74 NGJ Chapter 74: Seeing Double

Black Flash.

That is what is on my mind at the moment.

Rias had woken up with a nuclear blush and left as fast as she humanely could without being rude. Without her panties, of course, there is no way I would let those go.

[Rias' Lucky Panties]

A pair of high-quality sheer lace panties worn by Rias.

 + 10% Effective Luck

I let her go since I had quite a lot on my mind at the moment. Most of them are about my current plans at the moment. Now that Riser was done with I had some free time.

But the most important skill I had to train at the moment was [Clone] followed by [Black Flash].

Black Flash was something I obviously had to work on.

[Black Flash LV. 1/100(Passive)]

Triggers when cursed energy is applied within 0.000001th of a second of a physical attack. When activated Black Flash amplifies the damage of the physical blow by 2.5x.

If I managed to train it properly I could increase the window of opportunity and/or improve the power it would be ridiculous. Imagine fighting a level 500 opponent but he hits you with the power of a level 1250(Non-linear scaling so it would be lower than this) opponent.

Also, the perk I got for unlocking it is also insane.

[Awakened]

The power of all Cursed Techniques are boosted by 20%

On the other hand, I have another ridiculous technique I need to use right now.

Sitting down I used the cursed technique engraved onto me. I felt my cursed energy get halved as a mud-like substance was formed before its form turned into an exact replica of my body. And...

"Wow this is weird / Wow this is weird."

It felt like I had just gained another set of limbs, head, arms, torso etc. For a bit, it was disorientating before I split my thoughts into two parallel lines, me #1 and me #2. 

Once you get the hang of it it's pretty neat actually. Multitasking at its finest. Now with this, I can dedicate grinding to two me's at once.

And some might think that splitting my maximum CE and health in half to have two bodies is dangerous. But no, actually it's the exact opposite.

Both of us are exactly the same in every way possible. And due to the perk of this technique as long as one of the clones is alive then I am alive. Even if I was shot in the head right now Me #2 would still exist which means I would still exist and the other half of my cursed energy would gradually return to me.

So basically I have turned into some sort of unkillable lich as long as this technique is in effect.

This skill will level up the more it's in effect so I just have to use it. Anyway, now I finally don't have to tippy-toe about managing my timne when going to dungeons. 

It seems like half of my mind will be spent grinding dungeons forever. Well, that's fine with me, I sent my other half to my basement before entering Necropolis and summoning my entire army which numbered around 250 since I can hold only my Wisdom divided by 3(5 -> 3 thanks to Intermediate Necromancy) amount of undead in my shadow and some soldiers are more costly than others.

Next to me on my left Wiz emerged.

"H-hello Akira-sama. Will we be sieging the Necropolis again?" She asked one-half nervous at the prospect of engaging the undead army again and the other half excited due to getting conditioned through repeated conflict to enjoy serving me somewhat.

On my right Alpha emerged. His giant intimidating stature was as imposing as ever. He stood by my side as my Sword and Shield. He was rigid in posture but I could see Cursed Energy fluctuate around him so that was good.

And lastly, after a bit of contemplation, I tugged on the Master & Familiar connection and summoned Ddraig here.

"What is this place?" Ddraig said after getting up from being unceremoniously dropped on the ground because I am pretty sure she was lying on her bed. Instead of proper clothes, she was just wearing an oversized black T-shirt.

I could see her emerald green eyes scanning the surroundings before I decided to interrupt her and give an abridged explanation of the dungeons.

By the end of it she looked rather thoughtful. I know I can trust Ddraig because she physically can't spill the beans about me thanks to our contract.

"Hmm, I see. I have never heard of pocket dimensions like these before. These dungeons as you call them. Regardless, I guess it would be fun to work some of the rust off by defeating some undead. After all, you can only practice so much by yourself. Well then, let's go, partner!"

I could see Ddraig was happy about being able to finally fight. Which is good, happy Ddraig means more affection with Dragon Mommy.

Anyway, like Ddraig said. It's time to dungeon.

---[Akira #1]---

I wonder what should I do while I am dungeoning.

Maybe it's time to check up on my undead production line, it has been several days after all. I should see what they did.

...

Alright, my little boners are doing well, they have transformed my basement into a very large workshop where the workers I left do their stuff.

Also, my skeletons have started levelling up the skills I gave them. The Constructers already had construction at level 10, the cursed tool crafters were doing well too, they had made about 100 basic iron sword cursed tools that were much stronger than normal iron.

And about 62 of each potion was produced in several days, decent. But not good enough, just 62 Health, Stamina and Mana potions? What am I? Poor?

First of all, I want to upgrade my potion-making. Minor potions are good and all but they aren't good enough for me. Unless I mass produce Minor Potions they are just a novelty product for the Factions.

But there is politics to it too. If I mass-produce potions and sell them exclusively to Fallen Angels what happens? Extremists in that faction will use that as an excuse to start a war, because apparently, the helixdammed factions in this world are warhappy. And it would make me target No.1 for everything and everyone mentioned in the Bible to cut off their supply.

Now, I could go all in on Fallen Angels. Go in the war, rack up levels like crazy and become super strong while trying to survive in the war. Eventually helping the Fallen Angels into the leader of the Biblical faction.

But.

I just simply don't want to start a war.

I prefer getting stronger at my pace, solidifying my powers while romancing the girls of DxD. I do not want to get caught up in some annoying war. While I enjoy dominating my opponents I do not care for fighting in a war.

Well, maybe I can instead set up shop and make THEM come to ME? Questions for later, for now, I should create more production minions. My level-ups have given me a few dozen more undead slots to work with.

And this time I decided to put my back into making these guys. First I prepared another ritual circle which was a modified corpse construction circle and a reinforcement circle mixed with some pizzaz by yours truly. I call it a Minion Creation Circle.

Now, rolling up my sleeves I pulled out some Mana-containing gems I got from Azazel to draw energy from, turns out that thanks to my gaming system Mana gets turned into CE when I handle it. Drawing from the energy bank I started creating Cursed Spirits with the skill of Alchemy. I paused before completing the spirits fully and called over my alchemy workers.

Using the circle I stuffed the spirits into their bodies and fused them together. So that the skills and experience of the workers would pass over to the cursed spirits. And then once the fusion had ended I revealed my new design.

In front of me in the circle were 3 stereotypical-looking plague doctors. Their clothes weren't actually clothes but in reality, their bodies I simply changed their malleable bodies to look like that.

These guys should be 300% more efficient at making potions and relatively faster at improving their skills too and they shouldn't need the direct guidance of the overseer as they are intelligent too. And befitting their skill their maintenance cost was 5, a bit steep but manageable.

I created 2 more to make them an even number. Now these guys will burn through materials rather fast so I finally started setting up my own garden. And while I was at it I went down to the cavern entrance on my garden to see a full Glowing Mushroom biome with plenty of glowing mushrooms that I picked up without disturbing the Perfect One.

Anyway, after calling Azazel's line I had him arrange a rather large greenhouse to be added to my house. It would take a day or so, I should make someone to man them but I don't want to burn undead slots for every inconvenience.

Hmm, maybe I can ask Asia? She likes helping people and people like her feel better when they can help people rather than lazing around. Besides, with Twilight Healing, she should be able to accelerate my plant growth.

...

As I expected, Asia was overjoyed that she would be able to contribute to the house after all the generosity I had shown her. And I also learned that she in fact liked gardening which was an even bigger plus for her. Honestly, I had no ulterior motives for her, she was just like a cute puppy to me.

But unfortunately for her, it seems like the universe had ulterior motives with her for me.

Because as I was coming up the stairs to get her she tripped from the top of the stairs, flipped, turned and landed on me, and by some force of god I wasn't able to resist even with my hundreds in stats and fell to the floor with Asia's ass in my face and her face in my crotch.

Curse my Flaw for making me so easily aroused. Now Asia's face was buried in my erection. I hurriedly pulled her off of me so I wouldn't give in to my carnal desires and defile naive little Asia. I could, but practising self-restraint is needed, I am not some dog in heat humping every woman I see.

"Are okay Akira-san!? I'm sorry!!!" I placed my hand on the top of her head to calm her down. 

"Don't worry about it Asia no harm done, see?" I really needed to get away and maybe find Mittelt to get rid of my urges soon. But to my grimace, Asia pointed to my crotch.

"But umm, your crotch looks painful?" She asked warily as I avoided the topic.

"Don't worry about that it will go away on its own later." Saying that I managed to stealthily exit from the conversation. But I did not expect Asia's line of thought after it.

'Did I do something wrong? Did I hurt Akira-san? Why was he like that? ...Maybe I should ask someone?'

My self-restraint is strong but the ecchi laws of this world are stronger.

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