The first was Baki Hanma. Baki is known for his unusual training methods, including shadowboxing while imagining that his next opponent is with him. This allows him to anticipate his opponent's every move in the actual fight and also helps him spot their weaknesses much before the combat. Despite not being able to master any style of combat instantly like his father, Baki is able to learn them much faster than others and coupled with his imagining makes him near equal to Yuujirou.
As Rias and the rest of her peerage coughed from the cloud of dust that had been kicked up, a voice, clear, strong, and distinctly masculine, sounded in front of her.
In terms of danger alone, thunderbirds are on the same level as fire dragons. After becoming a thunderbird, Cyrus also gained the power of a thunderbird. Controlling thunderstorms seemed to be his innate talent, as simple as breathing.
After waking up the next day, I caught a ship to Qohor that took two weeks to get there. After getting Truth dyed in black I decided to name her Lady Calypso. Thats what I'll call the blade until I'm influential enough to hold a valyrian steel sword. I also bought a steel axe.
I was captured by Russian operatives and was tortured for months. Even after I gave up the information. Turns out I got famous during the war. Who knew surviving certain death enough times raises your value in certain spaces. Eventually America fired a nuke at Russia and my luck was it was in the city I was in. I was incenarated in an instant.