Chapter : 3

Sitting in the table I barely can touch the food in my plate, can you even blame me, I don't even have any clear strong point or lead to start using.

For magic, I am making shit up trying to get a result.

For body, that's going to take a long time for anything to get better.

For sacred gear, That was over before it has even begun.

"Do you want to play a game after dinner?" Toji words snap me out of my daze, "Sure" a game of shogi will help me forget the hopelessness that I was in.

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From a hopeless situation to another, it seems like I can't catch a break in reality or a board game.

Toji is an friendly old man in real life, but he is far from that in the shogi board, the best way i could describe him is a very cute poisonous snake that will bite your neck if you look away.

"What's on your mind" I guess he felt something was off about me, "nothing much, school stuff" I lie, not like he can solve my problems, it was my turn.

"you should enjoy your youth, don't stress too much about those things" , my move did not seem to surprise him much.

"what if I can't not stress about it, I mean what if the only way to succeed is to stress about it" desperation is a hard emotion to hide so don't blame me for folding, "if that is the case then stressing won't do much, you need to use your brain for something much more useful", he says while checkmating my king 

'I need to use my brain' I sure do use mine too much, it's pretty much burned.

If only I could get a new on.

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..... I have an idea, a good one even.

What I needed was the advice of one kind old man, "Naoki you sure got a lot better" he complemnts me even though I know I was trash at the game, 2 weeks ago I did not even know which piece was which so don't blame me. 

"I practice a bit at home" as I get up I smile at Toji and tell him good night, it's time to experiment a bit.

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Instantly when I reached my house I went to the basement to start using my powers again, it was almost 10 PM and I would not sleep till I have something to be happy about.

First, looking back, there was one thing I did not explore when it came to the gear, and that was the ability of creation in of itself.

What was I limited in creating?, was it legs and arms, or limbs in general, was I only limited to human arms or for any other animal.

I close my eyes and focus for a minute, I take a deep breath and try imagining a something that is not an arm or a leg but a brain.

After almost five minutes of actively trying to do, I see a brain forming in the ground.

It looked quite a lot smaller than in my imagination, but this just confirms my theory.

The ability in essence is to manifest various body part. 

With the same process, I start making a cat's paw, that almost took 8 minutes, while doing so I see the brain disappear due to the lack off focus.

So yeah the more the body part is foreign to me, the longer it takes to be created.

This opens a lot more possibilities in the grand scheme of things which is not bad, the cooldown is not that bad cause I have a way to minimalize it significantly, with something

The Law Of Equivalent Exchange is a rule that holds a significant meaning in the worlds of animes.

It's the law that makes sure the power level in the setting does not go out of hand.

Just like in physics, Einstein's famous equation proves that the matter doesn't come from nothing, in similar manner equivalent exchange proves power require sacrifices to be gained.

The big question is does such a law exist in DxD, well I will argue that it needs to exist for the world to make sense, if this is not the case then you will just see people just walking with infinite power all willy nelly.

Even the most broken power scaled character, Issei Hyoudou with his god killer 9000 type of gear, fall under this rule.

Using his psychotic obsession for breasts, he can use his absolute horniness to power level himself to the top tiers of the world.

The Boosted Itself uses the soul of the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig, to use the multiplication power.

Same with most sacred gears, they all use the power of the slayed animal used in their creation

Then using the same logic, strengthening my own gear by using a suitable sacrifice will be possible to achieve.

But I don't have much to sacrifice even, right?

Well I can just sacrifice my lifeforce or future, but that will be a last resort for me, that would be just like giving up.

In theory, you don't need one big sacrifice to gain strength, you might sacrifice a couple of things to gain the small potency, a pack of calculated risks go a long way from my experience.

And I know what I need to risk to win big, trust me.

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the story will be updated semi-regularly with some days off

I will take some day off to stack on chapters so don't worry the story is not on hiatus

You can see the mc in very awkward situation because he feels fear from the world and expects a lot from himself, this makes him very impatient in his search for power, hope this does not get him in trouble