingerly 5 ml of Fallen blood has been separated from blood metal Gladius how useful it cleans as well does it clean the toilet on top of that recognizing that he was veering on the edge of mild hysteria from his near meeting with the reaper isay tamped down and forced himself to calm down then he looked at the notifications that had accumulated while he was fighting for his life as a result of a specific action the skill power strike has been created power strike lv1 0 a basic application of reinforcement magic power blow simply channels magic to the implement or body part the user wishes and add strength behind the blow adding not inconsiderable destructive force to that strike can only be used on either equipment the user is in contact with or the user's own body missile weapons are not a suitable Target for this skill bows can be targeted but unless Enchanted to be unbreakable there is a high chance of them snapping after a single use costs between 10 and 50 MP to use the strength added to the blow depends on the amount of MP the user adds to it the amount of MP is then multiplied by two as a result of repeated actions the skill heart of the underdog has been created part of the underdog lvmax an underdog is used to the odds being not in their favor on the contrary the occasions when they do not have to fight and struggle with all their might just to survive are a rare and pleasant surprise when they are faced with what most would call insurmountable odds their Defiance and determination become a palpable aura that unnerves their enemies passively increases LD by 10 if LD is not unlocked as a stat upon gaining this skill it is unlocked as a consequence of gaining this skill only activates when the user faces an enemy over 10 levels above them the user has no choice in whether this skill activates so long as they are determined to defeat their enemy once heart of the underdog is activated the enemy or enemies are bombarded with waves of the user's determination which acts as the skill intimidation enemies who have a ld50 above the users LD are immune to the effects of this skill you have mortally wounded arm maros the Lesser you gain 4,000 the EXP as a result of your actions during the boss fight you gain 5 SGP out of six SGP available achievement earned breaker of the flamb bridge title acquired ambidextrous has leveled up lv6 lv7 short sword Mastery has leveled up lv6 lv7 pain resistance has leveled up lv1 lv2 pain resistance has leveled up lv2 lv3 rope binding prison has leveled up lv1 lv2 blazing bomb has leveled up lv3 lv4 Fireball has leveled up lv3 lv4 lesser barrier Shield has leveled up lv5 lv6 Unison Shield has leveled up lv1 lv2 Force absorption field has leveled up lv5 lv6 bronze skin has leveled up lv5 lv6 lesser HP regeneration has leveled up lv5 lv6 dual casting has leveled up lv1 lv2 power strike has leveled up lv1 lv2 you have earned the title skill grinder is a whistled silently that was quite the impressive amount of skills leveled at once he was going to have to find a way to grind them more though if nothing else the fact that his skills were so low-leveled had been a contributing factor to how closely won his victory was today that would have to change soon another screen appearing caught his attention congratulations Giant Slayer for defeating an enemy twice level you are being issued a reward in Li of the usual Loot drop o to the manner in which you defeated the dungeon boss please select two items from the five items below a third will be awarded to you at random from the three you do not select skill book hisen flying slash blood midle long Sword Sacred gear upgrade dungeon locator skill book ruken divided by Dragon fists refined blood metal quass free mandatory item Quest reward Jagged Dagger of the dger blinking isay tilted his head to the side slightly at this new development the rewards here really were generous then again he had just defeated someone who was twice as powerful as him levelwise anyway so maybe whatever entity inside the gamer's gear was giving him a kickback for doing well perhaps the quest item was interesting as well but he would focus on that once he had left this place shaking his head the secude examined the five choices the two skills were interesting one was the ability to turn his sword slashes into projectile attacks similar to roronoa Zoro and Hawkeye time hawk in one piece the other despite having the same name as Sun Goku's favorite punch in Dragon Ball Z was actually a projectile attack forming and firing a missile of pure magical energy in the shape of a western Dragon better still it was a homing attack meaning the enemy could Dodge all they wanted and the rukan would curve around try and strike them again with greater speed and reliability the higher the level of the skill was the others were interesting too the long sword was exactly what it sounded like a long sword made of blood metal isay couldn't see if it had any special abilities or not but he was betting that it did the dungeon locator definitely piqued his interest as it was an upgrade to the gamer's gear that integrated with it and allowed the wielder to detect and locate any dungeons within a certain radius and it went without saying that the body armor was of high interest to someone who had recently lost his own set to combat damage juggling with his wants and needs for a moment the gamer side and marked the refined blood metal quass and dungeon locator as his choices practic it had to take precedence here finding other dungeons now that all of the purifier bases and ratman dens he knew of where cleanse was a priority if he wanted to get stronger and he needed to replace his destroyed armor as quickly as possible hopefully he could buy the skills in the store at a later date and the sword wasn't that important as he currently specialized in short swords not long swords two items selected now randomly choosing third reward oh yeah he'd forgotten about that part dot dot dot done you have been granted the rukan skill book dot dot dot not exactly what he was expecting but he'd roll with it opening his inventory he examined his new quass refined blood metal quass refined blood metal is very hard to come by as it requires a master smith to forge it into its needed shape this particular example offers more protection than you might imagine for light armor and has several other enchantments of use as well light armor grants 70 Armor All defensive draconic abilities have their effects enhanced by+ 15 all skills and attacks made with a bladed weapon add plus five to their overall damage all blunt force attacks made against the wearer have their damage reduced by 15 as you might expect of an upgraded piece of equipment it was very very good over twice the protection value of his last one and some very nice effects to boot isay equipped it immediately and then turned his attention to the other two rewards he had dungeon locator this is an upgrade to the gamer's gear that allows its wielder to detect and track down dungeons working via a form of magical radar the distance height differential and power of any dungeons within range are displayed to the user's site the locator is automatically set to lead the user to the entrance to the dungeon install into appropriate sacred gear y n the item was a blue square about the size of a Satsuma fitting easily into the palm of is's hand quickly pressing y he watched as the square flew into his arm and dissolved two more white lions moved down his arm on either side of the first one that was new too reset the sudden call of his second sacred gear caught him off guard then a wave of weakness made him fall to one knee wheezing in exhaustion okay so dot dot dot that was not a nice feeling the loss of so much power has temporarily drained you of energy you suffer the weakness DEA for the next 5 minutes lovely just what I didn't need on top of everything else is a thought sarcastically presumably this was the drawback of overusing the boosted gear the description for the Boost skill didn't say that weakness would result from letting the three minute liit run down but aay was sourly certain that it was being updated with that information as he knelt there struggling to his feet he decided to leave the rukan skill book until later for now he had to grab Nia and get to the himim Jima Shrine staggering to the door he pulled it open and paused dead panning behind the meno he wore the ropes that had bound Rocka NE discarded on the floor while the toilet door was slammed shut and the indicator showed that the room was indeed occupied by someone seriously she was hiding in the toilet what age was she five even while under the effect of the weakness debuff which reduced his physical stats by 25% he was still physically powerful enough to rip the door off its hinges unsurprising as the plastic and light metal door was only intended to ensure the privacy of its occupant not their safety what greeted him was the sight of an empty cubicle in a wall hanging free a secret exit pushing the Secret Door further open showed that there was a short passage ending with an enormous vault door that seemed to require a 16-digit code in in order to gain access [ __ ] me running isay growled punching the wall in frustration that woman might have been weak but she was proving to be as slippery as a snake well there was no point in sticking around here now that the project head had run with her tail between her legs he went over and checked out the neurotoxin generator to make sure that the woman hadn't pulled a last minute [ __ ] you move on him but apparently she'd just run like hell unsurprising really that piece of Duty taken care of isay left the room after setting it to go into lockdown no no one would be able to get in there without the codes which he had scrambled several times at random not even he would be able to renter the room now deciding to leave via the front entrance that armos had thoughtfully cut open for him isay headed that way after sending a few Fireball Spells at the corpses of the former zombies and flints they wouldn't receive burials but the least he could do was ensure they wouldn't just sit and rot here for who knows how long even the worst men deserved some respect in death the door when he reached it was easy to pry open thanks to the damage arm maros had dealt to it the passage after the door was once again blinding white seriously isay was going to have words with whatever [ __ ] had been in charge of interior decoration for this place just before the final outer door was a security kiosk that Isa ransacked if keys were a currency he would be rich because there were at least a dozen rings of keys there what was interesting was an open file on the little computer regarding one final purifier location in CUO one referred to as the keep there was no specific location given for it just that it was somewhere in the southern part of qall noting that isay triggered the door mechanism and entered the lift that was behind them there were only two buttons one for the floor he was currently on and one for the main entrance he punched that one and waited for the lift to go up Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head I am officially Disturbed isay muttered as music played for the short time the elevator was in motion musac seriously today couldn't end fast enough for his liking stepping out once the elevator came to a halt is was confronted with a false door that required a key card not having the patience to find one he just forced the doors open and then slammed them shut behind him leaving the secude in an abandoned house the kitchen of one to be precise peering out of the window isay spotted the factory that was the topmost layer of Disguise for the now ransacked purifier base he didn't know why they had chosen to set things up this way nor did he much care all he was going to do now was walk home and go to freaking sleep reporting to the Devils could wait until tomorrow elsewhere aro's the Lesser struggled to heal herself this wound that she had been given by that filthy human was large gaping and positively refused to allow most healing spells to take her persistence was the only reason she was still alive the defeated Fallen was where asail had assigned four other Fallen Rainer midl Dona and CAW Warner to watch over the town for sacred gear users unabandoned in derik church it was the only place she could think of to lie low and try to heal emphasis on try here as the bastard humans Gladius had severed her vocal cords punctured her windpipe and gone through the veins and arteries on either side of her neck repairing the last of the three had been timeconsuming and painful but also the most urgent matter if she wanted to avoid drowning in her own blood as it was though she was making almost no progress in repairing the rest of the damage to her throat Fallen Angels most Supernaturals in fact had far greater resilience than any human and came with numerous special skills angels both pure and Fallen could turn their skin to the density of solid iron or Beyond as a defense mechanism it was superlative against most basic forms of attacks and the more Wings an angel possessed the more and more impressive the defense became that red Gladius had pieced through her iron skin like a bullet through a balloon while only a two-wing fallen angel armos the Lesser had trained herself to automatically solidify any area that was due to be struck and then if the attack was particularly strong to abandon fortification of all other areas is to enhance the threatened area beyond what she could normally accomplish when her throat had been pierced should have been like trying to pierce through a solid foot or two of iron and he' accomplished it with a [ __ ] oversized butter knife oh I will have my revenge human boy armos thought Darkly I'll Have You Begging for death by the time I'm done with you well well well dot dot dot if it isn't armaros the Lesser a SN voice spoke up emphasizing the wounded Fallen least-liked part of her name armos glared at the entrance to the church where a very beautiful woman with black wings stood dressed in what looked like a strippers outfit that flaunted her curved and toned body to all who saw her Rainer smirked back at her unafraid of The Other Woman do tell why a rogue operative like you isn't my baileywick Rainer asked forming a purple spear in one hand idly the wounded Fallen blinked before pointing at the wound in her neck sardonically my my who did you piss off one of the devil ayses in town the nominal leader of the fallen and qo asked they certainly ripped you a new one whoever they were armaro shook her head firmly not them more their peerages a what about the migrant yakai rer asked before blinking at the other Fallen headshake was it a member of any of the three factions or the court of the Cub another headshake who then you aren't going to tell me that it was a human who wounded you so badly are you the scantily dressed Fallen joked but her face went slack with disbelief at the firm nod that armos gave her at that you dot dot dot you are kidding right a human who isn't an exorcist or stray Exorcist did this to you a human another nod was her answer this is dot dot dot was he a member of the K's Brigade Rainer demanded a collaborator with the t's faction any faction in the world at the continued denial of the Fallen before her Rainer scowled okay so dot dot do not affiliated with a faction powerful enough to kick your ass dot dot dot [ __ ] a newly awoken sacred gear user a firm nod oh good Rainer smirked cruy I can eliminate the threat myself armaros jabbed a finger at her her throat again clearly intreating for Aid sorry but traitors to Lord Azazel are to be put down the other Fallen said making arm maro's eyes widen oh yes you have officially been designated as a rogue didn't you hear me at the start Lord cockail was most disappointed in you have no fear dot dot dot is a favor for a fellow Fallen I'll end it quickly with that Rainer threw her light spear at arm maros piercing her through her forehead easily with how weakened she had been by her injury the fact that she hadn't been able to muster any kind of significant defense against the attack was unsurprising as the now dead Fallen collapsed to the ground and began to dissolve into a cloud of feathers Rainer turned to seam midal a petite blond-haired Fallen Angel wearing a gol lowly dress appear behind her giggling at the death of her fellow Fallen serves her right for betraying Lord azazil middle smirked so what now we keep an eye out for whoever the hell could fight a fallen into a state like that Rainer replied seriously all traces of sadism and Glee absent from her face and voice I hate her for betraying Lord azazil but aro's the Lesser was well known for being a powerful and ruthless Fighter the fact that she was weakened so badly that I was able to execute her with one strike is telling here could you have fought her to that point without losing a limb I know I couldn't The Goth lowly scowled no no I couldn't but still a human even if she underestimated her opponent badly I find it hard to believe that even a sacred gear user could have reduced her into that state I'm sure she thought so too dot dot dot now look at her her Rainer jerked her head as the corpse finished dissolving into a cloud of feathers we take things carefully we take things subtly we find out who did this and then we capture the sa of fabbit and bring him or her before Lord Azazel and certain a sacred gear user that matched a fallen regardless of their power level will be intriguing for him and we get the reward middle squealed happily you think of the best plans Ray don't call me that rer shook her head anyway get Dona and cow Warner here now we have to prepare defenses in case this mysterious sacred gear user comes knocking what about that nutso priest freed the smaller Fallen pulled a face she acted nuts but freed made her look like a paragon of Sanity by comparison he's almost certainly from coab's faction like ouros the Lesser there Rainer frowns slightly I think what he doesn't know won't hurt him dot dot dot or us if he decided to go nuts if he hears about it more nuts than he already is I mean and if he does middl asked if he decides to act like a rabit dog let him be put down like one the older Fallen stated with a Grimace swiftly followed by a sneer he is experienced at slaying Devils but not at dealing with angels we shall see exactly how good his skills are when facing an enemy his Weaponry do not provide him a natural advantage against should he push things that far of course of course middle smirked I think we're going to gave fun here Rainer so long as Lord azazil is happy so too my Rainer replied with a vicious grin now go get our brethren we have work to do chapter 13 challenge of the Welsh Dragon is's bedroom hyoto residence I'm exhausted isay groaned as he lay back on his bed having gotten back and eaten dinner with his parents he was now relaxing in his room his body was battered and bruised from his life and death struggle with armos the Lesser just a few hours previously I almost died again a Saud used Darkly how many times does it make sense that purifier Outcast almost murdered my parents and me there had been quite a few times almost all at the hands of the ratman save his recent encounter with armos the fact that the ratmen were still alive and active who knows where was both a worry and an annoyance considering that snck had apparently developed a heart on foreseeing him murdered every time he stepped out of his house he had to deal with groups of gutter Runners and other ratman assassins trying to Ambush him luckily they didn't come near qo Academy his home or when he was in any public place but isay could feel the little bastards glaring at him from concealment a dark part of his mind was sincerely looking forward to the day he separated snitch's head from his shoulders and the rest of him was slowly starting to agree that actually worried him a bit the amount of bloodless he was starting to feel toward that rat bastard couldn't be mentally healthy one thing he was very glad about was that the blow that he had managed to deal against the Fallen Angel he had fought was a fatal one on his way back home he had covertly searched the gamer's gear for its definition of a fatal wound and had come up with a wound that neither the target's natural regeneration nor regular healing magic can heal before all HP is lost the one fly in the ointment had been the addendum to that part this is of course excluding the use of healing potions artifacts or sacred gears as is hadn't gotten a notification taking back that lump sum of exp he'd gotten for dealing a forementioned wound to armero the Lesser it was safe to say that she hadn't access to any of the above and was either dying or already dead the fact he felt relief for this was also worrying as he hadn't had that kind of outlook before he'd gotten his hands on his sacred gear speaking of Gamer's gear he muttered game on he'd gotten his hands on five out of six sacred gear points possible during his fight against armero the lesser the reason he hadn't gotten a clean sweep was because she had managed to flee the scene before he could deal the Cuda gr he guessed if nothing else he should invest those points in his Gamer's gear before he went to bed properly aiss had decided the last time he had looked at his Gamers gear Evolution screen he immediately bought Sapphire blade for 3 SGP he BL LED with surprise as a popup appeared in front of him immediately afterwards attention you do not possess the appropriate skill to use this new ability of the gamer's gear do you wish to learn such a skill for 2,000 Yen why n wait it can do that is a asked aloud in Surprise as if I'd say no punching the y key the screen vanished to be replaced with another one you have successfully learned Gauntlet sword Mastery Gauntlet sword Mastery lv1 The Gauntlet sword is originally known as the Indian weapon called the P most commonly wielded during the 17th and 18th centuries the name is a basic description of their appearance a gauntlet with a sword emerging from the end the length of the blades varied between 10 and 44 in and were often times recycled from European swords often broadswords and rapers but homemade blades were just as common the padle was at its most dangerous when used in combination with a second weapon allows the user to carry and wield a p or similar weapon with familiarity grants plus one to slashing damage dealt with P or similar weapon with an additional plus one slashing damage if dual wielding a pair of P owing to the various designs of the P changing the length of the blade equipped can allow it to also be affected by skills such as short sword Mastery or long sword Mastery in addition to this skill as the p is worn by the user as opposed to held like most traditional sword types hand-to-hand skills can affect the damage dealt such as hand-to-hand combat Mastery do dot dot cool is same used a out as he read the description he hadn't expected to get a brand new skill like this all of a sudden but he wasn't going to turn down the idea seeing that the next series of upgrades were also 3s GP a piece isay decided to leave that for one day and turn his attention to the new sword he had built into his Gauntlet Sapphire blade he muttered Azure Edge in an instant a 2-in wide Blade with a tapered point shot up from the back of his hand and extended in front of his fist it was underwhelming in how short it was at best it was 10 in Long seeing a white circle at the base of the blade isay tapped it once and another screen popped up Sapphire blade Evolution and growth management thank you for choosing to evolve the gamer's gear to include the sapphire blade to be a part of its abilities you are the first gamer to choose this option and thus you are to receive a reward you are permitted to grow the length of the blade to whatever your preferred length might be for free just this once please State your preferred length allowed in inches to do so taking out his blood metal glad and eyeing the length of its blade is guesstimated that it was about 25 to 26 in long as the blade extended from where the wrist was on the gamer's gear that was a good 3 in or so of it that could be deducted from its reach that being the case he'd have to add that number to the blade length he wanted 28 in is a said aloud after returning the Gladius to his inventory sh andk in an instant the blade extended from its previous 10 in to the length that SAA had requested it looked damn cool what with the fact that the blade was marbled with various shades of blue with a couple of white pieces thrown in for effect overall it was very nice after that Isa ran through the basic tutorial on how the blade worked it was interesting in how it worked almost like a totally separate sacred gear to the gamer's gear at the moment the profile of the blade was dot dot dot less than Stellar brittle and weak Sapphire blade lv0 exp 0% durability 20 over 20 slashing damage half s piercing damage half s bludgeoning damage a quarter s abilities self- forging weak durability regeneration ability generation it wasn't just less than Stellar it was godamn awful yes the part were all of the slashing and piercing damage from The Sword was exactly half of what his St Str stat was would be bad enough on its own but the absolutely lousy durability was bad too combined it made using the weapon more than slightly problematic fortunately the first two skills it possessed self forging and weak durability regener a helped to mitigate that weakness a bit the first allowed it to level up like he could which meant that eventually it would get stronger while the second regenerated durability dot dot dot very slowly at a rate of 1 DP per 5 minutes that one would level up as the sapphire blade itself did dot dot dot or so is a hoped the third ability that the blade had allowed it to 100% generate a new skill at level five and every five levels after that with a 5% chance of getting a new skill with every level the blade gain as well that meant that if the roulette landed on that 5% every time isay could have aord with 100 more skills of course the likelihood of that actually happening was slim to none as isay was pragmatic about the fact that his luck stat was seriously screwed up to the point that not even the gamers gear was able to quantify it as a number the first thing isay looked for once he had finished absorbing all of that was a way to possibly upgrade the swords durability from its pathetic and poultry 20 points he found good and bad news on the good side he could do it but on the bad side he was limited in what he could purchase based on the level of his Sapphire blade at its current level of zero he could purchase for 500 yen a plus 30 durability upgrade dot dot dot and that was it he wasn't about to say no to even so meager an upgrade as this so purchase it he did now that it had 50 durability points it would hopefully be less likely to shatter when he needed it that reminded him if a sacred gear was destroyed would it regenerate something to ask the Devils the next time he saw them dismissing both the sapphire blade and The Gamers gear along with it isay headed off to have a nice relaxing bath before he turned in after the day he just had he deserved it later isa's Dreamscape wow isay yelped as he was once more surrounded by fire yo partner drre rumbled as he loomed over isay been a while ddre how do do. Dreamscape visit right the boy calmed down as he assess the situation yep I would have talked with you on the actual day that you became level 15 but you taking the rare candies messed the system up a bit somehow the Welsh Dragon said as he tapped one enormous Talon on the flame covered ground it took this long for the stupid error to resolve itself anyway I was watching as you fought that insane little crow arm maros you got very lucky yeah I did embarrassingly so isay admitted with a sigh part of that is because you have been underusing the boosted gear you know the dragon looked down at him reprovingly at higher levels it shouldn't make you physically weak after the reset command is ised issued wait how you may be the main wielder of the gamers gear but I have discovered that I can summon it by myself as well dedre explained demonstrating as his right for leg became blue I can also see what the future forms of all the skills I have and can grant you look like in the case of the Boost skill you should be able to use it without worrying about the weakness condition setting and when it is at level 10 H dot dot dot that's useful to know isay nodded I've kind of been keeping my usage of the boosted gear down because the local Devils seem to be able to track me down whenever I go and raid a dungeon the last thing I want is to expose all of my secrets to them the massive Dragon blink that is actually a far better and more Forward Thinking reason than I would have given you credit for partner and a fair point still you do realize that you could just buy a magic concealing trinket using the gamer's store the Welsh Dragon pointed out with one scaly eyebrow raised pointedly is a opened his mouth shut it and stared into space for a moment before hitting his forehead with the heel of one hand d it now I know how grory Senpai felt at The Shrine a while back talk about feeling stupid drre chortled you really are entertaining to watch partner you can also buy something called a base core there which would let you build a base wherever you want I agree with your thoughts regarding those Warren that the ratman used too infested with warpstone to risk trying to turn into a proper layer no self-respecting dragon would call a place so tainted home this time isay felt his overreaching stupidity warranted an allout face palm much to to D dr's Amusement he really needed to take a long hard look at the gamer's store and see exactly what it offered Beyond spell books if only to avoid feeling like such a dimwitted heel again once he got over that he opened the gamers store and searched for the two items that drre had pointed out when searching for something to conceal him from the Devils isay made sure to include specifying that it had to block Not Only Magical and spiritual tracking but also Kai and something called Toki that he'd found referenced in a few items he'd skimmed do do do do do do do do DOA is a smirk triumphantly here we go the egis of Isis a cloak although it calls it a mantle designed to ensure that any and all methods of magical spiritual and martial tracking are rebuffed from the wearer and that conceals the signs of the former emitting from the wearer dot dot dot do H dot dot dot it says ineffective to equip for anyone over level 50 do do dot so I'll have to find something better once my level gets that high then sold the base core was very expensive dot dot dot as in it would take every single Yen that is say had left after purchasing the egis to buy it but it would be so so worth it to complete the quest from dedr plus money wasn't exactly much of a worry for him now that he could just find and raid a dungeon whenever he needed some cash as he bought it drr nodded approvingly make sure you choose where to site it well partner I don't suppose there are any mountains or anything nearby are there I yes there is although they're more like hills with pretensions the secude answered with with a blink it's just about half an hour away if I walk so I could go tomorrow if you want it's a weekend after all I'll take what I can get dedr grumbled it would be most appreciated if you could do so partner also yes isay blinked I have another quest for you one that you must accept the Welsh Dragon stated firmly Quest alert challenge of the Welsh Dragon dedr wishes for you to both further Master the boosted gear and to learn better hand-to-hand combat skills complete his objectives and receive rewards Quest objective one raise the Boost skill to level 10 Quest objective two raise hand-to-hand combat Mastery to level 10 lonus objective clear an entire dungeon while only using the boosted gear and your fists Quest failure if you die before completing them Quest objective 1 reward 10,000 Yen plus 4,000 exp plus 5 AP Quest objective 2 reward 10,000 Yen plus 4,000 exp plus 5 AP hand-to-hand Talent skill book bonus Quest objective reward Fist of Fury skill 10 kick combo skill Iron Fist skill title Fist and man is one this Quest cannot be declined and is thus Auto accepted dot dot dot can I ask why this I asked as he finished reading the new Quest all of my wielders have been skilled at barehanded combat even those who specialized in the sword like mortared pen Dragon did the dragon said Gravely while you have advanced Leaps and Bounds with your skills with a blade there are spells and abilities that can cut off extra dimensional space Pockets such as your inventory being able to fight with just your fists is a necessity if such a thing occurs fair enough Isa nodded well the end result of working towards the reward is just as good as the actual rewards so I would have accepted it anyway better safe than sorry some of my past wielders were stubborn [ __ ] about the choice in Weaponry bit drr grumbled seriously I had to kick their dream selves around this Dreamscape a couple of dozen times in order to get them to stop being idiots about it bloody weapons snobs s sounds tough is a said sweat dropping at the sight of a huge Dragon pouting uh yes well the Welsh Dragon coughed as he caught himself it was irritating especially those who refus to relent even after seeing the memory of one of my wielders who was an excellent swordsman get killed when he was separated from his blade because he couldn't fight without it worth a damn isay had to sweat drop again at that to him it seemed like a perfectly reasonable pair of lessons to learn one if you were dependent on a weapon do not be separated from it no matter what and two always learn how to fight without a weapon so you are not entirely dependent on possessing a weapon some of those Senpai of his must have been really stubborn idiots to not take the hint after seeing that memory looks like time's up again dere said as the flam started to die out and darkness encroached again keep up the good work partner we'll need everything we can get to beat the white one the next day streets of quo Town dressed in casual clothes isay walked down the street with his hands in his pockets he had to admit the weather was perfect for a walk to the outskirts of CUO and he did like the sun on his face it was pleasant to feel as he considered the mission that he was on today choosing where to sight his base aside from the modestly large Hill that held the Shinto Shrine that was apparently hajima ao's home there were a good dozen or so near it to choose from and given his choices isay would much rather keep it as far away from a known devil Hangout to minimize the chances of them swooping into investigate at the slightest hint of unusual magical reading with that in mind he was heading towards the hill that was furthest away from the himim Jima Shrine it was modestly steep to climb and he would doubtless get a good workout climbing it dot dot dot but with his stats it would be fairly easy name hyoto isay class the gamer level 17 Next Level 56% exp title aai Baka HP 850 over 850 MP 675 over 675 Str Str 145 stop 141 Dex 151 int 46 wise 46 luck Chaw 88 ld1 he was actually rather proud of how far he had come since he had started his stats back then had been utterly awful by comparison well his physical stats were still the best out of the lot of them thanks to his awakened secude special status he'd done his best with his mental ones but they were only just a little bit better than his newly acquired LD stat this a had also learned the rukan skill that he'd acquired from defeating armos it was modestly awesome rukin lv10 the dragon fist is a technique that only those who possess either draconic Heritage or a dragon type sacred gear as it requires draconic energy to be used once the basic dragon fist is mastered the user can move on to learn both derivative skills from the Dragon Fist and a more powerful version of the Dragon Fist requires either possession of a dragon type sacred gear or possession of the special status draconic Heritage to use costs 100 mp to use once activated the user will [ __ ] back a hand and energy will gather forming into a dragon's head this takes 20 seconds once charging is complete the user will unleash it at one enemy with a straight punch the dragon's head will fly towards the enemy roaring as it does so its current range is 5 m once it strikes its Target it will inflict damage equal to y's int + 10 it was expensive as hell to use but once he had found a way to raise his MP it should be fine to use as it was isay would have to use it as a trump card to finish off his enemies hyoto a surprised voice said from the side and isay automatically turned to see who it was Jay mama what was with that Jay huh the girl huffed mama had her brown hair down from its usual twintails and she was wearing denim shorts strapped sandals and a rather cute looking t-shirt blouse combination huh is a examined her with a critical eye before giving her a lecherous grin and a thumbs up nice look N9 out of 10 pervert Mama flushed bright red at his words as she was distracted Isa eyed her floating title Mama KO LV 16 huo Academy girls Kendo team Vice Captain aside from the devils and himself mama had the highest level of any student or teacher at qo academy even Cades the girls Kendo team captain was only level 15 hey mama is a TCH what the girl eyed him as if she wished she had her Shin ey with her why aren you the captain of the girls Kendo team I can tell that you're stronger than Cates he said bluntly W the flush on her face which had practically faded redoubled in its intensity what the heck do you know about Kendo to tell that when you both hit me after I peep on you you hit before Cates you hit harder than Cates and you are more accurate than Cates isay said immediately he somehow knew that to be true but how he didn't know eyeing him doubtfully muama nevertheless sighed urg fine she's the captain because she's a better leader than I am I can beat her in a match eight times out of 10 but when it comes to inspiring others and boosting their confidence I'm not the best catas is far better than me at it end of story really I think you're not seeing yourself properly is a said in Surprise he'd seen how well the girl had marshaled the girls of the Kendo Club to attack while catas stood and spluttered at him and his friends after they were caught peeping on them I think youd do better than catas honest Hava Mama looked at him startled and surprised her mouth slightly aape in shock well well I have thing to do and places to go so see you on Monday murayama Chan he tossed that out there as he sauntered off it was a couple of meters before he heard the sound of the girl being shaken out of her shock don't call me with Chan at the end of my name damn it later a top of hill outskirts of quo Town ha do do doh do do do isay panted as he leaned against one of the small outcropping of trees at the top of the hill that had been a bit more tiring than he'd expected mostly thanks to the team of gutter Runners that had ambushed pushed him halfway up the hill he' tried his hand at going at it barehanded and it was a lot harder than he thought it would be so he'd equipped his egis of Isis and then used both the boosted gear and Gamers gear to level the playing field egis of Isis a pure white mantle emblazened with the angk symbol of Isis in Gold Isis was a goddess of magic in ancient Egypt connected to the goddess heku who embodied magic to the ancient Egyptians Isis symbol the ink acts as a form of apotropaic magic warding off the magic from enemies in order to prevent them from detecting the wearer as well as giving a minor form of protection from offensive spells has no effect if worn by someone over level 50 grants the wearer the skills high level scrying concealment high level spiritual detection concealment highlevel Kai detection concealment highlevel Toki concealment and low-level magic resistance while worn he was so glad that he splurged on the egis of Isis rather than a couple of the weaker options dot dot dot even if it in the base core had drained him of all his cas still he'd gotten a good pot of Yen from the gutter Runners and selling their equipment so he wasn't completely broke anymore okay so where to place it this aused as he headed into the middle of the small Grove of trees just setting it up anywhere seemed stupid really he looked at the instructions before setting out and to activate the base core was laughably simple just put it down empty your MP into it and voila one hidden underground base ready for use still it would be better if he had some idea of what would happen if he placed it in any given location were some spots better than others worse he had no way of telling screw it is a huffed as he took the base core from his inventory it was an orb about the size of a basketball colored blue with a large white spot on one side that made it look like a giant eyeball looking around isay placed it a top a largish rock near the base of a tree and then placed his hand to top it Bas core setup do you wish to infuse the base core with all of your MP warning once the process is started it cannot be stopped y n hitting y with his free hand isay groaned as all of his MP was sucked out of him through his hand removing it from the base core he pulled out his very last MP potion and chugged it down from dot dot dot had the stuff always tasted like blueberry muffins then hearing an incredibly obnoxious sound that made him winse isay looked around vaguely expecting to see a Windows 95pc making that noise for some reason then he spotted the popup congratulations your base core has absorbed all of your MP and is able to make a hidden base in the hill beneath you please select the layout that you wish your base to have there were 20 possible choices with the one at the top resembling the layout of the base you saw in XCOM while that would be nice isay having always had something of a liking for that game it always presupposed that the enemy either couldn't find the base or that there were sufficient numbers of people to fight off any attackers at the moment isay was all on his own so he had to give that one a hard pass the one he ended up choosing was a setup that created an almost dungeon-like environment several layers of underground labyrinths to protect an inner sanctum there would be no direct access into the base instead he could teleport in and out anyone other than him or any other person on the approved list who tried to enter via magical means would find themselves landing at the start of the topmost level of the labyrinth and have the choice of either retreating from there or trying to pass through the Labyrinth and get their asses kicked and of course if he was away from it he would be notified of anyone trying to break into his base unfortunately just his meager 600 plus change MP would only barely be enough to build a small core room teleporters and one layer of the labyrinth to say nothing of stalking it with monsters and traps that was something of a shame but the Bas would draw in any ambient magic and add it to the base core in its Reservoir allowing the base to slowly grow and expand he could also sacrifice his own MP at regular intervals to speed up the process but he could only do that once a week without risking overloading the core hitting the final button isay blinked as he was surrounded in blue for a moment before he was surrounded by Bare wooden walls and standing on tatami I'm do dot do ey in a six mat room he muttered in disbelief a six matat room was the smallest room size that could still be considered a habitable dwelling in Japan anyway floating in the center was the base core looking once again like a giant eye sourly is a deduced that his MP must have been really at the absolute lowest minimum to create a base otherwise he would probably have something more like an actual base than the cheap room size in Japan without a prompt a screen appeared in front of him displaying the stats for his base base name base level one reservoir status 0 divided by 10 million MP MP Gathering rate 50 MP half hour base upgrades guia blessing inner sanctum size six mat room first floor size 3570 M squared first floor type maze first floor defens ability practically non-existent first floor traps none first floor four monsters none so it was worse okay a lot worse than he had expected there was that upgrade that he didn't remember buying or being offered but first things first tapping the base name tab he entered a new name into it keeping it just a layer of the secude was more than enough to fulfill the quest dot dot dot he hoped Quest complete here be the Dragon's Den you have founded the beginnings of what could be a very nice base to suit your status as the secude it is quite frankly trash here right now but it is said that great things things come from Small Beginnings Quest completion reward plus 3,000 exp 10,000 Yen special status blessing of the Dragon Emperor plus 5 AP you can stop quoting Uncharted at me damn it isay grumbled as he swiped away the screen sick parvis Magna indeed settling down isay decided to see what his new special status did it was very curious blessing of the Dragon Emperor you have been blessed by The Red Dragon Emperor drr the Welsh Dragon known for his immense power and might he has been been sealed up in the boosted gear for thousands of years since the Great War of the three biblical factions one of the best known facts of dedre is that his Flames were the most powerful and fierce among any dragon that has existed in the Mortal realm utterly consuming any who stood in his way from Devils to Gods the great and terrible blazing Inferno of scorching Flames although sealed by D Dr himself his Blessing still grants you an incredibly strong affinity for fire type magic as well as a resistance against fire of any sort whether it be mundane or magical plus 20% effect to all fire magic spells grants a permanent plus 15% resistance to any and all damage taken from fire of any sort magical mundane or Kai few dot dot dot man I guess that there's a lot I don't know about Dred the secude whistled impressed I have to say blazing Inferno of scorching Flames is a pretty badass name a warm feeling in his left arm made is a look down and see that the boosted gear had manifested all on its own and that the gem on the back of his hand was glowing bright green then the gauntlet vanished again evidently drre approved of is a praising his strongest attack Al dot dot dot so that just happened the boy said with a shake of his head then he manifested the gamer's gear on his right arm time to test out this dungeon locator of mine chapter 14 Asia tragic exiled nun later H Jima Shrine outskirts of quo Town is's little experiments with his dungeon locator had proven to rather interesting the sacred gear add-on had projected a map in the air in front of him showing the area around him in quite a bit of detail in fact and displaying the locations of any dungeons within the detection radius of the device his own base was there in the very center and indicated with a Green Dot and name tag the map extended over what had to be half of quo town and there were three other dungeons in that part of it dot dot do in very familiar locations to boot he had taken out one of the maps he'd taken from the office of the head of project Rat King to double check his suspicions but he was corre the locations of those dungeons were the sites of suggested purifier bases that hadn't been made at past the proposal stage for whatever reason dot dot dot and with the purifiers having been infiltrated by armos the Lesser at the time isay was deeply suspicious about those sites resolving to check them out later after that though he had decided that the Devils had to be informed about armos in the purifier genocide base not to mention the dagger of the dger that armos had somehow gotten her hands on Dagger of the dger forged un willingly by a captured Dwarven prisoner using inferior materials and methods this half straight edged halfwave edged dagger is a fell evil weapon full of malice and hatred while providing no special bonuses to attack defense or support the effect of this blade takes place only if it is used to deliver a killing blow reanimating those slain by it is Undead revenants who desire the death of all things living fv2 durability 87100 dagger SL damage s+ 20 tier damage s bludgeoning damage S effect death blow reanimation when used to end the life of a regular human or other non-s Supernatural entity the fell magic of the dagger of the dger will use the energy released upon death to reanimate them as an undead construct these constructs will be feral and the wielder of this weapon will hold no control or command abilities over them to be completely honest this weapon [ __ ] terrified him the fact that it was specifically designed to be used as a weapon against ordinary humans and if he was reading the tent behind the flavor text correctly regular animals such as dogs cats and birds as well was disturbing enough but add in the fact that the user had zero control of the zombies they created and that they were simply left to kill anything they could get their claws on scared him to hell and back this wasn't a weapon it was a tool designed to cause widespread chaos panic and death V initiating a mini zombie apocalypse nope not giving this to them nope nope nope he had decided immediately granted the Devils that he had met were all good people and he could Hazard a guess that he'd find that all of them would be horrified or disgusted with the effect of the evil little dagger and would rather saw their arms off with a rusty butter knife rather than use it but other Devils for all he knew there was a secret society that was conspiring to kill all of humanity inside the devil's civilization that would love a way to spread panic and Terror Amongst Humanity by reverse engineering the enchantments on this dagger and mass producing it dot dot dot [ __ ] he just jinxed himself hadn't he wellpet decides it I'm going to find some way to destroy this evil little Abomination as soon as I can is a decided with a huff as he leaned back against the wooden wall of the shrine once more clad in his concealing armor and outfit he still had plenty of time before his parents expected him home so the 20 minutes or so that he had been waiting was an excuse to take in the scenery he was actually quite taken with the peaceful Serenity that the shrine seemed to emanate it was really quite relaxing AA well this is a surprise I didn't expect to see you so soon a familiar voice jerked him out of his thoughts looking around he spotted on himim Jima Akino dressed in the traditional white kimono top and red hakama of amiko one of the two great one Sama of qo Academy in moo mode saved to long-term memory isay cheered in his mind outwardly he was able to control himself he'd become far better at controlling his perversion thanks in no small part to the gamer's mind constantly suppressing it the moment his overwhelming lust came to the Forefront H jasan you look rather fetching in that outfit he he said with a nod youu do dot dot why thank you aino giggled can I assume that you have a reason for being here I am rather sadly going to need to talk to ARs gy and or ARS citri rather urgently isay replied with a sigh I came close to being killed after I parted ways with you yesterday her purple eyes widened slightly aino nodded all traces of teasing leaving her face and voice understood as the reincarnated Nephilim flicked a finger brought up a communication magic circle and spoke into it isay pulled the reports and other files memos and other assorted paperwork from Project rat poison out of his inventory while it didn't seem to have a space size or weight limit having an overly cluttered inventory didn't sit well with is a that kind of thing was a stupid accident waiting to happen particularly during a fight he could reach in and mean to grab a sword or potion and accidentally grab an expense report or something he could see it now behold my mighty dot dot dot tax return summary gods that would be embarrassing and possibly lethal suppressing a scoff of dark amusement at the thought he waited for Ria's grmy to show up which didn't take long she and most of the rest of her peerage showed up via a red Transportation Circle less than a minute later what's this about you almost being killed the crimson-haired ruined princess asked briskly as she walked over to him isay stood up as well out of politeness and walked down to meet her at the bottom of the shrine's wooden steps I went to one of the last purifier bases in CLE that I was aware of the sight of of project rat poison isay stated bluntly it was a charal house in there almost every member of the purifiers in the base were dead killed by agent flamber otherwise known as the Fallen anger arm maros the Lesser you fought a fallen all of the gramy purage gaped at him in shock and one dot dot dot if only barely the gamer tacked on as he started removing his gathered evidence from his inventory I fought her until I had only a single HP left but I dealt her a fatal wound in exchange so she's likely dead by now Ria shook her head slowly you dot dot dot were very lucky she said slowly and dot dot dot this is the paperwork from the purifier site all of it I could find isay admitted but that isn't the most disturbing part of yesterday dot dot dot this dagger is he was nervous about even touching the disgusting thing holding it by the hilt gingerly as if it were something foul like a bag of dog [ __ ] that weapon has quite the nauseating AA about it kba said immediately leaning backwards slightly trust a knight to sense a curse sword Kano shivered after glancing at it before looking away and refusing to focus on it again foul evil she muttered this is called the dagger of the jogger and it was forged by the same Dwarven Smith who forged my rapscallion waveblade the disguised gamer explained it possesses the ability to reanimate any nons supernatural being killed by it as a zombie the sicken looks on the faces of the devil's confirmed is's opinion of them that dot dot dot why why would someone aino asked shaking her head in disgust I suspect that it was the idea of armos the Lesser to have this dot dot dot thing dot dot dot made is a very reluctantly replaced it in his inventory she was very much of the opinion that humans were a mistake of the god of the Bible she really seemed to have something of a superiority complex it was one reason why I won despite her being twice my own level she must have been one of cock's minions then aino noted Eyes Cold with anger the man is a fascist in the most extreme sense of the world and would happily Slaughter every other race upon this world if given the opportunity correct she was a member of cock's faction of the gregori the gamer nodded I can't offer any proof of her presence other than that dagger and even that isn't any kind of link to her though just about the only solid proof I have aside from the dagger is about 5 mlit of her blood my Gamer's gear separated it from my sword after I put it into my inventory the blood could be used for an identification spell but I'm afraid it wouldn't do much good cockail has already covered his tracks and declared her Rob the gry arys scow he sent word to other Supernatural and mythical factions that she has been Rogue for quite some time in fact and that he's only just found out about it political [ __ ] in other words is a summarized well at least it explains some of the magical stuff that the purifiers have access to if a cotter from the gregori has been helping them out on the sly to destabilize the other biblical factions and how better to cause a war than to have the younger sisters of two of the four M mysteriously murdered dot dot dot is that you're thinking here Rus said faux calmly essentially isay nodded cock's Aid would make sense for some of it but if we take the time frame that he sent out to be how long armos the Lesser has been infiltrating the purifiers then it still doesn't add up she was only Rogue for 3 months at best the redhead said in frustration there must be another source of Supernatural influence on them other than cockail probably the secude agreed that makes some sense so either cockail has been controlling the purifier from the start in armos the Lesser was simply one of the agents involved or another Supernatural Force helped form them and cockail somehow managed to slip one of his minions and direct them to Aid his own goals either way at least we have at least removed one of the lynchin controlling these insane purists I'd say that the latter is far more likely something like this simply does not fit coab's normal modus operandi bino interjected thoughtfully it's too subtle and offers too little reward for not enough return for the gregori to be involved the smallest of the three biblical factions and I doubt even the gregori is a whole let alone a single faction of it what of the sheer manpower to manipulate an organization as large as these purifiers seem to be without it being noticed that and these purifiers were also planning to Target the Fallen as well cabile might be a racist warmonger to the extreme but he still has some loyalty to his own people if nothing else you seem to know a great deal about the Fallen faction isay asked curiously I someone I knew was once extremely close with one of the Fallen the moo responded evasively Riz winced knowing that she was talking about her father baril remembering him was painful for her very well I will bow to your greater knowledge of the gregori and the angel of the stars is a acknowledged still I doubt he'll just shrug and give up he may attempt something again and be more direct the next time I'll see to improving the magical defenses around our homes just in case that proves to be accurate the grory arys said with a frown cockail was a fallen angel with 10 wings he would be an opponent far beyond what her page could handle even the addition of sona's page wouldn't matter much in the end and she would never ask her friend to sacrifice her servants wastefully like that I'll also be keeping an eye out for things around town is AEP cabile has no friend in me so you can count on me to at least report anything that smacks of his supporters or subordinates entering qo how would you dot dot do o the titles people have keber realized unless they have a particularly puent and skillful disguise they can't hide that sort of thing from you can they isay was impressed and somewhat alarmed that the prince of CUO Academy had put the pieces together that quickly correct low to mid-level mundane and magical disguises don't hide someone's titles from my sight after seeing aro's genderbend out of her male disguise isay had double and triple checked about exactly how high a level of a skill or spell needed to be in order to spoof the gaming gear that would be a help I will admit Rus said with a nod having someone who could see through most common disguises aiding her would be invaluable still I would have to exchange favors with you for this as this goes beyond you passing information to us you would be actively looking for enemies for Sona and I and of gremory does not take such a favor lightly well he wasn't going to say no to being paid now was he only for work he managed to accomplish though only if I manag to bring you word of someone infiltrating your territory is a bargained you can set the price based on what I bring you generous not many would trust a devil like this the Western Beauty remarked you have extended me trust by not demanding to know who I am beneath this mask and helmet the least I can do is return the favor in this instance the secude replied bluntly R grory looked at him for a moment before nodding very well I agree to your terms this a twitched as a window popped up in front of him after reading it for a moment he tilted his head slightly huh the gamer's gear just generated a quest on your behalf the Devils blinked at him it can do that aino asked curiously apparently so isay replied I wish it would work on its humor though dot dot dot the quest is called watching for Watchers of the star Watcher because another name for the gregori is the Watchers I suppose RZ wrinkled her nose slightly at the very forced alliterative name for the quest is it like that all the time more often than not isay admitted with a sigh after a moment or two more of conversation isay Departed the himim Jima Shrine pressing the Y button on the screen before him as he did so Quest alert watching for Watchers of the star Watcher you have seen off our maros the Lesser good for you now you have to keep alert and watch out for any member of his faction that you see within cuot town city limits and reported to Ria's gry proof beyond your word would be nice as well but she'll accept your word as a bare minimum Quest goal report to Ria's grory regarding any members of coab's faction of the gregori that you spot inside the city limits of quo Town bonus goal provide evidence and or images of the people you identify to better Aid Ria's grory and the devils in keeping track of the people in question ongoing quest Quest reward plus 3,000 exp per person reported random fiscal reward from Ria's grory bonus reward plus 3,000 exp per person identified in an easily transmittable manner plus 500 reputation with Rus grory and Sona citri plus 500 reputation with and Quest failure trouble on the horizon except why Isa made it back to his base and settled in the six mat room that was the the base proper before he examined the other screens that had popped up at the same time he had accepted the quest reputation system unlocked congratulations you have successfully reached the proper point to allow the gaming gear to activate the reputation system for here on out your actions and words will have an effect of how people groups organizations and even Nations see you once they are aware of your existence those who do not know of you will automatically have a neutral reputation with you something that will change once they are aware of you there are various stages of reputation they are as follows at War whomsoever Bears this level is against you without question minus 60% to any reputation gains to people in this group plus 10 to all combat related actions against them hated the bearer of this level despises you for whatever reason minus 45% to any reputation gains with people on this level minus 30% to teamwork if in the same party disliked people on this level do not like you at all minus 30% to all reputation gains with people on this level minus 15% to teamwork if in the same party unfriendly while not against you this level means that they don't exactly welcome you with open arms either 10% to all reputation gains with people on this level minus 5% to teamwork if in the same party neutral not for you not against you hell people on this level might not even know you no Buffs or debuffs at this level friendly people on this level like you you're a friend plus 10% to reputation gains plus 5% to teamwork if in the same party well-liked you're a buddy you're a pal plus 20% to reputation gains plus 10% to teamwork if in the same party honored you are treated with great respect and friendliness plus 25% to reputation gains plus 15% to teamwork if in the same party exalted you've reached the top utmost love respect and friendliness at this level plus 30% to reputation gains plus 20% to teamwork if in the same party with an additional Plus plus 10% if the reputation bar is maxed out of course this is for people there are differing tables for organizations businesses and Nations that you have or lack reputation with which you can look up later by saying reputation to open the reputation page just so you know you are currently at a neutral relationship with Ria's gry mostly due to the runaround that you gave her at the ratman Burrows and setting a pack of giant rats on her peerage you might want to do something about that up to you whether you take the advice or not well do dot dot that's something isay remarked with a blink of surprise it was something he'd seen in certain gouge ER Ro and other dating Sim type games so it made sense that the gaming gear would have it to cover the social aspect of life at a guess he hadn't interacted with enough people who knew about the sacred gear enough times before now in order to activate it dismissing that screen he pulled up the second which was basically a list of reputation gains with both Ria's grory and Sona citri due to him handing over all of that paperwork he'd taken from from Project rat poison it was he calculated just about half a point of reputation per page that he'd handed over the third page was the acquisition of a new skill as a result of a specific action the skill deal making has been created dealmaking lv1 0% deal making is a skill as old as the first iteration of politics whereby people bargained for food with tools and crude money it got more political as tribes formed out of primitive man and positions within tribes became a source of greater respect or over the Millennia the ability to forge deals has been a key part of society and a vital tool for survival in any political Arena as you seem to be determined to involve yourself with Devils it's a very good thing you created this skill isn't it grants a plus 1% chance to the success of any deal being made between yourself and another party as a skill it was underwhelming and the snark from whatever bamned entity was inside his sacred gear didn't help much but it did have a point the saying making a deal with a devil had to have some reason for its existence after all after dismissing the screen isay looked up something that had bugged him since it had appeared dot dot dot the gaia's blessing upgrade that his base possessed he hadn't purchased it and dedre had nothing to do with Gia as far as he knew so it likely had something to do with the gaming gear so he opened his Bas interface and pressed the button to bring up the information about the blessing gaia's blessing a gift to one who Bears the sacred gear representing her this blessing of the primordial Earth goddess multiplies the amount of amb an MP drawn into the base by four times the stated amount per hour so long as the base is built underground it also reduces the cost of any earth rock or stone monster summoned or created within the Labyrinth by half of its cost is's jaw was dangling somewhere around his ankles as he read the short paragraph it quadrupled his base's hourly MP Gathering that was 400 MP per hour that was insane and the discount to the three types of monsters he could make in The Labyrinth above the base was also pretty damn good snapping his fingers in realization isay pulled out the book that contained Golem magic that he'd gotten a hold of a while back summoning and commanding minions wasn't something he could see is meshing well with his fighting style so he'd wondered if he should just sell it to the store dot dot dot but now that he had this base he was considering something standing up he reached out and tapped the floating core of the base with the book which made a screen pop up as he'd hoped do you wish to offer the Golem magic skill book to the base core to use in the dungeon why and hey dot dot dot let's see what this does this a cackled and hit the y key the book dissolved into Moes of blue light and entered the base core after a moment another window popped up Golem magic absorbed you can now create Golems as monsters inside the Labyrinth as Golem magic is only at level one only four types of Golems can be unlocked at this time do you wish to select which Golems are unlocked randomize or merely select what element the unlocked Golems should be before randomizing select randomize designate element and randomize considering the endless number of Golems there had to be isay figured that simply selecting what element was enough granted selecting the Golems he could use would likely be beneficial but he really really didn't want to drag this out too long selecting Earth and then randomize he waited patiently randomizing amongst Earth Golem do DOD blueprint doggu Golem acquired blueprint Golem Dragon acquired blueprint brick Golem acquired blueprint Eternal mud Golem acquired that was quick is a blinked before the screen changed bringing up the stats and descriptions of the monsters dogu Golem lv1 lv10 an earth Golem made in the image of a doggu a prehistoric piece of Japanese statuary to be precise this particular blueprint resembles the type of doggu Made In the jaman period and the most well-known type of doggu while a doggu Golem has no moving legs or arms it is able to levitate in order to move and attacks by firing beams of focused Mana from its eyes while not a very strong adversary it is cheap and easy to mass produce to use in human wave tactics HP 100 minus 600 MP N St str 1us 3 sta 10- 25 Dex 1 minus 5 in NT Zer y's zero skills levitation monab beams Golem core Golem Dragon lv5 lv15 a rock Golem made in the image of the type of dragon known as a land dragon a breed of dragon that has only atrophied vestigal wings remaining by some Quirk of evolution slow and bulky about the size of a cart horse the main use for these Golems is to Shield weaker and more fragile Golems from Attack if needs must the Golem dragon can attack with its large and heavy front limbs HP 300 minus 625 MP n a Str Str 15 minutes 25 sta 20 minut 25 Dex 5 minutes 10 and0 wise zero skills Rock Solid slow and purposeful Golem core brick Golem lv10 lv20 a Golem made of numerous fired mud bricks assembled around a central core first used in Egypt by wizard priests it was spread to Europe and Asia by the magic users accompanying invading armies during the Bronze Age being made up of many separate individual pieces a brick Golem is able to change its shape and appearance based on the situation it finds itself in the main disadvantage that this Golem possesses is that it is easily scattered if struck with great physical Force exposing the Golem core that empowered is it HP 50- 400 MP n a St 5- 20 sta 10min 20 Dex 10 minutus 20 int Zer wise zero skills body disassembly body reassembly dispersion defense Golem core Eternal mud Golem lv20 a very unusual type of Golem created as a result of advanced alchemic processes gone arai its body is made of mud infused with a special type of liquid core bypassing the usual Golem weakness of having a single vulnerable point that can disable it if destroyed unless at least 95% of the body is destroyed at once the Golem will regenerate any damage dealt to it on the other hand it is expensive to make and requires some careful positioning as it rarely leaves the place where it is created to attack it can spew mud for ranged attacks and elongate its limbs to use as Weapons HP 70 150 MPN a St Str 20 minutes 30 stall 35 decks 25 minutes 30 int Z wise zero skills high-speed body regeneration Amorphis body core and body as one M shot high-speed HP regeneration Isa had to whistle at the four golems that had been selected all but the last had variable levels and the first had a variety of uses from simple zg Rush tactics to range support to flanking Maneuvers the Dragon one was a tank plain and simple designed to absorb damage and attract the attention of an attacker the brick Golem was a more generalist design intended to act as the Mainstay of the Golem forces as it had the most balanced stats out of the four of them as for the Eternal mud Golem its description was a very obvious hint to use it as a floor boss he could see why though the sheer amount of skills and the sheer strength that the damn monster were practically shouting at him to use me as a boss checking the time isay resolved to build up his base's first floor after a few days passed but right now he needed to head home for dinner a few days of MP absorption should give him plenty to play with 4 days later after school shopping district qo Town stepping lightly down the street isay smiled rather cheerily as he did some window shopping the last few days he hadn't gone near his base at all to allow the MP to accumulate by the time he went back 5 days after the base had been created there should be somewhere along the region of 48,000 MP in the core which would be more than enough to plant a few monsters on the first floor as well as unlock traps and possibly create a second second floor as well if gaia's blessing hadn't been there I would only be able to count on about 12,000 MP by tomorrow the Seer you a used with a smirk I could have still worked with that much but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth on this one I need a secure base to fall back on for my family if someone manages to stumble onto the fact that the red armored man and hyoto isay are the same person and a six mat roomm ain't doing it he had instead of going to his base spent the past few days scouting out the rest of CUO in order to used the dungeon locator app to locate as many of the dungeons as he could in addition to the three that he discovered with his first use there were two more on the other side of town he'd gotten close enough to discover each of their names and minimum level requirements the dungeon of six Realms the dwelling of Mages the castle of yakai the ruin of Golems the Hall of puppets and the lair of beasts none of them exactly sounded inviting out of all of them the first one sounded like it might have to do with the six worlds of Buddhism and that didn't endear him to that one even more isay was brought out of his thoughts by a child running past and almost knocking him over blinking he looked around as the change in scenery registered isay rolled his eyes at himself as he realized he'd gotten so lost in thought that he'd wandered into the damn Park yep a cute sounding voice cried out and isay turned around just in time to see a girl trip over and expose her pure white panties as her dress flew up oo pure white for the win he enthused to himself 10 over 10 would see again snapping himself out of his stair he moved over to see if the girl needed any help she had just taken a tumble after all are you all right Miss he asked her is she managed to sit up and he almost froze at the sight of her the girl was simply adorable she had long blonde hair half covered by a wimple pretty emerald green eyes and she had a kind of Aura around her that was stirring up all of is's protective urges her outfit now that he was actually looking at it properly was a more elaborate teal version of a Christian nun's habit he blinked as he saw her name and title Asia Argento lv19 excommunicated holy Priestess a holy Maiden exiled what on Earth is a thought in confusion the blonde girl looked at him and spoke in a language that aay only vaguely recognized as being Italian seeing his confused expression she muttered something under her breath before trying again hello I'm fine thank you she said her voice was kind and sweet as a bell he made a mental note about her sudden fluency in Japanese here isay offered her a hand which she gratefully took as he helped her to her feet isay rejoiced in the feeling of a girl's hand it was softer than he'd expected and sorry for the trouble Asia said with a quick bow as she made it to her feet and released his hand am Asia Argento dot dot dot or would that be Argento Asia considering the country western names stay as they are isay clarified for her it's nice to meet you Asia Sam I'm hyoto isay but you can just call me isay isay Sam Asia smiled it's very nice to meet you as well please just call me Asia seeing the suitcase at her feet the secude asked so have you only just arrived in quo Asia why yes I've only been in the country for a few says in the town for a few hours but I'm the nun blushed slightly I'm dot dot dot sort of dot dot dot lost I was assigned to a church in this town and I can't read kangi very well isay was going to die from a cuteness overload he was certain how could one girl be so damn cute ahh do you have the address written down he asked her once he brought himself under control I've lived here all my life so I should be able to tell you where it is the blonde girl brightened up at his offer before reaching into the leather bag she had on her hip after rumaging around inside it for a moment she produced a slip of paper that she passed to him this is the old abandoned church near the edge of the hills it's been left unattended since I was a kid isay frowned as he read the address there are at least two other churches just outside of CUO that are newer and are more easily accessible to worshippers so why send someone to try and restart this one I smell something fishy going on Asia seemed way too innocent to try and deceive him so it was possible that she was legitimately being sent to this church by whatever denomination of Christianity she had taken vows with but it didn't add up the other churches had at least one priest and at least four nuns a piece are you being sent ahead to set things up Asia he asked as he put on a face of pondering no I'm being sent to help the priest that's already stationed there Father Fred Selen the nun replied and that was another in congruity Asia was Italian while this freed character sounded Italian as well why was a Japanese Church supposedly being run by a foreigner when the other two churches nearby were run by native Japanese Adin ex communicated holy priest's title and it was clear that something was a foot due to your clearly outof character good reasoning insight and paranoia you gain plus five Y and int damn sacred gear isay thought crossly before returning his attention to Asia I'm sorry but is it possible you have the wrong address Asia he asked this belongs to an abandoned church that's been unus since I was a child I am sure it's the right address is a Sam Asia seemed to droop unhappily for whatever reason he really really didn't want Asia to go to this church it was however not possible to just say oh I have a really bad feeling about this church Asia so don't go there as nice as Asia was it was always possible she'd take offense at him saying that for no reason okay then I'll lead you there isay said with a sigh but I want you to be careful Asia I'm getting a bad feeling about that Church there have been a lot of strange things going on around here recently and an abandoned church all of a sudden getting staffed is another one I'll be careful isay Sam the sweet girl promised okay isay was reluctant but he had promised leading her through the part and streets of cuot town he watched Asia looking around in childish Wonder at what was to him just his hometown he got the impression of quite a bit of naive regarding regular everyday life from the girl that wasn't the most astonishing thing about her though before they had left the park Ark she had healed a young boy using what he could tell was a sacred gear of some sort sacred gears were created by the Christian God of the Bible an Asia has one that is possibly very useful so why excommunicate her isay wondered hiding his agitation from the blissfully unaware Asia they obviously once valued her highly if the holy Priestess part of her title is accurate what on Earth could an innocent and sweet girl like Asia possibly have done to justify excommunication he felt very indignant on Asia's behalf eventually they came to a halt in front of the abandoned church it sat at top a hill with steps leading up to its large double doors back when he had been a kid he'd had a Christian friend whose father a priest had occasionally invited the hyoto family to attend church shortly after another one of the priests Yaki Mami had died in mysterious circumstances his friend and their family had moved to England he missed Ren anyway the bad feeling he had about the church redoubled as a popup appeared in front of him dungeon discovered you have discovered the dungeon nest of the Fallen you gain 400 exp do you wish to enter this dungeon warning entering this dungeon whilst being three or more levels beneath the minimum level displayed is dangerous to your life y n well now that was just the icing on the cake wasn't it well at least he knew where the fallen in town were hiding out now the question was whether they were of coab's faction of the gregori or not also it explained why AA was here being excommunicated by the church meant that she had nowhere to go and rather than join the Devils the G Gori would seem to be a more reasonable group he just really really hoped that whoever was in charge here wouldn't be cruel to Asia subtly hitting the N button he turned to Asia well here we are Asia thank you so much for guiding me isan Asia bowed to him which made him blush slightly as she was bowing a bit too deeply for what he felt he deserved I it was nothing Asia he scratched the back of his head bashfully before pulling himself together listen Asia I don't know what's going on here but this whole situation is worrying me I'll be in the park where we met 2 days from now at around about the same time if you want to speak to me go there then and we'll talk okay the nun looked at him shyly oh okay is say Sam I'll dot dot dot see you then why did she sound so hopeful was she lonely G she was just too damn cute see you there isay smiled warmly at her as she turned away he muttered observe and then noticed another screen popping up you have encountered Asia AR gento You Are well-liked by her oh dot dot dot what a nice girl shaking his head as he walked away sne sneaking glances at Asia as she walked up the steps to the church as he did so isay really felt torn at this point he had a really bad feeling that something bad was going to happen there and he didn't want a sweet girl like Asia near it at all on the other hand without revealing that he too had a sacred gear he couldn't help her without compromising his own safety he tried to distract himself by looking at Asia's stats some of which really surprised him name Asia Argento title excommunicated holy Priestess level 19 HP P 440 MP 513 Str Str 20 sta 22 Dex 17 int 27 wise 19 luck 30 Chaw 50 special status Aura of Purity naive slight Deo dronic Affinity depressed excommunicated sacred gear Twilight healing Asia Argento was given over to the custody of the Catholic Church as a baby by her mother raised as a foundling she took vows as a nun as soon as she was able at some point during her childhood she discovered that she possessed the rare sacred gear known as the Twilight healing which is able to heal almost any wound as such she was treated as a holy Woman by the Catholic Church unfortunately she healed a wounded devil recently and was excommunicated as a result a vein beat a pulse on his head as is a found himself glaring at the screen in front of him in Anger excommunicated just because she healed a devil what the hell Gamer's mind activated forcibly calmed down by his sacred gear isay took a deep breath ref let it out slowly and started walking again this time focusing his mind on the puzzle that was Asia's situation something about the way she was excommunicated rang false with him then it hit him if Asia had been a holy Priestess then how could she have just stumbled upon a wounded devil presumably she had been guarded around the clock and wherever she went would have been on church grounds did Holy Ground affect Devils a quick check using the gamer's gear said that yes properly consecrated ground did indeed affect Devils striking fear into them if the consecration was powerful enough feeling mildly uncomfortable on a barely consecrated site one of the last places Devils would go if wounded in is's opinion to him that spoke of one thing about this situation it was a setup Asia had been tricked deceived and betrayed in all likelihood the devil had deliberately wounded himself before placing himself herself in Asia's path in order to get her kicked out of the church isay doubted that just getting Asia excommunicated was the devil's in game though perhaps the devil in question wanted to make her one of their peage Twilight healing would be an amazingly good addition to any purage if it worked on Devils something else to ask gramarie Senpai about the next time I speak to her he thought ially he'd examine Asia's special status at another time right now he had a lot of aggression to work out bringing up the dungeon locator he set the course for the dwelling of mag's dungeon unbeknownst to him a pair of figures were watching him from a top some nearby buildings one had long Crimson hair reminiscent of Ria's garies and was dressed in a black and white suit the other was a girl with her hair tied up in Twin tails and dressed pink and white outfit you'd expect a Maho Shojo to wear this is becoming intriguing wouldn't you say Sir the man said to His companion yep thanks for inviting me to look in on him zet Chan the girl replied cheerfully if he hurts soan though then you can introduce him to his own personal Ice Age the man agreed placidly he seems to be going out of his way to keep our little sisters alive though which we owe him four things are going to become come pretty interesting over the next few weeks thank you for watching make sure to subscribe and hit the notification Bell so you never miss a video and comment down your opinion on this video thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next one

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