Chapter 14: Grinding! (Part 3 Final) & Freed Sellzen!

'Thinking'

"Talking"

(Ddraig)

[System]

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- 3rd person -

*BOOM!*

The 25 ft. tall throne room doors came flying off their hinges and onto the cold stone tile floor launching dust into the air. Troll royal guards react and sprint through the smoke screen to defend their monarch's golden throne.

"ROAR!!"

Stepping through the dust cloud with a troll royal guard stuck in its maw is a giant decayed and almost skinless undead tyrannosaurus.

*CHOMP*

The troll is bitten in half and tossed on to the ground. Shifting its eyes to its newfound prey, the tyrannosaur sprints to the next royal troll and bites him in half from the torso up, launching it towards another. One by one. The Troll royal guard was slaughtered all while the Troll Monarch continued to sit on his throne, watching.

A new recruit among the royal guards, and the last survivor runs to the bottom of the throne and kneels. He begins to beg. 'Please great monarch, save me!' 'Oh, please great monarch, save us!' 'Please oh, great monarch save all of u-'

*CHOMP*

The guard is quickly bitten down on and tossed into a nearby support column breaking his spine and killing him.

The Troll Monarch looks down at the beast and gets up. He grabs the ancestral sapphire troll sword that is placed in the arm of the throne and begins to lift. The Troll Monarch is forced back down on his throne as a red scaled gauntlet smashes his skull into the back off the throne and begins to squeeze. The Troll Monarch not understanding what is happening looks at his killer and his purple pants, his midnight-colored gloves and chest armor, his bright red cape, his crimson scaled gauntlet with an emerald gem, and most of all his large black bat like wings.

The Troll Monarch's eyes begin to cry blood, and his mouth opens but no scream can be heard.

*POP*

The Troll Monarch's skull bursts painting the throne and attacker red with blood. A magic circle forms in the killers' hands, and a ball of liquid water forms. He then uses this on his blood-stained clothes before drying them with fire that appears from his hands, floating off and down the throne he turns to the undead tyrannosaur and speaks.

"Our grinding is done here."

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[Thursday, 4:16 A.M.]

- Issei Hyoudou -

Walking out of the throne room and into the destroyed troll capital city, with Chompy behind me. I turn towards Igris and his newly summoned second in command.

[Summon: Crimson Knight] <Active> - Lvl. 37 (Advanced Beginner)

[HP - 2,500/2,500] <100 HP per 5 Lvl.>

[MP - 300/300] <50 MP per 5 Lvl.>

[DEF - 600/600] <25 DEF per 5 Lvl.>

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[Summon: Crimson Captain Igris] <Active> - Lvl. 45 (Competent)

[HP - 3,800/3,800] <200 HP per 5 Lvl.>

[MP - 600/600] <100 MP per 5 Lvl.>

[DEF - 950/950] <50 DEF per 5 Lvl.>

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'Report' I command. The second knight drops to one knee while Igris remains standing and explains the situation.

'Most Trolls have been dealt with your Majesty, but there are a group of them holding out down in the supply district. They are currently surrounded by your soldiers and have no method of escape.'

'Good. Crimson Knight make your way down to the supply district and deal with them.' I respond.

The Knight stands, salutes, and flash steps away.

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[Wednesday, 8:55 P.M.]

[Time Dilatation: 9 hrs and 27 minutes in the dungeon = 2 hrs and 21 minutes outside of the dungeon]

Walking out of the dungeon portal and back into my bedroom I am met with hundreds of notifications of skill gained and leveled up, items gained, normal level ups, class level ups, and quest completions. |This is going to be a lot srry :)|

*DING*

*Quest Completed*

[Slay a final Monarch!]

Objective: Search the Tier 2 dungeon and find and slay the dungeon boss, the Troll Monarch.

Reward: 8500 XP [Nightingale Boots] [Nightingale Hood]

*DING*

*Quest Completed*

[Do it Twice]

Objective: Complete the Tier 2 Dungeon. The Enchanted Forest.

Reward: 12,000 XP [Crafting Menu]

*DING*

[Skills Gained!]

[Water Magic] <Active> -Lvl. 1 --> 22 (Advanced Beginner)

Info: Ability to create and manipulate water.

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[Skills Gained!]

[Lightning Magic] <Active> -Lvl. 1 --> 20 (Advanced Beginner)

Info: Ability to create and manipulate lightning.

| The Forms and moves I put will still be used, just he is able to create anything he wants instead of being limited |

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'Skills!'

[Skills:]

[Boosted Gear] <Active> - Lvl. 14 --> 31 (Advanced Beginner)

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[Pervert's Gaze] <Active> - Lvl. 50 --> 100 (Expert)

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[Class: Summoner] - Lvl. 22 --> 58 (Competent)

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[Summon: Crimson Soldier] <Active> - Lvl. 36 --> 100 (Expert)

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[Summon: Crimson Knight] <Active> - Lvl. 37 (Advanced Beginner)

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[Summon: Crimson Captain Igris] <Active> - Lvl. 45 (Competent)

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[Fire Magic] <Active> - Lvl. 27 --> 39 (Advanced Beginner)

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[Spear Throwing] <Passive> - Lvl. 1 --> 9 (Novice)

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[Knife Throwing] <Passive> - Lvl. 1 --> 3 (Novice)

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[Sense Bloodlust] <Passive> - Lvl. 38 --> 64 (Proficient)

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[Swordsmanship] <Passive> - Lvl. 34 --> 73 (Proficient)

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[Dagger Mastery] <Passive> - Lvl. 51 --> 53 (Competent)

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[Archery Mastery] <Passive> - Lvl. 1 --> 32 (Advanced Beginner)

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[Hand-to-Hand] <Passive> - Lvl. 1 --> 17 (Novice)

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[Commander Aura] <Passive> - Lvl. 11 --> 60 (Proficient)

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[Acrobatics] <Passive> - Lvl. 1 --> 13 (Novice)

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Name: Issei Hyoudou

Level: 39 (11,060/21,000)

Race: Devil

[HP - 12,000]

[MP - 7,000]

[DEF - 710]

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[Nightingale Boots] <Gear> - Boots - {+ 80 DEF} - Lvl. 1 (Novice)

Abilities: Levels with the user. [Max Lvl. 150]

Enchantments: Movement is silenced

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[Nightingale Hood] <Gear> - Hood - {+ 140 DEF} - Lvl. 1 (Novice)

Abilities: Levels with the user. [Max Lvl. 150]

Enchantments: Wearer is muffled, and sense of smell is increased by 5%

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[Thursday, 6:34 P.M.]

After going to school and the ORC, receiving the pact request and heading out. I equip my [Nightingale] armor and fly towards the house where the insane Freed Sellzen is located.

Landing silently on the roof and closing my wings, I drop down, open the front door, and enter.

Walking silently through the house, I spot the gallons of blood on the ground and the mangled corpse of my summoner. Turning to the left I spot Freed sitting alone on the couch.

Name: Freed Sellzen - Excommunicated Exorcist

Level: 20

Race: Human

Affection: -80 | Obedience: 0

Equipping my arrow sword, I bring it down in a slash towards the back of his neck. Freed jumping away at the last second was not something I expected.

'What the fuck?'

"No, No, No! No devil gets the jump on Freed Sellzen!" He rants as he pulls a light sword from inside his coat and activates it.

Responding with nothing but silence he continues to rant and rave while I unequip my arrow sword and slowly walk towards him.

"I'm the executioner! I'm a Holy priest that's going to exercise your sneaky devil ass! With my heavenly blade of LIGHT!" With that he jumps towards me and swings his light sword at me.

[Light sword] - {100 Attck DMG}

Enchantment: 10x more damage to devils

Grabbing the Light sword out of the air with my gloved hand causes his eyes to widen. Ignoring the intense pain, I bring up my left fist and punch him in the nose.

*CRASH*

Freed smashes through the wall and lands in the middle of the street. Coughing up blood and struggling to get up he asks.

"W-Who the fuck are you!"

"Issei Hyoudou."

"Impossible! You can't be my target! He was reincarnated only 3 days ago! Impossible!"

"It is possible. I'm the proof." Taking off my hood and showing my face. Freed starts laughing and begins to get up.

"Asia!"

Turning my head to the left where Asia has walked in after creating a barrier. I heard Freed yell at her to go and heal him. I stopped her.

"Don't Asia."

Asia turns towards me with a quivering lip and tear-filled eyes.

-5 Affection with Asia Argento... Affection: 50 | Obedience: 0

"No. It can't be." Asia says with disbelief.

"What's going on...? Do you two know each other?" Freed asks with a confused expression on his face.

"I-Issei, why are you here?" Asia asks with a shaky voice. Freed continues looking between us before something seemingly clicks in his mentally insane brain.

"He's here because he's a devil Asia! And not that this isn't heart-warming. But you and your friend here have no business being together. HE"S A DAMN DEVIL!" Freed yells before reaching into his coat and grabbing his exorcist gun and firing at me.

"KERBLAM! KERBLAM!" Putting my hood back on and unfurling my wings I take to the air. Reaching inside my inventory and grabbing a crude Iron spear. I throw it at Freed.

[Crude Iron Spear] - {45 Attck DMG}

Freed jumps to the side and avoids it. Freed yells at Asia to go and heal him, but Asia is still in shock over my devilish reveal. Seeing Freed break out in a sprint towards Asia, I fly down to intercept him.

'Oh, no you don't!'

Landing in front of Freed I smash my fist into his gut and roundhouse kick his ass down the street. Walking up to Asia I see how fearful she is as she takes a step back from me.

"Asia?"

"W-Why I-Issei?" She asks as she starts to cry.

"Why, what Asia?" I ask soothingly.

"W-Why are y-you a devil?"

"I died" At that she takes a deep breath of air and clears her eyes.

"How?"

"To Fallen Angels" Asia makes a sharp intake of breath and asks her final question.

"W-Who?"

"Raynare" she drops to her knees and begins to cry. Walking up next to her I take off my hood and sit down. Slowly rubbing circles on her back to calm her down. A bright red glow emanates from behind me, shifting my head I see Kiba, Koneko, Akeno and Rias walk out of the magic circle and look around before locking their eyes on me. Kiba grins and walks over to me.

"Hey, Issei thought you could use some help. Looks like we were wrong."

"You're not. There's a crazed exorcist just down the street."

"Kiba take Koneko and go check it out." Rias orders.

"Yes, president" both say at the same time, and walk out the hole in the wall and down the street.

Akeno walks over to me, points to Asia and nods. I stand up and head over to Rias, where she grabs me by the sides of my head and whispers to me.

"I am so sorry, Issei. I sent you into the hands of an exorcist, and I had no idea."

"I'm okay, it's not your fault."

"Yes, it is and if the barrier had remained in place, we would've had no idea that you were in trouble." Shifting my eyes over to Asia, I see that she's staring at me with a worried and confused expression.

Kiba and Koneko arrive back and report that the exorcist is gone. When I go to ask them about Asia Koneko interrupts me and says that Fallen Angels are here, looking up we see a swirling purple portal.

"Good I can finally get some payback" I grin as I summon my boosted gear.

(*YAWN* Good morning, Partner)

'Where have you been Ddraig? We haven't communicated since the Ork Lord.'

(That fight I had with the bow goddess really tired me out. *YAWN*)

'Really? All I heard was your roar and then her screech.'

(... That's all you heard!)

'Yeah'

(Our battle lasted for weeks!)

'Weeks?!'

*SHING*

Forcing my attention away from Ddraig I hear Rias tell Akeno to prepare to jump.

'Where the fuck are you 'jumping' too hyperspace?'

"Right." Akeno holds both her hands out and creates a Gremory magic circle, as it begins to spin, and sets itself on the ground.

"What are you doing?" I asked confused.

"Getting us out of here" Rias responds before walking inside the magic circle with Kiba, Koneko, and Akeno.

"Sorry but I'm not coming."

"What?!" Her face turns angry.

"You heard me. Those fallen angels killed me. I plan to return the favor and protect Asia."

"Issei! Koneko get him!" Rias says with a raised voice.

"Too Late" Koneko says, and with that the magic circle blips out and 4 red dots appear on my radar behind me. I put back on my hood and turned around.

"Well, well, well, looks like it's the fallen assholes" I say which causes Asia to giggle.

Dohnaseek, Mittelt, Kalawarner, and Raynare all scowl at the nickname before summoning 4 different colored light spears and throwing them at me.

[Flame Wall]

The wall of pure fire rises out of the ground and blocks the light spears. The Fallen's eyes all widen, summoning more light spears they raise them, and get ready to throw them. But 3 crimson magic circles form in front of us both. Rising from them are three crimson armored Knights with one being taller than the others.

"You had your chance. Now I think it's only fair I had mine. Don't you? Igris take your two knights and kill the rest" I say while pointing at Raynare.

"That Bitch is mine!" I yell before unfolding my wings and launching towards Raynare.

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